#but enough time for it to be like wtf you didn’t tell me he’s alive angst

[bandsanitizer]

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[belovedmusings]

“I’m not going anywhere.”

+ MAJOR MANGA SPOILERS +

Explicit Smut 18+ 🚫Minors DNI🚫

Satoru survived being severed in half thanks to Yuuta’s Reversed Curse Technique and subsequently claimed victory, but you keep reliving the moment you saw him die before your eyes. You wake up beside him one night crying from a nightmare of it, and wanting to make you feel better and remind you that he’s okay and he’s not going anywhere, he lets you take him any way you need him.

Relevant tags: AFAB reader with minimal gendered language, reader insert without using “y/n”, graphic nightmare at the beginning but it’s quick, fix-it, hurt/comfort, soft and emotional sex, handjob, fingering, Satoru’s 6-inch fingers, slow sex, praises and declarations of love, lots of kissing, love bites, riding, unprotected sex, creampie, cockwarming, Satoru’s big cock :’) <3

Music recommended while reading: My Love (Sia), positions (Ariana Grande), Souvenir (Selena Gomez), Religion (Lana Del Rey)

A/N: no I’m absolutely not over wtf happened in ch 236 and yes I’m 100% crazy enough to still believe him when he said he’d win. He’ll win and I trust him. I have to or I’ll go crazy. Here’s this emotional smut to cope.

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He was winning. He was fine, he was smiling and now—

He’s not. He’s not moving, he’s not doing anything but he’s in half he’s in fucking half and there’s so much blood—

You scream. You scream but it sounds like it’s underwater and you can’t breathe, you can’t feel anything but despair and pain and dread and anger and disbelief and fucking devastation. Satoru is— he’s— oh god, he’s—

“Hey.”

You’re sobbing. Tears stream from your eyes but you can’t feel, you can’t see anything, you can’t hear, you can’t exist without him—

“Hey. Hey, hey, hey.”

That voice snaps you back to consciousness, a deep gasp from you following. Warm hands are on your shoulders, and you look up at the source, eyes landing upon Satoru’s concerned face. His beautiful, alive face. What? How?

“Hey,” he murmurs again softly, brows furrowed in worry as he rubs up and down your arm soothingly. “Shh, shh, shh…you’re okay. It was just a bad dream.”

A dream?

“No it wasn’t,” you shake your head, voice broken. The lump in your throat won’t go away as you continue to cry. “You were…you were gone and I—”

“I’m right here,” he cuts him firmly, squeezing your arm. “Look at me. I’m talking to you, aren’t I? I’m fine. Promise.”

Your eyes search his face, his body, and blindly you reach out, touching his clothed abdomen, feeling over it to make absolutely sure he’s not lying. When you feel nothing but solid, warm flesh underneath, even when you touch down to his thigh, you relax, sniffling. He’s completely intact. He’s okay.

You remember then what had happened after he had fallen. You’d gone into a panic, threw up, and blacked out after sobbing uncontrollably after tearing your eyes from the screen that displayed his lifeless body.

When you woke up, you were lying against a wall, Shoko watching over you, telling you that Yuuta managed to get ahold of him while Yuuji and Higuruma were fighting Sukuna. He’d used his Reversed Curse Technique to heal him, and he was up and fighting again, this time facing off with Kenjaku.

It was jarring to see him back alive, like you were seeing the resurrection of a god. But it was okay. He was even stronger than before, and along with the others, he was capable of defeating both of the threats.

His victory had restored balance once more.

He’d come off of that battlefield on his own two feet, sweaty, heavily banged up and exhausted, but he had a brilliant smile on his face that said everything is fine now, and he’d welcomed you into his arms without hesitation.

“Oh god,” you breathe out, “It was a dream. Thank god.”

He wraps his arm around your waist and pulls you in, planting a kiss on your temple.

“I told you I’d win, didn’t I?” He asks, “You gotta trust me, silly. M’ not going anywhere.”

You huff, nuzzling into his chest. “Don’t call me silly because I’m worried about you.”

He sighs softly, rubbing your back. “Fine, fine. But seriously, I’m fine. So no need to worry, okay? I’m right here, however you need me.”

He is. You can feel him in your arms, you can feel him holding you, and yet in your sleep-fogged mind, you can’t help but still retain some anxiety that you’ll wake up again and he’ll be gone for good. That you imagined all of those victories in order to cope. You need to feel more of him to confirm he’s real.

“However I need you?” You ask, drawing back to meet his eyes, gleaming in the dim lighting of the moon. He nods.

“Of course. What kind of boyfriend would I be otherwise? I’m yours to do with as you please.”

You can’t help it; his tone always brings out a special playfulness in you. “As I please? You sound so easy.”

“Easy for you,” he grins wolfishly, and you roll your eyes fondly before sobering up.

��I need more reassurance,” you tell him. “I want to feel you.”

He eyes you curiously, nodding. “Sure thing. What do you have in mind?”

You reach up to touch his face, brushing your thumb between his eyebrows to work out the furrow, then dancing it over his brow bone, then his cheekbone, and finally his lips. You pad it over the soft skin there before leaning up and kissing him, relaxing at the familiar taste of his mouth. He doesn’t hesitate to return the gesture, lips moving with yours in a combination of slow and sensual.

The hand that was resting on his jaw slowly travels down over his neck, where your thumb runs over the column gently, grazing his Adam’s apple a few times before moving on to his collarbone. You explore that spot for a few moments and then massage down his shoulder, over his pec, flattening your palm to feel the beat of his heart.

It calms you to feel that strong thump thump thump against your touch, impassioning you enough to make you deepen the kiss and slip your tongue into his protestless mouth. A soft groan sounds at the back of his throat, and that spurs you on to continue touching him, running your palm over his muscles that were once lithe, but after time spent preparing for battle while he was sealed away to occupy himself, have turned thick and solid. You ghost over the ridges of his abdomen and shiver, feeling each contour through his shirt.

It sends a wave of heat through you and your ministrations turn heavy with desire, finding the hem of his shirt, sliding your hand underneath it and massaging over the hot skin of his naked chest. He groans and guides his own hand from your waist to your ass, clad only in underwear for comfort to sleep, giving it a generous knead.

“Mmh,” you breathe into his mouth, letting him go further to grab your thigh, hooking his hand under your knee and hiking your leg up around his hip.

His tongue runs over yours dirtily as his hand slides back up to the apex of your legs, reaching around to cup your mound through the thin garment over it. His middle and ring fingers massage over that little sensitive pearl just begging to be touched, making you moan softly.

Your lust is deepening by the second and it makes you grow bolder, palm on his abdomen lowering to the front of his boxers and caressing the sizable hardness it finds there. Subconsciously you start to move your hips with his touches, kiss turning sloppy the more you pleasure each other.

The drags of his fingertips get a little too difficult when the fabric over your core gets soaked through, so he easily amends it by slipping his fingers beneath the edge of the article, touching you without any barriers.

“Satoru,” you moan louder as he teases the swollen pearl beneath his digits. He hums in his throat, and wanting to even things out, your hand dips below his boxers, wrapping around the hard and hot erection he’s been sporting since you started kissing him.

A bead of precum at his tip makes the slide a little easier and you feel him start rocking into your hand, meeting your strokes, a breathy groan sounding from him.

He wants the upperhand, of course, so he elects to push two of his lengthy fingers into your entrance, causing you to gasp, spreading your legs wider to accommodate. The man’s digits are long enough to reach your cervix without even trying and he presses pointedly against it, wriggling the tips of his fingers against that sensitive spot teasingly.

“God, Satoru,” you mewl, touching him with more purpose, circling your thumb over his tip.

“Ngh,” he groans in response, moving his hand so that he starts finger-fucking you at a pace, the wet sounds reaching your ears along with the heavy pants from the both of you. You clench around him and he speeds up, abusing that part deep inside of you just with his hand.

You love it when he fingers you but it’s not what you want right now—not truly.

You look up at him, shuddering at the look of unbridled lust pooling in his cerulean eyes. He always gets this certain wild look that gives you goosebumps.

“Satoru,” you manage breathlessly.

“Yeah?” He asks, just as winded.

“I want you inside me. I need to feel you.”

He sucks in a breath and nods, pressing a quick kiss to your cheek before pulling his fingers out of you. He rolls to lay on his back, raising his hand up to his mouth and running his long tongue over the digits coated in your essence, a deep groan sounding after. It invigorates your desire for him and hurriedly, you remove your soaked underwear, freeing him of his own boxers afterward.

He sits up for a moment to get his shirt off, tossing it off the bed and then grabbing your hips, making you straddle his thighs. His hands hook under your shirt and you raise your arms so that he can remove it, the two of you now bare as the day you were born.

He wastes no time in kissing you again, this time more desperately, using one hand to guide your hips over his large cock, the other holding it still. He slides inside as you lower yourself, girth forcing you to stretch generously.

“Fuck,” you breathe into his mouth. You’re familiar with his impressive size by now but it never ceases to light a fire with your nerve-endings, length stuffing you full even before he’s bottomed out. You shudder and push him down to lay out on the bed, following him, breaking the kiss to bury your face in the crook of his neck. His palms grip the tops of your thighs as you lay on his chest, your skin touching everywhere. He’s so warm and sturdy beneath you, you feel like you could stay like this forever, tucked into him, split open on his dick, nestled deep inside you without any effort. You breathe in and get hit with the scent of his skin, musky and sweet in a way that’s unique only to him and completely intoxicating to you.

You push your nose more greedily into the column of his neck, moaning as he starts rolling both of your hips together slowly. Like this, his abdomen provides the perfect firm muscle to grind your swollen pearl on, heightening your pleasure.

He bends his legs to provide himself with a little barrier so that when he pushes your hips down, they don’t have anywhere to go, forcing you to take his cock deeper. It prods at your cervix and forces hot chills over your body, your hands bracing on his shoulders helplessly as he does all of the work.

You inhale deeply as he grinds up into you, walls fluttering around him, eliciting a groan from his syrupy voice.

It sends a shiver through you and wanting to chase it, you flick your tongue out over his collarbone, licking along the flesh to taste him.

“Oh,” he grunts, sucking air through his teeth as you feel him twitch inside of you. Encouraged from his response, you do it again, closing your lips around the spot and sucking. A stuttered breath is pulled from him, your hold on his arms tightening.

Like this, you just feel so safe, so content. He’s all you could ever need. Sure, he’s insufferable sometimes and his personality goes overboard naturally, but he’s never too much for you. He’s serious when he needs to be and so sincere in his sweetness, in his affection—you don’t know what you’d do without him. You thank any god that might exist along with the stars that he survived, that he prevailed and that everything is fine now. Your chest swells with all of the gratitude in the world and it spills over.

“Satoru,” you breathe, feeling tears prick at your eyes, “I love you so much.”

You feel him swallow thickly as his hands rub comfortingly up and down the expanse of your back, kisses being pressed to the top of your head.

“Me too, baby,” he replies softly, voice slightly strained with the distraction of heat around his cock. “I feel the exact same way about you.”

You sigh shakily, littering sloppy, wet kisses over his neck, starting to roll your hips in time with his.

“I’m always gonna be here,” he continues between labored pants, “You…you can’t get rid of me. Mmh—you’re stuck with me for life.”

Your kisses begin to be accompanied by involuntary whimpers, the sensation of him locked inside of you along with his smooth skin rubbing against your sensitive bud starting to overwhelm you.

“I’m gonna…h-hah…love you so much you’ll be annoyed with me,” he continues, sucking air through his teeth, “oh fuck…so glad I have you. I really am.”

You sniffle, a watery smile spreading over your lips. A few tears escape your eyes but this time they’re of joy.

“I’m so glad you’re here,” you say with your entire soul.

“Nothing can keep me down for long,” he assures you, “I promise, okay? I promise.”

You nod against his neck, moaning when he speeds up, hands controlling your movements to meet him thrust for thrust.

“Sh-shit, Satoru,” you mewl, feeling your climax start to approach. His breathing gets heavier and more ragged, chest rising and falling so prominently that it jostles you on top of him, indicating that he’s just as wrecked as you are.

“Fuck, I’m close,” he exhales thinly, “Oh shit, shit, god you’re so tight…I’m gonna…”

You choke on a gasp, eyes squeezing shut. He always rambles when he’s nearing his finish, control on his words slipping, and you think it’s the hottest thing in the world.

“Ngh,” he gasps out, guiding you faster on top of him. You clench at the feeling, nearing the peak—“oh fuck, it’s gonna, it’s—a-ah, ah, fuck…”

You feel exactly when he cums, cock twitching hard as he spills against the entrance to your womb. The feeling of release pouring coupled with his incessant grinding on your mound pushes you to climax, a full body shudder taking over you as you tighten around his member.

He groans at the feeling, giving you another spurt of release, hands moving up to hug you close, pressing his cheek to your forehead.

“That was so good,” he breathes.

You nod in agreement, kissing his neck once more.

You know this is the part where you get off of him so you can clean up to get back to sleep, but you don’t want to move at all. You’re completely sated now, and the feeling of his softening cock inside of you is comforting. Undeniable proof that he’s right here with you in the form of a dull stretch in your core.

“Let’s stay like this,” you tell him, and he chuckles softly.

“It’s just that good, isn’t it?”

You snort softly, raising up to meet his eyes. “You’re such a little shit.”

His smile is lazy and mirthful. “Ah, but I’m your little shit. By law you have to deal with me forever, sorry.”

He shrugs in a way that indicates he’s not sorry at all, and your grin widens.

“I’m happy to deal with you forever.”

His beautiful face is radiant with the next smile he gives you, and when your lips meet in a soft kiss, you realize that all of the anxiety and fear that nightmare had left you with has been melted away.

Satoru is real, and he’s okay. He really isn’t going anywhere. He’s safe and warm and set to live a long and happy life by your side.

When the kiss ends you lay back down on his chest, and he takes to drawing invisible circles over your back with his fingertips, the steadiness of his breath, the sureness of his heartbeat, and his comforting scent all lulling you to a peaceful sleep with the promise of his presence tomorrow.

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A/N: I actually miss him so much to the point where it’s debilitating. I’m literally a widow at this point I might as well put a picture of him in a fuckin locket and wear it like he sent it in his last letter to me, like Gege u bitch that was our husband

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[glamrock-azbear]

My ✨Ruin✨ Experience (Story Spoilers, be forwarned)

Lobby

God damn Gregory, wasn’t enough to damage to animatronics you had to light the bitch ablaze too?

Ooo, HUD looking fine

Who needs a flashlight? I’ve got light up shoes!

