#i still wonder what would happen if carla didn't show up

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Beau Arlen & Jenny Hoyt (with Carla De Lugo and Emily Arlen) in Big Sky [360/∞]

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Please may I have a Fairy tail headcanon of Gray Fullbuster with a female S/O who has Edward Elric's abilities from Fullmetal alchemist. S/O joined Fairy tail when she was a young child not long after Gray did..S/Os unlimited abilities meant that she can basically create anything that she can put her mind too..she isn't nicknamed the metal mage for nothing. She isn't proud of what she had done back then..she earned those abilities to be a metal alchemist at a consequence of trying to revive her late mother..she was damn lucky that she didn't lose her body parts..she is a independent young woman in Fairy tail and a member of Team Natsu.

So, I've never done headcanons before, but I'll give it a go, hope you enjoy these. I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but I did my best, if you enjoy please feel free to let me now and don't be afraid to send ion more requests. Anyway Enjoy and have a good day/night. MINORS AND AGELESS BLOGS DO NOT INTERACT

Alchemy isn't an exact science, things can go wrong, and that's what happened when you tried to bring back your mom.

Unlike past Alchemists who had tried to bring people back from the dead you were lucky, you saw the truths of the world but managed to hang on to all of your limbs.

With the knowledge of the universe giving you a major boost in your magic at such a young age, you needed to join a guild to help control and grow this power.

At the age of 8 you wondered into the guild hall of non-other than Fairy Tail, a legendary guild full of powerful mages.

You were welcomed with open arms by nearly everyone there except one kid who couldn't keep his clothes on, when you first meet Gray, he was cold to you, not to say you were really any better having just lost your mother for a second time.

As time passed you grew stronger and more confident in your abilities to manipulate the chemical structure of items and shift them into new things. You primarily specialized in turning things to metal to create more useful weapons.

Master Makarov saw your potential and by the age of 17 you had become an S class wizard known as the Metal Mage.

Along with growing your power the tension between you and gray only got worse, almost like him and Natsu's fighting but with a little more flirting

like I see you guys sitting at the guild hall ignoring each other until he pops off with something stupid about being better a making things with his magic and you just use your magic to make something to hit him with using the table and yell at him about covering his abs because in typical gray fashion he's probably in his boxers.

At first no one notices the more flirty comments until one of you calls the other handsome/beautiful directly making the other blush

Being as stubborn as you are you try to deny it for the longest time and so does he

Now if we add on the being a part of team Natsu, it gets more hectic

I'm talking Happy teasing you, Natsu trying to tease you but ultimately ending up fighting Gray for something he says, Wendy is just confused, Lucy and Erza think its kind of cute that the two stubborn mages wont admit their feelings, and then there is Carla who just thinks everyone involved is dumb

And when you guys finally get together i don't think a lot would change

like yeah you guys don't fight as much or the comments aren't as pointed but there is still playful bickering between the two of you

I just feel that Gray is the type to show affection by being sarcastic

also spend a lot of time just hanging out show off your magic to each other and getting ideas from each other

When you get together Happy still makes stupid jokes, Natsu still tries to tease you guys but fails, Lucy, Erza and now Wendy are secretly planning your wedding as soon as it announced you're dating, and Carla is happy for you two.

Now on to some other aspects of the relationship,

If you are having a bad day because of something reminding you of your past Gray will 100% understand, and try to help you calm down

He knows how hard it is to have a difficult childhood and lose your family so he's going to try to make it better

he may not be able to bring your mom back but he can try not to fight Natsu as much and stay close to you for support.

and vice versa, if he's having a hard time with let's say Juvia being annoying, You would be there to try and be a buffer, or if she doesn't take the hint just telling her off.

Overall I see Gray and you being very close and comforting when its just the two of you, but if you're with the rest of the guild or on a mission you know how to be respectful of everyone around you.

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The Church on Ruby Road review

Well that was fun, for the most part. Weird pacing issues and it's mostly used as set-up for the oncoming season. But also a fresh new jumping on point for those who are interested in starting the show.

So let's dive in.

To start, I think Ncuti is a very charismatic actor. But, and this is an RTD problem more than a him problem, he plays the Doctor like a superhero. I was fine with the rope gloves the first time around, but by the end of the episode with him dramatically pulling down a ship like he's in a comic book movie, I was ready to see the back of them.

Then we get Ruby, our other lead, who is...Fine. She's just like every other NuWho companion we've gotten. This isn't a knock on her, but there's only so many times you can do plucky modern girl who also happens to be uber special in some way without it becoming stale and unfortunately NuWho has done it too many times at this point. So I'm a bit jaded now I guess, but she hasn't sold me yet.

Interestingly enough though, she, and by extension, what looks to be this season's main plot, very much reminds me of Moffat's era. So if this is RTD's attempt at doing a Moffat plot, I'm interested to see how he pulls it off because his writing is quite a bit blunter than Moffat's is. Say what you will about Moffat, but I love a good mystery, and I'm very interested to know who dropped baby Ruby off (bootstrap paradox maybe?) I thought at first it would just end up being 15, but apparently RTD has something else in mind.

This whole episode kinda played like a Moffat plot, but with none of the build-up or emotional pay-off (Doctor going back to meet his companion as a child, crack in the ceiling, timey-wimey nonsense) except I barely know these characters so it was really hard for me to care. And with how reckless 15 was with baby Ruby, I'm left wondering what the point was. Why would he destroy a ship that she was still on?! Get her off first, you idiot! Not to mention with how far she fell, the impact of falling in his arms would've probably broken her neck. Newborn babies are very fragile. Not to mention, just leaving her outside in the snow. Damn, atleast open the door and put inside or something where her cries will echo. What if they hadn't heard her? I remember a similar scene from Meet the Robinsons. But that was a cartoon so I can let it slide more.

The direction of the warm tones turning cool once adult Ruby disappeared was really good and immediately clued me in that something was wrong. Though I thought the dialogue afterwards with Carla was very heavy-handed and unnatural. Why was it specifically taking care of baby Ruby that made Carla a better person? The fact that Ruby is white also has some unfortunate implications since Carla and Cherry are a black family, but that could just be me being cynical with how RTD has done his previous black characters a disservice..And why was she telling a whole stranger her whole life story with this dead look on her face? I would've been asking why tf he was in my house...

Then we get the Goblins. First of all, they're massively underutilized with a total of 5 minutes of screentime, and most of that is used on an overproduced pop song that made me think I was watching a Disney Channel movie. 15 getting in on it certainly didn't help that impression. I'm a big fan of musicals, but this just felt out of place. I could forgive 15 singing if it was obvious he was just BS-ing his way through an escape and it was acapella. But the excessive autotune just really took me out of it.

Also don't like that 15 just automatically knew what goblins were and how they worked. When did he encounter them? This isn't the first time Doctor Who has used fantasy creatures, but I like when the Doctor's scientific mind is a bit more skeptical. And again, the carelessness with the baby was annoying. A baby's about to be eaten and all 15 is focusing on is "ooh cool singing!" And then after that, him and Ruby leave Lulubelle alone again. Are you guys stupid?

I did like how we incorporated Timeless Child here. It's clear that despite the rehab, his heritage is still very much a sore spot for him, so it's nice that he was able to find that common ground with Ruby. She's not the first adopted child (Bill, anyone?), but she is the first to come after his own shocking news, so it's significant. And even though she's happily adopted, there's still this curiosity about where she comes from, and I appreciate that she isn't shamed for that.

Another thing I appreciated was the casual trans rep. The singer for Ruby's band is a transwoman and RTD opted for subtlety this time instead of whacking me over the head with a lecture about it. I appreciate that. Sometimes the best rep you can have is where they're just casually existing and not you checking off diversity points.

Cherry Sunday (and what a name) was a delight. All she wanted was a cuppa tea.

Who is Mrs. Flood? If this were Moffat, I would say she's meant to be older Ruby, but this isn't Moffat, so I feel like she could be anyone. She could also just be no one.

I get this was meant to be a jumping on point, but I am a little sad we missed out on all these firsts for Ncuti (picking out his outfit, getting his sonic, etc.) and that it all happened off-screen. And coming right after the specials it just feels a bit jarring to not get it. How long has he been an established Doctor? Why hasn't he decorated the TARDIS yet? (Seriously, it's so huge and empty. Get a couch or something. This is why Capaldi's console is >>>). The night rave scene just felt a bit pointless and didn't really add anything to the episode, same with the taxi scene. There were quite a few scenes that just felt like pointless filler honestly, while the plot was resolved in 5 minutes. It was kinda frustrating.

Overall, kind of mid, but a solid start for 15. I'm looking forward to seeing more of him atleast and seeing what RTD has in mind for the mystery of Ruby's origins.

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So I went to watch that infamous Jenny and Beau scene from 3x13 for writing purposes. I haven't seen past 3x10 (having abandoned the show after that mid-season finale) and I'd heard about what happened, read both Elwood Reid's and Jensen Ackles' interviews on it, but never actually watched the scene.

Me after the scene:

That was their big romantic moment that got all AA's wetting their seats and lobbying hard for this pairing online?

Not only is Jenny incredibly thirsty in this scene but the way Jensen plays the scene, Beau still has absolutely zero interest in this woman romantically. He's not in love with her. He literally came by to thank her for supporting him, being there as not only his coworker but also his friend. Jensen knows very well how to play off being in love with someone, even as a guy who's just looking for a roll in the bedsheets (Dean Winchester, anyone?). NONE of that happened here.

Even this big emotional intimacy reveal didn't happen. He simply agreed to talk to her about his past, but only once he'd drunk himself to a point that he could. That's not choosing to let someone in, that's saying 'I need to get fucked up before I delve into that' which doesn't constitute full on consent or agreement. And this show is so horribly bad that apparently he refused to talk to his own daughter about it when she asked him point blank, but here he has to get drunk.

Then the hand on the leg. Yes, Beau initiated but Jensen performed it in a way that it was a friend assuring another friend. His hand is on her knee, saying he'd do the same for her any damn day. Then you see just how delighted Jenny is with the touching and she covers his hand with hers. Granted, he doesn't move away and he even looks down at their hands for a moment, which you'd think, okay yeah there's maybe something there though this is weird given how the scene is being performed from Jensen's end. And THEN Jenny turns to look at him and he IMMEDIATELY looks away. He has every opportunity to lean in, to kiss her, to make some sort of move, even just share a smile with her or keep looking into her eyes, but he doesn't.

This whole scene was Jenny initiating everything except Beau's arrival and insisting it wasn't about work. Jenny offered up the beer. Jenny slinked away from the door with a sultry "Welcome". Jenny sat on the couch first. Jenny moved right up against Beau. Jenny initiated the hand holding. Jenny is the one who looked over at him post-hand holding first.

Her doing all of that and him not returning it does not equal his being in love with her. It only shows that she has feelings for him, something we already knew. And the kicker: Beau is still keeping her at arm's length, shutting her out. That's evidenced by the way Jensen played off that looking away, that snap of the head. Plus, the whole having to be drunk thing I mentioned above.

NO WONDER Jensen said what he said in his interview, implicating sexual/physical tones to what he thought the audience expected to see, why he said he personally felt that Beau would've followed Carla and Emily back to Houston. Not only did he truly understand his character (though it seems the show botched it in these last few episodes from what I heard, on many levels) but just like with Dean's primary motivations, he understood what Beau's primary motivation was: Emily/family. No way in hell would Beau stay where Emily wasn't, for a woman that we saw him attracted to but not have any real emotional feelings for outside of friendship. I'm not saying the writers didn't have the intention to make this romantic and guaranteed they think they pulled it off here, but the entire scene shows the exact opposite, right down to Jensen's performance and the dialogue. No wonder he and Katheryn had to thoroughly discuss it and work at it to try to get it right.

I think I may have to watch these last three episodes at some point because holy hell, that was hysterical and I could use a good laugh. AA's really do make mountains out of bread crumbs.

On the other hand, it irritates me because this show had such potential starting back in season 1 and bringing Jensen, Reba, Rex, Henry, etc on board, there was potential to inject some life back into it with the addition of such great characters written that these awesome actors would have played. I blame a lot of it on Elwood, the writers, but I also blame the AA's. They pushed so hard for their self-insert character to hook up with Beau, that these desperate people making the show wanting to save it as well as their jobs ended up tanking this whole season, which brought the show down in flames. Pushing one of the mains aside and ruining the other man's character to make her all about a man. So it's no surprise to me that this was cancelled.

