#i was in the same year as her grandaughter. and i know what its like to lose a family member you love

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Not sure how to insert a read more on mobile so this post about my personal experiences with transphobia and ableisn will be in the tags only 👍

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Hi anon! Did you know (i know you did't know this information but bare with me) brazilian fandom compares q!cellbit with a famous brazilian telenovela character called Félix and the trajectory of the character's in the vison of the wiewrs is similar?

So Félix was a villan turned into a protagonist in the 2014 brazilian telenovela called "Amor à Vida" (Trail of lies in english releses), Félix is from the rich medical Khoury family (they have a rich people hospital) and he has a lot of issuies because his dad hates him and very clearly loves his sister (paloma, the actual protagonist of the novela) more and his dad is homophobic and he is his mother's favorite so after paloma abandons medical school and Félix sees a chance of getting the hospital he is very happy but then while paloma is in her hippie lifestyle she gets pregnent and gives birth to a babygirl in a dirty bar and the only one that saw her birthing the baby and helped her with it was Félix and Félix seeing that a grandaughter from the favorite child you get him to lose the little live he his father has for him, he does a very sane thing and trows the baby into a trash can, years in the future he is married with a woman and has a preeten/teenager son and he cheats on her constantly with other men

Then the true of this henious action and was disoned by his father BUT brazilian people simplily LOVED Félix and could't get ENOUGH of him and they thought paloma was too boring so the author made a redenption arc for Félix (were he gets poor and sells hot dogs in the street for a living) and he gets a love interest, niko, a chef that was cheated by his husband with their best friend and almost lost his baby for the surrogacy mother (the same woman that cheated with his husband) after a bunch of telenovela shenanigans heppen they get together and do the first gay kiss in a "noble" time sloth and Félix gets a happy ending with Niko and his dad finaly accepting him (its very touching)

So what i want to say is that q!cellbit is very similar to Félix in therms of personality (but a kinder, better dad, dirty and pathetic version of felix) and the trajectory of a gay villan turned into a VERY beloved protagonist by the brazilian public is also similar

Thanks for reading this! ❤️ (if you get too confused or weird out you can delet it!!!)

Okay so what I’m getting out of this is that America needs more soap operas because I literally gasped reading that the lady is the SAME LADY that cheated on the chef guy like WHAT?? Sorry Cellbit this isn’t about you anymore this is so COOL? All we have up here these days is Grey’s Anatomy and then Riverdale I fucking guess and like the one singular soap opera left, this should be illegal because I want this stuff!!!

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I am reading Homestuck for the first time (Week 4)

As we approach the thousand page mark, I think I have the picture of why homestuck was able to blow out the walls of its niche sensibilities into mainstream appeal. I assume I'd get this answer when the trolls showed up, but no, the answer is that Homestuck is actually good! Going into this, I can't honestly say I expected it to be good. This whole thing was supposed to be a bit, where I power through Homestuck in a year (with the babes) and then cosplay a troll at Dashcon 2. This leads me to reflect on what a bit really is, because when I imagine something done as a bit, I imagine the bit acting as its own motive. You do the bit for the bit. Can you do as a bit something you have more than that one reason for doing? Is this still a bit? It's still funny to get into homestuck in 2024, I think, but can I rightfully still call it a bit when I eagerly await every book club? Much to think about.

These are my notes for week 4:

759: Floored as I am, I’m glad Nanna is a willing agent in all this. That said, the amount of people running around who seem to Know Something is making my neurons fire.

760: The freaking pumpking?

766: This one goes out to all the trans girls named Jade Harley (and the trans guys named Dave Strider whom I forgot to shout out last time)

789: What is Jade’s fursona, why won’t it tell me

790: Jade’s connection to everything is clearly important but it seems like it might be a while before I’m told why. Here’s someone who sees the future, or at least intuits it, who’s the grandaughter of someone with a whole lot of sburbish technology. I feel like I’m missing the same piece to both puzzles.

793: Y-yeah I noticed before this panel!!

797: I’m gonna kill the guy who put this command in. HOWEVER now we know Jade’s sona is a wolf. (Mine is a dragon, and the other bookclubbers are a possum and tiger)

801: VOLCANO!!! MOUNTAIN HERMIT!!!!!!!!!

802: Cowardice.

822: It was pointed out to me that the crossing out of “but not many” in the act 2 flash implies that that sburb meteor hit a long-ass time ago, and this confirms it! Very wacky. I might think they’re not really sburb meteors if not for the established time shenanigans. This seems to imply there’s more than one potential trigger for a meteor.

826: Jade has WAY more friends than her friends do.

829: Permanently unlocked coquettish as a word for Corah to throw at twinks. Need to find a word to pair it with, like how I use “svelte motherfucker” or “coiffed bitch.” Also I like the grand tradition of internet icons from this era casually using slurs. Look up the first appearance of Megalovania RIGHT NOW

835: How could I forget goofy modus foreshadowing………

836: Dave’s brother is so badass he beat up his armed little brother while piloting a puppet. I think in terms of power scaling this could put him above John’s dad.

839: How did I not notice that Rose’s mom opened that secret passage while Rose was in the back fighting a burning tree? Your poking holes in my they-actually-love-each-other theory, Rose’s mom.

844: Chess piece sword that looks SICK

845: During the book club last week, one of us speculated that the lesser items will be removed from the jetpack to make it functional. The thought of doing that – albeit to the code of the object and not the object itself – is vindicated here!

859: CG has GOTTA be one of those wandering vagrant guys.

*Book club note: Someone mentioned the TROLLSLUM, and I only just made the connection that CG is grey. Reading this 5,000 years in the future as I am, that stands out to me………

874: Looks like my house is okay for now….. But damn they GOT Montreal’s ass

893: John’s Dad name reveal???

896: Andrew Hussie predicted Death Stranding.

911: Aint no way this is a shot of John’s Dad’s room.

918: He’s DEAD!?

948: I was right!!!!!!

962: Carapace confirmed! More wondering what the Wandering Vagrant is. I wonder if someone tried to appearify a shadow demon from the past and a machine made him from the goo, mutant kitten style.

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DOCTOR WHO LIVEBLOG 2009 SPECIAL THE END OF TIME (PART 2)

Okay I'm emotionally prepared for this definitely.

Why does it always have to happen on Christmas?

Destruction of Gallifrey? Hello Time Lords?

Ooh a sensible lady time lord

Okay so she's dead then that's a shame

Earth. We are very important

I'd like to not be important actually

Bondage

Aww he'd be proud if he was his dad I love Wilf

Oh no Donna

Oh poor Donna

Oh no Donna!!!

Oh good she's asleep

That's gay

Poor Master

I'm sorry this is incredibly homoerotic

Baby Master

4 beats. 4 beats like we have 2 beats oh that's so cool it's the heartbeat I just realized how cool that is

4 beats 4 knocks wow wow wow this is cool

That's cacti, that's racist

I mean it might be the worst rescue ever, but it's not quite the worst rescue possible

I love Wilf

Good point indeed I like these alien people

Anything nothing

Flimflam oh Wilf

Yeah blimey

THEY DID IT! THEY DID IT ON PURPOSE!!

Diamond gem thingy!

White point star I've heard of that

Creak creak

It's the lady! Why is she there! How is she there!

Thank you for ominously predicting this lady

Aww is this the cute scene I've seen?

He's so sadwetpathetic

AWW GIANTS HES SO SAD AND TRAGIC AND BROKEN

HED BE PROUD IF HE WAS HIS DAD AAAAHHHH I LOVE HIM I LOVE THEM

He's so sadpatheticguiltytragicsad

Nobody should live so long it's true

Oh Wilf oh Wilf I'm gonna cry

The Time Lords are Returning!!!

No it doesn't seem to be good after all

That's giving coruscant council vibes

Nostalgia tinted stories

OHyes

ALLONS-Y omg my dude

This is mildly star wars

THEY GET TURNED INTO WEEPING ANGELS WHAT SERIOUSLY ARE ALL THE WEEPING ANGELS TIME LORDS IS THAT HOW THEY SEND PEOPLE BACK

He jumped okay it's good he landed face first or he probably would have died immediately

He can undo it with his gauntlet thingy!?

Okay that's gonna screw up gravity and everything

Go Wilf!!

Oh wow this is chaos

Oh no Wilf

The gates of hell are open

HE HAS THE GUN

Okay who's he gonna shoot please stop switching its freaking me out

ITS THE LADY SHES A TIMELORD WHO VOTED AGAINST I THINK IVE HEARD THATS HIS MOTHER MAYBE?

HE SHOT THE DIAMOND

MASTER HELLO!

Bye bye Gallifrey

Yes my dude you are still alive

Maybe you should use your aliveness to process your trauma, if your aliveness lasts

HE KNOCKED FOUR TIMES WAS THAT WILF IN THE BOX

IT IS WILF IN THE BOX

Okay so either he dies or wilf dies cuz someone has to be in there right? Is that's what's happening

Dude dude don't lash out process your trauma

Yeah he's amazing my guy

Stop calling people unimportant your brain is broken and that's why you have an ego

Okay trauma meltdown time

He's already made his choice, that's why he's freaking out

Oh Doctor I knew it

Oh Wilf

Okay he absorbed it that's fun

He's regenerating then

Aww hug

Oh hello Donna

Awww

She's smiling lol

He'll see him again

HELLO MARTHA WHATS UP WITH YOU

HELLO MICKEY HOW ARE YOU ALSO

THEYRE MARRIED YAY

HELLO DOCTOR YAY FOR SAVING THEM

HEY ITS SARAH JANES SON AWW HE'S SAYING GOODBYE

Why though they all know he can regenerate he can pop in and say hi after though I suppose he won't be exactly the same person but he can still have the biggest family in the world

HI JACK OF COURSE YOURE AT A BAR

IS IT ALONSO FROM THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL IT IS

Lol helps him get a guy as his last goodbye

OMG ITS JOANS GRANDAUGHTER OMG OMG CAMEOS AFTER CAMEOS FINAL GOODBYES

This is so cute

DONNAS WEDDING YAY HE WENT TO SEE IT

This is so cute he went to say goodbye at her wedding and to Wilf even though she doesn't remember him

Awww he got Donna a present from her dad!!

This is so bittersweet amazing and cute and sad and amazing aaaaaagghh

HES SAYING GOODBYE TO ROSE TOO ITS THIS CLIP OMG

welcome to 2005 Rose

YES SHES GONNA HAVE AN AMAZING YEAR A FANTASTIC YEAR A BRILLIANT YEAR

I love that he said goodbye to her too even if she doesn't know that

Oh poor Doctor

Hi Ood!! Aw they're gonna sing

That's gorgeous singing

Hey the adventure starts and ends with singing

Oh poor doctor

I DONT WANT TO GO AAAAAHHHHHHHH

Wow EXPLOSION

Hello Matt Smith!!!

That's a big crash

That was a damn amazing ending he said goodbye and everything aaahhh emotions okay

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Oh that’s wonderful! Who are you?

