#hmmmm. the more i think about it the worse i feel. i really don’t want this last story to be taken by anyone

[stinkbeck]

wrote a sad story, bummed myself out, but that’s it baby!!! i’m free!!!!!! i never have 2 write another story again.

[moonshynecybin]

#thinkin about teen dad marc…. like diplopia year…. <- say more callie

eye got. SIX asks about this lmao. but anything for you elle ofc. required reading on this is @yekoc’s vale knocks marc up in like 2013/14 post found here go read it (AND THE REPLIES !!! ). foundational text.

but in this one. vale is jerry springer voice NOT THE FATHERRRR. which i think would make his specific commitment issues significantly weirder and more complex. and marc MUCH more neurotic lmao. he has a baby to look after !!! AND he’s doing death defying stunts !!!

so marc either gets a girl pregnant and keeps the baby or gets knocked up and keeps the baby. choose your own adventure. he’s a teen. diplopia year cwaziness. fully like. i am injured and may never race again which i can’t fix instantly and easily so i’m going to HAVE THIS BABY. tries to #win at teen pregnancy. and marc is part of a VERY tight knit little family so once he gets better he absolutely carts that baby all around the world and inside the garage. (which. he comes back because he both wants to and HAS TO. marquez family finances already depended on him, now you add a tiny sweet infant into the mix that he is responsible for. marc is already psychotic about winning because of natural competitiveness and the aforementioned family pressures this would literally make him worse. crazier.) babychamp t-shirts new meaning. bouncing her on his knee in the box in 2012 BIG ASS baby ear protectors. santi very seriously explaining shit about tire pressure to the side. kissing her little cheek in parc ferme.

and vale. meets this baby/toddler. LOVES this baby/toddler. and as his relationship with marc takes shape it’s a little different! marc’s i’m old for my age complex is 9000x more pronounced but VALE’S i’m young for my age complex is toooooo… so it’s weirder. yes they start fucking but it’s also like. less often. less free time more baby time they don’t hang out at bars as much but every time vale sees marc he gets to hang out with a hot person he likes and sometimes he gets to be goofy for a leedle baby that he is RAPIDLY gaining affection for. marc leaves her with vale (HUGE TRUST. THE BABYSITTING LIST OUTSIDE OF FAMILY IS LIKE TWO PEOPLE.) when he goes to the bathroom and vale reaches over to grab her favorite toy (bugs bunny plush iykyk) without thinking and it’s like oh. oh no. like he spends enough time with her that he KNOWS HERRRR… doesn’t have the rigidity of the fuckbuddies dichotomy because they hang out so often WITH the baby so he can’t write the whole thing off as much. truly what do you do if you love and want to coparent a child. but are also exceedingly scared of commitment and growing older. well.

anyways vale is a freak so he turns that over in his head for a bit. scared 2 death. chews on that for a while. but when it really gets too deep for him is hmmmm ranch visit. when marc rocks up with his toddler (hot pink tiny bike for her that goes 1mph. baby pecco and luca and franky braiding her hair.) lethally adorable in a too big yellow vr46 hat that makes vale’s chest feel like RIBBONS.) and then marc races vale like he’s going to DIE. for NO reason. in a fun vibey recreational session. and vale’s fucking in it now!! every time marc takes a corner too fast his heart seizes up and marc’s daughter flashes in his brain (the baby curl of her hair and the way she reached for marc laughing from the crowd last race…) ans cold sweat breaks out across the back of his neck because if something happens to marc then—

so he pulls back. still waves to her in parc ferme. still makes stupid faces to make her laugh (feels like he’s FLYING. feels like WINNING.) and does grabby hands with marc on cooldown laps (eye ALSO think he doesn’t realize that his marc feelings are a separate entity for the baby feelings lmao. like that he would be worried about marc regardless. the baby is a good excuse here…) but. it’s interfering with his focus. he has to win his tenth. he can’t be coparenting this kid (she’s turning FOUR he’s been giving her bday presents for THREE YEARS NOW.) and worried about marc like that because marc is a competitor. and marc doesn’t feel that way anyways. marc is a bastard to him on track. marc is crashing all the time (WITHOUT VALE THERE. he hears about marc’s summertime hand injury and is like haha. and the baby was WERE. who is HOLDING HER??). and suddenly uccio is at his door and marc is a saboteur. and he’s getting older and he’s slower and jorge is GOOD and that’s— that gives something for vale to grab on to. to self destruct this before it can implode by itself. to make sense of all of this.

and afterwards— after sepang and their text thread drying up and everything. she still runs up to vale allll the time… finds him in the paddock tugs on marc’s hand until he lets her go… and vale always picks her up spins her around sends her back to her dad… still gets her a bday gift… marc watching with a sad smile on his faceeeee… vale DOES get over things faster in this universe because he wants to be more involved for babychild but. it’s rough there for a while when vale is still lying to himself and marc is creating RIGID structures for who he lets in to his daughter’s life because she STILL asks him to call vale so he can read the bedtime story because marc does NOT do the voices right… and he CANT CALL HIMMMM

[harryforvogue]

lucía and harry torture night….. hmmmm so many ideas 😈 what about harry greeting her at his wedding. like he’s making his rounds at the tables during the reception and he finds lucia and he’s so happy to see her but lucia is in so much pain and has to act like she’s fine but harry knows better so he pulls her aside and asks what wrong and idk sarah work your angsty magic

OKIE IUSEHGVLUIREHGLR

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One thing about Lucía is that once she starts crying, it’s hard to make herself stop, so she really focuses all her efforts on not shedding a single tear at Harry’s wedding. And all that energy goes to waste when Harry comes by to say hello in his wedding suit, his tie undone, his sleeves rolled up, and a glow on his face unlike she’s ever seen.

When he pulls her aside to ask if she’s all right, Lucía knows it’s all going to shatter.

“Um,” she says, taking a deep breath. “I am telling you right now that I am about to start crying–”

“Luce, I didn’t –” Harry says, alarmed.

“--and that I won’t be able to stop it so if you want to avoid that, you have to walk away from me, right now.”

But Harry was never the type to walk away, even at the end of their relationship. He’d begged her in front of the airport drop off area to come back to him whenever she wanted, to call him if she ever changed her mind and that he’d be running back to her. That's just who Harry has always been.

So it comes as no surprise when Harry takes a hold of her elbow and takes her into a private room, shutting the door behind him.

“Don’t cry,” he whispers, wrapping his arms around her immediately. It makes matters worse. Lucía struggles against the urge to melt into his embrace, but she loses. She lays her head on his shoulder and begins to quietly cry.

Harry tenses and seems unsure of what to do. But slowly, he cradles her head to him and holds her tighter. “Lucie,” he whispers, placing his cheek against her hair. “Please. Please, don’t do this.”

She takes a trembling breath and whispers back, “I can’t stop now.” She holds his shirt, her eyes squeezed shut. “I can’t do it, Harry. This was such a bad idea. I knew I'd never be able to do it.” She sounds so small and defeated even to her own ears.

“Do what?”

“Let you go. It’s too hard.” Her chest feels as if it’s caving in. “I’m the fucking worst. I’m ruining your wedding and being pathetic and crying over you but I can’t stop now and I’m really scared I won’t ever stop and it’ll make you hate me.” She says it all at once, breaking off with a sob. “I’m sorry. I'm so sorry. I’m sorry, Harry.”

Harry is holding her so tight to him, she can't breathe. “No. Lucie, don’t do that. You can't do that to me."

“I can’t stop. I can’t stop it all from happening. It keeps happening and there’s nothing I can do about it.” She must sound insane, but Harry doesn’t say anything about it.

He waits for her to cry it all out, but it takes far too long. “Your shirt,” she says again, pulling away. She presses her hands to her face and cries, apologizing between each stuttered breath.

Harry grabs her wrists and yanks her closer, prying her hands off. “Hey,” he whispers, holding her face up even as she struggles against him. “Stop that. Lucie, look at me. Don’t do that.”

"I can't look at you!"

"You can. You've been doing it all night, I know it. Please."

“It’s really all me. I’m the problem because you’re here–” she hiccups, letting Harry hold her chin up and wipe her face with his pocket square, “getting married and I’m still living in the past and thinking that you’ll…that you’ll…”

He places a hand on the back of her neck and rests his forehead on hers. “You have to breathe, Luce. Gonna pass out if you stop breathing.”

“And then I’ll ruin your day even more.”

“You could never ruin a single one of my days.”

“It’s your wedding.”

“Even my wedding.”

“You’re marrying someone else, Harry.” Her voice gives out, shock leaking in as if she's said it out loud of the first time. "Fuck, Harry. You're someone else's. We won't ever... we can't ever be... Oh, fuck."

"Lucía, I just told you. You have got to breathe, love."

They’ve had this conversation already. They had it when Harry had sent his invitation, and she’d said she didn’t know if attending was a good idea. But he’d been persuasive, and she’d told herself that she’d get over him in the months leading up to his wedding. It didn’t happen. How stupid was she to believe it would end up being true.

And now she’s crying in his arms because of something she’s done.

She ended it with him. It was all her.

This is all her fault.

“It’s so hard,” she whispers. “I am so happy for you. I am so happy that you are happy, but I can’t do it. Can’t wrap my head around it.”

Harry pulls her back in and tucks her against his chest. “I know.”

Lucía wants to say that there’s no possible way Harry knows how she’s feeling. She’s not the one marrying another man. She’s not even been on a single date after their breakup. She’s not the one who looked so happy today, making him wonder if he’d ever made her feel that way.

“I think,” she says, “I just need to hear you say that you’re happy. I-I think I’ll get the hint. Understand it all. You just have to say that you’re the happiest you’ve ever been in your life.”

Harry’s arms tighten. “I was happy with you as well.”

“I need you to say that you weren’t.” Her eyes squeeze shut. “It’ll help me, I think.”

“It would be a complete lie. I will never say that."

“Doesn’t matter,” she whispers, clinging to him. This may be the last time she’s ever this close to him. “Just say it. Say we were nothing. Say she’s everything you want, Harry, please. It'll help me, I swear it. It will."

Harry doesn’t say anything for a moment, and all she hears is his thundering heart beneath her.

"Please," she insists.

He wordlessly shakes his head.

"I will feel much better, Harry."

When he finally speaks, his voice is restrained and weak. “I’m the happiest I’ve ever been, Luce. She’s perfect for me.”

She lets his words wash over her, the guilt settling in the fine lines. It was always her. She was always the issue, holding him back from finding his true partner, the real love of his life. And though it makes her want to cry and throw a fit, it also makes her catch her breath, reminding her that it was all in her own head.

Harry holds her until she stops crying, though it takes some time. When she pulls away, Harry’s face is pained, and his eyes are red. She looks down at his shirt and sniffles. “They’re going to think you spilled a drink on yourself.”

