#im totally open to explaining anything if something doesn't make sense!

[polychaeteworm]

you seem like a cool system and we're stoned so we're feeling social! what relationship dynamic does your system overall have? we view ourselves as a sort of found family, whereas a friend's system views themselves as strangers (though some of them know of each other).

Lol also feeling social for the same reason hah. Thanks you also seem like a cool system!

It's complicated but I'd say we are like a family, or rather an intermarrying of families. I often describe us as being an alien field research team. We all were OCs before being diagnosed so essentially we have a shared paracosmic inner world with lots of history. JRR Tolkien levels of history.

We all are of the same species but earth hits us all different so we try to take care of one another in that respect. there's some strange alien social hierarchy in there too. It's a lot and I may go more in depth on here in the future when I get a desktop computer.

A lot of us are in relationships with each other and our partner systems alters, But basically I'm like a steward of sorts to Saira(the only other alter who posts on Tumblr). He has more memories and access to our myths and spiritually because of prior exotrauma, while I have learned earth to a point of almost losing my former species identity. I'm almost too human because I'm good at blending in. So I'm like a travel guide queer platonic partner to him and most of my system while he reminds me of where I've come from.

[mythalism]

keeping track of all of these damn dragons like its my full time job. lets go

several of the dragons horns clearly correspond to the evanuris symbols/statues we’ve seen in several murals, trailers and in the gameplay reveal, while others are total wildcards.

in the gameplay trailer, we see this dragon the most frequently. this dragon’s horns don’t match any of the evanuris symbols, but it appears when morrigan is speaking and doesn’t seem aggressive to the characters in the moments we see, only ever breathing fire in the open air, so i would assume this is mythal.

its the same dragon from the cover art for the game:

it’s also somewhat similar to flemythal’s dragon form in da2, though not exactly, and is similar to her iconique hair horns. the dragon in the trailer’s horns are less curved at the ends, and are a bit wider.

either this isn’t Mythal, it is Mythal and they just made some subtle stylistic changes and didn’t anticipate anyone as insane as me analyzing the horns, it’s someone completely different, or mythal’s dragon form has changed now that morrigan holds her soul. i cant really imagine it being anyone but mythal, as mythal's dragon form has been on every dragon age game cover in some form.

it’s worth noting that none of these dragons look anything like morrigans dragon form from inquisition, which has horns that curve downwards, though i think it's plausible that her form could change with the full soul of mythal:

then we have this dragon, which is thankfully straightforward:

this is elgarnan, with his horns being a perfect match of Elgar’nans symbol

next we have this creature which we see twice and doesn’t even have horns. a week ago i would have said this is ghilan'ain, because of the weird tentacles, the pustules on it's body that we saw all over the trailer, and the fact that it seems like a mash-up of creatures, almost like a griffon and a dragon, or some other lupine/feline/canine form and a dragon. however, now i'm not so sure, and ill explain why later on.

the second time, it's side by side with a new dragon whose horns match both andruil's symbol in the murals and on the statues, and in this image of andruil and ghilan'nain:

these horns are of course also similar to the very first dragon, but i dont think they're wide enough, and these go in an then out, while the others go out and then up. and the similarity makes sense in the context of andruil being mythal's daughter.

another reason i think this is andruil is because of the story of andruil wearing "armor made of the void", and the clear red lyrium and corruption literally oozing out of this dragon:

also worth noting is in the scene above on the right, we see a spear/pole fly out of the red dragon towards the screen.

we see this pole/spear earlier in the trailer, connected to ghilan'ain's elven (barely) body, along with what looks to literally be another body impaled by a spear?

if ghilly melded the corrupted body of her lover to her own to preserve it and then eventually brings her back as a blighted dragon so they can devour the world together, that will be the toxic yuri of all time, but that's a topic for another post. back to the dragons.

because now we've got another one to figure out.

as i said earlier, i would have originally clocked those red and blue creatures side by side as andruil and ghilan'nain, transforming from their freaky melded elven form and into dragon/archdemon form.

but then yesterday happened, and they dropped this bomb:

HER ARCHDEMON?

and then we see the "archdemon" in question:

which, frustratingly, we do not see AT ALL in the release date trailer, but you know where we did see it?

the original reveal trailer. hm.

the way the combat gameplay is edited would lead us to believe that this is ghilan'nain's archdemon, as the text says, but im not fully convinced this dragon is 1. an archdemon and 2. isn't on our side.

the dragon doesn't attack us in the gameplay, it literally just roars (at something else, not us, maybe ghil's creepy porcelain mask face off in the distance?) and then flies away. we also don't see it attack us in the reveal trailer, just this big, cinematic roar.

we also don't see any clear signs of blight or corruption on this dragon. it can be hard to tell as we've only seen one (confirmed) before and it was urthemiel back in those lovely 2009 origins graphics, but even still, he looks pretty crusty, and in line visually with what we see of darkspawn and blighted creatures such as black/red colors, generally gross looking, etc. same for this artwork of dumat:

additionally, everyone thought that corypheus's red lyrium dragon was an archdemon (instead of just a high dragon) because of how fucked up it looked.

i dont doubt that ghilly has an archdemon, but im not convinced that the dragon we see in the combat gameplay is it. it doesn't look blighted or corrupted in the way we have seen from actual archdemons and creatures mistaken for archdemons.

its possible that the gross-looking blue dragon hybrid creature we talked about earlier is ghilly's archdemon, and it's wreaking havoc on some other part of weisshaupt that we dont see in the footage, and they are trying to bamboozle us by showing us that other dragon.

these horns, of course, look a lot like morrigan's dragon horns from inquisition, which curl downwards in the same way.

but of course, the colors and other facial features dont really match.

you could also make the argument that these downturned horns match ghilly's downturned horn headpiece that we have seen a million times at this point, and maybe it really is that straightforward and that is "her archdemon". but if thats the case then what the hell is this freaky blue creature with similar tentacles and gross pustules (that are all over weisshaupt as she attacks it, so definitely associated with her) all over its body?

maybe both are affiliated with ghilan'nain? one is her little pet archdemon while the other is her own dragon form?

at this point im just throwing things at the wall to see what sticks. i have no clue who this damn dragon is.

what we do know:

we have seen 5 distinct dragon-like creatures in this game so far.

some of them are archdemons, some of them are evanuris shapeshifting into dragons, some of them are ???????? i'm at a loss, at this point. bioware, you win. "dragon age" indeed.

[hils79]

Hils Watches Lovely Runner - Ep 4

HE SAVED HER AFTER THE CAR ACCIDENT I KNEW IT!

AND HE KNEW WHO SHE WAS WHEN THEY MET ON THE BRIDGE! Okay, that I did not see coming.

This is clearly going to be an excessive capslock episode I'm very sorry.

This whole scene hits different now that you know that he's been in love with her since he was in school, and that she's the reason he likes those sweets in the first place. I love this so much!

WAIT THAT'S JONGHO SINGING! OMG I know the song but I totally forgot it was from this drama. I am such a bad Atiny. Has this song played before and I just haven't noticed?

I am going to say that I'm going to be a bit annoyed if it turned out someone pushed him or something. It'd feel almost like saying 'we can't have a romantic lead who suffers from depression' or something like that. But I shall reserve judgement until we see how it plays out. I mean stuff keeps changing because of the time travel stuff anyway. Just a thought I had was all.

I understand the logic of trying to exactly recreate the situation that sent her back into the past last time but I'm not sure lying in a river in the middle of the night was part of the magic

Calling it now this dude killed him because Sunjae wanted to retire. I have absolutely no foundation for this theory beyond knowledge of drama tropes but that's what I think

I know that you're grieving for your best friend but why would you say something cryptic like this and then just hang up without explaining when she asks what you mean

Ah, the magic only works at midnight! That makes sense. As much as anything to do with magic makes sense. I still don't understand what caused her to come back to 2023 in the first place though. Is it because Sunjae told her he loves her even if she didn't hear it?

Oh no she remembers what happened while she was back in 2023 including rejecting Sunjae and hitting him with her bag. OH NO.

This poor boy though. The girl he likes has what seems like a total personality change, tells him to get lost, and then a week later she's back to the way she was again.

Oh, yeah, him. Love him calling her 'girlfriend' rather than her name just because Sunjae is standing right there

When you find out your 19 year old past self is totally cringe

He's handling the whole personality switch thing far better than Sunjae is

This is so funny I thought for sure she was going to be the one who inspired him to become a singer and instead she's doing whatever she can to make sure he doesn't become an idol to protect him.

Of course there's a bully. There's always a bully. He can be friends with the bitchy girl who hates Im Sol.

Oh, punch him!

Holy fuck she just headbutted him before Sunjae could even land a punch. I love her so much.

Ah, I see. She saved him from his bully and now he's going to save her from hers

Scrap that she saved herself because she's awesome

Oh that's so smart she yelled a bunch of stuff about the future so time froze and she could sneak past Sunjae's dad

I love that even though she knows Sunjae as a friend now she still goes into fangirl mode sometimes. It's so cute.