“You know I used to change your diapers!” Says an aged waitress at the popular local eatery my mother used to waitress at. I just laugh and smile and nod, not sure how to react to this complete stranger telling 22 year old me that they used to touch my genitals so nonchalantly. Looking around, I wonder how many others still working there two decades later had touched me, had known me so little but were trusted with my well-being while my mother was off somewhere else, how many others had disappeared to the wind that I would never know about?   My mother never had an interest in having children. I believe that. With four daughters you’d figure that couldn’t be true, of course she must have wanted kids, why else would she have so many? I can’t speak for her, but I assume it was to finally set herself apart from her brothers and sisters. My mother is the 4th, I believe, in a family of 7 (8 if you include my aunt who died during infancy, who’s name I claim as my middle name, I always wonder what she would have been like) So she was a middle child, fighting her way through an Irish Catholic family to try and get my grandparents attention. Having kids was her “Look at me! Look what I can do!” ‘A-ha style’ moment I think. Once my uncle had his first two kids I think she saw the adoration and pride he received and wanted some for herself. An unwed mother at 20 didn’t exactly garner the same reaction in that household. I don’t know how I know this. Perhaps its from dream interpretations, drunken conversations with my mother, or even seeing the same behaviors in myself (more likely a mix of all three) but I know she used to use her romantic partners to try and impress her parents, specifically her mother. That’s one of the reasons she cycled through them so quickly, and so often. “Look! Look this guys got a job and car!” Knowing my grandparents, they didn’t care. “This one’s got a motorcycle!” Not a look. “This one! This one got me pregnant!” Now they were looking.

My grandmother used to read the paper every morning, neck and jaw forming a perfect 90 degree angle, eyes pointed down to peer through her readers that were always placed precariously on the tip of her nose. And when you would come in to say “Good morning!” or “How’s the paper!?” she would simply flick her eyes up without moving a single other muscle, shoot you an acknowledging glance, then return to her paper. She was always ice cold to me.

I like to imagine this is how she reacted to every bit of news my mother gave her. Including all of her pregnancy announcements. “Nope dear, not even the fourth announced pregnancy could stir that old bat. My sister would argue that no, grandma and her were best friends, and of course she would have been excited that her grandaughter was on the way. And my sister is probably not wrong, I wasn’t there though neither was she. Who could say? Well, probably my mom but she’s so far off in her delusions she would probably say grandma threw her the ticker tape parade for her first pregnancy. 

Right, I got a bit off track there. I’ll come back to this.

[katatty]

Recap: Pleasantview Round 5 (Summer)

The romance of Spring certainly went to a few heads in Pleasantview - the suburb is in the midst of quite the baby boom. But now Summer is here, and school is out! Parents are scrambling to sort out childcare, teenagers are reveling in their freedom, and with the sun shining, the mood in the neighbourhood is pretty great.

But are the families as happy as they seem? Or are some on the brink of collapse? What secrets lurk in their hearts?

The round began with newcomers Tiffany Sampson and Kevin Beare getting settled in. They adopted a puppy, got new jobs, and got to know the neighbours.

Then as Tiffany finished her first day of work in the Education career, she learned she was already pregnant!

They had a quick, slightly rushed wedding before the baby arrived.

Baby Harvey was born, but it already looks like she might be expecting again.

The round ended on a happy note, with the couple already nicely established as a family in town with a few friends!

The Dreamer family started out just as well, but things quickly started to deteriorate.

Due to a combination of bad mental health, recurring nightmares and possible haunting, Brandi Broke isn’t in a good place. Her relationship with Darren suffers for it, too.

Meanwhile Cassandra’s marriage with Don is falling apart, and Darren can’t help being sympathetic. Perhaps a little too much so.

Mia Broke, obsessed with the paranormal, gets herself abducted by aliens, much to her mom’s dismay.

She’s also eager to discuss her theories about the spooky sounds in their yard, but Brandi shuts it down.

Mia goes on a date with Benedick Monty, but it’s kind of a mixed bag.

Back home, Mia and Darren eventually talk about the possible hauntings at home. He admits to her seeing Darleen’s ghost, from time to time.

Brandi also opens up to Mia about her father, Skip.

And Mia is vindicated to finally some ghosts herself!

I played the Lotharios next since I was interested in what was going on with Cassandra.

Cassandra and Don’s relationship has had its ups and downs - neither of them has been 100% faithful, but they’re dealing with it. Maybe? Between raising the twins and focusing on their careers there hasn’t been a ton of time for marriage counselling.

Don’s been feeling a bit isolated, recently. Outside of his family and his coworkers, he doesn’t really have a lot of friends. That’s been deliberate, to an extent. The fewer people around him, the fewer temptations to stray outside of the marriage.

For the most part, it’s been working. But a chance meeting with Nina Caliente has him feeling… confused.

The kids are doing fine, the parents not so much.

She’s always in low aspiration, lately, ever since her Dad passed away. It’s been hard getting on her feet since then, and Don going on about needing “me time” doesn’t help. She needs his support right now more than ever! Why doesn’t he get that?

They don’t talk about it, but both of them are feeling very alone, and starting to lose faith in each other...

Meanwhile, the boys age up. Bernado’s a popularity sim and Cassimiro’s knowledge.

Eventually, things in the marriage finally explode and Cassandra tells Don about Darren, trying to get a rise out of him.

Don immediately retaliates by woohooing with Sharon Wirth on a grocery-run.

After a cool-off day, they agree to break things off, and Don moves out.

He moves in, temporarily, with Bella. Who is insistant that he and Cassie try and patch things up!

He’s more interested in exploring new options, though.

Bella is devestated to lose her job as a party guest.

Meanwhile Oliver Goth (Dina and Mortimer’s son) gets his first kiss with Ariel Capp! Later he goes on a date with Tommy Ottomas, too.

At one of Bella’s parties, Cassandra and Don keep things civil, but Cassandra evidently isn’t doing well.

Bella goes on a date with Gilbert Jacquet. It’s not really all that serious between them, and Bella still misses Mortimer dreadfully, but Gilbert is charming and handsome enough to take her mind of her worries.

Things with Bella and Don also seem to be getting a little heavy, and Don concludes he needs to move out before things cross a line. Bella reluctantly agrees, it’s obvious her plan to get him and Cassie back together hasn’t worked

Don moves to Strangetown!

Next up are the Ramaswami family, a nice breath of fresh air after all the drama.

Priya befriends some of the other mothers in town, becoming especially close to Kaylynn.

And baby Ravi gows into maybe the coolest toddler ever?

Sanjay survives a near death experience.

And Priya finds out she’s expecting again!

Divorced once and with the girls having just graduated college, Daniel Pleasant didn’t expect to be engaged again with a kid on the way as he approached retirement age, doing it all over again. He’s far from unhappy about it, though. Mary Sue always had an independent streak, but Kaylynn adores him. Maybe it’s a bit selfish, but it feels so good to be needed.

Kaylynn knows some people in the neighbourhood look down on her, think her naive, call her a homewrecker… that’s fine. If they worked as a cleaner for years and years maybe they’d consider packing it in and settling into an easy life, too. What’s wrong with wanting to be taken care of?

Notably (and much to my horror) during the Pleasant round, Brandi and John start up their affair again.

Kaylynn finally gives birth, to a baby boy they call Jeffery Pleasant, after Daniel’s father. Daniel’s really pleased!

Jennifer’s eager to meet her new nephew. She and Kaylynn get off to a rocky start, but eventually start to bond.

She’s closest friends with Brandi Broke, though. The two have become inseperable, with Brandi visiting all the time.

Daniel invites both of the girls over to meet their little brother, but Angela is the only twin who shows. Whether that’s because they have a better relationship, or because Lilith was just busy is anyone’s guess.

Then it turns out Kaylynn’s pregnant again already?

Kaylynn and Daniel tie the knot!

Nina and Don also reconcile at the wedding.

Kaylynn gives birth to another baby boy, Luke!

And Jeff ages upp!

Daniel ages up, too. It’s finally time for him to retire, soon...

Daniel’s definitely a bit of a dirty old man, but Kaylynn doesn’t seem entirely oblivious to that side of him, and figures as long as she keeps his needs met they should be fine. We’ll see if that holds up.

Then it was time to catch up with the Shoreharts, who moved here form Widespot for a fresh start.

A retired chef, Sandy’s enjoying her retirement a lot more than she ever enjoyed being a stay at home mom. Granted, all this free time has her a little restless, but it’s nothing a bit of time outdoors and excercise can’t fix. She hopes.

They were honestly pretty chill! Rhett’s taken to the whole marriage thing suprisingly well, for a romance sim. Turns out, as long as he’s getting lovin’ on a regular basis he doesn’t really care if it’s with one woman or several. It’s never boring with Sandy, and he intends to keep her as happy as he can for the rest of her days. That’ll show her shit-heel of an ex-husband.

Mostly they just spend a lot of time with family.

Sandy’s very generious with the backrubs, but nothing goes too far.

Mimi is definitely at least a little anxious about her parents’ marriage though, because she spends some of the round reading up on Couple’s Councelling.

Then it’s time for her to age up! She grows into a rather cute romance sim.

Then at the party the house of cards starts to crumble, as Sandy gives her ex-husband Hamilton a kiss, right in front of Mimi and Rocky.

Mimi agrees not to tell her Dad, but isn’t happy. She spends a lot of time out of the house.

With Sandy keeping her indescretion quiet, I’m not sure what they have in store in the future!

Regardless, next are the Ramirez family.

Tessa’s spent a lot of time looking afte rthe baby and she’s sick of it! So she spends some time Downtown with friends.

She later takes Bernardo on a date, although he’s not sure if he likes her as more than a friend. Bernardo likes the idea of falling in love with Tessa, who he’s always admired! But he’s a little hesitant at the same time, especially with his parents’ divorce still being so recent.

Checo has a bit of a wandering eye, but mostly he keeps himself in check.

Checo might be a bit of a flirt, but at least he’s not a hypocrite. When Lisa was dancing with Skye he didn’t even bat an eye. Or maybe he just doesn’t see an old man as much of a threat…

Ugh, God, I forgot this happened

Baby Sofia grew up super cute!

Anyway, that’s all from them!

The Oldies weren’t too eventful, mostly just focused on hobbies!

They did finally meet Mary’Sue’s new partner, which went... poorly.

But they did have a nice meeting with their grandaughter later, and a fun night out!

Then it was the Burbs! John’s recent indescretions with Brandi aside, things seemed to be going well.

At least, until he made out with Coral Oldie :/

Oblivious to thins, Jennifer was starting to trust John again.

They had dinner with Jen’s brother Dan and his new wife...

And Jennifer discovered she was pregnant again!

Lucy headed away for college...

And baby James grew up, leaving the Burb round complete and Pleasantview all done & dusted!

[jid-milo]

!!!!SPOILERS!!!!DUCKTALES THEORY

Alright, I'm throwing my thoughts into the hat and have come up what is going on with the finale now that the last promo has gone up. Here we go.

So my theory is that F.O.W.L's ultimate plan is to create the heir of Scrooge to reclaim the Papyrus and rob the world. The plan goes like this: clone Scrooge and making May and June, age them with the fountain, use the Solego circuit to send them in a crash course of adventures, Use Gene the Genie as reward for the cooperation and the harp of truth to verify that they are the heir. And last, "the rock of what it was" to fuse their traits into one. But I doubt someone didn't had this idea before. There is another piece to the puzzle: Webby. The promos has shown that the finale is gonna be possibly during Webby's birthday and our first look to May and June and they are so look alike Webby with the bows and all. I think the big secret Beakley was eluding in the Harp of Mervana is this: Webby is not her grandaughter, she is the attempt of S.H.U.S.H and her director at the time, 22, to create the heir of Scrooge Mcduck. That explains why we don't know next to nothing about her parents, she doesn't have any and why Beakley became Scrooge's housekeeper and brought Webby with her, to train her and be like Scrooge. The thing is that I believe firmly that Beakley grew so close to her that she didn't follow up to the plan. That she really loves her like family but never told her the truth.