“That’s fine.”

“Probably can’t wear it ever again.”

“That’s okay, Luce.”

She bites her inner cheek as she looks at him, taking him all in. He’s so handsome, even with his puffy eyes and worried eyebrows. She looks down at the mouth his wife kissed. 

Harry swallows. “It’s not as if we’ll never talk again. You’re my best friend. That’s never going to change. I’m not going away.”

He’ll move on though. He’ll buy a house, have a few children, and share a life with someone else. She’d always dreamt of it being her besides him, her waking up to him, her giving him so much love he’d scarcely be able to breathe. And when he started dating her, Lucía thought it wasn’t all hopeless, especially when Harry complained about the arguments they had to get. But now she knows it’s entirely gone. And she’s still stuck there.

"Don't look at me like that," he whispers. "You're breaking my heart."

"I never want to do that again."

Lucía takes a deep breath, wiping her face once more with her shaky fingers. She looks down at the black mascara all over her hands. “We, um, probably should go back,” she says, wiping her face.

He doesn't move. “Okay. And..." he blinks, searching for something to say, "and you should fix your makeup or my mom will put two and two together and come to yell at me.”

Lucía says, “I think I’ll just go home now, if that’s okay.”

Harry clearly wants to object, but instead he says, “I’ve asked too much of you already."

“Yeah.” She doesn’t move either unable to tear her eyes from him. “Congratulations, Harry. I really am very happy for you.”

The corner of Harry’s mouth twitches as if he’s attempting to smile and that’s all he has the energy to do. She wants to do nothing more than to kiss it. “Thank you, Lucía.”

It feels so much like a goodbye. She can feel her own heart breaking.

Someone calls for him outside. He leans in and presses a quick kiss to her cheek, giving her one last look before slipping out and shutting the door behind him. As soon as he’s gone, she crumbles again, sobbing into her hands, retracing the years of their relationship until she feels strong again, pulling herself back together, and getting out of there.

It’s time to stop mourning things that have ended. She’s had her fill of it.

[secretdonderwolk]

I honestly think RBR reallllyyy want daniel to perform well so they can stick him in the seat: 1) eventually they’ll need someone closer to max in performance, 2) he’ll prob be bigger bang for buck than checo (performance wise) & more likely to accept a super short term contract; they don’t wanna be stuck with Checo or even Daniel 2026 and beyond 3) frees up seat in the VCARB. Obviously RBR are looking elsewhere too, but good thing they have hardly any viable options 😳 Carlos to RBR is basically confirmed not happening so Daniel don’t mess this up!!!

also i think it’s cute that even VCARB higherups are saying if they’re able to build up daniel back to his old self (and get him back in RBR) while developing the team, it’d be ideal and special. Like everyone’s rooting for it. The voices 🥴🥴

hmmmm! see, i do really wonder about this. i think for sure last year this was the plan but now i'm less confident. i feel red bull are also so mercurial when it comes to making choices that the answer could be different per day, depending who you ask and what kind of weird power struggle is going on on the inside. i do think daniel would settle for a worse deal than checo, which maybe helps? possibly? i do also think other backmarker teams would be interested in daniel. like you can't tell me he wouldn't be able to get a seat with a different team next year, even if it's just for marketing or having fun on remote island vibes (james v) so i'm wondering if that has any influence on anything? not that i think he would genuinely entertain that option but it must have some effect on any negotiations happening behind the scenes that at least other teams are interested in him.....? also contract until at least 2025? what does that mean??? that is so sweet...... some of that shit haunts me though. everyone saying he was a shell of himself/hollow, 'not the daniel we knew' like he was an abandoned shelter dog who needed his fleas picked and a nice meal, ARGH.

[brookheimer]

I think a roman suicide could work. As the ultimate outcome of being emotionally crippled due to Logan’s abuse. The use of punishment/reward his entire life made him deeply depend on and worship his father, what Logan didn’t realise was in doing so he made roman unable to function or even live without him. I think it would make sense for Kendall’s story too - he destroys everything he loves in his attempt to be sole CEO and is complicit in Roman’s death by abusing him in his own way reminiscent of his father. That’s not to say Roman will become an immortalised angel who did no wrong - his own cruel actions towards the people he cares for in his quest to please his father even in death leaves him fundamentally alone. Not saying this will necessarily happen just spitballing here, trying to think of any suicide endings that would work cause I agree I’m not big on the Kendall one

hmmmm i get the appeal but i just don’t think rome would ever do something so Final. like, choosing to kill yourself is just about the biggest, most permanent, most personal decision someone could ever make, and i just can’t see roman — roman, who doesn’t even view his body as his own, who fundamentally can’t comprehend the certainty finality permanence of death, who can’t raise his hand without an authority figure telling him it’s okay to, who needs everything to be undoable to be able to be taken back, who doesn’t view himself as actually having agency and is too much of a nihilist to think he could ever make any decision that matters at all, who is a kicked dog that returns and returns and returns until his owner finally decides to put him down — i can’t see him doing something like that. he’ll never leave of his own accord. that’s someone else’s decision to make, not his. deciding to take his life would be the biggest acknowledgment of his own agency and selfhood he’s ever made. he can’t kill himself, he’s not allowed to, that’s another person’s job. maybe at times he wishes he could (maybe), but he’s too much of a coward. he’s too much of a coward for the coward’s way out. he’d hate himself for that but i really do think it’s true. and he is nothing if not a walking internalization (note: not externalization) of logan roy’s opinions and mindset and logan would fucking hate suicide. it’s disgusting. it’s a failing. it’s pathetic. so was roman’s display of grief at the funeral, of course, but that’s just another reason he wouldn’t even want to kill himself now — it would just make things worse, make him look even weaker. everyone would laugh at his corpse. but again, i don’t even think he’d be capable of enacting it, even if he wanted to. the kicked dog never leaves, it waits for a bone and it waits for more kicks. there’s no chain, but there might as well be — the kicked dog has never thought of leaving as an option. that’s just the way things are. there are no alternatives. so overall, like… i think suicide could make a lot of sense for roman’s ARC, given everything, but not a lot of sense for ROMAN himself. like on paper it works given his backstory/history/present moment/etc but considering (at least my own interpretation of) roman as a character, it just feels hard to imagine him, like, following thru with it. that’s just my read though !!!

[darkacademiaarchivist]

the magnus archives sure is a tragedy... (let's talk about MAG 117 - Testament...)

We get so much about the characters and also PARALELLES!!!!

I think Basira is the same. She’s coming along to back up Daisy, or so she says. I don’t quite get those two. I suppose what they’ve done, seeing what they’ve seen… it’s a hell of a bond. The sort of thing I’ve mostly done alone. Still, it does sometimes make it hard to fully trust them…

honestly i like that we don't 100% know what Daisy and Basiras relationship is, people are complicated and i love seeing this (plus if you have more canon queer characters it doesn't feel like queerbaiting like in some other pieces of media sometimes)

You, you know what, no. I’m, I’m done with that. No more paranoia. It’s almost got me killed more than once, and Georgie was right. If I am, uh, slipping then I need people I can trust. And I… I don’t think that can happen naturally for me an-anymore, so I’m making a decision. I trust them. All of them.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!!!!! he's realizing that he can't do it alone!! I'm glad that he's learning, i think everything would have ended a lot worse if he'd kept all to himself (also does Jon now know that Martin has a crush on him now......?)

I love all we learn about Basira here, how she didn't want to be police anymore and all that

I don’t, I don’t really know why I’m here. I mean, I know how I got here. All the decisions I made, until suddenly: yep, this is my life! But not the why. Not really. Does that make sense?

did someone pull some strings here? hmmmm. i really should do something for an Archivist!Basira AU...

How the hell did I end up having to save the world?

a few episodes ago Jon said the waiting is the worst and somoeone pointed out that he's a man of action and here Melanie says:

Hope isn’t really good for anything it’s always been action with me. It’s, it’s been doing things that helps. I’ve never really seen the point of hope.

PARALLELES!!!!!! God all the anger she holds in, she'd definetely get soldier in the Soldier, Poet, King quiz.... please, she deserves to heal

Good luck, Jon. I do hope you win. But I also hope it hurts.

martin.............

I, I’m scared, I guess. – no, wait. No, no, I mean, aww, I don’t want that to be my last message, the thing that defines me. “Martin Blackwood, he was always scared, then he died. The end.” I don’t want that.

screaming crying

I need him to be okay

I’ve always been running, always hiding, caught in someone else’s trap, but, but now it’s my trap, and, well, I think it’ll work. I know, I know it’s not exactly intricate, but it felt good leaving my own little web. Oh, oh, Christ, I hope John doesn’t actually listen to these. “Good lord, is Martin becoming some sort of spider person?” No, John, it’s an expression, chill out!

rip martin blackwood, you would have loved mastermind by taylor swift

Tim.... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

@a-mag-a-day

[sidewayspeace444]

Can’t believe a source so close to Chris would say “I feel like contacting this fan site about him. Let me tell them a huge secret”

Someone would actually run to TMZ and sell it. Let’s be real. If the evidence is so *chefs kiss* they would hit up aa real news outlet.

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THANK YOU!!! 💯💯💯

Exactly what I’ve been thinking & saying nonstop!

This whole thing makes ABSOLUTELY ZERO SENSE! Who TF goes to a freaking Tumblr blog OF ALL PLACES to give a tip-off about a celeb??? Seriously, can someone tell me?!

THE place that everybody goes to when they have something to spill are the gossip sites and outlets - like TMZ, NY POST, Daily Mail, National Enquirer! Hell, even Deuxmoi (although her credibility is highly debatable). Not Tumblr!! Of all places?!

Unless it’s one of the kids or teens in Chris’s family (including Miss Fish herself) who’s the “source,” I truly cannot wrap my head around the possibility of a freaking vendor, a professional, or one of Chris’s grown ass friends discovering TLQ’s blog & deciding “Oh, THIS is where I’m going to share this info!” ALSO, what would said “source” even be getting out of all of this by coming on Tumblr? Why would they do that? UNLESS AGAIN, it’s freaking Alba herself.

And btw, there have been rumors going back to last year that she scrolls around and is quite familiar with Tumblr - so if it would be anyone, it would be her or one of her anti-Semitic friends.

I wouldn’t put it past one of the lonely, desperate housewives, though, either. They have the spare time, so…

TLQ keeps saying that there’s “absolutely no way” they can share the info they got without “compromising” their source’s identity.

Hmmmm…..

So, not even if they blacked things out? This must be a big major “source” then, if it’s not a vendor.

Something is definitely sus. I don’t buy any of the excuses that they and their whole group of followers have been using. I don’t care for their “track record,” either.

I stand by that person who sent them that long ask questioning everything - because they’ve raised a hell of a lot of good points. And that blog’s response didn’t cut it, either. They knew what they were doing. They didn’t care about anyone’s mental health or feelings - they quite literally made things worse.

