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scarabjewels · 2 months

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Films I Watched Recently

Lately, I have watched a number of movies, which is a hobby. I was able to come back to after a long time. I was writing so many detailed opinion essays, so how about a brief short ones in a list.

(SPOILERS)

1) Immaculate

I watched this twice, with different sets of friends as well.

On my first watch, me and my best friend and we watched it without subtitles. Literally in Sydney Sweeney's character's perspective.

The story follows an American nun, Sister Cecilia, moving into a convent in Italy. In a miracle, she concieved a child as a virgin. The convent practically treasured her as they believed she bore the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.

As we watched the movie, and my best friend questioning everything that is happening, Cecilia's experience in the convent gradually becomes creepier and extreme.

Just before the immaculate conception, Cecilia was shown the nail that the convent believed to be one of the nails that pinned Christ to the cross and "fainted". Cecelia then always felt like she was being watched, and in during her pregnancy, she was worshipped by the convent, all except her friend and another nun.

She was almost killed by a nun and we did not know why because we were lacking subtitles, so on the second watch with our other close friends, I learned that the nun was jealous and enraged, saying that it should've been her.

Cecilia's friend and a fellow nun, Sister Gwen, grew concerned as the convent refused to let Cecilia go to a hospital, and I think she was suspecting the cultist ways of the convent. When she spoke up, she was taken away, and we found out she was silenced to death.

Cecilia tried to escape on her own, which was almost successful. But she was caught and was locked up and watched closely in the last days of her trimester.

In the end, she was able to escape just in time to birth the child and well I don't think anyone who experienced a cult negatively will ever keep a reminder of it.

The film had A24 vibes, as it reminded me of Robert Egert's " The Witch" and Midsommar. The pacing was good, the build up, characters, horror elements, practically very decent.

Yet, somehow it's a 5.8 in IMDb but scored decent in Rotten tomatoes, 71% in Tomato meters and 60% in audience score.

It's not a horror but much more a good thriller, it can be triggering for pro-life and r**** victims, as the ending is subtlety but strongly graphic.

Personally, I liked it, it is a decent cult thriller. I think it is best to watch with friends, as admittedly the movie came of as mid, so watching it alone may not be as exciting.

2. Helter Skelter

Now this, this was A BLAST.

Please be warned of how much pornesque sex scenes it has (not quick regular movie sex scenes, trust me).

I already wrote about it and gave my thoughts so here's a summary.

Helter Skelter is a campy psychological thriller centering Lilico, a rising star in Japan and a plastic surgery addict. She is a protagonist but her story shows how much of an asshole she is, as she suffers from the extreme side effects of her extensive surgeries, her obsession with beauty, manic episodes, and how may people around her suffers from her actions.

I took the liberty to read the original manga of the same name, and the movie had many creative liberties with visuals and honestly the its visuals in the movie is beyond the manga, while the manga is campy and slightly mod, the movie was CAMP. The content was very much the same, that it was very impressive.

There are some things in the manga I wished occured in the movie: Hada being around the same age as Lilico, instead Hada was a pushover in her late 20s in the movie, and the detective's bubbly but calculative personality which became just weird and creepy in the movie.

It was a great watch with friends, I kind of preferred it.

3. Midsommar

This movie is the last one on this list that I watched with friends, and I hated it, and I was not alone.

The plot involves a depressed (yes it is actually relevant that she is depressed during this time) Dani tagging along with her boyfriend and his friends' trip to Sweden in their research of a cult, in the midsummer where nightfall was pretty non existent during this time in that country.

It pissed me off, but it was very entertaining. I hated the roofie consummation so much. JUST WHY.

I can handle the gore, the bear being gutted, skinned people, but that one just...no.

Anyway, it's a good thing I watched it with people because I don't think I could handle that alone.

4. The Help

Youtube shorts made me watch it, and it was WORTH IT.

The Help is the adaptation of the book of the same name, according to IMDb "An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis."

Skeeter, the aspiring author, is borne in an above average working class white family herself but was raised by her maid all her life. Her friends, members of the city's socialite group, were borderline participating in racist activities.

The first two maids Skeeter interviewed were the maids of her friends in the group. Aibileen, the narrator of the movie and a major contributer to the book (honestly, CO WRITER) , worked for Elizabeth, who started working as a maid at age 14. The second was Minny who worked for the incredibly mean socialite leader, Hilly.

While the project was risky enough for the time, as in the movie shows the dangers of speaking up in the 1960s, the hate crime was just as violent, and the culture was discriminated unjustly. However, it was pushed through.

The film was somehow a feel good movie, or maybe it just was. I just loved everything about it, Hilly getting her just desserts...ooohhh boy she did, Minny and Celia's friendship, and the scenes after the book was published, it was perfection.

I do feel like movies like this are almost nowhere to be found nowadays, everything is just so dramatic, complex, edgy or just trying hard. The simplicity of the film with just good acting (the star studded cast worked so well here) and a great story. I am so glad that Jessica Chastain and Bruce Dallas Howard actually stared in a movie together, it is so hilarious and just soo right, just watching them interact in a movie made it so worth while already.

5. ReLIFE : Live Action

More of a rewatch, Relife is the tale of a 27 year old man ,who is dissatisfied with his life, offered by an experimental company for a chance to relive his life. He finds himself turning younger and living a full year as a 3rd year high schooler with a group of friends and finding love in the process.

Another feel good movie. I never watched the anime and honestly I think I'm content not watching it. I liked the journey of Arata, he did not relive like a teenager, but as an adult trying to find purpose in a different environment. When he was rejected, he took it like an adult, which he is (I just like that maturity actually was portrayed in the story realistically). The twist was so simple yet sad at the same time, Hishiro, Arata's crush and first friend during his relife, is also partaking in the same experiment (she doesn'tknow he is in Relife tho). The sad part is that she also likes him and rejected him because she knew it is impossible for them to get together, as the experiment would erase any memories of other people of them after it ends. They are both in the experiment, meaning they will not be able to remember each other after. Yoake, the overseer of their experiments, sympathizes with their situation and at least in the live action, made subtle moves for them beyond his job as an observer.

Overall, it's a sweet story about living with intention with some love stories here and there.

6. Legally Blonde

After rewatching 'The Devil Wears Prada' so much, I decided to watch a couple of old chic flicks.

Legally Blonde is THAT GIRL.

(Google did not exactly provide me the source of this synopsis, just know it came up top)

"Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But there is one thing stopping him (Matthew Davis) from proposing: She is too blond. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back."

This is everything. Just a good time. Warner is shit. Elle conquered and made a friend: Warner's (ex)fiance, Jennifer Coolidge and her future hubby, Emmett. Callahan should eat a brick. Tye bend and snap was nonsense but well, It's there.

10/10

Feel good. Great message: As Barbie once said, you can be anything (imo). Also just really sweet.

7. Guillermo del Toro's Pinnochio

This was heartbreaking and themes are very touchy.

Fascism, loss, grief and immortality.

This pinnochio story is much more grimm that the last 3 movies I watched. I did not expect so much of the Nazi influence in the setting of the movie, or the amount of melancholic realities it was going to give. Geppeto's grief at the loss of his sons was devastating to watch, but when Pinnochio became an actual boy soldier, I couldn't help but just remember Jojo Rabbit, I never watched it in full but I saw glimpses of it so much in YouTube, that it does relate to this story in some way. Jojo Rabbit was history in the eyes of a child, so was this version of Pinnochio, that you would be so engrossed with its wonder but then it snaps you back to the reality of it, in Pinnochio, he witnesses and experiences physical abuse and exploitation, experiences death too many times, becomes a boy soldier in training and gets to see his loved ones die as he outlives them all.

A scene stuck to me in this movie, more like a question. Pinnochio becomes friends with a boy from his town, Candlewick, when they were reunited in a training camp for boy soldiers. Candlewick stood up to his father just before a bomb lands in the camp , literally in between his father and Pinnochio. Pinnochio's body blows out of the camp and he dies, only to come back a little bit after. Candlewick survived the bomb, but couldn't find Pinnochio. Candle wick did not appear again after that. I really wondered if he even lived or went home or something. Literally nothing. The cliffhanger was not disappointing but man, I really wanted to see Pinnochio and Candlewick reuniting.

As for the movie, it's a good watch. I had watched a lot of Guillermo's projects, and I think this is the second time his movie featured war themes mingled with child wonder. Just a thought.

8. Five Nights at Freddie's

Apparently, I have one more movie I watched with a friend and it's this one.

It started off good then just gets cheesy in the end. It's quality reminds me a lot of mid to late 2010s comedy films like "Happy Death Day" or " Ready or Not", but the overall premise is more similar to the Scooby Doo live action films, ironically they starred Matthew Lillard here too.

It's too cheesy, it's not bad or good either. I wish it had more horror to it like the game. I did not play it but I did have the pleasure to enjoy the commentary of it by the King of Five Nights at Freddie's himself: Markiplier and I was dissappointed that he did not appear in the film.

Needless to say, I was not entirely sure if it was trying too hard or not trying at all. But it did came off unfulfilled to the namesake.

That's about it and here's some more rewatches I felt like I do not have to make a semi detailed review on it:

• Julie & Julia ♡♡

• Emma (2019) ♡♡♡

• Chef ♡♡♡

• Swallow (2019) ♡

• Memoirs of a Geisha ♡♡

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writteninthesewalls28 · 8 months

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The most amazing sunset

A "Family" one shot

A/n: This work is part of the "be my valentine challenge" by @bemyvalentinechallenge for the day 8 prompt. This is also a one shot from my own fanfiction series that I've been writing for quite some time now.

Summary: Milly and Calum watch the sunset together and get really emotional.

Warnings: mention of death, not proof read

The sunsets during the summer months in Sydney are truly beautiful.

Me and Calum always travel for at least one week to Sydney in December to go and visit all the old places where we made history together.

And one place was the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the place where he first said "I love you". It was always something special to see the sun go down and just experience the moment (and yes, take some photos and polaroids, because… well. I want something to feed my instagram with).

"Isn´t it beautiful?" I said, looking to Calum, who stood next to me, staring at the sun.

"Yeah, this place never fails to make me happy." He responded, not once looking away from the sunny light. "It always makes me feel so emotional. This is kind of where everything started, isn´t it?"

Yeah, it definitely was.

Just 3 years ago, we stood here and I was crying in Calum arms. My mom had died just a few weeks ago and I couldn´t cope with it. He and Louis were the only thing keeping me together at that point. The year before, I went here alone because Calum had been on tour and couldn´t travel to Sydney with me. Probably the most sad and disappointing moment for me during our relationship. This place just doesn´t feel the same without him.

And well. Then there was our first time actually sharing this moment together, our first "I love you", the words I had waited for during the last whole year to hear from him, but didn´t have the courage to say it. We were teenagers. Silly, little teenagers.

But it had been amazing.

"yeah, exactly." I said, responding to his question.

"You know, I never wish to be parted from you from this day on." He suddenly said, looking at me from the side.

I gave him a confused look. Does that mean, he had wanted to be parted from me once?

"I´m so scared, I could loose you one day because of a stupid little misunderstanding or something and I just couldn´t live with the fact that we could not be looking out for each other some day." he explained and I started to understand what he meant.

Most people take the people they love for granted and don´t feel grateful enough for them. As soon as you start working as a lawyer, that often changes because you learn about all these terrible situations some people are stuck in, often involving friends and family. It´s pretty sickening sometimes.

"Yeah, I get that. But you know, it wouldn´t be that hard for you to find someone new to love. You are a famous superstar, women love you." I said, too scared to look at him.

This place does something with you, it makes you reveal secret thoughts you never knew you would ever share with someone.

"no, no, no, no. Please never say that!" Calum said, touching my chin and gently pushing it over to him so I had to look in his gorgeous eyes. "You are the most beautiful woman, I could ever meet. Look at you, your hair, your cutely imperfect skin I love so much… I could maybe get other women, but none of them would be as amazing as you. I wouldn´t want to live without you by my side, Milly!" He sighs and adds: "And by the way, you are also the most brave person I´ve ever met. No one would just go and search for their biological parents on their own. But you do."

He wrapped me in a hug and I immediately felt a lot better.

"I couldn´t live without you, Calum. It feels like I can´t breathe when you´re not around me or I don´t know where you are right now. You make me feel like myself Calum Thomas Hood."

And with that, we enjoyed the last few minutes with the stunning sunlight shining over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and stood there, arms wrapped around each other.

Yeah, I´d never want to be parted from him ever again.

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forestnumen · 2 years

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Could you please answer Questions: 1, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 26, 31, 33, 34, 36, 41, 42, 44, & 48.

Thanks. 😊

1. Who is/are your comfort character(s)?

Ok don't laugh but for a very long time it was discord from my little pony...nowadays it's Klaus from the umbrella academy, Sydney from I am not okay with this (I can't believe they canceled season 2) and catra from the new She-ra. Probably a few more but those are at the top of my head.

8. How many waterbottles are in your room right now?

A normal waterbottle and one for tea.

11. Favorite extracurricular activity?

I never was one who did a lot of those. I was forced to go to ballet classes which I hated and once I dropped out I didn't get into anything new. Mostly just spend my time drawing at home. I loved the writing class we had in primary school though. I also did archery for a bit.

12. What kind of day is it?

Sunny autumn day with a few dusty clouds hanging in the distance. It's 20 degrees Celsius for some reason. Monday 10 am on a public holiday, so everything is really quiet.

13. When was the last time you ate?

About an hour ago... Dark dry bread with hummus for breakfast.

14. Do you love the smell of earth after it rains?

What kind of person doesn't like that smell? It's the best after a long summer day or on a cool autumn morning.

21. Something you've kept since childhood?

The pig plushy my mom got me when I was a baby. A really old book of Grimms fairytales, my dad got it as a kid and everything is written in old German letters. There are also 2 Russian dolls that I got from my great uncle. They are part of my favorite childhood memory of my cousin and I visiting him in his atelier. He put together a game for us and in the end we found a buried treasure.... We each got a fossil root (I lost mine and I will be angry about this for the rest of my life) and two Russian dolls. My cousin got the bigger two in blue and I got the smaller ones in red. He still has them aswell.

22. What type of person are you?

I honestly have no idea how to answer this. Most people describe me as quiet but tough. I'm definitely more on the shy and introverted side. I'm often a bit to harsh on myself as I'm quite perfectionistic and have a lot of expectations for myself which lead to me being quite indecisive and procrastinating a lot. I'm someone who's still trying to figure out where my place in this world is, who I am and what I want. I'm not one who judges people easily, I keep an open mind and rather see their perspective. At the same time I'm a terrible communicator, I struggle with intimacy a lot of the time, not great at letting people know what I think or feel. Terrible hugger, you could hug a cactus instead of me and it wouldn't make much of a difference. I know some people like my stoic way of handling things but I do feel like I should be more emotional a lot of the time. Often it seems to me like I'm a cat amongst overly excited golden retrievers, if that makes sense.

