#i know will kinda says it when he destroys the castle but i need it to be louder

[demadogs]

the most unrealistic part about stranger things is not the alternate dimension, its not the kids with super powers, its not the interdimensional monsters, its absolutely not the fact that there are at least three queer characters in the 80s,

its that they never say fuck.

[slashmagpie]

“Pearl? Why are you in my house?” 

Pearl blinks up at Bdubs from where she’s sandwiched between the wall and the waterstream, curled up on herself in the narrow space. “Somebody destroyed all the lights in my base and now it’s full of mobs,” she says bitterly.

“It wasn’t me!” Bdubs cries, raising his hands.

“Well, I didn’t think it was you, but the way you just said that’s making me think—”

“No! I’d never! I swear!”

“...I believe you,” she says after a moment, and Bdubs feels himself relax. “Can I stay with you tonight? I don’t really feel like…” She gestures in the direction of her house.

Bdubs nods. “Oh, sure, for sure,” he says. Then, “Should we invite Joel over? His house got blown up too.”

“Ah, yeah, probably. Good idea, Bdubs.” She fumbles in her pocket for her communicator, eventually fishing it out. The screen is cracked. Her fingers shake as they tap against the glass. 

“Are you okay there, Pearl? You look a little…” Bdubs forces his hands to tremble. 

She glances up at him, face scrunching in confusion, before she lets out a small laugh. “Just the adrenaline, y’know.” She grins. “I’m red. It’s great.” 

“If it was anyone else, I’d think they were being sarcastic. But with you! With you, I’m pretty sure you’re being serious!”

She giggles, hitting send on the message and shoving her communicator away. Bdubs doesn’t feel his own buzz; it must have been a whisper. “You know,” she says after a moment, “I’m a little surprised.”

Bdubs blinks. “Surprised about what?”

“That there’s still three of us.” 

He laughs. “Yeah, I’m a little surprised, too! I thought for sure Joel would die today. For sure.”

“Don’t let him hear you say that.”

“Oh, no, never. But between you and me… that guy’s kind of a loose canon!” 

She snorts. “Throwing stones from glass houses, there, Bdubs?”

“Surely I don’t know what you mean.”

“Mhm.” She pauses, eyes glancing down to where her fingers pick at a stray thread on her hoodie sleeve. “That’s kinda what I mean, though. Joel doesn’t live here, and you’re making friends with half the server, I’m surprised I’m not spending tonight alone.”

“Pearl…”

“What?” She snorts. “I know how these games go, Bdubs. People don’t stay loyal. Not for long, anyway.” She glances up at him, eyes half obscured by her hair. “People like Joel, people like you? I know how this ends.”

And Bdubs—

Well, he can’t pretend he doesn’t know what she means. Can’t pretend he doesn’t remember Impulse yelling as Bdubs’ arrow had found home in his throat. Can’t pretend he doesn’t remember Etho backing away when Bdubs had tried to get just a little too close. Can’t pretend he didn’t fight when he promised he’d run. Can’t pretend he hadn’t taken advantage of his broken home. 

…He can’t pretend he doesn’t remember telling Martyn about their plans, or planning to do harm to Etho. Can’t pretend he doesn’t cross his fingers behind his back every time he makes a promise, just in case.

But at the same time, he remembers—searching for Cleo in a castle she’d been too dead to return to, pushing Lizzie to her death for a life he’d never received, taking two hands in his own and vowing to face the end as four instead of two, for once, for once in his life, choosing three and being pulled apart because of it—

Bdubs lets out a breath. “Pearl, hey, no,” he says. “I told you, didn’t I? I’m your weapon.” He gets down to his knees, lowers his head before her, feels her gaze burn into the top of his head.

“Bit late for that,” she says. “I’m my own weapon now, mate. Don’t need you to attack for me anymore.”

“Well, no—but—” He looks up at her. “Pearl. I’m yours. I promise.”

“Right. And you’re Martyn and Etho’s too, huh? We can share.”

“I’m using Martyn!” he protests. “That’s—that’s all it is—I’m usin’ him because he’s the first red and he knows his stuff! And Etho—”

“I don’t mind about Etho,” Pearl interrupts. “Like I said, I know you guys have your little thing going on. I don’t care about that.”

“I set a trap in his base,” Bdubs blurts.

Pearl blinks at him. “Excuse me?”

“I set a trap in his base. Tripwire hook.” He grins. “Right outside the bedroom. I—I think I got Grian, in the end? But—could have been Etho. I coulda—could’ve been Etho.” He swallows.

“And you’d have been okay with that?” Pearl asks, smile gone from her face, expression suddenly very serious.

“I—after I set it, I went up to them. Had a chat. Lied the whole time. I coulda—coulda told him. I didn’t.” 

“And you’re okay with that?” she stresses.

She sounds dubious. Bdubs can’t blame her. He feels sick, swallowing back the bile that’s building in his throat.

“I—Pearl.”

“Bdubs?”

“I learned my lesson, Pearl. I learned—don’t put all your eggs in one basket! Because—because either they die, and then you get left alone, or—or it gets you killed, and you die. You gotta—I have two hands. I can be loyal to multiple people. But then I learned—when you do that? People aren’t loyal back. They don’t trust you anymore. Nobody else…” He laughs. “I feel like I’m the only one who can trust people like that anymore!”

“So…” She frowns. “So you’re making friends with everyone so you don’t get betrayed or left alone?”

“Exactly.” 

“And you know none of us are gonna trust you for doing that.”

He swallows again. “Yeah, I know.”

“And you’re doing it anyway?”

“Well, what else—what else am I supposed to do? I can’t… I can’t go back, Pearl. That’s… I can’t go back. You know how it is.”

“…Yeah,” she says quietly. “I’m—I want you to win, Bdubs,” she says. “Out of everyone—I want it to be you.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah. So… You better not make me regret this.”

He blinks at her. “Regret what?”

She bows her head to him. “I’m your weapon,” she says, an echo of his earlier words. “And a bit more of a dangerous one at that.” Her smirk leaks back into her words as she glances up and winks at him. “So use me well, alright, Bdubs? I want you to win this.”

Bdubs’ heart is in his throat. He swallows it back down. It burns.

“I’ll do my best,” he promises. 

The door slams open, startling them both out of their skin.

“Hey guys—uh. What are you doing?”

“Oh, for—Judas Priest, Joel, learn to knock!”

“You invited me over! Or, Pearl did—hey Pearl.”

“Hey,” Pearl says. “Come on in! Sleepover at Bdubs’ time.”

“I can’t believe this is the last of our bases left standing. It’s, like, the worst one.”

“Hey!” 

“There’s no space in here!” To punctuate his statement, Joel slumps down against one wall, kicking Bdubs in the ribs as he does so. Bdubs grunts. “See?”

“It’s definitely not the most spacious…” Pearl acquiesces.

“Anyway. What were you guys doing before I came in?”

“Swearing loyalty,” Bdubs says. 

“Oh.” Joel blinks. “Do you need me to do that? Because I’m a Mounder for life. Loyal to the end.”

Bdubs and Pearl glance at each other.

“Somehow I actually believe him,” Bdubs stage-whispers, and Joel squawks in offence as Pearl barks out a laugh.

“No, I think you’re good,” she says. Leaning her head back against the wall, she says, “This is probably our final night.”

The three of them are quiet for a moment.

“Well,” says Joel. “We gotta make it to the end then, don’t we?”

He’s looking at Bdubs. They’re both looking at Bdubs. 

Bdubs nods.

“May the best Mounder win,” he says solemnly.

Joel grins.

[shankss-magnificent-ass]

I would love to have a King x reader (female reader if you are ok with that) where the reader is a mythical zoan type very similar to Kaido’s mythical zoan but because it was a fruit made by Dr Vegaounk, the reader ends up with a dark green dragon instead. King’s just infatuated with the reader and the reader knows it but won’t say anything. The reader is fairly new to the Beast Pirates and Kaido puts King in charge of making the reader feel welcome. Thanks in advance if you are able to do this!!

Imagine having a dragon smile fruit

This led me down an interesting line of thought. How would King act around his crush. He's a deeply traumatized individual, but he hides it well. King has like zero emotional intelligence, he never learned how to really deal with them. Also, I'm making the reader around the same size as King for reasons.

This ended up being kinda long.

Kaido: I'm told you have a devil fruit.

You: it's a smile fruit, sir, Dr. Vegapunk made it for me.

Kaido: Vegapunk *casts a glance at king, but can't see his emotions due to that damn mask* when did he make it for you?

You: a few years back upon my request, he owed me a favor.

Kaido: may I see?

You: we'll need to go outside, I would hate to destroy your lovely house.

Kaido: Ookay?

Outside

You: *transforms into a large emerald green dragon with pitch black fur, talons, and horns.*

Kaido: Worororo, we're gonna be unstoppable!

King: ( 💖0💖 ) !!

You: So I can get settled in?

Kaido: yes, Queen! Get their rooms ready, put them in the east wind of my castle.

You: absolutely not, I refuse to work with Queen, he's annoying.

Queen: EHH! Annoying! Who are you calling an idiot, you moron. You wanna go! *Starts to climb up on one of the coils of your body*

You: *flicks him off* And loud.

Queen: *skips like a rock over the ocean towards mainland Wano and disappears with a twinkle*

Kaido: Would you prefer Jack?

You: Jack is too unpredictable, plus I'm not a fan of the baby bangs he's sporting, they make me wanna bully him. King seems tolerable though, he's quiet which is preferable if I have to deal with a man.

King: 😱💢

Kaido: Very well, wouldn't want you to lose your temper and kill one of them. I need all three of them... well actually with you here, I might not.

You: I don't want a position of responsibility, those usually come with a lot of paperwork. I want money, food, a place to crash, and to fight, and when I’m not doing any of those to lounge in comfort.

Kaido: and you shall have anything you desire. King take them to the Black Tortoise wing.

King: I think they'd appreciate the views and quiet of the Blue Halls in the Vermilion Bird wing. You yourself once told me your dragon enjoys the open sky.

Kaido: how thoughtful King, to share your Vermilion Bird wing with our new recruit.

King: such a valuable member of the crew deserves the best we have to offer, especially one with a power so similar to your own.

Kaido: then can I trust them to you?

King: Of course.

The next day

King: how are you liking the Blue hall? Is it to your liking?

You: It's almost perfect, it just needs some personal touches.

King: I'll set up an appointment for our artisans to come over to receive instructions on what you want.

You: don't you have an assistant for that?

King: no? Are you volunteering?

You: hmm, only when I'm bored.

King: very well, in the meantime care to join me for a training session in the gym? *Hoping to show off his strength and physique for you*

You: Sure, let me change into something more breathable.

At the gym

King: would you spot me?

You: sure?

King: *lifting way more weight than he usually does while trying to keep his face as neutral as possible.*

You: *not sure how you'd be of any help to him if he actually needed help*

Queen: *leans over to Jack to shit talk* is it me, or is that feather-brained idiot trying to impress the newbie?

Jack: Yeah, he's even puffing up his wings and fire to make himself appear bigger.

Maria: right? And you you see the way he looks at them.

Queen: he's clearly displacing his affections for Kaido on them, probably they're more attainable to him than Kaido.

Kaido: *leans in* he's just not my type what can I say? Although, he does have those big titties like I like.