Call us crazy, call us unhinged, truly don’t care. We’re all literally being driven to this point because people won’t stop with all the mind fuckery that’s been going on.

(I’m sorry mod, I didn’t mean for this to be so long and, well, heated. It’s all just been far too much. It’s so tiring. Thank you for giving me the space to get this all out. So glad to have you back. Xo)

They have made things worse. If they know certain people get anxiety about situations then why are you making it worse for them? I don’t care about it but I do care about peoples mental health. There’s thousands of people who have looked up to Chris Evans for 10+ years, and do they really want to push the narrative that he’s racist too? You are who your friends are.

I have people in my asks standing up for them and you know what? I don’t care to entertain them. The source was more than likely the pottery lady. I’m sorry but a friend of theirs isn’t going to say “A pottery video is coming out” no they’re going to confirm other details that are far more important like Mother Mary, NYC/Bermuda trip. Hell, even Hawaii and Canada.

[matan4il]

Do you think there will be backlash if Buck and Eddie do end up together? I know some think of them as friends and others ship them. Which is fine as everyone has their own opinions. I feel like there will be backlash if they don’t end up together or even if they do end up together. Btw I love your blog and I hope you have a great day!

Hi Nonnie, and thank you for the ask! And thank you SO MUCH for your kind words, I really appreciate them! For real, I wish I could hug you!

Hmmmm, I have to admit, I do. Let’s be real here, homophobia is still very much alive and kicking, and I think there are places where it is seen as “more acceptable” for it to be expressed. These people would consider a gay character to be bad enough, but a (presumed) straight character “turning” gay? They’ll see that as worse. That’s a character they allowed themselves to identify with, to be emotionally invested in. If that character - which holds a reflection of them - is suddenly “turned” gay? That’s threatening, because that’s like telling them they might also somehow turn out to be gay. It’s also emotionally going to be experienced as much more of a betrayal than a character they’ve always known was gay and could emotionally distance themselves from. They’ll also feel like it’s more socially acceptable to speak out against this character being “turned” gay, because that’s not them attacking all gay rep, it’s just them being against this gay rep. And of course it will allow them to claim that gay rep is going too far by (supposedly) making everyone gay, and poor straight people, where is their disappearing rep? So yeah, I fully expect that if Buddie goes canon, there will be a backlash from some homophobic viewers. How many? That’s the big question, isn’t it... What will their numbers be and how much influence would they have? Will they be able to hurt 911/Fox financially for it? Or really, the big question is how much power do the higher ups at Fox assess these homophobic viewers will be able to wield if Buddie goes canon.

I also think if Buddie doesn’t go canon, there will be some backlash as well. The online fandom is, without a doubt, mostly for this. Not everyone, but most want this to happen, and want it enough that if it doesn’t, they will come out and accuse 911 of queerbaiting. How about fans offline? To judge from some comments of straight men left on an early article about Buddie, I would think that there would be quite a lot of people who would be happy to see Buddie go canon. Probably way more than we or Fox realize. But would they riot if Buddie doesn’t? Most likely, no. Which means most of the backlash would be from the online fandom. And let’s be realistic here, are numbers aren’t that big. We’re very active fans, we constantly make content, we get others to watch as well, we’re great for the show’s PR. But is our wrath something Fox would take into consideration, would it hurt the show/the company enough to mean that they would prefer not to anger the online fans than to not anger the homophobic viewers? I tend to think not. We have more of a voice than we used to. And there will maybe be some online TV sites that will take about our anger, which is more than we used to have. So we’re not as... dismissible as we once were. But that’s still relatively new and higher ups are likely to take into consideration the homophobic wrath that might potentially cost them money more than fandom’s wrath. It’s the traditional stance, TBH. So if TPTB were the ones calling the shots on whether Buddie would happen, I would say it’s somewhere between “def no” and “maybe, but if Buddie happen, it would at the very end, when possible monetary damage because of this would be minimal.” Is it only up to those higher up executives? No. It’s also up to Tim. And if he decided he wants to try and be revolutionary, do something that will leave a mark in TV history, something that’s remembered long after the show is off the air, and if he manages to convince the Fox execs that in the long run, this would pay off, he can make Buddie happen and make queer TV history. Will he? It remains to be seen.

I’m giving you the most realistic analysis of the odds that I can. I think it’s important to take all of this into account, manage our expectations, and find for ourselves why we love and enjoy the show, why it matters to us and is worth watching even if Buddie never go canon. I do believe that more than any other show of its kind, 911 can go there and make that little piece of history happen. But I also firmly believe that Buddie is a beautiful love story no matter what their canon status might end up being, and I will always take with me all the moments of their beautiful, insane love we got to enjoy, and how much their little family with Christopher means to me. In my heart, they will always be canon. I sincerely was talking about Henren and Bathena and Madney as we get to enjoy them on @daily118​ the other day, and I threw into that mix Buddie so naturally, I had to take a second and remind myself that there is a difference, because Buddie isn’t officially canon. Well, not as a romantic couple. But I think as soulmates, as partners, as a family, in all the ways that bond two people together and that create the best of romantic couples, they are canon. That’s why I will never regret watching their love story and shipping them even in case Tim or Fox end up letting us down. 

I hope that’s something you can take and enjoy as well, dear Nonnie! Thank you again for your wonderful words, I’m going to treasure them! xoxox

(If you're looking for my ask replies, here is my ask tag! xoxox)

[vgckwb]

P5R: Rebel Girl (A FeMC Story/P5R Rework) Chapter 158: This War of Mine

Friday after school, Ren decided to stop by the arcade in Akihabara to check in on Shinya. As she entered, she heard him cursing up a storm even more aggressively than usual. She approached him cautiously. “Um, Shinya?”

“WHAT?!” Shinya snapped, turning around. Once he saw that it was Ren, he settled down somewhat. “Oh, it’s you. Sorry…”

“Eh heh,” Ren laughed nervously. “Are you…feeling alright?”

Shinya was hesitant to answer. “...I’m just a little hungry.”

“Oh,” Ren said, surprised by the banality of the answer. “Well, why don’t we get something to eat? My treat.”

Shinya looked hopeful. “Really?” Ren nodded. “Sweet! Thanks!” The two of them decided to head out.

Ren decided to take him to the diner on Central Street. She knew Sojiro had stuff that would satisfy his palette, but the diner had more choices, and it wasn’t as far out from the arcade as Leblanc was. They place their orders. “Hey,” Shnya said. Ren looked at him “Thanks again.”

“Hm hm. No problem,” Ren said.

Shinya looked a little disappointed. “I…wouldn’t usually be this hungry. But in the ongoing war at school, some of the other kids put eraser crumbs into my food so I couldn’t eat that much.”

Ren was surprised. “That…sounds rough.”

“It’s not that bad,” Shinya said. “That’s them going easy.”

“So, this ‘war’...what else happens in it?” Ren wondered.

“Eh, don’t worry about it,” Shinya said. “It’s nothing I can’t handle.”

“Hah…eh…hm…” Ren mumbled.

“Really, it’s fine,” Shinya said.

“You say that,” Ren said, “but it sounds like they’re bullying you.”

“You don’t know what’s going on,” Shinya protested.

“I do,” Ren responded. “I…was bullied a lot too, you know.”

Shinya was surprised. “Really?” Ren nodded. “Hmmmm.”

“Do you need help?” Ren asked.

Shinya pondered the question. “I…just need to get stronger. Like The Phantom Thieves.”

“Huh,” Ren said, unsure of how to respond.

“My mom says that we need to be strong, since no one else will be strong for us,” Shinya said.

“What about your dad?” Ren asked.

“He left my mom,” Shinya said. “That’s why she says no one will be strong for us. I’ve heard a lot of other moms saying mean things about her. And their kids, my classmates, say the same things.”

“Gotcha,” Ren said, understanding.

“They don’t understand,” Shinya said. “And when I try to explain it to them, they just ignore me. Or worse. That’s why I can’t afford to lose the war.”

“Hmmmm,” Ren pondered. She was familiar with Shinya’s situation, but not with all the details. She was hesitant to intervene, worried that failure during the intervention would only make things worse. But that didn’t mean she couldn’t do anything. “Well, whenever the war gets to be too much, you know you can always message me, and we’ll play some Gun About, or go out to eat again, or something.”

Shinya was excited. “Really?!” Ren nodded. “Ha! Thanks. That… Thanks.”

Tower-Shinya Oda: Rank 3

Their food arrived. “Well then, let’s dig in,” Shinya proposed. The two of them began eating. After the meal, Ren guided Shinya back to Akihabara. “I’ve got it from here. But thanks again Ren!”

“My pleasure,” she replied.

“Well, seeya later!” Shinya said, running off. Ren waved back.

Later that evening, Ren decided to stop by the Church in Kanda. She wanted to check in with Hifumi to see how she was doing. Unfortunately, she got her answer in the worst way possible. She noticed an imposing woman talking to Hifumi. “...Mother, we’re in a church.”

“Well, if you’d just listen to me, we wouldn’t be having this issue,” Hifumi’s mom said.

“Mother…” Hifumi moaned again.

Ren decided to intervene. “Um, hi,” Ren said. Both of them looked at her. “Hifumi asked if we could hang out tonight. But…”

Hifumi’s mom looked at Ren and smiled. “Hifumi, is she a friend of yours?”

“Yes?” Hifumi answered.

“Well, why didn’t you tell me you had such a cute friend,” Hifumi’s mom. “You should bring her along. I think the photographers would like you and her together.”

“Mother!” Hifumi protested, as Ren’s face went pale and pink at the same time. “She doesn’t need that kind of attention.”

“Please, anyone would kill for that kind of attention,” Hifumi’s mom said.

“I…disagree…” Hifumi said, nervously.

“WHAT?!” Hifumi’s mom shouted. “Do you even know what you’re saying?! I’m your mother! I know what’s best, and how to make things work!” She huffed. “We can continue this conversation when you get home later. I don’t want to keep you and your friend waiting.” She rushed out of the church.

Ren sat down next to Hifumi. “I’m…sorry you had to see all that…” Hifumi apologized.

“It’s…fine…” Ren said. “Honestly, being called ‘model material’ isn’t the worst thing that’s happened to me.” Hifumi was still a little upset. “I take it that was your mom.” Hifumi nodded. “And she still wants you to model more and stuff?”

“Well…” Hifumi explained, “if it was just that, it’d be one thing. But she’s gone off the deep end!”

Ren was surprised. “That doesn’t sound good.”

“It’s terrible!” Hifumi continued. “She actually wants me to THROW my next match. She says it’ll be good for my image. Can you believe it?!”

“Yikes,” Ren said.

