#c. harper

[hallcw]

beck. || @wcrldenders

She was starting to feel that eerie sense of normalcy again. It happened every time they reached a safe zone, or a place to rest for a while. Adrenaline eased, tiredness snuck up on her, and she knew she was approaching an inevitable crash. Eleven years had gone by fast, yet felt like infinity at the same time, and now survival was beginning to feel a whole lot like...just life. She'd been snapped out of thought by the sound of familiar footsteps. Harper's never had many interesting talents, but as the years went on she became exceptionally good at putting together sounds, patterns. "Hi." she said, shifting to the side to free some space for Beck to join. "You clean up nice." no smile followed her words. It wasn't even a compliment really, so much as an observation. "I uh, I was gonna look for you and Oona but, well I can't lie this chair just..." soft pillows, gentle breeze, exhaustion, once she'd sat down it became near impossible to move. "We should look for ammo, while we're here." there was a police station, down the road, or so she'd been told. "Soon. This place, it's...it's all wrong."

[rottcn]

@oflovrs

It was rare for them to get split up. She was still blaming him for it, even now that they were back together and stuck in some fuckup town hoping to hit the road again first thing in the morning. All she did was shower, put on a borrowed dress that made her legs feel too exposed to potential mosquito bites and then proceeded to beg for cigarettes. She'd just lit one when he got back. "You left me behind today." her accusation was harsh, she knew as much, especially when it was nowhere near as simple as that. "You could have gotten shot...or worse." she passed the cigatte and tapped the seat at her side. "Don't leave me again."

[hallcw]

"Yeah I mean, literal or not it’s just gotta be funny right?" Harper lived under the impression that she was a funny person. That she could pick up humour easily, and tell a nice joke. But whoever didn't have a wrong image of themselves every now and again? She used to make people laugh. Unintentionally, before the world went to shit. Her brother used to say she 'cracked him up' and her mother would greet her with an occasional 'ha-ha clever', both of which seemed to be evidence enough that she could make for an amusing company. Once. "Yeah, shouldn't be any different than camping out in the woods. We just gotta stick to our usual 'secure the parameter, plan out the exit strategy and rotate people on the lookout'. We'll be fine." she knew she'd be fine. Even if push came to shove, she had an exit strategy of her own. It's how she made it this far. It's how she'd make it further still. If it came to it. Harper hoped her words resonated. There was something about Aspen, and the way she kept to herself while simultaneously looking out for the rest of them, that just rubbed her off the wrong way. She was like a reminder, a living and breathing reminder that even those who'd made selfless choices could make it this far. She was proof, that there were 'alternative' ways to survive, to go about life, to exist. And for someone who did not believe in mercy, or kindness, or compassion -- who believed those things died out with the rest of the world well, it birthed a sense of resentment. And insecurity. But it also gave way for admiration, for a desire to protect her, to look after her. "You know, you’re so busy lookin’ out for everyone else, someday you’ll have to let someone look out for you." it was simply a matter of time, either she would have to stop being a giver and resort to a level of selfishness and self preservation most of them have now embraced, or she'd have to accept that she cannot walk through this world without a helping hand. "Ain’t nothing wrong with that either." At first she refused to touch anything, she didn’t know what any of the bottles were for, what any of the words meant. Then she spotted a sunblock and pocketed it quick to pass on to Beck later. She found an expired toothpaste, comedically large bottle of shampoo, three blocks of soap, a nail clipper which felt like winning some sort of lottery. As she scanned the shelves further, she started thinking less and grabbing anything and everything that seemed remotely useful. At some point she ended up holding two packs of pet dewormer and decided she’d gone too far. "Shower first, got it." with all the new and fresh finds she could hardly wait to shed off a layer of dirt and dried up blood off her skin and hair. She’d almost forgotten what it felt like, to be that level of clean. Another joke came her way and she gave it a curtesy of a smile. "Yes, I am living the dream."

she thought about it for a second, and harper was right, the hallows weren't exactly zombies, at least not in the undead sense. but that wasn't really the joke she was making. harper wasn't the joking type, she picked up on that very early. they were quite opposite really, but aspen didn't mind. she's met so many different types of people over the years, she was used to it. "yeah, i guess you're right," she says with a shrug. "but yeah, i wasn't being literal," she laughs. "jokes don't need to be literal." her voice was light, not making fun of or scolding harper for not going along with her joke.

