#OT3: Veterans’ Affairs

[hauntedfalcon]

now arriving at the subway station: the OT3 express

[eldritchdiplomacy]

Bottom Table OT3: The Playlist

We, like Jinnah, will mourn our lads forever

(click for song explanations!)

Take Me Out To The Ball Game - Ed Meeker

"Eldritch Harrahs," He says, fingering the bright red laces on a baseball like a rosary

Team - Lorde

Classic poly theme, living in ruins.

"And everyone's competing For a love they won't receive 'Cause what this palace wants is release."

Ravenous - Autumn Orange

Impeccible vibes.

Eat Your Young - Hozier

Post-war heroes left in slums with their ghosts

"Come and get some Skinnin' the children for a war drum Puttin' food on the table, sellin' bombs and guns It's quicker and easier to eat your young"

Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac

A shiny jade jewel in said slums

"She rings like a bell through the night And wouldn't you love to love her? She rules her life like a bird in flight And who will be her lover?"

Boats & Birds - Gregory & The Hawk

Children without souls

"If you'll be my boat, I'll be your sea A depth of pure blue just to probe curiosity Ebbing and flowing and pushed by a breeze I live to make you free, I live to make you free…"

Hearts a Mess - Gotye

Sean Fucking Finnerty

"You have lost too much love To fear, doubt and distrust, it's not enough You just threw away the key to your heart Don't get burned 'cause nothing gets through It makes it easier, easier on you That much more difficult for me To make you see."

Love In The Time Of Socialism - Yellow House

Teenagers all in love with each other

"But I am home wherever you are near There's no life in anything When you're not here."

Whatever Fits Together - Skullcrusher

I mean…

"Do you ever look back? Does it all fit together? If we're here, does it matter? (If we're here, does it matter?)"

Marked For Death - Emma Ruth Rundle

Marion & Jean

"Who else is going to love someone like me that’s marked for death? Who else is going to be with me when I breathe it all?"

Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect - The Decemberists

Marion & Sean

"And here I dreamt I was a soldier And I marched the streets of Birkenau And I recall in spring The perfume that the air would bring To the indolent town Where the barkers call the moon down The carnival was ringing loudly now And just to lay with you There's nothing that I wouldn't do Save lay my rifle down"

Hard Times - Ethel Cain

The Exorcists' Daughter

"Tell me a story About how it ends Where you're still the good guy I'll make pretend 'Cause I hate this story Where happiness ends And dies with you."

Edith's Theme - Crimson Peak

The Lighthouse

Say Yes To Heaven - Lana Del Rey

Sean & Jean

"If you go, I'll stay You come back, I'll be right here Like a barge at sea In the storm, I stay clear 'Cause I've got my mind on you I've got my mind on you…"

Sunlight - Hozier

Sean & Jean & Marion

"All the tales the same Told before and told again A soul that’s born in cold and rain Knows sunlight, sunlight, sunlight And, at last, can grant a name To a buried and a burning flame As love and its decisive pain Oh, my sunlight, sunlight, sunlight."

Your Protector - Fleet Foxes

The Circle of Needle & Thread

"As you lay to die beside me, baby On the morning that you came Would you wait for me? The other one would wait for me."

The Mother Road - Chelsea Wolfe

The doc who knows she'll never lead a normal life, have a normal love.

"I do not have a child But I'm old enough to know some pain And I'm hell-bent on loving you Women know what it is to endure."

Running Up That Hill - Placebo

All too stubborn to let each other die.

"Oh, come on, baby Oh, come on, darlin' Let me steal this moment from you now Oh, come on, angel Come on, come on, darlin' Let's exchange the experience…"

A Vampire's Heart - Peter Gundry

Doplegangers

Cosmic Love - Florence + The Machine

Jean, Sean, & Marion

"I took the stars from our eyes, and then I made a map And knew that somehow I could find my way back Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too So I stayed in the darkness with you…"

Oh, To Dream Of Such Eldritch Things - Autumn Orange

The Compromised Lightkeeper

A Shot Rang Out - Emily Jane White

Sean FUCKING Finnerty, Marion, Jean

"Dreamers we aren't few But I don’t want to bury my dreams with you."

The Ghost On The Shore - Lord Huron

Man down

"Die if I must, let my bones turn to dust I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave it…"

Call Your Mom - Noah Kahan

You can't do this to Peggy, bud.

