#cass sees sam and vibes

[tanglepelt]

Dc x dp idea 118

Danny, Sam, and Tucker all share one braincell. One that just went on vacation.

A Giw patrol was hunting the trio down.

What else were they meant to do. Not jump in the random natural portal? No they all just convince each others it’s the best option.

Danny can make portals now. Hell maybe wulf was nearby. They were in the woods. He’d left portals open before.

It was probably safe! Better then a continued chase.

Well.

They were somehow seperated. Somehow not in the ghost zone. And was this even there dimension???

Sam was at a lost. Suddenly landing in an alley. In a grim alleyway. She could dig the dark atmosphere. Someplace called Gotham she’s assuming based on the newspaper the Gotham gazette.

Well. If she could handle that ghost prince kidnapping fiasco she could handle this place. Time to cause some trouble.

Tucker wasn’t that concerned about the separation. For now he’d hack into local sites gain some insight. There was no listing of amity anywhere. No doubt Danny would make the news soon enough. He could chill in jump city for now.

Danny. Well Danny was just vibing. He crashed landed on some farm. The two who came up to him were so nice! They gave him pie!! It didn’t even fight him.

He had no idea where they ended up. The vibe was similar to home. He could still make portals easy enough. But he had no idea where to start looking for sam and tucker.

But!! Jon and Martha promised him their son would be able to help! He had connections… apparently. He couldn’t risk the cops. Plus they let him help with the animals!!!!

He is sure that sam and tucker could take care of themselves for a few days. He was apparently out of town.

Jazz for her part. Had been on her way to pick up the three idiots. Only to see them in the distance jump through a portal. Well. She might as well give the Fenton speedster a test drive.

[goinggoingghone]

dp x dc au except Danny Isn't A Clone.

Shocker. He looks remarkably similar to Robin!Jason, a scrawny little kid (he's sixteen, come on, he's not that scrawny!!! (Wishful thinking, Danno.)) and radiates death vibes.

So Jason's off being Red Hood and killing or whatever he does I'm not actually sure, and Danny's run away to Gotham bc of ectoplasm and GIW and stuff. Yippee.

Sam and Tucker come with him ofc bc I'm a sucker for everlasting trio.

Batfam clocks this guy as a dead ringer (hah) for Jacy Boy and DNA sample him.

Surprise, surprise. Lazarus water. Pit juice. Ra's al Ghul gunk. League liquid. Ectoplasm.

Now Danny's just wondering why these poorly dressed spandex vigilantes are stalking him on a date with his partners. Are they *that* interested in what he's ordering for dinner??

Cue Danny being oblivious to what they want and Batfam just losing their minds over all these signals to Jason's clone that he just isn't picking up. Like, they've learned from Kon what not to do with a clone!! They're gonna love this clone!! AND HE'S NOT PICKING UP THEIR HINTS!!

and then they see Dani. And Dan. At the park. With Danny.

Obviously the most likely conclusion was that they're all clones that escaped from the same facility.

Tucker found out about the whole scheme ages ago and he's just having a great time with Sam watching Danny, Dani, and Dan being so oblivious. Well, mostly Danny and Elle. Dan definitely knows, he just doesn't want to get involved.

Watching Bruce Wayne pulling his hair out over this mysterious, oblivious "clone" child from the Batcave security cameras is almost worth the verbal smackdown (and subsequent gossip session) from Oracle.

At this point, everybody's in on it but Danny, Dani, Bruce, Dick, Damian, and Tim. Babs, Duke, Steph, and Cass all are in the know.

It all comes to a head when Jason comes back with a redhead girlfriend named Jazz.

[lavenderdreams205]

spn thoughts as requested

tw & spoiler warning

they should have kept the grungy filter and aesthetics from the early seasons

bring back the southern / midwest gothic vibes

dean would've listened to and loved 90's & 2000s grunge - I know that the whole "there's no good music past '79" is a key part of his personality but pre series/early seasons dean is soo nirvana / Weezer / smashing pumpkins coded

there is too much flannel in the later seasons - I miss the carhartt and leather jackets so bad

BRING BACK DEANS JEWELRY

there's so much about cas that we don't know. there's all the episodes where he just isn't there and they never tell the viewers what he's doing or where he went

on the same note, cas's personality isn't nearly as flushed out as sam's or dean's are. who is his favorite musician? what's his favorite place to travel to? why does he like the pimpmobile so much? does he actually like the trench coat or does he wear it just because it's there?

so many people characterize cas as a little guy, and while he is cute, it's important to remember that he's also an incredibly powerful eldritch horror who leads angelic armies and brands Michaels vessel just because

dean is bisexual and in love with cas - I won't take the time to list all of the reasons here, but you can definitely find those reasons somewhere

i would've loved for them to use the handprint as a physical manifestation of their bond instead of having it be just a scar that fades with time

i'm actually really ok with the way cas dies, I think it makes sense for his character and provides closure (for him, at least, not for dean)

the parallels of cas and dean meeting in a barn and then dean dying in a barn

cassie is deans first love, cas is his last

the imagery of the empty as cas's wings in 15x18

why do the subtitles spell cas as cass, its awful

there's a few lines in the early seasons that seemingly reference dean getting roofied / sa'd and are subsequently played for laughs, Jensen Ackles confirmed that dean would've done underage sw when John didn't leave them with enough money. I believe that this trauma is a major reason that dean never accepted his sexuality

the way deans alcoholism is overlooked and joked about is actually insane

having dean be completely ok after 15x18 is also insane, especially after the widower arc where the show specifically shows it's viewers how deeply dean grieves cas when he dies

deans death is literally so stupid. I get that the show is trying to make a really meta point about the characters not having plot armor anymore because chuck is gone, but dean deserved to find peace. if the events of the show had never happened and pre series dean had never gotten pre series Sam back into hunting it would've ended the exact same way - dean dead on a hunt and Sam dying from old age

dean spends as much time on earth as he did in hell, and while he would never be the same, I like to believe that if he had been allowed by the narrative to live longer he would've gotten back a little of the twinkle in his eyes that he had before hell

in 15x20 Bobby says that cas helped rebuild heaven but if he was there he would've gone to see dean. additionally, there's no way cas should have been able to escape the empty. this is such a glaringly obvious plot hole and it drives me nuts

I would've liked to see cas's wings in the show - not just the shadow of them

the only time I tolerate serious discussion of wincest is in the context of ethel cain

i am a Sam disliker - while he does have many positive qualities, I have a really hard time getting past him not looking for dean when he was in purgatory and him joking about deans alcoholism and other traumas

i like Sam the best when he's with Eileen, I think they're adorable together and I'm mad they killed her off

I am a chronic jack defender, that boy has done nothing wrong

it would be interesting to explore cas and jacks relationships with their respective genders

there's no way being forced to murder the dean clones didn't affect cas, we only saw him kill the last one but the first few he had to kill had to have been devastating

i'm really disappointed by 14x13 Lebanon, we get the scene with John and Sam but I would argue that dean has significantly more reasons to be upset with John and it's unfortunate that the episode just glossed over this - I believe a screaming match between the two would have cleared the air a bit and been at the very least cathartic for dean

i'm fairly sure that it's canonical that John sent dean away on his 17th birthday to kill lesbian ghosts. my personal hc is that John suspected that dean was bi and sent him to teach him a lesson

i saw a post on here comparing hunting culture to biker and cowboy culture and viewing those things through a queer lens and I thought it was fascinating - there's so much spn could've done if it cared about the show more than money and losing viewers

every time cas and dean beat the shit out of each other, it serves as further proof of their relationship rather than discrediting their relationship - ie demon dean and cas fighting in the library is used to parallel Cain and Collette. it could even be assumed that their love is stronger because Cain killed Collette but dean left cas alive

The purgatory love triangle was so silly

once dean worked through all of his trauma and toxic masculinity he would've been a swiftie

all of the main characters have old / vintage cars but in like season 13/14 dean sam and cas just collectively own and use this really ugly silver truck from the 2010s. its such a small detail but it absolutely ruins my viewing experience every time I see it

dean is actually really smart but most of the fandom overlooks it because Sam is characterized as the smart one. if you know anything about cars you know it takes an insane amount of brains to build a car from scratch (he did this with baby multiple times throughout the show) also he just makes an emf meter using basically nothing. if dean had been given the same opportunities he gave Sam, he would've been an engineer or something

i will always be a John hater, if this man has 0 haters, I am dead

[tomboy014]

It seems like a lot of the DP/DC crossovers I’ve seen have Danny either secretly related to Bruce or Damian or Dick, and if he’s not directly related to one of them, Bats is at the ready with adoption papers.  But if it’s a fic where anyone is related, it’s one of the bats related to Danny, but I think there’s a better candidate.  May I present for the Phandom’s consideration:

Sam Manson.

Hear me out!

Bruce and Sam have a lot in common.  They both

Have black hair

Have eyes in the same color family (Bruce and Sam’s parents are blue, Sam’s are purple)

Are both goth

Come from inherited, generational wealth

Are Jewish

Are intelligent and athletic

Will aggressively fight for causes and the change they want to see

And of course, they both fight superpowered entities that should be beyond their capabilities to handle as normal humans.

The timing also works out for Martha and Ida to be sisters.  Out of ease, the kids use the titles of Aunt and Uncle for Bruce, Pamela and Jeremy even though they’re actually cousins. They don’t really see each other that often, mostly for holidays and big events like graduations or Sam’s bat mitzvah. Every so often, they all get together for more formal galas and charity events.

Plus, it makes it so much funnier if these are the “cousins” Sam refuses to babysit.  Can you blame her?  Would you want to be in charge of keeping Tim and Damian from killing each other?  Plus, the interactions between them and the way they relate would be great!

Bruce (43), Dick (26), Jason (21), Cass (19), Steph and Tim (18), Duke (15-16?), Damian (10), Sam (14)

Dick:  Is the perky ball of sunshine Pamela wishes Sam could be, and she get compared to him a lot.  Sam can’t stand him.  Dick has never seen Sam when her mother isn’t around, so his impression of her is she’s moody and surly.  Doesn’t like being in the middle of their fights or getting his cheeks pinched by Pam every time he comes over.

Jason:  Pamela can’t stand him.  Due to whatever cover story they made up to cover up Jason’s death and return, Pamela is now convinced that he’s some delinquent who’ll wind up a criminal (she’s not entirely wrong?).  Such a shame since he was so sweet as a kid.  His death is what started Sam’s interest in the occult.  Sam’s favorite cousin.  She loves that he’s actually a giant dork and bookworm behind the cool, tough-guy façade.  He keeps Sam well supplied in combat boots.  If they both disappear at a function in Amity Park, they’re probably hanging out at the Skulk n Lurk. 

