#i DESPISE bullies and liars

[wriothesleysgf]

THRONE. ryomen sukuna.

cws: [ex]plicit content - mdni . monsterfucking (true form sukuna), overstimulation, dacryphilia, degradation, pet names (mostly gn except two uses of princess), ds dynamics, possessivenes, sadomasochism, double penetration, cunnilingus, finger sucking, subspace, creampies, some aftercare.

notes: this is gonna get t*gg3d since it's pure filth, so reblogs are rly appreciated lol.

wc: 1.7k

"𝐒𝐔'- '𝐒 𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐌𝐔𝐂𝐇! 𝐂𝐀𝐍'𝐓- 𝐂𝐀𝐍'𝐓 𝐃𝐎 𝐈𝐓!" you squealed, writhing in sukuna's hold.

you were sitting on his lap on the throne of his domain, facing him. though your clothes had been long since discarded, sukuna's trousers were only pulled down enough for him to be fisting both of his cocks simultaneously. the fortunate thing about being a cursed being with four arms was that he could continue to restrain you as he prepared himself for you.

"fucking brat," he spat, "you aren't going back on your word now. i despise liars and weaklings, and what was it you said, hmm? what got you into this situation, slut?"

he cocked an eyebrow at you, and you looked into his many eyes before replying in a hushed whisper. although sukuna had heard you perfectly fine the time before, he wanted to play with his food before absolutely devouring it. "speak up, pet. do what you're told."

"i-" you stuttered, shaking in fear at the curse's predatory gaze. you then cleared your throat, mustering every ounce of strength necessary for you to speak up. "i said i could take both of your cocks at once, sir..."

"and?" oh, he was truly cruel.

"i don' wanna say,"

"and why's that, brat?" despite maintaining his callous demeanour, sukuna became focused on scanning your expression and body language for any true signs of discomfort - he didn't wish to take things too far with such a precious thing such as yourself.

"'s embarrassing."

he scoffed at your meek response, amused that he'd thought you were uncomfortable when you were merely embarrassed. how human of you.

one of sukuna's hands let go of his cock, not bothering to wipe off the drops of precum mixed with spit that stained his fingers. he drew it back, before landing a harsh slap against your cheek. "you speak when spoken to, bitch. do you understand?"

his thumb moved to rest on your chin, angling your gaze to face him. he waited for you to state a clear "yes, sir," before slipping his thumb between your lips. instinctively, you began to suck on the tip of the digit, eyes remaining on sukuna's face.

"good pet. . . that will be your only warning. any further infractions will be met with ample punishment. now," he removed his wet thumb from your mouth, shifting it to rest on your swollen clit. he chuckled darkly as his long, thick fingers inspected your sloppy folds. "i was going to make you ride my boot, yet you're already dripping like a bitch in heat." sukuna then leaned back, loosening his grip both on you and allowing his cocks to lazily bounce against his toned stomach. "come on, princess. claim your throne."

for a moment, you questioned the cursed being. typically he enjoyed bullying his girth into you, so surely this had to be some kind of trap, right? regardless, the urge to satiate the emptiness that you felt between your legs was so immense that, without further questioning, you shifted to hover over both of sukuna's cocks.

you began with just the one on top, gripping its base and rubbing the tip through your folds before aligning it with your entrance. this action earned you a warning glare, a promise that you'd be punished if you made another movement that could be interpreted as teasing sukuna. though that hadn’t been your sole intention, you took it on the nose and continued the feat of getting his inhumane cock into yourself.

sukuna’s head lolled back, clearly enjoying himself as you managed to push the tip of him into your warm walls. his cockhead dragged across your sweet spot, causing your cunt to flutter around him. it took each little bit of self control for the curse not to grip your hips and force you to take the rest, then begin to bounce you around like a human fleshlight, though he managed to keep it together… mostly. occasionally, he would thrust his hips upwards very slightly, masking his own desperation with a gruff “hurry up”.

slowly but surely, you managed to work your way down his thick length, with your legs trembling by the time he was bottomed out inside of you. no matter how many times he’d fucked you before, it still burned ever so slightly. the out of character benevolence once again showed itself in the form of a thumb on your clit, a hand on the small of your back, and another nonchalantly dabbing at the odd stray tear that you’d shed as you grew accustomed to the stretch. soon enough, the pain dulled and was replaced by pure euphoria. you gave him the signal that you were fine to continue, and thus the barbarity returned.

“tight fuckin’ cunt,” sukuna growled, “i’m practically splitting you in half, pet, and we haven’t even made it to the main event.” he punctuated his mockery by conjuring a mouth on the palm of his hand, its hot tongue darting out to lick the remainder of tears from your wet cheeks. the salty taste was akin to ambrosia to the curse, the fact that he’d been the one to make you cry only turning him on moreso.

he wasn’t going to make you take his other cock yourself; instead, he let you haphazardly bounce on his length while he fisted the other a few times. you were too distracted to notice him spread a generous amount of lube over your tighter hole. he slid a finger past the taut ring of muscle, cooing over you in order to prevent you getting too antsy whilst he prepped your ass. sukuna didn’t reprimand you when you buried your face in the crook of his neck, rather he used it as further opportunity to get your pretty hole ready for his cock.

being with him in such a manner often resulted in you being subject to pain, though sukuna had trained his whore to crave the pleasure that shortly followed. therefore, you opted for biting on your lip and made no motion to tell him to stop when he progressed from scissoring your asshole open to gently working the tip of his secondary cock inside.

you whimpered at the sensation, another painful stretch that was slowly replaced with the feeling of being as full as you can be. two of sukuna’s strong arms tilted you backwards, easing more of himself into you. this was the last time that he would be tender, for you were beginning to exhibit a couple of a signs that you were nearing a point of overstimulation - the wide and teary eyes, the way that your bottom lip began to quiver, and the soft, sweet little cries that you tried and subsequently failed to muffle (much to sukuna’s delight).

“what a perfect whore,” he mused, “do you like both of my cocks in your little holes? no human could ever fuck you this good, you’re mine. my pet,”

he continued to spit a mixture of degrading and possessive phrases as two of his hands aided your hips, rocking you on his dual cocks. when you tilted yourself forward, it was a struggle not to collapse into sukuna’s arms. he picked up on this quickly, noticing you relying on his hold more with each passing moment. he then resorted to the sole method that he used with you: pain. once again, you received a harsh slap across the face, only this time, it was followed with another hand delivering a similarly mean spank to your ass. this caused you to clench around his cocks, earning a smirk from him.

“good bitch,” his words were laced with mischief and malice, “listen to my voice, don’t worry about anything else. just keep taking me like the worthless thing you are,”

countless names followed, with sukuna successfully distracting you from his current antics. it wasn’t until you felt his warm tongue against your clit that you noticed what he had done.

the curse had conjured a mouth on his lower stomach, positioned perfectly to lap at your drooling cunt while you fucked yourself on him. such feeling was the final nail in the coffin, and your movements grew sloppy, a sign that you were nearing you high. not bothered about chiding you and instead appreciating that dumb little look on your pretty face, sukuna placed his upper two hands under your arms, with the lower ones remaining on your hips. he lifted you up and down, forcing you to take all of him with each rotation.

“my fucking slut, my cockwhore, my sweet toy,”

repetitive rambles fell from sukuna’s lips as he continued to toy with your body like you were nothing. the both of you were nearing your respective high, and sukuna, knowing your body expertly at this point, nipped at your clit, then proceeded to suck the puffy bud - something that always drove you insane. your own words were reduced to incoherent babbles, brain turned to mush and legs to jelly as he continued to pump his cocks into you.

before you knew it, you were clenching around him, cumming with a loud cry as sukuna helped you ride it out. your body’s reactions drove him over the edge, cunt spasming around his cocks as he shot his loads into both of your holes. as much as he wanted to watch his seed dribble out of you, he knew that it was best to help you off of him, not caring about the mess on his lap.

he never really knew what to say during times like this, despite typically being a man with a sizeable vocabulary. so, he settled with holding you while you clung to him, your arms loosely wrapped around his torso and head buried in the crook of his neck. simply knowing that he let you hug him so tenderly was enough for you, because it showed that he cared about you even despite whatever harsh things he would say in the moment. the way that his arms awkwardly moved to return the embrace warmed your heart, and what more could a princess ask for?

[altf4d3lete]

Wednesday series takes itsef far more seriously than the movies. Murder is a serious thing in the story. Here we won't find a poor girl cooked inside a cake and get a "C'est la vie!" joke. While W herself is proud of having of mutilated Dalton, seeing it as a rightful retribution, it's clear that she despises senseless murder, or killing for pleasure. EG when Enid tells her she's sorry for Xavier, W answers, without regrets, that he was a liar and a murderer, implying he deserved to be jailed.

BUT she accepts murder as a mean to protect others or themselves. When Enid and W see eachother again after the battle, for what W knows, if E is alive that means she killed Tyler. W saw what a Hyde is capable to do, and doesn't know that the Sheriff shot his own son, so the only conclusion she can reach is that if Enid survived then Tyler is dead, or so mauled that he's dying. So, Enid killed somebody, yet Wednesday reciprocates the hug. The emotional climax of the show was never about Tyler, it was for Wednesday to open completely to the girl who constantly offered her friendship without losing hope. And Tyler's final battle wasn't in the story for him, but to make Enid shine. The writers willingly wrote that.

If they really wanted to depict Tyler as a victim, I'm sure they would have been perfectly capable to write him as a victim, not as a willing participant.

EXACTLY ‼️‼️‼️ THIS RIGHT HERE.

First paragraph: this! Wednesday is shown to be morally strong in this show, in her own weird sense. She doesn’t like people who murder innocents, she doesn’t think people should be in pain if they don’t deserve it. She actively goes out of her way to be nice (as she can be) to Enid and Eugene. She only messes with people once they mess with her. If she was the way that Weylers see her as, she wouldn’t have bothered with the piranhas. She just straight up would have finished the job and killed dalton and probably killed Eugene’s bullies as well. She doesn’t like murder unless it’s justified in her eyes. And there doesn’t seem to be a lot that justifies it. Even when she found out Tyler was the Hyde, she wasn’t going to kill him. And that says a lot about her character I think. It’s also weird that people think that she’d forgive him because he was forced to do those things while she was under the impression that Xavier was the Hyde (and forced to do things) and didn’t care. Straight up threw him in jail 0 qualms about it.

Second paragraph: I already talked a little about the first half so I’ll focus on the second! this entire thing is so true. Her arc was with ENID, not Tyler, and I think that says a lot about the direction the writers want to take the show. It was never about her opening up romantically, it was never about her being shipped with Tyler or finding love. It was about her and ENID, and it always will be about the two of them, whether they end up romantic or not. It was purposefully set up that way, and the writers have already said that they’re the center of the show. Whether Wednesday ends up with Enid, someone else, or alone, no one will ever be as important to her as Enid is and that is just *chefs kiss*.

Paragraph 3: if they wanted to depict Tyler as a victim, they would have made it WAY more clear that the Hyde is a split personality or that they really have no control over their actions. Iirc, there was even talk of a Hyde who offed their master, so it’s not looking good for Tyler. It’s looking more like he has SOME sense of Will if he really tried to fight it, but he gave into the murdering and enjoyed it rather than showcased himself as an actual good guy. He didn’t look all that sad to be killing Wednesday in episode 8. By that point he would have remembered the things he did/had control over himself and he tried to kill his dad, too. Crazy that people still think he’s good. He’s a tragic villain, but he’s still that: a villain

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The Human Who Didn’t Know

Pairing: Normie male reader x Enid Sinclair and Wednesday Addams

Summary: A normal human boy is able to enroll into nevermore academy through a scholarship program thinking it was a school for people who were bullied or different, little did he know that he had gotten himself into a school of people who despise normies . Come and join him on his journey through life as the only normie on a campus full of outcasts.