“My father can’t even talk her out of it either. She ignores him completely when it comes to his opinion,” Hifumi sighed. “I hate having to do this, but I think we need to fall back on what we discussed in Hawaii. She is actively trying to destroy everything I love and forcing me into everything I hate.”

Ren got her phone out. “Just say the word, and her name is up on the Phansite.”

Hifumi looked intently at Ren. “Mitsuyo Togo.”

Ren put the name up. “And done!”

Hifumi smiled. “Thanks.” She frowned again. “I really didn’t want to have to do this, but if I hesitated like this in Shogi, I’d lose 1,000 times over. And I don’t want to lose like that in life.”

“I get it,” Ren said. “It can be hard to go against the ones you care for.”

“Are you going through something too?” Hifumi said.

“Well, kind of,” Ren said. “It’s not quite what you’re going through, but…” she sighed. “I…don’t want to go back to my hometown. I love it too much here. I can’t go back at this point. But I don’t know how to tell my parents.”

Hifumi placed her hand on Ren’s. “You’ve helped me this much, now allow me to help you. Whatever you need to do, do it! I’ve waited too long to do something about my mother, and it only got worse as time went on. You need to just go for it the first chance you get.!”

Ren smiled. “Thanks.”

Star-Hifumi Togo: Rank 7

“So, um, as long as we’re here, do you wanna play a few rounds?” Hifumi asked. “Perhaps if I’m out long enough, my mother will tire herself out and hopefully be asleep or too busy to yell at me some more when I get back.

Ren chuckled. “Sure.” The two of them played some shogi for a bit, before they both needed to go home.

[lenievi]

snw2 #6

My personal episode ranking based on my enjoyment: 3 - 6 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 5

such a GOOD episode

(this time I’m leaving all my feelings and thoughts as they occurred as I went through the episode, so it’s a mess and I mention things that the episode explains later. I mean these posts are pretty much just for me anyway)

Kirk/La’an in the preview!!! why are you teasing me so?????? (also the parallels in the preview between Kirk/La’an and Spock/Chapel.... if you’re experimenting with Spock/Chapel, I want you to experiment with Kirk/La’an, ok? I think that sometimes people misunderstand, because I don’t expect or even want Kirk and La’an to live happily until Kirk’s 60 and dies, I just want them to give them a chance... for a year or two (which is entirely plausible because there are years before Kirk gets the Enterprise where we don’t know anything about a girlfriend), it’s about the journey, not the endgame - and I feel like people are always focused on endgame. After ep 3, I made a mistake and looked around the fandom and the amount of people who would just be like doomed doomed doomed is annoying. And like, so what? I know people do this with Spock/Chapel too, even though with them it’s way more about glee than anything else, and it’s also pretty annoying)

....... wow they robbed us of Pike’s promotion ceremony? Does it mean it’s just for this episode so he and Kirk can meet? Like seriously? This is so hilarious if true

Pike: “I’ve been given a command of the Farragut” LMAO (this is some... convoluted writing lbr) 

- awww Uhura’s watching video of Hemmer to learn T_T

- Una’s finally doing her job. amazing.

- oh, Uhura now has a single room. Interesting. So maybe only cadets share rooms?

- soooooo, the preview did lie to me, okay. I mean, I expected it, but I wanted Una and Kirk to meet :(((( 

- omg thank you for 1. Sam being jealous 2. the brothers not having a loving buddy buddy relationship 3. love seeing that Jim’s biases against soft sciences are actually still very much present

considering that Sam has a family, a wife and kids, I wonder if Kirk Sr. doesn’t consider that enough... and that’s why Jim is always going after career because that’s what his father instilled in him. = to be a man, you’ve got to be successful, you’ve got to aim high, you’ve got to be the best. And so Jim goes through that life while yearning for a home and family... and eventually, he just gets an empty house.

- I really like these types of episodes where we can see everyone. This is already so much better than last week’s episode

- Spock and Chapel do play chess together. Yay :D

- oh, wow, it’s gonna be Chapel who ends it? (just me theorizing, because she’s like pulling back now :/) That... hmmmm, will make tos!Chapel look worse. Please, handle the relationship with care or officially make SNW a different timeline where stuff in TOS happens differently (I know ep 3 did that, but also a lot of people are sooooo stubborn against it, like, ok, they changed the years, but it doesn’t mean that what happened in the episodes changed. But... anyway, handle it with care and don’t make tos!Chapel look bad because she’d still be pining even though it’d be her fault that the relationship ended. I mean we’ll see how it goes...) Also LMAO at Spock actually being extra invested. He really wants this to work, and Chapel is probably going to break his heart? (even though that is not what TOS implies but could be interesting. I’d actually prefer if we could get them having a relationship together, but... yeah)

love how Kirk implied that Spock might be losing against Chapel in chess lol (Kirk was like, ok, I guess Vulcans are good at chess BUT they’re also easily distracted. Noted.)

- why can’t all episodes just have everyone interacting, so we can learn more about their dynamic?

- uhmmm, Pike, you shouldn’t be your crew’s friend......... (I kind of miss the lack of proper professionalism like it was in TOS. I know, I know, different times, but...)

- is Kirk literally going to meet everyone from his future crew in this episode? (we’re missing Chapel and Spock atm, even though he already saw them playing chess)

- and as I was just wondering where is La’an since it’s a security job, she appeared. Good. Would be stupid if they kept her away from an episode with Kirk (can they meet pls?)

- why is everyone calling Kirk “James”??? (do the writers have some fanfics wishes for Uhura to do that or what? Wouldn’t an ensign call her superior officer by the title? Now, what’s missing is Kirk calling her “Nyota”)

- akhdkjahfjshdjfghjdsgjsgjsh 

La’an: James? Pike: You two know each other?

akdhjahfjdshjghsjghsj 

- I’m glad that Pike is there for Uhura too btw (I just don’t think a captain should say he’s an ensign’s friend, that’s all)

omg omg omg Thank you so much for that Kirk/La’an scene

1. just the way he opens up to her because he doesn’t want her to think he’s one to chase every pretty skirt

2. Kirk not truly growing up on Earth but jumping from an outpost to an outpost, from a planet to a planet is my long time headcanon. (So I’m gonna take it and use it so much.) Kirk not really growing up with a father around as well. (which might also mean that Kirk’s parents’ relationship might not be ideal, but we’ll see. So much validation in this little scene. Gonna probably be really annoying about it later)

3. La’an just... smiling at him T_T idk I’m just so happy with this scene

4. Kirk being all “I didn’t forget you owe me a drink” kshdjkahfjkhdjkghjsdhgjsh

it must still be hard for La’an, but tiny steps

- thanks for giving me good scenes with Una in this episode (but I still have the same problem when it comes to the relationships. They showed Una and Hemmer interacting once...)

- and when I thought they would ignore Spock, they had to insert him in lol At least, that’s out of the way, and now they can just exist while having adventures with other people. I like it was together with Uhura and that Uhura introduced them and that it was completely casual, but omg please stop with Spock needing to clean dishes after Sam Kirk. 

McCoy: So, Jim, how did you and Spock meet? Kirk: He came to my table when I was talking with Uhura to clean a glass after Sam. Can you believe that? Who does that in a bar?

(I kind of entertained the thought that “meet James Kirk” was about Spock (or rather it was literally the first thought when hearing the line), just edited in that way in the trailer, and... I was right lol)

aaaand is Pike like going to loose the Fleet Captain badge in the next episode? Is that really what will happen? Temporary promotion for one single mission. Okay. Sounds... like a good writing (I think it’d be better to just ignore The Menagerie than do this... are you gonna not let them meet after this or what?)

anyway, such a good episode, and I’m actually so glad that they left Spock out, because people would probably just talk about that and wouldn’t focus on Uhura, and she deserves it so much. (the fact that startrek.com’s promo pic about the episode is Kirk and Spock is so insulting - it was like three seconds)

I kinda like that it felt like Kirk wasn’t actually sure about his “charm and jokes”, that he feels like he needs to use them, but they’re not really him, and it will take him years to grow comfortable with them. 

Thank you for making him so serious. And thank you for making him immediately open up to La’an (and La’an knowing what to say back, so they kind of connected through understanding) T_T 

I loved Kirk and Uhura together. Now, Mirror Mirror has so much background when it comes to Kirk and Uhura. Love it.

Now, since Pike was already randomly promoted, I wonder if we’ll still see Kirk or if this was his last episode in this season. They got everything out of the way. And tbh two episodes are enough lol

Next ep is the crossover (and he’s not in that one). Then I suppose it might be some M’Benga and Chapel and PTSD from the war episode (because I feel like that still needs to come up again), the 9th episode is ????, and then it’s the finale, which imho might have Batel (unless that’s 8 - you know, there’s a scene in the trailer where she is on some planet and some ship is attacking), so... Kirk isn’t really needed tbh

well, we’ll see

anyway, I was so worried about this episode, and I’m so happy they didn’t disappoint me T_T (doesn’t mean I’ll start trusting them though, but I got so much of my headcanon and even expectations validated. I’m so happy. I’m gonna be so annoying with all this Kirk info)

I mean, SNW just does that, doing what I expect (even though sometimes in a slightly different way), but it has to end one day...

[altruistic-meme]

Hmmmm so I think that season one and season two have very different vibes if that makes sense?? Season one feels quieter simpler and more intimate somehow, like there's only a few main plot lines to follow and the focus is almost always on Simon and wille, whereas with season 2 it feels like SO MANY THINGS happened! Maybe it's bc I just watched the show so quickly and haven't really processed it yet but there were so many ups and downs and so many revelations and twists and it felt very chaotic and dramatic and angsty and messy. It's not necessarily worse or better than the first season, it's just different! And kind of unexpected. Like s1 is what you watch if you want a really nice quiet story that tugs at your heartstrings and makes you want more, and S2 is what you watch if you're in the mood for revenge and drama and lies and betrayal and chaos. What do you think?

I fully agree that the vibes are so so different, and it’s something i’ve been thinking about since my first watch. And I actually kind of really like the contrast between them! It's exactly what we were told it was: Season 2 was darker than season 1.

This is what I meant when I said that “they were all so baby” in s1: Season 1 feels incredibly hopeful. It’s very much lighter, and although the stakes aren’t necessarily any lower we don’t tend to notice them as much. Season 1 does have Wilhelm and Simon as one of the biggest focuses and their relationship, while definitely having its downs, also has enough ups to balance it out pretty well. Even though we have so many moments where they break apart, we also almost always see them come back together again either in that same episode or in the one right after. Even after the final break up in epi 6, we get the hopefulness that came with their hug and Wilhelm’s “I love you”: yes, they aren’t together, but we can see that they want to be, and now Simon knows how Wilhelm feels, and we know that Wilhelm is getting ready to fight for it. 