Tim:  Another problem child according to Pam.  He’s the one who introduced Sam to videogames and Doomed.  Tim changed the Manson’s home theater set-up so they can play videogames on the big screen whenever the Wayne’s come over.  Will go out of his way to piss Pamela off.

Steph and Cass:  Steph doesn’t always come over when the rest of the Wayne’s do, but when she does, she sticks to Cass.  Big sister vibes from them both, scarily insightful, and good listeners.  They’re cool.

Damian:  They have the most shared interests, so you’d think they’d get along, but neither can stand the others’ attitude.  It’s a case of like repelling like.  Sam helped him figure out what kind of vegetarian he wanted to be and gave him a bunch of her favorite recipes.  If the two of them disappear while at Wayne Manor, you can usually find them hanging out with Batcow.

Duke:  The newest addition to the family, Sam is aware of him, but they haven’t met yet.

Part 2

[abarbaricyalp]

For the @sambuckyhalloweenbingo Based on a weirdo dream I had where Sam and Bucky were Louis and Lestat. Only this didn't need the full AU works 😄

Less of a plot, more just concept and vibes

CW: fake blood and fangs

Hearts Dancing Together

Sam pretended he couldn't hear Bucky loitering the the doorway. He kept his attention on the mirror in front of him and not squishing out all the fix-o-dent in the fake fangs he was putting on. It was a slow process.

"If I ever need dentures, just put me out of my misery," he said to acknowledge Bucky's presence.

"We'll get you a nice set of veneers," Bucky promised with bemusement. "Let me see the suit." He reached for Sam's hips and turned him from the mirror.

Sam almost spit out the fangs. "You're blond!"

Bucky didn't react to the teasing. Instead, his eyes darkened in a way that spelled out them being late for the party. "And you're beautiful," he breathed. He hooked a knuckle under Sam's chin and stared at the green contacts Sam was wearing. "I prefer your big browns, but this is pretty great too."

Sam felt himself flush and pushed Bucky back a step before he let Bucky make them late. Or he let himself make them late.

He hadn't meant to watch the new rendition of Interview With The Vampire. (Actually, he hadn't even known it was 'THE vampire' and not 'A vampire' until the title card) He wasn't a fan of the movie. Or really vampires in general. But he and Bucky had happened to catch the premiere while they were channel surfing. He'd really meant to watch just enough to make fun of the inaccuracies about Louisiana, make fun of an insulting accent or two, maybe make Bucky watch the movie to see his opinion on it. That was it.

They did not turn it off at any point. They watched the rest of the season religiously. Actually, they were kind of obsessed with it. (Sarah banned discussion of everything to do with the show)

Bucky had mostly come up with the costume idea. It came in fits and starts. The first time was as he stared at his neck in the mirror and prodded at a bite mark that actually had teeth marks in it.

"Goddamm, Louis de Pointe du Lac," he'd said, trying to rub away the indentions.

"You complain when they're gone in the morning, you complain when they're rough," Sam had said with no thought towards Bucky's words, except to add to his eye roll. "Get back in bed. 'S gettin' cold."

And then again a few weeks later when Bucky had tied his hair back. He curled the tiny ponytail around his fingers and then grinned at Sam and asked, " Is it very in fashion for the French vampire style?"

It earned another eye roll, but an appreciative once over nonetheless.

He'd finally broken down sometime around the beginning of September and said they should dress like the characters for Halloween. Then promptly spent weeks bitching that the movie Lestat had better clothes. Which was maybe true, Sam had to admit.

Even so, he must've gotten over the complaint because he looked like he wanted to take all the parts of Sam's burgundy three-piece suit off with his teeth. Bucky himself had cheated and was only wearing a Gothic type shirt and vest covered in blood, with regular--if slightly tight--dress pants. Sam wasn't sure which blood bath it was a reference to, but he had his suspicions confirmed that Bucky could look like a vampire effortlessly if he dressed all old-fashioned.

"You're blond," he repeated and finally reached up to touch Bucky's hair.

"Is just a spray on. Silver on top of yellow. Cass helped. It was a trade-off for me making his hair purple."

"I thought he was going as a Transformer. Why does he need purple hair?" Sam asked before waving his hand. "Nevermind, he probably only did it because he knew you wouldn't say no."

Bucky scrunched up his nose in offense. "I couldn't say no. I was buying it for myself. What kind of example is that?"

Sam had lived through this exact conversation with Sarah before. It was about ice cream at the time. He was not eager to rehash it right then.

"How come you got your shirt bloody but not you?" he asked instead.

"Well, I thought I might come in here and we could hang out for a while. Didn't want to ruin your outfit with any fake blood."

"Nuh-uh," Sam said, putting out a hand to stop Bucky walking closer. Stalking closer. "You are not making us late. If we hang out, we'll never leave the bedroom."

"That doesn't sound so bad," Bucky offered. "We'll take pictures beforehand and post them later. And people who know won't be able to blame me when you look like this." He reached for Sam's hips and suddenly they were flush together because the hand that had been on Bucky's chest, creating space, was now in Bucky's hair.

Fangs caught on lips almost immediately. They were both clumsy with the extra length of the fake teeth. He understood now why the fangs in the show were retractable. Although it felt like Bucky was going to make a point of learning to kiss like this. Which was kind of hot.

He walked Bucky back against a wall, shoved his hands under Bucky's flow-y shirt, smoothed them up his abdomen. Bucky rattled off something in French that ended with a moaned, "Mon cher," which earned him a few extra kisses. He was loose and pliant under Sam's attention, which is how Sam knew this was exactly what Bucky had wanted.

"Why are you trying to get out of the party?" he accused, stopping in the middle of a kiss to Bucky's neck.

Another string of French, this one considerably lower and sharper, followed. "I'm not trying to get out of the party," he defended. "Just think you look too good to let go right now."

"I'll look this good when we get home too."

"And tomorrow morning and all the sunsets and sunrises after that," Bucky agreed. "But you'll be tired tonight and I'm gonna be covered in fake blood that you're gonna make me wash off before I can get in bed and by the time I'm done, you're gonna be passed out."

Sam looked affronted, but he wasn't sure how well it played while he had sea glass green contacts in. "I have never fallen asleep waiting on you."

Bucky looked at him blandly. "You fall asleep on me all the time. One time, you fell asleep while I was kissing your neck."

"Now, just wait a minute. You were so warm and I was so cold that night--"

"I don't care, mon amour," Bucky interrupted. "You need to sleep. I'm not mad about it. I'm just saying that you're so damn handsome right now and I don't wanna wait."

He held Sam's face in one big hand and leaned over to kiss and nip at his jaw and his neck. The fangs scratched over Sam's skin, which just about made Sam melt under the attention and the fantasy of it all.

Then he pushed Bucky back and ducked away from his warm touch. "Later," he promised. "We said we'd go to this party so we're going."

Bucky scowled, which was only softened a little by the fangs. It was also incredibly heightened by those fangs. This was too dangerous. Sam had to look somewhere else.

"Let me do your blood," he suggested. A distraction was needed.

Bucky slipped around him--hands on his hips again, warm body pressed way too close for how much space they had, being generally too damn distracting on purpose--as Sam dug in the closet for the bag of Halloween supplies they'd gathered over the last few weeks. When he turned around again, Bucky was sitting on the lid of the toilet, face turned up towards Sam and the soft light of their bathroom.

Too damn distracting in dangerous situations.

They did make it to the party. Late. Very late.

And Louis was also covered in blood from the cheek to the collarbone and back to his ear, but he was a vampire, so what did it matter? Just added to the costume, Sam thought. Sarah bursting into snickers as soon as she saw them did not sway his opinion any at all.

And it was Bucky who crashed before they even got home. Evidently neither being a vampire all night nor a super soldier serum could affect the sugar crash of going head to head with all of the neighborhood kids in a candy eating contest. Sam did still wake him up to wash off the fake blood before being into bed.

As he did curl close to Sam, still wearing that silly puffy shirt, he mumbled something into Sam's neck. In French again, but Sam was able to parse it out this time.

"Accepte la beauté qui est en toi."

Be all of the beautiful things you are.

[ao3feed-sambucky]

Catching Feelings

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/hU2slaw by SleeplessMidnight26 Bucky is living at the compound with the rest of the avengers and he’s getting used to everyone and making friend. With everyone except for Sam. He can’t stand Sam and everyone can see it. That is until Bucky comes to the realization that his feelings for Sam is now how he thought. Words: 3339, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), AJ Wilson, Cass Wilson, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson, Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Additional Tags: Feelings Realization, Bucky Barnes Recovering, Bucky Barnes Has Issues, Feelings, Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Fluff and Humor, Romantic Comedy, romcom vibes, Sam Wilson is a Saint, Crushes, catching feels, Bucky Barnes Goes to Therapy, Learning Feelings, Re-Learning to Feel, First Kiss, Enemies to Lovers read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/hU2slaw

[mlobsters]

supernatural s14e10 nihilism (w. steve yockey)

was thinking about this yesterday, how crowley popped in to cas when lucifer had him locked up, and how they might try to manage something like that for dean

is that pam?? ugh i really liked her. wish she could have stuck around. weird how hrm. having feelings about this idea that sam and dean could even have something like this bar. like, an established place for them that wasn't underground in this weird sterile bougie bunker, but something that actually fits them. be up and around people, even if they're still hunting. so is this supposed to be like the djinn format, where it's taking his dream and trapping him?

