#also yeah canonically bonnie swears all the time

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The tumblr q&a is over, but I was curious! I love all the different phrases the characters in isat/sasasa:p use--If it's something you can say, where did inspiration for "gems alive" and other phrases come from?

THANK YOU FOR ASKING BECAUSE I GET TO TALK ABOUT WORLDBUILDING AND SWEAR WORDS AND BRANDON SANDERSON

long post ahead

ok so when I was figuring out the world, I found this lecture on worldbuilding by Brandon Sanderson (go watch it, and also go read his books), and (im gonna paraphrase heavily here) one thing he mentioned is that, to make a memorable world, one thing you can do is pick a couple areas of culture, and go real deep with it. So like, pick fashion, and architecture, and interior design, and develop those a bunch, and bam! you convinced people you have a whole dang world, even though you only developed 3 areas of this world. hollow iceberg everyone thinks is a real iceberg.

he also mentioned the idea of like... getting weird with it? and develop based on a weird detail? for example, in his book The Stormlight Archives, one detail is that women have to hide their left hand at all times. ok, so what does that mean, whats taboo about a left hand? is the left hand shameful, or lewd somehow, the same way ankles were for us? what about fashion, what does women's fashion look like? and how do you live your every day life, knowing you can't show this hand, can you carry things the same way? etc

SO, for me, one of the Big Worldbuilding pillars i picked was, uh, swear words lol. or language and common expressions, more generally. i went on a whole journey where i was like... ok swear words in a LOT of languages (including french and english, both languages i speak fluently) are either sexual, or about gross bodily discharges. you know what words i mean!!!!!

and, well, i also didnt want the game to be full of those words, mostly because i think its a tightrope to use those words without seeming cringe, and also because i have a Core Memory of showing a comic to a colleague and she said "well i wouldve liked to show it to my kids, but you said fuck 12 times in there" and i didnt show my face to her for a week. family friendly family friendly family friendly

so what swear words should my characters use, that arent the same ones we use? and could those swear words actually tell us something about the world they live in? could i actually use those swear words... to show the characters come from different cultures???

and what COULD swear words be like, if theyre not about sex or body stuff? well irl they're usually about religions or belief. "oh god", "goddamnit", etc. as a sidenote, stuff like "oh my god" or "geez" arent used, because jesus christ is not canon to the ISAT universe. alright

i decided very early on i wouldnt have those in the game either, but i COULD have them be about the religions specific to this world. and for insults, i could have them be about stuff those beliefs would see as lesser.

anyway instead of talking about "gems alive" lets talk about "crab"

isabeau+mirabelle+bonnie use "crab" as a swear word because they follow a religion all around change, bettering yourself, evolving, and, the crab meme,

for those who dont get the joke, its about carcinisation, and about how a bunch of non-crab-like forms somehow evolved to a crab-like form. which would be horrible, for a religion all based around change!!! you mean we change and evolve, but theres a chance we might all become crabs??? CRAB!!!!!!!

anyway having "crab" kinda reads as 1. swear word 2. thats funny and weird (sets the tone) 3. tells you they know what crabs are (world not that different from ours, AND means they live close-ish to the coast, aka not land locked) and 4. crabs are somehow hated/feared, even if as the player you dont get why, it shows this country has its own culture (even if you dont get the crabs joke, which uuuh apparently doesnt work as well in countries that dont have this specific meme. WHATEVER!!!!)

(a few people came to me saying "heh, i get it, because crab and crap are very similar words" and um actually i did not think about that. crab is just a funny word on its own, and also i am a comedy genius without even trying)

anyway tldr: swear words as a worldbuilding tool. soon in theaters

[plainemmanem]

I feel like Steve is just totally obsessed with titties. like yeah we joke it's canon he's a boob guy but like I feel in my bones that when he sees yours it's like. all thoughts leave his brain. he's mesmerised. the bounce. the softness. the colour of your nipples. he can't deal w it

yes totally

when you’re in bed making out and you’re straddling his waist, you’ll lean back all breathless to take your top off and he swears it’s his favorite part, getting to see your tits pop out with a little jiggle and he’s just immediately mesmerized. and rock hard. he’ll bite his lip and shoot his eyes up to yours with a little “can i?” look as he reaches his hands out to hold them. he’s always like “they’re literally the perfect size for my hands. did you do that on purpose. be honest with me” and he’ll just sit there and mush them around for a second, squeezing them in his palm and playing with the nipple to feel you squirm in his lap and pull little sounds from you. until eventually he can’t take it anymore and he leans forward to kiss and suck up your neck and across your collarbones as he gropes at your tits. when you ride him, he usually has one hand on them at all times. he also definitely has names for them. like bonnie and clyde. or “the girls.” absolute dork.

[of-a-chaotic-mind]

That Escalated Quickly

Summary: Reader goes to a party with her friends to gather info on a new group of vampires in town that want Klaus dead. However, she’s kidnapped and Klaus must rescue her. The result? An eternity with the love of her life I suppose.

TW/CW: Klaus Mikaelson x Female!Reader. Canon violence ig? Blood, gun and gunshot wound, knife and stab wound, yeah canon violence about sums it up well.

Requested?: No

Word Count: 1,788

A/N: So, I googled whether a human dying with Klaus’s blood in their system would actually make them a vampire but I didn’t find anything so let’s just assume it would lol. Also, this turned out way longer than I had expected/planned. It’s been quite a while since I’ve watched tvd so I apologize if the transition is inaccurate :/ Anyway, I hope you enjoy the read! Requests are open and as always, love to all! P.S. when I say I would simp for this man... he and Elijah would be the death of meeeee.

Prompt: “Too bad the party is going to be hosted by people who want you dead. I heard they have a chocolate fountain.”   “Don’t tempt me.”

Your POV

    I adjust my outfit in the mirror as my boyfriend enters the room behind me. “My don’t you look ravishing,” he says as he wraps his arms around my waist and places soft kisses along my neck. I giggled at the tickle of his stubble and worm my way out of his arms to add the finishing touches to my outfit.  

    I notice him pouting out of the corner of my eye and make my way back to him as I finish my outfit, “Too bad the party is going to be hosted by people who want you dead. I heard they have a chocolate fountain.”

    “Don’t tempt me,” he responds as I kiss his cheek and make my way out of our room to head downstairs and join the others. He follows closely behind and when I finally come to a stop downstairs, he wraps me in his arms once again and this time he full on buries his face in my neck. I can tell he’s not happy about the current mission. There’s a new group of vampires in Mystic Falls, the leader of which does not like Klaus at all. From what I heard it’s probably for a good reason but I’m not exactly keen on letting my boyfriend get killed for a mistake he made in the past.

    Klaus is under orders to stay home and Elijah and Rebekah are staying behind to ensure that he follows said orders. Elena, Jeremy, Bonnie, Matt, Alaric and myself will be mingling among the party guests in attempts to pick up any information we can about the new vampires but of course at the request of Klaus and supply of Alaric and Jeremy, we’ll all be armed with stakes. Damon, Stefan, Caroline, and Tyler are all tasked with discretely patrolling the perimeter and listening for whatever they can. For the most part, they’re there in case we need back up.  

    I take the stake offered to me by Alaric and stuff it into the sleeve of my jacket and look around to make sure everyone is ready. As they are, I pry myself away from Klaus and press a quick kiss to his lips before heading out, “I’ll be fine, babe. Try not to worry too much while we’re gone.” I join the others outside and then we head off for the party.

    Upon entering the house, my senses are already overwhelmed by the smell of booze and the deep bass thumping music. I follow Elena and Bonnie off towards the kitchen for a drink and leave the guys at the door looking around like lost puppies. I glance back and chuckle at the looks on their faces before turning back around to make sure I don’t lose Elena and Bonnie. We somehow manage to find something non-alcoholic in the kitchen and pour each of ourselves some to drink before departing the kitchen to wander among the crowd filling the large house.

    Everything goes without a hitch for quite some time but the information pool is pretty dry. Finally, I decide that my bladder can’t take much more and head for the bathroom with promises to Elena and Bonnie to meet them and the guys back in the kitchen when I’m done. I find the bathroom without any issues, do my business, and then start to head back to the kitchen when I bump into a man who’s blocking the long hallway. “Uh, dude? Could you move? I need to get through,” I say as I try to go around him but he sidesteps to block my path.

    “You’ll make excellent bait,” comes a scratchy voice behind me.

    I turn around to face the newcomer, “Excuse me?”  

    “His scent is all over you. Don’t act stupid,” is his only answer. Shit. I drop the stake out of my sleeve and into my hand but before I can even begin to think of an escape plan, the man behind me grabs the stake and tosses it off behind him. Next thing I know, everything goes black and I have a splitting headache.

Third Person POV

    Elena and Bonnie pause their conversation as Alaric, Jeremy, and Matt make their way over. Elena tilts her head, “Hey, did you guys happen to see (Y/n) on your way in here?”

    They all shake their head and Alaric answers, “No, why? Should we be worried?”     Elena and Bonnie share a look. “Possibly,” Bonnie answers, “She went to the bathroom about 20 minutes ago and still isn’t back.”

    “I’ll go outside and let Damon and the others know. You four split up and see if you can find her,” Alaric orders before heading to the front door, the others splitting up to search as he does. Once he steps outside, Alaric pulls his phone out and dials Damon’s number.  

    It only rings once before the oldest Salvatore picks up, “Yeah, what’s up?”

    “We’ve lost track of (Y/n) the girl’s said she went to the bathroom about 20 minutes ago but they haven’t seen her since. They’re inside with Jeremy and Matt looking for her now,” Alaric answers promptly.

    “Alright, looks like they took the bait. I’ll let Elijah know, we’ll need Klaus to track her down,” comes Damon’s response.

    “Are we sure that’s a good idea? This guy wants Klaus dead,” Alaric inquires once again for the third time this evening.     “I told you, Klaus can handle himself. The only reason he’s not here is because (Y/n) insisted that he stay out of danger,” Damon replies with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

    “Okay, if you say so. I’ll round up the others and we can head back to the house for him,” Alaric says before hanging up the phone and heading back inside. Almost immediately he finds Elena, Bonnie, Jeremy, and Matt waiting for him.

    Elena who’s on the phone perks up, “Hello! (Y/n)? Where are you?” She’s quiet as whoever is on the other end of the line says something. She looks at the others with concern plastered across her face, “I swear if you hurt her-” she’s interrupted and listens for a moment before hanging up the phone angrily and storming out of the house with the others in hot pursuit. Elena stomps over to where the vampires and werewolf have gathered, “They have her. They gave an address and said to make sure Klaus comes alone.”

    “Oh, he’s going to be pissed,” Tyler adds.

    “What are we going to do? We can’t just send Klaus in alone, can we?” Caroline questions the group.

    Stefan, Damon, and Alaric all seem to share a look before Stefan answers, “We’ll leave that decision up to him.” With that, everyone climbs into the vehicles and heads back towards the Mikaelson’s home.

    When the group piles out of the vehicles and steps inside the house, Klaus storms over, “Where is she?”

    “Klaus, would you slow down and get your head on straight before you go barging into danger?” Rebekah pleas with her brother.

    “Where. Is. She?” Klaus barks.

