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understandableparadox · 5 months

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Bottom of the barrel isekai: b-rank adventurer with an evil look becomes a daddy to the protagonist and his childhood friend.

Well if i'm reading it, that's a goddamn lie, hello! Pull up a chair, drink my tea, piss on my wife, you have the most control in this world because you are the specialist lil fella that can do not a lick of wrong! It's time for another bottom of the barrel isekai review! Today, you can read the title above, go fuck yourself if you think im going write it out every single god damn time.

Come out boys, girls and some other thing, frogs? Is that what the enbys like these days? Frogs? Anyways let's do the song and dance!

Our titular main character is a dude from japan, they wasted their live away being a disgusting fucking neet and playing video games all the live long day, being a whale in pirates 101 and domeing me from across the map as widow maker on royal!

Anyways he fucking Dies and gets reincarnated in the game he and his singular friend dearly loved known as bright fantasy, now as we can see in the picture above, perhaps he reincarnated as some sorta giga god, perhaps his party abandoned him because they didnt understand the monumental boon a tax accountant has in another world… perhaps he was summoned by the king to Fuck his wife for him!

Wait a second… is that a sharp detour…? FU-

Anyways gray is reborn as a Thug Npc, or someone with a dark background, his looks mean, he has a average appearance and some fucking sick shoulder gaurds. He is a moody lil nobody, which is why it's such an insane hook to see it open with two children begging to be adopted by him in the opening

Now before you get too scared that we are running into uncharted territories since we haven't had anyone betray anyone and the MC has not turned god inside out, we get to dive back into the cool cocoons of familiar fantasy tropes with the adventuring ranking system. I'm not going to bother to explain it, if you got a letter grade in school then you know what it means. Get close to the A and that means you are the Big Boy adventurer who does the Big Boy quests.

Now i do appreciate the authors restraint and only making him the Second Biggest boy and attempting to make him Not A Twink

We almost have a guy who is on a bulk and not a cut, sigh, one day.

Anyways we pull back ground tall dark and who cares to learn that these two are matchstick kids. Dead broke kids who are attempting to sell flowers they have picked to the people on the street. They were attacked by nobody you are going to remember and get healed by gray. They then decide to beg him to save their ailing parents because I guess wonka isn't around to give golden tickets to get them out of bed or whatever.

They tell them their names, one of them has the super special name of the Super Main Character. What a coinkyDink. Gray knows that if he is to be a villain (???) then his job is to avoid it. Luckily he went to the Katarina claes school of villainy and decided that ethical action is actually more important than meta narrative logic.

Cut to Tiny tims lakeside property and we see the rest of the family living the fucking dream!

I'm so sorry, i have this mental tick where i accidently say “dream” instead of “nightmare”.

Also Stella is a vampire, why? Fuck you thats why.

They explain that they have been getting by by the skin of their teeth through a combination of the street urchin grind set of selling flowers and getting church donations. Gray beats up some assumed child abductors outside and gives a somewhat creepy smile.

Next chapter is about Gray stealing an orcs' balls to create a high end potion (viagra) to nobles so he can get enough money to buy something called a “home”? I'm not sure what that is exactly, i'm not sure what the translator was talking about, i've certainly never heard of someone “buying” or owning one for certain.

I don't actually have much to say about this guy, this is the guy who makes the ball potion for gray, I just like him, he has a funny face, I like looking at it. He looks like someone I would trade yugioh cards with while he tells me about his super cool oc and I would listen because he is a fun dude.

But yeah, the manga is mostly about this guy being a slightly more psychotic late stage kratos, being a dad, trying to raise a bunch of random kids he found, trying to give the main character a taste of normalcy before the plot kicks and and shit goes sideways, oh and sometimes he brutally kills people.

His main goal is to have a family and that's about that.

So let's start getting into things.

The title has no interest in creating an expansive world that is original, everything of it is meat burrowed and stitched into its own narrative to support its own plot line and to explain why this happens and why that is occurring at this point. Now I do not believe that this is inherently a bad thing. In fact it's fine. Not every single manga needs to be the next genre defining piece of media. In fact we need things that are average, we need things that build the genre or else we can never have exceptions to the rule. The magic system, the team system, the classes, the guilds, the plot, it's all what you would expect from something with final fantasy inspirations. Semi (not really) complicated fighting systems that only make sense to pad out the loving tedium of a game. “Complete this many quests of this level to rank up.” “collect this many monster parts to complete the quest” and so on and so fourth ad infitum until god has to pop out and ask what the fuck is going on.

The art is great in places. Most of it is very bog standard, you aren't going to get that much out of it if you are expecting groundbreaking designs that really make you scratch your chin in wonder at how they made something like that up. But it's very clearly competent and knows how to give each of its characters that needed cover before you read the book. People that need to look like unlikeable thugs look like unlikeable thugs, children that need to look sweet and innocent look sweet and innocent. The artist is really good at goofy expressions but they are a bit few and far between to really satisfy my desire for evil fucked up faces, oh kekegurui… if i didnt hate your plot so much i would be so much more obsessed with you…

The tropes I've already gone over. It uses every single trope but more so in the way someone would do if they were playing a new game plus. You don't want to do the rigamarole of the heroes rise so you make them overpowered and whatever so they can get to the stuff that you have deemed important, that being fatherhood simulator and housing market simulator. The world is secondary to the plot the author wants so they grab the tropes they want to ensure they can focus on that part of the story with impunity while hand waving some other things and give ol daddy gray his badass moments to make the editors happy that this is infact enough of a power fantasy. You know, to keep those freaks that actually buy the manga happy.

As for kink stuff, none that I can see. The author only seems to want women to fawn on the main character so they can complete the golden vision of the dead emperor abe of the nuclear family, perhaps hoping to tempt his blessing from beyond the grave…

This was a little bit of a boreing read. I cant entirely recommend it, but if you want to see some edgy boredline twunk be a dad to a bunch of random kids he adopted then yeah, go for it lmao.

#manga #manga review #bottom of the barral #isekai

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lifesver · 8 months

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wasted so much time assigning the tcsm friend group/my friends' muses as ffxiv classes:

leland - paladin boy i shan't lie. just some guy with a sword and shield that is very devoted. he's your offtank that stands beside u and puts cover on the main tank or the healer or dps to take the hit and is like [coughing up blood with 8 vuln stacks] im good (: also bc standing in front of the squad w paladin protective light wings goes crazy. paladins aren't always the best main tanks but they are great support offtanks and have a ton of healing/shielding abilities like intervention. can take the heat off you by redirecting damage that u would have taken straight onto himself. tank stance called iron will (: he could also be a gunbreaker bc thancred sexy dumbass gnb energies but i just dont think we should let him have a gun.

connie - machinist or summoner - i just think that connie should get to have a gun that she built herself and also automaton queen to defend her who she also built herself. machinists are specialist dps that are not very tanky bc they're phys ranged but they do big numbers. they're versatile and mobile and also she gets a flamethrower and poison? also ability called wildfire teehees. mch whole thing is just rebelling against the lame people who dont want u to invent new shit but u do it anyway. i think she could also be a summoner bc she gets a lil carbuncle bestie. and yeah the weapon is a book but she can summon the primals like a big phoenix nbd. also a lot of party utility in that she can buff the team's attack and healing, resurrect people, and heal.

danny - dark knight - danny (renee's danny TO BE CLEAR) is a tank be so for real. the whole dark knight thing is no matter what i will always be with you protecting you. not to call him out but you have to be Inherently Going Through it to even be a dark knight. it's also like, the rebel tank class compared to the more royal guard types... their tank stance is also called 'grit'. their visual theming is all shadowy but in the most 'i love u i am ur tank' way. u can summon fray who is like shadow u to fight with u. u can put the blackest night on ur teammates to protect them. also ur invuln ability? it's called living dead and you straight up have to die to activate it and if the timer runs out without u getting healed u fuckin Die for real. but if you do enough dps to heal urself/ur healers care u you come back to life with even more dps

maria - white mage - white mage is a nature magic healer, who can channel elements and light, and is the strongest pure healer in the game. earliest whm quests are about going around healing dark places in nature and being in tune w the natural world. also got some holy energies bc ur abilities turn to bright light at a later level. uses light magic angel wings to protect their team and can summon a big flower that heals everyone. uses lilies to heal teammates, which powers up the b l o o d l i l y bar so u can cast afflatus misery and nuke an enemy after you do a certain amount of healing. whm rly like The Most Healer but also every whm i know including me goes a bit sadistic sometimes bc we do super big dps for a healer- anyway

donnie - gunbreaker - wait the truth is donnie is the sexy foolish thancred energy required to be a gunbreaker. ur weapon? a gun that's also a sword that shoots magic rounds that come from ur own aether/life force bro. gnbs have a lot of utility and are more dps-y thank some other tanks are. all the gnb mains i know are chaotic tbh. idk their abilities also go sicko mode w the names. demon edge? demon slaughter? no mercy? brutal shell? heart of light/heart of stone/heart of corundum? also superbolide is their invulnerability and u know what u do? u shoot urself with ur own gun go down to 1hp and are invincible for a time. gunbreakers are like bodyguards for hire in their story they are kind of doing their own thing and sticking to loyalty to their homies which feels donnie. to be fair i can also see bard bc musician moment but i also see dragoon bc chaotic melee player vibes. dragoons are called floor tanks for a reason bc they are tanking the floor dead-

johnny - warrior bc warriors pull up with their giant battle axe are feral and unkillable and then they hit that rage mode (inner release/infuriate etc) where their eyes go red and their dps skyrockets. they have literally so many mitigations that heal both themselves and their teammates that usually scale in healing by how much damage they do to an enemy. like mmm blood. delicious. im so for real tho when im healing a warrior in a dungeon they pull wall to wall enemies and i barely have to heal them if they're good. their abilities are called shit like shake it off, bloodwhetting, onslaught, berserk, primal rend, decimate, thrill of battle, overpower, u see what im getting at bro. also their tank stance is called defiance. ur just going sicko mode but also ur protecting ur homies.

ana - monk or warrior - i know that ana is A Tank but i don't know if any of them are truly The Vision. but melee dps are basically tanks and have the highest aggro so like. if the tanks die the boss immediately turns around to beat ur ass-- no but monks are very versatile. they are tanky martial artists who also provide team utility and have a lot of ways of healing/protecting themselves. all the monk players i know will be surviving shit they never should have survived i will tell u that. anyway i think she could also be a warrior bc warriors never die they have 50435345245 mitigations and they can also protect their their team. pain is nothing bitch-

sonny - scholar - sonny is giving 'tired but dedicated shield healer' energy so sincerely. scholars weapon is a book, their intellect, and a fairy summon that heals the team. scholar is a technical class with a lot of versatility and utility, can buff the team, can make em run super fast to escape boss mechs, can put down giga shields, can clutch save ur dumbass tanks life. can cover a lot of areas, do a bit of everything. i also think it's so cute to think of sonny w his little fairy eos/selene.

julie - dancer - julie is fr sure dancer bc everyone wants to be dance-partnered by her bc being dance partner means she gives you special buffs. and also she's hot. dancer is also super team utility focused, they do less damage overall in exchange for buffing her teammates, being able to heal and shield as well. very mobile, uses funky chakrams for weapons. playing dancer is hilarious sometimes im like [dancing and crying while my teammates are dying around me]

if danny gaines was here he would probably be machinist tbh as you can see i put effort in here-

#there are other friends i wanted to include but i lost steam bros

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sucktacular · 1 year

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Update re last post: WE ARE HOME! Frank was the best boy in the world. When we got to the vet he left the carrier all on his own. He wandered the exam table and tried to get into the weigh scale (exploring) lol. Then he laid down and had his lil feet over the edge of the table while watching other customers come and go. He even purred when the doc came to examine him and squished him all over. :')

He got X-rays and the vet said he didn't see anything obviously wrong! They're sending it out to the specialist and will call me tomorrow or the next day with the results :3 but most likely he just hurt a muscle and is very sad about it

For now he has pain meds, he's very very sleepy tired and out of it still from the sedation they had to use so they could x-ray him, and he also got his updated vaccines. This guy is so fuckin set.

Everyone give his tired lil fuzzy head a kiss please cuz he was such a good handsome man. 💕💕

We're probably gonna take a nap together now cuz I've been up since 5:30am on small sleeps and he's... Well he hasn't moved from where I plopped him on my bed like 20min ago so... Yeah LOL

#sucktacular sucks #frankie files

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friendly-local-trash · 2 years

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Hey guys what's up I'm the leader of Team Skull: Johto branch, and we're accepting members. Have you ever wanted the economic security and sense of belonging of being in a gang, but didnt want to join the mob? Are you absolutely sick of blasting off again and ready to settle in some place where the vibes are less take over the world and more pillow fort? Have you ever wanted to live somewhere with a bunk sofa? Team Skull is right for you! Join today! We meet in the park where I totally don't live.

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My name is Sol and I'm a poison type specialist. I used to be a trainer; I have all my certifications, blah blah blah. I work for a non-profit cleaning up routes and distributing those free items your twelve year old picks up while catching Zigzagoons. It's a very wholesome job. I also do poison "pest" control on the side to make ends meet; moving Beedrill nests away from kiddie parks and relocating Trubbish to the local dump and wrangling Ekans, all that shit.

My only Pokemon currently is Queef (he goes by Fart because my brother refuses to call him Queef but his name is Queef damnit he makes the exact sound), a classic Grimer I rescued from a clean up job. Mostly I just rehabilitate or foster, but Queef is here full-time.

If you're also a poison type lover, definitely hit me up, I love the little buggers.

UPDATE: Currently living in a park 👍 I now also have a feral Nidoran M who will be released once he stops injuring himself, and an Absol who I don't think I technically own but lives here also. Their names are Lil Bitch and Soteria respectively.

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HEY EVERYONE, I'm irl Sol, actual Sol behind the fictional Pokemon Sol. I follow back from @solitarelee which most of you probably figured out immediately given my name LMAO. So my activity page looks like this!

Which I'm super pumped about actually. I didn't foresee any of this happening when I started the blog but I'm having a blast.

If anyone wants to OOC plot stuff to happen in "real pokeverse life" with me, my ask box and DMs are open (at least I think my DMs are open. if they're not right this second they're about to be). If you want something to be OOC discussion via ask box just let me know and be sure to send it off anon so I can answer privately. If we wind up doing a bunch of stuff together we could also trade Discords if necessary!

I'm gonna try to create like a list of all the members so I can keep them straight, but it might take me a second because I'm pretty busy irl. I'll also be trying to create a tagging system so people can tumblr savior or block certain RP threads if they feel like they're getting spammed to hell.

I created this blog as like a fun night time distraction on nights when I have to stay up, so it probably will never be super active during the day, at least not for while this semester is still going. If I don't reply right away it's definitely because I physically haven't seen it yet!

Thanks for all of your interest and for having fun playing in this sandbox with me!! I am living out my childhood pokemon rp dreams right now.

#pokemon irl #poison type #pokemon rp #pkmn rp #pokemon roleplay

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writingwhenimbored · 3 years

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Self-Preservation

Summary: Ever since leaving the Eternals you’ve been able to live the life you’d always wanted. Even though it get’s a bit lonely at times, it’s better than fighting an endless war.

Part 2 of Puppy Dog

Content Warning: Angst, slight makeup, lil bit of kissing :)

Work Count: 4.6 K

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Unpopular opinion: you looked forward to getting calls from work.

As an environmental specialist you traveled the world to do field work in the most remote parts of the planet. You've dived to the sea floor, hiked to the top of Mt. Everest, been to Antarctica (twice), and those were just some things off the top of your head.

You lived in Washington State, specifically Forks. When you told people that they'd always ask 'isn't that where they filmed Twilight?' and the answer was always 'yeah it is’. The world outside your little cabin in the woods was wet and dreary; just how you liked it. Maybe it was a trait of yours to be drawn to temperamental and mysterious places.