Ah, yes, I remember breaking Chica’s ankles in this lobby…

Gregory kinda sounding sus

Okay, now super sus

Of course I’d have to go the long way around. If I were Gregory, I’d be at Roxy Raceway in half a minute (adjust crocs)

Cassie could’ve died counter: 1

Ladders are a really interesting addition… but the ability to look around concerns me

Vent… Tiny Music Man?

Cassie could’ve died counter: 2

Atrium Kitchen

This kitchen dirty af

Cassie could’ve died counter: 3

Chica there is no need—

Nevermind, she cool… for now

How’d this area get so messy? When the Pizzaplex crumbled there was nothing here

Welcome back to “Kids becoming technicians” Today’s guest: Cassie!

Two hands are better than one (Why didn’t you think of that Gregory?)

Backstage Area

Oh, hey, this looks familar… where’s Monty?

Oh sh—

Cassie could’ve died counter: 4

Found Monty BTW, me and the homies hate Monty now

Monty Golf

Lovely, 5 minutes in the Pizzaplex and not a single pizza, but I’m almost killed four times

I’m definitely down here with Monty, aren’t I?

Map Bot’s been rebranded, Map Bot will be missed 😔

I wish my virtual plushies were real

I refuse to believe an AR mask that should only let you see AR elements would allow someone to phase through objects

Must look super trippy to people observing from a different POV

“Look mom—” (Clips through wall)

Surprising the other animatronics are event still alive given it seems most charging stations have been decimated

Freddy’s probably still in Low Power Mode, unless Gregory jailbroke him

Gregory search history: How to jailbreak Freddy Fazbear

Of course the only surviving thing in all of Monty Golf would be the Monty Golf Arcade Game (I’m not telling you how long I played)

Can I take my chances with the electric door?

Something tells me a rabbit is behind all this…

So can Monty crawl through this area? I hope not, I’m not that fast

LSD jumpscare! Too bad I say “no” to drugs (takes off Vanni Mask)

Oh shit— Monty quiet af

What? I already deactivated the nodes so open up— Oh… I deactivated the Wet Floot Bot… oops

I don’t care that Monty crushed himself with a wood plank, I’m running and not looking back

The Daycare

So is Moon gonna be hunting me? Cause like none of the ending explicitly showed him being destoryed so—

Well there he is

Oh, he’s insane

And he’s Peter Pan

Can I get my free weapon now?

I’m surprised the Generators are still around

You know, if Gregory had a FazWrench, maybe he wouldn’t have to have gotten physical

So Eclipse is real? Check that off the list, now where’s Ballon Boy?

He really loves slamming them doors

One thing I’m grateful for is Moon not being a menace this time around

Theater

Ah shit— the night ticklers

Nu Uh— they give eye contact 💀

I thank the Basement for reminding me that the night ticklers are not to be trifled with

They killed Comedy Bot 😭

Vanny Cameo, she is literally getting more screentime than in SB here lol

Also damn, from another POV she was literally chasing Gregory in broad fluorescent light

Oh sh— he got m— wait it’s and Endo?

WTF happened?

Oh sh— oh it’s a giant Endo… welp, into the throat

Girl being dramatic for what

Bruh I can’t run—

Hm, so the Monty Carts still work… interesting

GASP— LORE!!!

Confirmed, Monty is the Band’s adopted child

Bonnie passed the torch fam— HE PASSED THE TORCH—

Oh yeah… the Pizzaplex is run down…

Monty Golf Catwalks

Cassie could’ve died counter: 5

And I’m back

Another Monty fight up here and Monty finna lose more than his bottom half this time

Navigating this area reminds me of something… (Insert ToTK Fire Temple)

Proof all comic endings were drawn by Gregory

Suddenly: Portal 2

The Pizzaplex is out to get Cassie— I’m convinced

Portals don’t transfer velocity do they?

Oh my—

Don’t rush me, Gregory, I’m doing the best I can (Misses another target)

“I’m sorry little one…” (Deactivates Wet Floor Bot)

Wait, if the Monty Cart I was riding in to get here derailed, then why isn’t this one?

Basement Kitchen

R. I. P. Pizzabot, he didn’t make it to Ruin

Chica’s Bakery

Chica in a silly, goofy mood 🤭

The cupcake does not approve of the vibe

Chica, honey, you’re being a bit too silly now

Ok, someone here is shitting battery acid all over the Pizzaplex and didn’t tell me, not cool dudes…

Cassie knows the drip must stay clean

Fire has done a number on Chica’s awareness

Chica’s Feeding Frenzy!

Server Room

Okay, so, where exactly am I?

Freddy Foreshadowing

So if I could take off the mask right now, what would I see.

How’s LSD Trap gonna be all big and do nothing

Roxy’s Salon

They really said “Feel free to play our arcade games! Just not princess quest…”

Oh shit— wait, so like after Roxy antagonized Gregory in the Afton Battle, she leaves and comes here?

Legit proof that when Roxy said “You have no friends” to Gregory, she meant it

This area is actually much better than its counterpart with all the staff bots

Yeah, “Gregory” saying not to get police or adults involved is sus

Absolutely valid reason to be mad but how would Roxy know Gregory took her eyes, what did she see him do it?

Apology accepted

She’s totally gonna save me later isn’t she

Sewers

Bruh, he’s a real gator now

You know, with how high I’ve seen that demon jump, I would’ve though jumping on a floating piece of debris would be nothing

Wait, so if he was in the water the whole time being a menace, then why did he die now?

Roxy Raceway

Ok but with this place in such a destroyed state, who’s to say I couldn’t just break the floor to the sinkhole?

Roxy!

Roxy no— I thought we were friends! 😭

Als what was that hitbox

Runaway go-kart—

Cassie could’ve died counter: 6

Bonnie Bowl

The Mystery Mix is gone 😫

So… we gonna work with Bonnie? That little show earlier feels like a sign 😏

Oop— Mini Music Man… looks like he’s gonna be here, but I mean I can step on one—

Oh… He joined a gang

And with amazing strategy I lure the gang away— and there’s still one here!

Ok fair, it’s more believable that it takes 3 to take down a child

Gasp— FredBonnie? In my Pizzaplex?!

They were sadistic for giving these robots feelings

Fazer Blast

Vanny’s hideout is wrecked

And they said “No Princess Quest!” again

What are the chances of me getting a FazerBlaster?

0 apparently…

There’s Daddy Deady

Wait— “Prototype?”

Mmm… so… yeah… that thing Freddy said about other Freddys… yeah… yikes

Ok but why tho—?

He got a present inside him

Yes, I tried to claim the present, didn’t work

Uh… wait, so he wasn’t real?

Oh lovely… the Mini Music Man’s back

Bruh, I was already out of the vent, how’d he kill me

Roxy Raceway Sinkhole

The Plushies show the future

That “Save me Cassie” sounding kinda skinwalker-y

Was there always a vent there?

Oh lord

Well to be fair, deactivating her seems to be the only real path, don’t think I can lift a forklift (I’m not forklift certified)

She probably can’t either (Roxy not looking too forklift certified either)

Ok, but, how did Roxy get pinned?

With all the destroyed locations, this area looks the least destroyed now

You know, with how weak the fence seemed, did we really need Monty’s claws?

How is the elevator back?

Holy shit, the legend— Candy Cadet!

Yep, that story checks out for potential skinwalker ending

Afton’s Lair

It be so wild to run into Afton’s corpse corpse here

Wonder if the Blob is still hanging around

Also now being in this side it’s actually strange that there’s working cameras and a flame button on the other side

So you’re telling me villainy is stronger the lower you go

Ooo— the boss fight—

Nevermind, he ded I guess

Haha! Now I’m forklift certified!

Gregory, I didn’t kill you with the Forklift did I?

Yep, definitely a skinwalker

Ooo— called it!

Also, hey, didn’t I deactivate you?

Cave

Yep, Fuck that

Ok but I’m still using the same walkie the fake was contacting me with so who’s to say there aren’t two fakes?

R. I. P. Roxy, hope you get to see Monty again

If I had my crocs in sports mode, I could total dust you

How do I know I can trust you (Goes opposite direction, find dead end) ok fair

Do I really have time for this?

So like where is Gregory contacting me from

Or even how?

Also another level to this place, what?

Oh, guess she just dead then

Oh fuck she’s fucking dead

So you’re telling me Chica and Eclipse are still alive

Y’all can’t do that— Roxy is too?

Wait, where’s Vanes/anny in all this mess?

[moonflowerdamie]

ok so i just watched volume 2. gonna tell you guys my thoughts because WHAT THE FUCK.

⚠️STRANGER THINGS V2 SPOILERS!!!!!⚠️

seriously. what. the fuck. did i just watch.

i have so many thoughts about ep 8 and 9 so i’m gonna try and condense them into lil sections for y’all so. here goes.

•brenner’s death•

-we were supposed to find it…sad? the death of the man who kidnapped and abused children for his own gain? yeah, nice fucking try duffers, with the ‘sad emotional music’. honestly i’m glad the fucker’s dead. one of the only good things to come out of vol 2.

•will and mike•

-i now understand why the duffers waited until after pride month to release the new eps because wtf??? they’ve built it up that will’s in love with mike the whole season (the whole damn show) and then he just…doesn’t say anything? sure he had that monologue where we all know he was talking about himself and not el but. he didn’t even come out to mike? or anybody for that matter. sure, the scene with jonathan is undeniable that jonny boy knows and accepts him and it was a really sweet scene, but it felt like a cop out. will didn’t ever actually confirm anything. fucking bullshit. william byers get behind me, i’ll protect you from the duffers this time.

•stancy•

-fuck ME i hated this storyline. i fucking HATED it. i’ve already spoken on here about why steve and nancy should never be romantic again, and the fact that the duffers tried to push that arc was bad enough but. also. did you guys clock how ooc steve was because of it??? like, he just starts spouting shit about wanting six kids and a perfect life to nancy, who just NEARLY DIED, and then does it again in the woods when robin runs off alone—completely ignoring her well-being and safety in favour of trying it on with nancy again. that’s so not the steve we know. the steve we know and love would never let robin run off alone, and he certainly wouldn’t be basically ambushing a girl with his fucking life plans that make no fucking sense. and if that all wasn’t bad enough, THE WHOLE PLOTLINE WAS IRRELEVANT ANYWAY. they don’t get together because nancy’s still with jonathan and it never gets addressed again. fucking idiotic storyline.

•jancy•

-ok so can we all agree that this ship has run its course? like, don’t get me wrong, they’ve been cute the past few seasons, and i wouldn’t hate it if they were endgame, but. come on. jonathan is STILL LYING TO HER about college, their plans clearly don’t align anymore and they just want different things in life. and i get it, it’s cute that the actors are dating in real life, but that shouldn’t be the only thing holding the ship together. i just think the duffers have made it clear throughout the season, then with that ending scene in vol 2 when jon and nancy are repairing hop’s cabin, that these two are going to inevitably part ways.

•jopper•

-one of the saving graces of these eps. they FINALLY kissed and it was sweet and cute and perfectly built up, in my opinion. joyce and hopper stay one of the best ships in the show.

•max•

-is she alive? is she dead? WHO KNOWS???!!? honestly the HORROR the duffers have put me through with her this season. it was fucking brutal having to watch her bones snap like that. i was honestly shaking, like holy shit. and then she died, and then she didn’t? hmm? what did el do that saved her? what consequences will that have??? so many unanswered questions. but, i will say this: sadie sink deserves a fucking emmy.

•ronance/vickie x robin•

-i am so beyond pissed at the duffers brothers for the shit they pulled with robin in these 2 eps. like, vickie’s not in the season except for one two minute scene in ep 1 and then they bring her back for the last ep? and yeah, her and robin could be cute i guess, but it felt so shoehorned in. like they clearly just shoved that scene in at the last minute to fill a diversity quota and makes me fucking ANGRY. the opportunity was there for robin to have a fully fleshed-out, meaningful, poignant romance with nancy. they’ve been together all season, they’ve grown closer, understood each other, looked out for each other. hell, i even thought the duffers might go there with that scene where robin grabs nancy’s hand outside the creel house. but no. because why give us an actually good wlw relationship when you can shove it to the side and give us absolutely crumbs of representation? bullshit.

•eddie’s death•

-tbh i was expecting him to die, and so i wasn’t shocked but. it felt very anticlimactic. like, the whole focus was on him dying a hero—but then he didn’t technically save anyone? he just…died? for seemingly no reason? and yeah, dustin’s reaction BROKE me, but like then nobody else ever mentions it? not even steve, robin or nancy, who have been with him the whole season. it just all felt so rushed. joe quinn, you did a great job man, and you deserved better writing.

•elmax•

-is it just me or did every one of max and el’s scenes together feel very…romantic? like, yeah they’re best friends who haven’t seen each other in a while, but all of their interactions were framed and built up to seem almost like lover’s reuniting? like they’re touching each other’s faces constantly when they first see each other again, max is looking at el’s lips, max’s ‘death’ involved el crying over her just as much as lucas. and when el visited her in the hospital everyone like made way for her as if she’s the most important person to max. am i going crazy here??? someone tell me they get what i’m trying to say. anyway, another saving grace of the season, elmax remains superior.

•the ending•

-i actually think the ending was pretty cool. like it sets up a vastly different, darker and more epic final season. we actually saw the battle with the upside down and vecna having disastrous effects on hawkins. and i thought the return of the mind flayer actually was kinda cool, and the way everything was explained was pretty good. but, after these 2 eps, i’m not sure i trust the duffer brothers with another season. well. we’ll see what happens i guess.

overall, volume 2 was a let-down. ooc characters, messily wrapped up plot lines, shoved in, shitty representation. it all felt rushed and like the duffers kinda gave up halfway through. highlights of the eps include: the jopper kiss, elmax, robin grabbing nancy’s hand when she was scared, hopper beheading a demogorgan, eddie playing guitar, erica kicking that one guy in the balls and natalia dyer, noah schnapp, caleb mclaughlin, millie bobby brown and sadie sink’s acting.

what did you guys think?

[facewithoutheart]

Today in fics I’m never going to write but keep thinking about: Baz getting hit with amnesia shortly before the events of WS and being told he’s dating some guy with wings and a tail who never gets off the sofa. And he’s like, “Yeah I don’t see it,” which is kind of heartbreaking but also kind of a giant release of pressure for Simon because, “Oh he doesn’t know what I’ve lost,” and they become tentative friends. Baz of course loves Penny and they nerd out trying to figure out what’s caused Baz’s amnesia. There’s no real incentive for Baz to get his memories back except, “They’re my memories, Simon. Don’t you think I’m owed them?” To which Simon just smiles sadly and misses the way Baz used to call him Snow. But it’s fine! Honestly! Simon keeps downplaying what they had. Telling little stories like, “Oh that’s the time you spelled my laptop shut nbd,” and, “Yeah I got locked out in the cold all night but the stars were really pretty,” and Baz is like… and you dated me??? But there’s also moments where Simon explains he broke Baz’s nose and tried to out him as a vampire, and Baz just doesn’t get it, them, at all.