    Everyone exchanges glances at each other, silently arguing over who will be the one to tell him. Finally, Elena speaks up, “There’s an old warehouse just outside of town. They have her there. They said to come alone.”

    Without saying another word, Klaus is gone. Everyone looks to Elijah who takes a deep breath, “We’ll follow but we’ll keep our distance. If I know my brother, he won’t want to put her in any more danger than she’s already in, even if it means risking his life.”

    As they all head off in pursuit of Klaus, Rebekah speaks up again, “Surely, they can’t actually kill him, can they? He’s a bloody Original for crying out loud.”

    “I don’t know, Rebekah. All we can do right now is hope for the best,” Elijah answers.

Your POV     I open my eyes slowly but the bright lights overhead still hurt my eyes. I look around and find myself in an old abandoned warehouse. My arms are chained to a rafter above my head and my feet are shackled to the floor. A tall, scraggly looking man steps into view, “Ah you’re awake.”

    I recognize that voice as one of the men that ambushed me, “You’re pretty brave, you know that? You must be to kidnap the girlfriend of an original vampire.”

    “Awwww boo hoo, he’s getting what he deserves,” the man mocks. Then the front door of the warehouse is kicked down and in walks my boyfriend.

    I glare at him with a frown on my face, “I thought I told you to keep your ass out of danger?”

    “Did you really think I’d listen?” he responds before launching himself after the men around me. It seems almost instantly that the men are wiped out. However, not before one of them manages to run me through with a knife. I can tell I don’t have long but Klaus breaks the chains holding my arms up and gently lays me on the ground, placing my head in his lap. He bites a gash into his forearm before placing it to my lips. I can sense the others gathering around us as I let Klaus’s blood enter my system. Within mere seconds the wound on my abdomen closes up and stops bleeding. Klaus helps me to my feet and we begin to follow the others back out to the vehicles. Suddenly, I hear a gunshot and feel immense pain in my back.  

    The man swears but is quickly cut off by Elijah who rips the man’s heart out of his chest. Klaus clutches me close to him, “I’m sorry, love. I should’ve been more careful.”

    I laugh softly, “It’s alright, this was bound to happen eventually.”

    When I wake up again, I find myself in mine and Klaus’s bedroom. Upon entering the room, Klaus notices that I’m awake and offers me a glass of what’s presumably blood. I down the glass as he climbs into bed beside me and wraps his arms around me. He presses a kiss to my forehead before asking, “What did you mean when you said that this was bound to happen eventually?”

    I shrug and wipe my mouth, “It’s not like I want to grow old and die when I have such an amazing boyfriend and friends that I’d leave behind.”

    “I suppose that’s fair, but I’d much rather you not have to go through all this,” he replies quietly.

    “Don’t start blaming yourself. That will only make matters worse. Besides, I have basically have the professionals of how to be a vampire to teach me, I’ll be okay,” I laugh softly and cuddle closer into his chest before dozing off to sleep.

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Taglist: @emiijemii​ @akshi8278​ 

[thefanficmonster]

Hey Vy! 📚🌻 Here!

How is your week going? My roller skates just got here and I'm so happy omg! My protective gear haven't got here yet so I'm trying not to fall but a almost hit my face so many times- i have to stop for some time now because I need to clean my room :_: but here's your three words of this week: Paradise, curly, radio

A lot a lot looot of loveee,

📚🌻.

Hi darling 📚🌻 !

Please be extra careful until your protective gear arrives, I'd hate to hear you've injured yourself 🥺 Anyways, hope you have fun with your roller skates (always stay safe though)! 🥰

Here comes a short drabble with your three words! This one’s gonna be a little different though - no OCs and not for the Resident Evil fandom, but rather the How To Get Away With Murder fandom, more specifically - for my favorite relatioship/characters on the show! Hope you enjoy!

All my love, Vy 💌

Better

Laurel Castillo x Frank Delfino (How To Get Away With Murder - AU: Canon Divergence; AU where the characters tolerate each other XD)

Warnings: Slight spoilers (Nothing too major though), Swearing

Laurel runs a hand through Chris’ curly hair, admiring how peaceful he looks now that he’s finally asleep. He’s got a fever that’s been giving him crying fits for two days now. Having to deal with a sick two-year-old while simultaneously trying to keep up with work and her final studies has been exhausting to no end. She’s been receiving some help from Michaela who seems utterly desperate to keep herself busy at all times, even when she’s supposed to be relaxing just so her mind doesn’t spiral into the void of loneliness she’s fallen victim to as of recent. Connor and Ollie have babysat for her a few times as well, another gesture she’s incredibly grateful for. Asher has offered to look after the toddler too on numerous occasions but that’s one offer Laurel’s never taken up. She appreciates him offering her his help, but everyone would justify this action of hers considering how reckless Asher can be at times - aka 90% of the time.

The Keating 5 has come through for her when it comes to both looking after Chris and keeping up with her studies, proving their friendship to be  one of those rare ones. However, Keating 5 aside, she’s received the most amount of help from one particular person. Someone who’s prepared to turn up at her doorstep at three in the morning if she needs him.

Frank Delfino

The two had a rocky start, to say the least. Their on-again-off-again relationship as colleagues with benefits. Their constant back and fourth. Then came Frank’s disappearance and Laurel’s involvement with Wes, all occurrences blowing huge holes not only in their romantic relationship but also their friendship which has always been a second away from ceasing to exist, all things considered. Friendship is hard to maintain with such a strong, hypnotic and magnetic romantic connection. Some people just weren’t meant to be friends, ever. Frank and Laurel are among them.

Speaking of Frank, the man’s been rather concerned lately, the lack of calls and messages from Laurel worrying him more with each passing day. He overheard Michaela mention Chris’ fever in passing conversation with Asher when she was bailing on a date with the excuse of helping Laurel look after the sick toddler. He’d been surprised to hear that, initially thinking it was a cheap excuse of Michaela’s to avoid spending time with Asher considering things between them have grown sort of complicated. But when Connor confirmed this claim of hers, Frank couldn’t help but grow very concerned. He’s grown used to knowing what’s going on with Chris and Laurel before everyone else so having someone else be in the know while he was kept in the dark made him feel oddly jealous and hurt.

And he could only hold his worries and assumptions at bay so long...

Responding to the knock at the door, knowing who it probably is at this hour, Laurel contemplates whether opening the door would be the right thing to do. She’s double-checked that it is indeed him, that bringing her more uncertainty than comfort, oddly enough. She’s been doing her best to distance herself from him and his life for quite a while now. She’s been meaning to give him an opportunity at a normal life, away from her mess and chaos. She’s been wanting to give him an escape from the fiasco she always finds herself dragging him into.

But he still comes back to her, by his own choice.

“Laurel, it’s me.“ His coarse voice reaches her from the other side of the door.

“Yeah...“ She trails off, forcing her hand up to turn the lock, “...I know.“

Opening the door reveals the concern on his face a lot better than she saw through the peephole. It makes her heart swell up and all she wants to do is throw her arms around him in a tight embrace. But she can’t do that, she won’t. She’s not willing to give him any reason to hold onto her whatsoever. In her eyes, he deserves a lot better. And maybe he does, but he doesn’t want anything or anyone better.

“Hey...“ he mutters, unsure of how to start of the interaction. Things have never been easy between them and, looking back, it seems like they’ve only gotten harder. Somehow, their connection has only grown stronger though. A connection he wants to uphold and a connection she wants to sever.

“Hey...What are you doing here so late?“ Ok, that’s a sustainable question considering it’s 10PM, but then again he’s come to her apartment at odder hours. Only difference is, those other times, she called him over.

“Though I’d check on you. You’ve been rather dead with calls and texts recently. Also missed Chris, heard he had a fever so I got worried.“ She hears the undertone of accusation in his voice loud and clear. It makes her bite her lip with guilt she wishes she wasn’t feeling, especially when she’s supposed to be doing the right thing.

You can’t decide for him. If he wants to keep coming back, that’s on him.

That thought hasn’t crossed her mind yet. It almost feels like she’s letting herself off the hook, feeding into the temptation to embrace what her and Frank have.

“You hungry?“ Now that is a bit more out-of-place question, but it’s accompanied by her taking a step back to allow him inside, “I ordered Thai food I never got to finish.“

He follows the signal, growing a bit more hopeful now that she’s let him in the apartment, thinking maybe she isn’t avoiding him after all. “Loss of appetite?”

“Partly.“ She replies, hearing the click of Frank locking the front door before following her in the kitchen where the hanging lights are dimmed. “Chris was throwing a fuss all day, I couldn’t really do much but focus on him.“ She motions to the living room where the coffee table is littered with sheets of paper and highlighters, some of which have found a spot on the floor as well. “Not to mention the ton of crap I need to do for school and work.“

“Would’ve been a lot easier on you had you called me, you know?“ He comments, walking over to the fridge, taking out the two packs of Thai takeout, suggesting she had been expecting him. She wasn’t really, she was just quietly hoping he’d show up at her doorstep.

“Didn’t wanna bother you. It’s nothing serious, a simple cold, I can handle it.“ She replies, approaching the small vintage radio in the corner of the kitchen counter, turning it on to a quiet volume so some tunes could fill the silences that are bound to occur frequently with the amount of tension between them.

“You could never bother me, Laurel. I’ve told you countless times before...“ putting the food he’s now moved onto a large plate into the microwave and turning the machine on, he turns to look at her, “I love Chris like he’s my son. In my eyes, he is my son and I love him with all my heart. Just like I love you.“

Instead of allowing the deafening quiet to take over them again - the soft music from the radio aside - Laurel lets the loudness of her mind surface. She lets it seep through the barriers she built in order to protect herself and protect everyone around her from herself: “Do you never stop to think you deserve better, Frank? Better than some grown-ass woman with her life in shambles and a kid whose father’s dead. Do you not think you deserve someone who knows what they want and where they’re headed with their life? Someone who...” her confidence is slowly leaving her to fend for herself and so she does, the best she can. “Someone who can cook and do their projects and work and take care of her son simultaneously. Someone better, Frank! Do you never want someone better?”

She hadn’t realized her eyes had been darting all over the place, looking everywhere but at him. How that her gaze has once again landed on his face, she feels her stomach turn at what she sees. That concerned, hurt and disappointed frown only further fuels her guilt, making her wish she’d never opened the door in the first place.

“Laurel, where’s this all coming from? Did Bonnie say something to you cause if she did...“ she cuts him off.

“No, she didn’t. I’ve been thinking about it for a while now actually. All I am to you is trouble and a burden and...“ he gets back at her, cutting her off himself.

“And you’re none of those things, Laurel. Your view of yourself is interfering with your perception of this, of us, of what we have. You and Chris are my family. The family I choose. It’s not about deserve or idealism - it’s about what brings you joy and makes you feel complete. What and who makes you feel at home. Who is your home.“ Always cautious of her personal space, Frank takes a hesitant step towards her and another when she doesn’t back away. “Lord knows it’s no paradise, but what we have is special, Laurel, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in this world.“

Against her best attempts at keeping her emotions at bay, Laurel feels her eyes brimming with tears as she gazes up at the man she’s never been in the clear with. She never realizes what he means to her until it’s too late. She only realized she loved him when he disappeared. She only realized he meant the world to her when he had already slipped from her grip. And she refuses to continue that pattern.

