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#all i can see is that one scene in life of brian
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lakesbian · 2 months
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“Fair. Here… Let me pick the clothes, and if anything goes wrong, you blame me, deal?” She dug through the clothes in my closet, “Jeans and… let’s see… a crop top to show off that belly of yours.”
see, shit like this entire scene is why briantaylor lisataylor and racheltaylor are all real to me simultaneously. it's literally classic weird codependent yuri that taylor's Girlbestie (who she met a week or two ago tops):
goes around ruffling her hair
calls her hyper-familiar pet names
casually and without permission snoops through her texts to the boy she has a crush on
invites herself into taylor's room while she's nakey to change
makes invasive yet fully accurate declarative statements about taylor's emotions
inserts herself into things by micromanaging taylor's outfit selection and saying "blame me if anything goes wrong"
and, of course, is doing all this shit while lying to taylor to obscure from her that 1. she is trying to manipulate-fix her into having better mental health so she doesn't kill herself and 2. has been hiding from everyone that their boss has coercively enslaved her and she can do nothing but decide that this is her life now and, if she wears the mask perfectly enough, she'll be able to keep everyone living the comforting lie she keeps telling the team. that's all well and unhinged of her and one reason among many lisataylor is real and true, although not in the simple "they're dating" sense.
the thing is that if all that were true and then taylor did just go to brian's house this arc and confess and he was like Teehee...I like you too :) and then they started dating normalstyle, that would be fucking nothing. we would have to throw brian out a window forever in favor of the shit taylor has going on with rachel and lisa. BUT. here's the critical part. taylor's relationship with brian is also weird and dysfunctional and mutually neurotic.
he rejects her at first because his ability to understand his own emotions and also not view women through a deeply paternalistic misogynist lens is so low he at first mistakes romantic attraction as meaning he wants this girl he just met to "be like a little sister to him someday." like, he psychologically does not know how to have women in his life who are in categories other than "coworkers i bicker with" or "little sister i love and want to care for (which i express dysfunctionally because i am 17 and traumatized)," and because taylor is closer to someone he cares deeply about than to a coworker he bickers with, he tries to sort her into the second category instead of acknowledging that she's a secret third thing (girl he wants to be friends with and date).
and taylor is so socially inadequate she's about to kiss him at random without consent and then tell him to go with it As A Favor so she can piss off one of her bullies who happens to be on the same bus as them. Taylor you can't just do that to people. and a bit past that she's going to refuse to mercy kill him after he gets hung on the meat freezer cross. no one here knows how to have a normal teenage relationship. they're all weird and dysfunctional and codependent. Even the straight couple. Could've been milquetoast but dodged it by a mile via everyone involved being fucking weird and bad at understanding themselves. it's fantastic. youve gotta hand it to wildbow re briantaylor. only thing that can improve it is deciding to read it as if racheltaylor and lisataylor are also true.
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questintheskies · 8 months
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“I’m a lover, not a fighter. You guys don’t know by now, I’m a lover, not a fighter. There’s one thing I learned throughout this rivalry of ours. When push comes to shove, you guys are as tough as they come. You taught us what it means to not only be a professional wrestler, but to be a wrestler. That’s just for real, guys, come on, put it up. I’ve bled, I’ve sweat, I’ve cried, I’ve been maimed, I’ve got scars that will never heal. But a wise man once said, ‘I can do this all day.’
“If you don’t want this to end here, we can keep this thing going. But I think I speak on behalf of all of this. The Golden Elite respects you. We respect this business. We respect the blood you’ve poured. We respect these fans that paid a ticket to see blood and guts. And if you guys want, I’ll shorten my career. I’ll shorten my life to keep this fight alive, but I’m willing to stick my hand out and shake yours. If you guys wanna let bygones be bygones, because love you or freaking hate you, Moxley, love you or hate you, Claudio, love you or hate your ugly ass [to Wheeler Yuta], I respect each and every one of you.
“I even respect the guy that couldn’t make it. Brian Danielson, who broke his arm for this company, who broke his arm for this business. I respect Ibushi, who flew for over 24 hours to make it here.
“I can’t. I can’t let that effort be in vain. If you guys want to keep doing it, so help me, God, I’ll keep doing it, but I’m gonna do it with a newfound respect for each and every one of you. But I’m gonna stick my hand out just this once, just once as a sign of respect, because gosh darn it, I respect the hell outta you guys.
[Each side shakes hands with the other. Blackpool Combat Club exit.]
“I’m not gonna lie, I never expect a scene like this to happen ever again.
“But one thing I do respect is that I will see Ibushi again here in an AEW ring and as long as I am an active performer in professional wrestling, I’m gonna go wherever these guys [points to Young Bucks] go.
“So whether I see you guys in Boston, whether I see you guys down the road for now, I must bid you adieu. So goodbye Boston and good night, BANG.”
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lesbicosmos · 2 months
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rewatching s1 of broadchurch even tho im halfway through my first watch of s3 because i have an obsession with rewatching things and DAMN there are way more hints at who ended up being the killer than i originally thought, and a bunch of moments that are really ironic in hindsight
spoilers under the cut (yes it came out like 10 years ago but im still putting a spoiler warning)
ep1 - joe and ellie talk in the kitchen after hardy makes the statement to the media
joe: do you know what happened? i mean should we be worried for other kids?
on first watch, his tone of voice and body language here just seem like confused and worried parent, but on second, there's definitely a hint of panic in his voice
ep2 - joe, tom and fred in the cafe
joe: this is a terrible, unspeakable thing thats happened. but nothing like it will ever happen again here
tom: you cant know that though can you? you cant be sure
then after this joe's facial expression looks SO guilty like he can't think how to respond
ep3 - hardy questioning tom with joe in the room
hardy: can you think of anyone who would want to hurt danny?
THEN THE CAMERA IMMEDIATELY CUTS TO JOE. ik near the end joe swears he never wanted to hurt him but this is still a rly clever piece of editing, i love when shows do this. also the fact that in every scene where he's questioning tom, joe's in the room and occasionally talks but he's never in the frame of the camera hardys using to record it. he was literally right under their noses the entire time and they never suspected because they were focused on other people too much
ep4 hardy goes to the millers" for dinner
this scene hits so much different on second viewing holy shit. at one point they're talking about marriage and work and how hardy's divorce was partially work-related and:
hardy: this job, it does it to you
ellie: well, not to us
ellie actually makes me sob she loves her life so much then it all just comes crashing down on her
joe: do you think you're gonna solve this case?
hardy: certain.
joe: good :)
joe's reply itself here makes sense but there's a few seconds before he says it where his face is just blank and mildly panicked. he's genuinely worrying about being caught at this point.
now this one isn't a direct hint or anything but just if you think about the dialogue in a different context...yeah it fits
hardy: you bloody liar
joe: ive said nothing
hardy: and yet-
joe said nothing to the police or ellie and yet was lying the WHOLE time.
ep5 - brian asks ellie out
ellie: sorry, im married
brian: and thats an issue is it?
ellie: happily married, brian
brian: oh. okay, fair enough. only lots of people aren't though, are they?
ellie: i am.
THE IRONY OH ELLIE LET ME GIVE YOU A HUG PLEASE
ep6 - jack's wake
ellie spends the whole scene looking around to see if anyone looks worried, at one point she looks into a room (seemingly at nige but joe is stood nearby having a different conversation) and she makes eye contact with joe RIGHT as the camera cuts away
ep 6 - joe takes tom to the skate park and ellie arrives
ellie: i was just looking round that bar at the wake thinking "its someone here, why cant i see it?" the longer this goes on, im starting to suspect everyone
joe: when you say everyone...
ellie: well, nearly everyone
this is probably the most obvious hint that i can't believe i didn't catch on to. of COURSE they're gonna make a point for the killer to be the ONE person ellie LITERALLY SAYS she isn't suspicious of.
ep7 - ellie lets susan leave the police station
ellie (about susan's past with her husband and daughters): in your own house, how could you not know?
just ow. the irony of it all. fucking ow.
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scoobydoodean · 3 months
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Thinking about 4.11 “Family Remains” and how Dean keeps insisting to Brian (the dad) that he will save Brian’s family—that he will put himself at risk for them and he will find Danny.