In season 2, all of this hopefulness is gone. It’s a lot more somber. We see early on that it won’t have that same back and forth that season one did. Simon admits to thinking of Wilhelm all break, but he also shrugs off his hand and tells him he doesn’t want them talking. There are only downs, for a while, between them. Every conversation is painful because you want them to be together, to be happy again, but there is too much happening between them and around them for us to have that. They don’t get a moment of joy together until epi 4, and even then that moment is disrupted and the beginning of the next episode shows that we’re back to having that space. 

We do come to a much more hopeful ending than we did in season 1 though: Simon confesses in return, he wants to be with Wille even against his desire to not be a secret, and Wille is finally in a place where he has found out that he wants nothing more than to be with Simon, even at threat of the monarchy. Wille had all-but-directly told Simon he would give up the throne for him already. He’s told Simon that he is more important than that, and with the belief that there is a backup, the final scene is him risking that for Simon. It’s the return of that hopefulness for a future that we had had in s1 and had been robbed of throughout s2. 

I use hopefulness to describe it because that’s what it feels like to me. But lightness is another way you could go. 

As far as the actual contents, i don’t actually feel like we were truly short on Wilhelm/Simon content, just joy. Like I said, most of their interactions hurt. And there was definitely a lot going on but I feel like it was more of a culmination of everything going on in season 1. It didn’t feel messy to me, story-wise. It was messy in a very real way. When all of these things begin at the same time, they’ll all come crashing at the same time too. S2 was that crash. It was everything we had worked on in s1 falling apart and coming together and the result was messy because life gets messy sometimes. 

S1 is definitely what to watch when you want that heartstring pull, but I don’t think s2 was only about drama and revenge. It pulls your heartstrings too. Again, especially between Wilhelm and Simon. The way they so clearly want each other but can’t have each other.

So yeah, I definitely agree with you that they are incredibly different seasons. I think they work well together though. I had the joy of being able to watch them back to back and honestly, the shift isn’t as drastic as I thought it might be. Because like I said, s2 was a natural crash after s1. I loved both seasons so much. I really hope we get a third, because there is definitely more we could see, and like many have said before me I think a third season would be the perfect way to wrap things up.

[straightupsickfics]

oh, that ask meme is so cute 🖤 any selection of these for ed and/or stede would be lovely: 🤒 😩 🤝 🍵 ❤️

🤒: How often do they get sick? What kinds of illnesses do they tend to get most often? Colds, flu, sinus infections, stomach viruses?

Hmmm I think it's very cute to think of Stede getting colds every few months or once a season or something, and in general having a relatively weak constitution. Of course, growing up this would have been terrible for him, with his dad being The Way He Was, but as he gets older and meets Ed and finds that not everyone thinks of that as a bad thing, and in fact learns that Ed wants to and even enjoys looking after him while he's sick, Stede doesn't mind so much since he has someone to be so gentle and sweet with him <3

Ed I think gets sick much less frequently, but his colds are so much worse when he gets them that he ends up super frustrated and annoyed, sneezing and coughing left and right and grumbling every time until Stede pets his hair one (1) time and he melts for him <3

😩: Do they tend to sneeze just once or twice, or multiple times? Do they have fits frequently or rarely? Does how many times they sneeze depend on the cause?

Ed sneezing in fits of 4 or 5 or 6 when he's sick or his allergies are bothering him is so so so cute to me just ??? he's very sensitive when either of these things are happening. Stede sneezing once or twice every few minutes when he has a cold, and getting frustrated because he doesn't get much of a break from his ticklish, runny nose??? Also adorable :(((

🤝: Do they like to be taken care of when they’re not feeling well? Or do they hate it when people fuss over them? If they do, what’s their favorite thing about being taken care of? If not, why don’t they like being taken care of? How bad would they have to be before they’d let anyone take care of them in any capacity?

Instead of writing an entire essay on how and why they both love to be taken care of when they're sick, I will just say that they BOTH love and appreciate having someone to look after them so, so, so much. Every gentle touch, blanket offered, tissue passed quietly, they are dying of happiness <3

Stede and Ed are two of the most touch starved, confused people alive, and I am positive that the first time they get affectionate caretaking from someone they feel comfortable enough with to let themselves be vulnerable, they both want to cry. (...and so DO I).

Also, if they get each other sick and have to bicker a little bit about who is more sick and who is allowed to take care of the other, which really just means debating which one gets up to make the tea and who gets to fall asleep first when they're napping....... pls <3

🍵: Do they like tea when they’re not feeling well? If so, do they like it with honey, lemon, both, with something else, or just plain? Would they accept something else if they couldn’t have tea? If they don’t like tea, is there something they’d rather drink instead? Would they drink tea if their preferred drink wasn’t available?

Stede likes his tea honey and lemon because it feels so nice on his sore throat when he's feeling cold-ish and achy and sniffly, and also because Ed is so proud when he hands it to him and explains that Roach taught him how to make it just the way he likes, so Stede just about cries :(((

Ed prefers sugar to anything else, so he will entertain a lot of honey in place of his usual seven sugars, but he doesn't like lemon because it's too tart and bitter and he doesn't want foul-tasting tea on top of feeling sick, tyvm <3

❤️: What’s your absolute favorite scenario for them? It can be anything, sickness, allergies, or something else entirely!

asdfghjkl every single one ❤️❤️❤️❤️

HmmmM but okay also, every softkink moment where they truly cannot bear to be separated at all when one of them is sick makes me 🫠🫠 Ed just sitting himself in Stede's lap when Stede is sick and making it his personal mission to hold his handkerchiefs and wipe his eyes and cup his cheek when he's feeling bad?? Determined to curl up in bed with him and fight his fever however he can?? BYE!

Stede getting flustered because Ed is the best most beautiful perfect sick person he's ever seen and he's not sure why he feels Like This and instead channeling it into making sure Ed feels as loved and cared for as possible??? Also very important to me !!

Also also, either of them having a headache/migraine and the other one being extremely sweet and attentive and quiet? i will cry :((((

[monstergoblin]

The Owl Pirates Chapter Nine

First Chapter Tumblr Link HERE Previous Chapter Tumblr Link HERE Posted First On A03 Here  It’ll be updated on A03 first and might take me a bit to get to updating it here as I always seem to forget about my tumblr. <3

 Trigger Warnings Always Read Safe: Depression, Suicidal thoughts, Pushing down feelings, Overworking self to ignore feelings, Child Abuse (Belos is a bitch okay), Gaslighting, Self Gaslighting, Manipulation, Injuries

Notes: Chapters will slow down on the posting as I might not have a s much free time soon <3 but I have been obsessing over this au I think it shows.

Chapter 9: Crime and Punishment

Hunter sat under the stairs awaiting his fate. It was cold on deck but he was told to stay out here. He deserved to be cold. Not like being cold really mattered once he faced Edas wrath.

       He had been careful to avoid Edas bad side. He didn’t want to see Eda angry. She was a pirate she had to be capable of far worse punishment than Belos ever did- And Hunter knew those could be scary.

       Hooty had taken to perching above Hunter going on some story about something, but Hunter hadn’t been listening in the first place. It was like the owl was completely unsympathetic to the fact Eda was probably going to have his head.

       It had only been a week how did he screw up so fast.

       No wonder uncle saw him as useless.

       He would die then. Simple as that. He might be tortured for answers - but Eda had already said she didn’t think he had any- and then he would die. 

       “And then Luz punched the bitch in the face. Man did he deserve it too, kept calling me annoying. Could you imagine. Me annoying.” Hooty kept going from above Hunter's hiding place.

       It made Hunter wonder if Hooty was their form of torture.

       “Anyway we got out of their super fast but not without a few extraaaas. I bet you were wondering when Camila joined the crew hmmmm!” Hooty cooed. “Well Luz-”

       Hunter froze when the owl stopped talking.

       It meant someone had made it back to the ship.

       Eda was back on the ship.

       He couldn’t breath as he crawled himself deeper under the stairs. It was pointless he knew but it felt better.

       “Oh I was just getting to the good part.” Hooty whined.

       “Too bad. up up.” Edas sounded mad- or at the very least fed up. She gave the navy boy a chance- a chance Hunter was supposed to use but he was always good at messing everything up.

       “Aw okay.” Hooty flew away with the fluttering of wings.

       “Okay kiddo.” Edas face appeared in the gap of light Hunter had. “You’ve got two choices. We talk here, or we talk in my quarters. If I were you I’d take the second one, I’m happier in my quarters.”

       She was mad.

       Hunter was dead.

       He slowly crawled out trying to come up with some way to get out of this situation, but he couldn’t leave. There was no chance of Belos taking him back now, more of a failure than he already was. But he couldn’t really stay either.

       “Lilith, Fetch Camila.” Eda snapped to the woman who had walked up with her. 

       Lilith gave a little nod before disappearing to find her.

       The silent walk to Edas quarters was like Hunters walk to a guillotine. Except he wouldn’t die in front of a crowd, no he was already supposed to be dead anyway. If he was to die by Edas sword, so be it.

       Eda held the door open for him and then motioned him to sit in one of the chairs. She herself took her seat in the captain's chair then put her elbow on the desk to support her head in her hands.

       “What were you looking for?” She demanded clicking her nails against the desk annoyed.

       “I don’t know.” Hunters voice was a lot quieter than he planned for it to be.

       Eda raised an eyebrow and scoffed. “You don’t know.” She leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms. “You don’t know. You came into the captains quarters and don’t know what you were looking for?”

       Hunter couldn’t bring his eyes to look anywhere but his hands in his lap.

       “At least have a plan before you do something stupid.” Eda sighed. “You can’t break into the most wanted captain's quarters without a goal in mind. What were you even trying to do? Get something to use against me? I thought you figured that out already, knucklehead.”

       She knew he was planning something the whole time.

       Of course she knew Hunter was a terrible liar everyone always told him that.

       “Look, you don't have to look so pathetic.” Eda stated. “I’m not going to kill you over this.” 

       Hunter dared to look up at Eda. She truly didn’t look angry. She just looked disappointed? Or maybe annoyed? 

       “Everyones been keeping an eye on you. We both know you know that. We knew you’d do something stupid it’s in your blood but there is one reason I’m not throwing you overboard right now kid.” Eda explained. “And it’s not because Luz has hope for you- that girl is pure hearted but naive. No, I’m keeping you alive because Camila has a damn point.”

       What would Camila have a point about Hunter?

       “We’ve been talking a lot about you Hunter.” Eda kept on. “She has this way of realizing things that I’m too busy to see. It’s how she became my first mate. Something happened to you Hunter, and you have every right to be upset about it. Not everyone can survive being tossed into the sea.” Eda sat up straight now and looked Hunter in the eye. “You told me to just kill you when you arrived. Are you still wanting me to do that?”

       “Doesn’t matter.” Hunter grumbled. “I’m supposed to be dead anyway.”