You sat at your window drinking tea while you watched the rain pour. Bundled up in the thick sweats and fluffy socks you made yourself cozy and listened to the sound rain drops hitting the roof of your house.

As you sat there on your couch you let your mind wander. Thoughts of the people you've met, hearts you've touched, and so on began play through your brain. You've lived countless lives and met countless people but you were constantly met with the reminder that they could never stay for long.

And you were lonely.

Maybe loneliness suited you. After all it's not like you could just tell the world of your existence; not with the multitude of super humans coming out of the woodworks. You'd probably end up causing another pointless battle which lead to pointless deaths.

*ring ring*

Being pulled from your thoughts you reached onto the coffee table in front of you and grabbed your phone. You were met with a picture of your friend, Kaleb. The two of you worked together on various projects and you had a feeling another one was coming.

"To what do I owe the pleasure?" You said.

"You'd never guess who I just ran into." His voice carried with excitement.

"I'm guessing it wasn't Tim—" You chided, "he's been trying to get a hold of you for this new project, maybe you should return his calls."

"I'll start returning his calls once he pays me back!" He retorted. "Anyways no. It wasn't that ass clown, it was Jenny Wood. And she had some interesting things to say about Shelby. You remember her right?"

"Isn't she working somewhere in the Amazon or something?" You questioned.

"Yeah at least she did before she was relocated." He added with lace of mystery.

"Relocated? What for?" Your interest was now peaked.

"So get this. Two months ago Shelby got a letter from some old-ass rich guy in Peru. Says his property's water source is being effected by some issues linked to a factory upstream; he asks Shelby if she could record data on some issues in their water—"

"Why not ask a water treatment specialist?" You asked.

"Exactly what I said! But apparently even though this water thing wasn't even in her field she still flew down to Peru. And guess what? No one's heard from her since."

You dreaded the thought that something had happened to a previous colleague of yours. You and the girl were never close but she was good at heart, and that's all that mattered.

"Where do you come into this?" You replied.

"No just me. Us." He continued. "Shelbys company looked at the letter and found out that the property she was sent to is one of the most untouched parts of Peru's rainforest. It's like a haven of new discoveries waiting to be made!"

"Ah I see, you want to do some exploring." You said while rolling your eyes.

"Jenny works at the same place Shelby does and says that their company would be paying top dollar for us to take a couple notes on what we see there." He relayed.

"That's if we even go." You retorted.

"I know you like mystery, Y/N. We're going."

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Four Days Later

The air was humid and thick as you broke through the tree line of the Peruvian rainforest. The lush foliage stretched on further than you could see and you were careful to watch out for anything dangerous in your surroundings. Map in hand, you dragged your boots through the muddy terrain of the forest floor.

A large backpack was strapped to your shoulders that had been filled to the brim with supplies for your week long trip. To your side, Kaleb huffed to keep pace with you. His steps were large and clunky as he attempted to match your strides; the twenty-nine year old was relatively fit for a human, but he was no match for your Eternal enhancements.

After discussing the details of the job to Kaleb, the two of you had decided to accept the job from Jenny’s company. The first part of your "mission" was to talk to the head of the estate that sent the letter to Shelby. You were told to ask a few questions, do a quick check-in for Shelby, then break off to do independent research on the jungle.

You've been to countless rainforests during your extensive lifetime. Thousands of years on the planet meant that you knew what ecosystems like this one sounded like. The chirping of nesting birds, the grunting of the primates, and the buzzing of the pestering bugs were all familiar noises in the tropics.

This forest was different. Quiet.

As you drew closer and closer to the estate, you found that the only noises you could hear anymore were coming from you and Kaleb. Before you could mention the lack of creatures around, your partner called out to you, "I think I see houses out there in the distance!".

Peering ahead and saw the faint silhouette of buildings. "I'm surprised I haven't seen a road or anything." You quipped.

Blisters bore into your feet as the two of you approached the houses. Glancing around, you attempted to find a road or even vehicles that could indicate where exactly these owners traveled from, but were met with none.

Instead you noticed other signs of life; a wheelbarrow here, a rake there, some areas for sitting and so on.

As you approached the cabins you began to hear the murmur of people talking. Sweat was dripping down your face as images of cool water and a place to rest were within your reach.

Once making it to where to trees ended and the buildings began, you heard the noise of Kalebs feet stop behind you.

"Holy shit," he whispered. "It's a fuckin' cult."

On the other side of the cabins you saw men and women of different ages dressed in similar clothes working about the compound. Though nothing was suspicious about their actions, you too felt something off in your gut.

In an attempt to ease your partner, you gave him a light-hearted laughed. "Just cause' people are wearing the same thing doesn't mean that they're in a cult." You stated as you started looking around. "Anyways, this seems like the right place; lets go talk to the property owner".

Kaleb hissed out to you as he attempted to keep his voice down. “You wanna talk to the cult we just stumbled upon? You're crazy."

"We didn't stumble upon them, we were sent here for a job." You said as you approached a woman grinding corn into corn flour.

"Buenos dias." You stood next to the woman and waited for her response. Instead of looking up at you she simply continued to do her job.

Kaleb huffed behind you. "She's ignoring us, Y/N. They clearly don't want us here."

Ignoring the impatient man behind you, you crouched in front of the woman and swiped your hand in front of her gaze. To your surprise she didn't even register the gesture.

"Give me your phone." Your brow furrowed as you stood up and you moved on to a pair boys sitting next to the woman. As you situated yourself between the two, you noticed that the children were talking amongst themselves; showing an indication that they could hear.

Taking Kaleb's device from behind you, you turned on the flashlight before slowly swiping the phone across their gaze. Again, no reaction.

"Their eyes aren't dilating and it seems like they can't hear me. I think you're right; there's something...interesting about them.".

You put Kaleb's phone in your bag before turning towards the woman once again. She seemed content and at ease but you knew something was wrong with her as well as the eerie energy of the jungle around you. This also meant that you had reasonable suspicion that if you found Shelby she'd be in a similar state.

Your attention however was quickly cut away from the village when you saw a large figure shifting in the foliage just behind the cabins. A low growl emitted from the entity and you knew for a fact that it wasn't anything friendly. "Kaleb get into one of the buildings." You warned.

"What? Why?" He asked in a state of panic as the silhouette got closer and closer.

You heart began to race as the growling got louder and you didn't dare take your eyes off the predator as you instructed your friend. "Just go! Now!"

Suddenly the creature pounced from the woods and allowed it's body to be hit by the light. You stomach dropped as you took in it's form: it was a deviant.

Even though it'd been over a millennium since you've seen the monsters, you didn't have time to be scared when there were lives to protect around you. Knowing you couldn't possible burn the creature like you had all those years ago, you had to come up with a plan. Quickly springing into action you attempted to work just as you had in the past: freezing the deviant then cutting off it's head.

Even with the presence of the deviant, the people of the community still didn’t acknowledge anything happening around them. This meant that you would have to get the beast as far away as possible.

Rushing to aide the people you dashed towards the deviant with nothing but pure adrenaline running through your veins. This was the first time you've tried fighting one of the creatures on your own, but it's not like you had a choice.

Arm stretched outward, you attempted to freeze the deviant to the ground. A blast of ice was expelled from your hands and struck the beast on it's front left leg. A brief sense of satisfaction washed through you before you tried to do the same to the other appendage.

Unfortunately for you, hundreds upon hundreds of years without practice left you rusty and your powers weren't as strong as they used to be. As you managed to freeze one leg to the ground the other one would free itself. Your goal was becoming more difficult as you felt yourself growing tired.

Deciding to switch tactics, you tested how your fire abilities would fair in this fight. Burning and scorching the monster you were able to corner it into a thicket of trees. It snarled and lashed at you with ferocity that scared you senseless. Barely dodging the offending attacks, you looked for a moment that would allow you to land the final blow.

Finally lunging at the creature, you turned your arm into an ice-sword and effectively sliced it's head off. It's tendons were thick and rough, thus making the act difficult, but that didn't stop you from killing the monster.

Feet back on the ground, you stood for a moment to catch your breath; not caring as blood and other innards splattered out onto you. Giving yourself a couple of seconds to catch your breath, you turned to go find your partner and check if everyone was safe.

It was then when you were face to face with another deviant.

Startled once more, you weren't able to think before it pounced at you; it's teeth and claws just inches from your face. As you cringed in anticipation of utter agony you closed your eyes and braced for impact.

A few seconds ticked by before you opened you eyes and you had come to find that monster was sitting still in front of you. This time however, you noted the unsettling noise of flesh tearing. Looking past it's face you saw a blade impaled in it's torso, it's guts dripping out onto your shoes; creating a sort of sloppiness to your favorite hiking boots.

Traveling your eyes up the blade you noticed a smaller figure standing on the other side of the deviant. With a grunt they flung the monster to the ground.

Taking in their full form you tried to stifle the gasp that was quick to make it past your lips.

"Y/N?" The man called out.

He was wearing a dark set of work clothes and his face was speckled withdirt. The baggy sleeves of his hemp shirt were rolled up his forearms. His chest was heaving as he looked up to you.

Sorrow was all you felt when your eyes met his. Being in his presence once again after all those years did nothing to prepare you for the overwhelming sense of dread that tightened around your heart.

"Druig..." You whispered as you broke the tension. His eyes were softer than when you saw him last, but as you dove deeper into them you saw that they were still distant; unreadable. Your mind raced with questions: 'Why was he here? Did he know I would come? Does he miss me?'

Obviously taken aback himself, Druig attempted to say what was on his mind. "I'm surprised that you're even still alive. Ajak said she hadn't seen you since..." He trailed off.

"Since I left? Yeah, that was kind of the point." Your voice held a pinch of sarcasm.

He attempted to take a step towards you and instinctively your feet pushed you away from the telepath.

A frown embedded his face as he took a deep sigh. "Look, I'm sure your tired and probably need somewhere to crash tonight. I'm usually not one to invite outsiders, but if you'd like to stay to at least recharge, you're welcome to."

You didn't know what to do in the moment, sure you didn't want anything to do with the mind reader but deep down you knew it would be best to have an actual bed to sleep in for the night.

"Fine."

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A few hours later

After settling Kaleb into his cabin (after a very important conversation), you managed to take a quick shower in the quaint bathroom just a few cabins down from your own. Putting on a pair of pajamas, you stuffed your dirty laundry and items back into your bag before looking around your room for the night.

The pounding noise of rain against the tin roof was relaxing as you navigated the small cabin. The oil lamps flickered and jumped as you passed them, giving the room a warm and somewhat mellow atmosphere. You could make out the faint sound of music playing from a record player somewhere on the compound and you felt yourself release the tension that had been forming since bumping into the mind reader.

It wasn't until you had sat down in the surprisingly comfortable bed that the weight of the day sunk it.

Seeing him again shook you to your core. Just speaking to him again sent flashbacks of how terrible your life used to be. The constant death, war, and heartache wasn't something you missed.

You had pictured this exact moment since you left and while you didn't expect him to grovel at your feet in guilt, nothing could've prepared you to how it would feel to actually see him.

Your spiraling thoughts were gone once you heard a knock at the door.

"Come in." You called out to the unknown figure.

With cautious steps, you watched as the mind reader himself make his way into your space. He was wearing different clothes from before and his hair was wet from a shower he probably just got out of before coming to see you.

From your spot on the bed he was able to look down on you; something that reminded you of your old dynamic.

His face was that of stone and his eyes scanned over you. "So?" He asked.

Confused at his statement you responded in a similar tone, "So?..."

His lips grew into a tight line and he placed his hands on his hips as if he was scolding a child. "You know exactly what I’m asking. How could you just leave? Do you know how you made everyone feel when you just abandoned us?”

You felt overwhelmed at his questions and tried putting up an invisible wall between the two of you. "I’m not doing this right now. And if I'm being completely honest, I don’t think I will ever want to. I came here for a job and that's what I'm going to do".

Rubbing the bridge of his nose he replied. "I'd think your family who hasn’t seen you for thousands of years is more important that some stupid job."

It was impossible to not roll your eyes. "Family? We weren't a family. We were teammates at best!"

"Fine, teammates, family, whatever. I feel like I deserve to know why you just left!" He barked.

"You deserve nothing from me!" You abruptly got up and started closing in on the telepath. You weren't going to let him intimidate you.

His face was pinched and you saw him getting redder and redder with anger. "What? You're still mad about some shit I said before fuckin’ paper was invented?" He grimly laughed. "Do yourself a favor and grow up, Y/N."

“You don’t get to say that!” You interjected.

“Am I wrong?” He sneered getting louder.

You were getting in his face now. “Yes Druig. You’re wrong.”

“Asking you to get over some petty grudge isn’t crazy of me! It’s you—” His arms were spread to the ceiling while his body attempted to intimidate you by looming over your figure. “—deserting everyone just cause you couldn’t get along with a teammate”.

"You're going to make me feel crazy for doing something about how you treated me? You're going to make me the bad guy?" The feeling of rage was overwhelming and you felt tears threaten to spill from your eyes. "Druig, I—" You stopped. The air around you getting quiet at your sudden reservation.

He was panting now. His glare was burning a hole through you. "You what?"

Anger was then replaced with anxiety as you struggled to find the words. "I’m not the bad guy. I’m not the villain or the monster for doing what I did. I’m sorry that you felt hurt by me leaving, but Druig I...I loved you.” You hands were clenched in tight fist as you pushed yourself to speak.

“I loved you so much that it hurt, okay? I let you bully me, and torment me, and belittle me because I was stupid. I was stupid to believe that allowing you to what you did was fine. You can’t just stand here in front of me and disregard what happened just because it was a long time ago. I need an answer. I deserve to know what happened that made you hate me so much.”

He stood there without saying a word. His face was contorted in a mixture of confusion and sheer anxiety. You fought the urge to strike, or scream, or scare him just so you could hear him say something.

"Druig...I want to know why you treated me like you did." You pressed. Your voice was now dripping with desperation to receive the closure you had longed for.

"Y/N." He sighed as he dropped his gaze to the floor. His demeanor was more reserved than before. His shoulders sinking as his voice got quieter. "I-I don't know."

"That's not an answer and you know it." You replied through gritted teeth.

Backing away from you slowly, you noticed that Druig was attempting to put space between the two of you.

Reached out, you grabbed his arm. "Druig please, I just need an answer."

Looking back up at you, you saw that his eyes weren’t filled with the usual anger, but guilt. "I should've told you this awhile ago Y/N...”

“Told me what?” You questioned.

You could tell that he was contemplating to drop the subject again but you weren’t going to let him. “Druig, what were you supposed to tell me?”

Exhaling a defeated sigh, he caved in. “Y/N, you’re...different from the others.” He gave you a saddened look. “The other Eternals, that is.”

You were confused. "Different how?"

He brought his hand up to your head. “Cause...” You noted how cool and rough his fingers were as he caressed your upper brow."I can hear every thought in your head, Y/N.”

Feeling betrayed you took a step back; removing his hand from your temple. "What?"

His eyes looked around as if he was trying to find the right words. "Every idea...whim...daydream. I can hear all of it." He swallowed. "I know I should've told you —and I'm sorry—but I didn't know how. Not after...afte—"

"After you found out I loved you." You finished his statement.

“I felt like telling you would’ve done more harm in good. I thought it was better to ignore it like I did with every human on the planet, but it’s not the same.” He tried to reclose the gap between the two of you. “It’s not the same because a human can’t possibly know me. They can’t love me or empathize with me the same way you can. Their love is so quick; it’s gone before I can even decided what to eat for breakfast! But you? You love me in a way I’ve never felt.”

“How can you say that?” You reply in offense. “You have so many people who love and care about you, but I never saw you treat them like how you treat me.”

