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MCSR Marching Band AU

back at it again with wildly specific au's based on the shit i do irl. i've been in band for 10 years (jesus) and marching band for 7- being the tenor sax section leader both my senior year of high school and now my senior year of college.

i had some help with this one from @s3er :3

more under the cut! warning there's a LOT

Nerdi is the drum major! He's in charge of conducting the whole band and specifically helping the center snare keep a steady tempo. He's reliable to a fault and is able to keep his conducting at the proper pace pretty much no matter what (or no matter how hard some of the band members try to distract him). He can also march pretty well on the odd occasion he's not conducting (usually during pregame) and he can do some pretty cool mace tricks. His backbend with the mace is practically all the way to the ground.

Fein is the center snare. He works directly with Nerdi to keep a steady tempo. Drum major and center snare are the structural support of the entire band- without either of them tempo tends to fall apart and the show follows quickly after. He's drumline captain as well and can competently play any drumline instrument (and a good fair few wind instruments as well). One of the band members who does DCI (crazy intense travel drum corps) in the summer.

Guard Section Courtesy of @s3er !

Cube's main equipment would be rifle but he'd also be extremely good at flag, sabre, and dance. he just happens to be the best at rifle out of all of those. during marching band season he would probably be at the front a lot of the times. his consistency, versatility, and experience would make him a very good captain and during practices he would probably often get stuck teaching freshman flagline because he already mastered his own choreo+movement and he'd probably be very good at that as well even if he found it frustrating

Fruit likes flag the most because it's big and colorful and fun :] but since he's so good at weapon that's usually the line he gets placed in during marching season. winterguard has more leeway, since everything is smaller he's more able to do his own thing. for guard, marching season can be very "we know what we want the guard to do this season, just do that" while winterguard is more like, if fruit comes up with some wacky trick they can absolutely find a way to fit that in the show. if there's a dance/gymnastics solo though that would go to him

Zye is a sabre demon and probably a captain just because of how much experience he has but he would do the least amount of captain shit. except that he would be very good at instantly spotting how someone is doing choreo wrong and or why they can't get something and helping them. he makes sabre look easy, like that shit is made of plastic and not cold hard death metal that wants to break all your toes and i hate him for that. he picks up on everything extremely quickly and can make anything looks fluid and effortless

everyone say tysm to s3er for these blurbs! the guard insight was def needed and also super interesting to hear about!

Fulham is a clarinet player- specifically bass clarinet if the band decides to march them and section leader (bass clarinet is the birch tree of instruments just look at it). Absolute GOD at drill- both teaching and marching himself. Everyone in the clarinet section is never an inch off of their dot (assigned spot on the field) and they always take the exact correct path w/ the exact step size between positions. He also helps the directors write the show drill on occasion.

Couri plays mellophone! Mello's have a reputation in some bands for not being heard- Couri is NOT one of those mellos. Not only does he play loud, but he plays WELL and if a show has a mello solo it's going to him. He practices the most out of the whole band and if you're looking for him before or after school you'll either find him on the field or in a practice room. Does DCI with Fein- they go out for the same corps.

Silverr plays baritone. Also a DCI participant but he's usually in an opposing corps to Fein and Couri. Basically all of the baritones I know are super chill (I share a section with them in my marching band). Silverr can play a couple of instruments so his marching choice can vary from year to year- baritone is the usual pick though. He's one of the stronger bassline players in the band and the directors try to have him towards the center of the field so he's easily heard by not only the audience but also the other band members. Always has his music memorized early enough that his section can listen to him play for a solid guide.

Reign plays alto and tenor sax. He prefers alto but if the band is lacking in tenors he can switch over. He can also play trumpet and that's his instrument in his drum corps with Silverr (because they don't take woodwinds). Altos have a reputation for being outgoing and he enables the stereotype. His section finds him easier to talk to than the "official" alto section leaders so he ends up fielding a lot of the underclassmen's questions. He pretty frequently gets solos if the altos are ever given any. (side bar for a cool alto part listen to the Miya Twins theme from haikyuu. The bassline underneath is supposed to represent the consistent and collected twin while the alto part represents the more experimental and wild twin. Sound familiar?)

Dylqn plays trombone. Has hit someone with his slide on a move before, will hit someone with his slide on a move again. The type to make a joke during an attention pose and get the people around him in trouble for laughing. That being said he's an extremely talented musician and marcher. The directors can almost never get mad at him for goofing around because when he locks in he's absolutely a pillar of the entire band. The thing about him being good though is it means it was absolutely on purpose when he hit Fein with his slide.

Mime plays tenor sax (WOOOOOO BEST INSTRUMENT) and is a section leader. His main skill is choregraphing out complex moves and he helps the directors/fulham with drill. When I say complex moves I mean like this shit where everyones walking through each other and one wrong step equals a collision (5:18 in this video. note this is DCI and not a regular marching band so this whole show is a lot more than the average band is gonna do). Not only is Mime good at running through them himself, he can explain the moves well enough that everyone is able to make the move safely. He plays bassoon outside of marching band.

Poundy plays sousaphone. Loves to brag about playing the biggest instrument on the field which is lowkey fair because sousi is HARD. That being said he has full bowled Couri over at least once. No instruments or people were hurt amazingly but the argument that happened afterwards was generational. Poundy is one of the people that has no trouble making friends outside of his section as he's super easy to talk to. Some people tend to stay in their section at band but he is very much so not one of these people. He also plays LOUD which is important for a bassline player.

that's all ive thought through for now but ill likely have some more thoughts on this in the future. my ass is STRUGGLING with fulham's d&d mini right now but trust it's in the works (his hair and glasses are not really in heroforge so im having to improvise to make it not look weird). hope yall enjoyed me yapping for the length of a feinberg post event essay

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Fic finder

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1. Hi! I looked everywhere for this fic so I’m afraid it’s gone. It was on ao3. Omega Wei Wuxian is captured by Wen Chao during a battle where he sets fire to a stronghold and meets Alpha Lan Zhan while they are both prisoners. The fic is mostly Wei Ying’s war efforts using his extremely violent heats to his advantage. Song Lan and Xiao Xingchen feature prominently as do the Wen siblings. It was a long-ish multi-chapter completed work. Thank you! @sicklyscribe

FOUND! I Will Not Go Gentle into the Quiet Night by TriviasFolly (M, 89k, WangXian, A/B/O Dynamics, Omega WWX, Alpha LWJ, no cultivation au, Vaugely Historical AU?, royal au, War AU, Slow Burn, Attempted Rape, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Murder)

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2. Hey, I'm looking for a fic where lwj summons an incubus or succubus wei wuxian. It is a bottomji fic. @imstillthinkingaboutithmm

FOUND! Lan Wangji's Fullproof Guide on How (NOT) to Summon a Demon by Howtosolveit (E, 3k, WangXian, Porn With Plot, but not a lot of plot, Incubus WWX, Demons, wwx has a tail, Wings, Interspecies Sex, Bottom LWJ/Top WWX, Anal Sex, Crack, Filthy, size queen lwj, Canon Divergence)

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3. hi! im looking for a fic where lan wangji and wei wuxian date as teenagers before lqr finds out and sends lwj to london with lxc

FOUND? Tempo Rubato by Spodumene (E, 107k, WangXian, Modern AU, Angst with a Happy Ending, Romance, Persuasion au, Separations, Mutual Pining, Depression, Miscommunication, Emotional Roller Coaster, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Reconciliation, Eventual Smut, Jane Austen Fusion, Underage Kissing)

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4. Hello mods! Thank you so much for all of your hard work. I'm looking for a wangxian fic that is set in the modern Omegaverse where WY is an omega and LZ is an alpha, and they're already an established couple at the beginning of the fic. The fic starts when both of them wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of chaos, as an omega uprising against the alphas has started, and their is a coup going on against the government and they're assasinating alphas. Then Wangxian meet up with Sangcheng and XuanLi to a safe house where they plan to move to another country for safety. I remember a WY thinking or saying something along the lines of, "It's my turn to protect you" to LZ.

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5. hi, need help finding a fic title. it should be quite popular. modern setting, wwx has powers to open and close... rifts? he and lwj go through one and get stranded in canon setting during postcanon. thanks for the help

FOUND! a tide in two seas by occultings (microcomets) (E, 81k, wangxian, modern w/ magic, parallel universes, post-canon, getting together, pining, case fic)

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6. good day! for the fic finder, can u guys help me find this fics: A) idk if its a jiang bashing but during the competition, wwx broke jwy's sword then he asked his father to have another one but his father didnt gave him any. then i think there's also a scene where jyl is also included in the competition that somehow she managed to form a core to fight but its not that strong.

B) i cant remember this one clearly but wwx stays with the lans at some point and he doesnt give a fvck with jyl. jyl wants wwx to come back to them (jiangs) but wwx knows his worth this time.

6A)

FOUND! Hua Xianle by Tiffany_Guinne (Not rated, 170k, hualian, wangxian, TGCF, canon divergence, not Jiang friendly, madam lan lives, WWX adopted by hualian, WWX with different name, overprotective hualian, hurt WWX, WIP)

6B)

FOUND! Never Again by Hauntcats (T, 67k, WQ & WWX & WN, JC & WWX, wangxian, graphic depictions of violence, major character death, Canon Divergence, AngstGolden Core Transfer Fix-It, I love Wen Qing and Wei Ying working together, Time Travel Fix-It, Not JC Friendly, Dark, BAMF WWX, mentions of abuse, Canon JC traits, Not Everyone Dies au, XY doesn't have a happy ending)

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7. Hi mods!! Love this blog and thank you for all that you do! ❤️ I read a fic a long time ago where at the climax Wei Wuxian formed a core from purified resentful energy. Can't find it again to save my sanity, would you be able to help?

FOUND? Sunder by naqaashi (E, 32k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Soulmates, Golden Core Reveal, Golden Core Transfer Fix-It, WWX Has a New Golden Core, Heavy Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Denial of Feelings, Mutual Pining, Emotional Sex, Porn with Feelings, PWP, Light BDSM, Fix-It, POV LWJ, YLLZ WWX, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Top/Bottom Versatile | Switch WangXian, Light Dom/sub, Explicit Sexual Content, Miscommunication, Misunderstandings, Grief/Mourning, Five Stages of Grief, Suicidal Thoughts) the last chapter has a scene similar to the description

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8. hii!!! i’m in the need for a ficfinder!! the fic was basically wwx tries to call lwj because he thinks he got drugged at a party, but he doesn’t answer since lwj is having dinner with his brother and uncle and they aren’t allowed to have their phones, so he calls lxc instead and he answers.

lwj and lxc go into the bathroom where wwx is hiding and find someone trying to take advantage of him, so they beat him up. this is all i remember unfortunately!! :((

(modern setting), tsvm!! :D

FOUND! Please Let Me Take Care of You by kayceebabe (G, 9k, wangxian, LXC & LWJ, LXC & WWX, modern, Hurt/Comfort, Getting Together, Sexual Assaultish, kinda assault, drugged WWX, big brother LXC, Nightmares, the horrifying ordeal of being known, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Hurt WWX, crying WWX)

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9. Hi! Hope u'all having a good day! Is anyone of u know a fic where lwj got wwx pregnant and he didnt know about it. Wwx sent letters but lwj never got it because of lxz.

FOUND! Nothing but your heart by airinshaw (E, 21k, WangXian, Modern AU, A/B/O Dynamics, Implied Mpreg, First Time, Getting Together, Angst and Drama, Angst with a Happy Ending, Anal Sex, Whump, Breeding Kink)

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10. Hi! Can you help me find these 2 fics.

A) I remember this fic is a dark lwj. The lans ask Jyl’s hand in marriage for lwj however, since the jiang family know lwj as a bloodwar, they instead sent Wwx (disguised as female) instead of jyl. I remember when it was on their wedding night, lwj saw wwx’s robe covered in blood and discover wwx got a lot scars/wound on his back and learned that wwx is a boy.

B) Xicheng where Lxc and jwy are lovers but they got into fight to the point jwy thought it was better he was gone. Then, i remember jwy doing sacrifice soul summoning (like how MXY summons Wwx) to summon MY/JGY. It was successful.

10A)

FOUND? The Bloodthirsty Prince and his Bride by moss_enthusiast (M, 27k, WangXian, Angst with a Happy Ending Violence, Anxiety, Royalty, Strangers to Lovers, Arranged Marriage, Self-Worth Issues, Self-Esteem Issues, Whipping, Blood and Gore, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Past Abuse, Child Abuse, Physical Abuse, Blood and Violence, Dark LWJ, Fluff, Angst and Feels, Hurt/Comfort, Shock, Anxiety Attacks)

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11. hello! I'm looking for a wangxian fic where wei ying dies at qiongqi path and lan zhan hears about it went to burial mounds but he was too late. after that, song lan appeared at jin lintai with wen yuan and a-yuan went to lan zhan shouting rich gege. when a-yuan learns that wei ying is dead he keeps telling that his xian-gege is now asleep like his parents and sister. and then when a-yuan saw the golden robes of madam jin, jin guangshan he screamed and kept saying bad men. @zeanclr

FOUND? @lovelyiknow said: #11 from the most recent fic finder is When I’m Gone by qiankun_pouch, it’s mostly finished but was deleted at 29/30? 31? smth like that. I have the pdf if anon wants it!