First chapter or two will be set a bit before Wednesday actually joins the academy so don't be surprised if you don't see any of the actual cast for a bit. There will be some OCs. This is also my first book so there probably will be mistakes and such.

I do not own any characters or plot from the show Wednesday, I only own some of the plot, and some of the characters.

Chapter 1: The Tournament Of Nevermore

(Currently taking place about a month before the start of the semester.)

Y/n pov

"Tch, the things I have to do for a good education. Oh yeah y/n apply the tests you have to take aren't that hard. Damn liars what would you know." I thought with a scowl

Sure it may be for "outcasts" but, but man how bad could it be to attend school with some weirdos. I mean probably rich and snobby but weirdos nonetheless.

Either way those were my thoughts during the 100 question exam we had to take that only ended up leaving 8 of us.

The faculty, then rounded us up into a waiting area and said to wait be to called.

This scrawny looking kid and I were then called up first, into a colosseum looking place. Ms.Weems the principal of Nevermore Academy then said "ladies and gentlemen thank you for joining us at our quad annually held scholarship tournament. With out further to do, here we have our first match between the humans Donavan McDonald and y/n."

"Match? Humans? What is this woman talking about?"  "Excuse me Ms.Weems what exactly do you mean match?"

"Ah right, Mr.L/n you see this scholarship only has 4 spots available so in this tournament of eight people only 4 will get a spot of course each spot has there perks but we'll get to those after the winners of said spots have been chosen just know the higher you rank the better the outcome."

"So please get ready for this fight, and do not worry as we have trained medical teams to assist in case of any emergency or accident matches will be stopped if we believe that one of the contestants life is in danger or if they are at risk of being permanently injured." Continued Ms.Weems.

"I forfeit, I am not about to allow myself to become some sort of sick entertainment for all these people over some dumb school." Said Donavan.

Groans could be heard from a small crowd of people that were watching, yet out of all of the people there, two seemed to be the most disappointed. A tall slender lady in a black dress with pale white skin, who was holding hands with a shorter, rounder man who seemed of Latin descent.

"Ah I see that is fine Mr.McDonald, you shall be escorted out, thank you for coming out for our test." Stated Ms.Weems with a smile. "You may go back to the waiting room Mr.L/n."

"Uh, ok." "Man that shit was weird but I think this means I've made it."

As I walked in there was a boy who looked at me with curiosity, as if he wanted to ask me something.

"What?" I asked I asked not liking the way he was staring at me.

"Nothing I was just going to ask what happened out there since the walls here are sound proof and there's no way to see what's going on out there."

Said a teenager who looked to be 16 or 17 years old like me. He has orange colored hair with gray rabbit ears protruding from his head which I found kind of weird but this was going to be a school for outcasts.

"Ah right I'm Richard Scott, nice to meet you" said the rabbit boy

"Oh yeah nice to meet you too, I'm Y/n." I responded

"Right let me introduce you to my friends the one horns is Tommy Onini, the one with the dog ears is Blake Davenport." Said Richard

I looked at each of the boys as he introduced them to me Tommy had light brown hair, a stoic face with eyes that seemed to be staring into my soul along with 2 horns that stuck out of his head. Then there was Blake he had a bored expression on his face as if he was forced to be here or just didn't find it enjoyable, or maybe the floor just seemed to be more entertaining then a room full of people who were his competition. He like tho other two mentioned had something sticking out of his head but his seemed to be dog ears.

"These guys must really like cosplaying or something"

"Nice to meet you guys too, like I told Richard here I'm Y/n."

"Skip the formalities" said Tommy with an annoyed look on his face. "Just tell us what we should expect out there" he continued

"Sorry about him but he's always been a jerk even to me and Blake, he didn't try to punch you or hurt you in anyway so that's a step up." Said Richard with a nervous chuckle

"Right, anyway it's a tournament out of the 8 of us that we're here only 4 will gain a spot in the scholarship. So from my understanding you have to at least win the first round to be eligible" I stated

I watched as the 7 other contestants looked at each other with shock, now knowing they would have to fight each other. Then something unexpected happened they all started to smile and laugh they were excited even Blake seemed to have gotten a shine in his eye when I had mentioned fighting.

At that moment I decided to sit against a wall and nap, for however long I got to since I wasn't able to get much sleep due to me being excited and, nervous for the test. I shut my eyes and let darkness consume me. I was Rudely awoken what felt like hours later by Richard.

"Huh?  What's up man? You need something? How long was I out for?" I asked while rubbing the drowsiness from my eyes.

"The ceilings up, I don't but you need to get up since your up next, you were out for about 20 or 30 minutes."  Said Richard

"What?! I'm up already so soon? Who won?" I asked surprised that there fights had come and gone in a blink of an eye.

"Heh why don't you look for yourself? He retorted

I looked around him and there they were sitting, unscathed, bored both Tommy and Blake. Once they noticed my movement Tommy looked at me from the corner of his eye, and Blake stood up and started walking towards the door saying only one thing.

"We're next."

My eyes widen in surprise, surprised that he spoke. I sighed as I got up from my sitting position and made my way out the door, and shutting it I hear Richard wishing me luck, which causes me to smile even though I'm facing his friend he's rooting me a stranger on.

"Well let's get this over with." I said to no one in particular

Blake was already standing on his side of the arena ready to fight, while I was on my side I was not ready to fight I was hoping I'd have a bit more time to prepare myself not only to fight but to fight in front of all these people. I started to jump in place like professional fighters do warming my body up. As I did that I looked around at the people who were watching the pale lady and Latino man were still there and were looking at me with interest.

"Welcome to the quarter finales of the Nevermore scholarship tournament the final 4 contestants will all be receiving a spot on the scholarship now there only competing for the prize. As I said before those perks will be discussed privately with each winner of each position. So without further to do Blake Davenport vs Y/n L/n, boys same rules as before. Whenever your ready, FIGHT!" Said/shouted Ms. Weems into the microphone.

I blinked and I was on my knees, it felt as if I'd been run over by a car going 60 miles per hour (96.56 km/h for those outside the states) I felt and heard some ribs snap, then I started to cough up blood.

"Ah shit that's not good."

I was then picked up by my neck by Blake to have our eyes meet.

"Are you this weak? Are you not going to fight?" He said with disdain in his tone of voice.

Then it happened the humans greatest power, the will to live. My fight or flight state of mind,  kicked in but I knew on this situation it was fight or fight as the option to run would mean quitting and my pride, my ego couldn't just accept a defeat that came from giving up. I threw a right hook  and it landed causing him to let me go and a collective gasp and breathes of relief to be heard from the crowd.

"Tch so you did have some fight in you." Blake smiled "I hope you can truly keep me entertained."

He charged at me. I knew he was moving at an inhumane speed, I shouldn't have been able to keep up yet all this adrenaline rushing into my body is allowing me too. So I prepare myself, when he is in front of me ready to take me down I try dodge last second but my body can't keep up with my mind and I'm knocked to the floor. When knocked to the floor he got on top of me in a full mount position and started to rain punches down on my chest and head while all I could do was defend my face and head.

"Oh come on don't tell me that punch was all you had in you, if you don't end this fight soon you might end up dead." Blake said as he laughed manically

"Shit he's right I'll have to throw in some punches, I can't just be on the defense now. Wait I got it."

Letting my blood gather inside of my mouth from all the damage I had been receiving, I spat into his face cause temporary blindness which allowed me an opening to punch him. As I punched his body I felt as if I was punching some sort of inhumane wall so I settled for his face which seemed more sensitive I landed a left jab straight into his nose and an uppercut which caused him to fall off of me. I then rushed to his back and wrapped my arm around his neck,and started to apply pressure effectively placing him into a chokehold leaning back with all my weight it still didn't seem like enough to effect this monster but I could tell it was started to bother him when he started to swing his arms wildly around. That's when I noticed them his nails had become like claws which caused me to loosen up my grip a bit, which was enough for him to slash my left eye with 2 of his claws.

"You damn bastard wasn't being stronger than me enough for you, you had to make my left eye useless right now!" I shouted in anger

Blake laughed "you are the first to entertain me in a fight and even made me use some of my transformation you'll...!"

"Oh shut up you mutt, an eye for an eye!" I yell as I use my own nails to scratch over his right eye

Gasps of shock and surprise were heard from the spectator area. Then came the hushed whispers of how this human was and is monstrous than any of them. The pale lady looked at her husband with a wide smile as she kissed him and thanked him for this wonderful anniversary gift.

"What! What is this damn feeling I hate it! Is this pain?!" Thought Blake as he smiled crazily. He couldn't see through his right eye due to the blood that was flowing from the 3 cuts that his opponent had made.

"Be honored Y/n L/n you are the first person who has ever made me wolf out in a fight, your attacks have left a wound that will most certainly scar me, so be proud human. " stated Blake.

Those were the last words along with the gasps of shock and horror I heard as I blacked out.

"Huh! Where am I why can't I see?!? Help!" Is what you yelled out as you woke up suddenly

"Mr.L/n please calm down your in the hospital. I am doctor Sherman, I shall go and inform Ms.Weems of your awakening, and she can tell you the rest." Informed the doctor

"Ok, thank you doctor." I said while nodding my head.

"I see your awake now Mr.L/n, that fight of your was very intense to say the least. Anyways no matter how intense you still came in 4th place meaning you get all of the base perks of the scholarship which are payed tuition, payed lunch, and a $250 dollar room customization bonus. Along with an allowance of $20 per week as you came in 4th."

"Woah ok that sounds amazing in all honesty. I hate to change the subject so abruptly but I have some questions if you wouldn't mind answering them Ms.Weems."

"Of course Mr. L/n ask away."

"My eyes will I be blind? My internal damage how was that? I didn't damage Blake's eye did I? Was my family informed? How long was I out?"

"Yours eyes will be fine just some scarring over the left eye, they were pretty bad but we have some of the best doctors here and they were able to fix and place the bones where they need to be, you should be fully if not almost completely healed by now, his eye like yours only suffered some scarring, they were informed your mother was not happy but she said she would wait for your call as soon as you woke up and you have been out for a 29 days as of today. I would say very good healing time for all the damage you sustained and being only a human.

"I see, would you mind if I was to call my mother now?"

"Of course not, I'll dial her number for you and once your finished there'll be a nurse outside your door waiting to help you with those bandages."

"Ok thank you Ms.Weems"

"Oh man moms going to kill me for this."

"Hey mom how are you? Yes yes I'm fine I'm still alive and kicking. Yes it was very idiotic of me to fight with that guy, but in all fairness he didn't seem the most athletic or anything so I thought I had a chance. Either way I'm fine and I'll be discharged today and start school in 2 or 3 days. Yes mother I'll make sure to call you at least once a week. I love you too. Bye."

"Nurse I'm done on the phone if you could help me" I yelled as to get her attention

"Sir please do not yell we are in a hospital"

"Ah right sorry ma'am"

After a couple of minutes of having the bandages around my eyes removed the light blinded me. After 5 minutes or so of adjusting they brought me a walker to support myself, along with a change of clothes. After thanking the staff that helped me I made my way into a car with Ms.Weems.