“Because I can’t hear them, Y/N!” He exasperated. The two of you were now inches apart.

With hesitation, his hands that were once by his side reached up to lightly grab your shoulders. His eyes held a sense of fear that only seemed to get worse as he continued his confession.

The sign of affection startled you but you didn’t try to stop him. This was an entirely new side to him you’ve never seen —never felt.

He took a deep breath before continuing.“Because when I hear how you think about me, I know it’s better for the both us to push you away. And so I did whatever I could to get you to hate me. I’m not worth getting to know, Y/N. Isn’t that why Makkari left me? She’d probably give you a list of things wrong with me.” He gave a wet laugh.

“I can’t ruin love for you like I did to her. You don’t know me Y/N; I’m jealous and angry and everything you’re not. So yeah...I couldn’t give you what you wanted. I never could’ve. No matter how much I wanted to give in, it’s easier for you to hate me than to see what would happen if I gave into this.”

His words were nothing but a whisper as your gaze darted from his eyes to his lips.

“And what is this?”

Tension in the room was thick as the two of you inched closer together. The only sound was coming from outside; crickets and other bugs making beautiful white noise. Now nose to nose you were able to fully take him in. He smelled faintly of soap and citrus. Unsure of what to do, you watched as he studied your face before pulling your body even closer to him.

“I don’t know but it scares me.” He spoke lightly.

He shut his eyes and you decided to do the same as his mouth made it’s way to yours. The subtle taste of toothpaste ran across your tongue as you made the first few hesitant kisses to his lips. The sheer act of kissing him was like nothing you’d ever experienced before; it was explosive but soft and intimate at the same time.

His hands rested on the curve of your lower back and attempted to push you into him. Giving in, you dug your fingers into his hair. His locks were soft and still slightly damp from his shower.

Finally, you remembered exactly who you were dealing with. A flash of shame came across your mind as you were reminded of all the humiliation that you had been through, and here you were kissing the man who caused it. Placing your hands on his chest, you pushed him away lightly; breaking the kiss.

An array of emotions had overwhelmed you. You were bombarded with excitement for what was to come and guilt for letting him get what he wanted so quickly. “You can’t just do that, Druig.” You mentally cursed at your voice for how meek you sounded. Clearing your throat, you tried again. “You can’t just suddenly apologize and expect me to love you like I did. I respect myself too much to let that happen.”

Druig felt as though he was grasping at straws to convince you to give him another chance. “Y/N... I can’t even tell you how much I regret what I did.” He let his eyes take you in before continuing. “None of this fixes the past. I know. And you have every right to be mad at me and never see me again. But I mean it when I say, if you give me another chance I’ll be there for you. This can be whatever you want it to; I just want to be in your life if you’ll let me.”

His words felt sincere and you toiled with the possibilities that Druig had laid out. Of course the little voice in the back of your head was eager to submit to his idea, but on the other hand you knew he hadn’t earned it.

“I don’t know...” You murmured.

Giving you a half-pained smile he crossed his arms in front of his chest. “You don’t have to know right now. It’s a lot to think about.”

A few seconds had gone by before you had a proper response to the man. “I don’t forgive you —I’m not sure if I’ll ever be able to— but I want to try. I want to try to be happy instead of just pushing my problems to the side.” You stated.

You weren’t sure if you had made the right decision, but you couldn’t deny the amount of weight that was taken off your chest.

Processing your words, he nodded. “Of course. I’m not going to push you to do anything.” He tried to hide the slight grin that your words gave him. “I’ll give you a bit of space for the night, but don’t hesitate to ask if you need anything.”

Appreciative of his actions you have him a soft hug before he left the room, giving you a quick smile before shutting the door behind him.

Going back to your bed, you laid back and looked at the ceiling. The rain had turned more into a light drizzle and slowly began to lull you to sleep. Your mind and body were tired from the exhausting day and you wanted nothing more than to go to bed.

Closing your eyes you tried not to think about the amount work that this new relationship with Druig was going cause. It was scary, but ultimately you knew that you’d be okay with whatever the universe managed to throw at you.

You weren’t doing all of this just because he whispered sweet words in your ear and cried in front of you, but because this is what you wanted. Making a decision for yourself was just as empowering as when you left a millennium ago. It was something you prided yourself in.

Maybe this was a bad idea and you would ending up leaving him, or maybe this is the best choice you’ve ever made. Either way you were prepared to deal with it.

This was your life and you were going to do whatever the fuck you wanted.

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a/n: my bad if it’s a little sloppy, i tried to make it make sense for Y/N to get back with Druig (please don’t get back with someone after they emotionally abuse you for years, no matter how good the excuse is). I’m so so so sorry this took so long; I didn’t expect to make a part two, but since y’all were so nice I quite literally slaved away on this for the past two weeks (I’m not complaining because in the end I love making you guys happy). Lmk if there’s any mistakes in it! <3

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colorandvigor · 3 years

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our minds were always our own - part 1

Part one of a two-part fic for @fitztragedy as part of the FTWS Holiday gift exchange!

So sorry to be

1. almost late, and

2. have it end on a cliffhanger.

Time constraints were brutal for me this year and I felt like I had no other choice if I wanted to make the deadline, plus I’m an all-around clown. But the next part is coming uppp

Here’s a lil Rivusa fic for you under the cut! Happy holidays!

Tags: Riven x Musa, romance, Fate: The Winx Saga

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Truth is, Riven had rattled her, and she wasn’t often rattled.

Our minds were always our own

It is late February and Musa walks briskly across the training grounds, her windswept ponytails flying into her eyes.

The sky is a murky gray, the wind strong and chilly. A continuous haze of misty rain trickles onto the landscape like a veil.

Having classes outdoors on a day like this seems, frankly, cruel. And Musa doesn't think so just because she holds a personal grudge against the specialist training classes.

Although she admittedly seems to be the only one.

All around her are the sounds of clashing attributes, cheers and laughter.

Exhaustion. Pride. Amusement. Elation.

The training grounds are busy, as they usually are around this time.

Emotions are a never ending flurry coming at Musa from all sides as she stomps through the grass. She doesn’t feel nearly as purposeful as she's trying to look, desperate to find something - anything - to occupy her mandatory 'free training time'.

As always during these sessions, she feels keenly aware of her lack of proper fighting skill.

She's so utterly lacking, in fact, that she has no idea how lacking. Let alone where to even begin training.

Of course, she can't completely fault herself for that. Alfea's teaching faculty has purposefully shielded her from any hands-on fighting experience on the grounds of her powers not being 'combat-suited'. Which pisses her off, even if it's true.

Monster sightings have been piling up lately, and the notion that she can be protected forever is optimistic. It would come in handy to at least know how to hold a fucking sword when she inevitably finds herself eye to eye with something exceedingly combat-suited.

As the whirlwind of emotions continues to pelt her, her frustration grows.

Pride. Surprise. Frustration. Embarrassment.

Her hands creep to where her headphones usually hang around her neck, before she remembers she left them in her room.

Right. Mind fairy training.

It was Sarah Fowling who had suggested that Musa should stop blocking out the world when it got too noisy. Who had told her that these powers of hers are overwhelming precisely because she is strong. That she is strong enough to learn to control them.

Sarah Fowling, who is dead.

Musa takes a deep breath. Her eyes find a quieter spot near the forest’s edge, empty aside from one person lingering near a pile of attributes. As she walks, she forces herself to focus only on him.

With every step, the whirlwind of emotions dies down, becoming less all-consuming. Less of a jittery, chaotic mass.

Then, her mind is still.

Musa takes a long, slow breath, reveling in the sense of calm that washes over her, feeling pride blossom in her chest -

And then, suddenly, she feels a prickling sensation. Nervosity.

Huh.

By now the person who has unknowingly become her human lightning rod is close enough for her to recognize him. The sharp cheekbones. The squared shoulders. The proud jut of his jaw.

Oh no. Not him. Literally anyone but this guy.

Riven.

Musa has only spoken to Riven on one earlier occasion, when he managed to piss her off within the span of ten seconds (he had made a completely unsolicited flirty remark, eyeing her mischievously with amusement just wafting off him). She remembers reluctantly that he made two comments that had wormed their way under her skin.

Well, too bad. You’re a fairy.

They don’t care what you want to be in this place, only what they want you to be.

She pushes those thoughts away.

Before ever speaking to him, she only remembers being passively aware of him. She had known him as the smirking douche who had made Terra cry. As the guy radiating a continuous stream of apathy and superiority. As someone she, frankly, wanted to stay far, far away from.

Only when they finally met did she pick up on the insecurity flickering within. She remembers scoffing at the realization that the cliched ‘cool guy’ persona which had been so convincing at the time, was all an act. That there was something hidden behind this brick wall of his - this wall thick enough to have fooled an empath. To fool even himself sometimes, she bets.

She had risen to the occasion to throw him off, and it had been surprisingly easy. A single offhand comment, reminding him that she could see into him, and his projected persona faltered. He had scampered off, fuming.

Back then, he had been annoying at worst and amusing at best.

Ever since, however, she has heard a wide array of unflattering stories from her friends. And not just boarding school unflattering.

Worrying. Dangerous.

She knows that somewhere between the end of the last semester and the start of the new, he was recruited into Rosalind’s private group of specialists, essentially serving as a glorified puppet permitted to use violence as he sees fit - and potentially complicit in Fowling’s death. She has heard stories about his peers. Has heard about students disappearing, or being violently punished. She has experienced firsthand the spike in anxiety, fear and distrust among the student body.

And if all that wasn’t enough to activate her fight-or-flight response, ever since the start of the new semester, Riven’s emotions have become… different. Not so easy to read. He seems to be enveloped in a continuous haze of anger, resentment and aversion that behaves unpredictably, sometimes without apparently being prompted by anything.

So, yeah. Riven. She definitely knows enough about him to dread every step she takes in his direction.

And yet, she keeps going, never breaking her focus on him.

She tells herself that she prefers the feeling of control it gives her over not reading him at all. Prefers the single-minded unease she picks up over the overwhelming, tangled mass of emotions of everyone else on the training grounds. She loathes to admit that there is a tiny, hidden part of her that feels somewhat intrigued.

Come to think of it, the unease might be her own.

Musa reaches him. His posture is stiff, and his head turned away from her. Did he see her coming?

But then he turns toward her, looking more annoyed than nervous, and rolls his eyes. “Bugger off, mind fairy. I’m not in the mood.”

Musa feels her eyebrows shoot up.

“Hi yourself,” she says, making an effort to keep her voice flat. She picks up a wooden staff that lies on a pile near his feet.

She puts some distance between them, standing with her back towards him so at least she doesn’t have to look at him. Still, his eyes prickle on the back of her neck. She pretends not to notice.

She balances the stick in her hands. Gets used to its weight. Tries to focus on her stance.

All the while she can tell he just... stands there. Unmoving.

Finally, she snaps. “Is something wrong?”

When she spins around, he’s already scowling at her. “Yeah, there is. I was having a moment of quiet reflection and now I’m being psycho-analyzed. Or whatever it is you actually do.”

Whoa.

Just… fuck this guy.

Musa gives him an incredulous look. “Wow. Okay, what gives you the idea that I want to look inside that messed-up head of yours when there’s a sea of other people around us?”

He rolls his eyes to the clouded sky. “Right, are we really pretending that, out of the entire space, you just happened to end up right here? Just happened to really need some brushing up on your - your stick-holding technique, right at this moment?” He lightly grabs the end of her rod, and she yanks it away.

For a second she is dumbstruck, overcome by indignation and horror at the suggestion. At the next, she realizes that is complete bullshit. He’s right. She had sought him out.

But he doesn’t need to know that.

Something changes in his expression. She realizes with a jolt that her silence is essentially a confession.

“Or did you seek me out for the pleasure of my company?”

He doesn’t believe it when he says it. Yet, there is a slight hint of curiosity simmering under the surface.

There is an unfortunate hitch in her voice when she answers, “And why on earth would I do that?”

He meets her challenge with a step in her direction, and a look that is a bit too intense. A bit too knowing. “You tell me, mind fairy.”

She swallows, unnerved now.

How did she end up here again?

Five minutes ago she was trying intently to mind her own business amongst the emotional tornado whirling at her beyond control from every direction. Now, here she is locked into a battle of wits with Riven, of all people.

She feels horribly exposed. It is a feeling foreign to her.

Then, she registers it. The need to pull back. To retrieve her footing.

So she does.

Schooling her face into what she hopes is a look of indifference, she bites, “Come on, Riven. We haven’t spoken in months. And before that, ever. I have never given a fraction of a shit about you.” Once the cruelty tumbles out of her mouth, it keeps coming. “You were always a bully and a piece of shit. And now, you're apparently also a power-hungry maniac. Why on earth would I suddenly want your company?”

He looks like she slapped him, standing in silence as she speaks. She’s immediately overcome by shame.

She feels the urge to apologize, and is just opening her mouth to do so, when-

“Right. I should have known.” He scoffs, squaring his shoulders, “Thanks for the lovely chat.”

Bubbling under the surface of his disinterested mask and confident posture she feels a strong dejection.

He takes a few steps toward the school, then says, “You’re a right bitch, you know that?”

Yes.

Musa stays silent.

She refuses to analyze the regret that stirs inside her when he walks away.

~~~~~~~

That's how it starts.

The noticing.

And once she starts noticing, she doesn't seem able to stop.

He seems wedged in her mind.

She tries to go about her days as usual. Honestly, she does. But something has undeniably shifted.

It happens across campus.

During specialist training she’ll watch Riven's sparring sessions, marveling silently at his skill and strength, and at the total control displayed by his movements. At his certainty and speed. At how he seems able to pinpoint his opponents’ every mistake and immediately exploit it.

And if her eyes linger just a tad too long on the muscles in his back and his shoulders, or on the sharpness of his jaw line. If she’s just a little caught by the wicked glint in his eyes after he’s made a particularly good move. If she feels even the slightest hint of a flutter in her stomach or rush of warmth to her cheeks...

Well, she’s simply deciding not to analyze it.

There’ll be other times when she’s sitting in the breakfast hall and finds herself sifting through the students’ emotional haze, her head whipping around whenever she picks up a wave of anger or resentment. Anything that seems remotely like Riven.

A lot of the time she’s wrong. And sometimes she’s not.

There will be a spike of emotional tumult with just a tinge of curiosity, and she’ll turn and find him already looking at her. He’ll frown and she’ll frown right back. Then she’ll whip back around, turning back to her coffee and sandwich.

Perfectly normal. Perfectly adult. Nothing strange going on at all.

If there’s any embarrassment at all on his part, it goes completely lost in her own.

Musa’s not sure what brought on the weird fixation with this guy. There had been guys. Plenty of them. Sam had been a guy. Yet, she’d always had her own life. She'd been perfectly fine going about her days with her friends, in her bubble of agreeable people.

Of course, there were problems. Hell, ever since Rosalind took office. all of Alfea’s student body was going about their days under continuous threat.

Her personal problems were just never this… dumb before.

Truth is, Riven had rattled her, and she wasn’t often rattled.

And now it seems like there’s no way to undo it.

~~~~~~~

A week goes by and Musa doesn’t talk to Riven again. It’s by no accident - she is careful to avoid him. She frankly has no interest in entertaining this weird obsession of hers.

Finally, it feels like this temporal bout of insanity is over.

Then, out of nowhere, and at the least possible opportune moment, she finds herself face to face with him.

Rosalind's spending the weekend off-campus for the first time since she has taken office, and of course, the student body immediately seizes the opportunity to throw a party in the school basement.

And, honestly, they’ve outdone themselves. Earth fairies have decorated the walls with sprawling, twirling vines. Colored lights are strung about the place, reflecting off their leaves. There’s a haze of smoke hanging in the air, and the floors and walls are pulsing with bass.

