#as the world burns

[reality-detective]

🔥 "As The World Burns" 🔥

Greece minister has labelled those responsible as “ARSONIST SCUM” after a staggering 79 were arrested over the fires…no climate problem here. 🤔

[teratomat]

Ben. Ben, wait. I know where the workers are. I can take you to them.

[crazy56u]

Okay, I got two episodes to burn through (pun intended), and apparently we won’t find out until May if the show is getting renewed, so I’m a little peeved, but, here we go.

Last time on Quantum Leap: A whole bunch of Hannah.

Also, fucking Gideon indirectly forced Magic to throw himself under the bus.

Meanwhile in 2026/2024, Jen (in my head) spent a whole real time week trying to talk Magic out of this.

“I can’t imagine this place without you.” Well, if NBC decides to play fucking ball, maybe we won’t have to.

“Stay for one last leap?” “Not this time.” Show, I already said NBC was on thin ice with the on the nose shit.

And Ben leaps into that one level of Balan Wonderworld, so you know he’s in Hell.

“I’m a firefighter. Cool.” Ben, you are in the middle of a fire.

Oh goody, the TV committed suicide.

“We were testing my new circuit board-“ Either this kid is Hannah’s son, or he’s Kid Gideon. The literal only two options.

“Your dad is gonna be okay.” “That’s not my dad, he’s my neighbor.” Oh, so he can die then, cool.

“My dad died a couple years back. We all thought a heart attack would get him, but then he ran a red light.”

New Jersey fucking claims another victim…

“…mom, why are you looking like you know the firefighter? Does this have to do with that Cairo thing dad mentioned a couple years ago?”

And Ben is about to give Ziggy a stroke by exploring the stock market, and luckily Hannah is smarter than that.

Plot twist: Ben somehow caused that car accident.

“Hey, Ben, I know you’re in the middle of Hannah shit, but I gotta tell you about the Gideon plot now, sorry.”

Okay, so Ben’s guy is about to retire, shot in the dark, the leap has to do with him dying on the job.

Okay, I am now confident in my guess that this leap or the next will retcon Gideon from the plot if you’re doubling down on Magic “leaving”, I am confident.

“Whelp, I shoved a plant into a box, time to go.”

“You should have let them fire me.” Ian, no offense, but I am willing to bet Gideon is gonna demand all of you quit.

“Look, Jenn, I know you kept wanting me to not do this, so as a prize, you’re New Magic.”

So yeah, Magic is totally gone from the show for real, definitely gone- so anyway, back to Hannah.

“It’s been three leaps. I had some fun in the 80s.”

“Do I look old?” Hannah, you haven’t aged a day since 1948.

Ben, once again, unless you caused that car crash, stop blaming yourself.

Hannah is the key to Quantum Leap.

“This is the last episode I’m in, Ben. To celebrate, explosion.”

So, the plot has been hijacked by the Transformers, got it.

Okay, so now we’re doing The Towering Inferno.

CALLED IT

“Lady, stop acting like I’m talking to ghosts, I’m a firefighter, and you ain’t.”

“20 years of experience” is basically the Get Out of Jail Free card for this leap.

This is turning into the plot of a Webster episode…

How many fires has Hannah seen in her life, goddamn…

Ben, Hannah has seen Nazis and the ending of Red Dead Redemption, a fire ain’t nothing by comparison.

“The chagrined look on your face tells me Addison says I’m right, so I win.”

“HEY, WHEN SOMEONE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR, YOU ANSWER IT!” Fucking mic drop.

Great, now the fire is chasing you.

“We gotta go through the fire.” “Fuck that shit, even if this is our fault!”

And Gideon has been ripping out the wires… Or it’s because Ian had shit timing, either or.

And Hannah has decided this burning building needs a love triangle.

“The one thing I did that actually worked”, my ass. Ben, you kicked cancer’s ass last week.

“Look at this from a cosmic perspective.” Hannah, the last time someone said that in this show, they were looking to be stuck in the Imaging Chamber for 1600 years.

And now the Fire Sheilds are armed.

Hacking into the power grid to defend the rock, roll goddamn tide.

I love how this looks like a music video.

The fire is angry!

There, they escaped the music video.

…is Hannah gonna die this leap?