DEAN How come you always have a boyfriend? PAMELA How come you only want what you can't have? DEAN Whoa. PAMELA Besides, you don't want me. You just like to flirt. I'm a psychic, so I kinda know.

cute and legit

the unfortunate monster teeth on this vampire made it so it's very obviously adr'd in when he's talking. maybe go back to just the occasional flashing of fangs with cg, guys 🥴

SAM Billie -- uh, uh, Death assigned a reaper to keep an eye on Dean and me. Her name is Jessica, and she is always -- WOMAN Hello. SAM Where's Jessica? WOMAN Well, my name's Violet. It's my shift. We have shifts now, because you mess up so, so many things.

cute and legit x2

SAM Okay, look, sorry, but we're stuck, okay? And Death owes us one after we fixed that whole Rowena thing. You know about that, right? VIOLET Oh, yes, the Rowena thing you started.

not sure i know about it though (have to consult the wiki) :S oh god, right. when rowena was trying to get crowley back. the great characterization flip flops of crowley, rowena and ketch

SAM Okay, listen. Back when Gadreel possessed me, he -- he created, uh, I don't know, like a -- like a fake world inside my head. But Crowley was able to force his way in, he showed me how to take control, and I drove the angel out.

oh, wait. did crowley do that twice? apparently so. i very distinctly remembered cas watching tv while crowley was trying to get him to cooperate lol. forgot he got in there for gadreel too

MICHAEL Yes, uh, put a chair against the door. That'll help. Nothing's changed. Either my monsters get here, or I break these chains. But tonight...everybody dies. And, Sam? The last thing you'll see is this pretty smile...as I rip you apart.

he's giving me keanu vibes again with his speaking voice/cadence as michael

SAM It's the, uh, messed up British Men of Letters thing they used to get inside people's heads. I figure if I can get in, maybe I can wake Dean up, get him to fight, you know, to force Michael out.

we're just gonna bring up a million things i have basically zero recollection of. ah yes, the thing that enabled the conversation with brainwashed-mary where dean told her that he had to be sam's mother, father, and brother. the conversation, i remember. context? nada

well i was asking where all the apocalypse world people and there they are. not sure why they're putting maggie at point of this operation but okay. we don't know anyone else and jim beaver isn't in this episode? lol

michael's daddy issues putting everyone's to shame. burn the multiverse to the ground

CASTIEL So much trauma in Dean's mind. So many scars. SAM Well, yeah. Dean's been through a lot, but he's strong. CASTIEL Sam...you've both been through a lot, and Dean is more than strong. What I meant was, if I knew...if I knew what I was looking for, I could just -- I could simply go to it. But because Michael has Dean trapped away, drowning, I have to wade through all of Dean's most terrible memories. SAM Cass, wait a second. Would Michael bury Dean in trauma? CASTIEL What do you mean? SAM I mean, Michael said it himself. The reason he left Dean in the first place was because Dean was fighting back so hard. CASTIEL So, if Michael wanted to keep Dean placated... SAM Dean thrives on trauma. I mean, he's had to his whole life, right? It keeps him alert, keeps him ready, but if I wanted to distract Dean, I-I... I'd give him something he's never had before. CASTIEL Contentment.

haha 🥲

this browsing through dean's traumatic and good memories, someone very nicely has them identified to episodes on the wiki

MICHAEL You don't mean that, Dean, not really. You may lie to them, but, deep down, I know you. I am you. You only tolerate the angel because you think you owe him, because he "gripped you tight and raised you from Perdition." Or whatever. But since then, what has he done? Only made mistakes, one after the other.

he kind of mocked cas's voice there and it's funny to me how he couldn't really pull it off in the way like.. if pellegrino did that line, totally would have worked. but to me, jackles's michael it just wasn't really hitting the right note :p

MICHEL And, Sam -- oh, Sam... You know, Dean was his happiest when you quit hunting, leaving him with your dad, just the two of them. See, deep down, he knows that you will always abandon him, again and again.

feels like it's been a long time since we thought about dean's insecurity over sam leaving. maybe like when sam found out about gadreel? i dunno. anyway. obviously just trying to get a rise out of him but i think these days they're pretty secure with each other in that respect.

glad they clarified via lecture from cas that jack used the soul magic to invoke the angel powers to zap the monsters because i didn't get that

locking michael in the fridge in your mind is going well i see

well of all the rehabbed characters, i'm glad for billie. since her hatred of them never really made much sense anyway

DEAN Rescuing Mom and Jack, helping out those other folks -- I'd say it was worth it. BILLIE And just look at you now. Do you remember visiting my reading room? The shelves and shelves of notebooks describing the ways you might die? DEAN Yeah. Upbeat classics. BILLIE Well, it's the funniest thing, but they've all been rewritten. They all end the same way now -- with the archangel Michael escaping your mind and using you as his vessel to burn down this world. DEAN All of them? BILLIE All of them. Except one.

is it a picture of rebar. is it some suicidal bullshit? hmm. get stabbed by lucifer wielding the archangel blade?

[assembletheimagines]

Bucky taking his girlfriend to the cookout at the end of FAWS to introduce her to Sam for the first time✨

A/N: This made me re-watch The Falcon and The Winter Soldier so thank you lmao <3

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Bucky shifted the vehicle into park, his hands moving to his lap. He thrummed his fingers over his thighs, he was nervous, just a little bit. But you could see him visibly relax as you grabbed his hand, squeezing softly.

You could faintly hear music playing on the dock as crowds of people lingered about. Bucky squeezed your hand back as he turned to you then, a smile forming on his lips as you looked at him. You looked so cute holding the cake resting on your lap. 

Bucky got out of the car and rounded the vehicle. Always the gentleman, he opened your car door, his metal hand reaching for the cake as he helped you out. “Thank you,” he mumbled softly, stopping you from moving out of the door way for a moment. He just needed to say it before going any further. 

Your smile grew as you laid a hand on his chest and stood up higher on your toes to give him a quick reassuring kiss. You knew this was a big step for him. 

And your smile only grew more as you saw the way Bucky reacted when his name was called out. Two young boys, Aj and Cass, ran up to him excitedly as he led you down the dock. Instantly, the younger one faked a punch and Bucky was quick to side-step out of the way, cake never falling from his hand. Just as he stepped, the older boy came in for the second fake attack. You couldn’t help your giggle as Bucky’s mouth dropped opened, a small “ah!” coming from his mouth as he acted like the older boy hit his face. 

You had heard about the two nephews of Sam Wilson when Bucky came back home to you. It was all over the news the past few days about GRC and the Flag Smashers and when Bucky didn’t stop by your apartment you figured he was out there helping.  

When he finally made it through your door with a sheepish smile, you welcomed him with open arms. Which he melted into as he hugged you close, telling you everything that had happen over the few weeks he was gone. 

Bucky looked back at you, bringing you back from your thoughts as he flashed you another grin. The young boys and you following him further towards the crowd. 

As you guys got closer your mouth began watering from how amazing the food smelt. People were sitting at picnic tables, sea food boil on their plates as they laughed and talked about. If people weren’t sitting at the tables, they were waiting in line to be served the amazing food or sitting on the edge of the dock chattering away. It was a small gathering but you could tell the saying ‘The more the merrier’ was definitely the vibe. 

The boys ran off to a woman behind a table who was cutting potatoes for the boil which Bucky told you was Sarah, Sam's sister. You nodded your head, storing that information mentally away as Bucky took his sunglasses off.

Bucky walked with you to a table of people, dropping the cake off before sliding an arm around your waist, leading you to a specific person he saw in the distance. 

- 

Sam stood by a table as people came up to him, side-hugging him as they took a picture with the Falcon. 

Bucky squeezed your side softly as you both approached the smiling man. 

“How did I know you’d be where the camera was,” Bucky teased and Sam turned to the both of you, his eyes lighting up as he matched Bucky’s grin. 

“Uh huh, whatever white panther.” Sam joked right back as his eyes glanced from Bucky to you, his smile growing. “And who is this?” His eyebrows raising as he gave Bucky a cheesy look that had Bucky rolling his eyes in response. 

You smiled as Bucky pulled your closer to his side, introducing you to Sam as his girlfriend. 

“It’s so nice to meet you,” you greeted and was slightly surprised as Sam brought you into a hug like you two were already family. 

“So, I guess I’m not the only one in his phone,” Sam teased and you laughed as Bucky’s cheeks tinted pink. 

“Sam,” Bucky warned pulling you back into his arms. You were his safe place and it had become a habit of holding you close whenever possible. 

- -

Music played in the background as you sat with Sarah and Sam at a picnic table, Sarah promising to give you the recipe to her food as Sam talked with Bucky. 

Speaking of, you shook your head as Bucky stood on top of the bench, one foot on top of the table. He flexed his arm, sending you a wink as kids hung off his wrist and forearm. 

“What a show off,” Sam groaned nudging you with his shoulder as Sarah laughed. “I don’t know how you can stand him.” And it was your turn to shoot Bucky a wink. 

“I could say the same for you,” you laughed to Sam. 

Bucky’s smile grew, he was undeniably happy. 

[the-shared-brain-in-retrograde]

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

A joint review

Well here we go now, a show that we have both enjoyed in very different ways. One of us gained what we would term a normal level of enjoyment (although also some other strong feelings about the general MCU canon - ‘it’s bullshit’ mutters Becks), whilst the other has gone completely feral and thought of little else since watching the show the first time. So lots to get through, we’ll try to keep it in our pants. By which I mean brief.

New World Order

Becks: The first time I watched this episode I was sort of disappointed. This time, I was more... upset.

Cass: *snorts* So yet to crack a positive emotion.

Becks: Obviously I cheered up when I saw Emmy-nominated actor Don Cheadle. Who’s spirits wouldn’t be lifted by such a short, yet fine, performance?

*Both of us look to camera meaningfully*

Becks: I think the thing is, and where I think we differ, is I find it difficult to understand why Sam gave up the shield. I agree with Bucky that he should have kept it. I do understand the reasons he didn’t keep it, and obviously a lot of that is to do with being a black man in America which is something that I’m not, so I can empathise but I also can’t fully grasp that struggle. But in my head Steve Rogers told him to do something and also Bucky did, and I think you should just do what they tell you!

Cass: *girly voice* Yes, Sergeant Barnes

Becks: And also him not taking it has led to John Walker. I think he should apologise for that. Because clearly Sam is a good man, and that’s all that Captain America needs to be.

Cass: Okay. So I have a different take, because although I am also neither black nor American I think I follow how Sam’s experience of being both those things would lead him to believe that taking the mantle isn’t the right thing for him to do. And let’s face it, I’m also far less inclined to do what Steve Rogers says blindly. I could get behind your Bucky argument more, if Bucky wasn’t such a hot mess at this stage who can barely tell himself what to do, let alone anyone else.

Also, Sam hasn’t had any opportunity to ease himself into the idea. It’s like being given a job that you didn’t apply for, by someone who has fucked off without leaving any guidance on how to do it. And likely he’s going to be expected to lead a team, and the world is going to scrutinise him whilst he does it, which means every inevitable mistake will be blown out of proportion, and then he’ll have to deal with that. I would hate that. So I get his doubt and even his refusal.

We then agree on something, which is that the skydiving sequence looks very nice.

Becks: It gave me Star Wars vibes. It reminds me of when Din takes out his new ship in Boba Fett, so that was nice for me.

Cass: I also like it, because Sam is so badass and it looks very cool.

Becks: Also, I think you’d shit yourself if you were flying along and a man’s face popped up at the window.

Cass: I definitely would, because it’s a fear of mine to see a face appear at any window. Also it’s a good argument as to why you shouldn’t use firearms on a plane.

Becks: Imagine if you got rescued by Sam? I reckon you’d cry. *pause whilst she imagines it, cackles* YOU WOULD!

Cass: I’d hold on tight and be sure he knew how grateful I was when we landed. Whether I’m crying at the time is immaterial.

Becks: TORRES! I like him, he’s a cutey, and I reckon he’ll be the new Falcon.

Cass: He gives me strong puppy vibes. Very enthusiastic. I like him!