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12. looking for a fic where lwj gets tortured, and is rescued. one thing I remember is that it was second person pov, and it was relatively short. also, lwj kinda had amnesia- as in the torture made him forget or something. thanks!

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13. hello ! i hope y’all are doing well. i wanted to see if anyone could find this one fic that i read ages ago, but i can’t remember the title. but basically, i think it’s where wwx gets his old body back after being cursed by a fox(?) spirit - like he transforms back. and i think somewhere in the story, the juniors are there and they ask sizhui what wwx originally looked like and when he draws them a picture, they think he’s lying bc wwx looks too good in the drawing !! it’s been sitting at the back of my brain, so any help would be much appreciated:)) thank youuu <;3 @slytherin-trash

FOUND? Transcend by covalentbonds (Not Rated, 7k, WIP, WangXian, Post-Canon, Fluff and Humor, Smut)

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14. hi!! I’m not sure if this is the right way to ask, if it isn’t, please correct me! Im pretty sure I had seen a fic on here where the description said that lwj just kind of showed up at wwx and a’yuans door and they were just kind of like ok sure why not. I’m sorry I don’t have more details my app crashed just after I saw it😭😭would you happen to have an idea of what it was?? Thank you so much😭

FOUND! Across the street to another life by danegen (M, 99k, WangXian, Modern AU, unleashed au, Family Fluff, Set in America, Hurt/Comfort, Past Child Abuse, Addiction, Crime, Amnesia, Ableist Language, another fridged mother, POV Alternating, past wwx/ofc, past wwx/omc, Medium parent YZY, A-Yuan is wwx's biological son, Musicians, Happy Ending)

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15. I’m sorry to ask this but I can’t find this fic and I searched it all day 🐇🐇🐇

A) I think, lwj and wwx are able to achieve immortality or are trying to achieve it and idk nor remember if it’s a omega verse or just magic bs but at some point in the story wwx asks how many children lwj would like to have and he answers 10 to which wwx thinks is joking but lwj is all serious about it XD

B) And also a fic where ylz ends up as a Jin and he’s usually in a garden surrounded by guards

Jiang Yanli is still alive and I think Jin zixuan too, but when wwx talks to JY he’s always formal and she can tell something is going on, there’s also wangxian and I think JGY is the one behind everything under his father’s commands

Thank you 🙇‍♀️

15A)

FOUND? Besieged by Ariaste (M, 11k, WangXian, WWX POV, wwx's avuncular powers, Teenage Drama, Humor, Feelings, Fluff) the second work of "A Civil Combpaign", the talk about lwj wanting more children surprised wwx, who had kinda jokingly suggested.

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16. Hi there, looking for a fic that had a 4/5 times wwx something 1 time lwj something format. Maybe based on jealousy or people hitting on them? One of the times was the head disciple of yunmeng jiang drugging and almost assaulting wwx but jiang cheng saves him. Please help, thank you!

FOUND! Cotton Wool by incendir (M, 34k, wangxian, LJY/OMC, JL/LSZ, JC & WWX)

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17. Hi! I’m looking for a fic when lwj is intersex and a river nymph I believe! wwx drinks water from lwj’s home and now he has to grant a wish. wwx at first thought that the price would be sxx but lwj actually asks him to build a rabbit hutch, a fence, and a house throughout the fic. This fic takes place over a course of a year or so and by the end they are married to live together! I remember this fic so clearly I just can’t seem to find it again. Thank you!

FOUND! Water Sweeter by deliciousblizzardshark (E, 8k, WangXian, Historical, Rogue Cultivator WWX, Some kind of fairy or spirit or something LWJ, Intersex LWJ, Intersex Character, Fluff and Humor, Crack Treated Seriously, Thirst Trap WWX, Topping from the Bottom, WWX's Canonical Cottage-core Fantasy, First Time, Domestic Fluff, Vaginal Sex)

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18. hi so I am looking for this one fic and all I remember is that some of the wen remnants were bloodline jiangs

Thank you @princess-nettle

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19. Hi! 🤗 For the next Fic Finder, I wanted to ask about a fic I read some time ago, and now I can't find it. It's a fic where LWJ and WWX have sex in Xuanwu cave and WWX gets pregnant. After that they separated and WWX thinks he have lost the baby, but he didn't lost the baby and WWX goes into labor in a fight with the bad Wens.

I hope you can help me find it! Thank you! 😊💜 @wangxiansgirl

FOUND! Impermanence, Transience, Permanence by Best Bepsy (BepsyGray) (E, 39k, wangxian, canon divergence, unplanned pregnancy, mpreg, gore, sunshot campaign, assumed miscarriage, medical procedures, childbirth, golden core reveal)

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20. I'm looking for a short fic, modern AU, mpreg, where Wei Ying doesn't know he's pregnant and gives birth on the bedroom floor. I only remember that and that he decided to walk home from work when he was feeling ill (still not realizing he was pregnant and in labor). Thanks, you are ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ @ilolatthis

FOUND! Surprise Baby! by trulywicked (M, 10k, WangXian, Modern with Magic, Modern Cultivation, Mpreg, Unplanned Pregnancy, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Didn't know he was pregnant, birthing scene, Little bit of blood, A/B/O Dynamics, Inspired by Twitter, Established Relationship, Fluff)

NOT FOUND! Blood, Google, and Love by Prairie_Grass (E, 4k, WangXian, Modern with Magic, they were roommates, A/B/O Dynamics, Getting Together, Mpreg, semi graphic giving birth, Alpha LWJ, Omega wwx, Intersex Omegas, (or you could head-canon WWX as trans if you wanted), Fluff and Angst, the run-on sentences are on-purpose because WWX and LWJ are both:, neurodiverse characters, slightly traumatic birth)

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[jedimandalorian]

Ahsoka Episode 7 “Dreams and Madness”: The Story, the Symbolism, and the Score

Here are my notes on episode 7 of Ahsoka.

Soft, ethereal music plays as the episode begins. The score rumbles ominously under the dialogue of the opening scene and fades out as we see that Hera Syndulla is being court-martialed for disobeying orders.

The notion that this particular Star Wars story is really a children’s fairy tale is reiterated in this scene, this time by Senator Xiono: “…this report reads like a child’s fairy tale. Jedi, false Jedi, Star maps, star whales, distant galaxies. Honestly, are we to believe any of it?”

The closed captioning indicates that emotional music is playing when a beloved character from the original Star Wars trilogy appears onscreen. John Williams’ Star Wars Main Title, a.k.a. the Skywalker theme, is heard when See-Threepio enters the courtroom. The tempo of this beloved familiar theme is slower, the notes are more elongated, and the dynamic level is softer than what we are accustomed to hearing when this heroic theme is typically used. Not only does this music indicate Threepio’s association with the Skywalker family, it also represents hope, just as it did when the world first heard it back in 1977 on the soundtrack to Star Wars: A New Hope.

The incidental music continues as Threepio presents a data transcript from Senator Leia Organa saying that she personally sanctioned General Syndulla’s mission to Seatos. In this scene we discover that Leia is the leader of the New Republic’s Defense Council.

Hera’s theme is heard after she thanks Threepio for delivering his important message.

When Mon Mothma and Hera talk after the case has been dismissed, Mon wants to know how real the threat of Thrawn’s return truly is.

“We have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best,” Hera replies as the score’s rumble of low strings segues into intense drumming. Brass instruments play a brief rendition of Ahsoka’s theme as the title card and episode title appear onscreen: “Dreams and Madness.”

Purrgil calls are heard as the massive creatures, along with Ahsoka and Huyang in the T-6 shuttle, travel through hyperspace. Inside the ship we see Ahsoka training with her lightsabers while an old Clone Wars era hologram of Anakin Skywalker plays.

Huyang tells her they are nearing their destination because the star whales’ velocity is slowing down. Ahsoka has returned to the cockpit of her ship when they exit hyperspace and fly straight into a minefield surrounding Peridea. Ahsoka’s Theme and other brass and percussion-heavy action music accompany the whales’ flight through the mines. Ahsoka’s ship is attacked by enemy fighters once they are clear of the minefield.

This is followed by a segue to a scene of the Chimaera docked at the Nightsister fortress. Enoch makes a report to Thrawn about the fighters’ pursuit, and Thrawn receives a report from Morgan Elsbeth about Ahsoka’s former Jedi master’s identity. Anakin Skywalker is a threat that Thrawn has encountered before. Thrawn was, at one time, one of the handful of people who knew that Anakin Skywalker later became the infamous Sith Lord, Darth Vader.

(This tale is told in Timothy Zahn’s novel Thrawn: Alliances.)

The Grand Admiral is determined to be one step ahead of Ahsoka because he expects her to be as unpredictable and dangerous as her former master.

Gentle music plays as Ahsoka flies into the star whale graveyard and Huyang scans for Sabine’s location.

Harp music accompanies a scene change. We see the Noti pods traveling to a different location on Peridea. Ezra is driving one of the larger pods, and a Noti goes inside of the pod, switching places with Sabine, who sits next to Ezra as he drives.

“I never really thought about how much I’ve missed,” Ezra says as Sabine and the Noti baby in the next pod wave at each other. Ezra and Sabine certainly have missed out on a lot of things, especially the time they could have spent together developing their relationship, perhaps a romantic relationship that could have led (and might still lead) to marriage and children. This is the second time Sabine has noticed the Noti baby. This could be foreshadowing that she might become a mother herself one day. Quiet, gentle music accompanies Sabine and Ezra’s conversation. Ezra wants to know how Sabine found him and she replies, “It’s complicated,” a description that also applies to their relationship.

When Ezra asks about Ahsoka, a mournful quotation of Ahsoka’s theme is played by a French horn softly under their dialogue, reminding the audience that Sabine believes Ahsoka is dead, but she doesn’t tell Ezra about this for fear of the questions he might ask.

We hear intense drumming when we see Baylan and Shin riding howlers along with the red-armored bandits. Low rumbles accompany the arrival of the Great Mothers at the henge. Morgan’s Theme (the Nightsister theme) is heard as the three speak in unison, activating their golden orbs, and creating a triangle of red energy to connect them.

When Ahsoka senses Sabine through the Force and calls out to her, the Nightsisters also sense their link. They discover and reveal the location of Ahsoka and Huyang.

When Baylan and Shin find Sabine and Ezra, Baylan tells Shin to contact Thrawn and kill Sabine and Ezra then take her place in the coming Empire. “Your ambition drives you in one direction. My path lies in another,” he says.

Although Baylan’s sinister theme is heard in this scene, when Baylan makes his cryptic remarks, ethereal choral music is heard. I believe that this music is foreshadowing a mystery that this series has yet to reveal. This is a quote from my notes on the previous episode: “Choral music suggesting the mysticism of the fallen Jedi Order is heard as Baylan speaks of Peridea being a realm of ‘dreams and madness’ from old ‘children’s stories come to life.’ Once again, the viewer is reminded that we are being told a fairy tale, a myth.” The big mystery must involve the Force in some way. Perhaps Baylan is seeking a power to help him rebuild, or maybe replace, the old Jedi Order. “Impatience for victory will guarantee defeat” might be a quote he needs to remember later on.

The red garbed alien bandits riding howlers remind me of J. R. R. Tolkien’s warg-riding orcs. The music for this scene is reminiscent of Howard Shore’s score for The Lord of the Rings films, momentarily making use of similar instrumentation, harmonies, and orchestral textures.

Thrawn’s stormtroopers are sent out in Imperial patrol gunships which appear to be a visual callback to the Rebels animated series.

Intense music plays throughout the chase scene and battle that follows it, as Sabine, Ezra, and the Noti defend themselves from the red bandits. As in old Hollywood Westerns, Ezra has the Noti “circle the wagons” (pods) to make a stand. Ahsoka’s ship is shot at by the fighters as she heads towards their location. Sabine and Ezra exit their pod as Shin arrives. Ahsoka makes a sliding leap from the ship as Huyang flies close to the planet’s surface.

We hear the sound of what the Kiners call “alien war horns” as Baylan and Ahsoka’s confrontation begins. This is accompanied by intense drumming.

Sabine offers Ezra his lightsaber and one of her blasters but he refuses, claiming that the Force is his ally.

Ahsoka and Baylan duel. Shin attacks Ezra and he deflects her lightsaber with the Force alone.

Baylan: “You can’t defeat me.”

Ahsoka: “Perhaps I don’t have to.”

