#Op was scared half to death

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Jan 2024

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The two times Simon almost killed Price and the one time Price almost killed Simon

First off yall blew up this post and I’m actually speechless 🥺 I’ve also hit 1,000 followers (SKDJJWDJJEJW) and will be working on the surprise fic shortly. I was working on some birthday posts and wasn’t expecting it to happen so quickly so might be a bit before it comes out.

Simon’s masterlist

1. When Simon was injured

Price called you to let you know that Simon was injured during an op and he would be fine but you should come get him from the base. Simon never lets you go to base and you knew if he was conscious, he would have an absolute fit and get a cab home. He’s a very private person and after what happened to his family, he’s not about to let you get anywhere close to work if he can help it.

You obviously know this but it’s Price who called you, not Simon. Price ends the call with ‘see ya soon, Mrs. Riley’ which simultaneously breaks your heart because you’re not his wife but also warms it. It also doesn’t give you a choice; you’ll be there whether you drive yourself or Price brings you.

The captain doesn’t tell anyone that you’re coming or who you are when you get there. He meets you at the entrance and escorts you in. Like a father might, he keeps you close to him as the two of you make your way across the base and to the clinic where Simon is resting. He wouldn’t let them send him off base to a hospital so they did what they could and he’s, of course, being difficult still.

The moment the others see you, their eyes widen because who is this? Why are you with Price? Why have they never seen you before? Are you his daughter? His niece? His controversially younger girlfriend? Who are you and why are you here of all places? You definitely scare the shit out of them let’s be real. You pull up looking like this and you’re with their captain.

You have an aura of unwavering confidence and a resting bitch face that rivals Ghost’s. They don’t get the chance to pester you because Price is quickly shoving you into the room where Ghost is at and giving them all the death stare.

Simon does a double take when he sees you with wide eyes but doesn’t make any other indication that he knows you. The poor nurse who’s filling out his release paperwork is petrified and he looks like he’s about to pass out. You narrow your eyes at Simon because clearly he’s been his usual asshole self and that’s why this nurse is about to pass out.

You give the nurse a small smile as you tell him your name and that you’re who’s going to be taking care of Simon. The man’s knees almost give out from relief and he word vomits all of the information you’ll need while handing you the paperwork in a shaking hand. You thank him and wait for him to leave before you finally look at Simon.

He’s got his mask on like you expected but you can still read his eyes. He’s pissed.

All you say is “You were shot.”

He nods once.

“I’m your emergency contact.”

He nods once again.

“You don’t get to be mad that I’m here. If anyone gets to be upset and act like a child, it’s me. I’m the one who had to find out from your captain that you got hurt so badly that you’re being put on temporary medical leave for 6 weeks.“

He doesn’t nod this time. He just stares. Eventually he sighs and looks at the ground.

“‘M sorry.”

You sigh as well and give him the hug he’s craving but won’t ask for. You press a kiss to the top of his masked head and rub his back.

“It’s alright, my love.” You murmur into his sweaty mask. “Let’s go home, yeah? The dogs have been driving me mental.”

Although it’s covered, you feel him smile. You feel it in the way his body relaxes under your touch and his arms tighten around your waist.

“Let’s go home.” He agrees.

The others are absolutely gobsmacked when they see you walk out with Ghost. He’s the same as he always is; guarded and on defense but there’s a softness in his eyes when he glances at you talking to Price. They have half a mind to ask about you but one sharp glance from Ghost keeps their mouth shut. Whoever you are, you’re the single most important person in the world to him and they’d be complete fools to even breath in your direction.

2. When Simon was home

Let’s just say that Simon was in a compromising position when Price called him to meet at the base in an hour.

Usually you’re the one in the restraints that are always on your bed butttttt you managed to convince him to switch places. Tonight he’s bound by the leather cuffs on his wrists and ankles. His eyes are squeezed shut and his head is buried into the pillow behind him. You’ve been teasing and edging this poor man for close to an hour. Kitten licks and light squeezes are all you’ve given him as you worship his strong body. Each scar on his body has been caressed, licked, and kissed by you. Every inch of him has been loved and adored by you…

expect for his cock.

You’ve been purposely ignoring it until you finally take him into your mouth. His release is fast approaching as you bob your head up and down. He’s moaning and whimpering. Then his work phone rings. The stupid phone he only uses when he’s working goes off and he’s never been so angry in his entire life. You pull off of him and he lets out the loudest groan known to man. You giggle at him as you fish it from the night stand and press it to his ear as you place yourself in his lap.

“Price the fucking king could be dead and that still wouldn’t be a good enough reason to call me right now.”

3. And the one time that Price almost killed Simon.

Ever since Price called you to base, he’s been keeping in touch with you. He’ll text you and call you every now and then to make sure you’re okay. Obviously you are; Simon is your…partner and you can handle yourself but he still likes to check in on you. He feels responsible for Simon as he’s his captain but also for you since you’re his whole world.

Moving on… the first deployment that Simon went on was rough. You were anxious as you usually were but this time was worse. He was hurt. He had been shot and even though he’d healed just fine, you couldn’t help but worry about him. On the other hand, Simon’s nightmares had made a comeback and he’d been waking up in cold sweats. One time you swore you saw Ghost rather than your adoring man. You’d told Price about it and made he swear to not say a damn word to Simon. He agreed but kept a watchful eye on his Lieutenant.

On the second night of their deployment, Price had gotten a rather short and strange text from you that read “keep him safe please.” It felt like a given that he did but something about this felt wrong. He called you and it took until the last ring for you to pick up. You were sobbing, hyperventilating, and wheezing into the phone when you answered. He couldn’t get a single coherent word out of you for the first 10 minutes but when he did, he saw red.

Apparently Simon had lost his mind and decided that it would be better if you weren’t together. You’d told Price that he told you some bullshit lie about how he wasn’t feeling it anymore and you should go find someone better. The captain was more pissed off that his Lieutenant had lied and immediately found him the moment you’d stopped crying.

“Riley!” Price shouts across from the landing strip. That sends alarm bells off in Simon’s head. It was Ghost or Lieutenant, never his name.

Price stalks over to him and grabs him by the front of his vest, not caring that everyone can see what’s going on. “You call and apologize to her right now, ya hear me? It’s unacceptable for you to lie to her like that and I should have your balls for it. You fix it before she does go off and find herself a better man.”

Simon can’t argue with him. He knows that what he did was wrong and Price is well within his right to act on his threat. Hell Simon was about to do it himself if it meant he could rewind time and take back what he said.

However he is still Lieutenant Ghost in this moment. He narrows his dark eyes at Price and slowly takes his hand off of his vest. Nothing but lethal silence fills the space between the two men. Bystanders are growing increasingly desperate for action, practically yipping like starving hyenas for a scrap.

“You have 30 seconds to get out of my sight.”

Price steps away and Simon disappears into the darkness. The hyenas howl in hunger around them, chattering about the unfairness of it all.

Simon calls you the moment he’s locked away in his room. He spends the next hour apologizing profusely to you and damn near begging you to wait for him. It’ll be a few weeks until he’s back but please…just wait for him.

[renren-006]

FOREVER TOGETHER

Kakashi Hatake x Reader

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plot: you were the only person who understood Kakashi

A/N: this is my very first anime character story! thank you all for taking part in the voting period and choosing Kakashi! if any of you have any ideas for stories let me know, my requests are always open!

✯small warning of spoilers for shippuden

That mission took a toll on Kakashi. Minato was his master, the Yellow Flash, and he was too late to save Rin and Obito. You remember it vividly, there was a crash on your porch that night, scaring your mother half to death. It was only the two of you, and when you both sprung to check the door, there was Kakashi half awake and looked dead. Your mother knew to leave you two and made a pot of tea in the kitchen. Kakashi didn't speak for a long while, when he did, those tears fell fast from his face. Facing the deaths of his comrades and friends was nothing light for a ninja. 

“I couldn't do anything” he had said to you, crying into your chest. “All I have is this stupid eye” 

“That eye…is what you can use to remember them,” you told him, lifting his face to see the eye that contained the Sharingan. “Fight with this eye, for Rin and Obito. What better way to remember them than to fight for what they taught you and gave you”

This was not the last night Kakashi came to your place, but it was the last he used the door. Kakashi would sneak into your room, already expecting him, you would open your arms for him to climb into. He would slide into your arms, holding you close, breathing in everything about you. He never pushed you away even though he worried you would die. He was always worried having people close would mean that they could die. You knew that having people close meant you were going to be stronger.

“Don't you dare push me away Hatake” you had yelled at him one day. You glared at him after catching up to him. He could see the anger in your eyes.