Becks: I didn’t like him going off on his own and getting beaten up though.

Cass: Did you like when he sent Sam a little sad selfie of his bashed up face? All these young additions will get the Avengers what’s app group up and running I reckon.

Becks: Bucky just in there like ‘stop messaging me’.

Cass: Bucky definitely sending bad memes that everyone else saw years ago. Speaking of Bucky... anything to add?

Becks: Well I think I’ve written I’d wank him off at some point during my notes so...

Cass: So you’re saying this review is now rated NC17, yeah? Good to know. Proceed.

Becks: I think the problem is that I consider Steve and Bucky to be besties, and the way that the MCU finished that storyline means that I haven’t had any closure, and it makes me very sad and I think it’s why I don’t enjoy the show as much as you and I don’t know where I’m going with this but I just think WHAT IF YOU LEFT ME AND GOT ANOTHER BEST FRIEND? WHAT WOULD I DO?!

Cass: Right. Lots to unpack.

Becks: THAT’S WHAT SAM WOULD TRY AND DO AND I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!

Cass: Ahh, now we’re getting somewhere! Lie back down. Tell me about your mother.

Anyway. Anything you want to say about Bucky in terms of his narrative arc in this show and particularly this episode?

Becks: It’s strange to hear him talk so much. Short hair looks nice. And also it’s sad. He’s torturing himself, and I think he’s very angry at everyone, but mainly at himself for things beyond his control. And he’s a man out of time now isn’t he? Which must be very difficult.

Cass: Yes, I think it’s very sad to see quite how isolated he is. And although he has made a friendship with Yuri, it’s sad because it’s also under false pretences so part of him must feel like it’s not real.

Becks: And he’s ignoring Sam, who’s clearly trying to reach out BECAUSE HE’S SUCH A GOOD PERSON *seethes*

Cass: Jesus. Who hurt you? I’d love to know. Anyway, it’s nice that he’s got some lines in this, because I don’t think it was clear in his previous outings quite how incredibly sassy the man is.

Becks: I love his sass! It really does things for me.

Cass: I like his little fake smiles. And also that therapist deserves to be sassed, I reckon. I’ve never been to therapy, but I’m not sure she’s totally up to code. Anyway. The we go to Louisiana, which may I say looks so pretty.

Becks: I like Sarah. She’s a strong female character so that’s nice. The only issue with this show for me is that there are female characters, but none of them talk to each other. I can’t tell if she’s older or younger than Sam?

Cass: I guess it’s a mess anyway because of the blip. I think it’s lovely to see that Sam has some family though. As a character he was always sort of isolated before, so it’s nice to get a real sense of family and community around him. The time in Delacroix always feels very soft and warm.

Becks: Yeah, you can see how he is such a good person, because he’s clearly had a good family and values and support growing up.

Cass: The bit at the bank makes me rage though. Although I do enjoy how Sarah just absolutely cannot when Sam does the wings.

Becks: Cos to her he’s not The Falcon is he? He’s just her brother, and I think it’s very well done.

At this point, we realised we had spent an hour on the first episode alone, and decided to move things along.

Cass: Oh Shit hang on we haven’t even mentioned John Walker!

Becks: I have! I hate him. I hate the whole Russell family in the MCU. I think the shock factor of the introduction is very good though. I wasn’t expecting it, and it was awful.

Cass: I felt such absolute rage. And just seeing the disbelief but also the resignation in Sam’s eyes. Like ‘of course this, I was stupid to think this wouldn’t happen’ on his face is so clear even without words.

Becks: And it just got more awful. Awfuler? More awful? It was shit! And having to watch Bucky’s little face? Despicable.

The Star Spangled Man

Cass: Although I enjoy the first episode, I think this one is where the show really comes into it’s own, because I think we can both agree that it’s really good when Sam and Bucky are actually on screen together.

Becks: It’s my favourite episode. I like Bucky hijacking Sam who is just trying to do his job. I like the Androids, Aliens and Wizards bit. I like how disgusted Bucky is by that, and how Sam is so confused by how he knows Gandalf.

Cass: They do have an absolute nerd argument don’t they? God love them. Bucky ‘I read it when it first came out’ Barnes.

Becks: I like how grumpy he is with Redwing. I like it when he jumps out of the plane. I like the staring. I like how Sam is winding Bucky up like ‘that little girl beat your ass’ and then Bucky growls at him. It does things to me.

Cass: You know what does things to me? When Sam rescues him and they go rolling through that flower meadow. The first time I watched this episode, you had already seen it and you text me to say was I Team Sam or Team Bucky and they were rolling through the flowers at the time and so I thought it would be a funny joke to say ‘maybe I’m Team Sam/Bucky’ but by the end of the episode I was like ‘oh shit’ and no-one was laughing anymore.

Becks: I think I knew it wasn’t going to be a joke.

Cass: Yeah. Locked in OTP. I try to keep a lid on it...

Becks: You didn’t try that hard! Anyway. I like the walking down the path and how they get made to get in the car like Elle Woods. And then I like how disgusted he is at Battlestar.

Cass: STOP THE CAR! Yeah he’s right and he should say it. Also, fair play to give Walker a chance but everything out of his mouth is more disgusting than the last, so I’m glad they just agree he’s a dick and antagonise him for the rest of the show.

Becks: It also cements my hatred for Walker. He’s talking to them like he thinks he is Steve, rather than his replacement. And I hate that.

Cass: Yeah he just has no compassion or self awareness it feels like. He seems to have a very high opinion of himself, so far unfounded from what I can tell. The other thing we get in this episode is more of an introduction to the Flag Smashers. I think this is where we find out they’re all Super Soldiers. Which, scientists of the MCU, stop trying to recreate that serum! It never goes well!

Becks: You can really understand where they are coming from.

Cass: Maybe not the way that they are going about it, but the reason behind it is relatable.

Becks: And I think whereas we know we’re definitely against John Walker, with Karli it feels different. Because it’s like, you’re not wrong. Which is an interesting way to do things.

Cass: Yeah I think off the back of that that it’s a good way of setting Sam up as a character with a lot of compassion. Like he says, he doesn’t disagree with Karli’s fight, just the way she’s fighting it. He sees how young she is, and refuses to call her a criminal.

Becks: And I think throughout the series, although she believes in her cause you can see her moments of doubt where things have gone too far. I think that’s a nice relatable thing to have.

Cass: And then of course, speaking of Super Soliders, we have the Isiah Bradley storyline. Which for me and for Sam I think, really just hammers home some of his doubts about taking the Shield and why he might not be the right person for it.

Becks: Yeah he was fucked over wasn’t he, in a really horrible way, and he’s understandably very angry. And I think it effects Sam very negatively at first, and puts even more doubts in his mind.

Cass: And then the cops turn up, and are racist. So another excellent days work for them. Sam’s levels of patience through his anger and frustration are incredible and it makes me sad that they are necessary.

Becks: Oh I forgot about the staring bit! Where they sit very close to each other and stare into each others eyes. We’ve never done that.

Cass: Do you want to? I don’t know if we should? If my reaction to this is anything to go by, it might unleash something in me...

Becks: It’s just really good. The whole episode has so much good stuff in it, it makes me want to say it’s the best thing ever made. I won’t, but it makes me want to.

Power Broker

Cass: I think it’s amazing how many characters are in this show that you do like. Not necessarily that they are good people. But they’re interesting and you enjoy watching them. Which brings us to Zemo.

Becks: I’d like to start with the hypothetical conversation. Which is just brilliant.

Cass: It is brilliant! I love how the instant Bucky mentions hypotheticals, Sam is like ‘what did you do?’ I like how Bucky keeps trying to look innocent and it makes him look more guilty. 

Becks: And then the prison break. Because I love a prison break, and it is undoubtedly a very good one. He’s another person who’s motivation you can understand. Also, he does his villainy so well. It’s a lot of fun.

Cass: Yeah, he definitely dances on the line of it. Cos you get his reasons and you sort of feel for him, but also he’s a lunatic and can’t really be allowed to run around destroying people, super soldiers or not. It’s not nice watching him try to wind Bucky up - like Bucky is a means to an end for him as much as the other way around.

Becks: But he does create a nice unified focus for the boys. So that’s good.

Cass: I think as well that it’s a good way of Sam being able to show some trust in Bucky. Which I actually think is important for Bucky at this stage. Like, Sam could have totally flipped. But he listens to Bucky’s reasons and then he’s like ‘alright, since you broke him out let’s try it your way.’

Becks: I fucking love Madripoor. I think we’d have a lovely time in Madripoor.

Cass: What would we do?

Becks: PARRRRRRRTAAAAAAAY! I don’t want to go to an art gallery though.

Cass: What about an illegal art gallery?

Becks: I suppose. But only if I can judge it.

Cass: What’s the criteria?

Becks: Does it look like what it’s meant to look like? No? THEN BURN IT!

I didn’t like it when Zemo made Bucky pretend to be The Winter Soldier. Because that would have been awful for him.

Cass: No it was really sad. Although he was better at acting than Sam, who was a disaster.

Becks: Yeah Sam was terrible undercover, I remember us discussing that at the time.

Cass: He downed that snake shot though which I don’t think I could have done.

Becks: Werp! Why are they serving those shots? No one wants that in bars. What were the nice ones with cream that we used to have? Blow jobs! He should have just ordered a blow job.

Cass: Sorry, did you just say Sam Wilson should go into a bar and get a blow job?

Becks: (wheezes)

Cass: ‘Oh Sam Wilson and The Winter Soldier should go into a bar and get blow jobs.’

Becks: (still wheezing) That’s not what I meant, you’re twisting it!

Cass: What’s that? You said Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes should just give each other blow jobs?

Becks: I think that’s what you said!

Cass: That is what I said. Why haven’t they?! I suppose because they’re professionals and keeping their mind on the job. Speaking of which, however bad at acting he may be, Sam is a fucking PROFESSIONAL and I don’t believe that he would leave his phone on.

Becks: Yeah I think we both thought that was bad. Like yes they need to move the plot along, but do it better.

Cass: As an aside, we’ve all seen how bad Bucky is at lying so I don’t reckon he’d be any better undercover than Sam if he was playing anyone other than The Winter Solider. So I’d just like to see a show where they have to go undercover, and they’re both fucking terrible.

Becks: Like 21 Jump Street?

Cass: Exactly!

Becks: And Zemo is no help, he just wants chaos. Moving on to Sharon, it’s good to see the consequences of their earlier actions. Sharon did get fucked over, and now they’re going to suffer. It’s good to see a woman entering her villain era. Also, as a fan of the hoody I enjoy her fashion choices.

