#and what he does to deal with gooses death

[polar-myst]

The top gun brainrot is real.

And it’s happening right now.

[ghouljams]

Truly a shame I am giving out Cowboy gold when I’m shadow-banned. Here’s some fluff of the gang dealing with Momma Duck getting home. Just pure domestic while I wait on support.

Simon pulls open the door on your third knock, it looks like you just woke him up. He’s still in his boxers and tee, scratching his chest as he leans against the door. His eyes drag from your sleep shorts, to your tank, to the shower caddy in your hand, just barely seeming to register any details but your bare skin. You really like sleepy Simon, but he’s not what you’re here for.

“Can I use your shower?”

“Use the one at the house,” He rumbles, voice thick with sleep and just a little too low for this early in the morning.

“Can’t,” you tell him pushing past him and into his little house, “Momma got in late last night so her and Daddy are hoggin’ all the water.” 

Simon hums and shuts the door behind you, following as you make your way to his bathroom. He grabs the door handle before you do, crowding you against the door as he holds it shut. The warmth of him makes you press back against the wood, his easy morning smile and tired eyes just made to lull you into compliance.

"You wanna stay here tonight?"

"Not on your life. My momma just got home I'm tryin'a enjoy her while I got her."

"You sure?" Simon drops to his knees like it's his job, hands sliding over your thighs to tug you closer in a way that makes your stomach drop and your panties wet. "Nothin' I could do to convince ya'?" You can feel the labor in each breath you take as Simon's lips ghost over your thigh, teeth just scraping the sensitive skin. Oh there is plenty he could do to convince you of anything. If he said the sky was red you might just believe him.

You swat at him quickly to stop yourself from folding. The devil is in his chuckle, just gotta remind yourself of that. He lets you go and you are quick to fall backwards into the bathroom, closing the door on him to ensure he doesn’t try anything funny.

Ghost hears the shower turn on and sits back on his heels with a sigh. You were going to be the death of him. He rubs a hand down his face, feeling the rough stubble, as he stares at the closed bathroom door. Might as well go put the kettle on while you get cleaned up.

He’s just turned the burner on when there’s another knock at the door. Simon truly wonders sometimes if God hates him. He crosses the short distance to his front door and pulls it open.

“Ah good, you’re up,” Soap says pushing past him, “I need your shower.”

“Goose is already in there,” Ghost tells him, holding on to the faint hope that might inspire him to leave. It doesn’t.

“Steamin’ hell, how early does that lass get up?” Soap swears, making a beeline for the kitchen, “You got coffee in here?”

“What I have is company.”

“Anno, and she’ll want coffee when she’s out,” Soap agrees, grabbing the little coffee pot from the corner and turning on the tap. Ghost sighs, and grabs the little coffee tin from the top shelf. He tosses it to Soap who eagerly sets about fixing a pot. The kettle whistles and Ghost grabs it to fix himself a mug of tea, the only sensible person in the small house.

There’s another knock at the door. Ghost draws a breath, when did he become a babysitter, and opens it.

“Can I-” Gaz starts.

“Goose’s already in there,” Soap calls from the kitchen.

“You hear the Captain and Missus too?” Gaz asks, shouldering past Ghost to join Soap in the kitchen.

“This isn’t a fucking common area.” Ghost grumbles, watching Gaz snag his tea. He sighs and shuts the door to go make another cup.

The shower shuts off as the coffee pot dings. Soap and Gaz discuss potential plans for the day, voices loud enough Ghost almost doesn’t hear the bathroom door open or your soft footsteps out. He looks up from his phone to watch you toweling off your hair, one of his sleep shirts fitting you like a dress.

“Where’d you get that?” He asks, holding out an arm to wrap around your waist as you settle on his lap.

“Nipped it from your hamper.” You settle back against his chest, reaching for the only untouched mug on the table. Simon hums behind you, moving your damp hair out of the way to press his lips to your neck. Simple and sweet. Soap gags loudly.

“Weird seeing you like this, mate.” Gaz says, earning a sympathetic shoulder pat from Soap as he gets up to grab the shower.

“Give your balls a tug, Garrick.” You tell him peaceably, feeling Simon smile against your skin.

“Oh you are- She is mean in the morning!” Gaz gasps, Simon’s shoulders shake behind you.

“Be nice,” Simon tells you, though he doesn’t even sound like he half means it.

[lizaluvsthis]

Soery if this isnt related to br or something

What are your main japanese songs (if you have any)

That can either relate for the two gay characters?

SAY NO MORE FELLAS!

Wowaka by Unknown Mother Goose - SMG4 redesign

Four deals with his struggles at being Perfect.

Rolling Girl by Miku Hatsune - SMG3 recolor/redesign

Three is trying his hardest all the time even after his arc.

The past re-encounters that gave him so much deja vu and all the bad things even tho he tries so many times making it all up with it. He couldn't.

(He does SH and the only way for him to think about is dying- yet Four prevents him from doing that)

Kokoro by Rin ft. Len Kagamine (duet) - SMG34

Four as the robot and Three... well... is the professor. (For those who heard the duet song you will understand that)

Vivi by kenshi yonezu - SMG3

Three slips away from Four and even ends up mising him even more.

Orange by 96Neko - SMG4

Three dies. Four is there to stay and cherish all the moments he and Three had made from their times, now he always visits his grave. Four finally moves on and Three could only say "goodbye"

Sigh by Rin Kagamine - SMG4

Four doesn't know why he was always sad, turns out his long dead-forgotten friend appeared as an angel to return the smiles he had missed.

Kokoronashi by Hikaru Station - SMG3

Three suffers at himself and well finds it hard to deal with emotions...

Knife by [vocaloids i fgt] - SMG4

Short straight [if you know and heard this song]

Four avenge Three's death after Niles killed him

Therefore You and Me by Eve ft. 38ban - SMG34

Ever long lasting slow burn. Recolored - redesign

Ikanaide (Don't Go) by Mafumafu - SMG3

From Recolor to 1st-2nd Redesign

Three's villain role is out of his hands now that he became a tritagonist. However he still looks out for SMG4 even after everything...

But somedays when he and Four get into basic arguements he still fears that one day he would stop talking to him and that he would rather hang out much to his friends.

That Four might eventually forget about what he had just done something good to him.

The Lost One's Weeping ft. Kagamine Rin - SMG4

Redesign vs. Recolor.

Four would recall his past about his senior high where he never understood nothing and the self comparisson between him and the rest of the students are highly at this rate.

It triggered him so much that he never wanted to get back to it, he is only recalling this from his vision - seen as his memories until he sees his recolored version telling him that he already made the decision and that there is nothing else he could do.

Nonsense Speaker by Miku Hatsune - SMG3

Smg3 even tho if he was a tsundere... he still has thoughts about his relationship with four... and the events they both shared if he'd still even see himself as the past or look into his bright self again.

Kagerou Days by Shizen no Teki ft. Miku Hatsune - SMG3

Basic timeloop

Three tried so many times to prevent four from dying with his self hatred side. Yet. He was the one to die at the end.

Racing Into The Night by YOASOBI - SMG4

Four didn't know why three was sad. (They both felt all sad and stuff-)

So when three said he wanted to die- four did too.

Suki Kirai (Like-Dislike) by Rin and Len - SMG34

YOU KNOW A SUN X MOON DYNAMIC ALREADY ITS OBVIOUS.

Feathers Across the Seasons by Kagamine Rin and Len - SMG3

Smg4 was the mysterious feather being

Three is the diseased human person.

Bonus for other characters:

@shygirl4991 @alianarepasa

High Range ft. Kagamine Len - Heart 3

It kinda does fit for Heart since he does use his fem voice not quite often

I'll Quit Singing ft. Kagamine Len - Book 3

Nothing else I just like to think that book plays with a piano

The World is Mine by Miku Hatsune - Spade 3

SPADE SINGING THIS? YES. YES I DID.

(ITS CANON BECAUSE HIS PERSONALITY TRAIT SAID SO)

The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku - Producer4

What huh personality disappearance? Yes.

Daughter of Evil by Kagamine Rin - Delinquent4

Servant of Evil by Len Kagamine Len - Producer4

I think you kmow this story already. Hehe.

[whohasthecards]

Top Gun Medieval Fantasy AU Idea

IceMav operating an adventure guild/inn/tavern. Iceman is the head of the guild and Maverick is his right-hand man. Ice and Mav co-own the establishment. Most people don't know this, they just assume that Mav is pretty high up, because he's one of the top adventurers, and when he's not out and about, he trains or guides the newer adventurers (Mav does the dirty work Ice can't visibly do).

Potential additional idea: Iceman and Maverick used to knights, but stop and established a guild.

Rooster is a traveling warrior, but he is not part of the guild. He goes their only when it is necessary for a job, but he doesn't linger or stay. Bradley wanted to be a knight, but Mav used his connections to block his application to the academy. Bradley found out and left, cutting contact and went to find his way. Bradley was bitter, thinking, it all makes sense. Why Mav was reluctant in training him, only got involved in his training when he was older, and why it was mostly Ice who taught him. Mav never thought he could do it, he never had faith in his abilities. (Goose was Mav's partner and died in one of their adventures. Mav couldn't bear the thought that if he taught Bradley, and Bradley died, it would be because of the skills he passed down to him. Because Mav's skills at the time wasn't enough to save Goose, so it is not good enough for Bradley. Also Carole made Mav promise before she died.) On a side note, during his travels, Rooster picked up playing different instruments and is quite good at it. He's trying to remember the song his dad used to play him, but it's been so long that he can only really play the tune of the chorus. The lines lost in time (part of Rooster wants to ask Ice or Mav, but his pride won't allow him to). On the bright side, Rooster displays himself as a bard, allowing him to gather money and information easily as no one is suspicious of him. At least until he draws his hidden sword.

Hangman was raised to be a knight, he was taken in as a ward of a Knight's order, went through the academy, and was knighted young. He was well-known and people admired him. However, one day he and his partner were dispatched far to deal with a horde of demons. He and his partner figured out that there was corruption in the order that spread to the town folk, allowing for exploitation, which grew to warriors being hired despite barely having any fighting experience. The problem grew, until the town was overwhelmed by monsters every night. In the final battle, his partner died. When Hangman went to report what happened, the order decided to push the incident 'under the rug', with his partner's death being declared as an 'accident'. The order's reputation was far more important than the life of one man. Hangman was pissed and left the order, swearing revenge (and succeeding). Hangman still keeps the sword he used as a knight, but he never unsheathes it. Instead he transitioned to dual wielding two short swords. Hangman works alone, travelling and doing mercenary work. He doesn't care about anything else, but results. No one knows that Hangman used to be a knight.

Javy is from a blacksmith clan, realized that blacksmithing wasn't for him and decided to go on a journey. Found this creature, nursed it to help, and now follows him around. Someone eventually suggested that he use the creature as a mount. He did and he fell in love with it. He became well-trained in fighting while on his mount. Easily maneuvering any weapon while the mount charges. Coming from a family of blacksmiths, he understood how to use most weapons and that came handy in times of improvisation.

He became friends with Jake when they were travelling. They were forced to share a room together in an inn rather than camp outside and they got to know one another (Jake was sharpening his sword, Javy told him he was doing it wrong, they bickered, Javy impressed Jake and wrangled a thank you out of him). They keep on meeting each other throughout the next year or so, Jake even allowing Javy to work with him occasionally. After more than a year, Jake told Javy everything, Javy was heartbroken for his friend.

I have more thoughts about this AU, but maybe I'll write them down sometime else.

[wisecrackingeric-2]

My thoughts on Resident Evil Death Island: spoilers ahead!!!!

I made a spoiler-free post on my page talking about my opinions on Death island, but here’s my spoiler-filled summary and thoughts on the whole movie!!!!!! This isn’t a one-to-one summary/explanation of what happens in the movie, if that’s what you want, you can find it on @highball66 ‘s page!!!!

Spoilers ahead under cut!!!