This is a risky move if it becomes truth. Its a way to streamline Webby and the nieces into one and with this being the biggest possible twist in the series. I've seen many not wanting this because of Webby's character arc. That it doesn't lines up with her growth about being part of the Duck family and that being force into the triplet dynamic would ruin it. I actually argue that this is the perfect evolution of her character. With her growing up about being an adventurer like Scrooge, this would definitely would thew all her life in a loop questioning if it was because of her or just part of a plan to be like Scrooge. This also confronts the idea of not just being a real person but not being unique in her traits having two other versions of herself. Ultimately, I believe what is going to happen is that none of that erases what she has done of who she is. Like the original intention of the series with the triplets, they may be look-a-like but they are not the same person. Whether she is April or not, She is Webby, she has her family and sees the best in others like in her doplegangers. She's not gonna denounce them or go apart of her family, she's gonna reach to them and adding them to this weird family of adventure ducks.

For now, we don't know where exactly Daisy's gonna fit in all of this but I know for sure that this crew has given us 4 years of incredible adventures, mysteries and new Ideas to the Legacy of this characters. I'm sure they will inspire new tales and stories for the next duck adventures and the other Disney afternoon characters. I believe that they are gonna deliver in what they decide. WOO - HOO

[popculturebuffet]

Amphibia: Ivy on The Run and After the Rain Reviews

Hello all you happy people! We’re into week two and after far too long we finally get some answers.. well okay not the ones we thought we were getting but hey you take what you get sometimes. Point is it’s a big week, with a fun ivycentric episode that fleshes her and Felcia out and a far more serious episode that finally explains a few things, not saying what things because spoilers. So join me under the cut for some smiles, some tears, and a bit of Muay Thai and Myagi-Do as I break things down. 

Ivy on the Run:

I was pleased as punch to find out Ivy was getting an episode. While I couldn’t say she was a faviorite of mine, I always found Katie Crowns performance exceptional, and her a delight to watch. The character wasn’t bad.. but EVERY episode up to this one involving her was about her and Sprig’s relationship which while really fucking precious left little room to flesh her out beyond a love of ambushes and being into the same kid stuff Sprig was into. 

This episode not only corrects that but also takes another suprising leap for the series in having Ivy clearly be the main character of the episode. While this isn’t the first episode to spotlight a citzen of wartwood.. it’s the first where the Plantars are side characters in the plot instead of just as important as whoever got focus or usually more important. Here Ivy is the lead of the episode: We open on her waking up for the day (Or rather having been awake for hours to trick her alarm clock), get a sense of her personality.. and of the episodes conflict: Ivy’s desire to be free and explore versus her mothe’rs constnat anal renttientve insistence she do tea related stuff like fold swans properly. IT’s a decent enough conflict that gets elevated by hte twist at the end. 

So she runs out after that to meet up with Sprig, and ambush him because that’s how thier relationship works. And what I really like here is while their relationships still present in the episode it’s thankfully not the focus or even realy lreated. Their clearly together, it’s just not the focus of the episode> Just some nice ranch dressing atop this salad. While they go to hunt for glitter beetles, Anne is teaching Polly, Muay Thai. The martial art of champions.. specifically one eyed ones who like to put tiger in front of their moves. As for why she took it up her mom wanted somewhere to put her energy, as seen in a flashback with a young Anne adorably banging on pans while singing her own version of Wannabe by the Spice Girls. It’s fucking precious. 

So the couple happily go beetle hunting i’ts precious.. but Ivy’s patience with her mother starts to run out as her mother loudly interupts her hunt to return her for tea practice: stirring it, setting tables, folding swans that sorta thing. All things she clearly dosen’t WANT to do or like and gives the impression Felcia is trying to force her daughter to become more like her and less like herself which... no. Just no. 

Ivy eventually hits her limit with this bullshit, tells her mother off and then stomps off to her room whiel her Mom fails ot understand that MAYBE being hypercirtical of your daughter, even if it turns out you have a good reason, might backfire. Ivy is encouraged by her posters, great scene by the way, to run away and leave town, and take Sprig with her.. whose relcutant as he talked himself up as being really well liked and savy out there but was just okay in practice. 

Meanwhile Polly and Anne continue training but Polly can’t get it as she just can’t calm down and focus, and Anne easily blocks her. In constrast Wally shows up, having apparently been watching them. 

And picks it up instantly. I can see why; Wally seems a bit scatterbrained due to his weird and wonderful nature.. but we’ve seen him be entirely capable when the chips are down, and to be a talented musician. So while he’d SEEM like he’d lack focus, it’s probably way easier to him than the impatient tadpole who just wants to kick ass without getting it takes a few steps. 

Meanwhile Sprig tries to talk his girlfriend out of running away together at 10 only for Sylvia to tail them with those bee phone things she used earlier.. and also be there, as once they clear those out she’s waiting and both end up at the Muay Thai class. Things finally hit their breaking point and Ivy wishes she never had family... and I think this is what finally gets it in Felicia’s head she messed up. She meant well.. but sh’es clearly been so hard on her child that, even if she instnatnly regrets it, she’s willing to disown her own mother if it means getting away from her. 

So Felica gives her a way out: Martial Arts Match. Because nothing says parental love like fighting your daughter for her freedom. Though in her defense things are pretty fair: three matches, and Ivy just needs to win ONE by getting a point on her, like in a martial arts competition. I only know that’s what they were going for because I binged Cobra Kai last month along with the first two Karate Kids. 

And that refrence isn’t for nothing as Felcia easily dominates the first two matches using Miyagi-Do esque moves i.e. pure defense, and with a Miyagi style lesson inside as for the final one.. she has Ivy repeat the various tea things she’d had her do, and just like that amazing fucking scene from Karate Kid, Ivy can now fight and realizes her mother was training her the whole time, as her mom simply wanted her to be readly and as for why Felcia herself is a karate master, she picked it up while gathering tea as naturally it’s incredibly dangerous in amphibia.  

So Felcia let’s her daughte win and expalins she just wanted her to be safe.. which is nice but while her devistaiton earlier clearly shows it, it still dosen’t QUITE justify how hard she was or not telling her why when her daughter is a clear tomboy. I do get the Miyagi-Do training style: it builds muscle memory and means you can defend without thinking, fight without having to plan every punch and kick. It’s brilliant.. but you have to match the training to the student. Daniel hated his traning too.. but Miyagi clearly KNEW he would, knew he’d give out and set it all up that way. Felcia.. nearly pushed her daughter into running away and never apologized. It’s not all terrible as there is the implciation this whole match was Felcia realizing she had to make it clera what she was doing, but it’s still fairly torubling the episode never adresses her behavior outright., even if they make up and Felciia plans to take her along next time. Also Polly punches wally in the face... eh he’l lbe fine. 

Final Thoughts on Ivy on the Run: This one was decent. As said the final part feels a bit... ehhh..as it feels they don’t adress Felicia’s controlling attitude enough.. but it dosen’t detract from a pretty fun episode, especially the Muay Thai stuff. That was an unexpected treat. And let’s face it after recently getting in deep with the franchise thanks to cobra kai, I can’t hate anything that reminds me of  the Karate Kid. In a good way at least. 

After The Rain:

Well this was both a long time coming and as painful as I expected. And after over a year and a half, we FINALLY get some answers.. not ALL the answers but some. Look you know what this episode is about, I know what this episode is about, let’s get cracking in round 2. 

So Anne’s got a letter, anne’s got a letter I wonder who it’s from. Marcy.. it’s from Marcy. Turns out she’s ready to go to the first temple, and even sent them a check list: weapons, food (check and check) and armor. Hop Pop already thought of that.. but instead of badass and practical armor.. it’s padded sumo suits that they can’t move in because “less mobility means less trouble”. Or you’ll get eaten by a hawk.. which given this show is probably also on fire and can shoot acid out of its’ eyes. Or lasers. Or acid lasers. The point is their gonna die. THey also naturally need the music box... which Hop Pop about craps himself hearing. Gee it’s almost like not getting the box sooner when you knew damn well abotu the temple thing and that they’d need it kinda bit you on the froggy bottom Hopidiah. 

It gets worse for him as while he mentions his ‘contacts” again.. that night he goes to dig it up. Problem is, Anne follows him when she hears footsteps, and while she initially assumes i’ts just him being a weirdo and plans to suprise him... we instead get the gut punch we’ve been anticpating for the last year and a half.  Hop Pop shouts about the box being gone, clearly panicked... and Anne hears him, utterly devistated and rightfully FURIOUS. He confesses the truth, clearly feeling guilty for what he’s done and lying all this time but Anne dosen’t want to hear it and storms off. 

Yeah as you can tell this is a rough one. So next morning Hop Pop, who clearly hasn’t slept and given his surrogate grandaughter just rightfully walked out on him why would he, confesses to the kids what he did. And while neither like what he did .. they prioritize getting Anne back, sending him to go fix his mess while they find the box. 

The box turns out to not be the only thing missing: various other things around town have been stolen, including a talisman that if Maddie dosen’t get it back will have horrifying consequences. Classic Maddie. As for why Swampy Joe has the answer: the magpie beetle, a beetle that emerges once every 20 years to steal stuff to use as a shell to impress mates. They find the box.. but it’s in a seatle of beatles and soon get swamped.  Meanwhile Anne’s returned to the cave and... okay i’m just going to have to power through or this episodes going to kill me with sadness. After some bits about her and her rock rocky, Hop Pop finds her and she still has nothing to say to him, again for good reaosn, but before he can get to telling her WHY he did it, they hear the others crying for help and Anne tries to rescue them herself, only helping hop pop do so when he points out they NEED to and even if she rightfully dosen’t trust him she needs to for now. THey save the kids.. and Anne STILL wants to leave.

We then get an even bigger gut punch. It turns out Hop Pop didn’t hide the box for some big reveal.. regarding the box. Turns out it’s not the box itself, his book just says it’s dangerous and w’ell likely find out any specifics it had next week. It’s Hop Pop’s lingering trauma. While we don’t find out why the Box is dangerous.. we do find out what hapepned to their parents. And I just want to say before we get into that Bill Farmer’s acting this WHOLE episode is some of hte finest, if not THE finest in his career. HIs guilt, his pain.. it’s all so raw and palpable. Brenda Song’s no slouch either, Anne’s pain and anger is likewise very well done, but Bill is far and away the mvp of the episode.. and this scene is why. 

He reveals he’s been so cautious, so scared for the kids and so overly protective in general.. because of how the kids parents died, something they don’t blame him for but he does: He was out of town on buisness.. when a pair of herons attacked. Sprig and Polly got to the family bunker in time.. their parents... weren’t so lucky. It’s not the big bombastic arc related death we all thought was coming.. but I like it for it’s brutal nightmarish simplicity. They didn’t die some heroic death, they aren’t still here.. they just died like SO MANY background frogs have. Two wild giant animals they coudln’t possibly defend against got em. Nothing could’ve been done no matter what Hop Pop thinks, theirs no way they coudl’ve been saved, and i’ts LUCKY their children didn’t share the same fate. But their gone and it gives a new, awful meaning to Hop Pop’s overproectivness. Before it was mildly justified if a bit strict.. now.. i’ts him trying not to loose what he has left. Trying to hold on tight to his grandkids so he dosen’t loose anyone else.