Except… okay so maybe it hasn’t escaped Baz’s notice how attractive Simon is. And there are moments when he gets off the couch that he’s shockingly funny, and sweet. He sometimes slips into quiet but Baz has started to piece together what’s happened and maybe that makes sense. It’s not like he has anything to say, either. “What would I have to offer in conversation, Simon? I barely even know my own name.” And they sit together on the sofa and watch television. It’s… something.

Insert a bit of Baz spiral with Baz wondering, “is this what made me fall? Is this?” As he keeps looking for the spark, the reason, the moment he fell for Simon Snow.

I’m not sure what the conflict is here. Maybe Baz overhears Dr. Wellbelove talking to Simon about the Mage? Maybe there’s a Fiona intervention? A Malcolm one? But at some point there’s some big argument where Baz confronts Simon and they’re screaming at each other and then Baz bursts into laughter. And Simon’s like wtf Baz but Baz can’t stop laughing because of course this is it. Of course this is when he falls for Simon. When they’re screaming at each other.

But it’s not that, is it? It’s every time Simon smiled, and every time something on the television made him laugh and Simon’s first reaction is to look at Baz. And it’s how he teases Penny and hasn’t pressured Baz to get his memories back. Just accepts him as he is. Helps him hunt. Maybe yells at Fiona to back off when Baz doesn’t get his memories back fast enough. It’s how Simon Snow is alive, alive, alive, he’s full of life and that’s when it all comes rushing back. All of his memories falling like rain all over Baz; not a flood but a cleansing. It’s not overwhelming to love Simon it’s never been and having this outside perspective on who Simon is and what he’s been through independent of Baz’s issues has reminded Baz of what he’s fighting for.

Baz finally stops laughing. He walks over to Simon, presses both hands to his cheeks, says, “Snow,” then kisses him. And of course Baz hasn’t called Simon “Snow” this whole time so Simon knows Baz’s memories are back.

Ok and insert more angst: Simon immediately pushes Baz off and walks out their door. Because it’s been easy letting Baz in hasn’t it? He didn’t know what Simon lost. Who he used to be. He finally understood, didn’t he? The arsehole… ever since Baz lost his memories he knew better. He knew what Simon had always known: that Simon is nothing. Not the Chosen One, not even a mage. God not even Normal. Just a chewed up bit of empty space with wings and a tail. A freak. Wasn’t it nice, getting to know Baz without any of that history? Without any of the pressure? I mean sure sometimes Simon wanted to pounce on him and snog him senseless or hold his hand when the movie they were watching got scary. And Baz kept doing things for Simon like getting him the brand of cider he likes best and making sandwiches for him when he forgot to eat. And spending time with him without huffing about how Simon was wasting his life and not looking at Simon like he could see who used to be there: someone. Someone who mattered. And that’s what it’s gonna be now, right? More pointed looks and disappointed smiles and knowing, always knowing and never saying that Baz is too good for him.

Didn’t he know Simon Snow was meant to be alone?

Oooh okay maybe Simon just like, rage runs back to the flat and slams open the door and is like, “How dare you?” But he’s not even sure what he’s saying. He’s not even sure what he’s thinking. All he knows is that he wants Baz, any version of Baz, even the one who thinks he’s wasting his life because of course he’s missed that. He liked sitting next to Baz and watching shows and not feeling any pressure but god the way he felt when Baz was screaming at him. Simon’s got wings but he never feels like he can fly without Baz, next to him. Pushing him.

Because if Simon is alive alive alive it’s only because Baz makes him want to be. Baz has always been Simon’s reason, even when things were…

And then Simon’s kissing Baz, and Baz is kissing back, and maybe Simon can keep this. Maybe he can choose this.

Maybe he can try.

[symphonyofsilence]

Here’s an AU that’s been stuck in my head for a long while (it entirely fucks up the magic system of MDZS, and borrows two elements from SVSSS):

the instructions for the summoning ritual, from Jin Guangyao’s room to Mo Xuanyu’s hand, get mixed up. He completes the rituals. He’s sure he did everything right. Step by step. By all evidence, it must’ve worked. So why was he still alive & well?

Miles away, in an inn in Dafan Mountain, Wei Wuxian wakes up in a body that’s wearing all purple. And has Zidian on his right hand. Panicked, WWX calls: “Jiang Cheng! Jiang Cheng!” and jumps up to find a mirror. He knows he hasn’t possessed Jiang Cheng. So why would he be in his body? all the while he keeps frantically calling Jiang Cheng’s name.

It takes several moments for JC to come to himself...as much as he COULD come to himself when he's lost control of his own body, & hears WWX’s panicked voice in his mind. All of this could have just been a sleep paralysis or something (except that he knows he wasn't sleeping. He was doing paperwork)...but then he hears his own voice calling his own name as his body takes the liberty to jump up & start searching the room.

Then comes the answer to WWX’s frantic calling from inside of his mind: “Wei Wuxian?!”

WWX lets out a breath of relief: “Ah...thank fuck! Jiang Cheng! You’re alive!”

JC answers furiously: “AND YOU COULDN’T STAY DEAD WHILE THERE WAS A MEMBER OF THIS FAMILY STILL ALIVE! YOU HAVE TO PERSONALLY COME BACK FROM THE DEAD TO CHANGE THAT!”

“If you’re still alive, then why am I here?!”

“WEI WUXIAN! YOU DARE TO POSSESS ME AND THEN ASK ME WHY I’M NOT DEAD ENOUGH?!”

“FFS! I didn’t possess you, Jiang Cheng! Would I be like THIS if I had possessed you?!”

“well then, use Zidian!”

“Use Zidi-Jiang Cheng! WTF! Don’t be so rash! beating ME with Zidian would be beating YOU with Zidian!”

“HANG ME with Zidian if it would get you out of me!”

“get me out of-...?OH! Ooooh! You’re right! Zidian does do that!...wait...how do you use this thing?”

WWX finally gets Zidian going (and is lucky that JC stops him before he fries them both with too much voltage within his first few seconds in JC’s body). and it doesn’t work. they’re still stuck.

WWX can’t think of any reason why this would have happened.

at the Mo Manor, MXY comes to the conclusion that perhaps he has summoned the Yiling Patriarch, but not into his own body. He has let him lose and now Yiling Laozu is seeking revenge for himself! MXY thinks that the person Yiling Laozu would most likely want to seek revenge upon would be his murderer and brother, Young Sect Leader Jiang. He has to inform him that his life is in danger. But with what he hears of Jiang-Zongzhu’s attitude toward demonic Cultivators, and people who even utter Yiling Laozu’s name, he doesn’t dare to approach him with the information that he not only has performed a demonic ritual specifically to summon the Yiling Patriarch, but he has put Jiang-Zongzhu’s life in danger, too! But on the other hand, if WWX doesn’t fulfill MXY’s wish. MXY’s soul might be forever destroyed, never to get reincarnated! Finally, after giving it much thought, MXY decides that he can try approaching his nephew, Jin Ling, and tell him that his Jiujiu might be in grave danger, and if they see WWX, tell him to come to Mo Village, and then MXY will run before JL comes for his life & JC even sees him, and he won’t be there for when JL tells these to his uncle. So, taking Lil’ Apple, he gets on his way to Dafan Mountain.

WWX is convinced that he can do a very good JC impression. But the problem is that at all times, it seems like Jiang-Zongzhu is doing a Jiang-Zongzhu impression. And also he’s holding back laughter. JC keeps nagging him in his head. when they’re not fighting (which is rarely. But fighting 24/7 in your own head, even for them, gets exhausting), back into the habit, WWX finds ways to tease and annoy JC. In his first life, he was exactly one (1) cm taller than JC, and he never lets it go. He takes any opportunity to say that “If I was in my previous tall body...” “If I had my 0.03125 chi...” “Life from down here...”.

JC’s head disciple, whoever they are, is WWX’s new nemesis. they’re his new JZX. Poor thing has no idea why they’re suddenly so out of favor with Jiang-Zongzhu. They were fine an hour ago. they think that Jiang-Zongzhu might just be in a bad mood. But no, they’re the only one getting this treatment. Others even say that Jiang-Zongzhu behaves lighter than usual. Occasionally, WWX snaps back at others with one of JC’s zingers™️ & then they temporarily forget the angst & drama between them as JC is like “You know what would have been better?” and WWX either agrees & is like “Oh, you should have said it back then!” or insists that his comeback was better. either way, they keep coming up with better and better comebacks for the next hour. When they’re trying to sleep suddenly one of them comes up with a very good one.

It doesn’t take 3 seconds for JL to realize that that’s not his Jiujiu. WWX explains to him that he too has no idea wtf he’s doing here (while JC in WWX's mind sneers that this would imply that he has any idea what he’s doing at other times) & he’s really trying to find a way out of his uncle’s body. He wisely withholds information about who he is. And also acts as a messenger between JC & JL. Who first and foremost, tells the brat to get a grip! Everything is under control. (It’s not)

During the night- hunt, When one of the sect leaders was going on about something that didn't interest LWJ, he thinks he saw Jiang Wanyin rubbing his nose in thought. Which is something that he has never seen him do. BUT YOU KNOW WHO DID?! It does happen that 2 people who are close to each other would occasionally pick each other’s habit. But 13/16 years after Wei Wuxian’s death?! Unlikely! The next weird thing he noticed is that when Sect Leader Yao was talking, he’s sure he saw Jiang Wanyin trying to hold back laughter in the exact same way that WWX used to do. Then, when he turns to sneak a peek at this peculiar behavior again, he catches Jiang Wanyin already looking at him, but not in the way that a Jiang Wanyin would ever look at LWJ. And! For a second it looks like he’s going to break into a smile but then he immediately looks away. And it doesn’t just end there. When one of the sect leaders that LWJ has seen talking to JWY hundreds of times before goes to talk to him, for a second there is a blank, confused look on his face as though he doesn’t recognize him. So, when LWJ catches him sneaking out of his room at the inn at night, suspiciously holding a flute in hand, he follows him. (it’s optional whether the flute is Chenqing or not. ‘cause, on one hand, I don’t know if JC would carry Chenqing with him at all times, so I think it would be in the Lotus Pier, but on the other hand, he did carry WQ’s comb with him everywhere. so...)

he didn’t know JWY could play the flute. or would if he could. he follows him to the depth of the woods, where there’s no one else but them. then, JWY starts playing the flute. it’s two or three songs that LWJ doesn’t know but have familiar compositions. And then, he plays a familiar one. Suddenly the leaves rattle and there comes a sound of chains and a man with the pale face of the dead, disheveled hair & wearing all black approaches. it’s the ghost general! a few moments of astonishment on JWY’s face pass and then he examines the ghost general and pulls something out from behind his head. But what’s more, is that he starts arguing with someone that is not Wen Ning who stands silently. LWJ catches sight of Zidian crackling for a short second on his hand. and then he hears clearly:” Jiang Cheng! CALM DOWN FOR A SECOND WOULD YOU?! Don’t you think it’s strange that Wen Ning is ALIVE when he should have been dead over a decade ago?! Don’t you want to get to the bottom of this?!”

LWJ thinks he knows what’s happened. he’s so overcome with the newfound knowledge that he slightly moves and straightens himself. his guan touches some leaves and the noise catches WWX & WN’s attention. WWX quickly sends WN off and then he turns to go, too. As he goes he erases any doubts that might have been about Jiang Wanyin being possessed by starting to sing in a quiet voice. he reasons “Well, Jiang Cheng, it’s either pretending that you were singing OR looking like you were talking to yourself AND the ghost general! Which is it gonna be?” and “Jiang Cheng! You’ve got such a nice voice! why do you never sing? I’m not gonna stop singing!”

WHY WAS THE UNIVERSE TESTING LAN WANGJI!! IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE! ANY RANDOM PERSON! WHY WOULD HE COME BACK IN JIANG WANYIN'S BODY?! LWJ would see JWY & his blood would boil! He who had never had a single problem with his own brother in his life had the Cain instinct toward his brother-in-law. He would see WWX's expressions on JWY's face and he could SEE WWX behind JWY's face & his heart would miss a bit & the sun would shine brighter for a second before it registered that the expression is on JWY's face. It looks wrong and weird & it would give LWJ cognitive dissonance.

At Dafan Mountain, the Juniors think that Jiang-Zongzhu has had a qi deviation when he takes the time to explain to them how he figured out what the dancing maiden is, even engaging them in the conversation, while frantically searching for the young mistress. 

when he finally gets to Jin Ling and has to save him, WWX of course goes to hastily make a bamboo flute, but then he suddenly sees Zidian on his hand. JC yells inside his head to use it. But it’s only after he turns it into the lightning whip that he realizes he doesn’t really know how to use it. That spinning around and exactly hitting the target or using it as a lasso without wiping out everyone else in a close radius or even hitting yourself and controlling the voltage really needs practice, “Wrap it around her and pull. Wei Wuxian! what are you waiting for!” “How do you use this thing!”. Panic is creeping inside when he suddenly blacks out. and when he comes to himself, he’s standing over the shattered statue on the ground, Zidian in hand and around the statue, as the dust slowly settles. except that HE’s not the one standing! Jiang Cheng is! WWX is not the one controlling the body! JC has taken over by sheer protective Jiujiu power.

For the very first time, Jin Ling lights up when he gets a scolding from his uncle. ‘cause yeah that’s definitely his uncle!

And it’s here that they realize that JC can take over the body, too. And new war wages on.

Both of them know that WWX needs to take over the body to do his investigations and dark magic stuff on what's gone wrong that they’ve ended up like this, and what can they do to fix it. And that JC needs to take over in political and overall sect leader situations. And because demonic cultivation is harmful to body and mind, and WWX, JYL & JZX have all already died because of WWX’s demonic cultivation, WWX would really rather not risk Shidi’s life, too. So as much as WWX enjoys finally being able to fight with a sword again if the situation gets too serious, he agrees that JC would better be able to fight, both because he can use Zidian and, WWX is out of practice with the sword (But he starts to practice with both sword and Zidian. and he's LIVING! Even though JC would greatly amuse himself with WWX’s fails at wielding Zidian, he would give him helpful tips, too.) But both of them would say that “Once you take over, you’d never give control back to me! I’m not giving it to you!”

LWJ unnecessarily rushes to protect the Yunmeng bros thrice. 2/3 time he meets JC’s incredulous rage. One time it’s a very impressed and grateful WWX, LWJ just quietly follows them around to help in any way he can anytime he can. JC is super annoyed, and suspicious that LWJ knows. and WWX is stressed ‘cause LWJ knows both of them. How long can he fool him? Until LWJ finally calls “Wei Ying” and everything makes sense.