Instead, she’ll work on finding out what they are exactly and even if she doesn’t reach that epiphany, she’ll still embrace it, no matter the oddity and unfamiliarity of it all.

“Thank you.“ she manages to whisper past the knot in her throat.

“Don’t thank me, you should never thank me for the things I do for you or Chris. I choose to do them. I choose to be here. I choose you because I want you. You and no one else, Laurel.“

Just then, the microwave beeps, alerting the two that their close-to-midnight meal is warmed up. Taking the plate out and placing it on the counter to cool down a little, he turns to her with a small smile on his face, “Let’s see what’s so troubling about that project of yours, shall we?”

And just like that, the tension has lifted, allowing for a smile to appear on her face as well. That ease of the mind is not something she’s been very used to throughout her life, constantly having shit to worry about and people to deal with. That’s why she’s never wanted to be a burden on someone’s back. She’s never wanted to be a major part in someone’s life, at least not until she gets her shit together.

And although she might never get her shit together, she’s got someone she loves and someone who loves her by her side. Lord knows he hasn’t been on top of his own shit either. At least they’ll be figuring it all out together.

[zigtheeortega]

ride or die playlist

by @pixeljazzy and @zigtheeortega

so after pj made this post, and was encouraged by @choicesarehard to make a playlist for rodaw, i reached out to her and we decided to collab! this is a comprehensive playlist, with explanations for each song. some being the lyrics fit really well, but others are because the vibe fits the characters (in our opinion), not necessarily the song meaning.

putting the song explanations under the cut, since it’ll be long! songs picked by pj have [p] next to it and mine have [j] next to it! hope you enjoy it!

Logan

What You Know Bout Love, Pop Smoke [p]

I had to apply the pressure, ‘cause you my hidden treasure / I think I’m falling in love 

Are we surprised this song is first? C’mon now. Anyway, literally when I heard it for the first time, I was like this is the love song that I could see someone just vibing to in a car with their partner, at a house party in the corner serenading their boo, etc. and then BOOM a vision of Hieron and Logan in a car appeared because I could totally see this as their vibe. Just the thought of Logan rapping this line to Hieron clears my skin.

[p.s. pj wrote a fic based on this song and it’s perfect you should read it]

The Way, Trippie Redd ft. Russ [p]

We’re lost but, babe, we found the way

Because Logan and MC are two teens are a mess lowkey and don’t know what they want from life quite yet but they know they got it together.

Think About Me, dvsn [p]

This song is just radiating Logan and MC parting ways vibes

FIND MY WAY, DaBaby [p]

I feel like as Logan is driving away from MC to god knows where, this is something he’d definitely drive to

Seasons, 6lack ft. Khalid [p]

You’re lucky the greatest thing I can do is marry you / ‘cause if I could, I’d spill my blood

I absolutely adore this slow, chill song, and feel like this is something MC and Logan would be listening to as they unwind in their loft, and with the favorite line, I think it encapsulates how much Logan truly loves and would do anything for MC

Idfc, blackbear [p]

This is giving me Logan vibes after the reveal where MC leaves the shop and he’s just reeling in his emotions and feelings and is just purely in his bag thinking about everything

Hide, Juice WRLD ft. Seezyn [p]

Really think I found my home, shorty made me feel at home

Think I met my soulmate, yeah, I know it

Dusk Till Dawn, ZAYN ft. Sia [p]

But you’ll never be alone / I’ll be with you from dusk till dawn / I’ll be with you from dusk till dawn / Baby, I’m right here

This song hurts me so so much but it’s giving me MC sleeping on Logan’s chest type of vibes while he’s up because he can’t sleep and he’ . Also reminds me of Logan because we all know that infamous line “I was just a rock in space lucky enough to burn up in your atmosphere for a moment,” and I feel like this was an unspoken if you look to the stars you’ll know I’m always with you type beat.

Fool In Love, Rihanna [p]

Mama, I found a man / who loves me and understands / papa, he’s quite a man / he adores me, he’s my biggest fan

Okay so y’all remember how MC was having a mini identity crisis and didn’t know which version of herself she was? And Logan was listening and understanding and processing everything she was ranting about but in the end was just like no matter which one you decide, I like all of you? Yeah, that. Along with him just supporting her whenever he can, even though sometimes it can be overbearing, and him just loving watching her change and grow before his eyes (even though we not gonna mention the part of him that doesn’t love that change, feeling guilty for the person she’s becoming and how it could change her life, and the initial intentions he had although how he feels now is genuine) is literally what I think about with these lines

And don’t get me wrong, I know he’s not perfect in your eyes / but somehow he’s flawless in mine

Papa, did I let you down? / Are you ashamed of how your little girl turned out?

This is the lyric that really gets me because one of the things I loved about Ride or Die was the complicated relationship MC had with her father as it was something that resonated so strongly with me. So this one right here really just encapsulates an aspect of that because when MC’s on her this is who I am now and I know you resent that because he genuinely is so hurt and in shock of how his girl changed before his eyes, beyond the reigns of control that he once had, and he can’t do anything else but process and accept that his little girl isn’t so little anymore, rolling around with the people he tried so hard to keep her away from.

Roll Dice, Roddy Rich [j]

I seen the Reap’ come / Live my life I had to roll dice / Been through strife, my heart is cold as ice

I’m a star, I’m just hidden in the low light

Pretty explanatory, considering Logan’s been through a considerable amount of situations that put him in harm’s way and he’s come out stronger (and considerably more detached) each time.

Story Of Us, Tinashe [j]

Yeah, you’re the prince of my heart / And now there ain’t no way they can keep us apart, keep us apart

This song reminds me of Logan and MC a lot because it’s an optimistic take on their relationship as a whole and the sad ending.

You Know That I Love You, Donnell Jones [j]

You know that I love you / And that ain’t gon’ change / And though you’re not here with me now / My love for you stays the same

I think Logan would listen to R&B, specifically sappy 90’s R&B, and this line reminds me of them perfectly. I mean just listen to it, it’s perfect.

My Favorite Part, Mac Miller & Ariana Grande [j]

Said, you just don’t know how beautiful you are / And baby that’s my favorite part / You walk around so clueless to it all / Like nobody gonna break your heart

Said, the universe couldn’t keep us apart / Why would it even try?

Before things come together, they have to fall apart

Logan says from the get go that he thinks it’s wild that MC is modest and that he’s surprised she hadn’t gotten a lot of attention from guys. The other song lyrics I mentioned remind me a lot of their separation.

Colt

Me And My Girlfriend, Tupac Shakur [j]

Lost in the whirlwind, ninety-six, Bonnie and Clyde / Me and my girlfriend, do one-eighty-five when we ride

All I need in this life of sin, is me and my girlfriend / Down to ride to the bloody end, just me and my girlfriend

So it’s canon that Colt likes West Coast rap – and this song absolutely embodies Colt’s musical interests and his relationship with MC. He wouldn’t admit it out loud but he definitely heard this song and thought of MC.

Something Special, Pop Smoke [p]

I think you’re something special / I’ll take you on a shopping spree

We all know Colt is the king of LA and can definitely buy him and MC anything they want, also the “her father the police” verse quite literally hit the nail on the head

Martin & Gina, Polo G [p]

He was playing games / Got you dancing in the middle of the club

At first, saw this as a Logan and MC song to listen to in the car, but if you’re like me and was romancing Logan but danced in the club with Colt because Logan was being distant, the lyrics just do it for me

Hit ‘Em Up, Tupac Shakur [p]

You couldn’t tell us Colt wouldn’t love this song, we’re not accepting criticism at this time

Pulling Me Back, Chingy ft. Tyrese [j]

Every time I try to leave / Something keeps pulling me back, me back / Telling me I need you in my life / It was meant to be / You were meant for me / So that means we gotta make it work

This song reminds me a lot of Colt’s feelings towards MC, because in the lyrics they’re not mentioning they necessarily love her, they’re just gravitating towards her, realizing they need her. And that’s exactly how Colt works through his feelings.

Loveeeeeee Song, Rihanna ft. Future [j]

Boy lately, you been stingy with your time / Got me wondering, I’m wondering if I’m on your mind / Boy I just wanna be in your possession / You say I’m the one you want so come express it

Yeah, we all know Colt wasn’t straightforward with his feelings but is more prone to expressing himself physically, and I think this song feels like a confession of her own qualms with him but recognizing that she’s alright with him being physical over verbal. Honestly it’s probably not that deep but this song reminds me of Colt x MC so much.

Complicated, Rihanna [j]

Why is everything with you so complicated / Why do you make it hard to love you / Oh I hate it / ‘Cause if you really wanna be alone / I, will throw my hands up ‘Cause baby I tried

God this whole song is Colt and MC all over because he’s so wishy washy and doesn’t express himself properly.

90210, Travis Scott [j]

I think Colt and Logan would bump this and that’s my only reasoning.

Changed Up, Rae Sremmurd [j]

I think Logan and Colt both alike would bump this in their car and maybe relate to the lyrics and the general vibe of it.

Demons and Angels, A Boogie With a Hoodie ft. Juice WRLD [p]

I’m from the West Side, know not to play with us, yeah

I think I’m addicted to this lifestyle, I swear

Colt is quite literally from the West Side, and the ‘I think I’m addicted to this lifestyle’ line is what really stood out to me because Colt wanted nothing than to be a part of his father’s life and legacy, and Kaneko wanted to keep that separate from him because he knew Colt would be all in.

Run This Town, Jay-Z ft. Rihanna [p]

Does this need an explanation because you already know Colt is running the fuck outta LA thank you for tuning in

Mona

Ungodly Hour, Chloe x Halle [j]

You know that I’ve, I heard it all before / You’re hesitant, wish you could give me more

I don’t have the time / To teach you how to love all over again / Now let me ask you this / Are you giving all that you could give?

This is Mona and MC all over. She was clear about being hurt by an ex, and that it was hard for her to open up to MC in the first place, let alone fall for her. So this is like a confessional from MC to Mona.

Te Amo, Rihanna [j]

Then she said Te amo, then she put her hand around my waist / I told her no, she cried Te amo / I told her I’m not gonna run away, but let me go / My soul is awry and without asking why / I said Te amo

The lyrics are sad but this reminds me of Mona and MC, too. There’s a lot of push and pull with Mona, so I think this describes their back and forth so well.

Scared of Love, Juice WRLD [p]

Not scared to love, just scared of love

I initially put this in the Logan section, but I think it’s more fitting for Mona because she put up these walls to avoid putting herself at risk in the process of giving someone her all after the last girl played her, but underneath it all, she’s still capable to love even though she may think she’s undeserving of it from MC or that love in itself is a scam.

ball w/o you, 21 Savage [p] [and j bc our minds are linked]

I’d rather have loyalty than love / ‘Cause love don’t really mean jack / See love is just a feeling / You can love somebody and still stab them in they back

This is giving me Mona and her ex vibes, and just how Mona is a very everyone for themselves type of person so she has no problem balling by herself because that’s what she expects in the end.