       “So you want me to kill you?” Eda asked.

       No- Yes?  

       No he didn't but he was supposed to be dead and his only chance was to turn them in but he screwed that up didn’t he. If he was going to get kicked off this boat they might as well just do him in now. It would be better dying by a pirate's hands then his uncles.

       Hunter nodded.       

       “Then why are you crying?” Eda sighed. 

       He had been so focused on answering and listening that Hunter hadn’t realized his vision blurring. His breath catching. His lungs hurting.

       “I gave you plenty of gold to buy things and passage out of here.” Eda explained. “But you clearly stuck around. You don’t have anywhere to go huh?”

       Hunter dug his nails into his arms trying to will himself to calm down. It all felt so pointless if Eda had been on to his poor excuse of plans since the beginning. Why did they let him stay? Why not just toss him back in the water?

       “Eda?” Camila entered through the door and was quick to close it as she looked at Hunter. “Oh, pobre nino, “ She leaned down next to Hunter's chair and put her hand on his arm.

       Her touch burned but not in the way Hunter was used to. It burned because it felt wrong. He should be being punished and she was being soft. Soft, kind, gentle. He wanted her to let go but he also wanted to believe whatever trickery this was.

       “What did you decide, captain?” Camila asked with a hint of disapproval in her voice.

       “Haven’t decided anything yet.” Eda sighed. “He is too much of a mess for me to actually decide, you’re the better mother here, what's your input?”

       Hunter closed his eyes both to hide from whatever decisions the woman came up with and a poor attempt to stop his tears. He was better than this. He shouldn’t lose his composer like this. Uncle would be disappointed to see him behaving in such a way. Uncle would be disappointed to see him alive.

       He could help the hiccup of a breath he took and could only hope that wasn’t going to make the two women more angry.

       “Hunter, look at me.” Camila ordered.

       Hunter was ever an obedient boy. Her gaze wasn’t cold and harsh, no her eyes were soft and she had a small smile on her lips. 

       “Why did you sneak into Edas quarters?” Camila asked. In a soft voice. How was she supposed to get answers like that? 

       The tactic was very effective however.

       “It was stupid.” Hunter whispered.

       “Yes it was.” Camila sighed as she let go of Hunters arm and turned to Eda. 

       “Yeah.” Eda shrugged. “He didn’t have a plan.”

       “Clearly.” Camila took a seat in the third and last chair in the room. “How about dinner for a month?”

       No dinner for a month? That wasn’t death. Sure, Hunter would much rather they hit him or screamed at him, but he could live without dinner for a month. 

       “Can he even cook?” Eda looked over at Hunter.

       Cook?

       “You know what, I think it’s fine. Just, only adults helping him in the kitchen. I still don’t trust you not to try and steal the knives.” Eda leaned back in her chair. “You break into my quarters again and the punishment will get worse.”

       That was it? Cook dinner for a month? What was the catch? He broke into her quarters, the captain's quarters. Surely this was getting off way too easy.

       “Oh and we’ll have to keep up the shifts on watching you.” Camila added. “Was looking forward to not having to schedule that but it looks like you still need watched.”

       “Better get used to your babysitters.” Eda smirked.

       Hunter couldn’t help but sit there shocked. This was wrong. This was a trick? A trap? 

       “Why-” He started. 

       Why were they letting him stay?

       “I don’t know how they do it back at the navy. “ Eda shrugged. “I heard stories from Lilith about the strange ideals of it, but I run my ship my own way. It’s worked out so far, so don’t be the exception. This is your warning to not go looking for trouble, little owl.”

       “If you hurt anyone, Hunter, we will not forgive that.” Camila stated as she eyed the boy with a curious raise of her brows. “Perhaps it's time you think about if you really want to betray the people giving you a home?”

       “I’m still going to permit you to walk around Bumps docks with the other children. If you need more gold for passage I understand that, but you are still welcome to stay.” Eda stood up and walked around to open the door. “Now you’re free to go. If you do stay, your month of dinners will start tomorrow.”

       As Eda swung the door open and held it for Hunter. Lilith stood on the other side as if waiting. She had a smug look on her face as if she was happy Hunter got in trouble.

       “So?” She asked with a little look to Eda.

       “He’s going to cook dinner for a month,” Eda shrugged.

       “What?” Lilith looked appalled. “Eda, he's clearly against us.”

       Eda sighed and looked at Hunter. “Run along back to the crew's quarters.” She gestured with her head towards the door.

       Hunter was quick to jump up and obey- before she could come to her senses and change her decision. He squeezed past Lilith and practically ran with how fast he moved his legs.

       “What are you thinking?!” Liliths voice carried as she scolded Eda. “He could kill someone, he kills pirates everyday!”

       “He’s a kid, Lilly.”

       Hunter was glad to be out of range of the conversation. It felt unreal the whole interaction. Pirates were stupid, he was so lucky pirates were stupid. If he did something like this back home he’d get a proper punishment. He could help make dinner. That’s easy. 

       He didn’t immediately go into the crew's quarters, he was going to- he didn’t want to risk actually invoking Edas wrath upon him, but what if someone was in there and he was still a mess.

       He sat in a corner near the door trying to calm himself down.

       It was silly. Why did he feel so relieved?

       Maybe he still had a chance to make Belos proud.

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       “So that’s it then! You’re just letting him stay?” Lilith shouted, she seemed to think raising her voice was proving her point. “He’s still loyal to Belos Eda. We can’t have him here. What if he stabs somebody. What if he kills somebody.”

       “We’re not giving him weapons.” Eda shrugged. “Besides you can’t honestly expect me to kill the child.”

       “At the very least send him away.” Lilith folded her arms. “You didn’t see him in action, Eda. He’s dangerous. He’s killed hundreds.”

       “So have we.” 

       “It’s different,” Lilith huffed. “We’re fighting to free people.”

       “And we’re doing a hell of a job with that aren’t we.” Eda snapped. “Besides, I remember Miss Prissy kissing Belos' ass not too long ago.”

       “I didn’t know he was insane!” Lilith defended.

       “And you think the child does!?” Eda was thankful the words shut Lilith up.  She stood opening and closing her mouth like she kept trying to find words. 

       “It’s different.” Lilith insisted.

       “Yeah?” Camila had been sitting quietly until now. She was not a fun person to make angry. Eda respected that. “Clearly it’s different. This is his uncle. Look at how that boy behaves. Something is wrong, you can’t ignore that!” She snapped.

       “He is a spoiled brat.” Lilith argued with not as much bite to her voice as before. She was realizing her mistake. Was actually listening now. Camila had that effect on people.

       “He’s covered in scars, put into a position of power at such a young age and he was thrown overboard.” Camila counted on her fingers. “What am I missing? Sure, he’s killed so have you Lilith. We took a chance on you, why would we not take a chance on this child?”

       Lilith kept her mouth shut, she looked to the ground away from both Eda and Camila.

       Eda loved having Camila in her corner. Most of the time it was Camila telling her she was stupid. Despite everything going on in the world, Camila always was more grounded then the rest of them.

       “Look Lilith, we know the boy is dangerous.” Eda put a hand on her sister's shoulder. “He broke into my quarters looking for some dirt on us, but he didn’t really have an idea what he was doing.”

       “So he claims.” Lilith sighed.

       “I’m worried he’s going to do something too.” Eda assured me. “But it would be wrong to throw the boy back into Belos' hands. Especially when he doesn’t want to go.”

       "I may have acted rashly.” Lilith agreed. “But I’m not going to let my guard down.”

       “Neither are we.” Eda smiled.

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       Her feet pounded loudly up the gangway as she reached the top with a little hop. 

       “I win!” Luz declared throwing her hands in the air in victory. She looked back to see Willow not far behind her and Amity close on her tail. Matt however was taking his time keeping up, poor boy.

       “You guys are back late.” Gus was sitting on a barrel near the gangway waiting for them to return. 

       “We stuck around the whole show.” Luz explained trying to catch her breath as she leaned against the barrel. “How about you? You never miss a Hexside night.”

       “Hunter wasn’t up to it.” Gus shrugged. “There will be more.”

       “Beat you.” Willow smirked as she made it to the top looking back at Amity who was only a few steps behind.

       “That’s only because I tripped.” Amity sighed.

       “And who went back to help you?” Willow mocked. “I would’ve beat Luz too if I hadn’t.”

       “Hello.” Gus beamed as the two girls made it to the top. “How was Hexside?”

       “Fun as usual.” Willow took a place near the barrel to sit. “Matt complained the whole time.”

       “Sounds like him.” Gus chuckled.

       Matt made it to the top of the stairs last. He looked upset he had taken the longest but he was the one who denied wanting to race at first and got a slow start. 

       “Why were you not there!?” Matt accused, pointing a finger at Gus. 

       “Hun-” Gus started.

       “Where is the stupid navy boy anyway.” Matt looked around trying to spot the blond boy. “He takes up so much time and then doesn’t even want to have fun. What's wrong with him?”

       Luz could see Gus' amused chuckle under his breath. Matt had not wanted to go to Hexside his first night in Bumps port either. Now he looked forward to it even if he didn’t want to admit it. He wasn’t exactly good at hiding his true intentions.

       “Leave him be, Matty.” Gus hopped down off the barrel. “He’s had a long day.”

       “All days are the same length.” Matt complained but listened to Gus anyway.

       “Well you guys also missed a little- commotion.” Gus waved his hand trying to find the right word. 

       “Yeah? I was going to ask Eda about it.” Luz looked towards the captain's quarters. The light was still on so that meant Eda was up. “What happened?”

       “Hunter snuck into Edas quarters.” Gus explained. 

       “Oh?” Amity had taken to leaning on the railing. “Is that all?”

       “Lilith caught him. Scared him pretty good. Stuck Hooty on him too.” Gus shrugged. 

       “What was he even looking for?” Willow wondered.

       “I don’t know. He didn’t want passage out of here.” Gus explained. 

       “Is Eda kicking him out?” Matt asked, he almost sounded concerned. 

       “Nah, just more chores I think.” Gus shrugged. “He fell asleep outside the crews quarters and I haven’t had the heart to wake him up yet.”

       “Huh.” Luz let herself slide down to the ground as well. “Somethings up with the boy.”

       It didn’t need to be said. The whole crew already knew that. Had said it multiple times.

       No one could explain what was up with him. Only assume it had something to do with Belos or his near death experience. 

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       “So Hunter, what will it be?” Terra towered over him with a grin. She always enjoyed the sick twisted things in life. Playing with emotions was one of her favorites. That's what this was- right?

       “You don’t have the authority.” Hunter stated crossing his arms. “I’m still technically your superior even if assigned your first mate this mission. You wouldn’t dare cross Belos.”

       “He was the one who ordered your death.” Terras grin somehow grew wider. “So how would you like to die, little dog?”