You: I'm gonna go get a water bottle, you want one?

King: sure *waits for you to leave before turning to his crew members* what the fuck are you jack asses whispering about over there?

Queen: You like (y/n) right?

King: what? No, they just got here, I don't even know them.

Kaido: she doth protest too much, methinks.

King: ugh, you all are seeing things.

Maria: yeah, we see you making bedroom eyes at (y/n).

Queen: Don't act like you're not, look at yourself, you're all puffed up like you're a horny teenager all over again.

King: *flattens his feathers* shut up dickhead.

You: *comes back in the room* I got us a few waters!

King: *puffs up again and realizes they're right.

Yamato: *peaking out from one of the floorboards* that explain why he wanted them in the Vermilion Bird wing with him.

King: *Puts his foot on the board and pushes it down*

That evening after dinner

Kaido: did we really upset you earlier? You seem like you're still... huffy like you were in the gym.

King: I'm disgusted with myself for being attracted to a human.

Kaido: *nods his head empathetically* I know the feeling bud. From what information that I have gathered about them, they seem like a decent human. They were once instrumental in the escape of a slave rebellion in the Ballywood Kingdom and Vodka Kingdom. Both of which were predominately composed of non-humans.

King: really?

Jack: yeah, they came to us through a recommendation of one of contacts in the Ryugu Kingdom.

You: wha'cha talking about?

King: *puffs up and feels his embarrassment and panic well up in his chest* Nothing!

You: *squints at him in suspicion* Really? Because I don't believe you.

King: Are you calling me a liar?

You: I ain't callin' you a truther, big man. Now spill the beans, what were y'all whispering about?

King: *his heart flutters happily when you call him 'big man' * Kaido told us you helped in some slave rebellions.

You: Oh yeah, I have quite a few tales from that time of my life.

King: If we're going to work together we should know more about you. So if you wouldn't mind, could you tell us those stories?

Kaido: *subtly gives him an encouraging slap on the back and a wink*

Queen: *whispers* fuckin' simp!

King: *makes Queen's cigar erupt in fire*

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Theory: The Upside Down is Will’s Original Hiding Spot

“He’s good at hiding.”

In season one, One (either through himself physically or through a demogorgon he controlled) destroyed Castle Byers, which was Will’s final hiding spot and last safe space.

Symbolically, this is meant to show how this experience has literally destroyed his childhood, he no longer has a safe space because no space will ever feel safe again.

However, I think this instance of One destroying Will’s hiding spot might be indicative of a more literal meaning as well.

So atp I’m fairly confident that Will has been connected to the Upside Down since way before One ever kidnapped him, which is why he went after him in the first place.

The Upside Down was Will’s original hiding spot, and One took it over in the same way he destroyed Castle Byers.

I’ll explain:

So in season one Jonathan keeps repeating that Will is good at hiding. And he was hiding— in the Upside Down.

It’s implied that the reason Will is so good at hiding was because of his dad. But once he left, Will no longer needed to hide and Castle Byers became his new safe space. Jonathan even tells Hopper that Will used to hide in Castle Byers.

Now this kinda contradicts what I just said, but it’s also important to note that Castle Byers didn’t go up until after Lonnie left. Before that, Will would have lacked a safe space for himself to go.

So what I’m proposing is that Will had a safe space before Castle Byers, and that space was the Upside Down.

I’m not saying that Will would go through a gate every time he needed to hide from his dad, rather this would work in a similar way to his true sight ability in season two. Will’s physical body would be in the in the Rightside Up, but he would physically manifest in the Upside Down as well. While the real world was dangerous, his consciousness would take him somewhere safe. We know that Will was physically in the Upside Down since the Mind Flayer was able to physically enter his body. We didn’t see the particles in the field where he was possessed, it was able to enter his body because he was actually there too.

So let’s say, for example, Lonnie would come home drunk and start getting violent. Will might find somewhere actually in the house to hide, for example a cabinet, but then as an extra protective measure his powers would bring him to the Upside Down and away from danger.

I think this would be akin to some kind of short-term dissacociation, which is basically a defense mechanism for traumatic situations that are hard to get away from.

This article also attributes dissociating to the freeze response, which is stated in the show to be Will’s fear response.

I don’t think Will was ever conscious of doing this, and he was probably so small when it was happening that he didn’t process what was really going on. Rather, I think this ability is triggered by extreme fear, more specifically fear of his father. In fact, I think this ability might be how Will actually went into the Upside Down in episode one. One was able to trigger a fear response so powerful that Will teleported into the Upside Down. And since the gate was open, all of Will went inside. I think this might be why he brought an impression of Hawkins with him. Kinda like a pinhole in a camera obscura, the moment that Will phased into the UD he brought with him an image of the town at that exact moment.

Now, in season two, Will does not go completely into the UD, despite the gate being open. This is because the Soteria is likely in his neck at this point, greatly supressing his powers. Furthermore, One had some control over when this was happening, although I do think he was amplifying it using Will’s emotions. I think there’s a reason he decided to do this during the anniversary of Will’s trauma.

An important part of this theory is Castle Byers, more specifically when and why it was built. Jonathan says in s2 that they built it the night dad left. As I hypothesized before, Will was phasing into the Upside Down because of his dad specifically, but then Castle Byers became his new safe space. As such, he wouldn’t need to phase into the UD, leaving an opening for someone to take it over.

We never get an exact date for when Lonnie left, but we know that it was some time before the events of s1. Furthermore, we don’t know how much time One was wandering around in the UD before he took it over, but it looks like he had been there for quite a while. I’m willing to bet that Lonnie left either before One took over the UD, meaning that Will wouldn’t have been occupying it and leaving a space for One to easily take it over.

This echoes exactly what One did to Castle Byers at the end of season one: He destroyed Will’s safe space.

Another important facet is how Will was able to hear his mom through the Upside Down, but Joyce was not able to hear him. If you wanted to hide from someone, it’s important they not hear you. However, it would be important to listen for when the coast is clear. Maybe whenever Will hid, it was always temporary, because eventually his mother would always reassure him that everything was okay and make him feel safe.

When Will is in the Upside Down in season one, the fear never goes away. Now that One is in charge, the creatures there are after him, and no amount of hiding will allow him to feel safe. This is why he can’t teleport back, because he doesn’t feel safe. But still, he is able to harness the love he has for his mother and find a way to communicate through the lights.

I know this post is already very long but I’ll write out the timeline here:

When Will is younger Lonnie is an abusive shit. Whenever Will gets scared and hide his consciousness takes him to the Upside Down for safety. When Lonnie leaves Will no longer needs to do this and Castle Byers becomes his new safe spot. At some point between Lonnie leaving and the start of season 5, One takes over the Upside Down, effectively destroying Will’s sense of security both figuratively and literally. Will hides in the UD Castle Byers has his last safe spot and it’s After the events of season one, Will has a Soteria placed in his neck (either by One or by Owens) which filters his teleporting abilities and comes through as True Sight.

[orecana]

Goodbye my love

Lee sohee x male reader

Hello Everyone! Orecana back with another fic for you guys! I've decided to write about riize because i like this group at the moment. i hope you guys enjoy my fics and thank you to everyone who have supported me so far. Happy Reading!

Warning! the following story contains

heavy angst

major character death (angst)

Reincarnation

suicide

blood/gore

Toxicity

(disclaimer: if you don't like the following and boys love/bl, please..... get the fuck out!)

Two kids were playing together in a playground. One of them was playing with their toy car while one was playing on a mini piano.

(imagine the following in a kid voice, please don't mind the full words. i don't know how to write kid speaking)

"it sounds so nice y/n!"

"thanks, sohee-hyung!. your car is so cool. *giggle*"

that's where their story started. it had grown from then to when they go to the same school to when they go into battle together.

Why battle? because the witch was an ancient evil that has awakened and it threatened the entire world. Every male on the planet must come together to combat this evil. (this was from that century where only male could fight so i'm sorry to females. pls forgive me!)

Today was the day they head into battle against the witch.

"Hey! how about we have a bet? whoever kills the witch gets to make the other do whatever they want."

"come on y/n. this is an ancient evil for god sake. you're trying to make a bet now!?"

"hmph! just admit you're too weak to fight it"

Sohee glared at y/n who only rolled his eyes at his friend.

"I'll see you beg for mercy when i'm done with that witch."

"oh really? (rolls eyes) i kinda want to see you beg instead though."

sohee only sighs as the bell rings loudly.

"attention all warriors, the time for battle has begun. make way to the battlefield. Once we get rid of this witch, we'll be free."

Sohee and y/n get up from their spots and make their way towards the battlefield. y/n turn back and take off his necklace before putting it on sohee.

"why-?"

"My mother always says that if i ever find the person i cherished the most, i should give it to them for good luck."

y/n smile warmly as sohee blushes and looks away.

"come on let's hunt that witch."

The battle was pretty one sided for some reason. The witch's army didn't stood a chance against the human. All those humanoid and horrible monsters cut down in an instant.

Y/n rushes in with his flying swords clearing the way for the army to move forward to the castle while sohee survey the area for any potential danger.

They arrive at the witch's castle and opens the gate. y/n motions for the soldiers to stay back as he and sohee look for any danger.

just as they enter the castle the gate immediately closes behind them as the soldiers outside yell for them. they curse themselves for getting trapped but they were interrupted by laughter.

They look towards the throne and there she was. the witch.

The witch looks incredibly old. y/n doesn't even need to scan to know that this witch is extremely weak right now.

"well well well, it seems human are capable creatures after all. you managed to defeat all of my minions very easily, color me impressed. but it seems that you 2 already know what fate lies after going through this door don't you? especially you y/n l/n."

Sohee looks at y/n questioningly while y/n could only look back with guilt. Y/n twirls his hand as the flying swords pierces the witch as she smiles wickedly.

"YOU FOOL. YOU KNEW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE YET YOU DARE KILL ME?!"

"So what? if these powers are with me, at least they'll be less troublesome."

Y/n twirls around with both hands as multiple swords flew aiming at the witch who only looks at y/n with disbelief. y/n grins maliciously as he grips both of his hands, causing the swords to stab into the witch's entire body as blood and destroyed organs flew everywhere.

A dreadful silence remains as sohee watched in horror at what his best friend just did.

"y/n.... what did you just do...?

*giggle* "what did i do? take her powers for myself of course."

"why.. why would you do that?"

"Why..... WHY?"

y/n screams as darkness surrounded him changing his clear (hair color) to white and his clothes are turn into black.

"To have revenge against humanity of course!"

"but you said you wanted to-"

"save humanity? it was a lie. they killed everyone i loved, my mother was sacrificed as if she was nothing in their eyes!"

"Then what about me? am i not someone important too?"

Y/n opens his mouth but he hesitated. Sohee desperately wanted y/n to say yes that their friendship wasn't nothing but it was only inevitable.

"you were just a toy for me to show off. you are nothing to me!"

Sohee wouldn't lie when he heard his heart crack at those words.

"You won't step outside y/n l/n."

"Oh? and who are you to stop me?"

"your best friend"

Y/n only laughs as he raises his hands to summon many swords.

"Very well, once i'm done with you. there will be no one to stop me!"