Escape, Akon and Wizkid [p]

We can run away / so far away, escape

Oh, my baby, oh, baby / I would never let you go

Okay I know our songs for Mona have been sad lately, but this reminds me of them because Mona said MC would be hard asf to forget and I already know MC is scrambling to find a solution, a possibility, where Mona didn’t have to go to jail and they’d be able to be together, hence ‘escape’.

Escape, Kehlani [p]

Strange for me to wanna love someone / Who’s better by themselves

‘Cause I can’t let you lose yourself, looking for me / And I can’t let you make me your, your everything

I know you see this escape theme I’m on here LMFAOO but I think this is in Mona’s perspective about MC because she’s like MC is a goody two shoes, new to this life, etc. just overall someone with a better future than me and I don’t wanna mess that up for them (hence the I’m dangerous and pushing her away in the beginning and all the warnings).

Acquainted, The Weeknd [p]

Baby, you’re no good / Cause they warned me ‘bout your type girl, I’ve been ducking left and right

To say that we’re in love is dangerous / But girl I’m so glad we’re acquainted

Can’t Remember to Forget You, Shakira ft. Rihanna [p and j]

I can’t remember to forget you / I keep forgetting I should let you go

“You’re gonna be damn hard to forget.”

This is so Mona because it’s both flexible in meaning with her ex and MC. 

MC

Don’t Make It Harder On Me, Chloe x Halle [j]

If you keep acting so sweet / I might just wake up and leave / This boy that I pinky swore / We’d be together for sure / I can’t be thinking of you / When I’m alone with my boo / If you smile at me again / I may do something stupid

Gives me Logan/Colt/Mona love triangle type vibes!

Who Can I Run To, Xscape [j]

Who can I run to, to share this empty space? / Who can I run to, When I need love? / Who can I run to, to fill this empty space with laughter?

After her li’s leave this def gives me those bittersweet vibes like when they all leave L.A., including MC for college.

Aston Martin Music, Rick Ross [j]

Bobbin’ to the music / This is how we do it, all night / Breezin’ down the freeway / Just me and my baby

Would’ve came back for you / I just needed time to do what I had to do / Caught in the life / I can’t let it go / Whether that’s right I won’t ever know

This reminds me of another bittersweet moment like MC is reflecting on her favorite times with her LI, but also acknowledging that her LI can’t be 100% loyal to her because of her lifestyle

Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary, Rihanna [j]

Brown eyes, tuxedo, fast cars / A James Dean on the low, Dean on the low

Who knew the course of this one drive / Injured us fatally

Let’s live in the moment / As long as we got each other / Die in the moment / I’m prepared to die in the moment / ‘Cause even forever ain’t forever

This entire song fits for all the LI’s (despite the lyrics saying “boy” it works for all of them perfectly. I just picked a couple lyrics to prove it!

Question Existing, Rihanna [j]

Who am I living for?/ Is this my limit?/ Can I endure some more?/ Chances I’m given, question existing

Reminds me of when MC was torn between loyalty to her father and Jason Shaw and MPC at the same time.

Bed of Lies, Nicki Minaj ft. Skylar Grey [p]

This is 100% MC after the reveal.

Change Your Life, Kehlani ft. Jhene Aiko [p and j]

I heard that you a gangsta / Not one to try to save her / Always focus on your paper / Don't got time to wager with your heart

You deserve someone that'll take you to another level

The lyrics to this song fit so well with all of the LI’s. Definitely addresses all of the LI’s reluctance to be with MC and MC’s pursuit of them.

Serial Lover, Kehlani [p and j]

Lord knows / My intentions are pure and my heart full of gold, oh

This song fits MC’s relationship with all of the LI’s, especially when there’s conflict between them. MC is miles more transparent with her feelings than Logan, Colt, and Mona.

She’s So Gone, Naomi Scott [p]

So it looks like the joke’s on you / ‘cause the girl that you thought you knew / She’s so gone

You can look but you won’t see the girl I used to be, ‘cause she / she’s so gone, away / like history

Yes this is from Lemonade Mouth and yes I feel like this embodies MC perfectly!

Misc.

(this includes Ximena, Toby, side characters, the overall vibe of ROD, etc.)

Tints, Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar [j]

Ridin’, ridin’, round that open street / I need tints / I need my windows tinted / I can’t be flying down that 110 with a bad bitch in my whip / I need tints

This reminds me a lot of Ximena and Toby because they’re so chill and carefree compared to the rest of the crew, and this song embodies that.

Nascar, Roddy Ricch [p]

Honestly, heard this song and thought I’d be perfect for another side show, or a racing song

We Don’t Luv Em, HoodRich Pablo Juan [p]

Another side show/racing song

DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love, Usher [p]

I feel like this could’ve played at the club depending on the vibe they were going for, and even if they weren’t, I feel like the club was a very romantically charged event so the DJ had errbody falling in love (MC and whoever, Toby and the guy he went off to dance with, etc.)

break da law, 21 Savage [p]

Me and my dawgs break laws

This is Kaneko and the crew, even though Kaneko would never call them his dawgs, but you get the gist.

Trust Nobody, Lil Wayne ft. Adam Levine [p]

I don’t trust nobody, not my lovers, not my friends / I don’t make no promises ‘cause I know just how they’ll end / I don’t trust nobody, I don’t need nobody else / And as messed up as it sounds, I don’t even trust myself, yeah

This hurts me because the song talks about not being able to trust people in general so I feel like this has been Logan all his life, Mona after she was betrayed, and Colt after the death of his father (minus the don’t trust my lover part because obviously they are whipped for MC and you can’t change my mind).

Undercover, Kehlani [p]

You know they don’t wanna see us together / But it don’t matter, no, ‘cause I got you

Baby, they don’t wanna see me be happy / ‘Cause they ain’t happy, no -- they don’t got you

So this is MC with all the LI’s because everybody (Riya, Darius, her dad, etc.) thinks everyone in the crew is bad news but no matter who MC is with, they’re happy with them regardless of what everyone thinks.

Party Monster, The Weeknd [p]

Okay, this might seem really weird, but I feel like this is a song that would play in the background as the crew would plan or orchestrate a heist you know like the camera panning to different people just really focused on that they’re doing like there’s some camera work going on in my head that I wish I could properly articulate but I hope you guys see the vision.

Shut Up and Drive, Rihanna [p and j]

This is self explanatory.

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Completely Harmless Ch. 38

Completely Harmless An SSO SilverGlade Re-imagining Story (Or Fix it Fan Salt fic) By Ginny O.

When Lily and her friends wanted to buy horses and were directed to the Silverglade Manor and its myriad of problems, they didn’t expect to start a revolution. They were just a bunch a stable girls. Completely harmless. Right?

A/N: Things are only canon if I say they’re canon. Pre-Saving the Moorland Stables compliant for the most part. Posted in its entirety on my website. Posted in 2000 to 4000 word bits here. Rated T for Swearing Word Count 177,577

Chapter Thirty-Eight A Big Mechanic for A Big Elevator

Kate texted back. “Big Bonnie?”

“Can she fix elevators? Old ones? Pre-1912.”

“She fixed the Silverglade Village Clock. Can’t be too much different.”

Melissa bit her lip. “She might know what we need to fix it.”

“I’d rather have some idea of what we’re getting into before we go down there.” Lily said. She texted Linda about it.

Linda said she’d meet them in Silverglade Village with the blueprints of the elevator and the payment for Big Bonnie.

“Let’s go,” Lily said to Melissa.

“Yeah, it’s freezing. We can plan better in the warmth.” Melissa shivered.

They headed out to the pass, down the mountain, shedding clothes as they went and got into the transport. It took them to Steve’s Farm.

Kate waved at them as they stabled up their horses. “Big Bonnie is a bit strange.”

“This is Jorvik, is anyone normal? Or all we all insane and not realize it?” Lily asked.

Kate giggled. “So, I’ll come along to introduce you. She was hiding in Barney’s silo for a long time. Barney knew she was there the whole time too.” Kate rolled her eyes. “No one even noticed the clock was broken until we came along. It’s fixed now and ticks and tocks and we help her keep it going properly.”

They strode into the village and found Linda tying up Meteor. She waved a roll of papers at them.

“The cars are at the bottom of the cliff,” Lily said as they met her. “There seems to be a way down.”

“But a way down, doesn’t mean it’s a way up,” Melissa said.

Linda nodded. “And we want you two to be safe. It seems that the Silverglades were the ones who sponsored the expedition that put in the elevator.”

“Big Bonnie lives up here,” Kate said. “She’s a clock master?”

“Clocks are pretty complicated.” Linda said and shoved her glasses up her nose.

“Bonnie!” Kate waved at an old woman with goggles perched on her head. “The Baroness has a job for you.”

“The Baroness?” Bonnie asked and rubbed her hands together.

“Yeah, we need to fix an elevator,” Lily smiled at her. “The cars are stuck at the bottom and it looks like the operating equipment is down there too.” She held out her phone to show Bonnie the pictures.

“I have blueprints and your fee,” Linda said.

“Well, now,” Bonnie actually blushed. “It’s definitely nice to be recognized girls. Sure, I’ll help you with your elevator. The cars are at the bottom.”

“There’s a path down, but we don’t want to go down until we’re sure we can fix it for a way back up.”

“Sensible, sensible, let me see these blueprints. It might have just frozen solid and need some juice.”

“If we’re lucky.”

“Are we ever that lucky?”

Bonnie gave them a list of things to get. She had her tools, but she thought they might need some gears and definitely some fuel. They also had to get a blowtorch on her insistence.

Once they had everything, and made sure Bonnie had winter clothes on, only then did they return to the pass and the elevator.

“Hmm, I see what you mean,” Bonnie observed. “Well, time waits for no woman. Come on, down we go to see if we can get this marvel of turn of the century engineering back to life.”

They carefully navigated the cliffs downwards, having to jump in several spots.

Melissa looked up once they were at the bottom. “I’m not going back up that,” she said flatly.

Lily helped Bonnie down.

“Brrr, cold,” Bonnie shivered. “All right, let’s get a good look at this engine.” She tugged her goggles down. “Looks like it exploded. Look around girls for the missing parts. It’ll be a faster fix if we can see what we’ve got matches what was lost.”

Lily and Melissa slid off their horses and tied them to the bottom of the elevator shaft. They tramped around the snow while Bonnie muttered about rust and how terrible it was they’d left the engine out in the snow like this and where were the controls?

Lily came across a shack, her feet hit a thick pipe that went into it. She walked around it searching for the door. It was locked but a quick look at the padlock made her snort. She reached up and jerked.

It broke right off.

Lily opened the door and looked inside. “Bonnie, I found the control room.”

“Right. Right. Now we can spread out the blueprints,” Bonnie said. “Oh, it’s much nicer in here out of the wind.” She bustled into the shack and spread the blueprints out.

Melissa entered with an armful of broken parts. “It really must have exploded. Didn’t they turn it off?”

“Hmm, not if the controls were down here and they were leaving up here. Probably thought it’d run out of fuel and stop on its own.” Bonne examined the parts and declared them all ‘rubbish.’

“I think I see the issues,” Bonnie said.

“It exploded,” Lily said blandly.

“Precisely,” Bonnie waved her hands. “And it exposed the insides to all the damp, thus the rust. We can get it going again, girls, never fear. Big Bonnie is on the job.” She marched back out.