And all of that pushing only to end up with a friendly thank you and momentary hand hold, where Beau is still not completely giving Jenny what she's been aiming hard for this entire season. That is just beyond pathetic.

Well, AA's

RIP Jenny Hoyt. I loved your character before it became all about the pursuit of one man. RIP Poppernak, you were one of my favorites. RIP more heartwarming Beau and Emily father-daughter relationship potential along with him telling her what really happened in Houston (the only one that really deserved to know imho). RIP Big Sky, you had potential that could have easily been found again had AA's not infected the social media engagement of the show and your showrunner been desperate.

I will miss you. See you in fanfiction, I guess.

[alpaca-clouds]

About Paris

Fandom: SK8 THE INFINITY

Shipping: MatchaBlossom

Genre: Smut & Humor

Length: 2351 words

Kaoru groaned, when Kojiro bumped into him once more. “You are drunk, oaf.”

“Justa bit tipsy,” Kojiro replied with a grin that showed exactly how tipsy he was.

They had found this really nice bar. (Well, technically it had been CARLA who had found it.) But even though Kojiro was a fucking chef, he had preferred to get drunk on a mix of beer and whiskey. He could still walk on his own – thank the gods! – but he was grinning like an idiot and his walking pattern was not entirely predictable.

He was also responsible for the fact they had lost their tickets for the day and were walking back to the hotel.

Another bump, making Kaoru turn to him. “Just walk two meters behind me, you big gorilla!”

“Oh, come on!” Kojiro put one arm around him, pulling him close. “It's not like your made from porcelain.”

“I still would prefer not to get bumped by a big idiot every ten meters!”

“You always tend to be so mean, Kaoru.”

“I am only telling the truth.” He was already massaging his temples again, once more wondering why he had even come along. For heaven's sake. Sure, visiting Paris was nice. Being invited to do so, was nicer. But what in all the realms had driven him to go here with him out of all people.

But… It was always like this, of course. They always ended up that way. Somehow. It happened in LA, in Tokyo, in Dublin and of course it was happening here again. It was only a matter of time before he somehow would have to save the other man's arse, after the big oaf got himself in trouble.

Kaoru was not drunk. He was the one who really was only tipsy. He had had two cocktails and that had been it. So he was walking a straight line, this time catching the idiot before he could bump into him again.

“Turn right at the next intersection,” CARLA commanded him, making him follow. It was still 2 more kilometers before they would get back to the hotel. Exhausting, really. But it would do. Kaoru just looked forward to lying down in his bed again.

Two more days, then they would take the plane, home.

“They say Paris is the city of love,” Kojiro muttered, looking up at the sky. This being a city the stars were well hidden behind the reflective glow of the street lights. “Yet, I have not yet had one time…”

Another groan that Kaoru could not help. “Yeah, it would probably help if you knew the language, right?”

“I know English.”

“And the French are so very well known for talking in other…” Kaoru stopped himself. Why was he even engaging with the topic. Just because the big oaf had been unable to get his fucking dick wet. Really, had they nor originally been here for some chef's conference and not…

Yeah, no, it was always the same with his gorilla friend. In the end it was always about girls and about sex – and to be frank, Kaoru would never quite get, why the girls were falling into the oaf's arms. Like, sure, he had a nice build, even Kaoru could admit that, but he also never made a secret out of the fact that he only ever wanted a short flirt and a fuck, nothing more. So, really, why would the women all fall for it? He didn't get it.

“I'm just saying. There's other tourists here, too. So, really, maybe we should…”

“We should nothing,” Kaoru protested. “If you can't help yourself, you can go out tomorrow and yet yourself to a nice touristy bar and then get laid. But I am planning to go to the Louvre and…”

Kojiro's face lit up. "There is tourists at the Louvre, right?"

“Oh my…” Kaoru groaned. “Yes, probably. Though I don't think they are out for…”

“I'm coming with you.”

“It's not like you would actually get art, though, dimwit.”

“What is there to get, egghead? It's just pretty pictures!”

“Art is so much more than pretty pictures. It is a meditation on life and the world we live in. It is…”

“Turn left at the next intersection,” CARLA cut into the conversation.

Kaoru just gave a scoff and accelerated his pace. The sooner they were back at the hotel, the better.

They were now near the Seine. He could smell that. He could smell the water. They would need to cross a bridge, as their hotel was on the other side of the river. And maybe…

He stopped. He had not even realized where CARLA was sending them, until he stepped out of the street onto a big plaza, where trees, bushes and grass were surrounding Paris' most famous monument, painted with a wide variety of strategically placed lights. The Eiffel Tower.

Even Kojiro noted, standing there looking at the monument. It was undeniably pretty.

Kaoru knew a bit about the structure. About the light show, too. Officially people were not even allowed to make photos of it, because the entire lighting was copyrighted, which almost seemed insane to him. Yet, there was clearly a lot of thought put into it.

“Man,” Kojiro said, “I really wanted to go here for a nice date. Get some ice cream maybe and then kiss a pretty girl…”

“And then get your dick wet…”

“Oh, come on, princess. I am a simple man but not that simple.”

“You are a gorilla, mostly driven by your fucking instincts.”

“That is not true. I can be soph- sopha- soph…” He started to stutter.

“Sophisticated,” Kaoru muttered, rolling his eyes. “You're drunk!”

The broad shoulders shrugged. “Maybe just a bit.” With that Kojiro moved onto the big plaza surrounding the giant monument. It was empty here right now. No wonder, given it was about 2 in the morning. It was nice, though. And yes, with a different companion this might've been romantic.

A sigh fought its way up Kaoru's throat. It was not as if he had had any romance. It was not as if there was no one having interest in him – there were plenty. But all those girls – and some boys – cared about was his pretty face. There was no one to talk to about art, about history or about the newest developments in AI technology.

Maybe it was his own fault. Maybe it was that he had too high standards.

A breeze from the Seine blew over the plaza, getting caught in Kaoru's hair, which he had to hold back to keep it out of his face.

Only when he turned, he found Kojiro staring at him. “What is it now, oaf?”

“I am just thinking again, that I would be totally into you if you were a girl.”

Kaoru could not help a scoff. “It had never stopped you in high school that I wasn't.”

“That was different.”

“How so?”

“It was…” Kojiro stopped himself. “It was nothing serious.”

“As those fucks you have with the girls now?” Kaoru could not hold his sarcasm back.

This comment was enough to leave the oaf dumbfounded. He starred at him for a long while. “Well…” He tried and yet was unable to find a good reply to it.

The silent grew on, quickly starting to get awkward, while another breath came over the place, some wind catching in the tower and whistling.

“Why did we even stop?” Kojiro asked.

“Because you went to Italy and came back the dumbest womanizer known to all of Okinawa!”

“Huh.”

Koaru just groaned once more and continued on his way. It was at least another kilometer until they would get to their hotel and he was quickly getting tired. Literally and figuratively. What he had not expected was for Kojiro to catch his hand and turn him around, pressing those lips against Kaoru's in a deep, demanding kiss, until Kaoru pushed him away.

“You are drunk!”

“Not that drunk.”

“Clearly that drunk!”

[As it gets steamy from here on out, you'll find the rest of the Fic on Ao3]

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Notes and comments from rewatching Oracion seiz Part 1 (Episodes 52 and 53

Mira just being so casual when saying "Oh welcome back master after he just announced they would need to fight the Seiz is great.

I didn't actually realize it was canon Cobra wore earrings. I thought that was fanon that I was making true in my head(That happens a lot). That's awesome

Also wasn't Gray on the list of hottest male mages after the time skip? What is so different now in this arc compared to then for both Natsu and Gray to not be on the list? Like Gray didn't change at all between the skip so I don't get why he isn't there.

I usually don't mind Ichiya but he is really bugging me with the fact he keeps violating Erza's personal space when she's very clearly showing through body language and words that she isn't interested and doesn't want him touching her.

The fact that this dark menacing music plays when Lyon shows up and he's having a stare off with Gray, meanwhile Natsu is just smiling all happy to find out Lyon actually joined a guild is so precious.

Almost everyone here is just having beef with each other. Like damn, you guys are supposed to be fighting the seiz not each other.

Jura being the voice of reason. Good work my guy.

Everyone just being like 'Wait a child?' when Wendy shows up meanwhile I'm here knowing that 1. She's a dragon slayer and healer so very strong and useful and 2. One of only 2 living members of cait shelter.

The fact this is the only time any of the slayers show any form of recognition for each other in the slightest. Like Gajeel doesn't have a similar reaction to Wendy later and none of them to Sting or Rogue.

I honestly like how Wendy's current outfit because not only does it have resemblance to Grandeeney but it just hints to her being a sky mage just enough, similar to Gajeel having the metal on his shirt, gloves and boots. A hint to their magic while still blending into their designs.

Can the tri men not simp over the 12 year old. Like come on guys, find something to say that isn't complementing on how pretty and cute she is.

Jura is great. He has literally no reaction to Wendy at all. One of the only few not surprised that Wendy was both a child and a girl(something that irks me when both Mira and Erza exist)

Sherry having beef with Carla because she called Gaudy is great.

God dammit, the trimen are flirting with Carla too. Good gravy

Poor Wendy talking down on herself when its literally canon that all slayers are just op as fuck. Like even if she doesn't have combat experience, when paired with other slayers, she does a damn good job with fighting. Like pair her with Natsu or Gajeel on a team and you've got a powerful team going. Putting all four fairy tail slayers on a team would be even better because you've got both Gajeel and Laxus who can do both melee and ranged, Natsu who has mostly melee attacks and Wendy who both has melee, a couple ranged and support magic to boost the others with, you've got a powerhouse going.

Carla does have a point in saying Wendy needs to have more confidence and I love that she actually does get more confidence as she builds up her techniques and magic. She has the most confidence when fighting alongside someone like Edolus where she fights with Natsu and Gajeel, she is extremly confident there and by GMG she has the confidence in herself to hold her own in the fight against Shellia. That was the arc Wendy deserved, not her constantly comparing herself to other girls who are a lot older.

Carla just saying Wendy will drive her to catnip like its some drug or alcohol. I can't

Jura and Ichiya noticing that Wendy doesn't use just any old magic because of her signature leads me to question why they didn't notice that it bares resemblance to Natsu's. But it does further prove that slayer magic is a very powerful subclass of magic.

I honestly don't blame Natsu for forgetting who Wendy is because he literally had his memories altered by the magic of the eclipse gate. No wonder he's pressing on it so hard, its been hidden away by magic.

Ok further confusion with map things being, they literally refer to it as Worth Woodsea in its first official appearance. It is never refered to by the name on the official map once. I don't know if it was perhaps changed later on or something but its so weird.

Cobra is literally fucking smiling at the camera in the picture that Hibiki uses of him. Its like 'oh I'm getting my photo taken? Better look extra sinister or they'll think bad of me'

Also he's just called the snake wizard because he has a snake or his name right? Is it that unbelievable that he could just really like snakes and not have any magic that involves them? Like criminals can like animals and have pets too ya know. They don't always have to be horrible pet owners. Cobra clearly isn't.

Is Midnight really an odd name? Its not common but I don't think its odd either. Its one of the more name like names of the seiz. Especially when you have Hoteye and Racer which no one in their right mind would (hopefully) name a child that.

I actually like the pair system they went with because it is a good idea. Strategy is something that was heavily relied on for Racer, Midnight and Cobra's fights because attacking them head on isn't a valid option because of their magic.

The way Gemini speaks of Makarov makes it sound like they know a lot about him. Its kinda interesting to be honest

Trying to decide if Natsu wanting a Christina is a good or bad thing tbh.

If there's one good thing about the seiz its that they're exceedingly dramatic.

I have never heard someone use the word frosty when telling people to stay alert and now I can't get over the idea that Gray makes ice and cold related puns.

I love how there is something that Midnight holds that just makes wind chime noises. Its great.

Ok so how physically strong is Cobra. Because in some scenes it looks like Cubelious has her full weight on him and he's carrying her but in others it looks almost like she's floating. And Cobra is one of the only dragon slayers in the main series who doesn't have prominent muscles aside from Wendy. And we never see him shirtless so we can't say whether he is secretly ripped or not like with Rogue. So I'm genuinely curious behind this. Is he just secretly strong from always carrying Cubelious or does she use magic to help with that since she is cursed and would be able to use magic since Kinana does learn magic during the 1 year time skip.