Cass: Yeah I like Sharon more in this. She feels like more of a character, and again she’s been through some shit so it’s understandable how she has arrived here. Actually, is there anyone in this show that the US Government hasn’t screwed over? Something to think about.

Becks: We need to mention the serum, because we need to mention Bucky pressing his gun up against that mans face, and how it made us feel.

Cass: And how did it make us feel?

Becks: *wheezes* Not as financially troubled as when he does it in The 355, but it was borderline. Anyway you all know our feelings on science. Stop doing it! Also, I didn’t like it when he suggested improvements to the serum as if Bucky and Steve aren’t perfect.

Cass: You have so much rage, don’t you? I like that Zemo made a special pit stop to pick up a murder mask and a sports car whilst Sam and Bucky were squabbling in a gun fight again. And I’m sure you vibe with Bucky’s long game car seat pettiness, Becks.

We’d like to end our commentary on this episode with a general statement about how much we hate Walker. It’s nothing really specific, we just hate everything about him, and we think you should too.

The Whole World Is Watching

After a short and necessary break, in which Becks tries to dye her hair green but ends up with more of an Incredible Hulk cosplay situation and Cass goes to the shops, we reconvene. Becks is driving, it’s all very West Wing. If they drove.

Cass: Alright, this one starts with a flashback to beautiful Bucky in beautiful Wakanda.

Becks: And you said mean things...

Cass: What did I say?

Becks: I said that if it were me going through that I would have liked you to be there for me, and so I think Bucky would have wanted Steve there. And you said ‘well he wasn’t was he?’ and I didn’t much care for your tone.

Cass. Well. I mean. He wasn’t was he?

Becks: See! Laughing at me. Laughing at my misery, you’re a horrible person OH MY GOD THERE’S A DOG LOOKING AT ME FROM THE CAR IN FRONT!

Cass: To get us back on safe ground, let’s discuss Ayo.

Becks: She’s pissed and I don’t blame her. I wouldn’t like to have wronged her, White Wolf was playing with fire there. Like, it’s such a man thing to do, plough ahead and not think of others feelings.

Cass: Yeah, I don’t blame her for being pissed either. In many respects, she’s incredibly reasonable for that sort of situation. But she obviously has a good friendship with Bucky and gives him some more time to get what he needs from Zemo despite it all, so that’s nice.

Becks: I think I’d like to go on holiday in Riga. It looks lovely.

Cass: The flat is very nice. I enjoy how Sam can’t cope with any more hypotheticals when Zemo starts being vague about what happened. ‘You straight up shot the man!’ The audacity. 

*checks notes*

My God Becks, your notes are very thirsty in this episode.

 ‘Titties.’ 

‘I’d like to see Bucky’s leverage.’ 

‘I’d like Bucky to keep an eye on me’

‘Sneaky Zemo, makes him hot.’

What’s going on?

Becks: I have a lot of feelings, and I was clearly feeling a certain way. 

Cass: I enjoy Zemo’s Snow Queen vibes, getting info with Turkish Delight. I don’t enjoy John Walker turning up once again and getting all up in business that Sam was clearly handling. Because Sam is really, really good at talking reasonably with Karli and trying to help her to see another point of view. And it may well have worked if Walker and his big old inferiority complex hadn’t busted in and ruined it.

Becks: Sam is so good. So rational and caring. I very badly wish that Zemo had managed to break all of the vials. And it just goes to show, doesn’t it, that John Walker is not a good person. He’s just very untrustworthy. An overall bad egg.

Cass: Yeah, he’s exactly the type of person that Zemo thinks shouldn’t have the serum. And he’s proven right.

Becks: Captain America with a gun just doesn’t sit right. The fight in the flat is quite good, isn’t it? Love to see John Walker get his arse handed to him.

Cass: *snorts* ‘Looking strong John!’ really speaks to me. It’s just good to see the Dora Milaje absolutely not standing for any of his bullshit.

Becks: It’s really quite poignant in the end, because obviously he’s a bad loser but also the whole ‘they weren’t even super soldiers’ is just building towards him making really bad decisions. Although when Bucky’s arm comes off it’s a bit sad isn’t it?

Cass: It’s a bit of a ‘know your place, White Wolf’ moment isn’t it? Although it does give Sebastian room to do two things we find quite effecting. 1) Big sad eyes and 2) What we in the know refer to as The Arm Thing.

Becks: *giggles* Yes. The Arm Thing.

Cass: Although I agree to some extent with Karli’s viewpoint, I don’t like her threatening Sam’s family to get him to meet her. Although I do think it’s a big turning point in their relationship when Bucky refuses to let Sam go alone.

Becks: I think it’s quite shocking and unexpected when Lemar gets killed, and then of course leads to John Walker going full villain, which is actually one of the most violent parts of the MCU. The blood on the shield is a really shocking thing to see.

Cass: Yeah I agree. It’s an incredibly explicit, visceral image for Marvel. Because actually, although there are lots of fight scenes you don’t usually see blood like that. And covering a symbol such as the shield is, it really hammers home that John shouldn’t have it.

Truth

Becks: This is where they agree that they need to get the shield back. The fight here is quite cathartic for Bucky I think. He’s legitimately able to take out a lot of his anger on Walker. And then he throws the blood-stained shield at Sam, which has a lot of deeper meaning to it from his view point as well.

Cass: There’s something quite sad about Sam trying to wipe the blood off the shield. I think this is the point where Sam starts to think about his reasons for not keeping the shield differently. He’s trying to wipe away the blood, and he starts to recognise that he can never change the past, but maybe he can make things better going forwards.

Incidentally, another thing happens in this scene that we find memorable for more pleasant reasons. We call it our Thank You Female Directors moment, and Becks will insert a gif below for your viewing pleasure.

Cass: So Walker gets court martialled, but sadly we’ve not seen the last of him because this shady ass Valentina woman who I do not like or trust one bit turns up and starts talking in riddles.

Becks: I don’t like her. I feel nothing good is going to come of her. She’s kind of building her own anti-Avengers, and I don’t want owt to do with her.

Cass: Then Bucky goes and captures Zemo. Which I imagine he would have done quicker but he had to stop off and get himself a nice new coat.

Becks: Aw, poor Zemo. It’s sad isn’t it? But it’s sad when he’s in The Raft too. It’s just a horrible place, even in terms of prisons. Maybe they’ll just carry on breaking him out of various prisons around the world for little jaunts? Until Ayo turns up again, furious.

Cass: I love how Bucky is just like ‘me and my sad eyes are going to push my luck with Ayo just a little bit further and fix up a nice new suit for Sam.’ Which I hope he designed in his spare time.

Becks: Do you like this episode more than episode two?

Cass: Yes. Truth is my favourite episode, and that’s because my truth is that I find the whole bit in Louisiana so unbelievably comforting. And unexpectedly so at first. There is just not one thing I don’t love about this bit. It makes me feel so soft.

Becks: *in a slightly brittle tone* I’m glad that it makes you happy. No, I really am glad that you’re happy.

Cass: It’s just got a lot. Bucky and Sam communicating with each other outside of a mission. Bucky wanting to help but being awkward about it, but also flexing at every opportunity. And flirting with everyone in sight. Also I think this is the first time we see a real smile from him all series. I would watch a whole episode of them just doing DIY together.  Also, it is my feeling that the boat is a metaphor. It only starts working after they work on it together, and I think that’s beautiful.

Becks: Ugh, imagine him looking at you like he looks at Sarah. I’d die. I’d also die if he looked at me like he did at John and Lemar in the car, and I’d definitely die if he did the tongue thing like he did at Sam in the interrogation room.

Cass: To paraphrase a wise man; those steel blue eyes are killing all the ladies. This next bit with the shield frisbee is truly one of my favourite bits.

Becks: Yeah I think it’s really good, the whole bit with Bucky explaining how he feels, how he still thinks Sam should take the shield but how he understands his point of view more now.

Cass: I love the whole thing. I love that Bucky explains that they were wrong in how they went about things with handing the shield to Sam, and I love that he verbally apologises for it. I think that’s actually quite a rare thing to hear, especially from two men. And then they have a very open and honest discussion about their feelings and perspectives. And it’s just really lovely.

Becks: Also. I think Bucky is wearing Steve’s dog tags and it gives me a lot of feelings.

Cass: Good feelings?

Becks: Mixed.

Cass: The whole ‘a couple of guys’ exchange gives me good feelings. As does Sam’s training montage. Lord have mercy, his arms and chest in that shirt, I’m weak.

Becks: *a woman who rewound this episode to look at Bucky’s thighs, without a pause* Pervert.

Cass: Can I just say, Sam’s face when he see’s that amazing vibranium suit and wings Bucky got him is a delight, but also how cute is it that Bucky got him a new Redwing even though he hates it, because he knows Sam loves it? MY HEART.

The end of this episode comes with a little end-credits scene of John Walker in a shed, muttering to himself, twitching away and making himself a shitty little tinfoil shield. Cass compared this to a comic-con outfit, Becks won’t allow that to stand because she thinks cosplayers would do a better job, and let’s be honest, she’s right. Oh how the mighty have fallen.

One World One People

Cass: Well, we’ve arrived. The final episode! And what a ride it has been. Who could have guessed that we would collectively start our notes for this episode by writing fuck off Frenchie when we saw Batroc.

Becks: I wrote ‘Oh Sergeant Barnes.’ It was nice that they acknowledged him by rank like that.

Cass: I have a lot of almost delirious feelings when Sam makes his entrance and says ‘I’m Captain America.’ Yes baby, you sure are!

Becks: Yeah well I said nice things too! You don’t see me banging on about it!

Cass: Well, what did you write?

Becks: Captain America.

Cass: *wheezes* All you wrote for the big entrance that the whole series has built up to was Captain America? Say what you see?

Becks: *hysterically* I was nice! I wrote that and put the smiley face with the hearts round it!

Cass: Why are you so angry about this?

Becks: I DON’T KNOW! I wanted those people to get blown up. I think the GRC are a set of cunts.

pause

I suppose that’s the kind of attitude that Sam’s fighting against, isn’t it?

Cass: No comment. I do think it’s really nice that Bucky gets the chance to rescue those people though, whether you think they deserve it or not. For once, people are thanking him for saving them instead of being afraid of him, and I think he’s genuinely amazed by that. Until Karli tries to ruin it.

Becks: I really like when he catches that rebar. It’s like when Steve catches that spear in Edinburgh, and it’s really good. It’s good when he does that innit? *makes noises Cass doesn’t like to examine too closely*

Cass: I like how furious he is at having to break off giving full blown heart eyes at Sam saving that truck load of people to catch it. Man is fuming. Karli very much has an ‘oh shit’ moment. Also I note that we have both written, ‘he’s like an angel’ about Sam but somehow we have both conveyed a very different vibe with it. Mine certainly comes off a bit more breathless.