Melissa and Lily looked at each other and raced after her.

Under her direction, they retrieved parts from their saddlebags and helped her replace rusted gears and springs and tighten everything to her satisfaction.

“I’ll have to get a cover for it, but for now this will do,” Bonnie said. “Dump the fuel in, and we’ll get her going.”

They poured the fuel into the tank.

“I think I saw a tank on the other side of the shed,” Melissa told Bonnie. “It might have more fuel in it.”

“Good. Good.” Bonnie nodded. “Let’s get it going.” They returned to the control room and Bonnie let them dramatically shove a lever and push some buttons.

The engine coughed once and didn’t go.

They turned everything off.

“I was afraid of this. It’s frozen,” Bonnie said. “Come on, time to heat it up.” She marched back out and took a blow torch to the parts that were frozen solid. “It’s good the engine is full or this would go kablooey!” Bonnie laughed.

They returned to the shed and this time the engine started. The chains creaked and groaned but one of the cars went upwards.

“There, that should do yah,” Bonnie nodded. “Now, I can make my own way back to Valedale without you girls. You have a nice day and stop by tomorrow for a cover for the engine. Maybe some wood to build it a nice shed.”

“Sure thing, Bonnie,” Lily said, not sure how to tell the woman they only needed to be here for a couple of days.

Bonnie waved at them and took the elevator up.

Without Bonnie around they were able to look around. There was nothing but snow, snow, rocks, snow covered rocks, and sheets and pillars of ice everywhere.

Lily rubbed her arms. “Talk about a snow desert.”

“I think deserts have more life than this.”

“I mean, Antarctica?”

“Has more life than this,” Melissa made a face. “Even if it’s bacterial.”

“Why would anyone want to come here?” Lily asked as they mounted their horses and rode down what looked to be a road. Thought it was hard to tell there was so much snow around them. The wind picking it up and blowing it around in swirls and sheets. The further away they got from the mountains, the more mist grew up.

“There has to be something warm here to have all of this mist,” Melissa said.

Off in the distance, they heard a roar.

“Geysers?”

They came across a snow drift that the horses stopped and refused to move.

They got down and shoveled it out. It was work, but not as much work as cleaning the stable.

“Hey, at least this keeps us warm.”

“And we’re wearing wool,” Lily said.

“Right. Cotton kills,” Melissa wiped her forehead. “Country wisdom.”

“I think we’re in bufu nowhere,” Lily said.

Melissa pounced. “You’re a military brat.”

Lily flushed. “Damn it.”

Melissa giggled. “I won’t tell anyone. I promise.”

“How do you know bufu then?”

“I’ve got family in the service,” Melissa shrugged.

They rode onwards, they couldn’t see much, but thought there might be a lake nearby. The water lapped up on the pepple and snow covered shore.

They turned a corner between a pass of tall rocks and had to stop.

Melissa leaned over. “Isn’t this place supposed to be empty?”

A man in a poncho stood in a clearing stomping his feet and rubbing his arms and marching in a circle.

“It is,” Lily whispered. She raised her voice. “Um, sir! May we help you?”

The man whirled around. “Oh my word. People!” He slogged over to the snow towards them. He touched the horses’ sides. “You’re real. You’re real! I haven’t seen a person in ages. And, and, do I know you?”

“I don’t think so,” Lily said.

“I, I met some girls. They helped me with my balloon in the Everwind Fields. That wasn’t you? I, I was trying to get to Jor Crater. I thought I saw it, it looked warm and inviting. But maybe it was a fever dream from the altitude. I lost control of my balloon and crashed here. I, I didn’t dare leave the crash site. There are some thistles I’ve been eating. But, but, I’m so hungry.”

Lily’s eyes widened. “Why didn’t you say so?” She pulled a wrapped gyro out of her bag. “Here, eat this. And, look, hot chocolate. Careful now.” She handed him a thermos.

Nic Stoneground introduced himself, and explained more about how he’d dumped all his things over the side of his balloon and slashed the sandbags to try and get to the green valley he’d spotted. But he’d still crashed here due to the violent winds in the upper atmosphere.

“We’ll see if we can find them. Say Nic, what exactly is it that you do?”

“I’m an explorer with the Astrological and Archeological Society of Jorvik. I suppose I can research this place. Surely, no one has been here in an age.”

“Not since 1912,” Lily said. “Look, we’ve fixed an elevator up to Valedale Village if you want to get back to civilization.”

Nic’s brow furrowed. “Maybe. Maybe. What brings you here?” He sounded much better now that he had his hands wrapped around her hot cocoa thermos and some food in him.

Lily shifted on her saddle. “Dark Core is drilling into the mountain and releasing toxins into the Silversong River and Valedale Lake. We’re here to make sure that the lake on this side of the mountains isn’t contaminated as well. We’ll have to get some water samples and look around to see if there is a waterfall on this side of the mountain.”

“We can look for your things as we do that,” Melissa said.

“Yes, yes, I have a tent, and an adventure kit, and my balloon is shredded.”

“You say there are thistles in the area.”

“Some, they’re very hardy types. Tough to chew. The horses like them. A small herd wandered up here and that’s how I knew they were safe to eat. They live off that and the lichen, but the lichen is so dry. Tough to chew unless you can get water safely. I’ve been eating snow instead.”

“The horses are alive!” Melissa squealed.

“We were worried we’d find nothing but bones.”

“There are supposed to be a lot of bones in this place.” Nic scratched his chin.

Melissa took out her phone. “Are you sure you want to stay in this place?”

“I might as well.”

Melissa nodded and her fingers flew. “All right, I’ll have some of my club mates bring you supplies, food, fire, and we’ll see if we can find your tent and things. They’ll bring some hay for the horses too.”

Once they were certain that Nic was going to be fine, they rode off looking for the edge of the lake and keeping their eyes peeled for Nic’s things. If there was a trail, it wasn’t always obvious in the fact that there was little but snow and rocks and ice. They found thistles hiding in crevasses of the rocks and lichen growing on them.

Lily took samples of each.

Melissa made a noise.

“Agnetha might want to look at them. And the vet, we should get the vet up here to check on the horses.”

“Once we find them.”

They found some of Nic’s things and settled them onto the back of their horses. The trail wandered down to the lake edge.

“That looks thick enough to walk on.”

“I’m surprised it’s not frozen solid all the way down,” Lily said and carefully urged her horse onto the lake. The horse tested each step first before snorting and walking normally.

“So, any idea where we are?”

“North,” Lily said.

They jumped over gaps in the ice and stopped.

“Um, that’s not very hidden,” Melissa gestured at the huge aquatic dinosaur skeleton.

Lily took out her phone. They rode around it snapping pictures.

On the other side of the skeleton was a huge upthrusting peak and when they looked up, they could see a rope and wooden bridge connecting it to what had to be a trail. They rode under the bridge to another section of the lake.

“That looks like a mouth,” Melissa said.

They took more pictures.

The air felt colder. There was a soft hum to the place, an eerie hum.

“Do you think that’s where the Ice Witch is imprisoned?”

“Ice Witch? What Ice Witch?”

“I really don’t know,” Lily said. “But the locals say there used to be an ice witch and she’s imprisoned here in the Valley.”

“Whatever it is, let’s get away from it.”

They found a way back up onto the land and followed the noise of gushing water up the side of another mountain to an area filled with geysers that bubbled black.

“There must be something in the water,” Melissa shook her head.

“I’m not getting close enough to look. Let Nic,” Lily rolled her eyes.

Riding back, they went up another trail that looked like it might lead over the mountain. Instead, they found a huge door.

“I am now thoroughly creeped out. Like, I have the heebie jeebies.” Melissa said. “There’s not supposed to be anyone here!”

“Let’s get back to Nic and explore the south side. That’s where we need to look anyways.”

Melissa agreed fervently. “Big door. Where no one is supposed to be!”

They found Nic where they’d left him with a couple of the Running Bulls chatting cheerfully as they unloaded hay for the horses and bags of food for him. One had started a fire and Nic stood over it with his arms outstretched trying to get warm.

“We found your kit, I hope,” Lily said as they returned.

“My tent! My adventure kit.”

“And some of the stuff for the balloon,” Lily said.

“We can work on getting it patched together if you find the rest,” one of the girls said.

Lily nodded. “We’re going to take the south side. We could be a while.”

“We’ve got lunch,” Melissa joked.

“Take more food!” One of the girls thrust food at them. “You never know in a place like this.”

They thanked her and found a track down to the lake nearby. It took a few false starts to find a way towards the southern part of the lake where they’d heard the geysers before. They ate as they rode, trying to keep the bread warm so it wouldn’t get too chewy in the cold.

“No horses yet,” Melissa observed. They found bits of the balloon and more of the sandbags.

“I’m not seeing any green water either.”

“It’d be easier to tell where we should be looking if we had a map.” Melissa made a face.

“We know the waterfall is close to where the elevator is,” Lily said.

“There could be a lot of mountain between us and the Dark Core camp.”

Lily found a break in the ice, got off her horse and using tongs, she dipped several glass tubes in the water. “I suppose we should get them from several spots.” She checked her GPS and after drying the tubes labelled them with the coordinates.

They rode along the edge of the southern part of the valley, taking samples in the breaks in the ice.

There was a long slope upwards and that’s where they saw the first hoof prints.

“The horses,” Melissa pointed.

Tucking the samples away, they trotted off after the hoof prints. They went up the mountain and turned sharply to the east into another pass.

“There’s more?” Melissa asked as they entered another huge area of ice and rocks. Among the ice and rocks, the icenthistles grew out of the snow and short horses with shaggy coats wandered around.

“The Icelandics,” Lily said.

The two stopped their horses to watch them. Their breath turning into clouds of fog in front of them.

“You know, if everything is cold here, nothing would rot. There should be horse bodies around.”

“Maybe a carnivore moved in,” Lily said. “I mean, free and easy food, no competition.”

“Then, we better be careful.”

“Or the big stone door folk come and get the dead bodies.”

“Horse isn’t something I’d choose to eat first if I had to.”

Lily shrugged.

They turned around and headed back down the mountain and tried to aim for the path to Nic’s camp as best they could across the lake. They weren’t too far off and were happy to see the fire again.

“We found the horses!” Melissa cried out.

“And the rest of your things, I hope,” Lily said as they unloaded the horses.

Soon between bringing in supplies from Valedale and what Nic had had with him, Nic had a cozy camp, and his balloon was back in one piece.

“I should send a report to the A.A.E.,” Nic fretted.

“You write it and we’ll see that it gets sent,” Melissa said.

“Are you sure you want to take on this place on top of Valedale?” Lily asked.

“Might as well,” Melissa shrugged. “There’s truthfully not that much to do in Valedale. Mario isn’t that demanding either.”

“The Stoneground Expedition!” Nic shouted cheerfully.

Lily leaned over. “Just make sure he does most the work.”

Melissa giggled.

Lily left the Running Bulls and Nic getting the last things settled. She grumbled about the way the elevator swayed and used a transport to get back to Steve’s Farm. She needed to talk to the Vet to see about going to check on the Icelandic Horse herd.

