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l0st-l0v3r ยท 1 year
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happyhauntt ยท 6 months
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โ€” march fic recs, brought to you by happyhauntt.
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a wee fic rec post for a few of the fics i read in march that altered my brain chemistry!! i've put a lil comment next to each rec because honestly writers don't get praised enough for their work these days and i wanted to show my appreciation for these talented souls!!
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grishaverse.
โžก kaz brekker.
what do you want from me by @rubysunnday. notes: literally perfect wtf.
dark days by rubysunnday. notes: i reread this literally constantly, it is so perfect, kaz's characterisation is perfect, i adore it.
bloody hands by rubysunnday. notes: i devoured this whole thing like a starving person it was sO good.
when am i gonna lose you? by @crowsmybeloveds. notes: this is so beautiful honestly i have no words.
the lost princess by @ellewritesalright. notes: look it's only part one but elle is a fucking wizard and i'm a sucker for an anastasia au.
you and me (a whole lot of history) by @heliads. notes: this was so cute and such a clever concept i fell in love!!!
schat by @amourology. notes: fully choked this is so adorable.
soulmate by @magpiencrow. notes: KAZ BREKKER SOULMATE AU didn't know i needed this but now i need 100 more!!!!
โžก nikolai lantsov.
nine long years series by @ellewritesalright. notes: i am actively fucking screaming over this fic. i will never stop. this might genuinely be the best thing i've read in a LONG while. everything about it has me sobbing i actively CANNOT COPE. and it's not even finished yet.
one of us by @songofpatrochilless. notes: literally had me sobbing you don't understand the domesticity of it all!!!!!.
come on back to me by @atlabeth. notes: there is a very strong chance that i'll literally never stop screaming about this fic.
dreams of you by @wh0refornikolailantsov. notes: every cell in my body is SCREAMING.
this love by @lantsovsupremacist. notes: did not, in fact, give you permission to hurt me like this do it again.
salt in the wound by @in-my-feels-probably. notes: brain goes brrrr this has everything i need to survive tbh.
wanting was enough by @rubysunnday. notes: beautiful stunning magnificent i want to eat it.
an exhausted smile by @writing-havoc. notes: think i had an aneurysm reading this it was that amazing.
run away with me by @sumsebien. notes: i am still sobbing over this.
in emerald hearts, emerald minds by @undiscovered-horizon. notes: love love love love love. there aren't enough words in any language to describe how much i love this.
โžก alina starkov.
alina starkov x reader by @heliads. notes: alina does not get nearly enough love and this was so fucking sad and cute and brilliant.
โžก nina zenik.
the ten steps to 'i love you' by @sophierequests. notes: this was SO HEARTWARMING AND SWEET i adored it!!!
โžก zoya nazyalensky.
forget-me-nots by @syllvane. notes: not enough zoya fics on this hellsite. but also this ripped my heart out and made me sob so RUDE. i feel devastated.
โžก inej ghafa.
inej ghafa x reader by @heliads. notes: INEJ MY SWEET BABY, this fic is everything to me. everything. and it's so beautifully written!!!
โžก the darkling.
the dark side of the moon series by @myhairpintrigger. notes: this fic is ASTOUNDING. i havenโ€™t cried this much reading something in a long time. i wasย FULL-BODY SOBBING.ย i donโ€™t even like the darkling.ย i am Not a darkling girlie.ย but i was intrigued by concept of this fic and i can safely say it has ruined my life. this is Emotional Damage Incarnate. i will never recover. author, i salute you.
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911.
through the smoke by @borntobewondering. notes: spent twenty whole minutes sobbing after reading this. i felt undone i felt hollow i felt so utterly fucked. author is a genius and that's all there is to say.
not so one night stand by @shmaptainwrites. notes: this was so fuckin adorable i'm in love.
d.c. to l.a. by shmaptainwrites. notes: bobby my guy just doesn't get enough fucking credit and this is so fucking adorable.
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criminal minds.
โžก spencer reid.
trouble almost all my life by @januaryembrs. notes: this series is. it's literally. everything. i love bugsy like she's my own child. sister relationships are everything to me. i spent an hour sobbing in my bed over parts 2 and 3. i want this tattooed on my forehead.
โžก aaron hotchner.
found by @benedictscanvas. notes: DADDY i mean what. all jokes aside this was so sweet and beautiful and i'm in love the writing!!!
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doctor who.
rage rage (against the dying of the light) by @morganas-pendragons. notes: felt feral after reading this. kayla just gets me in my feels every time.
heartbeat by morganas-pendragons. notes: this was the most emotional devastating thing i've ever read and i fully needed 3-5 business days to recover. rude. i want 100 more.
untitled by morganas-pendragons. notes: PAIN i love this so much.
ache by morganas-pendragons. notes: just scoop my heart out of my fucking chest i don't want it anymore after reading this.
a mind full of blissful terrors by @magiccath. notes: simply fucking amazing.
light in the dark by @i-imagine-my-doctor. notes: screaming please i adore this so much.
baby talk by @kisstherainwriting. notes: THE ABSOLUTE CUTIEST EVER. there's not enough clara fics and this had me squealing and feeling all warm and fuzzy!!!
holding my hand by kisstherainwriting. notes: angst galore this was STUNNING.
in another's eyes by @cas-kingdom. notes: PERFECTION.
where do we go now series by @theetherealbloom. notes: literally so fucking amazing i don't have enough words.
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marauders.
the winner takes it all by @ellecdc. notes: brb faye is having a STROKE--
come back, be here series by ellecdc. notes: i think i had a full on stroke while reading this series. the attention to detail is insane. the characterisation is perfect.
i don't know you anymore (maybe i never really did) by @thenyoumightaswellwrestleangels. notes: SCREECHING i'm in love you don't understand.
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bridgerton.
โžก anthony bridgerton.
distractions by @peterpparkrr. notes: simply immaculate.
right person, all the wrong times by @wwinterwitch. notes: did you mean one of my favourite tropes bc this is it.
right in front of me by @idontgiveaflyinggrayson69 & @thirteenisles. notes: i felt feral after reading this tbh.
โžก sibling!reader.
reluctant caretaker by @rubysunnday. notes: this fic hit my heart in all the right places okay sibling stuff means everything to me.
did she have a cookie by rubysunnday. notes: a joyous read from start to finish i CACKLED the whole way through.
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moon knight.
come back to me by @mgparker. notes: still sobbing. immaculate.
the other sarcophagus by @starryevermore. notes: i literally reread this constantly i adore it so much!!
marc spector x reader by @softlyspector. notes: i had an aneurysm reading this and i haven't been the same since.
more marc spector x reader by softlyspector. notes: i am having an intense emotion hold on. anytime i see autistic stuff in canon content for any fandom i SQUEAK. and this is so well done honestly.
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star wars.
heartless by @youvebeenlivingfictional. notes: i reread this constantly, it's so amazing and heartwrenching and beautiful and i want to eat it.
little talks by @light-yaers. notes: you simply do not understand how much i adore everything beff writes. i adore this fic more than i need oxygen to breathe.
right where you left me series by light-yaers. notes: personality-defining series. i LIVE for this fic. every update adds five years to my lifespan. if you're not reading this you are MISSING OUT.
a light, a song, a bluebird by @millllenniawrites. notes: made me SOB 10/10 would recommend if you like emotional trauma.
invisible string by @campingwiththecharmings. notes: pining!!! loneliness!!! i adore!!!
hard landings by @softlyspector. notes: no. no you don't understand. this fic doesn't just own my soul it is my soul. i want it tattooed on my face.
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misc.
hopper x reader by @luveline. notes: you don't understand this might be the cutest shit i've ever read and jade is a fellow welsh person which automatically makes them brilliant in my book.
muรฑa by @in-my-feels-probably. notes: alicent means fucking everything to me and this had me sobbing.
mistletoe magic by @writingsbychlo. notes: literally the cutest fucking thing ever, had me kicking my legs and squealing!!
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hurthermore ยท 5 months
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Hey! Just wanna say I ADORE your Bimbo series โค๏ธ
I have an idea for the next one; The reader teases Alastor for being an old, grumpy man. She's spending too much time on social media & video games to pay attention to him. Then, he punishes her for it. Wink wink! โœ‹๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฆ
ยปยป------โ–บ ๐™ฑ๐š’๐š–๐š‹๐š˜ - ๐™ฟ๐šŠ๐š›๐š ๐Ÿบ (18+)
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โ–ป ๐™ฑ๐š’๐š–๐š‹๐š˜ ๐™ฟ๐šŠ๐š›๐š ๐Ÿธ (18+) โ–ป ๐™ฑ๐š’๐š–๐š‹๐š˜ ๐™ฟ๐šŠ๐š›๐š ๐Ÿน (18+)
Pairing: ๐™ฐ๐š•๐šŠ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šก ๐™ต!๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š›
Word Count: ๐Ÿธ๐š”
Warnings: ๐™ฝ๐š˜ ๐šŽ๐šก๐š™๐š•๐š’๐šŒ๐š’๐š ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐šœ๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐š‹๐šž๐š ๐š‹๐š˜๐š๐š‘ ๐š™๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐š’๐šŽ๐šœ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐šœ๐šŽ๐š—๐š, ๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘ ๐šœ๐šŽ๐šก, ๐š‹๐š˜๐š›๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š˜๐š— ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐šœ๐šŽ๐šก ๐š‹๐šž๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šข ๐š•๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐š˜๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›, ๐š—๐š˜ ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ๐š™๐š•๐šŠ๐šข, ๐šž๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ, ๐š๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐šœ ๐šœ๐š’๐šฃ๐šŽ ๐š”๐š’๐š—๐š”, ๐š–๐š˜๐š—๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šŒ๐š”, ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š•๐š•๐šข ๐š‹๐šž๐š•๐š๐šŽ, ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š?
A/N: ๐™ธ ๐š•๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šœ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š›๐šž๐š–๐š™๐šข ๐š˜๐š•๐š ๐™ฐ๐š•๐šŠ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š›, ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ, ๐šข๐š˜๐šž'๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š‹๐š˜๐šž๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐™ผ๐™พ๐™ฝ๐š‚๐šƒ๐™ด๐š ๐™ต๐š„๐™ฒ๐™บ๐™ด๐™ณ
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Alastor deeply regretted buying you that damned piece of technology.
For the past few days, instead of being all over the Radio Demon like you usually were; instead of always being in his presence, talking to him, holding him, kissing him, and fucking yourself into his cock, you had, for some reason, been consistently dwindling the amount of attention you usually gave him to play on that silly little gaming console you had asked him oh so prettily for.ย 
As he questioned himself on why he had even purchased it for you, he knew it was because he was so easily swayed by you; that he adored you and wanted to see that pretty smile on your face; it was only a very welcomed luxury when you begged with that that pretty little voice of yours, when you placed your even prettier lips around his cock as a way of persuading him to buy things for you.
Heโ€™d buy it for you even if you didnโ€™t do those things; but you didnโ€™t need to know that.
Even now, as you sat in his lap, the both of you in his radio station whilst he broadcast his mass of screaming souls to the entirety of hell, you seemed to simply ignore his presence as you fiddled with the buttons of your newest piece of technology. He didnโ€™t like how much your mental absence toward him had his chest hurting ever so slightly; but despite that, he still remained in his smiling neutral facade.ย 
Looking down at you, he wondered if you were torturing him on purpose by wearing that semi transparent babydoll nightwear he had bought for you recently; the same one that allowed Alastor to admire every erotic detail of your body, to the front of your core squished against your thighs, to your stomach scrunched up due to the bend of your position, and how beautifully erect your nipples were. It was quite the task for him to contain himself when you looked so ethereal; so undeniably erotic.
Alastor craved to ravish you, just as he did quite often.
If only you would cease playing that ridiculous game.ย 
You were a smart little darling, despite how ditzy you could be, you werenโ€™t so stupid that you were unaware of how much the simple sight of you turned him on. You mustโ€™ve known what you were doing to him.
Alastor knew you did.
As he watched you hum away as you swayed your head along with the music from your game that Alastor was positive you could barely hear over the screams of his broadcast, he etched his sharp talons underneath the flimsy piece of clothing you wore, pressing them against the thick of your thighs before he sunk the tips ever so slightly into your squishy femurs. His upper lip snarling ever so slightly as you refused to give him even a drop of attention even as he damaged the perfect skin that encased your innards.
You wouldnโ€™t even flinch.
With a huff, he leaned his chin into your shoulder as uncharacteristically morbid thoughts of your true feelings towards him clouded his mind, he turned off the microphone connected to his broadcast. โ€œTell me, do you only love me so you can get what you want?โ€ He didnโ€™t mean to ask it with venom drenched into his words, but he couldnโ€™t help the way his chest constricted from the doubt that had funnelled its way into his head.
โ€œDonโ€™t be silly Al. I love you.โ€ You mumbled as you continued to press the buttons on the console; still refusing to even glance at him.
Grabbing the device from your soft hands, he slammed it against the console of his radio station. โ€œThen why do you persist in depriving me from your attention to play with such frivolous technology?โ€
Rolling your eyes as he snatched your game from you, you turned around in his lap to finally face him. โ€œGod, youโ€™re such a needy, grumpy old man arenโ€™t you?โ€ You mocked him before pushing your chest against him; poking your index finger in his face. โ€œYouโ€™re so pathetic it's cute.โ€
Were you trying to test him?
To piss him off?ย 
You were extremely lucky you had him wrapped around your little finger, else he wouldโ€™ve shredded your perfect body into little tiny pieces for saying such things to him. Instead, he sunk his claws into your neck with a look that forced your facial structure to express worry. โ€œIโ€™m offended you think such things of me, my beautiful little darling; it looks as though Iโ€™ll have to show you how frighteningly vigorous I can be.โ€ He whispered into your pretty face before conjuring a black appendage to tear your overly exposing nightwear in two.
Slamming your back into his broadcasting table, Alastor watched as you moaned out a bundle of screams as he began shoving his cock in between your exposed and glistening folds without warning; you couldnโ€™t believe he had pulled his length out so quickly from his suit pants as you began panting. Your tight cunt struggled to allow him to enter in one push due to the lack of foreplay; but this is what you deserved, being the little mouthy brat you were.
With both of his hands on your delicate throat, Alastor put so much pressure against it that he could hear tiny gasps of moaned pleaโ€™s escape your throat that struggled to intake a proper breath as he painfully pulled his cock out of you, only to slam it back in; only this time, its entire length finally sunk into your beautifully pleasurable wettening walls, forcing a scream to rip from your constricted oesophagus.ย 
Conjuring more black appendages, he commanded the tentacle-like affixes to tightly wrap around your thighs, the fat around them popping out as the slimy protuberances pressurised with a harshness like no other. Drool dripping from his mouth, Alastor began to groan at the sight of you below him; your perfect face almost draining in colour, his sharp hands wrapped around your beautiful throat, your thighs squished into oblivion, and the squelching that filled the room as he fucked his fat cock into your unready cunt.ย 
He couldnโ€™t handle it, especially after not having you on his red length for the past few days due to your persistent gaming. Gritting his yellowed teeth, he forced the appendages around your thighs to bend your femurs into your chest, putting you in a mating position that allowed him to pulverise his cock against your cervix. Groaning, he smashed his lips against your breathless ones as he craved for passion from you, he could feel you attempt to kiss him back; something that made his heart burst with love, but the dizziness he was inflicting on you due to his brutal pressure on your larynx and savage, deprived pace he was fucking you with had you unable to truly focus on his lips.
Alastor could feel his balls tighten; a sign he was close to spilling his lovely white cum into you, but he needed to stop. You were due for a punishment, and he had barely scratched the surface. Calming down his pace, stilling his ministrations to prevent himself from ejaculating, his grip on your throat loosened, causing you to cough up breaths of air as drops of sweat from Alastors forehead splattered against yours.
For some reason, after your breathing began to calm down, you began to chuckle; causing your boyfriend's ears to twitch with every mocking laugh. โ€œI knew you were an old man, but come on. You canโ€™t even last two minutes without needing to cum? Canโ€™t even make me cum, baby?โ€ You snickered as you gyrated your waist with his cock still inside you, testing his limits as you snaked your tongue against his adorably frustrated expression. Immediately, he slammed your head into the table with an odd amount of care before he bit the tips of his razor sharp teeth into your neck after you spoke those words; his cock began thrusting into you with a pace that he was dead set on breaking your pelvis with.ย 
Groaning, Alastor was beyond angry as you kept testing him to the point he hadnโ€™t realised his body began to morph; not until you wrapped your hands around his stitched neck and let out a blood curdling scream from those pretty flushed out lips. โ€œOh god, Al, donโ€™t stop!โ€ You screeched in a pleasured pain as his cock began to grow thicker and longer inside of you. Letting go of your neck, Alastor admired your pained expression before he looked down to your stomach; he couldnโ€™t prevent the low growl that had left his throat as he watched his growing cock force a large bulge to emerge from your lower belly.