When people said this was Jills movie and she was THE main character i didint really believe them. But they were RIGHT. She IS THE MOMENT. SHES THE REAL STAR OF THIS MOVIE. She goes off H A R D

Ok first off. THE BEGINNING????????? I went absolutely F E R A L when I saw we were seeing the POV of umbrella soldiers during the initial Racoon City Outbreak oh my GOD IT WAS SO STRESSFUL. The harsh cut from the two dudes talking in the car, fighting back against civilians to having to isolate their friends after they got infected inside of a meat fridge(???) it was SO INTENSE I WAS GOING ABSOLUTELY FERAL. Basically the main villain was an Umbrella solider named Dylan and was working alongside his best friend JJ, and they were sent to Raccoon City to deal with people trying to break out, but it cuts to all their team members hiding in a meat fridge all having been infected while him and his best friend are the only ones who’re ok, and when they asked for backup to figure out what to do with their infected teammates, the comms come back telling them to lock them in a room and kill them all. The main villain is BEGGING his friend not to and all hell breaks loose as his friend kills all of them, because once they turn into zombies they manage to break out of the room and attack him, and Dylan is literally on the ground screaming for his friend not to and for all of it to stop and it’s PAINFULL. HES LITERALLY CURLED UP CRYING BEHIND A TABLE BEGGING HIS FRIEND TO STOP. T H E N his FRIEND (who is TOTALLY HIS GAY LOVER BY THE WAY. THEY WERE D E F I N I T E L Y GAY) gets infected and he’s FORCED TO KILL HIM OH MY GOD IT WAS SO AHANDHDNXHXNX IT WAS SO GENUIENLY TENSE

Also the Villains motivations were actually really decent??????? It wasn’t his intention to kill random innocent people like Glenn Arias, he specifically made T-Virus filled mosquitos he able to be controlled by his command so he could pick out and specify who to kill, and he wanted to kill SPECIFICALLY people in power or in governments or the BSAA/Terrasave etc etc etc, and he even bought up a few REALLY good points, like how they in the end don’t actually help innocent civilians and how it’s just a big money-making venture for them. Of all the RE villains, this guy was actually really compelling and interesting and genuinely intimidating

He has this repeated thing he does throughout the movie where he’ll get his gun, unload the bullets, point it to his head and pull the trigger just to get that feeling cuz he feels so guilty for killing his “””best friend””” (Totally his boyfriend) and it was s o unnerving to watch.

Also, Dr Taylor’s back!!! And there’s this one REALLY genuinely tense scene where he’s being forced to finish making the weird mosquito thingies, and as the villain (his named Dylan) is congratulating him he’s also pointing a gun to his head and it’s set up in such a way that’s so tense my friend next to me was audibly holding her breath in fright chsnxhsnxjns

Anyways,, LEON ON HIS MOTORCYCLE!!!!!! AND HUNNIGAN IS THERE!!! We never see her face but we hear her voice heaps!!!!!!! He chases after Glenn Arias’ daughter Maria but in classic Leon fashion, he is DESTROYED by her choke-slamming him with her thighs and he crashes the bike. Classic silly goose Leon

Also when Claire goes onto the beach to investigate the orcas, the locals are hesitant of her once she tells them she’s from Terrasave which is a reoccurring theme in the movie

There’s this REALLY AWESOME super tense scene that’s probably the only truly scary scene in the movie where Jills investigating a house for survivors after a zombie attack, and a zombie jumpscares her and she smashed it into a table (which is where the scene from the trailer comes from,) and Chris breaks in with us team and tries to tell her off for going in on her own and being reckless

Later on, Chris is talking with Rebecca and he’s like “I’m making Jill do the mission report for this mission cuz she went in recklessly >:((“ and Rebecca was like “oooooh. Punishment :)” and Chris was like “huh??? Whuh?? No!!” Which made me crack up laughing HCNDHDNDISN but then Rebecca tries to explain that she’s probably struggling with what happened when Wesker brainwashed her, and how she was probably taking that anger out on herself. Chris obviously goes to comfort her at the shooting range, and there’s this cute moment where he walks in covering his ears going 🥺 cuz she’s shooting, and he tries to comfort her and tell her about how he was planning for PIERS NIVANS TO TAKE OVER AND HOW HE FEELS GUILTY FOR HIS DEATH WAAAHHHHH and he tries to tell her that in their line of work death is inevitable, and that it’s worth it to keep going, and Jill opens up about how awful it was to be under Weskers control, and that she felt like she wanted nothing more than to kill them all. She opened up about how all she wanted to do was save innocent lives but now after everything she’s seen she just feels numb, which was SUCH an impactful scene for her, and Chris tried to tell her it’s not worth becoming numb because that’s how you loose your humanity, but she ignores him to keep shooting.

Spoilers, her trauma is never really truly resolved by the end of the movie, which is a real shame; but it’s nice to see it being acknowledged at all, and the scene was really sweet (also while Chris watches her wistfully shooting while ignoring him this time he d o e s n t cover his ears??? You’re gonna go deaf old man!!)

Next, Chris, Claire and Jill are all hanging out in Rebecca’s office talking about life and how boring having to beat up bad guys is over coffee and it’s SO CUTE AND DOMESTIC RAGH and then they all go to meet up with Claire and talk about how the T-Virus is infecting people only on Alcatraz and how more cases are spreading blah blah blah plot stuff but next scene they arrive on a boat to Alcatraz DISGUISED AS TOURISTS AND CHRIS HAS THE FULL HAWAIIAN SHIRT GOIN ON ITS SO CUTE AAAAAAA and Jill has this cute lil cardigan on meanwhile Claire didint even bother trying to disguise herself???

There’s this scene where this YouTuber dude is being recorded and he’s being all loud and annoying and it FEELS like an obvious dig at Mr Beast and it was SO FUNNY my friend and I were SHITTING ourself laughing the whole time, and then booyah everyone gets infected from mosquitoes and turns into zombies except for the three main guys, and they CLIMB AROUND THE PRISON LIKE FUCKING MONKEYS????? IT WAS S O SILLY AND FUNNY I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD and as Chris and Claire are mowing down the zombies Jill gets seperated from them and falls into the sewers, where she gets lost and runs into Leon- she thinks he’s a zombie at first so they have this really cool mini fight-scene before they finally meet eye-to-eye and she’s like “:00 Leon??” And he responds “Well whaddya know. It’s Jill Valentine!” And it was SO CUTE WAH and he tells her that he’s been looking for the one and only Doctor Taylor and in his words says “he’s wanted by the US-Of-A” oh my god I love this man so much he’s so goofy and these weird marine lickers come out of the water and they have to stay quiet and there’s this one moment where the lickers tongue slides up Jill’s body and my friend and I were looking at each other like 😀 the whole time HCNSHDNSUD before Leon eventually shoots it and summons more.

Their dynamic is S O GOOD I CANT EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW GREAT THEIR DYNAMIC IS Leon asks if Jill has a gun and she says she lost it, so he does this funky lil gun trip and twirls it before giving it to her and she’s like “thanks :)” and as more Lickers arrive she immediately tells him to DUCK and he just leaps in the opposite y direction, and as they’re running away from them Jill asks;

“How many are there?!”

And Leon responds

“I ain’t stoppin’ to count em’!”

And my friend and I were S H I T T I N G OURSELVES LAUGJING and when they FINALLY manage to blow them up Leon goes

“Zero”

“Huh???”

“You asked how many there were. Zero, now :)” HES SO GOOFY I WANNA MARRY HIM

Their dynamic is SO GOOD

Then, Chris and Claire find Dr Taylor hiding in a little box, who introduces himself with a fake name and is CLEARLY pretending to be a good guy. Claire tells him she’s with Terrasave and his first reaction IS TO CALL HER A TERRORIST AND SAY TERRASAVE WAS BEHIND HARVARDVILLE?????? Claire obviously CHEWS HIM OUT and Chris stops them but goddamn I think homegirl deserved to destroy him. Claire tends to his wounds anyways, and she and Chris tells him they’d help him even if he was one of the bad guys and in that moment my friend turned to me and I’m a really goofy voice said “I am the bad guy” and I shit myself laughing

Then Chris and Claire are bit by the T-Virus mosquitoes, and they’re officially out of service for a good portion of the movie. One of my only VERY VERY FEW negatives abt this movie is that Claire and Chris were thrown away for the better part of the middle half, but it’s ABSOLUTELY made up for by the fact that we get to see Jill kick ass and the fact that we get to see Claire and Chris on seen hanging out together just in general

Jill and Leon are still stuck in the sewers and Leon uses his air bender powers to feel a draft, pushes a brick and reveals a secret passageway oooooOOoOoOoo, but Jill is hesitant to go inside and Leon’s like “Hey don’t worry, it’ll be just like a prison break :)” AND I WAS JUST AGAGSGDHXUSH

As they’re crawling on their hands and knees through the passageway Jill says something sarcastic that made me laugh (I don’t remember what it was grrrr) and Leon does this little half giggle and a smile and just :))) ARGAGAGAGAGAH

Then the two of them find the big main Lab, and Leon’s like “this must be where they’re making the virus” and Jill in THE MOST SARCASTIC VOICE EVER goes “Woah, really? You think??” IT MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD and Jill IMMEDIATELY suggests that they simply just. Blow it up. And Leon agrees. God I love them. Then Dylan talks over the speaker teasing them to come rescue their friends like Teehehehe Hohoho :)))) it was so silly

Then. Hooooooooo boy. It was THE ship scene of ALL TIME.

Claire and Chris are in seperate cells and find out their are slowly mutating, Claire quicker than Chris, and Dr Taylor is stuck inside with her. Jill immediately runs to Chris’ bars to hold his hand aaaawwwee and Leon isn’t far behind her, and Dylan reveals his evil secret plan to unleash the Mosquitoes ro specifically kill people he wants to turn into zombies. Dylan infects Leon, but spares Jill from it. Dylan then teases her, talking about how he wants her to experience the same pain he felt during Raccoon City and he SPECIFICALLY teases her need to save innocent people by tRYING TO FORCE HER TO KILL CLAIRE AND SAVE DR TAYLOR and she’s getting flashbacks to when she was brainwashed by Wesker and was gonna kill everyone and UGH IT WAS SO GOOD JILLS TRAUMA IS ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT but ofc Jill refuses (because they’re lesbian girlfriends and in love actually) so Dylan kills Dr Taylor and Claire’s heartstrings are ALSO played on when he thanks her for showing him mercy, and says that she is actually helping people and that she needs to keep doing what she’s doing ARGH IT WAS SO SWEET WAH. And the whole thing with Jill not killing Claire?????? Gay. Gay gay gay

T H E N Leon and Chris have this LONG HEART-TO-HEART WHILE SITTING BACK TO BACK about how the world is fucked, but Chris reassures Leon that they’re doing the right thing, and Leon says that they can’t save the world by killing it, and it’s SUCH a sweet wholesome call back to Leon’s state in Vendetta and he’s clearly doing a lot better now :))

THEN as Dr Taylor’s dying and Claire is having her own emotional scene, he asks them all how they’re staying so positive, and Leon responds;

“We’ve got Jill :)”

MY FRIEND AND I BOTH AUDIBLY WENT AAAAWWWWEEE THEYVE GOT JILL WHEN WE HEARD IT AGSBXYSNXHDHXH

Dylan then explains how he wants to force the group to experience the same pain of having to kill his best friend (gay lover) in Raccoon City like he did, and he specifically makes snide comments to Claire about how Terrasave just puts a bandage over the metaphorical wound and doesn’t actually help innocent people, how Leon just works for corrupt government officials- and Leon just replies with “Yeah just makin’ a livin’ out of it sarcastically while literally dying LEON YOU'RE SO GOOFY STOP BEING SO UNSERIOUS- and then Dylan goes off at Chris for how he throws his teammates into danger and how so many of them die and he still keeps going which OUCH?????? HELLO??? RIP PIERS AND ETHAN IG

Dylan ACTUALLY HAD GOOD POINTS and was a really compelling villain!!!!!! Like his motivations made sense!!!!!!!!!! His sense of vengeance and feeling that the group were a bunch of hypocrites was understandable and compelling!! Especially with his backstory in RC!!!!!!! IT WAS SO GOOD!!