26. A scenario that you've replayed multiple times?

A conversation I had with someone in a hostel in Sydney 3 years ago.

31. What type of music keeps you grounded?

Mostly Rock music. It sometimes switches to kontra k if I'm in a really bad mood.

33. The last adventure you've been on?

The vacation trip to Marseille with one of my best friends. It got quite adventurous when we found out that the train we wanted to take on our way back was completely booked out...and we don't speak a word French. We made it home though.

34. Is there a song where you know every word by heart?

There are definitely a few where I might now everything but won't admit it. Probably hura die Welt geht unter by K.I.Z or Altes Fieber by die toten hosen except that I keep forgetting the first few lines.

36. How many times have you changed your URL?

One time I think. This is the first URL i actually use.

41. How do you take your coffee?

I rarely have (selfmade) coffee. I usually go for latte macchiato with oatmilk whenever I can.

42. An app you frequently use besides this godforsaken site?

I spend way to much time on YouTube, which is why I decided to not allow myself any social media until the end of the week.

44. You get a free pass to kill anyone, who is it?

Honestly no idea. Also depends if killing them would actually make a difference.

48. When did you first try an alcohol beverage?

Probably Carneval when I was 13 or 14? Just a sib from my dad's beer... Thought it was gross.

Thank you for all the questions :)

#asks

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visionlanguageexperts · 2 years

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blueeyedheizer · 2 years

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1.6k celebration - blurb event

rules

you can send up to two prompts

the list is kind of long because I will only use each prompts once. this is the main difference with my previous blurb events! first come first serve kinda :)

please do not mass request <3 and finally please please pleeeease bear with me and my slowness. i'm still struggling to write rn so like. uh. yeah. be patient 😭

characters:

-matt, matthew connellly

-michael gray, j cody

-seb jacobs, frank mccullen, four

-cassie howard, pippa

-eddie munson, chrissy cunningham (no smut)

(i'll be privileging requests for sydney and stranger things bc I wanna write more for them — but feel free to request for whoever you want from the list :))

prompts:

#1 "Just shut up! I'm not as fragile as you think I am, I don't need protecting!"

#2 "This is a one time thing”

#3 “bend over the desk”

#4 “I guess I’ll just get off all by myself then”

#5 "you shouldn’t be alone right now. i’ll take the couch, it’ll be fine."

#6 "well, i can think of some ways to wear you out.

#7 "i didn’t have anywhere else to go.”

#8 "i'll never forget you."

#9 "Don't go [on that date/mission/business trip/ to *destination*...]." "Why?" "You know why."

#10 “i want to taste you”

#11 “my mom/dad adores you.”

#12 "babe, you can barely keep your eyes open...let's go."

#13 “touch me and you lose”

#14 “When we get home I’m cuffing you to the bed and going down on you all night until my jaw is sore.”

#15 "man, fuck that guy. go show her what she’s missing. “

#17 “tell me that there was some truth to it.” “...come on. i don’t want to do this.” “tell me it wasn’t all in my fucking head, [name].”

#18 “stop— stop talking!” “why? you can’t even face your own mistake?”

#19 "I don’t want you to be alone tonight and honestly, I don’t really want to be alone either.”

#20 "I'm really not in the mood." "You never are."

#21 "I love you."

#22 “y'know, i was hoping to make a sandwich but seeing as you're here already, wearing that, i'd rather have something else to eat.”

#23 "I'm sorry I couldn't make you happy." "don't ever say that...you made me so happy."

#24 "that’s the sixth time you’ve complimented me today.”

#25 "I'd hold onto something if I were you."

#26 "You don’t love me anymore, do you?”

#27 “I wonder what your girlfriend/boyfriend would do if they knew what you were doing right now.”

#28 “You're so beautiful.”

#29 "It’s really hard seeing you/him/her with him/her everyday.”

#30 “There will always be a part of you that wishes you could be with him/her."

#31 "she’s everything i ever wanted, but i don’t want to risk losing her as a friend."

#32 "look, i don't know if i’m the kind of person you need or even want right now. but i’m looking around and i’m the only one who’s here.

#33 "If I never see you again, just know that I love you so, so much.”

#34 "We've been by each other's sides for years, you think I'm gonna leave now?"

#35 "did you fake it?"

#36 "i heard what you said...no one's ever talked about me that way before.."

#37 "i asked if you were having a party. i didn’t tell you to have a party.

#38 "If you die, I’m going to kill you"

#39 "You’ve got thirty seconds to explain to me what you’re doing here."

#40 "It’s amazing how fast the world can go from bad to total shit storm.”

#41 "What do you got?” "Uh...A headache.”

#42 ”Are you alright?” “I will be.”

#43 ''you only call me when you want to hook-up.'' '' that was part of the agreement, wasn't it? ''

#44 "We're in public you know." “I really don’t care, you look hot and I’m trying not to fuck you senseless right now”

#45 “I could just pull your bikini bottoms to the side, no one will notice”

#46 Think anyone will notice if I start fingering you right now?”

#47 "you're an idiot" / "but i'm your idiot"

#48 "Look...I know we broke up, but you know that you aren't any less important to me now, right?"

#49 "Spread your legs."

#50 "You're perfect... everything about you is perfect"

#51 "One more word out of you and I’ll bend you over the table and fuck you in front of everyone”

#O you can also suggest a prompt from my previous prompt lists :)

#michael gray x reader #cassie howard x reader #eddie munson x fem!reader #eddie munson x reader #chrissy cunningham x reader #michael gray fanfic #cassie howard x fem!reader #stranger things x reader #euphoria x reader #ben hardy x you #ben hardy x reader #four/billy x reader #frank mccullen x reader #seb jacobs x reader #pippa x reader #sydney sweeney x reader #cassie howard smut #michael gray smut

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fishnetxthighs · 2 years

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I felt like we needed more monster boy/girls so heres Tide. I don't have a faceclaim yet but I'll do my best describing them. I'll go with the male description for this.

Tide is a muscular monster man that is an octopus merman you can find in the ocean. Either by working at the docks or passing out in the ocean.

The main stats for them I imagine are well um.

Curiosity that can turn into something less innocent as well. Similar to Sydney's corruption. He just loves humans, just the little things they can do makes him just want to learn more! Either way you meet him, you can decide to keep him ignorant or help him learn more about the outside world. Though... At the cost of making him more and more less than nice or at least possessive of you. To where he comes from, his kind mates for life.

Might want to be careful if you decide to attempt to bring him in another relationship, low curiosity he might be more friendly and esp if the love interests you're also in a relationship are nice such as Robin... Though that's a different story if its someone like Whitney.

Will go into more detail under read more... Its kinda just me showing I love yanderes and tentacles so.

Like the little thing you have in relationships and you decide to set him as your first love interest... You'll get a bit of a unique option to have well Tide fuck the player in front of the secondary love interest with high curiosity that has now turn into Knowledgeable.

To him it's mainly to assert how much better he is than whoever the other love interest is depending on who they are. Why should someone so mean to you be around you? Tide thinks they can treat you better than them, he might go a bit overboard with fucking the player silly and might leave some marks over the pc's body in the aftermath.

Tide just loves them so much after all, and adores the cute noises the pc makes as they pleasure them. Maybe they'll allow the secondary love interest to join in if they feel nice.

As for the way I would write them meeting the player here's the best I can do.

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You work hard. It's tiring. You get a good workout.

You're tasked with cleaning the pier and place down your broom for a moment to refill the bucket. You hear something tumble over to where the broom was placed at, and see a slimly tentacle wrapped around the broom pulling it into the ocean.

>(1) Grab the broom (2) Ignore

(Depending on your strength could go two different ways.)

(Low Strength) You attempt to take the broom back, but you find yourself being thrown into the water due to how strong the monster is. ++Stress

You flail around in the water about to scream only to be interrupted by a tentacle wrapping around your face to cover your mouth. The other tentacles even wrapping around you to make sure you don't escape. +Stress

A figure rises from the water to look at you, one could mistake it as any other person but clearly this person wasn't human. That much was obvious with the tentacles. +Stress

"P-Please calm down... It's alllright." The man leans closer to look at your face, to which you realize how handsome he is with his green eyes looking into yours. +Arousal

"I just wanted the broom for my collection... Seems like that was yours, I thought humans often replace these without a second thought... I guess I made too much noise this time."

To which he sighed at, but then grinned showing his sharp teeth. +Stress

"I've never been this close to a human before! So cute, I'll let you go if you promise not to scream."

>(1) Nod and don't scream +Stress +Love +Curiosity

(2) Nod but scream anyway -Love

(3) Bite his tentacle --Love +Curiosity

Once he lets go, you decided not to scream but feel a bit nervous just staring at him. "So sweet and obedient... Don't worry, I won't harm you. But... I don't think you should be out here alone, I've heard screams here after all."

Before you can react he takes you off, swimming away with you and his tentacles tightening their grip on you. To which you are dragged off to his cave that is under the water and off to the air pocket.

The other way this could go with high strength and pull him out of the ocean. To which you can either dismiss him right away or decide to let him go... Which unlocks Tide to occasionally come try to save you if you're being attacked oor if it's your break you can chat with him and tell him more about the surface.

Sorry I would ramble further but I'm tired and that was a lot to write. But I can write more if anyone wants more content.

#dol imagines #degrees of lewdity imagines #degrees of lewdity oc #degrees of lewdity #Tide the octopus

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hello, my dear! i’m happy to see that your requests are open. i always enjoy reading your writing and i love seeing your name pop up on my dash! thank you for sharing your amazing writing with us <3 <3 (please feel free to discard this request if you aren’t feelin’ it or you have too many) you can pick the a.d. boy, but i’d love to see reader walk in on (insert boy here) pillow humping whilst moaning their name? maybe she even gets to watch the rest...😳 thank you!!

omg sydney..... i really fucking hope i did this justice. this was such a good concept and i saw it so clearly in my mind, i really hope it came through. either way, thank you for the kind words you’re too sweet to me, thank you so much for requesting <3

(1k words) - NSFW, voyeurism, sort of mutual masturbation

You had left in the morning, a slight wobble to your step as you walked to work, remnants of last night still lingering, reminders visible everywhere, you felt them down to the bone.

You reach for your metrocard as you approach the subway, realization slapping you across the face.

You left it in his apartment.

Grumbling and pouting to yourself, you reluctantly march back to Sackler’s to retrieve what you need to carry on with your day.

Unlocking his front door you lean against it once it’s closed behind you, inhaling deeply and trying to calm yourself down. This whole ordeal was beginning to fluster you, and you could feel your breath and heart rate picking up and you needed to relax before a full blown panic attack took over.

This wasn’t a big deal, this wasn’t a big deal, you just forgot your metro card. You would barely even be late.

You hear Sackler in his bedroom, presumably still exactly where you had left him only twenty minutes ago.

He was usually an early riser, he likes to go out for runs first thing in the morning, come back, fuck you, then shower. Adam always liked to start his day as soon as possible.

But as you thought back to last night, he probably needed a few more hours of sleep to recuperate. Looking at how things were playing out this morning, you probably did too.

You groaned to yourself, visibly annoyed as you trudged through his apartment, searching for your metrocard, trying to remember where the fuck you could have misplaced it.

Another noise from Sackler’s bedroom but this time.

This time it’s louder. Different.

That kind of noise that makes your belly swoop because it sounds sickeningly similar to a moan, a pathetic cry of pleasure.

The blood drains from your face and travels southwards, straight down to your now aching clit.

You step in the direction of his cries, towards his bedroom. You proceed with caution however, not wanting him to notice you, and his lack of a door made that ten times more difficult. Your feet are light on the floor thankfully, and his moans grow louder the closer you come to his little cave.

Tentatively, you poke your head into the doorway, just enough so that one of your eyes can peer inside, take a peek at him lost in the throes of pleasure.

Oh.

And lost he is.

Drowning in it, would be a better way of describing it, actually.

Adam’s got your pillow from your side of the bed tucked neatly underneath his pelvis, his hips working.

Thrusting, rutting his huge cock against the silky soft material that smells so sweetly of you, of your hair, your conditioner, your perfume, your sweat, your skin, you.

And your name leaves from between his lips, broken in some sort of sinful prayer. Over and over again and his hips speed up just a tiny bit before slowly back down to a painful drag.

“Fuuhck.” He moans, voice deep, low, raspy, like he’s been doing this since you left.

Your face feels hot and now your clit is throbbing, your own blood pumping so loud in your ears.

You debate shoving your own hand down the waistband of your pants but you can’t bear to miss a moment of this, miss a moment of Sackler being completely vulnerable, lost in a world inside his own head.

This was so fucked up, you should make yourself known, make some sort of noise to make him realize you’re here, you’re watching but your literally fucking hypnothized by this beautiful mirage in front of you.

The way his back muscles flex when his hips rut forward, how it flexes back, extending the muscles again, making him look twice as long as he usually is.

His biceps bulging, shaking from exertion, from holding his entire weight. His feet are hidden under the covers but you can imagine how they flex and curl with each precious thrust, digging into the mattress to somehow ground himself.

Fuck.

He’s so hot, moaning your name, gripping the sheets, gripping the pillow that he won’t stop fucking, imagining it was you and your perfect, tight little pussy that he was pounding into the mattress instead.

He lets out another moan and your clit won't stand you ignoring it any logner so you firmly press your palm against it to alleviate some of the pressure. And oh,

Do you fucking whimper.

You whimper right as Adam’s hips pick up the pace again and he hears you. He fucking hears you and his hip stutters as he looks, panicked to the doorway where you stand, watching.

“Oh fuck-” He moans your name, face and neck flushed that adorable splotchy pink that he gets when he’s all worked up.

“Keep going, please.” You beg, your hand now rubbing against your clothed pussy, unable to stop. And neither is he, thankfully.

“I-I’m ssorrry.” He groans, clearly embarrassed and it breaks your heart a little while simultaneously turning you on further. His hips rut furiously into the pillow, his eyes screwing shut and you know he’s close.

“Come for me, I-I know you want to.” You whimper, your hand frantically rubbing yourself over your pants, trying, trying, trying to get to that place that Adam was about to cross over into.

With a final shout of your name and a final thrust or two of his hips, he’s coming all over your pillow and a bit on himself too. Sackler did have a big load and he always managed to get it everywhere. You feel like you can taste it as he shoots it all over the pristine , white material.

Sackler flops over onto his back, laying down next to you abused pillow, arms behind his head to allow more oxygen flow, chest heavy and heaving, flushed beautifully.

“Fucking…. Fucking get over here so I can eat that pussy.”

#omg this was #this was something #request #prompt #adam sackler #adam sackler x reader #reader insert #adam sackler smut #imagine #my writing #sydneyssmut

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The Bunker Party - January Debrief

Hey my darlings!

So, The Bunker Party was back with a bang for the first month of 2021 and it was so nice to see so many wonderful and beautiful faces, new and old, on the stream. I have so much stuff to share with you, my fingers will ache once I’ve finished typing it all.