He had tried to avoid you all week, hoping you would let him go. He was so wrong. Kakashi was going to join the Anbu Black Ops. The Anbu tried to instill a sense of individuality and isolation in their soldiers, but it didn't work on Kakashi. 

“I couldn't push you away if I tried Y/N” Kakashi said, walking over to you. He put out his hand and the two of you continued walking around the village.

Soon after joining the Anbu Kakashi insisted on moving in together. After confirming that he couldn't live without you, and had failed at pushing you away he knew he had to do this. Guy had also pushed him into it, saying it was the only way.

"I am telling you Kakakshi, you love this girl," he said to Kakashi. They sat in both at one of the restaurants, Guy had practically dragged Kakashi inside. "You should tell her, stop dancing around it"

"I can't..." Kakashi told him, "What is she..."

"She loves you back," Guy said with a wink, "Don't worry about that part one bit"

Remarkably, Kakashi listened. 

“What?” you asked. Kakashi looked confused, even under the mask. 

“Move in with me…as my girlfriend,” he said hesitantly. You were dumbfounded, completely caught off guard.

“I…of course I will,” You said, “I never thought you would be the first to ask”

“Guy said I had to make a move. Told me to stop dancing around it and tell you” Kakashi said, his eyes were at his feat. He was embarrassed to tell you all this, afraid you would find it weak. You thought the opposite.

“Well thank you to Guy then!” you said throwing your arms around Kakashi. 

 Guy always teased the two of you, even before Kakashi started calling you his girlfriend and long after. He always knew he had some help in getting Kakashi to own up to the fact that he wanted you as his. 

“You two look great today” Guy would say, showing the two of you a thumbs up before dashing off. In his younger years, Kakashi and Guy had a heated rivalry, mostly one-sided. As they got older Kakashi started to recognize the rivalry and the friendship that came with it.

You found his antics to be hilarious, always bursting out in laughter whenever Guy was around. Your laughter has always been contagious, and soon Kakashi's students couldn't keep a straight face with you around. Sakura was always smiling at the two of you together, her ideas of love definitely were filed by you and Kakashis's relationship. Naruto however was your favorite, a goofball, and someone with more humor than yourself. 

Everyone could see how keeping you around was good for Kakashi. You helped him, in small and big ways. You were the only person who truly understood Kakashi. 

“You have always stood by my side” he had said to you on the day he became Hokage. He looked at you standing by his side, hand in hand. Matching rungs shone in the sunlight, and Kakashi's smile was more for you than for becoming Hokage.

“I always will,” you told him, squeezing his hand and telling him you wouldn't ever let go. It was the two of you taking on the world together. Forever by each other's sides.

[invye]

So I did some calculating (read: guesstimating, since I am still prohibited from looking at the wiki bc of spoilers) and I figured out the following:

During Dressrosa we learn Law got his Devil Fruit 13 years ago. If I remember correctly, Luffy got his 10 years before start of the show + two years timeskip + a couple months in change where they were actively travelling = 12 and a half(+?) years ago.

Now add in a bit of fanfic handwaving timeline adjusting and we're left with the realisation: Rosinante is fated to die saving Law at the same time Shanks loses his arm saving Luffy.

And the consequence of that leaves the potential for the CoraMiShanks Fix It AU to have all of them on Kuraigana at the same time, recovering physically, mentally and emotionally from everything that just happened.

So let me (lengthily) unravel the timeline of events under the cut:

Cora-san and Law learn of the Ope Ope No Mi and get going, informing Mihawk of their plans, who promises to catch up to them to help and asks them to wait.

Cora does not, in fact, wait; feeling the chance slip through their fingers between Doffy and the Marines going after it as well

In the North Blue, Cora is shot. In the East Blue Shanks has his arm bitten off.

Mihawk arrives just in time to scoop up a despodent Law and watch the silence spell break; it starts a race against time to find Rosinante and bring him to the village doctor/clinic whatever place where he can be treated. This also requires Mihawk to somehow manage pulling Law from 'all is lost' mode into 'crisis solving' mode, because he's the one with the medical knowledge to even begin having a chance at saving Rosinante.

In the East Blue Shanks is gritting his teeth trying not to lose control over his Haki as Hongo does his job to fix as much of his arm as is possible.

12 frantic hours later Rosinante is barely hanging on to life, but at least a number of lead bullets lighter. Law is so exhausted he's shaking, only not passing out because he's also still suffering his own pain. Mihawk is woozy and unsteady because he has just donated much more blood than medically advised to replace all that Rosinante has lost.

The Marines arrive on Minion Island. Mihawk is planning on using his Warlord status and intimidate their way off the island, only for Sengoku to find them first. Sengoku is faced with the pain of watching his adopted son unconscious on that bed, halfway to death, only still alive because of the actions of the Warlord least inclined to ever follow orders and the little kid who shows all signs of his body going through the adjustment of just having consumed a Devil Fruit. Sengoku helps them leave the island unseen. Its the least and simultaniousy last he can do.

Mihawk calls Shanks. Rosinante is still unstable, and for all the knowledge Law has, he severely lacks the experience, and there is only one other doctor Mihawk knows and trusts with this. Shanks promises that they will be at Kuraigana in no time. Mihawk hears the pain in his voice, but Shanks asks that they talk about that in person.

The Red Force arrives at Kuraigana first, which is good because it gives Hongo time to set up and sees Benn and Shanks in a position to catch Mihawk when he stumbles off his boat, having pushed so far that he hasn't slept in who knows how long to get them here as fast as possible. Shanks leaves Benn to help him and assists the kid. Hongo spends the next couple hours fixing whatever can be fixed to further stabilise Rosinante. Law insists on helping, or at least being there. The Ope Ope No Mi is not magic, but Law is willing to put the work in.

Shanks watches over Rosinante so Mihawk and Law can rest. Also so that he doesn't have to face Mihawk yet.

Hongo gives Mihawk the medical run down, including Law and Shanks' state at Mihawk's request, before slipping him a sleeping aid.

So here they all are. In various amounts of horrible pain and scared of the immediate future.

Law fears for Cora-san while also not knowing if the Devil Fruit actually saved him. Rosinante is only ever regaining consciousness in short bursts, and calling for Law in all of them. Shanks is suffering horrible phantom limb pain but lies about it so he doesn't have to talk to Mihawk about losing his sword arm yet. And Mihawk is emotionally overwhelmed to the end of the world, scared for Rosinante, scared for the kid, scared for what is going to become of Shanks and himself now.

Perfect, ever stoic Mihawk wants to scream. Yell at Rosinante for not waiting. Yell at Shanks for not being more careful. But that won't help any of them. So he makes food. Recruits the kid into cutting vegetables to keep him occupied and moving while they wait. Writes down the list of things that contain gluten that Rosinante can't have. Writes down the list of foods that have textures Law can't stand (and doesn't Mihawk know that feeling from his childhood). He makes stew because Shanks can eat it with one hand without needing to ask for help. Makes enough to feed Benn and Hongo who won't be going anywhere for the forseeable future too. Honestly he's lost track just how much he owes them now.

And at some point, when his mind stumbles out of merely functioning and falls face first into reality, Mihawk sits in the dark and allows himself to cry.

Because he almost lost them. He almost lost them all.

[count-alucard-tepes]

Op hotties see that their child standing on the ceiling using their's power. (Maybe devil fruit, maybe another power)

In. The. Night.

(i just love this photo)

Kizaru ✨: “…if you fall…aim for the bed *rolls over and cuddles S/O*

Akainu🌋: *screams and almost has a heart attack before jumping out of bed to catch his baby*

Ryokugyu 🌱: “…of all the places…you had to do creepy shit in our bedroom”

Fujitora 🐅: *uses his gravity powers to keep his kid on the floor*

Sir Crocodile 🐊: *goes out to the balcony in the bedroom to have a smoke before glancing back and sees his child before screaming and accidentally burning himself with his cigar* “…I swear you’re going to be the death of me…” *as his clothes catch alight*

Doflamingo Donquixote 🦩: *smirks and blows his kid a kiss* “…go to sleep, little one…it’s past your bedtime”

Benn Beckman 🔫: *raises a brow* “…you’re one creepy kid”

Katakuri Charlotte 🍡: *uses mochi powers to bring kid to him and cuddles his baby as he sleeps*

Killer🔪:

Kaido🐉: *blinks and sighs before turning to his side and goes back to sleep*

King 👑: *smiles and gestures to his kid to come down* “…you’re going to scare your mother half to death”

Queen👑:

Izou🔫🔫:

Dragon D Monkey 🐉🐒: *wakes up and makes eye contact with kid before sighing and closing his eyes again*

Oven Charlotte 🍞: *sighs softly and tries to get his kid down, he’s used to having his siblings do weird things too* “…time for bed”

Buggy🤡:

Marco the Phoenix 🦅: *smiles and watches his kid* “…gonna have a stare off before bed, little one?”