Fighters chase the T-6 as Huyang evades their attack. Ahsoka abandons her duel with Baylan, riding away on his howler.

Thrawn wonders why Baylan isn’t at the battle site.

Ezra saves Sabine by using a Force pull to tug her away from Shin. They are surrounded by stormtroopers. Ezra comically tries to convince them to take them as prisoners.

Ahsoka arrives. Ezra and Sabine shoot and blow up several troopers while Shin and Ahsoka fight.

Back at the henge, Thrawn views the mission as a success but Morgan only sees their enemies reunited. The mysterious cargo transfer to the Chimaera is almost complete. We learn that the attack was to keep Thrawn’s enemies distracted. He believes time is on his side.

When the troopers battling the heroes are given orders to move out, Ahsoka tells Shin to surrender her weapon and even offers her help but Shin runs away.

Sabine’s theme is heard when she says “Ahsoka—I thought you were dead.” Ahsoka hugs Ezra. Ezra says he has a feeling that he might be going home after all. One lovely character moment that stood out in this scene was when Ezra comforted a Noti by holding hands with the little creature and speaking quietly to it, like a father soothing a frightened child. (I know I watch every episode with shipper goggles on, but was this more foreshadowing?)

The music here is a version of the end credits music, the variant of Ahsoka’s theme that is heard when all seven of the golden lines on the map reach Peridea. I think that the seven lines may represent Ahsoka, Sabine, Ezra, Huyang, Baylan, Shin, and Morgan. All of the main pieces have been assembled on the board, but who is the chess master? Is it Thrawn, or is it the three Nightmothers who were named after the Fates themselves?

[mcronnie-arc]

BIOGRAPHY...

***Conexões abertas para todos os gêneros e super disponíveis para alterações e combinar mais detalhes.

plots abertos para facilitar a vida:

plot 1: (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) @pips-plants { sempre cabe mais}

Pietra, muse e Veronica se identificaram demais, ou de menos, mas o santo bateu. Mesmo fora do acampamento, elas sempre continuaram em contato, confiam profundamente uma na outra e adoram a companhia.

plot 2: (Blood Diamond) {closed} @maximeloi

Veronica sempre achou que odiaria ir em missões, temia ser preciso fazer algo de que se arrependeria ou iria ficar remoendo, como principalmente: matar. Mas ela saiu em missão, o tipo de missão comum que o acampamento manda, e quando foi atacada, Muse, foi obrigado a salvar sua vida. Ela é muito grata por isso, e se desculpou por ser um peso, mas antes que precisasse realmente fazer isso, muse tomou a liderança. Ela deve uma?

plot 3: (the craft)

Veronica é uma bruxa bem talentosa, embora goste mais de algumas especialidades que de outras, e com muse, é perfeito! Ela pode treinar seus pontos fracos de magia e muse pode também trocar conhecimentos do que Veronica se sai melhor. No fim, é vantajoso para ambos, e ela adora esse momento. 

plot 4: (Stand by Me) {closed} @d4rkwater

Muse e ronnie chegaram mais ou menos na mesma época, nove anos antes, e se apagaram um no outre de forma muito pura e intensa. Muse era sem dúvidas uma das pessoas favoritas de Ronnie, mas enquanto ficavam mais velhes, o tempo longe, a intimidade foi esfriando OU um dos dois fizeram algo, e agora tem uma barreira entre elus, e mesmo que faça falta a companhia e certas coisas pareçam perfeitas para contar um pro outre, elus não sabem mais lidar

plot 5: (The Descendants) *filhe de Hécate ou seguidor dela

irmão que não reconheço: muse é filhe de Hécate tanto quanto Veronica, a diferença é que ele respeita a mãe e acha desrespeitoso como Ronnie revira os olhos ou se refere a mãe deles como uma “groupie”. Por defender a matriarca, os dois já se desentenderam várias vezes.

plot 6: (Mean Girls)

Muse odeia e pode até ter feito coisas que Veronica viu como perseguição por um tempo, e ela não sabe deixar quieto, então virou uma briga e bem inesperada e maior do que muse esperava, mas ela dá um pégasos para não entrar em brigas, e um rebanho inteiro deles para não sair.  

plot 7: (Ocean's eight) {closed} @misshcrror

Ronnie achou um objeto brilhante e interessante, perguntou do valor afetivo e não tinha par muse, mas era de muse. Ela tentou trocar por algo que já tinha, comprar, mas muse se recusou até que ronnie desistiu e deixou para lá. Mas depois de um tempo, ronnie até tinha desistido de falar disso, o objeto sumiu e obviamente muse acusou Ronnie de ter roubado. E por mais que ela negue, agora estão em péssimos termos; muse acha que foi veronica e veronica não aceita que elu não acredite em sua palavra e insista nisso. +(se roubou mesmo ou não, podemos ver)

plot 8: (No Strings Attached)

Se gostam? provavelmente não romanticamente, mas tem física e química suficiente para encher uma piscina. Então terem esses flertes foi acontecendo, assim como aconteceu de ficarem pela primeira vez, e a segunda, até que virou um tipo de relação. Puramente carnal, mas ao menos se dão bem…

plot 9: (Pride and Prejudice) {closed} @jamesherr

Eu não consigo te suportar, mas você ainda é gostoso: por outro lado, muse e ronnie não tem nada em comum, não se dão bem em público ou acompanhados de mais ninguém, e sozinhos também não são um paraíso. Mas com certeza foi culpa daquele semideus que falou que essa implicância deles deveria ser tesão, e essa ideia maldita se infiltrou na cabeça dos dois, porque agora parece real demais e talvez o outro seja insuportável de chato, mas definitivamente é bem atraente. 

plot 10: (Blue Valentine)

Muse e Ronnie tiveram um amor de verão, versão semideuses, e talvez tenha sido uma desilusão forte demais para ela quando muse terminou tudo/(fez algo que os fizeram terminar), e ela costuma ser rancorosa, por isso, não é incomum que ela ainda tenha respostas grosseiras com elu, ou pregue peças como uma vingança. Apenas por pura mágoa, ela costuma ser uma pedra no caminho de muse. E se diverte muito dando trabalho. 

plot 11: (The Last Kiss) {closed} @vitorialada

Muse e Ronnie se envolveram depois que ela terminou com seu ex, mas os sentimentos dela ainda estavam confusos/ o coração ainda estava se recuperando, por isso Ronnie perdeu a chance de aproveitar alguém legal de verdade, e magoou muse mesmo não sendo sua intenção. Ela se sente culpada hoje, mas ainda não saberia como se redimir. 

plot 12: (Lost in Translation)

muse é mais velhe que Ronnie, estava no acampamento quando ela chegou e ajudou que ela se localizasse e criasse afinidade. Foi inconsciente e inevitável que ela criasse uma crush platonica por elu, o que não virou nada e provavelmente muse sempre a viu apenas como uma amiga ou irmã mais nova. Eventualmente a crush passou, mas Ronnie ainda tem absoluta admiração por elu, sempre respeitando e ouvindo sua opinião. 

plot 13: (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)

Pelo último ano e meio, Veronica esteve tentando superar um problema emocional, (lê-se fugindo do ex sem saber que estava fazendo isso) E seu melhor contato com o acampamento tem sido em missões não oficiais recuperando artefatos. Porém, suas missões foram todas sem o conhecimento do acampamento, e numa dessas, ela chegou antes de Muse por pouco, arruinando assim sua missão e seu histórico de vitórias, já que ela havia conseguido por meios diplomáticos, o que elu criou confusão para obter, e saiu sem. Elu pode ou não saber que foi ela quem pegou antes.

plot 14: (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

Muse e Vee não parecem ter muita coisa em comum mesmo, mas se encontraram em um momento de vulnerabilidade, e serviram de apoio um para o outro sem cobrar nada em troca. Acho que funcionou, por que eles meio que criaram um vínculo? Ou simplesmente gostam de desabafar um com o outro, já que sabem que não precisam se preocupar com o que dizem saindo por aí. 

plot 15: (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) {closed} @thccmas

Enquanto no acampamento, só foram conhecidos, ou tiveram interações super breves, porém nesse tempo antes do chamado do mrs. D. se encontraram de verdade no mundo humano e descobriram ter mais em comum do que esperavam. Nasceu então uma boa amizade, talvez até um crush? E voltar pro acampamento agora, afeta essa relação que construíram em tão pouco tempo?

plot 16: (Gran Torino)

Muse sempre viu Veronica como algo que não lhe agradava, e era reciproco porque ela não sabe deixar para lá, embora não tivessem qualquer motivo para isso além de sexto sentido? Implicância? Algo nessa linha. Vee até tentou se aproximar no começo, mas ao notar a aversão, recuou e devolveu a antipatia.

Porém, nos últimos tempos o outro não parecia tão terrível mais?

[wtficedance]

On Rhythm Dance Rules

As we wrap up the month of August (crazy how fast it went by), we have gotten a sneak preview of what new rhythm dances look like at summer sectional events as well as Lake Placid. And as I type this JGP Bangkok kicks off and we will get a wider picture of the wide variety of interpretation and composition we will see at the junior level. While there is a lot of focus on the 80s as a theme--much more of an "original dance" sort of construct--the technical changes are in many ways more interesting.

Notable changes to the "well-balanced" composition requirements for the rhythm dance this year. Both juniors and seniors may have any part of the body touch the ice during their midline or diagonal StSq provided it does not last more than five seconds, and the entry or exit edge of a difficult turn which temporarily changes overall direction of travel shall not count as a retrogression. For example, a skater could hold the exit edge of their bracket long enough 75% of a semi-circle is completed and the exit velocity points in a completely different direction.

On the junior level:

One of the two pattern sequences will be skated using the steps of the opposite gender.

On the senior level:

The ChRS (choreographic rhythm sequence) from last season which was essentially a ChSt (choreographic character step) has been re-defined to be essentially a choreographic pattern, where the team is required to skate the Silver Samba pattern. Last season, there was an unrestricted number of stops in the ChRS as long as they did not last longer than five seconds, this year none are permitted. Only one skater is required to do the steps at all times, i.e. steps 9-47 must all be skated but partners can switch between the man's and woman's steps and only one partner is required to maintain continuity. The silver samba ChRS must be skated at a MINIMUM of 100bpm, separations can not be wider than two arm lengths and/or last longer than two measures of music.

Additionally, the two-step per partner PSt must consist of a back entry Rocker, Counter, Bracket and Forward Outside Mohawk, removing the 2Tw as an option for level and solely for choreographic transition. The PSt and Style B StSq can be skated at any tempo, so either can be at the same tempo as the ChRS or neither.

Rocker Foxtrot (remixed)

As usual, juniors this year will skate two pattern sequences: steps #1-14 of the Rocker Foxtrot. But in one of the most interesting changes the ISU has made in the last two quads, 1RF will be skated as normal but in 2RF, skaters will be expected to skate the steps of the opposite gender. Rules around holds throughout the pattern have changed as well. In 1RF, the "typical" pattern, couples must maintain "Prescribed Holds during Key Points [and] Variation of Holds outside of Key Points." In 2RF, where opposite steps are skated, the skaters must also maintain the switched tracking and positioning and must maintain "Recognizable Holds during Key Points except Hand in Hand [and] Variation of Holds outside of Key Points."

The key points are seen below. For both patterns, the woman is evaluated on KP 1 and 3, the man on KP 2 and 4. This is why KP 1 & 2 are switched between the two sequences. For steps 11-13, they are identical but the skaters must MAINTAIN tracking, i.e. the man's steps for 11-13 place him to the left of the woman, so for 2RF when the skater's have swapped steps, the woman must be on the left side. Required holds for the key points are any closed hold variation for KPs 1 & 2 (steps 5-7) and any open hold variation for KPs 3 & 4 (steps 11-13).

All quotes in above paragraph from communication #2560.

Silver Samba

The last time the silver samba was a "compulsory pattern" in the short dance was 2014-15 on the junior level. The key points, found in ISU Communication #1857 are below:

It should be noted, that even when structured according to key points, the silver samba is primarily composed of various "simple" steps like swing rolls, three turns, chasses, slip steps, etc. It is not like the Tango Romantica where there is a lot of emphasis on difficult turns. What makes the silver samba a challenging pattern is the variation in timing, going from a steps which last half a beat to full to two beats and back to half beats rapidly. The timing scheme for the Silver Samba is below.

While the ISU has not placed any timing restrictions on specific steps, like there would be in a compulsory pattern KP, maintaining an overall sense of rhythm and tempo is important as steps 9-47 should be skated still on the 4 beat musical measure structure. While there is not a specific "duration" requirement listed, my understanding based on the programs we have seen so far is that the overall pattern should not significantly differ in duration from the number of measures in the original silver samba.

What kinds of results will we see resulting from these changes?

