#I missed her so much..... Just waiting for the next season isn't enough I need to walk into the webtoon

[wherestoriescomefrom]

a collection of my favourite comments about yuna's return to Odd Girl Out

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

Avatar: The Last Airbender Live Action Thoughts!

-First of all, ya'll need to leave those child actors alone, they are babies and they didn't write the show, nor was it their idea to do it. I have seen way too many people body shaming children; leave them alone they all did well!

-I think Gordon makes Aang just as cute and small and powerful as I always saw him as!! He manages to joke around and be fun even when the storyline is a lot darker and more serious.

-I really wish Sokka was able to be more of his goofy and silly self. I understand why he isn't, and his humor is more sarcasm and dark jokes, but I saw glimpses of him in there! His excitement when he was with the Mechanist, engineering and getting to do something other than be in charge. Also when he has any older brother convo with Katara or Aang. I'm hopeful with time he'll be able to loosen up!

-(Speaking of the Mechanist, my boy Danny Pudi was SO GOOD, I love him, him and his little son).

-I wish Aang would practice waterbending with Katara :( those scenes of them practicing together were always some of my favorites in the series. Just beautiful kataang moments. I'm glad they addressed it but I missed those moments.

-I don't understand how you guys can't be having fun watching this, I get so excited waiting for little moments of lore, or when Jet and Katara were fighting in the forest I was sitting in front of the TV like "WHERE'S SMELLERBEE AND LONGSHOT. OH MY GOD NO IT'S PIPSQUEAK!" It's just so much fun! The colors are beautiful, the effects are gorgeous, and the plot and characters are entertaining. Think about the piece as it's own thing and enjoy it!

-Adaptations are just that; adaptations, and things will be changed! I think so far I haven't minded their changes, I understand why they've been made. There are things to criticize, but I think this is pretty well done.

-Zuko is fantastic; I think all the child actors are fairly good but Dallas' pissy attitude and the faces he makes are so so fun! I feel for Zuko and I'm scared of him when he shows up, and he's just as annoying and bratty as ponytail Zuko should be. His physical motions are fantastic!

-TEO WAS SO LITTLE?? Oh my god, like as a kid I thought the cartoon version of him was kinda hot so when they wheeled that tiny baby in I was HORRIFIED.

-Idk why YOU ALL weren't scared of Lizzy Yu's Azula, but her little smile in her intro scene gave me a lil chill. Maybe it's because I was away when the show first came out so I saw post after post about how bad she was, but I just.... Thought she'd be worse?? She did really well! Ya'll better be careful though or Gaten Matarazzo will come for you, that's his girl.

-So far the mushing of plots has made sense to me. Yes, I miss the silly filler episodes and the traveling the Gaang did, but it allows us to sit in a scene longer, and to colorize the world better, when we're in one place and one plot for longer. I think that's important for this type of medium and this amount of episodes. They might be able to justify more next season if this show does well enough.

-I am OBSESSED with Zuko and the 41st division oh my god, what a fantastic and well thought out addition. The reveal, and they're bowing for him when he comes back was DEVASTATING.

-They we're GIVING us Sokka and Katara best sibling moments, I loved all of them. They are so cute, they just mean so much to me.

-I don't feel Appa or Momo as characters like I did in the cartoon. I'm hoping this can change, because rn they surprise me every time they get on screen. I'm like "WHAT- oh it's Momo, he's here." How are we going to feel Appa's loss as much as we did in the cartoon if they continue to like barely be in it.

-Ken Leung SLAYED as Admiral Zhao, I watched him go literally insane as the episodes went on.

-Aang's imposter syndrome and feeling of failure being focused on I will always enjoy, even if I hope he can be silly next season too. His entire character arc this season just made me want to cry.

-Bro the coloring during the the Siege of the North was A M A Z I N G. The way the color faded in and out with fireballs and the monster koi passing nearby, just so pretty. It looked awesome.

-Making Yue a waterbender? The best. Her freezing Sokka in place so he can't stop her? Heartbreaking.

-Iroh and Zuko paddling off looking for bestie Lt. Jee?? Okay.

-They really grew this show up for us adults that watched it in 2005 and focused in on the really painful moments, themes, and details.

[miss-may-i]

Miss May I: Season 4 Part 36

Vivian: Man, this car is looking great Julie.

Julian: There's some more work I need to do under the hood. I'm just waiting for Noah to get home so I can get started.

Vivian: Well, I'm going to bed. Don't stay up too late. Remember, we have a big day tomorrow.

Julian: Daddy's home!

Noah: Work really kicked my ass today so I'm gonna give him a bath then head to bed.

Julian: I'll be up in a few hours. I have more I wanna do on the car.

Noah: Still? That thing has been practically finished for weeks now.

Julian: There's always more to do.

Noah: Good night, Jaspey. Please actually sleep tonight.

Jasper: *Crying*

Noah: Jules?

Jasper: *Crying*

Noah: What are you doing still up? It's almost four in the morning.

Julian: Jasper's crying.

Noah: All he does is cry. Why are you still up? Don't you have court in a few hours?

Julian: I still have more to do if I want to sell this thing.

Noah: Jules, it's done. It's been done. What, you gonna keep working on it until Jasper is old enough to drive it?

Julian: I need to make this thing worth as much as possible so I can prove to the court I can support Jasper.

Noah: This case isn't about you, it's about your mom.

Julian: And I'm better off without her.

Noah: And a judge is going to believe that when you show up exhausted?

Julian: Of course I'm exhausted. I have a 7 week old. Then school is starting soon and I won't have time for anything.

Noah: Nobody is trying to take him from you. Get some sleep.

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angst in the carhop AU ?

the pressure from race wins and WDC points gets to lando and oscar and they break up mid season , how does reader cope with this/ work around it esp with lando and oscar living in texas and her living with them ? is she responsible for them getting back tg or do their trainers and friends get in on it ? maybe lan is visiting one day and she misses calls from oscar and he shows up but lando is there and he gets jealous?

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omg breaking up with each other and not her... how do they do it? mclaren drivers fighting each other for the championship? multi 21 moment? where are they when they do it? how do they tell her? do they ask her to pick one or do they know they're just going to have to work out something so they can both keep seeing her? what does it mean for their future? so many thoughts...

lets talk living situation since you said they live together. they're rich enough to have multiple properties and it's good for investment reasons and shit. monaco is a tax shelter and because irl he lives there, i think lando would maintain residency there rather than legally move to america because of that. oscar would probably keep his place in the uk bc irl he hasn't moved anywhere that i know of. so post break-up, they'd both go back to their old places when the other is at the home in texas. they're not home very often anyways so it's not the biggest change. (does any of that make sense?) she does her best to spend equal time with each of them like switching who she talks to on the phone every night and who comes over on non race weekends.

i think at first, she wouldn't meddle. they're together constantly so they can talk and work things out on their own when they're ready. she believes they'll work it out on their own. she would want to, especially during nights where she's listening to one of them rant about the other. sometimes they're angry over a race result, that the other got an upgrade and they have to wait, etc. and she's pretty sure they're going to run each other off track the next time they race. other times, they're just sad and apologetic, and that's when she has hope they'll make up with each other.

she thinks about trying to trap them, make plans with both of them to come home so they have to sit and listen to her. but she's scared that'd piss one or both off, and that's the last thing she wants. there's just too much tension during the season for anything to be resolved. they'd interact when needed for work, interviews, and promo, but keep the interactions limited. they try to talk but they're both still angry about a lot of things, so they're just running in circles until they give up again.