Since WWX is currently residing in his Shidi’s body, LWJ is spared the emotional torment of thinking that WWX is abusing and making fun of his love and devotion by harassing him.

On the other hand, WWX is made bluntly aware of LWJ’s feelings for him from the very first moment their eyes linger on each other for 0.05 seconds via JC’s very helpful gross-out, screaming, scolding, furious, outraged, and indignant commentary. “STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT!” “STOP GIVING HIM SMILES AND HEART EYES LIKE AN IDIOT, WEI WUXIAN!” “OKAY, THAT’S ENOUGH LOOKING INTO PEOPLE’S EYES! TIME-OUT!” “I SWEAR IF YOU TAKE ONE MORE STEP TOWARDS HIM!” “I SWEAR IF HE GETS ONE CHI CLOSER!”

things like jumping down a tree in Yunmeng to see if LWJ would catch him are definitely out of the question, but not even making heart eyes at each other is without its obstacles with JC screaming in his head. (while WWX insists that they’re NOT making heart eyes. They're just making eye contact. Shut up, JC!)

Soon, MXY arrives at Dafan Mountain and finds JL, who is arguing with the Lan Juniors and Ouyang Zizhen and wants to talk to him privately. JL snaps that he doesn’t have anything with MXY to talk about privately. If he has something to say, say it here. And MXY thinks that it’s better actually. The Lan kids are good kids. If JL wants to eradicate him after hearing what’s happened, they’d stop him. So he tells his tale. when it’s finished, all of the Juniors just gape at him. MXY turns his head and freezes when he sees Sect Leader Jiang staring aghast at him with Hanguang-Jun by his side. all the wide eyes of the Juniors turn from MXY to Jiang-Zongzhu. As expected, Zidian starts to crackle on his right hand. But then, very unexpectedly, his left hand holds his right hand and tries to stop him. Not the way Jiang-Zongzhu usually stops touching Zidian and calms himself down. But he looks like he’s actually fighting himself! Then, JL who finally knows WWX is inside his uncle’s body jumps up and says: “You,,,!” but he can’t do anything to WWX without hurting his Jiujiu. But all the Juniors know that JL would never shout at his Jiujiu like that, they think they finally know what’s with Sect Leader Jiang’s “qi deviation”. that...actually...explains a lot.

MXY pales and starts to run, but is caught by WWX. WWX asks him what he’s exactly done. MXY explains the ritual step by step. WWX can say what drafts have mixed up to result in this. But he has no idea what to do now. because those drafts were never supposed to mix up. he guesses that the reason he’s in JC’s body must be related to his golden core that is inside JC. But he can’t say that to him. He instead tells JC that it must be due to...some unfinished business between them, to which JC replies that his unfinished business with WWX is that he hasn’t finished WWX. MXY then starts to beg WWX to take revenge for him because otherwise both MXY and WWX’s souls would be forever destroyed. Never to get reincarnated. Hearing this, JC panics. And immediately decides that they’re gonna get that goddamn revenge. At worst, they’ll get stuck together in his body until one of them dies and the other gets the body for himself. Of course, he would bring up a thousand excuses for why he agrees with this revenge plot, instead of telling WWX that he’s scared for his soul. It’s here that the Lan Juniors ask if MXY is talking about his aunt and uncle and cousin. Upon his affirmation, they tell him that they’re already dead. And explain what’s happened in the Mo Manor with the cursed hand. WWX is curious about that hand thing. But JC says that the GusuLan Sect gotta be able to handle one angry hand. It’s none of their business. He’s got a sect to run. The Lans say it’ll be good if they can visit and take a look. JL is kinda curious, too. But he’d never agree with WWX on any matter. So, he feigns extreme disinterest. “What about Young Master Mo?” Lan Sizhui asks. “What about him? Doesn’t the lunatic inherit the leadership of the Mo clan?” JC thinks. But doesn’t say anything, because he’s very, VERY crossed with MXY. To his surprise, nobody else points this out. The Lans decide that they’re taking MXY to Gusu to give him another chance at cultivation.

Days later, WWX bullies JC every second of every day to the point that he decides to let him have a look at the accursed angry hand. He’s extra bitter because he knows that WWX’s excitement has less to do with the hand, and more to do with seeing Hanguang-Jun.

They get there with JL and some of the Jiang Disciples. After that, when the hand points in a direction, and WWX guesses that’s where we should go, JC says that that’s where “the Lans” should go. “we” are going to Qinghe to night hunt. Here was your fucking angry hand! you had your look! we’re going now!

and so they do, they depart at the same time as LWJ. Awkwardly for JC & LWJ, & To WWX’s delight (AND LWJ’s), it turns out that they’re going the same way for the first few miles. And the next few miles. then it turns out that the hand was pointing to Qinghe. Of course, JC thinks that even if they were crossing the narrowest road in the world only two could pass, and there was no other way, and all around them was on fire, no contact with Hanguang-Jun would still be necessary. But WWX & LWJ beg to differ. WWX annoys LWJ every chance he gets (or creates. these moments annoy both JC & LWJ, and LWJ might not be as fun as he used to be, but JC doesn’t disappoint. So WWX doubly enjoys himself), while JC avoids him like the plague. So one-moment LWJ is definitely-not-getting-hit-on-by-WWX-shut-up-JC! while another moment he comes face to face with a very disgusted and annoyed JC who immediately takes his leave. And those moments when JC & LWJ suddenly find themselves gazing into each other’s eyes are THE MOST AWKWARD and cringe-inducing moments ever. LWJ wonders if the universe is testing his love by making WWX come back inside JWY’s body. And thus, the poor YMJ head disciple is not the only one who gets whiplashes from seemingly one purple man.

LWJ only gains some face with JC when he helps them save JL from inside the wall of the soul-eating stone castle. and then immediately loses that face when he takes the liberty to examine the curse mark on his leg. JC decides that WWX has disgraced him enough for a day- or a lifetime, and starts fighting with him over controlling the body. once the fight starts, it doesn’t stop until they reach NHS’ inn, when they pause to see exactly where they are WWX seizes the moment to take control of the body. But after the door opens for him to see NHS, he realizes that it was really better if JC had control of the body because NHS knows both him & JC. He might doubt things. But WWX has some specific questions to ask NHS and has his own interrogation method. It won’t work if JC has to pause every second for WWX to dictate to him what to ask. NHS wouldn’t be scared. Well, that and WWX can’t just now hand the body to JC after such a hard-won victory.

NHS already finds it strange that MXY who was supposed to be WWX left the Mo Manor without even seeing the cursed hand. Could it be that MXY in his letter wasn’t clear enough about who are exactly the targets of his revenge? but he read MXY’s journal and it seemed clear. NHS doesn’t remember Wei-Xiong to be so dense. could it be that he was so uninterested in returning to life that he wanted to destroy his own soul? MXY going to Lotus Pier and the CR was expected, but what wasn’t expected was him not being on the mission to Qinghe with HGJ. Likewise, Jiang-Xiong following JL to the stone castle wasn’t unexpected, and his meeting with HGJ there wasn’t out of the realm of possibility either, but what was strange was that, since when had HGJ and Jiang-Xiong grown so close? Jiang-Xiong has visited the CR! he came with HGJ to Qinghe from the CR! NHS was sure that before, neither of the two would piss on the other if the other was on fire. But now they were sitting here, talking in complete harmony. strangely. Jiang-Xiong helps himself to a drink in the middle of the conversation and HGJ gives him another drink when that's finished?! Very odd. Also, Jiang-Xiong’s scowl looks forced. As if he has to remind himself to scowl when previously scowling came as naturally to Jiang-Xiong as breathing. He's pretty sure he saw the slightest shadow of a cold smirk once, which was not something that Jiang-Xiong would do. He felt like he saw him stopping himself from doing that again. And he looks more cold than furious as Jiang-Xiong would have been. And the interrogation method and the way of talking are familiar, but not Jiang-Xiong’s. He also shows interest in NHS’s fans, which Jiang-Xiong would never do. Most people assume that Jiang-Xoing is very confident, not NHS though, he knows that is a mask for his extreme insecurity, but even people who believed that he’s confident, seeing him now, would understand what confidence really looked like. And it didn’t look like Jiang-Xiong. After leaving them, NHS eavesdrops for a few seconds, and as expected hears HGJ arguing with WWX over letting him examine a curse mark apparently. What he doesn’t expect to hear is HGJ also arguing with JWY!-with a very different tone- over the same thing! He then hears Flute-playing from the room, and he knows he's fucked. His plan would never fall into motion with Jiang-Xiong & Wei-Xiong occupying the same body! If WWX said let’s go right, JC would say no we’re going left even if his destination was at the right and there was no road on the left! NHS has to do some quick thinking. During his research on how to bring back Wei-Xiong, he had read something about a certain “The Sun and Moon Dew Flower Seed” which would grow a body for a homeless soul. NHS doesn’t know how WWX is going to extract his soul from his shidi’s body while making sure that he won’t hurt JC or it won’t be JC’s soul, or both of them transferring to the new body. But he trusts he will find a way. Growing the body will take time. But NHS thinks that either by that time, they have trapped JGY, or if they haven’t, well at least they will then. in the meantime, Huaisang will do what he can to speed them up. So, NHS will visit Er-ge crying that a vicious ghost has appeared in Qinghe and NHS remembers that he has previously read about the way to deal with it in a book in the CR’s library. and when he made it to the library, he will slip in the book about “The Sun and Moon Dew Flower Seed” among the other books. If all goes according to plan, soon WWX and LWJ will have to visit the library to find the method that JGY has used to kill Da-ge. They’ll find the book then. NHS is pretty sure that HGJ is even more eager than WWX to separate him from JC.

JC already has to get on board with the goddamn wanker hand investigations since WWX claimed that the only way to remove the curse mark was to find all the pieces of the corpse, and if the curse mark wasn’t removed it would kill once it reached the heart, but things get really personal for JC when one night, they can’t sleep with Fairy’s constant barking, and on the morning, they hear a scream, and turns out that somebody has nailed a dead cat at the top of JL’s door. Somebody is deliberately messing with JL, and all JC knows is that he now has a corpse to nail at the top of some door. 

So the group of WWX/JC, LWJ, WN, the Juniors but now with the addition of some mouthy YMJ disciples to cause even more pointless arguments with LJY and JL, and MXY who now has made some small progress at cultivation and made some friends with the Lans embarked on their investigations. JC and WWX have to split time between JC’s sect leader things and WWX’s detective things, but WWX would be damned to cut his sleep short. So, no matter how late into the night JC wants to stay awake and how soon he gets up and starts screaming at WWX, WWX is going to get his 9 hours of sleep, and like it or not, so is JC. And they don’t always fight. Mostly they fight, but sometimes they just bicker. And reminisce, and help each other make fashion choices. Sometimes it’s just “Oh, that bakery is still there?” “Yeah. It’s that kind baker’s son now.” “Oh, that kid grew up!” Or “What happened to that water ghoul that that grumpy farmer preferred to us?” or “You know eating what would be just perfect now?”(whether WWX finds a mahogany woman comb in JC’s things and never stops pestering him is optional)

At Jinlintai, with the information JGY got from Yi City via Su Minshan, this whole new bestie situation between WangJi and Sect Leader Jiang, and rumors about Sect Leader Jiang’s recent strange behavior, he would probably guess what’s happened. And things wouldn’t have been so easy for JGY with JC being WWX instead of MXY. He can’t just accuse Jiang-Zongzhu of conspiring against him and go for an attack, hoping that WWX would go on the defensive and without a weapon would pick up Suibian and unsheathe it, so JGY can pull an uno reverse card. Because he and Jiang-Zongzhu don't have any previous grievances or any problems at all. In fact, they have a very good relationship. Jiang-Zongzhu supports LanlingJin Clan’s interests because that would guarantee JL’s future. And he's usually careful not to cause diplomatic incidents with other sects. He doesn't have many enemies. And JGY can’t just attack Jiang-Zongzhu without causing a full-blown war among the sects. And JGY’s heir, JL would get a lot of unnecessary burns here. And anyway, that would be a really pointless attack, because JGY’s pretty sure that Sect Leader Jiang doesn’t even go to bed without Zidian and Sandu on him. Why would he draw Suibian? (and that’s if anyone even gets to the sect leader before being torn to shreds by his disciples). and asking the others to hand in their weapons before entering his room would look too much like an ambush. The crowd would turn against him without even getting into the room. JGY could still frame some other sect leader that he’s had problems with, but fabricating evidence would take the time that he isn’t sure he has on his hands, and without evidence, a war among sects would begin. So. JGY instead of attacking JC, explains to the audience that he’s been shocked to have recently heard of Sect Leader Jiang doing some unorthodox method of cultivation that is way beneath him and is especially far from the righteous, venerable Jiang-Zongzhu who so openly despises these abhorrent methods and has opposed them for years and that JGY had some manuscripts of a spirit summoning rituals that he’s noticed are now missing. He remembers that his brother MXY has caught sight of them. But the thing is that different pages of different copies are missing. So if MXY has indeed done the ritual to summon WWX, it must have gone wrong. JGY then explains that he’s been holding his tongue and waiting for further evidence because he would never want to jump to conclusions and tarnish the honorable Sect Leader Jiang’s impeccable reputation. But now, with someone clearly plotting against the Chief Cultivator and the Jin Sect in general, the honorable Sect leader Jiang must understand that the safety of Jianghu is at stake. There’s a simple way to find out if Yiling Laozu has committed yet another crime against the great YMJ Clan and has possessed the brother he’s betrayed. If Jiang-Zongzhu can’t pull Yiling Laozu’s sealed sword out of its sheath, then JGY wholeheartedly apologizes for his insolence and puts an immediate stop to the outrageous rumors going around about the noble Jiang-Zongzhu’s involvement in Demonic Cultivation. Cornered like this, whether JC unsheathes the sword, or refuses to do so, both would give them away. The YMJ sect, JL, LWJ, and JC act very offended and put up resistance. In the end, LXC intervenes by saying that if Jiang-Zongzhu will honor them with a visit to the CR, the GusuLan Sect has methods of checking for possession and for exorcism by music and all. both SMS and JGY strongly suspect him of bullshitting. JGY does his “looking from under his eyelashes at Er-ge and batting his eyelashes like a Disney princess” thing and tells him “But Er-ge, how is this necessary when such an easy method is right here to put our minds at ease once and for all right here?” But JC continues to be offended and says that there is no way he’d do this demeaning thing. So, off to the CR, it is.