It wasnโ€™t until Alastor found himself standing at double your height that his body decided to halt morphing; his cock forcing your stomach to contort around it as it stretched out the gummy walls of your cunt. Panting, tears left your oculi as your boyfriend stilled his massive length inside of you. โ€œYou change your tune so quickly, my love.โ€ His voice came out so much more distorted than usual; as if it was glitching along with every word on his tongue.ย 
Crying out, you let out a sharp gasp as his overly large hands wrapped around the entirety of your waist; his thumbs pressing down on the bulge his cock enforced as he tried to move, to slam his cock back into you, but he couldnโ€™t.ย 
He had grown so big that your cunt became simply too tight for him to move.ย 
Tightening his grip around your waist, he picked you up from the table before his heavy breathes consumed your auditory senses as he began moving you along the entirety of his length, forcing a mixture of pain and pleasure to mumble and curse out from your lips; crying as Alastor used your body as a damned fleshlight. His ridiculously large cock made your stomach bloat to the point you thought he was going to tear through you every time your thighs met his pelvis bone. โ€œThatโ€™s it: cry for the โ€˜needy, grumpy old manโ€™, my lovely, desperate, little whore.โ€ And you did; ever so prettily. Gripping onto his prolonged neck that was covered in stitches, you begged for him to kiss you; begged for him, only him.
Complying to your demands enthusiastically, Alastors back began to bend, his fucked up form covered the entirety of your sight before his drool soaked lips connected with yours rather softly; his head moving up and down every time he moved your body along his length.
Surprisingly, as Alastor retracted one of his hands from your waist, you still felt secure; not a moment did you believe you would fall. His clawed finger tips only slightly brushed against your clit before you could feel your thighs shake; primarily from the sheer atrocity that Alastor was fucking into your cunt.ย 
Feeling your bud throb as his monster cock invaded far more than whatever should be invaded; along with his sharp claw teasing your clit ever so slightly, your cunt began to spasm in pleasure, ripping a loud, debauched moan from your larynx. Your wet, expanded, pretty little sex began to grip onto Alastors cock tighter as you began to squirt splashes of lust induced liquid onto your lover's body; and from how harshly your core tensed around him, a sensation deep in his own nether regions snapped, filling your womb up with a stupid amount of sperm as he splattered his cum deep inside of you.
Slowly pulling you off his length, Alastor groaned as he watched the mass amount of his ejaculation cascade from your puffy and widening cunt, only to shove his fingers inside you, forcing you to cry out as he made sure the rest of his cum stayed deep inside your womb. โ€œDonโ€™t worry love, I believe this wraps up my example,โ€ Alastorโ€™s voice echoed, still slightly distorted as his body began to slowly morph back to his normal size; forcing you to become limply dumb. โ€œIโ€™ll clean you up now; so relax for your needy old man.โ€
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ยปยป------โ–บ ๐™ผ๐šŠ๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š•๐š’๐šœ๐š
@saccharine-nectarine @daintydreams-blog @lunaramune
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naffeclipse ยท 2 months
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One Soul to Another
Reader x Mermaid!Eclipse
Commission Info
I absolutely loved writing this darling hurt/comfort fic centered on Vanessa and Mer!Eclipse from In Deep Dreams Between the Waves for @counterbalance! The unlikely pair getting to connect while Y/N feels so much for their dear friend and dear mer is delightful.
Content Warning for mentions of death/violence/being eaten alive/mind control.
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The Rustbucket II floats gently along a calm ocean as the dawn waits to spread rosy-tinged fingers over the horizon and lighten the darkness of the salty waves splashing softly against the side of your boat. In the cabin, you stir gradually, still caught between dreams and the black depths filled with stars where you spend your nights with your giant mer.
A calm warmth fills your heart. The beautiful weight of Eclipseโ€™s presence sits tenderly within you, and you swear his fingers still curve softly around you, cradling you close to his chest. His bioluminescence glows behind your eyelids with the strong, orange light of a bonfire. His soft warbles and purrs fall against you but distantly, held at armโ€™s length by your waking consciousness.
Eclipse?
He withdrew from you softly, setting you back into your sleeping mind like he was tucking you into bed. You blink slowly, your eyelids weighed down with sleep. He doesnโ€™t often leave you so early. He looks forward to your shared dreams the most.ย 
Slowly gliding your hand over the thin coverlet, you push yourself up on your bed, supporting yourself on your elbows as you force your eyes to focus on the gray-dark light touching the ocean. Itโ€™s still so dark. A cool mist hangs in the air. The smell of seaspray clings tightly to your senses. Working up your alertness, you slip your bare feet over the creaking floors of the cabin and softly slip towards the doors leading to the deck. The glass windows are slightly stained with ocean water and you mentally jot down a note to clean those when you return to shore.
Peering out onto the deck, you find a very beautiful, rare sight.
Vanessa. Her arms are folded, leaning against the handrails with her blonde hair outside of her usual ponytail. Itโ€™s gotten longer. It falls over her shoulders and down her back. Bangs fall into her eyes from what little of her face you see. A thick-knitted cardigan of cream warms her against the early morning chill.ย 
Just beyond her, nestled in the water with his head above the surface, is Eclipse. The leviathan hides his great size just below. His lithe four arms are the length of ships and his long, serpentine tail is dark and beautifully frilled.
His eyes don't shift you, his brilliant yellow colors set entirely on your dear friend, but a gentle pulse ripples through your heart.ย 
Hello, seashell.
You silently hide in the shadow of the cabin, unwilling to disturb this moment for Vanessa. She hardly ever wants to see Eclipse. He reminds her too much of the vicious mer who took hold of her and compelled her into his horrid bidding.ย 
She has nightmares of his song, but she didnโ€™t last night. You would have heard her screams.
The softest sounds of Vanessaโ€™s voice slip through the calm ocean air. You quietly hold your breath.
โ€œI donโ€™t know how they found you,โ€ she says softly. Her hands nervously knit one over the other, wringing and twisting her fingers. She hardly lifts her eyes to look at Eclipse. Heโ€™s trying very hard, you realize, to make himself small and non-threatening for her.
He warbles a low sound, sending ripples across the settled ocean surface. The slightest twitch of her brow follows.
You lean closer against the door, your ear pricking towards her. Maybe you shouldnโ€™t listen in. Vanessa might have told you much but she hasnโ€™t told you everything. Now that she speaks to Eclipse, you canโ€™t help but wonder if this might be therapeutic, a way to help undo some of the damage done by Glitch.
โ€œThere must be a difference between a mer meeting a human when the mer is small and when theyโ€™re grown.โ€ Her head bows deeper. โ€œDo mers grow up without a human and decide to sink their ships, just because they can?โ€
Eclipse shifts in the slightest, his brilliant arrangement of frills crowning his head in bright oranges and yellows sweeping in a soft, comforting gesture. His attention remains on her. A soft note slips from him. A soothing sound you so often hear when a terrible dread creeps over you and you feel the wet walls of Glitchโ€™s stomach closing in around you again.
Her eyes still donโ€™t stray from him. A confusing need to calm her sweeps through you. You stand silently, hugging your arms in the quiet dawn-gray light.ย 
โ€œI donโ€™t know why a bad one found me. Why did he choose me?โ€ Vanessaโ€™s voice wobbles wetly. You almost step closer, to lay a comforting hand on her shoulder, but Eclipse rumbles gently. The sound seems to wash over Vanessa like a wave of sea foam. Slowly, she reaches up and touches her face, smearing something wet while clearing her throat.ย 
A radiance of patience and compassion fills you. The distant echo falling from Eclipse brims you with a warmth like sunlight dappling a watery surface. You shift and squeeze your hands together. You so often admire your mer in his wonderful care for you. Now you witness it for Vanessa.
She swallows thickly.ย 
โ€œI think about it sometimes,โ€ she says so quietly you almost donโ€™t catch her words. โ€œIf he hadnโ€™t chosen me, I would be dead like the rest of them. He would have eaten me alive.โ€
A tide of rage flows into your heart, not your own, but Eclipses. A shudder overtakes you. Closing your eyes briefly, you clench your teeth and breathe deeply, focusing on the wooden frame of the cabin and the soft creaking sounds of your boat.
Glitch is dead. Eclipse ripped him apart.
โ€œBut he did choose me,โ€ she says quietly, haunted. โ€œIโ€™m alive.โ€
A low warble leaves Eclipse. He bobs along the surface and catches her gaze.
On the smallest ray of sunlight filling the horizon, you watch a tear drop into the salt of the sea off of Vanessaโ€™s face. Her fingers clench, twisting in her cardigan sleeves. A rattling breath leaves her.
โ€œHe terrifies me still,โ€ she whispers to Eclipse. โ€œI think heโ€™s hiding in my dreams, waiting to come back.โ€
A soft rumble leaves the giant mer. Eclipse slips the smallest bit closer, sending small waves out from his movement and splashing quietly against the boat. He softly parts his lips, keeping his teeth well hidden while singing a gentle note. A confirmation.
You feel his memory as if it were your own hands. One reached down into the gullet of the leviathan to find you and pull you free, and the other two pried Glitchโ€™s jaw wider and wider until muscle and sinew ripped and bones cracked. Until the water turned red with blood. And he held you safe in his hands, your tiny body sinking into the safety of his grasp.
Heโ€™s dead.
Vanessa lifts her eyes to him. Her bottom lip trembles.
He cannot hurt you anymore.
You breathe out softly and clutch your heart. You wish Vanessa could hear his voice.
โ€œI know,โ€ she says, as if she did. She hunches lower along the handrails. Even when you were at her side in the time she couldnโ€™t sleep and feared a singing voice, she never looked so small. Perhaps you are too used to her watching over you. She looked out for you when you were younger, always taller and wiser. Now you see her for the fragile state she remains in. Your heart squeezes within you.
A gentle wave of warmth seeps over your shoulders. You breathe again.
โ€œI had no control.โ€ Vanessa squeezes her hands into fists until the skin over her knuckles stretches white. โ€œHe forced me to lead every single soul to their death. I was burning. Resisting him was agony like he was going to cleave my soul from my body. I could never tell him no.โ€
She drags the heel of her hand into her cheek, eyes squeezed shut. Eclipse stays quiet, waiting until she can breathe again. You furl and unfurl your fingers but force yourself to be as patient as Eclipse. He knows what heโ€™s doing.
โ€œHis song still lives in my head. When it gets too quiet, I hear it again. I think heโ€™s back.โ€ She trembles where she stands. Her hair falls around her shoulders and you wish to sweep it back to see her face and tell her itโ€™s alright. Glitch is gone.ย 
โ€œWhen I was face to face with him,โ€ she stops and bites her bottom lip. Another tear fell down her face, โ€œI was nothing. He could have crushed me. He could have speared me with one of his claws. I could do nothing to stop him.โ€
A wretched sob leaves her. Horror rips from her teeth. The breath drags out of her throat and you start, your heart breaking in the echo of her sound. Tears threaten to swell within your own eyes. No. You have to be strong for her now.
She doesnโ€™t deserve this. She is as innocent as the ones Glitch killed.
Water softly sloshes down below. Vanessa stills. Rising to the handrails, one of Eclipseโ€™s hands holds steady. He reaches the back of one crooked finger for Vanessa but leaves distance between true contact. Vanessa steps back once. Slick brine falls away from his skin and back into the water, dripping from his claws. Eclipse holds her gaze, steady despite the slightly bobbing boat.ย 
Her body is rigid, taunt like a prey animal about to race from a predator. Low, coaxing sounds fall from Eclipseโ€™s mouth as he keeps his head below. Vanessa has the choice. He will not force it but a will of simmering need to comfort one so afflicted by Glitch, just like you, heats his very heart.
You touch your chest softly. Youโ€™re here, too. Itโ€™s okay.
In silent awe, you watch Vanessa ball up her hands and step closer. As slow as the rising sun now sending sharp rays of light across the sea, she loosens her fist and slowly, cautiously, sets her hand on one of Eclipseโ€™s knuckles. He softly hums and warbles in encouragement. Vanessa stares. She still shakesโ€”you fear she might fall apart and dissolve into another panic attackโ€”but she breathes. Her shoulders heave. Carefully, she looks Eclipse in the eye.
A great swirl of pride opens within you, shared equally by you and your mer.ย 
โ€œYouโ€™re so big,โ€ Vanessa mutters, far away, as if she canโ€™t quite wrap her mind around it. Or perhaps, sheโ€™s thinking of another mer entirely. Her eyes fall below the water. โ€œBut you can be gentle.โ€
Yes.
Eclipse shifts his gaze to you for the briefest moment. Your smile tugs on the corner of your lips. He chirrs gently before Vanessa looks up, and holds the leviathan's gaze once more.
โ€œIโ€™m sorry,โ€ she whispers, โ€œI tried to kill you when I found you with them. You were small then, even smaller than them.โ€
He grumbles and trills, his grin splitting across his features as if he were allowing the incident to pass like water under a bridge.
She weeps once, her back shaking. She bows low and holds tight to Eclipseโ€™s fingers and releases what you imagine to be a great flood of anguish over whatโ€™s been done. What Glitch did to her.
A whirlpool of revolt and hatred begins. The seaspray of Eclipseโ€™s fury towards Glitch is a storm threatening to swallow all that draws near its spinning mouth. You lean deeper against the cabin door frame and brace yourself.
Wild visions cut across your vision, filled with violence and righteous anger. A soul bond is sacred. To take a human is to share a merโ€™s very being with them. The dreams, the pain, the love of a mer, anchored to a little human soul. To defile such a bond, to use it for mayhem and death is unforgivable.
Eclipseโ€™s tail flicks below. A few gurgles of water flip and Vanessa stiffens in the slightest, her eyes straying to the movement. You feel the cords of his being tightened into control. The refusal to startle Vanessa just as he closed the distance between them, and listened to her woes. His frills lower and his arms calm, holding carefully still once more.
He can be gentle.
It is wrong what Glitch did. It is unfathomable to your giant mer, and you love him more for it.
You recall asking him if he would ever do such a thing to you. You were almost washed away by his revolt and disgust for such a notion, and you were stunned. You realized your error in even asking.ย 
No, Eclipse could never do such a thing to you. You look at Vanessa. She didnโ€™t deserve it.
Itโ€™s alright, you soothe inwardly, brushing against his own heart. Sheโ€™s safe. No mer will ever hurt her again.
A great rumble of agreement joins your thoughts. Vanessa slowly takes her hand back and wipes the slickness sticking to her skin on her cardigan.ย 
โ€œThank you,โ€ she says at last. Her voice is small and weak, almost crackling with emotion. โ€œIf it wasn't for you and themโ€ฆโ€
She rubs a hand over her face, pressing down on her eyes as if to shove the alternative out of her very mind.
โ€œI donโ€™t want to think about it too much,โ€ she concludes. Her hand lowers and she offers a rare, small smile to Eclipse. โ€œThank you. For being good to them.โ€
Eclipse yearns to tell her more, to flick his fins and tell her all that Glitch did is wrong, but he can only warble. Gratitude softly blossoms within you.
Youโ€™ll make sure to tell Vanessa for him.
Using the back of her hand, Vanessa wipes her face and smears tears over her cheeks until the new sunlight shines on her skin. It will dry soon enough. A deep breath echoes softly as she fills her lungs and lifts her face towards the sky streaked with the pale light of dawn. Relief, you think, paints her eyes a softer green.
Eclipse lowers his hand with a gentle gloop of water as it falls below the surface. He turns his attention fully to you. His stunning frills catch the yellow light and brighten it. His eyes glow gently as he holds your gaze. Vanessa slowly turns to find you standing there. Her shoulders push back. She exhales a rattling breath.
โ€œDid Eclipse wake you?โ€ she asks in a thick voice.
โ€œNo. I just heard your voice,โ€ you offer gently.ย 
Stepping quietly, you cross the deck. Her smile is wet but real.
You open your arms for an embrace. She accepts, falling into you with her hands hooking around you tightly as if you were a lifesaver at sea. You gather her together and hold her tight.