then, winter break rolls around. lando has all these big plans to go skiing and mountaineering with his friends and invites reader but she can't suddenly take weeks off work without notice. she gets a couple of days off around the holidays and agrees to fly out then, but she's working on a big project and can't go jet-setting around the world with him. he understands and they'd make plans to talk every other night like usual and they're counting down the days until they see each other again. oscar's not that type though, got no plans other than to see her as much as possible. as soon as the last race is over and his media duties are done, he's flying back to her.

when lando calls her, oscar leaves the room to give them privacy and she doesn't tell lando he's there, a habit from the season when they always knew the other was there because they weren't. lando takes his absence from their calls as a sign that oscar isn't there and halfway through a ski trip decides to head back home, to her. his friends are understanding, wish him a safe flight and hours later he's unlocking the front door after getting dropped off. it truly doesn't occur to him that just because she didn't mention oscar, it doesn't mean he's not there. he hears them laughing as he kicks the door shut, he can tell they're in the den and it's close enough that they hear the door close and go quiet. he can hear murmured voices, did you hear that? was that a door? is someone here?

he wishes that he'd checked before flying all the way out. he’s not angry anymore, but he saw oscar leaving the track right after the race and heard he was flying home from someone in the garage and assumed that meant the uk, but now he knows it was here. he also assumed oscar didn’t want to talk to him and that’s why he rushed out, before lando even had the opportunity. he’d spent his break thus far fretting about texting him and seeing if they could meet up to talk, he hasn’t even had time to think about what he would say and now that he’s confronted with it, he doesn’t know what to do or say.

before he can figure out what to do, oscar's stepping into the hall with a baseball bat before freezing, "oh, you're not a burglar." he sounds more bored than relieved if anything, like he was excited to use it.

lando just laughs, "were you- did you plan to take down a burglar with a bat?"

reader comes scrambling from the other room as oscar is inspecting the bat, “lando’s here? did i hear him hating on my bat? i'll have him know my aunt gifted me that and she used it three times, so it definitely works."

the absurdity of it all sends oscar and lando reeling, the idea of an aunt of hers attacking three burglars with an old wooden bat. reader just standing there wondering what is so funny like, "i'm serious. there are dents in it, look!" they laugh even harder, oscar drops the bat to the ground in favor of clutching his stomach. reader picks it up with a huff and stashes it back in the closet. when they finish laughing, most of the tension is gone. it's a little awkward, but lando just says, "i didn't know you were here." and oscar replies, "i didn't know you were coming, we ate all the pizza already." the statement eases lando's worries a bit, like if he'd known he would have saved him some. he doesn't know what that means, but it means something to him.

they just avoid the topic for a bit. oscar and reader tell him there's leftover take out in the fridge and go back to the living room and cozy back up on the couch like they had been. lando eats left overs from the fridge from the arm chair and they catch him up on the show they just started before playing the next episode. lando tells them about the ski trip he was on and the mountain he summitted. eventually, reader falls asleep on oscar and when the episode finishes he gets up to carry her to bed. oscar asks if he's coming to bed before he leaves the room and lando knows things will be okay after they talk.

they're both up before she is the next morning, neither could sleep well with the impending conversation on their minds. lando gets up first when he can’t fall back asleep and deems it early enough to go for a run to clear his head. oscar wakes up sometime after that and sees lando's gone, but before he can worry that lando's left, he notices the open dresser and clothes tossed around and knows he's still around somewhere.

he's cooking breakfast when lando comes home, a full spread of bacon, eggs, hashbrowns, french toast. mostly to give himself something to occupy the time, and something to focus on while he waits for lando to return from wherever. lando wants to talk as soon as he gets home, still sweaty and panting from his run. oscar offers him a glass of water when he sees the state of him and lando gulps it down. before oscar can ask if he wants a refill, lando starts apologizing for everything on his part. every time oscar tries to interrupt, lando cuts him off with a, “wait, i’m almost done!” even though all oscar wants to do is say everything is forgiven and he’s sorry too, and also that he doesn’t need an itemized list of all the things lando is sorry for.

reader wakes up to them joking around while finishing up breakfast and she’s a little anxious going into the kitchen, unsure if they’re avoiding the topic and playing nice for her safe or if they talked finally. oscar sees her walk in and makes his way over to greet her, she gives him a good morning kiss and tries not to wonder if lando’s upset or jealous watching them. before she can think too hard about it, lando’s whining that he didn’t get a kiss. reader thinks he’s whining about her, so does oscar, so they pull apart and she makes grabby hands at lando and coos, “come give me a kiss then” and he mumbles, “meant oscar, but i’ll take what i can get.”

[blacklister214]

4x06: Patrick and Eliza: Game, Set, Match

It's funny because when I got on this ship Season 2, I legitimately didn't believe it had a prayer. The title is Miss Scarlet and the Duke, for heaven's sake. Now though...any ending that isn't Eliza and Patrick is crap. As for the title...the Duke was always in small letters. He's in the background, BEHIND her. He is an important part of her backstory. That doesn't make him her future.

SPOILERS BELOW!

Let's just go over some of the stuff from the episode.

More Partner Power in the cold open. The sound like an old married couple. They prepare to fight the criminal together.

Patrick staring at Eliza center stage taking applause from the men with so much damn pride.

Eliza demonstrating a willingness to share credit with him and the men. She is absorbing Patrick's lessons like a sponge, both there and with Potts later.

He takes her to the race track and she agree with almost no cajoling needed. This is so much cooler than dinner with William, because dinner is a traditional female outing. Patrick is sharing his hobbies, and not giving a damn about societal convention.

Eliza says the thing that has always made Nash such a favorite of mine: He has faith in her when no one does. Not her father, not Ivy, not William.

She is able to stop Patrick from murdering his brother's killer with the simple words, "You are my friend." Eight years of waiting and planning for this moment, and the knowledge he is important to Eliza is enough to stay his hand.

He apologizes to her. She interfered with his plan when he asked her not to. Prevented his revenge and escape to the continent. He is facing jail time. He just saved her life. AND HE APPOLOGIZES TO HER! Try to imagine William doing that. I dare you.

He tries to make HER FEEL BETTER. Once again he is IN JAIL facing serious prison time as a PRIVATE DETECTIVE who has put men in there. Yet, he puts on a brave face and assumes an optimistic air. He uses his old joke about his good looks and her brains. All to sooth her as much as he can, while he can.

Her thinking him a good person is desperately important to him.

He'll "always keep trying." Patrick never quits, his commitment is absolute. That is what Eliza needs, because life with her will never be easy.

She takes his hand. Eliza isn't much of a comforter, and as she looks at him there is grief she can't or won't speak. So instead she take his hand to tell him without words how much she cares.

I'm sorry, but William on his best day, will never top this. Some people might say that the writers have clearly written Patrick off with this storyline. I say however the writers have perfectly tee-ed up the end of the love triangle.

William will return next season to a changed Eliza, one that has learned, thanks to her growth with Patrick, how to function as a PI perfectly well without him. Detective Fitzroy won't need him anymore either, having finally stopped caring about his father and earning the respect of his fellow officers. The icing on the cake though I think will be Patrick's trial.