       A wave crashed over Hunter and he was back in the water. The cold powerful water watching IvyThorn leaving him to die as he struggled to stay afloat on the particularly rainy night. 

       He didn’t know why he was even fighting anymore.

       Hunter gasped for air shooting straight up in his hammock. 

       How was he out of the water? How was he alive? Where was he?

       He looked around as his sleepy state faded and his memory of the past week became more clear.

       He hadn’t remembered getting in his hammock or falling asleep. The last thing he remembered was sitting outside the quarters trying to calm himself enough to enter. 

       Someone had put him in his hammock.

       He wasn’t a helpless child; he didn't need someone to carry him to bed.

       It seemed everyone else had already left the quarters except for Perry who was snoring in the corner. He must’ve been on night watch. Hunter was careful not to wake him as he changed into some of his new clothing. He threw Edrics old outfit into the pile in the corner-that he would have to wash later.

       It did feel a little nice not wearing someone else's clothes. An outfit that he picked out. Plain black pants, a cream shirt and a yellow vest to match his uniform back in the navy. Back before he was left in the water and the outfit now unaccounted for.

       Hunter wondered if it was Edrics clothes he had woken up in then, and if Steve still had the uniform. He was too afraid to ask.

       He peeked out of the quarters before he left. In case someone was waiting out there to jump him and tell him he indeed was not off the hook for his stupid attempt last night. However no one confronted him.

       Even as he walked onto deck looking around to see Gilbert and Harvey having arranged a few barrels near the gangway so they could play cards while watching whoever entered or left. Hunter could only assume they were supposed to be watching for him now- but Eda had still given him the option to leave.

       Not that it mattered, his only option was to try to capture her or Lilith. 

       If he could pull that off which was looking doubtful.

       Not like he had a choice but to keep trying.

       “Perhaps it's time you think about if you really want to betray the people giving you a home?”

       Pirates were tricky to deal with. Twisting words to make it seem like he was in the wrong here. He was just doing a nearly impossible task for the greater good. Pirates deserved to be betrayed, hung and hunted after everything they’ve done.

       “You’re awake.” King sat above the doorway that led down to the lower level to get to the crews quarters. “I was wondering how long you were going to sleep.” He picked himself up with a little huff. 

       “Gus went with Matt today and Edric with Emira.” King hopped down narrowly missing landing on Hunter.

       “Okay?” Hunter backed away from the child, he felt safer around him when Luz was the main focus point. Hunter still didn’t know exactly if King was mermaid or siren or something else.

       “oh and Luz went with Amity.” King grabbed Hunters hand and started to lead him up the stairs. “So Willow told me to wait and watch for you. Eda wants them to be more strict about keeping eyes on you, but she thought watching you sleep was creepy.”

       Hunter followed the creature- as he wasn’t in any place to fight him. Especially not with him being Edas pets and he was not going to do anything else to piss off Eda.

       Willow was on the upper part of the deck moving barrels around. Why Hunter didn’t know, She seemed to just be boredly going through them.

       “I got him!” King announced as if it had been a hard task. 

       Willow raised her head from the barrel she had been looking in. “Oh?” She smiled. “Thank you King.”

       “You better get me something amazing!” King declared with a little stomp. “I’m thinking a big crown, or a cape.”

       “I’ll get you something good.” Willow patted Kings head as she passed. “You ready to go?” She asked Hunter with a tilt to her head.

       Of course it was her who was watching him. The one who always forced her way into helping. The one Hunter couldn’t really argue with because she was going to stubbornly do it anyway.

       “You could have woken me up.” Hunter stated he felt bad she missed her day off the ship. It was around noon from the look of the sun and she could’ve gotten a lot more done without him.

       “You have gotten up at the crack of dawn everyday you’ve been here.” Willow put her hands on her hips- but she still had a smile and light voice. “I was not about to wake you up the one day you sleep in. If you were Luz that’d be another story. She sleeps in just as badly as Eda does.” She started back down the stairs. “Now come on, There’s a lot you still haven’t seen yet.”

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hii how do u think s5 will go down byler wise if u do have an idea cuz ik ppl have their theories n stuff but just wanted someone else’s opinion. personally I think el and mike r gonna confront each other and break up first, and I don’t think that mike is gonna get outed tbh. other ppl seem to be set on that but that’s just another super traumatic thing to happen to mike on top of everything, getting outed won’t make someone more open about it like if it happens at the wrong time that can be so much worse than staying in the closet. i know I would just run away and hide from everyone in that situation which I don’t think we want for mike. maybe that’ll be what pushes him off the edge tho and make him break down finally and get everything out

Hi hello! Thank you so much for the asks <33

I'm very sorry this is late :,D BUT IM HERE

Ooooooo okay hmmm I agree with you tbh! I don't think it makes sense for Mike to be outed by someone especially because it's just a very disgusting act in general but also especially in context of the 80s – with the AIDs epidemic it's scary for a gay man to be out. If anything! I think he might be "outed" to the audience with a Vecna scene but that's about as much as I think it would go.

I also agree that El and Mike will break up first! I would love for there to be a heart to heart between them where they open up to each other for the first time, and I don't know I want them to show that just because they're broken up doesn't mean they don't care for each other (also maybe the fact that they can love each other better now that they're just friends!)

What other predictions do I have hmmmm...well I have ideas but I don't think they count as fully fledged theories haha. Like– I do think the swings are gonna come back some how. And I think there's going to be a moment where everything is fully addressed between Mike and Will. Because up until now they haven't really addressed everything. They've been more tiptoeing around it. Yes Mike apologises for the past year but they never actively address why things are weird or the rain fight or any of that.

So I feel like there's gonna be a moment where everything is finally out in the open (because there's so much built up tension at this point) and it'll be this moment of relief and I feel like after it'll be more calm between them y'know? Like it's all fighting and then finally once its all out it's quiet and they can finally talk to each other about it all, no more secrets. And I would love for there to be a quiet kiss at first – like its almost anxiety inducing to watch them build the courage y'know? I wanna hold my breathe and then exhale once its over and see how happy and comfortable they are together.

But yeah I'm just rambling now haha

tHANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE ASK I FEEL TERRIBLE FOR REPLYING LATE ANON BUT KNOW I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH <33

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Archon Quest Interlude Chapter: Act III: Inversion of Genesis

I’ve seen the warning signs that Paimon is in fact worse in this…

Good Luck to me, Charlie.

Place your guesses now in the replies.

Okay uh

We’ve got someone from Inazuma who sounds british

I really like his voice 

OH NO 

ITTO WANDERER ARE THE SAME FR

I really, really, really, need these two to meet.

Niwa? That’s an important something but good god I can only remember because of Dango

WAIT

IS THAT NOT HIM?

IT IS HIM 

BUT NOT THE ONE I THOUGHT

(Not me starting right when dinner was done, chile let this cutscene finish then I’m taking a break)

WELL THAT’S A BIT OF A NAIL ON THE HEAD

I ain’t reading all dat

I AIN’T READING ALL DAT

HELLO???

MANS IS JUST WALKING THE STREETS

Sometimes you gotta stretch your legs

Anyway, I’m back.

Had some tacos and finished some TWST stuff

Paimon he’s literally right there

Please excuse, Paimon. 

She’s not house trained. 

He’s gonna what?

Honestly? 

Head empty, no thoughts

Not him side-stepping over saying that he wants to die

I mean…she literally made a deal with Dottore so

Not surprising 

Damn, tossed away like Woody

Head on hands

I should not be this surprised

Or is it excitement 

I can’t tell

HUH??

Started talking to a friend and my ass was not listening

Anyway, yeah we’re looking for Aether

Literally what the hell is happening

Bitch

WHOOP ZONED OUT AGAIN

Sorry, we are theorizing 

…This looks a bit like Mona’s thing

This is also reminiscent to what we seen with Makoto and the tree

Kinda sad that the tree isn’t huge and I wish there was like techno like effects

But I guess I’ll see!

WAIT

SO THIS IS YGGDRASIL???

AND IF WE STRAY OFF THE PATH WE DIE

GIRL IS THIS GOD OF WAR????

GIRL WHAT IS HAPPENING 

Girl let me see an actual way point

Girl I was listening and zoned out

But tbh all of my Tatarasuna knowledge is fuzzy, so no wonder

Not surprised that he knows we’ve telepathically gabbing

Okay wait

Nahida said that my brother was in Irminsul

And now its taking you some real digging to find anything

HUH

ANONYMOUS DATA???

Some shit is about to go down y’all

And now I’m thinking 

His Character Teaser was a little more on the real than we thought

Will we get faces to these voices

NEVERMIND 

WE’RE GETTING TRAUMA

PAIMON SHUT UP

AYO HE GOT A MODEL!

But who are we?

He sounds familiar…but that could be from another piece of media.

Hmmmm ion who he is exactly, but he is from Fontaine

…

Oh, I see what’s about to happen here.

I see he has it on him.

I feel like Niwa knows.

Some kind of miasma?

Oh my god his ponytail is the same?

Hold up

Oh, it's her….

DON’T TURN YOUR BACK DUMMY

NOOOOOOO

GOD DAMNIT

AND THERE IT IS

BACK MEAT EXPOSED

HOW THE HELL ARE YOU GOING TO EXPOSE SOMEONE, TELL THEM YOUR PLAN, AND THEN TURN YOUR BACK, WHEN YOU CLEARLY SAW THE KNIFE STRAPPED ON THEM

WAIT

WHERE ARE YOU FROM THEN

OH SHIT

DATA

WHAT

ITS THE FUCKING DOCTOR

WHAT

OH THIS IS FUCKED UP

THIS IS REAL FUCKED UP

So…..

How you holding up?

Oh baby he going sicko mode

Also ENG that second Dettore was supposed to be a loud ass yell, you know the one. 

All the fury, rage, sadness all that

…Yeah…no one has ever deceived you, Paimon 

But will she deceive us

OH MY GOD

Oh..so now we just ge to listen to him be angry 

Okay but what about Aether????

We’re about to talk about the sky being fake, aren’t we?

OH BABY WE’RE TALKING ABOUT KHAENRI’AH

Y’ALL KNOW I LOVE ME SOME KHAENRI’AH LORE

…What?

Are you saying that the gacha has an importance story-wise

WHAT?

HE LIVED IN KHAENRI’AH AND KNEW THE JESTER

Girl we not finna fight

Oh?