Becks: We also get Sharon’s big reveal, but I can’t remember if it is a big reveal or not. It feels like it was obvious, but I can’t remember if that was just with hindsight.

Cass: What I appreciate is how everyone set The Power Broker up to be a man this whole time. That was a good move. Although Batroc deserved to die for idiocy. Why would you find out someone is super powerful and your first thought is to blackmail them? Bizarre.

Becks: We haven’t really mentioned Karli that much.

Cass: You wrote ‘sorry isn’t good enough young lady lol’.

Becks: *sniggers* Yeah I did. *Sobers up* But it was sad that she died. And she said sorry because she’s always been in two minds, not so much about what she’s doing but how it’s all turning out.

Cass: It is sad, because up until that point you sort of thought Sam would be able to get through to her and save her. And when he doesn’t you really feel for him.

Becks: I wonder if Sam has got inklings about Sharon? After she killed Karli.

Cass: Yeah maybe. I think he feels guilty about what happened to her though, so that could cloud his judgement a bit. Interested to see where that storyline goes though. I know you’re looking forward to her as a future villain. Do you think she would link up with Valentina?

Becks: I think Valentina would want power over her, and I don’t think Sharon would like that. She might even take down Valentina. That could be her thing.

Cass: Call me biased, but I think Sam’s speech is brilliant. Ol’ Sergeant Heart Eyes over there appears to as well. He really gives the GRC members a dressing down, but does it calmly and politely. I love as well ‘The only power I have is that I believe we can do better’ is brilliant.

Becks: It is a very good speech and just proves that he’s going to be an amazing Captain America. Like we told him in the first place.

Cass: I think it’s really lovely at the end, how Sam gets Isiah’s part in history publicly recognised. It lets Isiah start to realise that Sam isn’t just talk. And that even though things have always been a certain way, it doesn’t mean that that’s how it has to continue and that’s what Sam is going to fight for.

Becks: Bucky sorting out his list and talking to Yuri wraps things up nicely for the series as well, even if it is very sad to see him have to confront that part of his past again.

Cass: At least we’re not sad for too long, because then it’s back to Louisiana for the Cookout scene, which takes up more room in my mind than a scene of that length rightfully should.

Becks: Very clean and tidy and the happiest ending we’ve had from Marvel... for some people.

Cass: That shot of them looking so beautiful and content in the Louisiana golden hour makes me feel incandescent with happiness. Like, they are glowing, and so am I.

Becks: I do like how they changed the title card to Captain America and The Winter Soldier as well. Although it’s a shame Bucky still gets to be The Winter Soldier.

Cass: Perhaps that White Wolf rebrand is on the way? Final thoughts?

Becks: Yeah it was alright.

Cass: *cackles*

Becks: I think I’m not over certain stuff that I feel strongly about, so it was difficult for me. It wasn’t my favourite Marvel show, but it definitely wasn’t my least favourite either. But I am looking forward to Sam as Cap, and the films that are to follow.

Cass: This was, against strong competition and totally unexpectedly, my favourite of the shows so far. Actually even one of my favourite Marvel things altogether. I can’t adequately explain it, it just all works for me and I love them both a whole lot.

And that’s all for this one folks. We have agreed that this has taken as long to write as Avengers Assemble, which we agreed we would never let happen again so whoops. Becks doesn’t feel as emotionally drained but thinks that may be because she didn’t write it. Cass does have a headache but the pure happiness she feels at the thought of the ending makes it all worthwhile. That said, she’s going to lay down and listen to some Curtis Harding whilst Becks does the gifs.

😈 do you think she'll notice - love becks

Cass: Is it Eternals next?

Becks: *noises of extreme pain* oh nooooooooooo. *Then hopefully* Wait, is it Spiderman?

It turns out it is Spiderman, and we are able to put off the sheer fucking pain and misery that we found to be The Eternals until another time. Cass has heard it’s better on the rewatch, although she will say that if that’s how you’re recommending a movie then something has gone wrong. Becks won’t change her mind anyway, she’s even more stubborn than Cass and Cass is a Taurus so that’s saying something. Anyway. Until next time, film fans!

Love Becks and Cass xoxo

Easter Egg:

Cass: I feel less tired now finally. I’ve livened right up and I think it’s speaking to you.

Becks: Thanks I think?

Cass: Yes, it’s good but I’m also worried you’re like a drug. At the risk of sounding like Edward Cullen, you’re like my own personal brand of heroin.

Becks: (absolutely in pain wheezing) Why can you quote Twilight? I didn’t know you could do that!

Cass: (wheezing) Neither did I until it was happening!

[rewatching-sam-and-dean]

My Thoughts on Supernatural, Season 11

This post was inspired by a post I saw from @seasononesam , found here

I actually consider this season to be one of my favorites of the late seasons but, like so often happens with this weirdo show, it’s not because of the season plot. Rather, I love how hard this season goes on the Sam and Dean of it all, especially after the last 2-3 years of angst. And I like a lot of the MOTW episodes.

Please feel free to comment reblog with your takes on these episodes (if you actually see this post somehow), or on other ones you like or dislike.

Please find my episode breakdown under the cut (I don’t want to clutter up anyone’s timeline with a long post).

Episodes I Pretty Much Love:

Baby

- Give me all the brother talks, "Night Moves", and quiet bonding

- Sam re-loses his virginity, and Dean is weirdly proud of his brother for hooking up. As usual.

- The Sam and Not-John vision is interesting and surprised me.

- I’ve heard the story way too many times, but Dean doing the reverse 180 is pretty hot.

- Interesting concept

Just my imagination

- At first I didn’t like this one because it felt too "kiddy."

- I love Sully, I love Sully and Sam, and I love Jared's acting in his talk with Sully near the end, and I didn’t expect it in this silly episode.

- The silliness has grown on me, and Dean's reactions to the Zana (don’t know how to spell it and don’t want to look it up) is pretty amusing.

Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

- I love all the Sam stuff

- Crowley and Rowena and their dysfunction is mostly amusing in this one.

- Sam's devastation when he finds out it wasn’t God who was speaking to him is heartbreaking.

- But, shut up Amara and Angels!

The Devil in the Details

- Sam and Lucifer walking down Sam's memory lane is interesting. Colin Ford!

- Jared's portrayal of a terrified but brave Sam is *chef's kiss*

- Dean's indignant "Have you met me?" is very on point and makes me smile every time.

- Sam trusting in Dean to save him is very little brother energy, and protective Dean is always good.

- But, Cass, you’re an idiot, and you crapped on Sam's willingness to die rather than let the devil out of the cage

Safe House

- Bobby and Rufus in the past cut together with Sam and Dean now is really enjoyable for me. I like the transitions.

- Dean and Bobby seeing each other in the nest is cool and sad since Bobby is long dead in the current timeline.

- Bobby seeing Sam and Dean in the nest (parts of your soul or people you love) since he sees them as his boys is nice.

- Dean seeing only Sam in the nest is so accurate for him. We know Sam is a piece of his soul, but this could also be seen as seeing his son (like Bobby), or like seeing his partner (like the woman who saw her husband). It’s a rich tapestry :)

- Sorry but I have to … who did he not see …? For the hellers in the back …

Red Meat

- Everything!

- Hurt Sam. BAMF Sam. Protective Dean. Romeo Dean.

- Sam is the man (or person) Dean loves. This episode could be in Season 2, and I mean that in a good way. Though I have to admit the werewolf guy is a bit over the top at the for for me.

Don’t Call Me Shurley

- While I don’t love what happens with Chuck down the road, I did find this episode moving. Chuck at the end healing and helping people actually choked me up on the first watch.

- This is the only time Metatron doesn’t completely suck, so far

- Sam and Dean in the fog always gets me, especially how Dean has not learned his lesson of letting Sam go, and tries to breath in the fog to join him in getting infected.

- The Samulet - it being in Sam's pocket tells me that Sam has carried it with him since "Dark Side of the Moon" - fight me!

Honorable Mentions:

Form and Void

- Pro: BAMF and Smart Sam, again

- Con: shut up Baby Amara!

Thin Lizzie

- Pro: gives me slightly older-school SPN vibes; just working a case

- Cons: shut up Tween Amara with your weird crush on Dean!

Into the Mystic

- Pros: The talk between the brothers near the end of the episode is nice, where Sam apologizes for not continuing to look for him, and Dean is gracious about it. I also like how the episode is bookended with Sam not able to sleep at the beginning and Dean not able to sleep at the end. Also, I kinda like the old lady, I generally like Eileen (just not in a ship with Sam), and this is one of the few times I don’t mind Misha as Cassifer

- Cons: the banshee looks weird, and does a little too anticlimactically for me (though I gues that kinda the point).

Don’t You Forget About Me

- Pro: I generally like Alex, and I don’t mind Claire in this one, and I’m actually interested in the Jody and co. dynamics which isn’t always the case. The sex talk at the table is funny.

- Con: Nothing really stand out as a con in this one for me, other than I never exactly need a Claire episode.

Beyond the Mat

- Pro: Sam and Dean having fun together and watching the wrestling, and Dean making an ass of himself getting into the ring are fun.

- Cons: I don’t really like the actual case and find it a tad boring.

Alpha and Omega

- Pro: Sam and Dean hug with "no chick flick" callback, and Dean saves the day because of how much he and Sam love each other. It saves the world this time.

- Cons: BMOL plot crap watering down the episode, Chuck and Amara is kind of a weak ending since the drama is boiled down to a silly sibling issue and could have been avoided easily.

The rest of the episodes, unless I’m forgetting one, are either just "meh" to me, or I actively dislike them. Especially any other episodes with a big Amara focus generally are not for me.

The Bad Seed

- Shut. Up. Little Amara! I find her deeply irritating.

Plush

- pretty much only thing I find amusing and not bad-weird in this episode is Sam and Dean joking about the jail bunny, but refusing to laugh at each other’s jokes.

Love Hurts

- in past episodes I feel like this would have been done better. It feels like a lake echo of episodes we’ve had before, and I just don’t enjoy it.

- Small pro: Dean finally tells Sam the truth about his weird Amara connection, and Sam is super chill about it even though he’s worried. Honesty, friends.

Hell's Angel

- Shut up Cassifer!

Alpha and Omega

- yeah I mentioned this before, but I need to double down on the BMOL eating up screen time and the easy Chuck and Amara solution.

[blorbologist]

26 and 37

26. You must swap one nat 1 die roll with one nat 20 die roll. They must both be from the main campaigns, but can be cross-campaign. Which are they, and why?

Ooooof, how dare you make me have to do research for this? :vvv

See, I'm torn between making them both of similar magnitude or pulling a cheap shot and taking a nat 20 that didn't matter much to swap for a nat 1 that did matter.