I love how Cobra always says "I can hear it" or a variation of it with his sentences like its some kind of scare tactic to get people to fear him.

The fact both Cobra and Racer don't want to listen to Hoteye talk about money makes me believe that they have to listen to that on a regular basis. Especially Cobra if its one of the only things Hoteye thinks about.

To be fair on Lucy, I'd probably be terrified of a guy that's supposed to be super powerful and he didn't even bother to get up from bed too.

Fuck yeah the Oracion seiz ost. I love it. Its such a bop not gonna lie.

Cobra asking if Gray and Natsu need an invitation to fight just satisfies my "he's a sassy bitch" headcanon and I love it.

I love how they up the smoothness of the animation for the fights Like it looks so good. That one scene where Lyon takes a step and his foot melts down into mud is so satisfying to watch.

The trimen getting taken out just seems like their fault since they were too busy fighting over Angel.

Some of these angles are cool. Like the one on Cobra when he comments on Erza's requip where Cubelious' head looks a lot bigger because its closer to the camera. Also I am just filling my phone with pictures of Cobra for refs and such at this point.

The way Cobra just moves ever so slightly and avoids the swords looks great. Like they give it a slight blur when he's moving.

I am honestly unsure if Racer saying "I like fast women" is supposed to be a sex joke or not. Cause on one hand, it obviously fits with him being able to slow others down but the way its phrased and said makes me think its supposed to be a sex joke. I don't know.

I love the art for when Cobra gets behind Erza and how she's highlighted blue while Cobra is shrouded in black with a glowing red eye. Gives very sinister intentions.

This fight reminded me how Cobra can actually hold his own in a fight without Cubelious attacking or using his dragon slayer magic. He gives Erza a good kick to the stomach that is clearly shown to be a strong hit. He's one of the few slayers who has been shown to not relay constantly on their dragon magic (Laxus is the other but he still uses magic a lot to cover his hits, Cobra only uses his ears to give him an advantage) its probably done this way because they wanted Cobra being a slayer to be a surprise for when he fights Natsu but it leans into my theory that 2nd gens are technically stronger than 1st or at least Natsu. (He never beat Laxus or Cobra. Gajeel's hard to judge since we never see him fight Cobra and he had a disadvantage against Laxus by types although canon Gajeel is on par with Natsu so I'd say he'd be outmatched)

I just found an example of where it looks like Cubelious is floating around Cobra not wrapped around him. Also I'm pretty sure she got longer. Like here's actual visual examples I took.

Ignore the quality, my playstation won't let me screenshot my own dvd so I had to use my phone for the photos.

So from what I can gather, Midnight's magic is kind of like Cobra's in where unless its blocked or sealed then its constantly active even when he's asleep. At least he knows he can't be stabbed in the middle of the night.

Brain just standing to the side like "Ah yes. The screams of teenagers. What a lovely sound" (Because everyone in this fight aren't even 21. Only Ichiya and Jura were above that age and they aren't participating and since we know the seiz members are around Erza's age, literally no one here aside from Brain are above 21. (And possibly Hoteye since he's the older one) Only Ren and Hibiki are 20 while everyone else is between 19 to 16 (Wendy, Happy and Carla being even lower)

Ok so Brain seems quite impressed by Erza so I'm curious if would have tried to recruit her like he did Natsu. Cause clearly he's looking for strong mages and I could believe that he'd know Erza was from the tower if Jellal or someone else he'd scouted out had ever mentioned her. (Erik might have heard about Erza or something similar)

I love how Cobra describes everything he hears as a symphony. Its an interesting way to look at someone being able to hear everything about a person.

Ok so Cobra wasn't aware Erza was from the tower before which could be that he just doesn't recognise her now that she's older or because he never physically saw her but I love the detail of him jumping back and looking shocked because that place was just as bad for him as it was for her and he's now seeing someone who came from the same background but didn't fall to evil. Perfect to use for a redemption arc with Cobra where he starts to rethink his choices now that he knows someone else who went through the same torture and pain didn't turn to killing people.

Continuing on that point with how he drops his guard and says "You were there" which is the first foreshadowing to where the seiz really come from because of the wording alone. He doesn't say "You were tortured" or "You were enslaved" he says there, showing a sense of recognition and familiarity towards a place the audience have learned was a horrible part of Erza's past and its put in naturally. Its not just Erza word vomiting her past. Its her trying to use her bad memories to get an opening in the fight. Cobra was already listening to her thoughts to predict her moves so of course he would pick up on it. This is the kind of character work I love, hinting to things in ways that make sense. This entire situation was a tactic to strike Cobra not some sappy moment. And of course Cobra would let his guard down, he hasn't come to terms with that part of his life yet. He still holds anger and resentment towards the people who did that to him (And possibly Zeref because there has to be a reason why the seiz are the only balam alliance that never do any evil schemes that have any relation to Zeref what so ever) so seeing someone else's experience probably brought up his own memories of how he was treated and perhaps even how he ended up there in the first place (Its never stated but I doubt Cobra was also an orphan before being taken. I personally like to believe he had to watch his parents be slaughtered right in front of him before being taken away but that's just my headcanon)

Also the fact that Cobra isn't the one to defend himself against Erza, its Hoteye. Cobra has clearly had his guard dropped. He's stunned and lost his confident mask. If he hadn't been protected then I wouldn't be surprised if Erza actually hit a strike on him unless Cubelious protected her friend.

Also also, Racer says "Pick up the pace" to Cobra. They clearly don't know what just happened. They just know that he suddenly jumped back and let his guard drop. To them, they probably thing he's slacking or something similar, not baring witness to someone else's traumatic events that mirror his own. And I wouldn't be surprised if frustration from Racer's ridicule and anger about what he just witnessed is why he orders Cubelious to attack. Because he was doing fine on his own against Erza, he even caught her swords. But instead he sends his snake to poison her instead.

Okay at this point I'm just going to agree with Pencilofawesomeness' concept from their papalogia story that Cubelious can just change her size because now she's 3x taller than Cobra after biting Erza.

What is it with dragon slayer villians doing crazy facial expressions. Cobra keeps having one eye widened while the other narrowed (Which I doubt this is actually the case but it is kinda like foreshadowing since the narrowed eye is the one he gives up later in the KOTSH arc. He also does wide smirks which are great fun to watch. This man is a sassy bitch if I ever do see one.

I don't think they ever established how Brain knew about Wendy. Because he says her name and seems shocked to see her but I don't recall ever having a moment where he admits to how he knows who she is (At least I unintentionally gave a reason for how he'd know in the au with the whole pack stuff and such) If I'm proven wrong later after a proper refresher than I will definitely make a note of that

[thehitchhikerguide]

Season 2, Episode 8: Man at the Window

After that last episode, the bar had been set pretty low. I had some high hopes for this one since I saw that Michael Madsen was one of the guest stars. I'm guessing this was well before he took any phone call from QT.

This episode made me wonder about the screenwriters of The Hitchhiker - did they get THEIR ideas from spying on people? I say this because that is what this episode is about.

Our "hero" (played by Edward Albert, son of Green Acres star Eddie Albert), is first seen in a town square. I totally got a kick out of all the NYC references they make in this episode, when one look will tell you, this ain't NYC. He is seen with his motorcycle. He pulls something out.

A breast pump? No wait it's a recording device.

He's listening to this couple gripe about old age. Great, this is like a less interesting version of The Conversation. But then he picks up something else.

This woman with a black eye is on the phone with her lover. Sounds like someone is stepping out on someone, which is intriguing our main character. He follows her on his bike, completely oblivious to this guy...

The Hitchhiker doesn't attempt to get a ride, as I think it's pretty tough to hitchhike on a motorcycle. However I do see room on his seat.

Instead he lets us know that "Arthur Bradley Brown steals the words of others and uses them as they were his own. But what he doesn't hear are murmurs of danger, that could warn him of the violence that can pound with the human heart."

Arthur is able to follow this woman to an apartment.

He uses this window plunger to hear what is going on inside. Really? No one sees this in broad daylight?

We see this young woman's lover is...another woman! Wow 80s HBO, I'm impressed! Well I was until I found out this is how brave they were with this:

For a show that who's tagline always seem to be "look at these," I was pretty disappointed there was nothing steamy with this couple. This cuddle is as far as they go. That's the 80s for you.

Well there is the titular Man in the Window. Come on, they don't see this?

He is able to record them talking about the whole sorted affair and how Diane is married to a brutish cop, John. The other woman is Carla, a photography artist.

The snooping doesn't end here as he follows Diane back home to her husband.

Wow this guy is good, even at a cop's house he is able to be completely invisible while staying totally in sight.

Fine, it's okay to show the heterosexual sex, but not the women. Whatever 80s HBO.

Arthur takes this newly developing story to his agent who loves the writing because the conversations seem so real. Strange they didn't seem real when they were acted out, but okay. However, it doesn't have an ending. Even Hitchhiker episodes have those!

Instead of making one up, he decides to try to make one happen using this love triangle to his advantage. He starts by calling Michael Madsen and pretending to be his wife's lover.

He even tries to send flowers to Diane. She gets angry at Carla and Carla lets her know it wasn't her doing this.

Ooo back rubs. Steamy stuff. It's a little strange this woman has this naked photo of her girlfriend just facing out the window. Arthur uses this to take photo of just the cutout, instead of the women getting cozy on the couch.

He breaks into Diane and John's house. You'd think a cop would have better security than this.

He puts some device in the phone...I'll record everything!

He also places the picture of a picture on the bed. This triggers an argument with the couple where predictably, John beats on his wife while Arthur listens.

On further examination, John gets a clue to where the photo may have come from and gets the address of Carla, while still thinking Diane is having an affair with another man.

What ensues is a somewhat tame chase scene, where John, Arthur and Diane all speed towards Carla's place to warn her/save her.

I have to say there were some interesting camera angles on some of the transportation shots. I mean, this was directed by the same guy who directed Teen Wolf Too, so we are dealing with some expertise.

John puts his police siren on, but still manages to fall behind in the chase as he crashes into another car.

This give Arthur the advantage as he reaches Carla and scares the crap out of her by yelling at her, telling her not to be scared of him.

Diane comes over soon after and the two are reunited.

But realize they have no idea who this creepy guy screaming at them is.

Then John shows up with a gun and assumes Arthur to be the lover.

Arthur tells John that his wife is actually having an affair with a woman, and John pistol whips him. I'm not sure if this is because he doesn't believe him, or because he's mad his wife is a lesbian. Carla clocks John over the head with a bottle.

Cop sirens are heard as Arthur grabs the gun and in a very dazed state, stumbles out of the apartment.

The cops yell at him to drop the gun and instead he makes this stupid face.

And of course the cops start shooting at him like crazy.

And then:

Nothing.

It just ends with this freeze frame of him as you hear gun shots! I guess they had spent all their budget on that car crash (credit to that joke goes to my significant other). Ah well, it ends up being the most unintentionally funny ending ever. I was waiting for the Police Squad credit music to come on.

Oh wait, not over yet, I forgot about him. The Hitchhiker wanders in to tell us "Arthur Brown thought he could play people like instruments. He rearranged their lives like so many notes and used their emotions as chords. But then somebody came along that didn't appreciate Arthur's music...and put an end to Arthur's song."

Wouldn't that have made sense if he was actually a musician and not a wannabe John Travolta in Blow Out? This music analogy seems to be for a different episode, it doesn't seem to fit. All in all, an okay episode. I would have liked to see more Michael Madsen and more same-sex romance. Maybe we'll see it sometime on The Hitchhiker, but I won't hold my breath.

[lokisprettygirl]

Love is selfless, it's kind (loki x female reader, loki x oc)

Summary : You help loki in the confectionery aisle at the store you work at, confused and wondering what to buy for his girlfriend.

He was dressed up in a fancy midgardian, black suit with white shirt underneath as he came to pick up his girlfriend at her apartment for Thor's birthday , he have a girlfriend now. He smiles as he reminiscent about his time with Carla, his angel. It's been a year since they both met and little over 6 months since they were in a relationship and even though it hasn't been that long as per midgardian standards, he was happy about having someone in his life. They didn't live together, he asked her countless times to live with himself at the tower but she would always refuse saying how it was too soon or not the right time. He understood and he wanted to be patient with her. He rang the bell as his mind drifted towards how they met.