As opposed to last season's latin programs, expect to see much faster programs with significantly more ice coverage. With a 100bpm minimum and a pattern which consists of many half beat steps, this is the first time we are seeing a truly large tempo change in the rhythm dance. With the switch from style A to B step sequences over the past decade, skaters have increasingly and universally switched to slower more exaggerated step sequences, with a rocker for instance taking 2-4x the time that it might have taken previously. This is good for the demonstration of edge control for instance, but results in a lot of homogeneity across very different styles. With the silver samba, even if it is not difficult turns, skaters are being forced to show both a high tempo step section and then the more sedate and extended midline/diagonal style B and PSt.

In my opinion, the difference is night and day with program quality. Even just at the beginning of the season. The "freedom" offered by the ChRS still ended up with every single team having largely the same construction: stop, a cha cha New Yorker, stop for stationary footwork, maybe a samba roll, a twizzle or in place spin, and one or two mini-lifts. IMO, it was exceedingly boring and similar across the discipline, including across the different camps. By mandating a pattern, and encouraging teams to add in steps, new positions, different changes of hold, switching of traditional lead and follow steps, teams are not only forced to differentiate themselves with originality but they are also forced to demonstrate clear skating skills like edge control, power, posture, ice coverage, extension from center of gravity, and edge depth: the entire goal of a pattern comparison. In many ways, the ISU might have been inspired by Caroline Green/Michael Parsons's inverted Midnight Blues pattern with back-to-back holds as a method of differentiating themselves.

In juniors, I think this change is going to result in so much creativity and expansion of skillsets. While not all 2RF sections have had the woman leading, it certainly opens the door for both skaters to learn new aspects of partnering. By allowing variations in holds outside of the key points and requiring closed hold in the KP, it allows skaters to demonstrate creativity while also maintaining a baseline level of difficulty and similarity.

Where do we go forward from here?

Rhythm vs. Original

The ISU has reached a new intermediate between what was formerly the rhythm dance and the older original dance with this new format. What kinds of themes the ISU would use going forward and what combinations of patterns with said themes, in many ways need to be spelled out. Beyond the obvious decades (60s, 70s, 90s, etc.) what kinds of themes would the ISU consider? And how would patterns like the Paso Doble or Viennese Waltz be matched to these new themes?

If I could offer a few suggestions:

Swing: teams must incorporate a social dance rhythm (lindy hop, shag, charleston, jive etc.) with a pattern of quickstep

Nuevo Latin: new Latin rhythms, teams must select one to two Latin rhythms that have not been skated as compulsories (no samba, rhumba, or cha cha) with a pattern of Torville/Dean's Rhumba L'Amour (debut pattern)

Folk Dance: like 2010, teams must incorporate a folk dance element that represents their country or culture and skate the Yankee Polka

Percussive: teams must rely on a primarily percussion driven dance style like flamenco, paso doble, tap dance, Irish step dancing, South Indian bharatanatyam, etc., pattern of Paso Doble

What elements should the “short” include? How should they be scored?

Additionally, while I think the ChRS pattern format brings an element of overall evaluation of a pattern in size, ease of skating, unison, etc. that the key point system missed. There is room for both. An alternative format to the RD could be:

1 section of Pattern (KP system)

1 section of Choreographic Pattern (ChP which is equivalent to ChRS but maybe more clear), teams skate either the alternate section of the pattern or the same steps according to this year's rules which incentivize creativity and style. Maybe with the addition of Mandatory Contact

1 Style A Midline/Diagonal StSq which is composed of two parts: the 4 turn OfSt and the remaining 5 difficult steps and turns. Teams are required to skate one part in hold and one non-touch.

Lift

Twizzles

While the ISU has dropped the ball on coordinating new pattern dances from partial step sequences, perhaps a new, CONSISTENT system can be implemented, where in alternating years there is a PATTERNED short dance (see above) and on the off years there is a COMPULSORY short dance, where skaters are not assigned a pattern, but rather key points which they must incorporate into one or two Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence:

Replacing sections 1 and 2 above, 1PSt incorporates KP 1-4 and 2PSt has an alternative set of key points. Examples below:

KP 1 is a turn cluster: RBO Rocker, RFOIO, RFO Counter, RBO-LFI S-Step (Chocktaw)

KP 2 is a turn to skating position: LFO Rocker, LBOI to both partners in difficult skating positions (e.g. spread eagle, besti squat, spiral, hydroblade, lunge, side lunge, shoot the duck, etc.) on any edge

KP 3 is step based: 5 different chasses, progressives, or slip steps while doing 3 changes of hold to non-baseline holds (cannot do just tango or killian, has to be crossed or high killian, reverse foxtrot, a difficult hand-to-hand, or another creative variation)

KP 4 is synchronicity based, skaters must execute the corresponding turns: Partner A does LBI Counter to LFIO 3turn to LBI bracket while partner B does LFO counter to LBOI to LBI Bracket.

These turns would rotate every year and the tempo range would be decided based on the theme. Of course, these are only suggestions, but this technical apples-to-apples comparison might be helpful when using a decade theme like the 70s which covers such a diversity of sounds that establishing a pattern to suit the overall vibe of the decade might be difficult. I do think it would be helpful if the ISU established a general direction for how the original/short/rhythm dance is going to evolve with time.

But for overall changes? The Scale of Values needs a major makeover.

Scoring Shenanigans

Ice Dance scoring needs to be re-vamped. One of the most important parts of making figure skating scoring accessible to the public is the ability for the general viewer to discern "tiers" of scoring: e.g. what range do medalists vs. top 10 vs. top 20 teams score? With current seemingly unending score inflation, in the last decade ice dance has gone from scores 70-77 placing top 3 in the short program to scores 87-93. From 2011-2014, almost without exception the top two scores were 73-77, third rounded out in that low 70s range, and 60 points was essentially the cut off for top 10 scores. There was consistency from season-to-season that was understandable for both the general viewer and an avid ice dance fan. From 2016-17 to 2022-23, the top score in the rhythm dance went from 82 to 93. In fact, there was more consistency from 2017 Worlds to 2019 Euros top scores (82 to 83) with an entire revamp of the GOE system and rhythm dance composition than there was from the 2018-19 GP season through the 2022 Worlds (P/C led the field for both, scoring 84.13 at 2018 GPFrance and then 92.73 at 2022 Worlds). That doesn't even cover the changes over this past season. With the retirement of the undisputed top 3 teams from last quad, the RD record was still broken yet again at last Worlds! And this is despite constant downgrades in the technical robusticity of elements over the past decade and a half. This is even more obvious in the free dance, where top teams have gone from scoring 105 points to 140 points in just a decade.

We heard a lot of arguments last Worlds and WTT that the changes to the code merited a new world record in the RD after widespread disbelief that such a recent, and authoritative world record was broken. But despite the fact that I don't think a single person who regularly watches ice dance could argue that Chock/Bates this season ever out-executed (or even comparably-executed) Papadakis/Cizeron on Pattern Dance Type Step Sequences, a typical Style B step sequence, or twizzles. Much less teams like Hubbell/Donohue or Sinitsina/Katsalapov who never broke 90 points internationally. Yet, at World Team Trophy, C/B were awarded the same unweighted GOE +4.85 as P/C for their twizzles. C/B most definitely benefited from a weaker code, getting 9.07 free points for a ChRS (7.07 in GOE) which inched across the ice as opposed to a level 4 Midnight Blues pattern which earned just 1.72 points more (3.44 in GOE), but this rampant inflation can be accounted for in both recency bias in the retirement of top teams and in a warped scale of values.

Nowhere is this warped scale of values more apparent than for current Style D pattern dance type step sequences, where skaters who execute just two difficult turns/steps each earn, are rewarded more heavily than for any other element in the RD. Why on earth does an element where each skater only has TWO DIFFICULT STEPS AND TURNS merit 9.45 points base value, 15 points with +5 GOE? Style B step sequences where each skater has over twice the technical content have 8.96 base value, 14 points with +5 GOE. One foot sequences in the free dance with +5 GOE max out at 9.68. It is the ice dance equivalent of a double axel being valued more than a quadruple jump.

The ISU needs a return to baseline, wherever that threshold is decided to be, where scoring tiers can yet again be defined and the scale of values can be retroactively revamped according to difficulty and weighting of each element in a program. Because the current system? Feels a whole lot like this.

[ninjigma]

QuinFox Week Part 2/7 - First / Next

Day 2: Dance With Me + First Date Track: 'Paint It Black' - Wednesday Addams (Spotify / YouTube)

"This is not part of the plan."

Quinlan grinned. He couldn't help it, the situation and the way Fox was trying so desperately to figure out how to dance without admitting anything was too amusing.

"Maybe, but every good plan is adaptable."

"And what exactly are we adapting for?"

Quinlan's hand gently pressed against Fox's side, encouraging him to begin a movement that would carry them left. Learning quickly, Fox followed, his feet starting to fall more naturally as they continued.

"Here, you have to follow my feet, not mimic them," Quinlan slowed to a half pace, still fast enough to blend in with the fast stringed music but slow enough that Fox would have a chance.

He was unable to see any blush or real expression past the mask Fox wore, but he could sense the slight tension of the Commander trying to do as directed. That and the lack of a quip showed that this was something Fox did not want to dwell on long, though Quinlan noted he followed the instructions perfectly.

"Overheard something was being unveiled tonight and I have to stay and find out," Quinlan offered in a rushed voice, trying not to get lost in watching Fox move. "You head out, can wait at the safehouse if you want, but this is Jedi related, so you don't need to be involved and one of us needs to make sure that information gets back."

The way Fox tilted his head forward and looked up through thick lashes was filled with fire. In short, he was not pleased at all.

"The mission-"

"Doesn't include putting you at risk for something unplanned and unrelated." Quinlan shrugged, kept a smirk plastered in place as he spoke the official line with ease. A way to keep Fox out of things.

"This room is filled with more Separatists than our intel informed us, and they already seem suspicious. Plus, we are already running out of time until they notice the information is gone. You can't stay. We have what we came for, we should leave."

Fox was correct, but Quinlan knew it couldn't be so. He had to get his hands on what he overheard. Failing that he would destroy it. Kept in a museum or not, he knew the artifact would be too dangerous to just leave behind, especially in separatist and therefore Sith territory.

"Fox," he sighed, face becoming uncharacteristically soft. "I am sure I'll be fine. You can wait in the safe house then and I will be quick. For now just enjoy being my date, yeah?"

Fox was quiet.

Quinlan watched him sway, curving and moving easily in sync with him now. He was assessing things, weighing options that Quinlan knew from experience he should not say a word about until Fox was done, which also meant until Fox had made his decision and wouldn't be swayed anyhow. It spoke of the man's determination and wit, and Quinlan thought highly of him for it, respecting how the clone choose to do things. And more privately he thought it matched the Fox inspired outfit he had chosen quite handsomely.

"Just so you know, before you rush off to be an idiot," Fox's voice was even, measured, didn't truly allow Quinlan a read besides Fox was potentially agreeing to do what Quinlan said. "This is a lousy first date."

Quinlan snickered and spun them a bit faster with the tempo, eyes subconsciously watching for any new signs of his quarry. "What do you mean first? What about all the times I bring you food or travel with you?"

"You sneak me food," Fox corrected, nose now turned upward. It was the much more familiar dance between them, and Quinlan was privately relieved for it and this meant Fox had fully relented, he would be safe soon. "And I only travel with you for missions. This is the first time you have deviated so far it is a whole different direction, and have specifically used the word date. So I am telling you, a double heist in a museum's masquerade gala full of separatists that would love to see us both dead is not a good first date. Horrible even."

Quinlan swayed closer, pressed more fully into Fox like he had his own gravitational pull. "Come on Foxie, we both know the only issue you really have with this as a date is because I called it one."

Commander Fox, the brilliant, cunning, mischievous man he was, didn't offer any response. But Quinlan noted with pride the slightest upturn to his lips.

@foxquinweek

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Trigun - Final Fantasy VII - Crossover

AU - Dimension Travel - Crack-ish

PART 1

In un futuro lontano lontano, solo un po’ più a destra dell’impossibile, Vash da Trigun Maximun e affini finisce nell'universo di Final Fantasy 7 come un Eldritchiana Plant Creatura, tutto piume bianche e d'oro, ali frattali e intersecate tra di loro, e capace di cambiare grandezza massa a volontà. Un vero cryptido in tutto e per tutto più che mai. 

Il suo nuovo aspetto, che ricorda tantissimo la forma che Vash prende quando perde il controllo, ha anche il suo immancabile orecchino e i suoi iconici occhiali ancora testardamente attaccati al naso, così come il suo braccio prostetico che però ora fa davvero parte del suo corpo e a cui un giorno verranno aggiunti degli incavi per incastrare la Materia.

Il suo nuovo aspetto, da vera entità ultraterrena, adesso, come in Trigun Stampede, può illuminarsi d’immenso, ovvero il suo corpo e i suoi occhi sono attraversati da striature di energia che illuminano di un fluorescente verde acqua quando Vash usa le sue abilità da Plant o prova forti emozioni che gli fanno anche sbocciare fiori e gerani rossi lungo il suo corpo.