"Man if school hasn't even started and it's already crazy how will the school year itself go." I thought to myself.

"Ah before I forget you will be sharing a room with Blake as he requested it himself as that was a perk of being the champion."  Ms.Weems said

"Picking a roommate was a perk no offense but sounds kind of lame." I responded

"No he could have had his own personal room as but he decided he would prefer a roommate and that roommate would happen to be you." She replied

"Oh." Was all I could think to say.

"We're here." Says Ms.Weems as we drive up to some giant rusted gates with the name of the academy on the top.

"Man you would think they'd try to keep the gate in nice shape." I thought as we passed the gate and pulled to the schools entrance.

"Your bags will be delivered tomorrow, and school will officially start in two days. If you have any questions no matter the subject please let me or any of the faculty know. Blake should be waiting to show you to your dorm."

"Ok thank you for the ride. " I said as I got out of the car.

"Of course. " responded Ms.Weems with a smile.

I saw Blake and started to walk towards him hand outstretched. "Hey man, how are you? No hard feelings right?"

"I am fine. Of course not, but I could ask the same of you Y/n." Blake said

"I'm great, I mean I made it into the school I wanted to, like you I see no need to have any hard feelings over that fight." I stated while smiling

"Heh, you truly are someone worth following behind. " He said with a smirk as he turned and walked away "come on now let me show you to our dorm."

"Yeah sounds good, wait what do you mean follow behind!? Answer me damn it!" I shouted as I ran behind him to catch up to him.

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Authors notes

This is my story, if your interested in reading ahead it’s already on Wattpad my account on there is rmedgg hope you enjoy. ill be making another post that will have the link to the book but I will be uploading the chapters onto here eventually

This is the first chapter of my first book, so please leave me some feedback both good and bad.

If you have any questions about anything just ask.

Some side notes: Y/n isn't aware that the outcasts the school is for is like "monsters" as he didn't read it he just saw outcasts and interpreted it as people who were bullied or just didn't fit in at normal schools.

I'm not to sure on if the who world knows of "outcasts" in the Wednesday verse but for the sake of my story they tend to stay northeast for the weather so in other states there more like urban legends.

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Behind Closed Doors-Chapter Five

A/N: I’M BACKKKKKKK

Word Count: 2.7k

Warnings: None that I’m aware of

IMPORTANT THINGS: Your last name is Barlowe (Bar-Low) cause it sounds good. Its now the start of winter of your third year. The reader is a Hufflepuff for the sake of the tropes that I am using, if you want to change it go ahead! I just would suggest to not change it to Slytherin because then the tropes wouldn’t make much sense. Enjoy!!

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“Granger and B.Barlowe.”

Bennett froze, he was staring at his text book, wondering what in the god lord's name this Transfiguration book was saying when he heard the last name. He had never really paid attention to the people inside of this particular class, since most of his friends were in Slytherin and Ravenclaw, he really had no need too. But when he turned to look for the person called, his eyes met with the same bright brown ones he had bumped into earlier.

He smiled at her and she just straightened her shoulders, giving him absolutely no reaction in response. She walked over to him, placing her textbook, and what looked to Bennett as seventy million pages of notes, down onto the table. Without so much as to speak one word to Bennett, Hermoine opened her textbook and began reading through the assignment.

“Hi.”

Silence.

“Hellooo?”

Silence again.

“Are you deaf or just ignoring me?”

Hermione gave him a look, and sighed as she closed her textbook. Bennett felt intimidated by the sudden sternness that crossed her face. He was never intimidated by people, except for his sister, and of course his mom. Just thinking about his mom sent shivers down his spine.

“Listen, Bennett is it? I’m not interested in you, I don’t go for people like you.”

“Excuse me? People like me?”

“As in, players. I know what you’re like, and I am not interested.” She stated, a firm look on her face.

“Huh, that's such a shame, but I was not interested in you.” Liar.

“Glad we established that.” Was all she said before she turned her head back and she went back to reading about the assignment. Bennett looked at his book, to the clock, and back to his book. He couldn’t stay focused on anything, so of course he was going to find anything to keep him distracted.

“So…Granger, you like anyone?” Bennett asked, a mischievous smile plastered across his face. Hermione looked over at him, a perplexed look on her face.

“What do you mean by that?”

“Well you know, someone you’re infatuated with?”

“Not necessarily no.” Bennett looked down and laughed to himself, he mumbled something inaudible to Hermione.

“What was that?”

“What if one of your friends like someone you despised.” Hermione looked at him in confusion, waiting for him to explain what he had just said. “I mean, what if say like, Ron or Ginny liked someone that bullied you.”

Hermione laughed and looked at Bennett, and for the first time in a while he felt at peace. Listening to such a beautiful sound made his heart jump and he blushed while he looked at the way Hermione’s face scrunched in such a cute way while she laughed.

“That’s ridiculous, I mean, who could like someone that’s rude to them?” She laughed. But Bennett stayed quiet. “Surely you don’t know someone who likes…a bully?” Bennett just nodded and Hermoine looked at him.

“Can you tell me about them?” She asked, and for once, Hermione Granger was not paying attention.Instead, she focused on the flow of Bennett’s voice, the way he laughed about parts in the story and how his eyebrows moved together when he looked angry. They talked the whole class, Hermione enjoying the sound of Bennett talking, and Bennet just happy that he had someone to talk to.

In the corner of the class, Calum laughed to himself and shook his head. He felt a light tap on his shoulder and looked over his shoulder at the direction of the tap. He was met by a pair of circle glasses and a look of question.

“What do you think’s going on with Bennett and Hermione? Do you think that…” Harry trailed off, waiting for Calum to answer a question he didn’t ask.

“Like each other?” Calum paused, looking over at them, watching closely as Bennett smiled at Hermione, his eye’s watching her face closely as she talked, he seemed to actually be engaged in what she was saying, and nonetheless, Bennett looked at her as if she was the only girl in all of Hogwarts. “Yeah, I suppose my brother does fancy her.” Calum looked over at Harry and smiled, before returning back to his textbook, Harry just shook his head and laughed before he took one last glance at Calum and returned to reading. ------------------------------------------------------------You distracted yourself for basically the whole week leading up to the date that you had scheduled with Draco. Your mind raced back and forth between trying to convince yourself that it wasn’t a bad idea, and that it was a bad idea. He was the enemy, but you couldn’t stop yourself from taking glances at him, watching his charming smile and wanting to kiss him. It sickened you how badly you felt for betraying your brother's wishes, how hurt you knew Calum would be if he had known, how angry Bennet would be. You didn’t wanna think about it too much, it hurt you to think about.

The snow fell around you, and you watched it fall, something about the snow falling set you at ease. It felt nice to just stand out in the open, enjoying the smell and the feel of the snow. Suddenly, you felt a light tap on your shoulder, you looked around and were met with the smiling face of Draco Malfoy. His hat neatly covered his ears and his gloves hugged his hands, and the smile on his face was genuine, it was a small smile and it made your heart flutter.

“Hope I didn’t make you wait for forever.” All you could do was nod, you didn’t feel appropriate smiling back at him, but you wanted to be polite so you just nodded at him.

The walk to Hogsmeade was nothing special. You didn’t really talk with Draco, you two just walked and you enjoyed the presence of the snow falling around you, while Draco enjoyed the view, his view however was the quick glances that he had snuck every few minutes. He was enjoying just watching you walk and how you softly smiled at the beautiful scene painted out in front of you. Draco felt a dreaded feeling down in his stomach, as if something was going to go wrong, but he tried his best to ignore the feeling.

He knew what you were feeling, and he wanted to help you escape from whatever had clouded your mind that day. He had not regretted that he asked you out, nor had he regretted kissing you. But, he felt as if he did do something wrong in the scheme of things, as if asking you out was a mistake on his part, sure he had liked you, and thought you were pretty, but did he really want this?

The date had gone well, Draco had treated you to getting whatever you had wanted at Honeydukes, and now, you two had sat down at The Three Broomsticks to have a butterbeer before you headed back. You sat awkwardly, scared to say anything at first but also eager to say something. And Draco felt the same, he had felt like you wanted to tell him something, or that he should say something, but instead he just sat and drank his butterbeer.

“I’m gonna go to the bathroom.” You announced, quickly standing up from your chair and hurrying to the bathroom before you even got a confirmation from Draco.

Draco didn’t question it, he watched as you walked off and smiled to himself.

‘Cute’ He thought to himself. He was about to get up and wait outside for you before he heard a familiar voice calling his name.

“Malfoy. MALFOY.” The whisper grew more coherent the more it screamed his name. He turned his head to look at the voice and behold he saw none other than his “best mate” Blaise.

“What could you possibly want Zabini?”

“Calm down mr.stick-up-his-ass. I was gonna ask you what you were doing here?”

Draco stared at Blaise, puzzled. Had Blaise not noticed why he was here? Or at least, who he was sitting with?

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, are you seriously on a date with a Barlowe? You’re not, are you?”

Draco felt his heart drop to the pit of his stomach. What would he say? His first instinct was to deny it, to deny the fact that he was on a date with you, and the other wanted to scream it from the rooftops. But, Draco’s mind was clouded with his own self image, and how his friends would react to the information, how his family would react if they had found out he was saying a half-blood hufflepuff. He didn’t even want to think about the talk that his father would have with him about it, so, he did what he thought was best to do.

“No, of course not. She practically begged me to come out here with her! I was originally going to say no, but considering how desperate she was, I felt bad.”

You heard the laugh follow after the statement. The statement broke your heart and what bothered you most is that it seemed to flow so freely from his mouth, as if he had been planning on saying that the whole time, like he was rehearsing it, over and over again until it was just right. You hadn’t expected this, and truly, you felt stupid. You should’ve known that Draco didn’t actually like you, I mean why would he?

You were just another pawn in his game, another trophy just for him to put on his shelf of insolence. You hated how ignorant you had been, so ignorant to the fact that your brothers were right, you should've never have gotten involved with Draco and you hated yourself for it. You couldn’t help it as you felt the tears slowly fall from your eyes. You tried your best to fix it before you went back to the table to grab your things.

“Y/n? What’s wrong?” Draco asked. His voice was mended with the sound of concern, whether that concern was real or not you would never know, because you picked up your things and ran out of the restaurant, ignoring Draco’s desperate calls behind you.

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It was as Calum and Bennett had super powers, because as soon as they ran through the Hufflepuff door, they were sitting on the couch waiting for you, a desolate look sitting on their faces.

You looked over at them, and fake smiled as best you could, but you know it was meaningless. Bennett stood up and walked over to you with his arms out, you immediately dropped your things and ran into his arms, hugging him as hard as you could and barring your face into his chest, as if it was a way to hide from your shame and embarrassment.

“He-he- he said that he-”

“Shhh it’s okay. You don’t have to tell me.” You sobbed in his chest as he guided you over to the couch, placing you between him and Calum.

“Y/n/n. It’s okay.” Calum said. He places a hand on your shoulder and rubbed it gently, trying his best to calm him down, but his efforts only made you more mad.

“No it’s not Calum! I was so stupid, why would i ever think he would like me back.”

“What are you talking about Y/n?” He asked, Bennett swatted his arm, causing Calum to glare at him, but shortly return his attention back to you.

“Draco. Calum I like Draco.” A silence fell over the three of you, Calum sat in shock and all you could do was cry into your hands. Calum didn’t make a big deal of the news though, all he did was nod and pull yoh in for a hug.