I suspect Eliza is going to perjure herself to get Patrick released, possibly even blackmail some people. She going to 1) risk her license and 2) offend William. William as a police office takes the law very seriously. Eliza, when push comes to shove, is going to save her partner by any means necessary. Patrick, I further predict will also discourage her from involving herself and risking her future as a detective. More over I think he will try to get William to stop her, hopefully resulting in a frank discussion during which William will release the extent of Patrick's feelings for Eliza.

William will finally realise the truth, that though they may love each other, they don't belong together. To Glasgow or back to America will go William. Patrick will be released and from there onto more Patrick/Eliza investigations.

[possessionisamyth]

I am thinking of Jill being the opposite of a recluse post-re5. After being passed between one too many hospitals before she's given as clean a bill of health as she can get, she ignores the doctor's orders of taking things easy. She goes out to drink, dance, and meet people.

It's not because the idea of staying home is repulsive, but because she'd been forced into the recluse schtick after the mansion incident, and it didn't save her. It didn't save anyone. So she takes one of the terms she heard off hand from one of her psychology sessions known as "exposure therapy" and goes out. She wants to separate the screams of excitement from the ones of terror. She wants to get lost in a sea of bodies, lost in the space of another person's body, but not her own. The music is loud enough to drown out her thoughts until she steps outside. She's kicked out of a few clubs because someone she didn't know decided to grab her arm to get her attention and she reacted promptly, but it doesn't limit her activity.

She believes it's helping. Her insomnia works in her favor. She nurses one drink the entire night so she can get home, but there's no 24 hour dance clubs. In the light of day, she has to live with her thoughts by herself. Her apartment is minimalist due to a lack of anything personal to her. Chris and Barry tried to save as much as they could from her old apartment, but she threw out everything besides photos. They were the only reminders she needed. Besides, she's barely in her apartment anyway. She doesn't need more things to clean and dust. Everything is temporary. Sometimes, if she's lucky, she gets some sleep after coming home due to physical exhaustion. If she's really lucky, her sleep is dreamless. Other times, it's a quick shower and a half-assed smoothie for breakfast before she's back in her car. To the gym or the pool depending on the season. To as many community events where she can sit down and strike up a conversation with people just as eager to have someone to talk to.

Her sessions with her psychologist, some missed on purpose, eventually cease. Jill's being cooperative, but she's no longer presenting anything new or different, so she comes off as stable. Regular therapy is strongly recommended, and Jill takes the card but never calls. More time passes with nothing major happening. The world is quiet on her radar. Inevitably after getting too comfortable, she missteps. The small things stack on top of each other. One drink nursed through the night goes from two to ten. She rides home with a friend or stumbles into taxis and picks up her car the next day. Her apartment remains pristine due to the lack of decor, but there's always dishes in the sink. There's always trash to take out. There's always laundry to fold. The weights she can lift at the gym only go so high. The pool isn't open year round. There are events aplenty going on somewhere, but not all of them have chairs to sit in, and not all of them pertain to her interests.

The virus has enhanced all her senses, so the first time she tastes something foreign in her drink is when she loses herself. She finishes the drink. She waits. She pretends to slump over. A man she's seen on and off frequenting this particular club offers to help her home. She waits until they're outside, and she punches him. The surprise on his face registers for a brief second before she punches him again. The right way. The wrong way. He's on the ground. She knows how to knock a man unconscious. She knows how to kill a man. She's strong enough to do either. There's blood. Is he dead? There's blood on her knuckles as she shouts at the bouncer to call an ambulance. There's blood on her knuckles as she drives herself home. There's blood on her knuckles, fingers, nail beds, palms, and all the way up to elbows under the strain of water from her sink.

Who could she call to talk her down? Her dancing friends don't know anything about her history. Her long term friends were busy with work. Her one other friend lived in a completely different hemisphere. Mentally, she collapses. She's locked in her apartment again, but it's not like Raccoon City. It's not because strangers are watching her, but because she needs to watch herself. It takes a few months for her to crawl out of the paranoia, yet the desperation lingers. She wonders where did her control go and how can she get it back. Sitting next to her emptied fruit bowl in the kitchen is the card with a number she never called. She picks up the phone.

[canirove]

The Princess & the Football Player | Chapter 26

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"I just can't believe the VAR saw that as a penalty. What did they want him to do, cut his arm?" Declan says as we walk into his house, throwing his bag on the floor. "And the yellow I got? I barely touched him!"

"But it was very risky and dangerous."

"Oh, c'mon Eleanor. Not you too."

"Declan, you are the only one who doesn't agree with it."

"Because it wasn't enough for a yellow card!"

"Ok, whatever."

"Yeah, whatever" he says, rolling his eyes.

"Wait, where are you going?"

"To bed."

"Already?"

"Yes, already. Is there any problem with that?"

"I thought we were going to have dinner together."

"That was before we were robbed, and my girlfriend basically told me I am a dangerous player."

"What? I haven't said that, Declan."

"Good night, Eleanor" he says, starting to walk up the stairs.

"Good... Urgh!" I groan before leaving and closing the door with the loudest bang I can. 

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"What are you doing here? Weren't you going to have dinner with Declan?" Sophie asks.

"I was, but he was in one of his moods. Again" I sigh, sitting down next to her.

"How bad was it this time?"

"Let's just say it wasn't pleasant."

"I'm so sorry, Ellie."

"It's ok, don't worry. But don't tell anything to mum and dad. Especially to mum."

"She knows something is going on, tho. Lately you've been spending more time with us or alone than with Declan."

"I know. But I don't need her giving me the I told you look. Mainly because she isn't right. Declan and I will work things out, this is just a little bump in the road."

"Of course it is" Sophie says, giving my hand an encouraging squeeze. "I've never met anyone more in love than you two."

"Not even Roberta and Mason?" I chuckle.

"Those two are different."

"How?"

"I don't know, they just are. And you and Declan will fix things, I'm sure of it."

"Thank you, Sophie" I say, resting my head on her shoulder.

"Anything for you, big sis" she replies. 

I just hope we both are right, and that we will be able to fix things.

After the successful season Declan had last year, things aren't working out that well anymore. West Ham is in the relegation zone, losing most games due to stupid mistakes. And he hasn't been playing well, which makes things even worse. Most days he arrives back home angry, frustrated, and I'm the one who has to deal with it. Sometimes his family and Mason too. 

During Christmas it looked like things were improving after they won a couple of games, his mood changing completely. But they started losing again, and now, with the Euros around the corner and some friendly games happening in just a few days, he's afraid he may lose his spot with the national team.

"Southgate would only leave you home if you are sick or injured. Even if you aren’t playing at your best right now, you still are better than most out there" I said to him.

"We’ll see" he replied.

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"See? What did I tell you?" I say to Declan. "Southgate isn't that stupid!"

"Yeah" he chuckles, smiling for the first time in what feels like an eternity.

"Let's focus on this, ok? On these couple of games and spending time with the lads."

"The lads? Who are you and where is her Royal Highness?" he asks with a teasing smile, another one I had missed. 

"Oh, shut up, Declan Rice" I reply, rolling my eyes but also smiling.

"I'll try to focus on that. And on improving my mood. I know I've behaved like a jerk lately."

"You have, yes."

"I'm sorry, Eleanor."

"It's ok" I say, caressing his cheek.

"Do you want to cuddle on the sofa and watch a movie? I'll let you pick."

"Really?"

"Yep."

"Oh, wow. I better take advantage of this, it only happens once in a decade."