Eventually, Brian asks Dean straight up why he cares so much—why he's willing to put himself at such risk for them. Dean doesn’t get to answer.
We know from the start of the episode that Dean has been hunting non-stop to cope with his trauma. That's made pretty obvious at the beginning of the episode:
SAM: What are you doing? DEAN: What's it look like I'm doing? SAM: Like you're looking for a job. DEAN: Yahtzee. SAM: We just finished a job like two hours ago. DEAN: Adrenaline's still pumping, I guess. So, what do you think... Cedar Rapids, Tulsa, or Chi-Town? SAM: I am all for working. I really am. But you got us chasing cases nonstop for like a month now. We need sleep. DEAN: Yeah, we can sleep when we're dead. SAM: You're exhausted, Dean. DEAN: I'm good. SAM: No, you're not. You're running on fumes, and you can't run forever. DEAN: And what am I running from? SAM: From what you told me. Or are we pretending that never happened?
We've seen this behavior from Sam before too—Sam pushing back to back hunts in 1.19-1.20 to cope with his anger, and in 2.11 (due to guilt over Ava) and in 2.19 to deal with Madison's death, and in 3.11 to deal with Dean's (temporary) death. We'll see it in the future too—the brothers displaying a need to work to get through something.
So it’s easy to say Dean is simply pushing himself to "be the hero" in 4.11 because of guilt about Hell and leave it at that. I do think Dean believes in atonement (we get hints about this in 4.05), but I think the reason Dean insists on being the person to jump down in the first hole they find instead of Ted, and then insists on going down the second compartment to find Danny when Brian is ready to do it, is also because Dean has a feeling they're going to have to kill this girl, and however scary she may be—however violent—she's also a victim of horrific abuse, and taking a life is always a serious thing. So Dean's trying to spare Brian from that trauma.
Dean doesn’t want Brian to have to take a life and (no matter how justified the kill) feel like a monster. Dean already does feel like a monster (no matter how justified his actions were, no matter how understandable it was because it was born from decades of torture... he still feels and deals with terrible guilt). So Dean takes on the highest risks and puts himself on the front line, upping the chance that if anyone has to do any killing tonight, it'll be him.
Dean does end up killing the boy in the walls in self defense, and the camera focuses on Dean staring at his body as Sam enters, while a sad theme plays in the background, and then we get this look from Dean:
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This is the first time in the series that either brother kills a human (besides a demon meatsuit) and a teenager at that, so there's a special weight to it.
But Brian still ends up killing the girl in the walls immediately after this, and that scene is one of the more horrifying ones, because it's shot in a way that casts Brian as the monster lurking in the dark.
Earlier in the episode, we establish the horror of the anticipation of having ones legs grabbed.
DEAN finds a hole in the floor and looks through. TED: You're not going down there. DEAN: Well, do you want to? TED says nothing. DEAN starts down. DEAN: Please nobody grab my leg. Please nobody grab my leg.
And when Brian attacks the girl in the walls, from the perspective of his wife Susan and his daughter Kate, all we see is the girl suddenly get dragged out into the dark by the legs.
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Then we focus on Susan and Kate as they listen in terror to the sound of her screaming as she's stabbed over and over and over.
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When Brian knocks on the door they jump and scream.
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After Susan opens the door for Brian, she backs away from him almost warily.
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They see the knife—the blood on his hands and clothes.
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Brian saved them, but he's shot as the monster who reaches out and grabs you by the legs. We cast the girl in the walls as a smaller monster (ultimately just a child who can easily be overpowered) snatched up in the jaws of a much bigger fish. All despite the fact that Brian did what he had to do.
SAM: You okay? DEAN: You know, I felt for those sons of bitches back there. Lifelong torture turns you into something like that. SAM: You were in hell, Dean. Look, maybe you did what you did there, but you're not them. They were barely human. DEAN: Yeah, you're right. I wasn't like them. I was worse.
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xstarkillerx · 7 months
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YES YES YES i know Relive that last mile again, i adore it too 😭
And I've also been fantasizing about that scene from Crash, but with Dom driving on the highway at night, while Brian is in the backseat, you riding him, back to him, facing the road ahead, hands on each front seat, your face close to Dom's, panting. You can see Dom's hand clenching the handbrake as he speeds up, his fly open, the top of his fat cock caressing the steering wheel, and it makes you go faster, jumping on Brian's dick as he grabs your hips for dear life, moaning and whimpering loudly along the noise of the busy road..
RTLM is def a huge favourite of mine eeeeeee!!!
FOSSE OH MY FUCKING GOD, you dirty, dirty mind I can't tell you how obsessed with this I am jesus fucking christ. And you know it's gotta be the fucking charger too.
"You can see Dom's hand clenching the handbrake as he speeds up, his fly open, the top of his fat cock caressing the steering wheel, and it makes you go faster,"
This right here, this was it for me, I lost my mind it's so good. Now, I don't know what your opinion is on the whole "daddy" thing, but with Dom already being this pseudo father figure to everyone he meets, this whole thing just screams "daddy" to me, in the same way Brian, at the ripe age of 27, just screams boyish charm. It's just like Dom to be the patient one, the one who can stand to keep his hands off of you for the 20 minutes it takes to drive home from wherever the fuck you guys are coming from. It's Brian that's impatient, Brian who's still reckless on the road., he hasn't seen just how bad things can turn yet. Brian who doesn't mind not wearing a seatbelt if it means getting his dick wet because he knows you're in Dom's capable hands, he's the one who's spent his life hastily wriggling out of his jeans in the back of cars with pretty girls anyway, he's right at home.
I love love love the detail about Dom being hard in his open jeans just UGHHHh so good!!!!! Because, for as patient as he is, there's always something boiling under the surface, fear, anger, grief, and right now it's lust. His knuckles are white. Regardless of if you two can come up for air long enough to know this, he's been hard for about an hour now, long before you two even left the party. Dom is such a little voyeur in that way, you know? Just completely happy to watch the two prettiest people in Los Angeles dry fuck on the dance floor knowing it's all for him. He lets you two have your fun, he'll get his turn in private, but he admits; It's hard to keep his eyes off the rear view with your breath in his ear and sounds you're dragging out of Brian. He's loud, a whiner, a groaner, a moaner, and the type to say he wants to hear you if you aren't loud enough, so Dom keeps it fast, window closed so no one can hear you, but really he just wants the car to smell like sex.
Fosse, fosse, fosse I love your dirty mind, you're really out here feeding us. Thank's for your patience with me getting to this, I've been hoarding it like a leperchaun with gold
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opennwindows · 7 months
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HIII!!! Can you do masky as a father figure to emo/scene kid teens headcanons <33
A/N: OMG as i’m posting this i kinda realized i read the ask slightly wrong and wrote it as Dad!Masky with a emo/scene child and got carried away *sobs* but if this doesn’t hit the particular spot u need it to, i’ll totally rewrite it just for you!! just lmk and i’ll type away ( ◠‿◠ ) but i brought out my boy Suburban Dad Tim for this one.
Dad!Masky/Tim with a Emo/Scene kid hcs!
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- tim’s a bit confused, but he’s got the spirit!!
- when he was in his teens he was around a bunch of trad-goth and punk friend groups, so he totally understands the importance of the alt community. i mean, dude was neck deep in mental trauma so he def wasn’t hanging out with the cheerleaders lol
“so i know this isn’t bring me the chemical romance or whatever, but this t-shirt is mine from highschool and i want you to have it. they’re called the cure-“
“dad i know who the cure is.”
“ohhh well aren’t you so dark and brooding.”
- will 110% pay for your hair dye and is always amazed with whatever styles you come up with.
- he can be quite sassy with his opinions though lol
“look, i’m just saying last time you did the blue roots with black hair it didn’t look like gerard way. it looked like gerard do not enter.”
“dad??????? what the hell”
- he’ll go to concerts with you pretending he’s just there to protect from a distance, but you both know he’s “secretly” vibing to the music. a true emo dad at heart.
- definitely will take vids to spam brian with.
- cannot understand scene genres like crunkcore to save his life though.
“why the fuck are they screaming over techno beats?????? put back on that pierce the veil band i like.”
- might have a mental breakdown when you ask him to take you to go get your first piercing though.
“YOU WANT A NEEDLE???? SHOVED THROUGH YOUR TONGUE???? slow down buddy, why don’t we start with a uhhh nostril or something.”