Musa doesn’t know for how long she’s been there. She does know she’s having a pretty great night.

It’s been a while since she and her friends have last been able to let off steam, and it’s palpable in the atmosphere. People are dancing enthusiastically, laughing and talking.

She has naturally spent her time dancing with Bloom, Aisha, Stella and Terra, not a care in the world - in part, possibly, because she’s a few glasses of wine in.

In fact, it’s when she’s on her way to get her friends some more drinks when she nearly bumps into Riven. She’s standing by the makeshift bar and has just managed to pry off the cork to a wine bottle. Then he suddenly emerges from the crowd.

And just like that, they’re face to face.

“Mind fairy,” he says. It sounds like an accusation.

“Hello,” she says lightly. She feels just a bit impressed by how completely unfazed she sounds.

Frankly, she feels anything but.

And she’s not the only one.

His hair is sweat-matted, and there’s a hazy tinge in his eyes. Seems like he’s had a few drinks himself.

Although his senses are dulled down, as are hers, she feels the familiar, unnerving hyper-awareness rise within her. She’s not sure who it comes from.

Then he says something surprising.

“What have you been doing to me?”

Musa doesn’t know what to say. The crowd pushes against them on all sides, and she finds herself uncomfortably close to him.

She finds her voice. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“Right, of course you’d say that.” he scoffs, like he simply can’t believe the gall of her.

“Because it’s true!”

Musa stands her ground, but he fixes her with a look so full of contempt that she feels herself draw breath.

“I thought you’d be honest enough to admit it,” he says, “but guess not.”

Then he pushes past her, and he’s gone.

For a beat, she stands there wondering what the fuck just happened, wine bottle and glass still in her hands.

Then, she follows.

[end of part 1]

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emachinescat · 3 years

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I've decided to watch MacGyver from the beginning (again), and I'm live tweeting the experience with every tweet tagged with #savemacgyver. I thought it would be fun to share my collected thoughts from the episodes on here as well.

My Thoughts on S1E1, "The Rising"

Good old Lake Como.

"How do I look?" Always amazing, Mac, though here you are so bebby. Gosh, tiny Lucas is tiny.

Ugggh, Nikki. My least favorite story arc in the show. Even with her redemption arc, even her face makes me mad.

I am soooo glad this awkward flirting is only in this episode. Mac and Nikki have never vibed with me.

JACK DALTON

"Who loves ya, baby?" We all do, Jack.

I always wished they would have played more into the original Mac's reason for not carrying a weapon - not just so he doesn't get caught but because he doesn't like them. That was actually one reason I used to be so upset at the reboot when it first came out. I still feel like Mac's character was off for this first episode - a little too cocky, not super developed. But still lovable, and with so much potential!

It's so cool to see how much Lucas has grown into this character over the years, really making it his own while still holding on to its essence.

Lol "serious bad-assery" - Nikki thinks she's so cool. (Spoiler: she's not.)

Lololol Nikki is the Walmart brand of Riley.

Mac in glasses. Adorbs.

Man, I'm already so ready for Matty. Patti is the off brand version of her.

I always love watching Mac rifle through stuff to find his improvisation supplies!

First MacSplaining session! Electromagnets!

"Is this George Clooney's house?" I miss Jack so freaking much.

Mac kind of looks like a penguin with that waiter outfit on and I'm living for it.

The second Mac hack is so Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew.

"Why don't you ever flirt with me like that?" Um, Jack, do you want your partner's girlfriend flirting with you, daddy fixation or not?

There are two kinds of oops, accordng to Jack Dalton: Oops - I just stubbed my toe / Ooooooops - Zombie apocalypse initiated.

Mac's hair is so shaggy.

"START THE DAMN BOAT!" Classic.

"Hold this and get out of my way." Dang, Mac.

The bad guy is the dude from Galavant hahaha. I know this guy has been in so many things, but he will always be Gareth to me. (That's his name, right? Gareth?)

W H U M P

I actually love the consistency of Mac always having that scar even seasons into the series (except for the last time, in the river). Overall great attention to detail!

That is a LOT of blood in the water.

Lol I'm pretty sure Grandpa Harry didn't say that in so many words, Mac.

Poor traumatized bebby. What am I saying? I live for this stuff.

Awww, lil Bozer. So smol. So pure. And now I want waffles.

"Eat your waffles." Three words I will never say no to.

"Give me Wang." -Bozer, 2016

Am I the only one who finds these intimate scenes between Mac and Nikki hella awkward?

QUARANTINE, sounds familiar.

Lol "cyberteam." Once Riley Davis comes along, they will be obsolete.

Jack just wants a hug.

I always hated the clinical white room in the pilot. Can't wait for the War Room.

I love the interactions between Jack and Riley.

Mac and Riley EYE CONTACT.

"You two are on timeout from now on." 😂😂😂

THE MOMENT WHERE HE GRABS HER HANDS

Lol, thanks for telling me that's a paperclip. I was so confused.

"Riley has so much hair!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I love how Riley takes charge. Her confidence is 🔥🔥🔥

"You know what, never mind, I'd be pissed at you too." 🤣

Jack's so proud of his daughter. 💕

"Is that real?" Bless Jack's heart. He's such an old man.

Patti is a square. Pretty, competent, but boring. I miss Matty.

"My man never jokes about tin foil."

Ooooo Nikki is alive. Poor Mac. His whole world keeps getting turned on its head.

Jack can be scary when he wants to be.

Poor, poor, Mac. When he faces Nikki, he looks like a kicked golden retriever. (Also, NEVER kick a dog.)

I'm just eating up all this angst.

Mr. Wizard lololol

Mac hanging from a plane is soooo iconic.

"Don't get cocky. You're the only other one here." Haha, the SASS on this girl.

"Go ahead, you aready had me killed once." Also, oof. Undercover or not, Nikki is cold. I can't stand her.

Excuse me, Patricia, but I would consider running over your neighbor's dog (or any dog) a damn catastrophe, too.

"Sometimes a purge is necessary to fix what's broken." Codex, anyone?

Love this whole chase/fight sequence so much. The music, action, everything... perfect.

The sweat on Mac's forehead when dangling out of the 🚁 - such a great detail!

"YOU GO KABOOM, I GO KABOOM"

Kind of weird to me that Mac seems to be using so much guesswork with this bomb, especially when we know that he's one of the best specialists out there.

That fight scene in the back of the vehicle is one of my all time favorites. The whump is excellent.

Okay, but when does MacGyver ever do anything the way Jack has in mind?

DIY or die. Still so lame, lol. The parachute is awesome, though.

Oof. That landing looks painful and the whumper in me loves it. Even more, I can't get over how worried Jack is as he rushes to Mac's side. ❤️❤️❤️

That break in his voice when he asks if Mac's okay is just... AYSKTUFYIFUYliIIGUOG

Mac burning Nikki's pics like that old Taylor Swift song.

Bozer calling Jack his bestie is so weird and funny to me.

I am so ready for Bozer to get over Riley. They are so much better as friends.

Lol "Those fries won't cook themselves." The crack of a whip, man.

Jack calling Riley a little rascal and then gently asking Mac if he's doing all right there, pal ... taking care of his kids, and I am DYING.

The Three Amigos... come on, Jack. You can do better than that.

Is it bad that I'm actually a little surprised that Jack knows what a Phoenix is? Just seems like something he wouldn't care to learn, especially since he's a sci fi junkie but I never really hear him talk about fantasy.

Oooooooo Nikki's on the loose. Gotta end with suspense, to hook those viewers and make them want more. Well, I want more of this show, but not because of her.

Well, awesome re-watch of episode 1. Definitely not my favorite by a long shot, but so iconic and with some amazing moments! It just makes me that much more excited to get to see the show and the characters grow!

If anyone wants to join me in my re-watching and tweeting adventure, please do! It's my way to take about an hour a day in my busy, busy life to commit to the #savemacgyver movement. (And to enjoy my favorite show yet again!) If you do tweet as you watch, make sure to tag EVERY tweet with ONLY #savemacgyver so we can keep that hashtag trending! :)

Thanks for letting me share my (numerous) thoughts on this episode. This was really fun, and I hope it's something you all enjoy, too. I'll probably go ahead and post episode 2 tonight since I just watched it. I'd love to know what you all think of the episode in the comments! ❤️

#macgyver #jack dalton #riley davis #wilt bozer #macgyver rewatch #my thoughts #episode review #tweet compilation #with minor edits for an easier tumblr experience #savemacgyver #please join me in my rewatch and tweeting on twitter #using the hashtag savemacgyver #we can save our show #pilot episode #emcatreviews #s1e1 #the rising #spoilers

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tessagracerichards · 3 years

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I saw [TESSA RICHARDS] at a coffee shop in [MANHATTAN] today. I forgot how much [SHE] looks like [ZOEY DEUTCH]. They are a [TWENTY-SIX] year old [CHILD LIFE SPECIALIST] who’s been in NYC for [THREE YEARS] now. Every time we run into each other, they are always [TENDERHEARTED AND NURTURING] but I’ve heard people say they can also be [BLUNT AND GUARDED]. [SHE IS LOVE BY PARACHUTE] reminds me of them every time it comes on the radio. — [saxon, she/her, 26, cst]

Out Of Character

Hello hello bbies! I am Saxon and this is the absolute labor of my love Tessa, please love her even though she doesn’t deserve it! I am very open to connections, ideas and plotting so please, please, please do not hesitate to hit me up if you want to conjure something up with my disaster child!

Also please forgive the mess that is this intro and her Pinterest, she’s been around for years so things have built up and gotten chaotic over time. I really told myself I would shorten her intro but I didn’t manage much, please look away.

Basic Information

Full Name: Tessa Grace Richards.

Nickname(s): Tess, Tessie.

Date of Birth: November 10th, 1994.

Gender: Cisfemale.

Pronouns: She/Her.

Orientation: Heterosexual.

Language(s) Spoken: English, Sign, Spanish.

Background

So Tessa was born to an unwed couple who were in their mid 30′s at the time, her mom thought the two of them were hopelessly in love until Tessa was four and dude just dipped? Her mom came home one day and all his stuff was gone, no note or anything, he emptied their account and they haven’t ever heard from him since.

Her mom is an absolute saint of a woman however (think Lorelai from Gilmore Girls meets Donna Sheridan from Mamma Mia), just an absolute quirky angel of a woman who definitely took in and helped abandoned animals but was also the place all the kids in town knew they could go if they had shitty parents/living situations or just a bad day and they needed a safe place to go? So obviously she stepped up and took down all dudes pictures and just raised Tessa like the single boss she is.

Tessa grew up into like an angel of a kid but oh buddy was she a chaotic one. Total tomboy, full of insane energy and personality, always on the move and exploring and doing things she shouldn’t be. Definitely the type to show up back at home as the suns going down just covered in dirt and bumps and bruises. 100% knocked her own baby teeth out from falling and slamming her face and had two front silver teeth as a little kid.

She was never very girly and because she grew up in this southern town that was just full of very critical asshole kids from more well-off families than her own was, particularly the girls who were very prissy, she definitely ended up clicking more with boys and quickly became ‘one of the guys’. Like undoubtedly had an all male friend group and was definitely the girl that girlfriends would be paranoid about while all the dudes were like confused as to how their girls were jealous because Tessa was just like another guy/little sibling, there was no interest on either end.

Has slight anger management issues? Like she’s chill but when she blows up man does she blow up. Pushed a girl down a flight of stairs at school after she made a remark about a friend, the family pressed charges and Tessa had to go to anger management classes and serve community service hours. She also got kicked out of school and just decided not to go back, went online and just got her GED at seventeen instead.

She realized her hometown didn’t have much to offer her and it wasn’t where she belonged, nor was she ready for college, so she took what money she had saved and instead purchased a sprinter van and began road tripping around the U.S.

At some point along the way, dumbass met a boy that wormed his way into her heart and it was a kind of a slightly unstable relationship because she would try and push away from him and her feelings but he always drew her back? Already has a shitty relationship with love after her father and two not ideal high school romances. Dude tried though and even proposed after like months of them being together and she panicked and ran but still he drew her back and they agreed that they should chill with the idea of engagement/marriage? There was always another girl in the picture though and even though he assured her that his feelings were with her, his actions often seemed to show otherwise.

After yet another break, the two ended up sleeping together but she definitely realized that he wasn’t in love with her at all/anymore so she saved herself the conversation and just dipped before he woke up and ran, spent a solid week just out partying/drinking and ended up sleeping with some stranger and then ended up pregnant with no clue as to which guy was the baby’s father. Whether fortunately or unfortunately, it was the one night stand’s who decided he had no interest in being around.

Obviously she knew she needed to change her course and focus on becoming a mother and setting up a future for herself and her child, but not being financially independent enough, she reached out to a lifelong friend who allowed her to move in and began to figure out school.

She’s always been a big fan of kids (worked for a daycare after school, got involved with a charity that worked with orphans/orphanages while traveling) and so she decided that she wanted to be a child life specialist and is still in school but also working an internship with Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital.

Ended up having a little girl named Addison (Addi), this child is her whole world and she’s definitely the mom that posts about their kid too much on social media but she’s just turned Tessa’s life around and helped her mature in ways she wouldn’t have without her and she just loves her kid more than anything/anyone else.

Personality

A dork? Literally the biggest dork, the dorkiest of dorks, just a whole friggen dork. This child rambles like you wouldn’t believe and her mouth 100% works faster than her brain so like you never know what to expect but she’s just a happy, friendly, sarcastic little bean with social anxiety and a heart of gold tbh.

Also an aggressive lil’ lady though, like 12/10 chance she’ll throw hands if you want to fuck with or say something about the people she loves.

A chaotic soul as well like down to party and have a good time and will definitely drink a dude under the table, definitely broke her ribs two summers in a row from a drinking game because this child doesn’t know when to slow down or chill out, she’s just trying to live.

But also the mom friend? Like even before becoming a mom, she’s used to taking care of people and making sure everyone’s good like? 100% convinced her friends to do dumb shit as a teenager and then turned around and tended to their wounds. Also if you’re in her house and it’s meal time, you’re eating. It’s not an option, like sit and eat dinner and tell me about your day.

Emotional as hell, like definitely cries during commercials and Disney movies, but like if you’re trying to tap into her serious emotions she’s gonna shut that shit down. She keeps people locked out tbh and just jokes about the serious shit in her life if she does talk about it.

Desired Connections

Friends; could have lived in/visited Texas and met when she was younger, met while she was traveling, met through her charity work or just after her/them having moved to New York recently.

Exes; so her most recent ex is off limits because it’s based off a real connection but like either of her exes from high school? The first one (cheated on her) would have had to have lived in Texas for some time but the latter (only with her on a bet to see how long it would take to get in her pants, she broke dude’s nose when she found out) could have been visiting friends/family for a summer? If anyone has a character that works for these I’m down for the drama.

Hookups; Tessa is very weird about hookups/one night stands so this is a little limited but my girl definitely needs a few.

Half siblings; so Tessa’s dad basically bailed when she was little - maybe he had another family? He could have had a kid before her who he also bailed on, could have started a family during the same time or after, he could have stayed there for them or bailed on them as well? They could know about Tessa, or neither could know about the other? Tessa pry wouldn’t know about them because she made it a point to never bother searching for this man let alone any family but literally I’m down for whatever other ideas you’ve got on this one!

Patients; if anyone has any younger siblings or kids of their own that perhaps Tessa helped or is currently helping take care of through her internship? She does everything from work in the hospital to house calls and works with both the medical and therapeutic aspects of things.

#villageintro

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johannstutt413 · 3 years

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TOURNAMENT ARC 2: PHANTOM VS PROJEKT RED

“Alright, let’s see...Looks like we’ve got a fight tomorrow, Jessie!” The Doctor unfurled a piece of paper from the machine. “First round for Specialists, it looks like; Phantom vs Red. It’s been awhile since Phantom stopped by the office, hasn’t it?”