"Medicate, meditate, save your soul for Jesus Throw a punch, fall in love, give yourself a reason Don't wanna drive another mile without knowin' you're breathin' So won't you stay, won't you stay, won't you stay with me?"

Funeral - Phoebe Bridgers

War boys wearing the same face, so many hearts.

"And last night, I blacked out in my car And I woke up in my childhood bed Wishing I was someone else, feeling sorry for myself When I remembered someone's kid is dead…"

Francesca - Hozier

Jean & Marion re: Sean

"Now that it's done There's not one thing that I would change My life was a storm since I was born How could I fear any hurricane?"

Is Your Love Strong Enough? - GWTDT

"Just one beat of your heart And stranger than fantasy I knew from the start It had to be the place for me Someone that I would die for There's no way I could ever leave."

Death With Dignity - Sufjan Stevens

The Survivor

"Spirit of my silence I can hear you, but I'm afraid to be near you And I don't know where to begin And I don't know where to begin…"

My Love - Florence + The Machine

The Next Step

"My arms emptied, the skies emptied The buildings emptied…"

[nightingalewithavoiceoflonging]

⚡️ SACRIFICE ✨

[moons-amber]

"Just like that, Sean," Jean says.

"Isn't he doing great, Marion? Doesn't he look pretty like this?"

"Yes." Marion's voice sounds breathy, intoxicated.

"Tell him."

[rabbit-exe]

this is a companion fic to chapter 7 of my buddy @hauntedfalcon‘s extremely good and cool all of that goodness is gone with you now! check out that fic and then check out this one if you like! it contains Horrors!

[incorrect-candela-obscura]

Marion: Dandelions symbolize everything I want to be in life.

Sean: Fluffy and dead with a gust of wind?

Marion: Unapologetic. Hard to kill. Feral, filled with sunlight, bright, beautiful in a way that the conventional and controlling hate but cannot ever fully destroy. Stubborn. Happy. Bastardous. Friends with bees. Highly disapproving of lawns. Full of wishes that will be carried far after I die.

Jean: *not looking up from her book* Edible.

[charlotteeaves]

a (poor) attempt was made.

thanks for the idea, @stabbystabbyvax3!

[hugs-are-good-for-you]

The silk of the rope was gentle as it unspooled from Marion’s careful hands around Sean’s shoulders and comforting in its tension as Jean tied her exacting knots. It was so tempting to let his mind still for once. No war, no monsters, just Jean and Marion’s soft commands to move this way and that way and still now, darling. Softness was such a rare allowance for him.

[gwenpendragns]

Wbw + Harper!

B A S I C S

full name: harper jade mendoza

gender: cis-female

sexuality: heterosexual

pronouns: she/her

O T H E R S

family: javier mendoza (father), eleanora mendoza (mother), avery mendoza (older sister), mateo mendoza (younger brother)

birthplace: san luis, arizona

job: counsellor for veteran affairs

phobias: trypanophobia 

guilty pleasures: reality TV, fast-food restaurants

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: lawful good

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert: extrovert 

organized/disorganized: organized

close minded/open-minded: open-minded

calm/anxious: calm

disagreeable/agreeable: agreeable

cautious/reckless: cautious

patient/impatient: patient

outspoken/reserved: outspoken

leader/follower: leader

empathetic/unemphatic: empathetic

optimistic/pessimistic: optimistic

traditional/modern: traditional

hard-working/lazy: hard-working

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: harper x steve

ot3: natasha x harper x steve

brotp: harper x sam, kiara x harper

notp: harper x sam

world building wednesday

[garyofrivia]

Deputy Vick Romero - Far Cry 5 OC

(Face claim: Stephanie Beatriz)

B A S I C S:

Full name: Victoria Eva Romero

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: 28

MBTI: ENTJ

Zodiac: Scorpio

O T H E R:

Family: Mother - Claudia Romero, Father - Roberto Romero (deceased), Younger Brother - Andres “Andy” Romero

Birthplace: Denver, CO

Job(s): Hope County Junior Deputy Sheriff, Veterans Affairs Hospital Volunteer, Command Chief Master Sergeant - United States Air Force (formerly)

Phobias: Spiders

Guilty pleasures: Smoking, Sky diving, Sci-Fi movies

M O R A L S:

Morality Alignment: Neutral Good

Sins: Wrath, Pride

Virtues: Pragmatic, Courageous, Brave, Loyal

T H I S - O R - T H A T:

introvert / extrovert

organized / disorganized

close-minded / open-minded

calm / anxious / restless

disagreeable / agreeable / in between

cautious / reckless / in between

patient / impatient

outspoken / reserved

leader / follower / flexible / neither

empathetic / apathetic

optimistic / pessimistic / realistic

traditional / modern / in between

hard-working / lazy

R E L A T I O N S H I P S:

OTP: Vick x Jess

Acceptable ships: Vick x Jacob, Vick x Faith, Vick x Grace

OT3: N/A

BroTP: Vick x Grace

NOTP: Vick x Joseph 

(i added a few categories bc im a myers briggs and a zodiac hoe idek lmao)

[hauntedfalcon]

whatever keeps you around

6900 (nice) words of the bottom table OT3 after the events of chapter two episode two turn out just fine. or, several times Jean and Marion asked Sean to stay with them, and one time they didn't need to. Sean’s POV, rated E.

Baseball, letter from Ma, revolver—no matches. He’d had half a dozen left, the morning before. The door opened and closed behind him. A hand in a kid glove appeared before him. With a flourish, Jean removed the glove and held up one finger tipped in blue flame. How positively daring. Sean could feel Marion’s eyes on them through the lace curtains in the formal dining room. Next would come words—words like some kind of a dance, meant to maneuver him. Sean had never been much of a dancer. A runner, and strong, as far back as he could remember. But Marion, he could dance, and Sean bet that Jean had received the very finest lessons in all the fashionable steps for young ladies.

read on AO3

[hauntedfalcon]

yoinking thoughts on the OT3 and being desired/complimented out of convos with @rabbit-exe

there's a little part of Marion that sometimes gets ugly and tells him she's not into you, she's into the scar, she wasn't drawn to *you*, she was drawn to what she couldn't fully remember. it's directly adjacent to the part of him that said he wouldn't be anyone if it weren't for Sean and in his brothers and their friendship, the part of him that still thinks of himself as hollow inside, like everything good in him came from someone else. that part of him retreats when Jean spends some time looking into his eyes, just his eyes, or she traces his lips with her fingers, or she presses their hands together and runs her thumb over his knuckles

there's a part of Jean that has cultivated and curated her appearance for years so as to a) not disgrace her father's professional image, and later b) get taken seriously. and 0% of anything she has done has been for the purpose of being Desired, in fact if someone else's desire factored into her appearance at all it was likely with a notion of if I project that I am extremely fastidious, perhaps that will deter potential suitors and spare me the distraction. but like. along came Marion and his intense gaze, and then the heat and speculation in Sean's stare, and perhaps she miscalculated? does this sort of thing work on some people? and does she *want* it to not work anymore??

there's a part of Sean that knows people don't *see* a monster when they look at him, that's what makes it so insidious. but you go long enough living with someone, especially if they knew you Before, they ought to be able to see through you to what's really there. and yet the longer it goes on, the more Marion and Jean insist on calling him handsome, on touching his face. it's easier to accept someone calling you pretty than someone calling you good, but the longer it goes on the more those two things start to feel the same. it's not possible Sean's wrong about himself, it's *not*, but maybe this is a democracy. maybe majority rules. maybe he starts to believe it in their bed before he lets himself believe it anywhere else

[hauntedfalcon]

candela au where jean was never affiliated with candela obscura and was a full eons scientist, while marion and sean got sort of scooped up by eons the second the war ended and are now in a sort of nightmare hostage scenario because one of them is magic and the other is an extremely capable soldier, (eons: hey mr finnerty maybe you should do missions for us so your good friend mr collodi doesn't get vivisected) and jean is the one assigned as the handler, except hey doesn't she know that one guy from somewhere? surely this will cause No Problems in her professional life as a dubiously ethical doctor

you found it. you found a Winter Soldier scenario for the bottom table 🥰

[moons-amber]

New fic!!!!!

“So what do you need, Sean?” She looked at him intently, hoping he could hear the possibility in her voice. She didn’t want to scare him off, or make any assumptions. He’d have to ask. (The asking, though, the nervousness of it all, always excited Jinnah.)

“What do I need? Great fucking question, dr. Jean.”

Mature rating :))

[hauntedfalcon]

long day? touch Marion. plagued by horrors? touch Marion. nearly lost Marion (again)? touch Marion. when in doubt, touch Marion.

[incorrect-candela-obscura]

Sean: Who thinks I can fit 15 marshmallows in my mouth?

Marion: You’re a hazard to society.

Jean: And a coward. DO TWENTY.