- he just wants to make sure that you can properly take care of it……. and he hates the thought of his little rockstar having to sit though any pain regardless of how small it is. will absolutely make fun of you if you cry after it though.
“haha you cried like a baby.”
“i got my septum pierced, it was a natural reaction”
“*already has brian on speaker phone* yeah dude they sobbed like a fucking LOSERRRR”
- you better pray no one dares to bully you at school, because masky and hoodie will be planning on scaring the compulsive normativity out of their boring teenage brains.
“dad why is brian by jacob’s car with a baseball bat?”
“don’t worry about it, he’s just gonna talk to him.”
“i’m literally watching him swing at the passenger side window-“
“it’s just a little chat, do you wanna go see a movie?”
- genuinely is invested in listening to all the emo band lore
“you can’t put the mcr poster next to your the used poster, why would you disrespect your wall like that?”
“i’m going to kidnap ryan ross and lock him in a studio myself if he doesn’t release some new music soon, i’m tired of hearing you cry about it every night.”
- tim knows how important it is to be fully accepted and loved for who you are growing up and he will fully embrace every part of it. he just really, truly loves you.
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swallowtailed · 5 days
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palisade 42 (!) part 2/2: the character arcs of it all. also, rule of three.
at a certain point in this episode, i paused it and made the following voice to text note: "it does kind of feel like the third beat here is for brnine to die". (except voice to text rendered "brnine" as "brian".) then i put the episode back on and one second later ali said she had a move that let brnine put themself in peril to protect someone else. at this point i got off the highway and got taco bell because the only alternative was to scream forever and also i thought it would feel right to listen to brnine's death scene in a taco bell parking lot.
anyway, the rule of three. brnine has borne witness to a lot of self-sacrifice—or, well, almost. they weren't there when valence died. they were there with phrygian, until the very end. and then they're in the cockpit with jesset as he tries to throw his life away. there were two outcomes, as i see it, to resolve this arc. brnine could sacrifice themself to save jesset (die to break the cycle of their friends' deaths and essentially pass their torch to jesset), or they could stop jesset from sacrificing himself and survive as well (outright break the cycle of self-sacrifice among millennium break). i would've supported the first option! it's resonant and tragic! but i do think that, once brnine didn't bite it while stopping jesset, it felt more right for them to survive. because that arc is then an arc toward survival, toward staying alive to fight on.
(if brnine were to die in the finale, i would sort of hope that thisbe would also die, because it would be incredible for cori to be the last survivor of the original blue channel crew. not that i want thisbe to die (at all, even a little bit). but just imagine.)
also it was just a very good scene in general. jesset stopping as soon as he felt brnine touch his hand. squished together in the cockpit debating self-sacrifice. also, the little affirmation of thisbe not leaving this time (not like with valence); brnine not leaving without thisbe (not like with valence).
lastly: brnine getting an extra risk slot aboard the blue channel was suddenly heartwrenching. that's the ship valence gave them to escape... and it's not even that they're any safer or stronger on board, they can just survive a little longer. one more breath. i think the only way would be for brnine and the blue channel to go down together.
cori this episode: (deep breath) FUCK YEAHHHHHHHHH. three sets of black wings babey!!! we love to see it. sylvi's line about it—"not content are they with chaining our wings down, they are chaining the wings of the god we're supposed to be worshipping"—absolute banger. i don't think we knew (or maybe i just forgot) that original devotion had wings, but it's a beautiful touch alongside cori's wings. a chained angel under the eye of a dark sun. i'm so excited to see where she goes next. with, now, another grief to bear. (also, hey—is she older than any of her siblings now? since she's been outside the mirage?)
thisbe this episode: nonstop slay. it is so great to see thisbe unleashed. illusion strats as compelling as always. her faith in figure at the very end, her steadiness while brnine and jesset balance on a knife's edge—thisbe is so important. janine remarked that she's underutilizing integrity, but i think this episode really showed that new confidence thisbe has gained with it. i'm really interested to see where that relationship goes. it seems like thisbe is treating integrity like a seedling to nurture. ultimately, i think thisbe might still need to confront her conflation of personhood and use; it works for her, but it's not gonna fly with every divine. also: shrieked with laughter at the return of the concrete hamburger seatbelt. everything that has happened before will happen again, we're going back to the mirage, etc etc. attached to that, though—ebullience being turned into corporate art genuinely feels like a fate worse than death.
i don't know where this leaves us with figure's death, frankly. perennial's grief felt like it paid off their last roll, and we got a brief scene with the crew finding out, but it still doesn't feel resolved to me. i think i'm looking for wherever cori and brnine, in particular, go with this. we'll see. (would be neat if cori went over to perennial.)
now, with all that said, imo the last 90 minutes of this episode were maybe some of the best palisade has been. the weight of the whole divine cycle came to bear on those moments. (it might just be that i'm listening to counterweight right now, but i'm feeling counterweight, too.) i think i'm at a point with this season where i'm genuinely open to whatever ending comes, because there's so much material that it'll resonate forward either way.
and they’re going into the mirage.
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classic-maya · 3 months
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I really loved your view on when did Brian fall in love with Justin and I saw how happy you were about a qaf ask, so here I am:
when do you think britin reunited after the finale, specifically how long do you think they lived apart for AND how do you they reunited? (I couldn't bring myself to watch that episode because this is gonna break my heart) OR do you think they are not together?
I love this fandom and I love you. I’ve been wanting to write some more fic for them for a while and haven’t had the motivation, but this might spur me along.
In the meantime…I’ll start with the last episode and why I have an unpopular opinion about how it ended and then get into how I envision their reunion. 
Finale
I know there is a lot of hate for S5 finale, but I honestly love the “It’s only time” speech that Brian gives and it’s so so special to me. I feel like it is one of the most romantic lines in the show because in Brian Kinney-speak “It’s only time” is "I will always love you. I will love you just as much tomorrow as I love you today and the next day and the next and the next. I will die loving you. I will love you if you come back to me and I will love you if you never come back to me because time doesn't matter, you are the person I love and that will never change.” 
Not joking, QaF fundamentally altered my view on romantic love. I previously only thought that familial love could be unconditional, but it was such a believable representation of unconditional romantic love that it shifted my perspective. They both truly just want what is best for the other, even if that means they cannot physically be together or at times are not in a relationship. It took my breath away.
All that being said, I definitely do not think of their last scenes together in S5 as a break-up, maybe just a break. They needed to exist separately and apart from each other for a little bit. I think Brian is fairly conscious of their age gap and he never wants to hold Justin back from anything because of their relationship. We see him struggle with this throughout the series, remember him encouraging Justin to make some friends his own age, “Enjoy your youth…I sure have ;)” as well as his many attempts to get Justin to go to and finish college. Even when Justin was with Ethan, of course Brian was hurt because of the cheating, but he also didn’t hold it against Justin because he ultimately wants him to have everything he wants and desires and Brian recognized that he couldn’t give Justin that at the time (let’s Brian’s struggles with low self-esteem aside for the purpose of this conversation). On the other side, Justin loves Brian exactly how he is, and I think Brian’s sudden change of heart (i.e. declaring his love, proposing marriage, turning down opportunities to hook up with tricks etc.) scared Justin.
The two of them went through yet another extraordinary trauma with the attack on Babylon and I think the rush to get married was an extension of that, but I don’t know if either of them were actually ready for marriage. In the same way Brian is afraid Justin will wind up resenting him and their relationship if it were to keep Justin from reaching his full potential as an artist, I think Justin is afraid that if they do get married, Brian will later resent it because he was only caught up in the fear of once again losing the love of his life. But no matter what, something big did shift in a very real way for both of them and made Brian feel freer to express his love for Justin. Reunion
I think Justin moves to New York and has the exact experience he was looking for. He struggles for a bit and he hides it from Brian and his family because he wants to prove to himself that he can do it, that he can take care of himself and Brian lets him. He supports and loves his independence. I think they see each other frequently and are madly, passionately, exuberantly in love even though they live in different cities. I think Brian flies to New York every few weeks and Justin takes the bus to the Pitts every chance he gets.