Dylan also goes specifically teases them about how they’re all Pawns for their respective organisations, and hones in on Leon specifically about how he’s a weapon, and them all being ‘Pawns’ is repeated quite a bit throughout the beginning of the movie and the credits which makes me think that may come into play in the future more???? People have theorised that Leon being treated as a government weapon will come back as a plot point in a future game, but with Dylan making actually decent arguments about their respective organisations and the emphasis on all of them being pawns makes me wonder if it’s intentional and will be a big plot point in a future game or something

Also, Leon tries to ask how he’s connected to Glenn Arias, and Dylan just says he was “good friends with him” and that’s how Maria’s there?????? Ok random plot hole but whatever I’m gonna assume they were also gay lovers. Leon then throws a flash Grenade at Maria so Jill has time to escape and kick ass

Meanwhile, Rebecca gets a call from Hunnigan explaining what’s been going on and Rebecca picks up the vaccine and travels to Alcatraz with a squad, but they ALL somehow get killed by the big marine lickers?????? And Rebecca just,,, somehow survives???????? Again, my only negative with this movie is that AGAIN Rebecca has almost no role. I’m S O glad she was there so the whole gang could be in a movie together but it was like her role was reversed from Vendetta but not in a good way. She just,, randomly shows up to save the day, give them the virus, and do nothing else. Capcom WHY do you butcher my baby so badly WHY

Rebecca arrives with her vaccine and heals everybody in a very cute scene and Leon is immediately gone- like bro just teleports- and Chris, Claire and Rebecca have this little shot that screams “Besties…… attack !!!!!!!”

Then Leon runs into Maria, and it’s THAT SCENE. They have a fight and Maria is dodging around like she’s Albert Wesker or something and she CHOKES LEON WITH HER THIGHS AND LEON RESPONDS BY SHOVING HIS NOSE IN HER PUSSY. EVERYONES SEEN THAT SCENE and when she’s like “You killed my father. Prepare to die” he’s like “yeah well,,,,, your dad was kind of a dick” Leon said absolutely Z E R O serious lines in this movie. I genuinely think that all of his lines in this film had at least ONE quippy little quote it’s so good. Then he kills her by stabbing her with a pole lawl

Jill and Dylan then have a stand off at the main entrance, and Dylan does the callback to that reoccurring thing he’s been doing the whole movie where he points his own gun to his head, but this time he shouts himself and he falls into the water in slo-mo in a shot that’s actually really cool, and then a BIG MARINE LICKER CREATURE JUST COMES UP AND EATS HIM????? IT WAS SO GOOFY MY FRIEND AND I WERE LAIGHING SO HARD and then he turns INTO A GIANT FUCKING BOW.

AND IT LOOKS E X A C T L Y LIKE THAT MY HORSE PRINCE MOBILE GAME AD

He had this human face with these horse hoof hands and everytime there was a closeup of his weirdly human teeth I could help but shit myself laighing it was way too funny

Then the whole group gangs up together, and they have an avengers endgame moment where they all team up to take down the beast in a big group shot. Claire and Rebecca go back fo the lab to stop the mosquitoes from escaping, Leon rams a car into the beast, Jill and Chris run away and Chris says “that is one tough cookie” while handing Jill a giant bazooka to kill it with, and Leon hangs upside down from the ceiling like a monkey for a lil bit before leaping off of his car, then Jill and Claire get seperated cuz they get FLUNG ACROSS THE ROOM AND SOMEHOW SURVIVE and Leon teams up with Chris to make an EXTRA LARGE BAZOOKA THAT NEEDS TWO SETS OF HANDS AND THEYRE STANDING BACK TO BACK WHILE FIRING IT AND AGSGXHSSB SO GAY

Jill then distracts the beast by grabbing a lighter as a VERY obvious reference to Jurassic park and yells “COME HERE UGLY COME CATCH ME” and runs away for it to follow her, again, VERY obvious Jurassic park reference, while Leon drives a car with Chris and his GIANT BAZOOKA on top (that looks SUSPICIOUSLY like the one Carlos uses in re3) and Leon says “definitely going on vacation after this” WHILE YOU CAN J U S T BARELY SEE HIS TINY LIL HEAD OVER THE STEERING WHEEL AGSHDHSHDHXU and then JILL gets a GIANT ELECTRIC ROCKET LAUNCHED, A G A IN JUST LIKE IN RE3 (pleasently suprised by all the re3 and re2 references in this movie!!) and it’s not enough to kill it BUT it does fall into the water, dragging Jill in with it in this REALLY goofy scene where you can see a closeup of its teeth, and the gang shuts the Alcatraz doors on it to finally kill it. Rebecca and Claire even have this cute little high-five moment in the lab :)))

The movie ends with the gang all standing outside Alcatraz, watching as rescue helicopters come in, and Leon says “after this, I definitely hate prison tours” WHICH,, KING STOP BEING SO SILLY CHSNSJDN and Chris and Jill have this one last sweet moment where he says “I’m glad you’re back :)” and gives her a fist bump which made me CRY.

Also, completely forgot to mention, but when Dylan inevitably has to kill JJ, JJ first tries to pry his own gun to kill himself out of Dylan’s hands, but Dylan fights him back refusing to kill him until he fully turns into a zombie and Dylan has to SMASH HIS SKULL OPEN WITH HIS HEAVY MEDICAL BAG. IT IS S O BRUTAL OH MY G O D

My overall thoughts;

AMAZING. INCREDIBLE. BEST RE MOVIE EVER. DEFINITELY LIVED UP TO MY STANDARDS.

I’ve said this already but again, I wish Rebecca had a more active role. It felt exactly like what happened with her in Vendetta, but in reverse where she just randomly showed up to save everybody. She was barely in this movie for all the important bits

Also, again, the Redfield siblings kinda dissapeared during the middle of the movie but so does Leon I guess.

Jill was truly the star of this movie, it felt like it was her moment to shine and it was GREAT. She popped off like crazy and I couldn’t ask for any more

Also, as awesome and really cool as it was to see everyone’s traumas being directly addressed, it never gets resolved; Jill’s kinda does, as her final words to Dylan are “GET OVER IT” (referring to how he projects his issues onto everybody) and she has that neat fist bump with Chris (But I think they’re saving that fully fleshed out trauma exploration for a future game)

Again, Dylan was also really the star of the movie. He’s easily one of the best villains in RE, and his backstory in Raccoon City was SUCH a cool callback and a realistic motivation. All the references to the games was just cool in general. And he was SCARY, too. Like all the stuff with his guns and the threatening??? It was spooky!!!!

I do wish that this movie ended on a cliffanger and we got to see a sequel, though. I would’ve LOVED to see what would’ve happened if the mosquitoes got out and infected the BSAA, Terrasave and the Governemt like Dylan wanted (again, he actually had a good point in hating all those organisations)

Also, speaking of, the whole reoccurring thing of the gang being called ‘Pawns’ was REALLY interesting??? Like Leon was called the governments secret weapon a lot, Claire was often berated for being apart of Terrasave, etc etc, which makes me think that that might be an important plot point in a future game???? Like maybe they all realise their respective originations are also evil somehow and they’ve all been pawns in a big game????? I’m REALLY excited to see if that goes anywhere

Lastly, man, this movie lived up to its expectations with all the cool character interactions. Ranging from domestic to heartfelt to gay to awesome, it was so neat- Jill and Leon had amazing back-and-fourth chemistry that was SO FUNNY, Chris and Claire FINALLY had some screen time together, Jill + Claire and Leon + Chris had their own adorable gay moments, EVERYTHING with Chris and Jill was PERFECT, Rebecca absolutely teasing everybody and anybody in their little gang- chefs kiss. Mwuah. Couldn’t ask for anything better. Capcom PLEASE put all of your characters together like this again this movie was SO GOOD I LOVED seeing them all interact so much

Also, Dylan and JJ were absolutely gay lovers. That is a hill I will unironically die on

[topguncortez]

wolfman x reader where boys night out typically means talk of s/o is off limits but when he shows up more subdued then they’ve ever seen him that can’t help but ask what’s up

(can take in any direction you want, he wants to marry r, they’re pregnant and he’s freaked out, fight and breakup or even, he finds out r is a virgin and that’s not something he’s use to dealing with etc.)

Boys Night | Henry "Wolfman" Ruth x Reader warnings: cheating, mentions of the TopGun '86 mission, the use of the term "burning in", near death, language.

Wolfman's presence was hard to miss when he would show up to boys night. Not only was the blonde WSO tall, but he had a bright smile and a loud laugh that usually let the squadron know that he was there, but tonight was different. For one, Wolfman didn't have his oh so famous stetson on his head, and that beautiful smile was missing.

"Alright, I know it's boys night," Goose said, setting his cards down and looking over at Wolfe, "But you're being weird and it's weirding me out."

"I'm not being weird, Bradshaw," Wolfman muttered.

"Aha! You are! You called me, 'Bradshaw'," Goose exclaimed.

"Well, that is your last name," Maverick, pointed out, "But for real, Wolfie, you are acting a bit strange. What's up? Issues with the Missus?"

The boys all let out a low whistle as they looked around at Wolfe, who sighed, setting his cards down in front of him. Boys night was off limits for significant others. There was no talk about the women that they went home to (or in Mav's case, went to go find). But occasionally, they broke the rules when it looked like one of them was going through it.

"Y/N, she's uh. . . she wants to get married," Wolfe said quietly.

Y/N had been one of the few girlfriends that had made the sacrifice to come out and see the TopGun pilots during their training. She had be come close friends with Carole and Sarah (Iceman's girlfriend). The three of them had become inseparable as they shared the common theme of being significant others of the pilots. They all leaned on each other when the pilots got whisked away to some mission in the Indian Ocean not long after graduation.

"Well damn! That's huge!" Goose smiled, and patted Wolfman's back, but the RIO shook his head, "It's not?"

"Remember that last mission, after graduation?"

How could any of them forget? Hollywood and Wolfman had been shot out of the sky, their plane breaking into pieces as they hurdled towards the endless sea. Ice and Slider had to fight off four MiGs by themselves until Maverick came to their rescue and shot down three MiGs, making him the only active duty pilot with three confirmed air kills. It was a mission for the history books.

"I cheated on her," Wolfman said quietly, "It was dumb and stupid and I was. . . I didn't think I'd ever live to see her again. I mean, I felt the fucking jet broke apart with us still in it. I wasn't thinking and-"

"Does she know?" Iceman asked and Wolfe shook his head, "You need to tell her."

"I tried," Wolfman said, "I really did, but I couldn't so. . . I just packed my bags and left. Left her a note with an apology."

Wolfman could only imagine the scene playing out at his apartment right now. It was around 8:30 at night, so Y/N was just getting home from her girls night with Carole, Sarah, and Bradley. She had probably already noticed that his boots were missing from their usual spot by the front door, which would prompt her to call out his name. She would then walk to the kitchen and see that his cookbooks were gone, as well as the picture of him and Hollywood. She would then see the note, written on a yellow notebook pad.

"You son of a bitch Leonard!"

She would probably curse, as she would run up to see that his side of the closet had been ransacked, his drawers were empty, and a ring box was sitting on the side of the bed.

[critter-genfic-events]

Worldbuilding: A Critical Role Gen-fic Rec List

Well hello friends! Please enjoy these nine amazing fics about the wonderful world of Exandria and the heroes who live there! Oh, and don't forget to show the authors some love if you liked their work!

ways of helping by Mikkeneko (3622,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: Beauregard & The Mighty Nein, Beauregard/Yasha

Beauregard is on her period and having a rough time. The rest of their nein help.

Reccer says: It's a nice little bit of hurt/comfort with a side of xenobiology and thought about what it would be like to have to deal with a bad period on the road.

swallowed with all hope by renquise (14319,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: None

In Eiselcross, Essek writes reports, makes new acquaintances, tries not to die in snowstorms, and thinks of all the things he did and could have done.

Reccer says: It's absolutely beautiful and a very insightful depiction of what Essek's time at the Vurmas Outpost would have been like - and I appreciate the amount of thought that was put into the surroundings and what life would have been like in Aeor.

talon two by jhai (honekujira) (3047,Teen) Warnings: Choose not to use archive warnings Pairings: Cerrit Agrupnin & Kir Agrupnin & Maya Agrupnin

Kir's history of using codenames over the sending stones

Reccer says: Amazing family feels but also a lovely glimpse into what life might have been like in pre-Calamity Avalir.

A Thousand Words for Snow by Schistosity (21016,Teen) Warnings: No archive warnings apply Pairings: Jester Lavorre & Mollymauk Tealeaf, Jester Lavorre & Nott, Beauregard & Nott , Beauregard & Caleb Widogast, Caleb Widogast & Yasha, Fjord & Yasha

A series of studies on the Mighty Nein and their language proficiencies. How language fails us, connects us, and defines us.