Luckily for them, they find the book NHS has planted there and WWX thinks he can find a way to transfer his soul to the new body without hurting JC. Unluckily for everyone else, Jiang-Zongzhu is really pissed and is giving everyone a hard time. Unluckily for JC, LWJ & WWX are really hitting it and LXC is wingmanning.  

The Burial Mounds happen pretty much the same. except that JC will still have his meridians at max power (This time, JGY visits the CR to ask about the progress of the Lans investigations and claims that WWX has already put his evil plan in motion when he got caught), and when WWX does his spirit-attracting flag thing both he and JC can kick ass with Zidian and Sandu, and let’s say they Dual wield with Suibian that LWJ brought with him. and also lots and lots of confusing switches between JC and WWX happen in the middle of the conversations. some might have lots of “who exactly am I talking to RN?” moments but those who even once had talked to JC know that the one who is permanently scowling and is in constant bitch mode, is Jiang-Zongzhu.

JC is definitely still very hostile with WN and MXY. Especially WN. But now that he had to constantly put up with them for a long while because of WWX, he’s used to them being around. He’s still hostile and they know to avoid him when he’s in control of the body, but it’s toned down. Like, it’s less “hostile towards a nemesis” situation and more “hostile towards a loathed neighbour” one. But on the night of the Guanyin Temple, when he feels things starting to get heated between LWJ and WWX, JC wrestles with WWX and can take control from him for a few moments enough to call WN and MXY to their room. then the four of them sit awkwardly in silence in a row staring at the wall in front of them. There’s a lot of tension between LWJ & WWX, any attempts at conversation by MXY are met with complete and embarrassing failure and he ceases trying, and JC and WWX fight in their minds. In the end, the atmosphere is so thick that they decide they might as well go to raid the temple right now.

JGY and LXC clearly don’t expect WWX to have been sleeping with LWJ while he resides in his brother’s body, and furthermore, he arrives with LWJ, so that conversation doesn’t happen. the fight with JC also doesn’t happen since he’s already there. Also, when Fairy comes and WWX hides behind LWJ, he does the thing that he usually does when Fairy is nearby, or he hears dogs barking, which is to leave the body to JC, and when JC sees LWJ protecting him from Fairy he's like “what do you think you’re doing?” and they start fighting and so, too busy fighting among themselves they don’t really talk that much with JGY. with that time saved when JGY tells SMS that they’re leaving after he’s done mentally scarring WWX and JC, he doesn’t have to go back to seal LXC’s powers again. He just says bye-bye to LXC and JL, and then to MXY- who was really worried for JGY when he got infected by poison and is very sad about what's happening to JGY, and still clearly hero-worships him but doesn’t look obsessed like before- he says: “Xuanyu, I’m glad you’re still here.” and leaves. MXY smiles. Upon hearing this, Jiang Cheng really wishes that he could look at Wei Wuxian.

LXC, LJ, and NHS didn’t get the closure they wanted. LXC needed answers. NHS needed San-ge dead. But both of them know that it's impossible to find one small man who's excellent at hiding in Dongying. But just in case, they both start quietly learning Japanese.

When all the shitstorm is behind JGY and he has time to think, he puts the puzzle pieces together. Inside the coffin was Da-ge’s sewed-together body. Who would have the most motivation to want to bring down JGY AND put Da-ge’s body in place of his mother’s? Who had the power and resources to get this much information about his past and bribe people? Who was the one who distracted him in the discussion conference so Qin Su could get that letter? Who was the one who was at Guanyin Temple that night without any reason?

So, a while later, LXC receives a letter that tells him to beware of Nie Huaisang. He’s not who he pretends to be. The letter also contains a list of people who may cause trouble for Jin Ling’s position as the Sect Leader of LanlingJin, inside and outside of the sect. It also has instructions for how to deal with them. and some general instructions for JL.

This kind of letter is nostalgic for LXC. With a now very bittersweet feeling, it reminds him of the Sunshot campaign. He really needs to see A-Yao. there are so many things left unanswered. After LXC does something about this information, he decides that the Sender’s address on this letter is his best lead. He decides that he’s going to Dongying.

NHS had guessed that if San-ge wanted to get in touch with anyone it would have been LXC. So he had LXC under watch. When he realizes that Er-ge wants to travel to Dongying, he says that he too, could really use a vacation, so why not go together? And before LXC can object, he invites himself and gets on board. And every step of the day he follows LXC like a shadow. LXC’s pretty sure that NHS doesn’t wake up at 4 A.M. So, one day he goes to visit the address on the letter as soon as he wakes up. As he had guessed, JGY isn’t there. LXC starts asking after JGY every day before NHS wakes up. Or at moments when he thinks NHS is momentarily distracted. But to no avail. LXC has to keep up the appearance that he’s really enjoying a vacation in Dongying. and no one is as adept at enjoying a vacation as NHS. Their hobbies are really different, but they’re able to compromise and meet each other in the middle. And it isn’t...not fun. Annoying or boring sometimes. But overall nice. With their search for JGY going nowhere, It’s truly turning into just a nice vacation. On the other hand, JGY hears from his sources that a cultivator in white, with a forehead ribbon, who looks like he’s ascended from heaven, who is with a dandy with impeccable fashion sense is searching for him. JGY doesn’t know why LXC would come to look for him with NHS. Could it be that he also wanted to kick his ass? As long as they’re together he can’t show himself to LXC. So he keeps them under watch closely via his sources. And eventually sees that LXC is really trying to shake NHS off himself, and only asks after him when NHS isn’t nearby, and his efforts seem sincere. But JGY still can’t risk going to see LXC since he’s sure that even when it seems like NHS is looking the other way, he’s watching LXC. He’s sure that he even has put means to eavesdrop in LXC’s room, and some people at the inn they’re staying at must spy for NHS so JGY can’t meet LXC when he’s having his morning routine while NHS is sleeping. One day, they finally give up on finding JGY and decide that they’ll go back home after the festival they’ve heard will soon be held. At the festival, NHS sees some fans that he deems exquisite works of art. LXC says that while NHS is looking at the fans, he’ll go to see the concert since he's greatly interested in the folk music of this new country and what kinds of instruments they play. After the performance, LXC talks to one of the musicians, and they invite him backstage to see the instruments up close if he wants. LXC goes and hears a yamatogoto playing. It’s a familiar tune. He approaches the sheer screen curtain behind which a figure is playing the yamatogoto. He pushes the curtain aside, and the person turns around. And smiles, as he always does “Hello, Er-ge. You wanted to see me?”

LXC gets explanations & some sort of closure. A-Yao tells him that as much as not seeing LXC will pain him, their visits will endanger JGY. Because NHS will now never be off JGY’s, and so by extension, LXC’s tail. Even now he must be already growing suspicious of LXC’s prolonged absence. And Lan Xichen’s first impulse is to say “What if I stay with you and we hide together? We’re good at this. It’s good. Remember?” But with all the things he’s learned recently, he’s not really sure. On the one hand, he realized that the A-Yao he knew and loved never existed, on the other hand, today when he finally saw him again, his heart pounding, he thought HE DID! HE’S HERE! RIGHT HERE! There was nothing they couldn’t work through. There was nothing that could diminish the joy of just hiding away somewhere from the world with A-Yao. As long as A-Yao was here, they could solve everything else. He might not have been the A-Yao he knew, but he was the A-Yao he loved. All versions of A-Yao, known and unknown, are A-Yaos LXC loves. It scares and assures him both at once. It didn’t matter if a part of LXC couldn't forgive him. Even that part preferred his company to most this world had to offer. But then again...no. He doesn’t know how much he can trust his own judgment anymore. He knows he needs time to think. But if he really gives it thought, he knows that he won’t arrive at the same conclusion once he takes his duty to his sect, and the burden he would place on Wangji who is now finally happy and carefree with WWX into consideration. When A-Yao asks: “Er-ge…you haven’t said anything.” He answers: “I don’t know, A-Yao. I’m not sure about anything anymore…nothing but one.” “And what’s that?” “It was...it was good to see you.” And so, LXC takes A-Yao’s yamatogoto, and to NHS he pretends that he’s been talking to a master of the art and is now going to start playing the yamatogoto. If NHS catches him deep in thought, it’s because he’s trying to get the hang of the new instrument. And maybe find a way to cultivate with it. Still, NHS is suspicious. In the end, just before NHS and LXC leave for China, NHS carries a murder attempt at JGY. It fails. An encounter between them is inevitable. But they just drink tea together and are very passive-aggressive. threatening each other with polite smiles and humor. Even complementing each other.

As long as they both live, they’ll always play cat and mouse. both of them are always going to attempt to murder each other and bring the other’s downfall. Both of them will continue to fail now that the element of surprise is gone. Sometimes they will just have tea and a nice, intelligent, dangerous passive-aggressive conversation. Neither of them will ever win but after a certain point, neither of them will want to. It won’t be so much about the eventual victory as it is about the game. If the other is gone, who will be so clever, so strategic, so familiar, so adept at the game and so wholeheartedly into it to play with them? and after all this time, if they’re not playing, then what are they going to do? What will they do with so much peace on their hands?

When LXC returns, he’ll tell others what they need to hear. (’Cause unlike SOME people he doesn’t withhold necessary information from people who have relevance to the subject), and he’ll have the “WWX GET A GRIP MY BROTHER LOVES YOU!” talk with the aforementioned WWX, too.

Finally, the body that has grown from “The Sun and Moon Dew Flower Seed” in the likeness of WWX’s previous body is ready for WWX’s spirit to attach to it. But by this time, JC, unfortunately for him, has already acquired: 1)an extra group of ducklings that consist of Lan Jingyi who takes any chance to roast him but is the only worthy opponent in JC’s league of sass game, one Ouyang Zizhen the poet, and Lan Sizhui who is really a good kid but with the minor bug of being the son of Hanguang-Jun and also a Wen, and WN's beloved cousin at that, and 2)three frienemies in the forms of one Hanguang-Jun, a fierce corpse that has killed his BIL, and a clinically insane former Demonic Cultivator. The aforementioned former Demonic cultivator has now made some progress in cultivation under the teachings of Lan Qiren and with huge effort and helps from the Juniors and with enough motivation in such a healthy environment. He also bagged himself a nice, good-looking, loyal, supportive, totally smitten Lan boy. And JC finally brought himself to remind him that he’s actually the leader of the Mo Clan now and by now somebody has most definitely usurped him. If he wants to take back his clan. now is already late. (But not impossible)

It will take a few years for WWX to wake up in his new body. He decides not to say goodbye to the Juniors, Wen Ning, and Lan Wangji. But Lan Wangji doesn’t need to be told anything. He knows Wei Ying. He’s lost him before for 13/16 years, and now he’s going to lose him again for another 5 years. It’s a painful goodbye that even Jiang Cheng doesn’t interrupt. Lan Wangji stays with Wei Wuxian and helps him with his guqin through tears that block his eyes as Wei Wuxian plays a strangely soothing tune on his flute until one last breath of Wei Wuxian in Jiang Cheng’s body leaves him and the melody stops. The flute almost falls from his hands but even as he collapses Jiang Cheng grasps it, and Lan Wangji catches him before he falls and puts him on a bed, then he quickly gets himself to the Sun And Moon Dew body in the soil. It takes a short while for Jiang Cheng to wake up. and he’s still dizzy and weak from feeling Wei Wuxian’s soul leaving his body, it was like a death by proxy, but it doesn’t stop him from getting up and dragging himself to where the new body in the soil is. Lan Wangji & Jiang Cheng keep vigil in that garden for 5 years. Lan Wangji almost all the time but Jiang Cheng as much as he can. When Wei Wuxian wakes up, he opens his eyes to Lan Wangji. And for the first time, that beautiful, beautiful face is full of emotions. Upon seeing him, Lan Wangji is sure that he can never look away. They can finally kiss. Lan Wangji has tears in his eyes. 

It doesn’t take long until WWX sees JC. He beams at him. One of his sweet, familiar, bright smiles. And the smile in return comes so naturally to JC that he doesn’t even notice to stop it, and trying to stop it would have been trying to stop the breeze from going its way. JC’s eyes shine in a way nobody has seen in years. With every fiber of their being, both brothers want to hug each other. But both of them assume the other doesn’t want them to. So they just stand staring and smiling at each other in suspense. Until WWX ruins the mood with a “life from up here” joke. JC gives Chenqing back to him.

In a moment of carelessness, WN upon seeing WWX’s new body happily exclaims: “And with a new golden core, too!”

and JC is like: “...wh-?”

***

Now that we took “The Sun and Moon Dew Flower Seed” from SVSSS, let’s take the Dream Demon, too.

The Yunmeng siblings had already reconciled without officially reconciling the way all siblings always do. By having to put up with each other 24/7. But the Golden Core reveal fucked things up severely again. WWX didn’t know where he stood with JC anymore. After JC’s mental breakdown, WWX didn’t know what to say to him or do when he sees him again. so he avoided seeing him after that.

The Dream Demon shows the worst moments of one’s life from a third-person perspective.

So, seeing the day WWX and JC were on the run after the fall of the Lotus Pier, and a teenage WWX went shopping, from a third-person perspective, the Current Wei Ying can see that a Wen Patrol marched into the street, Jiang Cheng caught sight of them, and quickly hid somewhere. Even knowing that these events belong to the past, WWX lets out a breath of relief. But then, the Wens saw WWX, and they started to slowly close in on him. WWX thinks “How on earth did I survive this?!” it was then that a violet shadow darted past them. All the wens ran after him.

WWX watches in horror. He's so shocked and horrified that his brain is slow to catch up. “Jiang Cheng you Moron you hid in such a good place nobody saw you why would you come out and run in the open you freaking idiot?!” But then it clicks for him. WHY WOULD HE RUN IN THE OPEN, INDEED?!

WWX has a complete meltdown. He drops to his knees in the middle of a street that is now empty of people who had faces, wide-eyed and shivering, while his mind whirls. He spent all these years thinking that JC had left him behind, but he had put him before himself! Before their sect! But…Jiang Cheng’s sacrifice was completely in vain! Wei Wuxian made it so! Jiang Cheng got tortured in his fallen home swarmed with enemies next to the hanged corpses of his freshly murdered parents, hearing tales of how they died from Wen Chao, only for Wei Wuxian to lose his golden core and die a short while after anyway! But of course, Wei Wuxian would give up his golden core for Jiang Cheng. Even now, he would do that. That’s something he mourned, but never regretted. But even though he never blamed Jiang Cheng for what he did in extreme grief, he would be lying if he said that he never thought how things would have gone had Jiang Cheng not gone back for his parents’ corpses. But just now WWX found out that he would lose his golden core anyway! Either at the hands of Wen Zhuliu, probably along with his life, or for Jiang Cheng. At least now it rests inside his shidi, used to rebuild their sect and protect their nephew! But Jiang Cheng is the shidi! He’s younger! His parents had explicitly asked WWX to protect & take care of him! How dare that brat decide to protect Wei Wuxian?!