The first time Brian visits, Justin picks him up from the airport and they can’t stand another moment not touching each other, so they don’t even make it home and end up having a quickie in the airport bathroom. Then Brian takes them to a hotel because he is not sleeping on Justin’s ratty second-hand mattress and letting his roommate hear them fuck their brains out for the next 48 hours.
Eventually, Justin’s art starts selling and he stops struggling. He makes a name for himself and is being flown across the country for different shows and speaking engagements. Meanwhile, Kinnetic becomes the top ad agency in Pennsylvania and begins to gain clients throughout the northeast and in New York to the extent that developing a satellite office in the city only makes sense. Brian moves to New York, not because he is following Justin, but because it has always been his dream. He sells Britin and swaps it for a penthouse in Manhattan that he puts in both their names. Justin moves in without either of them talking about it.
I see them getting married about 7 or 8 years after we last see them in the show, and this time it feels right. They go back to Pittsburgh and their chosen family, the gang and some new friends, are all there to celebrate them. I do not think they will ever choose to have a monogamous relationship. It is not what either of them want nor do they see it as a way to show their devotion to each other. Their non-monogamy looks a lot different than it did when they were younger though. They are both more intentional about the partners they choose and it’s more like the trick of the month vs the trick of the night (or even hour if you’re Brian Kinney). More often than not they wind up in threesomes or moresomes together rather than seeing someone separately. They allow the exchange of names and numbers because they feel more secure in their relationship with each other. The prohibition on kissing anyone else remains.
They don’t have kids together, but they both are in and out of Toronto with enough regularity that Gus sees them as de facto parents who helped his moms raise him. Gus often goes to New York to spend long weekends with them and in high school and college he will spend entire summers in New York with Brian and Justin.
They are the consummate New York power couple; they help each other’s business and are always attending each other’s events. They travel separately for work but always make time to leave the country and vacation together a few times a year. Eventually, they move from the penthouse to a beautiful Brooklyn brownstone and at some point, they (cover Brian’s ears) grow old together.
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gayuu-the-necromancer · 9 months
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William Rex Chapter 17
 WARNING! The following story contains scenes of violence and torture.
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I slowly open the door to my room, listening to the rain drops tapping on the window.
(Let's talk to Victor first)
Victor is a man who always looks at William and everyone in the Crown with compassion and cares for them.
He decided that he couldn't move the Crown, so it would take a lot to persuade him to do so.
(...Don't be timid)
I took one step into the corridor and then----
???: "Kate....!"
???: "See. I told you she would come out soon."
(Eh....?)
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When I look towards the voice, I see Liam and Harrison.
Then there was Mr. Alphonse, standing by the window, looking at me.
Kate: "What are you all doing here....?"
Harrison: "Where are you going with a face like that?"
(If I can convince Victor, the next step is to get the Crown to help me)
(There should be no need and no point in lying and deceiving here)
Kate: "....I was going to go and negotiate with Victor."
Harrison: "I figured it would be something like that."
Harrison: "I know you're not the kind of person who stays in your room when you're told to 'behave'."
Harrison: "That's what Will likes and that's what he wants everyone to do."
Harrison looked at me rather seriously with his light-coloured eyes.
Harrison: "The time to turn back is now. You can lock yourself up in this castle, safe and quiet, and then you can go back to your normal life."
Harrison: "Tonight, whether a certain villain dies or lives, you don't have to know about it, and you can go on with your normal life as usual."
Harrison: "You still have a way back to that warm sunshine."
(Looking back...Harrison was also there that night when we all first met)
----FLASHBACK----
Aloof man: "Sorry if that freaked you out, but these are just props for a stage play."
Kate: "Liar...."
Aloof man: "....It would have been good for you if you had pretended to believe me."
----FLASHBACK ENDS----
(You went to great lengths to keep me out of this world of darkness with your lies)
Perhaps the lie he told at the time was a roundabout kindness.
Kate: "....Thank you, Harrison."
Smiling with gratitude for their concern and an apology for letting it go unchecked.
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Harrison: "....Guess, that's it then."
Harrison smiled thinly, as if he knew what my response would be and shrugged his shoulders.
Harrison: "You were going to try negotiate with him about the Tower of London, right?"
Kate: "Yes, I want to free these innocent prisoners. Before William does."
Harrison: "What happens after he agrees? How do you prove their innocence?"
Kate: "....It is difficult to prove their innocence and salvage them through a straightforward process."
Kate: "If we were to appeal in court that their arrest itself was unjustified, they would probably be dismissed."
(If the arrests were engineered by the Privy Council, at least some collusion with the police is certain. The police cannot be relied upon)
(Even the courts would use the prisoners' trumped-up charges against William)
Kate: "There are two ways to prove his innocence. Either William pleads guilty and testifies that he has nothing to do with them...."
Kate: "Either that or William himself will be in a situation where he cannot be charged with a crime."
Kate: "If Mr. Brian wrote an article, the latter might be possible....but I am still uncertain."
Kate: "In the meantime, their freedom and dignity continue to be damaged. And William is not going to let that go unnoticed."
Kate: "I don't want to see the prisoners get hurt, and I also don't want to see William hurt."
Harrison: ".......Let me ask you something."
Harrison: "William is actually killing people. Do you think it's right that he should go free of that charge?"
Kate: "It's not....right. Killing is sinful, no matter who it is or what the circumstances are."
Kate: "But I can't stand by and watch him be judged...just because the evil he perpetrates is not right."
(That's how much----William saved me)
(That he rescued me from being unreasonable, listened to my heart and pushed me to be on my own....)
(I know how much it means to the people he saved and I know how much it means to him)
-----Options------
Pretending not to see.
Even if it's not right.
Even if stained with the same sin.
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Kate: "I will not be sorry if I am tainted by the same sins as William."
Harrison: "....Oh."
Kate: "Now we have to rescue the prisoners and stop William from being lured to the Tower of London."
Kate: "And in due course, the prisoners will be exonerated. ....That's the best I can do now."
Harrison: "....So that's what you've been thinking about all morning and all this time."
Harrison: "And what? Now you're going to convince Victor?"
Kate: "Yes. I also need your help, so let's start with Victor."
Harrison: "I don't think that would do anything."
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Harrison: "I don't think that would do anything."
Kate: "Eh, but..."
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Liam: "Victor said 'Be as quiet as possible so they don't know you're here', right?"
Liam: "He didn't say 'don't do anything'. So as long as we appear quiet, we can do anything."
(Nn...)
Kate: "That's what he meant!?"
Kate: "But, 'the Crown cannot be moved in the name of her Majesty the Queen...!"
Alphonse: "In simple words, he meant 'I won't give you orders, so you guys can do whatever you want.' "
Kate: "That's...what he meant...."
Harrison: "Yes, that is, as far as that freak is concerned."
Liam: "Let me escort you to the Tower of London. Haha, I'm looking forward to it, a prison that's rumored to be haunted!"
Kate: ".....So, you guys will help me?"
Harrison: "We'll be working with a minimum number of people to keep a low profile, and Liam's ability to disappear makes him perfect for infiltration, don't you think?"
Liam: "....I think Will would have appreciated it more if we'd waited and trusted him."
Liam: "But if we let you go without telling him...he'll probably be sad."
Liam: "I want Will to compliment me. Oh and you too, of course."
Kate: "Liam...."
Liam's eyes were filled with madcap curiosity when he said 'fun'
Now it was like looking for a landmark in total darkness, both haunting and desperate.
We don't yet know what the circumstances are.
William may be in one of his most important strongholds.
Harrison: "I'll support you from the outside in case of emergency...And also, I don't know why Al is here."
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Alphonse: "Master El asked me to do this in his place."
Kate: "Master Elbert...?"
Alphonse: "Yes. He said 'Your abilities are more suited for inflitrating enemy territory'. And...."
Mr. Alphonse puts his lips to his ear. The sweet, decadent scent softly wafted over my nose.
Alphonse: "I have always thought that if Mr. William were to be killed, it would be by an innocent civilian."
(Eh....)
Alphonse: "It's going to be a hilarious spectacle whichever way it goes, so I thought I'd follow along."
(He doesn't care if William lives or dies, or if the prisoners are freed...he is just going there for shits and giggles...?)
The attitude that everything is a farce appears to be unreliable.
I wonder if my emotions were showing on my face, but Mr. Alphonse didn't seem offended and smiled.