Vash sta già vivendo da qualche tempo sul pianeta Gaia da qualche tempo quando incontra Sephiroth quando il giovane generale è in missione.

Per essere precisi Vash si stava ingozzando di Mako cristallizzato quando i due hanno il loro fatidico incontro. In effetti, a un certo punto, la Plant Creatura guarderà il Generale dritto negli occhi e molto deliberatamente mangerà una delle personali Materie del SOLDIER in faccia. Magari una anche che ha Masterizzato anche. E Vash farà tutto ciò con grande sfrontatezza.

Vash ha fame, e da quando è arrivato qui non ci ha messo molto a notare che mangiare il cristallizzato viscoso liquido lo sta rimettendo in forze.

Dopo la rocambolesca avventura che sarà il motivo del loro primo incontro, Sephiroth, per qualche motivo che non sarà mai capace di veramente spiegarsi, decide di rovesciare tutti i soprusi e abusi che aveva subito durante tutta la sua corta vita.

Vash finisce per consolarlo. Per poi traumatizzarlo mangiando della Materia.

Sephiroth decide di portarlo con sé a Midgar, ed è una lotta e mezza tenerlo lontano dalle sporche grinfie del Dipartimento di Scienze. Ma dopo Vash rende perfettamente chiaro che si rifiuta di diventare l’ennesima cavia da laboratorio per dei scienziati pazzi, il che risulta in un gioco di gatto e topo andato male visto che distrugge metà dei laboratori del piano mentre gli inutili assistenti tentano invano di catturarlo gli scienziati sono costretti ad alzare la bandiera bianca in arresa.

Uno dei fattori determinanti in ciò potrebbe essere che nella confusione creatasi un certo Professor Hojo potrebbe essere finito in ospedale con tutte le ossa rotte durante il tentativo fallito di catturare Vash. Più di una persona sarà felice alla notizia. E più di qualcuno brinderà a tarda sera in onore di Vash.

Nel tempo Vash si familiarizza con la Torre e i suoi abitanti, che lo trattano come una beneamata mascotte, perché Vash sa sempre come charme le persone con la sua gentilezza, non importa la forma che ha. E probabilmente il fatto che le sue gesta hanno mandato in ospedale il Professore Hojo in ospedale per diverso tempo aiuta.

Tuttavia, una delle cose di Midgar che metteva a disagio Vash era che qui nella città la Voce del Pianeta, il canto trascendentale che sentiva fin da quando era arrivato in questo nuovo Mondo è molto flebile in questa città.

Durante questo tempo incontra anche Genesis e Angel. Per dispetto, e dopo tutto ciò che ha dovuto passare nella vita a causa di suo fratello e tutti gli altri e non più disposto a farsi mettere i piedi in testa e ciò che aveva perso dovuto a ciò, mangia una delle materie di Genesis per il divertimento degli altri due First.

Vash, nei seguenti anni, farà ciò ogni volta che Genesis lo irrita abbastanza

Vash prende l'abitudine di seguire Sephiroth dappertutto dovuto a questo trauma,  anche quando è costretto ad andare a fare una visita di controllo al dipartimento di scienze

Vash in maniera ingegnosa comunica il suo nome a Sephiroth, delicato come una piuma glielo sussurra nella mente

Passa del tempo, la guerra con Wutai è nelle sue fasi finali quando Genesis viene ferito durante un allenamento.Vash si preoccupa quando la ferita si rifiuta di guarire, così segue di nascosto il Soldier First quando va a trovare il Professor Hollander e così scopre che il corpo di Genesis sta decadendo a causa degli esperimenti 

Vash va in shock e in uno stato di negazione. Il Plant creatura si è affezionata ai Soldiers, anche se Sephiroth è il suo preferito, e non è pronto a perderli dopo così poco tempo. Sono così giovani… 

Vash si rifiuta di perdere qualcun altro di importante per lui e usando i suoi poteri da Plant, dopo aver messo all’angolo Genesis nel suo appartamento e con gli altri due presenti anche, Vash va tutto incomprensibile e biblico e immenso e facendo venire un colpo a tutti e tre i SOLDIERS First. Uno dopo l’altro li guarisce iniettando la sua saliva nel loro sistema cardiovascolare. Usando essa come medium Vash pulisce, sistema e mette in ordine le stranezze che percepiva in loro fin da quando li ha incontrati la prima volta.

Li guarisce con un morso pieno di saliva, una saliva miracolosa quanto mortifera, dalle proprietà simili al siero miracoloso usato dagli assassini del Eye of Michel e il liquido dei bulbi dove vivono le sue sorelle Plant.

Il suo intervento fa sì che i First diventino dei veri ibridi a tutti gli effetti e non facilmente suscettibili all’influenza di Jenova e facile discesa nella follia. Le loro cellule evolvono.

Continua ->

-> Trigun x FF7 - Part 2

-> Trigun x FF7 - Part 3

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Love isn't something you just learn, Commander part 1

Pairing: Commander Cody x F!Reader

Words: 7 830

Warning: Angst, like A LOT OF ANGST, a bit of Smut at the begining, so MINORS BYE BYE, description of blood and injuries.

Summary: Cody gets injured and let’s just say a reader says a bit more than she wanted to... 

A/N: First of all I’m not a doctor and my medical knowledge is... shit. So apologies if I made so patheitc mistakes. There will be a part 2 for this (with a happy ending if you’re interested). I decided to divide it to two parts as I’m not sure a possible 20k words fanfic would be a good idea... 

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“Commander!” your voice shakes with his every move. You’re panting at a coincident tempo just as him. All you can do is close your eyes and let him take the lead. So you just lay there, your legs around his waist and you cry out loud when he hits that one perfect spot. You feel him smirk, when he lowers himself to kiss your tender and sensitive neck. 

“You’re so good to me, mesh’la, so damn good!” he pants, his movements hard and confident. He sits down and pulls you with him and you can’t help but gasp when he fills you up even deeper with that one simple move. It’s like he knows your body better than you do and you can’t help but blush at the thought. “You feel so perfect. So…” he pushes harder and bites on your shoulder muffling the groan that would probably escape him otherwise. You, however, moan, unable to stop the sounds escaping you. “Those sounds, you make me crazy, babygirl!” You round your arms around his neck and pull him closer, unable to control the quiver of your body. You felt it coming and he must have as well as he kept on the same rhythm, his hands slowly traveling down your back, whispering encouraging words into your ear. Yes, you were close, so close. And yet… 

“Lady L/N” you groaned angrily at whatever, or rather whoever, dared to wake you up. You opened your eyes lazily and sighed seeing the name on the screen. You sat down and took a deep breath to steady yourself from your dream. 

“How many times do I need to tell you to call me Y/N?” You mumbled into equipment and after a while you shifted straighter, only now realizing who was contacting you. “Captain Rex!” You coughed awkwardly and tried to make yourself look at least a bit presentable, when the Captain’s face showed up on the small holo. “I apologize I was..” 

“Sleeping, yes I gathered that”, Rex answered for you with a hint of humor in his voice. “I do apologize, Y.N”, you smiled at his emphasis of your name. “But we need you back in the center. 212th is back and let’s say it doesn’t look good!” Your eyes widened and you jumped from bed, putting the Holo on the table, preparing yourself to leave. 

“Any casualties?” You thanked the maker for showering before your nap, which has saved so much time now. You quickly changed into your blacks, put on your medic coat and took your little bag. Anything crucial was always in one place of your room, something you learned during your trainee times. 

“Lots. But your team is doing their best. But we have Cody…” 

“Commander?!” you half shouted, ignoring the look of your neighbor who was getting out for his everyday walk. You smiled at him apologetically and left for your speeder. You weren't a fan of it, but the moment you heard his name, you knew the time was of essence. “Rex, what happened?” 

“A stealth mission with General Kenobi went wrong. Let’s say the base wasn’t as empty as we thought.” You cursed under your breath. Your heart was beating faster than you would have liked. You felt your hand shaking and you needed to take a deep breath to control yourself. 

“How’s Kenobi?” You finally asked and Rex smiled softly, first time since he called. 

“Worried, but doesn’t show it. Cody pushed him away taking a shot. It was the General who made me call for you.” You nodded and turned the corner, parking the speeder. 

“I’d be there in five, make Granch prepare whatever is necessary.” The clone nodded and ended the call. You didn’t like it. There were times when Cody visited you at the bay, but most of it was due to some minor injuries that would have probably have been alright on their own, if Kenobi or Skywalker didn’t send him your way. It was those little visits that made you see Cody as more than just the Marshal Commander. Yes, he was a man of lots of secrets and walls built so high up, that sometimes you wondered if you would ever be able to break them. But most importantly he was a nice, kind hearted man that had so many interesting things to say. He was so different from the way he acted on the field. He would smile often, there were times when you had a pleasure to hear him laugh and those were the moments you cherished the most. His beautiful eyes would shine so brightly then, making you feel your heart trembling. It wasn’t hard to fall for the man. The hard part was to keep it a secret. He was, after all, a Marshal Commander, one of the most important people in the Clone army. He fought with the great General Kenobi and well, what’s most important he never even signaled any interest in you. Even that one time you saw each other in the 79’s. You asked him to dance and he chuckled, refusing quickly, stating he didn’t dance. It wouldn’t be so bad if you didn’t see him on a dance floor twenty minutes later, wrapped in the arms of a pretty Corellian. 

It was then that you stopped your silly flirtatious way of talking to him. You dropped the silly smiles and looks you would give him from time to time when he came for his visits. Also then you realized it wasn’t like he ever visited you when it wasn’t necessary, or he wasn’t forced by any of the Generals. Sure, you had great talks when he did come to see you, but you quickly realized that they were just colleague level ones and there was never even a small sign from him being interested in accepting your flirtatious approaches.  

And so it stopped but not before almost every possible Clone trooper noticed it. Everyone except for the Commander of course. What was worse even Kenobi noticed the way you would stare after Cody, when he was leaving the bay. “There’s nothing against going on a date, you know?” You laughed at that then and he dropped the topic, but you didn’t miss the way he would look at you whenever the two of you would be in the same room. Rex took a bit more time, but he never said anything. You just somehow knew, from the way he was looking at you. The worst were Anakin and Ashoka, who didn’t seem to know how to drop it. Until that one time in the 79’s. That one time Anakin saw Cody refusing your invitation for a dance. It was like he realized and dropped it, Ashoka following his lead. And so the topic of your crush ended, before it even started for real. And somehow your stupid brain and heart didn’t seem to want to let it go. The dreams, very similar to the one before Rex woke you up, were beginning to be more frequent. 

But it wasn’t a time to think about it. You shook your head and walked into the medbay preparing mentally for what was about to come. 

***

You moved your arms around, feeling the pain radiating through all the possible muscles. It has been a while since you had to do a surgery like that. If anything Cody was lucky. If they brought him even a quarter later than they did, he wouldn’t have that much luck on your table. It was close, too close to your liking. You looked down on the blood on your clothes and sighed. You knew you should not have left the surgery room in that state, but you couldn’t stay there any longer. Twice. Two times his heart stopped, once you actually had to start it up by yourself. You looked down on your hands that were still shaking. You could still hear the steady beeping of the machine, telling you he was dead. Dead for 2 minutes and fifteen seconds. The longest two minutes of your life. When you realized the machines would not work, you got to work. Something you have never done. It was reckless and you knew it. A manual start of his life drained you almost completely but it worked. You were able to patch his lung and liver up and close him before you started to suffocate. The mask was too much, you weren’t able to breathe. And so you left and ran into one of the bathrooms emptying your stomach. It wasn’t pretty, but it did the trick. You calmed down enough to leave the fresher and here you were. Right in front of the doors that would lead you to people that were probably waiting for any information from you. 

You steadied yourself and took a deep breath. It was over, he survived and he will live yet another day. Trying to steady your breathing you walked through the hissing door and were met with three Jedis and Rex that stood up the moment they noticed you. It was hard not to notice the terrified looks on their faces seeing all that blood but you ignored it for now. It wasn’t time for that. 

“He’s gonna need a helluva time to recover, but he should be just fine”, you smiled at the way all of them visibly relaxed. “It wasn’t fun if I’m being honest. The blast was able to screw up his lung and liver, hence the extended amount of bleeding that we did not calculate”, you waved your hand over your clothes and sighed. “His heart stopped twice. But we were able to restart it, the second time I needed to do some old school, but we managed.” 

“Old school?” Ashoka asked, still looking at the blood on your clothes. 