WWX sits there going through the five stages of grief as he cries, shouts, and curses. The more he gets entangled in his emotions, the more he gets drowned in the dream. Just when it reaches critical levels and the risk of him dying there gets high, he suddenly notices current time Jiang Cheng standing there looking in bewilderment at the faceless people walking in the familiar street in front of him. “What brand new fuckery is this, Wei Wuxian?” He looks at WWX kneeling there with wide, red-rimmed eyes and tears on his face as if he sees nothing out of the ordinary with him. WWX has summoned JC into his dream with how strongly he’s thought about him.

Of course, JC knows the street, and by how devastated WWX looks, and how he’s dragged him into this, he thinks he knows the scene, too. He itches to repeat WWX’s own words to him “It’s all in the past. Don’t think about it anymore.” But he holds his tongue. He hates seeing WWX like that. He wants it to stop. But doesn’t know what to say. Until he realizes that there is nothing to say, really.

So he just goes to where WWX is fallen on the ground, holds out his hand to him, and says: “Wei Wuxian, Get up!”

He says it with a casual, easy reproachful tone as if Wei Wuxian is being lazy and sleepy on an early morning when they’re supposed to get to their classes. Or they have to clean their room before Madam Yu shows up. He says it as if it’s all as simple as that…and maybe, maybe it is. Maybe it is all as simple as that. They just loved each other to ruins. As simple as that.

So they both finally realize “I loved you completely. And you loved me the same. That’s all. The rest is confetti.” And Wei Wuxian takes Jiang Cheng’s hand and gets up with his help. (mirroring that scene in the meadows when WWX tries to pull JC up and JC disagrees.)

Hand in each other’s hand, they look at each other. As Wei Wuxian’s feelings untangle, all around them the scene shatters. Wei Wuxian finally knows that Jiang Cheng wants him to hug him. He did back then when Wei Wuxian came back in his original body, too. And even before that. So. Wei Wuxian pulls Jiang Cheng into his embrace. At first, he doesn’t get any response, but then, tentatively, Jiang Cheng’s hands wrap around him, too. And then, he hangs on to Wei Wuxian fiercely as if his life depends on it. Wei Wuxian knows that soon, they, too will disappear and he will wake up. So he clings on to Jiang Cheng tighter, and Jiang Cheng clings to him tighter in return. Wei Wuxian whispers: “I’m sorry, and thank you.” But before Jiang Cheng can say anything, he disappears in Wei Wuxian’s arms. And Wei Wuxian wakes up. He wakes up to a world in which he’s more loved than he thought he was. To a world where somewhere out there, he has a brother who cherishes him more than dear life. But then again, he’s always had.

[thee-radio-host-is-a-kookaburra]

idk nothing about saw

PLEASE EXPLAIN THE LORE I WANT TO UNDERSTAND /nf

*cracks knuckles* buckle up

There is a guy named John Kramer who’s wife, Jill Tuck (amazing character btw. didn’t deserve to die), has a miscarriage. He is then like “the guy who caused my ex wife’s miscarriage doesn’t appreciate life” so he traps and kills him. Then he does this again a few more times until someone survives and he’s like “see? trapping people is good actually. be my apprentice.” and the survivor, Amanda Young, is like “fuck yeah. thanks for making me cut open a guy. so happy to be alive now.”

Then there’s the bathroom trap in the original Saw and a character named Adam Stanheight is unfairly left to die even though he won his test, solely so the other guy, Lawrence Gordon (who technically LOST the test) could become John’s apprentice bc he’s a doctor. So Lawrence escapes and John is like “be my apprentice” and Lawrence is like “fuck yeah. thanks for kidnapping my wife and kids and making me saw my foot off. so happy to be alive now.”

So there’s also this guy named Hoffman (meanie stupid head) who actually didn’t even have to do anything. Some dude killed his sister so he killed the dude back and blamed it on the Jigsaw killer and John was like “wtf I didn’t do this.” So John stabs Hoffman in a public elevator with a needle and is like “your blade fucking sucks and also killing is bad. i would know bc i’m a killer.” Then he pretends to shoot him but it was actually just a little prank and John is like “be my apprentice” and Hoffman is like “i’m literally a homicide detective. but sure ok 👍”

So then it turns out Amanda Young was actually there with the dude that caused Jill’s miscarriage and Hoffman is like “kill this random woman or i’ll tell John” and Amanda is like “ok :(” and then dies bc said woman’s husband was there too. Oh and John also dies.

So then Hoffman like kills a few more ppl and blames it on this dead guy named Strahm. And then Jill finds out Hoffman technically got Amanda and John killed and is like “wow what the fuck. no wonder John hated you lol” bc it turns out John hated him lol. So Jill puts the reverse beartrap on him and stands outside the door for some reason but then Hoffman escapes and gets fucking Joker scars.

Then Hoffman catches Jill and says some mean things and then kills her. But then SURPRISE Lawrence is back‼️ You haven’t seen him since the first movie bc Cary Elwes wasn’t being paid enough and filed a lawsuit but it’s ok bc he’s back now. Lawrence serves cunt and kills Hoffman in the same bathroom Adam died in right next to Adam’s body.

But ofc, this is just a short summary. This isn’t even going into like. the Fatal Five, the Matthews, Rigg’s attempted recruitment, Bobby Dagen, Scott Tibbs Documentary, etc etc etc

oh also Jigsaw (2017) and Spiral (2021) happen too

[ven0moir]

The Duffers use many storytelling techniques to clue an inquisitive audience in on important plot points and character fates. One of them is the use of specific words and/or phrases to subliminally encourage the audience to draw parallels & patterns and uncover the TRUTH. Here’s an example of them sending this message to the audience:

In this specific scene, Joyce and Murray represent the inquisitive and skeptical audience respectively. The usage of the word ENZO leads her to the CONCLUSION that Hopper is alive because of the CONTEXT in which it was used between the two. They planned a date at that restaurant even if it took a lot of back and forth initially. This small hint is enough for her to draw a simple conclusion: Hopper is alive, and that’s worth looking into. Following her gut leads her to the truth. 

Meanwhile, Murray’s explanation makes logical sense outside of the context of the show (well, yeah the KGB could’ve taken him, it’s realistic for him to think this). But within the context the show has given us, there is no evidence supporting Murray’s theory nor discrediting it at this point. But we find out that the KGB didn’t force the word ‘Enzo’ out of Hopper. We learn he’s working alongside Dmitri to get himself out. We learn that Joyce is right. We are subliminally told to be like Joyce. To do what she did. 

Essentially, the Duffers are telling us to trust our gut and follow the signs and patterns they leave for us viewers within their writing and discuss it with each other, it’s not rocket science. 

Back to the use of specific words, you may be thinking ‘that’s ridiculous, of course some words are bound to repeat and be used by different characters, wtf?’

Hear me out … 

Be like Joyce. We can infer from her the following formula:

Word or phrase / Who said it? / What’s the context of the scenes and usage of the word? / What’s our conclusion?

If the repeated or SINGULAR usage of certain words makes you squint, it might be worth looking into, follow the pattern and see where it leads you! Speaking of … 

(Shout out to that YELLOW WINDOW behind Will the Wise and the word BOY behind Mike)

Rewatching S3 it hit me that, as far as I could find, the only two times the word ‘Destiny’ has been used in ST has been between Mike and Will, and even though they are surrounded by others in the scene, they said it to each other - Mike with uncertain connotations due to his insecurities and Will with positive ones. Now, let’s apply the formula we learnt from Joyce to these scenes. 

Will the Wise brings up the word ‘Destiny’ in S3EP3 and declares that ‘he’s seen into the future and today is a day free of girls.’

In S4EP8, Mike tells Will that meeting El was ‘not fate, not Destiny, just simple dumb luck’, and it doesn’t seem he believes romance is in the cards for the two of them anymore at this moment - he tells Will he doesn’t believe El will need him anymore after everything is over aka in the near future.

Mike’s comment was prompted after Will says to him that if they went to Vegas with El, she could make them rich and ‘they could just play D&D and Nintendo for the rest of their lives’. Mike agrees to it, though he seems unsure, likely because something's still unresolved within him and between him and El. But Will was not the first one to bring that up. This parallels what happened later in S3EP3. Mike and Will get into a fight, prompting Mike to first bring up the concept of them playing games in his basement for the rest of their lives. Based on his reaction to Will answering with an affirmative ‘I guess I really did’, it seems he expected Will’s answer to be ‘no’ and seems sad/regretful. So now we found three common points in these scenes that lead into each other. a)    They used the word ‘Destiny’  b)    They both implied there’d be no girls/girlfriend in the near future. c)    They both said the phrase ‘playing games together for the rest of their lives.’

(Shoutout to that YELLOW WINDOW behind Mike and that BLUE PHONE behind Will. I’m coming for you next.) Will is certain, while Mike implies his desires as a question and expecting to be let down, to be told the opposite of what he wishes.  “Did you think we were going to play games for the rest of our lives?” Expected answer: “obviously not.” and “What if you want to join another party?” Expected answer: “oh, right. Nevermind, I’ll play with others.” The way these scenes are framed makes it feel like we are meant to associate them together in the long run. As endgame, especially because there seems to be an unspoken MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING between them. Y’all … this immediately made me think of Finn and David giggling as they spoke about how Will wants to be in the basement with Mike playing D&D for the rest of their lives ... it’s been in plain sight all along.

[obligitory-fma-blog]

I watched the second fma Netflix adaptation. Here’s the best of my notes:

They had the whole fma original soundtrack to use for this movie and tHEY DIDNT??

Purification arts of Xing?? Just call it Alcehestry like they do in the show?? (No I didn’t spell it right I was noting stuff as I went and didn’t look it up)

Okay the weird pause before Lan Fan pulled out the smoke bomb…

ITS AN ACTUAL BOMB?????

Lots of weird pauses and slow-mo’s to mimic anime fights but it reads weird as live action and I don’t like it

HUGHES THANK FUCK PLEASE MAKE THIS LESS WEIRD

Wtf never mind hi envy with your shit ass wig (I forgot they killed off Hughes in the first one 😭😭)

LAN FAN BODIED HIM LMAO

Ed really be like “you do you ig”

“Yeah people exploding today!” Is my favorite line so far. (English Captions with Japanese audio; this was the train hijacker guy from fma 03)

Ed’s expression when Mustang shows up is the most in character thing I will say that (after train stuff)

I will say they did better on characterization this time around I feel like they’re close to the actual characters

But it’s hard to get close to them since they aren’t, well, animated characters. Trying not to judge too harshly.

Not terrible so far actually

Okay nevermind about the cgi WHAT IS WITH XIAOMEI

“I mean, we’re just some decent human beings.” -Ed who wanted to leave Mei behind

GO OFF MEI YEAHHHH TELL HIM THE BITCH

Okay we’re gonna have a really awkward explosion-over-short moment that just will not work because it isn’t animated

GIRLIE ARE YOU HAVING A SEIZURE

Mei being a bitch back is warranted

They be running

“You’ll never catch me, tiny rice man!” -Mei (rice man?)

The dialogue being altered where Ed says he doesn’t have a god to pray to before scar kills him bothers me

I like Alphonse’s movements on the ground when he’s incapacitated, I think the cgi works well there

Hi Mustang good on you for saving your pseudo sons

Riza with the side eye lmao

The slowmo’s again like hello

ARMSTRONG HIIIII You look really fuckin weird tho But HIIIIII

Okay the flexing I can do without thanks it looks weird

Yes Breda why is he shirtless

The red eyes don’t look good either. (For scar)

N ow see why wouldn’t you put in a leitmotif for the brothers theme in this scene with Ed and Al and instead just put in sad piano that sounds vaguely similar to it

WHERES THE LINE ABOUT THEM BEING BROKEN BUT ALIVE WHY WOULD YOU CHANGE THAT

Riza being the best and putting her coat over Ed >>>>

Mustang go comfort your son’s PLEASE

Okay just ignore that I’m on the found family train

Girlie that looked like a bad PowerPoint presentation WHY WOULD YOU DO IT LIKE THAT?? (The part where the officer shot the ishvallen child)

Gluttony… hi… again…. Can’t wait for your cgi…. (It didn’t look as bad tbh)

Sorry but with the military uniform off and just the white collared shirt he looks LIKE A DAD LIKE CMON (Mustang)

“You’ve grown… at least I think.” -Hoenhiem, observational genius

“I think I like this scene better than canon a bit actually? Cause Ed gets to express his emotions more than just calling him a bastard

Okay Hoenhiem just ignore him??

Uh oh they have to walk back together

“Our hair matches :D” -Hoenhiem

Ed immediately takes his out of the ponytail

Im not gonna lie I chuckled at that

Also I love seeing Ed with his hair down we don’t get enough of that

“stop following me” -Ed

“we’re going to the same place? 😥” -Hoenhiem

Okay we’re talking about Xerxes instead of Ed and Al’s mom or…?

And the bitch is gone

YOURE GOING TO XERXES WITH AUTOMAIL YOU DUMBASS YOURE GONNA OVERHEAT

Ooooo love the look of Xerxes ruins

Awwww Winry’s parents :D we get more of them

They’re gonna die tho and I hate that :(

This is gonna be so hard wrenching actually-

GIRL IM GONNA CRY

5 minutes into Central and you’re already causing trouble, good job Ed

Al I feel like has the weakest characterization so far in this adaptation he’s just reacting to stuff rather than doing stuff as far as I’ve seen

Scar when Winry is having a breakdown🧍

Ruhroh Winry’s got a gun

Okay the slowmo makes more sense here

Ed saves the day :D

Also we finally see scars brother after getting no context on him

Good acting on Lan Fan’s part

Also why is this calling her Ran Fan? Is that a dub thing (they called Ling “Lin” but this was all in the captions so I’m confused)

“King Bradley is a Homonculus” very serious Ling “hUh.” -Ed

Any Mustang and Hughes content is good Mustang and Hughes content I don’t make the rules

Also it’s good they didn’t change the layout of Riza’s explanation montage for Ishval because it works really well in canon and translated pretty well to live action

Riza and Roy’s speeches near the end >>>

Oh great the bros are gonna try and catch scar alone this can only end well

Well they definitely didn’t catch him

WINRY HOW TF ARE YOU HERE??

MUSTANG WHY TF ARE YOU HERE???