“Calum he, he said that I begged him to go out with me. That-that he only went out with me cause Inwas desperate, and cause he felt bad.” Calum nodded and rubbed your back, glancing at Bennett before he pulled you back from him, and motioning you towards him.

“Listen Y/n, you don’t need him. He’s not good enough for you.”

“Ha. Yeah sure. Calum his Draco Malfoy, one of the richest and most popular kids in school.”

“Y/n/n. He’s one of the most popular because people are scared of him. They don’t like him for his personality, infacg, many few people like him at all.” Bennet interjected. You glared at him and he stuck his tongue out at you, you tried to keep a straight face but you couldn’t help but giggle a little.

You sighed as you willed your tears, and laid your head on Bennett’s shoulder, you felt yourself slowly falling asleep, your body not wanting to deal with the effects of today for much longer.

Bennett looked at Calum and sighed.

“This is what I was afraid of Cay. He’s gonna send her crying to us so many times, we won’t be able to count it on our fingers.”

“Ben. Come on. I mean, it was just one time.”

“One time? Did you not listen to what he said to her?”

Calum looked down, and he groaned. “Why couldn’t she have just liked someone like Harry, or Ron, or fucking Cedric for crying out loud?”

“I don’t know. But, from now on. Don’t let Malfoy anywhere near her. You got it?”

Calum looked down at your sleeping form, you looked so peaceful and it was refreshing to see you without a look of sadness or stress on your face, and he nodded. Calum and Bennet were going to do whatever they could to protect you and your fragile heart. Not even just because they didn’t like Draco (although it is a reason) but because they knew how he was going to treat you, and how he was going to make you feel like a choice.

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Draco stood in the middle of the hall looking for you the next day. His anxiety creeped up on him very late in the night when he realized that maybe you had heard what he said. Never in a million years did Draco think that he would be so scared to apologize to someone, let alone apologize to someone in general.

He looked around frantically for your smaller form. He felt like an idiot standing in the middle of the hallway, looking as if someone had stood HIM up, and not the other way around this time. When he finally saw you, you were with your brothers, a smile spread across your face. And when he saw that smile, he gripped his bag tighter and sucked in a breath. His heart skipped a beat and he watched as you walked forward, the smile still evident on your face. The smile went away almost as soon as he approved you however.

“Y/n, hey uhm. Can I talk to you for a minute?…Alone.” He halted at your brothers and your brothers glared back, they wouldn’t give in to just letting him be alone with you so easily.

“No.” Draco looked at you confused.

“No? Just no?”

“Yes. Just no.”

You started to walk forward, your brothers trailing bend in you when Draco went to grab your wrist. He was interred by Bennett grabbing his hand and squeezing as hard as he could on it. You turned around when you heard Draco’s yelp of pain, and you swatted Bennett’s hand away, a warning look spread across your face.

“Why? Why just no?” Draco asked before you could have the chance to walk away. You faced him, an innocent smile on your cheeks.

“I wouldn’t wanna make you feel bad now would I? Not would I wanna make myself look…desperate .” With those words you smiled at him before continuingl to walk and talk with your brothers. You left Draco standing there in shock. You had heard what he ask yesterday and he could feel his heart stop and his breathing quicken.

Oh how foolish he was! How could he have said something so insolent and stupid just to protect his own image? Truth was he knew why, he knew he didn’t want people to know you two went out on a date together for the main reason being that he just couldn’t let his reputation slip from his hands. He wouldn’t let his father barrad him for another thing. And he was sure that he wasn’t going to risk the approval of his father, and the oh so precious reputation that he had built up, just for a silly girl.

Or would he?

[moonmoonthecrabking]

if you hate us, fine, there’s nothing i can do to stop you. but don’t tag your hateful shit “queer christian”, don’t say that we’re liars when we say God is love, don’t act as though you aren’t hurting people. we are here, we are queer, and we love God. people call you bigoted because you are being bigoted. to deny anyone entry to the christian faith is terrible, let alone those who have fought to have it. don’t be so proud of how much you despise us. you say you’re being loving in critique of what you perceive is sin, yet the fruit is death. you do not correct, or discipline, but you mock and bully. are you having fun? do you think this is what Jesus would do? do you think this is what Jesus did? his anger at the temple was against those who were preventing people from worshipping and making his Father’s house a marketplace. we aren’t doing that. who is?

[msfbgraves]

Did you read the article about how the creators of CK are goi by to tarnish Mr. Miyagi’s memory and have Daniel face the mirror in season 6? When will they just come out and say they hate Daniel and Miyagi? When will fucking Johnny Lawrence face the mirror and grow the fuck up, be a dad to his biological kid, and apologize to Daniel? Fuck this show, I’m so SICK of this shit. I grew up watching KK in the 80s, and clearly the writers favor the deadbeat loser that is Johnny and despise Daniel. I’m not watching this show anymore, I’m only here for the fanfic. Fuck this show!!

Ralph said that he agreed to Cobra Kai for a big part because of Creed. Seeing that you can continue something from the perspective of the opponent. But Creed has never been on a mission to show us that everything Rocky ever did was secretly misguided and borderline evil. It was about finding mutual respect. Cobra Kai was set up as the same thing, or so they said, but from the first episode onwards it was on a systematic mission to show Daniel in the most unsympathetic light possible. To prove him wrong, to show his kindness as nothing more than weakness and hypocrisy because, apparently, the message of the film was is painful to confront that the creators of the show need to undo it. Expose it. Defend their egos from the statement: bullying is wrong and hurts people. There has to be 'another side', a side in which the bullies are actually in the right. Because Daniel, by being kind and a little annoying, must be wrong. Must deserve it. These writers are not kind, it seems, and so kindness must be bad. Hardness, revenge, and an absence of mercy most win out. Because we must be taught that this is the nature of humanity and therefore, this hardness must be celebrated. Kindness must not exist in such a worldview, and therefore any kindness must be exposed as deception. As hidden cruelty. If cruelty is the nature of man, then surely it is better to be upfront and cruel than deceptive and cruel. This is how Johnny can win. If kindness doesn't exist, surely the honest man must trump the liar. And therefore the honest cruel man is good, and the dishonest cruel man is bad. But again this only works if innate kindness is a lie. Because if it's not, the kind man is better than the hard man, of course! And they can't deal with that. They don't feel kindness, apparently, and in order to prove themselves and their claimed avatar Johnny as still being good, kindness must be exposed.

Except there is nothing to expose in Daniel and Mr. Miyagi. They're not perfect, even in the first film. Miyagi had faults! He'd turned away from the world. Daniel had faults. Kind as he was, he was rather insensitive towards his Ma at times, because he felt Lucille had been insensitive to his needs. Also, you have to rebel somehow. But it doesn't go much further than that. He still comes to see her at work. He lets her teach him to dance. He tells her about his girlfriends. And yes, Daniel can be a little vindictive to those who have wronged him, spraying Johnny with water and exposing Chozen's scheme. What a monster! Do we remember the time he punched Chozen in the dick? Literally below the belt, what a sneaky thing to do at his own mugging!

As for Miyagi, he could be insensitive to Daniel's needs, too! Daniel lashed out at him and lied to him. They were never perfect. But they were always kind and that is something CK cannot stand. And since there is nothing in the films to indicate that they were being insincere, the writers decided to make something up. Ultra violent Miyagi secrets, I dunno. Maybe they retroactively are going to make Miyagi into a war criminal to uplift Kreese. And of course the only way to prepare for the Sekai Taikai is by bringing in Mike Barnes to be brutal. (It's not like they have a Japanese lifelong sensei on hand who has likely competed there himself and knows the culture inside out?)

Yet if kindness actually exists, even if they don't feel it, they can still sense this is wrong. And it must not be wrong! They cannot abide that cruelty is wrong!!!

Except....

They always excuse their heroes lashing out by them having been treated unkindly. Okay. So suffering unkindness is unjust, retaliating out of having suffered unkindness is just, but being unkind is strong? OK... So Cruelty = strength. Suffering cruelty = weak. Revenge = strong. Kindness = a lie. Loving=vulnerable and weak, but cruelty=strength, strength = deserving of love, therefore the cruel are entitled to love. People receiving love by being loving are the weak getting rewarded for weakness, which is wrong and must be punished, aka Daniel deserves to be beaten for being kind to Ali. Cruelty deserves love, but giving love is weak. Johnny is entitled to Daniel's friendship because Johnny is strong and cruel and Daniel is lying and weak, because kind. And this kindness (which is a lie???) is still something Johnny is entitled to by virtue of being openly crueler and therefore stronger, more upfront, and just, but he is not obligated to give it. Causing pain strong, retaliating by causing pain is also strong and nobody ever suffers any lasting consequences. Except when it's Robby but he deserved it for having been nicer than before, and being a constant reminder of Johnny's failure as a parent. Can't make our hero look bad by existing OK?

This is a: psychopathic thinking, and b: flies in the face of everything The Karate Kid stood for. Ralph is doing his utmost to minimise the character assassination of Daniel but Pat Morita is no longer alive to defend himself so fair game. I can't imagine what Kamen thinks of all this. And yeah, what they're doing to everyone who needed an uplifting story about imperfect but good people is painful. If you don't have the emotional maturity to see that violence leads to hurt, leads to more fighting, leads to hurt and death and disfigurement unless someone steps in and says: enough with the violence, you're basically a toddler. And a malicious one! But they've given the toddlers free rein at Netflix. I'm sure the next thing they write will be a series on why Rosa Parks is the epitome of evil.

I got sucked in because of the dedication of William Zabka and Ralph Macchio and now I feel betrayed. My one hope is that these actors always bring grace to this malicious writing and make something interesting out of something mean spirited. But if CK gets the GOT treatment in popular culture? Good.

[vrnvuld]

Louise Glück, Seizure

Andrea Salvatori, Testone

Mikko Harvey, Wind-Related in the Wheatfield

Jane Austen, Letters

Ruth Awad, In the gloaming, in the roiling night

Anne Sexton, A Self Portrait in Letters

Eden Robinson, Writing Prompts for the Broken-hearted

this is like a massive post because this is also our final farnauld playlist that's made of four parts. it's meant to tell their full story <3 can't say we really expect anyone to read through this or even check the songs but if someone wants a really weird playlist, u can listen to it here xx

ACT I: WE JUST PLAY ALONG, COME ON, COME ON

001. TRY TRY TRY --- RACHAEL SAGE. 002. I’M NOT CALLING YOU A LIAR --- FLORENCE + THE MACHINE. 003. COME ON --- WHITE LIES. 004. ON DIRECTING --- TEGAN & SARA. 005. POISON --- VAULTS.  006. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE --- DENMARK + WINTER. 007. CANDLES --- DAUGHTER. 008. WICKED TEETH --- CIARAN LAVERY. 009. AFFECTION --- AMBER RUN.

this is the part where they get together. they're off-balance. he's playing his own game and she's trying to make everything work together. this is the first time cracks begin to form within the croÿ ranks. this part of the playlist is a mixture of songs that are fairly dark. the most notable lyrics can be found in ' poison ': " we both know you're sweet and blind / palm struck on the floor // won't you let me poison your heart ? ". isa posted this part of the playlist years ago and it's here x.