Eustass Kidd🤘🎸: “Get your ass down right now and get to bed!”

Rosinantè Donquixote aka Cora-San💕: *screams and panics before trying to get his kid down but fails and falls down from the bed with a hard thud*

Who’s Who ❤️‍🔥👹: *uses his sword hilt to try and poke his kid, earning some giggles* “…oh it’s a little kitty…are you stuck there, kitty?”

Gecko Moria🦇: *doesn’t even notice because he has creatures all over his mansion and his kid blends in*

Iceburg💜: *hides under the covers thinking his kid is a monster*

Gild Tesoro⚜️🏅: *throws a pillow at the child* “…get down from there, you little shit…I have an early morning tomorrow!”

Rob Lucci🐆: *smiles as his eyes adjusts* “…stalking papa now, little one? You’re doing a good job”

[imnotacryptid]

Alexei Orlov | Callsign Kit

Call of Duty OC! I really enjoyed doing all the research to pull together his backstory details, and now I know that the British Military has a website dedicated to archiving like every kind of weapon ever, their uses, and when they were popular and why, which is incredibly helpful <3

Read below for Lore!

Alexei was born in Russia, but his parents move to Manchester when he’s 10 years old. He experiences a lot of neglect as a child, often left on his own, and tends to get into fights easily. He joins the BAF at 16 for the bed and regular meals. He excels within the structured routine and expectations of the military (it’s the undiagnosed autism) and moves into special ops by the time he’s 24 years old.

He joins the SAS and specializes in reconnaissance, sometimes functioning as a sniper when needed. He possesses an ungodly amount of patience, and crawling face-down for several kilometers doesn't bother him because of the repetitive motion. His keen eye for detail and ability to sketch out markers and guesstimate accurate distances lends him well to the role. 

When he is 26 he is sent on a mission as a part of a task force to remove a drug kingpin in a city near Novosibirsk (chosen for his speciality and fluency in Russian) who has been making efforts to amass weapons of war. The objective was to find evidence on his supplier and then take him out. Things go wrong when intel provided to the task force does not account for the amount of men and the heavy guns they already had. Alexei’s own reconnaissance revealed slightly more men than expected, but the rest of the forces had been hidden, so the squad had thought they were prepared.

They are taken captive after being overwhelmed quickly once they move in on their target, and comms are jammed. Most of the task force is killed, but Alexei is used for translation purposes as he and what is left of the rest of the squad are tortured for information. Pretty soon the kingpin realizes that they won’t break/don’t know anything helpful to him, and discards the rest of them. Alexei had his tongue cut out in frustration by his captors when they could not extract information, and believing that the blood loss will kill him quickly enough, they move him into the pile to be burned with the rest of his squad that night. They were messy however, and missed the artery in his tongue. He manages to crawl into the shadows and eventually further into the woods where the bonfire has been set up. He packs his mouth with snow and ice, and once he makes it far enough away, cauterizes the wound. Once he makes it to Novosibirsk he receives medical treatment, and is then debriefed.

He enters back into the SAS once he finishes his recovery, partially because he doesn’t really have anywhere else to go, and partially because during his recovery when he is on leave, he desperately misses  the lack of routine.

His callsign is ‘Kit’ which originates from several different places. It starts on one of his first mission swift the SAS, where he has to sit for so long in one spot in the middle of winter watching the target, that a group of feral cats curl up with him because of his body heat. He ends up scaring his Lt. half to death when he’s late back to base because of it, and his squad will never let him forget it. They start to call him ‘Kitty’, and additionally because of his silent tendencies, even around base, when they’re looking for him  they’ll call “Hereee kitty, kitty, pspsps” As though they’re calling a cat. 

Also, because of his tendency to doodle on his clothing, he often gets asked by other soldiers and higher ups that are unfamiliar with him ‘What the hell’s up with his kit,’ which becomes another double meaning for his Callsign.

At this point, and especially after his escape from capture, he’s learned to deal with the nicknames, and from those he is close to in the SAS, he appreciates the jokes. His squadmates don’t even think about it, and will shout from the common area kitchen “Want some Coffee, Kitty?” and Alexei, who has just introduced himself to a new soldier as ‘Kit’ will just have to sigh and accept it. (One time an FNG tried to call him p*ssy as a joke, but Alexei just decked him then and there, and that was the end of the matter. He didn’t get in trouble despite his Lt. standing right there watching, because the man essentially told the FNG that ‘hey man, you were kind of asking for it at that point’).

Common attributes/symbols: Prefers the AW Covert, AW50F and compact Glock 19, and a Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife when in close combat. Tends to scratch doodles into his kit when he’s bored, and many of his clothes he wears on duty have cats, birds, and bugs sketched on the sleeves or on the thighs of his jeans.

Common activities/hobbies: He likes to keep track of the stray cats he sees around whatever base he’s stationed on in a small notebook organized by color, breed, and type. He also is often listening to music (when he can get away with it/when it’s appropriate), leaning towards mostly russian rap like Miyagi, Truwer, and Markul*(his favorite).

[hallo-anon]

141!Monster au Part 2

Banshee!Roach who blew out Simon's eardrums before he died, then took a vow never to speak again

Barguest!Alex who has dog-like features(Ears, tail, legs) and gets commonly mistaken for a werewolf

Shahmaran!Farah who has the bottom half of a Arabian Horned Viper with the horns on her forehead as well

Alebrijes!Alejandro who can shapeshift, but it can only be into a hybrid of 2 or more animals with very wacky and eccentric colors

Comaztoz!Rudy who has horrible vision and amazing hearing, to the point he has to wear sound dampening earplugs half the time

Quetzalcoatl!Valeria who's human form has scales and feathers down her spine, arms, and legs but no wings

Banshee!Roach who has to have bronze dog tags because he can't touch iron

Barguest!Alex who can smell death and knows when a soldier can't be saved

Shahmaran!Farah who keeps it a secret that her blood has healing capabilities

Alebrijes!Alejandro who has to cover up head to toe on stealth ops cause he glows in the dark

Camaztoz!Rudy who has large bat wings and accidently scares the shit out of people at night

Quetzalcoatl!Valeria who huffs out smoke when aggravated due to her ability to breathe fire

[the-derpy-duck]

The TFA universe is a fucking nightmare and I wish people would actually talk about it. Long rant incoming.

Don’t expect good spelling or grammar I’m sorry

Like the show didn’t even care enough to address how fucked everything was. Like all the little baby robots just don’t have names until they go through the military/boot camp, which doesn’t make a lot of sense as the whole point of basic training/boot camp is taking away one’s identity and individualization aka what a lot of cults and extremist groups will do to get people to go along with whatever they want them to, as it’s a lot easier for group think to occur when there is a group. The whole “small cog in a bigger machine” bullshit speech is literally just that but dressed up to look and sound pretty (propaganda). But half of the names given at the boot camp are insults and that’s really fucked up. And it’s almost implied that the other transformers recognize Bulkhead and Bumblebee’s names as being insulting in nature because when Sari introduces herself to Bumblebee it sort of goes like this:

“My name is Bumblebee” “I’m Sari” “Oh don’t be, I like my name.”

But that would also imply that the show was thinking about acknowledging how messed up its own world is and I don’t really think it is. I think that’s a joke, was meant to be taken as a joke, but could be read into as world building or something.

It’s been a hot second sense I’ve rewatched season three of tfa but from what I remember, Ultra Magnus was sort of a dictator? Like I know that there is some form of election, but the main way anything gets done is through the council of primes and in TFA it is established that “prime” is a military rank, and those who advanced to “prime” have to be approved by the council, which Ultra Magnus is the head of. He doesn’t have full dictation over it (he wanted OP to not be horribly punished) but he does have a sizable amount of control (op was still given a job and got to keep his rank). The election cycles are nonexistent as the only time anyone thinks of trying to replace Ultra Magnus is when he is on his death bed. So is it like the Supreme Court? The people technically elect a leader but the council that would decide on important laws and if they are constitutional is chosen by the leader, not the people, can serve until they die, and can do fuck all and no one will challenge them because they have the final say on the law? For a thing like economics or the Supreme Court it would make sense to have these be not elected officials for the sole purpose of “they wouldn’t be pressured by potentially not being re-elected and so they would be able to do their jobs without worrying if it would please the people.” A lot of things done to fix and adjust the economy will look really bad at first but it ultimately serves to balance everything. But the people in charge of the FED and other economic shit also don’t serve until they die. Long tangent to say, not a lot of democracy in this word.