"Ha ha ha. You are so funny" he says, rolling his eyes. "I still love you, tho."

"I love you too" I smile.

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"There he is, my man of the match!" I say when I meet Declan outside the changing rooms at Wembley.

"Thank you very much, your Royal Highness."

"I'm very proud of you" I say, wrapping my arms around his neck.

"I needed this so much" he replies, resting his forehead on mine.

After not playing the first friendly game with England, he had his chance on the second one at home against Portugal, and he showed everyone why he is one if not the best midfielder out there. Bit biased? Maybe.

"I know. And I also know things will only get better and better from now on. This was the push you needed to keep going with West Ham and fight until the end."

"Things will get better."

"They will" I smile.

"I love you, Eleanor" he says, hugging me closer.

"I love you too" I reply before kissing him.

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"Declan, your phone is ringing."

"That's your phone, not mine" he says, covering his head with the duvet.

"No, that's... That's yours" I yawn.

"It's yours, Eleanor."

"Urgh" I say, looking for my phone on my bedside table. Someone was actually calling me. "Hello?"

"Where are you?"

"Good morning to you too, David" I yawn again.

"It's almost 1 p.m., Eleanor. Are you still in bed?"

"Yeah... Long night" I smile. With everything that had been going on lately, neither Declan nor I had been in the mood to do anything, but we made up for all the wasted time when we went back to my place after the game. "But you just called me by my name. What happened? What did I do?"

"You? Nothing. But..."

"But?"

"Why is that bloody phone ringing again?" Declan complains.

"That is your phone, I'm using mine."

"He's probably getting calls from his agent and everyone who knows him" David says.

"Why?" I ask.

"Because, Eleanor..."

"David, please say it. You are starting to scare me."

"Ok" he says, taking a deep breath. "You and Declan are on the cover of The Sun. Someone caught you kissing last night at Wembley."

[proton-selfships]

how aboutttt 🎨 , ☄️ and 🌈 for the ask game?? :3c

Lore and S/I Ask Game

Thank you, Rainy!

🎨 Palette: Paint a picture with your words! What is a scene featuring yourself/self-insert that would fit into the source of your F/O? It can be anything!

Since first impressions matter and Wednesday canon has a very distinct style, I'm gonna talk about how my S/I would be introduced!

So, when Wednesday and her family are talking to Larissa, Morticia suggests they go and meet her new roommate together before they go. But Larissa interrupts them to say that there's a distant cousin of the Addamses working at Nevermore who'll probably want to see them all before they leave, "a Miss Peyton Ravenna", and Gomez and Morticia get excited at the prospect of seeing a lesser-known cousin again after so many years. Larissa smiles and tells Wednesday that could be a little bit of home away from home.

On their way through the halls of Nevermore to my office (with Pugsley having joined them since he'd met me back then too), Morticia asks if Wednesday remembers spending time with me at my aunt's wedding to Uncle Fester. Wednesday says that she remembers my taste in video games being almost violent enough for her tastes, but not much else since it was so long ago. "You were such a little tormenta back then," says Gomez, smiling fondly.

They stop when they get to the office and see RGB lighting spilling out from under the door, a sight that makes Wednesday's eye twitch. Larissa knocks and then opens without waiting for my reply. A fork from where I'd been eating at my desk comes flying and nearly hits her in the forehead before a rainbow-tinged psychic aura stops it midair. I lower it to the ground with my powers in wide-eyed horror, getting up from where I was sitting and apologizing profusely, explaining that it was a bug in my code and I should've caught it before I ran it but I was distracted and—

Gomez and Morticia start clapping at my near-bullseye, with Gomez teasing me for pulling my punch at the last second like that and Larissa stepping off to the side in barely-masked exasperation. I stop my rambling when I see them. I tell them what a nice surprise it is to see them again after so long, smiling nervously and still a bit rattled from what just happened. They invite me in for a hug and I reluctantly approach.

While Pugsley and I start having a conversation in the background about the gaming posters on the walls, Wednesday takes one look at those and the cat-shaped knickknacks on my desk and remarks that the only thing this "home away from home" has in common with the real thing is how suffocating it is. I overhear and look dejected, saying "I'm sorry" and clasp my hands together nervously. Larissa admonishes her for the remark, but Morticia reassures her that some time away and exposure to new people could be just what she needs to get out of her creative rut and get some fresh blood on her hands, so to speak.

"Just as long as there's no more rainbows. I think this room could give me hives," says Wednesday. Cue her setting foot in Enid's dorm room for the first time.

(If it wasn't obvious from the way I write them all, I'm making it so the pressure for Wednesday to emulate Morticia comes primarily from Nevermore itself and specifically Larissa than from her family. I feel like that makes more sense for the family dynamic and makes it clearer that any of those feelings aimed at her parents are just a transient byproduct of Wednesday being a teenager. Which was always my personal interpretation, anyhow, but it definitely could've been made clearer in canon!)

☄️Comet: What was a moment where you/your self-insert really shined? This can be a badass moment, a moment where you felt important to the overall lore, or just a really cool and important moment!

This one isn't nearly as well-developed as the last one, since only Season 1 exists right now and I'm gonna try to fit this into whatever comes next, but I love the idea of there being a big confrontation and fight scene between me and Tyler! Both because watching a powerful psychic fight a Hyde instead of being ambushed like Rowan was would be sick, but also because of how inevitable and resonant to the story's themes such a fight would be.

I see my S/I's relationship with Tyler as a pretty strained one for various reasons relating back to Laurel. From my perspective throughout Season 1, he was just the barista at the Weathervane. Whenever I'd go there with other faculty to get a donut, they'd always say it seemed like he's looking at me funny, which I'd never notice until they did. It's not until the night of the blood moon that I regain my memories of what happened to me all those times I "lost track of time" that semester, leaving me a wreck who feels betrayed by the woman I once knew as Marilyn and just wondering why.

From his perspective, here's this outcast woman who Laurel is coddling for reasons he doesn't understand. He's the one who had to undergo torture and painful transformations to unlock his destructive potential, while I just get an injection in the neck to control me every so often. He's the one who kills for Laurel and gathers the organs, while I'm just an errand girl, when he knows that my powers could be a lot more destructive than he is! He's the one who has to deal with the memories of what he's done and learn to like them, while I can live in blissful ignorance. He's the one who's just a pawn in Laurel's game while I clearly mean more to her than he ever will, no matter how much she positions herself as a surrogate mother to him. And in the end, he takes the fall and gets sent away for what he's done, while I get off easy. How could he not resent me for all that, even if none of it was my fault?

So yeah. To him, I represent weakness. In the heart of both Laurel for wanting to spare me the fate of the rest of the outcasts at Nevermore, and outcast society in general for demonizing Hydes like his mother while failing to recognize the monsters like me they allow to walk free. He doesn't just see me as an obstacle to whatever his goals are after escaping, but a parasite that needs to be squashed.

Meanwhile, I'm forced to fight him off to save my own life and probably those of my family and students, in a flashy light show where my powers are pushed further than they'd ever been up to that point. But as I do, I look at him and I also see where society has failed. Both he and Laurel were abandoned by a place that has a thin veneer of accepting anyone who doesn't belong, and now they're lashing out for it, and I can't bring myself to blame either. After all, haven't I been rejected by the other outcasts in my own way, too?