The stream was just amazing. It was filled with fun, laughter, and so many of you sharing your love for all things Supernatural. Seriously, SPN does have THEE best fandom and I’m so glad to be a part of it.

6 hours we were hanging out for! To see so many beautiful faces, hear so many lovely voices and to spend time with all you guys was just a dream! The support from everyone for each other, the love in this fandom; I can’t express how much I adore it.

I love holding these events and as I mentioned last night, the next one will be in February (date to be announced) and I’m already looking forward to seeing so you all again.

So…to the debrief!

Below you will find:

Everyone who joined - their tags, what’s coming up fic wise and their masterlist.

Announcements, News and links to Patreons and Etsy shops!

Challenges to join - we have SIX!

Blogs who want to help with your writing

Graphics and Icons

Fic & blog recs

You are the guys that make it the live stream what it is, and we can never thank you enough. So below is a list of everyone who was on the chat yesterday accompanied by their masterlist and a little blurb of what they have coming up soon! For your reading pleasure and in no particular order…

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@waywardbeanie: Shelli has come so far in the matter of a few months. From being a reader to now a series writer! She has one series under her belt already and is well on her way with her second on, Life on Tour. She is ALSO planning her third, which we may have had a sneak peak too last night and I am BEYOND excited.

You can find her masterlist HERE

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@deanwanddamons: Sian has come so far in a year! She has several series on the go, so many oneshots and I already know her plans for her next series. There are more plans for The Show Must Go On, Mechanic and Mistletoe and others. OH, I am excited!

Her masterlist can be found HERE

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@jensengirl83: Brandy is such a sweetheart and we adore her. She’s still under the year mark for writing but that doesn’t stop her from nailing it. With one series completed, a ton of oneshots under her belt, she’s now working on her second series and is smashing it.

You can find her masterlist HERE

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@whatareyousearchingfordean: Alex is nailing it at the moment with her fictions. She’s currently posting Happiness Continued (the sequel to Happiness Begins) which is nearing it’s end *sobs* BUT we were spoiled to some spoilers and information about what’s coming next. Ohhhh we have two more series on the way and they are juicy! Head over to her blog to find out one of them, she’s announced it already ;)

Her masterlist can be found HERE

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@superfanficnatural: Mert has took some time away from the writing world but nothing could keep him from showing his fantastic self on our livestream. He’s has finally gotten back into his writing thanks to much encouragement ;) and is chipping away at the next add for his series The Choice. We’re super proud of him.

He has some other series in the works, a couple of collaborations that he’s got under his belt too…

Go and give him some love, his masterlist can be found HERE

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@soaringeag1e: We adore Meg and she is a regular on our stream. She has such an extensive list of SPN fanfiction that it’s a treat for your eyeballs!

She is currently working on her series Escape and we have been treated to hearing about some of her new series that she has coming out very soon! Fake Dating anyone? YES PLEASE. Head over and get yourself signed up if you’re not already!

You can find her masterlist HERE

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@thinkinghardhardlythinking: Saira is absolutely nailing it when it’s coming to writing at the moment and her words are out of this world. She’s recently been sucked into the Royal AU and is writing a Knight!Sam x Reader fic and it is TO DIE FOR.

She’s such a sweetheart. Please show her some love and support <3 You can find her masterlist HERE

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@janicho88: This lovely lady is working on some absolute winners at the minute. “Falling for You” and “Fire, Fur and Mistletoe” to name just a couple! She is one of the kindest and supportive souls that you will ever meet. Definitely one to check out and read!

You can find her masterlist HERE

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@downanddirtydean: Lydia was new to our stream and I cannot say how much I enjoyed having this beaut on there. She is working on some AMAZING pieces at the moment. Holidate being one of them! Fake Dating anyone? UHH YEAH! She also has over 30 smutty oneshots... You can find her masterlist HERE

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@carryonmywaywardcaptain: Jordan was another new face to our stream last night and it was so nice getting to know her. She told all about what she is currently working on. “Miles of Memories” is a best friend to lover AU which sounds absolutely incredible. If you’re not checking her out already, what are you waiting for?

You can find her her masterlist HERE

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@sams-sass: Chelsea was new to our stream and the award for the first Sam girl to grace our screen has been awarded. She is an absolute sweetheart and with what we heard about her works, her idea and what she’s got coming up...I AM SOLD. She has told us that she is currently working on “Secrets in the Snow” and we are EXCITED.

She is a creative genius and I’m living for it.

You can find her masterlist HERE

@flamencodiva: Vanessa is still in the process of reposting everything she had lost back onto her blog and she is slowly but surely, getting up to date. We have been told what is coming up, more “What He Lost, What He Found” as well as “The Hunters Encyclopaedia”. She is also working on some wonderful new series’ behind the scenes and we may have been teased to a collab that will be coming your way soon!

Check out her masterlist HERE

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@that-one-gay-girl: Sydney is such a kind soul and an absolute beaut, and we were so happy to see her on our stream. Even though she is a fairly new writer, that hasn’t stopped her from bashing out some fabulous pieces of fiction! She has a completed series under her belt and is currently working on the next chapter of “Oh, Baby” as well as “A Hero’s Journey”

You can find her masterlist HERE

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@deangirl93: Our first Aussie that has graced our stream and what an abolute babe she is. For a new writer, she has come so far in the matter of months. She has her first completed series “Life Lessons” under her belt as well as some phenomenal oneshots. We’ve also been told about her works that are coming up... Demon!Dean or Dean Smith anyone? ;)

You can find her masterlist HERE

@anathewierdo: Ana is such a darling and we always love having her on the streams. She’s currently reposting her fic Call of the Ocean which is a collaboration with Flamencodiva. Not only that, she’s also working on a Princess Diaries AU, a Serial Killer AU and many more!

You can find her masterlist HERE

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@emoryhemsworth: This beaut has had a couple of busy months but she is currently working on her series called “Losing Sleep” as well as plotting her amazing TWD crossover fic which we cannot wait for!

Check our her masterlist HERE:

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@anaelsbrunette: We loved having Yas on our stream and she told us all about the juicyness that she’s got coming our way. She is concentrating on darker stuff at the moment but we have also been told that she has a Mafia AU that will soon grace our screens...keep your eyes peeled!

Check it out and give her some love.

You can find her masterlist HERE

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@impalawrites: Pala joined our stream for a while and it was lovely to hear her voice and for her tell us what’s going on in her writing life. She has recently changed her blog name (she was impala-1979) and now she is focusing on not just supernatural but many other fandoms too!

She has many, many more goodies on offer and is doing wonderfully!

You can find her masterlist HERE

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@defenderrosetyler: Ali came back to our stream and we loved having her. She currently has a couple of oneshots available on her masterlist for both Sam and Dean! She is definitely one to keep an eye out for! She’s a total sweetheart too!

You can find her masterlist HERE

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@wonder-cole: Such a sweetheart and a wonderful person. New to the stream this time and we loved having her. She told us all about her amazing ideas and what she is writing at the moment. In the works there is going to be a Son’s of Anarchy crossover, Michael!Dean and a male reader fic AND a Bi!Reader and Charlie fic.

*squee* We are excited.

You can find her masterlist HERE

@katelynw93: Kate is a new writer to the supernatural fandom but she is doing so so well! She has a bunch of stuff for both Sam and Dean and her writing is just AMAZING. She is definitely one to go and check out!

You can find her masterlist HERE

@chocolateheart: Marcie is a little ray of sunshine and her writing always gets me hooked. She has no series as of yet but I have heard of what she is cooking up and I am excited! She has some fabulous fluffy and sexy oneshots though that you should definitely check out!

You can find her masterlist HERE

@anotherspnfanfic: Another wonderful new face to our stream this time around and were so happy that she joined us! Again, this wonderful writer has an amazing list of oneshots but no series as of yet. She is definitely one to be checking out!

You can find her masterlist HERE

@440mxs-wife: Another new beautiful face to our stream! It was so nice to have her join us and we have found another little hidden treasure trove of fictions! Her masterlist covers more than just Sam and Dean, we have fics for Cas, Gabriel and Ketch too!

You can find her masterlist HERE

Me: Well, Life for Rent is completed! My new series “Hello, Sailor” is in progress and I’m about to finish my mini series “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”. I have also just posted a smut filled oneshot called “Do Not Disturb” and I have plans for many more stories! Seriously...my idea doc is screaming at me! Ahah.

My masterlist can be found HERE:

HONORARY MENTIONS

Now, these guys are regulars to our livestreams and/or do a hell of a lot to support other people within the supernatural fandom. So it’s only fair that we give them a shout out and to share the love with them too!

In no particular order:

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@smol-and-grumpy: Nat has such a juicy masterlist and can I just mention that since our last livestream, she has completed quite a few other series and is now posting two new ones! A personal fav of mine is “Legally Yours” IT IS CERTIFIED GOLD.

You can find her masterlist HERE

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@talesmaniac89: Our darling Tales is taking a hiatus at the moment but her blog is still worth checking out. She has some amazing series and such a long list of fics under her belt as well as SO MANY GRAPHICS. She’s an absolute sweetheart and I adore her greatly.

Check her out guys, her masterlist is HERE

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@katehuntington: Kate is also taking a hiatus at the moment but again, it’s a blog definitely worth checking out. Her writing is exquisite and the imagery she paints is just wonderful. Ride with Me anyone? She also has an OFC Fic too!

Her masterlist can be found HERE

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@atc74: Ang is such a wonderful supporter to new and old writers alike on tumblr. I am always seeing her reblogging peoples stories and offereing words of kindness and positivity. Not only that, she has a wonderful masterlist of her own fabulous creations too!

Her masterlist can be found HERE

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To the upcoming writers & readers…

@abuavnee, @winchesterxfamilybusiness, @adoptdontshoppets, @zooaliaa, @carolinabeauty6298, @akshi8278 & the few nonnies we had!

Sabrina: We know that you’ve dabbled with some writing already but if you need us for anything, idea bouncing or anything, just hit us up, you know where we are <3

Abu: Girl, your first of writing blew me away with how poetic it was and it was so nice to put a face to a name yesterday. If you ever need help with writing, give us a message!

Karen: Your support to all of us writers is just phenomenal and I cannot thank you enough for taking the time to leave such wonderful comments. We appreciate you so much <3

Zoe: Even though you’re not a new writer, you’re new to tumblr and we were so intrigued about the fic idea you already have posting to wattpad right now. Welcome to the family babe!

MJ: Again, your support to all of us writers is just the best. Thank you for taking the time to read through our stuff, it means the absolute world.

Akshita: Another fabulous reader who offers wonderful support to all of us writers. Thank you so much for all of your comments and your kind words.

We want to thank all of you for your constant support, your feedback, your words, your reactions to what we write. Your likes, your reblogs, your asks. We appreciate every single thing you do. So thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We love you. Also, remember guys - we’re all here to love and support you! My inbox is always open if you want to talk about anything and everything. Even if you wish to start writing…give any of us a shout. We’re here to help! Thank you for joining the chat and we hope you had an amazing time <3 Please spread the love and show your support to all of these amazing people, go follow and give them some love!

We’ve got some goodies for you!

We want to bring to everyone’s attention once again, the wonderful organisation that is Ficfasers, an international fundraising group of authors and artists who love Supernatural. They offer thank yous to people who agree to donate to Random Acts by creating stories/art, crafts, and more for winning bidders and ticket buyers!

Again, this is amazing and it’s something that so many of us can get involved in. We’ve been told an event is coming up around the holiday period so watch this space!

Want to write for Charity?

Check out their tumblr HERE

and their website HERE

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Follower achievements!

Join me in congratulating these amazing blogs as they have surpassed or are close to a follower milestone!

@waywardbeanie is closing in on 600 followers! @downanddirtydean has passed 500 followers!

@superfanficnatural is closing in on 900 followers! @jensengirl83 is closing in on 900 followers! @deangirl93 is closing in on 500 followers!

Congratulations guys!

If you’re not following them already, head on over and show them your support!

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Want to be the first to read new chapters of your favourite fics?

Some of our fabulous livestream participants have Patreon!

For a small fee a month, you get personalised drabbles, oneshots and MORE as well as first dibs on new chapters before ANYONE else! Please consider giving them your support.

The links for each authors Patreon is below: @cockslut-padalecki - Find hers HERE

@flamencodiva - Find hers HERE

@soaringeag1e - Find hers HERE

@impalawrites - Find hers HERE

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Want to support new creators and get your hands on some SPN Merch?

We have two etsy shops to share with you! Both of them make some amazing things and are definitely worth checking out if you’re wanting to treat yourself.

@downanddirtydean has a wonderful little shop full of supernatural goodies like scrunchies and stickers! You can check it out HERE & @that-one-gay-girl has a little shop where she offers custom portraits and I have been told that some Spn goodies are on the way too! Check it out HERE

Oh, IT’S CHALLENGE TIME. This month, we have SIX challenges for you to get involved in!

First of all, we still have @janicho88 100 follower Christmas themed challenge! It ends on the 31st January but there are still spots left!

Check it out, HERE

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Secondly, we have @wonder-cole‘s 100 follower celebration too! This challenge is pretty unique as she has taken the things her 11 year old has said for the prompts!

You can check it out, HERE

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Thirdly, we @deanwanddamons 2K follower and 1 Year blogiversary challenge! She’s taken some inspiration from the movies and come up with some quotes, the challenge is open until the 1st February!

Check it out, HERE

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Fourthly, we have @downanddirtydean‘s 500 follower celebration! She has come up with a list of 50 prompts to tickle your pickle and to make it juicer, she’s added in a giveaway of prizes that she makes herself!

Take a look and enter the challenge, HERE

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Fifthly, we have @carryonmywaywardcaptain‘s Supernaturally Marvelous challenge! This challenge has a list of songs, AU’s, Dialogue prompts and more to choose from!

Check it out, HERE

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And last, but certainly not least, we have @flamencodiva‘s Writing Challenge which she holds every few months to help when you get that dreaded writers block. Who knows, maybe her prompt will spark a wave of inspiration!

Check it out, HERE

Need a graphic? Header, banner, divider?

Our gorgeous @talesmaniac89 is available to create whatever you would like! She’s the creator behind our banners for this post and numerous other masterlist across the board. Give her a message!

Struggling with some smut?

@superfanficnatural has offered his services to be the person you can go to if you need to hash out certain words, feelings and perspective. He is the perfect person to give you an insight to the male POV when it comes to sex so if you’re writing Destiel or a chapter from the guys POV, Mert is there to help!

Need help finding that one gif?

@emoryhemsworth is your go to girl! Seriously, you tell her you want a gif of Dean in a specific place, wearing a certain outfit, she will find it for you in no time at all. She’s a diamond as she’ll also credit the creators!

Struggling to find that one word? Or even a title?

@atc74 is your guru! She is perfect for getting you unstuck and if you’re struggling with a title, she can also help on this front! I always struggle with a title, and a summary so I know i’ll definitely be hitting Ang up if i get stuck!

Lost a fic? Need help to find it again?