Reccer says: It's a fascinating study about how different members of the Nein might interact with the languages they know.

You Can Take a Fearne Out of the Feywild... by Beauteousmajesty (2992,General) Warnings: none Pairings: Fearne & Imogen, Fearne & Orym

A series of fics about Fearne and her feyness

Reccer says: I love Fearne, and this series does a very good job of exploring why Fearne is the way she is.

once upon a damn-you-all by grayintogreen (615138,Mature) Warnings: None Pairings: Mollymauk Tealeaf/Caleb Widogast, Fjord/Jester Lavorre, Beauregard Lionett/Yasha

After their meeting in Zadash, Cree decides to travel with the Nein to try and get Lucien back. Things unfold differently from there.

Reccer says: This monster of a fic (over half a million words, plus multiple sequels) has so much description, worldbuilding, original characters and texture - it's a fantastic read!

Road Rags by Goose (4112,Teen) Warnings: Discussion of menstruation Pairings: The Mighty Nein

The women of the Mighty Nein (plus a bird child) talk about handling periods, because Beau is perpetually curious. Later they bother the others about it too, because Jester delights in sowing minor to medium-level discord.

Reccer says: This is a question that I also often ponder, and I love how it was addressed so organically. Also just feels like great girls hanging out vibes

Nova by AnaliseGrey (1221,Not Rated) Warnings: Some light discussion of starvation Pairings: Caleb & Nott

Nott discovers that casting magic makes you really hungry, and worries about what Caleb sacrificed for her in the early days.

Reccer says: I love the idea of other, secondary effects of using magic like this, and the way Nott discovers it and the care that it sparks is just lovely

Kinds of Light by Beauteousmajesty (1420,Teen) Warnings: Major Character Death Pairings: Two Original Characters

A view of Aeor before the fall, from the eyes of those that just live there

Reccer says: I liked it

If you liked this rec list, follow along for more! We'll be posting a new list with a new theme each Monday. And if you would like to make a rec yourself, feel free to reach out to @professor-rye to request access to the submission form! 

Next week, we'll be presenting gen fics focusing on parents and parental figures! Moms, dads, great-great-grand papis and stern sea captains who totally are only offering you a job, that's definitely it, no more.

[omgiamwish]

Goodbye

They knew this mission was going to be important and/or dangerous one way or another. So they were careful. They made a plan.

It only takes seconds for everything to go horribly wrong.

Warnings: death, grief/mourning, art with graphic injuries

word count: ~1900

read below or on ao3

“Sooooo,” Leo draws out the word obnoxiously. “How much you wanna bet that this is a trap?”

“Scoff! You heard Raph. Those guys didn’t even know he was there. Twenty bucks.”

“Well maybe they did notice Raph, and he just didn’t realize. Not everyone’s as bad at lying as you, y’know.”

Donnie turns to glare at his brother without faltering in his step.

To the casual observer, it should appear that they are merely taking a late night stroll. In reality, he and Leo are using their ninja training to scope out the rather large house (mansion?) just outside Witch Town, looking for entrances, security, defenses… Raph and Mikey are doing the same on the other side.

“Excuse me, I am excellent at lying. Anyway, if you’re so worried about it, why did you okay the mission?”

Leo rolls his eyes. “I’m not worried. And I okay’d it because Raph is right; we can’t take the chance that this guy isn’t making a doomsday weapon.”

Donnie hums and flips down his goggles, Leo falling back and lifting his arms into a stretch, shielding Donnie from the main road. He does his best to make sense of the data in a few quick seconds before returning his goggles to the top of his head. Leo falls back in step with him and Donnie activates his comm before resting his forearm on his brother’s shoulder, leaning in and pretending to point at something in the mushroom forest with his other hand.

“I still don’t think it’s a trap, but unless this guy’s got really good mystic shielding- and I don’t even know if that’s a thing that exists bee-tee-dubs- there’s nothing mystic in the house besides a bit of security on the outside. Looks like locks and a really old forcefield. Strongest on the ground floor, patchy higher up.”

“Copy,” Raph replies. Leo says nothing, so Donnie lowers his arm.

“Y’know,” Leo starts after a moment of silence, “I can admit that I may be a bit of a sore loser-”

“And a sore winner.”

“-but just this once, I don’t think I’d mind ending the night twenty dollars poorer.”

“Yeah, you kinda shot yourself in the foot with that one,” Donnie drawls, though he also hopes that this mission leans more towards ‘wild-goose chase’ than ‘trap’ or ‘world-ending threat’. Not just because those things would be a pain to deal with, but because they’re all still kind of healing from the last world-ending threat; Leo’s shell bridges aren’t due to come off for at least another four months.

Leo smacks his shoulder, Donnie smacks back, and they continue walking and noting possible entrance points (a window here, a balcony there) until Raph’s voice comes back over the comms.

“We’re going in.”

“Copy,” Leo answers.

Donnie pulls up his barebones map of the area and has just enough time to note Raph and Mikey’s location before they disappear off of it.

“Wait, what?!” Leo grabs his arm. “Where’d they go?! Did they get portaled somewhere else?”

“No, their trackers went offline.” Donnie tries not to panic as he dismisses the map and activates the comm again. “Raph, come in. Mikey? If you can hear me, get out of there!”

They stare at their comms for an agonizing long second, waiting for a reply, any reply, before Leo swears and draws his swords.

“Shit. Shit!” he yells, cutting open a portal and leaping through, Donnie on his heels. They land at their brothers’ last known coordinates. “There!” Leo points and Donnie sees the open third floor window a moment later.

Leo’s already running.

Donnie sprints after him.

The world explodes.

.

.

.

.

.

Donnie lies stunned, panting heavily. Smoke rolls across his vision and flames lick the peripherals. He can’t hear anything over the ringing in his ears.

Bomb, he thinks numbly, recalling the concussive force that swept him off his feet and slammed him into the ground so hard that he bounced.

He chokes on his next inhale.

Donnie jerks, trying to roll over. Agony stops him and he flops back down, screaming. He thinks he’s screaming- he still can’t hear.

The choking is scarier than the pain, though, so he flails himself into sitting upright instead. He leans over, coughing and huffing until his airway clears.

Donnie stares at his blood-splattered plastron. Watches blood continue to drip drip drip from his beak. Bloody nose. He shifts his gaze a little and realizes there’s a hunk of stone crushing his legs.

“Raph,” he calls weakly, wanting his big brother to come and fix it.

Raph…

He remembers.

Donnie drags his gaze up and stares at the giant fiery hole in the mansion.

“Raph!” he screams, and now- now he can finally hear his own voice, wretched and broken and faint, drowned out by the crackle of flames rather than the ringing of his own ears. “Raph!”

He shoves at the stone trapping his legs. It takes a few pushes before it slides off.

“M-Mikey!”

Donnie tries to stand and immediately falls with a cry. He curls up and screams his agony and frustration and fear into his knees.

He swipes at his forearm to activate the escape pods, but all that gets him is an error message. He tries to slap the release of his battleshell, thinking he’ll just get the pods manually, but his hand goes right through where the strap should be and hits his neck instead.

Donnie gasps, a fresh burst of anxiety jolting through him. Frantic patting at his shell only reveals that his protection is gone, just the opposite strap left hanging loosely off his shoulder. Frustrated and overwhelmed, he tears it off and throws the stupid useless scrap away from him.

He tries the tracker data next and sobs in relief to see that Mikey and Raph have come back online. Leo’s there too, just a short distance from Donnie. He can crawl there, he thinks.

Donnie pushes himself onto his hands and knees and starts to drag himself forward over the rubble-strewn lawn. It’s difficult- he’s crawling over stone and brick, metal and plaster, splintered wood and shattered glass. He tries to avoid what he can, but he’s bleeding all over his wrappings by the time he spots a familiar green foot.

“Leo!” he sobs in relief, crawling the last few feet a little faster. He drinks in the sight of his brother and-

“Leo?” Donnie whispers, horrified, disbelieving. No. Nope, nuh-uh, no. This is- Leo’s- no, it’s wrong! Wrong wrong wrongwrongwrong-!

Donnie reaches a shaking hand out, terrified and half-convinced despite his denial that he won’t find a pulse.

His fingers jerk and brush Leo’s jaw, and Leo’s eyes crack open.

“Dee?”

Donnie gasps and presses the back of his wrist against his mouth.

“D-donnie?”

“You- you’re-” Donnie chokes. “You’re gonna be okay. You’re gonna be okay,” he whimpers, pleads, lies as he reaches over his brother’s shoulder to grab a katana hilt. He tugs the blade free from beneath Leo’s body and presses the grip into Leo’s limp hand. “You need to make a portal. Home. Now.”

Leo stares blankly for a moment before his eyes cut to the flaming, bombed-out mansion. “Whu’bout… Raph? Mikey?”

“I’ll stay here and help them, but you need to go home to Dad, Leo. Please.”

Leo focuses back on him and Donnie wishes he could read the emotions that pass over his face, but all he can label is a furrowed brow.

“Please,” Donnie begs again, but Leo is already tightening his grip on his sword, raising it an inch. His markings light up beneath the blood and grime, blue light crackles off his sword, and for a moment, Donnie has hope.

Leo coughs and drops his sword with a cry, hands clutching at his plastron as his glow fades out. Donnie wrestles his brother’s hands away from jagged, bleeding edges and holds them to his own chest.

“S-sorry,” Leo gasps. “Sorry. ‘M sorry.”

Donnie shakes his head, unable to say anything.

“I th-think one of my bridges broke,” Leo whispers as his eyes slide shut, a tear escaping to dampen his mask.

There’s nothing Donnie can do. His tech and his body are broken and useless. He can’t carry Leo to help like Raph, or make a portal like Mikey maybe could. He can’t even- he feels like there’s something he should be doing to comfort Leo- anything!- but he doesn’t know what it is! He doesn’t know!

Donnie lies down next to his brother, clutching his arm and pressing their heads together. He’s shaking from how much his chest hurts, but Leo lies horribly still. Not even breathing anymore, he observes numbly, and then squeezes his eyes shut, wishing he hadn’t observed anything at all.

The mansion is entirely ablaze now, with patches of flame on the lawn and mushroom trees growing bigger. Is Donnie the last of his brothers alive? Will he die too if he doesn’t move? He can hear approaching sirens; maybe the Hidden City Fire Department will rescue him.

He can’t bring himself to care. Donnie can barely move himself, let alone carry Leo, and he’s not leaving his brother.

.

.

.

A crackle over the comms. “Leo, Donnie, where are you?”

Raph. Donnie mouths his older brother’s name, but he can’t give voice to it. The relief that Raph at least is still alive isn’t enough to drown out the- the- this is grief, isn’t it? The feeling that’s far more agonizing than his crushed and bleeding legs? He felt it before, most horribly and recently in those few minutes when he thought Leo was dead or soon to be, but now Leo really is-

“No. No no no, no please.”

It takes a moment for Donnie to realize that he’s not hearing Raph’s voice through the comms. And another moment before he can hear his brother’s approaching, limping steps over the sirens and flames.

He hears a thud on the other side of Leo. A pause in breathing. Then renewed, choked back sobs that make Donnie cry even harder.

It’s kinda funny (not haha funny) that when Donnie cries for himself, he wails and screams and lets everyone know exactly what his problem is, but he can’t even make a sound now. Not a voiced one anyway, though he chokes and gasps.

“Hey, buddy.” Raph’s voice breaks and he sniffles. “Are your legs hurting ya?”

Donnie cracks open an eye to look at Raph, but he sees Mikey limply cradled in Raph’s arm and slams it shut again. He doesn’t want to know. He doesn’t want to know. He can’t, he can’t, he can’t.

“I’m- I’m not gonna hurt ya if I pick ya up, am I?”

Donnie shrugs, then shakes his head. He doesn’t know. He doesn’t care.

“Okay then. Okay. Here we go.”

Raph is gentle in maneuvering Donnie and Leo into his arms, though there’s apparently no avoiding the fresh waves of pain jolting through Donnie’s legs.

“Sorry, Raph’s sorry. Don’t worry, we’ll be home soon. We’ll get ya fixed up. You’re gonna be okay.”

Unlikely, Donnie thinks. He doesn’t feel like he’ll ever be okay again.