The only way to gain power in cybertron seems to be to either join the military or do a hyper specific job. Also how long has ultra Magnus been the leader? Was no one ever unhappy with how he lead? Sentinel Prime was but that was seen as a bit of a taboo. Also Sentinel’s Cybertron immediately turning into an Orwellian styled red scare nightmare was a choice. Establishing curfews during a time of potential war where the planet/country/city could easily be targeted for an attack isn’t in itself unreasonable. It’s immediately taken to 11 but the general idea of curfews makes sense. As well as reporting potential spys for the main reason that spy’s had been proven to have infiltrated the prime counsel thing. It goes to fear mongering almost instantly but the general idea isn’t bad.

Im interested to know how Ultra Magnus would have handled the situation because the show just sort of is neutral about him. He’s just there most of the time and tells OP not to try and be a hero. I want to know if he would have done something similar to Sentinel and I want to know if the show would address it. Because the general difference between UM and SP is that UM is better at hiding how much he manipulates power. He’s still a dictator even if he isn’t an antagonist force. He’s not a benevolent dictator because dictators, by definition, cannot be benevolent. If they were truly benevolent then the people would get a choice in the world that they live in.

All this to say, “dictator bad”

ALSO is there no trial system? Wasp just was sent to prison and they didn’t think to look into any of the evidence? Did no one think to maybe investigate the people who would have had the codes or spare keys for the locker things? Do they just send people into solitary confinement without any sort of hearing or evidence or was Wasp just waiting for his court date? Why does Optimus want Bumblebee to apologize to the guy who clearly doesn’t want to speak to him? He literally watched Bumblebee give an apology and a reasonable explanation for his actions. He wasn’t making excuses he was manipulated by a person who he thought was his friend and the main reason why he was able to be so easily manipulated was because the person in power was actively antagonist towards him. He did the right thing. He asked a person, who would have known how to make a report, how to make a report. If shockwave wasn’t the person who was in that roll then Wasp probably wouldn’t have been framed. And even if Bumblebees wasn’t the one who found the things in his locker, Sentinel still would have found them because Shockwave planted them. I’m sorry but asking a person how to make a report so you can go around the person who is acting aggressive towards you and holds a significant position of power over you isn’t the same as purposefully ruining someone’s life. Bumblebee was going off of evidence that was 100% circumstantial, biased, and highly questionable, that doesn’t automatically mean that he was trying to frame Wasp. If he had reported that he overheard a spy communicating with the decepticons and had reasons to believe that it might be Wasp, then I would assume that whoever the fuck would do an investigation and either clear Wasp or just arrest him because due process and fair trials is for babies. In which case, it still wouldn’t be the fault of a person who isn’t in control of anything. Blaming Bumblebee for what happened to Wasp is like blaming doctors for how expensive medical treatment is. He trusted the wrong person and that person used his trust against him. The people in power did not think to do an investigation into any of this. And even if the whole Wasp thing was open and shut why wouldn’t they look further into this? Maybe there was other spy’s? Did anyone think about that? No? It also isn’t Bumblebee’s fault that Shockwave got to the position of Prime. The security system and the people in charge of screenings didn’t pick up on the fact that there was a spy. That is not the fault of a random cadet who trusted someone. Shockwave’s actions and the people who died because of them are the fault of Shockwave. Bumblebee’s fuck up did help him not get caught, but it was also the closet we see to him being caught before he becomes a prime. If the people in the TFA world weren’t so fucking stupid then this wouldn’t of happened because maybe this hyper advanced world would have fucking security cameras. If they can figure out how to bend time and space then I think they can figure out how to install things that would record a conversation.

WAIT- doesn’t Bumblebee use something similar to that to figure out the decepticons plans and relay it back to earth? And they have computers that have screens so why don’t they have cameras installed?

Anyway, Wasp blaming Bumblebee makes sense. It makes sense that he is angry at him and it makes sense that he wouldn’t forgive him. That’s not the issue I have with this the issue is that OP also blames Bumblebee. Which I guess would also make sense as animated Optimus seems to be deeply rooted in the military and is a string supported of Ultra Magnus. It is stated in the first episode that he watches propaganda and repeats the military speech about being one big machine. He lies to save his friend and he sucks for that because his friend abuses his power whenever he gets the chance to and he knows this. Optimus lying for Sentinel is much more  egregious to me than what Bumblebee does because Bumblebee didn’t know that Longarm was a spy. I understand why Optimus would lie for Sentinel, he is a loyal friend and he definitely did blame himself for what happened. That doesn’t change the fact that he KNOWINGLY let a person who he knew to be irresponsible and who got others into dangerous situations into a position of power. I think Ultra Magnus knew that Optimus was lying and like- why are you people like this?

Bumblebee could have been called out for so many different things that he actually did. Like is he a bad friend? Yes. He treats Bulkhead badly, most of there interactions are just him insulting Bulkhead and Bulkhead never insults him back. If they both were insulting each other then I wouldn’t really have an issue but most of the time they are seen together it’s just Bumblebee being an asshole. He’s willing to abandon his team and objective to chase down Blurr, he doesn’t listen when people tell him not to do something and it often leads to problems. There are reasonable things to call Bumblebee out on but the Wasp thing doesn’t make sense. If Optimus wanted to address Bumblebee never taking responsibility for his own actions, then why not do that when a consequence is the result of Bumblebee’s actions in a meaningful way. What the hell was he supposed to do? He didn’t know how to make a report so he asked. This is one of the only times that Bumblebee stops to think and consider his options, he could have immediately began spying on Wasp and the other cadets but he didn’t. He wanted to pass it off to the right people who would be able to handle it.

Animated OP frustrates me because I come so close to liking him and then he does something that personally annoys the hell out of me. I get why he would lie for his friend who was manipulative and generally awful towards him but its still just like— you have seen the consequences of his actions. This is no longer just hurting you or him, it has maybe killed a person and he has not changed. Optimus thinks he can change but he has an obligation to not let him hurt anymore people and he just needs to tell the truth. It’s really hard to leave friends behind, I know that. Even when they hurt you and actively make your life worse it is still extremely difficult to let that relationship go. I appreciate how Optimus has issues in that regard. But it’s gotten to a point where Sentinel’s poor judgment and refusal to listen to others puts himself and others in danger. Optimus gave him the opportunity to continue to cause harm to others, and he really wants to sit here and say that Bumblebee was making excuses when he just wasn’t? And he never and would never be called out on this.

One last thing, Ultra Magnus and the rest of the high command clearly don’t give a shit about the cybertronians who were fighting (they were so willing to just kill Arcee for the activation code) in the war and also don’t ever try to investigate any issue further. Potential spy? Eh sure throw him into solitary confinement. One of our top cadets went missing and might have died but no body has been recovered? Well fuck, gotta just say she died and not look into it to make sure there wasn’t any malpractice.

So in conclusion:

The name thing both doesn’t make sense and makes too much sense

Ultra Magnus is kind of a dictator kind of not a dictator

Optimus prime spew’s military bullshit and propaganda and no one cares

Wasp is a dick, didn’t deserve what happened to him

Bumblebee is an asshole, he still didn’t try to ruin a persons life.

No one cares about investigating serious crimes and accusations

[superman86to99]

Super Titles Round-Up (July 1994)

This month: Superboy collides with the Parasite! Steel collides with Hardware! This blog collides with the Green Lantern one!

Superboy #6

LOTS happening in this issue ("Worlds Collide," "Fall of Metropolis," the Super-Parasite, Cadmus' fate revealed, a mysterious "Lady Dragon" villain cameo, Dubbilex loves tanning) but the most important part is: Superboy finally meets Krypto! You know, that little mutt Bibbo saved from drowning and then tried to name "Krypton" but the guy making the collar tag wanted to charge him extra for the final letter? Anyway, it's the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

About Cadmus: turns out everyone in it wasn't crushed to death in Action #700. Superman deflected the missile blast but allowed everyone, including Superboy, to think that the place was destroyed to prevent Luthor from trying to destroy it for real, I guess. Now the place is in pretty bad shape (especially for Guardian, who gave up like half of his blood to create the cure to the Clone Plague) but they're using this opportunity to go back to being a secret government agency, like they were before Superboy ran his big mouth.

Superboy is glad his friends at Cadmus are alive, but he doesn't really wanna hang out underground, so he goes back to Metropolis to help rescue survivors (especially those right in front of TV cameras). He happens to rescue Cat Grant's elderly neighbor just as Cat is reporting from outside her own destroyed building, and he even gives Cat a photo he found of her with some little kid we haven't seen in a while...