Private convo huh

Oh its even more private now that its telepathic convo

OH MY FUCKING GOD

I THINK IM RIGHT ABOUT THE TEASER

GOD DAMNIT

OH MY FUCKEN GOD

Funny that he says he doesn’t like insects 

And there’s a ladybug on my tv rn

:/

I FUCKEN CALLED IT

HE FUCKING DID IT

THAT’S WHY IN THE TRAILER THEY DIDN’T RECOGNIZE HIM

BECAUSE HE ERASED HIMSELF FROM IRMINSUL 

…Hmmmm

YEP

I KNEW IT

THE MACHINE IS UP

Once again, I was not reading all that

So…Nahida…Does “The Balladeer” mean anything to you

WAIT 

DOES THIS MEAN WE TOLD HER ABOUT 

THE GREATER LORD

Okay no, we’re keeping this to ourselves

For now

Checking the Irminsul Database please hold

Knowledge Cube!

Because technically that’ not directly about The Balladeer

WHAT

SO YOU CAN HIDE INFORMATION

OH LAWD WHAT IS EVERYONE COOKING

STORY TIME

Okay its all coming together

NOOOOOO

KITTY SCARA NOOOOOOO

Hmmm…WAIT

THE WORLD RETURNING TO DARKNESS

ONCE AGAIN

I AM ON MY KNEES 

Y’ALL NEED TO PLAY KINGDOM HEARTS

Hmmmm the shape of the red glow in his eyes…interesting

AND THEY DON’T 

THEY DIDN’T REMEMBER HIM IN THE FUCKING TEASER

Okay Sora

Wait…not Sora

Ion but some KH character would say some shit like that

OH MY FUCKING GOD

EI’S VOICELINE ABOUT KUNIKUZUSHI IS FUCKING GONE

Now I gotta look at everything

Is he gonna be in the Bazaar? 

OH MY THIS BITCH

NOT A STEALTH MISSION

Oh! It’s not!

Does that mean that he knows that we’re following him?

Yep, also—

The fucking golden feather

Oh she’s got her little terminal up

Oh girl

Kingdom hearts

I feel like

This is where forbidden knowledge comes in

The party is Lumine, Wanderer, Raiden Shogun and Barbara

Damn…they were infected.

Damn this is tragic as fuck.

OOP BABY THE ROOM IS RED

AYO

JESTER SCARA TALK

Oh we’re back in this room

Oh look!

Dead people!

Damn yeah Signora did seem like the bitch to say some outta pocket shit like that

But she never attended…

Next up is—

Ah…

Yeah this is crazy

WAIT WHAT

SO HE WAS HEAVILY EXPERMINETED ON AND TORTURED 

THEN THEY TOSSED HIM INTO THE ABYSS

WHAT

Are we gonna see what happened after he fell

WAIT

BITCH

WAS DANGO ONCE AGAIN RIGHT

THEY ACTUALLY HAD SOME SORT OF CONVERSATION

OH MY GOD

DANGO NEVER MISSES 

I know what this means

Yeah we’re gonna have to put you asleep for about a year but don’t worry and don’t forget

Thank Naminé.

God I’m just

How is he going to get this vision

And did Venti have a part in it

Or rather what parts

Oh my god 

The whole truth

A CUTSCENE

IM SITTING UP

OH SHIT

NOT AGAIN

QUEEN SHIT

PAIMON SHUT THE FUCK UP

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

WHAT THE FUCK????

AYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HE WIPED A TEAR AWAY YOU CAN’T TELL ME SHIT

WAIT

Huh…his signature weapon doesn’t appear when he’s attacking

He’s back btw

Yeah, so the world has still forgotten him

Thinking about the rest of my tacos

Pretty stoked 

AAA

He keeps going in and out

Lumine, standing there knowing good and well someone else has to do it for you

WAIT

HIS NAME WON’T ACTUALLY BE WANDERER IN GAME AFTER I NAME HIM

GIRL 

I'M SCARED

NOW I REALLY GOTTA GET SERIOUS

After some consideration

I’ve decided to name him Vega.

A fallen star who attempted to cast himself out of the false sky.

But returned alongside the light to reclaim what was always his own.

Aka

Aether is the sky

Lumine is the light

Paimon has been alluded to being the moon

So, he’s the stars.  

God that took like 30 minutes.

“Are you sure?”

Ion man let me spend another 30 minutes doing that

AND THUS

Vega was born.

OH MY GOD WAIT

IM SO SMART

HE REALLY WAS A FALLING STAR BECAUSE I WISHED FOR HIM AND HE CAME TO ME

LUMINE

THE LIGHT

OUT FROM THE SKY

AAAAAAAAAA

I picked the best name, NOBODY CAN SAY SHIT TO ME

Oh the Fatui? Yeah we gon link up for that one.

Ion about all that

I did not just give you a name, just for you to die

You will live.

That is your punishment.

Girl look at the fanfic writer in me just saying shit

I’m not gonna lie, I’m like so excited that I see his name there

Look at what I did y’all!

I did that!

My dog is trying to sleep and I’m about to go get this tacos.

So sorry my beloved

…So before—

WHO THE FUCK

WHY DO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS RHINEDOTTIR

OR THE CRYO ARCHON

OR ANOTHER DESCENDER

(Hello it's me from the after-writing this! Yeah, pretty sure it's Mona's Teacher actually)

…Y’all we are still not done with Sumeru’s story what the fuck is going on

Yeah, you can’t really trust your eyes since things can be changed. 

But…

Anyway…that’s that on that.

He’s also still erased from everyone’s voicelines.

[whenimgoodandready]

🎶I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy, Down in my heart (where?), Down in my heart (where?), Down in my heart, I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy, Down in my heart (where?), Down in my heart to stay🎶 ✨Joy! Joy! Happiness!✨It’s the best feeling ever! It’s what made Rose immune to Guiltrips powers and be chosen as the holder of Daizzi, The Kwami of the Pig Miraculous, to be Pigella and spread the love of positivity to save her girlfriend Juleka! It’s such a cute power, how could a good power like that be used for evil? Is it possible? Let’s see:

*Jubilation-Marinette was jogging (good for her, it’s nice to see her doing something to stay in shape what with being Ladybug and all and also outside of fashion) when she sees Principal Damocles The Owl, wait, this guy is still doing cosplay!? Sh*t! Didn’t he learn nothing from last time!? (“The Dark Owl”) Guess not!😒 How disappointing. So then Ladybug comes in to-WAIT! (record scratch) That is not Ladybug!

Is that-Is that who I think it is!? (GASP!) OMG! IT’S BRIDGETTE! (Squee) I DON’T BELIEVE IT! IT’S ACTUALLY HER! I KNEW WE’D BE SEEING HER-SOQUELINE!? (record scratch). Huh, well how ‘bout that!? This little Marinette doppelgänger was a former classmate of hers and now she’s LARPing too! Marinette doesn’t take kindly to this (even if Soqueline means well) so she harshly tells both Damocles and Soqueline to quit playing “make believe” and just be normal!

This of course saddens Damocles and he’s akumatized as Dark(er) Owl again, but with the power of The Pig Miraculous that brings happiness to its target. Hmmmm, a frightening Batman-esque villain with a power that brings joy…….how’s that gonna be effective? You’d be surprised! Cuz I think this ep gave us a foreshadowing on the series finale😉. It’s a common tactic villains use to mess with the heroes, magically putting them in a dream like world where everything’s perfect and they’re happy and it all goes according to plan to distract them from a bigger scheme they’re doing and then eventually the heroes realize its all fake, wake up and kick some a**. THAT’S how effective the power of happiness can be used for evil!

I’m impressed with Marinette here. She’s serious about quitting cold turkey on love and has really shelved Adrien and dating all together to focus on more important things in life. She’s still gushing about him, yes, but at least it’s subtle and I’m very proud of her for that. What I’m not so proud of is Damocles being a bird brain over here! The heroes told him not to go “dress up” and save the day cuz he doesn’t have powers like them and could seriously get hurt or worse, but Noooooo! He didn’t listen! :P. Btw, I’m not hating on cosplayers here, I’m just saying he should’ve called the authorities to help instead of doing dangerous things himself like saving cats from high structures. Marinette didn’t mean to be harsh to tell both her principal and friend about playing pretend, but she (secretly) knows first hand what it’s like to take big risks and have a horrible outcome from it (Shadow Moth’s Final Attack Part 1:”Risk”/Part 2:”Strike Back”). False alarm, it’s not Bridgette, it’s just some other girl who vaguely looks like Marinette and runs an arts and crafts shop. For those who don’t know, “Bridgette” was the fan nickname we gave PV Ladybug Marinette cuz since Felix from the PV was retooled as Adrien to be Cat Noir and then later brought back cuz of popular demand (in a disappointing manner), we didn’t want people confusing the two Marinettes cuz her name stayed the same, so PV Ladybug Marinette was fanly nicknamed “Bridgette”. Should’ve known, Bridgette wore shorts and had an ahoge that looked like it was alive and would form into a heart and Soqueline wears glasses and pants. Whether this was their way of bringing “Bridgette” into the show or not, Soqueline seems nice and was only impersonating Ladybug in the hopes of being recruited as a super. We were lucky she knew gymnastics and Taekwondo, otherwise, this would’ve been a disaster for both her and Damocles. I’ve heard people saying they don’t like Gabe/Monarchs new look, and yeah, it’s stupid. His new civilian outfit makes him look like a giant Q-tip and his new villain outfit makes him look like a “giant purple condom”! Bleh! And this guys supposed to be a fashion designer!? We got a more look into the alliance rings and they’re basically a Siri-like gizmo that also works like an smart phone using a digital version of either Adrien or Lila (and specialized for Gabe, Emilie) as a guide. Marinette was almost exposed as Ladybug when she borrowed Soquelines cuz the ring tracked her every route during her crime fighting and that’s why Gabe made those things! Don! Don! Don! Luckily, he thought it was Soqueline, so Marinette stays clear of those rings and Adrien doesn’t give a sh*t about them too cuz since he’s quit modeling, he’s now an everyday Joe playing video games in his jammie’s and leaving junk food everywhere (are they making fun of us Americans!?). Adrien, sweetie, it’s great you gave up modeling at long last, but please, GET A HOBBY! It kinda sucks that even though he quit, there’s a digital version of him still representing the Agreste brand so it’s not like Adrien “quit quit”, cuz it’s still his face modeling! Gabe needs to hire a new teen male model (when he’s not busy being a villain) Seriously! The Kwamies imprisonment is worse than we thought, Monarch’s using the newly redesigned miraculous rings as a fuse source by attaching his rings to their inescapable glass containers, transferring the powers onto anyone who bought an alliance ring to be akumatized with so the hero’s won’t be able to figure out where the miraculous is and dispensing food for the Kwamies to regain energy like they were hamsters! Poor things. What was the “happy” moment Darker Owl made them see? Weeeeeeell, they defeated Monarch by finding A BUSINESS CARD! XD, locating him through the address on it, doing a double single punch on him, saving Paris, falling in love, getting married with every superhero and celebrity in the show and having not 3, but 4 kids and becoming the new Incredibles! Cute. At least, it would’ve if it didn’t happen in a cheesy way.