“I needed to restart his heart using my own hands.” She widened her eyes and you chuckled. You had a very similar expression when you realized you did indeed need to do that. “But as I said we managed to patch him up quite nicely and after some time in bed he’s gonna be better than ever” you winked at them and sat down. Your head rested on the cold wall behind you and you let yourself close your eyes just for a second. “I’ll keep an eye on him to make sure I didn’t miss anything there. You guys can go and rest.” You stopped and looked them up and down and raised your brow. “But only after you have a go from my team”, Anakin and Ashoka rolled their eyes, but smiled at you thankfully and left leaving you with Kenobi and Rex. 

“He saved my life.” Obi wan muttered. “I miscalculated the amount of clanckers and if it wasn’t for him…” 

“Then I would have your blood on my clothes. I’m sure that if you asked him, he would prefer that way around, General.” You smiled at him, hoping he would get a point and not blame himself. “Cody respects you, a lot. But the fact that you’re still here, that you stayed this long only to see if he’s ok? That shows, Obi Wan”, it wasn’t often you used Jedis’ first name, so the gesture itself surprised the man. But he nodded understanding. “Go lay down, make sure you are fine to go and just rest. I will call you when he wakes up.” The man nodded and stood up. He placed a hand on your shoulder and clenched it, sending all the needed words and thanks that he wasn’t able to say out loud. “That remark also concerned you, Rex.” You said, your eyes still closed. You heard him chuckle and after a while heard him sit next to you. 

“How are you doing?” He asked and you felt like crying. He was one of few that always seemed to truly care and actually understand. Sure it was the soldiers and Jedis that fought out there, but the medics suffered as much. Maybe not physically, but feeling your muscles, you’d argue with that. But mentally. Seeing all this dead bodied and unable to help most of them, left a nasty scar on your soul. Most of the people in the medics weren’t even trained doctors and nurses. These were civics that just volunteered because they wanted to help. Most of them left after the first missions unable to deal with all of this. Yes it had a stall on you, but not many actually cared to ask you how you were doing. But Rex always did. And this time you had enough and so you turned towards him and buried your face in his plastered chest and just sobbed, trying to get rid of the image of lifeless Cody out of your head. “I’ve got you, it’s ok.” He pulled you to himself and kissed the top of your head softly. 

“He was dead, Rex. I held his heart when he was dead. I don’t know what I’d do if he’d died… If I killed him.” He shook his head and pushed you away from him a bit to look into your eyes. 

“You were saving his life. Even if he died it would not be your fault, you hear me?” You nodded and hid your face in the crook of his neck again wanting to forget about today. 

***

“Is she OK?” Anakin asked, standing next to his old Master. Both of them looked at the scene in front of them. You were always close with Clones. There was this weird bond between you and them. You were one of the few that were able to make Wolffe stay in bed for a whole day when he got injured. Not to mention you were the only medic in the Galaxy that Fox actually listened to and trusted and that meant a lot. The Jedis liked and respected you but it was the 212th and 501st that seemed to be the closest to you. Obi Wan always wondered if it was due to your feelings for the Commander or this sibling-like relationship you seemed to pick up with Rex almost immediately. 

Obi Wan was thankful for that relationship you had with his men. They seem to trust you, even with just something as simple as a talk after the mission. Well most of them at least. He noticed the little apprehensive behavior Cody had towards you. He wasn’t by any means mean towards you or anything like that. But Kenobi could feel the distance that his Commander preferred to keep from you compared to his other soldiers. Including the always serious and withdrawn Rex. 

Despite being a Jedi, Obi Wan wasn’t blind to other people’s feelings and said so he saw the way you looked at his Commander. He didn’t miss the soft look you always sent him when Cody was leaving the medbay. He felt in the Force the way your signature would change the minute Cody would come into the room. It was actually adorable to see a stoic and always ready for action medic like you to lose composure in front of one of his friends. He quickly realized it wasn’t just a small crush but your feelings were something more. He understood your frustration when Cody would just chuckle or leave after your failed attempt at flirting, which in his opinion were sometimes comical. “Not everybody’s perfect”, you shrugged when he told you once about this… flaw you had. You played it cool, but he could feel it deep down that it was bothering you. 

He also noticed how Anakin and Ashoka followed his observations and weren’t as discreet as he was. He asked his old Padawan to tune it down at least in front of Cody, and to his surprise the boy did listen, but he did seem to double it with you alone in the room. You of course didn’t seem to mind, always happy and smiley with a sarcastic comment from time to time. But he knew. He knew that it was bothering you. He wondered sometimes if Cody was just simply not interested or if his Commander was just that blind not to notice. 

Things changed for good when all of you went to the 79's after some nasty mission. The boys were somehow able to get you to come. Even he had to acknowledge that you looked stunning. Seeing you in nothing but med clothes, it was something new to picture you now in a dress and heels. You waved your hair, keeping them down and a bit of makeup only added to the fact that you did look beautiful. He knew what you were doing and he observed you. How you talked to Cody, how you smiled at him and touched him, respectfully, when he said something funny. He was so proud when you finally found the courage to ask him to dance with you, only for him to reject you. For others it wouldn’t be much. He did know Cody wasn’t much into dancing, but seeing your face fall made him truly angry at his dumb Commander. But this was nothing compared to when he noticed the same man dancing with another girl not even half an hour after rejecting you. He will never forget the look on your face. Before that night and here today, he has never experienced you crying. “They need me to be strong, all of them”, you once told him after a particularly harsh week of missions. But it was that night that he noticed tears forming in your eyes. Pure rejection on your face could be seen from far away. You stood there for a while, blinked back the tears and turned on your heels and left the club. A minute later he got a message saying that you weren’t feeling good, and that you were heading back home. He let you walk alone, knowing that you needed it. 

He couldn’t blame anyone really. It wasn’t Cody’s fault really. You can’t really force someone to love you, but Obi Wan still feels bad for you. And now he also feels angry at himself. “Take care of yourselves” you said, seeing them off before the mission. He understood the hidden message in it. ‘Take care of him’ you wanted to say, but since the 79’s you were backing away, letting the Commander have his space. You gave up on your feelings, or at least trying to, if that was even possible. And so he nodded, silently promising you that he will. So when Cody blocked him with his own body he hated himself  to have to bring him hurt to you. And he knew that if there was someone in this forsaken Galaxy to be able to save him, it would be you, no matter how much that would hurt you. And seeing you in Rex’ arm, crying your eyes out, you knew it would take a while for you to stand strong once again after that blow. 

“She will be, as always.” 

***

He felt sick and tired. The second seemed to be a normal occurrence lately, however he rarely got sick. Never almost, thanks to that damn genetic bullshit. But now he felt physically sick. Everything hurt, including his bones. Do bones even hurt? As a cadet he normally suffered from muscle issues, whether something was pulled or they just hurt due to the training from hell. His head hurt like hell, but what was the most annoying was his stomach. He tried to open his eyes, but gave up when the light from the room brought even bigger pain to his already sensitive headache. So he moved his hand trying to at least feel where he was, if his eyes gave up on him. 

But the moment he tried to move even his finger, he felt a weight on it. He tried again and then he felt a groan beside him. Something about it seemed familiar but he couldn’t put it together. He did however, heard the same person gasp and he heard them move, taking a weight out of his hand. He heard them walk somewhere but after a while they were back at his bed. 

“Commander Cody, can you hear me?” He knew that voice, this soft tone and the familiar accent to his name that no one in GAR used. “Can you open your eyes?” 

“The light”, he gasped, his throat dry. He opened his mouth, feeling something poking at the entrance of it. He guessed it right to be a straw and happily drank the water. 

“I turned it off. Apologies I must have left it on”, he tried again and this time a blurry image of you showed up in front of him. You looked tired, more so than usual, but other than that a big smile was gracing your lips and he could slowly notice your eyes shining with happiness at just looking at him. “Can you see me?” 

“Yeah, yeah I can Doc”, he whispered, his voice still weak, his throat was still incredibly dry despite the water. “What happened?” You started your ordinary check up he saw you doing hundreds of times. You checked his pupils, his chart and whatever the hell you were able to read from the beeping machinery next to his bed. You then moved his comforter away slowly and he then understood why stomach and chest hurt. “Doc, talk to me…” He murmured, not getting an answer to the first of his questions. 

“Give me a minute, Commander. I need to check if everything is ok”, he nodded and let you work. He laid his head down and closed his eyes, not realizing that the next he would wake up would be about an hour later. 

You checked his surgery scars and smiled softly, happy to see that nothing wrong was happening. The fact that he woke up so quickly after the surgery only brought her hope that he will only heal as quickly. She looked up to answer all his questions but smirked seeing him sleeping. It was good, he needed to rest, Maker knows he won’t have any of it once he leaves the hospital. 

You sat down once again and held his hand. For just this short moment you wanted to feel close to him. It was unfair to him, you knew. He probably would have prepared to have his brothers next to him when he wakes up, but you knew that it wouldn’t be a good idea, even from a medical point of view. He needed the rest and quiet and you knew the Clones enough to know that they weren’t the most silent bunch of people. You sent a message to Rex and the Jedis to let them know he has woken up, but he would need to rest and will not be accepting any guests yet. 

You looked down at your holding hands and sighed. At least they didn’t shake anymore. It was really pathetic, you were a medic, a doctor, for crying out loud and something like that shouldn’t leave you so scared and yet here you were. You’ve seen worse, you dealt with so much worse and yet here you are acting like a newbie. 

You looked up at him and you felt your heart breaking into a million pieces. Cody and his brothers were giving up their lives. They never complained, they just followed their orders, did what was expected of them. They were trained for that, they were made like this and prepared to die. “We’re expendable after all.” You hated that saying. You rarely ever raised your voice, especially at the boys, but it was that one time when you screamed your heart out at Rex. 

“What does that even mean!? Do you hear yourself? You are not expandable. None of you, not you, not Skywalker, not Fives, Waxer, Wolffe, not Commander Cody and not Kenobi! You are all the same and all mean the same to me. You are all humans, blood and bones. You all feel the same and hurt the same. So don’t you ever say anything like that ever again!” 

You stormed out of that room as angry as you’ve never been, ignoring the surprised looks that the men in the room were giving you. You missed the way Cody followed you retreating figure, you missed how his eyes softened and a small smile appeared on his lips. And you definitely missed the way his heart skipped a beat when you defended them and called them as important as any other person here, even Jedi. 

You knew how Clones were perceived by some people, but you would never let anything bad happen to them on your watch. That included shielding them from the hatred of the Galaxy if you had to. But you knew you couldn’t, you were just a little one person with no real powers in your hands. You weren’t even that good at shooting. And this was why you never really talked to Cody about your feelings. What would you be able to give him? He was the Marshall Commander of the Republic Force and you ? Just a medic, one of many doctors. One of many. You harshly chuckled even at your appearance. You spend most of your time in the hospital or medbay. You didn’t have time nor the energy to even try to look good. You wear comfortable clothes, even more cozy shoes, not to mention that the one time you ever wore make-up during this War was at that night in the 79’s. And even then, that didn’t work. 

So you decided to keep on protecting them all. Protecting him from any bad things that would happen to them. But from the distance that he would never be able to see your heartbreak. It made you miserable, it made your nights filled with dreams of him, that you knew you had no right to dream about and your days just a little more miserable. 

***

“You were shot near your breastbone, which resulted in both of your liver and lung being injured. Thankfully General Kenobi and the 501st were able to get you here as soon as possible. I needed to cut you open and fix you up pretty quickly.” You started to explain everything, when he woke up again. You helped him sit up and he was staring at you with that Commander's eyes, like he was being a part of a briefing. “You lost a lot of blood, so be prepared for some fatigue and headaches for a day or two. Your heart stopped twice, but I managed to get it back running. You have a strong, healthy heart there, Commander.” You tried to joke, but he didn’t seem to catch on or just well, didn’t seem to find you funny. Not sure which was more awkward at the moment. “You will need to stay put, preferably, here for a week or so…” 

“A week!” he half shouted, staring at you. You knew he wouldn’t be happy, but that anger on his face was not what you expected. “We are in the middle of campaigns, I cannot just sit here and relax.” 

“You are not just sitting and relaxing, Commander.” You started after a while of trying to focus again after his outburst. “You are healing. Did you miss the fact that your heart stopped twice? That is nothing to be taken lightly!” 

“I cannot stay here that long! My men are counting on me, General Kenobi is waiting for me to join him. Do whatever you have to do to get me out of here sooner than that.” You widen your brow at his authoritative tone and anger in his eyes. The rational part of your mind was calming you that he wasn’t angry at you, but at the situation, but well you were never rational about your emotion. 