Smiling evilly, y/n sends thousands of swords towards sohee who dodges all of them with swift precision. suddenly one of them was able to hit sohee as he grimaces then many started to damage sohee as he kneels down on the ground with many scars on him.

"i know all of your tricks sohee, you can't beat me"

Sohee sighs as he stands still and raises his hand.

Y/n widens his eyes and tries to stop him but then a barrier surrounded him.

"no........ no no no no no NO! My plan was brilliant! HOW-"

Y/n was unable to finish his words as sohee quickly stabs him through the chest with his spear causing him to bleed and cough out blood.

Sohee pulls his spear out as y/n falls onto his knees while smiling weakly. his eyes are filled with tears and regret. the witch's power slowly leaves him as y/n returns to his original look.

the witch's power looks at sohee with hunger as it charges towards sohee but y/n immediately slash his necklace on sohee's neck which causes it to unleash a binding spell that captures the power as it growls in agony.

"SOHEE NOW!"

Sohee begins to chants a spell and activates it on the power, effectively destroying it.

"heh, i knew i could always count on you jagi~."

"Y/N!"

Y/n collapses as sohee goes to hold him.

"the witch's power will keep consuming stronger hosts and manipulate them so i had to make you hate me in order for you to force it out."

"But why? you-you're gonna die!"

"because i was gonna die soon anyways, my family is connected to the witch. we can only live until we have our first kiss."

"What do you mean?"

Y/n sealed his and sohee's lips together.

"I love you sohee so please....

never.....

forget.... *closes eyes*

me..."

Sohee looks at the boy in arms who was smiling warmly as if he was alive but he knows better.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH"

*timeskips*

Sohee walks towards your grave that he had made near his house in the garden that you guys loved playing in. He couldn't help but break down as he looks at your portrait, of your beautiful smile.

He leaned against your grave as he look up at the sky. he remembers that moment.

"c'mon sing with me sohee!"

"No....."

"UGH! you're so boring!"

Sohee smiles as he takes a deep breath and opens his mouth.

(songs and romanized lyrics above in the video. Below are english translated lyrics, i apologized if they're not accurate i just took them off google)

Your heart is consealed while love is near by

At sleepless nights no matter how hard i try accept me

I want to meet you right now my tears wont stop flowing i want to touch you

Because i love you it hurts a lot

The more i think about you my tears are overflowing

although we are unable to meet

i love you more than anybody else

Sohee was about the sing the next verse when he sees him. The person giggle and cups his cheeks. how he miss the person he sees in front of him right now.

Even though we just parted(said bye bye)

i'm overflowing to meet you again

and that days kiss has almost disappeared

i'm waiting a mail from you

sohee sings the next part as he gaze lovingly at the spirit of the person he loved and cherished

When i meet you the time limit will decrease

when we are together time becomes precious

we just said bye bye but i want to meet you again

with an mail to you a I'll meet you again

at the scene of return waits twilight

i feel like bringing you away

when your warmth disappear

i wake up from a dream to face the reality door

(From this point on y/n will sing the 'girl/vocal part' while sohee will sing the 'boy/rap part' and will sing together during the 'I love you part' and at the last chorus)

The more i think about you my tears are overflowing

although we are unable to meet

i love you more than anybody else

I love you (love you) love you (love you)

Love you (love you) the sun rises

I love you (love you) love you (love you)

Love you (love you) you are the only one i'm searching

I love you (love you) love you (love you)

Love you (love you) close your eyes

I love you (love you) love you (love you)

Love you (love you) my love for you

Together with you...

sohee held hands with the fragment of his lover as he sings the next part

"I want to meet you right now"in limited time

seems like i belive in"endless love"

when i think that i'll leave you

i feels like the pain splits me in two

your charming face torn

at the countdown of the nights end

Love you baby love you baby words freeze

Today begins and i can see you again

The more i think

the more i miss you and i want to meet you

the fragment of y/n leans against him as he closes his eyes sings along

The more i want to be by your side the more i cant reach tomorow

"Eternal"seems always until i find you

I dont want to let you go i dont want to be apart from you

Love you baby love for you

i dont want to let you go

Sohee suddenly coughs up blood as the fragment holds his body. then the fragment sees it, a bottle of poison. the fragment cups his cheek as he crys.

The more i think about you my tears are overflowing

without sun alone in the midle of the night

you are all i can see...

Sohee uses his last breath to sing, to fulfill that wish

Your heart is consealed while love is near by

At sleepless nights no matter how hard i try accept me

I want to meet you right now my tears wont stop flowing i want to touch you

Because i love you it hurts a lot

I love you (love you) love you (love you)

Love you (love you) the sun rises

I love you (love you) love you (love you)

Love you (love you) you are the only one i'm searching

I love you (love you) love you (love you)

Love you (love you) close your eyes

I love you (love you) love you (love you)

Love you (love you) my love for you

Together with you...

Sohee dies as he finishes the song as he laid resting upon the grave of y/n l/n as many guards alert the authority when they discover this.

Despite never being happy on the living realm, if you listen closely you can hear the laughter of 2 lovers cherishing each other forever and for all eternity.

[thebubblesareevil]

Am I dead?

Okay so Danny goes out drinking for his 21st birthday and ends up drunk off his ass. The trio are bar hopping all night but at one point Danny goes missing. He got distracted and somehow ended up in a bar under the sea (don’t travel through portals while drunk kids). Anyway everyone is kinda weirded out by this man who is speaking English and they call for some guards because he is clearly intoxicated and they’re not sure what to do with him but when they try to escort him out he thinks they’re trying to fight him and so he beats them up. Kaldur (who was visiting home) hears the commotion and goes to intervene. The room is chaos when he enters the room and someone asks Kaldur to help. Kaldur slowly approaches the stranger who turns around, looks Kaldur straight in the eyes and says “holy shit Am I dead?” Before Kaldur can reply the stranger continues “wait of course I’m dead, and you must be an angel. What the heck did I do to meet an angel. I didn’t even know angels were real but here you are. I’ll have to ask dad about angels when we get to the other side.” Meanwhile everyone around is trying not to laugh at this drunken idiot who is causing the kings apprentice to blush. Kaldur asks what the strangers name is and how he got there and he stops for a moment and thinks he says his name is Danny, not Daniel, not danno, and most definitely not Dan, just Danny please. With his head propped up on his hand leaning on a table he then asks if he could have his name Kaldur tells danny his name and is surprised when he says his full name flawlessly. Kaldur then turns to one of the guards that has picked himself up and tells him in Atlantean that he’s going to take him to the hospital to see if they can sober him up.

Danny jumps up at that knocking over the table which he just stares at for a moment before he says in Atlantean “no no no, no hospitals,” Kaldur, surprised, tells him that he needs to go to a hospital so they can figure out where he came from. Danny walks right up to him and pokes him in the chest and says “nope, no hospitals, it’s not like they can help me remember? I’m already dead!” Kaldur laughs and says be that as it may he needs to sober up. Danny, still poking Kaldur in the chest, asks “then why can’t I go with you, your my angel right? So I’ll go with you.” Kaldur pinches his nose while the guards and trying desperately not to laugh in the background. Kaldur finally agrees after much back and forth to let Danny stay in his guest room. Danny cheers and then asks Kaldur if he would carry him because his legs are just sooo heavy.

Kaldur is questioning his life choices.

Danny wakes up the next morning with a pounding headache looks out the window and sees water. He is not as freaked out about that as he should be. No it’s the fact that he’s in a bed underwater that is the concerning part. He tries and fails to sneak out when he gets caught by Kaldurs mother who then invites him to breakfast. Danny of course accepts because hey free food. Kaldur joins them and asks how he’s feeling this morning. When Danny looks over at Kaldur he nearly chokes, manages to swallow his food and (in true milo thatch style) says pretty boy, pretty GOOD doing pretty good. Kaldurs mom is very amused. Kaldur invites Danny on a walk and asks if he could explain how he came to be in Atlantis. Danny laughs for a few seconds and then a just like no seriously where am I?

Kaldur repeats that he is in Atlantis that the night before he got into a fight in a bar and he refused to go to a hospital, in Atlantean. Danny’s like the language thing I get I speak a lot of languages. Its the Atlantis part I don’t get, because last he checked Atlantis was destroyed by a giant alien starfish around 32 B.C.

Kaldur stares at Danny and Danny stares right back, before saying I think we need to go see the king. Danny nods and the two of them go to leave,

The two of them head to the castle and the talk on the way, Danny asks what happened the night before and Kaldur explained exactly how hard Danny was flirting with him. Danny turns a bright red and chuckles replying that at least drunk him has excellent taste in men. The two of them talk (and flirt) the whole way there. Once they explain what’s going on it’s decided they would go to see the justice league to consult with their magic users. Danny at this point is really confused but is pretty sure he’s figured out what’s going on so he asks who exactly the justice league is and they all look at him like he’s crazy he’s like I guess they’re a big deal huh and rubs the back of his neck. Whelp its official I’ve stumbled into another dimension. Kaldur leads him to a zeta tube and Danny just straight up says no just no that’s not happening. Been there done that died and come back no thank you. Kaldur insists that it’s perfectly safe and asks if he wants him to go first and Danny shouts NO and pulls Kaldur away from the zeta tube. Kaldur and aquaman look at each other before Kaldur suggests that he close his eyes and he would guide him through the zeta tube. It takes a bit of convincing but Danny finally agrees and Kaldur takes his hand and leads him through the tube. They arrive in mount justice where the magic users in the league had all gathered.

Danny is in the middle of a panic attack and there are glowing Lichtenberg figures crawling up his neck as Kaldur slowly helps him calm down with the aid of an incredibly adorable giant wolf named wolf who was just the cutest thing in the world (Conner greatly approves of this). Danny thanks Kaldur and wolf, and then he is brought over and introduced to the rest of the team. Dr fate is suspiciously absent however both Zatanna and Shazam comment on how his aura looks weird, like it’s been touched by death. Danny says that makes sense but doesn’t elaborate. They are all trying to figure out where Danny has come from and how to get him back and Danny says that he honestly has no idea he was celebrating his 21st and the next thing he knew he was in another universe waking up in Atlantis. The debate goes on for a bit and Danny just focuses on Kaldur, he asks him what made him want to be a hero and they end up talking about how Kaldur came to be aqualad.

They all decide to take a break and some of the leaguers decide to approach Danny to ask him some questions. It’s when green lantern comes up to him and says that’s an interesting ring you got there that Danny stares at his hand for a full minute before getting up and repeatedly smacking his head on the wall, cursing all the while. Kaldur asks if he would care to explain why he’s trying to put a hole in the wall and Danny looks right at Kaldur and says “in my defense I was drunk, I am hungover, and there has been a very handsome man distracting me this whole time.” Batman demands an explanation and Danny tells them how this is the ring of rage which has the ability to create portals and how he didn’t even remember putting it on. It looks like while he was drunk he decided to try getting home with a portal and entirely missed the mark, in his defense he’s only had it about a month. Several people looked at Danny like he was an idiot but he just shrugged it off

Danny the raises his hand in the air and concentrates on the ghost zone. A large green portal appears and Danny rubs the back of his neck sheepishly, “sorry about all that umm— but before he can continue something comes flying out of the portal smacking Danny in the face only to be revealed as a boomerang? Danny stops for a moment before screaming GANGWAY!! And pushing Kaldur out of the direct path of the portal. Just in time as a large ship comes crashing through. After things settle and Danny has gotten himself and Kaldur up the door to the ship opens only for Danny to once more be knocked to the ground by an overexcited green puppy. Who licks Danny relentlessly before getting distracted by wolf.