She worked in legal and she was one of those people who helped him clear his name from the infamous attack on the new york . In the beginning, loki was villanized and he was the devil that walked upon the earth, not that he felt otherwise. But slowly when the truth about Thanos and tesseract came out, people started to realise that he was the victim of the circumstances. Not that it changed anything, he had to go through alot of legal proceedings and oppositions over it. Sometimes he wondered if he should have just spent rest of his life in asgard's cell. But then he met Carla and she changed his life. Clint always said how loki fell for the first human woman who showed him a little bit of kindness. But he didn't care about anything, he enjoyed her company and she didn't think he was a monster atleast when he was like this.

"Loki? Loki hello?" He snaps out of his thoughts as he heard Carla's voice "hey I apologise for being lost, if its any consolation I was thinking about you only" he laughs a little and steps forward to kiss her "what are you doing here loki?" She seems annoyed? Why would she be annoyed ? Did she not want to see him ? "I told you about Thor's birthday right? He asks her as panic flash through his face , did he forget to text her, was the text not sent? He is still figuring out the ins and outs of midgardian communication device.

"Oh right damn, I can't go loki ,I'm on my periods, 1st day, you know how bad it gets for me so I don't think I would be able to go" she said and groaned. She was in pain "oh okay, what do you need angel , I'll stay and we can do whatever you like" he smiles as he rubs his hands over her tummy "does it hurt bad? What can I do?" He asks softly.

"Yes it hurts loki, what do you think?" She says, irritation visible on her face. This period thing was really bad for midgardian women, Carla never complained about it before so it must be really bad for her to be reacting this way, he wished he could take away her pain right now. "Just let me relax and I'll be fine okay? You should go to the party , it's your brother's birthday" he hears her and objects "I can stay angel, don't worry about the party" he says softly as he proceeds to step inside "just let me stay in quiet and peace loki, please? I'm cranky and I don't want to hurt you or anything, so I'll see you tomorrow I promise?" Loki was hurt by her behaviour but her hormones must be driving her crazy right now. He wanted her to make her feel better

"Okay fine I'll go, but if you need me just call me okay? On the cellular device" he says softly, and kisses her forehead then her nose and then her lips. "Yeah ofcourse and stop saying cellular device for god's sake" she tells him and almost rushes him out of the door "well let me know how the party goes or if something interesting happens okay? See you" she slams the door before he could say anything. Loki was used to being dismissed alot, sometimes she was like this but then she would apologise and everything got better. She was extra cranky today, must be her womanly issue bothering her. As much as loki wanted to go to the party he wanted to make her feel better. So he researched about what he can do to make her happy and relaxed and that brought him to the nearest store by her house. He went inside and started looking for chocolates and ice creams but there were so many varieties, so many flavours. How would he choose, he was so confused. He looked like a headless chicken. A dapper headless chicken.

"Do you need help sir?" You ask him as you approach him staring mindlessly at everything in the confectionery aisle "uhh yes please, thank you kind lady, I was losing my head here for a bit" he chuckles and gives her a soft smile. He sounded British? "No worries, I can see why you would be, it's kind of terrifying" you laugh a little. You looked at him as he turned his head towards you. He was strikingly good looking, and had the prettiest eyes you have ever seen. He also looked very familiar. "Can I ask you to do a favor for me miss?" He asks politely and smiles. This midgardian woman was nice to him, not that everyone treated him horribly but there were still people who didn't care about the fact that he was a victim too. "Yes sir, that's what I'm here for, I work here" you show him your name tag and he reads your name "Y/n, that's a beautiful name you have"

He says to you and you blush, it wasn't often when you received compliment about anything especially at your workplace. "My beloved is going through her womanly time. So I kind of wanted to surprise her with gifts and just help her feel better. But honestly I have no idea what to get her. Can you help me out?" He asks you and ofcourse he is taken, I mean look at him. The lucky woman though. "Sure you know what let me prepare a gift basket for you, now I don't know anything about what she likes so can you help me out a bit?" You smile

"Sure actually I have seen her relishing in those , little peanuts chocolate stuff. I'm sorry I can't remember the name" he smiles nervously "uhh I think I know what you mean sir" he was talking about resse's. "You can call me loki, sweet lady" he says to you and you blush again. He thinks you're sweet. No stop he's literally making you buy gift for the girlfriend he very much loves. And he's loki that's why he looked so familiar. You have seen him on news and stuff. "Ahh okay loki, just give me 5 minutes I'll arrange your basket" you picked up the assigned gift basket and started filling it with different types of dark chocolates and of course Reese's. He was following you around like a puppy, watching everything.

"I am adding some savoury snacks too we love that during our periods" you giggle and he smiles "sir, umm loki , would you like to buy ice creams? I'm afraid it would melt a little bit " you ask him "oh don't worry about it y/n, I kind of have an arrangement for that" he was so soft spoken, as if everything he said was laced with honey. "Cool, no pun intended"

Loki picks up an additional box of chocolates and walks towards the checkout counter with you. "Sheila can you check this out then I'll wrap it " you ask your coworker and her eyes almost widens as she looks at him. So you weren't the only one who found him extremely handsome. good to know "and this too" he hands over the box to her. The lucky lady he was with is in for a treat. After she's done, she prints out the bill and hand it over to you, and you both walk towards the counter where they kept gift wrappers etc.. Loki watches in awe as you work with dedication. You were really focused and you made the basket look very beautiful. Carla would love it. "There you go loki, all done"

You give him the basket and he admires it as if it was a piece of valuable art "oh I'm sorry did you want to include this too? I can wrap it separately if you like ?" You ask him as you look at the box he was holding in his other hand "no actually that's for you, you know as a thank you for being so kind and helpful" he lifts his hand up so you can take it "I appreciate it loki but I was just doing my job you know" you say politely and he smiles "I know, but you really helped me in need, just think of it as a token of appreciation" now how do you say no to that face and that voice, well you don't. When a god offers you a box of chocolates, you take it. "thank you loki, this is actually my favourite" you smile and he returns it.

"It was lovely meeting you sweet lady. Good night" he turns around to leave and you look at the box of chocolates he gave you. Stop staring at him like a creep, he's taken and he's a god , like totally from another planet. Loki kept the gift basket in the passenger seat as he drove towards Carla's house. It looked really beautiful, you did a really good job and you were so helpful to him. Even after he told you his name, your behaviour stayed the same, you didn't judge him and he smiled as he thought about that kind gesture. When he reached Carla's house, he parked the car in the driveway. And took the gift basket.

As he reached towards the door of her apartment ,he could hear her giggling. Maybe she was feeling better. He rung the doorbell and waited for her to answer. He was nervous, why was he nervous, she was going to love this. "Ooh pizza is here love" he heard her voice before she opened the door. Love? When she finally opened the door, she seemed shocked and pale as if she has seen a ghost "lokiii uhh what umm what are you doing here?" She stutters and he just knew.he just knew what was happening. He might have been too attached to her, he might have cared about her and he might even have loved her but he wasn't a damn fool. She was cheating on him.

He stepped inside her apartment, and there it was, another man, half naked on her couch. The couch they both made love on several times before. He was even wearing one of his shirts. "So periods huh?" He was furious, he was angry but more than that he was absolutely heartbroken. How could she do this to him, but then what did he expect? Did he really think a successful beautiful woman like her would see a future with him "loki look I can uhh explain..it's not" he turns to look at her and she stops talking "explain then , tell me that you're not betraying me, that you're not cheating on me with this oaf, tell me that you have not been unfaithful and I'll believe you, so tell me " his eyes tears up and his voice cracks as he yells out his frustration, maybe he misunderstood, maybe nothing is happening here. Just maybe for once he would have someone to love unconditionally.

"I just , look I didn't want to cheat on you but it happened. These things they just happen sometimes, I wouldn't expect you to understand that loki. But after you showed me your real self you know who you really are, I have just not been comfortable around you, I wanted to tell you that but I didn't want to hurt you" Loki's hearts breaks even further as he heard her confession. She was scared of his frost giant form. She was scared of his real self, he should have known better than this , he really thought he would be accepted when he looked like a monster.

"You are scared of me" his voice comes out broken as he admits it to her and himself. "I just don't feel safe around you and with your past and everything" she stops as she looks at his face "just go"

He looks down at the gift basket he held in his hand and shoved it in her hand "enjoy this with your new man" he walks out and slammed the door shut which makes her flinch. He comes back few seconds later and she turns around, afraid that he might attack her but he just takes the basket away from her "you know what, you don't deserve this , a sweet lady prepared this and worked very hard on it and you don't deserve any of this" he leaves and takes the basket away from her. He couldn't blame her for cheating on him, she was scared of him, scared of the monster he was, the monster he'll always be. Loki drove towards the store to return the basket, he couldn't even look at it anymore. Clint was right, he fell for the first woman who showed him a little bit of kindness. He should have listened, he should have known that he will never be loved. When he reached the store , he went inside and looked for you.

When your eyes fell upon him, you felt happy? To see him. There was no denying you were attracted to him but he looked different, he looked disheveled as if he had been crying . He approached you and you smiled at him but he didn't return it this time. "Can I return this?" He asks you , but he didn't look at you. He was looking everywhere else but you "umm what happened did she not like it? I'm sorry sir but we don't take back edibles, store policy" you tell him politely. "Well apparently I'm on my periods was the code for I'm cheating on you behind your back" he says and you heard how sad he was. Your heart felt for him , you have been cheated on before and it's the worst feeling ever. Besides why would someone even cheat on him, he was everything you could hope for in a man, atleast from a shallow perspective, and most people cheat for shallow reasons. You take a step towards him and take the basket away from him "I'm so sorry about that, you don't deserve that, nobody does, I'm sorry you're feeling what you're feeling right now but trust me this will get better, I promise it will" you say softly and he looks up at you for a second. He instantly wipes the tear that was going to fall from his eyes and give you a smile "just keep it, I don't need my money back or anything, thank you for everything y/n"

He looks at you one last time before he turns around to leave. You didn't know what you could have done for him, you just met the guy, there was nothing you could have done. A week after you first met him, you waited for him to come back around maybe, but why would he , he only came to buy gifts for his girlfriend. And this place probably reminds him about what happened. A bad memory, your eyes still looked for him sometimes but he was never there ..untill one day he was.

Part 2

[zukkaoru]

i think a lot about the fact that adam tells cherry that cherry isn't the one he wanted to race. like even setting aside the whole "boring / not good enough" thing,,

adam had the tournament planned out. he drew cards out to make it look random, but it very obviously was all planned, and he hadn't planned on racing cherry - at least not unless something went wrong later on. in fact, i am very certain he planned on racing miya again in the tournament

adam knew he would be racing the winner of the shadow vs harry race, and he knew that regardless of the outcome, he'd have no trouble winning. he set joe up against langa from the get-go because out of joe, cherry, and snake (all of whom adam clearly did not want to race), joe is the one he knew langa would have the easiest time beating.

the other two races were supposed to be adam v miya and cherry v snake. adam would have the easiest path to langa in the finals. langa would have to prove himself by beating 2/3 of the other best skaters at s before he made it to adam. and, most importantly, if everything went according to plan, adam wouldn't have to race joe, cherry, or tadashi in the tournament. setting cherry and snake up against each other means one of them would have to knock the other out, and the winner would have to face langa, who is the most likely person in the tournament (excluding adam) to be able to beat them. and considering adam's obsession with langa's skating ability being on par with his own, it serves as the perfect final test to see if langa really is the "eve" he's been looking for

and beyond the fact that adam straight up says he hadn't wanted to race cherry, there's something interesting that happens with the cameras before their race. for every other card reveal, the cameras wait to show the card he drew until he turns it around and shows it off. but when he picks up cherry's, the cameras are on and showing everyone the card while adam is still looking down at it

which, now that i think about it, almost makes me wonder if he didn't mess up - if maybe it was sabotage

there's only one person who would be able to tell the cameramen to make sure they catch the card adam draws for his own race before he can lie about who he drew. tadashi.

surely tadashi knew exactly how adam would rig the tournament - knew that he would set the two people he least wanted to race against each other in the beginning so there would at least be no way he'd have to race them both. and surely tadashi knew that, disregarding himself and langa, cherry was the person most likely to beat adam.

so why not play around with things a little? why not see if he can manage to knock adam out before he has to race him? it'd be too obvious if he set langa up against adam right away, and he's probably a little afraid of how adam would react if he set himself up against adam right off the bat, so cherry is really the only other option. miya already went against adam in the qualifiers and didn't win, harry was the other winner in cherry's race and they were all so far behind cherry, shadow's good but he's not nearly on adam and cherry's level, and joe's slated to go up against langa which tadashi isn't going to mess with. besides, we know that cherry and adam finished with the same time in the qualifiers, and i'm sure tadashi would be able to get that information as well - even if just going back through the camera footage and hearing carla give cherry the times.

anyway. adam never wanted to race cherry. he was planning to make it through the tournament without having to race him, and the worst part is, i think cherry would have rather raced adam and be hit with the full swing kiss than not get to race him and never get closure. because at least with what happens, he was able to know for certain that the adam he used to know is gone. if he'd never gotten a last chance to race adam in the tournament, he would have spent the rest of his life wondering if there was something he could have done, if there was some way he could have made adam see sense, if he'd pushed himself a little harder in the tournament and made it to the finals, would he have been able to finally put adam in his place?