“Sir”, that caught his attention. You’ve never called him that. There were times that his name slipped from your mouth, but not this. “I am not speeding the healing process along, only because you feel like your men can’t handle…”

“Listen here, L/N!” Another first one. You weren’t even sure he knew your last name. You always introduced yourself with your first name and made everyone just call you Doc, including him. “You have no idea how it’s out there. You’re sitting here in the safety of the hospitals and medbays, acting like you know all the answers. Don’t you dare accuse me I have no faith in my men. All you do here is sit in the secured facilities. You’re not one of us and…”

“Cody!” He paused hearing a voice behind you. It took him a while to realize what he just said. His eyes widened and he looked at you and he felt like the biggest jerk of all. For just a moment he was sure to notice tears in your eyes, the hurt those stupid words brought to you, but just as quickly as they seemed to appear, they disappeared and he was met with a serious, toned face, almost soldier-like. He didn’t know what happened to him. His head hurt and so did every part of his body. He knew you were right, he knew that, but the anger just rose inside of him and he couldn’t stop it. And so it escaped. Erupted into the one person that always cared about him and his brothers so much. 

“You may hate me, Commander, but I will not let you leave the hospital until I decide that it’s time. I will not have anymore of your blood on my hands, Sir.” Saying that you turned around left, ignoring the pained expression on Kenobi’s and Rex’ face. You had to leave, as soon as possible. You needed to escape this place before any of them saw you cry, again. You were supposed to be strong, always ready to take care of them and yet here you were, defeated by words. 

Back in the room, Cody was still staring at the same spot you stood second ago. His heart beating faster, anger rising in his chest again. This time he knew where he should direct it. At him, and only at himself. He didn’t mean any of that, he was tired, in pain and probably a bit drugged now. All the words he spoke were nothing but insecurities he felt towards himself. He knew you were the most competent medic in here. Maker, how many times have you saved his men’s lives and this time it was even his own life, and this was how he was paying you back for the kindness you showed. 

“I’m happy to see you awake, my friend”, Kenobi started, walking into the room. He met Cody’s pain expression and knew that kicking an already defeated opponent was unfair, not to mention wasn’t really a Jedi way. “Y/N said you weren’t ready to see any guests yet, but we wanted to make sure you were alright.” The Commander watched as his General and Rex stood next to his bed. 

“Apologies General, but it seems I will be cuffed to this bed for a while”, he started, looking down at his hands. He felt ashamed to look so weak not only in front of his brother but his commanding officer as well. He hated feeling powerless, it was his job to look strong and always ready for action and here we are. Not only did he lose his temper with you, but also was unable to really move by himself yet. 

“Cody.” Obi Wan started, his hand on his shoulder. “You saved my life out there. The only thing I expect from you is to recover.” He smiled at the man, who finally looked up and then looked at Rex. “Well and apologize to Y/N.” 

***

He quickly realized that the ones that truly see the true losses of the War, are the medics. The amount of injured coming into the facility was beyond Cody’s expectation. He watched as you maintained a cool persona, navigating the teams and people into necessary sections, to help those in need. He was impressed by the medics on the field, but what was happening here was on a completely other level. It was like an entirely different battlefield. The amount of times he saw you walking around with someone’s blood on your clothes was beyond him. 

Despite the pure chaos and hell that was here, you still found time to come and check on him. When you came the next day to see him, he wasn’t quite sure if what he said really happened. You were smiling at him and the way you took care of him, was like nothing ever happened. However, he did realize quite early that this was just a facade, that you put to hide it from others that accompanied you. He found out that some of them were students or civilians that volunteered. He noticed that you were a patient and encouraging teacher to those that were much slower and less competent than you. He realized that you actually enjoyed teaching them and it fascinated him to watch you do it. 

“Is it true you had to start Commander’s heart manually?” one of the girls asked and he noticed you tensing, glancing at him for a while. You sighed and nodded. 

“Commander’s heart stopped twice during the surgery. The first time it stopped we restarted it with the equipment we had. However, the second time was during the time we found vulnuses on his lungs and liver. If we would use equipment there we would have probably compound the situation and his blood loss would have fastened. I do not wish any of you to have to do that. A heart is a very specific organ, to restart by a message requires an enormous amount of concentration and good touch to be able to control the power of the push.” The group listened with their mouths opened wide and if Cody was being honest with himself, so was he. He didn’t know, you had to do something like that. He had no idea that you were so precise and talented. “Now, the Commander needs to rest. Please go find Doctor Reishliva and see if she needs any help with her patients.” They all nodded and finally the two of you were left alone. Something you two tried to elude in all costs. 

“Wait, please!” You stopped right before the doors, hearing his soft whisper. It was so quiet that you were sure you could just ignore it and if someone asked you’d just lie that you never heard him speak. But it wasn’t like you. So you sighed and turned around. Crossing your arms on your chest you waited. “I was a jerk.” He sighed and your eyes widened, not really expecting him to bounce back to that conversation between the two of you. 

To your surprise Cody was a perfect patient for the past 2 days almost. He listened to his doctors and nurses and was even trying not to do too many reports while laying in bed. He was quiet and you were glad that he decided to listen to you. But something inside you was telling you he wasn’t listening to you, but General Kenobi. Well, it didn’t matter anyway as long as he was resting. 

“What I’m trying to say is… I apologize for what I said. It was unfair of me to say it. I see now what you do is… Kriff, you are amazing. You and the whole medic team. You have your own battlefield here and…” You couldn’t help the little soft smile on your lips at how lost and awkward he was at the moment, trying to find the right words. “I was angry and in pain. I’m pretty sure my meds affected it someway as well. I’m not used to feeling so… powerless and in need of help. I’m a Commander, you know? I’m supposed to be strong and reliable and here I am…

“You saved Kenobi’s life, Cody. I don’t think you can be any more reliable.” His eyes met your when he realized you said his first name. “Your people respect you and care for you. You are an incredible soldier and a Commander. But I hate to bring it to you”, you chuckled and sat on the side of his bed and patted his hand. “You are just a human, and you will get hurt. And when we mortals get hurt, we need to rest.” He found himself smiling at your words and looked down at your hands. He turned it and clenched it in a grateful gesture. “I never claimed I understand how you, soldiers, feel when you’re out there. I’m not one, but as you can see, we also have our small little hell here and we do our best to make sure that when you leave this facility you will be able to handle anything that comes your way back at your own battlefield.” 

“I’m not good with apologies. We Clones are not really programmed to do that”, Cody chuckled, but you frowned angrily at him. 

“I really hate that word… programmed, like you’re not humans, like you’re not the same as I am.” 

“Cause we’re not, Doc. We were created for one purpose only”, he started but you squeezed his hand harder and looked at him with the same anger and determination he noticed the last time you had a similar conversation with Rex. 

“You are human, Commander. Trust me I had my hands inside of you. I felt your lungs, your liver, I know exactly how your heart looks and feels like and trust me you are 100% human the same as I am.” You turned towards him, to make sure he saw and heard you properly. “True you were brought into this world differently than me, but that does not matter. You are fighting for our freedom and you deserve all that is good. You feel the same way I do and hurt the same way. Your purpose only matters during the War. What after that? You are not droids, I know you all make your own decisions. When that War is finally over I’m sure you thought of how your life would look like.” 

“Why do you care so much”, he finally asked and you opened your mouth to answer, but nothing came out. No one ever asked you that question. Rex accepted your outburst, and the Jedi thought the same way, so there was never a reason to think of it or question it. 

“Someone has to if you don’t”, you murmured, looking away. You wanted to take your hand away, but he squeezed it back, not letting you go. Almost as if he knew you would run away. “I can’t stand the way you all see yourself. As some kind of tool in the hands of the Republic When I look at all of you, sure I see the same face, but all of you are so very different. Rex is a stern soldier, but deep down he is the softest man I know. Fives and Echo despite being reckless they are one of the best and most caring people I know. Wolffe has an incredible sense of humor when he’s not on the duty, while Kix is one of the best medic in the Clone army I have met. I look at you all, I observe and learn. Because you are all so very different from each other. You all have something extraordinary that just screams YOU.” 

“What about me?” your babble stopped when Cody asked this one simple question. This is not how you expected this day to go. You hoped you wouldn’t have to talk to him one on one, having your students with you. You hoped to give him some space and here you both were. It was him now evading that space of yours and you didn’t know what to do. That conversation became so personal so very quickly, making you feel so vulnerable all of a sudden. You knew you had two options. First, to play it fair. Say something diplomatic, general and move on from there, pretending like that never happened. Or option two, be honest. With him and with yourself. Say outloud all these things that your heart has been hiding for all that time. None of the actions seemed right, both of them were trailing behind the possibilities or offending him or making a complete fool of yourself. You still weren’t sure what was worse. And so you closed your eyes and decided to free your heart from at least one burden. 

“I see a man that cares so much about others, that forgets to care for himself.” You started quietly, looking down at your hands, unable to look straight at his eyes. “I see an incredible soldier with skill beyond compare. I see a man that has respect for both his own men but all the Jedis as well. But what is more important I see a kind hearted man that would protect his people with his own body. I see a man that is loyal, honest and reliable. Some would say that your conscientiousness would mean you are boring, but I have seen you and known you for a while to know that it is so far from the truth. I saw you laughing and enjoying yourself. But what’s most important is that you are honest, trustworthy, humble and so, so very kind.” your nerves got better of you and you didn’t even control the words that were coming out of your mouth. Not realizing, you started to anxiously play with his hand, trying so hard not to look at him, because you knew it would be the end for you. All the courage you gathered would evaporate. 

“You’re very kind, Doc. But I think you’re overestimating me here” he chuckled nervously, stopping your hand from the anxious playing. “I’m not as good as you portray me as.” 

“I wouldn’t have fallen for someone who isn’t good.” You choked wishing you had some abnormal power to just turn back time. But you didn’t. You were just a mere human, who ran her mouth when nervous. This is not how this day was supposed to look. You weren’t supposed to tell him how you feel. Never. He was a soldier, a Commander. You had no right to do so, to force him to hear you out. 

“You what ?” You opened your mouth to say something. Anything. But nothing seems to be formulated. Your head was empty, except for the fear. Fear of being rejected in just a straightforward way. You didn’t want him to hate you, to turn around and just completely stop interrupting with you. You were both in the middle of the War. There was no place for romance, for love. “Y/N” His voice was soft and so quiet, like he was talking to a scared animal, afraid to startle it. “Look at me please.” You closed your eyes like a child, believing that as long as you don’t see the problem it just simply doesn’t exist. You took a deep breath and finally looked up to meet with his soft eyes. He was smiling slightly and your heart skipped a bit at it. 

“It’s silly really”, you started to explain, feeling a momentary hope that maybe it wouldn’t turn out as bad as you predicted. “We are at War and I know that there is no place for feelings. I was good at hiding it for so long, I should not have said anything, I’m sorry.” 

“How long?” You looked down and rolled your eyes. You should really shut up and just keep quiet and never say anything at all towards the man. “How long have you felt something for me?” 

“A while… It’s hard to pinpoint any moment, you know ?” You chuckled nervously and stood, happy that Cody let you go this time. “But seeing the awkwardness on your face I can predict your answer to my feelings.” He winced and you smiled sadly. You forced this man into such an awkward situation. This should never have happened. You should have known that nothing would ever happen, and bringing it up only increased stiffness and only brought maladroit to the already imperfect situation. 

“I’m honored, Y/N, really.” You bit your lips not to bark a laugh at the formality of it all. Honoured. Yes this was definitely Cody for you. “I’m sorry, I never realized you were interested in me in that way. I… never looked at you that way and I’m not sure I would ever be able to.” He searched your eyes and furrowed his brow trying to think of a way to say all that he felt right now. “I’m a soldier, you know? We haven’t really been taught what love and these kinds of feelings are and… Kriff”, He mumbled and you took a deep breath, sitting back on the bed, taking his hand in yours. 

“Love isn’t something you can be taught about. Love is a feeling, it's when you wake up and go to sleep thinking of that person, when you try something new and think whether that person would like it. It's a special feeling, a one you would never be able to miss if it happened to you.” His eyes widened, realizing the implication of your words. It was so kind of him to try and make it easy for you, for which you will always be grateful to him. “And definitely, love is not something you can force on someone else, so there is absolutely nothing you have to be sorry for. I should be the one apologizing to you, for forcing you into this gauche conversation.” Another nervous chuckle left your lips and you smiled at him. This time it was a forced, pretend smile. No this one was the most true smile you send anyone in a very long time. “I’m not a kid, either, Cody. I understand rejection and I promise you to act like an adult about it. Thank you for being honest with me.” You clenched his hands and got up to leave the room, before any tears would fall from your eyes. “I’ll check on you later, make sure you rest for the rest of the day, Commander.” And you left, missing the way he clenched his jaw at the title and how his face turned into a painful expression. You left, sending a message to Granch to take over for a while. You were an adult, but rejection was still a rejection and this one hurt particularly badly. 

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BURNA BOY REAFFIRMS HIS GREATNESS ONCE MORE WITH "I TOLD THEM..."