Eclipse watches you both. His soft trills echo before Vanessa pulls away and wipes her face one last time.
โ€œIโ€™ll start some tea,โ€ she says.ย 
โ€œOkay, Iโ€™ll be there in a moment,โ€ you nod. The tiny kitchenette in your cabin is nothing grand, but it will do well enough to get a pot of tea going.
You let her go, slowly leaning back against the handrails as she disappears inside the cabin with a quiet click of the door.ย 
A gentle purr from Eclipse follows, and you glance up at him with a soft joy filling you to the brim.
โ€œHey, big guy.โ€ You smile.
Eclipse offers his hand, water rises until it surfaces with a slickness to his palm. Without hesitation, you accept, crawling onto the pads of his fingers and ignoring how your pajamas grow damp with his touch.ย 
He lifts you gently into the air. With a soft flick, he leans back and slips away from the rustbucket II but stays well within sight. You settle into his palm as if you were coming home. A pulsing warmth trickles between your ribs and into your heart. You hold his big, yellow eyes softly.
โ€œThank you,โ€ you murmur. You reach out and stroke his thumb. โ€œYou were very kind to listen to Vanessa. I think it helps her a lot.โ€
Eclipse whistles a happy sound and youโ€™re nearly bowled over by his sweet joy for being able to provide comfort to a human he is still getting to know. But below the harmonic chords of cheer, you feel a bitter tang. Upset at the thoughts of a terrible fate thrust upon a human. A bond crafted not to use for love, but for control.
You watch his lips pull back into a silent snarl. His teeth are powerful and large, shaped like shark incisors, but they do not scare you.ย 
โ€œHey, itโ€™s okay,โ€ you say softly. You shift to sit on your knees, waiting until he holds your gaze and loses the sharpness of his eyes. โ€œItโ€™s over now. You made sure of that.โ€
He killed Glitch. He told Vanessa just as much.
โ€œYou would never do such an awful thing,โ€ you also press. You donโ€™t need to tell Eclipse that, but you believe the mere thought grinds against his fins and scrapes his scales.ย 
You think back to the tiny mer you found on the beach with a hook stuck in his lip. He was so tiny, so afraid then. You were an unknown monster reaching for him, but then you set him free. Now here he is, holding you in the palm of his hand.
You smile and open your arms, a silent request.
He answers you without hesitation. Gently lifting you to his large face, he sets you against his cheek. His nuzzle is joined by a thick, vibrating purr and you laugh softly, pressing against his slick flesh.ย 
โ€œSee? Itโ€™s okay,โ€ you tell him and stroke softly down the side of his face and brush a few of his swaying frills. โ€œYou take good care of me.โ€
And you take care of me.
You close your eyes and press just underneath the curve of his eye.ย 
โ€œYes,โ€ you murmur.
A gush of warmth envelopes you far more than Eclipseโ€™s hands. Slowly, he pulls you back and with a gentle lick of his tongue, swipes half your body in his fishy saliva.
โ€œEclipse,โ€ you half laugh, half chastise.
Love you.
He trills and sings and lowers you back to his chest where he gently washes you with drips of salt water from his claws. You close your eyesโ€”this must be what kittens feel like being washed by their motherโ€™s tongueโ€”until you are less fishy and more salty smelling.
He hums low and gentle, and as the sun rises higher and higher, you rest above Eclipseโ€™s heart. The beautiful beat within is steady. You drift upon Eclipse until Vanessaโ€™s voice calls out from your boat. Tea is ready.
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Sunsets and footballers (Part 78)
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ALEXIA POV
Alexia went still, her whole body frozen. Ridley was there. On her knees. Staring up at Alexia. Those dark eyes troubled, her hair its usual messy and perfect look, and her smell. Fuck. Her lips. Fuck. That scar. Fuck. Ridley.
How did she-? It was an airline. Of course she knew. And she was probably also responsible for their upgrade to first class.
Ridley reached up slowly and pulled Alexiaโ€™s noise cancelling headphones down and around her neck with a gentleness that seemed to be only for her.
โ€œLa Reina..โ€
โ€œRidley..โ€ She breathed. Who was she kidding? She was never going to get over her.
They were silent for a few moments, just taking each other in. Alexia unclipped her belt to lean forward, closer to her. The need to touch her and be touched by her was almost too much to bear.
โ€œYou left,โ€ she whispered, hurt.
โ€œI did.โ€
โ€œYou fucking left, Ridley.โ€
Ridley nodded, leaning closer to her also. โ€œIโ€™m sorry, Lex.โ€ Her finger tips brushed Alexiaโ€™s hair from her cheek and just that small touch send shivers down her spine.
โ€œI need to say something, if youโ€™d let me.โ€
Did she deserve that? โ€œGo ahead.โ€
โ€œI ranโ€ฆ I ran, and Iโ€™m sorry. You deserve better.โ€ Ridley was being vulnerable with her which made Alexia just want to touch her, anywhere, in support. To feel her skin on her own and make sure it was real. That she was real. โ€œLexโ€ฆ you canโ€™t understand how torn I amโ€ฆ how conflicted. Half of me wants you to leave and find happiness elsewhere, away from me, so I donโ€™t taint your beautiful soul with my darkened one. The other half begs for you, yearns for you, dreams about you and selfishly wants you close to me, always.โ€
โ€œYou always said that you werenโ€™t good for me, but I never believed you. I still donโ€™t.โ€
Ridley sighed, looking down. โ€œI feel like Iโ€™m not good for anybody, and I didnโ€™t want to put that burden on you for simply loving me. I went away and couldnโ€™t stop my thoughts. I was conflicted. But amongst my confliction, I missed one very important thing. I didnโ€™t give you a choice.โ€
She looked up at her, her heart on her sleeve.
โ€œMy soul is tainted, Lex. Iโ€™ve done horrible things that Iโ€™ll regret for the rest of my life. But I also know that Iโ€™ve never felt about anyone, the way I feel about you. Youโ€™ll always be safe with me, whether itโ€™s physically, mentally, financiallyโ€ฆ Iโ€™m still working on the emotionally part. You bring far too much out of me in that regard.โ€
Alexiaโ€™s lips trembled at the pure, unfiltered emotion in her voice. She was being so brave and speaking so beautifully. So vulnerably.
A flight attendant tapped Ridleyโ€™s shoulder to say boarding was almost finished and she nodded, telling her sheโ€™d only be a few minutes.
โ€œLex, meeting you broke a spell Iโ€™ve been under for a long time. Meeting you made me realise that maybe I was worthy of love after all. You took up space in my heart before I even knew it, and now, it seems youโ€™re there to stay. I feel sorry for the Ridley before you because she didnโ€™t realise how much love and happiness she was missing without you. Youโ€™ve changed me forever, and Iโ€™ll happily spend the rest of my life trying to thank you.โ€ She cupped her cheek and stroked it with her thumb. โ€œRegardless of if you want to stay or goโ€ฆโ€
Ridley was giving her a choice. And even though sheโ€™d never meant to, it was the one and only choice sheโ€™d ever denied her.
Alexiaโ€™s heart broke. She leant down, her hands needing to touch her, and her cheek pressed against her own. She just needed to be close to her.
โ€œIโ€™m damaged..โ€ she whispered, her breath soft against Alexiaโ€™s cheek.
โ€œYouโ€™re humanโ€ฆโ€ Alexia replied softly against hers, nudging it a little as if to wake her from her stupor.
โ€œIโ€™m broken.โ€
Alexiaโ€™s hand travelled down until it rested over her heart, feeling that strong beat. โ€œYou feel whole to me.โ€
Ridleyโ€™s hands found Alexiaโ€™s wrists and gripped on, as if to keep her there. Wanting her close.
Alexiaโ€™s lips brushed their way up to her forehead where she gave a singular kiss with more love and passion than she had ever expressed before. So much so, that it even surprised her. โ€œIโ€™m right here.โ€
Her hands were either side of her jaw now, Alexiaโ€™s cheek resting against her eyebrow. They stayed like that for a time, until the reality of where they were set in. Ridley pulled back and the expression she had on her face affected Alexia so much, that she could feel all of Ridleyโ€™s emotions.
Thatโ€™s the moment Alexia knew sheโ€™d completely and desperately fallen in love with her.
โ€œIโ€™m sorry I ran,โ€ she whispered again, her face betraying her pain. Ridley was letting herself be emotional with her, and it caught Alexia completely by surprise in the best kind of way. She knew what it meant. She was letting her in.
โ€œItโ€™s okay.โ€
โ€œItโ€™s not. Not at all. Now the choice is yours, Lex.โ€
Alexia thought on it for a minute or so until she spoke. โ€œI want you, Lee. In every single way. But relationships are a two-way street, and they start with us as individuals. I want you. I lov-โ€œ She stopped herself and sucked in a breath. Fuck, she really loved her. โ€œIโ€ฆ but right now you need to find that part of you that doesnโ€™t believe you deserve to be loved, and you need to learn to love yourself. To know in your heart that you deserve to love and be loved.. because you do. You fucking do. You deserve the world.โ€
Ridleyโ€™s face broke, and then hardened slightly. It was an honest truth that she needed, but of course it hurt.
โ€œYouโ€™reโ€ฆ right.โ€
Alexia leant forward again, her lips on her forehead and kissed her there. โ€œI know,โ€ she whispered. โ€œAnd I truly hope you can find that, because you deserve to have the love of your life.โ€
She pulled back and Ridley was holding herself strong, surprisingly. โ€œIs there any hope for us?โ€
Alexiaโ€™s pride and independence crept up. She knew what she needed. โ€œIf you can learn to love yourself, and promise me that youโ€™ll stay. That you wonโ€™t run away again. That youโ€™re ready to move forwards, together.โ€ Ridley was paying attention closely like she always did. She was always a good listener. โ€œI need you to be here for me, like I am for you. I need security.โ€
โ€œHow will you know that Iโ€™m ready?โ€
Alexia smiled. โ€œYouโ€™ll fight for me. For us.โ€
Ridley almost smiled. She liked that idea, it seemed. โ€œUntil thenโ€ฆ can we be friends?โ€
โ€œFriends who love each other, yes. Yes, please. Iโ€™d like that.โ€ She needed Ridley to prove that she was there to stay.
โ€œHm.โ€ She liked that answer. Ridley looked over her shoulder and gestured to the flight attendant who came by. โ€œNo change to the manifest. Please stand the ground crew down. Leave the baggage and pet on board.โ€
She nodded with a smile at Ridley that had Alexiaโ€™s jealousy spike and left.
โ€œYouโ€™re leaving Chiquito with me?โ€
โ€œI canโ€™t take him away from you..โ€
โ€œHeโ€™s yours.โ€
โ€œI think youโ€™ll find that heโ€™s ours now.โ€
Typical Ridley sass. She loved it.
โ€œWe can share himโ€ฆโ€
Ridley smiled her agreement and the Spaniard didnโ€™t realise how much sheโ€™d missed seeing that. Seeing her lips curve upwards and her scar move on her cheek. She reached out and touched it.
โ€œDeal.โ€ She said as she rocked back on her heels and stood. โ€œGood bye, Alexia.โ€
Alexia caught her arm as she went to turn, and pulled her back down, their faces so close she could kiss her without a thought. Though it most definitely was a thought. Their first kiss. โ€œRidley?โ€
โ€œYes?โ€
โ€œDonโ€™t leave again. Fight for me. Fight for us.โ€
Ridley clipped her belt up, pulling it tight across her hips. Fuck.
And then her thumb traced her lips ever so gently. Ever the cheeky Ridley. โ€œI will. Do you know why?โ€
Her thumb was still on her lower lip, and Alexia couldnโ€™t form words at that point. She shook her head.
โ€œBecause youโ€™re fucking mine, Alexia.โ€
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Okay I need to rant about Glass Onion for several paragraphs
WARNING: SPOILERS!
Glass onion is phenomenal, and I personally enjoyed its themes more than the first Knives Out movie.
Now donโ€™t get me wrong, Knives Out is arguably the better film, but its strengths lie in the complexity and brilliant execution of its core mystery.ย  Itโ€™s a fantastic self-contained story about a shitty rich family and the people they directly affect.ย  The members of the family range across the political spectrum and all express different ideologies, but the moment a migrant working-class woman has a legitimized shot at their inheritance they band together to prevent her from improving her life.ย  It's interesting commentary on how wealthy people can talk a big game about helping others and being good people, but ultimately fall morally short when such actions threaten what they feel theyย โ€œrightfully deserve.โ€ But that's arguably the limitation of the film as its focus is entirely on the interpersonal conflict between the Thrombey family and Marta.
Glass onion isnโ€™t limited by that.
The entire thematic core of Glass Onion concerns the damage that the rich and powerful can do to the world if they arenโ€™t supervised, criticized, or limited.ย 
Aside from our lovely detective Benoit Blanc, the murdered Andi Brand, and her twin sister Helen, all of the characters are shitty people that are damaging the world in a uniquely horrible way as a direct consequence of the unchecked power and wealth they wield.
To start we have Governor Claire Dubella.ย  Her success in her political career has relied almost entirely on monetary support and influence from the films big bad and Elon Musk/Jeff Bezos analogue Miles Bron. Her platform has good objectives, and sheโ€™s passionate about hard topics like climate change, but her ability to act is entirely limited by the influence Miles has on her.ย  If Miles wants her to do something, she feels like she has no choice but to, which results in her greenlighting an experimental powerplant that Miles wants built to advocate for his new fuel source.ย  Itโ€™s untested technology, itโ€™s volatile and dangerous as fuck, and Claire feels like she has no choice but to go along with it because if she doesnโ€™t Miles will withdraw support from her career, or worse, support her opponents.ย  She likens it to selling her soul, and it really is.ย  She willingly undermined the health of her constituents for the sake of saving her career, and the shitty part is that Miles only controls her because she lets him.ย  She could deny the power plant, or leave Miles, at any time, but she doesnโ€™t because she perceives the personal risk as to great.ย  She is a politician that wonโ€™t stand up for the people she represents, and no one calls her out on it.
Next, we have Duke Cody, the Alpha male menโ€™s rights streamer who is just like, the absolute worst person in this film.ย  His views and opinions are incredibly toxic, his actions and beliefs directly hurt the people he influences through the hurtful products he promotes, and thanks to Mile's wealth and influence both he and his terrible, terrible, terrible opinions have official backing and some form of legitimacy.ย  Heโ€™s almost the direct inverse of Claire, being someone who really shouldnโ€™t have support, but is getting it anyway because heโ€™s Mileโ€™s friend.ย  And because Miles doesnโ€™t care and is giving Duke support and helping him dodge legal trouble, he enables Dukes terrible opinions and lets them influence and hurt people.ย ย 
Then we have Birdie, my personal favorite of the disruptors.ย  She is a fashion designer, media star, and breathtakingly, beautifully, stupid. Sheโ€™s not actively malicious like some of the other characters, but she is just so fundamentally incapable of thinking things through. When paired with her wealth and influence, this results in horrifying real-world consequences.ย  She has her iconic fashion line of sweatpants made at the most infamous sweatshop in Bangladesh not because she doesnโ€™t care, but because she thought a sweatshop is just a shop where you make sweatpants.ย  Sheโ€™s just very stupid, but at the very least has the decency to be aware of it.ย  She even decides to own up to her Bangladesh mistake of her own volition, independent of the plot.ย  The problem is that no one corrected for her, or guided her, or worked to influence her decisions.ย  Miles just cared about what her brands could do for him and was perfectly willing to throw her under the bus to preserve his image.
Last of the four Disruptors is Lionel Toussaint.ย  Not much to say about him actually, heโ€™s fairly straightforward.ย  He works directly under Miles as a scientist and is a parallel for the people that want to have confidence in tech โ€˜pioneersโ€™ like Elon Musk.ย  After all theyโ€™ve been successful, and things have worked out in the past, surely, we can give them leeway with new technology development.ย  But thereโ€™s a reason why technology is prototyped and tested, and thatโ€™s because things always go wrong, and you need to take time and care to figure out how to ensure new technology is safe.
Which leads us to this asshole.
Miles goddamn Mona Lisa Burning Bron.
The absolute, motherfucking, shithead moron directly responsible for everything bad that happens in this film.
I lied about Duke Cody because this absolute buffoon is the actually the worst person in this film.