[thispatternismine]

Feedback Fest 2024: 10 Fic Recs

It's been a while since I've done any kind of recs list post, so I thought I'd have a go at this. Instead of trying to pick just 10 fics as my favourites (Difficulty level: Impossible!), I decided to base it on which fics seem most overlooked, so I chose fics from my bookmarks that had under 500 kudos

Fandoms included: ATLA, SVSSS, MDZS, Watership Down, Star Wars, Good Omens, Untitled Goose Game All are complete, with a variety of ratings & themes (ranging from chill G to E with archive warnings)

Title: Gabriel & the Great Goose of Terror Fandoms: Good Omens, Untitled Goose Game Pairings: None Rating: G Wordcount: 4,363 Description: A strange package arrives in Heaven. An unnamed angel opens it and finds it empty. Not having the imagination to see what this implies the angel miracles the box away and continues with their daily duties, blissfully unaware that the horror that had originally been hiding in the box has already been unleashed.

Title: The Story of El-ahrairah & the Rabbits of Cloud Recesses Fandoms: Watership Down, MDZS Pairing: Tagged as Wangxian but it's background Rating: G Wordcount: 1,702 Description: The Black Rabbit of Inle and El-ahrairah are both very disappointed in the warren of Cloud Recesses, though for very different reasons.

Title: This Bed of Love Fandom: MDZS Pairing: Wangxian Rating: E Wordcount: 4,513 Description: Wei Wuxian sucks a string of hickies around the base of his throat, a perverse necklace that matches the one Wei Wuxian wears. Lan Wangji can’t help the way the corner of his lips curl at the giggle his husband gives when he draws back to look, happy that they are both enjoying themselves. Day 1 – Coming Untouched

Title: The Element of Change Fandoms: ATLA Pairings: Urzai, Ozai & his family Rating: T (the MCD is for canon character death) Wordcount: 6,862 Description: A think piece on if Ozai had been born a waterbender and how that would change his relationships with his family and, ultimately, his life.

Title: Gratuitous Fandoms: ATLA Pairing: Ozai/prison guards Rating: E (the pairing + rating should tell you all you need to know regarding warnings) Wordcount: 7,757 Description: In another version of events, perhaps, someone comes to his aid. Someone saves him, and he does not have to face degradation again, and again, and again. This is not that story.

Title: About the Acquired Blindness Fandoms: SVSSS Pairing: Moshang Rating: T Wordcount: 891 Description: Shang Qinghua isn't sure if he wants to know if his eye sockets are empty or not. If yes, then it is irreversible. How will he do his job then?

Title: I've Connected the Two Dots Fandoms: SVSSS Pairing: None Rating: T (CNTW) Wordcount: 1,242 Description: Airplane has a problem. However, as the Peak Lord of An Ding, he has a lot of practice dealing with problems.

Title: Twilight Sleep, Waking Nightmares Fandoms: SVSSS Pairing: Moshang Rating: M Wordcount: 6,111 Description: An alliance of young cultivators are looking for Xin Mo, and want Mobei-jun to tell them where and how to get it. It goes pretty badly for them, starting with the fact that their demon bindings and truth potions work. How do you torture a demon enough to make them shut up?

Title: Amongst the Crystals Fandoms: SVSSS Pairing: Moshang Rating: G Wordcount: 5,482 Description: Early one morning, Shang Qinghua is awoken by Mobei-Jun and taken somewhere. He doesn't know why, but he figures his King has a good reason. Never could Shang Qinghua predict what lay in wait for him.

Title: The Warm Embrace of Long, Sharp Teeth Fandoms: Star Wars Pairing: Reylo Rating: E Wordcount: 18,847 Description: There are stories on Jakku that every child knows. Younglings who wander off into the cold, barren night and never come back. Ever-shifting monsters, too terrible for the mind to hold. Stay close to the fire, my darling, stay close. Rey knew these stories, too. She just didn't realize she was in one.

[chromatic-lamina]

chapter 1064—we got ourselves a name

Got ourselves a snow goose!

Oda running with the marine life theme so many of us have exploited for our fics and head canons, and it feels so damn good.

Alan D. Wilson, CC 表示-継承 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5175665による

It's cold up north. Cold, cold, cold, cold. So, not only can Law do this:

(cut Stronger in half using Amputate, thereby dislodging Blackbeard and Doc)

to Blackbeard's under-prepared crew on their only slightly upgraded raft boat, Law's crew (namely Shachi)

can do

this! Blowing poison apple bombs right back at Doc. I guess that's the equivalent of an Orca's blowhole.

And, I guess that maybe Oda got tired of the power scalers too. Like, Law's got his high bounty for a reason and it's nice for Oda to show

his crew in action.

Captain. Must protec!

(though surely Jean Bart would be a very easy target). So, Law does pull out what was his awakened power (it wasn't Amputate, Teach), and Blackbeard gets pierced (and shocked)

with Shock Wille, causing Van Augur to chastise him

and to cause him to use his Law-like powers to rescue Blackbeard. (Blackbeard's downfall will be his carelessness, even though he's obviously doing okay. Master planner up against master impulsive?).

Also, the effects of Shock Wille look a little like directions of some of Doflamingo's attacks.

Van Augur thinks they're under-prepared enough to ask:

if they should return to the ship, and he elegantly uses his passengers to make his own journey more comfortable too, it looks like. Also, so long as he doesn't fall in the water, he's a good match for Law in terms of being able to find solid ground (with his warp warp fruit).

So, I didn't know Blackbeard had such dedication (we finish what we start! But his crew doesn't have the same conviction). Also, like Big Mom, Blackbeard's going to be a villain that Oda will have fun making look ridiculous (then again, there was that Kaidou skipping rope thing).

I'm guessing that "Blackbeard's here!" is Bepo or someone else from his crew. Law's getting his Room ready already. He's tactical. BUT, like Blackbeard, maybe a little too much hubris. Law's pulling his Lenin face again.

Law's crew really is the wrong one to deal with on the ocean, huh? Makes sense. And there were a few meta last week that said that sinking all the devil fruit users wold be the way to go, and what a perfect plan it would be except for

it doesn't seem that Law knows about Blackbeard's power (which seems unlike Law), or he doesn't know how it works. (As an aside, did he take Boa's power, or did Rayleigh step in just in time?). Or he's just, really, really, worried, cos his big willy just ain't gonna cut it if Blackbeard gets his power or absorbs Law himself. Ahhh. **(Law's powers that spread shock waves and threads and radiation might be able to counter something?)

And back a few frames—Pudding's on board and just as she doesn't seem to realise about Law and Kid bringing about Big Mom's death (although she said "if" she's alive), Law doesn't seem to know about Black Vortex (Black Gravity?), and Blackbeard doesn't seem to know even the most basic of Law's powers (although, maybe he does and that's why he's got all those devil fruit users (and Pudding) on the boat currently under attack from the Hearts. Devil Fruits are Teach's speciality, after all).

And

cover page. Kuzan confirmed! Ah, I don't think he's part of SWORD, cos then Punk Hazard probably wouldn't have happened. I read such a good OC/Law story back in the day (2016/17?) on FFN that had Kuzan undercover in the Blackbeard Pirates, and I don't read OC fics much. Loved it. So, Sanji will have to come, because two of his loves will probably end up captured (Pudding already is, but Law, too).

What do you make of Akainu's words? I can't find mention of Winner Island in the Wiki, but I didn't search too thoroughly. I don't think Law's SWORD either, but might be (the theory's gone out there). Could they be waiting for that? Or Akainu wanted to sweep in on Kuzan? (Guess I should call Akainu, Sakazuki). But there'd be no reason to wait then. Anyhoo, other exciting development is this from the end:

Vegapunk working with the Revolutionaries. Kuma's backstory (and Bonney's and Vegapunk's and Dragon's get more and more entwined and intriguing). Also!

stuff like this (Punk Records...or Vegapunk...or why is the first part hidden?) makes me thing that Kid will definitely be relevant some time soon.

I just love that Oda is utilising all of his SBS drawings and inventing a few more

(70 year old Luffy—A glimpse at a possible future!). And the other kids

are alright (@lorillee said that Oda's going boob-crazy cos he had to flatten them for all of Wano in the traditional kimonos, however, I will say, he's not gone as OTT on them as he has in the past. And, yeah, Franky's got on more clothes than Robin.

The pervevication (made up word) really isn't equal for folks that randomly say it is. Put Sanji, Usopp (and later Zoro, Luffy, etc.) in jockey briefs and the equivalent to what Robin and Nami are wearing and then you might have something.

The other two kids are watching the ship and will rescue someone when the menace becomes apparent (more apparent) later in the arc.

Loved the chapter.

[redfurrycat]

Hey, why does almost everyone dislike Charlie in this fandom? They don't have a problem with Carole though.

Hello Anon :)

If you expect me to talk about what people in the fandom think, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you. :(

I can't say I keep track, even with my favourite thing to talk about (aka Hangster)... I mostly keep to my bubble with 'some outside' interactions. 😃

Hardly someone who'd know about how to answer your question on a more global level.

That being said, I can talk about MY vision of Charlie??? :)

I'll put everything under the cut. ;)

First and foremost, I'll say it's been A LONG TIME SINCE I LAST watch the Top Gun movie, from the beginning to the end.

I keep watching the same scenes over and over again, aka the 'you're the one' and the final dogfight scenes. Mainly.

Why? Because Goose's death and the subsequent trauma from Mav and Carole makes me sob, and I don't can't deal with these particular scenes...

So, as I said, it's mostly me watching parts of scenes.

My vision of Charlie is heavily based on fics then. And from the ones I've read, she has generally the role of the ex/bitter-ex/evil person...

(One of the reason I'd like to be able to watch the movie again, it's so that I can see Charlie from the canon movie point of view...)

The way I remember her from the movie is that her scenes with Mav made me cringe... And I kept thinking why is there another blonde while Mav ALREADY HAS HIS BLONDE (Mister Iceman)?!

All this didn't endear her to me... (Again. A rewatch is a must to erase any previous misconceptions and see her with fresher eyes.)

Carole though? Impossible not to love that woman! She is so perfect with Goose and Mav! We awe at her relationship with her husband and brother/best friend and then cry with her after Goose's death.

In contrast, Charlie just seemed to be in the way to me... Like siriusly to me the movie ends with Ice sunny-smiling at Mav! xD

So, I'm not really into the romantic aspect of Charlie/Mav... I MUCH PREFER the pennymav from the TGM movie!!!

HOWEVER, I think I love Charlie as a character only. She had the potential of being a strong female character, but again the cringe-vibes of the romantic scenes kinda erase that...

MY favourite headcanon is that Mav and Charlie remain in very good terms, and become close friends after 1) Mav realises he loves Ice. 2) Charlie comes out as a lesbian. ((I ship Charlie with Penny. BADASS WOMEN AHOY!!!!!!! *heart eyes* They'd be so cute together.) I like Charlie (and Penny) being protective over Mav and listening to him pining about Ice (the shovel talk is quite brutal! xD). Offering sensible advice too. Also talking with him about technical stuff. These two are both smart!!!!! Mav would in return be a guard dog, protecting Charlie from unwanted eyes at the Bar where Penny works. After all, he's the one to introduce both his exes, he's the perfect wingman to his ladies!!!! :D

Final words are. The way YOU consider Charlie is a-okay, so is the way I see her and the way the fandom sees her.... :)

Sorry my babble can't exactly give you the answer you're looking for! ;)

Have a good day, Anon! :)

[starwarsloverpizza]

Again - 2

Maverick x Iceman x Reader/(Y/N)

Again: 1, 2, 

Word Count: 3k

Warnings: Fighting, blood, bruises, cursing, somebody saying that genderneutrality isn’t a real gender to Fog, just in case you wanted to know. Slight sexual mentions, character death, someone calling the reader a whore so again just to let you know.

Taglist: @mobiusismyfav, @iceman-goose1​, if you wanna be added lemme know!

Notes: Readers callsign is Dragon, their R.I.O. is Ray “Axel” Jones, Fog is readers best friend, reader is a good fighter. Also, give me a word in my asks and I’ll give you a sentence for the next part that’s being made :D

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“What do you mean?” You asked slowly. You walked up to Tom and cupped his face in your hands. He wouldn’t meet your gaze, he looked down with shame laced into his features.