ACT II: THERE'S HISTORY IN A SCAR

010. PURGE --- ALLIE X. 011. WE USED TO LAUGH / 9 TO 9 --- FLORA CASH. 012. HYENA --- THE EDITORS. 013. LIFFEY --- PILLOW QUEENS. 014. SPIDERS --- THE EDITORS. 015. TIME COMES IN ROSES --- BESS ATWELL. 016. I'M NOT YOURS --- ANGUS & JULIA STONE. 017. PETRICHOR --- KEATON HENSON.

this would be the post-break up era. their numerous conversations and arnauld's relentless bullying. the wounds were raw, incredibly so and arnauld had a need to show her the mistake she had made by cutting him so. fanni on the other hand struggled between feeling proud of her decision and knowing she had let go of more than just a person she loved: it was the opportunity to build a life outside of her family. both of them tormented each other just by existing. it was difficult to hate someone you loved. it was difficult to despise someone you had known so well. the sensitivity eventually made space for some sort of a relationship. they could hold conversations. they could blackmail each other and remind the other how deep their knowledge of the other went. the first two songs most certainly represent fanni and her struggles. in ' purge ' we get the lines: " you went anyway, but all of your chains / and ropes holding me stayed in place " and " every word you told me left such a rancid taste in my mouth / i can't purge you ". we had ' we used to laugh / 9 to 9 " on every edit back in 2019. it was such a perfect song for them at that time. " you said i won't ever leave your side no one else is worth my while no one else is worth my while were you like that all the time ? did you repeat this from 9 to 9 ? never come back never come back you put a hole in and opened up my heart put me down in my darkest dark we used to laugh we used to laugh " then we have the editors songs that got chosen for the darkness. arnauld was doing his best to get fanni to beg for forgiveness. the bitterness was felt constantly. ' liffey ' on the other hand is arnauld's realization that he's not in charge of himself or the situation. he is absolutely ruined and she holds far too much power — it's not just arnauld who knows secrets and ways to manipulate the other, fanni's just as capable !

ACT III: WHEN I LOSE MY HEAD, I LOSE MY SPINE

018. COOL ABOUT IT --- BOYGENIUS. 019. LUCKY FOR YOU --- NOVO AMOR, GIA MARGARET. 020. I MISS YOU, I'M SORRY --- GRACIE ABRAMS. 021. DAYDREAMS --- EXES. 022. SEABED --- NANNA. 023. LATE NIGHT TALKS --- DEPORTEES. 024. HEAVENLY --- CIGARETTES AFTER SEX 025. HOPELESS WANDERER --- MUMFORD & SONS. 026. THAT'S WHEN ( TV ) --- TAYLOR SWIFT.

this part is about their healing journey. when the mind games stopped. when it was just two people. a fairly wholesome part in their story. they had affection for one another and perhaps for the first time they did not have some role to play. it was just friendship ( or at least as platonic a relationship as it could be between these two ). some codependency issues existed, of course. fanni needed a shoulder. arnauld liked being needed by her. ' late night talks ' is possibly the most spot on song in part iii. in it we get: " the phone rings / in the middle of the night / i can tell you're upset / i'm here / and i'm ready to work ". ' seabed ' is incredibly touching too and probably our favourite track. it's a good peek into fanni's fragile state of mind. " and you caught me off guard, and / i was never lonely / but now i'm feeling like an only child / let me sink into you arms / you're the ocean floor / i guess i just needed that ". the songs in this section are vulnerable and beautiful. ' lucky for you ' has a line that made it earn its spot: " and i'm not what i thought i would be without you ".

ACT IV: I'VE OUTGROWN THE PAST

027. I WANT YOU --- MO. 028. YOU'RE SO COOL --- NICOLE DOLLANGANGER. 029. LIGHTS CHANGING COLOR --- STARS. 030. LIVING ROOM, NY --- LAURA STEVENSON. 031. SIGNAL FIRE --- SNOW PATROL. 032. BLOODCLOT / ANDVAKA --- NANNA. 033. CRACK THE SHUTTERS --- SNOW PATROL. 033. SEND FOR ME --- THE NATIONAL. 034. THIS LAND IS MINE --- DIDO. 035. THIS LOVE (TV) --- TAYLOR SWIFT. 036. I WILL FOLLOW YOU INTO THE DARK --- MIYA FOLICK. 037. COSMIC LOVE --- FLORENCE + THE MACHINE. 038. SHALLOWS --- DAUGHTER.

this is the happily-ever-after part because they've been so sad for such a long time. we seriously considered not having them end up together but they deserve each other <3 <3 this section has love songs but we managed to sprinkle a few darker ones too because fanni and arnauld have never been simple and sweet. ' this love ' is probably the stand out song, it seems so fitting ! i mean c'mon: " this love is alive back from the dead / these hands had to let it go free, and / this love came back to me ". not to make things too cheesy though we have ' lights changing color ', which is by no means a negative song but it's more about staying out of one's head and, well, happy ! " when you find that the ones that keep you lifted / love them 'cause they keep you out of your head / they keep you out of your head / they keep you steady ". the songs are quite mellow and sound pretty fragile in a sense, save for a few tracks. the last two songs are more abstract. ' cosmic love ' is possibly one of the most beautiful songs on this playlist and to ever exist. i can see their devotion to each other growing into something blinding. this maybe relates to fanni more, she seems more likely to make love and her life with arnauld the only thing she surrounds herself with. there's just that and nothing else. but... arnauld is not too far from this state. he'll be able to reason with himself and he has his duties, but considering how recklessly he acts all things fanni... " i took the stars from my eyes and then i made a map / and knew that somehow i could find my way back / then i heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too / so i stayed in the darkness with you... " the playlist ends with ' shallows ' because it was so serene. serene and hauntingly beautiful. it's a sister-song to ' i will follow you into the dark '. when one parts from this world, will the other come find them when it's time ?

[bi-lavelent]

Lone Wolf (Quinn Fabary x Fem-reader part17)

Warning: Fluff, Angst, Cussing, Bullying, Smut

McKinley high glee club:

Schue held up a list ranking all of the Glee members based off sexiness.

“This is serious principal Figgins is threatening to disband the club.” Schue said

“Why are we playing this game we all know it was Puck.” Santana said

“Back off I didn’t do squat.” Puck said

“Then why’s your girlfriend first on the glist.” Tina said

“Why is Puck even at the top? He should be, like, negative 3000.” Hope said

“Why are you bullying me?” Puck asked

“Because my sisters not here anymore to knock you down a couple pegs.” Hope said

“The only reason your sister hates me is cause she wants to get into the pants of all the girls I’ve had sex with.” Puck said

“Well I didn’t know that. If wasn’t you it was Jesse.” Hope said

“Why me?” Jesse said

“Cause you finally got away from the low lighted library and realized Rachel looks like an ogre. That’s why you put Mostly all women at the top.” Hope said

“Stop no one’s accusing anybody of anything seriously Puck did you do it?” Schue asked

“I said no I’m a delinquent sure I like setting stuff on fire and beating up pepole I don’t know. I own that. But I’m not a liar.” Puck said

“What to say it’s not one of the women.” Hope said

“Yeah like you.” Rachel said

“Hello no if it was me I wouldn’t be in sixth place. I would put myself at the top baby.” Hope said

“Okay here’s the important point between this and posting coach Sylvester’s personal video on YouTube. You guys are getting a pretty bad reputation.” Schue said

“Why is that a bad thing maybe if we seem more dangerous people would stop flushing my glasses down the toilet.” Artie said

“Look things are hard right now I get it your under a lot of pressure with regionals coming up and I know that winning sectionals hasn’t had the positive effect on your popularity that a lot of you thought it would. But becoming what you despise is not the answer.” Schue said

“Man this song is whack.” Mercedes said

“No it’s not it’s a terrific song on a long list of top hits that because of time or some bad press has become a joke and like you guys it time to start rehabilitating it’s bad reputation. The assignment for the week is for all of you to find songs like this mine them for what works and make them great again and then hopefully you can apply this musical lesson to your own lives.” Schue said

“This song should be arrested for the crime of sucking.” Jesse said

“You wanna bet.” Schue said

Yo VIP, let's kick it Ice, ice baby Ice, ice baby

Alright stop, collaborate and listen Ice is back with my brand new invention Something grabs a hold of me tightly Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly Will it ever stop? Yo, I don't know Turn off the lights, and I'll glow

To the extreme, I rock a mic like a vandal Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle Dance, go rush to the speaker that booms I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom

Deadly, when I play a dope melody Anything less than the best is a felony Love it or leave it, you better gangway You better hit bull's eye, the kid don't play If there was a problem, yo, I'll solve it Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it

Ice, ice baby Vanilla Ice, ice baby

Vanilla Ice, ice baby Vanilla Ice, ice baby Vanilla

Now that the party is jumping With the bass kicked in, and the Vegas are pumping Quick to the point, to the point, no faking Cooking MCs like a pound of bacon Burning them, if you ain't quick and nimble I go crazy when I hear a cymbal And a hi-hat with a souped up tempo I'm on a roll, it's time to go solo

Rollin' in my 5.0 With my rag-top down so my hair can blow The girlies on standby, waving just to say "Hi" "Did you stop?" No, I just drove by Kept on, pursuing to the next stop I busted a left, and I'm heading to the next block The block was dead, yo So I continued to A1A Beachfront Avenue

Girls were hot wearing less than bikinis Rockman lovers driving Lamborghinis Jealous, 'cause I'm out getting mine Shay with a gauge, and Vanilla with a nine Ready for the chumps on the wall The chumps acting ill because they're full of eight ball Gunshots rang out like a bell I grabbed my nine, all I heard were shells Falling on the concrete real fast

Jumped in my car, slammed on the gas Bumper to bumper, the avenue's packed I'm trying to get away before the jackers jack Police on the scene, you know what I mean They passed me up, confronted all the dope fiends If there was a problem, yo, I'll solve it Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it

Ice, ice baby Vanilla Ice, ice baby Vanilla Ice, ice baby Vanilla Ice, ice baby Vanilla

Take heed 'cause I'm a lyrical poet Miami's on the scene, just in case you didn't know it My town, that created all the bass sound Enough to shake and kick holes in the ground 'Cause my style's like a chemical spill Feasible rhymes that you can vision and feel Conducted and formed, this is a hell of a concept

We make it hype, and you want to step With this, Shay plays on the fade Slice like a ninja, cut like a razor blade So fast, other DJs say "Damn!" If my rhyme was a drug, I'd sell it by the gram

Keep my composure, when it's time to get loose Magnetized by the mic while I kick my juice If there was a problem, yo, I'll solve it Check out the hook while D-Shay revolves it

Ice, ice baby Vanilla Ice, ice baby Vanilla Ice, ice baby Vanilla Ice, ice baby Vanilla Ice Yo man, let's get out of here Word to your mother

Ice, ice baby, too cold Ice, ice baby, too cold, too cold Ice, ice baby, too cold, too cold Ice, ice baby, too cold, too cold

“Pls don’t rap again or else I will walk out that door.” Hope said

“So Jesse, Hope do you think this song still sucks?” Schue asked

“No but please I’m begging you never rap again.” Hope said

At Crawford

“okay guys this weeks theme is songs that got canceled. Originally it was gonna be country songs that got canceled. But I’ve realized that country artist can get away with saying almost anything. So find a song that was canceled rather by the public or by the industry as a whole or by the artist themselves. Like Eminem with cleaning out my closet.” I said

”An example please.” Jess said

“Okay. Loretta lanes the pill.” I said

You wined me and dined me When I was your girl Promised if I'd be your wife You'd show me the world But all I've seen of this old world Is a bed and a doctor bill I'm tearin' down your brooder house 'Cause now I've got the pill

All these years I've stayed at home While you had all your fun And every year that's gone by Another baby's come There's a gonna be some changes made Right here on nursery hill You've set this chicken your last time 'Cause now I've got the pill

This old maternity dress I've got Is goin' in the garbage The clothes I'm wearin' from now on Won't take up so much yardage Miniskirts, hot pants and a few little fancy frills Yeah I'm makin' up for all those years Since I've got the pill

I'm tired of all your crowin' How you and your hens play While holdin' a couple in my arms Another's on the way This chicken's done tore up her nest And I'm ready to make a deal And ya can't afford to turn it down 'Cause you know I've got the pill

This incubator is overused Because you've kept it filled The feelin' good comes easy now Since I've got the pill It's gettin' dark it's roostin' time Tonight's too good to be real Oh, but daddy don't you worry none 'Cause mama's got the pill Oh, daddy don't you worry none 'Cause mama's got the pill

I went home and started looking for songs.