[zafirosreverie]

How they propose to you (KH’s characters)

Agatha Harkness:

This witch is a drama queen, it's not a secret. But when it comes to you and this very important step in your relationship, she prefers to keep it private and just the two of you.

Agatha would be unusually quiet, which would worry you a bit, but she wants this to be perfect. She knows that something like that could affect absolutely everything, considering that both are witches, and marriage means joining your magics as one.

Interestingly, that is precisely what she uses to propose to you.

"Y/ N, I want to unite my magic with yours, make us stronger and be one. Will you marry me?"

Of course, if you say yes, she won’t stop bragging about it at any moment given.

“Y/N is so cute, I might ask her out”

“She’s your fiancee, Agnes”

“I KNOW! Isn’t it wonderful?!”

Olivia Octavius:

For the smart woman that she is, Liv can be quite...shy, when it comes to personal relationships. She is a mess, okay? And not even the powerful and confident Doctor Octopus can help her.

Listen, she doesn't even have a clue how she ended dating you in the first place. It just...happened (but she was so thankful for that). Therefore, the first plan was to wait for you to take that step...but she was not a very patient woman either.

So in the end she decided to do it herself. After all, she had always been brilliant at making plans.

Too bad Olivia Octavius for the first time flinched. She had tried to propose to you during a romantic dinner, but the words hadn't come out of her mouth. So, she ultimately she had to put on the armor that she was comfortable with and Doc Ock was the one who ended up doing it.

"Would you be my partner in crime for the rest of our lives?"

Ursula Gernsback:

She was programmed to be Hugo's wife. There was no proposal, no previous relationship, nothing. She was simply "born" being his wife.

It was you who taught her what a true relationship was, who showed her that she could be more than just a robot in a store. You taught her to be a little more human.

Therefore, she had no idea how to propose to you. She tried searching the internet for ideas, but none of them convinced her at all. So, she just did what she always did: ask you unashamedly.

You had told her that she could always be honest with you about her emotions and thoughts, that she could always tell you what she needed or wanted and she wanted you as a wife.

Still, it didn't mean that she couldn't be resourceful about it.

She asked you to help fix a "flaw" on her chest, and when you opened to check, you found a simple but beautiful ring. You looked at her in surprise and she just shrugged.

"You already have my heart, I had to replace it with something ... but you can have the ring too"

Weren't exactly the words "will you marry me?" But they made you just as happy

Carla Dunkler:

She...didn't.

Well, to be honest, she had been thinking about it for a long time. You were kind, good to her son, you supported her in everything, you were beautiful and sexy, what more could she ask for?

Courage. That she desperately asked for.

Courage to be able to ask you what she most yearned for so that the right words would come out of her mouth. But she couldn't. Since she was trying to be a better mother, Carla had spoken to Jackson about it, asking how he would feel about her marrying you. The boy was delighted with the idea, he loved you very much and he thought you were great.

So when he saw that his mother could not utter her words, he did it for her over dinner.

"Y/N, would you marry my mom?"

Carla almost choked on her food and you turned red.

"Did you just propose to her for me?"

"Well, someone had to do it, Mom!"

You already loved this family.

Eve Fletcher:

Promise.

Jennifer Barkley:

You always thought that your relationship with Jen didn’t go beyond the sexual, no matter how much you were falling in love with her. It was just logical, you know? She was a busy woman and she had never shown any signs of having deeper feelings for you.

Well...that was a lie, there were times when you noticed a different look, or her hands stayed on you a little longer than necessary. Sometimes she even she was jealous of you. But that was not a confession of love.

So it took you by surprise when she invited you to a fancy dinner and it turned out to be too exclusive. Jen used to take you to places where she could show you. But now it was just the two of you.

Your pulse quickened when she saw her take out a velvet box. You didn't want to get your hopes up, it was probably just a necklace or something and- OH GOD. It was a ring. One of diamonds that you were sure cost 10 times more than your house.

You didn't even hear all the speech the older woman was saying until she got to the last line.

"Y/N, will you marry me?"

Delta Simmons:

Everyone  knew it was a matter of time before it happened.

Delta hadn't really wanted anything with anyone after her divorce from Arnold, so it was a surprise when she started dating you. But her children adored you and after a while it became clear that the woman was completely in love with you, perhaps even more tha she ever wasn with Arnold.

Soon, there began to be bets on when she would propose to you.

Delta wanted it to be special, but as much as she tried, she seemed like she could never find the perfect time to be completely alone (and she didn't want to do it after sex...it would be awkward). So, after failing miserably, she decided it was best to use what they both loved so much: the theater.

After a particularly successful performance, Delta stopped the applause to call you to center stage. You were nervous as hell, but you still did it. Your heart stopped when the woman knelt in front of you and you didn't even hear anything because of the screams from the crowd, but it wasn't necessary. Anyway, you would say yes.

Milly Campbell:

She knew she could never marry you, at least not traditionally. Firstly, because she was already frowned upon for her divorce from Shep, and secondly and more importantly, you two were women. It was impossible and an aberration for society.

But Milly didn't care.

There was a time when she did, when she would have cringed at looks of disgust and hateful comments. But she had almost lost a child in one of Shep's outbursts of anger, and you had opened the doors of your house and your heart to her. She had understood what true love was, and she wasn't going to let anyone take it from her.

So even if she couldn't marry you in the traditional way, she Milly did what she could and she took you to the river. There, with a small ring, a simple one and not marriage per se, she proposed to you to spend the rest of your lives together.

No papers or ceremonies, just the two of you and the love you had for each other and the little family you had formed.

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KH's tags: @natalia-helena-alianova-romanov @roseclear

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Hi there! I was wondering if you could do a Harley Quinn and poly! Lost boys. She could be the Emerson’s sister or cousin that came with them and she meets the boys who are just as crazy as she is? Also, I hope you have an amazing day/night! 💕

This was tricky to write!😅 I hope you like it!😘

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'Just two more hours', Sam thought quietly as he looked out the window. 'Two more hours and you can get out of the car, away from her. Away from her "dog" - which was definitely not a dog. Two more hours and you can relax again.'

He sighed softly, looking at his mother, before focusing on the outside world again. On the backseat was his older brother, Michael. A nice guy, maybe a bit of a need to be the toughest man around, but nice to pretty much everyone he met. Next to him sat the dog-like creature, or Bruce. As she called him.

And then there was her. His sister. His sister that had run away from home to become a doctor - which always confused Sam, seeing she was only twenty-one and could never have finished any medical school in three years. His sister Harleen, who had always been his favourite, that had now turned completely insane.

He remembered the day she showed up at home. Her once blonde hair now painted red and black. Tears streaming down her face, as she cried about "her puddin'" or whatever the hell it was. Lucy, ever the good mother, had immediately let her in, welcoming her home again. Ignoring the changes in style. The sudden paleness that made you winder what happened to her. The sudden change in voice, in manners. Harleen was gone. Dead, if you will. It was Harley now. Harley Quinn, as she proudly said.

"Mr. J really hated him, ya know?"

Sam hadn't bothered to listen, and just hummed a response. "Yeah?"

"Mom, when are we there?"

"Almost," Lucy said, a nervous smile on her face. At first she hadn't realised it. She was just glad to have her daughter back. But as time passed, and the divorce was moved further on down the road, she too noticed that her daughter was acting strange. Weird. Lucy had caught her throwing knifes at the picture of her former boyfriend. Threatening to kill the neighbour if he didn't stop mowing the lawn at eleven in the morning when she was still asleep. Lucy had tried to write it off, tried to see it as a side effect of the large changes in Harleen - Harleys' - life. But, as they drove into Santa Carla and she had heard her daughter talk the way she did over the course of five hours... She knew she had lost what daughter she once had.

"Bruce! Come to mama!" Harley practically squealed as she jumped out of the car, her dog - or Hyena as Sam now realised - grinning madly. "I'm going to the boardwalk, dips on the biggest room!"

With those words she ran off, skipping down the street.

"Mom, she's crazy," Michael yawned as he woke up. "I don't know what that Mr. J guy did to her, but she's a complete maniac."

"I know, Michael... But she's my daughter. She's no danger to us."

"For now."

"Well," Lucy sighed, "Let's hope it stays that way."

The boardwalk was - as Harley had hoped - a wonderful place of chaos. People everywhere, guys trying to act tough, kids running around. She grinned - yes, this was definitely a good place for a fresh start. Away from Joker - that bloody pig had actually left her this time, and she was done with it. This was the last time she'd let him control her life. Here, in Santa Carla, she would become a whole new her. She will uld built heron crime imperium, become infamous once again - The Clown Queen of Crime had a nice ring to it, right? With a confident smile she walked up to a foodstand, unclasping Bruce's collar. "Now listen to mommy," she said softly, a grin on her face. "No biting. Just scaring. Got it?"

Bruce ran off into the crowds, his laughterlike bark startling most of the visitors. People started to scream, running left and right - and all Harley could do was grin as she took advantage of it. Some food for later. A new coat, some shiny new bracelets and a wonderful bat. She ran into a back alley, whistling for her hyena, before leaving the boardwalk.

"Who's a good boy?" she squealed, hugging her pet - laughing as he licked her. "There ya go!" She handed him some meat, not bothering to watch as he ate it. Instead she was quiet, looking at a group of boys not to far in the distance. Two boys, a girl that seemed to be struggling. Normally - back in Gotham - she wouldn't have bothered. All she had foolishly cared about was Mr. J, and maybe Ivy on a very good day. But here, now? She was pissed.

She stalked up to the two guys, softly tapping the tallest of them on the shoulder. "What the fuck do you want, girly?"

"Me?" Harley smiled innocently, "well, mister, I just wanted to have some fun tonight."

"We can help you with that," the other chuckled, giving the girl that was being bothered by them a chance to run.

"I sure hoped so!"

Within seconds Harley was on them. Her bat flinging through the sky like a lightning bolt, hitting them left and right, kicking them, biting, grabbing - and all that while laughing. It didn't take long before Harley was covered in blood, till the two boys laid there lifelessly, beaten black and blue.

Harley brushed some hair out of her face, as she picked one of the bodies up. "You boys were very naughty," she said, "maybe now you'll learn."

"Nice show."

Harley turned around, staring at four men. A bleach blonde one, staring at her in a way that made her insides melt.

"Who the fuck are you?"

"I'm David. These are Dwayne, Paul and Marko."

"Hm."

"You got some skills."

Harley shrugged. "Nah, they pissed me off."

"You got a name?"

"You hear that, Bruce?" Harley giggled, grinning as Bruce made his way to her, "If I have a name?" She snorted, causing her to laugh even more. "What was that? Oh well-" she looked at Bruce before sighing and standing up. "I'm Harley. Harley Quinn."

"Well, Harley," David grinned, "care to go for a ride?"

She grinned, her teeth bared. "Let's have some fun!"

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No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men doesn't really need my praise, given that it won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor and several other awards. But I'm here to give it anyway! It is truly a work of art. Over a decade old and it has stood the test of time as a gripping thriller. Warning: this review is a bit all over the place, but I covered the bits I liked best!

The Big Bad

Javier Bardem. Where do I begin with him? I could watch this man clean up gunshot wounds in a cheap motel room for hours. It was so fascinating to see him work -- even if a lot of that work was brutal, cold-blooded, psychopathic murder. Watching him was like watching a true crime documentary. He felt real and chilled me to the core.