He hid the box because his trauma and guilt were so severe he did something very stupid, and regretted it ever since and begs anne to forgive him in THE best line read of Bill Farmer’s long and storied career. And she does, hugging her Hop Pop gently, realizing that while he fucked up.. she gets WHY he did.. and that he’s sorry for it. He wasn’t tyring to keep her from going home or any messed up shit.. he just was trying to keep her and his other kids alive. And as Sprig and Polly say it’s not his fault, it never could’ve been.. he can’t help but feel that way. You just feel.. powerless when you loose someone, like you could’ve done something even though 9/10 you couldn’t have and it leaves a hole you never quite fill. So this hit like a truck. But our family is reconclied and the kids get a look at the entry in  Hop Pop’s ancestral book. What does it say besides it bad? what does this mean? We’ll find out next week. For now it’s just good to have them all together again. 

Final Thoughts on After the Rain: This episode is a masterpiece. It’s exepertly crafted, sticks in a few gags for flavor and only has the sprig and polly plot to help keep the main meat of the plot as light as it needs to be.. and it works. The few scenes we get with Anne and Hop Pop are just plain brutal and exactly what’s needed. It’s one of the series best, painful, raw and with a twist I dind’t see coming. I expected, again like most of us for the kdis parents deaths to be tied into it.. but instead.. it’s just trauma. But it’s satisfying enough that it feels like a great payoff, that it wasn’t some big dark secret like misdirected... it was just an old man who didn’t want to loose what family he had left. And that’s fucking brilliant. 

Next Week: THE FIRST TEMPLE BABY! The Plantars and Marcie head into the woods to fight moblins and ggghosts! I mean.. that is what the forest temple is right? 

Until then follow me for more reviews, follow me on my patreon your support would be appricated and see you at the next rainbow. 

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Family Now

Request:Can you do something with yn being pregnant by jay and being kidnapped, when she is found to be injured and going into labor, but at the end of it all is right. with cute ending

Hope you like it this is my first request :)

Jay had been working on a case where this guy had tried to take almost everyone on the team out as a way to get back at Hank for putting his brother in prison for the rest of his life. Hank recieved a note saying "You took my family away from you now I am going to take yours away from you"  Luckily the man hasnt been successful on any of his attempts. Hank had warned them to all be very careful and watch their backs everywhere they went.

All Jay wanted to do was to get home to Y/N just hold her close and just pretend that it was just the two of them, well 3 if you consider their little baby girl in Y/N stomach. Knowing that is what he had to look for eased his nerves just a little bit. Getting out of his truck he couldnt help but to look around and for some reason he had an uneasy feeling in his gut. Yeah it was probably the fact that he was being hunted by a man and they didnt actually know what he looked like.

As he walks up the stairs to their apartment the feeling got so bad that he was in a run to the apartment just so that he could make sure everything was alright. As he got closer to the apartment he seen their door was slightly opened which he knew wasnt right because Y/N always kept the door locked when he wasnt there. So he took out his gun and eased in the door, seeing that their were things strewed around everywhere like there had been a fight broke out. His heart was in his stomach when he seen the blood on the floor. So he did the first thing that came to his mind, he pulled out his phone and called Voight. Luckily he picks up on the first ring

Halstead whats the problem?

Voight, she's gone! It was silent of the phone for what felt like forever but was just a few seconds.

Im on my way, Ill get the rest of the team to head that way as well, you call it in so that we can find this Son of a Bitch.

As Jay hangs up the phone he does exactly as Voight told him to do. Waiting for the team to arrive he just walks around to see if there is anything that was left that would lead them to where he took her.

The team all finally make it to Jay & Y/N apartment,and as the other officers are looking around for fingerprints or anything really. Then one of the officers came walking up to them.

Detective Halstead there was this note left on your kitchen counter and I think that you are going to want to see this. She says while handing him the note. Jay reads the note out loud

The note reads " Hank you took my brother,Ive got your daughter & grandchild. You may want find me before I do something I may regret"

Dammit Hank I know she is your daughter but we are going to have a kid together and if something happens to either of them I will never forgive you!

Hank stood there and let him yell at him because he felt the same way if anything did happen to his daughter and grandaughter he wouldnt be able to live with himself

Y/N POV

This man that kidnapped me he kept saying sorry but said that it was all my dads fault that this was happening. You kept trying to talk to him trying to figure out what you could do to make up for what your dad did but you got nothing from him. The pain in your lower stomach kept coming closer together but you were not due for another couple weeks and in this moment in time is not how you want your babygirl to be born.

Sir,Sir,SIR finally catching his attention. I think that I need to go to the hospital

There is no way in hell that I am taking you to a hospital.

At that very moment your water broke and water went everywhere.

My water just broke and its either you take me to hospital or my baby will be born right here.

Well then it looks like you will be bringing a life into this world in warehouse. Ill be back in a little while.

He must have been so caught up in taking me that he didnt check me to see if I still had my phone and thank god I keep it on silent most of the time because when I finally got to it I had so many missed calls from Jay and my dad. All you wanted to do was cry cause you know Jay is so worried and there isnt anything he can do to help, but right now wasnt the time to cry in between the pain you sent a text to Jay letting him know everything you seen around you thinking that maybe it would help then find out where you are.

Jay POV

Sitting at my desk doing everything that I possibly can to figure out where she is. Where he took her? We have been going non-stop to figure something out. He finally just slammed his hands on his desk and walked to the locker room looking at the pictures that he had in his locker of the love of his life and his soon to be born baby girl

He just lets his head fall in his hands and all he can do it just cry, lets the tears that he has been holding in since noticing that Y/N was taken fall. He hears his phone go off and as he pulls the phone out thinking that it is just another lead that will get them no where, he sees that it is her name and he jumps up. As he reads everything that the message says he runs back into the bullpin and yells for Voight, thinking that maybe he could make some sense out of it. As Hank is reading the message it clicks

I dont think she knows where she is but she is just telling us what she sees or hears, so that we can figure out where she is. She says that she heard a train at least a couple times within a few hours, she knows that its an old warehouse. Windows lined all around the building and out one of the windows she sees the numbers 5142

As he was saying everything Kim was typing it into the computer to see if she could up with anything. Y/N has always been like a little sister to her so she was just as worried as everyone else on the team. Once she typed in the numbers in popped up exactly what they had all been hoping for..

I FOUND SOMETHING!!!! She yells

Everyone makes their way over to her......There is an old abandoned warehouse at 5142 West St and it hasnt been in business for over 15 years

Suit up lets go..Hanks says as he practically in a jog so that he can get his little girl back.

Y/N POV

The pain is just getting worse by the minute but I know that I can hold off because I know by now that they are on their way to get me. If they are not then I dont see me or my little girl making it out of the warehouse alive. She just trys to continue breathing through the pain hoping that your little girl will be stubborn like her daddy and just saying where she is safe right now.

He finally returns, this time he has a woman with him, she comes over and she trys to check you out and see what shape you are in.

Dont you dare touch me! You all but yell

I have to see how you and your baby are

No you dont. I would rather have my baby on my own then with someone helping me that is helping the man that kidnapped me

I am not working with him, he came on the street and I think that I was the first nurse that he seen and told me that his girlfriend was in labor

Well I am in no way his girlfriend, I am his hostage and he is refusing to take me to the hospital. As she finishes that sentence the nurse turns and sees the gun pointed at her head

You help deliver her baby  and then I have no more use for you. Just cant have her dying just yet....

As he finishes that sentence the door is busted in and Chicago PD is surrounding him. He gets down next to you and points the gun at your head

You come any closer and I will kill her

Dad help me....

I am...You wanted me from the start let my littl girl go and get to a hospital and take me, do whatever you have to but just let her go. Once he finishes the sentence Adam tackles the man to the ground and in a flash Jay is by your side

Y/N I am so sorry that this happened

Hey it isnt your fault, but I think that we are going to become parents a few weeks sooner than we expected.

The nurse finally speaks, We need an gurney in here we have to get her to the hospital. She helps them get you in the ambulance, She gives them all the information that they need and then the ambulance is off to Med. As you arrive everyone is there waiting, you already have a room waiting and everything. After what seems like hours of labor you finally delivered a beautiful blue eyed baby girl. 7lbs 12oz 17in long

After a few hours of resting you ask Jay to get a wheelchair so that you could take her out to meet everyone. As he helped you to the wheelchair he placed the pillow on your stomach before picking up yalls little girl kissing her on the nose before handing her to you. Little moments like that make you falls in love with that man more and more..

As you make your way down the hall the first two people that you see are your dad and Jay's brother Will. They see you making your way down the hall and have huge grins on their faces and rush to their feet.

Hey everyone

How are you doing? Hank ask

feel a little rough but this little one right here makes it all worth it.

What do I have the pleasure of calling my little niece here?

You look up at Jay and you both share a smile

Everyone we would like to introduce you to Camille Justine Halstead. After my beautiful mother and brother who both were taken way too soon.. As you make eye contact with your dad for the first in a very very long time you seen your dad crying. He walks over and kisses you on the head..

That name is perfect.

Well then I guess you better thank Jay because it was his idea

He turns to Jay and pulls him into a hug and whispers thank you. They pull back from the hug and Jay looks him dead in the eye and says We are family now

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a/n: I have been trusted to write someone’s OC in an ‘x Overhaul’ and I couldn’t feel more blessed that someone would trust me with that. If you have an OC that you would want me to write a small series for you can request it here

Sayori Ishioka is the grandaughter of Japan’s second most powerful crime syndicate, second to The Hassaikai. In a time when Pro Heroes are getting stronger and The League of Villains are on the prowl, the two gangs decide to merge together by marriage.

warnings: mentions of violence & arranged marriage

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5

It had been approximately 8 years since Sayori had walked down the barren hallways of The Hassaikai headquarters. No, it was definitely 8 years - the last time she had set eyes on any member of the notorious gang she had been 12 years old.

Such a young age to be witness to the horrors that were conducted within these very walls.

Her grandfather had shielded her from it as best as he could, but like water running through closed fingertips, it was impossible to stop anything from seeping between the cracks.

It was her grandfather’s idea to bring Sayori along today, he told her to dress appropriately and to make sure she looked presentable - those were her only instructions. He was a vague man, never showing much of what he was thinking, he used to say that the best way to have the upper hand on your enemy was to always keep them guessing - and that was what he did.

Even today, he was as mysterious as ever. Sayori was one of the few people who could read him from the slightest twitch of an eyebrow, or the way he held his ceramic mug filled with his favourite green tea. But today was different, and that put her on edge. She trusted her grandfather, but a tingle running down her spine warned her to be on full alert.

She had her training to blame for that.

When meeting the Hassaikai, it was always best to stay as formal as possible regardless of your relationship to them. In this case, it was a colleague relationship, one with a mutual interest, but that could all change with one slip up or a wrongly worded phrase.

“Why are we here, Pops?” Sayori spoke softly to her grandfather who was walking next to her, not wanting anyone to hear her question. His strides wildly outstretched hers but still remained the illusion that he was gliding across the ground.

She had been summoned almost suddenly to accompany him, with no explanation. “We have some important business to discuss” was all that he said, his tone unrecognisable and his face unreadable.

‘We?’ Sayori clarified her grandfather’s words in her mind, she knew her grandfather like she knew her own shadow. Every word he spoke was thoroughly thought through and cherry picked, and Sayori was a smart girl, she knew that he had chosen those words for a reason.

She was also smart enough to know when to keep something in your head and not dare say it out loud, especially when there was an Hassaikai grunt stepping over the ghost of their footsteps.

Sayori kept her mouth closed, using her silence as an indicator to her grandfather that she understood what he was saying. She wasn’t here as company, and she had to be prepared to do what was asked of her.

Their stroll came to an end when they were greeted by a plain metal door, the grunt that was inspecting them quickly shifted his stance from behind them to standing next to the door. Just another reminder that everyone within this facility is highly trained and ready to kill.