By the way, this is how Superboy's friends back in Hawaii find out he didn't die from the Clone Plague (his manager Rex Leech was already starting to look for other "super-types" to manage).

Meanwhile, the Parasite, who's been on the loose ever since he stole Superman's excess powers and became all big and buff, runs into Fred Bentson, the reality-hopping mailman from the "Worlds Collide" crossover, and tries to absorb his freaky reality-hopping energy. Superboy intervenes and, with Dubbilex's help, ends up tricking the Parasite into getting his own energy sucked by Metropolis' electric grid, leaving him looking like an empty Parasite cosplay suit.

As for Fred, he's understandably freaked out by the whole situation, runs away, and clumsily falls off a bridge (despite Bibbo's efforts to rescue him). Superboy grabs him as he's falling, and that's when Fred teleports them both to Milestone Comics' Dakotaverse, leading to their appearance in Icon #11. And that, in turns, leads to...

Steel #6

Last time we saw John Henry, he said he was gonna kill his old boss, the Colonel, for trying to murder John's family and causing his nephew Jemahl to shoot himself up with a superhuman drug that messed him up pretty badly. For a second, it does look like John is gonna kill the Colonel... but nah, he was just scaring him into confessing who he's been working for: some organization by the not very original name of "Black Ops" that operates in Metropolis.

So John goes to Metropolis to look up these "Black Ops" fellows, and as it happens, they're the ones operating the shady sleep clinic from the "Worlds Collide" storyline. The head of the group is a generous philanthropist called Manual Cabral who in his spare time dresses up in a slick robot armor and tries to exploit the reality-hopping powers of innocent mailmen. Reality-hopping is exactly what Fred and Superboy do once again, but this time they also bring Milestone's Hardware and Rocket along from the Dakotaverse.

Cabral (or "Hazard," as he likes to be called when he's wearing the armor) sends some goons to capture Fred, but his new super-friends won't allow it. Steel hears the resulting ruckus and flies in to help, but Hardware mistakes him for another goon and their obligatory fight scene ensues. Just when Rocket has gotten the boys to stop fighting, everyone but Steel is teleported back to the other universe.

Superman shows up to increase this issue's resale value even more, and Steel barely has any time to explain the situation to him before there's another bizarre plot twist: Fred somehow made a literal bridge between the two worlds! (But we already knew that from the Milestone issues.) CONTINUED!

Outsiders #9

The Eradicator finds out that his old pals the Outsiders are now in super-prison and he's like "That means they must be guilty! I'm gonna go there and kill them." But, when he gets there, he's like "Aw, I can't stay mad at you guys" and helps them break out.

He ends up rejoining the team to help them prove their innocence, because deep down, he's a big softie. By the way, that super-prison is the Slab, the same one Mongul broke out of in Green Lantern #52, which leads to...

Green Lantern #53

Superman drops by LA to help the All-New, All-Confused Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner, who can't understand why a yellow guy from outer space is trying to kill him. This issue includes the classic moment in which Superman and Kyle introduce themselves to each other and Superman says one of his most perfectly Superman quotes: "By the way, I'm Superman."

Read my full post for this issue at the greenlantern94to04 blog, which finally caught up chronologically to this one, and I'm planning to keep them that way (especially with a certain timeline-shaking crossover coming up...).

Wonder Woman #88

We talked about this issue in the post for Man of Steel #35, but how could I pass up the opportunity to show that Brian Bolland cover here? Aside from the robot-fighting stuff we already covered, the plot is about Diana feeling unhinged due to some magical shenanigans going on in her series and coming to Metropolis to ask Superman to do whatever it takes to "stop her" if she ever puts innocent lives at risk. Too bad she can't just give him a ring that'd take care of it.

"Unless it's an innocent who's been retconned into being evil. Then just let me snap his neck."

Superman's reaction is telling Wonder Woman she might be "overreacting" and then ditching her with Dr. Fate (actually a villain in disguise) because Diana "won't be much use until she gets her head together." Are we sure Superman isn't the one whose personality was magically altered to make him a dick?

Showcase '94 #8

Not technically Superman-related, but this issue has a very interesting story written by Dan Jurgens in which Waverider and his fellow Linear Man (Rip) Hunter notice some time disturbances in 1994 and go check them out. This turns out to be a trap by the villainous Monarch, formerly the heroic Hank "Hawk" Hall (what's with guys called Hal/Hall going evil?). Waverider touches Monarch to look into his future and find out what he's up to, and what he sees shocks him. Then a blast to the face shocks him in a more literal way.

Monarch kidnaps Waverider, and... CONTINUED! All across the DCU!

[froggie1woggie]

it’s been 10 years since you’ve seen him.

the last time you saw him was right before you got shipped off to austria. he was the one who helped you pack away all of your shit, drive you to the airport, and say goodbye to you as you boarded the plane. 10 years is a lot of time to change. which is exactly what you did, you changed.

you were bestfriends since birth. your mothers were bffs and had been since high school. having their kids at the same time and everything. you and konig were attached at the hip. doing anything and everything together. from a young age he started to wear his balaclava, not liking how he looked. he wore it everywhere: school, work, shopping, sporting events, going outside! you name it he had it on.

except when he was alone with you. he’d take it off, feeling free and at home. he knew he was safe with you and he knew of your distaste for the face covering. always letting him know that he was perfect just the way he was.

as time went on you got used to it and so did everyone else. your senior year of high school came around and you both knew what you wanted to do. join the military! which was scary for you both due to being split up. but you did it, you join and as soon as that diploma hit your fingertips you were off to basic training.

3 months apart was hell for you both. you wrote each other all the time and when give the chance you’d call. when it was done and you were both back home, you didn’t separate. always with each other.

until you got a call. a call saying you were being shipped of to austria. why? you didn’t know but you couldn’t say no. you had two weeks to prepare before you had to leave. which seems like a decent amount of time but it wasn’t enough at all.

you didn’t know how long you’d be gone or what you’d be doing there. didn’t know anything only that you were leaving. leaving everything you ever knew, everyone who meant anything to you. leaving your family, friends, your home, germany. but most importantly, konig!

you both cried those entire two weeks. excited to be getting this opportunity but sad that you had to leave each other. 4 days before you had to leave, konig got a call. he was being shipped to afghanistan! they need him there asap!

after hearing that you didn’t know how to feel. you were happy for him of course. and glad that he wouldn’t be at home without you. but scared about something happening to him.

at first you both tried so hard to keep in touch. that went on for a year and a half. but then one day you just stopped answering him, not writing back or calling him. nothing. radio silence!

he automatically assumed you died. he grieved for years about his dead friend. thinking back on the memories you shared and how you made him feel. he’s regretted that he never told you his feelings all the years ago when he had the chance. he was just afraid of what you’d say and of losing you. he lies awake at night thinking about how you died, what happened? how did it happen? so many unanswered questions going threw his brain.

but as his time went of and his rank got higher, he thought about it less. he still thought about you and his childhood from time to time but not like he used to. he has bigger problems at hand, things that he needs his full attention on. and him being able to black out his mind and focus solely on his missions is what bumps up his rank. he got sent back to germany many years ago.

and that brings us to today! a just like any other for konig except he has visitors coming later in the day. three of the highest ranked ops is the austria military. The general, lieutenant, and the colonel. austria and germany have been good acquaintances for many years. and there are important matter that they need to discuss.

he doesn’t know the names for who’s coming, only call signs! chaos was the general, it’s said that that’s what he does best. reaper is the lieutenant, who is said the bring death wherever they go. and then pyro is the colonel, who is known for lighting his enemies on fire (dead or alive).

konig has heard stories about each of them. all of them are horrid enough to send chills down your spine. he would never admit it out loud but he’s nervous to meet them. they are who he dreamt about becoming when he was a young lad.

a knock on his office door brings him out of his thoughts. “come in!” he gruffs out. in walks one of his commanding officers, bullseye, known for his immaculate aim. “they’re here sir!” he says standing at attention.

“send em in.” he says motioning with his hands.

standing behind his desk wait for them to walk in as he can hear boots coming down the hallway. not having to wait long in come two men, one older with a gruff beard and one around his age. both men are relatively tall (no were near his height though). bullseye shutting the door on his way out.

the older one is the first to speak, “i am general wagner and this is colonel fischer!” they both reach there hands out to shake.

“konig.” he greets them and shakes their hends. “where is your third?” he asks.

“ahh yes, our lieutenant! should be here soon.” he chuckles to himself.

“ok. let’s talk business shall we?” fischer say as the three men sit down.

right as konig was about to speak he was interrupted by a knock. “who is it?” he grunts.