Okay, let's take two important ones and make them both WORSE, because I'm a bastard

For the 1 -> 20, hmmm let's say Caleb trying to persuade Essek to pretty please let him invite mages that want to kill them both onto this expedition. Gives Liam his bisexual maelstrom early, and it would so badly fuck with their dynamics. Would Caleb backshift into bad coping mechanisms? Would Essek call him out? Would Trent or Astrid or Wulf try to kill either of them? What the fuck! Just about one of the few times I think a high roll would actually be worse for everyone involved. Another that came to mind was Kaylie's initial confrontation with Scanlan. (A good one to turn into a 20 would be the Sunken Tomb 'Sam immediately jokes it's instant death and SIKE IT IS', because it would change SO MUCH of the campaign.)

For the 20 -> 1 :) well since you got me in an angsty mood :) True Love's Nat 20 made into True Love's Nat 1. Even if the roll had succeeded over-all thanks to the other contributions, I can't see Percy coming back if he didn't hear Vex specifically. We'd have Molly in Campaign 1. Vex might do something reckless and Briarwoods-esque to bring him back (winks loudly at Nova). Completely derail everything. (Of course, there's any number of villain Nat 20s turning into Nat 1s would likely be huge net positives, but I don't feel like researching any more than I already have :V)

37. You have to take a 16 hour road trip with one NPC from each campaign (all at once, ie, three other people). The NPCs cannot shorten the road trip in any way and the road trip must be via driving but you can do it in two 8 hour days and share a motel room if you'd like. Who do you pick?

... I read this as PC at first FUCK ME. Including the two I'd written for PCs + why I didnt pick my fav under the cut as a lil bonus.

a) Essek. Okay, hear me out: yes he is a war criminal, but he's also dealt with trying to get grant money and as someone procrastinating on two deadlines rn? mood. I'd poke his brain for hours about blasphemous magic if I could. Also, soup is cheap for when we're done for the day and an easy meal. I think he'd either be a perfectionist backseat driver or a panicky one and either way the research talk is worth it to me ok. I'll survive.

b) Vesper - never said specials were excluded, and she IS in her 30s by this point in the timeline! We have no clue about her personality, but I think, given her family, she's likely very smart and good conversation. Has money to throw at any problems we run into. Also allows me to get De Blorbo lore without wanting to throttle her dad. If she doesn't count because she's a Baby in the oneshot she's in, I guess Cass? Look I adore her but I worry she's never driven a day in her life + trauma + is a noble would make her a pain in the ass to be stuck in a car with, BUT I love her enough I'd take it in stride For Her.

c) Imahara Joe. Look! He's a vibe! If anything goes wrong he can fix it! He can keep conversation going! I have huge Mythbusters nostalgia!

a) Caleb! I think we could talk about our respective cats for hours, or I'd hope we could, and talk magic-science, and Keen Mind would make keeping rest stops/the time/maps/etc. in mind a breeze. And if he isn't up to talk he would just! be quiet! and read a book! which is good for my stress brain! And if both of us are overstimmed that's a 50% vote on getting people to turn the music fucking down so we can relax.

b) Fjord, actually? He's captn' Tusktooth, he knows how to organize a voyage and what goes into sharing cramped quarters with other people for hours on end and how to keep distracted and not kill eachother. Plus, Star Razor is a convenient flashlight if ever. His music selection would also likely be fun to sing as a whole car together - shanties or good roadtrip songs.

c) oufff this one's hard.

(I'm Not saying Percy because so help me I'd want to throttle him within the hour. Beau would bully me I think. Both are also so hot and my favs I think I'd die and be incapable of driving. Laudna would also make Noises with her Existing and I think I'd lose my marbles, sorry babe :c)

[caranoirs]

I purposely picked someone British for this too fwiw

❤️

anon me a song that matches my tumblr vibe

aw yes! this one's actually on my "do androids dream. / of electric sheep?" playlist! cass bringing the feed me bangers, ya love to see it <3

[spiderz0mbie]

𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍 , @ruinedmyself walks into a sign and cass sees.

ㅤit was a rather slow afternoon for the cafe cassandra worked at. she had ten minutes left of her shift. there was no better way to spend it like staring out the door and watch people passing by. most of the people who walked by were tourists; manhattan was full of them. most minded the large sign that displayed the bean's daily specials; all but one. a tall man who stumbled right into the large sign, toppling over along with it.

ㅤthe hero stifled a laugh, feeling sorry for the poor guy; all the while grateful she caught that as it provided a much needed vibe change. the barista maneuvered herself around the counter to go towards the door; opening it to see the brunette already picking himself off the ground.

ㅤ"yeowch. i think you're the second person to do that since i started working here. are you okay? took quite a tumble." cass asked, her tone soft and comforting.

ㅤ as sam stood, the height difference between them was drastic. she had to crane her neck up to look at the stranger. with the tips of her fingers, she swung the door open wider. a silent invitation for him to come into the cafe and out of the walkway.

ㅤ"i can get you some ice, come on."

[viviennevivisection]

Session 20 - “Hell Divers” -10-12-22

-Naomi has successfully snuck out of the Miller Home without alerting anyone

-A gentle reminder that Vivellie doesn’t HAVE to breathe…..interesting!

-Naomi (going through the nearby woods) is feeling lightheaded and smelling campfire 

-Dark Ezra and Dark Naomi have “melted in the woods” 

-A smell of burning cedar

-“I want to religion check the smell” —> “You know what the smells REMINDS you of…” 

-The point of no return, continuing to follow the scent

-Something is … different, there is absolute silence 

-“In the absence of everything, one’s mind can imagine anything…” 

-There’s an opening bathed in moonlight…

-Naomi is falling off a cliff, DN caught her and holding onto her 

-A deep rattling breath from DN, who looks…decrepit 

-“You need me as much as I need you. If not more.” (I can’t remember who said this lol) 

-DN looks normal again

-“What’s the Golden Angel without her Wings?” 

-“We’re on the same team. We’re not like everyone else and I don’t know why. You asked me a question a few days ago and I think I know the answer now. That’s why I’m important. Together WE can make anything real. WE can make the rules.” 

-Who makes the rules now? —> Naomi sees a vision of herself looking into The Reflecting Pool, implying the Coralogia make the rules 

-The Golden Angel has numbers? Followers? The dark shadow versions?

-Also DN has gone back to being a mummy/skeleton/decaying corpse

-“JUST. LET. GO.” 

-DN has pushed Naomi off the cliff

-“Would Naomi scream?” - Sarah

-“No.” - Alex

-DN in her rotted corpse form looking down over the cliff as Naomi plummets to her death

-Naomi is suddenly back in her bed. It was all a dream? 

-But she has leaves in her hair, a tear in her shirt. DN is not there. 

-What is real? 

-“Get some rest. We both need it.” -DN

-Gay Ezra was also having a weird dream because of course he was

-“Do I remember her [DN] getting heated like that before the Baptism?” -Alex

-“Yes. Once.”

-Before she learned civility, Naomi used to scream ferociously

-Naomi has woken up the rest of the group up, we’re going to investigate the cliff together 

-It’s kind of like how it happened the first time — I don’t know what this note means 

-When asked where DN was, Snaomi wanted us to go up to the mountain — bad skellie!

-Caught in Naomi’s hair is a black feather

-There are two footprints leading up to the cliff’s edge

-Viv is seething with rage

-Sam is bargaining with Sarah to see traces of magic on Naomi 

-Cass is detecting a special detect magic — Naomi is feeling a sort of static energy — Cass has NEVER felt this before — Watts is growling?? — And he transforms?? — A HOLOGRAM OF EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HAS APPEARED? 

-As Naomi was about to hit the water, DN pooped them both away

-DN looked extremely frustrated, flapped her scary wings, seemed to be forbidden to speak in certain ways like those under contract in the past have

-JUST LET GO 

-Naomi cannot cast (I think this was when DN was resting) 

-Can Naomi channel something…else? Something guttural (?) —> an all of light that for a split second showed Naomi’s face as the rotting corpse version of DN

-SCRYING DETECTED? ON EZRA? ALONE? IN THE BUBBLE? What the fuck is going on??? 

-Viv put one of Naomi’s hairs (the she snuck in like session 2) into The Chalice and asked Vytris to protect her

-Viv then reached out to DN to threaten her

-“If you harm one hair on her head, or one feather on her wings, I will hunt you to the ends of this world and I will EAT you.” 

-Shot gun blast — a small connection 

-Something was amiss while we were gone!

-The smell of coffee

-Cass just…did that…didn’t know she could —> burn the spell slots

-Cass looks sleep deprived, exhausted slightly 

-Ellie put on a traditional sexy nun fit with the Viv fit (to go to the Mines), but was dissuaded by Judd. She then changed into black jeans with a red crop top sweater, sleeveless with an ample boob window, combat boots and her Revivify earrings

-Naomi is wearing pants, a step below Chris Evans in Knives out in vibe

-Cass is wearing an old factory jump suit and an old bomber jacket embroidered with the name Abe (Grandad)

-Old Watts (?)

-Telling Ezra (Gay) that someone was trying to scry on us

-VE went to the sodie shop (boobing as boobily as possible) trying to make an impression on the townsfolk and to announce that we are, in fact, going to the Mines

-Lydia gave us little lunchboxes

-I asked Lydia about the package (the old dress we spitefully delivered to Riley) and fear crossed her eyes

-We are at The Mines <3

-Viv examining the claw marks after Ellie was famously too busy dancing with the Skellies to notice anything the first time —> a 24 survival check AND a Nat 1 wisdom save (lol) 

-Reaching down to touch the mud where the claw marks are, except suddenly it takes the visage of scratched marble instead. A vision. VE stands up and is being led up a set of grandiose marble stairs culminating in a sort of throne or altar of some kind. There is a masculine figure sitting on the throne. On each side are two, massive (dire wolf sized) hell-hounds (blood red and breathing steam)

-Access to Viv has been cut off 

-There was this whole scene of Naomi rushing to VE and cradling her in her arms as Ellie asked Vytris to give Viv back, and then Viv coming out of the darkness to be with Naomi. Lesbian stuff

-Viv is angry and very scared despite this

-Cass is trying to hot wire the elevator 

-There is one part of the cable that seems to have been tampered with. Cass mended it

-There are scary, deep down noises occurring 

-Viv is trying to step on Naomi’s shadow (DN) like a bug

-People are mining (there were strange bumping nosies throughout the place that we simply didn’t investigate) 

-The Lost Hell Divers? 

-It does feel weird down here…a similar compulsion to what Abe had described. Pulling us deeper. We all feel a bit lightheaded and there seems to be static in the air

-This area seems…recently trafficked 

-It’s not…disused, but it does look “picked clean” of minerals and ores and stuff

-There ARE claw marks along the caverns here

-A FAINT GREEN GLOW? DIR?? 