“Tom, love, whatever happened it wasn’t your fau-”

“No. They flew into my jet wash. I was so damn cocky, I just should’ve let Maverick take the shot. But no, I had to be a bitch and look at what I’ve done! Goose it dead…” He sobbed. His glassy eyes met yours, so many emotions and thoughts behind them. His brown eyes, his beautiful brown eyes, were laced with the deepest guilt you’ve ever seen. Sadness, regret, denial, grief, all of it.

You wrapped your arms around his waist and pulled him into a hug. He froze for a moment, unsure of what was happening.

“B-but, I killed him!” He cried.

“No, Tom, you didn’t, you can’t blame yourself, ‘aight?” You whispered firmly. You heard him chuckle lightly before giving back in to his sobs. You could feel him crumbling, emotionally, but also physically. 

While you could deal with this in bed, you couldn’t hold him up.

You let go of him and sat on the floor, back against the wall with lockers. He lowered himself to the floor and laid his head on your left shoulder as he weeped. Your sobs joined Toms as you clutched each other tighter. You two stayed there for god knows how long undisturbed. 

You kept thinking back to yesterday, you were just singing with him while he played Great Balls of Fire on the piano yesterday. This wasn’t right. This wasn’t fair.

But that’s what life does to you.

“Wonder where Pete is at,” You mumbled as you looked around. 

“M’right here,” Pete answered. His eyes were bloodshot and he was in regular clothes. You three shared a moment of silence. There were three emotions you could feel from this silence.

Sadness.

Guilt.

Fear.

The last two were coming from Tom. The fearless pilot was in a raging mental war. 

His father was never proud of him, ever. That’s what made Tom’s need to be perfect. It’s how he became the pilot he was. It’s also what tears him apart from time to time. There were other things he had wanted to do but never did because of his father. But the path he took led him to where he was now.

With you two.

“Pete, I’m so sorry for what I did,” Tom began, fresh tears streaming down his face. Pete looked absolutely heartbroken hearing this from him. He strode over to you two and cupped Tom’s face in his hands.

“My love, it’s not your fault. I do not blame you for what happened. I love you, nothing can change that,” He explained, his voice was hoarse. He proceeded to press a soft kiss onto Tom’s forehead. When he pulled away he laid his head on your right shoulder. 

In the silence you three mourned and cried.

You had to get it out before you saw Carole and Bradley again.

This morning you didn’t put on jeans and a t - shirt. 

Mav didn’t put on his leather jacket when he left your house.

Tom wasn’t swinging his car keys on his finger once he got outside.

Fog wasn’t cracking a joke. 

The four of you put on sunglasses as you approached your mustang.

The four of you were in uniform.

The four of you were leaving for Nick’s funeral.

Honestly, you were guilty for how fast this was going by. You guys had already given your speeches. 

Pete had already put the wings on Nick’s casket. This would hurt for him for a long time. You could tell even from where you sat that he wished that he would never have to do it again. After he knocked in the wings, he let his hand rest on Nick’s casket for a brief moment.

His final farewell.

Carole was being handed the flag, Bradley at her side. 

Bradley.

He loved his father so much. He’s so young, he didn’t deserve this. 

Goose didn’t deserve this.

A single tear escaped your eye once the reception was over. Nick was gone. One of your best friends was gone. Not on a mission and set to return at some unknown time, but forever.

Dead.

“Fuck,” You whispered through gritted teeth, only Fog hearing you. They could just tell what was up with you, when you were sad, when you needed comfort, even if you didn’t know.

“He’s still happy,” They whispered under their breath to you. You smiled, that's what you needed to hear.

Interesting.

“Bradley!” You called out to him. He cocked his head towards you and began to walk over to where you were standing. You kneeled down to his eye level and placed a hand on his shoulder.

“Don’t give up on your dreams. If someone tells you you can’t do it, holds you back, whatever else, you can. Don’t forget that,” You stated. The kid gave you a bit of a confused look before smiling and falling into your embrace. You hoped he took it to heart.

You really did.

It’s been two days since the funeral. You three had been carrying out Top Gun as usual. You all knew Maverick was having a hard time flying, but you didn’t blame him. Fog was still with you, thank god. It was great having them there. You four had been in your house until recently that afternoon, you left to go to the base to get a couple of things.

You ended up in an indoor common room, which was a main hangout for everyone other than the bar. There were a lot of people in the room. You waved that off.

All of your tears were spent, but you were still empty. Fog could tell. They might not have been as close to Nick as you three, but they continued to grieve with you. They were always by your side. They came over as soon as they heard, which was two hours after you three had left the locker room. They had raced to your house and went inside with their key. Fog being here for you, for the three of you, made you so happy you couldn’t even explain it.  

You were sitting on a table with Fog, Ice and Mav were leaning against it. Sundown walked up to you. You hadn’t talked to him much, simple greetings were all. 

“Hey, (Y/N), Fog, boys, I wanted to give you guys my condolences for Goose,” He stated. He was about eye level with you ‘cause you were sitting on the table. He was probably a couple inches taller than you. As was pretty much everyone. 

Except for Mav.

2 inches.

“Thanks man,” You said with a dry voice.

“I also wanted to tell you four something,” He added, venom seeping into his voice. The fuck was going on? 

“Fog, go fuck yourself. You and your ‘gender’ make no sense,” He began. As soon as he began you jumped off the table and got into his face. Even with Fog weighing it down, the table slid back a good four feet.

“Take that back right now! I do not have the self restraint to not beat you the fuck up if you continue,” You growled. Ice and Mav stood behind you.

“Maverick, you can’t fly! You were never meant to anyway. You and your family are a disgrace to the Navy,” He continued. You swung your right fist as hard as you could, aiming for his very punchable face. Ice caught your wrist. 

“(Y/N), he isn’t worth it,” He whispered. His voice was apologetic, he knew Sundown was way outta fucking line. You still needed to kick the shit out of him though.

“Ice, let me hit him,” You hissed as a warning, near harmonizing. Ice shook his head slowly, his eyes were filled with warning and worry. 

He knew you could fight. Hell, everyone did, Fog especially. You were probably one of the best fighters in the Navy. Whenever you got in a fight you always came out on top, always. Mind you, you had to have been in around 50 in your many years.

You groaned in annoyance, and swung with your left hand. You didn’t hit as hard with your left hand, and you weren’t able to carry out your momentum because Ice had a strong grasp on your right side. 

You were aiming for the center of his stomach, but Maverick caught your hand. Your eyes widened. You had never been held back from a fight before, and you weren’t gonna hurt either of them to get to Sundown.

You struggled against both of their grips, giving a good fight for it, but they held you where you were all the same.

“Heh, Ice has some sense in him. He’s still the fault for Goose's death, you three all know that. However, Maverick isn’t without blame-”

“You motherfucker! Take it back!” You yelled at him, tears forming in your eyes. You had the attention of many personnel right now. You struggled more against your lovers’ grips, but you couldn’t get out of them. You growled and kicked at Sundown, but he just laughed in amusement. You felt helpless, not being able to stand up for your friends in one of the best ways you could.

“Sundown! As an order from your superior, stop talking!” Fog said as they stood in between you two, causing you to stop kicking. 

“I don’t give a damn about what you say, even if you’re a five star admiral! Sit down bitch,” He exclaimed as he shoved them to the side. You yelled a string of curses and threats at him for that.

“Ha, aren’t you powerless right now,” He noted. This must’ve been an interesting scene for the people watching. Your feet were planted on the floor and you kept leaning forward against Ice and Mav’s grip as an attempt to even lay a single hit on this bitch.

With your fighting reputation, you would’ve at least shoved the people holding you back by now but you hadn’t. 

You wouldn’t.

You can’t.

“Let me hit him!” You pleaded one last time. You didn’t even look back to them, you knew they wouldn’t. You stopped struggling against their grip and stood still. They didn’t lessen their grip though. Smart decision.

“You better run the fuck out of here before they let me go. I’ll give you a ten second head start. When I get to you though, I will break your goddamn nose,” You bargained. Sundown laughed.

“I haven’t even gotten to you yet!” He said hysterically. Your eyes shot daggers at him as you panted. You used too much energy trying to get to him. You needed to gain some so you could beat him up as much as you wanted.

“You’re just gonna be another pilot to be forgotten once you're gone-”

“Same to you you cold-hearted fuck!” You retorted. He gave you a poison laced smirk before continuing.

 “You’ll leave no legacy or any mark of importance upon the Navy.” You could tell Ice and Mav were giving him a look, and seriously considering letting you go. 

“As for you and your personal life,” He began, leaning down to meet your gaze, “you’re nothing but another whore unworthy of actual love-” 

Your right fist connected with his nose. Your left fist to the side of his head. And you hit his nose with your right hand again. Blood was pouring from it. You kicked his stomach with your right foot and he staggered back a few inches.

You glanced at Ice and Mav, as a thanks for them for letting you go at him.

You smiled with the satisfaction of finally being able to hit him. You were drawing blood too, an added perk.

“Ok Dragon, let’s get out of here before things get out of hand,” Fog stated. It sounded more like a plea in a way.

“Too late,” Sundown replied. He ran at you, ramming you into the table you were sitting on earlier. You let out a grunt of pain when your lower back hit it.

“My turn,” He declared before grabbing your shoulders and pushing you down so your back was against the table.

Wait.

You knew what he was about to do-

He pushed you back against the table three times, head hitting it hard. Your vision blurred a bit and there was a faint ringing in your ears that echoed throughout your head.

You definitely had a concussion. 

Well, maybe. 

You didn’t know.

You shook your head, getting rid of most of the ringing.

Ice was about to hit Sundown. While you appreciated the gesture, no one interfered in your fights.

“Ice, don’t worry, I got this,” You slurred. Your head hurt so bad. You looked at Sundown with bloodthirsty eyes. You stood back up, swaying on the spot. Oh shit, hitting him wouldn’t be easy, but adrenaline seemed to help clear the blurriness a lot.

You looked at him, and even for all of his talk, you saw fear behind his eyes.

He should be scared. You gave him a smirk and the room filled with anticipation.

“Never,” you punched him in the face, “Ever,” You hit him in the face again, “Ever!” You yelled as you elbowed him in the gut. “Talk to me-” You backhanded him with your fist with so much force he fell to the ground, “Or any of them,” you kicked his stomach three times. He kicked you in the gut, but you grabbed his legs and stomped down on his gut with your right foot, “Like that-” He punched you on the right collarbone. “Ever-” You grabbed his right arm and punched his right shoulder back until you had dislocated it. “Again!” You had stopped your main rampage. You were kneeling on the floor and had his face pinned to the floor with your left hand.

“Understand Sundown?” You asked with sarcastic innocence. He growled as he punched you in the face with his left arm. It fucking hurt. You could taste blood in your mouth. You hit him in the gut again and pinned his left arm to the floor with your right foot and lined up a punch with his nose. From this angle it would break easily.

“Apologize and I’ll let you walk away,” You offered.

This is what made you unique when you fought. Before you would land the blow that would make them regret every life decision leading up to this moment, you would give them the chance to apologize and walk off with what they had.

Otherwise, they were gonna have an even worse day.

“I don’t take it back,” He growled with an edge of defiance. You shrugged and reeled back your arm. You drove it forward.

Crack

His nose was broken.

Job was done.

Murmurs fell across the room.

“Oh, I’m gonna win Top Gun this year too,” You said to him slyly. He was groaning on the floor, left hand cradling his nose. You looked over yourself. Your knuckles were bleeding and bruised. Your nose was bleeding and you had split your lip-

“Dragon?” You heard a voice ask.

“I copy,” You joked, leaning against a nearby table.

“Good fight!” You heard Slider continue. He was the person who called your callsign previously.

“Thanks bro. Also, congrats to all who witnessed! I’ll be giving out autographs next Tuesday,” You joked. A wave of laughter fell across the room, but only lightly among your nearby friends.

“Oh shit, (Y/N), you’re pretty fucked up,” Pete noted, his voice was laced with worry.

“Other than the concussion-”

“Not a concussion, doesn’t hurt as much,” You cut Tom off. He gave a relieved sigh before continuing. 

“You're bruised badly, bleeding from the face, and the back of your head,” Tom added. You could tell you were fucked up too. 

And why suddenly switching to their names? Dunno. You guess you were scared, so that explained it for ya.