Really can't relate to what a heavy sleeper she is. This is, what, the second or third time she's been asleep while he's been there and hasn't woken up at all. I'd have been awake as soon as he opened the bedroom door.

God he's so adorable. Look at him comparing their hand sizes.

The only time he ever looks happy now that he can't swim is when he's with her. I'm fine. I'm definitely not crying.

So she gave him the advice that he gave her. Does that mean he only knew to say it to her because said it to him in the first place? My head hurts 😂

I mean they can. You just can't be friends with this particular girl because you're in love with her

This is honestly making all the cringe stuff I did as a teen seem totally sane and normal

Okay, what's with the sus taxi that was going to stop and then pulled away when the driver saw that Im Sol wasn't alone?

He's all wet again. And, hey, she's remembered that he was the one who saved her after her accident

[pixlpxie]

Pix I have something that’s been bothering me for a while. I have a cousin… she’s like my best friend. Two years younger than me and completely innocent in the physical sense. She’s definitely not pure minded. The thing is her and I are totally comfortable with one another. Maybe too comfortable. There’s something about her that makes my corruption kink go wild and makes me want to ruin her. But then I remember she’s my cousin. But there are times where it seems like she’s tempting me on purpose… I don’t know what to do and it’s making me crazy

Yall are getting too comfy, just bc i am an open minded (?) person about kinks and fetishes it doesn't mean i condone incest, what you're describing is not even roleplay its real (even if it was rp i still dont like it and honestly don't understand it maybe you can explain why yall like it) idk im not going to tell you anything abt this situation or give you advice (?) as to what you should or shouldnt do i hope you figure things out soon and quite honestly idc about what you're doing in your bedroom so if youre both into it who am i to say anything :p

[fairycosmos]

I have a crush on u and it's actually making me kinda sad. its embarrassing, I don't know u, u don't know me. and there's not really a 'chill' way to begin conversation (not that u'd like me anyway, so no point, lol). I get internet crushes are embarrassing n stupid. but seeing how u respond to people alone, is enough for me to feel something u kno? it never fails to amaze me how attentive & present & thoughtful and deeply compassionate u are to each & every person. it's never dismissive in the slightest, and doesn't feel like ur attending to an 'audience' but actually just so attentive and in tune in the most resonant way with each person. u care. u have such a great capacity to empathise w others, to make people feel seen n heard. and it somehow seems effortless, and just undeniably genuine. you're special. please preserve this precious part of u.

awwww angel you are so so sincerely sweet <3 dw i get this for ppl online sometimes it's sort of a parasocial thing but then it's also about like. finding companionship and security and a sense of true appreciation for ppl online in the absence of having it IRL and i can totally understand how that can morph into some semblance of a crush if you get crushes on people quickly. i really really appreciate it and am so deeply flattered for real <3 esp with how fucking unloveable i feel all the fucking time lmfao!! the thing is i know it's soooo cliche but i think it's just easy to read me that way on here when in reality i am just straight up not that emotionally or physically desirable - and u would get over it quickly if you knew me, i absolutely promise lmfao. anyway it's prob cringe and unhealthy but yeah i Absolutely do care ab the ppl who make an effort to interact with me and open up to me on here and i find a lot of solace in knowing im not the only one who is severely mentally ill and struggling lmfao. i very much want people to feel seen and heard like i rmr when i was 16 and people first started telling me ab their lives on here and i was like Well i know how shit it is to feel unacknowledged and if i can give that to this person through my silly little blog why fucking not - whether it resonates with them or not, whether able to solve anything for them or not. i don't think it's anything particularly special, in fact i think a lot of people feel the same on here which is why we're often so open and vulnerable with each other, but yeah i am just another person trying my best. and this blog has been a massive comfort to my during a time where i have been genuinely entirely emotionally isolated and honestly not reading reality correctly or healthily - i know i still don't. i'm like not right in the head in a way that isn't easy to explain away and i know a lot of people on here are too (lmfao sounds like shade but i mean it earnestly.) so i think it's a two way street and i appreciate the ppl who keep up with me and who i keep up with a lot, prob more than i can articulate. i do make the effort to not be dismissive and i really adore you for seeing that and being truly kind about it. ab the feeling of having a crush - again, i am seriously so flattered and blushing and screaming inside at the absolute compliment lmfao. if ur ever in a place where you want to get to know someone (and obviously ur around my age and you think we'd get along well) - hey my dms are open!! i'd love to know ya and keep up with you too. MWAH <3

[waywardsalt]

Hey, thanks for the response on the post where I asked about what people dislike ab totk! I genuinely appreciate it a lot, and you summarized most of my thoughts about this beautifully!

Here's something you might find interesting: something about this game's pacing REALLY bothered me from the start, and I think I know what it is. Totk, despite being an open world game that you can pour a ton of time into, feels short. It's a really weird feeling, and I think it can be explained in that Nintendo is trying to use the linear storytelling format for a nonlinear game, which is also why the ability to see the tears in a random order was disorienting, and why the stories from the ancient sages felt so repetitive.

The gameplay is long, but the story isn't! If you compare it to Skyward Sword, for example! In sksw, you go through each of the areas once, and then again with some changes, and then again with more. There's several clear acts, and even if the game is super super linear and recieves criticism for that, it works really well in that context. Additionally, the characters more than make up for the linearity of the story. Totk tries to take that same format, but doesn't seem to understand that this format is for a linear story. It only has a very brief story, and the story to gameplay ratio is so dragged out that unless you get invested in the world, it all starts to feel really stupid and pointless. Unfortunately, totk fails at getting us invested, too.

I really hope this made ANY sense at all, ty again for the input!! I love the responses I'm getting on that post djbdjsndns :D

Hi, you're welcome for my uh... totk rant, I guess? I covered a lot of stuff in it but I wouldn't say I covered everything bc there is... a lot abt that game that rubs me the wrong way in one way or another.

totk is definitely an odd case, it being an open world game that does try to adhere to linear game rules, you’re right- and i’d say the story is severely kneecapped by that attempt on the game’s part to have its cake and eat it too. it tries to mix what botw brought to the table with what was done in the past, but because botw is vastly different in what it does than past zelda games, the result is a messily paced, poorly-told, gameplay-focused with piss-easy mandatory puzzle segments result, failing to capture the advantages of linear games and instead making those specific parts considerably weaker.

people give linear games shit for… honestly, im not totally sure, as someone who really enjoys linear games. they allow for a good focus on story and character, mostly because you can have a set pace and passing of time and order of events. totk tries to implement linear style elements into a game where you can do anything out of order, so in the end the story is surprisingly brief but slow paced because you have to travel so far for everything and they have to account for you doing everything in any order, hence... repeating the same fucking information as a reward for four of the dungeons (which, i don't care how you feel about this game, is an awful fucking choice i mean holy SHIT), and is probably why the interactions with the new sages include very brief character arcs or something, they wanted to include some kind of linear character stories but it all just got stuffed in between a bunch of mini-main quests.

the fact that effectively half of the main story happens ages in the past and is communicated through brief cutscenes that can easily be encountered out of order, too, is kind of a pitiful way to tell the story. they're all basically glorified exposition dumps since nothing about them will change, they're all events that have already happened and have nothing to do with the player except hyping them up i guess.

the dungeons themselves are awkwardly transposed from a more linear game style with them relying on a specific skill to some degree, but they just fall so flat compared to past linear zelda dungeons. in botw the divine beasts honestly worked because the mechanic of manipulating the beasts themselves and the activating of switches fit perfectly with the setup of the dungeons being huge machines, while there isn't as good of a story example as to why totk's dungeons have the same switch mechanic. botw's divine beasts work pretty well in an open world setting. totk's just fall to pieces in an open with setting, even discounting how ascend could just snap them in half entirely. you just... can't have the same kind of dungeons as past zelda games in an open world format. once you take out the array of specific-use progressively-earned items, you're just left with this tiny little gmod ass toolbox to do what felt like baby's first loz-style dungeon. go to the clearly marked waypoint, do one (1) simple puzzle, get reward.

i miss mini bosses, rooms with puzzles that had to be solved to unlock a door or a doorkey, and even the experience of wandering around just trying to figure out what to do next. honestly, the first half of the lightning temple was the best part of all of the dungeons put together, and then we're back to 'go to four different rooms to do four different easy puzzles'. linear games have genuine advantages over open world games, and open world games have their own advantages. in the story segments, totk just ignores the advantages inherent to it's game's basic style in favor of trying and failing to emulate the advantages of a very different game style.

totk is so paradoxically unable to tear itself away from the series' past while at the same time disregarding series staples and even big parts of its own goddamn prequel.

in my experience with the game, as far as i can remember, i believe i went around and opened all of the towers, did some shrines and the depths, got the master sword, did the main quests with some side quests, then sped through getting all of the memories in order, then did the final boss. in between all of that, i managed to get all of the armor, do every single shrine, and open the entirety of the depths. i did not give a single damn about the story by the end. for me, with my playstyle, everything was just... spread out over such a long period of time so there was barely any urgency at all, i experienced the memories all in quick succession while already knowing the big twist (which. btw. i didnt care about. i wasnt really endeared to zelda and link's lack of visual interest during cutscenes just brought up the question of if he doesnt care why should i), and since this game's story is more linear, it just felt so disjointed and strange and... not important.