"that's good, better safe than sorry, especially when we have no idea what this place is." the last thing they needed was to let their guard down and then some crazy assholes came out in the middle of the night to see who broke into their perfect little village.

aspen looked down at the ground as harper spoke. the truth was, she didn't like to be a burden. she barely knew these people, she wanted to be seen as useful and not someone to worry about slowing them down. if everything was to believed, their group was probably the most important people in the world, she didn't want to mess anything up. "yeah, you're probably right," is all she says, not wanting to voice her thoughts out loud. she barely knew harper and half the time she felt like the girl hated her.

stepping inside, she wished there was air conditioning like there would have been years ago, but at least it was cooler than out in the hot, spring sun. her eyes scanned the isles, grabbing a few things she knew would be useful as they went when harper spoke again. "shower first, clean water will do wonders. keep an eye out for anything that says antibacterial and i'll wrap it up for you later." she turned the corner to find an almost cleaned out shelf of bandages but with a few still sitting on the shelve. "bingo," she said mostly to herself before dropping down to her knees and pulling open her back pack to drop as many packages inside as she could. "looks like you'll get a real dressing instead of a ripped up shirt this time," she says with a laugh, standing up again.

[pierpointco]

HARPER STERN in "SMOKE AND MIRRORS"

[blackjackkent]

Can we say my Harper responsibilities to maintain balance start *tomorrow*? Hm... no.

Bonus:

/cc @astreamofstars and @springagainafter, my fellow Jaheira-lovers. <3

[sweetestflow3rs]

do you think they rainbow kissed

[hallcw]

Eleven years. That's how long it took for her to become a person she'd no longer recognised. Except, no, that did not seem quite right; she'd become a version of herself, the only version that was strong enough, smart enough, vicious enough to survive. She'd become someone who, in the grand scheme of things, existed without fear. Without remorse. Without any deep and real and meaningful attachments. -- When Nirvana mentioned the people in the walls, waiting to pick them off one by one, Harper chuckled gently. "I'd like to see them try." she said. And she'd meant it. "When I was in Charleston --" she began, as she stepped closer in, leaning on the brick wall behind them, chipping away at the seeds. "There was a group of survivors that let me in. Small group, scrawny. They'd been stuck in this gated community from the start, when the military was still around blocking off all these posh neighbourhoods, trying to keep shit contained." she scoffed a bit, rolled her eyes and let the first part of her recall settle in. "It was kind of like this, y'know? Quiet, unassuming. People were...so kind, so welcoming. I didn't...I couldn't --" she paused, partly she'd feared expressing what came next. "I guess I been by myself too long to buy any of that. People are not kind, they're not good. Kind people did not survive. So these ones, well I had to assume they were just...more of the fucking same." She spat out the seed shell, threw a few more into her mouth and looked over at Nirvana, absorbing beautiful features still covered in dirt, and sweat and reality. She did not like her, not really, she did not like anyone here apart Lydia over which she had little control. But one did not need to like people, to need them. "Anyway, they fed me. They clothed me. And when it was time for me to sleep they gave me a room, with a bed and fresh sheets. Then they locked the door and I remember thinking that was odd but, y'know, I was tired, I couldn't really give a shit." a shrug, and she wiped her hands over her thighs. "Then two men came in the night, out of the walls just like you said. Right out the vents. --- And I've this thing I can...I can tell apart steps, I can tell how many people are in the room easy. How heavy they are, how quick." she never learnt why they were there, if it was to kill her, to do worse things. She just knew they came, and they likely wished they hadn't. "I knocked one of 'em out, then I took the knife off the second guy and pushed it into his throat. It's tough, y'know? A lot of cartilage, so much fucking blood." it's nonchalant, the way she'd said it. Then she'd decided her story was getting long, so she cut it off there. "I been staying clear of houses. With these fancy lil vents and cute cellars and shitty attics. Fuck that, and fuck this town." Harper pushed herself off the wall then, fingers brushed through her hair. "You wanna grab a drink?"