“lieutenant zimmermann sir.” he hears through the door. with a short come in he looks back at the two men in front of him.

as the door opens he doesn’t look up quite yet. listen to what wagner has to say. but he is excited, ever since he started hearing the stories about the reaper he’s wanted to meet him. he’s an idol in konigs eyes.

“sorry i’m late sir.” he hears said. taking a minute for his brain to realize that it’s a woman’s voice and when he finally does he whips his head up.

shooting out of his seat he stares at you! body stiff and tense. eyes wide and unblinking. voice caught in his throat along with his heart.

“is everything okay sir?” the general asks. everyone is confused as to why he abruptly stood up and is staring holes into you.

finally clearing his throat he speaks, ”liebling?” his voice is rough like sandpaper. it feels like he hasn’t had water in weeks.

upon hearing that word your body goes stiff as well. eyes becoming saucers. “k-kilgore?” you ask. you didn’t believe it.

konig thanked the gods above that his face was covered or you’d see his rosy cheeks and the crows feet by his eyes from smiling so hard. he fought so hard against the tear threatening to spill out of his eyes. and resisting the urge to wrap himself around you.

while you two stand there in your own world, the two man are sitting and looking at each other trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

pt.2 here

[badmoonrose]

woe, hp dash simulator be upon ye

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"it's weird to speculate about whether someone has lycanthropy" my brother in merlin his name is myron wagtail i think he knows that we know

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V*ldemort has been dead for 15 slutty, slutty years.

#so scared that the v*ldy apologists are gonna find this post and think it's for them #blood supremacists dni

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lowkey does anyone else feel like this world was designed by a weird bigot or sumn haha

#like. #did anyone else go to a school where they made a huge deal of how boys are magically locked out of the girls' dorms #and then the admin acted like theyve never heard of trans ppl b4??

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did my vent post seriously get flagged as mature im going to cast an unforgivable on a staff member.

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Harry Potter's parents were 21????

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they shouldve been at the clubbbbbb

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they were in hiding what did you want them to do?? lmao

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i mentioned tumblr to this hot muggle girl and she asked for my blog how do i tell her i was talking about wixen tumblr without breaking the statute

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we need to dismantle the statute so that i can get hot girls to follow me on tumblr. and for muggle rights i guess. whatever.

#i can smell the notes calling me a death eater from here. #bro im literally a half-blood. its called a joke.

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um??? @wizardstaff op is literally promoting the use of unforgivables how the heck is this still up

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WOE, obliviation be upon ye

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i was joking i swear i was joking why tf did they deactivate.

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date of origin: august 30, 2017

#dark arts #curses and hexes #that time we all thought you could curse someone through tumblr. what a hellsite.

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im at yo bm crib throwin bernie bott's at yo kid head full speed

[hystericalanarchy]

TF1 SPOILERS DO NOT READ IF YOU DONT WANT TO BE SPOILED!!!!!!!!!

So I've heard some people say that the conflict between Mags and OP comes either out of nowhere or doesn't have a long enough lead up and I have to disagree. You can see it started in the cave, when OP is trying to figure out what to do with Sentinel. It's implied he wants to put him in jail of some sort, he wants justice while D-16 says he wants to kill him.

I'd imagine death means a lot more to them considering their life spans are super long, D-16 saying he wants to kill Sentinel in cold (arguably hot) blood is probably a sentiment thats unheard of.

At first OP doesn’t really take him seriously, he kind of laughs it off but after they are captured by the high guard that’s when D-16 starts to show he’s changed. It’s not just him taking the map from OP or his new quiet attitude, it’s the fact that he doesn’t trust anyone to lead him, not even his best friend.

There’s so much we could talk about with the scene with D and Starscream. It’s very…Interesting. But what got me was D-16 just leaves, or gets up to leave. He’s done with bullshit. He wants nothing to do with this group of idiots, until they give him what he’s whited his whole life, validation.

They cheer for him as he beats their leader down. It’s a really good scene, especially because that’s the first time we can really see OP realize how serious D was about wanting to kill Sentinel. It wasn’t just him being mad in the moment. Who he is at his core is angry, frustrated and in some cases, bloodthirsty for justice.

In the time after they get kidnapped, OP is trying to figure out a way to show the people what Sentinel had done, yet D-16 was too angry to even try, all he wanted to do was show Sentinel he wasn’t scared of him and in the end, kill him.

I think the divorce scene was amazing. I know we as a fandom call it that as a joke but it doesn’t really feel like a joke here. OP is trying desperately to not just save D-16 from this act that he can’t take back but he’s in a way, saving Sentinel from a death that even if he deserves it, he very obviously doesn’t want it. Sentinel was defeated, they would have thrown him away in jail for the rest of his very long life and OP knew there were worse things than death. No one would follow him again but D-16 was so angry that he couldn’t stop.

When D-16 basically kills Orion you can see the old D come out, his voice, the way he grabs his hand, it’s truly the moment they both died. I think the Movie was amazing for not having D-16 change back into who he was before and it’s so jarring to see him RIP SENTINEL IN HALF?!?!?!?! Crazy. Crazy crazy crazy! I am still in shock that this movie was PG. “No, I’m done saving you.” Is a crazy line. Especially because OP would have never stopped trying to save D. It killed me in theater. I cried at that part. I think that Megatron’s growth through out the movie is very well led up to, how he goes from this very shy, timid, follow the rules bot, to a very angry, and murderous leader.

But yeah I’m very excited to see what the sequel looks like and hopefully this leads well into a new continuity.

[kanerallels]

For @monthly-challenge's Februfluff, day 15: dancing! My prompt is pretty short, but I still like it. Also it's one of the few times I've actually written Chenford (though that has definitely changed)

Their first dance wasn’t actually a dance, technically speaking. But Lucy would never forget the first time Tim asked her to dance. It was right after her first proper UC assignment, and she was still riding the high of it. She’d gone to Angela and Wesley’s wedding, and Tim had been there, like he always was.

That was the first time, looking back, that she could think of him looking at her like she was more than his rookie, more than even a friend. He’d looked handsome in his suit, and they’d talked about the op she’d just finished.

She’d been starting to walk away when he asked her to save him a dance, and Lucy could still remember the pleased surprise bubbling up in her chest.

It hadn’t worked out, obviously. Nolan had discovered that Angela and Jackson were missing, and the whole wedding had fallen to pieces in a matter of minutes. It was way, way too long before any of their group felt like dancing after that, even if things ended happily enough.

Their real first dance was months later, at James and Nyla’s wedding reception. Tim wasn’t wearing a suit, but he’d still looked good, like he always had. And he’d held out his hand, reminding her that she owed him a dance, and Lucy couldn’t swear her heart didn’t beat a little faster when she took his hand.

They’d talked as they danced, making up for some fight they’d had earlier, his hand curled around hers. Then he’d spun her around, and she’d laughed with the sheer exhilaration of it, and he’d been smiling, too. Lucy would never have guessed that Tim Bradford could smile like that when she’d first met him, grim and stern as he’d been.

But that had changed. So much had changed since then— their lives, both apart and together. The people they had in their lives. The way they felt about each other most of all, although that had definitely changed for the best.

And now, a little over two years after that dance at James and Nyla’s wedding, they were dancing again. But this time, Tim was wearing a suit. And Lucy was wearing white.

She felt a smile crossing her face as they spun around the dance floor slowly. The events leading up to this day had been nothing short of crazy, with moments of sweetness mixed in.

It had started with the proposal. Tim wasn’t usually one for speeches. Lucy had always known that he was more of one to show his love, not say it. But his proposal had brought tears to her eyes, and saying yes was the best decision she’d ever made. 

Life had started to get a little crazy after that— one of the UC cases she’d been working had gone south, and things had gotten seriously dangerous. She’d ended up in a safe house while the others had worked the case, trying to bring in the man who was threatening her life.

Tim had been her rock during the whole thing. She’d known he was scared too, but he’d stayed calm, giving her updates and distracting her with a thousand different things, including wedding planning.

Eventually— after a few near deaths and a stand off at the safe house— the threat was handled and the criminal was behind bars. From there, the past week or so was a blur of wedding plans and dress fittings and cake tastings until finally, finally, the day itself was here.

And now? With the man she loved holding her, Lucy couldn’t be happier. 

“Hey.” Lucy glanced up at the sound of Tim’s voice. Her boyfriend— no, her husband, she internally corrected herself with a little shiver of joy— was watching her with a half-smile on his face. “You good?”

“Yeah,” Lucy said, looking around her. She saw Grey and Luna dancing nearby, along with Nyla and James. Angela was sitting at a table with Nolan, Celina, and both of her kids, and she could even see Talia coming back from getting drinks to sit with them.