with botw it makes pretty good sense why link may take ages, why you could get the memories however you want, all of that. zelda is keeping things with ganon on pause for you. all of the big stuff happened in the past. you are here in the present, in the ruins of the past, a blank slate come to eventually complete the mission that you had failed, at the same time discovering this new world and becoming re-acquainted to it with this strange second chance you've been given. totk doesn't have this excuse. at least in past zelda games, you did things in a specific order, so when you wanted to fuck around, it was usually something related to or based on your progress. if you want to fuck around in oot what you can do is based on where you are in the game and even then it all ends up wrapping back around to bolstering link for the end. getting hearts, better items... like every side quest in every other loz game did. in totk you can do a sidequest for like. one flower. and what does that even do for you. it doesn't have the excuse of the honestly pretty well crafted setup and world state of botw.

i really don't know what happened during the development of totk, and i can't imagine it was the smoothest thing in the world, esp considering the pandemic hitting in the middle of it. but just... it just feels like it failed in so many regards and was just... so disappointing, and yet people are heralding it as the best zelda game and- this is not what i want a zelda game to be! i want a zelda game to have those wonderful puzzle-filled dungeons with well-written main characters and music that fits the setting and feels supported by the game's events and a unique setting with unique little nooks and crannies and good pacing and act structure and like. some kind of heart to it. not just another big open-world game created to be the big open world game where you can do this one amazing specific cool thing that TOTALLY is worth the $70 or whatever else it may be priced around the world.

idk. to me what makes zelda games zelda games is the linear storytelling and those complex dungeons and specific method of progression, and botw's new open-world emulation of the sense that loz 1 gave does not and probably will not ever be able to mix with that linear style unless you have massive in game game style shifts to allow for it. either return to the old format or just commit to the series becoming Triple A Open World Game Series Number 34

[hellonerf]

5 + 22 for ame!!!! :3

5 : first song in mind : depending on my mood really and how honed in i am the general themes i associate him with (how personal/human focused im imagining his issues to be in that moment) 🤤 but im gna be cringe and free rn and just say kirai kirai jiga hidai by kuragep is like easily fitting to me most of the time

22 : thing i like in fics with him vs thing i dont like : for something i like, i like when its an outside pov to him and hes like fucking weird in that specific way that really hits my marks 🤤🤤🤤 honestly its hard to explain for me... im pretty open to how his personality can be but 🤤 i like when he's not well adjusted but kind of persistently indestructible in how he behaves? like immovable object/unstoppable force lol...

as for something i don't like, thinking hard on this 🤔 i think. (trying not to come off as annoyingly prissy about his characterization...) ok putting it under in case i do just start to ramble

i don't like when people play into his hero thing with it being seen as a sincerely good honest untroubled thing like i read fics of other characters doing shit and hes something of a cop there and i start passing out really hard. i don't know i think he's generally disinterested in other people most of the time it's hard to put that with a Sincere hero talk without him just seeming like a hypocrite. obviously you could just make him not disinterested in people in ur fic for that but in my preference i'd just sacrifice his sincerity 🤤 also u make him a "cop hero" and i really just pass out so hard. getting up and leaving. sorry i can't do this shit...

well, i obviously like an ame thats ill in some ways, but i don't like when he feels too fragile personally(emphasis on personally)... this feels obvious with what i put for something i like lol. but i mean i like when something does totally destroy him but i need it to make sense in my head 🤤 though i don't mind it too hard since people do whatever mental stuff in their fics it just doesn't do it for me Personally...

this is just a lame and gay one but when he is too smooth suave whatever flirt 🙁 just total personal thing because i hate male characters who are not only handsome but like smooth and loveinterest-like and AME is my FAVORITE so he CAN'T be a CHARACTER TYPE i HATE!!!! (loud banging head on wall)

now i might make it seem like i would dislike a puppylike good honest ame. thats not true i like him like that too sometimes (when i wanna go aw... aw... aw.....)(then i start wanting to trap him in a cage) but i also want his flaws to be pulled to the front sometimes and maybe he can be forced to confront with his honest to god insufferableness or maybe other people have to. it relly depends 🤤 i like all kinds of ame it rly matters on execution i spose...

oh also i don't like when they overdo the deception thing i definitely talked about this before lol but when its master manipulator shit like 😕(BORED AS FUCK) idk. i just don't believe it. other people aren't that dumb. everypony knows you bucking lied. and if he's lying about something i'd like it if it's copium to himself too like im not a bad guy its just like this..!!! this is how it is!!! if ur gonna make him fucked up i'd like it if it's in a miserable world and no human has been or is sane bcz its miserable out here and everyone knows he lies nobody does anything about it cz argh whaetver... people have their own business all the time... i like lived in worlds and whenever everyone is caricatures while one guy is ReallySmart and pulling the strings it just doesn't feel grounded and i fall asleep

[californiaelitewells]

AEW Dynamite 06/28/23 Review

Jon Moxley vs Tomhiro Ishii

2 great talent. Im interested in seeing if AEW will play ok the Chaos vs BCC storyline we saw start at New Japan Resurgence.

A solid opening to the episode. I wasnt anticipating the angle until after the end of the match, but seeing Eddie make a surprise entrance as an oppurtunity to attack Claudio. I assume in hopes Mox would be too busy with his natch to interfere.

After the commercial break it seems Eddie has calmed down only in that he's not actively approaching Claudio. Instead shoosing to stare at him fron across the ring.

Mox gets the win but its its obvios theres syill tension with him and Eddie Kingston.

Parking Lot Segment

This story between MJF and Adam Cole is going exactly where I think its gonna go.

MJF is going to try and and turn Adam Cole heel, and Cole will try the to the same to MJF conversly turning him Face.

BCC segment with Renee

This was pretty much for Eddie to explain why he went out during Mox's match. I would call it a little selfish for Eddie to expect mox to all of a sudden not want Mox to hang around Claudio.

Orange Cassidy, El Hijo del Vikingo, and Keith Lee vs Jericho Appreciation Society (Daniel Garcia, Matt Menard, and Angelo Parker)

2.Oh havent been on TV for a while I dont think, long enough for me to actually be excited to see them again.

I'm also happy to see El Hijo del Vikingo back on Dynamite, loved Forbidden Door, but I will say there was a distinct lack of Lucha.

Solid match. Tony really just says all babyfaces are friends. I think that's fine.

Hungbucks Dark Order backstage segment

Oooo drama between the Dark Order and Hangman. It makes total sense for Dark Order to be upset with Hangman, especially since the bucks always seem to disappear every time Hangman is in trouble. I'm excited to see what happens with their match.

Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara backstage segment

I didn't have much to say about their match on Sunday. I noticed that they didn't really progress anything regarding Sammy and Jericho, and neither did this segment.

Dark Order vs The Elite

6 AEW originals so I'm very happy to see this match.

I really hope we see a healthy showing of the dark order recruitment specialist.

So I'm not expecting Dark Order to win, and neither am I expecting Hangman and The Bucks to stop tagging together anytime soon, so with that, it is possible Dark Order could be using this opportunity to return. To their roots as villains.

It feels like a possibility with how willing Uno is to attack Hangman while he's on the apron.

Hangman is finally ready to take his opposing team seriously, and he ends up being pinned for a Newark fall the fans were really into.

Just when I typed that John Silver reversed the Buckshot Lariat into his own pin attempt for the second closest near fall in the match.

Adam Page reluctantly pins for the win.

So, instead of giving us more Dark Order, the BCC decides to use this moment to attack the Elite. We do get something though as it seems Dark Order is choosing not to do anything for Hangman. Even Kongston is out here to fight off the BCC.

Looks like Forbidden Door wasn't the last we seen of Don either since him and his new son Konosuke Takeshita are out here to be apart of Jon's official challenge for BLOOD AND GUTS.

I'm excited for Blood and Guts forsure. I'm not sure if it's just going to be Eddie instead of Kenny on the side of the Elite, but if so there's definitely room to add another player for each team. Especially since it seems Don's whole character is to be an Antagonist for Kenny's story.

There's a lot of ways this story could go, and I'm glad there are a lot of different threads that connect to the drama each character has had so far in AEW.

Another parking lot segment with MJF and Adam Cole.

I like MJF's generic white boy line referring to Roderick Strong.

Also confirmed MJF doesn't watch Dynamite

Jungle Boy Jack Perry Promo

Now that he's a Heel Jack Perry wears sunglasses. I guess now that we have MJF to do the Tag Team storyline, and Christian is on Collision, we need someone to just go out there and talk shit for a whole segment.

Never mind, we're getting a youpeople promo.

After talking about Hook for a minute, Hook makes his entrance, and Perry hightales it out of the ring.

We cut to back stage where Jack Perry barely escapes in his get awar car

Sammy Guevara Sign Promo

He's cutting a promo on sting. I like how they are able to use this as a way to both; let Sammy cut a promo and get the Advertisements out the way.