In the meantime 3 people exit the ship 2 of which are wearing dark sunglasses. The one wearing a full body red suit charges up to Danny yelling FENTON!! And immediately starts scolding him about disappearing like that and what the hell did he think he was doing. The tall goth woman tells “Val” to quite down that if his head hurts half as bad as hers it’s punishment enough. Danny says thanks to his friends for looking for him and then introduces them to the league. He looks like hes about to continue talking when Tucker cuts him off and says “dude as much as I’d love to stay and chat with real live super hero’s we got to go if the fright knight doesn’t go on a rampage soon your sister will.” Danny looks mildly offended and says “excuse me what am I chopped liver?!”

Tucker looked him dead in the eye and says “I said LIVE superheroes, last I checked you only half qualify” Danny laughs and says fair enough Kaldur questions this and he says that he is in fact dead he told him last night remember? But only half he’s half alive too. Danny calls cujo over but hesitates before making a new portal. He turns to Kaldur and says cujo is absolutely devastated that he has to leave his new friend. Kaldur laughs and says “is he now” danny replies that yes yes he is and would you guys mind if he stopped in every now and again so cujo could have play dates. Kaldur hesitates so Conner jumps in and says that wolf would absolutely love that, kaldur smiles and agrees. Danny gets a huge grin on his face and say awesome it’s a date! He then picks up cujo and says okay buddy I’m not sure if I’m good to fly right now and I gotta lead us home wanna be my noble steed? Everyone looks confused but cujo gives a bark and Danny laughs and sets him down he runs around in a circle before sitting Danny says good boy now grow! And before everyone’s eyes the small (adorably dopey) green dog has turned into a huge serious hound more than twice the size of wolf… who then rolls on his back for some well deserved belly rubs. Danny’s friends board the ship but not before Sam comes up to Kaldur hands him a phone apparently can reach him at anytime so long as he’s in the ghost zone, and parts ways with a friendly threat not to hurt he friend.

Danny climbs on cujos back and they give one last goodbye before leaving through the portal.

Dr fate arrives moments later and is asked what took him so long he only says that it is against the lords of orders rules to willfully interact with the king of the infinite realms. Dick gives Kaldur a big slap on the back and says you hear that looks like you got a date with a king!

Kaldur smiles looking at the green phone in his hand and says “yes, it seems I do”

Okay this got way out of hand this was just supposed to be a prompt, a PROMPT i tell you a PROMPT but it evolved far beyond what it was supposed to be

It’s still a prompt though so if anyone yknow wants to write this in a less chaotic and more thought out fanfiction I would love u forever!! Okay I need sleep have a good night!!

[mrchaosman]

Arachae: Hello, and welcome to Doc-U-munch: Flying cabin, what do you need?.

(Buy).

Arachae: See what you helpful.

(When you buyed).

Ohh, thanks, I'll find an use for this one.

(If your inventory is filed).

Arachae: Sorry but your have a space limit.

(If you didn't have enough money).

Arachae: Like I'm gonna sale it for free.

No Way.

(Talk).

Arachae: Well, I guess I'm open for a little chat.

(About Yourself).

Arachae: my apologies, I forgot to introduce myself, young ones.

My name is Arachae, Creepa's head butler.

When we are in our space time, we use this room as a humble and niceful little cabin.

If you want anything, just say it, you are KingsnQueens here.

(The castle's status).

Arachae: Well, everything is kicking.

U lead a strong guys to sculpturing an entire mountain for our King Creepa.

Write poems, novels and stories of his greatness.

Which is actually turned out to be a "Creeper".

To destroy millions of his cubed-made statues in a "championship" for absolutely no reason.

To bring hundreds of Box is filled with more cube-made statuies whose also been smashed.

The answer is.....

Pretty hella great.

(Katlyss)

Arachae: Katlyss?, I don't think I have heard anyone with that name...

Oh, wait, you don't mean that weird....

Ohhh, a SPECIFIC Lady went here and demanded to be the "Head of Butlerish"

I'm sorry but that person is....not here anymore.

And got beaten up by the henchmen as a result of....... throwing alot of moths around.

Please, Don't you ever mention her again.

We still cleaning up the mess she did.

(Katlyss after defeating her).

Arachae: You really beats her.

Thanks a lot.

After she stole for her "Last Attackish".

The Rox Cleaners and Rox himself told me that he saw her running in the hallway.

And she say: Yo All reallyish must be Kingish Creepa, rightish?.

May be your head Butlerish?.

Well, enough about her.

Do you want some baked cookies.

(Your look).

Arachae: Oh, my look, the heart-shaped head and the weird looking body is kinda surreal but cool, isn't it.

And to show sense of respect here, I can mimic any element from a nearby Indigner.

I used to do that to with my friend......

Well, I guess that's all I can say about that.

(The basement).

Arachae: Basement?, what basement??, I don't remember we have a one here.

Just don't worry about it.

(The basement safe).

Arachae: So that's where that sound.

...

This place is both a system of archive and purgatory for the creative mind of a outsigner.

So many individual ideas, encased within concept art theoretical theme.... but what If that's as far as one is to go?, to have themselves and their legacies stuck in one place? For now and forever?, or what if the opposite happens?, and you remain stuck reinventing, remaking and rehashing the same sprites and sounds?.

I actually know someone like that, after reconsidering my statement... and the smell of the western pests still lingers outside these doors. It's why Creepa never let us leave our quarters. Wouldn't want the wooden boy... although, I've interacted with him multiple occasions (and I would say that he's nice) one might even say we're friends.

(Exit).

Arachae: Please come back soon, take care of yourselves.

(In the Castle Town).

Arachae: Hello there, Young ones, I have found this little cafe, and I decided to make it up, so after this long and tiring adventure, please relax and enjoy yourselves.

Hey @imaginary-regret-608, I have made it, sorry if it took alot of time, but here it is.

Hope you like it.

Arachae replaces Swatch.

Katlyss replaces Rouxls Kaard

[the-crow-binary]

"Overbearing, he bends to no one's will"

So Dracula is a bratty bottom?

Deep inhale

Year 1094: Mathias Cronqvist loses his wife. In his rage and grief, he goes on to "betray God" by hurting everyone around him and achieve eternal life. He then asks, pretty much plead with Leon to understand and join him. Bratty Bottom behavior.

Somewhere before 1476: Mathias meets Lisa with who he falls in love, to the point it momentarily brings his humanity back. Bottom. Lisa dies and he gets angry, change his name into Dracula, and plot revenge against mankind this time, like he did against God so many years ago. Bratty.

Year 1476: His behavior leads Hector to betray him. He gets hurt and even more angry (even before being 100% sure it's a betrayal), sending Isaac after him, ordering him to bring him back if he is alive so he can basically torture him because he just can't bear being betrayed. Bratty but also Bottom because he seemed to care a big lot about Hector. Like. A big big lot. 🙂 Trevor and friends arrive and kick his ass, so he curse the land in return. Bratty.

Year 1479: He comes back to life and immediately goes "Hector! Why did you betray me ? ):< Humans suck and you should know it already. ):<". Then he gets defeated again and goes "I don't care my curse wille still destroy the stupid humans ):<". Then Hector goes "Nuh-huh! I can reverse it!", and he proceeds to die in a scream. Bratty Bottom.

Year 1576 to 1591: He comes back to life again wich is already very bratty of him. Fights Christopher a first time, makes him believe he died when not really, waits for the perfect moment to strike again, then years later, kidnaps his son. He then proceed to make father and son fight against each other. Bratty. And also Bottom because I bet he wanted to become Soleil's second dad.

Year 1691 to 1698: Comes back to life, sees Simon wich would turn any man into a bottom, and not only does he cast a curse on the land AGAIN upon being defeated, but he curses Simon, SPECIFICALLY, as well. What a brat. Then Simon accidentally brought him back again and killed him again. Bottom.

Year 1748: Bro did not even actually resurrect and he still managed to be an ass a menace through his wraith. Bratty. He then talks about drinking Juste's blood to make himself "whole again", literally saying he needs to fill himself with a Belmont('s life) to live, like bro. Bottom. 😏

Year 1792: "Blablabla it's not MY fault I came back to life, it's the HUMANS' " How can you be brattier and bottomer than by having a whole philosophical conversation with your sworn ennemy about how you have no control over your resurrections it's just that people are asses. 🙄 (Dracula even has Richter dolls all around his castle for Marie to collect like bro just marry the clan already)

Year 1797: He starts as bratty as usual but then Alucard reminds him of the bottomness Lisa woke up in him, and he calms down. Less Bratty as he dies with regrets, but still very Bottom of him.

19th century: He comes back to life more corrupted than ever. Proceeds to flirt with Shanoa, then underestimate and kinda mock her, only for her to defeat him with his own power. The balance between Brattiness and Bottomness has been corrupted as well in favor of the Brattiness, but his inner Bottom is never too far.

Year 1897: Comes back to life. Gets killed by Quich Morris, but mortally wounds him as well. Bratty Bottom.

Year 1917: You have to be the biggest of Brats if it takes a whole world war to resurrect you. And yet, a big Bottom if it doesn't even prevent you from immediately getting killed again lol.

Year 1944: Came back to life not at full power. Fought alongside his eternal hubby, even fusing with him (so fighting with Death inside him 😏), and still lost to two kids. Got killed by the sun, after musing that he will regain his full power one day and that they'll see who will have the last laugh. Bratty Bottom.

Year 1999: Julius topped that man so hard he never recovered from it again. The end of the Bratty Bottom millenia-long terror.

It took Death using books about how much of a Bratty Bottom his dead husband has been to bring him back again in GoS. So, of course, he was still a Brat who wanted to play with his ennemies by fighting them, and a Bottom who let Death penetrate fuse with him to use his powers like they did back in 1944.

So, to answer your question... yes. Dracula is a Bratty Bottom. Always has been. I'd say that his whole job is to be a pain in the ass of everyone, but he's too much of a Bottom for that. 🤭

[ebvermin]

ok really dumb rant about CV:Nocturne

Honestly, I shouldn’t really be surprised that they skipped like 300 years worth of games and went straight from CoD to Rondo, presumably following with SotN in like season 3 of it. I mean, how could they *not* bring back Alucard, y’know? And what would they even do for Christopher and Simon Belmont, just have Dracula magically resurrect like he does in the games, kinda completely invalidating the buildup to the massive fight from season 2?

And look, the legendary Simon Belmont really isn’t the most fleshed-out character, as opposed to Richter, who could actually be a really interesting character to explore in this adaptation. I mean, sure, he starts off as your typical noble hero, slaying monsters and saving maidens, the typical classic CV fare, but there’s just this lil something something in his dialogue with Dracula in Rondo that tells a much more important side to his character.

D: It is not by my own power that I am resurrected. It is a greed of humanity which calls me back. And thus, by might, I rule. Might becomes the one and only justice in this world!

R:  Of all the self-serving claptrap! The same basic faith drives all people to seek, to come together, to move forward. That surely can't be an evil thing!