He manipulates politicians into endangering their constituents for his own gain, he enables the absolute worst and most toxic people by giving them legitimate platforms, he promotes influencers without caring for what their unchecked actions result in, and he deludes the people that work for him and want to believe in him with self-assured delusion.ย  This man is arrogant, an indiscribable moron (worse than Birdie because at least she acknowledges her failings), dangerously delusional, obsessed with control, and most damning of all, unchecked.
Miles Bron is a direct look at how too much unchecked power, wealth, and influence results in unmitigated disasters.ย  He doesnโ€™t care about helping people, because he doesnโ€™t take the time to make sure untested technology is safe for the public, handwaving legitimate concerns with denial and false assurance.ย  He doesnโ€™t care about his friends, because he murders two of them the instant, they become a threat to his control.ย  Heโ€™s not smart, because all of his genius is the result of other people, heโ€™s just skilled at advertising it as his own to get the credit.ย  All he cares about is doing what he wants and being in control, because his opinion and self-worth and legacy is more precious to him than any other thing in the world.ย  The man is a lie so absolute, so convoluted, and so stupidly straightforward that the slightest piece of truth will bring the facade of his existence crumbling down.ย  And itโ€™s hard to acknowledge something like that in the real world because someone that successful being that malicious and dumb sounds incredibly stupid.ย  Itโ€™s an easy lie to buy because itโ€™s more believable than how stupid the truth is.
Anyway, ultimately my conclusion is that we see a strikingly accurate portrayal of Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in this film, and it was very cathartic seeing their hopes, ambitions, and house burn down around them.ย  Because billionaires like them are shithead morons that lie to and manipulate everyone, and their arrogant and harmful self-delusions compound through the people they manage to influence.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
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Could you make a fanfic where king Baldwin has a very obsessive fan who keeps writing poetry about him and publishing it in Jerusalem and one day he finds her ?
Iโ€™d appreciate a bit of angst , thank you lots
โ—‡ Secret Admirer - King Baldwin x Reader: Part 1 โ—‡
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A/N: Hello Anon, thank you for this request. I had a lot of fun with this one, it was different and I like it a lot. As always, this is based on the film Kingdom Of Heaven, not the real historical figures. Enjoy!
PS: Also this has a desctiption of y/n
TW: Mentions of death/murder, Mentions of stalking
โ€œMy lord, a letter for youโ€ the young servant boy called out softly.
Baldwin stood from his desk and took the letter from the boy's hands. โ€œThank you my friendโ€ he replied, turning the letter over in his hands as the boy scurried out of the room.
Needless to say, he was confused. This was the fifteenth letter he had received that month, written on the same type of parchment, in the same type of envelope, with the same wax seal that he did not recognise.ย 
Baldwin sat back down at his desk and opened the letter slowly so as not to damage it. He already knew what it would be.
Just like all the others, the letters contained a single piece of parchment with a beautifully written poem on it. But not just any poem, a poem about himself.
He had not only been sent these poems, but he had also seen others about him being published in newly written books and just placed around the kingdom in general.
This came before he began receiving the letters, almost as if whoever wrote them wanted him to notice. They were always signed anonymously and never included a place of sending.
The whole ordeal had the king confused but intrigued. The poems, although slightly odd, were beautiful and very well written. They often detailed how much they admired him and longed to meet him, each one littered with compliments of not only his work, but appearance as well.
Needless to say, as confused as he was, Baldwin was truly flattered. He was determined to find just who was responsible for the beautiful work. He wanted to know who they were to show his gratitude and ask why they would write such things. He pondered this as he sat at his desk, reading the poem over and over.ย 
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On the other side of the kingdom, y/n sat at her own desk, inside her small family home. Well, it used to be her family home. Not anymore.
She was entirely lost in her writing, as per usual. It was her escape from reality. In her writing, she could allow herself to be lost in the beauty of her king.
Baldwin was her obsession.
She adored him, even though he had no idea that she even existed. She loved him with her heart and soul. She admired him from a distance, memorized every detail of his masked face and clothed body.
Her house was decorated with horrifically realistic drawings and paintings of him. She wanted nothing more than for him to one day see her. Notice her, touch her, feel her.
She wanted him down to the bone, she wanted his heart and soul just as he had hers.
Y/n was always odd. Her family thought of her as a freak. But the tables turned on them, and now they were gone. Y/n made sure of it. She had to do it. She had no choice. They were going to accuse her of witchcraft, she could not be sentenced to death before feeling the love of her life beneath her fingertips, just once.
She could not allow that to happen.
She barely remembered it, it all seemed like an awful dream now. But one day they were there, then they were gone. All four of them. Her father, her mother, her sister and brother. But she did not need them. All she needed was her quill, her parchment, and her beautiful muse.
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It was late evening when y/n set out to put her poetry up around the kingdom.
She did this often, it was the only way she could let the world see her gift. Women were not permitted to do such things like publishing work so this was the only way the world could see how she felt.
That along with the anonymous book publishings. But she was not sure if he would see that or not. Not only that, but the letters she sent to, but she did not want to send too many. Just in case they found her through where they were delivered from.
She walked around the palace, nailing parchment onto the high walls that surrounded the castle. Dodging the guards, keeping in the dark.
Staying hidden was what she was good at. Unfortunately for y/n, that night would be different.
โ€œHEY YOU! STOP RIGHT THERE!โ€ a voice shouted from behind her. Y/n did not hesitate to run.
She did not even turn around to see who it was, she knew it had to be a royal guard. She could hear them running after her. They were fast, but she was faster. Not being clothed in metal armor gave her the advantage. It wasn't until she rounded a corner that she was caught, coming face to face with two large guards.ย 
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Y/n was bought into the castle in shackles. The guards pushed her to the ground, she kept her eyes on the floor the entire time, refusing to speak to anyone.
A tall man with graying hair was the one who attempted to make her speak. โ€œDo you want to tell us what you were doing young lady?โ€ he asked her, bending down to look her in the eyes.
She refused to look at him, her long unkempt hair hung in front of her thin face. Her large building eyes stared off to the side, just behind him. She still said nothing.
โ€œWould you care to explain yourself to the king instead?โ€ he offererd.
Y/nโ€™s eyes shot up to look at him. โ€œWhy does he need to know about this? I was just putting up flyersโ€ she lied confidently.
โ€œYou call this a flier?โ€ the man asked, holding up one of her poems for her to see. โ€œI think the king would like to know who his mystery stalker is after all these monthsโ€ he stood up, gesturing to the guards to force her to her feet as well.
โ€œYou will be brought to the king this instant. This matter has gone on long enough and it's time that it is resolved. He can decide your fateโ€
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Y/n was placed in a holding cell underneath the castle while the man went to inform the king of her capture.
Since it was late at night, Baldwin had long since retired to his bedchambers and was currently dozing with a book open on his chest.
He was immediately jolted awake when Tiberias knocked on the wooden door. The king sat up groggily, reaching for his mask โ€œyou may enter!โ€ he called out when his mask was concealing his face securely.
Tiberias entered the room quickly. โ€œI am sorry to wake you my lord, but this is an urgent matter. The person who has been sending the letters has been identified as a young woman, we have her in the dungeon holding cell and she is awaiting you to decide her fate-โ€ย 
Baldwin got to his feet quickly, any lasting tiredness leaving his body instantly. โ€œPlease, take me to her at onceโ€ he ordered.ย 
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Y/n sat in the small cell, staring ahead of her at the wall. She was weighing up her options.
She could tell the truth and declare that she was the one to write the poems, allowing the odd secret to be shared to her muse or she could lie and say she was paid to put them up by someone else.
She decided on the first option.
If she were to be executed, at least she could die with the knowledge that the man she loved the very most in the world at least knew how she felt.ย 
Not long after this decision, she was pulled from the cell into a larger room. Still in the shackles, she was pushed to the floor and two guards stood either side of her.
Then he entered.
Baldwin was in the same room as her. She felt her heart skip a beat, but little did she know, his heart did too.
He was as anxious as he was curious to meet the person who had written to him, and now she was right in front of him. And she was oddly beautiful. In a slightly creepy way.
She had large eyes that stared up at him with admiration, but also subtle kindness too. Her long hair hung around her shoulders, slightly covering her face and she wore a slightly dirty white dress. He figured it was dirty from the cell. She was pale and a little strange, but still beautiful.
โ€œSo, my secret admirerโ€ he chuckled.
Y/n was surprised by this. She was not sure what she was expecting. Perhaps anger, maybe even a hint of fear at her obsession, like her family felt in their last minutes.
โ€œYes, โ€œ she said bluntly. Her eyes returning to their place on the ground in front of him. โ€œI must say,โ€ Baldwin said softly, bending down to meet her eye. โ€œI love your workโ€ he added after a few seconds.
Y/n looked at him with shock. She could see his bright blue eyes behind his mask, looking right at her. It was the most amazing moment of her life. She felt as if she could die a happy woman, right there and then.
โ€œYou- you do?โ€ she stammered slightly. โ€œYes, very much so. Your poems are beautifulโ€ he replied, she could have sworn he smiled slightly.
She tried her best not to blush, but she couldn't help it. The blood rose to her cheeks quicker than the grin formed on her face.
He was so close to her, crouched down just in front of her face. He was looking at her. Right at her. Telling her that he loved her work. This had to have been a dream.
โ€œThank you my lordโ€ she uttered, voice barely above a whisper. The king rose to his feet slowly. โ€œYou shall remain here for the night. I would love to speak with you more in the morningโ€ย  he told her. Y/n nodded with anticipation.
She was shown to the servant chambers. As per the king's request, she would not remain in the filth of the dungeon. In his words, โ€œshe was no longer a prisoner, but a guestโ€.
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As Baldwin settled back into his bed for the night. His mind drifted back to her. Perhaps this would be the beginning of something very worthwhile.
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Ok, but hear me out. Sugar Daddy Demons.
Iโ€™ve only ever seen the original pilot, not the series, but the hazbin brain rot is real. I saw a post ages ago about having a sugar demon (picture above) and it makes me wonder what the scenario would be like with Lucifer or Alastor.
Might write a proper oneshot/series for it, but for now have some Luci headcanons for the first meeting. With a few tweaks it could work for Alastor.
Sugar Demon! Lucifer Headcanons
It had started off as an accident, summoning the king of hell
A dusty leather bound tome found in the attic of a house you bought for way too cheap
The cover was littered with intricate symbols and a beautifully carved goat head
Despite your best attempts, the book wouldnโ€™t open, like someone had glued the damn thing shut
So you decided to bring it down to use as decoration, maybe spook your houseguests with the rumours that a cult used to live here
After some elbow grease, you managed to remove all the dust and grime from the leather
You flop down onto your bed and admire the clean lines on the cover. Until the cover starts getting bigger and bigger
*Thwap*
The heavy tome falls flat on your face, your forehead and nose bearing the brunt of the force.
You sit up, book sliding onto your lap as pain floods your face.
Red droplets splash onto the cover, and you wipe your nose with one hand and the other smears the blood on the book in an attempt to clean it.
You start to think the book caused some brain damage when the lines fill with a deep red, contrasting against the black leather
You jump up, the book tumbling onto the floor and clatters as it opens to a random page.
Guess all it needed was a good smack
Out of curiosity, you read aloud the open page. The foreign words twist your tongue into knots.
The tome shakes and blinds you with a bright light. Whereโ€™s the dark mode on this thing??
You toss the book away from you in a panic, and suddenly thereโ€™s a very confusedโ€ฆ man? Heโ€™s sitting in the middle of your floor surrounded by an alarming amount of rubber duckies.
He certainly didnโ€™t look human, but you recognized a few biblical motifs in his outfit. Honestly, he was kinda cute. Blonde hair, rosy cheeks, and a quirky little ringleader getup. Whatโ€™s not to like?
Guess a cult really did live here before (What did they worship though? Some duck deity?). If you had to guess, you just successfully completed your first summoning ritual. Would you exchange your soul for immense power? Bottomless wealth? To have your back blown out by a demonโ€”specifically him?
You dismiss the last idea.
โ€œNice ducks,โ€ is the first thing that comes out of your mouth, and you immediately want to kick yourself. So smooth. Look at you, master of first impressions. If youโ€™re lucky, you wonโ€™t be obliterated on the spot and have your soul dragged to the underworld.
Red irises sweep the room until they land on you, narrowing to study you in detail. His mouth slowly stretches into a wide grin, revealing rows of razor sharp teeth.
You swallow the nerves bundling in your throat and return a wobbly smile.
What the fuck did you just get yourself into?
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velvet touches, indelible scars - w/dylan
he made you smile, and that's all it took for you to fall so hopelessly devoted to him. how could you not? every laugh was a breath of fresh air that you craved to breathe, derived of oxygen until he unknowingly allowed you to inhale all the good that kept you going. it was addictive, a necessity, the desire to be close to him made your heart ache and scream and thump - and for a moment, you would feel your chest tighten, but it was simply because he left you gasping on held breath over his tenderness and gentle eyes. his words were always soft, even when they held such mischief and a boyish cheekiness that made his cheeks dimple delectably. they made you feel good, always, without fault, as if you could believe any nonsense that fell so beautifully from those lips. and trust me, you would. over and over again.
his friendship was a staple that kept you clinging. and even though he would never let go, it still kelp you holding on for dear life, like it was a permanence in your life; something you didn't want to lose, you simply couldn't. and yet, the day you nearly did left a shadow of 'what ifs' that still clouded your dreams and captured your heart in an anxious strangle.
he had you mesmerised - probably without realising, not completely, at least. every single word, every sound, had you hanging and teetering on the edge of a cliff for no sane reason. you just loved him, is all. your eyes gleamed as they showed you listening so intently to his stories, encapsulated in the tales that held such domesticity, but he knew that you would like them. you would understand. you always had gotten him, from the first day that you met. it's what drew him to you.
you grinned widely, your shoulder pressed into the cushioning of his couch as you sat sideways, facing the man next to you. his position was mirrored perfectly- in sync, such comfortability. his elbow had dug in at the top and his cheek balanced on the soft curl of his fist, face turning slightly as he released a heavy laugh straight from the belly, embodied by pureness and authenticity.
it wasn't until your eyes fell slightly, your focus leaving the handsome creases of happiness that pulled at his eyes, and instead landing on the small mark that made you feel as if time was only borrowed. your smile dropped with your gaze, effortlessly, too quick for you to handle. and before you knew it, your fingers reached out.
his laughter stopped as he felt such softness - movements made solely to prevent damage, an approach to handle with care. he watched as your finger danced lightly over the side of his nose, only to pull back suddenly as if you were to touch an open flame. he frowned.
"what is it?" his voice was quiet, barely heard if you hadn't been so close. he was scared that if he spoke any louder then he would break the bubble you have found yourselves buried deep within.
your reply was just as hushed, barely breathed out as a gentle huff left your lips, "just this little guy."
dylan knew that you meant and it pained him that after all these years, all the time you had to move past it, and it still affected you in such a way that it left your poor soul with a broken heart.
he hummed, "what about it?" he was moving now as his hand covered yours, holding it against the side of his face. he could feel you relax instantly but your thumb dragged over the scar as a reminder that it lived. and that after the accident, he did too.
" i nearly lost you." there was a crack in your voice - barely present, just a minor bump, a possible cough to someone who wasn't paying as much attention. but dylan was too engrossed with everything that made you, you, that he couldn't help but feel the fracture as it settled within his chest.
his scar was an in-built memory, a permanent token, an unwanted souvenir. it reminded him of a time where he felt utterly useless and devestated. it followed him whereever he went, but it was a part of him now. and it represented how he made it out of the woods and back into the daylight.
"hey, look at me." he beckoned, watching as you were getting lost in the moments of seeing him in his hospital bed, absolutely destroyed. it was the stuff of nightmares, simply disturbing with just how fluently you could fall in and out of that memory as if you were back in that sterile white room with the beeping machines and your broken friend. dylan pressed again, "sweetheart, look at me. i'm here, i'm alive. we're okay, i promise you."
his coo was a saviour, like all the times before. you were stuck in a foggy daze, and he was the lighthouse that guided you safely to the shore. you awoke from a terrible dream and dylan still had his hand entagled with yours, and matching tears that threatened to fall from wet lash lines. your breathing stopped again - settling in your chest as words weighed on your tongue. you couldn't breathe until you felt his lips brush over your knuckles, making your words jump with emotion, "i will never let you feel pain again, if it's the last thing i do."
dylan's lips lifted, curled, gathered into a grin that felt like much needed rebirth.
he knew in that moment that he loved you, really loved you. like he did when he saw you in that hospital room all those years ago - how love shone so brightly from your eyes despite their devastated sadness. he was a man that was reduced to nothing but you never left his side. you fell in love with him at his lowest and because of you, he raised valiently from the ashes.
you would always be by his side, as he yours, never daring to look back for a a single second - especially, not when it came to that damn smile, that got you every single time.