“...Phantom?” The Feline shrugged; she’d seen records of that Operator before, but never actually encountered them herself.

He sighed. “Right, stealth specialist with mnemonic Arts. Regardless, it’ll be interesting to see what happens, especially since Red- actually, I haven’t seen her recently either. She hasn’t been on a mission, has she?”

“I don’t think so?” Jessica flipped open a tab and scrolled through some of her notes. “No, but she has been on leave for awhile.”

“Really? What kind of leave was it, again? I think you approved that one.”

At that exact moment, Projekt Red walked into the office with a baby in her arms. “Maternity leave.” [not exactly the same universe but hush it’s fine]

“Awww!” The two immediately approached. “What’s their name?”

“Scarlet SilverAsh. I don’t think I can be in the tournament for a while, Doctor; we haven’t moved her to formula yet.” Scarlet fussed a little, which the Lupo solved by licking her forehead.

The Doctor nodded. “That’s alright, Red; I think I know the person to take your spot. Let us know when you’re ready to fight and we’ll put you in the rotation.”

“Thank you, Doctor. I’ll be watching today’s match from home. You can both come over, if you want; Encio’s making burgers.” She watched both of them blink several times. “What?”

“He can cook?” Jessica asked.

She nodded. “There’s nothing he can’t do. I need to feed her soon. Let us know if you want to come over.”

“Will do!” Once she’d left, the Feline smiled to herself. “I’m looking forward to that someday.”

“Having a kid with me?”

Jessie set her head on his shoulder. “Yeah...We should call Waai Fu now, before too much press goes out.”

“Good plan.”

TOURNAMENT ARC 2: PHANTOM VS PROJEKT RED WAAI FU

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Operators, Staff, and Esteemed Guests! Welcome one and all to the Top Operator Tourney!!! *crowd cheers*

“Thanks, Hung! Hiiiii everyone! It’s your lovable idol and Penguin Logistics delivery girl Sora here, filling in for Click on account of some rather inflammatory commentary she gave during the last one. Joining me in the booth, filling in for FEater after she punched the person who told them that, is Croissant!”

“That’s right, Sora, and I ain’t goin’ any’re! Now earlya Baws ‘nounced we had a lil’ bituva skejul shift, but looks like we still ‘ave a real good’un on our ‘ands. On the north side, wi’ 14 years of fightin’ ‘sperience, she’s student by day and brawla’ by nite, WAAAAAAAI FUUUUUUUU!” *cheers* “Ye, dat’s wut I wanna hear! Annnnd on the south side- hey, where’d they go?” *confused crowd noises* “Uh...Now I ain’t gonna lie, I never did meet dis Phantom guy? We sure he works ‘ere?”

“I mean, Medical had enough data to evaluate with, so I guess he does? Aaaanyway, looking at the numbers, it looks like Waai Fu has more combat experience and raw strength, but Phantom’s faster and trickier to deal with, so hopefully he shows up long enough for us to watch him work!”

“Ye, let’s ‘ope so! Baws itn’t at the podium today, but Amiya’s down there doin’ the hands, so let’s ‘ear it! 3! 2! 1! LET’S RUUUUUUUUUUUMBLLLLLLLLLEEEEEE!!!”

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Down on the ground, as the commentators blathered away, psyching the crowd up, Phantom watched his target from the shadows, blades ready but simply observing. His opponent, an orange Feline he’d never seen before, likewise watched, patient. This wasn’t his usual style...but if it was a show they wanted, then he’d give them a show.

“So you are my opponent.” He took a step forward. “Shall we dance our dance for the masses?”

“The Phantom, in the flesh...I expected to face you later in the bracket, but this works, too.”

His eyes narrowed. “You recognize me?”

“I’ve spent my life clearing the street of scum like you, who skulk in the shadows and take others’ lives for your sick games.” She took a defensive stance. “Your ring of thieves deserved its fate-”

“Do not speak ill of the dead, lest you join them sooner than you expect.” A step backward, and he’d vanished.

Two Phantoms emerged from her shadow, blades drawn to strike as they flanked her, only to find she was ready for both attacks; Waai Fu evaded their swords as knocked both Phantom and his mirror image to the ground. “Repent while you still have time.”

And then everything was a blur.

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“It’s like it started out of nowhere! They stared each other down forever, and then BAM! Also, why are there two of him?!”

“I ‘unno, darlin’, but I ‘ope Junior ain’t watch’n this! They’re go’n at it ‘arder ‘n an’thin rite now! I can’t even count ‘ow many blows they’re tradin’, but not a single drop of blood on the ground yet!”

“You can tell Waai Fu’s struggling, though - two on one isn’t a fair fight for anyone, but she’s holding her ground someh- OH, what?!”

“Oh! Oh! That’s the Seven-Styles Kick!! ‘Oly shit, I ain’t ever seen it in person bef’r, but damn that was some’n! And one of ‘em’s gone now!”

“Things have slowed down, and she is absolutely whaling into him! Punch, punch, kick, kick; he’s doing his best to evade them, but I don’t think he can keep up like this for long! Especially since he can’t- never mind, he managed to slash her once, at least, but that just left him open for a solid haymaker! He’s not getting back u/p! 1! 2!! 3!!! SHE’S DONE IT!!!”

“Wowza...Not as bloody as last ‘un, ey darlin’?”

“Waai Fu’s getting medical attention, as is Phantom from the looks...Hey, wait a minute, honey, did you see that?”

“See what?”

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Aak was there at Waai Fu’s side, local anesthetic applied and staple gun going to work. “A bit of medi-gel will get this patched up in no time...Hey, who was that guy, anyway? Never seen him around before.”

“The Phantom Behind the Curtain, Treasurer of the Night. He was the leading man for a theatre troupe known for less-than-savory wetwork who traveled the world as a closely-knit ring of assassins, although many didn’t realize their actual business until the day it collapsed.” The Feline sighed. “That one killed a crowded theatre with his voice alone. He didn’t want me dead, not enough to speak to me with his true voice.”

“Truer words, vigilante, have yet to be spoken” a spectral figure whispered in her ear, disappearing before she could identify them.

The other Feline next to her cocked her head. “See something? Mighta gotten some hallucinogens in the anesthetic again.”

“No, it’s...nothing.” She shook her head. “It’ll pass, whatever it was.”

“You’d best win the tournament now, child...For your father’s sake.” From the other ear this time, as if standing in Aak’s place.

On the ground, as Warfarin ensured Gaspard began his recovery, a black cat stepped out of the shadows and, once the Sarkaz was done with the greater part of patching him up, sat on his chest, gently pawing at his face. A slight smile came to his face as he and his Christine were taken to Medical for full evaluation; he might have been defeated in this battle, but the war for himself was far from lost.

#arknights #arknights fic #TOURNAMENT ARC!!!#waai fu (arknights)#phantom (arknights)#projekt red (arknights)#jessica (arknights)#sora (arknights)#croissant (arknights)#i'm not gonna lie #i'm surprised no one's asked about Phantom yet #like i know i have a pretty sizable crowd of folks who like yuri fic #but...i 'unno #we'll get to him one of these days

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amythecinnabunny · 4 years

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Hold On, I Still Want You -- a jatp fic analysis, specifically the jukebox factor

So for those of you who don't know, I wrote a very sad fic with the above title. This will contain major spoilers that I've already posted about and also minor ones from the fic so if you're planning to read the fic, I highly suggest coming back to this post later.

I will also be redoing this analysis once I've completed the sequel -- Come Back, I Still Need You -- because the song is about to take on a whole new meaning with where that lil story is going.

This is also gonna be long af due to reveals of cut scenes and me crying, hence the read more

Let's start with the most obvious point; the whole reason I chose this title in the first place.

Hold on, I still want you -- on it's own with zero context, I read this as begging someone not to leave. You want them around. You want them to stay. However, with context of the fic, this is more everyone in Julie's life begging her to hold on until someone can save her. Initially, I was just looking for something jukebox, but then this sat better with me. Julie is loved by everyone in her life. They're all hoping that she pulls through and survives. They want her to stay with them.

Like that's not sad enough on it's own, I paid attention to the rest of the lyrics for the first time in my life. Who wants to cry?? Me!!!!

Disclaimer: I will be taking things out of context probably

Loving and fighting, accusing, denying

I can't imagine a world with you gone

The joy and the chaos, the demons we're made of

I'd be so lost if you left me alone

The second and last lines hit hard. None of them ever expect Julie to leave. Luke thinks of Julie as his whole world. And when she is finally gone, who is the most detached? Yes, Carrie's goin thru it, but Luke actually almost stops playing music. The first few chapters of Come Back make it known that though the boys don't play bad music with Caleb, it is soulless and lifeless and just not them at all.

You locked yourself in the bathroom

Lying on the floor when I break through

I pull you in to feel your heartbeat

Can you hear me screaming? Please don't leave me

LISTEN. LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN.

Ok so this never made it into the fic and I wasn't really gonna talk about it but it deserves a mention for these lines. Julie's sick, right? And at first it just seems like food poisoning. She's got the symptoms. And she keeps rushing to the bathroom. Duh. It takes a while for the boys to calm down. It's food poisoning but Julie can handle herself, right? By the time people figure it's not food poisoning, Julie's beyond help (they don't know that yet tho)

So there was a piece that got cut of Julie locking herself in the bathroom. She knows herself. She's had food poisoning before. Several times. She knows what food poisoning at its worst feels like. This isn't food poisoning. But by this stage, Julie's already too tired to think straight. This is just before Julie ends up nearly completely bedridden. She's locked herself in the bathroom, terrified of what's actually going on. And usually, when Julie's locked in the bathroom, it's cause she's busy, so none of the guys ever bother her. But she's been in there for almost two hours now and Luke's starting to worry. At first he just stands outside, knocking and calling her name, waiting for her to say she's fine. But due to Julie passing out within the first 20 minutes of staring at her reflection, there's no response. So eventually, Luke just walked through the door to see Julie out cold in the middle of the bathroom. See: "lying on the floor when I break phase through"

You know, quickly followed by "I pull you in to feel your heartbeat; can you hear me screaming please don't leave me?"

I planned to have a moment of Luke experiencing pure panic when he finds Julie on the bathroom floor and because Julie is, y'know, fading ... the boys can't hold her as easy and so I planned to have Luke be unable to find a pulse. Therefore, hysterical panic. Frenzied screaming. Shouting Julie's name and crying for help until his throat is raw and his chest is heavy. Obviously, that got cut.

But it would've been immediately after this that they got Julie to a doctor for "unknown reasons". Previously they'd just visited the family doctor like "hey, bad case of food poisoning, what can she take to speed it up?" But this was like ,,,, ER kind of energy without actually going to the ER. This was also around the time Carrie would've started trying to persuade them to call in an expensive specialist or something.

Fun fact: Can you hear me screaming, please don't leave me is the title of the series as a whole

Skipping the chorus, we get to:

Long endless highway, you're silent beside me

Driving a nightmare I can't escape from

Helplessly praying, the light isn't fading

Hiding the shock and the chill in my bones

Luke isn't driving. But he's in the ambulance with Julie. All four of these lines are pretty much Luke during the ride from Julie's house to the hospital. He's so terrified??? Julie's silent, ice cold. It's all he can do to hope that she isn't already gone. See: "helplessly praying the light isn't fanding"

Then we get to the hospital, another scene that got cut:

They took you away on a table

I pace back and forth as you lay still

They pull you in to feel your heartbeat

Can you hear me screaming? Please don't leave me

I cut it because I couldn't write it well enough without wanting to burst into tears everytime and I didn't wanna write it mellow. So instead of this scene, I chose to write Alex and Reggie finding Flynn and following her to the hospital.

So the cut scene would have been them arriving at the hospital. At first, Luke followed Julie all the way through but he couldn't take it and eventually poofed out, pacing up and down the hallway. I didn't know how to get the words out well enough and still be okay after that and since I was gonna kill Julie, I figured you guys didn't need the trauma of Luke's internal monologue as the doctors struggle to save Julie, only for her to be gone before the others even made it to the hospital.

Though ... Julie's goodbye scene wasn't much easier to write.

So I skipped out the chorus before but I'm gonna put it down here:

Hold on, I still want you

Come back, I still need you

Let me take your hand, I'll make it right

I swear to love you all my life

Hold on, I still need you

Because now this is really all that Luke can think about. And he's literally sitting at her bedside, holding her hand, trying to think of some way to save her. And remember, it's also at this moment that we get Luke's verbal confession. He promises that if she survives, he'll tell her again and again how much he loves her. (Well, before Luke accepts her fate and tells her its okay to let go, something he regrets almost instantly and I use to torture you guys with in book 2)

And I'm not doing the last bit of the song because it purely belongs to Come Back, I Still Need You just not in the way you think

If you stuck around this long, congratulations this fic has hurt you as much as it hurt me, let's cry together.

#mara's hold on jatp fic #julie and the phantoms #julie and the himbos #julie and the fat ones #jatp #jatp fic #song analysis #crying with mara

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tessarichardss · 4 years

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new york’s very own tessa richards was spotted on broadway street , with a striking semblance to zoey deutch ! you may know them as @tessarichards or hitting the front page of tmz as ex-reality star rumored to have moved to new york for an internship with hassenfeld children’s hospital . according to tmz , you just had your twenty-fourth birthday bash . while living in nyc , you’ve been labeled as being guarded , but also tenderhearted . things that would paint a better picture of you would be endless nights you’ll never forget, sunflowers, running barefoot through an open field . ( cisfemale + she/her ) + ( saxon , twenty-six , she/her , cst )

Out Of Character

Hello bbies! 🥰 My name is Saxon and I’d like you to meet the absolute labor of my love Tessa and love her even though she doesn’t deserve it! We are always open for connections, ideas or plots so please, please, please do not hesitate to hit me up if you want to conjure something up with this lovable and ridiculous energetic puppy. I look forward to roleplaying with you and your children!

Basic Information

Full Name: Tessa Grace Richards.

Nickname(s): Tess.

Birthday: Febuary 10th, 1996.

Orientation: Heterosexual.

Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish.

Background

So Tessa was born to an unwed couple who were in their mid 30′s at the time, her mom thought the two of them were hopelessly in love until Tessa was four and dude just dipped? Her mom came home one day and all his stuff was gone, no note or anything, he drained their account and they haven’t ever heard from him since.

This obviously fucked Tessa up young because she has mad issues with love meaning anything and also abandonment, like she definitely doesn’t sleep well at night because she spent years waking up and running to the window every time she saw car lights, thinking it was him coming home.

She had two shitty relationships as a teenager, the first cheated on her because she wasn’t ready to have sex and then the second whom she actually gave it up to, turned out to just be with her on a bet to see how long it would take him to get in her pants? She ended up punching dude in the face when she found out and broke his nose and asshole’s family actually wanted to press charges until Mama Richards shut the shit down.

TW: SUICIDE ATTEMPT MENTION Has slight anger management issues? Like she’s chill but when she blows up man does she blow up. Pushed a girl down a flight of stairs at school after she made a remark about a friend who had tried to commit suicide, the family did press charges this time and Tessa had to go to anger management classes and serve community service hours. She also got kicked out of school and just decided not to go back, went online and just got her GED at seventeen instead.

She was (and still is) very close and attached to her mom, absolute most important person in her life, but she worried about her so much her mom realized she probably wasn’t ever planning on leaving? So her mom got the help of her friends and they actually filled out an application for her to go onto a reality tv show? Seems crazy but each season took place in a different part of the world and her mom knew she wanted to travel but would never make the decision herself so when she got cast her mom was just like “lol here you go bye now”.