It's the weight of that realization, combined with my overexertion of my powers in that fight, that pushes me into a psychic meltdown that threatens to level Jericho.

And it's Laurel returning to me, reaching out even as the pressure from my powers threatens to rip her apart and the shrapnel digs into her skin until it bleeds, offering to share that burden as a fellow outcast-among-outcasts even if it means abandoning everything her cultish family raised her to believe, that saves everyone.

🌈Rainbow: What was the happiest moment in your lore for you/your self-insert? Who all shared that happiness with you in canon?

I'm gonna be sappy and say it's my wedding day with Laurel. I haven't decided when it'll be or the details of how it'll happen, but… Fuck.

It's the ultimate culmination of both of us feeling loved and lovable in a way we never allowed ourselves before, the ultimate act of transgression against the concept of normies and outcasts existing in separate worlds. Neither of us ever expected this day to come, and yet here we are, and it's real. No more masks, no more feeling separated by our pasts, no more loneliness. Just true devotion to each other that we'll carry in our hearts for the rest of our lives.

And the Addamses and many of my past students are there to share in our joy! And Morticia cries. It's canon:

Even though I picked the wedding day for this ask, the eventual births of Ollie and Marigold and the day we adopt Felix into our little family are just as happy, too! But I know even less about how those would happen and just know that we'd be overwhelmed with emotion, so yeah!

[tenebriism]

Another season sparks another letter; the idle but warm hearted chatter of a delicate cerulean scrawl once again having found its way into the Khaenri’ahn’s presence. There’s far less purpose to it this time beyond an open stream of consciousness tinged with endearing eccentricity - but Jean feels better for having sent it, all the same. A note to let him know she is thinking of him. A note to remind him that someone still cares. 

Dear nameless breath stealer, 

Can you believe it’s been another three months already? The seasons seem to be passing more and more quickly this year, with Autumn already bringing changes in on the breeze. I always thought Mondstadt was very much a city for Springtime, but as the leaves change to shades of orange and brown I can’t help but think perhaps I was mistaken. Perhaps next time you get a chance to steal away from your adventures, you’ll be able to walk with me and see it? I can’t promise I won’t be fully embracing my long forgotten youth and kicking my feet through piles of leaves, but I think you’d enjoy it. It’s peaceful and perhaps even homely. 

Not that I would dare to presume you need consider it a home of course! I know your roots lie in other places, but should you have need of a haven, at least for a little while, I like to think as a nation we might carry just enough charm to make it a pleasant stay. (And yes, dear knight, I am aware that every letter I send you sounds more and more like a tourist brochure for singing Mondstadt’s praises.)

I think I just want to show you so many things and share with you the snippets of mundanity that make me smile, it’s become a second nature now. The amount of times I’ll have walked past a shop window or seen a particularly nice flower and thought, ‘I know who would love this…’ is almost embarrassing to admit. Although these days, particularly now the nights are drawing in, it’s often more after dark that I find you once again in my thoughts. 

It’s definitely one of the perks of the Autumn season; knowing that the sky will drawn in a little bit earlier and the stars will once again twinkle to life. I still wholly stand by my belief you may well have fallen from those stars, but should the moon ever come looking for you, I’ll gladly throw hands to defend your honour, my starlight friend. 

And yes, alright, perhaps I am talking nonsense now. It’s been a long day, but sharing these odd little thoughts with you makes the distance that bit more tolerable. Although on the bright side, at least as the season changes lantern rite creeps ever closer. 

In another few months, we’ll be back in each other’s company and keeping our time honoured tradition alive. But until then, know that I…miss you. And I hope above all else, that you are happy, healthy and safe. 

Stay out of trouble, starshine, 

- J. x

The letter is somewhat STAINED, this time, and the handwriting quite MESSY in comparison to its writer's usual pretty cursive. Her letter finds him amidst a time he needs it MOST, and whether or not SHE knew that, or the gods are playing the game of MERCY with him again, he shan't take a blessing for granted. Perhaps he could have waited until he isn't struggling with himself so the letter could be completely legible, but reading her letter, and swiftly sitting down to RESPOND to it, means he may bask in the feelings and emotions she grants him with ease even longer.

The happiness may be shortlived, but he will cling to it, as he always does.

[ su nshine in dark ti mes ,

im sorry if this letter is a strug gle to deciph er. i fair les s th an well at p resent. do n o t worry , this wil l not kee p me fr om seein g you at the lant ern r i te. of that, iam cert ai n and pr omis e you.

The love and admiration you house for your nation is a pleasant comfort; in that regard, we are very similar. The times I have found myself in or around Mondstadt, I have always felt a sense of home and belonging. Perhaps it is because I know you are there, working tirelessly to ensure it continues to feel that way for both myself and the others who both live and travel there. Regardless, I can say for sure that, of all the nations I have visited, Mondstadt is the one that seems to care for its people the most.

Were I to ever settle down, unlikely though it may be, I am confident Mondstadt would be in my favored choices to do so.

My travels have taken me far from your wind-embraced home, but there is beauty in knowing we are gazing up at the same sky every night. It makes me feel like the distance betwixt us is not so heartbreakingly massive, even if the sun may banish the feeling come morning time.

That you would compare me to starlight is strange, but not unwelcomed. I have certainly fallen, yes, but not from the stars. I have fallen in a great many ways. If I am, indeed, some sort of fallen star, however, then it is befitting that you are the sun. The stars are always out, and whilst we cannot see them during the day, they are there. I like to think they find peace and respite when the sun comes up. A chance to have a break, to bask in the beauties and purities of the sun.

Then, nighttime falls and the sun retreats, bringing darkness and loneliness as the moon then rises to take its place. There, the stars shine again. I used to think I preferred the latter hours of the night, when all is quiet and I may exist undisturbed, though I am starting to enjoy the sun, too. It is blinding and powerful, but beneath it, I find peace. I can merely . . . be. ]

There is a tear beneath this section, where the force of his unsteady hand has ripped the paper. With how ABRUPTLY the letter then proceeds to end, 'tis evident he'd been afraid of tearing it entirely. He needed SOMETHING to send back to her. Something intact, something to let her know she hadn't been forgotten, and that she, too, was missed.

[ i mi ss y ou too. re m em ber to tak e car e of you rsel f, s unsh ine.

~ D . ]

@gunnhildred ;;

[returnofahsoka]

omgggg all the things that are foreshadowed in the live action!!! anyway i'm not gonna tell you :p

In the original, Garp doesn't appear until at least five other arcs. The reveal of Luffy's grandpa is late, okay? But omg his scenes with Zeff?? Of course I had heard about it but wow. The live action scenarists took one look at the obligatory Shanks/Mihawk scene and said no this isn't old man yaoi enough we need something else.

And they spent a whole third of the last episode basically giving us a recap of the season by showing us everyone's reactions to the bounty poster and foreshadowing the beginning of the next one?? Nice, really nice, really felt like reading a conclusion chapter for an arc of the manga.