-The knocking sounds from above us continue (and we continue ignoring them) 

-We come to a larger open cavern after following the green light. There is a HUGE green crystal vein with the similar dark black inclusions (a la when the Dump Item stole Mira’s soul)

-There are some plants trying to grow around the base of the crystal, through the cracks, trying to “choke” the crystal…they’re Dodder plants (a parasitic and invasive species that kill other plants) 

-On the left side of the room, there is a bunch of abandoned mining equipment and two seemingly mummified skeletons wearing mining equipment

-There is teleportation magic residue on signals etched into the ground near the crystal 

-We are touching the crystal — static energy courses through our bodies (and through the internal ley system I assume)

-Naomi- As she reaches out, DN’s hand follows along with Naomi’s and it feels…euphoric. They feel like an overcharged battery — very powerful in this moment. “This is what power and religion and faith could feel like. Should feel like.” 

-Vivellie- We were looking specially for the divine and we’ve found it. In an echolocation sense, it’s like a whale screaming directly into the microphone. We see ourself, dark hair, cradling a lavender haired woman. Her throat is cut open and bleeding. A wave of incomprehensible mix of grief, love, and passion coming to a white hot moment of disastrous proportions 

-Cass- taken back to a moment almost a week ago, laying in bed with Molly and casting identify on a green crystal (the Dump Item). Three words come to mind: Vitalia, Moretenia, and Saetus. (Cass was also specifically looking for what mineral composition the crystal was made of.) 

-After seeing this, Viv said everyone had to get the FUCK out. This is too easy. We simply walked up to the residuum everyone seemed to think didn’t exist. It’s a trap. 

-As we turned to leave, Normal Steele arrived with his pack of hellhounds

-Cass is…bargaining with him 

-She wants her divinity back —> Norman: “You’ll have to talk about your…new manager about that.” 

-I think she asked: “Why Woodvale?” And Norman said: “They’re the perfect test case for my aspirational partnership.” 

-Norman is wearing a glamor, and has the inky, shadow version of Cass (Enforcer Cass) next to him 

-DN is coming out her cage, and doing just fine (trying to examine Norman and his menagerie) 

-Steele actually has a reptilian head with lord horns, long arms — a lizard-like devilish creature. Certainly seems very powerful.  If not an arch devil, a strong devil trying to work his way up

-A Battle!

INITIATIVE

Hellhound

Dark Naomi 

Cass

The Skellies

Hellhound 2

Viv + Naomi 

Enforcer Cass

Norman Steele 

Hellhound 3

-Steele is immune to poison <3 

[majestyeverlasting]

Hi! Congrats on your one month tumblr anniversary!! Could you please do prompts 30 and 49 with tfatws!bucky x reader? Thank you!

♡ Hi! Thank you so much!! I've been taking my time with these requests in hopes of making each of them special, so I appreciate your patience. In this one, Bucky and the reader travel down to Delacroix, Louisiana to meet up with Sam, Sarah, and the boys at a nice vacation rental on the lake. There's road trip vibes and reunion vibes with cute moments sprinkled in throughout. I hope you enjoy!

♡ Prompt 30: "How many of my hoodies have you snatched up at this point, hmm?"

♡ Prompt 49: "I've never noticed these freckles on your back."

♡ To make a request for my One Month Tumblr-versary, check out my Fluffy Prompt List :)

I Can Feel It Too

Moment after moment, the world outside passed by in a colorful blur; everything from cityscapes, to green pastures, to the low, rolling mountains of the Appalachian. Evening had fallen, and the two of you were approximately two hours away from Delacroix. As you gazed out the passenger window, the clouds above appeared to be rosy as the sun crept further towards the horizon. Bucky’s hand rested on your thigh as he drove, a pair of sunglasses perched on his head. You guys had been taking turns driving the entire way.

Upon reaching the halfway point the previous night, the two of you had booked a hotel room to rejuvenate before setting back out for second day of traveling. Despite how endless the journey had grown to seem, nothing beat being on the road with Bucky. Perhaps, it would’ve been easier to hop on a plane, but there was an undeniable intimacy to only having the road and each other for miles on end.

A few weeks prior, Sam had told him that he was going to Louisiana come the end of the month. That’s what sparked the idea of meeting him there. It had been a while since the two men had seen each other, and even longer since Bucky had been around the community he carried so much gratitude for. The people of Delacroix had lifted his spirits and made him feel at home when he needed it the most. So after you and Bucky confirmed that you’d be driving down as well, Sam booked a vacation rental to accommodate everyone.

Looking away from the pink clouds, you began to play with Bucky’s fingers. There were a couple of rings adorning them—rings you had gotten him. You twisted them idly. For the longest time, the only “jewelry” he wore were his dog tags. You insisted that he started wearing other small pieces, so he wore the rings to appease you. They looked good on him. Enough so that he grew to like them himself after a while.

You brought his hand to your lips and kissed over his knuckles. “Love you,” you spoke into his skin.

He briefly looked over at you. “Love you too, doll.”

The sound of the tires spinning against the asphalt eventually lulled you into a dreamless sleep. Bucky no longer had anyone to talk or point things out to, but he couldn’t bring himself to mind. Especially if it meant that you’d be getting some extra rest. He simply listened to the soft music playing from the stereo and watched the scenery continue to shift. Later, when more marshy bodies of water began to appear alongside the road, it was evident that you two had made it into Delacroix.

When your eyes fluttered open, it was darker than before. The headlights were illuminating a dirt driveway that winded towards a colonial-style home. A few of the curtained windows glowed with warm light coming from the inside. There were also a couple of lights on the porch to prevent the property from looking too dim.

Upon getting closer, Bucky slowed the vehicle to a stop, and cut the engine with a sigh. Then, he looked over at you with a small smile. “We made it,” he said softly.

You returned his smile. “We made it.”

The front door of the house opened when the two of you got out of the car and began stretching. A familiar face appeared, and his voice pierced the symphony of chirping bugs. “Aye! The Brooklyn crew’s here!”

“What’s up, man?” Bucky called back. You gave a happy wave.

Sam jogged over and pulled Bucky into a hug, patting him on the back. Then he wrapped you in a more gentle embrace, giving you a squeeze. He was warm and smelled earthy. The night air was crisp and there was a pleasant stillness to being out in the woods.

Sam shook his head as he looked over the two of you. “It’s been too long.”

“Tell me about it.” Bucky ran a hand through his hair. Then his gaze turned curious, more genuine. “How’ve you been?”

“Good, man. You know I can’t complain,” he said, nodding along with his words. “How ‘bout you two?”

Bucky pulled you closer to his side. “Never better, thanks to this one.”

“Ditto,” you said. That earned a laugh from them.

“But, for real though,” Bucky continued. “I don’t think I’ve ever been better.” You gave a hum of agreement.

“I’m really glad to hear that,” Sam said. A couple seconds passed before he clapped his hands together. “Well, let me go ahead and help y’all bring your stuff inside. You guys probably wanna turn in early tonight.” He looked between you and Bucky with a smile. “I know that drive from New York was no joke.”

“It definitely felt like forever,” you agreed, laughing. “But it feels so good to finally be here.”

Sam sighed. “Well, hey. We appreciate you guys for making the trip. It’s gonna be a chill two weeks,” he promised. “Sarah’s making breakfast in the morning and we’re gonna eat out back on the lake. It’s gonna be great.”

Upon entering the house with your bags and suitcases, you and Bucky were greeted by Sarah, AJ, and Cass, who had been awaiting you in the living room. They’d already changed into their pajamas. A loving round of hello’s and hugs were exchanged. In the background, a cartoon show that the boys had been watching ran quietly. The interior of the house was furnished beautifully with neutral tones and pops of bolder colors.

“I’m so glad you two made it in alright,” Sarah said afterwards. “I’ll go ahead and show you which room is yours.”

The bedroom was at the back of the house with a view of the lake. The pale moonlight reflected in the water with a sparkle. Later, after everyone had retreated to their own rooms for the night, and you and Bucky were alone, you gazed out at it. He came up behind you and wrapped his arms around your waist.

“Isn’t it pretty?” You asked.

“Mhm.” He pressed a kiss to the shell of your ear. “Wait a minute…”

“What?” You turned around to face him. His eyes looked over you.

“Is this mine?” He gently pulled the drawstrings of the dark gray hoodie you were wearing. You had dug it out of your suitcase to ride out the slight chill passing through the house. Someone had set the AC a notch too low.

Bucky didn’t seem to mind the temperature, however. He had yet to pair a shirt with his black basketball shorts.

“It’s yours,” you admitted, giving him a playful bat of your eyelashes.

He cupped your chin with his real hand. “How many of my hoodies have you snatched up at this point, hmm?” You couldn’t help a little laugh. And you were humming a second later when he leaned in to kiss you.

“I don’t know,” you said after he pulled away. “I had to pack at least one of them. They’re cozy and they smell like you.”

“And I bet it’s never gonna find its way back onto my side of the closet.” He tapped your nose.

You grabbed his hand and kissed his finger. “It might.”

“We’ll see about that, pretty girl.” You watched as he went to start pulling back the covers on the bed in preparation for you two going sleep. The comforter was a deep olive that matched the color of the abstract leaf painting that hung over the wooden headboard.

When he finished, he laid horizontally across the bed, letting his head fall lax. “Mmm. It's as comfy as it looks,” he murmured. “M’gonna sleep so good tonight.”

You crawled onto the bed to lay beside him. It was extremely comfortable. When he gave you a tired smile, you propped yourself up and began tracing sweeping lines along his broad back. His muscles relaxed even more beneath your touch. You smiled when your fingers came to a particular place near the bottom of his spine.

“Aww,” you cooed. Bucky lifted his brows. “I’ve never noticed these freckles on your back before.” You brushed your fingertips over the tiny brown spots.

“Surprise,” he teased.

You rolled your eyes, but smiled wider. “You’re annoying,” you quipped lightheartedly. A comfortable silence settled between the two of you for a few moments. The sound of the bugs chirping outside was faint but audible. Finally, you said, “Being here is gonna be so much fun. I can already feel it.”

“I can feel it too.”

[thisiswhereikeepdcthings]

these arent based off of how well the character matches the lyrics, its more based on vibes, and/or if i could see the character having in a montage with this song as the background

cass:

•horns by bryce fox

jason:

•play with fire (feat yacht money) by sam tinnesz

•twisted by misso

•everybody gets high by misso

•hail to the king by avenged sevenfold

•cradle to the grave by five finger death punch

steph

•real boy by lola blanc

dick:

•cold cold cold by cage the elephant

tim:

•little lion man by mumford and sons