He slithered his fingers under the door handle and pulled it open for the two of them, gesturing his hand in a way to tell them to enter. Sayori nervously adjusted her face mask, a habit she had picked up from her younger years in the underground headquarters - she was extremely careful to ensure that her mouth and nose were fully covered.

Sayori and her grandfather bowed politely before stepping into the meeting room, Sayori allowed her Pops to take the lead and followed in behind him, she didn’t want to seem impolite. Especially not in front of the Hassaikai.

“Hiroto” a voice echoed from the large white room, the sound trailed up to the head of a long oak table with multiple chairs neatly placed around it. It was strange for Sayori to hear her grandfather’s name spoken aloud, it hadn’t been vocalised in years.

“Boss” he lowered his head respectfully to the seated elderly man, “It has been too long” Hiroto added softly. “You can leave us” The Boss commanded the grunt that had accompanied them to the meeting with a wave of his hand, the grunt swiftly left the room without a second thought.

Sayori had heard stories about The Boss, a man so dangerous that every villain in Japan quivered at just his mention. His shell was misleading, a frail old man with kind but weathered features, capable of killing without hesitation.

“Please, have a seat” The Boss used the same hand that had commanded his grunt to offer his guests a chair, Sayori could feel her heart beating rapidly in her chest, she had never met The Boss before and it put her on edge.

The Boss and Hiroto spoke pleasantries for a while, sharing stories of how their syndicates were doing when there was a firm knock at the door. The Boss glanced towards the sound and then pushed a small box towards Hiroto, Sayori watched her grandfather open the box, his aged fingers clicking the lock and lifting the lid.

She relaxed her limbs when he pulled out a medical mask and hooked it over his ears and a pair of gloves, when she turned her attention back to The Boss she saw he was wearing one now too. Their eyes locked for a second, there was a hint of acknowledgement in his orbs, almost like a ‘thank you’ for her coming prepared.

“Enter” The Boss said loud enough for the person behind the door to hear, to which it glided open.

“I’m sure you’ve met Chisaki, my protegee” The Boss introduced the auburn haired man that stood with his arms folded, “You asked to see me?” he droned as though this meeting was an inconvenience on his day and a waste of his time.

His voice was largely muffled by the burgundy leather bird beak covering his mouth, but the members of the room could still understand him. Sayori was shocked at how freely this man spoke in front of The Boss, although a part of her felt a sense of familiarity when gazing upon him, as though they had met before.

“Take a seat, Kai” The Boss said, ignoring the young man’s tone and turning back towards Sayori and Hiroto - his attention more so on the young female than his business partner.

“There is a reason we have asked the two of you to join us for this meeting” The Boss spoke gently, Hiroto caught Sayori’s eye; again the word ‘we’ was being used. She couldn’t help but notice the small glint of guilt in the elder’s orbs.

“The rise of Pro Heroes is causing an issue for us, a ‘Symbol of Peace’ sized issue in fact-” The Boss clicked his fingers above his head “-the Yakuza is losing its power, we used to be feared by many, but these new ‘Heroes’ are putting doubt in people’s minds” The Boss explained.

One of the grunts from earlier slipped through the double doors while holding a metal tray, he placed it down in front of The Boss to reveal two neatly placed documents with a pen either side.

Sayori’s ears burned red, she tried her best not to fumble with the pearl white gloves covering her slender fingers, but she had rarely attended meetings that were this important - let alone be the centre of one.

The Boss adjusted the rim of his own gloves, ensuring they were on securely, before picking up the document on his left and extending his arm out to Chisaki, “We have decided to join the syndicates together, in times like these the underground network needs solidarity, we need to regain the power we once had”.

Chisaki slowly took the wad of paper from his senior’s outstretched hand and dropped it on the table in front of him, shuffling the pages that had fallen out of place until they were back in line again. After that, he delicately took the top page in between his index finger and his thumb, and held it up to read it.

Hiroto mirrored Chisaki’s actions, he was not as careful and collected as the young man, but he didn’t stop to read the documents himself. Instead his movement was fluid and travelled until the pages landed in front of Sayori.

For a moment she was confused, he glanced up towards her grandfather, then to The Boss, and then back to her grandfather - Hiroto trailed his eyes to the document and then back up to Sayori, giving her a reassuring smile. In that small moment she knew that he meant for her to read the papers, a part of her brain was still calculating why she was being handed the notes and not her elder, but she knew better than to question The Boss.

Chisaki had read the first page and precisely rested it on the table next to the bigger pile. Hesitantly, Sayori followed suit, she picked up the first page and began to scan the printed words as The Boss continued to speak. 

“I never thought it would come to this, after all these years of being on top, these ‘Heroes’ have finally caught up.” his voice was like background music, Sayori was listening but wasn’t really registering the words. The sound faded in and out of her ear drums as though she was walking out of a room playing music and hearing it through the wall next door.

So far the document was referencing the years of brotherhood the syndicates held together, what their values were and outlined how they had been loyal through the toughest of times. This was all stuff Sayori already knew, she had lived through the majority of this - she had been a child for the most of it, but what she hadn’t witnessed, her grandfather had told her.

“It may seem unconventional in this day and age, but it worked back then and it will work now” The Boss’ tone swooped back into her mind, she moved the page to the side as she finished the last sentence and she swiftly picked up the next. She didn’t want to seem like she was slacking.

“We needed a surefire way of uniting the two groups, a way in which they could trust each other and know that any disloyalty would only cause harm to themselves-” the older man took a breath as he readied himself for the next part of his seemingly practised speech.

Before he could utter his next words, Chisaki stood up sharply with his palms flat against the table, his eyes staring down at the words on the paper as though they were directly insulting him.

“An arranged marriage?!” he muttered in disbelief, his eyes never moved from the paper in front of him. Sayori’s eyes had been on him the moment he had started to move, she had her training to thank for that, but as soon as his words sunk into her brain, she looked towards her grandfather for guidance.

Hiroto lowered his head, ashamed. It was unlike him not to consult his granddaughter before any major decision was made, but the fear of her reaction stopped him from even trying.

Sayori immediately turned her attention towards the documents, quickly glancing up towards Chisaki’s stack to try and get an idea of what page he was reading. Then she found it. A piece of paper stating that she and Chisaki were to be married within the next week as a way to join the two syndicates legally and increase the network’s power.

She could hear The Boss asking Chisaki to take his seat and to continue to read the document before he let his emotions cloud his judgement. Sayori’s head was spinning, this had come as such a shock, the document not only told her about how and when her wedding day would happen but also that her and Chisaki would become the new ‘Boss’. Together they would lead the syndicate out of these dark days in the shadow of The Boss’ retirement.

Once again, Sayori turned to her grandfather. His eyes were wary and unsure, and for the first time since he had taken her in, he could not predict her next actions.

“Did you agree to this Papa?” Sayori finally said, The Boss was busy vocalising to Chisaki what was already written in black and white so they paid no attention to them.

“I did, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you” Hiroto apologised to his only family, lifting one of his frail hands to enclose it around his granddaughter’s. “I’ll do it” she whispered to him, instantly his facial features relaxed and a smile spread across his face.

“I’ll do it!” she spoke confidently, this time to the room. She was announcing it as though she was trying to show a lion that she wasn’t afraid of it, and in some ways she was. Chisaki was known for his drastic actions by members inside and out of the syndicate, many years had passed since they had last spoken and she knew she needed to prove she was not a toy from the start.

The Boss gazed upon Sayori with a gleeful smile, “You will do well to keep him grounded” he wagged his finger at a still-standing Chisaki. “Well I wont!” he fired back, his words a verbal counter attack to her own. 

Although they could not see his mouth, the furrowing of his eyebrows was more than enough of an expression to show he was anything but happy. 

“Would you leave us alone for a moment to discuss?” Sayori spoke to the two elderly men in the room, then her eyes widened for a second “Please, if you would allow it” she bowed her head to The Boss - she had almost forgotten her manners.

“Of course” The Boss spoke gently and raised himself from his seat, Hiroto following shortly behind  “I pray you talk some sense into him” was the last thing he said before he exited the room entirely.

Sayori waited until the door had fully swung close before she turned her attention to the auburn haired man towering over her.

[fanfic-she-wrote]

Timeless Love

Kharis is accidentally found with The Scroll of Life by a group of construction workers who are trying to make way for a new road in town. Engerfield calls upon Jessie Banning, a local archeologist and grandaughter to John Banning. Little did she know that her family had met this mummy before and old family secrets begin to unfold as well as an old romance that has lasted throughout the centuries.

Hope you like it! 😁

Chapter 1:

It was the year 2019, the loud roaring engine of an excavator could be heard throughout the once quiet town of Engerfield. There was to be a new road laid out in town to make it easier for residents to pass through. The construction workers thought nothing of it, they were only tearing up an old bog.

Suddenly, a man yelled out waving his hands wildly motioning for the machines to stop.

"What is it, Bill?" The man in the excavator asked, leaning out the side.

"I see something. Over there." He pointed out stepping out into the mud, a couple men following him. Many swears could be heard as they made their way over, their boots getting stuck in the mud making it difficult to walk.

Something was protruding from underneath the mud, but it was hard to make out. The men examined it for a moment trying to decide if it was worth digging up.

"Could be just a root..." One of the other men said. Bill shook his head.

"I ain't sure, but I don't wan' to take any chances." He said, grabbing his shovel and digging, the other men joining in. A few moments later they pulled back with a simutanious gasp. "It's a body!" Bill said, dropping his shovel, horrified at the sight before him. Never in all his years in construction had he come across a human body. A couple animals, but never a human. He felt sick to his stomach. "We better call somebody."

Later that day at the police station, "Yep, that's a mummy alright." A woman with long flowing brown hair said looking up at the police inspector, her blue eyes glistening underneath the flourecent lights.

"What I wanna know is, what is a mummy doing all the way out here?" He asked, scratching his balding head.

"Well there was a recent discovery of Bronze Age mummies in England, but I'm not sure if this would be one of them. I'd have to examine it further. May I have your permission to take this with me to my lab?"

"Of course. We don't have any use for him." The police instructor chuckled.

"Great! I'll have my assistant pick it up." She said, pulling her phone out of her coat pocket.

"By the way, this was found with it." He said, handing her a muddy scroll. Her eyes lit up with excitement. "Perhaps this could be a clue about the mummy." She said, rolling it over in her hand. "It'll take some time to read it though. Maybe with some scannin--" she started, but the inspector interrupted.

"Miss Banning, I'm sorry. All this goes right over my head." He told her. She smiled and nodded.

" I understand. Thanks for letting me know." She said, placing the parchment carefully in a bag.

"Well, you are the only local expert on this sort of thing."

"It's a family thing. My father and grandfather were both archeologists."

"Same with me, except in the police." He said, proudly puffing his chest out.

She shook his hand and said goodbye before turning to leave, leaving the police inspector alone with the mummy. He had been on the police force a great many years and had seen a lot, but something about this mummy truly gave him the creeps.

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"Its almost 10. I think I'm going to head out, Jessie." Banning's assistant, Jack said getting up from his desk and throwing on his jacket. It had been a month since work on the mummy and the scroll started. They found themselves working tirelessly and tonight Jack found himself in need of a break.

"Alright. I'll see you tomorrow." Jessie said not looking up from the computer. Jack stared at her for a moment before walking over and placing his hand on her shoulder.

"What is it?" She asked.