I commend the script for all its cleverness, but especially the intentionality behind Anton Chigurh's dialogue. I have never seen more unusual, rhythmic dialogue. What stuck in my head was his relentless way of asking questions. "Where does he work?" he asks the trailer park management lady. She tells him she can't tell him. Again, he asks, "Where does he work?" She tells him again, more firmly, that she can't reveal the information. In the same monotone, he asks for a third time, "Where does he work?" He puts on no charm. He does not bribe or threaten. He asks questions straight. He disguises himself as --but does not claim to be-- something he's not. He pretends to be a cop; a man stranded on the road; a hotel guess. People believe what he only appears to be. They make something of him, something recognizable, so that they know how to interact with him. Except slowly, through dialogue, he reveals to them his true, sadistic nature. And no one wants to believe it. Often the people he speaks with are dumbfounded, stammering out "Sir?" and "I don't understand." It doesn't dawn on them until its too late that he is someone they should run from. It's ironic, really. The goodwill and trust of other people is his bread and butter -- it's what allows him to extract information without force (at least at first) and to obtain all the resources he needs. There's a Southern hospitality theme that runs throughout. Many of the Texans he runs into offer him help -- little do they know that, with Anton Chigurh, it will likely cost them their lives. Everyone is a means to an end unless they are the end -- the person he means to kill.

Don't even get me started on his weapon of choice. It looks like he's carrying around an oxygen tank. It even gives him a misleading look of frailty -- like he might be using it to survive despite it not being attached to his person. If he was carrying around a gun, people might run in the other direction. But, seeing a captive bolt stunner, people are often just confused (I had to look up what it was called) -- and that's part of his genius too.

Yet he's tone deaf. He is easily irritated by small talk, seeming not to understand its point (award for most extreme introvert like, ever?). He nearly killed a gas station worker seemingly because of the small talk. A hint at his disturbed, unusual mind. As I mentioned earlier, he always cuts to the chase -- no fluff. He will get what he needs now, or else. Unless you're lucky and the coin toss flips in your favor. Or there are too many witnesses nearby. But rest assured -- there is no escaping this man. As Woody Harrelson's character, Wills, asks Llewelyn: "You've seen him, and you're not dead?"

Subverting Expectations

With a crime movie, you hope the good guy lives and the cops catch the killers, or that at least one of the two things happen. Nope! Not that simple with a Coen brothers film. Llewelyn is a law-breaking and a "street smart" guy but has a golden heart. He's empathetic (like when the "agua" man hung over his conscience) and only shoots people when he needs to -- Anton Chigurh is his foil, in that sense. Even though his resourcefulness and quick thinking gets him out of trouble for the majority of the film, he is suddenly killed by the Mexican cartel. We don't see it happen, we only see the drug dealers fleeing the scene and the aftermath. It comes minutes after a flirty motel patron tells Llewelyn that, whatever is coming, Llewelyn will never see it coming. And he doesn't. And neither does the audience, for that matter. With Llewelyn seemingly gearing up to fight Chigurh, I expected the two of them to have a showdown over the money. Llewelyn's death was sudden and abrupt. He didn't go out with guns blazing. He didn't get to showcase his strength. For all the times he has healed from injuries, Llewelyn--likable, honorable--still dies.

The sheriff retires -- he doesn't manage to track down Chigurh or anyone else for that matter. To him, Chigurh is a "ghost." The sheriff, at the end of the movie, describes himself as "ummatched," and that is underwhelming too. You fully expect -- or I did, based on previous crime thriller movies-- for some sort of justice to be served, for someone to be caught and locked away, but Chigurh is alive and free at the end of the movie and so are all the anonymous players of the drug cartels working these deals. There was no justice. Not for Llewelyn, not for his wife, not for all the collateral damage.

A Brilliant Script

Speaking of Llewelyn's wife! I loved her last show of defiance in the face of Chigurh. She was shocked but not surprised. Surely, his appearance scared her, but she knew death was coming for her -- and she didn't give Chigurh the liberty of making her death her responsibility. He was fully accountable -- and she made that clear. Was it a foolish choice? I don't know. It did leave me thinking for a while -- what would I do in the situation? The coin toss is the greatest mercy Chigurh is capable of bestowing on anyone. He is a Harvey Dent without a grudge. She chooses not to participate in the game and he kills her. I asked myself: were I in that situation, would I have chosen not to play? There were two options: she plays and has a 50% chance of living. She doesn't play, and she will, for certain, die. She chooses the latter. Is that bravery? I think so. It's certainly strength of character. She is principled in a wholly other way than Chigurh. I feel that I would have wanted to "call it" -- give myself a chance at living. But even that phrasing is misleading. No matter the "choice," Chigurh is the real judge, jury and executioner. And he chooses to kill. Always.

When he exits Carla Jean's house, I found myself wondering what had happened. In the first few seconds of the scene, it isn't yet clear whether he killed her. What follows is one of the more brilliant, subtle moments of the film: Chigurh checks the bottoms of his shoes. We know from an earlier scene that he takes care to keep them clean from the carnage of his crimes, and so, we also know he was checking to see if Carla Jean's blood had spilt on them. He murdered her.

The Ending

I have not yet uncovered the symbolic significance of the car crash, but I can try to take a guess. The car crash brutally injures Chigurh, breaking his arm and God knows what else. It is a random accident, not someone intentionally trying to kill him. Two boys who were riding their bikes behind him approaching Chigurh, who is sitting on the sidewalk, seriously injured. The boys offer him help only out of goodwill. But then he offers them money for one of their shirts, which they initially reject until he insists they take it. Is the symbolism in that? Of yet-uncorrupted youth starkly contrasted with his total evil? In offering them a large sum of money, is he corrupting them to think of life transactionally? As he walks away, the boys argue about splitting the money and he is no longer their concern -- greed is on their mind but only because he brought up money in the first place. (I feel like I cheated on this one because I read somewhere how the movie is about the rising forces of evil in the world that are hard to defeat -- hence the sheriff is unable to defeat them). Will this start them down the path of chasing money and power? Who knows. Maybe.

Overall: a movie I couldn't look away from except to run to the bathroom. I could watch hours of Javier Bardem in this role just sitting. Or eating. But preferably treating his own wounds.

Watch if: you're a fan of Ozark (TV show); or Fargo (movie or TV show).

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Big Sky: 3x02 Thoughts

This episode was interesting but I had lots of thoughts:

I'm curious as to why Walt is scared of Sunny but I'm thinking maybe we got a very minute glimpse of why when she gets mad at Cormac. And I also think it's intriguing that she doesn't want Buck or Cormac to know Walt is out there. Is Buck Walt's father? Does Cormac know he has a brother? If yes on both counts, where do they think Walt is now?

So Sunny thought by singing to the backpacker as he died painfully that that helped somewhat? Weird. I could be wrong, but I don't think Sunny wants Walt to hurt anyone (besides not wanting to be put in the crosshairs)

Okay, what is it with that girl Emily? Like, stop pulling your phone out to record every little thing! She's so nosy and I don't really care for that or her to be quite honest

okay I LOVE LOVE LOVE how Cassie literally calls Beau right up at Denise's suggestion of Jenny or "Beau-Beau", like literally no hesitation

even though I would love to see Beau/Cassie as a thing, I do enjoy their friendship/partnership as well - either way they have genuine chemistry (so much more chemistry than compared to Beau/Jenny imho) and I am delighted every time I get to see it - Jensen and Kylie have an unbreakable rhythm that just works, even right down to them sharing the same space on screen - I love that she sees right through his shit and has no problem saying so

I do wonder if Beau will mention the Cormac thing to Cassie at some point; he definitely clocked that little look between them & the show made sure that we as the audience saw it just like Beau

and enter the reason Beau/Cassie will never be a thing: the whole Beau/Jenny thing they're pushing (insert eye roll here, Jenny and Beau are literally the same character, the only difference is Beau has been brought in to soften Jenny up some, if his constant prodding at her about Tonya is anything to go by, even though he's literally going through his own issues) - Elwood, Mr. Showrunner dude, you're making it so obvious: Jenny being in soft colors around Beau, always looking good (and a little softer), sometimes even matching shades of colors in certain items of clothing without full on matching; Jenny's little look when Beau mentions that Cassie called him to help her and he's going so Jenny is stuck helping Tonya; Jenny sitting on Cassie's couch next to him, shoes off, all relaxed, arms back, and looking comfortable; Beau not introducing Cassie to Emily even though she and Emily exchanged a smile; "Sounds like you two had a day." "Getting to be a thing"; every time we see Beau and Jenny walking side by side in frame, the framing itself clearly shows a pairing, matching in looks and sometimes pace (like when Beau comes back to the station from the campsite, they're literally move in sync)

The scene between Beau and Emily was sweet; he loves his daughter very much and he's struggling, a lot of jealousy with Avery (and with what happens with Avery later on in the episode, I wonder how things will play out with him and Carla when she finally comes into the mix; Jenny did say he was still in love with her back in 2x18 and he didn't deny it but confirmed it in a roundabout way)

I think it's very interesting that Emily, Avery, and the other two girls were talking about the lyrics to Alanis Morisette's "You Oughta Know", especially considering this is after Beau has left and not to mention they then discuss the missing couple

Idk much about Donno (haven't seen season 2 yet) but I find him hilarious sometimes

Yes, I may have squee'd when "Sunny" met "Beau" - yes I have a weird thing when my faves/fandoms collide...don't judge me

omg RAVI you DID NOT!!!! - yes, I know he's Luke in this show, I'm kidding, but I have to give the actor credit, it's nice to see him change it up

I now wonder what Luke and Paige's real story is and why Avery is so interested in what they're doing - is it possibly something similar or related to the case of the week story we got in this episode? Like they have this $ and someone is looking for it and "will never stop coming" for them or is it just Avery being a busybody like Emily? He seemed way too interested in that journal that appeared to be in some kind of code?

oooo why do I see a possible confrontation between Sunny and Emily in the future? "Never get between a mama bear and her cub"

the SPN easter eggs/nods: alright, this is most likely an unpopular opinion but honestly, I wasn't too crazy about them - the first one with the US Marshall and Beau saying you'd be surprised who tries to act like a fake Federal agent was an appropriately veiled nod; the second one with the salt - unnecessary. We already had one in the episode and the supernatural has nothing to do with the show or even Beau as a character. I appreciate that they want to give a nod to the possible SPN fans watching but it's not necessary more than once - this isn't Jensen's show that he's executive producing or something, this show existed before Jensen, has its own story, and I don't like it when it becomes so overt in the narrative that it takes me right out of that story - I don't see Dean or Jensen when watching Beau, I see Beau - I don't want to be reminded of either the actor or another character the actor played once upon a time, that tends to ruin the story for me and take me out of it and then I can't take it seriously - the US Marshall thing was enough - I hope they don't continue this trend

okay the first few times Beau mispronounces Poppernak's name were funny but now it's starting to get old; either pick a nickname or call the guy by his name, no more variations please

Cassie, my love, I get 20 years is a long time, especially with no recent crimes to show a pattern, but that case was worth looking into, if for nothing else to rule it out

LOVE the housewarming scene - also LOVE how Jenny brought the right gift (no offense to Beau) - though I winced when Beau got worried and Cassie says "I would have told you if I thought you should be worried" (I do wonder if that's going to come up when he has to go all "Liam Neeson" later on); my heart broke for him when he got that undelivered text back (Jensen played this scene very well, I thought he once again shined here; I am really thinking Beau's loss definitely had to do with the cartel he mentioned before and his brother; that reaction Jensen played speaks to me as not just a worried or overprotective parent but also one scared to lose their kid/anyone else & to something they can't/are helpless to protect them from)

Emily, you busybody you, here's a tip: you should have run before taking a picture after seeing the blood on him; and if for some reason you thought he was possibly hurt, why not ask him rather than taking pictures - girl needs to learn to mind her business and keep safe, she's way too nosy and that's going to get her in trouble at some point (hence the cliffhanger)

Hi Writers, me again, just a few more logistical questions:

1) How did the "drunk" get in with a needle? Isn't it standard police procedure to make sure someone is unarmed when taken into custody? How do you know the drunk didn't have a gun or a knife? Not to mention finding out an identity of said drunk?

2) if Emily is really a busybody (she is) and she likes to catch everything on her phone, wouldn't it make sense that she would have muted her snapshot sounds when taking pics on the DL? How else could she get discreet pics of any drama for her podcast? Everyone would know she was taking pictures

3) Are you telling me that Poppernak not only let Jenny run into that cell but also stood back and watched as the "drunk" tried to stab her with the needle? And she only had Donno as backup? Not to mention, when Donno yells for help before they open the cell, are you telling me that not one single officer or detective in the precinct ran to help? That they didn't hear the same sounds Jenny and Poppernak did before rushing into the room?