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โ› i'm simply enjoying the view. it's not every day i get to fuck someone so pretty. โœ with antonio pls!
Sorry this took so long, 'Bob' the demon wanted his turn lol
Rated: Explicit | Warnings: degradation, manipulation, self-doubt
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You make violins, a simple luthier, or try to make them. Your father made violins, so did his father, and his father's father, etc, as they say. You love violins! You do not want to only repair or make them, you want to play them like those you see entering the shop. The most prestigious violinist came here to both shop and order repairs, your great-grandfather worked with the Royal Familyโ€” Specifically a princess who was obsessed with musicians. Though the Royal Familyโ€™s reputation declined and the princess turned queen was later executed by her people in response to her tyrannical cruelty, the shop was not affected.
In fact, your great-grandfather said after finding a dull and irreparable violin, things were looking up for the business. A lucky charm he called it.
They say the violin was a gift to a lover the princess had locked away, they say she grew jealous of the lover's audience, and like a caged bird, she kept him. Only death freed him though the princess had released him when she had to marry one of her suitors. The violinist left one belonging: this damaged violin.
Some say it is cursed, others believe it symbolizes how broken he was after years of captivity and abuse from the obsessive princess.
You think it just needs a different touch! Stories are stories, like how supposedly there is a violin touched by the devil! How the souls of those who both play and listen to its notes all become trapped within.
Sounds like someone heard a Stradivarius violin and decided to make up some fantastical story.
The family heirloom is yours, a test your father gave you. If you can both fix it and play it, he will get you a tutor for violin. Both craftsmanship and violinist skills are being tested.
So far, the violin looks like a Stradivari violin, heavily worn and has only two strings. When you touch it, there is this urgent need to play but you figure that is your enthusiastic want to prove your father wrong.
Some days while working on it, you talk to the violin. Weird? Maybe but you like talking out your hopes for the violins you repair.
Sometimesโ€ฆ When you have not slept well or not at all, you hear a reply. Soft, like the caress of a whisper, as if the voice is unsure you have heard it. You think it is your imagination, the lack of sleep making you delirious, yet you are so focused on proving yourselfโ€ฆ The violin is slowly coming together with each day you give it the attention and love it has been denied for so long.
Love. The violin whispers through the notes as you tune it with new strings. Love, is that what you believe this will give you? The love your family lacked to give you, do you seek it out by performing? You stop, hands shaking then covering your face as something hurts in your chest.
โ€œI can grant your wish,โ€ A sweet, smooth, man's voice with an Italian accent, โ€œFinish the violin. Play me. You will make music.โ€
It plagues you, infects you, and soon you are completely entangled by the tendrils of the demon within the violin.
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You are nothing without him, the demon chipping at your resolveโ€” If you want to play as beautifully as you did the night proving yourself to the family of your โ€œskillโ€ then you accept him. He made sure you knew how hopeless you were at playing the violin. Laughing in the shadows when you try playing another violin, you are worse than a novice.
All your studying felt like a waste of time, the sly remarks about your lack of musical talent and skill haunting you, your family's mocking laughter when you would mess up during your self practicesโ€ฆ The demon promises to make it all go awayโ€ฆ
The cost is your morals, you need to only capture the souls of those you perform forโ€” Not all of course, the demon has to remain hidden and you are safe to play his violin.
โ€œLittle mortal,โ€ Grinning as he hovers above you, โ€œTrying so hard to satisfy me while keeping to your moral code.โ€ You turn your head to the side as he licks from your jawline up to the shell of your ear.
Yes, you only take the souls of those you quickly have to label worthy of Hell. You are the Judge and Executioner in a single night, each performance hurts as your dream is tainted.
Tainted as you are by the way the demon yearns for more than souls.
The face he wears is of a man named Antonio Paganini, a legend and one of many violinists you admire. The creature told you it liked him, liked the suffering and griefโ€” The vices are its favorite, a flawed man who indulged to forget the horrors if only for a moment.
You are the sameโ€” The lack of vices is disappointingโ€” The pain you endure because your family, though create amazing violins, will never accept a musician in their family. They did not hold back in telling you the reality of the field, only the rich and lucky can be a musicianโ€ฆ Guess you got lucky.
โ€œMine,โ€ You grip the bedsheets as the demon plays with its food, โ€œYou will be another favorite. Body and soul, I will keep you to myself.โ€
The demon is cruel to have you lay upon a fine bed in a hotel in Italy, to be here by your side pretending to be your husband supporting his traveling beautiful violinist. You cover your face with both arms as he laughs with joy as he has you in this bed wearing nothing, you are facing another price for this talent you will never naturally have. Flesh, his favorite vice is lust. Sex with you pleases him though you found many ways to delay the inevitable.
The devil is a patient monster, he waited until there was no way for you to escape.
โ€œBe done with it alreadyโ€ฆโ€ You refuse to show your face and embarrassment.
โ€œShh, can one not enjoy the view?โ€ The view is how the moonlight highlights your body, the way your body is shaped and blank like a canvas begging for his brush. โ€œIt has been far too long since I fucked someone. Delightfully one so pretty.โ€ His eyes you dare not look into in fear of what you will find, you swallow down your whine as your body betrays the heart and mind.
โ€œFear not, I care for my pets well.โ€ His large thin hands explore what he craved for so long, fork tongue licking his lips as he parts your bent legs.
A pet, you hate how real that is. A pet trained to sit, fetch, and roll over for the ability to play the way you struggle to reach. You never were expecting to become a legend, you only wanted to be able to simply play.
Your arms are pinned down after he prepared your hole well and have you now crying. Crying from your inner turmoil, from the demon's cock deep and hot within you, for the misery you inflicted on those souls trapped within the violin.
Those tears kissed away, words whispered in your ear to praise his pretty pet, he is horrible for being gentle. Bliss by the hands of a creature most foul. Oblivion will give you no peace when your mortal life comes to an end, the demon will toy with you still as he does with Antonio. You refuse his kisses, you tell him he has enough already, fine. He accepts your small rebellion though he needs only wait until you submit your first kiss to him.
Everything you are belongs to it, belongs to the Inferno Sonata, your soul will be special to him as he is a sentimental demon as only one has
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l0st-l0v3r ยท 1 year
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Took myself on a date tonight๐ŸŒ™๐Ÿฅ€โœจ
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omg i love your ethan imagines so yk i have to request one!!! a gf!ethan x reader imagine based on the lines, โ€œnever was much of a romantic, i could never take the intimacy. and i know i did damage, cause the look in your eyes is killing meโ€ from the song runaway by kayne west? (ignore that its a kayne west song i dont support his actions, and i do love taylor swift lolol) but its an angst where the reader and him are in like a complicated relationship where they both like each other but arenโ€™t dating, and then the reader is their when he reveals himself in act 3? sorry if this request was long lol!! tysm ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–
hiii, i love your request and i love writing angst๐Ÿ˜ซ i hope you enjoy it <3
hoax โ€” ethan landry
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word count: 1,686
pairing: gf!ethan landry x fem!reader
summary: y/n finds out the boy she loves is behind the killings, and thinks the love they had was a hoax.
warnings: angst. mention of death.
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GROWING A LIKING TOWARDS Y/N HAD DEFINITELY NOT BEEN ON ETHAN LANDRYโ€™S PLAN. He never even considered it a possibility, even though her dizzying smile and angelic laugh shouldโ€™ve been enough warning signs. Ethan really thought it would be easy. Sure, Y/N was indeed super kind and funnyโ€”and she was lucky enough to have been out of Woodsboro during the murders, so the Kirsch family didnโ€™t have a vendetta against herโ€”, but the plan was the only thing on his mind so he never gave her a second thought outside of it.
Having juked the roommate lottery, he ended up sharing a dorm with Y/N, which meant spending most of his days with her as she was also his classmate. The plan was just to infiltrate the group through Y/Nโ€™s friendship. But her charm was inescapable, and soon enough Ethanโ€™s eyes started to absentmindedly find her, his heart slowly began to pound faster whenever she was around, and his soul itched to maker her laugh, because he had grown addicted to that magical sound.
He didnโ€™t have time to run, because he had fallen for her like an early spring snowโ€”unexpectedly, shockingly but beautifully nonetheless. Y/N had swiftly entered his heart and mind to show him the romantic kind of love he had been missing his whole life.
No, they werenโ€™t officially dating, but they both knew the feelings were reciprocated. They had difficult lives, and they couldnโ€™t commit to a relationship yet. But neither of them minded that much, the mere presence of the other was enough. A simple etiquette wasnโ€™t going to make any difference.
Ethan loved that Y/N wanted nothing from him, unlike his familyโ€”especially his dad, who forced him into a dark plan he never asked to be a part of. Ethan loved Richie, that was never in doubt, but he had it coming. His own decisions pushed him to his death. Was that the rest of the familyโ€™s destiny too? The thought of it paralysed Ethan, he didnโ€™t want that to be his ending. He was just nineteen, he had a whole life ahead of him. But he also was terrified of hurting and disappointing his dad and sister, who were still a wreck after Richieโ€™s death.
He had an internal war constantly going on inside his head and painted on his face. Y/N had noticed the anguish surrounding the boy for a couple of days now, and it worried her a lot.
โ€œWhatโ€™s going on in that pretty mind of yours?โ€ she finally asked one day, wrapping his arms around his waist from behind as Ethan washed the dishes.
Her touch was as calming as a lullaby, and it was the only thing that could make him forget about what was going on in his life. โ€œFamily issuesโ€ he admitted.
โ€œEverything okay?โ€
He turned around to face her โ€œItโ€™s justโ€ฆ they expect more from meโ€ his answer was vague, but Y/N would never push him to tell her something he wasnโ€™t ready to share. โ€œThey want me to focus more on the family business, and at first I was okay with it, but now Iโ€™m not so sure thatโ€™s what I want for my life.โ€
โ€œDid you tell them that?โ€ she asked softly.
He shook his head โ€œI donโ€™t want to disappoint them. This business is really really important to them.โ€
โ€œI canโ€™t tell you what you do, but you do know itโ€™s your life, right? And you shouldnโ€™t let yourself be miserable to keep someone else happy. If they donโ€™t respect your wishes, why should you?โ€
Ethan hugged her to his chest and wished with all his strength for a future like thisโ€”with no revenge plans, with no fear of disappointing anyone, with not having to lie to the person he loved the most in the world. A future with her on his arms, without having to be constantly worried of losing her.
He knew better, but just for a moment, he let himself believe that future was possible. It was a little hoax that allowed him to keep going.
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Y/N FELT LIKE HER BODY WAS GOING TO COLLAPSE FROM TIREDNESS AT ANY SECOND. She was exhausted, scared and tired of running for her life. Tara, Sam and Y/N were now cornered by not one, not two but by three Ghostfaces. Her feet hurt almost as much as her soulโ€”they had just lost Chad, and there were no signs of Ethan and Mindy.
โ€œJust quit the drama and show yourselves for fuck sakeโ€ Y/N said in irritation.
Officer Bailey looked at her, showing him a smirk she didnโ€™t like at all. It was evil, secretive, the smirk of someone who knew something crucial that she didnโ€™t. โ€œOh, kid, this is about to get more dramatic. Especially for you.โ€
When Ethan felt a pat on his chest, he knew it was time. He took off the mask. He had imagined that scene countless times, wondering what Y/Nโ€™s face would look like once she knew the truth. Yet no image could have prepared him for the immense amount of pain he was felt when his eyes met hers.
Y/N stood frozen, but her eyes said it all. They spelt betrayal, astonishment and above all, sadness. A hoax, a sleigh of hand, thatโ€™s what their bond had been. It had meant everything to her, and was just an strategic move for him. Ethan could read every thought on her mind, and he wanted nothing more than to cradle her into his arms and sweep all those ideas from her mind.
It all happened in a blurโ€”one second her gaze and mind were focused on Ethan and the next one she was being dragged away by him.
โ€œNo!โ€ she tried to fight him, her feet tried to stay firm on the ground but his strength was unbeatable. โ€œEthan, please.โ€
โ€œIโ€™m moving you to a safe placeโ€ he explained in a calm voice. But she didnโ€™t trust him anymore, so fear crept into her body. Was this how she was going to die? At the hands of the boy she loved? โ€œHere.โ€
The closet was dimly lit and narrow, their bodies were almost pressed against the other. โ€œLet me go.โ€
โ€œY/N, it doesnโ€™t matter to them if you had nothing to do with Richieโ€™s death. They are going to kill you, you need to stay here.โ€ he explained desperately.
Y/Nโ€™s eyes went to the knife held in his right hand, then she looked down at the stitches on her stomach, and she swore she heard the way her heart shattered like glass. Had Ethanโ€”the one who had kissed the wound better, the one who had held her hand as the nurse stitched her up, the one who whispered reassuring sweet words on her ear as she looked down terrified at all the blood she had lostโ€”been the one who inflicted that very same wound on her?
It didnโ€™t take a genius to figure out what she was wondering, so Ethan grabbed her by the cheeks as if she was the most fragile thing in the world. The terrified look on her eyes didnโ€™t go past him, and it killed him. โ€œNo, baby. No. I swear, I didnโ€™t do that to you. I would never hurt you.โ€
โ€œDonโ€™t call me baby! And donโ€™t you get it? You already did.โ€ her lower lip trembled. The guy who she had trusted with her body and soul, the one that felt like home to her, was the person whom she shouldโ€™ve been running away from all along. โ€œWas I just some pawn in your game?โ€
Ethanโ€™s eyes widened โ€œWhat?โ€
โ€œWas I just some kind of Trojanโ€™s horse? The girl you used to get inside the group?โ€
The brunet wanted to say no, but they both knew it would be a lie. โ€œOnly at firstโ€ฆโ€ when Y/N hid her face in her hands to sob, he couldnโ€™t help but bring her into his arms. The action destroyed her, because his arms were the place she used to shelter herself in whenever she felt sad. And despite the fact that he was now the one piercing her soul, his embrace still quieted her pain. โ€œBut I fell for you, for real, Y/N. I hate myself for bringing you into this mess, you donโ€™t deserve it. Youโ€™reโ€ฆ youโ€™re the one who made me feel happy again after everything that happened last year.โ€
โ€œFuck you, Ethan. I hate you.โ€ she cried in his chest. Y/N wanted to pull away almost as much as she wanted to lock her arms around his frame forever.
โ€œI know, Iโ€™m sorryโ€ he whispered. โ€œI have to go.โ€
โ€œNo. No, please. Donโ€™t leave me here, stay with me.โ€ the panic in her voice was heavy.
โ€œIโ€™m going to come back for you, I promise. Donโ€™t leave unless I come back, okay?โ€
What if you donโ€™t come back? was the question that lingered on that small room. There was a high chance that he might not see her again, and that this was the last time she would see him alive.
โ€œIf youโ€™re not back within ten minutes, Iโ€™ll go find you. And you better be alive, Ethan Landry.โ€ the boy smiled, and pressed a short kiss to her lips. โ€œPlease come back to me, okay? I love you, please donโ€™t make me live a life without you.โ€
โ€œI will, Y/N. And then weโ€™ll go home, and cuddle and everything will be okay. I love you.โ€
But that night, Y/N walked back to the apartment alone, leaving a part of her back in that shrine. She arrived to the place that stopped being a home and became a house instead. She tucked herself to bed and closed her eyes waiting for warm arms to hug her waist, but they never came. Instead, she had to hug the pillow that smelled like citrusโ€”his shampooโ€”and let the salt tears fall freely.
Sheโ€™s got a lot to live without now, and sheโ€™s never going to meet what a future with Ethan couldโ€™ve been. The battle was over, but the worse was yet to come. Now, she had to learn how to be without Ethan.
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Nectar from the giving hands
Summary: Renfield being hand fed and praised finally.
Contents: renfield x reader, reader is renfieldโ€™s new vampire master, gender neutral reader, he/him pronounces for reader, writing exercise
Nsfw: dom/sub, master/slave, top!reader, sub renfield, praise kink, neck fetish, no intercourse, blood kink, blood drinking, gentle dom, hand feeding
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a/n: first Renfield smutty fic Iโ€™ve written whehe! Would love to know what you guys think ~ Also I might or might not write a second part of this one shot *wink wink*
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And his lips met with the ice cold hands, drinking the thick, dark liquid from them. He savored every drop, as it was honey falling from the honeycomb.