@spnfic-search-blog is the blog to go too! Send an ask and they will dedicate their time to try and find it for you!

Need a new aesthetic? Line divider? We got you! Our fabulously talented @talesmaniac89 has drawn up so MANY supernatural themed line breakers, headers and more for your free usage!

Just look at some of these!

She has a few posts full already!

We’re talking dividers, headers, banners, gifs and icons!

Check them out HERE!

Give them a like, a reblog and please THANK HER if you use her work. She’s the most kind hearted, loving soul and a few words go a long way <3

Blog Recs!

@smol-and-grumpy - Nat is such a kind soul, always wanting to make others smile, others wanting to go the extra mile for her followers. She holds giveaways just as a thank you for reading her work and above all else, her writing is just out of this world. She deserves so much love and credit for what she does.

@crashdevlin - I don’t think a livestream has gone by where this lady’s fics have NOT been recommended. Whenever Crash’s name is brought up on stream, so many people love her work and freak out and it’s so lovely to see. So here’s to you Crash! Well done <3

Fic Recs!

True Loves Kiss

@carryonmywaywardbucky

Pairing: Non Yet, eventual Sam Winchester x Reader

Summary: When word of a cursed prince reached your kingdom, your king knew exactly who to send to try and wake him up. The king treated you like the daughter he never had, so question never crossed his mind when he gave you what he hoped would be your final mission.

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My Brother’s Girl By @cockslut-padalecki

Pairing: Sam Winchester x Reader, Dean Winchester x Reader

Summary: When Dean returns from Purgatory, he hopes to be reunited with his long term girlfriend Y/N and Sam after five long years without them. But when he shows up at Sam’s door unable to locate her, Dean realises he doesn’t need to look much farther to find her.

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All The Good Girls Go To Hell By @cockslut-padalecki

Pairing: Step Dad!Sam x Step Daughter!Reader, Uncle!Dean x Niece!Reader

Summary: When Sam marries into Y/N’s family he naively believes she’s a little princess incapable of putting a step wrong. But once he comes face to face with evidence that proves she’s far from angelic which also implicates his own brother in her misdeeds, Sam finds himself battling against his own moral judgement.

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Corrupted By @cockslut-padalecki

Pairing: Lawyer!Sam x Reader.

Summary: When Sam inadvertently chooses to work instead of spend time with Y/N, she decides on a little revenge to show him what he’s missing… however she massively underestimates Sam and his power to put her in her place.

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Crimson Leaves By @waywardrose13

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Reader

Summary: The dead have risen. Amid a global pandemic that causes the dead to prowl the Earth, a leader of a small camp in North Carolina fights for survival. Y/n Y/l/n was certain of three things: One, only a bite would turn you. Two, the brain must be destroyed in order to completely kill the thing. Three, trust no one. When a stranger is brought to her camp half alive, Y/n must make the decision to throw him to the walkers, or let the mystery man heal within the gates. As Dean Winchester recovers from a zombie attack, he worms his way into the camp, and eventually into Y/n’s heart. Love is a dangerous game, especially when it’s played with the dead.

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Flashes By @our-jensen-ackles-love

Pairing: Jensen Ackles x Reader

Summary: Playboy Jensen Ackles is hurting his television show’s image. Every time he promised to get his act together, it’d last for about a week before pictures emerge of him half-drunk with some broad on his arm. Fed up and desperate, his agent decides their only hope to save some face is to write up a contract with a nobody girl who could use the money while getting to play the role of Jensen’s girlfriend. It was only for a year and it was only for the photos. But feelings don’t always follow the rules, do they?

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Icarus By @savior-adriana

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Demon!Reader

Summary: She was a succubus – a sex demon, held captive by the Winchesters and despite Sam’s desperate attempts to stop his brother from giving in, Dean loses the battle against his need for her.

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Frozen By @watermelonlipstick

Pairing: Sam Winchester x Reader

Summary: Sam and the reader get stranded on the highway during a snowstorm.

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Dean’s Jeans By @watermelonlipstick

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Reader

Summary: A late summer afternoon on your cul-de-sac with Dean, Sam, your daughters, and their cousin DJ.

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Till Death Do Us Part? By @amanda-teaches

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Reader

Summary: At a work party with your best friend, Dean, you panic when your new boss asks if you’re couple. Lying to protect your promotion, you wind up fake engaged before you can take it back. When Dean agrees to go along with your lie for a weekend retreat, you end up finding something neither of you had bargained for: love.

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Broken By @atwistoffate

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Reader

Summary: The man you love is about to marry someone else. This is how the worst day of your life begins.

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Blue or Red By @atwistoffate

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Reader

Summary: Can two people who broke up be friends again? Just friends?

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It Was You By @jerkbitchidjitassbutt

Pairing: Jensen Ackles x Female Reader

Summary: Jensen and Y/n are childhood best friends. When his agent informs him that his image could use some improvement for a role, will she help him? Or will her feelings get in the way?

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Not Losing You By @luci-in-trenchcoats

Pairing: Mechanic!Dean Winchester x reader

Summary: The reader is pulled over on the side of the road when a man suddenly appears and proceeds to collapse in front of her. Little does she know, that may be a good thing for them both…

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By My Side By @luci-in-trenchcoats

Pairing: Bodyguard!Jensen Ackles x Reader

Summary: While at home one night, the reader, an actress, is almost kidnapped and at her friend’s suggestion she hires Jensen as her bodyguard. After a rocky start, the pair begin to get along and tensions ease when they think the threat against her has subsided. But as things at home get better, the reader’s family comes to town and all Hell breaks loose…

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With All My Heart By @torn-and-frayed

Pairing: Jensen Ackles x Reader

Summary: N/A

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Protector By @fictionalabyss

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Reader

Summary: N/A

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La Petite Mort By @percywinchester27

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Reader AU

Summary: The reader has just shifted to a new flat and boy, someone on the floor has a really banging sex life! The passionate moans have been keeping her up for several nights in row and enough is enough! Reader has her suspicions, but is it really the green-eyed hottie from room no. 307?

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You’re Home By @acreativelydifferentlove

Pairing: Alpha!Dean x Omega!Reader

Summary: After years away at college, you have finally returned to your home town. In order to settle back into the community, you have to seek permission from the Head Alpha. What happens when you see his son for the first time since presenting as an Omega?

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A Gentleman’s Agreement By @stusbunker

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Benny LaFitte

Summary: N/A

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Stolen Crown By @roonyxx & @jay-and-dean

Pairing: Dean Winchester x reader / Knight!Dean x reader

Summary: What happens when she is sent in a world that isn’t hers, but with very familiar faces ?

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Ablaze By @ellewritesfix05

Pairing: Firefighter!Dean x Doctor!Reader

Summary: Y/N Y/L/N’s life is simple — work, books, and saving lives. But when a handsome firefighter comes to her hospital in need of care, her life gets turned upside down as she quickly falls for the green-eyed hero. Will being with him prove to be what was missing from her life?

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No Forgetting You By @ellewritesfix05

Pairing: MOC!/Demon!Dean x Reader

Summary: Being Dean Winchester’s girlfriend is no easy task. Through thick and thin, (Y/N) remained fighting monsters by his side. But what will happen when Dean becomes one of those monsters? In this story, the Reader is faced with difficult situations and decisions that will turn her once-perfect life upside down.

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Mess is Mine By @supernaturalfreewill

Pairing: Sam Winchester x Reader

Summary: Fic based on ‘Mess Is Mine’ by Vance Joy originally requested by anonymous! You might not want to read this when you’re home alone or sitting in the dark. Just FYI. It’s kinda creepy

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White Picket Fence By @negans-lucille-tblr

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Reader

Summary: Dean finally gets his American dream life. A perfect wife, big house and the perfectly obnoxious neighbors beyond a white picket fence. But what goes on behind closed doors is far from suburban.

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Other Fandom Recs!

Sunrise By @wkemeup

Pairing: bucky x reader (veteran!bucky x librarian!reader)

Summary: After an explosion takes his arm and his only sense of belonging, Bucky is discharged from active duty and sent back to civilian life. Left with a storm of unchecked guilt, Bucky is content to live out the rest of his days in the hollow comfort of the dark. This is, until Sam drags him down to the local VA and he meets you. (Modern AU)

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I think that’s it!

Phew! I hope you all enjoy this recap! Thank you so much once again to everyone who joined the chat, we had 6 hours of laughs and I cannot wait to do it again. I’d appreciate it if you could share this to spread the love of the fics and authors on here!

Keep an eye out for the next date for our next livestream! It will be in February. If you guys have any idea’s or want something included, let us know. If you want to be tagged when we announce, let us know!

See you next time!

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#the bunker party #dean winchester fanfiction #sam winchester fanfiction #supernatural fanfiction #supernatural family #dean winchester x reader #sam winchester x reader #rec post #share the love #spread the positivity #thebunkerparty #love you guys #winchest09

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balillee · 3 years

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okay so a lot of people were talking about euphoria (both positively and negatively) and i decided to give it a watch. quick thoughts on it:

tws for mentions of sexual assault, drugs and nudity

i agree that the nudity is definitely a lot, and what i've found is a lot of fans of euphoria would agree with that statement too. there's a line between 'natural or artistic' nudity in a scene and 'there is a man with his dick out in this scene for the sake of having a man with his dick out in this scene'. like a lot of it is definitely unnecessary. cassie gets it the worst. like sydney sweeney is a gorgeous actress, but i have had ENOUGH of her tits. please for the love of god. one thing i will say though is that the most recent episode (s2e5 as of writing this) is the first episode in a while where it doesn't focus on the sex or the nudity or the romance or that drama and instead it focuses on rue's addiction and her relapse and the episode was actually like really fucking good. the show is incredible when the entire cast is clothed, wow. almost like the euphoria fandom has been agreeing with this sentiment sam levinson.

i also do understand the uncomfort of like, even though these actors are all grown adults, these characters are all teenagers. the story itself is so annoyingly compelling and i end up having to skip a lot of the scenes anyway just because they make me so incredibly uncomfortable. i have a similar issue with sex education on netflix.

the biggest problem i have with the show is mckay. there was a rumour going around that mckay was cut from season 2 because algee smith refused to get the vaccine - that's entirely untrue from what i've seen however, because from my understanding he's complied with all set covid regulations and he wasn't in the script for season 2 anyway. it just sucks because from the getgo (and this is going to have spoilers for season 1 if you were going to watch the show) mckay is built up to be very very uncomfortable with the toxic masculinity that nate presents, like the first time we see mckay, nate is showing him a video tape of cassie having sex with someone and he is visibly uncomfortable and i wondered if they were going the route of overcoming toxic masculinity and helping to shut it down. later on, mckay and cassie start a relationship and i began to wonder if it was going the route of mckay defending cassie in front of nate (bc nate is definitely a very domineering force in any dynamic and he's very pushy and manipulative). then, it gets to the college party where cassie and mckay are hooking up in one of the bedrooms and like five guys burst into the room, rip mckay off of the bed and sexually assault him (i think? it's kind of implied but it's still up in the air) in front of his girlfriend. he's then left crying on the floor, goes to the bathroom, cries in there, and then comes out and has the absolute most depressing sex with cassie ever. i thought this would go somewhere; this could be a turning point for him where the cogs really get going for his character. we get to explore the trauma of that and how it affects him, his relationships, his aspirations as a football player. but no. the storyline ends with barely a mention of what happened to mckay, and instead switches to cassie finding out she's pregnant and getting an abortion, which to me seemed entirely unnecessary. and then they essentially wrote him out of season 2. they created a black male victim of sexual assault, did not address it, diverted the audience's attention to his white girlfriend, and then wrote him out of the show. literally probably the most disgusting thing the show has done. like unless they bring mckay back in season 3 and address it, i can't forgive that. male assault victims don't get talked about enough, and mckay just got Shat On.

i also don't like elliot. like we had a whole holiday special exploring how jules' experiences with cal and nate and the whole tyler thing really damaged how she feels about men and how she's really only interested romantically in women now and this leads back into getting back into a relationship with rue. then, season 2 rolls around and elliot just slots himself in and jules decides to cheat on rue with him. like sure, bisexual characters will always be bisexual characters, but there just doesn't need to be a man coming between a relationship between two wlw. like it's unnecessary. elliot doesn't even really have a character outside of this, either, he's just the guy that rue does drugs with to hide her relapse from jules, and he likes both jules and rue. like he doesn't really have a character. he seems really cool like i feel you could make him compelling but he's just kind of... there.

fezco, lexi, ashtray and ali are the top characters for me. there's not much to say about ashtray because he doesn't get much screentime, but he's definitely a G. fezco too. yeah he deals drugs to kids but i think there's definitely a part of him that gives a shit. he's carrying on his grandma's work to help with her medical bills and even though rue used to just be his customer, fezco's acts of true friendship lie in the fact that he won't be the one to fuel her relapse by giving her more drugs to do. they're family like that. lexi we also don't see much of, but i think she's a lighthearted breath of fresh air in quite a grim show with a lot of drama and she brings a decent amount of comedic relief, and i want to see her relationship with fezco expanded on and FOR FUCKS SAKE I WANT TO SEE HER PLAY. and then ali. if you want to see some good ass television and some brilliant acting, watch the holiday special with rue and ali titled 'trouble don't last always'. it's literally like 45 minutes (i think?) of rue and ali just sat down in a diner having a real ass fucking conversation, addict to addict, and you get to see the characters on a deeper and much more personal level. i think it's the best thing that the show has ever produced.

gia is also up there as one of the better characters - some of her motivations confuse me, (like why the hell would you start smoking weed after watching your sister OD? i'd be scared to death looking at a beer) - but overall her character ties the bennet household up very nicely and she adds a more human quality to rue's family. she's collateral to rue's relapse and we see it in how often she cries and how often she shouts and how often she's scared and hiding away and how often she dissociates. she's brilliantly acted.

the cinematography and the ost is amazing. almost too amazing to the point where some of the show feels a little style over substance, but the aesthetics are incredible nonetheless. bisexual lighting indeed. labrinth did amazing on the score, and the entire ending sequence to s2e4 left me frozen. rue standing alone in her bedroom, hallucinating hugging a father figure that's no longer there. that broke me.