Oh hi Riza :D

Mustang’s like “let ur gf speak to him if she wants like damn”

Ed’s like “bb girl if he says anything shitty I’ll fight for you”

WINRY GIRLBOSS LUV HER

“Hell no I don’t forgive you for shit, but I’m gonna patch you up anyway.” -Winry

Okay cool message, someone must endure pain if it means they can prevent further suffering and cycles of violence

Uh oh Gluttony escaped

He be runnin

YEAH ED AND AL SAVE UR DAD

YEAH SCAR SAVE WINRY

YEAHHHHHH

“Wait I won’t leave you behind” MUSTANG BEING A DAD AHEGWIWNWN

“Colonel your fight is elsewhere” SCREAMING

Oh hi envy

ED SAVINF LING

and they got eaten lmao

Yay we’re all trapped in Gluttony’s stomach :D

Envy is so cynical what a bitch lol

“Tf is a portal of truth 🧍” -Ling

Oh great we’re gonna get cgi envy this will go well right?

EW

Could be worse but

EW

Conclusion: it was okay. There were parts I genuinely liked. There are things that also bug me to no end. The soundtrack from the original series would’ve fit way better and a lot of times it sounded like an off brand marvel track. Acting and cgi was a lot better (at times.) An improvement on the first one, and a semi-worthwhile watch if you have nothing else to do and you like fma. Cannot and will never be a substitute for the original obviously. Seems like less of a cash grab and more of a genuine effort this time which I appreciate. Overall? 6.5/10

(Lemme know if y’all want my full notes version because it has way more of me screaming and being goofy)

[ashdreams2023]

so remember those fics with severus snape and his little gn brother reader that was the teacher for the defense against the dark arts? :) (great fics btw !)

would it be okay if i would request after getting injured reader comes back into the position the next school year and snape is just like “wtf, why are you back?” and it turns into a little fight between the two siblings but that fight becomes a lot more physical (they start using magic.) it ends up being a close fight but before a victor could be decided the sibling’s little fight was broken up by another person in the staff. During that fight many words were exchanged that both snape and reader wish could be taken back. It was a very quiet year between the two siblings reader was going to apologize to severus but he unexpectedly passed away so he couldn’t.

First off, bestie who hurt you? And second, damn time for angst I guess

Severus snape x sibling reader

Warning: angst

Too late

After last year’s fiasco and almost getting killed because obviously that position is cursed, but it still didn’t stop you from agreeing to go for another year.

Of course you didn’t dare tell severus, you knew he would be more dramatic than his usual self, and kept it to yourself until the very last second.

Maybe not the wisest decision because the second you walked into that great hall blazing black eyes shot at you, you might as well died right there and then from the way your brother clearly wanted to strangle you, but you’re magical so that was so barbaric in a way.

Severus stood up immediately from his chair at the teacher’s table then strode straight your way, it reminded you of when you got yourselves into trouble during your school days and he would need to hand you a new one to get you straight.

"What in Merlin’s name are you doing here?!" You had told him that you found a teaching job at a primary school for magical children somewhere in the north.

"Hi! Surprise! I missed working with you-"

"You’re not staying another minute in this establishment if I have a day in it!" You swallowed, this was expected from him, you weren’t a child and you were not home.

"You’re being dramatic severus, I’m an adult and can make my own decisions without you telling me what to do!" Now you were getting heated, your brother’s face sharpened.

"Do you have a fucking death wish? Because that’s what it seems to me!"

"Maybe I do! Maybe I’m tired of you treating me like a little kid and-" you froze when a muting charm hit you, curse severus and his personal spells.

"I’ve heard enough of you! You wanted to be treated like an adult then be my fucking guest because Merlin knows I’ll get you fired out of this place before Halloween even comes by" the great hall that had just a few students when you walked in was now full of curious eyes and professors watching intensely.

You pointed your wand to your mouth and thought of the counter spell for this one, it was by pure luck that you came across this charm a few years ago while going through his stuff.

The tip of your wand pointed at him "I’ll like to see you try! I’m not as weak as you think to be you annoying git"

Severus growled "you’re acting like mother, always selfish and only thinking about her own fucking self" you swallowed, a pit in your stomach grew.

"And you’re like father, too drowned in your own miserable life and hurt EVERYONE AROUND YOU" that was an awful thing to say but you couldn’t hold back anymore "I WISH WERE NEVER RELATED"

Severus’s eyes widened then narrowed quickly "you think I want you around? You’re nothing but another burden mother THREW AT ME!  You owe me from keeping you alive all those years and this is how you repay me? You selfish little prat"

Your hand tightened around your wand "I rather death than owe you anything" you gritted your teeth and before you could throw a spell on him McGonagle stepped in the middle of you two.

With a swift disarming charm both your wands fell to the ground "YOU TWO ARE ACTING LIKE CHILDREN!"

You glared at each other then you left the great hall through the huge groups of students, you didn’t want to see or hear from that bastard of a brother.

Severus true to his word though tried to get you off the position but it was easier said than done, you kept a clean record and was responsible he couldn’t do anything to stop you from doing this job.

Although as the year went on, you could feel the bitterness of your words, the unfairness of how you acted, severus was just doing what he always did and it was to protect you but it just had to turn into something ugly.

Severus himself felt suffocated with each passing day, you’re his family, the only real family he’s ever cared for and now you can’t stand the sight of him and for good reason, he knew he could’ve approached it differently but anger took over.

The year was quiet, the opposite of last year, last year you would bother him in his office about literally anything, asking for his suggestions for your classes, teasing him about how you were the cool sibling and not him.

By late may severus decided that enough was enough and ye was going to apologize before he regrets this for the rest of his life….but sadly he would too late.

On may 30th your lifeless body was found in the forbidden forest by Hagrid.

No signs of struggle or nerve damage, it just appeared like your heart suddenly shut down.

Severus fell to his knees when he saw your cold body in the hospital wing waiting to be transferred to st mungo's hospital.

"What have I done…" he could only grab your hand tightly and weep, you were gone and not coming back, he lost you, all of you and you died hating him…he was to live in misery of what could have been.

His baby sibling, he won’t hear your voice anymore, you won’t be coming with him back to spinner’s end anymore, you will be a new resident of the ground along with others.

"I’m sorry, please forgive me, yell at him or scream anything but please don’t die thinking I didn’t care about you"

There was a funeral held outside the hogwarts grounds before summer break, all students attended, some were even crying, professors tried to comfort him but he was too drained out.

You were buried next to an old tree in the old town you lived your whole life in, the same tree that you used to climb on when you were a child with severus.

For severus wanted you to be near a happy memory, a memory where neither of you cared about a war or dying from dark wizards, where life was simple and hiding from your drunk father was your biggest issue.



[spaceagebachelormann]

MARLEE ML could i pretty pretty please get some hcs on coming out as lesbian to the rtc characters- (im probably going to send you more reqs soon lmao)

coming out as lesbian to the choir

pairing: st cassian chamber choir x fem reader

warnings: random pjo reference, homophobia, very short sections, alcohol, swearing, all of them having an amazing gaydar

a/n: YES I ABSOLUTELY CAN

masterlist

Ocean O’Connell Rosenburg

laughs

she knew you were lesbian before you did

if someone is homophobic towards you she immediately alerts mischa who comes over there and judo flips them

she has that “i’m a lesbian, and this is my best friend ocean, she’s an ally, talk ocean!” “ally!” energy

shed also be the type to try and set you up with girls she knows….

overall she’s super supportive and understanding when you come out and is super happy for you

Noel Gruber

he also knew

just has that amazing gaydar

the second you come out to him he pulls a lesbian flag pin out of his pocket and puts it in your hand and just says “wear it”

you become gay and lesbian solidarity

WILL kick anyone whos homophobic to you in the jaw

just glance at him with a worried face and he’s running over there to kick them

making fun of straight people lightheartedly together afterwards <3

Mischa Bachinski

“you’re a what??”

you have explain what being a lesbian means to him like 18 times

he’s finally like “oh. so boobs?” and you decide it’s close enough

comes up to you the next day with alcohol and is like “you are lesbian. congrats. drink?”

in his head he still doesn’t really get it but goes with it anyway

my guy has amazing hearing and if someone says something homophobic to you they’re gonna have a tall ukrainian bad boy running at them before they get judo flipped and body slammed

Ricky Potts

he’s so happy for you!!

signs something like “that’s amazing!! i’m so glad you felt comfortable to tell me!!”

he’s also the type to point out pretty girls on the street

he has stickers for EVERYTHING and gives you a lesbian flag sticker to go with the pin from noel <33

also secretly knew but didn’t say anything

if someone is homophobic to you he beats them with his crutches or alerts noel and mischa who come to beat their ass so hard

Jane Doe/Penny Lamb

stares at you for 8 whole seconds

and then hugs you

“same!”

is also super happy for you and super supportive

would pretend to be your gf if someone wouldn’t leave you alone

would also take you out for food as a congratulations <33

she was scary asf even when she was alive so if someone’s homophobic to you she stares them in the eyes with her piercing gaze

they eventually get intimidated and back down

then she turns to you and is like “let’s go! <3” and you’re like “wtf”

Constance Blackwood

guess what! she also knew

“weren’t you already out?”

a lil bit confused because she thought you were out

very supportive of you anyway <3

asks you a bunch of questions to understand things she isnt sure about

if someone’s homophobic towards you she calls the whole choir and they beat their ass for you

then they drag you away

10/10 friends

[sarahhillips]

This Just In, We’re Back to Libertys Kids While Higher Than Ben Franklins Kite

New York New York

Gotta be one of my favorites because of how smooth that guy was

Why isn’t this the national anthem? I want someone singing this before every football game

American history but make it so sugarcoated that everyone gets diabetes

Mom I like your friends house

Black Dick, your telescope sir

James that collar looks great, stop whining and be the queen you are

James is like fuck she’s conservative af too

Omg that cute yankee soldiers looking at me ☺️

I’m just gonna get out if this march to try an get some

James should have started cackling after her ‘I’m English’ comment. It would make Udneys comeback way smoother.

“I give you my strong arm for your protection” “BRO WTF GET BACK IN LINE”

Almost got it Udney.

“Can I come?” “NO”

Strategy is important

“This is a PAID internship” “Ok hell ya”

“What do they know about running a country?” Mrs. Radcliffe spitting facts.

Whot are you doin in ma swamp?

They really let Henri get snatched like that 

“Because they can’t fly” Damn

“General Howe is welcome to him” DAMN

Henri wtf

Henri blew up the Sept, not Cersei

“I found Ugly and he told me what happened.”

Welp, the British have New York

Black Dick took Manhatten.

One Life To Lose

Ah yes, this was when they saw a nice man get hanged for creepin’

I feel like the sound of his neck snapping and the sight of his limp body would make Sarah faint if they were ballsy enough to include that

Wow these dudes were fat

And the proof is in the pudding

Oy the drunkin sailor be back

Sarah is so bored

The Brits are stealing American men

The old man was like “Get tf out of here”

Nathan cuts in so randomly it does not feel natural.

She did the full curtsy for him

Mr. Hale so hot he’s got all the girls curtsying.

Nathan, why are you telling them all this?

Sarah is totally flirting with him.

So wait, Admiral Howe and General Howe are different people

God damn it how did I not know this

They’re spying on a spy. The irony

Nathan WTF

Don’t tell me this is actually how he got caught is it

There come these three stooges

I think James has been kidnapped way more than Sarah could ever be despite her damsel in distress demeanor

Nathan is ballsy af

James said I’m staying

Sarah said I’m gonna hitchhike.

Here it comes ya’ll

“He’s actually quite gracious and cultured when you get to know him.” Ok Jane Austin.

And now they’re Hillips shippers

“So, when is the big day?” And then it transitions to them years later at the alter, Sarah wearing a nice green dress with gold butterflies and a veil and James in a nice blue suit with a hat, and you hear the priest say ‘I pronounce thee Man and Wife.’

“Anyways, Nathan’s hangin out with the redcoats today.”

These men are so burning in hell for how they treated these people

They wouldn’t even draw in a noose

The sight of Nathan at the gallows causing Sarah to cling to James’ arm tho

Alright James time to write this article

Captain Molly

Ok but an episode where Henri accidentally joins a mafia

THE JAM STAYS

Ben be going on another cruise

Sarah’s insulted Washington won’t let her come

And here comes Molly

Henri giving off autistic vibes here

Rosemary, that is French silk you crotch goblin

Damn Molly

“Sarah, she’s English!”

“I don’t ask permission to do nothin’!” Sarah, let those words inspire your character.

Dad Moses mode activated

James got passionate there

You can forget about those eight to ten kids Molly

Well Sarah now you’re seeing a lil bit about why King George is evil

They brought in tHe bagpipes for their funerals.

I’m surprised the redcoats didn’t hold all those women and children hostage.

James is so happy Sarah’s alive

Molly was another woman school didn’t teach me about.

American Crisis

Henri has a soldiers spirit

Moses you’re too calm about Henri running away

Traveling by ship must have been mentally trying for everyone.

These dudes are not ok

Henri 😭

When a little French boy smelling of onions sneaks into your camp in a barrel.

Thomas Paine is back 🩷

Writers block is a bitch

Do you think Paine would like the movie Soul

“We’re walking to Philadelphia.”

Omg Moses no

A printing press is large enough to bone on. Just saying.

Tom said “I will beat yo ass in with this log.”

Imagine putting all those letters together by hand

“Hold your breeches”

[aqueeracademic]

morse being queer (and other commentary) pt 10:

season 3, episode 2, “Arcadia”:

- this is the ULTIMATE morse x jakes episode so listen up!

- i am so dehydrated so this is your reminder to drink water asap

- the men not helping a woman DYING IN THE STREET because they’re too busy being RACIST is so fucked

- like wtf r u doing

- too much i’ll tell u that

- doing too goddam much

- joan is such a daddy’s girl i love her

- i really wish monica and morse worked out

- they’re both familiar with death and familiar with a commitment to a taxing job like they get each other

- in fairness i also wished he’d have worked out with jakes but we all know what happens this episode!

- “you’re very rude.” “no, i’m very busy.”

- werk morse ‼️

- the milk man was not nearly phased enough by that explosion

- TREWLOVE MY BELOVED

- jakes and morse’s hands touched when jakes gave him his beer 🥰🥰🥰

- [thursday] “morse has some reservations about this death by fire.” [jakes] “what’s new?” [morse] “…” [jakes] “no. go on! who was he?”

- husbands. literally husbands

- thursday making fun of jakes for not saying anything inappropriate to Trewlove and jakes laughing while looking at morse while morse blushes

- i’ll be sick!

- morse is so pretty!!!! pretty boy!

- house beautiful is a fuckin cult

- as an avid follower of Abbie Hoffman, i wanted to get defensive about thursday’s stance on free love but he’s right 🙄🙄 besides gideon is an abuser so whatever

- END ILLEGAL REGIME!!