"I was hoping we could have dinner together. You promised that we would for the past few weeks." He told her, a hint of disappointment in his voice. He had worked with Jessie for the past couple years. It was only until recently that he had gotten the courage to ask her out.

She sighed and looked away from the computer for a moment, taking off her glasses. "I know, but I'm almost finished with the scroll now." Jessie told him.

"Can't it wait another day?" He asked, hoping she would change her mind.

"I'm sorry. I just want to finish this. Maybe tomorrow?"

Jack rolled his eyes. "Sure."

"C'mon Jack, don't be like that. You know how important work is to me."

"Yeah, I guess I do." And with that he stormed out without another word.

"Jack!" She called out, but only to an empty office. She placed her head in her hands. Was her work really that important? She had virtually no social life apart from her father and Jack. Maybe for once she could just stop working...but she was so close now. She had to know what was inside the scroll. She took a deep breath and returned to work.

Minutes turned into hours and it was nearly 2 in the morning before she finally made the progress she desired. She held her breath. The scroll was nearly open. Only a few pieces around the edges had fallen off, but other than that it was still in one piece.

"C'mon..." She mumbled to herself as she gently pulled it apart. "C'mon."

Finally, the scroll was completely open revealing it's contents. She gasped and placed a hand over her mouth. "Heiroglyphics!" That meant that the mummy was from Egypt. She turned around and stared at the mummified figure that lay on the table. What was an Egyptian mummy doing in England?

[depressedkakashihatake]

For the Pokémon AU - imagine founders and legendaries! Also someone should totally run a Poké Sanctuary!

Ok this took me so much effort to finish so i am so sorry it took so long XD it will be under the cut to save people from having to see it all

Ok, So let’s start with when Kakashi, Gai, Tenzo, Shisui and Itachi were on their journeys just becoming pokemon masters/exploring the regions.

Gym leaders at the time were.

Minato- Flying type specialist

Kushina- Fire type specialist

Fugaku- Dragon type Specialist

Inoichi- Psychic type specialist

Choza- Normal type specialist

Kohari (Iruka’s mother)- Ghost type specialist (i’m mean, yes XD)

Homura (the old douch elder man in Konoha)- Fairy type specialist

Danzo- Dark type specialist

Elite Four

Jiraya: Water type specialist

Orochimaru-Poision type specialist

Tsunade- Rock type specialist

Koharu (douchy old lady elder of Konoha)- Steel type specialist

Champion: Sakumo (Let me have this ok?)- Thunder/Ground type mixture. 

Next is the reign of Kakashi and his fellow ass kickers

Gym Leaders

Obito- Fire type specialist- Main pokemon is Rapidash

Iruka- Normal type pokemon- Main pokemon is Persian

Kurenai- Psychic type pokemon- Main pokemon is Alakazam

Asuma- Flying type pokemon- Main pokemon is Fearow

Tenzo- Grass type pokemon- Main pokemon is Venasaur (given to him by Kakashi)

Anko- Poison type pokemon- Main pokemon is Arbok

Baki- Ground type pokemon- Main pokemon is Golum

Genma- Dark type pokemon- Main Pokemon is Umbreon

Elite Four

Rin- Fairy type pokemon- Main Pokemon is Chansey

Gai- Fighting type pokemon- Main pokemon is Hitmonlee

Kakashi - Electric/Dog type pokemon- Main pokemon is Jolteon

Shisui- Mixed pokemon- Main pokemon is Absol

Champion

Itachi- Mixed type pokemon ( @itachi-uchiha-deserved-better i don’t know what Itachi’s main pokemon would be i’m so sorry!!!)- Main pokemon is Ninetails (evolved from the Vulpix his mother gave him as a child)

Professors

Kanto: Tobirama 

Johto: Shikaku

Hoenne: Karura (Gaara, Temari and Kankuro’s mom)

Sinnoh: Shibi (Shino’s dad)

Unova: Ao (Byakugan stealing land of mist dude XD)

Kalos: Kabuto (fight me)

Alola: Mabui (A’s assistent in Canon)

Galar: Onoki and Kurotsuchi (In Sword and Shield the mantal is passed from grandmother to grandaughter and in naruto cannon, the same happens for the title of kage between these two so...ya XD)

Legendary Pokemon favs:

Moltres gets along best with Obito, hanging out around his gym frequently and knowing Obito will protect it from trainers trying to fight and catch it

Keldeo forms a bond with Iruka when he was journeying around Unova alongside Tenzo one year

Latios and Kurenai get along great and because of Latios’ bond with Latias, Kurenai is helped to realize her own bond with Latias’ favorite trianer. Latios loves to visit Kurenai once in a while and chill beside her while she’s taking care of her pokemon

Latias of course gets along best with Asuma, who always has treats on hand in case the legendary decides to stop by for a visit

Shaymin has the strongest bond with Tenzo, who found it hanging out with his grass type pokemon in the garden he built for them behind his gym. Rather than getting all excited and trying to study or catch Shaymin, Tenzo continued checking in on his pokemon and even offered Shaymin some poke food. In return, Shaymin decided that this human was good and started to appear randomly to watch him battle and chill out in his hair.

Cobalion gets along best with Genma who’s a child person and just likes to nap in its side. 

Mewtwo actually manages to form a bond with Anko, who sort of understands its struggle of being like a copy of ‘the original’ and will let it hide out and will protect it from anyone who tries to harm it (a lot of people call Anko a carbon copy of Orochimaru, which...kinda obviouse since he trained her but whatever)

Regirock adores Baki. Baki didn’t even try to make friends with it or anyhting, but because he came across the pokemon and didn’t try to catch it, Regirock decided it likes this human and claimed him as its own.

Articuno likes to chill out with Rin (lol) and takes her flying all around the Kanto region when it notices her getting a little bored or restless sometimes. it also loves showing her new places because she always gets so excited and happy (yes, team minato does get the legendary birds, shhh lol)

Terrakion gets along best with Gai (sort of like how i gave team minato the legendary bird, i give team choza their trio...even if ebisu isn’t in here lol) and loves watching him spar with his pokemon. Gai has drive and guts and it really loves that and will sometimes even join in on the training gai is doing with his pokemon, which just gets Gai so excited.

Zapdos is Kakashi’s best friend. Kakashi dragged Gai all around Kanto searching for Zapdos, not so he could catch it with a pokeball. No, all he wanted was a picture of this beautiful electric pokemon. Upon seeing Kakashi’s bond with his electric and dog pokemon, Zapdos decided it likes this strange excited human and started to show up by his side every once in a while. It and Terrakion are the only legendaries that will fight side by side with their chosen trainer, although they do not belong to that trainer. Kakashi has more than one picture of Zapdos now and he loves every single one of them.

Celebi adores Shisui (cuz i wana go back in time in cannon and save shisui gdi lol). He’s so nice and just loves to talk about everything that excites him, and when Celebi takes him on a trip to the past once he’s just instantly excited and so careful not to change anything. Shisui has actually seen extinct pokemon alive and roaming the earth thanks to celebi and he loves that he’s the only one who gets this.

Mew is of course best friends with Itachi. Because Itachi won’t bother mew or try to catch it, it loves going up to him and just relaxing while he’s doing research. It espeshally enjoys landing on his head and falling asleep there while he’s studying other pokemon or just chilling out under a tree.

[datorchoe]

I got one yes on whether or not you wanted to read this so here it is. This is self-indulgent so you don't have to look at this but I really wanted to talk about Cahira's powers in general. This is mostly for my own benefit tbh lol. 

MINOR ESO SPOILERS FOR MAIN QUESTLINE, SUMMERSET, ELSYWEYR, AND MARKARTH AHEAD. Also if you hate Mary Sue OC's please, for the love of God, run for your life.

So, I know I talk about it a lot but I just wanted to flesh it out a bit just how freakin powerful Cahira really is. Like, with her abilities, she could easily solo the entire TES universe, but she chooses not to.

Pre-Molag Bal defeat Cahira really isn't anything to write home about. The most that she's got going for her is her raw strength. She uses two-handed greatswords mostly, but her strength is nothing to sneeze at either. Her grip can, and has, broken bones before. Also, if Cahira is killed and revives herself with a Skyshard while she is souless, she gets a huge power-up, but still feels a lot of the effects of death afterwards.

Now, post-Molag Bal defeat is something totally different. Cahira absorbs all the power from the Amulet of Kings and beats tf outta Bal. (She also saved Darien cause I wasn't ready to loose him just yet lol) Instead of loosing this power like you do in-game, Cahira winds up absorbing all of it into a little diamond shaped tattoo on her forehead that she later calls a "Regalia" (yes I know, not the true definition but you can stfu). With it, she absorbs Aedric energy from the outside world and is able to use the power she got from the AOK. I have nicknamed this her "Aedric form".

Now, at first, she is absolutely horrible at controlling her power. Despite being born with a considerable amount of magic (cough Tharn's grandaughter cough), Cahira is magically deficient. All she's ever known is "punch and stab" so the whole Aedric magic is new to her. But, she meets a ton of people that help her learn to control it. For a while she trained with it on her own, then she met Almalexia, who helped her. Then the year after that she met Vivec and Sil who also showed her a thing or two. She gets the biggest power-jump via this power with Divayth. He's the one who teaches her the ins and outs of Aedric magic. (Of course, by the time her and Divayth meet she's fought Bal, Vile and almost tangoed with Namiira, so shes no stranger to her power)

Then, Summerset occurs. Cahira looses Darien, finds out she's pregnant with his kid, kind of goes a little crazy with rage towards Meridia for keeping Darien trapped away, and then finally decides to retire. She mostly uses her powers now to help her crafting business/ help out around Camlorn and stuff like that.

Three years of her in retirement go by. One night Malacath pretty much kidnap's her and is like "Yo Meridia and Nocturnal are BOTH looking to invade Nirn and their going for the same island. Your gonna help me send em home aight?" (Look man don't question me I needed an excuse to give Cahira a power-up) She agrees and Malacath and Cahira wind up fighting Meridia and Nocturnal and get sent to the Void (Again, don't judge me it makes way more sense explained out I'm just trying not to bore you). Cahira winds up having to pull Malacath out, but her body is still greatly affected by the Void energy, making wounds all over her body and causing her to nearly "shatter". But, in the nick of time, a being merges with Cahira's body.

Cahira being Cahira, she made friends with the being. Cahira took to calling the being "Them" because they referred to themselves as a combination of Malacath, Meridia, and Nocturnal's power. When Cahira and Them merged, Cahira wound up gaining immortality. And I'm not talking "You live forever but if someone stabs you, your out" I'm saying that, like, even if you completely destroy her body, it'll just repair itself. Its gonna seriously hurt, but she'll be just fine. She does have quite a few weaknesses though. She can only use Them's power for a certain amount of time, and if you put like a Silence spell on her, she will feel her injuries a whole lot more.

Now, two years later Markarth happens. During Cahira's fight with Lady Belain she winds up connected to the Dark Heart like Verandis was because she absorbed a ton of Void energy, and she managed to achieve her "Void Form" briefly. However, this form is very draining and painful. If Cahira uses it too much, she could wind up on bedrest for years. But, this is her strongest form. 

At the end of Markarth, instead of Verandis staying behind, Cahira stays behind and connects with the Dark Heart. When she does she returns all the souls back to the people like Verandis does, but her and Them wind up separating, and Cahira goes back to Nirn to live her life. She, of course, looses all of Them’s abilities, but not the immortality. Now, however, she has acquired a new form. She kind of takes on the same appearance change that Verandis does, with the white eyes and white hair, but that's only when she transforms into that form. I call this form her “Soul Form” because she’s already got her Void Form. This is also the form that officially allows her to ascend to Daedric Prince status at this point. 