4) Why on earth would Avery allow Emily to go check out another trail on her own? Two people from their party are currently missing, Sunny and Buck have warned them all not to go alone anywhere and that they use a buddy system, she's sixteen and doesn't know the area nor is she an experienced backpacker nor does she have any gear with her...so why would he leave her alone?

5) Even Paul said it, do they really only send one officer/agent to take someone into Witness Protection? Especially since Beau even offered an escort, meaning he even knew that one agent is not the usual? Meaning shouldn't that have been questioned more than Beau calling to verify who she is? Especially since he sends Poppernak to follow them?

6) Alright, I know this is a little complex and tangled so I get it but if Beau found the water bottle, looking around with Cassie for this backpacker in an official capacity, how is that not brought back to the station as evidence? Especially with Beau saying to Buck and Sunny "and sometimes people make them disappear"? I get that maybe this is not an official missing persons case at this point in time, and nothing is definitive yet (like the two different tracks), but that seems weird to me, that he would let her keep it at her PI office, because once the truth comes out about the backpacker's death, that's going to be considered evidence that should have been tested (which is exactly why Beau grabs it the way he does & Cassie holds onto it the way she does, then has it in a bag) that if charges are made against a suspect, the defense can literally argue it was tampered with/collected by non-legal, non-official means

7) Why was Paul willing to go into Witness Protection right then and there if he had Camille waiting back at the cabin? I get he might have thought he didn't have a choice but how would he have gotten word to her? How would he have thought she wouldn't be found by Tonya eventually?

I enjoyed the episode, I really did. I'm glad we got some Beau and Cassie time; I enjoy their dynamic immensely. It's also nice to see Beau settling in and how it affects all of the other dynamics around them. It should get even more interesting once his ex shows up, Emily is in danger, and we find out whatever is going on with Avery.

[jaegerbroshoe]

First off, thank you for all these years of analysis and rambles, I'm really happy to have found your blog, Khadija ! Secondly, what a disappointing ending, I can't believe what the fuck happened. So many questions were left unanswered, like what happened to the source after it turned everyone into titans ! Also the fact that Isayama did Eren so dirty having him throw a fit over not being able to be with Mikasa (when he never even showed any interest in her), even made him responsible for Carlas death, disgusting. Isayama had claimed multiples time that he didn't understand Eren and it shows, idk who that was but that wasn't Eren Jaeger. Now people are going around calling him an incel and it pisses me off, he ruined everything Eren ever represented. All that build up about paths, freedom, sacrifice, boiled down to Mikasa and "the power of love", it's a joke. Anyways, hope your doing well !

P.s- If your looking to get into anything new (i can't believe i'm about to say this) I actually do recomend Tokyo Ghoul, the ending is more tolerable than Snk and GoT. The story deals a lot with society and how people (and ghouls) interact in it, and the main character is a lot like Eren (although not at the beginning ), there's a lot of space for theories and analysis too. The first part of the story is actually amazing would 100% recommend, the second part, Tokyo Ghoul RE:, is actually where it sort of goes slightly downhill (mainly when it reaches the middle part, towards the end). But honesty is overall a good read. However don't touch the anime, after S1 they changed a lot of things and ruined everything.

Aww, thank you for putting up with my posts for that long 💕! I still can’t believe some people have been following me for years 😱.

And yes, it’s a shame that Isayama fucked up a wonderful story with his ending... 100% agreed about his lack of understanding Eren’s character showing. I really wish he had just left him be instead of butchering him like this.

It also disturbs me to think about how Isayama said he was projecting onto Eren too, considering the comment he made in the Final Exhibition (which also went to waste; what was the point of setting up all that stuff between Eren and Reiner when the plot was reduced to this lmao) interview, about finding the part of himself he didn’t want to see in Eren after all. I wonder if it has anything to do with all the weird “romantic” shit. 

As for the comments Eren is getting...the narrative unfortunately did portray him that way in this chapter. I hate that the incel claims even have a foundation now...

Lastly, I’m not sure I’m ready to dive into any other series wholeheartedly at the moment... I was planning on starting the JJK manga but I don’t want to touch shounen ever again. And I actually know the gist of the plot of Tokyo Ghoul; there’s a lot that’s been spoiled for me already (just today, my sister was describing its ending in detail to compare it to snk lol). I did give it a try once (the first episode of the anime), but the concept freaked me out 😂. I also heard there were torture scenes in it and that put me off. It’s the same reason I haven’t read the manga for Ajin. It’s easier to skip scenes in an anime than in a manga.

Anyways, maybe I will give it a try again someday. I’ll keep your recommendation in mind 😄. 

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The Lost Boys Finding Out Their Fem!S/O is Pregnant [2/4]

Oof this one was tricky. I'm currently working on Dwayne's which is nearly finished, then lastly Paul. It's definitely hard mixing in the feelings that come with a young pregnancy. I actually got pregnant with my daughter Raven at 19 (she's now almost 3 and I'm married to her dad) so it's a bit easier to tap into those conflicting feelings of joy and panic. It's just morphing it to fit the boys that's a challenge. Anyway enough about me, please enjoy as we move on to:

MARKO

It was just supposed to be a quick check, a way to reassure you that it was just paranoia. Your period was a little late, no biggie!

Until it was. 

Now here you were, wedged in your own little cave courtesy of the boys, grasping a plastic strip with abject horror. Pink never seemed so ominous, but that tiny plus mark just sent your world into chaos. For a moment you swore you had an out of body experience, and in a panic you chuck it onto your bed and stand up as if it were a bomb ready to blow. What now? What was this, some sort of cosmic punishment? Those nights you spent luring unexpecting men for your lover, Marko, to devour were coming back in a wave of karma. A ba- you didn't dare think the word!

 How was it even possible? You were a virgin when you and Marko got together, he was the only one to ever be intimate with you. There was no denying the father… but the reality of it scared you. What could that mean? What would happen to you? How would you raise it, was it even going to be human? Or half vampire? Were there even any vampire babies?!

 You gripped the sides of your head, on the verge of a panic attack. Were the walls getting closer? A rush of claustrophobia just hit you all at once. All these questions nearly made you spin, and mistakenly you lean on your bedside table. The uneven weight flipped it, wine bottle candelabras smashing onto the cave floors alerting the two remaining vamps, Dwayne and Paul. Marko had left with David to pick up dinner, last thing they knew was you went to take a nap. 

"Y/N," Paul called out, waiting for a response. A few minutes was all he needed to get up, only causing you more panic when the crunching of his boots grew louder. In a regrettable move you snatched your jacket and bolted out of your room, shoulder tapping Paul in a blind mad dash for the exit. He called out in confusion, trying to follow you as you weaved through old wooden beams. Dwayne was next to stand in your way, grabbing the crook of your upper arm by your elbow. 

"Hey, hey, whoa, whoa Y/N, what's wrong? Where are you going?"

You couldn't find the words, but the walls continued to cave in on you. Paul managed to weave his way back and you could only blurt out an apology before jumping over the fountain and out the door. The old wooden stairs rapidly creaked, waves rolling over the unstable platforms. You could still hear them trying to catch you. Dipping into the woods alongside the shoreline you waited until they went the wrong way. Out of sight, you returned to the uneven dirt and ran alongside the road barefoot. You didn't know where you were going, you didn't know why you were running, but your body was in an absolute fight or flight mode. The rumbling of motorcycles encroached upon you, mistakenly assuming it was the dynamic duo coming to retrieve you. Instead from the approaching end you could see headlights hitting you. 

You had to give credit to vampires, they didn't miss a thing. The skeletal machine stalled in a shuddered halt that kicked up a cloud gravel just passed her.  There he was, sitting atop his humming motorcycle pushing out a flurry of blonde curls. Marko, completely taken aback to find you barefoot sprinting down a dark road like your life depended on it. You knew better than to be out here alone. If their eyes weren't able to pick you out so easily in the dark, you could've been hit!

"Babygirl? Hey, what are you doing out here? Where are you going," Marko questioned, a look of utter confusion across his face. He could hear your heart racing, the blood pumping so fast. Why were you so scared?

With a swing of his leg he dismounted, but you couldn't face him. "I-I just have to go, Marko, I-I'm so sorry babe," you stutter, clutching your jacket tightly against your body. 

"What? What are you talking about?" Marko tried to approach, even David was confused by this point. Sure they weren't exactly as cuddly as bunnies, but the way you worshiped Marko was undeniable. Always on his arm, whispering secrets to each other that would result in a burst of snickers, sharing boardwalk treats while gushing over rides, tagging along wherever they went.. honestly, the first few months of it he found nauseating. A little human pet fawning over her new boyfriend. But even after you learned their true nature it didn't phase you. It took over a year and a half to show him you weren't leaving, and they'd come to accept you into their coven. Hell, you'd become an assert, drawing in unsuspecting Santa Carla citizens to their den for an ambush whenever they were too lazy to hunt.

Your face contorted into a mass of expressions, Marko's own furrowed brow morphed into genuine hurt when you took a step back the closer he got. "I'm sorry… Marko, I'm so so sorry."

This time didn't get very far when you ran. He didn't even bother with his bike, flying ahead of you and catching you in his arms. You tried to squirm, but it was like a mouse in the grips of a tiger. "Babygirl, hey! Stop, stop, hang on stop!"

Your head was pressed against him, he wouldn't let go. "Please, baby. Please stop." The tremble in his voice made your stomach twist into knots, and you couldn't help but cling to him. Just endless sobbing apologies, burying yourself in his shirt taking in that comforting scent you lived for. Fear overwhelmed you. You didn't to leave, you weren't even trying to go anywhere. But what would happen if he knew? Would Marko stay…?

 You both just stood there wrapped around one another, and finally the words left your mouth. It didn't even sound like you. You wondered if he would even hear it.

"Marko… I'm pregnant.."

For a moment Marko swore his heart beat, a split second of life that felt like his ribs were being crushed. The words rattled him, lifting your chin you looked up at him. This time his confusion wasn't hurt, just… in awe. He would let out these little breathless laughs, rapid blinking with hands cupping your cheeks while he struggled to find the right words. "You're… but I never though I coul-.. are you really- really..?"

Your soft nod filled him with warmth. That's all it took. What else could he do but practically swing you in his arms, burying you neck in a wave of kisses. The thought was scary of course. But more than that, he just felt such otherworldly joy. You were carrying his baby, a part of him was growing inside you. Once he set you down, he kissed you so deeply you nearly melted in his grasp. "That's… i-incredible, babygirl I can't even believe it," he breathlessly exclaimed, his forehead resting on yours. Those fears rushing through you were silenced the moment he held you, tears morphing into ones of joy. You couldn't help but laugh, giggling as you kissed him again and again. Guess you owed the boys an explanation, but knowing how happy Marko was, you weren't afraid to say those words anymore

[bobasheebaby]

70 Scrubs Prompts

Yup, another prompt list. Most of these are actually light and funny, though some are a little heavier. I tried to pick ones that would work outside of a hospital setting. Again it’s super long so cutting at 15. 

1 “And who’s to say this isn’t what happens? Who can tell me that my fantasies won’t come true? Just this once ... “ — John JD Dorian

2 “Look NAME, I don’t know if it’s possible for me to put how I feel about you into words, but I guess I’ll give it a shot. I never really believed I’d find somebody that I love as much as you. I love you more than anything in the whole world. NAME, I love you more than FRIEND.” “Oh my god” “It's kind of hard for me to say, but it's true.” — John JD Dorian and Elliot Reid

3 “I grew up on the street ... No, not the hood. The Sesame Street.” — John JD Dorian

4 “As I looked at all the relationships around me ... Some that had gone on forever ... some that were reigniting ... and some that had just begun ... I realized something: It should have been me.” — John JD Dorian

5 “NAME, you can’t test love. When I met NAME, it seemed he/she was more in love with his/her best friend than with me.” “Honey, they’ve got that almond biscotti FRIEND loves, so I was wondering if I could borrow some money so I can get him/her some.” “No, you got him/her a present yesterday.” — Carla and Turk

6 “You’ve been wrong so many times that I'm not even going to say something is wrong anymore. I'm going to say that it's 'NAME'.