D:  And yet, here I am. Do you not have any desires?

R: (hesitantly) Well...

Right there, The only moment we see Richter stagger thus far, when his true intentions are called into question. Yes, Richter is a hero through and through, but what happens after he fulfills his destiny? Of course, we see this in Symphony, where Richter’s desires cause him to be mesmerized by the Shaft, and end up resurrecting the very thing his family swore to destroy 700 years ago, just to show his own self-serving might. And, I can imagine that this very same folly is gonna happen in Nocturne as well, because you know the writers are just *begging* to do SotN! So, it makes sense why they skip to Rondo, but, they didn’t have to skip everything...

in 1748, fifty years before the events of Rondo, a man named Maxim returned from a two-year training journey, gravely wounded from an apparent attack upon him, but with no memory of his entire expedition. However, he comes bearing news that a childhood friend of his, Lydie, had been kidnapped by an evil force. And the first person he goes to, his most trusted friend...

Juste Belmont

The Grandson of Simon Belmont, and eventual grandfather of Richter, Juste is surprised to learn of the unexpected return of Dracula’s Castle, and he and Maxim leave at once to investigate. And from here, the two embark on a story of confusion, betrayal, and the folly of pride and jealousy.

You see, Maxim, despite training as hard as he can, knows that he’ll never get the same notoriety as Juste, for no other reason than that Juste is of the legendary Belmont clan. But, it’s this very jealousy that allows the spirit of Dracula to enter Maxim’s heart, slowly corrupting him and causing Castle Dracula to return in the first place, fifty years early. 

Sounds familiar?

And look, I’m not saying that Harmony of Dissonance needs an entire adaptation, i’m lying yes it does But at least a season or a few episodes dedicated to it would seriously help the story a lot! Just because Dracula isn’t alive, doesn’t mean that his spirit can’t influence the evil in people’s hearts, which would be a perfect parallel to how Richter eventually falls to his own desires. Honestly, Harmony as a whole is a really good prelude to Rondo and Symphony, and i do hope it at least gets a mention in the new series!

but if we can be real they probably wont even revive dracula anyway because he kinda just wanted to die in season 2 anyway and what are they just gonna have dracula fight alucard again after the whole “im killing my boy” speech so i guess my whole point is kinda moot unless what is he gonna revive carmilla or something sure she was actually in rondo but come on thats ridiculous

look man i just like harmony of dissonance 

[sassy-radio-hazbin-queen]

Bambi and the Devil

" Lost in the woods, The strange castle"

Ok so quick disclaimer guys I'll be honest I never really payed attention to the wolf scene or castle scene as a kid and I kinda glossed over it as an adult. So I'm going to change up just a bit.

Tw for attempted non con.

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Charlie and Rosie walked through the forest that was leading to the fair when Charlie heard what sounded like a woman singing. She had a beautiful yet familiar voice. " More than anything, Your my little Apple, my darling treasure". The voice sang. Charlie was entranced and started going to that direction. Rosie heard the melody and was quick to recognize the Queen's voice. " Charlie quick plug your ears the queen is trying to lure you into a trap". Rosie grabbed some leaves and tried stuffing her ears with them. But when she lifted her head she saw Charlie in the wrong part of the woods. Knowing that the girl would surely get lost in these cursed woods she ran after her. " Charlie stop". Surprisingly the girl did as did the singing. " Rosie did you hear that. It was beautiful". She said smiling. Rosie nodded. " Yes I did my child but now we must go. You can get lost easily in these woods". Charlie took Rosie's hand and they started to go back. Then they heard evil chuckling as 5 hellhounds appeared. " Well well well what do we have here boys". One said smiling with sharp teeth. " Two pretty delicious girls just for us". He laughed chilling the air. As he and his comrads circled them. Rosie wasted no time. She grew large and bit the head off of one that got to close. " RUN CHARLIE RUN HURRY"! Rosie commanded.

Charlie didn't need to be told twice. She ran deeper into the woods as two hellhounds chased her.

Meanwhile Rosie had destroyed all the hellhounds and was trying to find Charlie. She blamed herself for not keeping a better eye on her. She had promised Alastor she would protect Charlie. Just then she hears a scream.

" GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME"!

Rosie ran hearing Charlie screaming to see a Hellhound groping her breasts. Then she saw the girls eyes grow demonic but before she could do anything more Rosie bit the hellhounds head off and ran to Charlie who was crying.

" I'm so sorry Rosie I should of listened to you" she cried in her arms. " Shh shh there there darling its ok". She held for a bit, before smiling. " Now let's go to the fair". Charlie nods.

Some time later they get deeper in the woods. It was getting dark and soon they came across a castle.

" Hey why don't we take shelter in here for a bit please Rosie I'm getting tired". Charlie pleads. Rosie smiles " of course darling let's just hope the owner doesn't mind".

As they get to the castle Charlie has a confused face. " Huh it feels like I know this place". Charlie says as Rosie knocks on the door. " hmm strange". The door opened and they entered in.

" Hello hello is someone there my name is Rosie and this is Charlie we got lost in the woods and need some shelter please". Rosie said as they entered inside.

Suddenly they heard a voice. " But of course you are welcome here". They turn to see a white and pink talking Candlestick? " Your a candlestick". Charlie said picking it up. " Candelabra please enormous difference, allow me to introduce myself I am Angel dust". Charlie and Rosie were both in shock. " You can talk". She said astonished. " Yes I can I always could toots". Angel said winking. " My name is Charlie not toots". She said blushing.

" oops sorry". Angel apologized. " ANGEL"! Angel turned to see a Gray clock with a pink bow on it come up to him. " What are you doing get them out of here". She said crossing her arms. " But Vaggie they are guests". Angel said. Suddenly a magenta teapot and a red and yellow tea cup appears. " Guests hurray ". The teacup exclaimed. " I'm nifty and this is Cherri". Cherri poured some tea as Charlie and Rosie sat down on a chair. " Thank you so much for your hospitality". Rosie said. Charlie nods enthusiastic. Just as they were setting down though the door upstairs burst open and a Tall Demonic figure appeared. " WHO ARE YOU TWO"! he thundered. Charlie froze. " That's the beast from my dreams". She said. " Please sir forgive us we got lost". Rosie began. " YOUR NOT WELCOME HERE YOU TRESPASSERS"! the devil shouted. " Please Mr. Devil don't hurt us". Charlie pleaded. " Devil"? He said " ah so you come to stare at the Devil did you well now you too will pay the price dearly". Devil went to grab Charlie but Rosie pushed her away. " RUN CHARLIE GET OUT OF HERE QUICK".

Charlie ran out of the castle as she heard Rosie screams as she was being carried away. She ran through the woods and kept running she would not stop until she found Alastor.

[demadogs]

What are your non-negotiable Will,Mike or byler scenes for next season? Any you have a clear vision for?

oooo i have plenty of very clear byler visions for next season that are all very plausible and make sense narratively but thats not to say that im 100% confident they will happen.

i think non-negotiable is a pretty aggressive way to define this theory im about to talk about because i think it kinda implies that theres no other way it could possibly go down which just isnt true but i do think it would be a huge missed opportunity of they didnt do this. i think mike will be revealed as gay to the audience through a vecna trance and i think this may also be how el finds out because she was piggybacking in his mind and saw/heard everything.

i do think there is some good evidence to support that mike will be vecna’d. a big one is mike being the one to see max get a bloody nose. you would expect lucas to be the one to see this and worry about her. mike is a really random choice and there is always intention and meaning behind little things like this in film.

also bathing will in light and the idea that max has to go to the light to leave vecna’s mind. they light up will in the van scene but also the cabin scene which i think has a double meaning and foreshadows their conflict with vecna because this lighting is the EXACT kinda lighting we see in the creel house.

max also tells lucas that vecna targets people who have something “haunting” them. mike is such a perfect victim for this. we saw in s4 how much he is trying to be someone else and trying to burry the part of him that likes will and likes boys in general. every one of vecnas victims has had some kinda guilt that theyve been trying to hide. (which is why eddies line “its forced conformity thats whats killing the kids!!!!!” is fucking genius). mike has been doing that for YEARS. i think the only reason he wasnt a target in s4 was because he wasnt in hawkins.

now for el, i have less evidence to backup that mike will be outed to her but i do think its possible and i really really hope el is the first person to know mike is gay. i think it would help him so much to hear from someone who didnt grow up the way he did and wasnt ever taught to hate people like him.

i have always thought this shot meant that el was suspicious of mike and wills feelings, and it probably does mean that, but now that i think about it it could also foreshadow her piggybacking into mikes mind too and seeing will in his mind.

i think mike is overdue for a full on panic attack. we see will express his emotions pretty much every season but mike has been suppressing them so deeply for years. the last time we saw him totally break down was in s2 when he was yelling at hopper. since then, he’s been trying to be someone else, whether its consciously or not. he needs a scene like wills destroying the castle and el needs to be the one to comfort him.

i envision mike waking from his trance of being tortured by vecna with all his feelings for will and being gay and hes breathing heavy with tears down his face. hes frantically looking around the room and everybody there and then he sees el take off her blindfold and wipe the blood dripping from her nose and he realizes she was in his mind. i see them both looking at each other, el with sympathy and mike with total panic, and mike runs to a separate room and el follows.

then el would sit with mike on the floor and mike would apologize profusely and theyd have a long, sweet discussion. mike would come clean and just tell her everything. that hes gay, that he loves will, that he felt so bad not breaking up with her as soon as he figured out, then he said he loved her because he thought it was the only way to get her to live. and el would just listen and then admit that she doesnt think she ever really loved him romantically either and that she wants to just be friends. i want this scene to be SO SWEET AND SO EMOTIONAL AND I HOPE IT MAKES ME CRY!!!!!!!!!!!

anyways thats just part of how i envision queer mikes reveal to the audience and his first coming out experience.

[fenixfoxtrot510]

Yes I know the Coven Heads were a bunch of petty bitches that liked to bully a literal teenager.

But I also like to HC them spoiling Hunter just a little before he was made the Golden Guard.

The kid has 3 different toys in his bedroom that I can make out and I seriously doubt that Belos gave them to him or allowed him leave the castle with an allowance for a fun afternoon of shopping.

My guess is that the Coven Heads might have spoiled him at first as a way to suck up to Belos. And Hunter kept everything he has fond memories of because that is the only way he was able to survive growing up in his Uncle's Murder Cult.

Hettie gave him Sprig to help him deal with nightmares after getting his first big scar on his cheek. There's a lil satchel of herbs in it to help him sleep. But being 5 or 6, he didn't know about that and magic or not, that stuff still needs to be changed out to keep it's scent, so it doesn't do much to help him fall asleep anymore but he still keeps Sprig after all these years.

A lot of the more random bits and bobs where dug up by Eberwolf then dumped on Hunter when Darius found the junk still caked in mud in his nice clean room. "Whatcha doing?" "Throwing away this garbage while I plot murder, Little Prince." "That looks cool! Why is it garbage?" "Ugh! If you want it you can have it! Just leave me alone and find someone else to bug!" "Really! Thank you Darius!" "YOU BETTER MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN THAT MUD OFF BEFORE TRACKING IT AROUND THE ENTIRE CASTLE!" "KAY!!!"