I actually admire the fact Jeffery didn’t sneak back inside to get Josh’s stuff. [And three… two… one…]

“I know I just inhaled a bunch of smoke, but I just solved the plot-” “Ben, the building exploded again, that means Jeffery snuck back inside.”

Ian is having his Khan moment, everyone is doing great mentally.

“Math’s just not mathin’.”

So, the DARPA code should be in a museum, got it.

Jenn, stop acting like Magic ain’t immediately coming back.

Hannah, it’s bad enough Ben keeps blaming himself for shit…

And now the fire is retaliating.

God is fucking pissed at you all this week.

“Look, I know I’m pinned, but Jeffery’s more important.”

If Hannah does this episode, then this is a shitty way to go, dear god…

And Hannah decides now is the time to solve the plot.

Jeffery, it’s your own fault this is happening, stop being bitchy.

Jeffery, if you don’t want to see a grown man cry, leave now.

ANNNNNNND THEY FORGOT TO GRAB THE DARPA FILE.

“Time isn’t a river. It’s an ocean. Hopefully you trapped that file from my apartment.”

And Hannah dies…

“Let me use my dying breath to fix your relationship problems.”

Crawling on the ledge of a burning building. If I had to do that, I would instantly die.

Yeah, Ian, just type shit!

…is that constant idea gonna be the thing to undo the time skip?

The only way is down. I would 100% die on the spot.

How is Ben not shitting himself in fear as he does this?

“I know you’re scared! I’m scared too!” NO SHIT

“Choose courage! Jump from the exploding building!”

“Let’s go save your mom!” Ummmmmm…

And back into the music video we go.

Oh, cool, Hannah still has life in her…

NBC, seriously, you need to renew this show.

And Ben gets bailed out by a mention of retirement.

“Tell her thanks. She knows.” Fuck yeah she does, she was the only one to solve the plot.

And Hannah’s code turns out to be Stop ‘n’ Swop.

And in comes the armed gunmen.

“I wanted Ian fired. Magic didn’t do that, so, fuck it.”

Hannah got a sneak preview to this movie, Ben, she doesn’t need to see it.

And Jeffery is about to learn about Ben.

I love how Hannah is getting the kind of goodbye montage a show does when a character dies… despite not being dead.

“I wrote DARPA code to get you home, Ben. I even had a file in my apartment containing the data, you grabbed it, right?”

“…lady, why was I hugging you?”

And Gideon decides to be an even bigger asshole than he was prior, so Addison decides to steal a gun.

Addison, don’t play chicken with the universe here…

…so, they have the spare keys to Beth’s house, I take it?

One down one to go. Gideon is 100% gonna get retconned.

[definitelynotanalien]

As the World Burns

Chapter 2: Questioning jobs

Masterlist

Your office was surprisingly nice. The windows were plentiful and you didn’t seem to share it.

So you decided to begin working. Quickly pulling out your laptop and typing up a storm.

Wait…

What do interns even do?

That called for a, not so quick, google search.

Ah yes, interns worked on creative projects and building relationships in the field.

So you had two choices, do work, or socialize. Obviously you chose to socialize as you are a very social person (lies).

Now, how does one socialize?

Simple.

They talk to people (?).

So you must talk to people.

…

Perhaps you could postpone this.

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You chose to go outside of your office, for interactions with others. Perhaps you would gain a life long friend, perhaps you would embrace yourself in front of everyone.

Thinking about it, you would prefer to avoid the latter.

“Boo.”

what.

why.

when.

where.

how.

“Aw, you had such a boring reaction.”

What was your luck today, you had seen two brunettes with shoulder length hair and beautiful eyes.

This one had red eyes, a sharp tooth, and a red trench coat. He was probably a vampire. And vampires are from romania. So that was probably Romania.

Holy shit Romania is standing in front of you.

“Hello? Will I have to hide another body?” He said rather teasingly, seemingly flirting with you.

Being the failure you are, you chose to respond with the most beautiful sentence ever spoken by man kind, “Blegh.”

“What.”

[stylistic-nightmare]

Kreator - As the World Burns

[einsteinsugly]

Chapter 6 of The Kids are Alright.