Alphonse: "Fufu. Don't look so worried. If necessary, I will be a helpful ally. Of course."
(....I am aware that I am trying to do something selfish that I cannot achieve alone)
(I don't care what the motive is, as long as I can get help...!)
Kate: "Yes, thank you!"
We had some discussion and strategy on the journey to the Tower of London and how to move internally.
Harrison: "That's how many people are housed there. It's not easy to break them out."
Harrison: "If you don't think it's possible. I suggest you just investigate this time and go back...just saying."
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We secretly left the castle for the city of London, where the skies were dark, hinting on a possible downpour.
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Liam: "Okay, we're about to move. Close your eyes if you feel scared."
Kate: "Y-Yes! ....!"
A floating sensation hits my body and I gasp in instinctive fear.
With me in his arms, Liam leapt lightly over the roofs of London houses.
Liam: "Will showed me this route. He said its beautiful and he likes it...woah!"
Kate: "Ah."
Liam: "Ahaha...It's thrilling and fun, isn't it?"
Liam: "Will is a genius at enjoying life, isn't he?"
I smiled somewhat unsteadily and agitatedly, nod at Liam and cling desperately onto him.
(He is trying to talk about something to make me feel at ease...!)
Kate: "Oh and Mr. Alphonse, have you used....this route?"
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Alphonse: "Yes. I've been using it sometimes with 'friends' since Liam told me about it."
Alphonse: "We play this fun little game where, for every roof you fly over, you get a drink and if you get scared or fall off, you lose."
(What a dangerous game...and who are these 'friends'....?)
Alphonse: "Well, it's certainly a good route for tonight's operation. Because there are policemen roaming the streets."
Looking down below at Mr. Alphonse's comment, the shadows of police officers can be seen all over the city.
(Indeed, if we were walking on the ground, we would likely be---)
Cold sweat trickles down my spine as I recall the gun being pointed at me.
I felt a deep sense of relief at being hidden in the darkness of the night.
(I never thought....that darkness could reassure me)
We arrived at the gates of the Tower of London, as previously discussed,
Liam disappears and Mr. Alphonse, gently removes his leather gloves.
Alphonse: "Well, shall we get going?"
.........
Alphonse: "Thank you for your efforts."
Security guards: "....Excuse me, who are you? If you don't have a pass then----"
Alphonse: "Oh my, have you forgotten the face of your colleague?"
Alphonse: "We've gone to a lot of trouble to 'bring prisoners into custody'. "
When Mr. Alphonse touched the nape of his neck and whispered, the guard's attitude changed.
Security guard: "Oh yes. You can go through."
Alphonse: "Thank you. Then, shall we."
The gate is opened and we slip inside through the gap.
(Such a convenient ability to break in so easily...right?)
Kate: "Wouldn't this mean that if we let him think he's being restrained by Alphonse's ability, he doesn't actually have to be restrained?"
Alphonse: "Wow! You're very sharp even at times like this."
(Of course...!)
Alphonse: "Oh, you're not angry?"
Kate: "....If you think of it as a cooperation fee, it's about as cheap as being tied down."
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Alphonse: "Aha! You're funny. I wish Mr. William had let me borrow you for a day."
(You completely think people are toys or something....)
.................
With the help of Mr. Alphonse and Liam's ability to fool the police, things went according to plan.
They stole documents from the control room and located the cells where innocent prisoners were being held.
We ran inside the cold towers, using the floor plans as a guide to kill our footsteps.
Liam: "These towers used to be used for the detention of high-ranking political prisoners and for executions."
Alphonse: "It is a horrifying historical place to invite Mr. William to feed on the general public...."
Alphonse: "Not bad, Grimsley."
Liam: "....! Al, Kate, I hear something at the bottom of the stairs."
I listened for Liam's voice, and sure enough, from downstairs, I heard what sounded like a scream.
Kate: "....Let's go."
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With each step down the stairs, the multiple screams become more vivid and stirring in their poignancy.
(...This is---)
Alphonse: "...It looks like we're in the right place."
While hiding in a corner of the staircase, we listen downstairs.
The screams of the condemned prisoners echoed behind the layers of bars.
Policemen: "You were involved in the crime, weren't you? Look, if you don't tell us what you've done, you'll never walk again."
Prisoner: "Stop! No! I'm innocent!"
Prisoner: "I didn't know that man was smuggling drugs! Please believe me, there must be some mistake....."
Policemen: "The company you built with his support...was it something about freedom for all?"
Policemen: "And at the same time he's smuggling drugs. What a hypocrite. Come on! Tell us where he is!"
Prisoner: "No! I don't know...I really don't know...!"
Policemen: "Tch...do it."
(!!)
I see a prisoner with his head in a water trough and manage to keep my voice from jumping out at the sight of it.
Turning to the prison next to the condemned prisoners, we saw people looking exhausted and staring at each other.
Young prisoner: "Why do we have to go through this...? It's all his fault..!"
Older prisoner: "....That guy..don't you owe Sir Rex a debt of gratitude too. ...It's not right to hold a grudge against someone like that."
Young prisoner: "Oh yeah!? Okay then...where the hell is that William?"
Young prisoner: "If he is not involved in this, why isn't he coming out and saying anything! The only reason he can't come is because that article is true, right!?"
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Young prisoner: "....I was going to prove to people that slum-borns are not inferior to people born in normal circumstances...."
Young prisoner: "When I said that, he even wrote a letter of recommendation to the university saying 'you can do it'....!"
Young prisoner: "I'm a slum-born, and now I'm hearing that he buys and sells people like me. It felt like all this time he had been using me.."
Young prisoner: "I thought he was my benefactor and but now, I can't...forgive him..for deceiving me like this...!"
(...As I thought)
(Anger at this unreasonable treatment naturally turns to William)
The police are suppose to be 'justice'. But they capture these people without any evidence and tortured them without due process of law...
Even the people who are labeled as evil by the police do not easily recognize it as a 'crime'.
(If William comes here and hears these people cursing him...)
(He wouldn't mind, but...I don't like that)
Liam: "Kate, are you okay?"
Kate: "...I'm fine. We know where the prisoners are. Next is..."
Kate: "'Mr. Alphonse will get the key to the relevant prison', right?"
Alphonse: "Yes. It's easy to deceive them, don't worry. You two can hide in the corner until I get back."
Mr. Alphonse wandered off and I was about to discuss our escape route with Liam, when----
???: "Ugh..Nn..."
I thought I heard a familiar voice from the nearest prison and looked over to see----
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Kate: "Mr. Brian....!?"
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Liam: "You mean the one who wrote that article...?"
He had fiery red hair and looked emaciated, perhaps from the assault.
(...Why are you here?...)
Liam: "Hold on, Miss Kate...I'll make a noise and get the cop's attention."
Liam: "In the meantime, ask him what happened. I'll be back as soon as I've attracted the police."
Kate: "....Thank you very much."
Liam's figure suddenly disappears from sight, and a few seconds later----
At the far end of the prison-lined corridor, a loud noise could be heard.
Policemen: "What's going on!?"
A flurry of police officers head to see what's going on.
(Now)
I went downstairs and rushed to Brian's cell.
Kate: "Mr. Brian...."
Brian: "Nn!? Miss Kate, why are you here...?"
Kate: "That's my line...! Why are you here?"
Brian: "...I went to Grimsley to ask him about the truth."
Brian: "The charges I wrote in that article were a frame-up... and he came clean."
Brian: "That Sir Rex is really an organised assassin of evil who cannot be brought to justice by the law."
----FLASHBACK----
Grimsley: "Nevertheless, it is also true that he is a mass murderer."
Grimsley: "As the revolutionaries' movement has brought about new laws and expanded the rights of citizens, assassination squads...."
Grimsley: "An anachronism, don't you think?"
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Grimsley: "You're clever enough to realize that it's in the best interests of this Britain to keep quiet, isn't it?"
-----FLASHBACK ENDS-----
Brian: "....I couldn't...nod my head. I said, 'give me some time' and left his office. On the way home....I was attacked and now I'm here...."
Brian: "Why are you here? Did they catch you too?"
Kate: ".....No. I snuck in here because I wanted to free you all."
Brian: "Why....?"
Kate: "Well----"
At that moment, the upper floor suddenly becomes noisy.