#euphoria #euphoria s2

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fire-emblem-drabbles · 4 years

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Master list (fics and coms)

Writing Commissions

Art Commissions

Match-up Commissions

Alfonse: “Would it be okay if I held your hand?”, “I didn’t know what to get you, so I brought flowers, chocolate and a huge stuffed bear!”, Ephemeral, “It’s okay to love me. Please, I want you to love me.”, I love you “muffled on the other side of the door”, “I’ve memorized absolutely every part of your day so we can always be together.”, “I wish you would just let me have you.”,

Arvis: Demon; trapped in a candle, the summoner and Arvis are pinning for one another so hard it hurts, I want something I’m not sure I deserve to have,

Ayra: Ayra teaches her disaster summoner s/o how to wield a sword,

Azura: Pluviophile, “It’s okay to love me. Please, love me.”,

Berkut: Demon Berkut with angel reader, “If I don’t protect you, who will? You can only rely on me!”,

Caspar: I love you “On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, the late sunlight glowing in your hair”,

Camilla: Hot spring confession,

Camus: Sempiternal,

Chrom: not sfw; All Tied Up, “Is it so wrong to want you to only smile at me? It feels weong but I can’t help but feel that way.”, the summoner is a single mother to a 3 yr old girl and Chrom cannot help but have huge dad energy,

Claude: I love you “muffled through the other side of the door”,

Cordelia: trans Cordelia, not sfw; first time together,

Corrin: Tea time Confession,

Dimitri: Vampire Dimi/Friday the 13th,

Dorothea: “Sorry for calling so late-- I couldn’t stop thinking about you”,

Duma: Strength Comes in Many Forms,

Edelgard: “Let me hold you for a while”,

Eldigan: “I’ll make you crave me as much as I do you.”,

Eliwood: not sfw; Loved and Cherished, Taking care of a kitten together, Reincarnation; like someone I once knew...,

Ephraim: helping the summoner open up, “Your happiness comes before mine.”,

Faye: “You will listen to me.”, “I just want to show you how much I love you.”, “I know you liked them sweetie but they were keeping you away from me.”,

Ferdinand: Centuar Ferdi!, hanahaki but it doesn’t kill dw,

Fjorm: the summoner is an idiot and as it turns out Fjorm is moronsexual,

Forrest: mtf trans reader; real gender reaffirmation hours,

Gangrel: first fic I ever posted on this blog!, sometimes Sydney can write things for herself. as a treat, Vengeance; a 10k oneshot about how much I love Gangrel,

Grima: sometimes a dragon can be soft, “You’ve got me wrapped around your finger.”, your love is enough for me, Chimerical, “Next time they touch what’s mine I’ll rip their fucking arms off.”, Teaching Traditions,

Hector: The meaning behind it,

Hrid: Soulmates; their first words to you are written on your body, “You’re ignoring me. Why? Don’t you love me?”, Incubus Hrid time,

Hubert: “The truth is I love you“,

Ike: Day of Devotion Confession, Secret Spring: New Beginnings, “You’re actually kind of cute when you struggle like that.”, Ike helps the summoner deal with their depression,

Innes: how dense can one summoner be?, the answer is quite a lot,

Jeorge: “I said you couldn’t fall in love with me but I didn’t say I couldn’t fall in love with you.”,

Julius: Slyph Julius; reader is an idiot who just steps into fairy circles and gives their name out,

Joshua: acting as the summoners wingman only to realize they like him too,

Kliff: “Why are you pushing me away?”,

Leanne: Confessing to a dense summoner,

Leo: I have no future if it’s not with you,

Lif: Dead Man’s Deal, To Love Like This, “I will protect you from everything“, What We Could Be, Soft Like the Snowfall, “you have no idea how much I’ve held myself back for you,”

Linus: male reader; Linus reminds you while you’re amazing and worthy of love!, “I’m madly in love with you.”,

Linhardt: “Lay your head in my lap and try to get some rest” & “Do I get a goodnight kiss?”,

Loki: Sydney tries to write away her bad habits and fails (part 2),

Lorenz: I love you “as we huddle together, the storm raging outside”, Tea Left Untouched, “This is stupid but... could you sing for me?”,

Lukas: Blessed be the Father, I love you “while baking cookies making sandwiches”, “As long as I’m here, you’ll be safe.”, “Are bubble baths romantic?”, “Only I can protect you; please, let me be your shield.”, Modern AU; taking care of a sick reader, “I never stopped thinking about you, not even for a minute.”,

Lyon: fallen Lyon “Unfortunately for you, once I had decided your were mine there was nothing you could have done to change your fate”, taking care of the summoner after they overwork themself,

Lysithea: Whenever we’re together I feel at home,

Marth: not sfw; First time for Everything, “How can I get you to like me?”, “Your happiness comes before mine”, “Your heart is safe with me,”, treating Marth likes he deserves,

Micaiah: “I’ll do whatever if takes if it means we get to be together.”, “Are you threatening me?”, yandere micaiah x reader @the fair, when I saw you last night, you looked beautiful...,

Michalis: “This world doesn’t deserve an angel like you.”

Multi: Lif & Alfonse “One and the Same”, Lif & Alfonse “Aspetabund”, Lif & Ike not sfw “Loki plays a very bad trick on the summoner and Ike gets cucked”, Alfonse & Lif “Shrouded in Shadows”, Berkut & Rinea “Aubade”, Alfonse & Bruno “Spring Time Surprise!”, Ephraim & Innes; being competitive over the summoner, yandere Tibarn and Reyson “I won’t let you escape,

Naesala: “Now now, my dear, don’t make me take your love by force.”,

Niles: Bloodied and Beautiful, Season’s Delight,

Odin: Uncanny, “God, you really have no idea how amazing you are.”,

Quan: Centuar; the reader is scared of horses, “If you could be with me, would you?”,

Priam: cute early mornings,

Python: “I don’t think I know how to love...”,

Reina: “Is it okay to want you all to myself?”, “I just want to show you how much I love you.”, “I’ll kiss away the pain, doll.”,

Reinhardt: the summoner talks in their sleep... but Reinhardt thinks its cute, the summoner asks Reinhardt to teach them how to ride a horse in order to get close to him, I had a dream where Reinhardt gave me headpats so I wrote about it,

Reyson: Made Just for You, “It’s you, you’re the one I want.”,

Robin: “You told me you love me you can’t take that back“,

Ryoma: self insert vent piece, Hoshido’s new queen, Ryoma kidnaps the summoner Because He Can,

Sain: “I just don’t want to be alone right now”,

Seliph: Pretty Little Words, “I love you so much, you’re all I ever think about.”, “Your heart is safe with me.”, Billet-Deux, “The world doesn’t deserve an angel like you.”,

Seteth: “I want to be more than just friends with you”, Drawn to You,

Sharena: Sharena takes a hit meant for you, “You’re too good for this world.”,

Shigure: Soulmates; red string of fate, Euphonious,

Shiro: “When do you want these back?”,

Soren: “U-um... will you be my valentine?”, not sfw; Late Night Texts, “I need to know you love me. Say it for me.”,

Takumi: Fallen Takumi “If you leave me, I’ll die!”, I love you “said not to me.”, “I don’t mind sharing, as long as I’m with you.”, remember to remind Takumi how much you love him!, Sydney tries to write away her bad habits (and fails) part 1, Comforting him after a particularly bad nightmare,

Tibarn: Soulmates; matching marks/tattoos,

Tharja: Stay a little while longer,

Tobin: “Is it so hard to love me?”,

Valter: Unlikely Savior, Susuruss, For some reason you trust Valter,

Walhart: “You think I’m watching you? Don’t flatter yourself.”

Xander: “I want to touch you so much I can hardly hold myself back,” “If I don’t protect you, who will? You can only rely on me!”, Xander comforting his commoner s/o,

Zelgius: Earning Love, Sometimes you’re just depressed bro, Not Quite Obsession, “Get behind me, I’ll deal with this.”, not sfw; when training takes a turn, A song from me to you, The summoner gets kidnapped and Zelgius is only capable of worry, “Promise me you’ll stay.”,

#masterlist #long post #fire emblem heroes #fire emblem #feh #x reader #fe x reader #this took me... 6 hours #hhhh #after I post this im gonna do some stats so hold up

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marleyrose17 · 4 years

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Almost Paradise ( Owen Patrick Joyner Fic )

Hey everyone! This story is gonna be a Owen Patrick Joyner story and I will be pairing the reader with Owen, so I’ll put Y/N anytime the main character is mentioned or is talking. This is my first story since high school so please bear with me as the writing will slowly become better the more I write. I hope all you fellow Owen simps like myself like this story. FYI this story takes place if COVID 19 never existed. Please check out my best friend Sydney ( @imsydneywalker) for cute Charlie Fics. Love Yall.

Summary: Y/N just turned 22 and decided to make a spontaneous trip to L.A California USA from Dieppe,New Brunswick, Canada to visit her best friend Charlie Gillespie for her 22nd birthday present to herself. He doesn’t know she’s coming, hence the surprise. But little does she know would she get a little surprise of her own on her way to America.

Chapter 1: Someday

House outfit: https://urstyle.fashion/styles/2814065

*Week before Reader’s birthday* 2021

Y/N’s thoughts: It has been forever since I’ve last seen my best friend Charles Jeffrey Gillespie or how I like to call him Arlo *as I hold onto the necklace he gave me for my 15th birthday*. Weird nickname I know, but I’ve been calling him that since kindergarten and I’m not changing it. It’s almost my 22nd birthday so I felt like I should treat myself to a present of seeing my best friend for a little while. Momma bear doesn’t know yet but I don’t think she’ll care as much since she loves Charlie as one of her own kids, so just taking a trip cross country shouldn’t be too hard to tell her. Right? Let’s find out.

*Y/N walks down to the kitchen from her bedroom*

“Hey mami,” Y/N says as she sits on one of the barstools, popping a green grape and dipping it into nutella into her mouth.

“Yes Y/N nickname?” Y/N’s mom says in a what do you want tone, while finishing cleaning up the kitchen after dinner.

“What?” Y/N asks.

“I already know you want something. You never come back downstairs after dinner unless you’re getting a snack or you want something. I’m your mother, remember.”

“Damn, that predictable huh? Anyways, yes I wanted to ask you something or more like tell you something. So I was thinking for my 22nd birthday I could possibly fly down to America and see your adopted son for a couple weeks. You know I’ve been wanting to move down to L.A so why not go for my birthday. I’d obviously stay at Arlo’s, money shouldn’t be an issue since I’ve been saving plus birthday money from past years. Sooo?” Y/N finishes saying while looking at her mom with puppy eyes.

“You already bought your plane ticket didn’t you?” your mom says while staring at you with one eyebrow raised.

“.... maybe…. no actually, I wanted to see what you’d say first before splurging.” Y/N says while looking down at the bowl of grapes and looks up again to smile cheeky at her mom.

Your mom rolls her eyes and laughs. “ Sure, why not. Do you want me to call Maman J so she can tell Charlie?” your mom asks.

“No no, I want it to be a surprise. It’s kind of a birthday present to myself since Arlo decided to be like “ I wanna be an actor and blah blah blah”. You say mimicking him.

“Alright, well as an early birthday present, I’ll buy your ticket. Should I make it a round trip or a one way?”

“Ummm make it a one way trip, I’ll let you know when I want to come home. You know Arlo, he always has some random hiking trip he wants to take, and knowing him he might drag me to one of those trips” you say rolling your eyes.

“No problem. You better go upstairs and start packing.” your mom says.

*You dip one last green grape into nutella and pop it into your mouth before you hop off the bar stool to give your mom a kiss* “You’re the best mami!”

*You run back to your room and start planning the whole trip*

*5:30pm One day before reader’s birthday and your flight*

*you're sitting on your bed finishing up some last minute packing, when you hear a knock at your door.*

“Come in.” Y/N says without turning around.

“Hey hun.” your mom says.

*you turn around to face your mom* “Hey mami, whats up?” *you say while sitting on top of your luggage trying to close it*

Your mom chuckles, “Here is your plane ticket for your flight, it's at 5:55am, you have a connecting flight to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma which will have a connecting flight to L.A.X.”, your mom says handing you the tickets. “So you better finish packing and get some rest.”

*You reach for the tickets while trying not to fall of your luggage* “Awesome, thanks mami.”

“No problem, just get some rest ok. I will drive you to the airport.” your mom says while walking out of your room.

“Ok!” you yell through the door. *You finally got the luggage to close* “YES!” you say standing up on the edge of your bed but then proceed to fall off your bed in the process which leads to a loud thud hitting the floor. “I’M OK!” you yell before your mom asks.

You place your luggages and carry ons by your door and start getting ready for bed. You look into the mirror one last time and stare at the picture of you and Charlie at the waterfront, ( https://www.instagram.com/p/B-suC_WF8Cu/) ( just pretend its yall, I know its like his cousin or friend)

“L.A.X I’ll see you tomorrow.” you say to yourself before walking to bed.

*Reader’s birthday* 3:00am

Airport Outfit: https://urstyle.fashion/styles/2813992 (girl on the left is what your hair looks like)

*your phone goes off at 3:00 am with the song I See Fire by Ed Sheeran playing from your phone softly.*

*You groan annoyingly wondering why you’re up so early, when you realize it is your 22nd birthday and you have a flight to catch in two hours. You spring out of bed, pop your airpods in and blair The OtherSide from The Greatest Showman and begin getting ready for your long day of flying*

*Dancing towards your bathroom, you turn on your shower to warm up and start brushing your teeth. You lay out the outfit you will be wearing to the airport on your bed, take out your headphones and head into the shower.*

*20 mins later. You hear a knock on your bathroom door*

“Almost done sweetie?” your mom asks.

“Yes, I’m just finishing up, I’ll be down soon.” you say through the door.

*Because you’re going to the airport you didn’t put too much makeup on, just enough to make yourself look kind of awake on the flights. You put your hair in a messy bun, put on your jean jacket, take one last look in the mirror before you shut off the light and head out.*

*You look around your room to make sure you grab any last minute items for your carry on. Especially making sure you have your Beats, charger, spare hair elastics and gum. You go to grab your luggage when you realize your mom already did and placed them in the car. Best mom ever. You grab your guitar case and your bag and head out.*

*Skip the car ride, you’re already at the airport*

“You’re sure you have everything right?” your mom asks while taking the stuff out of the car.

“Yes, I promise, I have everything I need. If I forgot anything important I will call you and have it shipped to Arlo’s.” you say while closing the trunk of the car.

“Alright, have a safe trip hun, please be safe and try not to get Charlie in too much trouble ok?” your mom says while hugging you goodbye.

*GASP* “ HEY! I’m a good noodle, Arlo’s the one who dared me to jump in the fountain at the mall. You know me I could never pass up a good dare.” you say while breaking the hug.

“Haha, yes I know which leads you to getting sick. Remember, it was winter.” your mom retorts back.

“ Yeah yeah I know, I’m still a good noodle though.” You chuckle while grabbing your stuff again.

Your mom shakes her head, “Go before you miss your flight silly.” She says while turning you around.

“Ok, ok I get it you want me gone.” You say laughing while walking towards the automatic doors.

“OH SWEETIE!” your mom calls out.

You turn around. “Yes?” you ask

“Happy Birthday!” your mom yells in front of everybody.

You stare at her like really. “Thanks mami. I love you too”

*You walk inside the airport and walk towards the check in line to check in all your luggages.*

*Skip to you’re already on the plane before take off.*

*You check your phone for the time, plug in your Beats, place them on and hit shuffle before. You look out the window watching the sun just barely starting to rise before you close it and begin to read your book, for the next 4 hours.*

*4 hours later*

*You finish up one of your books, you pull off your headphones just in time to hear the pilot announce that you guys are about to land. You place your book and headphones back into your bag and prepare to land.*

* You get off the plane and check the time on your phone to notice that your connecting flight is almost here and you begin to panic. You check your ticket and realize that of course your flight is on the other end of the terminal, so you begin to run and book it to the other end, hoping you’ll make it on time.*

“Excuse me! Sorry! Sorry! Excuse me!” you say as you weave through airport traffic.