Ruby Soho vs Alexia Nicole (Who didn't get a lower third)

This was supposed to be a match against Britt Baker, so I'm not expecting this to be a very competitive match. We'll probably see Ruby use this as more of an angle to call out Britt.

Ruby ends this match with Britts finisher, the Lockjaw. Pretty regular stuff. All capped off with the post match Spray paint.

Oh cool post match promo too.

Johnny TV Backstage Promo

I like John Hennigan and all his silly names. He fits more with the whole QTV gimmick more than Hobbs did. Rampage is also getting its own identity now, but it's felt like it's getting one for the past few months now, and I'm not sure if it is ever going to reach that point.

Main Event: Tornado Tag Team Match: Sting and Darby Allin vs Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara

I really hate that shitty flash movie that plays in the background of Sammy's entrance.

If i remember correctly, this is the 3rd time we saw the Painmaker character on Dynamite.

I like the tornado tag rules as a tv stipulation. Makes the match feel faster paced and chaotic.

Oh, geez. Sting jumped off the ladder onto Sammy, who was on 2 tables. I dont know if that was a great landing. It looks like sting may have landed his pelvis on the edge of one table and bumped his face on the second.

Sting somehow gets up and ends up in the walls of Jericho. Luckily, he was able to use the Painmakers own bat against him.

There's a lot of interesting depth to this story between Sting and Jericho, as we see Ating using all the moves he used back in the 90s and Jericho using the collection of moves he has gained in the years since. I feel there's a lot of possibility with this fued.

Sting wins with the Scorpion Death Lock

Closing thoughts

It feels like not much was developed in this episode aside from the MJF and Adam Cole story as well as Hangman and The Dark Order.

I'm excited to see Rampage and to see if they build anything else towards blood and guts this week.

Once again thanks for reading my review. Let me know your thoughts on this episode, are you expecting to be in Blood and Guts?

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THESEUS - a dsmp story ( DreamSMP x Queen!Reader)

CHAPTER FIVE : AND I REALIZE THREE FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.

Chapter Summary: You had gotten what you wanted, but at what cost? Nightmares ensue, and Dream’s true colors begin to show.

pairing: c!wilbur x queen!reader

an// IM BACK!! hopefully yall like this chaper cause this is the last one that I wrote in the past, Im writing chapter 6 rn so it might take a while. Also sorry for not posting requests I really wanted to get this chapter out there

⚠︎ swearing, dsmp spoliers(?), angst, arguing, smoking, explosions, gaslighting(?), not proofread.

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"Good job you two! This is all yours now.”

Dream had led you and Eret back to the castle, all of them still battered and bruised from the war they recently had. You had already taken off your armor and now you were wearing underneath your L'Manburg outfit that was torn and burnt showing some of your skin which was also burnt or cut. You had noticed on the way to the castle that Dream had kept on looking at the outfit that Eret and you had on with disgust, like a taunt.

You could finally relax in the huge castle that you apparently deserved because you and Eret had taken the first lives of the citizens of L'Manburg. In your heart you knew that L'Manburg was still a country. They all have two more lives and they will build the country up again with those two lives. You sighed then kept walking into the throne room. you looked at the two big thrones that sat next to each other. One for a king and one for a queen.

"Why are you standing there? Sit down! Relax!" Dream patted one of the thrones.

You and Eret had sat down on the thrones next to each other looking around the huge throne room and Dream smiling right in front of them. Once you both sat down you tried to sit up straight, but you wanted to slump down into the comfy, plush, velvet and gold chair. The two of them sat on velvet and gold thrones while in burnt and torn L'Manburg uniforms. It was a sight to see, and if someone didn't know the context of what just happened, this scene would've made sense to them.

"I'm happy you did this. You deserve all of this." Dream said while walking along the marble floor.

"It's beautiful, but I'm exhausted." You let your head fall to the side. You sighed wanting Dream to leave so you could finally get some rest.

"I bet."

"Eret are you okay?" You spoke up after Dream.

Eret had a look that you couldn't make out. He just stared off into space in his own mind. He shook his head after you called for him again.

"Yeah, yeah I am fine. I'm just thinking." Eret quickly responded.

"What are you thinking about?" Dream said in a monotone voice.

"If we did the right thing." Eret sighed.

You slowly nodded because you were thinking the exact same thing. They were traitors, you had built somewhat of a connection with those people you helped kill. And now what? you're living in a huge castle and apparently you "Shouldn't be feeling this way", Dream claimed.

"You two are overreacting. They are fine." Dream said bluntly while staring at them with a straight face.

That was a huge lie, their lives were taken today. They're not just “fine”.

"You two were never a part of that place anyways. This is your home! Why would you need to wear those hideous colors? They look bad on you, it's unflattering. There is no need to go back." Dream explained.

You hang your head not knowing what to say to the man, there wasn’t really anything to say but you spoke up hoping the words will come to you.

"I don't-"

"You don't have to say anything, it's okay. You're safe now. Did you get hurt?" Dream asked.

The bruises and scars said differently.

"Remember when I said that?" Dream pushed the question.

You rubbed a burn mark on your wrist and laughed a bit. "No! Actually I don't. We're safe now, but that doesn't mean we aren't hurt." You chuckled in disbelief.

"Well maybe if you listened to me you wouldn't be so anxious. If you listened you wouldn't have been so hesitant. You're safe." Dream said sternly.

"Maybe you're tired, Dream. We're all tired. Shall we go to bed?" Eret stood up and held out his hand to help you up from your seat.

You accepted his hand and started to follow Eret through the huge castle making your way through the huge, high ceiling halls. The three walked towards the king's and queen's room in the castle, Dream kept a slower pace and walked behind the two wanting to get one more word in before leaving the castle.

"If you two are ever in doubt just remember that you are on the right side of history." Dream said then turned around to leave the two alone.

You both stopped and turned around to see Dream’s back facing the both of you as he walked away. You and Eret eventually made it to your new bedrooms. There was a big door which held a huge room made for the both of them to sleep in and two separate rooms next to the bigger door which were made for one person. Eret and you stood in front of the bigger door staring at the intricate designs on the door not speaking to each other.

"So?" Eret laughed.

"So!" You exclaimed while chuckling.

"Are you okay sleeping in that huge room tonight?" Eret asked.

"I'm not totally comfortable with that, but it would be weird if we slept in the same bed. Don't get me wrong! You're a great friend, but-"

"Y/N/N stop! I'm okay with that too. I wasn't looking to sleep in the same bed. Yes we're married, but we're just staying friends, hey we might get a divorce later." Eret explained.

"If I do, we won't be king and queen anymore." You said softly to your husband.

"Is that what you want? To be "queen"?" Eret asked while putting air quotes around the word queen.

You paused for a moment then answered his question.

"I don't know where I'm supposed to be, Eret." You looked up at him sadly and he pulled you in for a hug. It took you everything you had to not cry into the L'Manburg uniform Eret was wearing. Today drained you mentally and physically, your hands were raw from shooting arrows, you had burn marks on your skin and your feet hurt from running through the kingdom. You weren’t sure about where you would go, because this didn't feel like your home.

"Let's go to bed and we'll talk in the morning. Rest on it because I'll happily divorce you so you can find your place in this huge kingdom." Eret laughed and let you out of his arms.

You chuckled and then let him go walking into what was supposed to be the queen's room and right next to it was the king's room which they both walked in after saying goodnight and closing their doors finally having time to themselves after a long day.

You finally took off the L'Manburg uniform and laid it on a velvet chair in the corner of the huge room. You stared at the uniform before going to the nearest closet and picking out something to wear for that night. The queen's room was basically the huge couple's room that you found before, but just with a smaller bed. There were still trinkets, jewelry and even clothes in the closet. you took a nightgown out of the closet and sat on the plush bed. You ended up laying down staring at the high ceiling thinking of the predicament Eret's question brought.

You finally retired for the night and crawled into bed and got under the soft covers. The window was open so a soft cool breeze was blowing through the room letting the curtains flow with the breeze. If you left you wouldn't have anywhere to go except back to L'Manburg, they would never let you back even if you tried. They probably hated your guts by now, so maybe divorcing wasn't a good idea. You had a set home here, you had food, clothes, and you weren't under attack every minute. you didn't have to watch your back for any enemies.

Your mind slowed down as you finally lulled yourself into a deep sleep forgetting the troubles in your mind for only a moment.

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The sunset fell over the horizon making it a gold, red color. It was beautiful. The trees were illuminated and the lakes had a certain glow to them. you could see mobs began to crawl out of the ground and caves, but you was safe up here.

You looked down and saw the familiar obsidian walls. It seemed like a faint memory, but in reality the walls were real. It was like you could feel the stone underneath your feet at this moment. you could see inside L'Manburg.

you saw Tubbo and Tommy laying in the grass talking to one another. you saw Fundy sleeping in the grass next to them. There were two new faces you had never seen before. It was a woman with short pink hair and another man with a shaved head. It might've been your mind putting people in your dreams to fill space. Then you saw Eret sitting by a small river letting his bare feet flow in the water. It was a peaceful scene.

"Beautiful sunset isn't it?" A voice showed up beside you.

It was Wilbur. He had his uniform on, it was clean like the war didn't even happen.