She was surrounded by her family, the people who loved her. And the one who loved her most was dancing with her, with no intentions of letting go. Looking back at Tim, Lucy smiled at him. “I’m good. I’m with you.”

His smile widened, and he bent down to kiss her. “Yeah,” he murmured against her lips. “I love you, you know that?”

“I know,” Lucy said, grinning, and he laughed. “And I love you, too.”

[astersensss]

Sleepy Paranoia

Summary: Zane has paranoia, takes place around Mystreet s3

Pairings: Zane x Aaron

Tags: Fluff, Scared/Comfort, no beta, etc.

CW: the whole fic is about Zane's nighttime paranoia. It may not be the same as yours but i'm actually projecting a little bit.

This fic is also a gift for my friend in the aphtwt discord server, you're welcome shawty

Zane couldn’t sleep. He was fucking horrified frozen in his bed that something, he knew that there was nothing there, but all reasoning leaves your mind at 2:00 in the morning. 

Zane turns on his back so he can get a scope of his entire room, snapping his head all over the place whenever he hears, or thinks he hears, even the slightest creak. As well as stuffing his entire body, aside from his head, under a blanket.

After about 15 minutes, he grabs his phone, to distract himself from his paranoia, as per his usual ritual, he messages his closest friends, Aphmau and Nana a joke about how annoyed he is. 

“I was having a decent dream and then I just / suddenly woke up from paranoia / ???” (2:52 AM)

As Zane goes to close the app, He gets a response from Aphmau, to his slight surprise.

“Is there anything I can do?” (2:53 AM)

“Go back to bed, aph.” (2:53 AM)

“New episode of OP, cant” (2:54 AM)

“Bitch???” (2:55 AM)

On Aphmau’s end, She feels bad for Zane, she knew better than anyone the shit his mind likes to put him through. She ponders what she can do for him, before remembering her puppy of a roommate.

Aphmau walked over to Aaron’s room, and knowing he’s asleep, just barged in. She went behind him and rubbed his bare back as she leaned to his ear.

“Aaron, can I ask you a favor?” Her tone was sweet, she knew that would get her on his good side.

“Mm?”

He’s half asleep. Perfect for getting him to agree to late night requests. Especially ones of this caliber.

“Zane’s having a really bad paranoia episode, can you go over to Zane’s and comfort him for me? Pleaaaase~”

Aaron’s tail flicks as he nods, he sits up and stretches before getting onto his feet. 

“Tell Zane I’m on my way.” he says as he puts his jacket and slip-ons on. 

“Already on it.”

Zane received the text, and panicked a little bit. He didn’t know what time Aaron would arrive…

She sent AARON?

“Why the fuck did you send AARON???” (3:28 AM)

No response, to his dismay.

It takes about 5 minutes for Aaron to walk to Zane’s, He knocks on the door a few times before Laurance opens the door.

“Aaron? What are you doing here this early… Late..?” he paused. “Why are you here?”

Aaron yawns before he responds.

“Zane’s havin’ an episode or somethin’... Aphmau sent me.” His words are slurred due to his sleep delirium.

Laurance is too tired for this shit, so he just steps aside and directs Aaron to where Zane’s room is.

Aaron brings himself upstairs and knocks lightly on zane’s door as he walks in. 

Zane is petrified. He shut his eyes tightly because in his mind, this is what’s in his mind. This is the incomprehensible monster that’s going to kill him. This is his death. He can’t fight back. There's no fighting back. He’s not strong enough to–

His eyes snap open as Aaron basically lays on top of him as if he were a blanket.

“You’re safe, Zane. You’re safe.”

Zane’s heart rate slows a little as he accepts the embrace. He scootches over a little bit so Aaron can lay normally on the bed. He’s almost already asleep again. 

Aaron pulls Zane into his chest as he brings his hands through his hair. Just making sure Zane knows that he won’t let anyone hurt him. 

He does. His eyes flutter as he slowly drifts off in Aaron’s arms. It’s surprisingly comfortable. 

.

.

.

He could get used to this.

[ryin-silverfish]

Lotus Lantern: The Summaries, Part 3

Part 1

Part 2

Xinke Baolian Deng Jiumu Quanzhuan(or, "Lotus Lantern 1.0") 

-This one follows the same story beat as the previous two, so I'll just list the differences + expansions.

-After the Third Lady of Mt. Hua saw Liu Junchun's poem, she went to what was presumably the local dragon king to borrow some shrimp and crab soldiers and chase the cheeky bastard down.

-Qiu'er still took the fall, but unlike in the Epic of Prince Chenxiang, here, his mom didn't even object to it. Chenxiang's dad also got in trouble for his crime, and had to be rescued later.

-Chenxiang's master was the Thunderclap Immortal, who taught him 72 axe moves and 73 transformations. No divine power-ups were involved.

-After learning all these cool skills, Chenxiang immediately went to save his dad, Qiu'er, and Qiu'er's mom, whisking them off to the safety of a temple.

-Erlang actually lost the shapeshifter duel, and had to go to FFM to ask Sun Wukong for help. The plan Wukong came up with? 

1. Transform into fake Chenxiang

2. Pretend to rescue the Third Lady

3. Stuff her into a stone chest

4. Throw the chest into a well

5. Lure Chenxiang into the well

6. Cover the well with a stone slab, then set it on fire

-Yeesh. 

-So the rematch became Chenxiang vs. Erlang + Wukong instead, and because this version's Chenxiang was OP as hell, Wukong was forced to flee back to his cave, while Erlang got tied up by a red sash that, despite the uncanny resemblance, wasn't Nezha's signature weapon.

-Chenxiang was ready to axe his uncle after freeing his mom, but the Thunderclap Immortal persuaded him to spare Erlang.

Xinbian Baolian Deng Huashan Jiumu Quanzhuan (Or, “Lotus Lantern 2.0”) 

-This version is probably the closest to modern Lotus Lantern adaptations. First, Erlang's own mom-saving story is canon in this universe, and the story kinda started with a summarized version of the Precious Scroll of Erlang.  

-After Liu Xi proclaimed his crush on the Third Mother, her attendants were pissed off on her behalf, and summoned a giant serpent to scare the mortal to death. On her way back, the Third Mother came across the half-dead scholar, and saved him with some magical elixirs.

-Thus began the start of her own crush on Liu Xi. After returning to her temple, she was quite mad at the attendant who summoned the demonic serpent, and was ready to execute him for his transgressions, before she was interrupted by the Old Man Under the Moon and Gold Star of Venus with a message that Your Relationship Is Divinely Ordained, and maybe spare the guy too.

-It wasn't the Peach Festival she couldn't go to because of her pregnancy, but Erlang's birthday. Sun Wukong arrived fashionably late to the party, and suggested a self-penalty of three cups of wine.

-Erlang was like "Dude, how can you still be late with your cloud somersaults? Three cups' too easy on you, how about a whole jar!"

-He'd deeply regret those words in about five minutes, for SWK got instantly drunk and started rolling around the bed, asking "Hey, y'all have some fine Birthday Wines, can I get more at the wedding tomorrow?"

"...Whose wedding?"

"Your sister's, of course!"

-Annnnd the cat's out of the bag. Erlang stormed out of Guankou and headed straight for his sister, who fled towards the Celestial Realm, hoping to seek shelter from their divine parents.

-When Erlang caught up to her, she used the titular Lotus Lantern to shield herself from the blows; however, it could not protect her against the Immortal-binding Rope, and soon, she was captured.

-Interestingly, the Third Mother did tell him the marriage was divinely ordained, to which he responded with "If it wasn't, you'd be dead, and even so, the Yang family code would not permit it!"

-Thus the Lotus Lantern was taken, and the Third Mother, thrown into a cave under the mountain and watched by the local Tudi god.

-Said Tudi god was not unreasonable, tho, and agreed to take baby Chenxiang to his dad. Soon, the kid grew old enough to attend the local school, where his schoolmates bullied him for not having a mom, with some even calling him a demon's child. 

-Tearfully, Chenxiang demanded an answer from his dad, and when his dad finally yielded and told him the truth, he decided to sneak away to find his imprisoned mom.

-The same Tudi led the kid to her after he cried long enough under Mt. Hua; mother and son had a heart wrenching conversation through the rock gaps, until they were interrupted by someone's arrival.

-That someone was not Erlang, as they feared, but the Thunderclap Immortal, taking a leisurely stroll in the mountains. He took Chenxiang in as a disciple, and told him a way to free his mom: the same magical axe Erlang used to cleave open their grandma's mountain prison way back when, now stored in the Guankou temple.

-Then Chenxiang just...walked up to the temple gate while Erlang was out hunting, and asked one of the Seven Sages of Plum Mountain if he could borrow the axe.