The Vet nodded, took her feed samples, and promised she’d go see to it as soon as she could. She’d get in touch with Melissa for an escort.

“Yeah. Don’t go anywhere up there alone. It’s too cold for that,” Lily said. She let her horse stretch his legs on the way back to the Manor but slowed down before she entered the gates.

She met Linda in the library. “The elevator is working again. I have samples of the water for Hayden. And samples of the flora for Agnetha. I didn’t see anything untowards. We took a lot of pictures though. We also found Nic Stoneground. He’s with the A.A.E. and got stranded up there. The Running Bulls are helping him set up a camp. He wants to explore the Valley since he’s there and all.”

Linda nodded. “I’ll tell the Baroness. Good work.”

“I’m going to take a hot shower. I’m cold to my bones!” Lily said.

Linda laughed.

“Oh, and the dinosaur, not that hidden!” Lily waved at her and on the way to the shower emailed her all the pictures.

Linda texted her back. “No. It’s not!” With several shocked faces.

Lily giggled.

FOR THE ACCOMPANYING IMAGES PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE MY WATERMARK AND CONTACT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. I get it. Some of you might get excited and want to see this stuff in the game, especially the clothes, tack, and pets. However, the only way I want to see this in the game is if I get paid for it. If I see it in the game and I’m not paid for it, there will be hell to pay. You think I’m salty. I’d be angry. Personally, I’m not going to send this info to SSO. If you do, leave my contact information there! Don’t give them any excuses to steal.

Now, I’ll know you haven’t read this note if you leave me comments about how ‘salty’ I am about the game and if I hate it so much I should do something else. I am doing something else. It’s called Mystic Riders MMORPG Project. Mystic Riders however is a very baby phase game. You can check out our plans on the game dev blog. (Skills, Factions, Professions, Crafting, Mini-Games, 25+ horse breeds!) If you know anyone who would be interested and has money or contacts about game making, direct them to the blog.

[annecoulmanross]

Rules:

Pick 5 TV shows, then answer the following questions. Tag 10 (or however many) people.

I was tagged by my dear @princess-of-france​ – loved your answers, Hal, and thank you!

1. The Terror (surprising no one) 2. Black Sails (haven’t finished yet but we’re in that age of sail mood) 3. TURN: Washington’s Spies (AMC history show hours) 4. The Borgias (okay we have no shame about history shows today) 5. HBO Rome (hey, why the hell not; all history it is)

Who is your favorite character in 2? I’m very partial to Thomas Hamilton, partly because, even though I haven’t finished the show, I do know where it’s going thanks to tumblr. Also, gotta love a man with a vision of a classical res publica. Also (part 2), who else can make Marcus Aurelius so sexy? (I swear I do like this show for more than just its classical reception.) Others on the favorite character list so far are Anne Bonny and Flint himself – he’s so gosh darned fun to watch; Toby Stephens is a gift of an actor.

Who is your least favorite character in 1? I mean, there’s no character in The Terror who doesn’t fulfill an important narrative role. But just because, (for example) Hickey is interesting and complex and well-written doesn’t mean I like him. I suppose, though, the character I find most repellent would be Des Voeux. Again, he’s narratively necessary and yet deeply emotionally distasteful. I’m not a villains person.

What is your favorite episode of 4? I’m also not finished with this one, so my favorite episode out of just the first two seasons... it’s very hard to choose, but “The Beautiful Deception” (02x03) is particularly stellar.

What is your favorite season of 5? Well, the first season is vastly better paced than the second season (a fun side-effect of a show that thought it was going to have a few more seasons than it actually received), but the second season has “These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero,” (02x03) which, tragically, has been vitally important to my honest-to-god career. So uhhh this is a toss-up.

Who is your favorite couple in 3? Favorite canon couple would be our darling tragic André/Peggy. Favorite non-canon couple would be the irrepressible boys, Ben/Caleb.  

Who is your favorite couple in 2? Hhhhhh so yeah again, I started this show with a fair amount of fore-knowledge and Flint/Hamilton basically ticks all my ship boxes. Flint/Hamilton/Miranda also.

What is your favorite episode of 1? Oh god, it’s such a tightly written show that it’s very hard to choose. A part of me says that an early episode would be happier (I’m quite partial to “Gore” (01x02) since it has the best sledge party hours anyone’s ever seen, before everything goes wrong) but the tenderness toward the end of the show is so heartbreakingly lovely. For all its pain, “The C the C the Open Sea” (01x09) is incredibly beautiful.

What is your favorite episode of 5? As mentioned above, “These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero,” (02x03) is uhhhhh something. My “favorite” isn’t necessarily how I’d put it, but there’s no other episode that comes even close, so here we are. (I am haunted by the abstract concept of peaches...)

What is your favorite season of 2? Thus far, season 2, but I haven’t gotten to the third and fourth seasons yet, so this means very little, apart from the fact that I have a general preference for seasons with flashbacks with Miranda and Hamilton in them.

How long have you watched 1? I just watched The Terror for the first time this year, about two months ago. Yeah, I don’t remember what life was like before that either, for many reasons.

How did you become interested in 3? My dear @princess-of-france​ showed me the entire show this past summer and we discussed it episode-by-episode – an absolutely incredible viewing experience.

Who is your favorite actor in 4? Well, we were just talking about the glorious François Arnaud.... I also love Jeremy Irons, though. Both; both are good.

Which do you prefer, 1, 2, or 5? Why is this being done to me? Not Rome, that’s for sure, but I do really like both Black Sails and The Terror. Right now, I’m still so deep in The Terror that it’s hard to deny that it’s my preference, tragically. But I’m getting rapidly more into Black Sails.

Which show have you seen more episodes of, 1 or 3? I’ve seen all of both, but there are more episodes of TURN: Washington’s Spies than there are of The Terror, so TURN it is.

If you could be anyone from 4, who would you be? Oh this is NOT the show I would want to live in out of these five at ALL. Um, to be honest, I kind of adore the absolute moral conviction of Della Rovere. It would be... interesting to see what his journey is like from the inside.

Would a crossover between 3 and 4 work? If one has the ability to time travel, I suppose? A Long Island Yankee in Pope Alexander’s Court?

Pair two characters in 1 who would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple? Given the dedication and care that The Terror’s fandom has shown to minor characters and rare pairs, I’m not sure any pairing would feel truly strange to me. I’m partial to some niche couples like Rossier and Goodsir/MacDonald, but those are still stronger than just “strangely okay.” In the spirit of trying to provide a genuinely unlikely pairing, I would say that I basically never EVER consider separating Bridgens and Peglar (our canon couple, the lights of my life) – but I do think that, in some horrible Peglar-less universe, Bridgens and Goodsir could be a good pairing. As it is, I love Bridgens and Goodsir as friends.

Overall, which show has the better storyline, 3 or 5? This isn’t at ALL fair, because TURN got the number of seasons it wanted, and HBO Rome was cut off early, but even without that, TURN is a vastly superior show in my book. It’s TURN, no question.

Which has better theme music, 2 or 4? Wow, this isn’t the kind of thing I typically notice? My instinct is Black Sails over Borgias, but tbh I’d have to go watch a few episodes of both and pay more specific attention to the music. (If TURN was in here, it would win for all the beautiful covers of period-era songs. I have a TURN playlist that’s in regular rotation.)

I honestly have so much fun doing these kind of tag games – thank you, Hal, for the tag!

As for me: @kaserl​ @frauncis​ @endofvanity​ and anyone else who’s interested!

[missnmikaelson-main]

Different Places, Same Faces

I do not own TVD or TO.

This is my first ever Saving Hope Crossover.

A few notes. The cure as the show knew it did not find it's place in this crossover, and Jeremy never became a hunter. That means Kol is alive in New Orleans and Jeremy's ring still works.

Also it's been a while since I've seen Saving Hope and really only remember the first season when Charlie was in the coma so that's where the story picks up and diverges from the canon.

Tag List: @rissyrapp20 @elejah-wonderland @mysticalbeauty05

"Make way for Dr. Gilbert," Caroline grinned, "the youngest pediatric surgical fellow to ever grace the halls of … what's the hospital again?"

Elena laughed around the rim of her glass.

"I'm the same age as anyone else who went straight through school, Care," she finished her gin and tonic.

"Yeah," Caroline conceded with a smirk, "but you don't look it. You are thirty-one and don't look a day over twenty. What's your secret?"

"If I told you I'd have to kill you," Elena smirked and ran her finger around the rim of her glass.

"Good thing I already know then," Caroline leaned back. She beamed when the waitress brought them their food. "Well tuck in," she popped a fry into her mouth, "this'll be the last Mystic cheeseburger you have in years."

"I think I'll savour it then," she chuckled.

Elena glanced around the Grill while she ate her burger. She could see Matt and Tyler on the other side of the room engaging in a friendly game of pool. They did that every time Tyler came back to town for a visit; it was their tradition. Alaric sat at the bar with Damon who was downing glass after glass of bourbon; that was their tradition. As for Elena it was a meal with Caroline and Bonnie; unfortunately Bonnie was out of town so it was just the two of them.

"So," Caroline reached for her water glass, "how's Damon taking you leaving?"

"About as well as he took the cure," Elena shrugged.

It had taken eight years to find the cure for vampirism only to learn that it was a single dose. He had begged her not to take it. He had pleaded with her to stay a vampire, but Elena couldn't do it. She had never wanted that life. Caroline and Bonnie had supported her decision, but Damon had taken it badly, and by that she meant he had gone on a three day bender that ended with Jeremy's neck being broken. Thankfully he had been wearing his ring, but Elena had not been able to forgive him because he hadn't seen the silver band. Their relationship had fizzled out shortly after, but it was always doomed to.

At least he was being a little more supportive. He had only fought with her for two hours before throwing up his hands and walking away.

Heck even Klaus was supportive of her decision. Although he probably would have forced the cure down her throat if she'd said no.

"How about Klaus?" Caroline's hand darted out to snake a fry from Elena's plate.

"How long have you been dying to ask me that?" She smirked and playfully slapped the thief's fingers.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Caroline ate her stolen food and crossed her arms.

"Sure, you don't," Elena's eyes sparkled. "Klaus is Klaus. He knows my blood is useless after taking the cure, but he also knows eventually another one will come along so I still have his 'protection' should I need it."

"What about you moving to Canada?" Caroline braced her elbows on the table.

"He's pretty chill about that," Elena shrugged. "I think he's more upset that you decided to follow."

"It's time I get out of this town," Caroline shrugged. "People are starting to notice," she waved to her face. Her features were forever frozen at seventeen. "He's seriously okay with the move, though? He's not going to show up on our doorstep is he?"

"I mean…" Elena tilted her head and bit her lip, "… he's kind of madly in love with you, so he might at some point, but he's okay with me going. He figures one of the safest places I can be is a hospital, and understands my desire to get away from the supernatural."

"Hey," Caroline held her hand over her heart. She flashed the most indignant look she could muster and with a scowl leaned forward. "Klaus is not in love with me."

It took less than a second for three voices to echo Elena's 'yeah he is'. Caroline immediately turned to glare at Damon, Tyler and Stefan who had just walked in.

"See," Elena held out her hands, "everyone knows. Just like we all know you've secretly got the hots for him."