She hated it at first because she had grown so used to Texas and the country and her friends and making sure her mom was okay that it gave her a lot of anxiety and stress but she actually fell in love with it? Made a lot of close friends, became a fan favorite of sorts and would you believe it, the dumbass fell in love.

This boy wormed his way into her heart and it was a kind of a slightly unstable relationship because she would try and push away from him and her feelings but he always drew her back? He even proposed after like months of them being together and she panicked and ran but still he drew her back and they agreed that they should chill with the idea of engagement/marriage? He ended up leaving the show after like their fourth messy break up? And she, would you believe it, followed. The two ended up sleeping together but she was overly aware of the fact that he wasn’t actually in love with her anymore so she saved herself any awkward conversation and further heartbreak by just dipping before he woke up.

After this, Tessa returned to Texas and spent a solid week just out partying and drinking with friends and suddenly - BAM, she was having a one night stand with a complete stranger which was rather out of pocket for her and then even more suddenly - BAM, a pregnancy with no clue as to who the child’s father was. Thankfully it ended up being the one night stand’s and he turned out to be an incredible guy and father.

Obviously she never returned to the show and focused instead on becoming a mother and setting up a future for herself and her child.

She’s always been a big fan of kids (worked for a daycare after school, actually helped start up a charity that works with orphans/orphanages while on the show) and so she decided that she wanted to be a child life specialist and started attending school during her pregnancy and the two years that followed.

She ended up having a little girl named Addison, this child is her whole world and she’s 1000% the mom that posts about their kid too much on social media but she’s 100% turned Tessa’s life around and helped her mature in ways she wouldn’t have without her and she just loves her kid more than anything/anyone else.

She assumed her life would remain in Texas until a trip to New York a few months back to visit Alex Morgan (who remarked on the fact that she should move in) ended with her packing up her daughter and her bags within less than a month and landing her in the state for the foreseeable future.

She’s currently continuing her last year of school through online classes in order to get her bachelors while interning at the Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital.

Personality

Also an aggressive lil’ lady though, like 12/10 chance she’ll throw hands if you want to fuck with or say something about the people she loves.

Desired Connections

Friends? This is tricky because she was basically in Texas for most of her life and then traveling? But someone who lived in/visited Texas and they met? Someone she met while filming the show in some random country - they were living there or traveling and met while she was out and about one day? Maybe someone she met through her charity work? Someone who has a kid or a younger sibling/niece/nephew/godchild who she took care of at the hospital or even on a home visit and they met her/know her that way?

Exes? So her most recent ex is off limits because it’s based off a real connection but like either of her exes from high school? The first one would have had to have lived in Texas for some time but the latter could have been visiting friends/family for a summer? If anyone has a character that works for these I’m down for the drama, especially the second because Tessa is fully ready to break dude’s nose again.

Half siblings? So Tessa’s dad basically bailed when she was little - maybe he had another family? Could have had a kid before her who he also bailed on, could have started a family during the same time or after, he could have stayed there for them or bailed on them as well? They could know about Tessa, or neither could know about the other? Tessa pry wouldn’t know about them because she made it a point to never bother searching for this man let alone any family but literally I’m down for whatever other ideas you’ve got on this one!

Honestly Tessa needs some guy friends! Like I said she’s always been very much more one of the guys - would rather be drinking a beer watching a sports game and yelling than going on a shopping spree okay she has 0 interest, and since she moved from home she needs a new guy group to cause trouble with but also, who makes a better wing woman than a girl okay? Chaos friend but also mom friend rolled into one because she will get involved in shenanigans but will also call you out for acting dumb too.

Also here’s some open, wanted musing connection ideas; https://tessarichardsmusings.tumblr.com/tagged/tessa-%2B-open

#wealthyhq:intro #i feel like this got long and i only speak in nonsense rambles so hopefully it makes even a sliver of sense

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cryptidcryptic · 4 years

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Free pass to blab about hxh

OKAY SO I HAD A WHOLE 6 paragraph thiING GOING ON AN TUMBLR FUCKING CRASHED SO AHHHHHHHHHH FUCK ME AM I ROIGHT? WHy wasn’t it savEd???

OKAY FURST OFF

NeN! This system is so fucking genius man, it’s way of stopping power escalation is ducking brilliant, anyone can win any fight with any nen ability as long as they’re smart it’s 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

It makes fights so much more fun omfg, esspeciallt since the main characters loose fights so regularly that I’m always surprised about the out come of fights!!!

Look at how damn simple it is! Hisoka said it best, sjdhgcv it’s so easy to say what my fav characters from other anime would be (Mura would be a specialist and no I don’t take constructive criticism)

And it’s frigging maP of actual contents? I c o n I c

BuT ENOUGH AB OUTTT NEN! The 👏🏽story 👏🏽is 👏🏽so 👏🏽gooood👏🏽 these genius one in a million talent kids just running round beating the ever loving shit out of every adult in their path??? 👌🏽

First ofF you got killua god daMn Zoldyck this lil shIT is from a family of assassinations, next in line to the assassin throne cuz only white haired anime boys can be head zoldyck. His straight up immune to torture, poisons and electricity, cuz in the Zoldyc family child abuse is just your average every day hand me downs.

One time he juSt tore a guys heart out and handed it back to him??? It was great 🤩 and his friendship with Gon is so pure!!! He just wants friends so bad and he ngdddfsjddggfvvv friendship goals 😭

G o n! This little shit a damn dark horse, you think his gonna be stereotypical anime protagonist no. 47552 but he ducking switches the script!!!! His still a kid and a real fucking selfish one at that, I lov e it!!! He has flaws that are constantly being called out????!??? G o o d, when an assassin tells you to calm tf Down maybe you should Gon ma boiii. Also, his ability is literally rock paper scissors cuz his just cute like that 😭

at first his whole ark is finding his damn absentee dad that just left him at his aunties and bounced

LeOrio is b a b y! He literally entered this exam full of the toughest of the tough as a broke ass med student just to pay his way through school, relatable. We stan a working king 😪👌🏽 also he punches gons absentee dad in the face one time, it was great 💜👄💜

Kurapika is basically just sasuke before sasuke was sasuke: red eyes, dead family someone stole all their eyeballs, r e v e n g e: kurapika 🤝sasuke

As much as I love these four flippers the best part of hxh is that most of the arks we spend away from them, it makes the world seem so much bigger!!! They aren’t the bee all and end all of everything, they really are just kids and sometimes they can’t be involved in shit like war.

And omg the side characters holy shit they could all carry series on their own knuckles, octoboy and camellion best boy are some of the defining side characters 👌🏽 the chimera ant ark is my favourite arks in any god damn anime ever and if you say you watched it to the end without crying you are a LIeR meruem I love you with all my heart omg

AlSo the villains?? ICONIC. Hisoka and Illumi? The best god damn murduos set of CANON husbands in the series and I would pay top dollar to see that wedding

THE PHANTOM TROUP? Poor kids stealing shit and protecting their home even if they live in a literal tip??? Found family in the trash heap????? STAN. Also that one girls ability is literally just hoover with a mouth 👁👄👁 FR NO JOKE

I would die for egdy boy faitan look AT HIM EDGYYYYYY with the power of speaking in tongues and the sun, he technically does a magical girl transformation whenever he activated his nen 👀 new coat who do dis type of transformation

And Kalluto has the best damn design be looks so ducking elligsnt, bUt god the fuck did solver aggre to let him roll with the spiders w t f happened to too dangerous?? Please parent your kids silver, do not let youngest zodyck roll with the most dangerous of crews🤡 also Kalluto fights with the power of paper cuts and I love it

IN ESSENCE WOULD DIE FOR ALL OF THEM PLEASE WATCH HXH ITS SO GOID BSYGGGVFSDCVHRFGVC

#that’s right #I REROTE SND ADDED TO THE LOST POSR #what of iT 😤#TWO HOURS ON THIS SPLURGE #I am so sorry :’)#pls watch hxh

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moonlightreal · 4 years

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Fate Episode One

At long last, it’s tiiiiiime!

First: whitewashing bad. Fact acknowledged. Everybody else has said everything on the subject (ad nauseum...) so no reason to say it all again!

I’m diving in with questions. The main one is “Will there be a good reason for Musa to be a mind fairy rather than a music fairy?” Dunno why that’s what I’m wondering the most, but it is. There’s also “Is Fate!Stella truly an unholy union of Stella and Diaspro?” and “so what makes them fairies not witches/psychics/mutants?” and “So what’s up with Beatrix? We know nothing about her, and as an Umineko fan I’m favorably disposed towards witches named Beatrice!” and also “They’re not really having sex are they?!”

I’m going to try and approach Fate just like I do every season of the cartoon, ready to celebrate the good, snark at the bad, enjoy many headcanons, reference random stuff, and have a good time. Pretending I haven’t had my fannish heart nigh to broken by the state of the fandom and that I’m worried I’ll get hate for even posting this. I’m’a try to start from zero to find my own answer the really big question… “Good, bad, or totally irredeemable?”

So… In which we discover a new world.

We start with… a night scene. Not promising when “too dark can’t see” is one of my pet peeves! An old fella comes out to check on his cute Irish sheep. He passes through the barrier, into the dangerous forest beyond to look for a missing sheep. Yup, he’s gonna be guest victim in the first five minutes.

Oh no! Something has disemboweled a sheep and left it hanging in a tree! Clearly there are leopards in the magical realm!

There is a great roar and an unseen but very large-sounding beast chases our poor shepherd! The guy trips and falls just as he’s about to get through the barrier and is set upon and devoured by the unseen beast! Blood spatters the rocks!

Opening! It’s the wings we’ve sen and some really beautiful music. One point for the music.

Then a gorgeous flying shot of the outside of the barrier and Alfea. Whatever the plot turns out to be, the outdoor setting is beautiful. Music that seems to be both pop and edgy plays as we zoom in on the logo on the gate, and there’s Bloom coming in the gate.

And there’s Terra with her father and a tray full of plants.

And there’s Aisha walking by with her dreads

And there’s Stella taking a selfie with other students.

And there’s Musa leaning on her suitcase, headphones on, looking at her phone. Another girl says something to Musa and she turns and replies and smiles.

And there’s one of the guys twirling a knife. I’ve heard Sky starts out in a pink shirt so this must be Riven. The camera comes back to Bloom as she gives him a doubtful look. In the novelization she’s mentally labeling him an edgelord, and that kinda fits. Any dude showing off his willingness to twirl weapons at a high school probably is best avoided—except the dudes here are training to fight so the weapons rules must be different. I wonder if Bloom knows yet that dudes with swords are normal here.

Bloom gets a text to meet Stella at the gate. She waits.

Camera pan to Sky talking to another guy. Sky looks… Sky-ish. Chris Evans style handsome, blond. I’d’ve made him grow his hair to mimic cartoon Sky’s silly shaggy haircut, but points for making Sky look like Sky! Minus points for not dying Riven maroon. They could’ve made it work!

Sky is indeed wearing a pink shirt. In the novelization Bloom thinks he’s wearing it “because gender roles were for the weak” which is a line I think is funny and intend to use in a story somewhere. There is no obvious hint in the show that Sky thinks gender roles are for the weak

Bloom’s tired of waiting. She heads off. Sky ditches his buddy to go meet her. “Wow, you are so lost. I’m impressed with your confidence in the face of complete ignorance. Issue is, you’re overcomitted. You’re essentially running. And now that I’m here you can’t possibly give me the satisfaction of turning around.” he says, all in one go.

I can’t decide if that’s jerkish or charming. Maybe Bloom shares my weakness for men with accents because she decides on charming.

Bloom says she’s a fairy, giggles because that’s something she never thought she’d say, they’re standing in the courtyard of a college for fairies, Bloom’s from California, not the Otherworld. So we get all that established. Sky is kinda charming here and points out the specialists’ hall and fairy hall.

Sky: “I’d be happy to-”

Bloom: “Mansplain it?”

So the writing team does know some modern issues! Bloom says Sky seems like a mansplainer, which seems like quite a leap since she is new and he is helping her, in a friendly-sarcastic kind of way. She’s giggling, clearly charmed.

Then Riven comes up, and he’s like a foot shorter than Sky, and Bloom escapes for some reason so maybe she wasn’t enjoying the conversation as much as it looked? Or maybe it was just the plot needs to move along. Riven glomp-hugs Sky. He’s got a great accent too.

Bloom must’ve left because she saw Stella, they say hello. Bloom says she got impatient waiting and Stella says, “How very American of you” So American stereotypes are known in magical worlds also?

So, Stella! Blonde, tall, zero Stella vibe. Accent. Long pale coat and a satiny top with big chunky pendant. She gets to her ring quick, “Portal ring, the only thing that keeps me sane in this place is the ability to leave it. Your world may not always be thrilling but it beats this one. There are seven realms in the Otherworld, each a different kind of boring.” All spoken in a jaded monotone. Ugh, what have they done to our Stella!

The girls walk inside while Stella speaks, the school is pale stone and arches and plants. Other students are arriving, hauling suitcases, hugging. At least some of them seem happy to be here!

Cut to the globe! and it’s a magical globe, the water moves and there are lil sailing ships! But the lands are totally blank, so it’s a cheap magic globe Dowling didn’t pay enough for the one with tiny forests too. Alfea is in the realm of Solaria.

Maybe they shouldn’t have made Ireland = Solaria. I’ve only been to England but we did not see the sun the whole trip! Bloom’s in Dowling’s really cool office. She spins the globe but the camera pans away before we see the names of the other realms. Bloom’s talking nervously about seeing people updating their insta stories, expecting Tinkerbells, and the lack of wings.

Dowling: “We had wings in the past. As we’ve evolved, transformation magic has been lost. Tink was an air fairy, you’re a fire fairy.”

Dowling says classes tomorrow, learn to use magic slowly but safely… we establish Bloom is here to learn to control her magic so she can go home and not keen on ‘slow.’ Dowling says, ‘trust the process’ which immediately makes me mistrust her.

Then she gives a great lil speech: “Alfea’s graduates have ruled realms and led armies. They have forged powerful relics and rediscovered long lost relics. They shape the otherworld.”

But Bloom just wants to get done and go home. She says, ‘I'm here because you promised you’d teach me control.” and Dowling says, ‘no, you’re here because you knew you have no other choice.” and Bloom looks betrayed.

Yeah Dowling’s sus.

Next scene: Bloom showing her dorm to her parents over video call! How does that work between dimensions? Her folks look nothing like Mika and Vanessa, dad’s got a beard and silver temples, mom’s got big blonde curls. Neither of them have burn injuries or the sort of freaked out vibe I’d expect from folks whose house was just on fire.

Roommate pan-around! Terra puts potted plants everywhere! Stella preens at the vanity! Musa headphones-and-laptop but smiles at Terra. Aisha comes in with her laundry bag.

Bloom’s parents get suspicious about the timezone thing, they think Bloom’s in the Alps, and Aisha comes and covers for her saying it’s time for lights out.

Aisha intro! She is wearing a pink and brown checkered dress that’s not super fashionable or flattering. I like her blue braids though. Aisha does not seem to have the accent that many Alfeans have.

Bloom explains the “human parents, fairy daughter, I must be a throwback to an ancestor” thing. Aisha looks dubious. Then they mention Harry Potter!

Bloom; ‘Ravenclaw, sometimes Slytherin.’

Aisha; ‘Explains the lies then. Gryffindor.’

Bloom: ‘Explains the judgment.’

Congrats, you both were jerks in three short lines. 9_9 But they’re smiling so I guess it’s friendly sniping.

Bloom goes to see Stella, who’s holding up sparkly tops to herself. She’s also got this weird rainbow skirt that looks like gymnastics clothes not real clothes. Stella’s changing for the party because people have already seen her in her clothes. Bloom asks confused, ‘People expect you to wear multiple outfits?’ and Stella comes back with, ‘people expect me to care how I look.” In the same jaded monotone.