“Thanks for letting me know, but I need to see Viper now,” You said. Fog had gotten some napkins for your face, which you took quickly. It stung a little bit, but it was better than having blood run down your face.

“I’m right here Dragon. Sundown, get the fuck out of here,” You heard Viper say. Sundown groaned before leaving the room. He might have to go to the hospital because of what you did to him, but he deserved it.

“Ah! Nice to see you sir!” You greeted him with a smile. You were holding the napkins against your nose so he could see it. He gave you one too, but his brows were knitted together.

“You fought well, I was watching,” He said with an edge of mystery. You nodded upon hearing that, not knowing how to respond. 

“Anyway, I’m gonna check if your head’s ok, but you’ll have to deal with the rest,” He explained as he led you four out of the room.

“Yea, I know, I know,” You trailed off, like you had said it before. Which you have, multiple times before. Mostly to Fog though, they were there with you for about 75% of your fights. They were the one who would patch you up afterwards if needed.

“Dragon, you should stop getting into fights, one’s gonna fuck you up bad!” Fog started as they came up to your side.

“No, no, no,” You grinned as you wagged a finger, “I know what I’m doing. Besides, you know my rule when it comes to fighting!” 

You two smiled at each other for a second.

“Whatever you do to me, I do to you tenfold,” You two recited, causing you two to burst out laughing.

“Does that rule apply to us in bed?” Tom smirked into your ear.

“Mother fuckerrrrrrrrr, you can’t do that to meeeeee” You whined as heat spread across your face.

“Especially while I’m around,” Viper added from ahead of you four. Your breath caught in your throat as you gave life a disgruntled growl.

“Forget you heard that,” Pete whispered.

[amysteryspot]

Borrowed Time | Three

Summary: Crystal enjoys whatever time she has with her father while trying to deal with the challenges of helping Maverick in the mission.

Warnings: mentions of terminal illness, mentions of death and grief.

Word Count: 2k

Author’s Note: And here we go again. This chapter was interesting to write considering how important Iceman is to Crystal and exploring their relationship felt really natural. I hope it feels that way for you too.

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Home had a different meaning to Crystal than it had for most people. Home was not a house, it was the people she loved. Through her years working in the Navy she had lived in dozens of different places both overseas and stateside. Yet, home had always been wherever her parents were, it didn’t matter where it was.

That day when she arrived home, Crystal took a minute to observe her nephews playing around in the backyard, smiling to herself. She remembered being this young, playing around with her brother without a care in the world. Looking around she observed the furniture, the photographs, the things that made a house a home. She missed it, missed this, this certainty.

Crystal loves to fly, always had, always will. There’s not a thing in the world that would make her regret the decision of going to the academy and becoming a fighter pilot. It didn’t mean that she couldn’t want something different. A family of her own, a home to come to, stability.

She hears footsteps and turns around to see her mom. Sarah smiles at her and Crystal is quick to accept her mother’s embrace.

“How’s he today?” Crystal asks when the both of them drift apart.

“The same as yesterday.” Sarah answers with a sad half smile. “He was asking for you.”

Crystal nods. “I’ll go see him.”

Iceman’s office is much like the rest of the house—trophies, photographs and awards all over it. When she enters the first thing she sees is him, sitting at his desk working. Crystal smiles to herself. Watching him work almost makes her forget about his illness.

Almost.

He doesn’t notice her at first, but when he does a huge smile appears on his face, so contagious that makes Crystal smile grow as well. She walks to him, enjoying the warmth and safety he always provided to her. Crystal kisses his check as he points at the chair, a silent order for her to sit down.

Crystal did as he said, pulling a chair to sit down beside him while he tipped.

How was the first day?

“Well, considering that there was a fight in the middle of the class, it was as expected.”

He frowned. Fight?

“Yeah.” Crystal sighed. “One of the pilots brought up the fact that Mav used to fly with Goose and Rooster didn’t react well to that.”

It was Iceman’s time to sigh.

How's the kid?

Crystal laughed. “You know we both are adults now, right?”

He waved at her, shaking his head. You both will always be kids to me. As is your brother.

Crystal nodded, a playful smile on her face. “Okay, okay.” She paused, taking a deep breath. “He’s good, dad. Maybe a little too cautious, but good still.”

Maverick?

Sighing, Crystal said, “I talked to him. Think he’s being overprotective over Rooster. I understand where he comes from, but he needs to let him grow.”

Ice hummed, catching her hand in his.

“Maybe you should talk to him.” Crystal suggested. “I’m certain Cyclone will give him a hard time after what happened today.”

He nodded, observing her for a moment.

“What?” She asked.

I love you, you know that?

“I love you too, dad.” Crystal smiled back. “More than anything.”

He grinned, typing. Don’t let your mom hear that.

Crystal laughed. “Okay, I promise.”

The next day is tense. Crystal observes as Maverick commands the training, sharing thoughts with him when she thinks necessary, watching the interactions between the pilots.

Hangman seems to be cautious over her. A result of yesterday’s exercise, she guesses. There are groups between them, a mirror of previous deployments together, something that could be taken advantage of when choosing the ones that would fly this mission.

Crystal catches herself looking at Rooster more than she was comfortable with. He was a people’s person, it seemed. The other pilots got along well with him, with the exception of Hangman, making her curious about the reason why the two of them clashed against one another.

Maverick seems to have picked up where most of her attention was, but did nothing to address the matter.

She stays behind when the day ends, having to fill in some paperwork yet. Suddenly there’s a knock on the door.

“Enter.” She says, looking up from the documents. Crystal raises an eyebrow when she sees who it is.

Rooster enters the room, saluting her. “Lieutenant Commander.”

“Lieutenant,” she says. “Can I help you?”

“Just wanted to apologize, ma’am. I was out of line yesterday. It was never my intention to disrespect you, ma’am.”

She stays silent, observing him for a minute.

“No harm done,” Crystal says. “Just be careful who you question around here, not everybody will let it pass.”

He nods, looking up front, expecting to be dismissed.

She continues, “I know about your problems with Maverick but you have to move past it so you can grow without this ghost on your shoulder.”

Bradley looks at her with his brow furrowed.

“My father.” She explains. “He talks about you.”

“It’s been an honor having him in my life,” Bradley says.

“I’m sure he feels the same.” Crystal assures him. “Yesterday, watching you and Hangman… you reminded me of him.” She pauses, standing up. “Maybe that’s part of why I stepped up, but never because I thought you couldn’t handle yourself. You have to understand that I did what I did because I had to. Maverick and I, we’re both here to teach you all, making you understand that you need to learn to work with each other is part of that.”

He looks at her and blinks a couple of times before saying, “Yes, ma’am.”

“And I know it’s not my fault, but… I’m sorry that your father was brought up like that in class,” Crystal says.

“I appreciate that.”

“Good, good.” She says, the both of them staring at each other for a second too long. “Can I help you with anything else?���

“No… No, ma’am. That would be all.”

“Then you’re dismissed, Lieutenant,” Crystal says. “Have a good night.”

“Likewise, Lieutenant Commander.”

After he leaves Crystal decides that it is time to go home. She wouldn’t be able to do much more for the day. When she arrives home, the first thing that catches her eye is the bike parked in front of the house.

Maverick.

Sarah is in the kitchen when Crystal enters. She gives her mom a quick kiss, stealing a piece of carrot laying on the cutting board.

“He’s here?”

“Yeah, at the office with your father.”

Crystal sighs, leaning back against the cabinet. Sarah turns around to look at her.

“I told him.”

Most of the time they tried their best to ignore how ill Iceman was. It was easiest to deal with, it didn’t mean it was the healthier way. Crystal had filled in a request to be based in Fightertown, her brother had found a house nearby and they spent the most time they could with him. Nevertheless, they knew his time was limited.

Crystal fought back the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes, letting out a deep breath as she concentrated her attention on the ceiling.

“Oh, darling.” Her mom said, coming up to hug her. “It will be okay.”

“No, it won’t.” She answered, making her mom give her a sad smile. Crystal sniffed, drying the tears from her face. “Can you send him to me when they’re done? I’ll be in the back.”

Sarah caresses her face and nods.

When Maverick finds her the sun is about to set. Crystal is slouching back in one of the chairs in the backyard, watching it. He takes the seat next to her and the both of them fall into a comfortable silence for a while.

“You mom told me.” He says,

Crystal hums in acknowledgment.

“Why haven’t you said anything?” Maverick asks, turning his head to look at her.

“He didn’t want anybody to know.” She takes a deep breath.

“How did you get to be stationed here?”

“Nepotism.” She half-smiles at him. It’s just a copying mechanism to escape, they both know that. “Filled in a request, they know he’s ill, just not the extent of it.”

“Are you sure you’re okay to work on this mission?” Maverick asks, worry evident in his question.

“He doesn’t want me to stop working because of him.” She grims. “Hell, you saw him, he is still working.”

Maverick nods, looking down.

“He told me to reconcile with Bradley.”

It is Crystal’s time to nod. “I think you both need that.”

They stay silent for a moment.

“You were observing him today.” Maverick says.

“I was observing everyone today.” Crystal defends herself. “Including you.”

Maverick furrows his brow. “You know what I mean.”

Crystal sighs. “He came to talk to me yesterday. After the exercise.” She says, pensive.

“What about?”

“Said he didn’t need defending.” Crystal hears Maverick scoff. “A little cocky, don’t you think? Reminds you of anyone?”

Maverick smiles.

“Before you let that get over your head, I was gonna say dad.” She cuts him off.

“Always sure of himself.” Maverick muses.

“And you’re not?” Crystal asks, raising an eyebrow at him.

“And now you’re defending your father.”

“That I am.” She confirms and they both laugh.

“He came to my office today, after you left,” Crystal says, making Maverick frown. “Rooster.”

“What did he want?”

“To apologize.” She explains. “Said he was out of line and that it wasn’t his intention to disrespect me.”

Maverick hummed. “He’s a good man.”

“I can see that.” Crystal pauses. “What’s with him and Hangman?”

“Ah, as far as I know they flew together some years ago, Rooster doesn’t like Hangman’s tactics, they don’t get along very well ever since.”

“Does anyone like Hangman’s tactics?” She asks. “Besides himself, that is.”

“He’s a good pilot.” Maverick says.

“He’s a good pilot that I would have grounded for insubordination for less than the stunt he pulled yesterday.”

“That bad, huh?!” He frowns.

“I’m strict.”

“Would’ve grounded me too?”

“Probably.” Crystal smiles.

They both laugh.

“What are you planning for tomorrow?”

Maverick sighs. “We need a team and we don’t have one.”

“Well, you get parts of it. There are some good interactions between some of them.” She pauses. “That includes Hangman, mind you.”

“Yeah, still doesn’t change the fact that we need them working well together so it won’t affect the team that will be chosen.”

“That doesn’t answer my question.

The devilish smile that appeared on his lips answered enough.

“Bring in a swimsuit with you tomorrow.”

It ends up that the answer to her question was dogfight football. Crystal shook her head in disbelief when he broke the news and Maverick only looked at her and shrugged.

“You good?” Maverick asked when they arrived at the beach.

“Yeah.” She gave him a half smile.

It was funny seeing them interact so in sync as teams after everything she has observed in the past few days. She smiled to herself when she spotted Rooster helping Maverick up after he was knocked to the ground.

“Watching the boyfriend?”

Crystal rolled her eyes before turning around to face Hangman.

“Why? Are you jealous?”

“No, ma’am. I’m fine.” He laughed. “More than fine, actually.”

Crystal scoffed, getting ready to reply when Maverick called her.

“Well, lucky you. Saved by the bell.” She said before heading to Maverick.

Pete offers her a bottle of water that she promptly opens.

“What do you think?”

“That you’re serving your own head on a silver platter to Cyclone.”

Maverick laughs.

Crystal observes the pilots laughing and cheering all together.

“It was a good idea, Mav.”

“See. I’m not all bad at this instructor thing.” He smiles, bringing her to a sideways hug.

“I’ll agree to disagree.” She said, wrinkling her nose.

“Why don’t you get a headstart to go back home?” Maverick asks her, a knowing look on his face.

“Thanks, Mav.”

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[birlwrites]

for your asks when you’re bored: do you have any more thoughts on band au (in general or barty/regulus/evan/pandora relationships/friendships specifically!)