*Half way through your running spree you look down at your phone again to make sure you didn’t miss your flight when you feel your arm get tugged from behind you. You notice one of yours and someone else’s luggage clipped each other by the wheels and they both go flying. “Sorry, my bad.” you say as you grab a luggage, not even looking up to see who you collided with and go back to your sprinting.*

“Yes!” you say to yourself as you make it to your gate. The flight hasn’t boarded yet so you take a seat and wait for your row to be called. You get to your gate, hand the lady your ticket and proceed to board your flight.

*You place your carry-on luggage into the overhead bin and take your seat, when you notice a very sweaty guy just barely making it onto the flight. You chuckle to yourself.*

*3 hours later*

“Alright passengers, we will be landing very shortly. The weather today is 89 degrees, partly cloudy, and 40% of humidity. Welcome to Los Angeles, California passengers.” the pilot announces over the intercom.

*You place your headphones back on, and calmly this time walk off the plane and head towards baggage claim*

*As you’re waiting your favorite song Someday by Max Schneider starts to play. You begin to sway back and forth, humming to the tune when you then feel a tap on your shoulder. You turn around to see who it was and begin to stare at him weirdly wondering why you can’t hear the guy talk*

“Oh shit, my bad. Forgot.” you say as you take off your headphones to actually hear what the guy was saying.

“It's cool, all I was saying was that I was sorry for colliding with you back in Oklahoma. I wasn’t paying attention, I was in a rush and didn’t see you. It wasn’t until after that I noticed that the gate was in the opposite direction.” A dirty blonde guy explains to me.

“Oh no, it was totally my fault, I should have been looking up instead of on my phone. I guess we were both in a rush. But hey, I like your jean jacket. Pretty dope.” I say to him.

“Right back atcha.” he retorts.

*Awkwardly stands next to each other waiting for your luggage to arrive*

“Welp, that's my luggage. Have fun in L.A.” The guy says as he grabs his other luggage and heads towards the exit.

“Thanks, you too crash buddy.” you say back.

*you grab your luggages from the conveyor belt and pull to the side so you’re not in the way of people. You go to open one of your luggages to make sure nothing spilled on the flights/crash over, when you notice that the things in one of the luggages isn’t yours.*

“Shit, I must have accidentally switched luggages with that guy back in Oklahoma.” you say to yourself as you look around to hopefully see if he is still around.

*You close up the luggage, and begin to gather your things and head towards the exit, hoping the guy hasn’t left the airport yet. You get to the exit, head outside and don’t see the guy you bumped into.*

“Damn it!” you say defeated, “How will I ever get my stuff back? What a way to start off my birthday.”

*You get an uber and head towards Arlo’s place*

#Owen Patrick Joyner #OPJ #julie and the phantoms #JATP #owen joyner x reader #oklahoma #fanfiction #julie and the phantoms fanfic #owen joyner's hats #bindi

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trashmancer · 3 years

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Again, been reading a lot recently, and here's some recent reads and my thoughts. (All very spoiler-free)

Johannes Cabal: The Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard

I'd heard about this series for a while, but had always kept putting off reading it, and finally I was in the mood for some comedic (yet dark) shenanigans--and a villain protagonist as charming as Johannes Cabal really hit me just right. I really enjoyed the first of this series and the introduction to this 1920's-ish universe similar-yet-different to our own that Howard's created. His writing is crisp and clever--and Johannes is a villain protagonist worth cheering for. He's duplicitous, arrogant, and cold, yet sharp-witted and competent enough to be engaging, and even though he's amoral (driven predominately with an "ends do justify the means" mentality) there are glimmers of a conscious buried in there.

The basic gist of the first book is that Johannes Cabal is a necromancer dead-set (ba-dum-sh) on thwarting the biggest plague affecting mankind: Death. As such, he's willing to go to extreme lengths to hone and perfect his necromantic abilities. In the pursuit of this knowledge, Cabal sold his soul to Satan, but he comes to realize he actually needs his soul for his necromancy to work more properly (apparently without a soul it gets very unpredictable). In order to win his soul back, he strikes a wager with Satan: he will accumulate 100 souls for Satan in return for his own. Satan, ever the fair player (not), gifts Cabal with an infernal carnival to help Cabal reach his goal within the year. Shenanigans ensue.

While I read some books in-between this one and the next in the series, I'll write about the other here--

Johannes Cabal: The Detective by Jonathan L. Howard

So clearly I enjoyed the first installment enough to keep going, and I am glad, because I enjoyed the second one even more than the first. It feels like Howard got more comfortable with the characters and world than before, and in this one he expands his universe with some made-up countries that are similar-to-yet-different than countries on our Earth. In this one, Cabal does less fantastic tricks, as he dons the role of investigator (there's been a murder--on an airship!), but the plot was very fun. I will say this is one of the first books in a long while to genuinely make my world-weary ass laugh out loud in public. Howard truly does know how to turn a phrase and comes off with some great witticisms.

Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky has been on my radar for a while because I have had Children of Time on my reading list for what feels like an age (and I still haven't gotten around to reading it, but I will soon). To prime myself, I looked up other works by Tchaikovsky. This was around the time I was look for good "stand-alone" Adult Fantasy novels as well, so the two linked up and I had this on my TBR for a while and got around to finally cracking it open.

I really loved this book. If I could describe it in any way, it would be sort of like Pride & Prejudice if Elizabeth Bennet got drafted into a war. Seriously. That's how it reads--and Tchaikovsky made the allusions to Austen's work very clear. The setting is very English-inspired, and the time period mimics Napoleonic times. Definitely the first "Flintlock Fantasy" I've had the pleasure of reading.

The themes of the book are about the caustic nature of nationalism, the blurring of truth during war, and what is true patriotism in the face of falsehood and horror. Definitely my kind of questions--and I love watching characters thrown into completely unfamiliar environments. A genteel woman (Emily Marshwic) being tossed headfirst into grisly, mosquito-infested swamps armed with a musket? It's a fascinating journey she undergoes.

Plus the novel featured a romantic subplot that hits my enemies-to-lovers buttons hard. (It's not at all like one of those tired YA enemies-to-lovers stories, but something more grown-up and messy, which I approve of, because I love drama.) But this is more of a personal note. It's definitely not going to be for everyone.

Retribution Falls (Tales of the Ketty Jay #1) by Chris Wooding

After Johannes Cabal, I got into the mood for some steampunk, and I hadn't actually read much in the way of steampunk, so I looked up some recs and the Tales of the Ketty Jay series seemed to appear on a lot of lists for this kinda thing. The basic gist of this one is... imagine steampunk Firefly. That kinda gives you the whole vibe and feel. It's about a crew of disparate and colorful characters all running from something who meet on the ship the Ketty Jay and have to learn to work together to survive.

Overall, it was a fast-paced read (I read this 400 page sucker in a single day--while doing other stuff) and Wooding knows how to write action and interesting character interactions. The world had some glimmers of brilliance (the wizard analogs in their world--daemonist--were the most intriguing part), but otherwise it was very typical steampunk. I had no real quibbles with any of that (aside from the fact some of it read as very cliche and Wooding's inspirations seemed a little obvious--Fullmetal Alchemist and Firefly being the two big ones that kept hammering me over the head), but my main complaint was with the writing and treatment of female characters. First, there is only one main female character in the Ketty Jay's crew--Jez. I had no real issues with Jez's character or writing (in fact she's refreshing in some ways), but she's completely isolated from any other female characters (and is also the only crew member who isn't really allowed to be a complete screw up--she's somewhat sanitized, which, I guess the heroic women characters aren't allowed to be fuck ups like the men?). Second, the other predominate female characters, of whom there are only three, are mute/dehumanized (Bess), characterized as stupid and unhinged (Amalicia), and have rape-as-a-backstory-written-TERRIBLY (Trinica). All that said, as much as it was cringe, this was written in 2009, and I am sure Wooding has had some growth as a writer since then.

I liked this one enough to decide to check out the next in the series (even knowing the writing for the female characters leaves much to be desired).

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

A Fantasy taking place in an Americas-inspired world? Absolutely refreshing (and more please). The main gist of this one is that a cult sets out to resurrect a dead god (seriously that's the main plot crux) while political machinations are going on in the central city of this country where the resurrection is going to take place. As the novel progresses, it's like a countdown clock to game time. There's four POV characters we follow: Xiala (a Teek sea captain who is kind of an outcast from her native people and has a love for beautiful people), Serapio (the man who has been groomed since birth to be the vessel for the resurrected god, part of this process has included blinding him), Naranpa (the Sun Priest of the capital city who is trying to garner back control the priesthood has lost), and Okoa (who really doesn't even appear until way later into the book; he's been separated from his family to train to be a warrior). For the most part, I was primarily engaged (re: 90% engaged) with Xiala and Serapio's story. They were the most interesting characters, and the journey of them on the sea trying to get to the city before the ceremony was exciting and emotional. The political dealings in Naranpa's segments kind of bogged down the action--and I didn't feel anything for that. Overall though, definitely a thrilling read with a beautifully constructed world. If I had one big criticism, it's that it ended incredibly abruptly without any resolution. I knew going in this was a part of a greater whole, but I still felt the ends could've been knotted a little tighter. I'm left dangling! But I'll be sure to pick up the next one (if anything just to find out what happens to Xiala and Serapio).

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

As an unapologetic villainfucker, I had to read this one, right? It's about not just one, but two villains! How could I lose? And they're in an intense rivalry? Revenge? Betrayal? Superpowers? Gah! Be still my heart!

I'll say I enjoyed this book (fun characters, solid writing), but I didn't love it as much as I thought I would (I wish I could love yooouuuu!). Definitely worth a recommendation to anyone who loves villains and fast-paced narratives, but... there were a few things that tarnished what could've been sparkling. The biggest for me was the jumping around in the first half. For a length of time, the novel leaps between three different points of time, sometimes 2-3 pages at a time, and it was jarring (not confusing, mind you, but it was a jolt each time). I get it was done to create an air of mystique and intrigue, but it felt like I was getting dragged around by the ear. Along with this, the plot just seemed... very convenient? As various moments kept happening, it all felt too tidy and paint-by-numbers. The characters were certainly messy and fun (and I love messy and fun), but the action itself seemed to glide on well-oiled rails with no hiccups. This did lead to the magnetic pacing of the book (which I also read in a day), but it didn't do the drama any favors. Never once did it feel like the characters were caught with their pants down--and I think that's part of the point, but it kind of dampened the tension.

I liked it enough I am definitely going to check out the sequel Vengeful though. If anything I am reading for Sydney, Mitch, and Victor. I gotta know what happens to them!

Right now I am reading some fluffy fluff to cleanse my palette because I've been reading so much moodiness. I'm mid-way through the light and breezy Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater (and it's super cute so far) and then I am finally going to crack open Andy Weir's The Martian (because I have put off reading it for far too long).

#recent reads #book review #just jotting my thoughts down somewhere #seriously though i am itching to read the next johannes cabal but i gotta pace myself #i don't want to burn through those like i did murderbot lol

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artificialqueens · 3 years

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Now Is All We Get (Bitney) - Veronica

Greetings! Here’s Part Two of the Bitney Parent Trap AU, another prequel before I start posting the main story. The first part was here, btw.

I tried to write this for the Holiday Challenge, and kind of broke my own rules for the title (which is, like the previous prequel, is taken from ABBA’s “Voulez-Vous”) but managed to use the following words: stocking, snowflake, gift, family, feast, lonely. This is also a gift to @artificialedith since she’d been such a good daughter and is writing Adorney. Also, by the way, this would never have gotten posted without her beta help. :)

Summary: Adore and Danny are 3 years old. It’s the first year they’re really into Christmas and their moms are determined to make it amazing for them, in spite of their marital tension.

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Bianca opened the door to the party, looking around at a sea of unfamiliar faces. She felt a slight twinge in her belly, followed by a cascade of intrusive thoughts: Who are all these people? Where is Courtney? Why did I agree to come here? Why are we paying a babysitter for this? Why didn’t we show up together? Why-

Fortunately, her thoughts were interrupted by a warm voice cutting in.

“Bianca! So nice to see you again!”

She’d met Courtney’s gym buddy, Kameron, several times. The woman was nice enough—a rich divorcée who’d invited them to a big Fourth of July barbecue and then a Halloween festival, both family-friendly events where her kids seemed immediately taken with the twins. She couldn’t figure out her angle, though. What did she want with Courtney?

She had no logical reason to be suspicious. All the evidence pointed to her simply enjoying Courtney’s company, and being kind to her out of the goodness of her heart, especially once she found out that she had two young kids. But there was something about the way her fingers grazed Courtney’s spine when she greeted her, the way she laughed a little too hard at her jokes, that rubbed Bianca the wrong way.

It was pure paranoia. Bianca knew that, which was why she’d kept her damn mouth shut and played nice. Why she’d agreed to come here, after a long day of work, when she’d much rather have been home on the couch with her feet up.

“Thanks. Um, here, this is for you.” Bianca handed over the bottle of wine she’d picked up from Trader Joe’s, hoping it wasn’t too low-rent for the occasion. “Happy holidays.”

“Pinot! My favorite! Thank you,” Kameron said graciously. “Please, go get a drink, make yourself at home. And if you’re looking for your wife, I believe she’s holding court out back by the pool. No pun intended.”

“Got it.”

Bianca stopped by the bar in the luxurious sunken living room. She watched as a shirtless twink who looked about 14 years old poured her a signature cocktail, a sweet peppermint gin thing complete with a candy cane garnish. She then began to hunt for her wife, finding her perched on a lounge chair, batting her eyes at some guy. That twinge in her belly reared up again, which she tried to dull with a large swallow of her cocktail.

She walked closer, waiting a few uncomfortably long moments for Courtney to notice her.

“B! Hi, baby!” Courtney waved her over with a bright smile, taking her hand.

“Hi.” Bianca said, accepting a chaste kiss, unable to shake the feeling that she’d interrupted something.

“Bianca, this is Magnus. He’s a photographer, and he used to live in Sydney! Isn’t that crazy?”

“Wild,” Bianca agreed drily.

“I was just talking to your wife about setting up a photo shoot. A face like that deserves to be immortalized,” he said, adding a wink for good measure.

Courtney giggled, glowing in that usual way she did whenever people told her how beautiful she was. Which was often.

In the early days of her transition, Courtney had been understandably insecure. Navigating the complexities of the adult womanhood she’d been thrust into without a girlhood to prepare her. And Bianca had been more than happy to be her guide, her champion. Now, though, three years in, she’d fully blossomed into her most effervescent self, and seemed to need Bianca less and less. It made Bianca feel conflicted: as wonderful as it was to see her in her glory, she couldn’t help but miss the days when she was the center of Courtney’s world. When she was the one making her beam with compliments instead of literally every stranger she stumbled across.