For reference :

This thing. Eber dug it up. Probably with some other bones he gnawed on for an hour; then decided to leave the skull as a gift for Darius. Baby Hunter thought it was cool and kept it, because of course he would.

Mason carved the Belos statuette for Hunter the day that he got stuck with a lost 7 year old leech latched to his side for 9 whole hours, asking a million and 3 questions about everything and gushing about his favorite Uncle. After that day Mason promptly made himself scarce every time he heard the pattering of excited feet and non-stop chatter coming around the corner in halls.

The long stick is something he found and immediately ran to show Lilith. It reminded him of her staff! Can she show him how to fight with it. Cue Lilith spending an afternoon teaching Hunter how to properly twirl a staff without dropping it or accidentally smacking himself in the face. It was the only time that she thought him cute. Then he started scout training and destroying all of her Coven training records and she quickly changed her mind.

After he started scout training, the Coven Heads stopped humoring him as much because they had too much work to do to continue babysitting the Emperor's nephew now that he was the coven trainer's problem. But it didn't stop completely till he hit his obnoxious know-it-all, better-than-everyone-else, pre-teen stage.

That potion on the wall? From Vitimir. What is it? Hunter doesn't know. Could be a sleeping potion, could be acid. Vitimir did not say. Just tossed it to him on his way to a meeting. Hunter would've tested it on Kikimora but didn't want to get in trouble on the off chance it killed her; Nor did he want to be late to flight practice. It is hanging on the wall until he can safely identify it. (It's an explosive. Vitimir didn't want to deal with the budget meeting that day and thought he could get out of it if the Emperor's nephew managed to destroy a good portion of the castle. Sucks for him that Hunter kinda forgot about it.)

He got the knife from Steve before he got sent on his hike down the knee. He made so many fond memories with that knife! Cutting wet wood that he couldn't start a fire with! Trying to stab the baby slitherbeast for food and nearly getting killed by mama slitherbeast instead! FUN TIMES! DEFINITELY NOT TRAUMATIZING! (He was the fastest scout to ever make it down the Knee, but that had less to do with his survival skills and more to do with the pissed off mama slitherbeast chasing him.)

And is that a fucking scythe I see peeking from the left corner of the room? 500 snails that was a birthday present from Terra. She takes joy in pitting children against each other in magic warfare and is shocked when told that using them for garden mulch is "Illegal." Of course she'd think a scythe would be the perfect plaything for a giddy trainee Hunter whom thinks that her death mazes are fun.

[feysandfeels]

Fanfic idea that will never happen because I write essays not fiction

Okay, don’t mind me, but I was just listening to Not One of Us (yes The Lion King 2 song... I was making a comparing to something F1 related but I digress) and I had an idea. Bear with me:

Magic kingdom with fae, humans, demi fae and all that. King Archeron and his three daughters are Demi Fae, his daughters however are currently living in their human form, as they have yet to make the drop or whatever.

Lucien and Rhysand are part of the council or trusted advisors and all that jazz. They are full fae and really good friends. 

Yes there is a thing between Rhysand and the youngest daughter of the king, Feyre. But we keep it just a flirtationship and stolen glances, and start to build that tension real nice, you know?

Lucien also has an eye for Elain (I said ELUCIEN in all my alternative universes) but they are even slower slower than idk something really slow.

However there is something that keeps Rhysand from formally moving forward with his courtship... a big secret (don’t ask me I don’t know)

Finally, they kiss just once, but they kiss good and you know you know it’s like “our fates are locked, this is it for both of us”. 

BUUUUUT, RHYSAND COMMITTS AN ACT THAT YES READS LIKE TREASON, BUT IN THE LONG RUN WILL BENEFIT THE KINGDOM. He gets dragged in front of the court, maybe the king got hurt as side consequence. 

Nesta the one who will inherit the Throne is giving “fuming”. Her and Rhysand were companions, friends, they had a nice relationship as she knew she would need him and Lucien when she transitioned into power (this is my fanfic let me have it m way). But her father is not great, her sisters would have potentially been hurt and her kingdom destroyed. This was a risky gamble and the immediate future is not looking great. 

The king is sitting on his throne, his eldest by his side shooting daggers from her eyes, the court’s whispers die as Rhysand is dragged infront of the dais, his eyes meet Feyre’s pleading, hurt, asking her to understand (she is a few steps below the throne, still on the dais, close to Nesta), Elain is slowly inching towards Lucien. 

EXILED the king declares. FOR TREASON.

Feyre tries to go plead with him but is stopped by the guards. Nesta holds on to her sister, angry at Rhysand as now all pieces fall into place. Lucien is baffled... instinct makes him draw Elain near him. It’s a tiny moment but you know to start planting the seeds and all that.

Rhysand is banished from the court, the castle, the kingdom, with only the clothes he has on his back... “you can keep your life as a payment from the years of service, but put a foot back in the kingdom and I will have your head” kinda thing. 

That’s the last time Feysand see each other. 

Alternatively he is sentenced to death and Feyre goes to visit him on his last night but actually helps him scape, he promises he will come back to her

The rest of the court kinda know that Feyre helped him escape but no one says anything because like treason.

Alternative #2. He is sentenced to death but because Feyre pleades with her father they just exile him

YEARS GO BY. YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS MAYBE DECADES. 

The king is dead. ALL HAIL QUEEN NESTA ARCHERON

The big bad thing Rhysand tried to avoid breaks loose. Nesta knows she needs him. But she can’t go looking for him because it would be terrible PR 

Feyre it must be you. If anyone can convince him to come back it’s you. 

They haven’t seen each other for years maybe decades... or a solid century. 

The journey will be long. Lucien offers to go with her but Nesta is like “I need you here, your fiancée needs you here” but Lulu is besties with Feyfey too and he was besties with Rhysie and did not even attempt to defend him, so he feels he should at least try this... for like a part of the journey because if he dies... then no... like he is crucial to the kingdom and he knows it. 

I also feel by this point Amren is here in court... like she arrived after Rhysand left, she is powerful and all and because she was not involved in that mess she has no qualms to suggest to go get him back... I have heard rumours of what he can do (alluding to that big secret that prevented him from courting Feyre fully)

Gwyn, her inhouse academic is like “yeah my calculations and research suggest is going to be a toughie without him so like... wouldn’t kills us to ask). 

Emerie is the general 

So off they (Feyfey and Lulu) go. Cue the traveling montage with that 500 miles song. 

Finally in the depth of another kingdom, maybe a land ruled by monsters, Feyfey and Lulu are trapped in some sort of situation against a pack of whatevers they have never seen before, they are fighting they are both brilliantly trained warriors but there are too many whatevers. 

Suddenly four figures appear and kill the whatevers in a blur of motion and skill and wow factor. 

The bodies lie dead in #PoolOfBlood and then they step forward. It’s him. It’s Rhysand. And you know what’s coming, say it with me fam, loud and clear *points the mic to the crowd*: HELLO FEYRE DARLING. 

Part of her wants to go running to him. But she can’t it’s been too long so she simply says “there you are, I’ve been looking for you”. 

“what? aren’t you going to introduce us” says one of the men Feyre doesn’t recognize. Cue the introductions to Mor, Az and Cass. They are deadly, lethal and above all morally grey (ish)

Turns out that when Rhysand was branded as a traitor he said “fine you want me to be a traitor, then I’ll be a fucking traitor” and he went along to the land of monsters and found himself a good little group of mercenaries. #FoundFamily

He looks at her hand and sees the familiar glint of an engagement ring and then sees Lucien sporting one too (MEN WEAR ENGAGEMENT RINGS OR BANDS OR TOKENS IN MY WORLD TOO) and he is like “well this is a plottwist I didn’t see coming” and Feyre is like no he’s engaged to Elain and Rhysand is like “took you long enough” and Lucien smiles and there there is that old friendship, in the mid of the cobwebs that camaraderie. 

Feyre explains that they need him and then together they discover that they need to do a little side quest. To which Lulu is like “I need to go back, I promised I would help you find him but now I must go back and tell Nesta what we have discovered”. 

Rhysand all high and mighty is like I will help you find that [side quest thing] but I cannot promise you my help beyond that because it might go against my own interests or blah blah

Lucien departs. Side quest starts. 

Insert side quest things. Slowly getting to know each other again. One a quiet night after an attack or something you know dramatic. Feyre is by the fire and the rest of them are sleeping but then Rhys comes and sits next to her... and he goes “you’re fae now” and she goes like “yeah a couple decades ago” and it goes unspoken how both of them, in the years of their friendship had talked about this moment...and yet he wasn’t there. 

“you’re also a better fighter than you were” // “yeah a lot of things changed when you left”

He also comments on her engagement. And she explains it’s for political reasons, but that he is a good man from another beachy kingdom and they do vibe in friendship (FEYRE X TARQUIN NATION THIS ONE IS FOR YOU). They are both hopeful romantic love will come in time, but are thankful that they are companions

He’s a good man Savannah, a good man.

“you never came”// “I didn’t know how”... Feyre is like wtf does that mean but whatever. 

She loves this little group of messes. 

They find the side quest thing. BUT OH NO IT IS REVEALED THAT RHYS’S BAND OF MERCENARIES IS ACTUALLY WORKING FOR THE ENEMY KINGDOM OR DARK FORCE OR WHATEVER. #Betrayal. 

now it makes sense why he never went back... because he was so deep in the other kingdom that it was like...not possible + the big bad thing he was already hiding about his #TrueNature or whatever.

Feyre is now prisoner of the big baddie but she is not killed because “A life for a life Feyre Darling, my debt to you is paid”. 

WELCOME TO MY FRIENDS TO LOVERS TO ENEMIES TO LOVERS.

Bonus:

Book two is UtM Rhys vs Og Rhys.... Cassian being the moral compass of the group.. feeling very very shitty about what they did to Feyre and being vocal about it. Rhysand being like remember the long game... but idk they are not feeling it anymore. Nesta not knowing what happened to her sister. Lucien being all like “but I left her in good hands”. Confusion, war, mistakes, blood, lust, shifting alliances, tension, betrayal, what is the true... all of that and more in the story I will never write. 

Book two also includes Cassian and Nesta meeting she is queen he is a mercenary, high born, low born, I am a nobody you are everything... that sort of cocktail.

Maybe it is later revealed that Rhys bound himself to the baddie for [insert a good reason that is beneficial for all or tied to his #TrueNautre] but now he must fulfill his side of the bargain. 

Also yes Nesta’s entire inner circle is just women and that one token dude for gender equality purposes and because he has great fashion sense (Lucien)

[science-lings]

Idk I don’t think you’re giving the other links enough credit when it comes to preparedness. You’re kinda implying that they could just wandering into town whenever to restock but that’s not really true. I’d actually argue Wild had the easiest time because he could just teleport to ten different villages to buy whatever he needed at any given time (that’s how I played him in BOTW lol. I’d just clear out the stalls every few days tbh I’m too lazy to farm stuff myself sometimes). Plus he has a Hyrule that is full to the brim with natural recourses. Most of the other Links had much harsher worlds.

Time spent several weeks (months?) trapped in the future post-apocalypse where the only civilization to survive was a single village in the far corner of Hyrule. Every other town or place was destroyed or cursed or frozen.

Legend was a wanted criminal so he couldn’t just wander into town and buy a loaf of bread.