It was an electrifying site, seeing the master and his servant in front of the huge fireplace. The sky wore her dark cape over her shoulders outside, wearing her millions of star-jewels on her chest. The moon as her tiara was sitting on her head, illuminating the outside world in a dim yellow light. A quiet stillness rested on that cape coverd day, as the tiaraโ€™s light faintly shone through the huge windows of our scene. It was the biggest room of a small mansion in a village, which was in a far secluded area. It was 4 hours away from any form of civilization, surrounded by huge forests and pretty fields.
It was your idea to settle down in a quiet place after centuries of aimlessly roaming in the wide world, and your new familiar more than gladly complied. You learned about his service of Dracula, his fall and the servantโ€™s deep hidden desires and dreams quite fast. He was like an open book in front you, you just had to turn the beautifully written pages and read.
Your approach -you couldnโ€™t quite place the term - as you called it, was different from Draculaโ€™s and other ancient vampires regarding the treatment of their familiars. You despised the handling of โ€˜inferiorsโ€™ even back in the 16th century and you didnโ€™t start to like it now. It was cruel if anything in your eyes. So when you met Renfield and saw what damage serving Dracula across hundreds of years did to him, you swore to care about him the way he deserved. You picked up quickly, that praise, in any amount or form, has a peculiar effect on him.
That was one of the reasons you two were in the biggest room of your mansion, in front of the warm fireplace. You were sitting in the huge, comfortable armchair which was pulled next to the heat so the fire was on your left. And in front of you, between your legs was Renfield on his knees, looking as beautiful as ever drinking from your hands.
Robert Montague Renfield. A handsome man, whose youth has been locked between time, forever frozen in the garden of eternity. His pale cheeks will never lose the faint blush they possess, nor the twinkling will never fade from the beautiful ocean-blue eyes, nor the lips will lose their full redness. His soul has been cracked and crushed countless times during his endless life, yet his golden heart still beats fully between the cages of his chest. Such unearthly beauty inside and out, and Dracula dared to toy with him! The thought left the flames of fury traveling through your dead body every time.
You gently caressed the top of his night-dark hair with your free hand, as you reached the other towards him, replacing the already drank blood. He licked hungrily, slurping the drops that started escaping from your fingers first, cleaning them clean with his tongue.
โ€œThatโ€™s it, thatโ€™s my good boy. You were hungry werenโ€™t you?โ€ - your quiet voice floated into the room, carrying gentleness and unheard praises.
He was already fidgeting awkwardly since the beginning of the night, hearing your calm voice addressed to him. Since you started the gentle caress on his head, it left pink flowers to form in his cheeks. Now however, hearing the way you called him, the flowers started to bloom and colour his usually pale skin.
โ€œYes, master.โ€ - he said quietly, suddenly too shy to look up at you.
Robert Montague Renfield.
Always eager to please and serve,
while not expecting anything in return.
So a praise on his work,
leaves him in shock,
blushing and not knowing how to respond.
You adorable little man, tonight Iโ€™ll shower you in the admiration you deserve. You thought, as you let your index and middle finger sink into the warm liquid. As you lifted your arm, the blood started to form little vein-like rivers down your straight fingers, along your palm. Renfield looked mesmerized, mouth slightly open and staring at your red covered fingers. His blue irises followed the now formed little veins along the curves of your hand, drinking in their sight. Since you didnโ€™t move, he hesitantly glanced up at you.
โ€œYes? Whatโ€™s the problem, Renfield?โ€
โ€œN-nothing master! Iโ€™m sorry!โ€ - shit, you didnโ€™t want to freak him out. Must be more careful with the teasing, you concluded.
His elegant eyebrows frowned in anxious knots, as he tried to curl as small as his tall figure let him.
โ€œYou did nothing wrong Robert.โ€ - at the sound of his first name, his head turned towards you, eyes shining with a warm light. You called him Robert! Called him by his first name! And how sweet his name rolled on your tongue, as a peaceful river flowing on rocks. - โ€œ You were staring at my hand, you wanted to do something but hesitated. What did you want to do?โ€
โ€œI-I just.. I wa-... I donโ€™t know, master.โ€
โ€œI know when you are lying Robert. Tell me, my little bug. Iโ€™m not angry that you want something.โ€ - oh that saccharine voice directed to him again. How he adored everything about you! From your dark, malicious eyes that carried care, to your cold embrace which still felt warm somehow. He bore his baby blue eyes into yours and whispered in a small but hopeful trusting voice - โ€œI .. wanted to-to taste.โ€
Trusting voice, your mind chirped as your fingers were still frozen in mid air. You knew how difficult it was for Renfield to bond with someone on a deep level, especially trusting, and yet here he was admitting the desire of his heart, looking up at you, waiting.
โ€œYouโ€™ve been a very good boy, Robert. And good boys get what they want.โ€ - you purred as you moved your hand to be in front of his face. Ah, how pretty he looked between your legs, his pale skin lighted by his own excitement and the heat from the fireplace. Golden and orange flames framed his figure from the left side, his night-dark hair mirroring their illuminations while his striking blue eyes gleamed.
Your words again! They patted his heart and pulled him closer to you, hugging him warmly. The flames from the fire started to appear on his cheeks as well, spreading across his face and neck. He stole a careful look towards you, silently asking for permission. The second you nodded your approval, his tongue embraced your fingers. He licked along your slender fingers, tasting the blood, not letting any drop escape, then he worked his lips on the side of your palm, collecting and devouring the veins formed there. The more he licked, the more his face started to bear a similar shade of the thick liquid. His breath started to become haggard, and his tongue technique sloppysh.
โ€œThatโ€™s my good little Robert, cleaning my hand and not letting the blood go to waste.โ€ - you continued the rain of your praises, while you began caressing his hair. He couldnโ€™t stop the whimper breaking out from the back of his throat, as you carried on with the fondling.
Greedily he took your fingers fully in his mouth, closing them between the slick walls of his chops. He slurped and stroked and tasted, his tongue tangling around both. It didnโ€™t take much time for his head to start bobbing up and down, moaning around your slender fingers and whining for more friction.
He looked so disheveled and pathetic yet extremely lovely. Saliva started dropping from between his pink lips, flowing down his chin and jaw mixing with blood drops there. What a beautiful painting it was on his neck! Colours blending with heated skin and shiny drool, contouring his Adamโ€™s apple and the relentlessly working muscles. He had a pretty neck, slender and pale, showing his purple arteries pulsating under pregamen skin, bearing white marks of old bites.
He appeared to be at peace, safe in the garden of your blood-red roses, a heavenly light shining through him. The tent in his trousers left a vet river down his thighs, smearing it all over his clothes.
You grabbed his inky hair, pulling his head back gently from your fingers. The moan that escaped his lips was so loud that the tiara wearing night sky stopped for a moment to listen.
โ€œYou are so good at obeying my orders Robert. Iโ€™m so lucky to have you. I know everyone wants a good little servant like you.โ€ - you leaned down to whisper it into his ears and you trailed your cold fingers along the line of them.
He whined adorably while he laid his head on his left thigh, exhausted but blissful after the events of the night. His twinkling, baby-blue irises collided with your dark ones, flaming in the sizzling light of the flames. You read nothing but love in them, being completely open, builded walls long forgotten.
โ€œThank you master.โ€ - he whispered with a hoarse but happy voice.
You continued patting his black locks, while the flowers of blushes overblownd, leaving their seeds for the future and his breath calmed down. He started to sink into a tranquil dream, pulling his lips into a soft smile. He looked so serene there, so you didnโ€™t stir, just let him sleep while you kept patting his little head and whispering praises over him. It was still a few hours before sunrise, so you stayed there waiting over his dreams.
As the night sky started to take off her star-jewels and her moon-tiara, you lifted the dreaming man into your soft armchair without waking him. You covered him with a warm blanket and left a quill written note for him to find in the morning.
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jamminvroomvroom ยท 2 years
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last christmas.
ln x fem!reader
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hello. i got whamageddoned early this year and iโ€™m okay with it bc โ€˜last christmasโ€™ is a bop. felt inspired to write some sad shit. mixed feelings on this one but we move - no smut for once (who am i?). not much else to say really. lemme know what you think and happy holidays <3
warnings: ANGST! language, alcohol, bad boyfriend behaviour
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based loosely on โ€˜last christmasโ€™ by wham! (normal text = present) (bold & italics = song lyrics) (italics = flashback)
a crowded room, friends with tired eyes
iโ€™m hiding from you and your soul of ice
it had to be one of the coldest winters to date, utterly freezing. the chill had sunk into your bones in early november and you hadnโ€™t been able to shake it since. it was bitter, bordering on painful, left you shaking, but it didnโ€™t compare to the plummeting temperature in the room when he walked in.
it was christmas eve and old traditions were dying hard. the norris household had always been decorated beautifully, warm and cosy and inviting, a highlight of your childhood. cisca and adam knew how to throw a party, your parents and your brothers attending their annual christmas parties since the very first one. your parents were close with the norrisโ€™s, as were you, sort of. well, you used to be.
youโ€™d known lando since you were seven years old, when youโ€™d weakly kicked his kart with all the strength you had. heโ€™d beaten you in a race and his smug little face had pissed you off more than the loss. heโ€™d just stood there, grimacing and narrowing his eyes in search of damage. there wasnโ€™t any.
disdain grew into a close friendship as you both continued to compete, weekends spent dotted about the english countryside, moving from track to track. you gave it up, losing interest and seeing a different path for yourself. he never gave up and thatโ€™s why he was where he was now, sitting pretty in f1, and not with you.
things used to be fine. you stopped karting and he didnโ€™t, but nothing changed. he was still your best friend and you were still his, but you were just kids. what did you know? nothing, apparently, because as the years went on and life got more complicated, the worst happened. feelings.
it was hard to judge who fell first, but you both fell, tumbling uncontrollably off the cliff and into the rocks below. it was torturous, your late teenage years spent wallowing in internalised angst and self pity, sharing longing glances that you both ignored afterwards.
looking back, it was better that way. the pain had been worth it, because at least you had him in your life. now, you had nothing, while the whole world and the prettiest woman youโ€™d ever seen seemed to rest in the palm of his hand.
it felt a bit silly to be stood there watching him walk in, tugging the sleeve of your tight red dress anxiously. he looked so good that you felt a bit sick, suddenly flushed. the crisp, white dress shirt he wore seemed to wrap around his lean body perfectly, his tanned skin glowing. and her. god, her. she was perhaps the most beautiful woman in the world, or thatโ€™s how it felt in the moment, her hand wrapped around his bicep. they were the centre of attention, the happy couple, perfect together. youโ€™d seen her on instagram, shamelessly stalking her page, pictures of them together in dubai, on yachts, in the paddock, making you cry alone in your apartment a million miles away. what the fuck were you doing here?
you turned your back to them quickly, the glass of red wine in your hand being quickly raised to your lips. it had been made for sipping, and so you gagged as you gulped it down in mouthfuls. you ignored the way your eyes stung and took a deep breath, searching for anyone in the crowd that would be able to distract you.
your parents were chatting away with landoโ€™s and the last thing you needed was a grilling on romantic partners and your job from that group, especially since they all knew what youโ€™d turned down last year. your brothers were talking animatedly with oli and savannah, little mila perched on your brothers hip. you wondered why no one could ever focus on his love life instead, he was clearly better suited to having one, the little girl taking to him so naturally. you quickly realised you were out of lifelines, not fancying striking up conversation with a stranger. you knew that you shouldnโ€™t have come, avidly against attending until your mother practically dragged you kicking and screaming. you should have stayed in london, cold and alone and wallowing, because nothing could have been worse than this.
between shaky breaths, you made it to the drinks table, abandoning the stained wineglass in exchange of some far too expensive champagne, seeking comfort in the fact that it would do the job. you felt a familiar presence beside you, tensing up as you said a prayer. anyone but him, you begged. iโ€™ll take her over him, anything. just not him. your shoulders slumped as you relaxed, the sight of max fewtrell doing everything to ease you. as soon as you clocked the sympathy in his eyes, you wondered if his arrival was the worst of them all.
โ€œhey, you.โ€ he spoke fondly, ruffling your hair.
โ€œdonโ€™t be a prick, max.โ€ you mumbled, smoothing out the mess heโ€™d made. it didnโ€™t matter really, there was no one here to look good for.
โ€œsomeoneโ€™s in a mood.โ€ he teased, opening his arms for a hug. you glared at him for a second before succumbing, having missed your friend.
max looked tired, the drive from london wearing him out. he was busy these days, everyone seemed to be. you were too, but it was different; you were miserable. you asked him how heโ€™d been, watching as he spoke happily. new opportunities, new girlfriend, new scenery. you couldnโ€™t even be jealous of him, because you knew that he deserved a bit of happiness.
โ€œwhat about you? howโ€™s it, uh, going?โ€ his head tilted, the returns of that stupid sympathetic look dimming the spark in his eyes. you shrugged in response.
โ€œoh, you know me. iโ€™m muddling through.โ€ you brushed the question off. โ€œbeing back home is-โ€œ
โ€œawful?โ€ he cut you off, deadpan. you scoffed out a laugh. max always knew.
โ€œyou know how it is.โ€ you smiled sadly, breaking eye contact.
โ€œhave you spoken to him?โ€ maxโ€™s voice was gentle, but inquisitive nonetheless. you shook your head so strongly that you could practically feel your brain rattling around. โ€œyou should, you know. he misses you.โ€
you almost fell off your high heels at the laugh you let out, full body shaking with incredulity at maxโ€™s statement. he looked borderline uncomfortable as he plastered on a fake smile, as to not make you look quite so peculiar when people turned to see what was so funny.
โ€œare you having a fucking laugh?โ€ you gasped out, voice laced with the unhinged rage that you tried so hard to hide from everyone else.
โ€œyou and i both know iโ€™m not.โ€ max was firm, eyebrow raised. โ€œyou know how bad last year hurt him. it didnโ€™t need to be like this.โ€ max murmured, and suddenly it wasnโ€™t funny anymore. it felt like you were being told off. maybe you deserved it.
โ€œi did what i had to do. for both our sakes.โ€ you reasoned, hating how desperate you sounded. desperate to prove that youโ€™d made the right decision, to prove everyone else wrong.
max turned his back, opting to stand beside you instead of before you, the both of you now looking out across the room, instead of at each other. there they were, her pressed against his chest, laughing together as they danced. you felt bile rising in the back of your throat.
โ€œand howโ€™s that working out for you?โ€ maxโ€™s question sent you straight back to hell.
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a face on a lover with a fire in his heart
a man under cover, but you tore me apart
lando couldnโ€™t help but stare, the gorgeous green dress you were wearing doing nothing to ease his heart rate as he watched you from across the room. youโ€™d been driving him insane since he was fifteen, and at twenty one, the man could barely breathe in your presence.
youโ€™d been there in abu dhabi, watched him finish off his best season yet, wrapping him a hug when the race didnโ€™t exactly go his way and affirming that youโ€™d never been so proud of him. he knew he was in love with you, but in that moment, he knew he had to tell you, because your pride in him was what made it all seem real. the years fighting for a place, the blood, sweat and tears, the different countries that kept you both apart. you made every accomplishment seem real, because your affection was what he craved more than anything at all.
he gave you as much of himself as he could when he was home, often failing to coax you out to attend races, so when christmas eve rolled around, he knew he had to take the biggest risk of his life so far. liquid courage seemed effective, so the champagne in his glass quickly disappeared, even though the taste made him ill. it was a small price to pay to be able to finally, finally tell you that all of his lucky stars resided in your eyes.
the first problem arose when he couldnโ€™t stop throwing back glasses of champagne. his palms were sweating, anxiety wracking him and all his nerves, the glass being raised to his lips all too easily. the second problem arose when he couldnโ€™t actually see you anymore, eyes scanning the room in panic. the panic overtook any other sense of fear that he felt; he had to find you. the third problem arose when he eventually did.
you were sat in the back garden on the patio, giggling to yourself, as wasted as he was. you smiled goofily when you saw him watching, arms outstretched. he moved to sit beside you in the cold air, and you leaned into him instantly. he froze, thawing out as soon as you looked up at him. all too easily, his arm was around your shoulder, keeping you close, warm.