"It is really beautiful." You agreed watching the sun continue to lower over the trees.

"You know everything the sun touches is yours? It's all of ours. It just so happens that you can see the sunset and sunrise from L'Manburg. You can do anything as long as you see the sun rise and fall." Wilbur said, keeping his gaze soft at the sunset.

You hummed but stayed quiet admiring his words and the sunset.

"Let me tell you what I wish I'd known when I was young and dreamed of glory. You have no control who lives, who dies, who tells your story. After you took one of my lives away I understand now. You can't control other people and their motivations."

You hang your head in disappointment, but then Wilbur continued.

"But I know that we can win. I know that greatness lies in you, but remember from here on in that history has its eyes on you. History will forever have its eyes on you no matter what you do." Wilbur looked into your eyes as the sun set on the two of them the stars began to shine.

The light brown eyes Wilbur had turned darker because of the sunlight being gone. You looked out back at the mobs in the forest and the huge towers in the sky made the kingdoms members. you turned around and looked into L'Manburg. Or what was considered L'Manburg.

There was no one there anymore, instead of people there were huge amounts of TNT that filled the walls behind them. you could hear faint voices around them, people that you didn't know. It sounded like chaos. you whipped your head around to Wilbur who was dressed in a brown tattered trench coat, brown pants, and a white shirt instead of the L'Manburg uniform.

He had a cigarette in his mouth and matches in his hands. He smirked at you as the voices around you got louder and your head sounded like you were in the middle of a tornado. your head was buzzing as your eyes couldn't focus on Wilbur in front of you. It felt like these moments were happening right in front of your all at one time.

"You want to be a hero Tommy?"

"You know if I die, this country goes down with me."

"if respect is the only thing protecting you from a knife in the back, then respect is nothing, right?"

"Kill me, Phil. Phil, kill me, Phil kill me! Phil, stab me with the sword, murder me now, kill me! Look-"

"You know Y/N" Wilbur started next to you. He lit a match and turned around to L'Manburg which was now filled with TNT.

"Somethings. Somethings were never meant to be." He threw the match into the huge pile of TNT and all in a second the obsidian underneath your feet disappeared as you fell into the explosion beneath you.

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"Fuck! Where am I?!" You shot up from your sleeping position in a cold sweat.

You frantically felt around the bed trying to convince yourself that you were physically at the castle in your bed. You finally caught your breath and laid back down in your bed finding yourself staring at the ceiling again. Even with the window open blowing cool air into the room, your skin still felt hot. You ended up tossing the covers off of you and making your way towards the entrance of the kingdom to get some air.

That dream was so much stuff in it you couldn't comprehend all of it. It was like Wilbur was there as if he was talking to you directly and it wasn't a dream and it made you second guess yourself and think that it may have not been a dream. You finally made it outside and sat on one of the steps that led people up into the kingdom. you sighed and breathed in the fresh air and it immediately relaxed your body and mind. You were alive, you were here and sadly Wilbur wasn't there. You closed your eyes and felt the breeze around you until you were startled by a figure beside you.

"You're up late. I thought you said you were mentally tired." Dream chuckled sitting beside you.

"I had a bad dream." You sighed.

"Hey don't take my name in vain like that" Dream laughed trying to bring up your mood.

Dream sighed and stood back up when he didn't get a response from his companion.

"Come one, let's go. Let's get your mind off of the one bad dream." Dream held his hand out, gesturing to you to take it.

You took his hand and then released it letting him lead the way to wherever the wind may take them. The dream is currently still stuck in your head. The voices from different people confused you and made your head spin.

"You want to be a hero Tommy?" What did that mean? Was someone threatening Tommy? Will someone threaten Tommy? You grew to care for that kid.

Who said "If I die, this country goes down with me"? What country. L'Manburg?

"If respect is the only thing protecting you from a knife in the back, then respect is nothing, right?" That one stumped you the most. you didn't even know if this was being spoken to you or to someone else. All of them except for the Tommy one.

Were they all even dreams? The one that haunted your mind the most was the one where someone was telling a man named Phil to kill them. Were you there for that moment? Did Phil kill the person? Who was Phil? All these thoughts and questions plagued your mind so much that your feet mindlessly carried you wherever Dream led you to.

"Here we are." Dream led You on top of a hill, a tall enough hill to see the main attraction. The place you missed the most, L'Manburg.

Tears started to form in your eyes and you tried blinking them away. All the moments of that dream appeared in your brain, but even stronger. you never felt these emotions before. Maybe L'Manburg was your home all along. you missed seeing Tubbo, Tommy, Eret and Fundy doing their own thing while your and Wilbur had a deep talk inside the van. you had spent weeks with them growing too attached to them and then ended up becoming a traitor.

"That place. You never belonged there. You're too good for them." Dream started and you stayed quiet watching the stars begin to disappear.

"Do you trust me?" Dream asked.

You stayed quiet not having the answer he wanted to hear. He wanted to hear you say that you trusted him when in reality you couldn’t, you weren't fully there yet, not anymore. 

"They lied to you. It's not your home." Dream continued on letting you listen and not talk.

"How did you know if someone said it was my home or not?" You asked, startled.

"I might've been keeping an eye on you. I wanted to make sure my flower was okay." Dream kept his gaze on L'Manburg.

"Stop calling me that." You sighed.

"I never started. This was the first time I said that. Who called you flower?" Dream suddenly got serious, staring at you.

you kept your sights on the obsidian walls, not sparing him a glance. The stars began to fade and the sun peeked over the horizon. As they stayed longer the sun rose over the walls of L'Manburg. You started to remember the words in the dream you had.

"You know everything the sun touches is yours? It's all of ours. It just so happens that you can see the sunset and sunrise from L'Manburg. You can do anything as long as you see the sun rise and fall."

L'Manburg stands for independence. Independence. That word kept ringing through your head like a mantra until a few voices below the hill and near the walls alerted you.

"HEY! Hey Wilbur! Give me back my shit!" Tommy yelled as he stomped after the older man.

"Wilbur get Tommy to stop shouting and give him his swords back please!" Fundy yelled trailing behind the two.

"No not until he learns not to go start stabbing shit!" Wilbur yelled back at the other two.

You missed that. you missed the bickering and the nonsense they all shared. you were upset that Tommy still hadn't learned his lesson and you wished you were there beside them at that moment.

Dream spoke up giving you a look you couldn’t quite get. "You are never allowed to step inside those walls again.

"What gives you the right to tell me what and what not to do? Who does that make you? Who do you think-"

"YOU ARE NEVER ALLOWED TO GO IN THOSE WALLS!" Dream yelled getting dangerously close to you.

You continued to stare at those blue eyes as the bright sun rose over the dark walls of L’Manburg. you didn't say anything but descended down the mountain alone with the sounds of Tommy, Fundy, and Wilbur bickering in the background, wishing you were there and not next to the man next to you who was staring at you angrily.

"I know what’s good for you! I know what's good for this country! Just trust me Y/N!" Dream yelled starting an argument

"Would you calm down! You came here to be all quiet and now you're yelling at me. You might want to be quiet before Wilbur hears you. Or do you want me to get him myself?" You yelled back, getting furious.

"Oh you wish! He doesn't care for you as much as me, Sapnap and George do! They agree as well!"

"Don't put words into his mouth!" You accused

"Oh! So if he cares so fucking much he would've help save you. And do you know what would happen if he saved you?! You would've died! I saved you! You were in a perfect situation and all you had to do is not complain! You're always overreacting." Dream ended with a huff and rolled his eyes while turning away..

you were speechless at this point. Overwhelming emotions consumed you. you couldn't believe you were overreacting. Maybe Wilbur wasn't everything you needed. you were overreacting, you were being selfish too. Dream was right. Dream walked over to you pulling you in a hug with L'Manburg was still in your sights.

"I did everything because I love you. You're too precious for them, you're not for them. They don't deserve you, you deserve someone who wants the best for you. A flower that needs a home and I'm here to give it to you." Dream softly explained.

Your eyes kept tearing up at the words and different emotions flowing through you. The sights on L'Manburg make your memories and questions come back. Where did you belong? But more importantly who was telling the truth?

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Wildmoore prompt 😁: Ryan is on a mission and she doesn't think she's gonna make it so she tries to confess her feelings to sophie...

Thanks for the prompt even though i'm pretty sure this was not what you had in mind. Sorry for any mistakes, your girl sucks at editing lol lemme know what you think and if anyone has another prompt im so down.

So here’s the thing. Ryan is a hero; total badass who can take whoever and whatever down. No competition. She’s your girl. But - and Ryan would like to point out it’s a big but - she’s not perfect. Which explains how, maybe, on her way to dispose of some fear toxin, she trips over Luke’s chair and the can of fear toxin goes tumbling down with her, hitting the floor at an angle and, essentially, popping open all over her batcave. Her initial reaction? Call out for Luke, but it only takes her, who knows, about five seconds before she’s breathing in some of that fear toxin, and with wide eyes she tells Luke to stay away.