"I do not," Caroline snapped. She scowled when the guys snickered.

"Really?" Elena smirked. "So thinking about his hands on your waist, his piercing eyes on your body, and his stubble scraping deliciously over your skin while he whispers sinfully, wicked, things in, your ear does nothing for you?"

She grinned triumphantly when the blonde flushed. She didn't need vampire hearing to know Caroline's heart was thumping wildly.

"You sure you want to be a doctor?" Caroline cleared her throat. "Because you've got a way with words; perhaps you should start writing erotica."

++++

Elena leaned back in the booth and grinned. "Maybe if medicine doesn't pan out."

Elena groaned and brought her hand up to block out the bright sunlight. She squinted at Caroline before yanking the blanket up and over her head.

"Go away," her voice was muffled, but her vampire best friend had no trouble hearing her.

"I can't," Caroline rolled her eyes, "because if you don't get up now you're going to be late. You don't want to be late for your first day do you?"

She reached down and yanked the covers from the bed before throwing them in a ball over a pile of boxes.

"Die," Elena curled in a ball and buried her face in the pillow.

"Already did, sweetie," Caroline chirped and set a steaming mug of coffee just out of reach.

Elena peeked up at her and growled when she couldn't reach the mug.

"Die twice."

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Elena rolled her neck back and around while adjusting her purse and turned to look at Caroline. The blonde had woken her two hours before her first shift and it was a good thing. Her friend knew her well. Caroline knew that Elena wasn't a morning person and hated having to get up for work, she loved it when she was there, but she hated waking up and was completely useless until she'd had at least one cup of coffee.

"Alright," Caroline pulled a laminated sheet of paper from her bag, "I think I've got it all worked out now."

"You do, huh?" Elena's boots crunched over the snow. "What do you have figured out?"

"You're ten year plan," Caroline rolled her eyes. "Honestly you should have known that."

"I probably should have," Elena agreed. She could see the hospital up ahead when she reached for the paper. "Uh, Caroline?" Elena looked up through her lashes when she read through the list.

"Yes," Caroline smirked.

"Why have you dated my wedding?" Elena flipped the sheet around to reveal a date set three years in the future. "And the birth of my first child? Did Klaus hire you to organize my life?"

"No, and I haven't organized it," she shook her head. "I'm just getting ahead of the game and giving you a potential plan. You are thirty-one and most women want their first by the time they're thirty-five. That means you need to be pregnant by thirty-four, and it's you so I'm assuming you want to be married first."

"Preferably," Elena shook her head with a small laugh. She'd argue with Caroline later, but for now she was in heavy planning mode.

"Okay," Caroline grinned. "So your fellowship is two years. You'll be done at thirty-three and that leaves me one year to plan the wedding."

"Not giving me much time to find a guy," Elena pointed out.

"I'm giving you two years," Caroline spun around and walked backwards. Her heeled boots sank into the snow as she got closer and closer to the hospital and a group of men in blue scrubs.

"Two years isn't much time when you're doing a fellowship," Elena held up a finger and pointed to the building. "I'll pretty much be living here. My name on the lease is just a formality."

"I know that too," Caroline grinned. "You're not going to get out of the hospital much. This," she waved to the building, "is your dating pool, and I'm going to help you get a date." She gave her friend a wink.

She had never thought she would miss anything about being a vampire, but she would have taken back her enhanced reflexes when Caroline fell backwards with a shriek.

She knelt in the snow and saw a man come running in her direction.

"I'm going to kill you," Elena closed her eyes and took a deep breath before kneeling down. She gritted her teeth when the blonde's lips quirked up in a brief smile before she returned to her 'passed out' state.

"What happened?" The man fell to the blonde's other side.

Elena shivered at the man's voice. The smooth accent ran down her spine and had heat curling in her stomach. She'd always been a sucker for an accent. Klaus calling her sweetheart, and Kol referring to her as darling made her experience the same feeling. Although it wasn't as strong as it was with this stranger.

"She's fine," Elena gritted her teeth and kept her eyes on her friend.

"She doesn't look fine," he pressed his fingers to her neck. "Her pulse is erratic."

That happens with vampires, Elena breathed. She resisted the urge to look up. She had the strange feeling if she looked at his face and it was as nice as his voice she would be a goner.

"She is perfectly fine," Elena fingered the laminated paper in her hand. "She's trying to get me a date so she fake blacked out on the sidewalk to draw your attention. She's fine I swear."

"What?" He leaned back a bit and looked at the young woman. His breath caught in his throat; a pretty flush was staining her cheeks and she was refusing to look at him. "Why would she do that?"

"Because," Elena held up the paper, "she's a control freak who's decided to plan out the next ten years of my life. I can prove she's alright."

"Okay," he held in his laugh and waved for her to continue.

"Caroline," Elena addressed her friend, "I know you can hear me. And I know you vividly remember the Halloween you insisted on dressing up as sexy Elmo because you were certain it would be hilarious. Well I've got pictures of you in that costume locked away in a file on my computer. I can access that file from my phone."

She saw Caroline's finger twitch. All of Elena's death threats had been empty but this one was very real.

"If you don't sit up now," she reached for her phone, "then I am going to text those pictures to a certain fella in New Orleans."

Caroline shot up a little too fast to be considered human and snatched the phone.

"Don't you dare," she met Elena's eyes. "If you do I'll plaster your eighth grade photo all over this hospital."

"See," Elena turned to grin at the man, "I told you she was fine."

The air stilled in her lungs when she met his eyes. They were a familiar shade of brown. Everything about him was familiar. She knew his face as well as she knew her own, but Caroline had yet to notice.

Elena couldn't look away from his amused gaze.

"At least it worked," the blonde passed back Elena's phone, "I drew the attention of a cute doctor. And one with an accent at that; I call that a bonus."

"Are you sure you're alright?" He tilted his head and struggled not to laugh at the woman's antics. She couldn't have been more than twenty.

"Oh I'm fine," Caroline stood up with them, "I heal fast. I might not have gotten her a date, but at least she knows someone in the hospital now…" Her voice trailed off when she finally looked at him.

He stood under their scrutiny for a moment as the hair on the back his neck stood on end. They were looking at him like they knew him. It was a beat before the blonde threw up her hands and scoffed in his face.

"Seriously," Caroline shook her head and stormed off down the sidewalk. Elena heard her muttering for a few feet about crazy over-protective hybrids.

"Are you sure she's alright?"

"Believe me," Elena inhaled sharply, "the only medical help she needs is from a trained psychologist."

"Have I offended her?" He met Elena's guarded eyes.

"Oh no," Elena shook her head and managed a small smile. The longer she looked at him the more she was convinced it wasn't him. "She probably thinks you remind her of someone."

"Someone she's not fond of, I take it?" He quirked an eyebrow as they moved towards the hospital and the warmth it promised.

"Not overly," Elena smirked. Her eyes darted to his hands when he crossed his arms to ward off the chill; his fingers were bare and the sun was shining down on them both. If Caroline had stuck around a moment later she probably would have sniffed him out. "Don't worry; she'll get over it..."

It wasn't him. His eyes were more open. The light that danced in them was almost playful. He was too serious to be playful; too burdened with the weight of time.

"Dr. Joel Goran," he offered. "Do you work here? I don't think we've met."

"I'm new," she smiled. "It's my first day actually."

"Nurse? Intern?" He guessed.

"Fellow," Elena smirked. "I'm Elena Gilbert: the new pediatric fellow." She saw his eyes widen as she took his offered hand.

A jolt raced up his arm and warmed his chest. He saw the surprise in her eyes and knew she had felt it too.

"You okay, doc?" Elena arched an eyebrow. He was still holding her hand and she almost regretted speaking when he cleared his throat and let go.

"Fine," he covered with a smile. "I'm sorry for staring. It's just that…"

"I don't look old enough to be a surgical fellow," she guessed.

"Yeah," Joel nodded with a small chuckle.

The movement drew her eyes to the stubble along his sharp jaw. How had she never noticed that jawline before? Maybe she was seeing more now because of the way he looked at her. There was a clear attraction in his eyes. She knew Elijah had felt it too, but he had never acted on it; knowing her predecessors really took a toll on his psyche because they did a real number on him.

"I assure you, doctor," she tipped her head back and smirked up at him, "I'm older than I look."

"And how old would that be?"

"A lady never tells," she teased. "I'd love to stick around and chat, but I've got an appointment with the chief of surgery."

"It was nice meeting you," Joel resisted the urge to take her hand again.

"I'll see you around," she walked backwards before pivoting on her heel. She could feel his eyes on her all the way to the elevator.

He tilted his head and watched her go. There was something about Dr. Gilbert that was undeniably attractive; there was something secret in her gaze. Her teasing smile was still kind, and her touch warm.

He wondered how many times he could possibly run into the new fellow.

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"Dad," Hope came into the study with her father's ringing phone, "Caroline Forbes is calling you."

"Thank you sweetheart," Klaus picked up his phone and grinned. "Are you almost ready to head out to the Bayou?"

Hayley and Jackson had built a home out in the swamp surrounded by their pack. It had taken some time to work out a custody arrangement with Elijah acting as a mediator, but eventually they were on civil terms for the sake of their daughter. Hope spent weekends in the Bayou and the rest of the week in the Quarter.

"Almost," Hope skipped out of the room. "I just need to find my book."

He watched her go before lifting the ringing device to his ear.

"Hello, love," he grinned, "how's Toronto?" His eyes widened when she started berating him.

"Are you freaking serious? You couldn't just leave her alone? You had to send your little spy to infiltrate the hospital and watch her."

"Caroline," he sat up; "I have no idea what you're talking about love."

"You didn't send him down here?"

"I didn't send anyone up there," he stood and tapped the desk. "Hold on a second." He lowered the phone a bit and turned towards the door. "Elijah!"

"You bellowed?" His brother poked his head in the room a moment later.

"Did you send someone to spy on Elena and Caroline?" Klaus rolled his eyes.

"No," Elijah shook his head. "Why would I do that?" He didn't wait for an answer before leaving with an exasperated sigh.

"Elijah's there?"

"Yes, sweetheart," Klaus frowned at the confusion in Caroline's voice. "And I assure you neither one of us sent anyone up there. Any vampire Elena may run into is purely coincidental."

[sproingtrep]

So hey, I'm new here and dreadfully confused. Would you mind trying to catch me up on what's going on? I understand if that would take too much time but I would appreciate a little insight to what goes on here!

Oh man, I sure can try! This blog has been around for a couple years (I think, I don’t know how to check when it was made) so a lot of stuff has happened! Of course, there is a “story” tag, which should have all the posts that have advanced the “plot” of this blog over time, in reverse chronological order. But! That’d take ages to read (and I don’t think it’d be easy to do on mobile), so I’ll try and sum it up in this one post, under the cut:

Era 1 of the Sproingtrep Blog: The Safe Room

Purple Guy wakes up as Springtrap for the first time. The Puppet tells him that he’s trapped in the safe room forever, as punishment for killing the kids. Some time passes like this, and at this point the blog was not an ask blog. That, however, was soon to change…

People started interacting with Springtrap via the ask box, mostly asking random questions (I remember one was about dancing). At some point I got this ask:

Which was what made Purple’s ghost leave the suit, giving Springtrap a consciousness and the freedom to control his own body. Unsurprisingly, Springtrap absolutely hated Purple. So now the blog had a whopping 3 askable characters, and it took place exclusively in the sealed up safe room. The Puppet could come and go as they pleased, but Spring and Purple were trapped. (Although Purple is a ghost and can phase through walls, the Puppet “ghost-proofed” the safe room so he couldn’t) They were essentially alone with each other up until someone asked about the Phantoms, and then the Puppet introduced P. Chica, P. Freddy, and P. Foxy to the duo.