โ€œwhat are you laughing about, hmm?โ€ lando asked, words sloshing together, subtlety enough that you didnโ€™t notice. you let out another giggle in response.
โ€œmax gave me this. said we should,โ€ you paused briefly, as if you were trying to carefully consider your words, your inebriation getting in the way. โ€œsaid we should use it.โ€ you pursed your lips, doe eyes boring into his. lando gulped.
twirling between your fingers was a sprig of mistletoe. max is a fucking bastard, lando thought. he stared down at your hands, watching the way you dropped the plant into your lap.
โ€œand what did you tell him?โ€ lando murmured, meeting your eyes again. his eyes were glossy, just like yours were, and he found himself strangely comfortable, at ease. more at ease than heโ€™d been in years.
โ€œtold him that you probably donโ€™t want to kiss me underneath the mistletoe.โ€ your smile faltered ever so slightly but you kept up your teasing facade. he knew he had to go for it, now or never.
โ€œyouโ€™re right, i donโ€™t.โ€ lando started, watching your eyebrows narrow, a flash of hurt striking your features that was invisible to the untrained eye. way to be blunt. โ€œi donโ€™t want our first kiss to be part of some tacky christmas tradition.โ€
he dipped his forehead down against yours, the alcohol leading the way as he waited for you to process his words, your lips parting in an โ€˜ohโ€™ as it dawned on you.
โ€œlando-โ€œ you sounded panicked. he ignored it.
โ€œcan i?โ€ he whispered, begging.
you broke free from under his arm, standing to your feet, wobbling as you scurried across the patio to create some distance.
โ€œyou canโ€™t just- lando, we canโ€™t. you canโ€™t do that to me.โ€ you were flustered, genuinely distraught.
โ€œdo what? let you know how i feel about you?โ€ he tried to mask his the hurt in his voice but it was impossible.
โ€œno. no! you canโ€™t do that.โ€
โ€œand why not? why canโ€™t i?โ€
โ€œbecause itโ€™s not fair!โ€
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once bitten, and twice shy
i keep my distance, but you still catch my eye
โ€œbecause itโ€™s not fair!โ€
your words from last year stabbed him through the heart as he walked in the room. her tight grip on his arm did nothing to stop his eyes from finding you instantly in the crowded room. he told himself that he hated you, sometimes, just to make it easier. it wasnโ€™t true, no matter how much he wished it was, a fact made glaringly clear by the way his eyes hooked onto you in that dangerous red dress. how dare you turn up here like that? how dare you make him think about you when he was here with her?
lando was certain that you didnโ€™t know the meaning of the word โ€˜fairโ€™.
it was like a sickness, the way he constantly had an eye on you all evening. it was bittersweet, having you here. he was furious that youโ€™d dare to come, but also the sight of you, a whole year on, seemed to take the weight off of his chest.
he watched you talk to max, curiosity taking over, but he barely had time to process the sight, a hand slipping into his.
โ€œdance with me, baby.โ€ he couldnโ€™t say no to her, so he pulled her close and went along with it. he didnโ€™t let you out of his sight, watching you from the corner of his eye as he swayed with her.
lando could feel your eyes on him, burning holes in his relationship. he felt undeniably uncomfortable, fake smile on his face while she whispered in his ear. the guilt wracked him. sheโ€™d been a distraction, a welcome one, and now it was serious. too serious. but at least it was easy, and he felt like he deserved easy, after what youโ€™d put him through.
he didnโ€™t get to watch you for long, your red dress trailing behind you as you stormed away from max, disappearing from landoโ€™s view, empty glass discarded.
lando dropped her hands.
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you hunched over the sink, letting the sobs ricochet off the walls. youโ€™d tried to be quiet, breathe your way through it, but that seemed futile and you just let the tears take over, numbing you.
max was right. how was this working out for you? it wasnโ€™t, not one bit. you had nothing, no one, and lando had it all, with someone that wasnโ€™t you. you couldnโ€™t blame him for moving on from you, you couldnโ€™t blame him for your unhappiness, not when it was your own doing. you could have had everything with him that she did, and youโ€™d thrown it down the drain.
a long, hard look in the mirror told you that your makeup was somewhat still in tact, the tears finally agreeing to a ceasefire. you were smart to have worn waterproof mascara, you knew it would come in handy. you ran your fingers through your hair, tidying yourself up, hands dragging down your sides to smooth out your dress. once you were sure you didnโ€™t look like a train wreck, you took a deep breath, unlocking the door and peering into the hallway. you wished youโ€™d stayed weeping in the small room.
there she fucking was. her.
her eyes locked on yours in the empty corridor, anxiety pooling in the pit of your stomach. her face softened, an audible gulp signalling from the other woman. except she wasnโ€™t the other woman, she was his only woman.
โ€œiโ€™m sorry, i can find another bathroom.โ€ she murmured, her voice sugar and spice, angelic. she seemed nice. for fuck sake.
there was no way she didnโ€™t know who you were, the way she seemed on edge, fiddling with the silver bracelet on her wrist. i bet he gave her that. you shook your head of the thought, stepping out into the hallway.
โ€œoh, no, no. thatโ€™s fine, uh, sorry, here, um, iโ€™ll just go.โ€ you rambled, heels clacking awkwardly on the hardwood floor as you floundered your escape.
โ€œwait! um, i hope that this isnโ€™t hard for you.โ€ she was sincere, so, so sincere, and it made you sick. why couldnโ€™t she be the bitch youโ€™d painted her out to be in your head?
โ€œdoes he make you happy? is he happy?โ€ you rushed the words out, embarrassed. say no. say no!
she just looked at you, head tilted. more fucking sympathy. it told you everything you needed to know. you nodded your head in forced understanding and turned on your heel.
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now i know what a fool iโ€™ve been,
but if you kiss me now i know youโ€™d fool me again
โ€œthought i might find you here.โ€ he sounded the same. his voice warmed you up, but the deja vu hit and suddenly you were ice cold again. you were back on that damn patio and heโ€™d found you once again.
โ€œwell, here i am.โ€ you replied, sinking into the silence. you wrung your hands nervously, avoiding eye contact.
โ€œdidnโ€™t think youโ€™d come.โ€ he was blunt, straightforward. it was better like that.
โ€œyou and me, both.โ€ you laughed humourlessly, watching the way his shoulders slumped.
โ€œhow are you?โ€ he asked softly, awkwardly. โ€œyou look beautiful.โ€ he blurted.
โ€œoh, just fantastic. heard you tried to grow a beard.โ€ you bit back, as sarcastic as ever, hoping that he couldnโ€™t see the blush spreading across your cheeks. it was nostalgic for him, and he would have smiled if it wasnโ€™t for the sadness in your voice.
he couldnโ€™t help but scoff, and you finally met his eyes at the sound, your own narrowing.
โ€œif youโ€™ve got something to say, then say it, lando.โ€
โ€œit didnโ€™t need to be like this.โ€
โ€œdonโ€™t say that when your girlfriends on the other side of that wall.โ€ you stood from the bench, gesturing at the house.
โ€œitโ€™s true, though. you know it is.โ€ he didnโ€™t take his eyes off of you, his entire focus honed in on you. you deserved it, this onslaught from him. the wound youโ€™d caused clearly hadnโ€™t healed.
โ€œof course i do. itโ€™s all my fault, i know it is.โ€ you spoke desperately, voice breaking, laced with shame.
โ€œdo you miss me?โ€ he stepped towards you, closing in.
โ€œdo you miss me?โ€ you echoed. both questions were equally as unfair.
โ€œi try not to. every day. but i know i shouldnโ€™t, itโ€™s pathetic.โ€ his voice was raw with emotion, the very same way it had been last year, and your heart thudded inside its cage.
โ€œwhy is it pathetic?โ€ you whispered. he was close enough to hear you perfectly, now. your breath hitched.
โ€œbecause you didnโ€™t want me.โ€
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โ€œitโ€™s not fair?โ€ lando felt his eyebrows furrow, confused. what wasnโ€™t fair?
โ€œno itโ€™s not.โ€ you said quietly, voice wavering.
โ€œwhat? whatโ€™s not fair?โ€ he was confused, the alcohol and your caginess being a deadly combination.
โ€œyou being gone, me being here. cโ€™mon, lando, it wouldnโ€™t work.โ€ you explained, eyes welling up with tears as you spoke. he had never imagined this conversation going so horribly wrong. heโ€™d replayed what this moment would be like over and over and over again, and now that it was here, it was gut wrenching. it wasnโ€™t supposed to be like this.
โ€œyes it could. if you want me, this, it could work.โ€ he reasoned. he was firm, this was his only chance. he had to get you to listen to him.
you were quiet, unmoving in your spot across from him. he took another risk. what more was there to lose at this point? he closed the gap between you both slowly, inching closer and closer until your toes touched, and your chests bumped with every breath.
โ€œstop me. if you donโ€™t want me to do this, then stop me.โ€ lando was clear, searching your eyes for any hesitation. your soft nod was enough to convince him to close the gap.
kissing you was relief. it was getting out of the car after a long race, coming home, winning a round of golf. it was sunshine, ethereal, something heโ€™d happily do for the rest of his life. you kissed him back with the same enthusiasm, your hands in his hair, raking through the soft strands. one of his cupped your jaw, deepening the kiss, while the other rested comfortably on your waist.
your hands slid from his hair down his neck and to his chest. he sighed in content, lost in you, until a soft force pressed against his chest. youโ€™d broken away, stumbling backwards, away from him.
โ€œlandoโ€ฆโ€
โ€œdonโ€™t do it.โ€ he looked down, feeling his own eyes begin to water. heโ€™d blame it on the bitter, bitter cold.
โ€œit wonโ€™t work. i donโ€™t,โ€ you inhaled shakily. โ€œi donโ€™t want this.โ€
โ€œyou donโ€™t want me?โ€ lando practically whimpered, the same way a puppy would if you kicked it.
โ€œi donโ€™t want this.โ€
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now I've found a real love
you'll never fool me again
โ€œgo back inside. go on. go back to her.โ€ it had started to snow, frozen rain falling in chilling globs.
โ€œis that what you really want?โ€
โ€œgod, lando. no. are you happy now? no, i donโ€™t want that. i donโ€™t want to watch you walk away. it fucking hurts.โ€ you were crying now, the tears flowing freely.
โ€œthen donโ€™t let me.โ€ he looked like he would cry too, and you wouldnโ€™t blame him. your entire relationship had built up to this moment.
โ€œthis is ridiculous. youโ€™re with her. and i canโ€™t watch you leave me every week. call me selfish but i canโ€™t. i wonโ€™t.โ€
โ€œthen come with me. you could have always just come with me!โ€ his voice was raised now, getting progressively higher in his aggravation.
โ€œand uproot everything, my whole life, to follow you? lando, you donโ€™t get it. iโ€™ll hate you if i have to leave my life behind, and i canโ€™t face that.โ€
โ€œwhat do you want from me? iโ€™ve given you options, iโ€™ve told you what i want, something i know you want too, and yet you continue with this deflective bullshit.โ€
โ€œjust go back inside.โ€ you were prepared to get on your hands and knees and beg him to go.
โ€œiโ€™m not doing this again. iโ€™m not having this conversation with you ever again.โ€ his eyes began to water and you squeezed your eyes shut. he looked broken, disheveled, pristine shirt wrinkled.
โ€œgood.โ€ it came out emotionless.
โ€œdo us both a favour and donโ€™t come next year.โ€
and with that, he left, just like youโ€™d begged him to, your body turning into ice, veins burning as you froze. you couldnโ€™t take your eyes off of him as he walked away, forever, as the snow buried you in his back garden.
you grieved him, right there, stood in the very spot that heโ€™d kissed you the year prior. youโ€™d never really be gone and neither would he, too intertwined and hopeless. you gasped out a sob, a cry of heartbreak, your very own christmas carol ringing out into the darkness.
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Bad Buddy
@taeminie 1
This quote and them and the rooftop scene for "you will never be friends"!!! Big fucking brained Ali!!
@dengswei 1
Pat's face of love and adoration accompanying as to how he loves pran with his every atom and prans face of heartbreak because he looks at him with despair. Perfect lines for them.
@daymork 1
25-21 x Bad Buddy = me shaking screaming and crying. That too a fucking baek yijin quote. The day this doesn't make me insane (it will never happen)
@snimeat 1
Something about how pat pran balance each other no matter where they go, be it whether they are happy or sad. I think the essence of that is beautifully captured with the quote and pictures you chose gei
@pranpat 1 2 3
1 I don't even need to elaborate. The set fucking begins with "we lead two different lives, just like two lines that never cross"
2 Jay, I hope you know you chose violence by combining richard siken and rooftop scene together. I hope you know what you did.
3 "who will come into the kitchen and be hungry for me?" with that expression of pat. Followed by pran saying "I always wanted to cook for someone I like" I am so so so okay
@sunsetandthemoon 1
You beautifully summarized their whole journey and that is why this is here. It's one of the sets that will always make me emotional
Only Friends
@celestial-sapphicss 1
This song describes the soul of the show. This set captures it.
@alienwlw 1 2 3
1) The words!!! With the shots you chose!! Childhood ray in first set!! And happy smiling ray daring to hope for a future with sand!!
2) this set beautifully captures how ray let's himself be used by mew. Because he thinks that's the kind of love he deserves. That's how much love he deserves. Even though he knows he can have more with sand, that is why he selfishly tried stopping sand to move on.
3) delving deeper into Boston's motivations? Yesssss. His sexual escapades as a way to feel human connection? Give me more
@spicyvampire 1
"You're coming down with me hand in unlovable hand" pleaseee Boston does not know how to define love. And the definitions he has are in conflict with the society he lives in. That's why he is alone. That's why he is hurt. Even if he owned up to his mistakes.
@gunsatthaphan 1
The shot of gifs with the words?? Hues of healing with them holding hands in bathtub? Shadows of patience and hours accompanying sands heartbreak of "ray *was* my 25th hour scene? I have said enough
@smileytharn 1
This. Them holding hands. After the initial hesitation. After ray went to sand to apologise and show how much he means to him. Sand acknowledging that and opening up more to him about music - the thing that means most to him. Amazing zey!
@raypakorn 1
A set capturing Ray's Self-destructive nature perfectly not being on the list? Not today, buddy. Not today. Today, we cry at tanies amazing brain and talent in making this set
@sollucets 1
This song and them? Especially the time ray was "confused" over his feelings for sand. Heartbreak. Never thought a bop pop song can cause this much emotional damage. Amazing job love
@icouldhyperfixatehim 1
What I love about this edit is that captures Boston's journey so well. As a friend. Their friendships fallout and reconciliation, or no reconciliation with mew. As a lover, and being left behind because you both no longer have denial as an option and have to escape the fact that you guys are too different in defining love and hence cannot be together.
@sandrayy 1
Listen this quote goes well with sandrayy. Because if anyone understands the value of Ray's tears and will die rather than see ray cry is sand.
Kinnporsche
@dingyuxi 1
This poem is for them okay? "you are too good at violence and he is too good at forgiving" with scenes you chose will always devastate me
@kinnporsche 1
A big hug and chefs kiss to you because the scenes you chose? Episode 4, Episode 5 angst and Episode 7 ending? Yesssss. They burned for each other. Only when did they give in they found solace because they burned brighter together.
@kinnsporsche 1
The scenes you chose!! Kinn giving into his attraction to Porsche and calling him his sun. Him letting go Porsche as moon when he lets him go. And the scene where he tells Porsche how special he is as stars!!!
@alienwlw 1 2 3 4
1) "I let darkness eat the light" + Vegas standing in tears after kan left after inflicting his violence!!!!!
2) holy water scene with pete telling Vegas he is very hungry and needs to be taken care of?????? The big brained energy never ending with you my friend
3) Vegas being vulnerable openly!! The way you beautifully showed his journey to this point where he confesses his insecurities to pete!!! Insane!! Talented!!
4) pete coming to terms with this side of his? The side that craves violence. The side that craves to be dominated. Amazing
@magicaldreamfox1 1
The gif of pete leaving his job to show his support to Vegas. Even when he didn't know if Vegas would survive or not!!! Brilliant BRILLIANT.
@spicyvampire 1
I AM NOT ON MAIN FAMILY'S SIDE. I AM NOT ON MINOR FAMILY'S SIDE. I AM ON YOUR SIDE = TO TO HELL WITH YOU. galaxy brained. No notes. No words. No thoughts. Just AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
@khaotunqs 1
The coloring in the set made me loose it. Black and white with hints of pink? The talent?! Also the quote you chose? Attack on every direction my friend. Mercy please.