There were angry, shrill voices, whistles and the sound of many footsteps.
(No way!!)
.............
----A black shadow alighted gracefully from one of the carriages.
Security guard: ".....Whoa, that's----"
Raindrops wet the red and gold of his cloak and the silver of his swaying hair, reflecting off the street lamps as if decorating the darkness of the night.
The man slowly looked up as he walked towards the gate.
Her blood-red eyes gleam seductively in the darkness.
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William: "Good evening. Sorry for intruding you all."
William: "I have friends who have been invited here, so I was wondering if you could let me in."
Security guard: "W-William Rex....!"
Soon after, a high-pitched whistle shook the silence of the night.
Guards and policemen quickly rush to the gate and pointed their guns at William.
Older policemen: "You are charged with murder! Put down your weapon and surrender!"
William: "Ahahaha, that's an enthusiastic welcome. Now....who should I dance with?"
William was in no hurry and looked around at the policemen as if he were looking at a cake in a bakery.
William: "You detain and tortured innocent people and violated their freedom for this purpose alone."
William: "....If there are extenuating circumstances, it is that they are orders from someone in authority."
Older policemen: "What are you talking about! Hands up! Or else....!"
William: "Raise your hand? Okay then."
William: "Raise your hands if you feel any remorse in your conscience about what is now taking place in the Tower of London."
Older policemen: ".....!?"
Young policemen: "W-Why...why are my arms...!?"
The officers were stared down by William, as he ordered them.
Some were puzzled by their own arms lifting of their own accord while others were mortified by their colleagues.
Old policemen: "Tch, you're breaking an order! You're breaking an order!"
William smiled gently as a man who appeared to be his superior officer barked at him.
William: "Don't scold them. They are just being honest with themselves."
William: "Whoever raises their hands now should stay in the corner, silent."
William: "As for the rest----"
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William: "Plead guilty."
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littleststarfighter · 2 months
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May I ask if there’s any mcr fics that you would recommend
These are what I've enjoyed so far. All Frerard (Frank/gerard) fic recs. I have many more to read (saved about 100 fics yikes) so will have more recs in the future if anyone is interested? A lot of supernatural, spooky and ghosty ones here. And, lots of Danger Days as that's what got me into reading them in the first place. Of course I started with what is seen as the holy fic trinity. These are just my taste. I can't promise that they’ll be yours, but hope there's something you like XD
Unholyverse by Bexless
“He thinks I have stigmata,” Frank said, because what the fucking hell, it couldn’t get any worse. He might as well just lay it out.
“Oh, well,” said Brian into his hands. “Of course.”
The Anatomy of a Fall by novembersmith
The unholy union of a high school AU and a ghost story. Gerard's life takes a strange turn when his family moves to a small town in Vermont and he discovers the locals aren't all what they seem to be. Also includes: unexpected nature walks, murder, pining, improper treatment of crime scenes, a number of bone-related puns, high school bullies, and a short-range shrub named Ferdinand.
A Splitting Of The Mind by Shoved2agree (Gaiamdma)
Gerard Way sees the world differently. Alone and institutionalised, Gerard claims that he is being hunted, and that his mind holds the key to existence. Does Gerard really hold such a powerful secret? Or is he just insane like everyone else in the institution?
Run by vesna (mrsronweasley)
Being a secret teenage werewolf is hard. Frank should know. He is one.
James Cameron Got It Wrong by ladyfoxxx
In which 2005!Frank and Fun Ghoul get it on. Then Frank accidentally winds up in 2019.
Shadows In The Parking Lot by Cellphonecharm_au
In which there’s a mass grave under Frank and Ray’s apartment complex, Frank doesn’t believe in ghosts, & Frank’s ex-boyfriend is, conveniently, a paranormal consultant.
The Science of Sleep by chimneythunder
It’s 2011 and Frank Iero’s life is pretty average until the night where he starts getting dreams about a strange, apocalyptic California where there’s rayguns, grey corporations and terrorists who use art and colour as a weapon. Interesting and fun at first, but the more he dreams about this world, the more he starts to wonder if it really is a dream... and the deeper he gets into this futuristic world, the more it seems to affect his life in the present day.
And just how exactly does everything all seem to link in with that douchebag black-haired artist who sits in Starbucks every day?
The Calypso Initiative by theficisalie
AU: A rise in technological and medical advancements combined with an unexpected surge in mutations around the globe can only mean one thing: superpowers. As a child born before the information boom of 2010 rocked the world with the official news of these "SuperHumans", Frank Iero was kicked out onto the street at nine years old. His power seems to be more of a curse than a blessing: his body creates and leaks a net of energy that sets those who are unaware of it on edge. He is saved at first by a rogue agent of the government who understands the plight of the homeless children, and then by a small team of government agents who bring him into The Institute: an underground compound set up by the government to teach those with emerging superpowers how to control and use their gifts.
Frank finally has a place where he seems to belong, and a group of friends: Mikey Way, a telepath; Gerard Way, whose body is a vacuum that neutralizes energy; and Ray Toro, a healer. All is far from perfect, however. Frank’s powers and training are put to the ultimate test when he has to fight both evil and betrayal to save not only the world, but also the best family he’s ever known.
synchronicity (cut me open, cut you down) by BackyardOwl 
Party Poison glares like Frank’s mere presence could’ve jeopardized the game. But then the scowl melts off and is exchanged with a smirk.
“I’m so glad you came tonight!” he says in the fakest sugary tone possible. “It’s important for a novice to observe, because you learn so much. And surely you learned from this, because that?” He motions to the arena behind him. “That’s how you play GridSlam.”
Frank is shaking. He’s this fucking close to decking the motherfucker. Novice? He hasn’t been a fucking novice since age fucking 11!
(a story about heated rivalries, mourning your loved ones, and cheating death)
Strange Things Happen At The One Two Points by lovebashed 
1930s. The Dust Bowl. Having no place to turn after his mother's death, Frank joins a carnival. By doing so a chain of events commence, that lead him to Pete. Frank and Pete couldn't be more different, but they both possess strange powers that gain momentum as their journeys unfurl. Both their lives, and that of those they know, will be irrevocably changed before the end. Carnivale AU.
I Believe We're The Enemy by Test_subject_306
"You know what?" Frank snaps, glaring at the person who used to be Party Poison. "You know, sometimes I wish they'd just killed you instead."
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Dinnertime random thought.
A major component of fanworks is simply "I love this character and I want to see them in situations." But what defines a situation can vary. Sometimes a situation is as simple as "Having dinner at a buffet restaurant" or "being stuck in traffic".
Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis once said that audiences always want to see characters in conflict. Nobody who loves these characters wants to see them simply going about domestic life; That's not what the audience is here for. He threatened, as a joke, to write a comic that was just about DareDevil and Wolverine eating sandwiches and see how well that sells.
But the thing is, seeing these absurd larger-than-life caricatures of humanity undergoing ordinary domestic rituals is entertaining. Maybe eating sandwiches in the kitchen might not offer much to work with, but Wolverine and DareDevil in full costume trying to get lunch at Subway? Yeah, that's a scenario that's rife with comedic potential and opportunities for characterization.
There's a reason everyone's favorite scene in Age of Ultron is the Stark Tower party. When the bullets aren't flying, that's when the characters get to express their humanity.
I go back to Dragon Ball as an example for things like this a lot, because Dragon Ball is blunt and not exactly a masterpiece of writing. To quote one YouTuber (Girlfriend Reviews), it's a series fixated moreso on the pageantry of action than the poetry of narrative.
There is a lot to admire and learn from with regards to Dragon Ball, but most of it has to do with series artist Akira Toriyama's incredible paneling and phenomenally paced action, which the anime adaptation more or less ruined. Toriyama in his heyday wasn't a phenomenal writer, but he was a brilliant artist and visual storyteller.
And, like a lot of popular anime that started while the manga was still in production, Dragon Ball had a lot of filler. Some of which is beloved by the fandom to this day, in fact - in stark contrast to the way "filler" tends to be used as a curse word around other fandoms. Do you know what episode people think of first and foremost, when they think of Dragon Ball filler?
It's an episode where Goku and Piccolo go to the DMV. That's the whole episode: These two dipshits have to get driver's licenses. Naturally, comedy ensues. That's it. That's all it is. That is the top-tier most popular Dragon Ball filler episode.