Loved seeing Koby so much in this season, it was great. In the manga we only see bits and pieces of this part of his character arc. We also actually see the Straw Hats leave Coco Village, and Nami is late to the departure, on purpose, because by running to jump on the ship she can both avoid talking to (and probably crying with) her friends and steal all their wallets ^^ They don't hold it against her at all.

i can't wait to see where it goes!!!! foreshadowing you say??

i love koby too? i loved that he was almost constantly there and yeah he was a great audience proxy to show what garp was up to. and oh yes old man yaoi was served (at baratie) afshdjfjfjk

i'm so glad you are enjoying the live action, i know i had so much fun watching it. like, i know now that i've been missing out!! but also one piece artstyle grrrrrh (sorry it's just so not for me, so i guess i'm just glad i can Experience this story, more or less, without having to look at that) but also i've been missing out! bc it's great!!! i didn't expect it to be this good!! especially the characters and the writing! i love them funky lil pirates and gosh, truly THE comfort show, at least it was for me when i was having a shit time and very much needed comfort

anyways thank you and yana for talking so much about one piece on my dash that i immediately i knew i had to watch opla when it's first trailer dropped xddd

[jellicle-chants]

Jemima for the Valentine's thing!

Ask and you shall receive!

Double Entendre

(This fic is rated G I promise I just wanted to have a joke title)

Jemima's got a crush on the one and only Rum Tum Tugger. But will her confession work out as she planned?

"Hi, Miss Cass!" Jemima pounced at the tire and landed on all fours next to Cassandra, who was in the middle of enjoying her afternoon stretch.

"Hello starlight, what's on the horizon today?"

Jemima beamed at the pet name. "Nothin' much, what about you?"

"Oh, I'm just taking a little rest here. Care to join?"

If some cosmic force asked Cass to pick a favorite kitten, it would be hard to choose against the tabby-and-white blur of energy currently trying her best to settle down at her side. After pacing back and forth trying to decide which was the best way to lay down, Jemima finally seemed to relax.

Of course, all that was for naught when Tugger sauntered into the junkyard clearing a few moments later.

"Miss Cass, Miss Cass, look! Isn't he so cool?" Cassandra obligingly turned her head towards where Tugger was showing off a new move to Plato — who, she noted, seemed nearly as enthralled as Jemima was. "I wish Tugger would talk to me like that. But he never pays any attention to me at all."

"I'm sure that's not true, dear."

"Is so!"

Cass had to hold back a laugh, looking over at the kitten with as much wisdom as she could muster. "Well, why don't you tell him that you like him, then? It is the season for love, you know." Either that, or she had wildly misinterpreted her human's sharp increase in having people over in the past few days.

"Oh, you really think so?" Jemima's little face scrunched up as she considered her options. "But... he's always going on about how he doesn't like things to be given to him. So maybe I should tell him that I really don't like him, and then that'll work!" She was practically squirming around on the tire now, kneading her paws into the rubber to work out her nervous energy. "Could you call him over here please, Miss Cass? It won't work if I do it."

"Sure, sweet pea." Cass stretched out to her full length and called out across the open junkyard. "Tugger! Jemima has something she wants to tell you."

He looked over, confused, and Cass waved him over with a subtle head nod. "So, what's all this about?"

"Rum Tum Tugger! I want you to know that I actually don't like you at all. Ever. And... I think you shouldn't hang out with me, and you should spend all your time with the boys instead. Ok?" She crossed her arms and puffed out her chest in a perfect harrumph gesture that Cass made sure to commit to memory.

"Uhh..." Tugger looked over at Cass for some kind of explanation, but she just raised an eyebrow at him and offered a knowing smirk. "... okay. No need to make such a big deal out of it. Guess I'll go now."

Jemima, to her credit, held up the pose for a few good seconds as he strolled off, before absolutely flopping back against the tire in despair. "Oh no, that didn't work at all! Now he probably thinks I hate him. Why did I do that?"

"Just remember, this is Tugger we're talking about, dewdrop," Cass said, ruffling the fur between Jemima's ears. "He always does the opposite of what one expects."

"Aww, now I'll never get to hang out with him ever!" She flailed around on the tire some more, completely in the throes of her anguish.

"Don't say that." She gave Jemima a boop on the nose with her tail, and that seemed to break the kitten out of her spell. "I'm sure he'll come back around to you sometime soon. Just you wait."

Jemima snuggled up alongside her, having finally tired herself out enough to stay still. Cass, for her part, was perfectly happy to soak up the afternoon sun for a few minutes more.

[claryxjackson]

wait now I wanna know about your stranger things ocs. what are they up to in season four? what are interesting facts about them? important details from their backstories? give me the goods rn 🤺

love you for this <3

okay so my stranger things ocs can all kind of trace back to this one family; the Lansings.

also, pinterest boards for vibes

Jack Lansing

backstory: Jack and his wife Gen have a daughter, but she went missing when she was four which for context is, ~5 years before season one takes place. He moved out of Hawkins around a year after she disappeared and, while still legally married to Gen, they might as well be divorced.

as of season one Jack is- back in Hawkins, serving as a police deputy. and lo and behold. Will Byers goes missing and boy does it send good old Jack on a spiral, and right back to Gen.

as of season four, honestly that man is doing the best he ever has, but more on that later.

a fun fact about Jack is that he- by some miracle, never really loses patience with the kids throughout the seasons, and it makes him a very good counterpart for wildly impatient Hopper whenever they need help

next up we have, Genevieve Hopper, who was, for a time, Gen Lansing.

she's Hopper's younger sister, and she used to work at Hawkins Lab. She has since been unemployed.

oh Gen- Gen has not been good since her daughter disappeared. she has in fact been, very bad. like commonly known town weirdo levels of bad. People think she's weirder than Joyce in season one. It's been a bad five years for poor Gen, but she's gotten a job as a Hawkins High science teacher since losing her job at Hawkins Lab.

she likes the job a lot right up until her estranged husband's sister ends up failing her class

as of season one Gen is- reeling from Will's disappearance, though her attention to his disappearance drops almost completely when her brother lets slip that they think a kid escaped from the Lab

if he weren't only targeting teenagers, Gen would be a prime target for Vecna. the woman is drowning in guilt.

and i know this sounds like- not much but i promise it's building up to something

okay so, next we have Nineteen.

she escaped from Hawkins Lab with Eleven, but separated herself from her- pretty quickly because she- truthfully didn't get along with her very well when they were in the lab.

she's around ten years old. this girl is going Through It.

also, Tina has- very few early memories of being at the Lab, but neither does El so she figures it's- normal

okay so she's kinda boring in season one. Jack's sister April found her wandering in the woods and literally just- befriended this strange woodland child as if she were a fairy or something.

gave her food, clothes, talked to her, though Nineteen never talked back.

by season four, she's thriving. She's living with Jack and Gen. April has given her the nickname Tina, and pretty much everybody just assumes that's her name anyway. She's enrolled in Hawkins Middle. Vecna isn't targeting her because she didn't totally fuck him up and lock him in the Upside Down like El. However, she still does have her powers so she's, still a part of the whole mess, just not in the same way El is.

lastly in this whole family mess is April Lansing.

she's Jack's younger sister, and she moved with him when he left Hawkins (she was 11) because their parents were dead and she- didn't want to stay with her grandparents. Besides, Jack knew well enough how to raise a kid, and he, didn't mind.

she's- none too thrilled about their move back to Hawkins as she is very much a city girl at this point, she's dreading going to a small town.

they live out by Lover's Lake, so she just, decides to spend all her time in the woods to kill time, which is how she meets Tina. and in season four it's why she ends up just- chilling with suspected killer Eddie Munson.

ngl she might be a love interest for Eddie idk yet

but in the midst of her struggling to adjust to living in Hawkins- Teddy Wheeler pops up.