- i don’t like morse being characterized as someone who doesn’t support protest even tho he’s a cop and therefore would definitely be anti protest 🫤

- jakes helping morse move in 🥰🥰

- i’m sick.

- morse thanking him and asking him out for a drink and being upset when he says no 😀 i’m so normal about them 😀

- joan is so cute i’m obsessed w her

- “do the honors”

- i love jakes because he knows he’s leaving so he’s just being overtly nice to morse to be as close to him as possible for his final days

- once again, i’m SICK over them

- jakes approaches morse really slowly because he’s nervous to tell him

- “i’ve been meaning to say…”

- which translates to: “i’ve been wanting to tell you i’m leaving, but i didn’t know how to tell you. you, specifically.”

- “you’re resigning? you kept that quiet.”

- morse is slightly offended that jakes wouldn’t tell him right away. they’re friends, aren’t they? but maybe they’re not. maybe he’s wrong

- “she’s a great girl.” “i’m sure she is.”

- trying to be supportive. smiling and nodding and saying “that’s great news!” despite knowing he’s going to lose jakes to it all

- then again, morse is the only one who knows, really knows, what jakes has been through

- he knows it’s best for jakes to get out while he can

- settle down with a beautiful girl somewhere really far away

- somewhere he’ll never see him again

- and it’s the way that morse’s smile drops as soon as jakes walks away. as soon as jakes invites him to his party and looks for a final time deep in his eyes and touches his shoulder

- his smile drops immediately and he lets him go

- but morse looks back for him. like orpheus he looks back, which only solidifies he’s lost him

- ANYWAYYYYYYYYY‼️‼️‼️

- this woman is so 🤮🤮🤮

- calling a younger man to your house under the guise of an intruder is wild to me

- maybe that’s just me

- the way morse is so CATTY during this scene

- he said when they go low

- i got LOW-ER ‼️🤞

- “i’m sure i’m not the first woman you’ve seen in her underclothes.”

- i’m UNCOMFORTABLE

- i can’t tell if she’s supposed to be older than him or not

- i feel like she is

- “do you not like women?”

- and then he says NOTHING??

- sir she thinks ur gay and ur just gonna take that????

- (he is gay)

- his JAWLINE IN THIS SCENE??? THE HEAVY SWALLOW?? LOOKING DOWN AT HER??

- i’m fucking sick

- so ill.

- he has no reason to have rizz like this

- their house is so ugly

- i hate modern architecture

- morse putting himself in harms way so he can ensure jakes will make it out alive and safe by the end of the week 😐

- “Sudden.” <- him talking about jakes leaving

- the way morse is just so clearly not okay with jakes leaving and doesn’t know how to express it

- strange and trewlove are so truly besties i’m obsessed

- morse and jakes going off together even though they swear they don’t along 🙄

- “second thoughts?”

- no need to sound excited morse

- he’s not staying 🫤🫤 no matter how much you want him to 🫤

- “mind how you go” + “watch yourself” = they care about each other so much

- he called him peter i’m gonna VOMIT

- “peter, you’ve got something to lose!”

- morse acting like his death wouldn’t affect the people around him

- he really thinks he isn’t important it makes me sick

- CALLING HIM PETER??????

- jakes telling a joke immediately so morse knows he’s ok

- i’m so sick

- do you guys think jakes ever called morse by his first name?

- i just wanna know 😀😀

- i swear jakes makes any excuse to just take his jacket off

- always walking around in just his shirt sleeves

- he knows he’s….. he is!

- “bad luck”

- thank u jakes

- always supporting his boyfriend

- morse being so obviously uncomfortable in a religious setting is… relatable

- “because i didn’t want to disappoint her. she’d had enough of that.”

- morse loved his mom so much i’m so not okay

- “‘still your mind’ she’d say. ‘still your mind.’ never had the knack.”

- IM HIM AND HES ME

- update he isn’t against protest work! as long as it follows the law 🙄🙄

- ^he donates to AmnOx

- this lady slapping him and him being completely unphased has me 😧

- like wtf was that

- i understand this lady is miserable but don’t smack people

- she’s so weird

- joan asking morse about jakes just to see how he’s handling it 🫤

- i’m so obsessed w trewlove you don’t get it

- them forcing her to get an abortion just because the father was black and a revolutionary is so 🤮

- can women ever just do what they want to do with their lives?

- this girl is so crazy

- stealing a child and then calling the person calling you out “mean”???

- babes you stole a BABY

- these girls are homosexuals i fear ‼️

- jakes going from a lost boy to a cowboy <3

- morse is so hurt in this episode i’ll never understand it

- he never shows up for jakes when he needs it

- can they just HUG like men

- jakes’ lady being called Hope is SOMETHKNG THAY CAN BE SO PERSONAL

- THE DIALOGUE:

- “It’s hope.” “Make a go of it.” “I mean to.”

- HE MEANS TO GET BETTER. HE MEANS TO HEAL AND HOLD ONTO HOPE OF A BETTER TOMORROW. HE GETS TO GET OUT

- HE GETS TO GET BETTER AND BE FREE

- i’m so sick

- i literally only care about him

- might as well stop watching now

- “you’ll miss him.” “he kept me on my toes. No, i’m glad!… if anyone deserved it.” and then WALKING INTO THE RAIN WHILE THURSDAY WATCHES SADLY??????

- he loved him. and he’ll miss him. and thursday knows it.

- and i’ll miss him too

[storiesofsvu]

thursday thots

Happy Thursday!

Okay… happy couple getting engaged right at the start of a cold open only for them to get immediately targeted?? Didn’t we do this on svu like two weeks ago.. ugh..

Also I JUST finished last week’s OC before this started and I’d like to say: jet, amazing, love her so much, her and Danielle absolutely CRUSHED their performances. I’m also salty murphy got away, and lowkey salty that Elliot stopped Ayanna from shooting him, because you cannot tell me that if he knew about lewis he would have murdered him with his own bare hands to get revenge for olivia….

ANYWAY, back to this week:

Listen… OC needs to get their shit together about how they’re running the show. I don’t mind doing the ONE perp over the ENTIRE season, but they only managed that with Wheatley, s2 was split between Elliot UC and the brotherhood, and s3 has somehow linked the whiney casino man into the murphy arc and that’s now over but also not really over, and it only spanned like, 3 episodes… like.. FIGURE IT OUT guys…

January 91… excuse me… I’m 99% sure Elliot started as a detective in 89… but why do I even THINK the writers, esp of different shows would bother to look into that kinda shit before scripting it…

Yeah I’m not here for this, I’ve already stopped paying attention. LOL

3d printed GUNS!?? Wtf….

This bruce guy is obsessed with jet. Like.. do not blame him, but LOVING the protective mama bear Ayanna giving him a death glare.

Yeah… did not care about that AT ALL.

Mothership:

I missed the very first start, just caught the part of shaw being frisked by uni’s. fucking oof.

“smells like he bathed in merlot”  “that bottle’s probably the murder weapon.” This girl has sass. Love her.

This uni comes to “apologize” to shaw ONLY because he’s up for detective and doesn’t want to risk that promotion?! Maybe you shouldn’t be a racist POS before you get to be detective. “the colour blue” yah go FUCK yourself….

I’M SORRY. Was I LISTENING CORRECTLY!?? Was that guy’s name Donnelly?!! Come ON.

 Okay… but are we actually ignoring the connection of the victim, his ex wife’s new bf who works with the perp?? Even if it was self defense there’s still something fishy going on…

I fucking KNEW IT!!! I KNEW IT!!! THE NEW BF SET HIM UP FUCKING CALLED IT.

Okay so it may not be the new bf, but there’s definitel still some kind of connection going on, im only half paying attention, y’all know this already lol.

Okay, overall, a decent good episode for once. Not enough sam but that’s always the case.

SVU time. Finally

Wow… what a fucking SAPPY start to the cold open jfc…

“who’re we interrogating?”  “you.”

Jesus. This is cold. Like how is this going to work out? What angle were they going with this story line? What is the POINT??

At least its giving octavio a good chance to show off his acting.

Honestly this episode is beautiful, heart wrenching but beautiful

More churlish!!!???? Tbh  I really like her, so I’m totally down if she joins the squad. And we already know she’s got more eps coming up thx to molly’s insta story…

“you’re 180 lbs of water in the shape of a man, you take the shape of whatever you’re poured into.” Olivia benson when did you become a profiler because you are spot on. Poor boy’s been through so much trauma he’ll do basically whatever to stay alive. He’s always wanted to do what’s right, to make good of the wrong’s he’s done in the past, let’s stick with that arc, okay? (also 180… cmon…)

Okay, overall, great episode. Now I wish we could get back to the full ensemble cast eps and cut this crap of not seeing someone for 2 weeks at a time. Ugh.

[khaleesiofalicante]

"I'm sorry you were not truly loved and that it made you cruel." -Warsan Shire

Great, so we got rid of David-being-the-Prince-of-Darkness problem! Now we have the we-don't-know-who-is one!

Shadowhunters are so stupid holy fuck

Oh, mirror mirror in the sky!!! It makes sense now!!! I support Lexi's idea 100%. But I do feel this is going to leave some issues left...

The irony of finding a way to kill something that can't be killed 🥰

Something poetic about the fact that they are going to use the resources of the Devlins for themselves.... But also there's an itch I can't figure about it...

Jace and Simon are idiots 😂😂 but also, mood

I would like to personally thank you for the throne sex references kshskdjd

They had won. But it didn’t feel like it. For some reason, it felt like the worst was yet to come. yeah this feels odd

He can call Manus just by tapping the floor oh my god kshdkdk

David stop stealing demons and making them pets!!!

I agree killing Mallory would solve everything, but I am proud of my rosewood tho🥺

“Our memories are part of our identities too,” David whispered. “Who are we if not for the memories of who we have been and memories of who we wished to be?” David is a better person than me bc I would take the memories of that bitch right away, but he is also right

I agree with Rafael bc Anjali in that throne would be HOT AF🥵

Yes to Malec solving inmortality nerves in a hell dimension💙

Who tf does Hunter think he is to demand a different trial?? Its so ridiculous is kinda funny lmao

Yeah I don't love that decision either but there's nothing left to do so...

My queen is too good for you❤️

A clean fight. Nice😎 also “Even if we’re family,” Alec said. “You mistake me for someone who gives a shit.” ???? Damn, this man is gorgeous!!!

No Max, she is a crazy bitch, I promise

No one in my life has tried to kill me before, but I don't automatically assume they love me for it, Mallory!!

Yes he met Merlin!!! They are the cutest 🥺💙💙💙

My moral compass is whatever Gigi says😌

WHAT. THE. ABSOLUTE. FUCK. JUST. HAPPENED??????? HOLY FUCK SHIT. WHAT?? HOW??? WHEN?? WHY?? HOW?? ISTG I JUMPED AND I FELL OFF MY BED BC OF THE SHOCK OH MY GOD😭😭 I KNEW IT!!! OTHER MAX IS FUTURE MAX!! Also it makes sense Nico asked for him, maybe he knows warlock math and can figure this shit out?!?!!!

I... I don't know how I am alive after that last part. I have a lot of questions. And I almost cried. And then I went to tell everything to my mom even if I knew she didn't understand shit of what I was saying but I don't care because wtf?!?!!!

Questions (I know you probably can't answer them but I will ask them bc my mind is chaos):

What did Leviathan meant??? Everything that needed to be done?? What does Legacy mean?? Although yes, the competition is not even close, obviously David wins!!

“It’s not a romcom,” Max shook his head. “It’s a love story.” WHEN I TELL YOU MY HEART STOPPED-

Who cried for eleven days??? David?? What did Mallory do?? And how?? And what was horrible enough to make Max do this??

Also the parallels here😭 Louder said first from David to Max, them from Mallory to David and finally Max to Mallory in different context, and Max saying there is nothing that could make him like her but also this and- god I want to make an analysis of this but my phone is dying 😭😭

AAAAAAHHHHHHHH

This was in equals parts satisfying, terrifying and just fucking confusing.... HOW ARE THERE JUST THREE CHAPTERS LEFT???

There is not amount of words or time that can express correctly the feelings I have rn. This was an absolute fave. I am confused. I loved it. I have questions. The quotes were on some other level. Wow. You never not surprise me!!

💙.💙.💙.

But also bold of you to asume I won't come back with more screaming

Aight aight aight. Let's look at these questions.

Oh wait.

The answer for all the questions is "you'll find out soon" lmao bye

[emilieautumnarchives]

SUDDEN DEATH!!!

Posted: November 18, 2005 Archived from The BonnyTymePyrate LiveJournal Archived from BonnyTymePyrate's Journal Archive

Yesterday morning, I woke up with chocolate all over my kimono and a headache. I can’t tell you how. I certainly can’t even tell you why. But I can show you how it started…suffice it to say, drink was taken, pies were baked, and I am a Victorian slut:

I also vaguely recall a poetry reading, a game of vintage dress up, and homemade tattoos. And fun with my seriously tattered Victorian umbrella (lucky me). What follows is undoubtedly the best picture the world has EVER SEEN:

The last time my manager was over, I played him my new Opheliac tracks and he said that “listening to EA just isn’t right unless you’re reading a PlayBoy at the same time”, and retrieved the one we have strategically placed for maximum guest discomfort on the coffee table. Thus, we found it still in my room and read all the articles:

I have a dream, Charisma, a dream…no one understands but you…

How do things like this even get on my camera? On second thought, I think I’ve found my new album cover:

After a morning’s recovery, I went to my friend’s where we made wild mushroom risotto and spinach with pine nuts. Why can’t I have that every day? We were going to make bread, but didn’t have enough flour. Cruel god.

Now, I’m well aware this looks rather like dog vomit here, but I promise you that it was in fact divine to the point of criminal:

Remember Leo? I would marry this dog if it were legal:

I don’t know that I’d ever had truffle oil before, but it went in the risotto. As did the wine. Except for the gallon I drank:

Then GK suggested that we assist my winter goal of increasing my internal body temperature by having a hot sauce tasting. It’s like a wine tasting, but you get burned instead of drunk. Isn’t that a perverse idea? I think so:

There was one in particular called “Sudden Death,” which I was particularly amused by because of the label. See on the bottom where it says “Feel Alive”? WTF?:

In any case, the tasting proved nearly fatal.

But! Wanna hear genius? I came home with tongue still partially intact only to take a sip of positively mother fucking boiling tea and scald my tongue 3rd degree burn style. It was the TEA that took me down, the fucking TEA. Is that not irony?

Guess where we’re going tonight? I can’t tell you, but it’s dark, loud, and bloomers will be worn. Tell you tomorrow, you sassy brioche!

With love and fishnet shattering cold, EA

~