She doesn’t actually “become” a Daedric Prince, but she does begin to create her own realm of Oblivion at around this time because she can. Its called the “Grand Arena’s” and its a paradise for people who have died fighting for what they believed in (or just souls she gets/her friends who haven’t expressed a want to go to a specific afterlife). 

THEN, four years after Markarth, Cahira goes and does the main Elsweyr questline and, instead of Tharn absorbing all of the energy in the Aeonstone, Cahira does. She, of course, lives and gains yet another power-up. She only managed to keep a fraction of the energy, but she did wind up getting a ton of Aeonstone and using it on her blade, so now she can store energy way easier in the blade itself. This one is likely her weakest “form” as it really isn’t a form itself, but more of a boost to all of her powers. 

All in all, Cahira could most definitely kill everyone in the world, but is too dumb not to. Thanks. 

[thestarkerisobvious]

Black Cats Are Delicious

inspired by @starker-sorbet​        

moodboard by @von--gelmini​ aka @starker-stories

A snugglefic for @mrstarksbabyy​

With great thanks for the betaread by @mrstarksbaby​

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At 13, Peter made friends with the Thing that Lived Under the Bed.  But things change.  Nothing stays the same (not even  2000 year old demons.)

SEVENTEEN

Chapter 2         Black Cats Are Delicious

In the rose-strewn bedroom, Tony fed.  When he was finished (and after he had done other lovely things with his mouth, other secret things) he lay his head on Peter’s chest.  Peter combed his fingers through Tony’s hair as he spoke about his research. 

“…and I’ve talked to Matthew and Mike’s Mee-maw, and I’m going to go back and talk to her after church Sunday.  She’s blind but she still knits and she can talk for hours, Matthew says, but she hasn’t talked to me much.  She’s still trying to find out how we’re related and Matthew says I should just give up and say I’m a cousin but then she keeps asking questions about how we’re cousins and that gets confusing.  Or she keeps thinking I’m a Post.  Because she can’t wrap her head around why anyone who wasn’t a Post would live in our house.  Is it true that everyone knew the Post girls were witches and didn’t care?”

“The townspeople believed the Post Daughters were excellent and most honorable curandera and wise-women and folk-healers and Aunties and Grandmothers.  They never used such crude, base words as ‘witch’ or ‘bruja’ or ‘hag.’  How dare they? It was ignorant and embarrassing. It was bad luck.”

“You convinced them it was bad luck.”

“Of course I did,” Tony said, kissing Peter in the center of his chest.  “I am your dreammaster.”

“Is it true that all those spellbooks were full of spells to find buried treasure?  And how to heal people?  Did you help Lavern Post heal people?  Matthew’s Mee-maw said everyone loved Lavern Post because she healed people…

“Lavern was the daughter of Micaela D’arruda,” Tony said, as if that explained it.  He began kissing a path to Peter’s left nipple, pouting a little when Peter asked him for more information.

“Micaela D’arruda had come with her brother from Portugal to tutor the Post children.”  Satisfied with his answer, he began teasing the pebbled flesh with his lips, giving a little mew of frustration when Peter inserted a hand in between Tony’s mouth and the reaction it caused.

“You still haven’t answered my question,” he giggled.

“I did,” Tony pouted. Unable to kiss what he wanted, he settled for kissing Peter’s hand.

“No, you told me about the Portuguese tutors which the family was constantly hiring straight from Portugal that kept marrying into the family.  I already learned that on my own.  I asked you if you were helping Lavern Post be a famous healer.”

Tony glared at him a little and kissed his way across Peter’s chest.  

“I just told you that Lavern Post was the granddaughter of Tia Micaela, the witch of D’arruda,” he said, as he began nuzzling Peter’s right nipple.  “Tia Micaela was a very gifted bruja from Cueva de Salamanca.  Her grandaughter had very little use for me...” he concluded sourly as he lay his mouth down completely and began to suck. 

Peter relaxed and enjoyed the sensation, even as his mind tried to process the information he was given.  A line of powerful magical women with no need for Tony.  Tony’s hurt pride that Lavern Post had no need of his remarkable healing ability because she had a remarkable healing ability of her own.  The fact that his third nipple was becoming painfully hard because of what Tony was doing to other parts of his body.

He carefully considered all the information, and finally he posed a question.

“What are you doing?”

Tony looked up at him slyly.  “Feeding on your light.”

“How is that different from this?” Peter asked with a grin, gesturing to his witchesmark, now pulsing and eager for attention. 

“This is meat…” Tony said with a growl, descending his mouth upon it.  He suckled for a few moments before he returned to where he had been before.  

“But this is red wine.”

“Well the red wine is getting ticklish,” Peter scolded, covering his right nipple with one hand.  As much as he loved watching Tony’s mouth, his sensitive bits could only take so much.

Tony pouted again, so Peter moved his lover’s head gently to the other side of his chest.  “And what is this?”

“This is white wine,” Tony crooned as his mouth descended again.  Peter tried to relax and let Tony enjoy himself for a long as he could. 

Still, he had questions.

“Then what is the vein in my neck?”

Tony pulled up with a smile.  “This…” he said, turning Peter’s head to one side and kissing a path along the vein, “is what my master loves the most.”

“Well… it’s one thing I love the most,” Peter murmured as Tony sucked at the vein.

“And this,” Tony whispered as he pulled Peter’s left hand to his mouth, “Is the vein that leads to your heart.”  He kissed the wrist once, then took Peter’s last two fingers into his mouth and sucked. 

 Peter allowed it for a moment.  Then he pulled his hand free, took Tony’s hand and led it downward.  

“And what is this?” 

Tony made an appreciative noise as he gently wrapped his fingers around Peter’s cock.

“This is ambrosia.”  

He sank down to kiss the object in question for a few moments, but then returned to lay his head back on Peter’s chest.

“Did the other Posts have witchesmarks?” Peter asked quietly.

“Very few.  They are very rare.  Nehemiah Post had one upon his…”

“Nevermind,” Peter said quickly.  

Tony gave a wry grin, but didn’t finish his sentence.  “And his grandson did, and that grandson’s son.  Very small ones.  None other of the Post men would bear one.

“Tia Micaela was said to have had one, and more than one of her granddaughters did also, but none past the age of 16.”

“Wait… wait… you mean they go away?”

Tony nodded sadly.  “The natural ones, yes.  To  bear one for your entire life, that is very rare.”

Peter was secretly glad.  He didn’t want to know if anyone else had enjoyed Tony the way he was enjoying Tony now.  He had read in a book that demons took the form of cats to nurse at their witches’ mark.  Peter decided that’s how the other Posts had fed Tony.

“Is a Mee-Maw a Tia?” Tony was asking now.

“It’s a great-grandmother.  What is a Tia?”

“A ‘tia’ is an aunt.  A ‘Tia’ is an older woman who helps many people.  The Mee-Maw of the DeSlaughters sounds very knowledgeable.”

“She said Lavern Post could turn snakes into black cats, and that’s why this property has so many cats and no snakes,  but I know you are the one who got rid of the snakes,” Peter said, noting the pride on Tony’s face.  “But she said that’s why the place was overrun with black cats.  Is it true the place was overrun with black cats?”

Tony made a noise that was a cross between a hungry sound and a purr.  “Black cats are delicious.”

“What?  Why did you say that?” Peter said, laughing a little, pushing Tony off his chest.  “I keep wondering why all of  the cats are all over our property and I don’t see any all-black ones.”

“They are delicious because they are so rare.”

“Why!?” Peter tried to sound angry through his giggles.

 “Why are they rare?  They are rare because I ate them all.”

He laughed at Peter’s pretend blows to the chest and pushed his hands away playfully, bringing their mouths close together and whispered, “My Master-Doctor.  I will tell you a riddle.  

“Little-Micaela claimed that there were no black cats in the spellbooks of her family.  Her grandmother’s spellbooks called for white cats, very well fed and well groomed, with a black spot in the chest, over seven years old, to be washed three times before sacrificed to her demon-servant.  Now you must discover why.”

“Are 7-year-old clean white cats with black spots very rare?  Because they were all eaten?”

Tony looked slightly impatient.  

“You must ask “what one does with the white cat?”  It is used in the spell to kill a lover.  Tia Micaela’s servant had searched out a most handsome and wealthy lover, all the away from Brazil, had convinced the royalty to allow him to return from exile and live at her side.  Within a year she had tired of him and bade her servant kill him.  Her servant agreed, for the sacrifice of a well fed white cat of seven years with a black spot on its chest.  Now discover why.”

“Because…there was no such thing?”

Tony rolled his eyes, but Peter found the face too beautiful to let the expression hurt his feelings.  “Alright I can’t discover the riddle.  Tell me the answer.”

“Tia Micaela loved a white cat with a black spot on it’s chest.  And kept it at her knee for seven years!”

“Oh!  Was the cat… did the cat give her dem… I mean her friend, more power?  Because it was her own pet?”

“Perchance.  But I suspect her demon sought to force her to decide, would this loathsome task be worth the death of her bebê.”

“Did she decide she could live with her lover, since it meant she could keep her cat?

“No.  And that is why all the Books of St Cyprian of that family call for the bones of a white cat with a black spot on his chest.”

“Wait… did her demon like her lover from Brazil?  Is that why he didn’t want to do it?”  Peter said carefully, thinking.  It occurred to him, just then, how Tony had gladly fulfilled a suicide request, without hesitation, for Tom Dylan.  But not for his sister Ada.

“Perchance.  Perchance he did not wish to return to Brazil to find another lover.”

“Are you saying… are you saying all those spellbooks call for a black cat because SOMEONE once had sacrificed their beloved black cat to a demon, and that fact just got copied over and over and over again?”

Tony shrugged carelessly, then he smiled.  He reached out and stroked Peter’s face.  “All the chickens in the coop.  Strut around the egg in the hole.  They feed the family.  But the black chicken, that one is mine, and all the family knows it.  All the goats in the pen.  They meh and stamp.  They get pat on the head.  They feed the family.  But the black one is mine, and the family knows it.”

“And that’s what makes it delicious.  Because it’s special.  I get it.  But those were going to get eaten by someone anyway, those aren’t pets.  Pets aren’t supposed to be eaten.  

“So…  if I had a pet, and I loved it, would you ask me to sacrifice it to you?

“If you asked me to kill the lover I brought to you all the way from Brazil?” Tony  said casually.  “Yes.”

“Would you really go all the way to Brazil to bring me a back a lo… a boyfriend?”

“The handsome men upon the television, the ones you dream of, you say they all live in California...”

Peter was quiet for a long time, thinking.  He opened his mouth, but then closed it again.   Tony watched him, waiting.  

“In America… some men get married to other men.  I read that in a… book.  So…”  he said.  He looked down and their fingers as they tangled together.  Then he laid his head down on Tony’s chest.

“Tony,”   he said finally.  Would you be jealous if I grew up to marry another man?”

Tony moved away little and tucked his arm under his head.  He looked up at the canopy over the bed,  which meant he was trying to remember something.

“Do you mean…in “a Ligação de David e Jonathan?” 

“I don’t know… I know who David and Johnathan are, but I don’t know that.  Would you be jealous?”

“When the ceremony was complete, I would serve him as well.  Are you speaking of Matthew DeSlaughter?”  

“What?  No!  Why would I… no.  I mean… I mean after I go to college and meet someone and we got married.  Would you be jealous. That's what I meant.”