“What is your lesson in glee club this week?” I asked Santana

“Finding songs that lost their traction because of bad press or too much time. How about you babe what do you have to do.” Santana asked

“Pretty much the same songs that have been canceled rather by the public, the industry or the artist themselves.” I said

“Well maybe we could help each other look. I mean we’re not competing against each other yet.” Santana said

I stopped by McKinley the next day I was sitting in Coach Sylvester’s office.

“Coach Sylvester will you please put me and Brittnay at the front of the next cheer performance.” Santana said running in

“No we are supposed to be there right Coach Sylvester.” Mercedes said

“Calm down will you. Also I have no say in what you guys will do.” I said sitting in Sues chair

“Why are you here?” Santana asked

“My monthly meeting with Sue.” I said

“What is she your therapist?” Kurt asked

“Yes, Yes, I am trust me I know more about her than you guys do.” Sue said

“Sue play nice they were just asking a question.” I said

“They put a video of me on the internet.” Sue said

“THEY did what? IF I found out that was ANY OF YOU THREE. YOU know what just know that when I found out who it is that I will have a serious talking with you and By that I Mean I will find a video of them and post it on the internet. unless the person who posted the video comes here by the end of the day and APOLOGIZES.” I said angrily

“Everyone except for Y/N get out now.” Sue yelled

“Anything else I should know.” I asked

“There’s a glee sex list circling around.” Sue said

“I leave for a couple months and those kids act like there’s no consequences.” I said

“How are you doing?” Sue asked

“Not good Sue, I have fallen head over hills in love with her and I’m scared the lay person who I felt like this about was the father of my child and he left me. What if she leaves me.” I said

“Are you kidding me I’m rooting for you and Santana.” Sue said

“Thanks sometimes I just don’t think that she feels the same. I feel like every second I’m not here at McKinley she fades further away from me.” I said

“Santana hi how long have you been standing there.” Sue asked I refused to look back

“Coach can I have a moment ?” Santana asked

“Sure.” Sue said

“Baby look at me. I do feel the same okay I agree that it hard to be apart I do but nothing gonna change my feelings for you and I was thinking that after regionals that maybe I could transfer.” Santana said

“No you’re not throwing away being a cheerio for me.” I said

“It isn’t for you. If I have a chance to be stuck here in Lima then I’d rather be out of here and if that means being at the same school as you then I would be happy to be there with you.” Santana said

“I didn’t want to be a burden to you but I’ve just been really worried about us lately.” I said

“There’s no more need to worry. Come on let’s go ditch school together in the library in the computer room.” Santana said

“No one uses the computer room.” I said

“You’re right it’s the perfect place to make out.” Santana said

“Hell yeah.” I said

We were sat in the computer room making out when we heard music. We went out of the computer room to see Kurt, Mercedes, Tina, Artie and Brittnay dancing and singing can’t touch this.

You can't touch this You can't touch this You can't touch this You can't touch this

My, my, my, my (You can't touch this) Music hits me so hard Makes me say "Oh, my Lord Thank you for blessing me With a mind to rhyme and two hyped feet"

It feels good when you know you're down A super dope homeboy from the Oaktown And I'm known as such And this is a beat, uh, you can't touch

I told you, homeboy You can't touch this Yeah, that's how we livin', and ya know You can't touch this

Look in my eyes, man You can't touch this Yo, let me bust the funky Iyrics You can't touch this

Fresh new kicks and pants You got it like that Now you know you wanna dance So, move outta your seat And get a fly girl And catch this beat While it's rolling

Hold on Pump a little bit and let 'em know it's going on Like that, like that Cold on a mission, so fall on back Let 'em know that you're too much And this is a beat, uh, they can't touch

Yo, I told you You can't touch this Why you standing there, man? You can't touch this Yo, sound the bell, school's in, sucker You can't touch this

Give me a song or rhythm Making them sweat, that's what I'm giving them Now, they know You talk about the Hammer When you're talkin 'bout a show That's hyped and tight Singers are sweatin' So pass them a wipe or a tape To learn What it's gonna take in the 90's to burn The chart's legit Either work hard or you might as well quit

That's word, because, you know You can't touch this You can't touch this Break it down!

Stop, Hammer time!

"Go with the flow", it is said If you can't groove to this, then you probably are dead So, wave your hands in the air Bust a few moves Run your fingers through your hair

This is it, for a winner Dance to this and you're gonna get thinner Now move, slide your rump Just for a minute, let's all do the bump (Bump, bump, bump)

Yeah You can't touch this Look, man You can't touch this

You'll probably get hyped, boy, 'cause you know you can't You can't touch this Ring the bell, school's back in Break it down!

Stop, Hammer time!

You can't touch this You can't touch this You can't touch this Break it down!

Stop, Hammer time!

Every time you see me That Hammer's just so hype I'm dope on the floor And I'm magic on the mic

Now, why would I ever Stop doing this With others making records That just don't hit?

I toured around the world From London to The Bay It's "Hammer! Go, Hammer! MC Hammer! Yo, Hammer!" And the rest can go and play "U Can't Touch This"

You can't touch this You can't touch this Yeah You can't touch this

I told you You can't touch this Too hype, you can't touch this Yo, we're outta here You can't touch this

“That was very cute I’m gonna talk to my pastor and see if I can’t get you guys to perform that for our Sunday service.” The librarian said

“Just a Normal day at McKinley.” I said

“Let’s get back to what we were doing.” Santana said

“You know we could just go out to my car I can put window covers up that way we can make sure that no one sees us.” I said

“Hell yeah.” Santana said

We went out to my car I put up the sun protector in all the windows and we continued to make out.

I got called into Mr.Schue’s office.

“Admit it you made a list of people in glee to have sex with.” Schue said

“Can I see what you’re talking about.” I said

“Here.” He said showing the paper

“No, yes that’s definitely a list but it’s not my list. My list consists of four names

1. Santana

2. Quinn

3. Brittnay

4. Tina

Trust me if Tina’s not on the list and Brittnay’s in fourth and Santanas in second trust me I didn’t make this list. But I would totally post a revised one with the actual hot members of the glee club which wouldn’t have Puck in third but dead fucking last. Know if you ask anyone ask the top four. I also would have ranked them over who to have sex with.” I said leaving

“Hey Y/N one last thing Rachel wanted me to invite you to see her music video tomorrow during glee. If you can’t make it.” Schue said

“Yeah I’ll be there.” I said

The next day during glee I was sat next to Santana as it was the only open seat. Not that I was complaining. “Listen up another week as almost passed if a list goes up later today this issue is out of hands and it becomes principal Figgins jurisdiction.” Mr.Schue said

“Seriously Mr.Schue whoever made the list isn’t gonna come forward so will just bend over and take what’s coming.” Finn said

“That’s not true okay I lied it was me but it isn’t based off sexiest from my view it’s based off who the school finds the sexiest.” I said

“Why am I fourth?” Brittnay asked

“Because if I put three women first Schue would have definitely known it was me. I stand by what I said to Schue if it was from my point of view Santana, Then Quinn, Then Brittnay.” I said

“No tell us the entire way you would rank us?” Santana said

“You know what yeah if you actually made the list tell us unless you want us to think that you would fuck Puck.” Finn said

“Santana, Quinn, Brittnay, Tina, Mercedes, Rachel, Artie, Mike, Kurt, Finn, Matt, Hope, Puck.” I said

“You find your sister sexy.” Finn said

“No but I don’t want to kill her when I look at her. But I want to kill Puck when I look at him.” I said

”Okay well then let’s get to it Rachel how about you show us your bad reputation project.” Schue said

“I would like to say a few words first but I know that a motion picture should stand on its own. I do realize that some of you are not well versed in the complex vocabulary of the filmic arts. I expect that this video will go over the heads of some of our less cultured teammates. So let me just say I hope you enjoy my bad reputation.” Rachel said

“Why don’t we take a moment to absorb what we just watched.” Rachel said

“No this is garbage.” Finn said

“Finn.” Schue said

“No he’s right. first of all I need to trust my instincts more because I had a feeling when we were shooting that. That it was not gonna be good.” Puck said

“Why didn’t you tell me they were gonna be in this to. I thought that you and I were going out. Being triple cast with two other guys to play opposite your girlfriend it’s mortifying.” Jesse said

“It was an artistic statement.” Rachel said

“No it wasn’t it was you trying to look like you had a bunch of guys fighting over you so you can stop looking like some kind of outcast and be seen as some hot sluty girl singer.” Finn said getting up and going over to Rachel “How could you do this to me. To all us guys is your stupid reputation more important than your relationships.” Finn said leaving followed by Jesse

“Jesse wait.” Rachel said

“Rachel that was more embarrassing than Y/N ranking all of us.” Quinn said

“I agree I am some more embarrassed by second hand embarrassment than I was when that tape got leaked.” I said

After class Quinn hoped in my car.

“What are you doing?” I asked

“You didn’t post that sheet.” Quinn said

”Yes I did.” I said

“No you didn’t because I did.” Quinn said

“Why?” Quinn said

“My popularity has been taken away, my body has been taken away everything. So I put myself above everybody else.” Quinn said

“Well if it makes you feel better I will always see you as top of the food chain. Look I know that I don’t know what it’s like to be popular and lose it. But that list really hurt me so if you don’t mind letting me believe that I made the list and that’s why I’m not on it and that don’t view me as much of a loser as you view Kurt, Artie, Mercedes and Tina. Then I’ll be fine.” I said

“I don’t view you as a loser.” Quinn said

“Oh really well then why am I not on the list. Look I put you in second and I stand by that you are one of the sexiest people in that glee club.” I said

“Then why was Santana higher?” Quinn asked

“Because I am dating her. Oh shit I shouldn’t have said that.” I said

“Don’t worry your keeping me having a crush on Rachel a Secret I will keep you and Santana a secret although the whole glee club already knows.” Quinn said

“What how?” I asked

”You too can’t keep your hands off each other. The entire glee club meeting your hand was on her crotch.” Quinn said

“Well it still doesn’t explain why I wasn’t on the list.” I said

“Because Rachel’s not my number one girl crush anymore you are but I also knew that I put you high on the list Santana would be all up in my business you got a jealous one you know.” Quinn said

“Yes I’m aware I find it hot.” I said

“Okay well I’m gonna drive home, I’ll talk to you again soon.” Quinn said getting out of my car

“Bye.” I said

I drove off back towards Santanas house.