@guzhu-furen 1 2
1) a set that highlights a relationship between all the brothers? Ofc i cried. Next question.
2) the fact that even pete didn't know why he went. Until he forced to acknowledge it ofc. The quote is perfect perfect for the scene you have choosen
Between Us
@smittenskitten 1
A parallels of the "be brave for me" scene is made for me. I cry.
Last Twilight
@sandrayy 1 2
1) I have rambled about how the quote goes so well with them in tags and will do again. They both help each other find their purpose. Something they lost along the way by the course their life took. And this existential shit makes me emotional.
2) I love how simple the quote is yet because of the scenes chosen shows the initial flurry of nervousness and excitement when new to liking someone so well
@morkofday 1 2
1) The way they both met each other just days ago but already cherish each other. As individuals. Not as roles they play in each other's life. I cannot.
2) this!! you cannot tell me that when Mork held on to days chin and dismissed the job opportunity they both didn't have horny visions. You cannot. I think you showed their journey beautifully here.
Also love the oranges in both - i d k if its intentional but love that it goes with the shows name so well.
Love In The Air
@bird-inacage 1
The words just hit me whenever I see this set. Love, your writing is beautiful. The font you have used in the set amazing. The scenes you have chosen are perfect. Thank you for this.
@prapais 1
The softness and protectiveness prapai has towards sky. And how even if he isn't a violentan for nature, he wouldn't hesitate for sky. Uff.
Midnight Museum
@daymork 1
I love the composition of the images. Especially the second one. Showing his fate across universes before showing their conversation in third image? The sense of hope that I got after the feeling of futility?? Totally brings across the feelings i have towards the damn articraft.
@alexshenry 1
The coloring of purple and yellow is so fucking dreamy. And something about Kathadome and moon - a universal symbol of hope, of light in darkness??? Amazing my love Nuria
@hoppipolla 1
I am so sorry love. I adore your set because it brings out the universal truth. Time doesn't erase the pain. It's just that we learn to manage it better. Thanks to people around us. The same happened with Katha. I am so glad I found this set
My School President
@pharawee 1
Their friendship!! They will always be there for each other. Gun can be vulnerable with them without worry. Something he doesn't easily do probably cause he doesn't want to worry his mum. But all his friends encourage him to be open and vulnerable. They tell him he is okay and how just because he is strong he doesn't always have to be strong.
@chinzillas 1
Anna!! This edit is one of those forever emotional damage causing arts. It perfectly gets the slice of life, I am growing up. I aam happy but scared to grow up. I am leaving behind the me i currently know. Will I like how I grow to be? How much of it can I control? The anxiety, the home, the excitement, the dreams, the optimism, the hope and the fears we all have as young adults is so fucking beautifully felt in this edit.
Not me
@dimpledpran 1
I cannot believe I discovered this edit so late. The quote is so fucking accurate. And the scenes chosen? Especially for the second gif with tawi??? Big brained energy
@taeminie 1
The scenes you chose for how the kingdom lights shined and one day we will be remembered are PERFECT
@magicaldreamfox1 1
A black and white journey edit in interaction with their parents? Those parents who are people in power and that maintain the very system their kids are revolting against? Delicious
@morkofday 1
I am so glad I requested this set because your badassself delivered. The differences in their ideologies is shown so beautifully here. I cry.
Vice Versa
@ardentlytess 1
Whenever I see this edit, it makes me nostalgic. This is the edit I shall use when persuading my friends to watch vice versa. It captures their journey so beautifully.
@daymork 1
They fell in love with each other without knowing each other's faces. Survived travelling across universe. And had "thank you for being born so that I can love you" so no they aren't ever ending
Never Let Me Go
@shuyis 1
This quote and Palm??? Perfection. He didn't hate his mother for leaving him. Sure he was hurt ans confused but he gave her the benefit of doubt. And when he met her and heard her reason? He accepted her. He loved her. He grieved her loss. He didn't hate his father who left him when he was a boy to go a protect a boy his age. He was concerned for his father's safety and well being. Hell he didn't even hate the boy or boys family. Palm was kind in true sense of the word.
@jyuubin 1
Not tooting my horn but in one of my sets I made for nlmg I wrote a line. It was "if the choice between me and you, it's not a difficult choice at all. I'd always choose you" and I love how this set captured that. Palm didn't give up on him and Nueng even when Nueng became scared and did. He fought for them.
Moonlight Chicken
@maggiecheungs 1
This set inspired me to make my basic-ass set. Need I say more as to how much I adore this?
@jimmysea 1
Heart and li ming don't just see each other. They welcome each other. And the thing about welcoming someone is you understand everyone has their own time of coming to you. They gave each other the time required without rushing the other and the quote you chose just gets this across so well
@raypakorn 1
The damn quote. With Alan. And the scene you chose. "I am on business of loosing your interest". Yeah so okay I am.
@pharawee 1
The neon font just fits so well with the vibe of the show. Light in between darkness. Feeding people at night when people are most tired.
@taeminie 1
The quote goes so so so fucking well with heart and li ming. For heart, li ming is the first person to make accommodations for his need without showing him pity. His gratitude, amazement and love for li ming just come across so well.
The Eclipse
@youdontloveme-yet 1 2 3
The day I am not wrecked over by these 3 sets you made for eclipse is the day you can consider sun has risen from west. What were you thinking while making these? "chasing after echoes" for akk???? "there are only remnants left of you" for Ayan??????
@morkofday 1
The sense of home they give for each other. Akk can keep his fears of inadequacy at rest when with Ayan because Ayan accepts and cherishes him as he is. Ayan can take off his mask of strength off and show his grief and sadness because akk will be there to support him.
To Sir, With Love
@shyishsarawat 1
Listen for a low-heat soap opera? These dudes fucked a lot through their eyes. And when they touched? Yeah that was hotter than any kiss. And i think the quote perfectly captures the tension, devotion, adoration and love they share for each other
@tinnchan 1
Take me to church?????? With to sir with love??? Nads I wish I could say more but my brain just goes AHHHH THIS SONG IS THEM THEY ARE READY TO DIE FOR EACH OTHER THEY ARE EACH OTHER'S RELIGION THEY WORSHIP THEIR LOVE. THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS THEIR SHRINE.
Things to note
These include edits that I found in 2023.
These include edits that gave me the feels.
Thank you for your art. They make the experience of watching the show all the more fun. It helps in appreciating the characters. It helps me see them in new light.
Looking forward to see more of art from amazing artists on here.
To people I didn't tag - tumblr tagging limit sucks. Your art is beautiful simply because it's made. You made it with a feeling and that in itself is beautiful.
Also, the tag is #becauseigtf in case yall wanna tag me in future :)
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I watched the finale of young royals and here are some of my rambles, collected while watching. Enjoy.
Spoilers!!!
So i didn't make it a minute, i paused at 00:59 because i could already feel the tears coming up. What the hell.
I honestly didn't expect the reactions to the closing to be that way. A lot of screaming and blaming? Sure. But August breaking down? Very in character, but unexpected.
I was especially surprised by Vincent going for a hug to calm him down. Really surprised me.
Felice is probably my favorite person in this show ngl
And they see each other from across the room, through the partying people, and we have come full circle back to the first episode. Honestly poetic. I love it.
August got redeemed. And although i am still rationally thinking about the consequences, emotionally it works. My emotional side thinks he's earned it. Somehow.
Felice and Sara making up is healing my soul
Nils finally coming out to his friends. No comments, just that.
They are wrapping everything up so beautifully in the first 30 mins. All the smaller things. The rush from the "last" everything, everybody finally getting their shit in order, all of it. Beautiful.
I am also insanely worried about what is going to happen now. I am writing this at timestamp 26:25 and the 30:53 of emotional damage on the other side of the progress bar is still staring at me. We'll see.
And the interaction between August and Sara just killed me. And its not even over. I had to pause so i could handle Augusts puppy eyes after the rejection. Judging from the big sip of cider i just took i was subconsiously rooting for them. I think i just want them to be happy. All of them. Even Sara and August.
Okay homebro is panicking so bad he PROPOSED, he is down BAD
Also the line "You love who you are when you are with me" was killer, oh my god
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The last kiss. The wiping away the tears. "It will pass." Wound, Salt, and then they twist the knife.
But it is a fitting ending. It works. It fits their characters, their journeys. They wouldn't have worked out in the long run and they get their ending. Both heartbroken, but on their way to healing.
I love and hate the idea of "one last night together". It implies and ending i am still dreading. But they deserve to forget everything for a night.
I honestly didn't realize it was still sun out and it caught me off guard so bad (or is that a sunrise? I am so confused)
I don't have the scene on hand but i am pretty sure they framed the scene in the bed at the end of s3e5 the same way as them lying on the blanket (?) here. Super interesting visual storytelling.
(Small detail here, i recently had a crash course on tv journalism and a big part of that was scenes and pictures, thats why i pay so much attention to the visual language here)
The entire lake scene is beautifully shot. The way they have mirroring motions (like brushing hair out of Willes face) in different perspectives, the way the water is shot, the entire calmness of all of it. And then they have these emotional conversations under it that build up these emotions, with these big pauses in speech, drawing out this bit of retrieve from everything.
The way they show Simon swimming away, the distance between them, when they speak about exactly that.
And how they go from Wille sitting at the lake, watching Simon swim, being physically not in the same thing as him (the lake), Simon swimming away, and then the cut over to him alone in his bed.
Beautiful, artistic storytelling.
Also fucking heartbreaking, i am nearly crying already and there are 23 minutes and 54 seconds left to completely destroy me.
I am clutching to the hope that twenty minutes are left to figure everything out and that that would be too long for this to be the end. Twenty minutes, 30% of the finale, cannot and will not be the epilogue, i dont think thats likely and i also refuse to believe that.
Okay, Stella and Frederika are finally together, at least some of my sanity is clutching on. I literally yelled "fuck yeah" and punched the air.
Henry and Valter (i hope i spelled that right) together in the fields also makes me happy. I know they were shipped a lot and although I am not a religious shipper of them, i am rooting for them. Go them.
Wille taking down the pictures could also be taking the happiness out of my heart. Whats wrong with the showrunners for making us do this rollercoaster?!?!
Also him taking off Erik and him before Simon and him. Beautiful.
OH MY GOD THE BIRTHDAY GIFT
I am not prepared. Not at all. Oh my god.
Is that like a farewell? Or a "stay with me"?
Not ready. Will press play though and hug my pillow expectantly.
I made it like three seconds. WILLES SONG?!?!?!!?!?
Wille walking through Hillerska. Seeing all those spots. All those memories.
EVERYONE TAKING DOWN PICTURES. THE GOODBYES.
THE SONG. THE SONG.
Don't let them make you hide yourself.
The callback to the football field.
"WE WERE NEVER WHAT WAS WRONG" !!!!!
All the callbacks. "I could be free" was from the "he would give up the crown for you" scene, if i recall correctly. Simon is revisiting every moment in their story.
"'Cause we were a revolution" WHY IS THIS IN PAST TENSE? NO. NO!
It shouldn't be a revolution to love another.
That quote itself. Then showing August and Sara. Back to Wille.
What is slightly concerning to me is that they haven't shown Simon yet. His voice is singing, but they show everyone but him. (Sara was on the picture, i count that, but he is nowhere. Just a ghost of memories.)
"You were my revolution before it fell apart" I'M SORRY JUST TAKE MY HEART, BREAK IT AND STOMP ON IT. SURE, GO AHEAD, DIDN'T NEED IT ANYWAY
(sorry, this shit is getting to me)
(Although, you apparently read this far through my chaos, so honestly your fault)
(Still cool you're still here)
THE SNOW GLOBE. IN THE TRASH. BROKEN. DISCARDED.
Now, are we discarding Erik or are we discarding broken and damaged things? Like this relationship? fucking tell me i am losing it here
Wille looking at August after he officially graduated. I can't read his look. And i am so confused to the situation and emotions here. Because last time they were drunk, now they are sober and both their relationships with the Erikssons are basically over. That is an interesting dynamic.
SIMONS SONG INSTEAD OF THE CLASSIC HILLERSKA HYMN. SIMONS SONG ABOUT LOVING WILLE. THE ENTIRE REVOLUTION.
Wille standing alone. Then seeing his parents, behaving different from the other parents, but at least being there.
His mom trying. The hug.
And i am finally crying. These breaks to write down my thoughts have kept this at bay so far, but a mother trying and asking for forgiveness has finally broken me. (I should bring this up with my therapist)
Wille going after Simon. And his mother smiling at that.
The heartbeat in the background. After "I never gave up on us." Hope.
WHY ARE YOU SAYING GOODBYE
YOU STILL HAVE THIRTEEN MINUTES TO FIGURE IT OUT
And again Wille is telling Simon to enjoy a holiday. It was christmas. Now its the summer holidays.
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But no "i love you"s. Just a heartbeat.
Simon leaving. Again.
And Wille is hesitating. I swear the heartbeat is speeding up. He is hesitating.
And i find myself yelling at the tv for him to finally move and go after him. Fight for him. Fight for them.
Fucking move. Get your man.
And this idiot walks physically backwards. Back to society and his parents, away from his love.
Fuck me, he called Simon the love of his life. And maybe he's young and doesn't know better. But i am not much older and am fairly sure someone would not say that if they didnt mean it. SO BETTER FUCKING GO AFTER HIM.
WHY ELSE WOULD THE HEARTBEAT BE THERE? i mean i am not a medical expert but i am pretty sure that was not one heartbeat, that sounded off. I hope it was two, two hearts and their beats, two lives entangled.
Felice and Sara are actively healing my soul. I am pretty sure i have written that sentence earlier but i refuse to check.
Also Wille being uncomfortable in the car. He should have run after Simon, than he wouldnt be, change my mind.
"You will be a fantastic king."
What if i don't want that?
Ladies, Gentlemen and friends of other assorted genders: FUCKING FINALLY
An honest, open, (somewhat) calm conversation. The one thing they have needed for three seasons. We finally have it. Finally.
The visual conflict of emotions in the queen. The motherly pride and concern for her child and the disappointment and fear of the monarch losing their heir. It's brilliant acting.
The realization on Augusts face hitting him when he sees Wilhelm leave.
The shaky camera as Wille is looking around, searching. The camera was steady in the car, a bit shaky around August, and now it is full on wobbling around. It is a panic, with the music, the emotions swelling.
And then he runs. And yells. And the camera gets steadier.
The regret in his face when he can't keep up anymore. And then the hope when he sees the car stop.
The relief in Willes voice when he tells Simon. And the pain in Simons eyes. Slowly morphing into hope.
The distance between them. When Wille was coming clean, they showed the faces, not the distance between them. Just that they were talking face to face. Now, as Wille asks, if Simon is done with him, they show this distance between them.
Simon starting to smile.
And now, paused, my brain moving faster than i can type, i was wondering why he was sitting in the backseat. They must have someone else in the car. And you can see Felice peeking through the rear window.
And the way they kiss. Passionately. Not holding back. Finally free.
All their moments. Their story. Their love. Finally, them saying i love you. To each other. In the open. Free. Declaring themselves. Together.
And Wille coming with them. Their little found family. Them whoooing in the car, like they did on that night at the football game on the motor bikes.
Them being happy.
And then that final look in the camera. Finally happy, finally free.
Cut to black.
Okay, that was absolutely brilliant.
I loved it, every second of it. It was a beautiful way of wrapping everything up, a happy ending at last. For everyone.
August becomes king. Or whatever. We dont care.
Sara and Felice make up. Are friends again. Are free together.
Felice finds herself outside of money and in people. In her friends.
Sara realizes she has people that care for her and see her as she is. She finds happiness in platonic love, not romantic.
Simon and Wille end up together, overcome their differences. Find a way.
Simon has his love and reconsiled with his sister. He can be true to himself and created his song, his music. Music that touches others, Music that others like.
And Wilhelm got out of that system that caused him so much pain. He got closure, threw away the snow globe, quit being royalty. He is free, the one thing he wanted all this time. Be happy, be himself, be free.
Sometimes family is a former crown prince, his musician boyfriend, a neurodivergent horse girl and the worlds best best friend.
[I think this is the point where i thank you for reading all this. I am going to post this without reading it a second time to keep myself surprised and not edit any reactions. But i hope the rambling made some sense. Thank you!]
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