Bless his heart, Ryan thinks as she watches him reach for a respirator he so conveniently has near one of his and Mary’s tables with fancy science equipment on them. Luke is quick to take action as he watches the gas surround Ryan in a way he’s never seen gas respond to anything before. Both he and Ryan stare wide eyed at each other as the gas from the toxin seems to focus on one intended target, circling around Ryan with malicious intent. And then, just like it appeared, the gas was gone, almost as if vanishing into thin air before Ryan felt herself lose consciousness.

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“Hey, so I got in contact with the GCPD and they were unhelpful - not that I’m surprised.” Sophie says nose deep in her notes as she walks into the batcave, not really paying attention to her surroundings as she goes over what she’s found on their latest case. “But I talked to an informant from one of the-”

“Sophie!?”

Sophie lifts her head at the sound of her name, her hazel eyes instantly finding Ryan’s own, but she frowns when she realizes Ryan is being kept chained up against a table on her own.

“What the-”

“Thank god you’re here.” Ryan says with a sigh of relief before her eyes go really wide and she’s erratically looking around Sophie for something before she turns to stare at her again. “Luke! H-he took away my suit a-and left me locked up here.”

That doesn’t make any sense. Sophie turns slightly to look behind her where the suit normally stayed. She scrunches her brows together when she sees the suit perfectly untouched. What is going on?

“Ryan, what’s going on? Are you okay?” Sophie asks as she stalks closer, frowning when she sees dried tear marks on Ryan’s cheeks.

“NO!” Ryan shrieks with a loud sob, her body now convulsing as she tries to shake out of her restraints. Sophie stops cold. “You have to be careful, she’s waiting.”

“Who’s waiting, Ryan? What?” Sophie looks around them again. Is she being pranked? Cause not funny.

Ryan hiccups before she starts shaking her head, eyes wide as she stares behind Sophie. Sophie turns but sees nothing.

“Please don’t hurt me,” Ryan says, but she’s not talking to Sophie, she’s talking to whatever Ryan was seeing behind her. “P-please don’t touch her.”

“Ryan?” Sophie raises her voice to try and catch the other woman’s attention, cupping her face in her hands as she tries her best to get brown eyes to look at her. Sophie doesn’t understand why she sees so much fear and grief in her eyes, and doesn't understand why Ryan seems to hold onto her arms like they’re her last grip on reality. “Hey,” Sophie whispers, “hey, you’re safe.”

“N-no, She’s h-here.” Ryan responds with a shake of her head, her hold on Sophie tightening enough to cause a small wince to grace Sophie’s face. “Before she t-takes me.” Ryan begins with a hiccup, her eyes now focusing behind Sophie again as tears begin to pool at her eyes. “I s-should have told y-you a long t-time ago, but I-I never found the r-right time. I l-love you. I’ve loved you s-since C-coryana.”

Sophie is at a loss for words. At a loss for what to feel. What was going on? If it weren’t for the absolute terror she saw in brown eyes, Sophie would have been certain this was a joke because Ryan? Love her back? She wasn’t born yesterday. She knew there was something between them - she wasn’t blind - but love? Ryan hadn’t even so much as mentioned anything to her - not that she had said anything about her own respective feelings, but that was a conversation for another time-

“Don’t you dare touch her, you bitch.” Ryan seethes as she wrestles against her bonds. Sophie leans back in shock before she hears the elevator of the batcave come to life. She watches as Luke storms out with a worried Mary right behind him.

“Sophie!”

“You can’t take her away!” Ryan shouts from behind Sophie, but she’s so caught up in whatever’s wrong that she doesn’t notice that she’s talking to literal air.

“Why does she think someone is trying to hurt her and take me away? What am I missing!? And why is she chained up!?” Sophie asks as she feels her head go crazy, too many things happening at once.

“There was an accident with the fear toxin she was putting away and she inhaled most of it.” Luke supplies in one breath as he worriedly stares over Sophie’s shoulder. “I called Mary to see if she can find a way to get the fear toxin out of her body faster.”

“Which I should,” Mary interrupts, the empty can of fear toxin in her hands as she examines it. “If this is the same fear toxin from yesterday, I should be able to produce an antidote that helps get the fear toxin out of her system.”

Sophie grimaces when she hears Ryan groan in pain. Her brows furrowed as she turned to look and saw Ryan doubled over, her restrained hands still struggling against the chains. Sophie moves to stand near Ryan again, unsure how her touch would be welcomed. Ryan snaps her eyes open and sits up straight, her arms flexing as she takes a deep breath and tries to burst out of her chain, but to no such luck.

“S-Sophie,” Ryan calls urgently, her eyes now focusing on her surroundings, "you need to leave! I c-can’t save you!”

“Ryan, we’re safe.” Sophie tries to reassure, reaching out to touch Ryan’s hand. Ryan twists her wrist and grabs onto the offered limb with a vice grip.

“I can’t lose you, Soph.” Ryan admits, her hand still wrapped around Sophie’s as she stares at her in horror. Her eyes can’t quite seem to focus on Sophie, instead they flicker in and out as she tries her best to keep an eye out for whatever it was that was terrorizing her. Sophie’s heart breaks as she tries her best to reassure Ryan they were safe, her thumb brushing over Ryan’s knuckles. “Please.”

“Ryan.” Sophie calls as she unsuccessfully tries to get Ryan to focus on her. “Hey,” Sophie says a little louder, causing Ryan to snap her eyes at her. “First of all, I’m not going anywhere, okay? We’re in this together. Second of all, this is almost over okay, so hang in there for a little longer.”

Ryan only seems to understand half of what she’s saying, the fear toxin doing it’s job in clouding her mind enough to make her uneasy about everything in front of her. How could she even trust this was her Sophie? Ryan had already seen so many flashes of her previous tormentors, each one circling her as if she were prey. This last one, though, had her blood run cold. She looks past Sophie and sits up just a little straighter - she knew she would come back, her taunting laugh echoing in her ear as the masked figure approaches her. Them. Sophie, Ryan thinks, her beautiful Sophie who was standing right in front of her as this masked figure was coming at her with sharp teeth and eyes that looked like death. Ryan musters all her strength before she manages to tip her chair forward, taking an unsuspecting Sophie with her, Ryan trying her best in trying to cover Sophie with her own body. It serves for a rough fall, though, because while Sophie had tried her best in catching Ryan, Ryan tumbles over half her body Ryan ended up falling face first onto the batcave floor knocking her unconscious.

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Ryan wakes with a thunderous pounding in her head as she tries to blink through the haze in her eyes, the bright lights making her eyes water. She’s not exactly sure what’s happened; can’t remember anything but her talking to Luke earlier today, and with the thought, in sets her anxiety. She blinks a few more times until she can clearly make out the computers and medical equipment around her. She takes in a steady breath as she realizes that she’s still in the batcave. She hisses as she tries to move her hands, but they’re sore and she can barely muster enough strength to make a fist.

“You’re awake.” Ryan looks at her side, spotting Sophie making her way towards her from the batcave elevator, a bowl of soup in her hands as she slowly makes her way to Ryan.

“I-uh, yea,” Ryan answers with some unease. Her body feels tense and she can’t for the life of her find any strength to move.

“Hey, stay down.” Sophie instructs as she takes the chair already next to Ryan’s side. “I brought you some soup, I don’t know if you’re hungry, but you haven’t eaten anything in almost a day so you must be starving.”

“Not that hungry,” Ryan dismisses, “what the hell happened?”

“Well,” Sophie begins, setting the soup down on the nearest table. “You tripped and opened a can of fear toxin. Except, you happen to inhale one of the purest forms of it and it really did a number on you. Do you remember any of it?”

Ryan looks directly at Sophie, searching for something in hazel eyes. Does she remember anything? No, not exactly, everything seems to blur into one when she tries to think back, but she must have done something, right? Why else would Sophie be asking her that?

“Um,” Ryan begins, “I'm not sure.”

“Oh.”

“Oh?”

“Oh.”

“Don’t be a smartass, tell me what oh means.” Ryan says with a frustrated grumble. She must have done something. “Did I hurt someone?” She questions quickly, lifting her head almost as if to see if she might spot her unsuspecting victim just lying on the floor somewhere.

“No, you didn’t. Luke kept you chained up until you hit your head and passed out.” Sophie supplies, shifting in her seat with an uneasy feeling swirling in the pit of her stomach. Sophie looks down at her lap as she wills herself to say, “you did say somethings, though.”

Ryan grumbles at herself. “Fuck, what did I say?”

Sophie stays quiet for a second, unsure on how to proceed, because what should she say? That Ryan had confessed her love for her? that she threw herself over Sophie to protect her from whatever had been terrorizing her? Or had that all been the fear toxin? Sophie knows Ryan is waiting, can feel expectant eyes on her as she fidgets with her hands in her lap.

“Soph?” Ryan questions, watching as hazel eyes looked up to lock with her own.

“You told me you loved me.” Sophie whispers into the air between them. It becomes tense as Ryan somewhat shifts a little so that she’s giving Sophie her whole attention. “You said you couldn’t lose me.”