The most annoying part was, they were all right. She’d always been beautiful, but these days, when she was feeling more herself than ever before…incandescent was the word that came to mind.

“Don’t I know it,” Bianca said, touching Courtney’s cheek gently. “Wars have been fought for less.”

Courtney turned towards her, eyes bright and soft, giving her that Look. The one that made Bianca’s heart melt, that made her feel like the only one on the planet, if only for a moment.

“Anyway, um…you have my card, right?” Magnus asked.

“Yes, thanks,” Courtney said, cuddling into Bianca’s side.

“I expect to hear from you soon, then.” He reached out to awkwardly pat Bianca on the shoulder. “And nice to meet you, too.”

“Mmhmm.”

Bianca watched him walk away, then cut her eyes back at Courtney.

“What?” she asked, lashes fluttering.

“That guy wanted to fuck you.”

“He did not!” Courtney laughed. “He was just being nice.”

“Yeah, exactly. Being nice, because he wanted to fuck you.”

“Well.” Courtney took a coy sip of her drink, fingers wrapping around Bianca’s arm. “He’s only human.”

Bianca pursed her lips, and Courtney burst into giggles again, pressing a kiss to her cheek.

***

“Courtney!” Bianca hissed, trying to find the balance between loud enough that her wife would hear her and not so loud that she’d wake the (finally) sleeping twins.

Courtney appeared in the doorway, apron on, a big cheery smile on her face. “Yes?”

“Are you done in there? I could really use some help,” Bianca said. They’d started together, carefully stuffing the kids’ stockings and taking bites of all the cookies they’d left before Courtney had fucked off to the kitchen to work on a “secret project.” Bianca couldn’t even begin to guess what that was about, but she could occasionally hear her voice, so she assumed it was some bullshit for her YouTube channel.

Now, Bianca had been wrapping presents by herself for over an hour, and the twinge in her back had grown to an ache, not to mention the pounding headache behind her eyes.

“Soon, promise,” Courtney said, tossing her a kiss and then disappearing again.

“Court-” Bianca groaned, covering her eyes with her hand, irritation rising. She was about to bark again when Courtney popped back out, striding towards her with a plate: cheese and crackers, hummus and grapes. In her other hand was a tall glass of water with a few lime slices and a little crushed ice, just the way Bianca liked. Her cross expression softened.

“Thought you might need a snack,” Courtney said. She knelt down beside Bianca to place the items on the floor. “Omigod, this looks amazing!”

“Thanks,” Bianca said, momentarily disarmed. “You think?”

“Yeah.” Courtney gave her a soft kiss on the cheek. “I promise I’ll be in to help in a few minutes. I’m almost done in there; I just want to clean up.”

“I guess I shouldn’t complain about that,” Bianca grumbled, taking a long sip of water.

Courtney gave her a wink and then rose to her feet. Bianca settled into a cross-legged position, cracking her neck, and then took a few bites of food, amazed at how immediately she felt better from something so simple. Fucking Courtney, how dare she know her so well.

It had been a rough year. Bianca had finally gotten a promotion at the costume shop, and in spite of more hours and more responsibility, the meager raise often made her wonder if it was really worth it. Just when they’d managed to scrape together the money to finally move from their miniscule one-bedroom apartment into a two-bedroom that was barely any bigger, Bianca’s fucking car had broken down, demolishing their pathetic savings account and piling up the credit card debt.

Courtney was as all over the place as usual. She tried, but none of her ventures ever seemed to pan out quite like she’d hoped. There was the ill-fated personal training business, which seemed like a good idea until she realized that she had less discipline than her clients, the fucking food truck disaster, and the yoga certification that she never seemed to finish. Bianca tried not to get mad at her, even when she wasted time on that futile YouTube hobby, reasoning that at least took the lion’s share of the childcare, including volunteering at the kids’ co-op preschool two days a week since Bianca couldn’t. It was hard not to be bitter sometimes, though, especially since Courtney was so much better at spending money than making it. And worse, she never seemed to share Bianca’s stress over their ever-increasing debt, blithely chirping that it would all eventually work out.

It wasn’t their only disconnect. Courtney had a large and growing circle of friends, and the further along she got in her transition, the more Bianca worried that she’d be left behind. Her latest obsession was getting cosmetic surgery, specifically FFS, which Bianca found patently absurd. Any woman on the planet would kill to have her face, and she wanted to change it? Bianca couldn’t understand for the life of her.

She understood the bottom surgery, as impractically expensive as it was. She was prepared to save for it; had been ever since they’d first discussed it. But everything else seemed so shallow, and occasionally Bianca couldn’t help expressing it. To this day, their worst fight ever had been after Bianca had found a pamphlet for a Brazilian butt lift and asked her, ‘Do you want to be a woman, or a Barbie doll?’

In spite of the growing tension between them, they’d managed to come together to gather a pretty good showing under the tree, even with money as tight as it was. The twins were three this year, and finally seemed to understand what Christmas was about. The look of delight on their faces when they met Santa Claus at the Grove had been priceless; so much better than last year, when Danny had cried and Adore had given a skeptical scowl, both of them refusing to sit in his lap. (Of course, Courtney had immediately pointed out that this showed how smart they were, instinctually understanding what a bad idea it was to sit in a strange old man’s lap. But Bianca just wanted a damn picture to send to her parents, and this year, she’d finally gotten her wish.)

To save money, Courtney had scoured yard sales and second-hand stores, finding a bunch of gems like a huge collection of Duplo blocks, dinosaurs, some great wooden instruments, and a bookshelf that she’d repainted in rainbow colors and stuffed with books from library sales. Bianca had put her sewing skills to work, making them each a collection of plush animal friends and big boxes of dress-up clothes. She’d also spent way too much time on two items that were more for her and Courtney’s amusement: tiny little matching denim jackets with hand-painted designs on the back: a mermaid for Adore and rabbit for Danny.

Their big splurge was two brand-new balance bikes, which Bianca was currently trying to figure out how the fuck to wrap. She’d thankfully managed to put them both together earlier while Courtney had the kids at the park, or she’d be up Shit’s Creek without a paddle right now.

“Uh oh…B looks stressed everyone…”

Bianca looked up, mildly irritated to find Courtney’s phone camera pointing at her.

“Can you put the fucking camera away?” Bianca asked, the irritation that had been pushed away by her snacks now returning in spades.

“Do you hear that, everyone? It’s the spirit of Saint Nick himself!” Courtney circled Bianca on the floor, still filming, her voice teasing.

“I’m serious!” Bianca began to laugh in spite of herself, reaching toward Courtney to knock the phone out of her hands. “Turn it off, bitch!”

Courtney turned the phone around to face herself, an aghast expression on her face. “Do you hear the way she talks to me? Terrible…”

“Courtney!” With one final grunt, Bianca managed to get ahold of her wrist and pull her to the ground, both of them collapsing into a pile of giggles.

“Shh, you’re gonna wake the kids.”

“I’m seriously at the end of my rope here,” Bianca admitted. “My back is killing me, and-”

Courtney silenced her with a kiss, arms sliding around her neck. “You need to take a break. Go lie down. I’ll finish up here.”

“No, you don’t need to finish all by yourself. There’s still all these, and-”

“This tiny little pile?” Courtney asked. “I think I can manage. You did almost all of it.”

“You really don’t mind?” Bianca’s muscles screamed for relief, even though she knew it wasn’t quite fair.

“Not at all,” Courtney said, settling in and holding up Adore’s jacket with misty eyes, adding, “This is still the cutest thing I’ve ever fucking seen.”

Bianca laughed, nodding. “I hope she likes it. By the way, use the snowflake paper for her and the candy stripes for Danny. Much easier than making them read tags.”

“Aye aye, captain.”

***

Bianca inhaled, arms wrapping tighter around Courtney from behind. It was still dark, but Bianca could already hear the kids, their bare feet pattering on the wooden floors as they ran back and forth from their bedroom to peek at the tree. She knew they’d come busting in any minute, so she drank in the last few moments of peace.

She’d learned to value intimacy where she could get it, and this time of day, this pre-dawn respite from the world, was precious. Even when they were angry, even during the dry spells that happened more often than Bianca would like, they still slept this way: intertwined, limbs wrapped around each other, warmth from their bodies creating a perfect and slightly sweaty cocoon under the covers.

If Bianca ever had to choose one scent to experience exclusively for the rest of her life, she would answer without any hesitation whatsoever: Courtney’s hair. Sweet, fresh, vaguely citrusy, with traces of the rose perfume she occasionally used and the coconut oil she preferred as a moisturizer. Bianca could happily bury herself in that scent, and in fact did regularly, face pressed to the back of Courtney’s neck as she inhaled greedily.

She felt Courtney stir, shifting in her arms, and mere seconds later, their door flew open as two three-year-olds hopped up on Christmas adrenaline came crashing inside.

“Mum!” Adore yelled, taking a flying leap onto the bed while Danny bounced behind her. “Santa came!”

“He did?” Courtney asked, trying and failing to wrangle Adore under the covers.

Danny nodded vigorously. “There are so many presents, Mama,” he told Bianca, glittering hazel eyes the size of saucers.

“Wow, I guess we better go check it out, huh?” Courtney said, scooping a wriggling Adore up into her arms and rising from the bed.

Bianca let out an involuntary whimper at the loss of her body heat, then pulled a robe from the bedpost to wrap around herself. She took Danny’s hand and let him lead her into the living room to see the impressive haul Santa had left them.

Bianca settled onto the rug, watching the kids tear into their bounty like tiny little demons, eyes practically glowing with excitement. Courtney had ducked into the kitchen, hopefully to start the coffee maker, and when she came out, she caught Bianca’s eye, leaning on the door frame and mouthing, ‘Love you.’ Bianca tossed her a kiss in return.

“Mama! Look!” Adore screeched, waving a plastic T-rex in the air. Beside her, Danny hugged a box of Duplo bricks to his chest.

“Wow, that’s cool, baby girl. What’s that over there?”

Neither of them had spotted the bikes yet—Courtney must have used pieces of the boxes they came in to obscure their shapes.

“Oh, a big one!” Adore cried, jumping up and down, then tearing away some of the paper. “Oh! Oh! Oh!”

Bianca couldn’t help watching Courtney’s face, her delighted grin as she watched Adore grow more and more excited.

“Mummy! It’s a bike! For me!” Adore yelled, and Courtney sank to her knees to help her get it out of the packaging.

“Wow, are you gonna ride it later?” Courtney asked.

“Yes!” Adore threw her chubby arms around Courtney’s neck and squeezed her tight.

“Dory got a bike?” Danny asked.

“She did. Do you think maybe you got one too?” Courtney asked him, pointing to the big package with his bike, on the other side of the tree.

He ran towards it, tripping a little before peeling off the candy-striped paper to see the bright blue bike underneath. After obsessing for way too long about what color bikes to get each of them so as not to be “reductive,” they’d settled on blue for Danny and green for Adore, also buying sparkly silver streamers for the handlebars and a large number of multicolored decals so that the kids could personalize them.

Danny bounced on the balls of his feet, squealing, “I got a bike too!”

“Wow, you guys both must have been very good this year,” Bianca said, yawning.

“Are you sleepy, Mama?” Danny asked, carrying an unwrapped present over and plunking himself down in her lap.

“I am. Mum and I had to stay up late to make sure Santa got in okay. You know, since we don’t have a chimney.”

“So how did he get in?” Adore asked, suddenly interested.

“Through the window,” Bianca replied.

“Did you see Santa?” Danny asked, mouth falling open.

“No, we uh…we went to bed when we heard the sleighbells,” she said, now enjoying herself. She caught the tail end of an eye roll from Courtney and winked.

“Mum, what’s this present?” Adore asked. She’d found a gift that was in neither snowflakes nor candy stripes: a silver box with a red bow.

“I don’t know. Is there a card?” Courtney asked.

“Umm…” Adore looked at the letters on the tag, brow furrowed.

“C-O-U-R,” Danny began, leaning forward, then exclaimed, “It’s for you, Mum!”

“For me? But who could it be from?” Courtney asked, eyes widening dramatically.

“B-I-A-”

“It’s from Mama!” cried Adore.

“What could Mama have gotten for me?” Courtney asked, lifting the lid off the box.

“It looks like clothes,” Adore said, disappointment clear in her voice.

“Yeah, it looks like…” Courtney lifted the garment out of the tissue paper.

Knowing how tight money was, they’d agreed on a very low dollar amount for gifts for each other. Bianca had used materials from work to create a short, ruby-red, hand-beaded cocktail dress. She’d worked on the beading on her lunch breaks for weeks. She could see, from the way Courtney ran her finger along the edge, that she knew how much work went into it.

When Courtney chose her own clothes, she veered towards soft, organic colors like neutrals and pastels. But it was no secret that Bianca loved her in red, and that dress would fit her like a glove.

“Do you like it?”

“I love it. It’s absolutely beautiful,” Courtney breathed. “Thank you.”

Bianca smiled. Danny was still curled in her lap, and she rested a cheek on top of his head, hugging him close. She saw Courtney whisper something into Adore’s ear, and Adore sprang to her feet, then ran to the shelf where they’d hung their stockings. She reached into Bianca’s and pulled out a small jewelry box, then skipped over to present it to her with a flourish.

“Why, thank you,” Bianca said, pressing a wet kiss to Adore’s cheek.

“It’s from Mummy.”

“Ahh.” Bianca carefully unwrapped the holly-covered paper, letting Danny pull it off, and then opening the jewelry box. Inside was an antique polished-brass locket—no doubt a find from one of Courtney’s garage sale adventures. She opened the little latch to see two brand-new pictures of Adore and Danny. She looked up, a smile tugging at her lips, looking into Courtney’s eyes. “It’s perfect.”

Courtney smiled back. A tender moment, which was then interrupted by Adore finding another dinosaur and screeching with joy.

A half hour later, the floor was littered with wrapping paper and ribbons and toys of all shapes and sizes—and both kids were passed out. Danny, with his head in Bianca’s lap, and Adore face-down on the carpet.

“They’re like tiny little alcoholics,” Bianca commented, carrying Danny to the sofa, and Courtney laughed. “Jesus Christ, what a mess. Can you grab me a couple of garbage bags?”

“Sure.”

By the time Bianca got Adore onto the sofa and both kids covered, Courtney was back with the bags. She handed them off to Bianca and then said, “I’m gonna go put breakfast together.”

“Convenient,” Bianca mumbled, shoving a bunch of wrapping paper into the bag.

“What was that?”

“Nothing,” Bianca said louder, shaking her head. It was typical, for Courtney to skip off and do something she found fun just when it was time to clean.

She continued to toss away the paper and straighten up the toys, putting books on the shelf and attempting to save any especially nice ribbons and bows. By the time she finished, she’d worked herself into quite a lather over always being the one to clean. It was that moment when Courtney came sailing in, holding a huge tray of breakfast food along with more coffee, and two little mugs of hot cocoa for the kids.