“So what do you see number one takes you for a spin.” Santana said as soon as I opened the door

“Damn your hot but I’m not feeling too good right now.” I said

“Okay then how about dinner and a make-out movie.” Santana said

”Sounds great.” I said

“You know I thought that Jesse was gay.” I said

“What makes you say that ?” Santana asked

“I don’t know a siren went off in my head the second I saw him. If he’s not gay he’s at least bisexual.” I said

“What am I ?” Santana asked

“You don’t know yet you’re not like me and Jesse when you’re a senior you will know what kind of people you love.” I said

[redhatmeg]

And now the fight between Sanji and Luffy.

First of all, Sanji probably doesn't believe he can be saved and that's because his family seems to be too powerful and there are too many things at stake - not just Sanji's hands and Zeff's head, but probably even Straw Hats' lives too - for him to see any way out of this situation. He also can't tell Luffy anything about this, because he's riding with his monstrous brothers and father.

So he decides to play along and say some terrible things to his captain. And he knows Luffy very well; he knows what words will make him angry and what kind of men Luffy despises. And so Sanji plays a spoiled noble, he talks about social standing and about being able to use servants and soldiers as he likes.

Look at his face in that scene. Look at his eyes and arrogant smile. He really wants to come off as evil and smug, and heartless as most of the villains Straw Hats encountered. He wants Luffy to see him as a liar and piece of shit; as a false friend not worth saving.

But Luffy went through a similar "We are not friends anymore" bullshit with Nami and Robin, and he didn't give up on them either, so he quickly see through his cook's performance and calls him out.

Yonji proposes to fight with Luffy, but Sanji tells him he will "send them off" himself. And I have two ideas as why he does that:

Because he doesn't want Luffy to face his brothers. As I said earlier, he doesn't believe right now that there is a way out of this situation. I think that recently he reverted to this scared, bullied child who is helpless against his abusers, so he doesn't believe Luffy can take Vansmokes, especially on his own. Given that Vansmokes earlier threatened him repeatedly about attacking Baratie ("There will be blood on East Blue." and all that crap), so even if Luffy used all his fighting techniques and beat up each and every Vansmoke, Baratie could suffer every moment.

Because he's playing both before Luffy and his family a cold-hearted man who betrayed his captain for wealth and comfort.

When Sanji attacks with one of his more powerful moves, he expects Luffy to fight back, to defend himself with haki if necessery... but Luffy doesn't want to fight. He wants to talk. He wants to know what's going on. As I said earlier, he went through this with Nami and Robin, and he's not going to just give up on a member of his crew.

Their fight is very one-sided (even if Luffy calls it a duel) - Sanji attacks and Luffy takes it. Finally Sanji - knowing that his captain won't give up on him and won't fight him either - uses a very powerful move that knocks Luffy out. Nami slaps him for this, but it's safe to assume that Sanji used enough power to make Luffy unconscious, but not enough to kill him. And even if the Vansmokes won't believe that Luffy is dead, they will believe that Sanji cut his ties with him.

Anyway, Luffy gets up pretty quickly and says it how it is:

"I know you were just saying things that you didn't want to! Stop lying! Did you think you could send me away that easily?! Screw that! No matter how many times you kick me, you're the one that gets hurt."

Nami is skeptical of Sanji, but Luffy shuts her down and vows to stay in one place and starve until Sanji comes back. It's important to remember that before he does it, he has a flashback of Sanji telling him about All-Blue. He even says: "Our journey isn't done yet." Sanji may say that he's happy now, but Luffy knows his deepest dream and Straw Hat wants Sanji to achieve it.

"You're the cook of my ship! I won't eat anything other than what you cook! Even if I get hungry or the spears rain on me, I'll stay right here and wait for you! Be sure to come back, Sanji! Without you, I... I can't become the Pirate King!"

This vow is especially poignient because ever since his two years in Okama hell, Sanji started to be more vocal about wanting Luffy to become a Pirate King and his own motivation for staying in Queendom was to make his camrades stronger.

Sanji knows it, Nami knows it, we know it - Luffy is a glutton and needs meat. So for him saying he won't eat anything, unless Sanji comes back, is a big deal.

[dabruzzy]

ooo i think you like atla? if thats the case

8 and 12 for katara

and also 14, 22, and 25 (favorite design hc?) for Lyle

For Katara:

8. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

I haven't interacted with the fandom much outside of occasionally checking the tag, but from what I remember I don't like how so many people forced the "mom friend" role on her (usually for ship war reasons). Yes, I understand that she's very empathetic and caring and even in the show she's referred to as "motherly" but she doesn't like it and she shouldn't have to try to act like an adult around people who are her age or older. She took that responsibility because of the trauma of losing her mother but she's only 14. Literally in the first couple of episodes Aang reminds her that she's a kid and she liked him not only because he brought hope but also fun. Like it was the entire point lmao.

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

I actually can't think of any right now, I haven't watched ATLA in years

For Lyle:

14. Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character.

This:

Sorry, I love bullying my faves. For a more serious answer, not to copy other people's ideas but a while ago someone on Tumblr, I think it was spandexinspace, talked about anti-surveillance fashion for Lyle and yeah I think that's the one that fits him best.

22. If you're a fic reader, what's something you like in fics when it comes to this character? Something you don't like?

I love when people bring up his past as a spy and how it still affects him, or his childhood with the Foccarts. I like when he's portrayed as a generally friendly and unassuming guy who is also a liar and never opens up about himself, basically the embodiment of "I'll keep all of my emotions right here and then one day I'll die", and it's hard to get to actually know him because of how repressed he is.

Most of the fics I read were good and he was characterized well so I can't think of many things I didn't like tbh. I guess these are the perks of liking a minor character from a 30 yo run

For the design hc, I just like when he looks like the blandest boy ever and is also kinda short. I also remember someone on Twitter mentioned that his suit was completely black without any highlights unlike other Legionnaires, which is true only for some panels drawn by Chris Bautista in The Legion but I like to think that his suit is actually that black. It's like Vantablack or something. He's wearing the void

[teamgalacticfangirl]

Why I Love and Hate Pokey Minch

When I play a game for the first time, I don't really look deeply into the storyline or over-analyze characters. However, having finished Earthbound recently, there is a character who really stood out to me and made me feel emotions I don't usually feel while playing a game. The character's name is Pokey Minch (or Porky Minch, if you're playing Mother 3. I'm just gonna call him Pokey because I haven't played Mother 3 yet).

So, why Pokey? Isn't he the character who betrayed the player? Yes, he is. In this essay, I will explain why Pokey really caught my attention and why I both love and despise him.

I did my first playthrough of Earthbound blind, meaning the story was not spoiled for me at all. As most Earthbound fans know, Pokey shows up in the first few minutes of the game, showing he's important. At first, I interpreted his personality as 'somewhat egotistical and cowardly, but kind at heart.' However, my view of him slowly shifted as the game progressed. In the Happy Happy Village, my interpretation changed to 'dishonest, rude, and a bit sadistic.' And, as time went on, I got an even more negative view of him, the end being 'a master of trickery, a liar, a sadist, a coward, and an extremely rude person.' How the heck did my perspective of him change so drastically across that single game? It's because HE changes drastically through the game, duh. But, seriously, I hated him at the end because of his betrayal and constant teasing and calling the player a 'loser.'

But I found it really disturbing that a 14-year-old boy like Pokey can turn change for the worse so quickly. I considered... WHY did he change? Let's see the words of Shigesato Itoi, the creator of Earthbound:

"Porky didn't have any friends, you know. So perhaps he'd always just been playing with Ness that whole time. Porky probably just became the way he did because his parents were so bad."

His parents were the reason he became evil. He didn't have any friends (except Ness, arguably). Even his own brother bullied him. In Mother 3, Pokey says the he wants to live to see everyone who doesn't like him dead. Oh, by the way, let's look at what he's become in Mother 3. I haven't played M3 yet, but I watched the battle with him on YouTube, and... dear God, look what he turned into. The 14-year-old boy who was the player's best friend in Earthbound is now insane and locked away in a capsule for all eternity.

Despite everything bad Pokey did, I can't help but feel really bad for him. He was abused and bullied (the Earthbound novel goes into more detail about the bullying) when he was still a relatively nice boy. He was hurt to the point where be basically became a sadistic nihilist who wanted everything gone. I think, in today's society, with all the bullying and abuse, there are children who are becoming like Pokey. That's awful.

And... there's one more reason why he turned evil. The worst reason, the one I dread talking about. The reason is the player. Yes. YOU, the player. In the encounter in Happy Happy Village in the English version, Pokey pretends to show remorse, but ends up tricking the player. However, in the Japanese version, he begs for them to be friends again and gets upset about Ness not speaking.

And this especially hits hard when you name Ness after yourself, as I did.

And, at this realization, I cried. I was part of the reason my best friend in this game had such a drastic change of heart for the worse. It's basically the game guilt tripping you.

But, wanna know what also hits hard when you name Ness after yourself? Pokey's betrayal.

He was your friend at the first of the game, then, at the end, he is the one who releases Giygas for you to fight. He even makes fun of the player at various times during the final boss battle.

And, again, this hits hard when you name Ness after yourself, because it makes it feel PERSONAL.

And that's how my complicated feelings towards Pokey came into existence. I love him for his complex character and the fact I can feel sympathy for him, but I hate him because of the betrayal and how personal it felt. I swear, a video game has never felt so... directed to me as Earthbound. Shigesato Itoi did a brilliant job making a character that I love and hate, that I can feel sympathy and disgust towards.

[who-dares-writes]

"Am I a villian in your story?" [Ikemen Sengoku] [Nobunaga Oda]

[drabble] [no tw] [sad-ish]

“Education for all, sounds reasonable, we do need a strong and educated country” 

Nobunaga nodded as we discussed yet another future related thing. Most of our mid-Go discussions were rather meaningless like movies, computers, fashion, but of course The One And Almighty Nobunaga would be interested in running-the-country type of discussions rather than i-am-bored-on-sunday-afternoon ones. 

“Do they all find themselves blessed for being given a chance to learn?”

“Some do, but some don’t. I do believe that the educational system needs some changes, although it for sure did help develop our country.”

That was probably a pretty plain answer coming from me, but how do I explain all those useless things we learn at schools to a warlord? Or bullying? Or meaningless grades? Or the amount of money we need to actually spend during this “free” education? But Nobunaga might be actually the one to understand it all. Who knows maybe I should just kidnap him and force him to become XXI century Minister of National Education?

“And what do those kids learn about?”

“A lot of things actually, but most important ones are the ones you know like japanese lessons, calligraphy lessons, mathematics, oh do I despise this one, geography, chemistry, biology, history and even–”

“History you say?”

Nobunaga suddenly asked. Although I didn’t know why this specific subject caught his interest, I wanted to explain it to him if that’s what he wanted. 

“I really didn’t like it! There were soooo many things you have to remember! Dates, dates and dates! And all those great battles and important meetings! AND OF COURSE NAMES! Emperors, shoguns, daimyos, generals! And everything they did! That’s so pointless, I tend to forget everything the moment the lesson ends. But I used to have a nice teacher back when I was younger, she knew how to make her students intereste–”

I stopped in the middle of my never ending complaints. Nobunaga wasn’t looking at me and it looked like he wasn’t listening as well. I wanted to scold him but there was something strange about him. Something in his eyes was telling me he was deep in thoughts. But there was some kind of sadness? Regret?