Ryan is silent, lets the charged air settle over her racing heart. She thanks Mary for not hooking her up to any EKG, otherwise Sophie would be witnessing just how fast her heart was beating. Had she really confessed her feelings? What had been Sophie’s response? She tried her best to manage a sort of seated position, but failed as the strength in her arms had yet to return. Sophie stands and is at her side in an instant, leaning Ryan against her chest as she slowly helps Ryan into a seated position.

And all would be fine and well, if it wasn’t for how they’ve ended up with Sophie in between Ryan’s legs and Sophie’s hands falling onto Ryan’s thighs the minute she’s satisfied that Ryan wasn’t about to fall backwards. When Sophie looks at Ryan’s face, she realizes how close they are, their lips a hair length away from the other.

“What did you say?” Ryan struggles to get out, her eyes focused on the plump lips in front of her.

“I-uh,” Sophie begins with a shallow breath, “nothing. You hit your head and passed out after that.”

“Romantic.” Ryan utters under her breath, but being so close means Sophie hears it.

“So you meant it?” Sophie asks with such a hopeful look it makes Ryan’s already racing heart pound against her chest. Something churns in the pit of her stomach from being so close to her. She uses her hands to wrap around Sophie’s arms, tugging them until they’re wrapped around her waist, bringing Sophie in even closer.

“I will admit I don’t remember saying anything, but-” Ryan wraps her arms around Sophie’s neck, bringing their lips in a slow kiss. It only lasts less than five seconds, just a small brush of their lips together, but Ryan can’t help the happy sigh against Sophie's lips. “I definitely meant it.”

[elladories]

hq boys reacting to you listening to a sad song

warnings: its a little bit sad,,, but its mostly just fluff!!

characters: suna, nishinoya, atsumu, kita

a/n: hehewieweoweoweiow,, im writing again hi!!

requests status: open <3

<3 suna:

- he's lounging on the couch waiting for you to complete your homework before he can have your undivided attention!!

- he understands that your studies are very important so he doesn't mind it (good boyfie) -he's lurking around spotify and spots u listening to a song

- at first he's like "oh ok cool lol this song kinda slaps!!!!"

- doesn't even realize its a sad song until its nearly over LMFAO

- eyebrow furrows and he's making his way over to where ur studying just to check up on u!! he didn't really know what to expect

- he doesn't think of the song as much but more so just wants to look out for u <3 awe

- your nose is in your book and you're reading a chapter for ur most recent lesson

- "hey babe?" lanky suna approaches u

- ur head shoots up and suna's standing at the door way with his arms crossed (sweats nervously)

- "yes rin,,?" u ask and ur busy putting your bookmark in the book

- "are u okay?" he has a blunt approach that has u confused and u awkwardly laugh at him

- "of course, why?"

- he's relieved in some sense but is kinda concerned for u HAHA

- "alright,, just checking up on u. are u almost done?"

- if u say no he'll throw yu over his shoulder and demand his cuddles

- and if u say yes he's still gonna throw u over his shoulder and demand his cuddles

- win win situation!!! rip ur studies lmao

<3 nishinoya:

- it's been a hard day and u have been out running errands the entire evening!!

- u plan on taking a shower and then making a snack and then maybe a nap

- u plug your music into a speaker and get undressed for your shower

- the playlist is randomized and ends up playing some sad songs by some weird chance,,,

- nishinoya comes home from practice and is excited to see u but his entire mood deflates when he hears an extremely sad song blast from the bathroom

- his entire face goes white and he immediately starts imagining the worst scenario possible

- drops all his bags at the door and starts sprinting to where u were and forces the bathroom door open

- "y/n?!"

- "oh hi noya-!" u didn't expect him to just rush into the bathroom like that but thank goodness you're already in the shower

- "are you okay?!" he becomes a little more relieved when he sees ur messy clump of clothes on the floor and when u explain the situation he's relieved

- afterward nishinoya wants to bonk ur head but it wasn't ur fault but really he's just glad he got home and nothing bad could've happened to u <3

<3 atsumu:

- on the way home from practice atsumu walks u home everyday <3 he wants to make sure his precious s/o gets there safely!!!

- "tsumu! do you want to listen to this song with me?" u ask him one day and he generally takes the other side of the headphone

- he expects something fresh or pop but instead the song starts with slow piano chords,, he crooks his head at the sound but nods a long and waits for something to happen with the tune

- "i didn't know u were into music like this, angel"

- "oh- i'm not usually! i just really like this song, tsumu!"

- PLS his heart fluttering rn in his chest because of the nickname

- after the song ends u wait for him to give his opinion on the song but instead he's leaning down to ur level and brushing ur hair out of your face

- UR STARTLED BY THE INTIMACY

- "tsumu,, whats wrong?" u ask him, gasping when u feel his hand caress your cheek

- atsumu on the other hand is a bit worried for u,, a sad song like the one he just listened to was something he didn't expect u to like...

- "are you sure u just like the song, angel? did ya boyfriend do something wrong?" atsumu pouts but then he immediately stops when u throw your arms around him

- "you didn't tsumu,, i just liked the song!!"

- he's relieved and probably forgets about it later but he totally puts it in his playlist for u <3

<3 kita:

- u and kita are preparing dinner together and u have ur music on the speaker

- kita loves doing little domestic things together and he loves to spend his time with u next to him <3

- the next song that plays is a little sadder than all of the others that have played,,,

- after the sad, slow chorus of the song goes by he glimpses over to u thinking u would wear a sad expression of some sort but there is none

- he doesn't really know how to react to the situation other than to just stare at u softly,, kita would probably question what made u this sad to put a song like this in ur playlist :<<

- ur happily chopping vegetables and humming along and kita chuckles at the sight

- he wouldn't necessarily go out of his way to confront u or ask u why u were listening to a sad song, because he trusts that if anything was wrong, u would tell him <3

- puts away whatever he's doing for the moment and approaches u from behind to wrap his arms around your torso lovingly

- kita isn't really one to initiate physical touch so ur a little shocked but relax and lean against his strong chest!!!

- "something wrong, shinsuke?"

- "mm-mm.." he mumbles into ur shoulder, tightening his hold around u

- the sad song kinda just gets tossed away to the back of his head when he remembers that the love of his life would be there for him regardless ^__^

[bookwyrminspiration]

(pyro here! i feel like this is...very ramble-y and i apologize if this doesn't make sense, and no obligation to post if it all feels like i'm just going in circles or for any other reason)

this could just be me, but i find keeper to be so interesting in so many ways but mostly because of how little actual good guys and bad guys there are, if that makes sense? it doesn't seem like it on the surface, and the story seems rather clear-cut if you don't think about it too hard, but there's no character or group in the series that's completely perfect and hasn't done anything wrong ever, iirc? like, the council is very obviously not too pressed over whether their actions are morally right and they're the government of a species that's supposedly all about being righteous, and neither are the black swan nor neverseen, which i find really interesting to look at, especially when the protagonists start to realize these things and question them, outwardly or inwardly.

and even any developed individual characters aren't clear-cut. yes, sophie is our protagonist, but she's also an arsonist that frequently breaks the laws of her world and has nearly started a war by breaking a treated because she was curios as to what was in an ogre king's mind. linh is- well, she's the token nice asian girl, but she also flooded an entire city, twice, and has most definitely killed people. dex may not have done anything really wrong, but he still created the ability restrictor, a device that put his best friend through days/weeks of torment, all because he was happy to recieve attention from the council. and that's just three of the main characters.

and i'm under the impression you really don't care about the council (which is fine and totally valid!) but it's still so interesting how the three important characters from there follow this as well. oralie was revealed to be sophie's mother meaning she committed treason and should probably be in exile, kenric was actively hiding important information from oralie (and knew about her being sophie's mother and therefor was a willing accomplice to treason and should also be in exile), and bronte has gotten...better(?) in the later books? maybe?

i suppose im wishing that shannon will deliver on this in the future, but im not really getting my hopes up. sophie is very interesting, but the books have always framed her actions as the right ones to take, no matter how terrible the consequences could've been, and they definitely frame the rest of the "good guys" as, well, good people who do good things, which isn't exactly true in most cases. i just...i guess i find it really interesting. i'd also be interested to hear your thoughts on this! on the surface, keeper really does seem like a rather basic series, but it's cool how if you dig even just a little deeper you start getting messy.

hello pyro !! nothing to apologize for, I love rambling! and you are in luck because I happen to have so many thoughts about everything all of the time.

and I agree with you! When you first think of keeper—or at least when I do—I seems very black and white, even bland at times in terms of the interest of the characters and the aspects of their world. Especially when you’re an older reader and have since read more adult books with more complex characters. Which is common. Because these are middle grade series and there’s more limitations of what topics authors can reasonably cover. They’re being careful. Because their audience are young and impressionable and despite their best efforts may be influenced subconsciously. So they have to lay things out more clearly, explaining that actions are bad when adult readers can put that together themselves.

(I know there are a lot of younger people in this fandom so let me clarify: I am not saying you are incapable of critical thought. However, thorough analysis becomes easier with experience, and adults and older readers will often have more experience with this than you. We’ve also had more time to figure out our own opinions and morals. This is not meant to put you down, just remind you that there are inevitable differences between us).