“What is all this?” Bianca asked, slightly amazed at the feast she was setting down on the table. She figured that ‘breakfast’ would be some cereal, maybe toaster waffles if she was feeling really ambitious.

“Charlene needed to clean everything out before they shut down, so she gave me the rest of the croissants and cinnamon rolls,” Courtney said. So it seemed that Courtney’s tendency to make friends with everyone in the neighborhood had paid off. “And I made those veggie frittatas last night. Cute, right?”

They were super cute, little mini frittatas the size of cupcakes. There was also a plate of veggie bacon, and some bowls of what looked like-

“Is that banana pudding?” Bianca asked.

“Yup! It’s still your favorite, right? I got the recipe from your sister.”

Bianca opened her mouth, then shut it again. She felt like an absolute asshole for assuming that Courtney was just fucking around to get out out cleaning when in fact she’d been doing all this.

“It’s still my favorite,” Bianca finally said. “This is…so sweet.”

Courtney gave her a bright smile, and then a gentle kiss, a brush against her lips. She was about to pull away when Bianca grabbed her, kissing her deeper, feeling her melt into her arms. She pressed their foreheads together, still holding her close, desperate to drink in the moment, to sear it into her memory so that the next time she started to get bitter and annoyed, she would think only of this.

Seeming to sense that she was feeling a little delicate, Courtney ran her fingers through Bianca’s hair, then cupped her face, placing a kiss to one corner of her mouth and then the other.

“Ewwwww!”

The sound of Adore groaning made them both laugh, breaking apart.

“What’s ‘ew’?” Courtney asked, one hand still stroking Bianca’s cheek.

“Kissing. Yuck.”

“Oh yeah? Oh yeah?” Courtney challenged, lifting her off the couch and giving both of her cheeks a combination of wet kisses and raspberries while she shrieked and giggled. The commotion caused Danny to wake up too, rubbing his eyes.

“Is it still Christmas?” he asked, looking disoriented, and Bianca slid onto the couch beside him to give him a hug, poor thing.

“It is, bunny. Are you ready to have the yummy breakfast that Mum made?”

“Okay,” he said, but made no move to get up, instead snuggling into Bianca’s side.

“Actually, I have one more surprise first,” Courtney said. She deposited a giggling Adore back onto the sofa and began to prance toward the front door.

“Where are you going? Can’t we eat first and then-”

“Two minutes! Don’t move!” she exclaimed.

Bianca yawned, shaking her head. “Just what do you think she’s up to?” she asked the kids.

“Something silly, probably,” said Adore.

“That’s a safe bet,” Bianca replied with a chuckle. She dropped a kiss to the top of Adore’s head, tucking her under her arm, both kids now snuggled up with her. Courtney better come back soon or they’d all fall asleep again…Bianca’s eyes felt heavy. She blinked a few times, each one longer than the last.

“Mama! It’s snowing!”

Bianca’s eyes popped open again at the sound of Adore’s voice.

“Pussycat, I don’t think-” Bianca began, then stopped. Because it did look like snowflakes falling just outside their living room window. Her brow furrowed. “What the fuck?”

“Oooh, you said the F word!” Danny cried triumphantly.

“How is it snowing? It’s seventy degrees outside,” Bianca said, wondering to herself more than the kids, as both of them ran excitedly to the window.

“It’s a Christmas miracle!” Adore proclaimed, clapping her hands.

“It’s bubbles,” Danny corrected her.

Danny, as it turned out, was right. Courtney had gotten ahold of one of the machines they used at shopping malls to make tiny bubbles for the illusion of snow. (How, Bianca had no idea. One of her friend-of-a-friend connections, she supposed.)

When Courtney sailed back through the front door a few minutes later, she pretended to know nothing about it, letting the kids show her the “snow” and feigning shock and awe. She picked Danny up so that he could stick his head out the window, trying to find the source of the bubbles.

Bianca shook her head, sitting down at the table. “Alright, can we get the show on the road?” she asked gruffly.

All three of them looked over at her, the kids both perfectly mimicking Courtney’s curious head tilt, and she softened a bit.

“It’s just…you know, it looks good,” she added.

Courtney grinned, depositing first Danny and then Adore into their booster seats and helping Bianca prepare plates for them before taking some food for herself. Bianca looked around at her little family, a strange sensation filling her chest.

“Are you having a good Christmas, Mama?” asked Danny, and Bianca ruffled his hair before smoothing it back down.

“I sure am, bunny. Are you?”

Danny nodded happily, kicking his heels against the booster seat like he always did when he was excited. “It’s my favorite day ever.”

“Mine too!” Adore agreed, not to be outdone by her brother. Bianca leaned over to give her a smooch right at the crown of her head.

“Mine too,” Courtney echoed.

Bianca caught her eyes, giving her a soft smile as she reached across the table to take her hand. She held it delicately, fingers curled around Courtney’s, and then mouthed, ‘I’m sorry.’

Courtney cocked her head, a slightly confused smile on her face. “Sorry for what, babe?”

Good question. Bianca opened her mouth to reply but then closed it again, shaking her head.

Of course she didn’t know that Bianca had been fuming as she cleaned, having a fight all in her own mind. But more than that, she knew very little of how much Bianca had been struggling lately.

So much of what Bianca felt was hard to put into words, and it was often easier to just…not. Not bother her wife with all of the concerns that she couldn’t articulate. Not bring her down, especially lately when she was so full of joy and loving life so much.

Bianca looked down. Why did she feel so utterly lonely when surrounded by her beautiful family? How could this distance exist between her and Courtney when so much love was also there? That, Bianca was sure of. Even now, Bianca could feel Courtney give her hand a squeeze, feel her beautiful eyes taking her in, seeing her in a way that nobody else ever had.

But she didn’t see everything. She couldn’t. Bianca aggressively swiped at a tear forming in the corner of her eye with the back of her free hand.

“B-”

“I’m sorry,” she repeated, taking a deep breath and getting herself under control.

Thankfully, the kids were too busy scarfing down their breakfast to notice her basically having a meltdown, and soon they pulled Courtney’s attention too. She helped Danny put jam on his croissant as Bianca finally took a bite of the banana pudding.

It tastes like home.

“Is it good?” Courtney asked, eyes back on her.

“It’s the best,” Bianca answered hoarsely, eyelashes wet with tears.

Courtney got up from her seat and slowly walked to her side, putting her arms around her and holding her tight. Even though she didn’t know the extent of the turmoil plaguing her, she clearly saw that something was wrong. Bianca swallowed down the lump in her throat, allowing herself to be held, protected, comforted. Courtney kissed the top of her head gently, as if she was one of the kids, and whispered, “I love you, B.”

“Love you too.”

“Merry Christmas,” she added, smiling brilliantly, radiating an almost blinding light.

Bianca basked in her light, letting it fill up all the darkest cracks, praying that it would be enough to save them all, worried that maybe it wouldn't.

“Merry Christmas, angel.”

#rpdr fanfiction #s6 #bianca del rio #courtney act #adore delano #bitney #trans character #kid fic #parent au #fluff #angst #holiday fic #fic challenge #parent trap au #adore is both twins #bitney parent trap #veronica

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Nancy Drew 2x2

Me in my naïveté: surely, the Nancy Drew writers, the best writers the CW has on staff, have run out of ways to bring back past moments and episodes that seemed unimportant at the time.

ND writers: Bitch you thought?

Y’ALL

When I say tonight’s episode made me absolutely lose my actual goddamn mind that is not in any way an exaggeration. My brain physically pried itself out of my skull and ran away down the street.

Jesus Jedediah Christ the way they brought back those five people/ghosts who at the time seemed absolutely unimportant and sent me so entirely off my rocker if I even attempt to think about it for more than two seconds I’ll spontaneously combust so we’re going to have to work around it.

First off, no surprise: HANNAH GRUEN. My bae. My wife. Love of my life. You were only there for two minutes but they were exquisite.

Second I fucking KNEW that dude from the Marvin funeral episode was important. If you’ll recall from my review my theory at the time was that maybe HE killed Owen, but you know what this was so much better.

Okay, to business. At the beginning when Nancy is seeing all of the scratches on Douglas Marvin’s grave and then we zoom out to kind of see the Aglaeca in the side of the frame, and then zoom out more and it turns around and LOOKS at us doing that creepy little swaying thing? POETIC CINEMA. Riverdale wants what Nancy Drew has.

That “unfortunate first meeting” George had with Nick’s mom and her subsequent attempts to prove herself, culminating in Millie giving her the dumpling recipe? Adorable. Speaking of the mom, I do indeed hope we see more of her. Her and Nick’s moment at the end of the episode where he talked about seeing her cry in the courtroom absolutely broke my heart. I can’t handle the thought of him not at the very least having the occasional phone call with her from this point onwards.

To be entirely honest almost every scene with the mom broke my heart. When she was talking about how she and her husband raised Nick to always do everything right and lost him anyway? Hhhhhhhhhhhhh it hurts. The writers said they would be keeping BLM in mind while writing this season, like how they kept Me Too in mind for the first one, and I was a little worried it would be hamfisted. But if they continue as they did tonight it will be nothing but beautiful.

Guys. Guys. I know I said I had no idea how to talk about it but I have to talk about it. That scene in the orphanage. When they find the photo. And Nancy realizes she has seen all of those ghosts before.

GUYS.

EPISODE 3.

SINCE EPISODE THREE THE WRITERS HAVE BEEN PLANNING THIS.

GODDAMN DO WE LOVE CONTINUITY AND FOLLOWING THROUGH ON PLOT LINES AND WRITERS WHO KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THEY’RE DOING. I WANT TO FIND THE SHOWRUNNER AND KISS THEM ON THE MOUTH.

Ahem.

Anyway.

I thought Carson and Ace had some really nice moments this episode. i.e. “The guy at the store said it was a one man job.” “I think the guy at the store lied to you.” I am, however, curious if Nancy is going to ever bring her father in on the fact that supernatural beings exist and that she deals with them on the reg. Like I know he helped them out with the coma ritual with McGinnis (McGinnis come back 😭😭😭) but they never really brought it up with him again, and he’s been like kept out of the loop on it all ever since. I’m just wondering if he in fact actually knows and is just remarkably calm all the time, or if he’s in denial, or what. But tbh I do have a very strong amount of sympathy for Carson, and I really want him and Nancy to get back on good terms. At the end of the episode when she brought him the coffee and stuff I teared up a little. I’m an adult, I can admit it. Maybe it’s just because I’m such a massive fan of the books, where she and her dad were so close, but having them at odds especially after they started out that way, is painful.

Speaking of the books.

Fernwood orphanage. Hhhhhh writers I see what you did there. But for those of you who don’t know, in Nancy Drew #9 The Sign of the Twisted Candle, Nancy Bess and George stop at a roadside inn/bed and breakfast type place. At the inn is a 100 year old man named Ada Sydney who Nancy befriends, along with a young orphan waitress named Carol Wipple whom Ada has a soft spot for. The next day he dies, and turns out Carson is his lawyer and Nancy goes with him for the will reading. Long story short, Carol is apparently his granddaughter and he leaves her like EVERYTHING, but when she was young she grew up at, drumroll please!

FERNWOOD ORPHANAGE. I AM DECEASED.

And the Stratemeyer woods? For the same people, Stratemeyer Syndicate was the place that published all the Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift books, etc. You will not be able to find them today however, as they were bought by Simon and Schuster in like 1987.

Back to the show.

When Detective Tamura (aka The Inferior McGinnis Who Can Rot In Hell) said the skeleton was Buddy and NOT KJ (AJ? I’m deaf) I got suspicious. And then as soon as they played the record and only five ghosts showed up, I was all ‘HOLY SHIT HE IS ALIVE’ and then he WAS. At the end of the episode, when they saw the flowers on the graves? You guys I was LOSING. MY MIND. And then the note saying “forgive me -kitsune” aaaaaaah. I am in fact afraid that he wants forgiveness because he sacrificed the others to save himself, but I am praying the writers do not do that to me.

I’m interested in finding out, assuming we meet KJ/AJ next episode, WHY the 1975 group reached out to the Aglaeca in the first place. Nancy and Crew did it because they needed Lucy Sable’s bones from 20 years ago to get Carson off the hook for murder, I am assuming these guys had at least as good a reason. And the Aglaeca herself. Dear god you guys. Odette Marvin. I’ve been saying and we’ve all known for a while, that she was wronged by the Marvin family. But Lordy that’s extreme. Listening to the overlaying recording? They low key abducted her, stole her fortune, her chaperone and the captain betrayed her, she was presumably bound hand and foot had her head shaved and got thrown into the ocean. I think I might be a little murderous too ngl. Although it begs the question, why exactly did Douglas Marvin have her painted into the hall of tragedies? I don’t think it was to gloat. Maybe Odette haunted him after the fact and added herself into the painting? But my favorite theory is that Odette as the Aglaeca started killing all the people who were in on it, her chaperone, the captain, etc., (I assume there were six) and Douglas saw the others dying and painted her into the portrait as a way to warn future generations of Marvins, rather than fess up to what he had done. I also want to know the deal with the first women to summon her, and the mirror? There is potential there I KNOW IT.

If you’re not a Drewson shipper feel free to skim this paragraph but guys Nick and Nancy are soulmates it’s confirmed. I’m not even kidding guys I was in no way shape or form prepared for the amount of Nick x Nancy content I got tonight. When Nick is at her house and they mention how they skipped friendship the first time around? “We skipped a lot of things the first time around.” DEAD. And then later at the Claw, when Nancy and not George came to comfort him post fight with the mother? And then he saw that look Nancy gets where her eyes flit around cause her mind is working overtime? *chef’s kiss* My prediction is they will spend this season building up a strong, solid, foundational Nancy x Nick friendship and then when they give the romance a second go they will be so. much. stronger. I’m guessing season 3 will be spent in a bit of a complicated love triangle with Nick and Nancy (re)developing feelings for each other while still having them for George and Ace, making the eventual payoff all the more delightful.

I close this review - which was admittedly less of a review and more of me shrieking incoherently - off with a plea to the writers.

*eyes turn black*

WHERE IS DEAD LUCY

WRITERS

WHERE IS SHE

IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR. FOR TEN MONTHS NOW I HAVE GONE WITHOUT HER. SHE HAS BEEN GONE SINCE EPISODE 16. NO SCREAMING. NO CREEPY CRAWLING. NOTHING. WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER. BRING HER TO ME.

*shakes self* Glad to get that out of my system. See you all next week for 2x3, The Secret of the Solitary Scribe.

#Nancy Drew cw #Nancy Drew #Bess Marvin #George Fan #Ned Nick Nickerson #Ned Nickerson #Ace #Carson Drew #Hannah Gruen #Lucy Sable #Dead Lucy #Lucy wasn't in the episode but she's in my heart #the reunion of lost souls #Drewson #Nick x Nancy

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