Because when your characters are absurd, sometimes the best thing you can do to them is to let them be absurd in everyday life.
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Hey, this is my first request ever. So i’ll get straight to it. Could you do a HOOK fic/drabble/headcanon(you can pick) of him finding out you are a 2nd gen wrestler kid of HBK, Ted DiBiase or anyone else
I am HONORED that you chose me for your first request, hopefully, I did your idea justice
Reunited (And It Feels So Good): Hook X Reader
Genre: Fluff Headcanon, I don’t wanna spoil it but strangers/childhood friends to lovers???
Summary: Hook finds out a not-so-very-secret secret about you.
Word Count: 719
Supreme Speaks: tbh, i might do a fic based on this later on next month. thank you to the anon who requested this and I hope they (and everyone else) like it. i also wish everyone is doing well and remember you are loved and appreciated. Happy New Year!!
Warnings: None really, I TRIED MY BEST, I used gender-neutral terms to appeal to everyone
Taglist (DM if you want to be added): @hooks-martin @triscillal @diabloguapos @wwenhlimagines @sheinthatfandom
AEW has many second-generation wrestlers such as Brian Pillman Jr., Brock Anderson, The Gunn Boys, and Hook
Hook didn’t really “get along” with the others 
He just wasn’t that interested in talking with them
Or with anyone outside his friend group
That was until you arrived on AEW’s scene
Many people, fans and wrestlers alike, were excited to see you in AEW
You have made a name for yourself all around the world for your wrestling skills, storytelling abilities, charisma, and attractiveness
And slightly because you are Shawn Michaels’ child
Yeah, that’s right. Mr. Wrestlemania, The Heartbreak Kid is your dad
Even though it was a blessing to have him as your dad and mentor, you wanted to become a wrestling legend by yourself 
So your ring name was completely different from his and you barely mentioned him in promos/interviews (essentially keeping your personal life very private)
But everyone can see the resemblance when you step in the ring, especially when you went against Natalya or Charlotte Flair
Anyways back to Hook
He was completely “hooked” when he saw you for the first time, to the extent that he actually started to talk to you first
It surprised many people backstage as they know Hook to be cold to others
And as you were seen as an untouchable person (being the child of one of the most prominent figures of professional wrestling)
As he started to talk to you more, he couldn’t help but admire you, your accomplishments, and your personality, and vice versa
However, he felt more familiar with you. Like he already met you before or something. But he just passed it off as the butterflies in his stomach growing
After being in AEW for about a month, you and Hook started to date
Many people started to notice Hook being happier and slightly more friendly (not too much) to others, including his dad, Taz
While his son was telling him about his significant other, Taz couldn’t help but smile and laugh
“It’s so nice to see you two reconnecting after all these years.”
“Reconnecting? What do you mean?”
Taz then opened a little book of memories of his career and flipped to a random page before showing it to his son
“The number of times Shawn and I had to meet up at the park or backstage for your little playdates-“
Hook blocked out his dad as he analyzed the picture of a younger him and what seemed like a younger you smiling at each other, while Taz and Shawn were in the background
"You two were very close until they went to live with their mom full-time while Shawn was on the road. Y'all just went separate ways and sort of forgot about each other."
Everything started to click in his head as he picked up his phone and dialed your number
It made sense why you two got along so easily, how you had the same opinions on different topics, how it felt like you two went through the same experiences
He vaguely remembered you, but he didn’t know it was you
As soon as you picked up he said, “You’re Shawn Michaels’ kid?”
“Yeah…I thought you knew.”
Now he felt like an idiot…
“It's like I knew, but I didn't know it was you. It's complicated-”
“I thought it was a fact that everyone chooses not to discuss like how you’re Taz’s son.”
After explaining why you didn't bring up your dad (mainly because everyone talks about him or associates you with him), Hook said he wasn't mad but just surprised and completely understood your reasoning
"But this also explains why I felt so vulnerable with you. I'm happy we were able to find each other again"
After getting off the phone, Hook sent you the picture
A couple of moments, he was notified that you posted on Instagram
It was the picture of you two and then a more recent picture with the caption "day 1 🤍"
He found himself smiling at the post, also happy that he found you again
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cheetah2020 · 25 days
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Dune 2 thoughts - spoilery
Context- i like sci fi and fantasy alot of the time. I have not read these books. I have watched Dune 1 and it was fine but I didn't love it. All the shots - though beautiful were 1 or 2 seconds longer than they needed to be and that was all the time so it was just too long. I went into Dune 2 having heard mixed things about how well it adhered to the book but I took it first as a movie.
I give it 3.5 - its a good film. its beautiful and i was glad to have seen it in the cinema. Everyone did well with what they were given but i am not in awe enough to immediately want to watch it again which is an indicator for me so thats why it is closer to a 3 than a 4.
imo - the comparisons to empire and two towers are bullshit
Random questions and thoughts
- i have heard more about what Alia was supposed to be like so I know that is a major change. Here it still feels like Jessica is fully in control. Alia feels like a future state and doesn't feel present.
- where does Chani's complete distrust of the prophecy come from? why is she so alone in that? how much of the prophecy does she know about? does she hate the Desert Spring name because she knew about that part of it? How she, seemingly on her own holds fast in not believing in Paul being the one, and not following him completely kind of takes away from the betrayal in the end. I mean - she had pulled away from him so much in the second half so was it surprising?
She should be wearing her goggles in the last scene if she is going to go riding a worm
- But what exactly does the water of life do??? because with Paul - it is like it changed him into the dictator guy when i don't think thats what is supposed to happen. Does he believe he is the one or is he playing the game? At times it feels like Jessica is playing a game and others she really believes and i found that hard to figure out so just went with it. I don't like Paul now.
Side note - "Uisce beatha" is the Irish for Whiskey but the literal translation is "water of life"
Everything was soooooo rushed in the end. Feyd - yeah he was creepy but you knew he wasn't going to last long
Bene Gesserit - i don't fully get all of that. feels like they are making it up as they go. what does Irulan know and is she a pawn or is she more in control. what does the emperor know? Did Walken know what movie he was in? 2 mice
Bautista was scary in the first one. what did they do to his character here? Am i really supposed to believe Elvis can beat Drax?
- Josh Brolin....yeah, rolls with it all to get the power for the family he follows. if that means go with a prophecy or whatever...sure ok....
Javier - i mean......life of brian
Is there a real prophecy or is it all engineered or both?
Everyone did well with their respective roles based on what they had to work with. I will see the third one when it happens to finish it out but I am not so invested to care when it happens.
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dlrconlicense · 4 months
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Louise Brealey On Starring In BBC Three’s Upcoming Comedy Such Brave Girls
Such Brave Girls will arrive on BBC iPlayer on 22 November
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Louise Brealey is perhaps best known for her witty portrayal of lovelorn morgue technician Molly Hooper in Sherlock – but we’re loving her recent comedy work even more. She’ll next be seen in the BBC‘s hotly anticipated comedy Such Brave Girls, coming later this month. Written by Kate Sadler, Louise plays Deb, the matriarch of a dysfunctional family, trying and failing to keep her kamikaze daughters from disaster. We sat down with Louise to hear all about it.
Interview: Louise Brealey
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Hi Louise, how’s life going at the moment?
Hello! It’s been a busy summer – my new film has been doing the festival circuit so there have been a lot of planes, trains and automobiles.
You’re about to star in BBC’s new series Such Brave Girls – can you give us an elevator pitch for the show?
Two messed-up twenty-something (real-life) sisters [Kat Sadler and Lizzie Davidson] and their total car crash of a mother attempt to navigate their way out of disaster and into love.
You play Deb – can you describe her?
Deb is amazing. She’s a shockingly bad mum who has completely messed up her two Gen Z daughters. I think of her as one of those vending machines at railway stations and swimming pools where you can get a Twix, but all that’s on her shelves is Tough Love.
What was it like playing her?
A terrifying hoot – she has a lot of lines.
How did you get into character/prepare for the role?
I based Deb on a little girl I used to know. You could see every emotion on her face. Guile, rage, confusion, fear. When she was cross, she scowled. When she was delighted, she beamed.