Ever since the stroke of luck or carefully planned commercial move that was the release of "Ye" in January of 2018, Burna Boy has not stopped rising. The song that led to his meteoric rise was a part of his album, Outside which marked his major label debut. With the success of the album shooting him into universal acclaim, he wasted no time in declaring himself the African Giant with a new album released in 2019. He kept with the pace by releasing his fifth studio album which he named, in true smug Burna fashion, Twice as Tall. Five years and a few weeks after that first alignment of stars, Burna is still steady on his grind and as confident as ever with his new body of work, I Told Them…, his fifth album in six years. The title is no doubt drawn from the same self-assured state of mind that the previous ones were. 

Burna's greatness shines through from the very beginning of the album as his unique artistry is put fully on display here. He begins with a palm wine music–inspired, slow tempo song with traditional percussion. "I told them", he says and he repeats it, and his delivery is very much "I told you so". It is a clear payback to all those who didn't believe in him. He sings his own praises, calling himself amongst other things; a genius, a giant, the master. GZA, of the legendary Wu Tang Clan, comes in at the end with a spoken word rendition. Burna's self proclaimed genius is evident not only in this song but in the entirety of the album which is a unique blend of different elements and influences, featuring snippets, excerpts and samples from other musical works, banter with friends and phone conversations all carefully curated to create an inimitable work of art. 

"On form" for instance, is both Afrobeat and Afrobeats and he mixes English with pidgin and Yoruba. "E no go tire me, nothing we never see", Burna sings, assuring us that he does not plan on quitting anytime soon. Burna travels through time in the earlier released "Sittin' on top of the world" which features a sample of Brandy's 1998 single, "Top of the world". It is a funky delight and a perfect throwback to the vibes of the late '90s and early 2000s.

Is it really a Burna Boy album if it doesn't feature a bit of political activism in some form?. On "Cheat on me", Burna takes a break from the focus on girls and money which occupied most of the earlier tracks, to pass a message about the prejudiced treatment of Africans by foreign governments; "Make embassy no deny my people visa/ No be Taliban, no be Al-Qaeda". Dave makes an appearance here but the potential of his verse is hindered by what could bluntly be described as lazy writing. He borrows multiple rhymes from Burna; "Believer", "Kilometer" and "Visa", using the last to end three different lines. Dave, also Nigerian, missed an opportunity to deliver a resonant, patriotic verse that could perhaps rival that of Skepta in "Dimension". On this song as well, Burna reworks a sample, this time from English singer Kwabs' "Cheating On Me", though this snippet bears only sonic but not thematic connection to Burna's new album. "Big 7" bears a similarity in rhythm to "Sittin' On Top Of The World", calling to mind early hip hop culture while Burna Boy grittily brags that he's been "Wavy since London, wavy since Berlin", referencing European cities from his tours on his journey to world domination. 

But despite all of this, Burna is not forgetting his home and people. He takes a quick trip back home with "Giza", an Amapiano track with Seyi Vibes that is simply perfection, beginning with the ethereal sound of the Ney, the Arabian flute, and followed by rapidly mounting, light percussion. Seyi begins the track with characteristic spoken-word rap, and Burna's deep bass glides so smoothly into the second verse that it might take you a second to notice when the baton was passed. On "If I'm lying" Burna returns to foreign soil, this time somber and sincere. His delivery is assisted only by a few guitar strings and toned down Middle Eastern vocalization that gives a naked poignant beauty to the RnB song. Burna puts on no airs here, baring himself to the world. "Everyday I just dey give thanks for life/ Know how to move 'cause I know sacrifice", he begins. Not long after he promises; "If you need a shoulder to cry, then I'll give you mine".

On the next song however, Burna draws from a completely opposite emotion—anger. "Is this the motherfucking thanks I get/ For making my people proud every chance I get", he begins furiously. Like the Dave assisted "Cheat on me", this song too is about his people, but where he had pled on their behalf for respect from the outside world on the previous song, on this one, he berates them for what he believes to be a gross ingratitude for his many gifts, including his founding of Afro Fusion and being the blueprint for other African acts seeking global fame. He confronts them with their accusations and claps back at their threats, sacrificing melody for message, so that the song is not as appealing as most others. "Thanks" features hip hop heavyweight, J. Cole, whose verse would have served better on one of the grander rap-leaning tracks rather than an Afrobeats track that fixes on a domestic squabble between a man and his people.

I Told Them… had been much anticipated since its announcement, but even more so in light of Burna's recent interview with Apple music where he made some controversial statements about Nigerian music's lack of substance. Ironically, many of the songs on his album centre on hedonistic pursuits - Afropop staples. There was talk of "Azul and champagne" in "City Boys", "Rocking your body" in "On Form" and in "Normal", he makes us know that none of this is excessive in his book. But this is Burna Boy, and flippant and dismissive comments are not a new thing coming from him. And perhaps he could be exonerated on the grounds that he is one of the few artists in the business who regularly ventures out of that banal box to create timeless pieces of art.

With I Told Them… Burna Boy manages to pull off what many African artists have failed and are still failing at; creating a sound that will tie two worlds together. He not only does this effortlessly but even manages to bring in slices of different subcultures - African-American hip hop, Afrobeat, Afrobeats, Reggae fusion, Amapiano and RnB. The album is a patchwork of cultures, it is Burna's journey through space and time collecting bits and pieces here and there for an enduring album. I Told Them… is Burna taking another giant step across continental waters to claim new territory whilst still managing to carry along his already conquered turfs, putting his versatility and ingenuity on full display for the world to see. The African Giant need not try to tell us of his greatness anymore as he has proven it to us time and time again. But knowing Burna, there is no doubt that he will continue to.

This article was written by Afrobeats City Contributor Prisca

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[sanctaignorantia]

The Devil’s Minion Week Tag Game

Moving on with the game since @devilsminion-armandiel tagged me. I'll see if I can answer everything since my memory always fails me!

1. If you could have three things from the books, which Devil’s Minion scenes would you want in the show? 

I think definitely the scene where Armand takes care of Daniel, bathes him, cuts his beard and chooses what he has to wear. Next would be the scene where Daniel describes Armand with all that passion and desire for what he is, for all the evil he represents and how Daniel loves it and finally the scene in the Villa of Mysteries with them exchanging blood for the first time (Daniel going crazy missing Armand makes me very sensitive).

2. What is your favourite Devil’s Minion quote? 

I'll put the quote in Brazilian Portuguese first:

"Amava a pele branca e macia, os grandes olhos castanhos. Amava-o não porque ele parecia um rapaz simpático e delicado, mas sim porque era horrível e detestável, e lindo, tudo ao mesmo tempo. Amava como as pessoas amam o mal, porque isso as excita até o fundo da alma. Imagine, matar assim, tirar uma vida no momento que desejar, simplesmente matar, enfiar os dentes em outro e tirar tudo o que o outro pode oferecer..."

"He loved its smooth white skin, its great dark brown eyes. He loved it not because it looked like a gentle, thoughtful young man, but because it was ghastly and awful and loathsome, and beautiful all at the same time. He loved it the way people love evil, because it thrills them to the core of their souls. Imagine, killing like that, just taking life any time you want it, just doing it, sinking your teeth into another and taking all that that person can possibly give."

3. Who do you think fell in love first? 

Armand. Definitely Armand.

4. During their reunion, who do you think made the first move to reconcile? Or for the show only fans, who do you think will make the first move? 

If the reunion concerns after Daniel is better then I can't say because I haven't read all the books yet, so I'll answer about the series which is also difficult because there may be details that would change their dynamic, but I think it would be Armand.

5. What is their favourite sleep position together? 

Damn it! I think Armand would hug Daniel from behind or find some way to hold him close like a teddy bear.

6. What is (one of) your reunion headcanon? 

I'm not there yet, one step at a time.

7. Who do they go to for advice about their relationship? 

That's funny to think about, but it would certainly be Louis, but Louis would always be very quiet and just nod his head, since Daniel and Armand would say a lot of things and in the end they would both answer their own questions.

8. What is a gift they gave the other that the other values most? 

Daniel keeps the amulet with all his love and I don't know about Armand… I really need to read the rest of the books! XD

9. In a 100 years from now, what are they doing? 

Oh… they'd be being themselves, loving each other deeply and madly the way they know how. They'd still be arguing a lot, shouting at each other, but I think it would all end in laughter and affection, kisses and the exchange of blood. I think they would continue to travel the world, spend hours and hours marathoning movies and series, listening to loud music and singing in a karaoke that doesn't exist. They'd watch plays and have fun fooling people, they'd probably adopt not only dancers, but any other individual involved in art. When I look at them together I see that exciting, electrifying energy that truly passionate people have and that I've never felt, but hope to experience once before I die.

I tag @fofoqueirah and @laisofhyccara 🤭👍💜

[kennysaysthings]

10 songs I’ve been listening to lately :) —> tagged by @number-one-hog-hater (thank you sm I appreciate it!)

Apologies because my music taste is truly all over the place

1. Im pretty much always on the hunt for new music so I haven’t been listening to this that long but this song comes from my favorite album at the moment! This artist actually only has 88 monthly listeners on Spotify but I found it on Bandcamp.

2. This song really surprised me when I found myself listening to it all the time! It’s very good really upbeat if you like that sort of thing, it reminds me of quite a few characters. I love Side Hustle- another band that deserves more attentions 120 monthly listeners but again I do find most of my music elsewhere.

3. I actually don’t like many songs from this artist but I love this song! It’s so upbeat and it reminds me of summer in a way only a few other songs can.

4. Is another song that truly reminds me of warm weather and shaved ice and travel in general is Daylight! My mom is actually the one who influenced me liking Matt and Kim.

5. Another Matt and Kim song I just can’t not add, it has everything Daylight has and it’s really interesting that this song reminds me of both characters and people I know.

6. Everything about this song has me tripping over my words trying to explain how much I loved it when I first found it and how differently I find myself loving it now. At first I found it had an odd sound to it but I still liked it and then the first change in the song happens and you sort of just sit there like “will it do it again?” And then it does but better than the first time. This artist has 3 monthly listeners please check them out such a unique sound.

7. Another summer song I highly recommend! Cup Cup is actually so good their other songs are amazing but this has got to be my favorite!

8. This song is something I found on a whim and instantly fell in love with the sound, everything about it made me want to write again and love my interests because I just kept thinking “someone made this and it is so beautiful” and I can make something beautiful. In other words this song makes me feel really upset in a good way, you’ll get it when you listen to it (if you do 🙏)

9. Wow this song. The sound the lyrics the tempo the rhythm, truly everything has entrapped me in this song. It’s faster than the last song but it’s sort of in the same genre but it is amazing. (Another artist that deserves more love with only 767 monthly listeners!)

10. I could do so many more but why not end this list with a bang, I found this song I want to say two years ago, unfortunately it’s been lost on me a bit but it’s a song that is full of love and it’s upbeat and it’s something I remember really loving at the time and I still do love it sitting here going through old playlists and listening to them made me think about how I’m a very different person than I was, this song sort of foreshadowed songs I listen to today :)

Again sorry when I talk about songs I really talk about them and how they make me feel even if I can’t quite describe it.

Tagging: @evil-wtch @manywinged @milo-is-queer @thyqueerblueberry @the-names-kam @thedudewithfivenames @denfucker (sorry if you’ve already been tagged!)

[fox-buried-in-maple-leaves]

ahahah... Perhaps... 1-14 for Kisa? 👀👀👀👀 I desire to learn more about him in your world

Ask Game!

1. Please state your full name and occupation.

"Agent Kisa Giraldo. I'm many things, I make clothes, mostly."

2. Tell us a little bit about yourself.

"A little bit about myself? Heh, I'm 181cm, twenty two years old. I'm a felisine, a being of feline origin. I'm from Venezuela, and I speak five languages."

3. How would you describe your childhood?

"Not memorable. A lot happened."

4. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

"A pirate! Travelling the seas and seeing new things always piqued my interest."

5. Do you have any role models? Tell us a little bit about them.

"Frans Pourbus the younger has some of the best portraits I've ever seen! Really remarkable."

6. Are you introverted or extroverted? Why?

"I like to think I'm very extroverted and social."

7. How would you describe yourself in three words?

"Talented, handsome, determined."

8. What do you like to do for fun?

"I like going new places for dinner and trying various dishes. Usually I drag Galin with me."

9. What’s your greatest achievement? Why do you consider this your greatest achievement?

"I survived the trip from Venezuela to Russia so.. That. And the temperature differences."

10. What’s your biggest goal? How do you hope to achieve this?

"I have many goals, mainly I'd like to pay back the kindness I've been shown. But one day I'd like to return home and home to see my childhood friend again."

11. What does your dream room/house look like? Would you mind showing some inspiration pictures?

"I'd like a blue fabric chair, some nice dark wood desks, beautiful flooring, and maybe some fancy paintings on the wall. Something cozy I can spend hours in working."

12. How would you describe your style?

"Upscale."

13. What’s your favorite song?

"I don't have one, but I like music with a lot of tempo."

14. Where are you happiest?

"In my office surrounded by my tools. Or sewing in front of a fire, really depends on the evening."