Teddy was her- best friend when she was like 10. and he figures he might as well help her get used to the town. April is not having it, and aggressively ignores him.

by season four she's: joined the Hellfire Club and- girl's gonna get Vecna'd so- prepare for that.

and i don't have much for Teddy. boy is more of a secondary character tbh

[gnattyplayssims]

1952 Pt1 - Stefan's Dream

[The night Sofia left]

"You were a real plumbhead this morning, you know that? We just barely got her to come out of her room, she's obviously been carrying this for months and you just have to give your opinions."

"I know Anabelle. I really messed it up."

"I'm scared too you know. I'm not ready to be a grandmother. I'm not even 40 yet. But I wasn't ready to be a mother either and look where that got us."

"Watcher! I did the same thing to her as I did to you. I'm such an idiot."

"Yeah you are. But we can still fix this."

They were quiet for a moment until Hezekiah broke the silence. "Do you think...that boy...that maybe...it wasn't her choice?"

"Oh Watcher, I don't even want to think about that!"

"I know kids make mistakes but...she just seemed so adamant about waiting."

Kye sat up suddenly, reaching for his chair. "I need to talk to her."

"Now?"

"Yes, I can't sleep till she knows I love her." He paused, "Damn! the stairs! Could you get her for me?"

"Of course, Dear."

But it was too late. All that was left of Sofia was footprints in the snow.

[3 years later]

The Winter Season was finally coming to an end. It was still cold but hope could be felt just on the horizon. Anabelle hoped that with the melted snow, they might be able to find Sofia.

"Breakfast is nearly ready. Could you go get your father?"

"Of course!!"

"This is amazing Mom! I'm really going to miss your cooking!"

"What do you mean you're going to miss it?"

"Um...well I've been thinking about it a lot lately. You know how much I love helping you in the garden but I just can't do what I want here in Copperdale."

"You know how Aunt Rachel finally got pregnant? Well they had twins which means Uncle Gavin isn't able to help on the farm as much anymore. Uncle Reuben needs help and I really want to learn farming."

"So you're moving back to Henford? That's great son! I'm so proud of you!"

"Of course I'm happy for you too but this is a big life decision and you're not even a young adult yet?"

"I'm old enough to get married and I'll be a young adult next year. Besides I'll be staying with family."

"Okay but you know to stay away from the Noble's."

"Of course Mom"

A few weeks later Stefan arrived in Finchwick. The town was covered in a fresh layer of snow but Stefan was far too exhausted to fully enjoy it's beauty. His cousin Rosalie and her new husband Mason were waiting for him as he rolled off the train and stumbled into the Town Center

"About time you got here! We've been waiting in the cold for hours!"

"Sorry the train was delayed because of the snow."

"Well maybe you should have waited for spring."

"By then the twins would be toddlers and Uncle Reuben wouldn't need my help. Besides, I know you missed me."

He opened his arms to give her a hug but she cringed. "I don't do hugs."

Mason suddenly stepped in to break the tension. "Hey what's a duck's favorite part of the news? The Feather Forecast!"

"Oh! What's a llama's favorite drink? Llamanade!"

"Rosalie was not impressed.

The Harris' dropped Stefan off at the farmhouse where he'd spent many of his formative years. The exotic plant in the corner and the walls covered in paintings proved that the house was run by his art-loving aunt and not his practical grandmother. It was different but so familiar

"Ah you're finally here!" A man raced down the stairs excitedly.

"You must be Uncle Gavin, it's nice to finally meet you. I love what you've done with the place"

"Ah the wall, yes isn't it amazing. Rachel really has an eye for asthetic." He gushed with a dreamy look in his eye.

"Oh I'm sure you want to meet the babies! But we just laid them down for their nap!"

"Darling give the poor boy a rest. He came here to work the farm, not take care of babies."

"I'm sorry! I'm just so excited they're finally here. We've been trying for nearly a decade!"

Rachel rolled her eyes affectionately. "I'm sure you're tired. We cleaned up your old room for you. It's got a real bed now, not a bunk bed. Feel free to do whatever you want with it. It's your space. Reuben is out of town so take your time."

"Thank you so much Aunt Rachel."

A few days later Reuben returned "Uncle Reuben! I'm so glad your back, I'm excited and ready to work with you and learn everything I can about the business!"

"Thank you Gavin." Reuben answered dismissively.

Gavin shook his head and whispered loudly, "He doesn't like me."

Gavin slipped from the room and Reuben closed his book, standing to his feet. "Come with me." Stefan followed him into the office that had once been his grandfathers. The darker hues and lack of decoration was jarring compared to the rest of the house and made Stefan nervous.

"So you want to learn farming?"

"Yes! I've helped my mom with her garden my entire life. It's how we survived for a long time. I've learned all about carrots and potatoes and spices but I want to learn about the BIG plants. See we were homeless for awhile-"

"That's nice."

"Listen kid, the first thing you need to understand about this business is that it's more than just plants. If you want to be a farmhand then great but if you want to run this farm then you need be able to make quick decisions and sharp deals."

"I...think I can do that."

"Good then we're in business. Now what do you know about the HCR?"

"The Henford Crime Ring? I know they're related to us and that they're good at covering their tracks."

"Yes, my father worked for them briefly in the 20's before choosing my mother over the job."

"Oh my dad told me this story. Aunt Lizzie finally pulled Grampa out of it when Gilbert almost gave her a job and that...well, you and Rachel came along shortly after. But what does this have to do with running the farm?"

"It's important because the HCR is our biggest client."

1952 Pt2 - The Spice Festival

[cineflections]

Long post incoming

Some thoughts I had while watching ep4 of the Uncanny Counter season 1 (in a bulleted list):

• Man I've heard stories on how brutal bullies are in Korea, while I guess this particular "ganging up on 1 guy" isn't exclusive to Korea, the prevalence of bullying in kdramas is quite abundant.

• Cool fight sequence, all in first person. Could it perhaps be meant to indicate Wi-Gen's lack of control and seeing things from his perspective? It's cool, but is that all there is? I mean, is it there to just be a cool and unusual sequence, or is it symbolism? I remember that old Doom movie has a similar sequence, but that was to mimic and give homage to the video game it adapted. If it was to showcase Mun's rage, I kinda fail to see it. Yes, it is a brutal beat-up, but there's not enough visually showing it in the cinematography. There's a blur effect, but maybe they should've made it more pronounced like a tunnel vision or made him see red (literally)?

• And like I suspected, So Mun's power is to create a "territory". Just what was needed, seeing that his predecessor died because it disappeared.

• Of course, the rich parents come in and will not accept that their children should be punished. As if they're literally a "better man" than their "poor" peers. And Sugar Daddy comes to save the day again!

• "I bet you don't have a trillion won in your bank!

• Justice for all victims of bullies!

• That bully, the mayor's son, will definitely become possessed by a wandering soul. Or maaaaybe he will get powers from like a counter-like group but evil? He has too much screen-time by now that he will for sure play a bigger role as our boy's rival.

• The police are corrupt, the mayor and possibly others are corrupt. We do get the good cop woman, who faces obstacles at every turn.

• The plot regarding Mo-Tak's (attempted) murder and So Mun's parents' death is intriguing, and they were definitely involved with something. But what could that be? Has it to do with the counters? Or is it a plot separate from the main plot (although, since it's currently the only plot, I find that implausible)

• Hahah, Mo-Tak's face when finding out him and the girl cop were together once.