-Funnily enough, the Sage in question was Yuan Hong, yes, the exact same as that white ape demon Yang Jian killed in FSYY, and he was like "Nope".

-So Chenxiang decided to take the sneaky route, transforming himself into four immortal maidens delivering peaches and wine into the temple, got Yuan Hong drunk, then turned into a butterfly and entered the inner sanctum. Just as he was fumbling with the locks, Erlang returned from his hunting trip, forcing him to flee.

-After questioning Yuan Hong, he decided to err on the side of caution and add eight more celestial soldiers to guard the temple. Chenxiang bypassed that security measure by turning into a little insect and crawling inside, but the axe was nowhere to be found.

-Suddenly, a flash of red light flew into the room and led him to a single chest, where the axe was stored. However, there was a new problem; the door was still locked, and Chenxiang couldn't take it outside, so he came up with another plan; transform into a rat and lure the guards into opening the door for some pest extermination.

-The guards inform Erlang, who saw right through it. He told them to keep the door shut, then transformed into a cat and entered the room, forcing Chenxiang to flee again.

-So Chenxiang was pretty disheartened, until he thought of a third idea: transform into his own divine grandparents, Yang Tianyou and Princess Cloud-Terrace, and call Erlang out on his bullshit.

-That filial piety card worked wonderfully. Erlang had no choice but to take out the axe and free his sister, at which point Chenxiang transformed back into himself and battled with his uncle.

-As the Third Mother watched anxiously from the side, who should show up but the Gold Star of Venus, delivering Jade Emperor's divine cease-fire order?

-Happy ending, yay. Sidenote, Erlang actually sighed after seeing the order, acknowledged Chenxiang as a formidable member of the younger generation, and picked him up and called him a good kid/baby ("乖乖!" "宝宝!" 叫个欢).

[szagaloree]

His wife….

Chapter 2

Contains: angst/sadness/mentions of death

We were half way up the vines, with Quaritch still lost, “we’ll get them later, let’s get these ikrans,” I said, “shiit don’t gotta tell me twice,” raven smirks, once we reach the top we looked around “why we’re really high up,” Allen said, “their over there but the thing is you must choose one and it will choose you but it will try to kill you,” spider explains, “how wonderful,” I said peak and see all these different ikran’s just chilling till they spotted me but didn’t try to attack. One particular black ikran turns it body hissing at me, I hiss back, it preyed around about ready to pounce, I dodge to the right leaped on to its back, “come on Gwen!” Raven shouts, “you gotta make the bond!” Spider shouted.

I grunted trying to hold its head down, it’s screeched and begins to fly “oh shit!” I quickly grabbed the que and made the bond but the ikran took off, “fuck!” I yelled, “fucking fly straight!” I yelled and it did just that, my eyes snap wide, “yes-YESSS!” I cheered, “where is she?” Allen looks over trying to find me, “fucking hell” Raven nervously says but they all jumped when I rose up with my ikran’s “LETS FUCKING GOOO!” I yelled “ayyyyeee look at you!” Ellice smirks, “y’all better come on before take off without y’all,” I chuckle. Once they all got their ikran’s I press my comm button “almost forgot we still gotta get them,” I roll my eyes as I landed spider can get on.

“Where are they?” Ellice asks.

“Dipshit squad where y’all at?” Raven asks. “Oh just trying to figure where the hell y’all went?!” Lyle raged, “Ohhh don’t start crying like a baby head to the hallelujah mountains unless ya scared,” I said, “whatever,” we all laughed as we flew around, “this is so much fun! God to really be one of them,” Raven said “I know right I don’t know what the hell the rda is fucking thinking,” I said. we spotted Quaritch and his squad climbing up the vines “wait is that them?” Lyle asks, “let’s gooooo!” I shouted flying above them “good luck, you’re gonna need it,” I smirked Quaritch just smirks shaking his head. Once we met up again they got their ikran’s too, “come on spider, let’s go,” I said, he climbs on and I take off.

“So… what your life like before you came here?” Spider asks, “ehh I would say boring, there’s nothing back on earth, it’s dead,” I said “dead? What do you mean?” He asks, quaritch walks along the halls till he reaches her room, he ends up peaking looking inside, “earth is dead because of us, we destroyed it with all these wars, inflation, racism, colonization, the animals extinct, no trees, no plants no nothing, just bricks, oils, and just death, it’s not like Pandora,” I sighed, “why did they never took care of it?” He asks “because the rda and the fucking government is selfish, I was out there fighting an old man gawdamn battles none of the presidents, leaders or anybody like them never got their ass up on the front line, it’s always us, they trained us to be cold hearted killing machines, trained to only follow orders and not break them, they… if I was givin an order to kill a child I would have to execute the order, don’t ask just do, that’s darkest part about that it can fuck you up mentally but I woken up and realized I fucked become a navy seals black operative,” I said, spider frowns, “I was a black op and those are the big dawgs not like a marine, they deal with the big shit,and… I kinda liked I was the boss, get to tell orders and be the badass I wanted to be but not everything is greener on the other side,” I sighed.

“Are you..still like that?” Spider asks fiddling with his fingers “hell no, once I found I was pregnant with you it changed me hella a lot more then I was already changing, that life ain’t safe for a child to be in, war and stuff no, I did not want this for you, but I couldn’t do anything else because I died giving birth to you,” I said “I’m sorry,” he says with his head down, “why are you apologizing?” I ask “it’s my fault you died,” he said I nudge his chin to make him look up at me, “it wasn’t your fault, I gave you life, that’s all that matters..but in return I’ve became reborn into a new life that’s actually amazing being an avatar is cool you can’t do the stuff they do in this body, riding and ikran seeing the beauty of pandora it was everything,” I smiled, he smiles a little.

“Get some sleep,” I said he sighed laying down, “tomorrow we’ll ride the ikran’s how’s that?” He nods “get some sleep,” I stood up and turn the light off, but I felt someone was next to me so nearly punched him in the face but he blocked my swing “woah there, calm down,” Quaritch says, “what the fuck are you doing here?” I question “I need to talk to you,” he said “for what?” I raise a brow glaring at him, he huffed looking around “just come,” he said walking somewhere, I follow him to a secluded area.

“Is that your son?” He asks.

“You’ve been easedropping?!” I snarled “I wasn’t trying to, but the way you were talking says a lot and I noticed how he was so able to easily trust you and be around you, I’d say that’s a mother and son bond,” he said, “it’s none of your business,” I said “it ain’t I was just curious, that’s all I was asking, I can see why you’re so protective of him but you know the reason why we’re brought back in the first place,” he says, “I know why I’m here, I’m here to live not die again! I’m not a fucking puppet! I’m not finna go around and just follow stupid orders because what will they do in the end huh?! They will turn pandora into the same way they did earth! And you think that’s okay, because you are damn puppet,” he grabs my jaw snarling “I’m not a puppet, I would say I’m a man from hell,” he said.

“You’re nothing else but that, nothing else but somebody’s bitch,” I jerk from him.

“Oh so you’re like him huh? You’re like sully who turned his back on his own kin!” He grabbed my arm i wince from his grip, “all kin ain’t good kin and I see why he switched sides!” I glared at him “leave her alone!” Spider said, we looked back to see spider glaring at Quaritch, “aww, me and your.. mom were just having a talk,” he said with a cocky tone, I punched him in the face, he yells holding his nose. “Go back in the room spider I’m fine,” I huff, “stay away from him!” I warned and walked away.

Two days later me and my squad chilled in our resting room not doing much, spider hasn’t come in the room yet and I was now getting worried, “I be right back,” I said “alright” they said, I look around for him, he wasn’t in his room and not the bay. “Fuck” I mumble running out I stopped when I see Quaritch talking to spider, they weren’t doing much but Quaritch showed him his fingers and how he has five hands trying to explain to them how their avatars are created, it seems spider was not in any danger nor did he feel uncomfortable around like he was three days ago but he seems a bit curious now.

I huff as I watched them carefully, “so, have you ever thought about a different life if you were able to choose to do something else?” Spider asks him “well.. not really this is all I know, it’s what I do,” he answers “but Jake was in the same place as you but he was able to change be good,” he tilts his head, Quaritch knew he didn’t have a good answer for that because he knows what he is and always been doing is wrong he just doesn’t want to face it. “ it’s not that easy as it looks kid,” he nudged his head. He ends up looking at me and smirked “well mama bear is here,” he said, “come” I said spider pouts but follows, I stare at Quaritch before leaving. “So what all did y’all talk about?” I ask, “nothing just his past, and how they were able to make you guy’s avatars,” he said shrugging.

To be continued…

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