Here. Kind of filler-y and fluffy, but it's the proposition that gets the ball rolling. For this fic, and it adds context to As The World Burns (my unfunny, drama-filled fic set in 2001, in the same verse). If you want to see JH and ED being cute on a carousel, it's in this chapter. :)

[charmingbrute]

-me accidentally pitting ares against all the meteors- yeah this is fair

[saulwexler]

how to explain to non-americans that the better call saul ads aren’t exaggerated for comedic effect they are super normie

[imfinereallyy]

you can pry happy endings from my cold-dead hands. It can be the most heart stopping, gut wrenching fic that has every existed and I will read every drop of it if I get my happy ending. I have had enough painful endings in real life, give me happy in my fantasy world. It can be at the last second, it can be a single sentence, even a single word. Give me all the angst and hurt in the world for 500,000 words, but please give me the comfort I need in the ending. please and thank you.

[guiltknight-gaming]

Diablo IV Episode 83: As The World Burns

[wickedmamas]

😱

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What’s happening fr though

Since people seem to be enjoying this, I’m obligated to gratuitously plead for you to follow me! 😂 well, not really, but learn a bit about the human behind the screen: Wickedmama the Bloodthirsty. ❤️🖤

[reality-detective]

🔥 "As The World Burns" 🔥

3rd largest US Oil Refinery to shut down after devastating fire in Garyville, Louisiana.

Just another coincidence right? 🤔

[insomniac-arrest]

Depression is such an effective tranquilizer that it creates a great opportunity for plot twists in your real life. I have a pretty consistent opinion of myself which is "low" and "never ending guilt and shame for reasons I don't understand."

Recently received feedback from two different editing clients that started with "Please pass along to your editor that she is phenomenal at her job" and "I was blown away by the evaluation I received."

You always hear about how depression (and anxiety) lies to you and distorts reality, but there is logically knowing that and then there is like, physical proof of it and you are suddenly Neo in the Matrix jumping out of the fucked up little tube machine.

[crazy56u]

Three for three, I gotta sleep in and miss the episode(s), but this week I at least have the reasonable excuse of "I got sick due to something at work".

[definitelynotanalien]

As the World Burns

Chapter four: Unwanted responsibility

Masterlist

“Do you need help, Miss?” A cute young boy dressed in a sailors costume asked. He had short blond hair, and a great big smile.

“I do. Could you please help me find Korea?” You asked rather politely. A bit worried about how a kid got into a high profile building, and where Korea was. The latter would be (hopefully) solved quickly, and the former would most likely be explained with the young boy being a politician’s kid or something.

“I could help, although you’d have to give me something…” He said sweetly, like a Fey drawing you in.

You were rather confused, but asked “What would I need to give you?”.

“Your name!”

You said your name, and asked for his.

“My name’s Sealand, but you can call me Peter!” If he was a dog, you would see his tail wagging in excitement.

“It’s nice to meet you Peter,” you have a soft smile “Now could you please help me find Korea?”.

“Of course!”

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In a few short minutes, you were faced with quite a conundrum. Peter had led you outside of a room, inside were screaming. The screams seemed to be fighting, like another family quarrel.

Peter had left you, of course. Having decided that he needed to go back to his parents (dads?), and gave a slow goodbye before practically running away.

Now, you could knock on the door and face the embarrassment of interrupting an argument. Or, you could wait a few minutes and see if someone came out.

You chose the first option, as you’re an amazing intern.

You knocked onto the door twice, the noises echoing throughout the deserted hallways. The room fell silent, with some panicked whispering and the sound of moving chairs.

“Heyyy, you’re not going to tattle to Germ, right?” A cute man said. He looked like he came out of a Manhwa, with the face of the male lead accompanied with a mischievous attitude. He was still cute though.

“Are you Korea?” You asked, a bit embarrassed at talking to a country that looked your age.

“Yep! What’s up?” He winked, you could’ve sworn that sparkles came out of his eye. Kinda like a cartoon.

A few men watched from behind him, each looking at each other guiltily.

“I need to give you these papers.”

You should probably tattle to Germany, you did need to get onto his good side. Although, your moral compass disagreed.

“Nice, thanks!”

“Uhm, no problem, bye.”

“Bye bye,” Korea paused for a moment, and as you walked away he screamed, “Wait up!”

[theghostwrites]