• "I can't lose the counter job. Wi-Gen promised I'd meet my parents if I did good as a counter" - boy, 🤦‍♀️ you violated one of their rules, that "if" is no longer in play..... you did not do good, lmao.

• Hahahah everyone just fainting by transferring to the other side. But man, Chu Mae Ok mvp: "Don't mess with my baby!" Paraphrasing, but YES!

• Hahaha, Mo-Tak doing a superhero landing on their table 🤣 😂

• I'm pretty sure Wi-Gen has already decided. She's just keeping her mouth shut for dramatic effect. She's probably dying inside from all the drama around her.

• Like why is that lady there. Why is she so disagreeable? (Talking about Mo-Tak's afterlife partner)

• The afterlife group. Is that like a family? Grandma, and three grandchildren??

• Netflix should really fix the subtitles. Sometimes they are late to show up and then, they disappear in a flash to make room for the next sentence... if the show had been in Japanese I might have been able to understand some of what they're saying, but Korean is beyond me except for certain words, so I'm afraid I'm missing out on key info sometimes.

• Wait wait wait. Omg really. So the mayor or whoever is in a sauna? Looks like one. I was wondering why the fuck they still look so wet? Like even if you immediately get into it after a shower your skin dries in like a minute or two. But these guys are still dripping. (Pls excuse the literal screenshots)

• Lmao they really be doing sauna in 43 degrees Celsius?? You mofos are weak af. 🤣🤣🤣🤣. My parents have a sauna in their house, and we never use it under 75 degrees, and that is low by our standards. My dad goes up to 90 degrees at times!

• And they keep the door open and let all the warmth out!

• So the mayor is renting land from another rich old dude, who thinks they are hiding something illegal? He doesn't seem to be a good guy either since he probably has connections to the corrupt cops. That old man will for sure die by the mayor's hand.

• Wow that was quick. Getting a hitman?

• Oh wait, the "hitman" is the guy's son? Adopted? Guardian relationship? Cuz that relationship is one sided. Daddy issues galore.

• Wuuuuuuut??! Mae Ok's partner is her own son? Damn that's kinda sad. And who is the girl in his wedding picture? Should I know her? And he can't find deaths from 2013 and So Mun's parents. Maybe that means they aren't dead? But there's corruption even in the afterlife, it seems. Intriguing.

• Oh, So Mun got his father's number.

• So "hitman" is a hitman and got powers. Possibly level 3? But that's a bit weird. Maybe that soul will transfer to mayor's son? Or the mayor and his goonies have a deal with the corrupt part of the afterlife?

Well, I'll find out as I progress. But I don't have time to continue today!

[jollyreginaldrancher]

Yellowjackets S1 e9

The bodies are just piling up now

Why would he not just google her though? Why would he go out of his way to buy a book about it all? His excuses are pretty flimsy.

For a second I thought they were gonna bury Laura and i was wondering if there even was enough of her to bury and if they bothered to swim all that way to look for parts.

Turns out they were just resorting to eating bugs.

Poor Van

Jeff was definitely sparkledong! I knew it!

At first I thought "what could the possibly decorate with?" Then i saw all the bits and bobs from their hunts and yeah. I guess that's setting up whatever was going on in the first episode with the weird outfits and the cultish vibes.

Shauna definitely wants Jackie and vice versa. There is no other explanation. Okay there are other explanations but this is the narrative I'm going with. If they won't show us the lesbians I'll make my own lesbians, damn it!

My guy, you met another woman at a hotel and expect us to believe it wasn't an affair? Is he that naive?

Jackie is being nice to Misty with no conditions and calling her beautiful and I think I'm gonna cry 🥹

Jeff tried to take the fall for the murder. Bless him, he really is a himbo 🥹 everyone is showing their best side today.

That montage was so great. We have Misty out there doing the work. Lottie missing Laura Lee and hugging her shirt 🥹. Shauna's growing baby bump 😮. Jackie curling her hair with ribbons -their haircare being something I wondered about but these girls found a way- and Van and Taissa 🥹🥹🥹 addressing Van's self-consciousness with a sweet gesture of solidarity and these girls are working their way into my heart 😭 I just know shit is too good to last.

Those mushrooms are gonna be a lot of trouble aren't they?

Why is Jackie not eating? She's giving suicidal vibes, is she going to kill herself?

The dance is adorable

Nat had alcohol and held out while Van was getting her face stitched up? Like she didn't even share a swig with her or nothing? I shouldn't hold this against her but I do.

Jackie's behaviour is a very unsettling cry for help.

It's funny how aware everyone suddenly got when they were high.

Oh this isn't a funny/haha high, this is an *eat somebody's face off* kind of high.

Yeah, Javi, RUN!

But we know Tyler survives though cause he dies in the future. I just wish the scene followed Van and Taissa more instead 🤣 we had to sit through so many straight sex scenes, why can't they give us ONE gay one? 😭

I spoke too soon. That was beautiful. Really freaking short but beautiful. 🥹

Poor Misty 😅 maybe next time you'll crush on a straight guy

Dang, Nat stopped Trevor becoming a Mcthottie meal.

I will say I didn't expect Lottie to become the ringleader. Then again they were super fucked up.

I feel so bad for Van though. She deserves all the head she can get 😭

A bunch of (presumably) cannibals are in a room with a dead body and they can't think of a single way to get rid of it?

Misty is gonna kill the reporter, huh? There's no way she would be spilling that much if she wasn't. Or is she really that naive? She's been easily led before, that's why I wonder.

I gotta say, it's smart they hired Juliette Lewis as the one with substance abuse issues cause she visibly looks older but she's also very energetic so it feels believable that she would be their age while looking a bit older, but still being as vibrant as the rest of them.

Look what the cat dragged in. Part of me wishes for Misty to disentangle from this mess and not give in to the shitty friends who only call when they need her but another part is shipping her with Nat.

It's been a forgone conclusion that there was cannibalism and Misty more or less admitted to it this episode. I wonder if it's going to happen in the next episode or if they're saving it for later. It would make sense for one of them to die; it is after all a season finale. And not doing it feels anticlimactic. But this show has pleasantly surprised me before. Waiting 9 episodes to finally get a lesbian sex scene wasn't a pleasant surprise though, it was agony.

My guesses for the unhappy meal are:

Jackie

Javi

Shauna's baby

The coach?

Or one of those girls that barely gets a line like Mari.

It could be one, it could be all. Hell, it could be Natalie and she could be a ghost. I doubt it though. I wonder if they'll ever show why they're all being such assholes to Misty though. Cause they don't know about the black box so far, and even if they did it's not like they could figure out she broke it. So we'll have to see if that's addressed next episode or further down the line.

That said it's not a given they don't eat Vanessa but I don't think they would do all this work to set her and Taissa as the main romantic couple in this show if they were going to kill one of them off so soon. I still have hope. We might not have seen her in the present yet but that doesn't mean that she's not there though.

I think it's gonna be Jackie though. It feels like they're setting her up as a horror movie victim. I don't know, that's just the vibe in getting. Like they're trying too hard to make her likeable now that it's near the end so we feel bad when she dies.

Also on rewatch, it's interesting that we've seen two necklaces, one of gold and one of bone, and they each seem to be for protection and keep making the rounds between girlfriends. I noticed the bone one around Taissas's throat during the wolf attack for example. I feel like it definitely worked there. I wonder if that's gonna be a thing later on.