Back to what you were saying, pyro, despite its appearance, when you take a closer look there’s actually not a lot of black and white—or at least not as much as you’d think. I know there’s a canon line where Sophie says something like “the Black Swan were…the good guys?” (paraphrased from the first book). Which makes sense because at this point in time she’s twelve, where it makes sense for her to have that very black and white mindset. Good and bad. Pleasant and unpleasant. it’s a very all nothing mindset, which I know I also had at that age. But as she’s grown older in the series, she’s thinking about things from a more mixed perspective. She’s bargaining with herself and deciding what’s worth what and if the consequences are worth the risks, making decisions she likely would’ve condemned earlier in her life. Like setting the storehouse on fire. That’s a very loaded and controversial decision from her. It’s neither good nor bad. It accomplishes something she wants—sending the Neverseen scrambling and setting them back—and she decided that was worth the consequences—burning potential information and doing something that might’ve been previously against her morals. It’s not the “right” decision to make. It’s just the decision she makes.

We see this a lot with Black Swan too. I’m actually going to bring their oath into this: “I will do everything in my power to help my world.” It seems simple and straightforward at first, but thinking about it, there’s no qualifications for what “help” means. And there’s no limit on what they’ll do, just that they’ll do it if they’re capable. This leaves it open for a lot of morally questionable decisions, like creating Sophie. Did creating Sophie help their world? She’s already started to make positive changes (like at Exillium) and she’s not done yet, so you could say yes she’s helping. And they were capable of bringing her into existence. So they did. It was in their power and it helped, so they did. Despite using Emma’s body, despite forcing Sophie into this situation.

with the Neverseen, they seem more like misguided anti-heroes (if I’m using that term right), doing “bad” things for “good” reasons. Fintan is making these bold statements and undermining the council, actions viewed as negative, to try and highlight the unfair discrimination in their system and reform it—a motive one could consider reasonable and positive.

as for the council, the most notable event this applies to is Sophie’s ability restrictor in Everblaze. This was not supported by everyone else, actively hurting out main protagonist, but their reasoning was generally sound. Sophie had already broken several laws at this point as was causing unrest in their society, the one they’re supposed to govern. And she’d used her abilities yet again to go against those rules, this time with incredible serious consequences. So if she refuses to listen, what do you do? Take away those abilities. Keep her from hurting this society further. There are more specific examples of this, like Oralie and Kenric’s cache, but this is getting long so i can talk about those later if you’d like /g

part of what is intriguing about these characters is how they’re not so black and white on the surface despite the world seeming to be so easily divided into good and bad, so it’s fascinating to talk about how those parts are actually displayed. You brought up a lot of really good topics and I love talking about this!! /g

if you’d like me to expand on any specific part more or have more thoughts of your own to share, you’re more than welcome to send another ask <33

[moonstruck05-blog]

Moonchild lyric analysis

So if you haven't listen to RMs mixtape. Personally for me I like it because of the mellow beats but powerful lyrics. Not everyone who is an ARMY will like this mixtape since it is more of a soft/soul rap. I don't know how to explain it so well but I hope you get what I mean.

That being said I'm someone who really enjoyed the mixtape, moonchild specifically. Something about that song just spoke to me I don't know what it is but I can honestly call it a bop. So I tried to do something different, I've never been the type to do a theory or lyric analysis because I felt like they took a lot of time and I couldn't think creatively at all but today I decided to try one! I just couldn't pass up the opportunity with this beautiful song so I hope you enjoy my lyric analysis on moonchild.

Please note that this is how I see the song. The way you interpret it could be totally different and that's because we have different experiences but sometimes it's nice to see how others percieve things as well

“We're part of the moonlight aint a fantasy Can't bring you the sunlight Gotta hide your heart We're born to be sad, sad, sad, sad So start to be glad, glad, glad, glad”

We're special and different. moonlight is different, mysterious, something unexplored by most. I think that is supposed to represent our personalities while sunlight is the status quo. Everyone likes sunlight, it brings morning and everything is in the morning. Sunlight here represents what society wants, what it tries to mold everyone to be but, we are different, we are moonlight. We can't bring sunlight because we don't know how. We should be sad/shunned/ for that but instead we embrace it. Let the world know we are moonlight.

“C'mon yo, moonchild, moonchild That's supposed to be Yeah all the pain, all the sorrow That's your destiny”

Moon kids, which im thinking are the different kids like I've said before are supposed to be sad that they are different. Try and be like everyone else

“see You know my life is like this We gotta dance in the rain Dance in the pain Even though we crashing now We gonna dance in the plane”

Dancing is something fluid and kind of unpredicting, it tells a story in itself. You have to be confident to dance  well. When word 'plane’ comes up I think a field type plane. So where I'm going with this is that he's saying be confident about who you are, it's your life and it's free/open for you.

“Even though we crashing now We gonna dance in the plane For us, more than anyone else, we need the night sky”

Even though life may seem terrible right now, keep staying optimistic and keep holding your head high because it will get easier and you will be comfortable about, easiness is the night sky since the moon is best seen at night.

“Even if I (try to) leave I'm unable to leave just once You said you wanted to die, but you lived as zealously as you, said such words”

I think rm, the I, in this sense is like our conscious or happy emotion so he doesn't want to leave. Zealously means with great energy or enthusiasm and so I think what this means is even though you seem happy and enthusiastic you really aren't and break down when others see

“You said you wanted to rid yourself of it but you string up another thread Even thinking that you shouldn't think That in itself is a thought, you know That in fact we're fated like this, you know That we're smiling through never-ending pain, you know"

Even though you say you are breaking down and giving up you aren't, you keep going for some weird reason. Your destiny is to be different and bring what you can to make the world better so you keep smiling even though everyone is trying to bring you down

“The moment you speak of freedom, you lose it, you know Do you know?”

As soon as you start hoping /speaking/ about something you want and crave for so badly /freedom/ it slips away from your hands.

“Again with those eyes being lowered I look at the night sky I'm going to show it to you: your spear, your time Do you know? Even in that lampost, there are many thorns"

The night sky is like a comfort zone/safe place. Somewhere that you know well and it won't affect you as much as /day/. But even then things /lampost/ in the /night sky/ can have scary things wrapped around them /thorns/

“Look at the flashing lights one more time That glittering light, study it carefully Isn't what's called a nightscape a cruel thing: a spectacle made up of someone's congregated thorns”

I think the nightscape here is like the worsts of everyone's lives hence 'congregated thorns’ and you should study/observe them because they help you understand your own /nightscape/

“(But) surely someone will see your thorns and be comforted”

Someone will see your flaws and struggles and know they aren't alone, weather that be because they are dealing with something similar, have dealt with something similar, or anything I that sort they know they aren't alone and can rest better knowing that

“We are each other's nightscape, each other's moon”

You help each other out. Whenever one person is down /nightscape/ someone's there to help you up and comfort you /moon/ but the /moon/ is sometimes hard to find and so that person will be hard to find as well

“C'mon yo Moonchild don't cry When moon rise, it's your time”

There will be a time where the normal ends /sun/ and people are em embracing what makes them different /the moon/ or taking the help the /moon/ gives them to leave their /nightscape/ and that's your time to shine. It's your time to show the world what you are capable of

[sugakei]

The average black person really doesn't care if you want to say shook lmao

Good to know lol. 

Anonymous said:

Even though AAVE is just a dialect, america refuses to acknowledge it as anything other than stupid talk until out of context words become the new slang. I'd compare it to if a weaboo sprinkled "desu~kawaii senpai" into their vocab and then pretended they made them up, but on a national scale. As a black person tho, my general stance is as long as you actually know what it means and aren't saying it to sound dumb then knock yourself out.(This prob sounds passive-aggressive but I swear its not)

Ahh that makes sense, thank you. (The weeaboo comparison helped a lot hahahha) However, my intentions were never meant to sound dumb. But I am nonetheless grateful that you informed me about this! Thank you.

magictrios said:

omg earlier today i replied to the anon u got about sayin shook and i just wanted to apologise for commenting passive aggressively. i was in a bad mood when i saw that post and replied impulsively- i know i didn't say anything bad or whatever but still, i don't think it was my place to say anything, wasn't my conversation to add to

Please don’t worry about that! In any case, anything I post is something you can add to lolol. I’m 100% open to anything unless people are rude/disrespectful.

Anonymous said:

its ok i totally understand you not believing right away, especially since im on anon. thank you for being so understanding though! i cant provide some direct sources since im on mobile right now but if you just look up aave im sure you can find info on it and a small list of aave words!! and as for the uses, using more "mainstream" aave is ok since its become kinda popular (things like hella, yas, lit, etc!) sorry im so bad at explaining, i completely understand if you dont believe (1/2)

me or want to use it anyway, but again tysm for being so patient and understanding ;v; (2/2)

Thank you for understanding my situation hahaha! That’s alright I think I got all the info i need (I did google it prior but I couldn’t find anything linking to the word ‘shook’ but thats okay.) But yeah I didn’t have a reason to not understand and listen to your concerns aha; And I definitely appreciate that you were not rude when addressing me this problem.