she'd  heard  about  towns  like  this,  ones  that  were  left  without  bringing  anything  with  them.  it  was  a  survivor's  paradise,  until  they  figured  out  why  the  fuck  someone  left  in  such  a  hurry,  that  they  barely  existed  at  all.  but  it  didn't  matter,  not  really,  not  to  her.  she  got  her  pills,  and  if  shit  goes  sideways,  she'd  leave  each  of  them  to  die.  cure  or  not-  what  did  it  matter  to  nirvana?  her  life  before  wasn't  worth  fighting  to  get  back,  not  when  her  siblings  were  all  dead.  there's  a  shift  of  her  gaze  to  the  other,  and  she  pushes  off  the  wall,  moving  beneath  the  splintering  sun..  "mhm."  the  answer  wasn't  clear,  on  whether  it  was  a  yes  to  the  pills-  or  a  yes  that  this  place  was  fucking  twisted.  "usually  this  is  the  part  in  the  movie  where  people  are  living  in  the  walls  or  some  shit."  in  her  bag,  she'll  open  it  and  toss  the  other  an  ointment.  "probably waiting to pick us off."

[roseyisopodsart]

RE as LPS part 3! RE4R, RE5, and RE6 as LPS!

Explanations below 😋

I reached the tag limit 💀💀💀 so here’s two tags I had to get rid of! Final part coming out tomorrow and I was gonna add Mike, but didn’t to keep the number even! Just know he’s a bird!

Ashley - I really wanted to play with her “baby eagle” codename and maker her a bird (duck #150 ), but I personally don’t think it truly fits, but I do think a lip eater bunny fits! Especially cause of her hair! Bunny is #95!

Merchant - Donkey #1944! Hear me out, donkeys are great at carrying lots of stuff…Merchant carries lots of stuff…therefore, donkey, case closed, thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Luis - Goat #1952! He was lowkey hard to find an LPS for, but I saw this lil goat with the heart nose and I couldn’t resist.

Hunnigan - Lamb #2101! Except her bow would be a pen tee hee! And with glasses ofc!

Krauser - I’m not super happy with the LPS I chose for Krauser, but I do know he screams loyal dog that’s been wronged one too many times and has started biting. For now, I assigned him German Shepard #1800.

Salazar - He’s an ant. Tee hee.

Saddler - Saddler was so damn hard to decide what LPS he would be. I do NOT think my choice is a good choice tbh, but I was so done with this guy, I just settled 💀 he’s an anteater cause he manipulated Salazar and is basically the reason everything happened.

Méndez - HE’S A SPIDER!!!!! Probably wouldn’t have the bow, but maybe he’s feeling fashionable you never know!!!

Sheva - Sheva my beloved 💖 I initially thought of a lioness, but turns out all the lioness models are just jaguar models 💀

Josh - The moment my eyes landed on Corgi #1767…I just knew…That’s just Josh!!! Okay, maybe he wouldn’t be a corgi, so I did some more digging and a bear model may also fit him perhaps???

Reynard - Perhaps a cat??? Or a fish to play on his last name???

Spencer - Hear me out. A lion. But an old Lion who’s way past his prime and is dethroned by another Lion (referencing my LPs stars post)

Irving - Irving lowkey looks like the greyhound model…plz tell me you see it too

Excella - Chinchilla or poodle?? Both are well groomed and love keeping clean (as clean as they can be) and stubborn.

Helena - She’d either be Spaniel #156 or Dachshund #172!

Piers - This new dog!!! He’s either a husky or wolf (I’ve also seen wolf dog), but he gives Piers energy fr fr. (Sorry it’s blurry, with this guy being new, the pics aren’t high quality yet)

Finn - He’s a capybara!! Finn I love you forever fr fr💖💖💖 I have this one and I adore it so much (also sorry the pic isn’t clean, this guy is new and I don’t think anyone has uploaded a transparent background pic yet!)

Jake - Fox #807! It has his red hair!! Also the fox and hound dynamic between him and Piers was too good to miss.

Simmons - Cat #055! Nothing much to say here other than ew…Simmons… (I love the kitty tho, droopy eyed kitties are the best)

Carla - I know she’s supposed to be a perfect copy of Ada, but I think it’d be super interesting if their colors were inverted or maybe white fur would start to peek out over time!

[bu99erfly]

JOY, ph. Choi Moonhyuk Harper's BAZAAR Korea, November 2023

[bubblegumrabbitwriting]

Nsfw-ish

ROs reactions if they were a little too loud the night before and someone told them the next day they must have had a good night?

Ohhh...I'm going to imagine it was the professor who heard them for the extra embarrassment/torture.