Twilight was trapped as a wolf for a long while and was actively chased away.

Sky was stuck on the ground without any civilization aside from an old lady and Groose.

Hyrule didn’t even have towns to go to during his first adventure.

Wind spent weeks at sea, which he couldn’t even fish in because there are no fish in the Great Sea. Plus he couldn’t get water easily. Arguably I’d say he had the hardest time with that because the life of a sailor is dang hard because of the lack of resources.

So I’d argue that the other are actually way more prepared to deal with the food situation than Wild, who’s literally never had to ration because he ran into food everywhere he went. Seriously it’s basically impossible to go ten feet in BOTW without seeing a mushroom. Even in the desert there’s stuff it pick. (It’s actually a problem for me when playing lol I get so distracted picking up each and every berry)

Warriors especially would be good at monitoring food levels because he was a Captain of a large army. If I know anything about war conditions in the pre-modern world it’s that food and starvation was a huge factor in winning wars. Fun fact - most strongholds and castles fell because people were starved out, not because the doors were bashed down. That’s why modern armies are so big on logistics now. So Warriors would be on top of that with details and numbers on how much an active man eats in a day and what foods keep and what’s the best way to transport it. There’s no way he’d not be deeply involved in something so important. So I doubt he doesn’t know the challenges of keeping a small army fed while on the road.

I respect your opinion and I get what you're saying, but you're missing the major thing that generally, the others can't cook. While that just may not be a mechanic in any of their games, it doesn't matter.

Like obviously the others aren't completely useless and I get why that pisses people off that Wild may be good at something that the others may not be.

It's not unreasonable to assume that the worlds of the other Link's are just as bounteous when it comes to wild plants and animals that can be hunted but the fact is that they NEVER needed to resort to foraging or hunting for their food. A lot of them healed up by killing monsters and picking up their hearts that popped out, which idk how that would translate to reality but whatever.

Wild was born with nothing to his name but a weird little iPad, he was forced to pick up everything along the way so he wouldn't starve. He couldn't even properly cook until he left the great plateau.

Not everyone plays the game like you do, it's honestly crazy to me that you waste your rupees on food that you can literally pick up off of the ground. I only buy things that can't be harvested like sugar and goron spice and milk.

You can have whatever headcanons you want but don't come to me acting like I'm wrong for not having the same ones.

[cellias]

teamwork makes the dream work (1)

leo valdez x child of apollo!reader

warnings: fire, I don’t own pjo obviously

word count: 3.6k

summary: y/n doesn’t like leo. or his badly timed comedy. but when it comes to helping their friends, they’re willing to make the sacrifice and work with him. fortunately for them, that comes with an unexpected change of heart.

This quest was officially the worst one yet. Amongst the monsters, traveling without a clear map, and the glaring time limit, this was the last straw: being assigned to find the celestial bronze with Leo Valdez.

Hazel was fine, she was sweet and focused, and you had only met the girl while the boy behind you had destroyed her camp, so you couldn’t not like her. But for all the six months of getting to know Leo, you couldn’t say the same for him. And with the way he hadn’t let go of you after the ride with Arion, those feelings were accompanied with discomfort.

You eyed him. “You can let go now.”

“Right,” Leo moved his palm from your waist and stepped away. You all watched as Arion sped away from the beach, for the one second the spec of his figure was still visible.

“Fast horse. And expensive to feed.”

You took time to examine the view in front of you as Hazel and Leo chatted and collected sand. The sun was close to setting. You shifted uncomfortably in the sand at the thought of wandering this place in the dark. The sun’s rays seemed to envelop your body in a warm embrace and the fear settled a bit.

“Can we maybe speed this up some more?” you asked the pair impatiently. They had been talking about some kind of lime castle and a boy named Sammy.

“Sorry about my pickiness. Only the best for Festus,” Leo grinned from his position kneeling on the ground.

“This is serious, Valdez. The fate of the world is literally depending on our every move, and it’s almost dark.”

He glanced at the sun and then up at your guarded stance with a raised eyebrow, as if he had come to a realization. “Don’t worry. We’ve got time.”

Your face warmed. “I’m not worried. We need to get back as soon as possible.”

Hazel nodded. “You’re right. Let’s just hope we don’t run into another problem.”

Leo got up and stuffed his ziploc bag of sand into his tool belt and dusted off his hands. “Now, Festus said the celestial bronze was close by but—”

“That way, about five hundred yards.” Hazel answered.

She started directing them to the area she felt the bronze, a useful talent you and Leo appreciated. She led the way in front, leaving you both to walk side by side on the beach. The warmth of the sun beginning to fade away in favor of the purple night slowly mixing through the yellow sky didn’t go unnoticed. You shuddered as the incoming night brought a cool breeze.

Leo picked at his belt. “You know, you don’t have to hide it,” he muttered, loud enough for only you to hear.

You turned your head to face him. “What?”

“You’re always uptight and stuff. I think it’s because you have a secret.”

“What makes you think that?” You scoffed.

He shrugged and fiddled with a pen he seemingly got out of nowhere. “I just do. And now that we’re all on a quest together, I think it’s time we start… you know. Opening up to each other. Teamwork, right?”

“What do you know about teamwork, Valdez?”

“Enough to lead the ship.” He stifled a chuckle.

You looked at him questioningly.

“I’m just imagining you angrily shouting ‘teamwork makes the dream work’. You’re so serious all the time it’s kinda funny. The only person more serious than you is probably Annabeth.”

Rolling your eyes, you looked ahead again. Right before you could respond, you found yourself greeted with the sight of a young woman near a motorcycle with weird chipped wheels. She wore a red leather jacket and black pants, very fitting for her whole biker look going on. She sat on a boulder surrounded by green fields as she picked something with her hand and threw it.

You were the first to move forward. One thing you learned throughout your years going along quests was that nothing was as it seemed — and this woman was no exception.

Hazel followed immediately, and Leo after a second of watching. As the three of you approached, the woman’s activities became clear. She would open a fortune cookie, mutter something, and chuck it away. Once or twice she would smile and put it back.

Leo was the first to speak. “Aunt Rosa?”

The woman looked up with some interest. “That’s what you see, then?” She looked at Hazel. “You, Hazel?”

“You look like Mrs. Leer. My third grade teacher. I hated you.”

“Mrs. Leer/Aunt Rosa” laughed and questioned for information from Hazel, which she got.

“And you, Y/N?” Her stare seemed to dig up anger and resentment you didn’t know you had until you saw her face.

“My sister.”

You silently thanked Hazel as she stepped in. “Who are you?”

“Leo knows. How do you feel about Aunt Rosa, mijo?”

Leo’s face morphed into understanding. “Nemesis. You’re the goddess of revenge.”

You watched quietly as they interacted, consuming every word said. Nemesis was a good luck buzzkill. But she did hold useful information. All they needed to get back to the ship was celestial bronze, and she knew exactly where it was and how to get it. You were reeling from the comment on Nico’s impending death when she called you.

“Child of the sun,” she sighed. “You’ll find that darkness lies in even the brightest of places. I think you can learn from the sweethearts as well.” Your sister’s face smiled teasingly. “It’s difficult, staying so far away. Isn’t it?”

She turned to Leo again, saying things even you knew weren’t true.

The eighth wheel… you will not find a place among your brethren.

You may not like the guy, but he was just as part of the team as the rest of you were, including Percy and Jason. He built the ship they were using the whole trip. If that was an eighth wheel, what were you?

“Soon you will face a problem you cannot solve, though I could help you…for a price.”

You felt a sudden wave of energy and calm, like the sunlight had done for you earlier that day, and you looked for the source. Your eyes landed on Leo’s left hand, which was literally on fire.

He looked at Hazel and shoved it in his pocket. The woman was unfazed as she started telling about one of her children and a lost eye.

“Ethan,” you couldn’t help but say. “He was on the Titan’s side.”

Nemesis’ eyes glared. “You won’t say his name.” Her expression settled when she went back to her proposal.

You watched as she handed Leo a fortune cookie, to solve his problems she said, that he slipped into his toolbelt. Despite his statement against using it, you had done this stuff before. No matter how much he didn’t like this, he’d need it. Another nice lesson you learn when meeting gods. “It's all tied together, Hazel Levesque.” Her eyes landed on you again, and the warmth of Leo's hand fire had worn off. All you felt was the rough and cold stare of the goddess. “Y/N Y/L/N. I suppose you could say we’ll meet again. Think about what I told you. About who I look like.”

Your eyebrows furrowed. Soon after, she dismissed the three of you to find the cursed child she spoke of, and drove off.

Hazel read the only fortune she left on the grass. “You will see yourself reflected, and you will have reason to despair,” she read aloud.

“Nice fortune.”

Leo looked unsatisfied. “Fantastic. Let’s go see what that means.”

As you trekked through the dunes and toward the body of water the cursed child was supposedly located at, you couldn’t help but ponder over the sight of Nemesis.

“Who’s Aunt Rosa?” You asked.

The boy you were talking to didn't look anxious to answer, and you regretted asking immediately. He touched his toolbelt again and sighed, like he just realized something was weighing him down. Before you could tell him he didn’t have to answer, he replied.

“My aunt that abandoned me after my mom died.”

You frowned. “Oh.”

“I’m sorry.” Hazel seemed better at this than you.

He was quick to change the subject. “And you, Y/N? You saw your sister?”

“Uh, yeah,” you responded awkwardly. “Yeah, she and I don’t get along. Obviously. She’s a child of Apollo as well, but…” you grimaced. “She picked the Titan’s side, like Nemesis’ kid. It was a whole thing. Long story.”

“That sucks.” Leo said.

Hazel looked at you in sympathy. “That must’ve been hard.”

“It’s fine,” you reassured. “It’s been, like, a year. It’s not like I have to see her anymore.” You suddenly felt the pressure you had put on Leo. Why did your curiosity always have to backfire? “What about you, Hazel? What she said about Nico and you coming back from…you know? I didn't know he was going from camp to camp.”

The girl in question blinked, her eyes looking shiny. And there was the regret you felt for asking yet again. She explained what Nico had done for her.

“We’ll save him,” you told her. “We’ll make sure of it.”

You stared pointedly at Leo.

“Yeah, yeah we will!” He cheered uneasily. He made a little fist in the air, and you narrowed your eyes.

Hazel smiled gratefully.

You had reached a boulder and started to climb to get a view of the landscape and hopefully, the cursed kid Nemesis talked about. Hazel successfully climbed on as well, while Leo staggered. She caught him and held onto his hand, helping him get up, and they stared at each other as if they had just seen the other for the first time.

You were starting to feel more like a spectator than ever. “Okay…” you said. That seemed to break them out of their reverie, as Leo quickly thanked Hazel and let go of her hand.

“Earlier, you made fire with your hands,” Hazel mentioned.

“Yeah, it’s a Hephaestus power.” The girl looked wary. “Usually I can keep it under control,” he added unhelpfully.

Hazel put her hand over a pocket of her jacket protectively.

“It’s rare,” you told her. You looked at Leo. “He just makes little flames in his hair or limbs when he gets excited, or something. The big ones, he can control, he’s good at that.” He looked at you weirdly, but Hazel was more relaxed, and that’s what you were aiming for. You just had to hope that Leo improved his control before you could be proven wrong.