After a moment of silence he returned his gaze to me. I couldn’t recognize any emotions right now. Or maybe there weren’t any. 

“Have you learned about me?”

He asked with no emotions, neither on his face or voice. 

My train of thoughts completely derailed. 

Right. 

I did learn about the Oda Nobunaga. 

Many, many things.

I knew who he was. But with every meeting, here, in tenshu, I started to forget about the history. He was a man. No different than any other. He acted a little bit childish from time to time. He was stubborn. 

But he wasn’t a brute.

“Yes, I did. I learned a lot about the battles you commanded. You know you could have chilled down? Kids from the future have to memorise it all! Haha!”

I didn’t know how to respond without breaking the heart of a man who was so misunderstood by the future he cherished so much. I wasn’t a good liar and I don’t think Nobunaga would be so easily fooled by me avoiding the real answer, but anything else just couldn’t leave my mouth.

We all sometimes do things we regret. Sometimes we do things we don’t want to, but we just don’t see any other way. Some actions just stay with us through years, some through decades and even centuries. But our reasons, thoughts, intentions are lost. The human behind the action is lost.

There was once again a moment of silence. Until… 

“Am I a villain in your story?”

…the heart I wanted to understand, closed right in front of my eyes. 

[the-most-faithful]

that's the dumbest fucking take. 1) the marauders canonically protected marginalized groups (aside from peter, who's despised, they fought in the order against voldemort and were incensed by death eaters. they actually fought twice if they werent dead. not to mention how they helped remus, a werewolf), 2) the fancasts aren't universal, there's a lot of fat peters out there and i've seen them more than i've seen skinny peters. anecdotal evidence, either from you or from me, is dumb as hell and unviable to make any sort of point (not to mention that young peter could have been skinny as far as we know), 3) remus in the books is never said to have scars, that's a movie-only thing because visual language is a thing. you adding that as something problematic the fandom does is hilarious.

1) Maruders don't defend marginalized groups, they protect Remus because he is their friend. This is certainly to be appreciated, but they were not champions of justice at school, they were bullies and several things tell us this in the canon. Then during the war they joined the Order of the Phoenix, very true I don't doubt this, I'm talking about the Hogwarts years.

2) It is not my intention to attack all Marauders fans, you are right, fancasts are not universal and rightly so. My point is not to impose a fancast but to point out a problem. Why do some fans use Skinny Peter fancasts? Why don't they represent him like in canon? No, Peter was not skinny when he was young. Madam Rosmerta describes him like this: «Minus... that fat boy who always runs after Hogwarts»

3) It is canon that regardless of the wound, a wound caused by a werewolf is cursed and never heals properly. They always leaves scars. But it's true not on the face. I apologize for this, there are no canonical parts where it is said (I must have got confused with the films as you say) in the books he is described as rather pale and sickly looking, but not with scars on his face . My bad.

I know that the saga is extensive and many details can be forgotten (as in my case) but if you come to my private messages pretending to call me a liar or a dumb at least inform yourself first, otherwise you embarrass yourself with this attitude.

[cicerosfavouritelistener]

You!

*points*

I unfortunately don't know all your OCS so GO WILD. Your favorite one, I guess!

(this is for the wholesome OC ask thing)

4, 7, 20, please

SAME AS THE LAST ONE! Order's gonna be Slips, Ja'ava, Cheese Man, Rorin, Lorzios and then Lixkasalor!

Warnin for BG3 spoilers!

4. What is the thing they like the most about their friends and what is the thing their friends like the most about them? Slips: What they like most about Cicero and Ja'ava is that while the two of them can take care of themselves, because they're so short if they rush ahead and there's like, Bandits, and then Slips walks up behind them towerin over typically the bandits'll run off. Cue the three of them having a fun time trying to beat each other in who can kill the most bandits. What their friends most like about Slips is probably their ability to be honest with them and also the way they care. Slips doesn't care about a lot of people, so the few they do are incredibly loved.

Ja'ava's favourite thing is how Slips is fully open to any crazy idea Ja'ava had mid battle. Pick Ja'ava up and fling her as high into the sky against a Dragon? Hell yeah. Let Ja'ava run up their back to scramble onto a ledge? Lets go. Slips likes having someone who has known them for so long that they don't have to explain anything about why they're doin whatever they're doing.

Cheese Man likes that they let him stay somewhere where he'd be safe rather than in the freezing Skyrim where most people aren't too fond of him (he's not fond of them either.) They can bully him for being a dickhead.

Rorin's best friend is an Orc called Zuzu (@plutoprophecy's OC). He appreciates her not despising him despite him being everything she stands against (He is Tamriel's biggest and Bestest liar) and yet she and he become besties. She is the one person He trusts with *most* things. There are a few things a man must keep to himself. He does like all of his other friends who make him feel comfortable, but Zuzu is definitely the main one. Idk how his friends feel about them. Lorzios' best friends are Shadowheart and an Ascended Astarion, and her girlfriend is Minthara. Lorzios likes that her friends are strong. Her friends like that she is strong. They're all just a pack of fucked up people. Then there's Gale who Wishes They Weren't Horrid People.

Lixkasalor has no friends. They have puppets they prefer and puppets they don't. Astarion was their favourite puppet, poor guy, went from Cazador to them who ended up taking over the world with the Elder Brain. Shadowheart, Wyll, Astarion, Karlach, Jaheira and Lae'zel would all hate them if they weren't under their Mind Control. Scratch and the Owlbear Cub however are fine and fully loved.

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7. What is their favourite movie, or a movie they would really enjoy?

If Slips had a favourite movie it'd either be Donnie Darko or Eraserhead. Leaning towards the second because they would point at weirdly shaped rocks and in a weird voice say "That's the Eraserhead baby".

Ja'ava's favourite movie is the Indiana Jones ser- HA! YOU THOUGHT? No Ja'ava lives to watch documentaries on how various machines and stuff are made.

Cheese Man watches The Kings Speech. No one should ever let him choose which movie to watch.

Rorin either watches Wog Boy or Die Hard. They also like just about any romcom.

Lorzios loves anything that's got a lot of Gore and Blood.

Lixkasalor would watch movies that are made about themselves. The ones that paint them in a good light and ones that depict them entirely as the villain, they enjoy all of it.

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20. What is their hidden talent? Is that a skill they’ve been practising since childhood or just something they happen to know and never had the chance to show? Besides, was it something forced upon them, taught by someone close, or they picked it up themselves?

Slips and Ja'ava's is kind of a two-in-one, ever since they were kids they practiced mimicking each others voices and they're REAL good at it.

Cheese Man can lick his elbow. He practised a lot as a child because he wanted to prove he was better than the others.

Rorin's doesn't have one. He's just a Bosmer who lies a lot.

Lorzios' hidden ability is being the Cutest Slayer you've ever laid eyes on. She is SOOOOO cute you don't want to try stop her, in fact you want to spread your arms out so she can play with your intestines as much as she wants!

Lixkasalor doesn't really have 'hidden talents', They're very open about who they are and what they can do. Though, for a dragonborn, they're *very* skilled [redacted]

[tiredfoxtf]

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I'm so upset and sad holy shit. I don't understand what should I do with these feelings. I hate being like this. And other people want me to overcome, suppress and delete them. And I am trying. I'm trying, I'm trying. It doesn't work. It doesn't heal me, it doesn't relieve me, it makes me sadder. The more I suppress, the more I'm Trying To Suck It Up as so many people in my life tell me to. I can't. I can't suck it up. The words "suck it up" by themselves make me sad. Because It's All I've been doing my entire fucking life. "It's been so long since then, stop crying and suck it up", "it's only 2 years, suck it up until then", "Suck it up and they will leave you alone". AND I DID. Guess with what that left me? Right. With painful memories and the big gaps in memories, with me feeling like I'm completely worthless and defeated until the end of high school, the stolen shoes, stolen art book and stolen hat. I hate this. I hate how weak I am. I despise every moment of my life because it's pain pain pain, every good memory is a sad memory. I hate being unable to do shit normal people can. I hate how I couldn't get into Uni or even a fucking college, because I'm not smart, not talented and overall good for nothing. I fucking despise the person I look in the mirror at every day, because it feels like it reflecting someone else, who isn't me. And I always console myself "this isn't gonna be for forever, it gets better" I say it over and over. I am a fraud, a disappointment, a liar, not a good person despise all of my attempts at becoming one. I feel like a cheater. I feel like I've been cheated by life itself. Why didn't I get to live a life when I'm happy, when I'm not bullied, when teachers didn't say hurtful shit to me, where I didn't have any of mental disorders, when I was normal. Why was *I* cheated of normal and happy life. Why was I born in this stupid country.

[ailelie]

A kid tricked my nephew into making a sexual comment to a teacher and the teacher refused to believe that my nephew had zero idea what he'd said even though my poor nephew really is that innocent. (So utterly innocent he even googled it later and got lots of pictures he didn't want to see).

And this teacher decided to berate my nephew and call him a liar in front of a class of younger students who then immediately spread out and told everyone that my nephew had no idea what X was.

And that teacher got my nephew sent to the principal where he was reamed yet again and my poor nephew was crying because he'd had no idea. And it isn't enough that he's in trouble, being called a liar, and embarrassed, but he's also been betrayed by a classmate he'd blindly trusted.

And my sister managed to keep him from getting anything more than a warning, but even so. I now despise that nameless teacher.

And if I lived in my hometown and were engaged with my nephews' sports teams, I'd start striking up conversations with parents of fifth and sixth graders. I'd ask which school their kids attended and at some point I'd slip into the conversation, "Have you heard about Mr. X?"

And then I'd say something like, "I don't really know the full story, but watch out for him, okay? Apparently he's a bit of a bully. I don't want him hurting your kids like he hurt my nephew."

And, if they pushed, I'd reiterate, "I really don't know the whole story, but he humiliated my nephew in front of a younger class. Even knowing as little as I do, I'm surprised he still has a job."

And then I'd find the quickest exit from the conversation.

Or I'd eavesdrop a bit and then be like, "Oh, your kid is going to that middle school? Oh, awesome. My niephs go there. They love [some teacher] there. But," and then pause "be careful of Mr. X, yeah? He doesn't bully every kid, but when he does single a kid out? It really isn't pretty." And, if they pushed, I'd shrug and be like, "I only know what my niephs have told me. That middle school has a lot of great teachers. He's just not one of them."

And I wouldn't have that conversation all the time, but maybe one every month or so? And I'd ask about who the gossipmongers are and make sure I talk with them. And I'd keep an ear out for more stories or evidence to add to the rumor and would do my best to fold it in and keep it circulating until it is just common knowledge that you don't want your kids in Mr. X's class.

If I heard someone mention Mr. X in casual conversation, I'd drop into casual conversation and be like, "The bully?" As if that were his defining characteristic.

(And I could go a lot meaner. My dad suggested a motivation that'd be really low to add, but I could. Or I could lead someone else to adding it).

I'd never give too many details because then people start to justify behaviors and such. I'd state and insinuate.

But I live in another state. So there's nothing really I can do except plan out what I would do.

And, the thing is, if I'd seen my nephew crying, I would have done this. I really would have started a damn whisper campaign with the end goal of getting a teacher fired because he dared to make my nephew cry. And I'd never even see this teacher face-to-face. If I did, I'd play nice and then comment to others how I'd done so because I didn't want him to pick on my niephs again and can you believe a teacher would take shit like that out on a kid?

I am not a nice person.

Because while I can't do this, I texted my dad and told him he should.