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Echo -

Depends on who says it; if it's the professor, she's joking about and trying to make it as uncomfortable for them as possible. Anyone else, she is just silently glaring at them before they shut up; she might make a very sharp comment to achieve that depending on if the person doesn't stop.

Cy -

It depends on how the MC reacts; if they are not otherly shy or bothered about it, then Cy will probably play it off with a joke. If the MC is shy or embarrassed by it, then they will be a bit sharper still a joke but one that doesn't invite any further conversation on the topic.

A -

Unabashedly unashamed, not only are they not denying it they are also doubling down. It will become way waymore awkard for the other person before it even starts to affect A; they will only stop if the MC seems bothered by their bragging and very indepth descriptions.

Salem -

Will play it off with something like "What do you think?" But inside they are dying from embarrassment; it's like having your partner's parents hear you. They are subtly avoiding them any time they enter the room, making excuses to leave. This will probably go on for a week or so until they are absolutely certain the person has forgotten.

Harper -

Instantly covered in a blush from head to toe, they will be a stammering mess while they try to come up with an answer. Ends up just running away from the conversation and hiding somewhere; will need coaching out by the MC and reassurance, probably a stern talking with whoever mentioned it.

Thanks for the ask! 💖

[angelxrp]

"Why would it be a waste to live my best years with you? Can you think of a better way to enjoy them than with the person you're in love with?" Hunter questioned her, raising an eyebrow at the woman. "Fuck my generation, fuck the numbers. I couldn't care less about this. I want you. I love you, Harper. I'm dead serious about this," The younger male looked at Harper, holding her chin gently as he looked deep into her eyes. If she didn't want this, he'd respect her, but at least she should hear from him what he wanted and how he felt about her. "I'm not regretting this."

Goosebumps covered her skin as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer to his body. Hunter made her heart beat feverishly, she wasn't able to meet his eyes without falling for him completely. She sighed softly, trying to glance away. Maybe a poor try to clear her mind, to find the right words. "Hunter..." She breathed out with a sigh, before turning her head to look at him eventually. "A decade separates us... I can't let you waste your best years with someone like me. Be with someone of your generation, someone not as boring as me... I don't want you to regret this..." She sighed deeply.

[hallcw]

alana. || @decad3nce

"So, how did you end up here?" Harper asked, absentmindedly. She'd yet to speak to Alana properly. Something about the woman was intimidating enough for Harper to feel a sense of reluctancy when it came to kickstarting a conversation. But now, with silence shrouding the room, and a plate of warm food, well -- what else was there to do? "I mean you're, you're English right?"

[verytheoristjellyfish]

MADE WITH @hazzymayy ART DO NOT STEAL OR I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN!/J THANK YOU TO HAZZY MAYY FOR LETTING ME USE THEIR BEAUTIFUL ART!! ^^

[stargirl7856]

7x06 - The Gala Review

OMGGGGGGGGG

Chenford: their hook up was so hot. they’d sex. i hate that they’re avoiding the talk but im not shocked. It parallels their dynamic in early s5 Also Lucy saying don’t look me at like that is in a way putting up her walls. I think it was funny that everyone was calling chenford out. Tim saying i wasn’t grumpy last night. ughhh!!! the scene of them in bed pOst sex said sm!! eric & melissa are such great actors and have inSAnE chemistry.

ThE elevator scene!! i need them t talk! Tim wanting to taLk is

growth. also the pROmO for 7x7. tim saying don’t make the same mistake i did w/tim. tim taking accountability somewhat!!! loveeee to see it!!! i do

think they’ll talk in the Future and hopefully they heal together!!

genny was great this ep!! everyone not wanting to date her bc she’s tim sister

Scott & Celina: they’re cutte!! i hope they continue but im a also scared scott might be bad news

wopez: wesley being so eager abt graham & gretchen is so funny! ofc angela knew! im GLAD dRama was fixed

mileS: him & his gf having an ADULT conversation is so nice to see. im really liking miles!!! he can see he wants this

john & bailey: idc! bailey at the end was extra but i get it. her throwing the phone was dumb

also mila & claudia were cute & claudia’s dad protecting her is sweet!!

[knifefightandchill]

[the-insouciant-scientist]

Feast of the rose fashion tiiiiiiiime (feat. name reveal for a certain someone <3)

Had a lot of fun trying to create some seasonally appropriate outfits while working within their personal styles and color schemes!