“Marriage creates bindings, and bindings create family, and family I am obliged to protect,” Tony said simply.

“And you wouldn’t be jealous?”

“Of your mortal lover?”  Tony asked, looking both amused and confused.

“Oh!  Oh, I see.  So if …. So if I found a spellbook that called another demon…”

“I would tear him to little pieces.”

“Oh!”  Peter said, a little taken aback.  He tucked his head into Tony’s shoulder, blushing.  

“There are many black cows, three leagues south of us,” Tony whispered, kissing the top of Peter’s head, a smile in his voice.  “And many cows with black spots a good league east, so very many…”

“Those cows belong to other people Tony,” Peter scolded, smiling even as Tony kissed him.  “I told you, no stealing…”

Tony made a groaning noise as he pulled Peter close, but Peter knew Tony’s way of teasing.  One hand was slyly moving to caress Peter’s witchesmark, which meant Tony wanted to feed again.  Peter moaned in response and tangled their legs together.

He truly hoped it would rain all summer long.

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The Master Post (not that one, the other one)

as always please direct comments, questions and constructive crit to @witchwayisright

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[writer-rochelle]

Statesman: Ablaze  Ch.1: Rules

[sometimesrosy]

Roswell New Mexico ep 1.09 liveblog Songs About Texas

Listen I don’t care that I’ve never done a liveblog about this show before. I love it. I watched the original. I like this one better. Do not watch if you don’t want my buzzed cursing and spoilers and flailing. Because I curse and flail and spoil. it was an accidental liveblog because I was messaging a friend of mine who watches but was not caught up. So I didn’t want to spoil her until she said it was fine and then it became no holds barred. Do I edit it or let you see my terrible typing while I watch a show and drink a beer in the afternoon? 

Ahh. Get it unfiltered.

me--all right. i'm watching the roswell episode

buddy--We had a rather intense work meeting How’s the Rowell episode Roswell*

me-- just started. idk. did you see the last episode? omg i like all these character so well

Buddy--No I’m so behind

me--well then i can't tell you marias not as quirky. i liked the last maria a lot oh i like all these characters. the female sheriff? i like her too can we please have a maria/alex/michael love triangle? please? no wait not love triangle. ot3 polyamory please

buddy--Lol your commentary is awesome

me--michael is canon bi. it works. maria and alex can just be nonsexual partners and share micheale he's SO cute IF YOU HAD KEPT UP TO DATE I COULD GIVE YOU BETTER COMMENTARY

buddy--YOU CAN SPOIL ME

[buckle up I just go IN]

me--they're going to see a faith healer they're wondering if she's an alien. max and michael went to see if she did that, but liz and maria went to see  if she could heal maria's mom who is crazy. the female sheriff went to ALEX instead of his father who is trying to get her to out max.  she found a handprint death and thiks there's a conspiracy and she doesn't trust alex's dad who is blackmailing her to surveil alex. wait why is MARIA going with Michael to heal his broken hand that was smashed by Alex's dad because he cauthg them together. oh wait. liz is talking to max PERSONAL SPACE MUCH? michael is funny. "That feeling babe is naivetee" wait why does michael care about maria? oh she's a fake healer. oh. they just did an indigenous appropriation comment. wait grandma is like, 'they were asking about the sigil?" i love his show confession. i'm on my second beer. michael stole from the scamming healer. liz doesn't care

buddy--Ah feeling a little loose?

me--michael is funny casual let's say better than anxiety oh they just made a cut about healthcare. this show is awesome maria is singing alanis morisette!

buddy--Oh hey I don’t judge at allI can’t go that route or my family would start raising eyebrows

me--i'll probably have to watch again because i'm getting buzzed wait why is michael flirting with maria stop it michael if you're just teasing poor max is moping wait maria's making max sing with her i love max, michael, maria and liz together. oh now we have alex, the female sheriff, and liz's ex boyfriend. i like them too but he thinks the murderer is isobel but it's not i bet it's someone else.

buddy--No I can’t imagine it’s that simple 

me--i think there's another alien out there killing people and taking control of isobel which means she didn't kill rosa but whoever controlled her did I'm REALLY gonna need michael to stop flirting with maria because i used to ship maria and michael and he made me ship michael and alex. michael is both hot and funny at least we get some max and liz bonding. oh no there's a motel across the street!!!!!! girl sheriff just got told her ex bf max is an alien

this show is great

Oh god lol Is everyone in this town in love with max evans? says liz's ex bf what's his name?

buddy--Dude come on you know the answer to that I think Kyle 

me--lol kyle yes that's right uh oh needed to rewind the lol line and i rewound too far. atleast i get to see max and liz again wow how far did it rewind? I guess I'm pushing my kids "clean up your room at 4" back a little bit. wait we're back to alanis again? maybe my buzzed rewinding is making it so i don't need to watch again btw maria can sing wait michael TOTALLY checked out maria stop that! liz is falling in love wth max wait lol line coming up. in love wih max evans DId you just threaten to tattle to our parents Jenna? Manes or the Sheriff. now she's about to find out Max is an alien. wait. the female cop is Jenna. it skipped to the previous commerical l why would it do that? michael and maria flirting again. listen stop playing with my heart. WHICH ONE?Maria or Alex?  they're so cute Liz suggests the hotel. She jus tlooked at Max with love in her eyes If there's only one bed i will die Jenna freaking out about Alien Max wait here's the line. Kyle annoyed because everyone is in love wih Max evans.  Alex says, "angsty nerd isn't my type even though he is tall." Kyle says, "Is angsty COWBOY?"lol

buddy--Lol

me--btw remember kyle used to be a homophobe

buddy--Ohhh right

me--uh oh. Kyle has info too. Alex is investigating. Alex, Kyle and Jenna are a good team. Alex wants to take over project shepherd.

STOP!! THEY ONLY HAVE ONE ROOM AT THE MOTEL!!!!

buddy--LOL

me--Oh no lol

KING SIZE BED ITS THE JALAPENO ROOM REAL SPICY that is an actual quote from actual canon

buddy--LOL What?! 

me--LOL YES LITERALLY But the clerk found anothe rroom I think Wait wait before he found the room

"It's fine, I can sleep in the truck" max "ITS FINE WE"RE ADULTS" liz

LOL OMG THERE WAS ONLY ONE BED

buddy--LOL Oh the kiss of death 

me--lol but they're teasing he finds another room lol. i'm crying with laughter is it the beer or is it really funny? i have to pause and let myself laugh even though the other room is called The Alamo room. "Which one of you is into mass carnage? i love this show Lol rewind i need to see that again WF WTDF WTF i can't even curse without typos IT LITERALLY JUST DID THAT just cut to liz alone in a giant bed. halepenos. real spicy. she's tossing and turning i am pausing with liz tossing and turning because I DONT BELIEVE IT i know how to spell jalapenos. i'm not a good typist especially when watching tv

buddy--It’s okay lol

me--THey cut from Liz tossing and turning in the jalapeno room to max tossing and turning in the alamo room. THIS IS A FUCKING FANFIC neither of them could sleep. YOU COULDN"T GET COMFORTABLE BECAUSE YOU SHOULDA BEEN IN THE SAME BED YOU FOOLS

buddy--LOL CLASSIC

me--Max wants to be a healer, he tells liz. or thinks he should because he's seen people die in his job. She's the only one he's saved."Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown." quoting henry the iv. dorks. he just gave her his coat uh oh liz doesn't hate max anymore. she was mad at max becuase he lied to her, he broke her heart. shades of bellarke LISTEN YOU ASKED FOR THIS LIVEBLOG isn't there a writer for this show that used to be on the 100 is it the sisters?

buddy--YEA

me--mother fuckers

buddy--Oh lord almighty

me--i have to keep taking breaks because i can't handle it

buddy--Well I know what I’m watching when I get home

me--they are literally bellarke after coming back together. llz felt betrayed like clarke felt betrayed over madi if i press the wrong button it goes CRAZY on the rewind. it just went all the way back to the fake healer liz wanted to share a bed. she hated the alamo room this is SO fanfic romantic THis is so bellarke even how she walks away kyle and alex are bonding over aliens. but kyle doesn't believe they are terrorist threats. maria and michael are bonding over being shitfaced come on michael OH MY GOD HE KISED HER SHE KISSED HIM BACK OH DOWN THEY GO DAMMIT THIS WAS NOT IN MY PLANS OT3 or bust do NOT mess around with my maria and michael if you're not going there

Faith healer again. This time Max is there with the grandma. The grandaughter is scamming but the grandma knows something. Faith healer wants to see max striptease lol. grandma tells her to get in the car. Grandma calls him a loud white cop lol He shows her his tattoo. Grandma knew someone like him. Sh enever spoke until the day she died. "He has arrived so I may leave." She thinks Max is who she said.

Oh Maria and Michael. "Here's the deal. Never happend. Tell no one." He told Max and Liz or maybe not.STOP FLIRITNG YOU"RE KILLING ME

"I could never hate you" max says to Liz. And she doesn't believe his version of her."youre always muttering in spanish like it's some secret language no one understands but you. hello. we're in new mexico. we all speak spanish."He sees her faults. And he loves her Easily KILL ME NOW STOP WITH THE SUNFLARES WOW SHE REALLY YANKS HIM BACK TO KISS HER HOLY SHIT THAT"S ROMANTIC REWIND HE SEES HER. oh he takes her hands and tells her she thinks that being more perfect than her sister she's easier to love but he sees her fautls and he loves her easily" Is it so crazy that I believe in you too?" I just know. Oh god THAT IS . A FUCKING GOOD KISS. She has her hands all over him

buddy--Sorry a coworker was talking to me

me--rewind AGAIN ou have to catch up

buddy--I will

me--he says, "come on I'll drive you home" and starts walking away and she's like THE FUCK YOU WILL YOU AMAZING MOTHERFUCKER YOU"RE GOING TO KISS ME I"VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR TEN YEARS. I could literally keep rewinding that all day but I realize I need to know what comes next commercial break ends. omg they're still kissing Now they're breathing. Why he asks. "I ran out of reasons not to. Was it whorth the wait?" He says it was worth the wait SOMEONE'S WATCHIN GWHO THE FUCK IS THAT? WHO THE FUCK IS-- WAIT THATS ISOBELS HUSAND HE sees the eggs He sees isobel in the egg. 

kyle and liz. her cure works but the thinks isobel is the murderer. the husband tells the sheriff that isobel is in rehab. he's lying. Kyles father was killed by an alien too.

Alex and Michael oh no. after Maria. He's got maria's necklace in his boot now alex is jealous. YOU MOTHERFUCKERS. Alex says he needs a mechanic

Buddy--.The original Liz shiri appleby directed this episodeBtw

me--Wait no he's confronting Miechael. Alex tells him he loved him. LIke something cosmic and now he wants to start over. motherfucker

yeah i knew about shiri. she has apparently read some fanfiction so have the writers

Buddy--Yeah I’m 100 percent the show runner carina has lol percent sure*

me--alex wants to be friends with michael "Do you want to know who I am" or do you want to know what i am." Max is writing fiction and reading it to Isobel. In walks Liz. He kisses her again. Thanks her for solutions for Isobel. She thinks there's a fourth alien in roswell because she knows the murders were aliens but not isobel because isobel hasn't had a blackout since Rosa. I told you there was another murdering alien.

buddy--Ha!!

me--wow that was INTENSE. next week she tries her cure on isobel her husband knows she's an alien now though

buddy--Oh lord

me--I"m posting this whole thing online. Just so you know. you'll be kept anon.

buddy--That’s fine lol