:D

ajglskghskgjshf i have really specific headcanons for the band au

SO barty and regulus are best friends/roommates who were best friends, tried dating, didn't like it bc the romance shit was weird, stopped doing that, still besties (but if james asks they've actually gotten together and broken up like 80 times in the past 3 years, barty wants to see how much relationship drama james will accept before he calls them out on the clear bullshit). tbh probably still hooking up regularly but without any expectation of romance.

pandora's been their neighbor for years which is how she knows them. barty's basically been in love with her since she exploded a baking soda and vinegar volcano at 2am on a wednesday. they have been close friends for years and the pining is insane

and pandora knows EVAN because they met when pandora's girlfriend's sister had her 21st birthday and they went clubbing, evan was there because he was dating the sister's friend at the time and drunk!pandora bonded with tipsy!evan about how neither of them were actually all that happy in their relationships and they swapped phone numbers and became actual friends. and that was a few years ago.

(pandora's about 2 years older than reg/barty/evan. in my head this story starts when she's 27 working on her historical musicology phd, and reg/barty/evan are all around 25)

pandora has known evan and barty/regulus for similar amounts of time, they've just never met for idk reasons. maybe evan was moving around so he just wasn't Physically in the area for a while

so the reason that evan ends up in the band is because barty tells pandora that they need a new singer and pandora goes 'i know a guy'

but pandora and evan can and will flat-out lie to people and claim that they're half-siblings just for funsies

pandora calls people as her primary method of communication so sometimes barty will get phone calls from her that are just like 'hi barty! look out your window RIGHT NOW, there's a cloud shaped like a goose' (regulus, jumping on the opportunity to mock barty: she never calls ME about goose clouds. blatant favoritism)

regulus and evan don't meet until after evan has already started with the band, it's some sort of small get-together with the whole band and various plus ones (or plus threes in the case of james bc he brought all of the marauders but also sirius IS their wardrobe guy so like, it's not totally random)

evan was supposed to get to know people in general and instead spent 3 hours straight talking to regulus in the corner. he has no idea What the deal is with barty and regulus (james and marlene had conflicting info because barty likes to lie to james as i said and also marlene doesn't know what the hell is going on) so he's resigned to being confused and yearning

regulus on the other hand is NOT resigned to being confused and yearning!!! yay!!!!!!!!

and barty does a lot of instagram lives from home that always somehow turn into him and regulus a) bickering about chores, b) constructing their grocery list, or c) enthusiastically bashing tom riddle and the death eaters. the chat is flooded with comments like 'dear god how often do you have to buy coffee are you okay' and 'barty can u pls ask regulus to infodump about why [death eater song] sucks'

[celerieth]

Goose's impact on the MCU (or how much was changed by one blue cube that was hacked up like a furball by a Flerken)

Does anyone think about what would have happened differently or just not happened at all if Goose hadn't hacked up the Tesseract like a furball? Well, I do. And these are my conclusions.

Most of Phase 1, which means Iron Man 1 & 2, Hulk and Thor 1 + Captain America; The First Avenger, would have been the same, but the post credits of Thor 1 wouldn't have happened at all, and the post credits of CA;TFA wouldn't have happened the same, because said post credits scene was basically an ad for Avengers 1, which leads me to...

S.H.I.E.L.D wouldn't have been experimenting on the Tesseract because they wouldn't technically have it. So no portal, which means no Loki, which means no Mind Stone/Chitauri Sceptre, which means Barton and Selveig wouldn't have been enslaved, which means the Avengers wouldn't have banded together, and there would be no Battle of New York. Basically, the entire film wouldn't have happened.

Iron Man 3 would have been pretty much the same, minus Tony's PTSD from throwing a nuke into the portal. Thor; The Dark World... well, Jane probably would have still been on that date and wound up with the Aether/Reality Stone inside of her, can't see how that might change. Whether that's something that could have been solved without Loki (since he'd still be missing, because Thor wouldn't have taken him back to Asgard because Avengers 1 didn't happen), is up for debate, but the Dark Elves would still be an issue. I can't see how they could be defeated, but for the sake of argument, let's say they're vanquished. Captain America; The Winter Soldier... I can't see it happening the same, because I can't think of how Natasha and Steve met without Avengers 1 happening. Guardians of the Galaxy... that'd probably be exactly the same, as well as Ant-Man.

Age of Ultron. Well, no Sceptre and no CA;TWS (the latter is just for the sake of argument, okay?) means no raids on Hydra bases to find the Sceptre, and no Sceptre means no Mind Stone which means Wanda would be an ordinary witch (according to WandaVision) and Pietro wouldn't have super speed. Also, they wouldn't have been experimented on with the Mind Stone, so they likely wouldn't be at the base anyway. And if they, the Sceptre and the Avengers weren't at the base, then Tony probably wouldn't have had that waking nightmare/trance thing (thank you, Wanda Maximoff) which would lead to him coming up with the terrible idea to 'build a suit of armour around the world', which means no Ultron. That and the lack of the Mind Stone means no Vision. And Sokovia wouldn't have been destroyed, which leads to...

No Sokovia Accords, which means the chain of events leading to the death of T'Chaka didn't happen, which means T'Challa doesn't become Black Panther. I'm not saying Killmonger doesn't show up, but T'Challa probably wouldn't be having to deal with it entirely on his own. Away from Wakandan politics, Civil War wouldn't have happened because a) no Avengers in the first place and b) no Accords for them to fight at a German airport about. Which means Ant-Man and the Wasp wouldn't have happened the same because Scott wouldn't have taken Hank's suit to Germany to be arrested in, which means he wouldn't be limited to his home by the law. Ava Starr probably would still be out there, but she'd likely be dealt with differently. Janet might have still been rescued from the Quantum Realm, but I'm not sure. Thor; Ragnarok wouldn't have happened because Thor wouldn't have had that vision in AoU, which meant he wouldn't be scouring the 9 Realms for other Infinity Stones. Also, Loki wouldn't have been there to cast that spell on Odin, so he might have lived a bit longer and decided to give Thor a heads-up about Hela. I stress the word 'might' here because he's a terrible father. Also, Dr. Strange and GotG Vol. 2 would have probably happened the same. I mean, I can't see why they wouldn't.

Due to Ragnarok not happening, the Asgardians wouldn't have been an endangered species of refugees when Thanos found them, assuming he even comes after them at all in this altered reality. Because without the Tesseract and Loki, why should he care about Asgardians, unless they were dumb enough to keep the Reality Stone on Asgard in this timeline? Not that likely. So, yeah. The attacks on Earth by the Black Order to try and get the Time Stone... might have still happened, but probably not in the same way, I'd imagine. Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian would probably still have attacked the New York Sanctum Sanctorum (or the streets near it, whichever), but they might have been joined by the other two, since Proxima and Corvus wouldn't be seeking the Mind Stone in... wherever it was Wanda and Vision were hiding (I think it was Edinburgh, but I probably heard wrong). Which means they might have gotten to the Time Stone early, even with Tony and Peter helping Strange (oh, forgot to mention it earlier, but Spiderman; Homecoming probably wouldn't have been exactly the same, since the fight in the airport didn't happen, so Tony wouldn't have had that reason to seek out Peter, so probably wouldn't have given him the upgraded suit or taken it away). The Guardians of the Galaxy wouldn't have recieved Thor's distress signal, so wouldn't have been roped into this whole mess as soon, if at all. Several other events wouldn't have happened, which would mean no battle in Wakanda. That combined with Goose presumably still having the Tesseract inside themself would mean no completed Infinity Gauntlet, which would mean no Snap. So no Endgame or Phase 4-5 either.

So this got long. Sorry for everyone having to read it, but this literally just occured to me because I was rewatching the Marvels trailer and thinking about Goose. So... yeah.

[littledinosaurarms]

this started as a comment but the autism won

(I have come to realize that I'm going to be a nerd with Opinions about Media for the rest of my life and I have to stop hiding who I am. If that makes me cringe, so be it.)

Hot take: Betty Grof is the actual villain in Adventure Time

Yall just gonna let FaC tell you Simon was a selfish jerk and what happened to Betty was his fault like Betty isn't totally yandere for their entire relationship.

Betty invites herself on a trip with Simon, Betty decides not to go to Australia because she finds out Simon likes her even though he didn't ask her to do that, Betty ignores Simon saying losing her was devastating to him and jumps through the portal to try to skip over whatever boring part of Simon's life he was talking about, Betty makes Simon be crazy again, refuses even talking to the Ice King until she has exhausted all other options (including giving him brain damage and stealing his beloved little guy), gives up trying to talk to him after like ten minutes, and then tries to kill him, then almost ends reality itself over him = Simon being selfish?

Why *would* Simon get on the bus with her? He doesn't have a ticket for Australia! He just wanted to tell her how he felt before she left!

Simon uses a poor choice of words when he says "I forgive you for leaving me" but he's not the best with people and he was clearly just trying to make sure she felt no guilt about his terrible fate or imminent death. And then she interrupts him in order to literally abandon his past self in his hour of fucking need so that she can skip the unpleasantness, without knowing what it was or how long it lasted. She put herself in Ooo. Then she insists he become the Ice King again so she can save him, but doesn't stay with the Ice King or even talk to him. She leaves him rather than work on the problem with him by her side. She is never apologetic for this utter rejection of the Ice King at any point. She is willing to kidnap Gunter just for a chance to give Ice King brain damage and see if that brings Simon back. She is willing to use IK as a spell battery (which is where he must get the idea to use Choose Goose- I felt like that was both out of left field and out of character tbh) to go back in time and prevent him putting on the crown.

No matter what the Ice King, who is a version of Simon, asks of her she refuses. She does not want to know his friends, she doesn't even know Marceline's name at any point iirc. We don't know if she ever sat down and listened to an explanation of what has happened, but I am guessing not or she would know that the Mushroom War would have killed them both if he hadn't put the crown on, not to mention left Marceline alone to either die or be corrupted by the vampires.

As another fan pointed out, she could have shared the crown with him, shared the burden with him, but she didn't want to do the hard work of loving him as he was. She wanted him to be exactly how she had originally perceived him to be. She was willing to risk the lives of everything in existence to force the mental illness out of him rather than help him deal with it in a healthy way.

Yeah, she sacrificed everything for him, entirely by choice! Simon never asked her to do any of it. In fact, both he and the Ice King asked her specifically not to do what she was doing multiple times.

Simon managed to take care of a scared little girl during a nuclear zombie apocalypse while going slowly insane, summoned her deadbeat demon dad in an effort to try to keep her safe when he couldn't anymore, and was basically guilty only of the crime of wanting a little closure.

Hell, even the Ice King was better at caring about people. He was willing to walk through lava for his Goontz. His admiration for Finn and Jake led to him becoming a better person over time, once they accepted him, and he never forgot about Marceline even if he didn't remember how they became friends.

Maybe I take it personally as someone with a mental disability (autism) but I think the way Betty treated the Ice King, and Simon, was disgusting. Simon was a good person. He had a few character flaws, like everyone else in the universe, but fundamentally he just wanted to help people and to share his life with someone special. Hell, the Ice King's ability to treat Gunter better than Evergreen treated the original Gunter is what finally broke the curse of the crown. Did yall miss that part too? They're different versions of the same dude.

I cannot believe how dirty FaC did him in the ending. Totally uncalled for. Literally no one asked for that.

I'm with the people who wanted Simon and Ice King to interact, to have Marceline play a bigger role in the story both because she is literally Simon's best friend and because she's fucking awesome, and oh yeah- to not be condescendingly spoon-fed the conclusions that the showrunner wanted people to draw only to then totally contradict them two minutes later because he couldn't keep a coherent narrative running if his life depended on it. Man did us all dirty with that half-assed ending to a convoluted story.

Betty had to become Golb to clean up the mess she herself had made, and it seemed like she understood and accepted that. That act was her redemption. Why take that away just to shit on the character who arguably suffered more than just about anyone else in the narrative? Simon had magic alzheimers for a thousand fucking years and this asshole is saying he deserved it. I can't even.

And another thing:

If their genders were reversed, do you think people would still defend Betty so much? I highly doubt it, and I find that messed up. Women can be the toxic side of a relationship. Men can be victims. It's almost 2024 we're still not able to see a failed hetero relationship as anything but the guy's fault? Come on.