Before Bloom can WTF outta there like a sensible person Stella snaps her fingers and creates a ball of light. Bloom gapes, but not nearly as much as I feel like she should. The magic is beautiful, it’s all rainbowy and sparkly. Bloom just hesitantly asks, ‘Can I ask, how exactly you..?” and Stella shuts her down with an almost kind, “I’m a mentor, not a tutor.”

But she does give a little infodump. “Fairy magic is tied to emotion. God thoughts, bad, hatred, fear, the stronger the emotion the stronger the magic.”

And Bloom says, ‘Do you hate me or fear me? You were looking at me when you did that. And I’m pretty sure you don’t love me.” Smart cookie, Bloom! Points to you! We know it’s because Bloom was talking to sky, and that gives Stellla some emotions.

And points to Stella, she thaws out her voice and talks like a real person, ‘I don’t know you. I’m sure once I do I’ll find something to love.” She sounds rather doubtful about the last bit but yay actual emotion!

Then Stella goes over to Terra for her intro scene and I cringe because the novelization did Terra dirty and I’m not keen to see it on screen. But it works ok. Stella gently calls Terra on the number of houseplants and says the secret garden was better kept secret, Terra responds that wasn’t really the message of the book, Stella looks at her with amused patience and leaves Musa and Terra to continue the scene. And I decide if there’s no infodump about how earth and the Otherworld relate to each other in this show I shall be cross.

Then Terra chatters on about her family and how she grew up at Alfea since her dad works here (she’s holding a 100% fake plant) and drops that Stella is a second year. Musa asks why a second-year is in a first-year suite and Terra says it’s some administrative thing probably best not to mention. But Terra totally knows the secret.

Musa’s eyes glow purple. Magic! But we don’t hear what she hears. She starts putting her headphones on. Terra goes on to say they should all not mention it to Stella, then interrupts another headphones-attempt to offer Musa a succulent, “They’re low maintainence, perfect for you, not that I really know you...’

Musa: ‘If I take it will you stop talking?”

Terra visibly deflates and Musa apologizes and grabs the succulent before finally getting to escape into music.

Aisha leans in to ask Terra if Alfea has a pool. It has a river and Aisha’s been swimming—twice a day every day! Terra says no pool, just the pond where the specialists train but nobody swims there, at least not on purpose.

And we immediately cut out to the pond, which looks pretty mucky, I wouldn’t want to swim there either! Two specialists, a boy and a girl, are whacking away at each other with wooden swords on the shore. They’re all dressed in black pants and tank tops, very Divergent movie poster except with the Alfea logo on the front. There’s a bunch of specialists training all around the pond and one does indeed knock their opponent in with a splash! But we home in on Sky and Riven and I cannot get over how short and skinny Riven is compared to Sky! And the fact that I’ve just been rewatching Lord of the Rings and Riven doesn’t look 100% not like Dominic Monaghan… sorry Riven’s actor, I’m sure in future episodes I’ll stop thinking you’re a hobbit!

Anyway, Riven’s teasing Sky about his crush on Bloom, says Sky always goes for the crazy ones and all redheads are crazy. Sky puts Riven on the mat and Riven says he was getting high all summer and not practicing. Before Sky can give him a “big brother speech” on that riven skedaddled because here comes the teacher with a different speech!

This show’s Codatorta, whose name is Silva and who looks very irish and I like him, does a little speech about how y’all gotta train, singles out a black guy I think is Dane and says, ‘even you will be able to fight like him.” and attacks Sky, who fights back. They spar for a minute.

Infodump: “Sky’s father was Andreas of Eraklyon, that makes him a legacy.” Also, some of these kids are from families of specialists and some were selected by Silva based on their talent for combat and weaponry. “This place will seem like hell until actual hell comes. We are the first line of defense, a certainty when the future is uncertain!’

Then Dane snickers about the whole ‘school full of kids with swords’ and Silva says it must be nice to be so ‘soft’ he can make fun. And Dane drops that the barrier exists ‘to protect the school from Burned Ones.”

As he says it, we cut to Sky going out through the barrier to smoke.

Burned ones are gone. But Silva saw one when he was a kid. His father shot it but was killed by the Burned One’s poison. Burned Ones are inhumanly strong and fast, and have a terrible poison, or disease that kills people who get away.

Sky looks over and sees the shepherd’s body. Yikes!

Cut to the staff arriving to look at the remains. Just three: Dowling, Codatorta, and Terra’s dad. Is that the whole staff? Who teaches? Could’ve been a wolf or a bear… Terra’s dad collects some gunk from the body and I think calls it “char residue.”

Dowling says, “She killed all the Burned Ones.”

She? This world’s Marion/Daphne, likely.

But the adults clean it up so the kids can party! Our girls are gathered around the food, and they’re better dressed! Aisha’s got her hair up and a blue hoodie, Musa’s got a little red coat. Terra has not been blessed by the fashion fairy, she’s in some overalls it looks like, not flattering. Terra is saying hopefully that maybe the shepherd died of old age and Musa’s ‘Yeah, that old age decapitation” is gentle ribbing not cruel.

Aisha’s loading up a stack of cookies, says how much she eats and, ‘If I didn’t swim I’d be massive.” it’s not aimed at Terra , but Terra flinches. Aisha heads off and Terra says something that boils down to, ‘Musa, you’re tuning out me in particular.” which, Terra you’ve known Musa for what, six hours? Way too short a time to take it personal. Musa says, ‘It’s a me thing, it’s not you.” and Terra just flusters and heads away. Musa looks troubled but not sure what to do and puts her headphones on.

This is SO much better than in the book. Not perfect, all the interactions between the girls have been very weird as if they’ve been given a script full of cruel catty lines and instructed to say them in a kind way, but at least they’ve tried for the vibe of “trying to be nice to people we don’t know yet and flubbing it” rather than “we are all terrible people” like I feared.

Terra meets her dad and tries to go to the greenhouse with him but he makes her stay to enjoy the party.

Cut to some grownup dude—Dowling’s secretary? Apparently searching for something in a desk that I presume is outside the headmistress’ office.

Beatrix… or possibly a gothed-up Bloom… comes to see Dowling and when told the headmistress isn’t in says, ‘I’ll just take a water, room temp, thanks love.’ and then when the door opens Beatrix greets Dowling with a simpering ‘I'm your biggest fan, I’m obsessed with Alfea...” and cascading apologies for swearing, with more swearing. Dowling and her secretary are as confused by this as I am but Dowling says Beatrix can study the history of Alfea in the library if she wants to. I assume this is evil Beatrix slyly getting permission to hit the books. Is Beatrix even a student at Alfea?

Cut to Bloom’s notebook, she’s already started taking notes about powers being linked to emotions, love hate and fear. Great initiative Bloom, but are there no textbooks you could be reading ahead in?

We get dumped back to a flashback: Bloom’s mom wants her to go out on a Saturday night, to a party or a movie or whatever teen thing. All Bloom wants to do is go to antique sales apparently. Bloom doesn’t want to be a “basic bitch” like her mom and her mom doesn’t want her daughter to be a “weird loner.”

Pause while I urban dictionary “basic bitch.” Huh. Not a term I ever heard in my circle of nerds.

Bloom and her mom are awful to each other. Back in the present Bloom’s eyes flame up as she remembers. She decides it’s time to go experiment! Right now! Before even one day of magic class or one page of a textbook! The idiot ball has entered play.

Night has fallen because of course it has. Bloom runs into Sky at the party. But she’s not looking to party, she’s looking for a place to be alone outside. Sky directs her to beyond the barrier, because we’re about to have Plot. If it weren’t for Plot I‘m sure Sky could’ve suggested a specialist workout area inside the barrier. Sky says there might be wolves or bears or “maybe something much scarier” and Bloom catches the idiot ball and says, ‘But no people? Perfect!”

Sky offers to go with her but Bloom says no thanks in a “I think you may be flirting and I may be down for that in the future just not right now.” kind of a way. Good character interaction! Except Stella grabs Sky for a chat once Bloom heads out to meet the Plot.

Sky and Stella have an opaque exchange that really just establishes they have a past of some sort that everyone knows about because everyone stares—or at least Stella thinks everyone is staring. I’m starting to feel weirdly sorry for this Stella who has none of her namesake’s sparkle and confidence. Why does she think all the realms are boring? Is she ever enthusiastic?

...wait, it’s still day! Why was it night inside?? This show is weird about lighting. Gosh Ireland is beautiful! Where’s this castle they got to be Alfea? Can I go there? This FOREST! It is a fully magical forest. Aisha is swimming in the river, with goggles and a cap but Bloom heads into the amazing forest. Good music here too! Forests and magic and music, come on Fate you CAN be a good show, I believe in you! Just put down the idiot ball and step away... Bloom goes through the barrier and outside it sees a swirl of orange and white sparkles in the air. She watches it and laughs and then hikes through a little more forest.

Finding a clearing Bloom calls her fire. At first she can’t, then she looks through the pictures on her phone looking for emotion. “Pictures of my sad teenage years are not happy thoughts. Noted.” She says with an angsty little smile. Then there’s a photo of the burned out house. She zooms in and stares at it taking in all the details. And we get flashbacks to the line of fire racing towards her parents’ bed.

Fire! Bloom turns her handful of fire this way and that, delighted, then tries for two hands. This is the scene from the trailer, playing with fire. Good music here. And good that Bloom thought the magic was neat… uuuuntil she realizes she doesn’t know how to put it out. She freaks out and waves her hands around trying to blow out the flames.

Aisha comes to the rescue and says dumb things like, “You’re losing control.” and “If you get angry at me...” and Bloom does get angry and throws lines of fire right at Aisha. Who looks terrified. Sensibly, but also has she never seen fire magic before? She grew up in a magic realm, does she know nothing about how to help someone get control? Is control taught to magical babies so teenagers rarely see someone wigging out? But if magic is emotion then everyone will lose control sometime since we all get upset. How does an emotion=magic society function?

Anyway. aisha pulls water up from the ground and puts out the flames.

Inside Aisha gives Bloom what for about losing control. Including, “Is that American for sorry I almost set you on fire?” Srsly, this show is Irish people and Italians stealth throwing shade at Americans! *Laughs in January 2021* Bloom retorts that she went away from people to experiment for just that reason, and tells Aisha about not having had fairy parents or any magical experience.

Aisha responds with the story of flooding her school including the toilets and having to wade through poo. (I also tend to call it poo, after watching Mike Rowe. I wonder if they watch Dirty Jobs in the Otherworld.)

And Bloom tells her story. Bloom isn’t a cheerleader, she likes antiques and staying home by herself, so she and her mom don’t get along. Her parents removed her door, which is awful! And Bloom got flamey eyes and sent fire straight at her parents while they slept. While Bloom sat on her bed in a rage trance. Understandable level of fury after that fight. And Bloom feels awful, also understandable. And she snuck out to sleep in a creepy warehouse to protect her parents. Her folks didn’t know it was her of course, they don’t know about magic.

Aisha says that beats her flood story, but Aisha is also wondering about something. “You drew on a good deal of magic without even trying. it’s hard to believe you’re from a dormant bloodline. Is there any chance you’re adopted?”

Bloom laughs. Then says she heard the story of her birth a million times, she was a miracle baby diagnosed with a heart defect but then after birth her heart was fine.

Aisha: “Oh god, you’re a changeling!” … ‘It’s barbaric and it barely ever happens anymore….”

Bloom has had enough and just says, “why would you even tell me that?” and leaves. Musa comes over and asks Aisha what she said. Aisha: “The truth. Because someone’s been lying to her.”

Cut to Dowling, lookin’ sus!

This changeling thing had better be fully explained later. Why was it done in the past? Why is it considered barbaric? What happened to the parents’ real kid? I assume she died of the heart condition, but that’s a bigole dangling bit of Plot. In the unlikely event that Fate goes for many seasons that baby will turn up with magic too or as a specialist or something.

Dowling pours tea. Then she telekinetically locks her office door and opens a secret passage! Dowling is sus.

Back at the party, where it again seems to be night. Dane is leaning on a column hangin out when here comes Riven with a flask! He offers, Dane says no thanks, Riven says, ‘There are two types of first-years: pussies and aspiring former pussies.” and pours the entire flask’s worth of booze into Dane’s cup anyway.

Dane says something about, “It feels like less a binary choice and more like a spectrum.” And points for the actor delivering this line like it’s a sarcastic comment on social juscice-ness rather than the large sign saying “Dane is not straight!’ that the writers intended. Dane drinks, makes a face, and Riven bullies him into drinking the rest, tipping the glass so Dane chokes.

Terra rides to the rescue, “Bullying the first-years? Can you be more basic?” and Riven says Dane was into it which he wasn’t.

Terra: “Thinks he’s some badass but you should’ve seen him last year he was just a tragic nerd in disguise.”

Riven: “And she’s just three people in disguise.”

Dane does call Riven out on that bit of nastiness but Terra just does a great lil speech and strangles Riven with vines. Thought I’d hate that but I kinda liked it. Go Terra. Then she introduces herself to Dane, says that wasn’t a great first impression but Dane says he’s about to make an impression by throwing up after a single drink, and Terra hurries him away presumably to the nurse.

Bloom google-imaged changelings! Lotsa woodcuts, someone’s fanart entitled “horror of fairy babies.’ There’s more nuance to it than that… Bloom looks at a family photograph.

There’s Stella, coming to be sympathetic? Nope, she’s coming to conivingly advance the plot! “You know there’s no shame in that, wanting a normal life, wanting to be home...”

When the girls get back Bloom is nowhere to be found. Musa mind-reads that Stella is wracked with guilt, They put it together, Bloom was talking to Sky and now she’s gone. Apparently Stella did something nasty to the last girl who talked to Sky. Terra is kinda straight up badass. Stella confesses, she kindly loaned Bloom the portal ring so she could go back to “the first world” but to use it Bloom has to go deep into the forest outside the barrier to a door in a graveyard.

Portal’s super low special effects, Bloom pushes open a door in a cemetary, the ring glows, and Bloom walks into what must be the warehouse she hid out in.

It’s very dark inside both buildings but away from the cemetary it seems to still be day so we can see a Burned One’s shadow coming towards the portal. Day and night seem to depend on location in this show, and anywhere you need a monster it’s gonna be dark! Bloom seems to leave the magic portal open and we see her step out on the warehouse into a weirdly well-lit night on earth.

Real actual nighttime on earth. Bloom walks to her parents’ house and calls them from outside. Her dad’s surprised she called twice in one day. This call her folks seem just worried and nice, not awful like they were in the flashback. Bloom cries. She can’t ask her parents about the changeling thing. Her mom says very kind, ‘Your path isn’t like mine or your father’s but I can’t wait to see who you become.” Bloom hangs up and cries and watches her parents in their house, then walks back to the warehouse to return to Alfea.

But first we get to see where she was camping! In a little office in the warehouse. She brought a lot of stuff, bedding and pictures for the walls and everything. She opens a notebook and we see that she was experimenting already, discovered she was fireproof, wondered if she had superpowers. Then she senses something and looks out through an interior window into the rest of the warehouse.

Yikes! it’s a Burned One!

Bloom staggers back, trips, and drops Stella’s ring down a grate in the floor.

Bloom’s never heard of Burned Ones at this point but she knows a monster when she sees one. She cowers, back to the wall. The Burned One breaks through the window and tries to grab her!

Bloom escapes into some kind of tunnel, I guess she opened the grate that the ring fell through? It’s not totally clear. There’s the ring, on the other side of a different grate or screen, Bloom can’t reach it, there’s lots of roaring, Bloom runs like hell!

And there’s Dowling! She says, ‘don’t stop now.’ and gestures Bloom through the door back to the cemetery. The door closes behind her. Terra, Musa and Aisha are waiting to make sure Bloom’s ok. Bloom says the Burned One got the ring.