“Okay, cool,” Hazel nodded. “So about this cursed child…”

“Cursed child.” A voice echoed from below. You jumped in surprise. Gods, you hated surprises in the dark.

That’s when you saw a girl in the grass. She seemed to blend right in until you realized somebody was there. Even then, it was difficult to actually see her. All three of you struggled to find who she was exactly, seeing as she kept repeating everything you said.

“Wasn’t there some myth about a girl who repeated everything?” Leo started.

“Echo,” Hazel agreed.

“Echo.”

“Right,” you remembered. “Hera did this?”

“Hera did this.”

Leo frowned. “Wow. Another reason to love her.”

You all continued to try to communicate with the nymph, not without some teasing from Leo that made you glare at him. She guided you to a mob of other nymphs with t-shirts and phones that were jumping up and down excitedly at the sight of something. Hazel tried to get through but they were resistant.

“Demigod business,” Leo stated. “Make room, thanks.” He got through with you and Hazel to find the most handsome man you had ever seen. Beautifully handsome, one could say. Handsomely beautiful.

You gasped when you saw him. “He’s gorgeous,” Hazel said. You hummed in agreement, eyes stuck on his figure. He was just staring at the river’s reflection. At himself. What?

You listened attentively while the nymphs talked with Hazel and Leo, and continued to stare at the guy. “Narcissus,” you tried his name. “The guy who broke too many hearts and was cursed to be obsessed with his own reflection. Another day for Hera.” This seemed to make the nymphs even more excited.

Leo, who recognized the story, pushed through and tried to talk to the handsome guy. He was barely acknowledged.

“I am so great.”

You and Hazel wrinkled your noses. You forgot how conceited this Narcissus was. He was almost as handsome as he was self-absorbed.

Leo tried to take the celestial bronze, but it was clear nobody was getting it without some fight with Narcissus. He didn’t remember dying, but the one thing keeping him there was the exact thing they needed. You felt yourself growing restless.

“We need to talk,” you told Leo and Hazel. They agreed and you walked away with Echo.

“He’s going to stay that way until he dies again. Nemesis was right.” Hazel crossed her arms.

“No,” Leo said. “We’re getting that bronze. We’ll take it from him and Echo will have a chance to save him.” The nymph agreed in echoes.

You looked at the sky. “He’s right. Nemesis told us he gets agitated after dark, so we don’t have much time. Fifteen minutes if we’re lucky. The safe option is if we do this right now.”

“Right now.”

Unfortunately, Hazel was unable to summon the metal from a safe distance, so you had to go with Choice B. Summon it from here while Leo caused a distraction.

Hazel and you watched a little dumbstruck at Leo’s idea of a makeover. Goggles, machine oil, and a wrench. Total bad boy material.

“Y/N,” he called with a black marker in hand. “You’re an artist, right? You write stuff.”

“Um.” You shrugged. “I guess.”

He handed the marker to you and told you what you were going to write. You felt warm again.

“Hot stuff?” You asked incredulously.

“That's me,” he grinned.

You looked to Hazel for help, to find she was too busy fanning her face.

“Gods, save me from this,” you sighed. Stepping forward, you began to write and draw. You’d have liked to take more time drawing the skull and crossbones — the eyes were so uneven — but the darkening sky pushed you to be quick. “This is ridiculous. What goes through that head of yours, Valdez?” you murmured, face hot at your close proximity. You’d been through a lot of things, but being this close to a boy who wasn’t Percy — who was like your brother — was not one of them.

“Not much,” he answered, cheeks flushed. “Thinking interferes with being nuts.” You capped the marker and stepped back. “Hazel, concentrate on the bronze. Y/N do your thing when I start talking. Echo, you ready?”

“Ready.”

“Cool,” Leo nodded. He started sauntering to the mob of nymphs, Echo by his side, and you behind while Hazel stayed in place. “Leo is the coolest!” He shouted.

You followed your cue, and focused on manipulating the little light left to make the boy in front of you glow as he continued to talk. The light flickered when you struggled not to laugh at the words coming out of his mouth.

“Oh my god, I even glow! I am so awesome!” He turned to you for a second with a smile and a thumbs up. He turned away right before you realized you were smiling. How embarrassing.

“So awesome!”

You noticed Narcissus starting to get angry. “He must be tricking us.” He declared. He looked back at the pond to see no bronze.

Uh-oh, you thought. You looked up again to find it was night. The glow on Leo was quickly fading. Narcissus was not a stupid guy. He began to get the nymphs back on his side, ordering them to get the bronze back no matter what. And for a possible kiss. He was annoying you more and more.

“Kill those demigods!” He yelled. “They are not as cool as me.”

You didn’t have time to watch the nymphs prepare for a chase — the moment you saw Narcisuss’ unforgiving eyes you panicked. “Leo!” You called, grabbing his arm without a second thought and ran before he could get hurt.

Your mistake was overestimating your strength to do so. The ground in front of you was blurry and covered in black dots and your head was hurting. A reminder of how much you hated confronting monsters in the dark during past quests. You felt the need to let go of Leo; you were only slowing him down with the speed at which you were running and tripping on things you couldn’t see. You touched your head and willed it to stop. Of course, it didn’t work.

Leo kept watching you worriedly. He noticed your sudden exhaustion and ran at a steady pace that was fast enough to outrun the nymphs for now, and slow enough for you to follow as long as you held onto him. That was, until, you did let go.

He didn’t falter as he grasped your hand tightly and kept running. You didn’t have time to think of it as you felt your arm heat up. It seemed to spread throughout your body, and soon your vision improved to see the ground a little more clearly. It was still very dark, but the outlines of rocks and grass were easier to see. You looked down and noticed Leo’s legs slowly starting to harbor fire. Your eyes widened.

“Leo,” you breathed. “Your legs.”

“Uh,” he glanced at you. “Fire helps, right?”

You watched the fire’s light illuminate the ground. “Oh. Yeah. Yeah it does. Why…”

“We’re a team.”

You had both caught up to Hazel by then, and helped her carry the bronze. It was somewhat of a struggle with Leo and you each only having one hand available to help, but you managed.

“Call Arion!” Leo was panting. Echo was pushing around the mob, slowing them down, but they were still quick.

“Already did!”

The three of you had made it to the beach, but the Argo II was too far to swim to. You all turned to see the nymphs being led by Narcissus, bow in hand.

“Oh man. I’m not good with straight up fighting,” Leo winced.

Before the two of you could follow Hazel’s order to get behind her, Echo had approached.

“Get behind me!” She spread her arms in front of Leo, meaning to shield him.

“Echo? You’re one brave nymph.”

“Brave nymph?”

You looked at Echo and Leo sympathetically as he encouraged her to forget Narcissus. The mob of nymphs had caught up and surrounded them in a half circle.

“Kill them!” The beautifully handsome guy yelled. Before the girls could follow through with it, they were interrupted by a figure speeding through the lime of the beach.

“I love this horse!” Leo cheered.

Narcissus and the nymphs were temporarily blinded by the sand in their eyes, giving the three of you time to get on Arion. Hazel was the first to climb up, securing the bronze while you and Leo helped each other up. You lent him a hand when it was his turn.

“Wait,” he paused. “We can’t leave Echo.”

“Leave Echo.”

She was set on the goal to use this second chance at life to save Narcissus. You felt bad for her, but you admired her determination. “You could do it, Echo. Good luck,” you smiled.

She returned it softly. “Good luck.”

She kissed Leo’s cheek and waved, her figure blending into her surroundings again.

“Leo, come on!” Hazel urged.

“Yeah, okay,” he accepted. He looked to be in deep thought, so you didn’t disturb him. His fire had extinguished completely, leaving you nearly blind again. But you didn't really mind. You weren’t in a life or death situation anymore. You were just tired. You looked down at your hand. The fact that you and Leo still had a grip on each other didn’t fully register; all you knew was that despite the wind blowing furiously, you weren’t cold at all.

You leaned slightly on the boy in front of you. Gods knew you needed to rest. Before you could fully drift off, the horse stopped. You looked up to see the Argo II and knew it was time to get up again. The three of you got off safely with the bronze and started to head toward the hallway.

While nearing Jason’s room, Leo clutched the metal tighter before looking at your hands. “Oh.”

“Sorry,” you said together.

You stood, staring for a bit, and then you let go. Leo looked at Piper and Jason, who were watching with amusement.

“What happened to you?” Piper asked him, fixated on the greased back hair and tattoos.

“Long story. Are the others back?”

“No, not yet.”

“Damn it.” Leo looked at Jason. “Hey, man! Glad to have you back. I’ll be in the engine room.”

He took the sheet of bronze and stared at you tentatively. You didn’t know what he was waiting for, so you nodded. He ran off, leaving you and Hazel standing at the doorway.

“Team Leo?” Piper asked with a raised eyebrow.

Hazel explained.

You backed into the hallway. “Well, then,” you coughed. “I’m gonna go take a nap. Probably. Bye, Hazel. Piper, Jason.”

You sprawled on your bed, the room temperature fixed on a comfortable balance of cool and warm, a refreshing environment after being outside for so long. You silently thanked Leo, making you think of what had happened just ten minutes ago. Yesterday you wouldn’t be caught dead holding his hand. Or drawing skulls on his arm. But why did it matter so much? Why did being around him feel different now? He held hands with Hazel on the boulder too. Not to mention, you were being chased by killer nymphs. He had just been a decent person, helping you. But what were you now? Friends? It felt like too quick of a development. It felt more accurate to say you didn’t like him a little less now. He was still the boy who made unfunny jokes whilst you and your friends were grieving the loss of brave campers who gave their lives during the war. Who became camp counselor with no experience on how to lead a group. It wasn’t fair.

Were you being fair?

Wondering about it made your head hurt. You closed your eyes and got comfortable. If you were going to think about Leo Valdez, you’d do it when you had the energy for it. The feeling would probably be gone by the time you woke up and had dinner. It would. And if it wasn’t… well. You had some talking to do.

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My thoughts on Stranger Things S3 E3

Lucas saying "Women act on emotion not logic" annoyed me. I know he's still a kid but...

Hop getting drunk and then "crashing" El and Max's sleepover was funny. He was trying so hard to act sober.

I love how when Max and El were spinning a bottle to decide on who to spy on and it landed on Mr. Wheeler, they both agreed he was too boring and moved on

El seeing Billy with Heather on the ground in the void and then Heather "drowning" was scary

I really hated how Hop was yelling at Joyce. He was so hurt about Joyce not showing up at their date that he's not listening to her. He was acting like a jealous teenager.

The part where Dustin and Steve were spying in the mall was funny. Steve's reaction was hilarious when Dustin was trying to give him advice about Robin.

I did like Hopper opening up to Joyce. I think he needs to be vulnerable and stop bottling up his emotions and grief.

The part when Will destroyed Castle Byers broke my heart. This poor boy has been through so much and seeing him break apart a huge part of his childhood killed me.

Seeing Billy act so different and the girls know something is off but they can't address it is so frustrating because I as the audience know what's going on (kinda) and I was so scared Billy was going to attack El and Max

When Joyce and Hopper go investigate the lab and the Russian attacked, that was entertaining to watch

Robin figured out the code!

At this point, I feel like there's a lot of plot lines that I'm waiting to combine and connect