I used my real accent: Northamptonshire. It has softened over the years, so I sound a lot posher now, but it’s how my family speak and I’ve never had the chance to work using it.
Any funny stories from rehearsals or filming?
The scenes requiring our amazing intimacy coordinator, Elle McAlpine, were hysterically funny and genuinely not at all awkward. Poor Paul Bazely who plays Dev may have experienced some chafing.
What is the cast dynamic? Who was your favourite person to work with?
We are like a little family when we are filming. I feel very protective of Kat and Lizzie. And Paul is a wonderful human being and a phenomenal actor.
Are you still in touch with any of your co-stars?
Yes, we message all the time.
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You’re perhaps best known for your role as Molly in Sherlock. What is that like to look back on?
Bittersweet because I don’t feel we finished it, and we have lost Una Stubbs. But it was incredible to be a part of what was really a phenomenon. It couldn’t happen now with streaming.
Any special memories from the show?
Too many. Having a candle in an egg custard tart (my favourite) on my birthday in Benedict’s trailer… Laughing and laughing with darling Una and Rupert Graves, who is a dreamboat.
You’ve also starred in the likes of Lockwood & Co, Brian and Charles and Back recently. But what has been your favourite project to date?
I loved working on Clique for the BBC a few years back. I got to play a hard-ass Queen Bee university lecturer in power suits who was afraid of no one, and then to completely fall apart. In an Edinburgh accent.
I loved Lockwood & Co. How does it feel for the show to be cancelled after just one series?
I felt so bad for the young cast, the crew, the fans and everyone whose livelihoods depended on the show coming back. It got such fantastic reviews and great viewing figures. I feel like the hoop it had to jump through for the streamer was just too impossibly small.
Any roles in the pipeline that you’re excited about? (If you’re allowed to tell us!)
I’m the lead in a lesbian chicken factory musical film called Chuck Chuck Baby.
Who has been your favourite actor to work with in the past?
This is much too hard. There have been so many that I admired, and some I now call dear friends. But my buddy Jeff Rawle I’ve worked with three times now, and we are trying to make it a fourth.
Which co-star did you learn the most from?
Antonia Pemberton, who played Nanny in Peter Hall’s Uncle Vanya when I was Sonya. She told me not to keep tomatoes in the fridge.
What’s your dream role?
I’m desperate to get back on stage. I’ve been doing film and television for the past seven years, but theatre is my heart and my home.
What’s a genre you’d like to do more of?
I’d like a good horror. I can’t watch them because I’m a scaredy-cat, but I’d love to be in one.
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Do you get to spend much time at home?
Not enough. I’ve been gadding about.
Do you live in the town or the country? Which do you prefer?
I’ve lived in London since I left university. I live on a hill next to an oak tree, so it feels like we are in the branches. I can never leave London because I’d miss the culture stuff, but I am a woodland creature.
What’s your interior design style?
A mish-mash of old things I’ve found in auctions. Too many books.
How do you find balance in your personal and work lives?
I don’t.
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
An astronaut.
If you could give advice to your 15-year-old self, what would it be?
Don’t sleep with that guy’s flatmate when you are 21.
How can we all live a little bit better?
Choose love.
Anything fun in the pipeline – professionally or personally?
I’m going to run away to a southern European city for January and February to write.
Quick Fire
I’m currently watching… Only Murders in the Building
What I’m reading… We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The last thing I watched (and loved) was… Silo. I love Rebecca Ferguson.
What I’m most looking forward to seeing… The Motive and the Cue with Mark Gatiss in the West End because I was away for its National Theatre run.
Favourite film of all time… Don’t Look Now
Favourite song of all time… ‘Disco 2000’ by Pulp
Band/singer I always have on repeat… Leonard Cohen
My ultimate cultural recommendation… Join all the museums and galleries
Cultural guilty pleasure… Overcooked 2. It’s computer game where you run around and try to make kebabs.
What’s next for me is… Walking my dog in Beckenham Place Park – it’s south London’s secret mini Hampstead Heath.
Watch
Louise Brealey stars in Such Brave Girls, on BBC iPlayer from 22 November. bbc.co.uk
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Oh, this is very interesting. I assume you mean like from the DR3 anime, so (rubs hands together)
DR69:
Luigi - going into a room with the lights on (as no. 2, isn’t it your duty to be in the dark? Also this could stir up some interesting situations in the dark)
Mario - running or jumping (can’t yahoo his way out of this one)
Peter - talking (yep not a peep outta funny family moments guy, no cutaway gags no nothing, what will tiktoks use for footage now)
Brian - reading or writing (no books, no laptops, no pens. He won’t be needing them)
Miku - speaking in English (as an idol, it’s her goal to spread her voice to everyone around the world, so what if it was limited? She can still speak Japanese, and Chinese, but only a select few will understand her. Sure, it’s fine for those who can translate, but what if she was in a dire situation with someone who couldn’t…?)
Teto - Hatsune Miku dying (since she loves her so much, she’ll do anything to protect her, even if that goes for protecting her own life too)
Nagito - telling the truth (kinda like his despair disease, seems he can only lie or keep quiet… How can someone who hardly has any trust here gain any now?)
Sans - telling a joke/pun (at first this was gonna be a joke answer, but… it would be tough for him to remain serious in situations where he’d rather not be)
Parappa - crying (he really has to keep believing now, or else he’ll be clawing not to let all those emotions spill out)
Fluttershy - touching another animal participant that isn’t herself (therefore she cannot tend to any of them if the time comes)
Ashley - being more than a room apart from another person (ultimately forcing her to stick around people rather than isolate herself)
Ayano - not killing anyone in 20 days (this would really challenge her “yandere” persona, and reluctance to kill here)
2D - listening to music (this goes for music out of speakers, hearing someone sing, and even humming a tune. Man loves music so what if no song machine /album ref)
Mr. Krabs - giving or accepting a bargain (not just with money, but favours, requests, and payback all count too)
Dedede - fighting with another participant (whether physically or verbally)
The Conductor - witnessing any act of violence (since he is usually is very disregarding of other’s safety, especially during filming his own movies, perhaps now he has a chance to redeem himself with preventing danger)
DR96:
Hayasaka - giving the poison antidote he was provided to someone else (he can save someone else who triggered their action, at the cost of his own life…. (I smile deviously))
Kurumada - flirting with Hayasaka /JJJ ok but actually using his physical strength to protect someone (this goes for violent acts such as punching, or manual labour such as catching heavy objects from falling)
Mai - making eye contact with anyone (she’s such an outgoing, bubbly gal… so what if she could never meet someone eye to eye ever again? Never being able to look at the ones she loves properly… oh my)
Walter - telling a lie (cue a Walter White version of the Pinnochio scene from Shrek 3)
Jesse - swearing (Jesse don’t say “bitch” challenge impossible 5 dead 20 injured)
Saiki - using his telepathy to communicate (either open your mouth or say nothing, Saiki, your choice)
Kaidou - daydreaming (this includes roleplaying as the Jet Black wings and wearing his bandages and blazer over his shoulders, no more fantasies grow up boy /jjj)
Retsuko - raising her voice (this goes for her heavy metal screaming as well, she can’t stand up for herself anymore seeing as she mostly did it on her own in private)
Natsuki - being called “cute” (I think this would be simple but effective, cue her attempting to never share her forbidden action, and doing all she can to never be called such a thing, even going so far to be as rude as possible even if she doesn’t want to be)
Yuri - everyone does not die in 30 days (if she really wants everyone to die, she’ll do all that she can to make sure it happens before it’s too late for her. Whether she utilises their forbidden actions to do the trick or not is up for thought…)
Hiroshi - touching white objects (such as plates, paper, his own scarf… how practical can one practical boy be now?)
Brian - witnessing spiritual or supernatural activity (this could be talk of religion, going to the Shrine, reading books about such things, and anything to do with Mr. Devil…)
Bojack - participating in the consumption of alcohol (rip this guy IMMEDIATELY)
Latte - verbally conversing with a student (she can be around them, and use body language, but speaking is a no-no, so much for being a professor huh-)
L - performing any of his usual quirks (includes sitting with his knees up, eating sweets, holding things with his index finger and thumb etc., L be normal challenge)
Ena - changing emotional states (meaning they can’t go into their sad, drunk, depressed etc. states. Oh boy get ready for a challenge folks)
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