Stella, meanwhile, is on Sky’s bed when he comes out of the shower! Dressed, at least.

Sky is not interested. “You can’t be here, Stell. If Silva finds out-’ Sky goes for his trousers but Stella comes over and snuggles up to his bare back. Sky is still not keen. Seems Stella dumped him then went silent all summer and now she’s jumping in since he talked to Bloom. Stella… comes out and says, “I got jealous. I did something really stupid.” and she says, “I can’t sleep in a room where everybody hates me.” For sending Bloom into danger to get home when that’s what Bloom wanted? Not great, Stella, but hateworthy? Did the girls all tell her they hate her or does Stella just think she’s an awful person? And is Stella actually desperately unhappy or is she just trying to get in Sky’s pants? Not sure what to take away from this. Sky hugs Stella and tells her she’s better than she thinks she is.

The others get back to the dorm and Aisha reassures Bloom that Dowling can take care of the Burned One.

Cut to Beatrix leaving her raid on the library with armfuls of books. She passed Riven, who’s smoking. They say flirty things and Beatrix says she’s been “snorting the midnight adderall” to show that she’s a bad girl. Riven offers her a puff but her hands are full of books so they do this almost-kiss so Riven can blow smoke into her mouth. Erotic, also gross. Is that a real thing people do? Riven asks Beatrix if she’s a first-year and she says “I’m lots of things” and walks off leaving Riven and the room he’s in, which has the most gorgeous arched windows with trees in them. Is this place real? It’s the same place the party was but now it’s night and these windows are glowing green with tree outlines in them. This has gotta be something the filmmakers added.

Pajama scene in the girls’ suite, Terra waters plants, Musa hops in bed with headphones on. Terra does a needy little wave. Musa reluctantly un-headphones. Terra offers a speaker she borrowed from her brother so Musa can have her music without shutting other people out.

And I cringe so hard because just let people tune you out if they want! Communicate by whiteboard! People not wanting to share doesn’t mean they hate you, it means they have their own thoughts they’re busy with! Come on Terra, be better than your novelization self!

Musa calls Terra out on her fake-happy bullshit. Musa can feel all of Terra’s insecurities and anger. Seems like maybe empaths shouldn’t have to share a room! What’s the range on mind reading? How did Musa hit 16 without learning to tune stuff out or going mad? But Musa says, ‘but if you want to know how I really feel...” and switches her music to a speaker, it’s guitar-y and nice.

Up in Dowling’s office, Silva says she should’ve killed the Burned One not left it chained up and knocked out in a shack outside the barrier. Dowling needs to investigate this Burned One, see if there are more of them. Then Dowling spills that Bloom is a changeling, from the time the last Burned One disappeared. And she says, “Rosalind kept so much from us. I’m worried about the students. The Alfea they know is very different from the one we attended.” There’s something very “there was a war before” about the two of them. Dowling may not be sus after all, though that may make her a terrible headmistress depending on how the next episodes go.

Montage of sleeping students. Terra and Dane are texting. Dane accidentally likes one of Riven’s sexy photos. Riven’s pleased. Sky and Stella are sharing a bed but after the last scene I can’t imagine they actually did anything. Sky seemed pretty unseduceable.

And outside a Mysterious Cloaked Figure passes through the barricade, finds the Burned One in the hut, and zaps it awake with lightning. It pushed back its hood… Beatrix! So if she undid her too-tight braids she’d be Stormy? So is Beatrix the villain? I mean obviously she’s a villain but the threat of the Burned Ones feels... bigger than one teenager in Bratz clothes who has not got the presence of even one Trix much less all three wrapped up together. But anyway she’ gets to be a doomful cloaked figure at the end of episode one.

Very pretty ending credits music. Listened to it several times. I can’t understand the lyrics which is probably just as well. Is it in irish or is it just sung in a way to not have clear lyrics? C’mon fate, Irishness is a big thing you’ve got going for you, please milk it for all its worth!

I… I LIKED it! Now my friends say future episodes get worse so I can’t get my hopes too high but this wasn’t awful. None of the girls really had any vibe of their characters, only Bloom and Sky really look like Bloom and Sky. The worldbuilding is lacking, I’m left with more questions than answers.

And oh god one episode was ten pages and about five hours. I… I meant to do this with every episode but I’m not sure I can. There’s so much to comment on it takes forever. Maybe I’ll do each one in parts. Or maybe I’ll abandon the writing and just watch the show like a normal person. It’s a lot of fun to fine-toothed comb each scene but I’m’a be here forever!

#fate the winx saga

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All names the Sides and Thomas have called each other (As of “Flirting with Social Anxiety”)

I rewatched the whole series to make this list (I mean I was going to anyways...)((I might’ve missed some okay but this is definitely most of them))

Logan

Teach (from Patton and Thomas in “The MIND vs. The HEART” and Patton again in “Am I ORIGINAL”)

Teacher Dude (from Thomas in “The MIND vs. The HEART”)

Kiddo (from Patton on multiple occasions)

Mr. Gloomy-Gus Teacher (from Patton in “Growing Up”)

Pocket Protector (from Virgil in “Growing Up”)

Nerd (from Roman in “Making Some Changes” and “Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning” and again in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness) )

Calculator Watch (from Roman in “ACCEPTING ANXIETY, PART 2/2″)

Erlenmeyer Trash (from Roman in “Fitting In”)

My hero (from Patton in “Fitting In”)

Specs (from Roman in “MOVING ON, PART 1/2″)

Sub-astute teacher (from Roman in “MOVING ON, PART 1/2″)

Buddy (from Roman in “MOVING ON, PART 2/2″ and “Can LYING Be Good” and also from Virgil in “12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS”)

Microsoft Nerd (from Roman in “12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS”)

Microsoft Turd (from Roman in “12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS”)

Drama Turd (from Roman in “Can LYING Be Good”)

Pat (from Roman when he mixed the two together in “Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning”)

Mr. Smartypants (from Roman in “Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning”)

Geed Squad/Squadless Geek (from Roman in “Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning”)

Pain in the Nexus Instruments (from Roman in “Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning”)

Dad (from Roman in “Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning”)

Egghead (from Roman in “Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning”)

Daddy (by Patton in “Learning New Things About Ourselves”)

No Funsen Honeydew...Doo (from Roman in “Learning New Things About Ourselves”)

L (from Virgil in “Learning New Things About Ourselves”)

Iron Giant nerd (from Roman in “Learning New Things About Ourselves”)

Stinky poo-poo side (real mature) (from Deceit in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness)

The tardy teacher (from Virgil in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness)

Dork/whale penis (from Remus in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Nerdy Wolverine (from Remus and Roman in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Roman

Prince Dude (from Thomas in “Taking on ANXIETY”)

Princey (from all of them multiple times. It’s basically his name.)

Sir Sing-A-Lot (from Virgil in “Losing My Motivation”)

Sir Sing-A-Long (himself in Losing My Motivation” (he misspoke Virgil’s nickname))

Kiddo (from Patton on multiple occasions)

Prince Underarm Stink (from Virgil in “Am I ORIGINAL”)

Slugger (from Patton in “Am I ORIGINAL”)

Half-wit (from Logan in “Making Some Changes”)

Meta Knight (from Virgil in “Making Some Changes”)

Romano (from Virgil in “MOVING ON, Part 1/2″)

You malodorous scent-urion (from Logan in “12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS”)

Mr. Doodooface McGee (from Thomas to Roman playing Joan/Thomas’s boss in “Can LYING Be Good”)

Little Bratty Baby (from Logan in “Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning”)

Prep (from Logan in “Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning”)

Bud (from Thomas in “Crofters - The MUSICAL” and “Learning New Things About Ourselves”)

Daddy (by Patton in “Learning New Things About Ourselves”)

Dr. Do-The-Most (from Virgil in “Learning New Things About Ourselves”)

Your Honor (in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness)

The One and Lonely (from himself in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness)(bby no)

The first most handsome prince in the world (from Patton in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness”)

Knucklehead (from Patton in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness”)

Brave, Handsome, Unbeatable (from Patton in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

The Prince (from Thomas in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Cain (from Remus in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Roman lettuce (from Remus in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Doofus (from Virgil in “Flirting with Social Anxiety”)

Patton

Dad Guy (from Thomas in “The MIND vs. The HEART”)

Daddy (heh) (From Logan in “Losing My Motivation”)

Newsie-Hipster-Theatre Geek-Mark from Rent (from Roman in “Losing My Motivation”)

Pouty McSpecs (from Roman in “Sanders Sides Q&A”)

Cardigan-Clad-Clod (from Logan in “My NEGATIVE Thinking”

Softest Little Puffball (from Roman in “Fitting In”)

Padre (from Roman in “Fitting In”)

Happy-Pappy-Patton (given to himself in “MOVING ON, PART 2/2″)

Papa (from Thomas in “Can LYING Be Good”)

Buddy (from Thomas to Deceit disguised as Patton in “Can LYING Be Good” and then again this time to actual Patton in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness)

Popstar (from Virgil in “Learning New Things About Ourselves”)

JJ (from Roman in “EMBARRASSING PHASES”)

Dad (from Roman in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness)

Sssssssuck up (from Deceit in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness)

Honey (from Deceit in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness”)

Pleeb (from Roman in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

The Mayor of Much-kin Land (from Roman in “Putting Others First”)

Such a dad (from Roman in “Putting Others First”)

Bud (from Thomas in ”Putting Others First”)

Lilypadton (from when he turns into a frog in “Putting Others First”)

Little guy... or Big Frog (from Janus in “Putting Others First”)

Rosy-Cheeked Ribbeter (from Roman in “Putting Others First”)

Virgil

Emo Nightmare (from Roman in “A New Year of Lying to Myself...”)

Hot Topic (from Roman in “Alone on VALENTINE’S DAY”)

Big Guy (from Patton in “Losing My Motivation”)

Sunshine (from Roman in “Losing My Motivation”)

Kiddo (from Patton on multiple occasions)

My Chemically Imbalanced Romance (from Roman in “Am I ORIGINAL”)

Negative Nancy (from Roman in “Am I ORIGINAL”)

Jason Toddler (from Roman in “Am I ORIGINAL”)

Jerky McJerkface (from Roman in “Am I ORIGINAL”)

Surly Temple (from Roman in “Growing Up”)

JD-lightful (from Roman in “Making Some Change”)

Dr. Gloom (from Roman in “Becoming a CARTOON”)

Marilyn Morose (from Roman in “Becoming a CARTOON”)

Fairest of them all (from Roman in “Becoming a CARTOON”)

Count Woe-laf (from Roman in “ACCEPTING ANXIETY, PART 1/2″)

Gloomy Goober (from Patton in “ACCEPTING ANXIETY, PART 1/2″)

My Dark Strange Son (from Patton in “ACCEPTING ANXIETY, PART 2/2″)

Poor little anxious baby (from Patton in “ACCEPTING ANXIETY, PART 2/2″)

Brad Pitiful (from Roman in “ACCEPTING ANXIETY, PART 2/2″)

Worry wart (from Thomas in “ACCEPTING ANXIETY, PART 2/2″)

Virge (given by himself in “ACCEPTING ANXIETY, PART 2/2″ and repeated by Thomas a few times, and called that by Roman in Flirting with Social Anxiety)

Friendo (from Roman in “ACCEPTING ANXIETY, PART 2/2″)

Panic! At the Everywhere (from Roman in “Fitting In”)

Sweet and Sour misunderstood Shadowling (from Patton in “Fitting In”)

My child (from Patton in “Fitting In” and “Learning New Things About Ourselves”)

Jack Smellington (from Roman in “MOVING ON, Part 1/2″)

My boy (from Patton in “MOVING ON, PART 2/2″)

Incredible Sulk (from Roman in “12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS”)

Charlie Frown (from Roman in “Can LYING Be Good”)

Buddy (from Deceit disguised as Patton in Can LYING Be Good”)

Shadowy but angelic songbird (from Patton in “Learning New Things About Ourselves”)

Vomedy Central (from Roman in “Learning New Things About Ourselves”)

Cute lil’ muffin (from Patton in “Learning New Things About Ourselves”)

Bud (from Thomas in “EMBARRASSING PHASES”)

Bat-winged cherub (from Patton in “EMBARRASSING PHASES”)

Bad boy (from Patton in in “EMBARRASSING PHASES”)

Trifling ass-sailant of my emotions (from Thomas in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness”)

One Angry Man (from Deceit in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness”)

Pleeb (from Roman in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

The Purp Man (from Thomas in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Tickle Me Emo (from Remus in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Tiger (from Roman in “Flirting with Social Anxiety”)

Gerard Gay (from Roman in Flirting with Social Anxiety”)

Captain Blunderpants (this may have been directed at Thomas? not completely sure. from Roman in “Flirting with Social Anxiety”)

Bird Brain (from Roman in “Flirting with Social Anxiety)

Emo (from Roman in “Flirting with Social Anxiety”)

Deceit Janus

Jack the Fibber (from Roman in “Can LYING Be Good”)

Slippery snake (from Thomas in “Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning”)

Slimy boy (from Thomas in “Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning”)

Harvey Dense (from Virgil in “EMBARRASSING PHASES”)

Dr. Trick-le and Mr. Lies (from Roman in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness)

A snake (from Remus in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Scute-bellied Tyrant (from Roman in “Putting Others First”)

Reptilian Rapscallion (from Roman in ‘Putting Others First”)

Reptilian with scallions (from Patton in “Putting Others First”)

Subterfuge Specialist (from himself in “Putting Others First”)

Lord of the Lies (from himself in “Putting Others First”)

The actual snake on the plane (from Roman in “Putting Others First”)

This morality-fighting snake on this metaphorical plane (from Roman in “Putting Others First”)

Faux-gan (from Roman in “Putting Others First”)

Snake (from Roman in “Putting Others First”)

Banana-conda (from Roman in “Putting Others First”)

Evil snake boy (from Thomas in “Putting Others First”)

Just a snake boy >:3 (from himself in “Putting Others First”)

Thomas

Tony (from Patton in “My True Identity”)

Kid (from Virgil in “Taking on ANXIETY”)

Son (from Patton in ‘The MIND vs. The HEART”)

Kiddo (from Patton on multiple occasions)

Our Little Guy (from Patton in “The MIND vs. The HEART”)

Darude Sanderstorm (from Joan in “Growing Up”)

Mr. Sanders (in “Growing Up”)

Mr. T (from Roman in “ACCEPTING ANXIETY, PART 1/2″)

Tom (from Roman in “12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS”)

Thomathy (from Patton in “12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS”)

Tommy Salami (from Roman in “12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS”)

Tomalomadingdong (from Patton in “12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS”)

Thomas the Dank Engine (from Roman in “12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS”)

Thomas Slamders (from Roman/Joan/Thomas’s boss in “Can LYING Be Good”)

Great man baby (from Roman in “Why Do We Get Out of Bed in the Morning”)

Sweetie (from Deceit in “Selfishness vs. Selflessness)

Pleeb (from Roman in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Dude (from Remus in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Prude (from Remus in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

B*tch (from Remus in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Dr. Seuss (from Remus in Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Grandpa (from Roman in “Flirting with Social Anxiety”)

Sanders (from Virgil in “Flirting with Social Anxiety”)

The Duke/Remus

Bro (maybe? I can’t tell if Roman is singing bro or whoa in his bit in the song. From “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Your creativity (from himself in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Potty-mouth (from Patton in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Roman’s twin (from Logan in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

The unloved brother from the Genesis (from himself in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Abel (from himself in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

You bastard (from Virgil in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

Dukey (from Thomas and Roman in “Dealing with INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS”)

#thomas sanders #sanders sides #virgil sanders #roman sanders #patton sanders #logan sanders #deceit sanders #for later #remus sanders #ts spoilers

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