Another thing that would happen a lot is other Springtraps from other AU blogs would stop by and meet Sproing, which was interesting. The Puppet can open portals between these dimensions, so the other blog universes can interact.

So then…several asks and a small comic later…

Era 2: Fazbear Fright

The Puppet decides that, as a ghost, Purple is essentially harmless so they let the Amusement Park employees discover the location of Springtrap and Purple. Springtrap is hauled away in a big truck, and Purple follows. The Phantom animatronics, however, are left behind, with only a note that tells them where everyone went. To this day, they are still lost, on some kind of bizarre road trip or something.

And, now that Spring and Purple are in a bigger and better home, the Puppet decides to open a time portal from the past and let the Toy Animatronics come by to visit whenever they want. This is when stuff started to really pick up, I think. Since the Toys are from the past, when Purple was alive, they knew who he was. Up until this point, Purple’s real name was left unknown to the blog, but Toy Bonnie mentioned it. So this is when stuff starts getting less and less canon. Purple Guy is revealed to be James.

Purple wasn’t too happy about it.

Later on we see Purple becoming a bit less of a salty dingus and he does start to try and apologize to Springtrap for using him (as the Spring Bonnie suit) to help him with the murders. Springtrap isn’t really too big on forgiving him, but he stops trying to pick a fight with him constantly. Right after all that’s done with, Halloween time rolls around, which puts us at the next bit

Era 3: The Nightmares

So after a couple of asks and a whole lot of Halloween power, the Nightmare animatronics bust out of their own bizarre dream dimension and into the real world. They start living at Fazbear Fright, and are able to answer questions. This leads to a lot of fun posts. Also, people started asking about Fredbear a lot. So, Springtrap started asking around to see if any of his current friends knew about the long lost bear. Since Springtrap was a classic animatronic, from Fredbear’s Diner, he was much older than the rest, so nobody else remembered Fredbear. That is, except for Purple, but his knowledge of Fredbear’s location was vague at best. And, since all computer and written files of the bear’s whereabouts were inaccessible, Springtrap ended up doing something completely ridiculous:

Going back in time to get the information he needed. Literally, warped back in time to when the fnaf 2 pizzeria was open (this is the Puppet’s home time, they just brought Springtrap and Purple back with them). Purple tagged along because he knew where to look for the information, much to the Puppet’s annoyance. Some weird stuff happens, and they end up getting the address for where Fredbear was sold off to. Sproing and company head back to the present day, and try and figure out a way to get to the address they found. It wasn’t easy, considering the place was very far away and the couldn’t really leave Fazbear Fright without the amusement park guards seeing them and capturing them. Sooooo they waited around for….a long time (because I went on hiatus hgjghgh)

Era 4: Current Day Dumpster Fire

So they have the brilliant idea of actually going into the security room and looking for a night guard who can hopefully give them a ride out of the amusement park and out to get Fredbear. So yeah, this happens, turns out there’s been a night guard here the whole time!! She was just hiding. So they drive out, find Fredbear, bring him home, and then this blog lit itself on fire with really bad Purple Guy art and some stuff about the Puppet not wanting people to swear. To this day, Purple’s true backstory is unknown, and the blog is nowhere near the actual story of the real fnaf lore, because I didn’t know enough about it at the time of making up all this weird story junkTL;DR: This blog is an AU blog. It doesn’t strictly follow the canon of the fnaf games or books, but rather uses them as a loose guideline. Springtrap is separate from Purple Guy, Purple Guy isn’t named William Afton, and the Night Guard is just some random girl. 90% of this blog’s “story” is just weird daydreams I have and decide to post

[johnmurphysass]

ship tag game

rules: answer these 10 questions and tag 10 people

tagged by:this adorable nerd @lieutenantshaw

tagging: @nightbleeder @octannibal-blake @grumpybell @clarkeseden @the-most-beautiful-broom @bellameblake @granger--danger @queenxxvikkixx @bellamybb @blueshirtbell

ultimate otp: this is probably going to be a really hard question. I’m pretty sure I’m what you call a ship-whore. I swear to you I love all ships and understand the majority of them. I guess if I have to pick we are gonna throw back to Buffy and Angel. The tragic love of my adolescent childhood. If they have a ship name I don’t know it lol

a ship you’ll always love: McSwarek...god it was only on for 6 seasons but those two idiots stole my heart and never gave it back. 

current obsession: Zaven. They’ve only just met but it’s the beginning of a beautiful ship. Also Nick and June but I’m not sure of their ship name from the Handmaid’s Tale.

a ship you never thought you’d like: Unpopular opinion and I’m pretty sure I will go hide under a rock after this...Becho. I know a lot of people don’t like it and are frustrated with it and I didn’t think I would like it but I don’t mind it. Yeah it sucks because ummmmm hello Bellarke shipper but I can’t hate something I don’t know that much about. Also six years is a long ass time guys but I’m not going to rant about that one.

a ship you liked but don’t like anymore: Linstead...Honestly the only reason I don’t care for them anymore is because Sophia Bush left the show. If she was still there then I would probably still ship Erin and Jay.

a ship you think should be canon: Bellarke for the love of all that is good in this world make them canon. I feel like this is finally our year but I’m also not holding my breath. Jroth is a dick and I trust nothing that comes out of his mouth one way or the other.

a canon ship you hate: Olivia Benson and Ed Tucker. I know I said I love all ships but that is one that I cannot get behind. There is too much history between the two of them to really make it plausible. 

a ship you’ve been shipping for years: Barson better known as Rafael Barba and Olivia Benson. They’re not canon and will probably never be canon but you know what their interactions together was amazing. They reminded me of myself and my husband. Snarky, sassy little shits who would rather argue with each other than anyone else.

a ship everyone loves but you don’t care about: I can’t answer this one. I care about most of them even if it doesn’t show up on my blog.

favourite rarepair: God I feel like these are all over the place and again I will have to hide under a rock but Bamon. I loved seeing Bonnie and Damon interact while Elena was off screen. Maybe I read more into their friendship than I should’ve but hey that’s the story of my life.

[morleybell]

all ships got such shitty stuff in tvd finale though, stelena got the final moments but they were about damon and caroline, delena got human married endgame but ian couldn't smile and they didn't even talk, bonenzo don't get anything apart from a reunion after death, steroline got eternal love promise but they're separated by death, klaroline got the letter but caroline's still wearing her wedding ring. bamon, beremy, forwood? what are those? plus stefan died while abusive rapist damon lived

OMG THIS TEA, LOVE YA ANON.

okay so. starting with beremy - this ship has ended long time ago and since bonnie was with enzo i didnt think they will make anything for them. i’m suprised though we didnt get any elena/jeremy scene. bamon - while i did see the chemistry/potential (whatever) it was never canon and they made bonnie with enzo so obv they didn’t get a shit. i’m sad for shippers though because yall are not blind, they made a lot of scenes that showed us bamon might be happening.  forwood - the biggest tragedy, they deserved so much better, i will forever be salty how they handled tyler’s death. But since this ship was over a long time ago (because of steroline or klaroline) i’m not really surprised, i didnt expect much from them. I’m sad though how they treated Tyler, Matt got so much screentime and they showed us only Tyler standing with Vicky, not even a word about him, anything. They made my boy so dirty, he deserved so much better than this. His whole family is dead and noone from his friends said a word about him and the funeral they gave him in s8 when damon killed him? it legit looked like a party. its also funny though how they focused a lot on stefan’s redemtion because he killed enzo/but everyone is totally okay with damon killing tyler. whats the point? also last tyler’s line was “she (elena) will never forgive you (damon)” well guess what. she didnt even ask about him. so yeah Forwood deserved better but mostly Tyler deserved better than what he got. Del.ena married human endgame yeah but ohmygod I swear even Matt’s scenes were more interesting than Delena’s. Ian had one job - to kiss nina and to smile at her. He kissed her chin and the way he smiled.. i’m just glad that’s not my ship. but well at least they can be happy they’re endgame right? I’m glad it’s not mine endgame at least. Ster.oline - I don’t believe Steroline is endgame in “afterlife”. I believe in afterlife you have Elena+her parents and Defan, that’s how they showed us at least. And they’re all humans, everyone except of Caroline. Caroline loved/loves being a vampire and Stefan always wanted to be a human basically whole s8 (or whole their relationship) showed us how they will never work.  While everyone who was human saw people they loved - Elena her parents (after she died), or damon - stefan or matt - vicky etc etc etc. Caroline is the only one who didn’t see her mother she just felt her presence. for me it’s because she is a vampire and she is immortal.

Stelena - I will never forget them, I thought I’m over them for 4 years and I got their goodbye scene and I cried for whole day. Stefan dying because he doesn’t feel he deserves forgivness after everything what he has done/after killing Enzo.. while Damon after killing Tyler was redeemed in one episode without doing anything really… yeah. it’s fucked up. I will always be bitter how they treated Stelena in/after s5. But you know what I will remember? Kevin saying that Stelena is the story. Kevin and Julie admitting that if Nina stayed, Stelena would be endgame. I’ll remember everyone from the cast shitting on DE, I will remember how Elena said about D that it’s “the worst choice she ever made” and I will remember “I was coming back to you stefan. The best choice I’ve ever made”. I will remember Kai, Klaus, Katherine, Rebekah, Lexi saying all positive things about Stelena. That kind of love never dies. I will remember how last Stefan’s goodbye is to Elena and how when she lets him go the song “never say never“ (never let me go) starts playing. And I will remember that’s the same song from 1x01 when Elena invited Stefan’s inside. I will remember that one of last Stefan’s words are “I was feeling epic” said to Lexi about his goodbye scene with Elena. and I will remember this is the parallel to scene from s1 where Lexi was talking with Elena about Stefan. That’s what I’m choosing to remember.

Klaroline. Yeah I wanted to have ADR and hear Klaus’s voice saying once again “however long it takes”. Caroline might loved Stefan and she will for sure remember him just like she remembers Tyler (it’s more like my opinion than canon fact because julie is dumb with what she did to forwood) but she is immortal just like klaus and she will move on. She already got a letter 2 years after what happened to Stefan. She shouldn’t be alone forever and she should find her happiness. Klaroline scene might be short, or she might be wearing stefan’s ring & she might still think about him but she will move on, she wont be sad forever. You don’t fall in love only once. Klaroline scene might not have “I will love you forever, I never forget you” quotes but they have something else, which for me is better - a promise of seeing more of them. A new story. A continuation. Seeing them in The Originals once again. And it might not happen in s4, or maybe in finale of s4 or maybe in s5 if TO gets it. BUT this ending klaroline scene in TVD?

This is the beginning of the new story.

And a promise of an epic endgame.