— Perry Cox

7 “I just took a pregnancy test, just tell me when a minute's up.” “I just put some pizza rolls on the microwave oven; the minute that bad boy rings we're good to go.” “Oh, my god, I can't stand it, 30 more seconds.” “OK baby, don't get too excited, they have to cool off for at least a minute.” — Carla and Turk

8 “So, uh, you going to lunch with your brother/sister?” “Yeah, I... well, you know, I would've invited you, but I already made the reservation for two.” “So call and change it to three.” “Ohh, I'm not gonna mess with that hostess. You know, she uses sharp tones.” — Elliot Reid and John JD Dorian

9 “Nothing in this world, that's worth having comes easy.” — Bob Kelso

10 “Yeah, I'm not that great with kids. They've got such tiny hands. It's creepy.” — Elliot Reid

11 “I love this moment so much, I want to have sex with it.” — Perry Cox

12 “Oh, my God! I'm gagging and vomiting at the same time. I'm... I'm gavomiting!” — Perry Cox

13 “So he/she has a cute butt. Everyone has a cute butt. I have a cute butt.” “You should bring it in someday.” — John JD Dorian & Carla Espinosa

14 “The problem with people who only want what they can’t have is that once they have what they want, they don’t want it anymore.” — John JD Dorian

15 “I guess when you care about someone, you’ll do whatever you can to make ’em happy.” —John JD Dorian

16 “The truth is, it is all your memories, the joyful ones and the heartbreaking ones that make up who you are as a person” — John JD Dorian

17 “‘Cause even if it breaks your heart to be ‘just friends’, if you really care about someone, you’ll take the hit.“ — John JD Dorian

18 “The easiest way to lose something is to want it too badly.” — John JD Dorian

19 “Sometimes in life when you get what you want, you end up missing what you left behind.” — John JD Dorian

20 “Sex is only good for two things. Making babies and revenge.” — Jordan Sullivan

21 “What's going on?” “I love you too dumpling, but I have to work late. I'll make it up to you this weekend.” “NAME’s on the phone with his/her mom/dad/parent, so we're taking five.” — Jordan Sullivan, Ted Buckland and Perry Cox

22 “By the way, NAME’s here but I'm not going to kiss and tell.” “Oh really? Cause I just got your text that said "bone city".” “Oh really? That came through?” — JD and Elliot

23 “You're gonna love it here, sport.” “Get out while you still can.” “Uh...” “Seriously, get out while you still can.” — Bob Kelso, Ted Buckland, and Keith Dudemeister

24 “Ted, what are you doing?” “I like to do stomach crunches after lunch.” “Ted, lunch was four hours ago.” “Yep, I wasted most of my Tuesday.” “It's Wednesday.” “Aw, man! I missed SHOW!” — John JD Dorian and Ted Buckland

25 “Well, it took a whole tube of gel, but I finally got my hair down.” “No one male or female ever cared, NAME.” — Ted Buckland and Perry Cox

26 “Thirsty, huh?” “Helps the tears taste less bitter.” “Cheers.” — John JD Dorian and Ted Buckland

27 “I have to get ready man. I want my date with NAME to be perfect. What do you think about a romantic horseback ride on the beach?” “Ooh, like you and I did for your birthday.” “Yeah but except this time with two horses.” — John JD Dorian and Turk

28 “I am wearing red. Should I not be wearing red around her?” “She's pregnant, she's not a bull.” — Elliot Reid and Turk

29 “This is why the headache didn't go away, it is actually pronounced 'analgesic', not 'ANALgesic'. The pills go into your mouth.” — Turk

30 [She/he sees NAME holding a beer] “What are you doing? [He/she threatens to open it] “You better not open that.” [He/she opens it] “Okay, you better not drink it.” [He/she takes a sip] “All right, You better not enjoy it.” [He/she expresses enjoyment, person A bitch slaps his/her beer] “Did you just bitch slap my beer?” “Are you calling me a bitch?” “Yes. Yes, I am!” — Carla and Turk

31 “Is there another guy on this planet who is that sensitive?” “Okay, let it out. I've got you. NAME has got you. Hold me tighter, a little too tight...There is a good spot.” — Turk and JD

32 person a “This plan is fool proof.” Person c “That is impossible. You two are involved.” Person c “We will see about that!” [Person a and c crash into each other as they try to walk away] — JD, Perry Cox and Turk

33 person a “I don't think we have anymore wine. NAME, can I have some of yours?” [Person C’s narration: I felt like NAME was starting to blame me for all of this.] [person b Spills his/ her wine in person c’s face) “I spilled mine too, honey. You know what you should do? Ask for some NAME’s.” [Person C Spills his/her wine on his/her crotch] “I spilled mine too.” — Carla, Turk and JD

34 “Wait NAME! I have an idea.” “You have another idea? Well I've got to tell you, I'm done with your ideas and not just for now but forever! Okay, are we clear on that?”  “It's a good one.” “I'm listening.” — JD and Turk

35 “He/she is not allowed to dream about me. It gets too freaky in there.” “Cirque de Soleil freaky. One time, he/she was skinless.” — Carla and Turk

36 “How often do you make love?” “Twice today.” “Actually it was three times. You were asleep for the last one.” “Wow, that really happened? I thought it was weird that you were in one of my sex dreams.” — Marston, Turk and Carla

37 “How was your first stress-free day?” “Horrible. And you?” “Worse. Let's make a baby. If it doesn't work this time I'll kill myself.” “Not helping with the stress.” — Carla and Turk

38 “Dude, there you are. Two things; First, the aliens are here and they're wearing track suits.” “Oh, that's Nana.” — Turk and JD

39 “Are you nude right now?” “Yeah! How'd you know?” “Your voice is always higher when you're nude.” “That's true.” “It's not weird you know that at all.” —JD, Turk and Perry Cox

40 “You know, I actually like NAME. So, don't do that thing you always do.” “If you're referring to the game "Find the Saltine", relax. I don't even play that with NAME anymore.” [Later] “Behind your ear.” [Withdrawing Saltine from behind his ear] “My friend, you have found the Saltine. Uh, but, don't tell NAME we're still playing.”— Elliot Reid, JD and Turk

41 “Dude, he/she keeps a hug schedule with his/her friends!” “Okay, NAME ... looks like someone's getting crossed off their 2 o' clock spot and getting penciled in for never! How does that feel? Does it sting?” Person B Narration: He's hurting! Hug him/her ... hug him/her now! — Turk and JD

42 “Dude, don't sweat it - It says here that the ostrich is generally a docile creature.” “Thank God!” “It also says their kick can kill a man!” — Turk and JD

43 “Just don't repeat the same mistakes you made with me. For instance, don't speed down the road pretending your brakes are out. I don't care if it got you laid once in high school. It is not funny and I still have not forgiven you for killing that pony.” — Elliot Reid

44 “NAME, I don't photograph well. On my driver's license, I look like Gary Busey.” — Elliot Reid

45 “We have a very complicated past.” “Yeah, I hurt him/her, and I'm not proud.” Person B narration: I'm a little proud. — Elliot and JD

46 “NAME and I keep it superficial.” “Love the superficial. Dynamite teeth today!” “Oh thanks buddy!” “Sparkly.” “Yeah!” — Elliot and JD

47 “Will you tell me what NAME’s fantasy was?” “Nope.” “Did it involve chains?” “No.” “Whips?” “Mm-mm.” “Candle wax?” “No.” “Role-playing?” “No.” “Lasers?” “Mm-mm.” “Hamsters?” “Negative.” “Was he/she a Mexican apple thief?” “If only ...” — JD and Elliot

48 “Why don't you just move into my place?” “Oh, great, then we'll be two losers under one roof.” — Elliot and JD

49 “NAME, what you said before ... I knew you were right. Anyway, I'm sorry I got mad. You were wrong about one thing, though - we are moving forward.” “NAME, I'm thirty years old; I'm single, I'm homeless, and I'm pretty sure I just soiled myself.”

— Elliot and JD

50 Person A “Ohhh, my God, you're right.” Person B “Don't let him/her be your puppet-master.” Person C “Hey!” Person B “Hey.” Person C “What's up?” Person B “I have a headache.” Person C “Take some aspirin.” Person B “Don't tell me what to do! You're not the boss of me!” — Carla, Elliot and Jake

51 “I've never connected with a guy/girl like this before. I mean, even though it's only been two weeks, I already feel like I know NAME better than I know myself.” “What does he/she do for a living?” “I should know that.” — Elliot and Carla

52 “Look, the reason I've been acting so weird and having my friends hang around us all the time is because I really think that we have a shot for something great, and I don't wanna go and ruin it by sleeping with you too fast. I mean, what was I supposed to do?” “Well, you...you could have just told me that.” “Yes, but you're forgetting I'm a crazy person!” — Elliot and Jake

53 “I've seen the Wiggles live in concert ... twice.” “Did they perform 'Big Red Car'?” “They opened and closed the show with it. It was awesome.” — Perry Cox and Turk

54 “What's wrong with me?” “You're an annoying, whining man-child.” “That question wasn't directed to you!” “What question?” — JD and Perry Cox

55 “I’m notifying all my old boyfriends/girlfriends today that I'm officially off the market.” “I'm sure the 'pulse' setting on your shower head will be devastated!” — Elliot Reid and Perry Cox

56 “If there is one thing I have learned, it's that you can't schedule love.” “I think your credit card statement would beg to differ.” — Bob Kelso and Perry Cox

57 “Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present, Man/Woman Not Caring.” [points to self] — Perry Cox

58 “If you're worried about people seeing your ass, do what all the other girls do and tie a sweater around your waist.” — Perry Cox

59 “Should I talk slower or get a nurse that speaks fluent moron?” — Perry Cox

60 “Do you actually listen to yourself when you speak, or do you find you drift in and out?” — Perry Cox

61 [thinking] Why don't I ever listen to me? — JD

62 “And you know what else? I quit!” “No you don't!” “Well I'm leaving early today!” “No, you're not! You're coming back to my office to do busy work!” “Fine, but I'm getting a soda first!” “Whatever.” — Ted Buckland and Bob Kelso

63 “Your dog is creepy.” “Aww...be nice to Rowdy. The guy we bought him from used to keep him in a box full of old hats.” — Elliot and JD

64 “I thought we cared about each other ...” “Oh please, if you didn't want to sleep with me, you'd have done the same thing.” “Well, I'll tell you one thing, the last thing in the world I wanna do is sleep wit'cha now!” “Do me right here.” “Okay.” “See!” — JD and Elliot

65 “Huh! I put all those fliers up, and nobody wants me to live with them!” “Oh, come on, NAME. I'm sure you'll eventually find a roommate who's a... clean, non-smoking vegetarian that rinses the shower thoroughly after each usage.” “Oh, well, if you don't, it gets mildewy.” “You know, you should move in with my friend: Anal McLooney.” — Elliot and JD

66 “You know, I've been thinking a lot about us lately.” “Me too.” “God, you drive me crazy.” “Oh, you drive me crazy!” “Sometimes I just lay awake at night, thinking about how unbelievably lucky I am to have you in my life.” “Sometimes you're so controlling it makes me want to strangle you..” — Paul and Elliot

67 “Tonight, I am going to make all of your fantasies come true.” “You know, NAME, I would be happy just to have sex above the covers once.” “Yeah ... never gonna happen.” — Elliot and Paul

68 “You know, it's funny... when I said "I love you," it was an accident - and I never really loved you at all.” “That is an absolute riot.” — Elliot and Paul

69 “Okay, here's what you do: First you say that, even though our relationship is ending, you don't have any regrets.” “Oh, my God! Are you actually telling me how to break up with you?” “You're right. Go ahead.” “If you could just start me off, that'd be super.” — Paul and Elliot

70 Person A “You never explained that U2 thing, did you!” Person B “You know, I've been thinking about it, and maybe it's not such a bad thing that that happened! Right? I mean, things have been going really well between us, and maybe it was fate! I could've been looking at my Bel Biv Devoe CD and said, "I love Bel Biv Devoe" - which I do, by the way. And I'm not ashamed of it.” Person A and B “That girl is poison..." Person A “NAME, look, I just think that if you guys are meant to get to this point, it'll happen... naturally.” Person B “You're right! "I love U2!" Dammit! Why do I always have to say every little thing that comes into my head!? Ugh, I really wish you wouldn't stand so close to me after you take your hummus break. See! I didn't need to say that! I'm gonna tell him.” Person C “Love you!” Person B “Love you more!” Person A “Ugh!” Person B “You know what - brush your teeth, then judge me!” — Carla, Elliot and Paul