#like people appreciate how loyal and hot and badass she is but like

[andmineisyellow]

Just some general Garvez thoughts after 17x06

I appreciated what the show tried to do with Tyler a few episodes ago with him making amends (even though I don't think it should be Garcia's job to fix him), but this episode felt like such a step back. I hate the the way he kept talking down to Luke. Luke wasn't particularly mature either, but it's infuriating the way Tyler essentially demanded Luke's help (reminder that Tyler does not actually work for the FBI!) and then rolled his eyes when Luke asked him for information. And then we find out that he ghosted Teresa right after he got the lead on Sicarius. That only adds to the toxic pattern of behavior we've seen in his relationship with Garcia. Tyler has screwed over two hot badass women by prioritizing revenge over his relationships and given how much he has lied to and kept secrets from the BAU, I have no faith that he won't do it again.

Let's talk Teresa. As of right now, I am a stan. She's perceptive, confident, secure, and deserves better than a guy who ditched her and never contacted her again. I am a loyal Garvez shipper to my core, but if we're going to give Luke a love interest, I'm glad it's someone who seems to like and respect him. I'm not sure how I feel about them meeting through Luke's work, but at least she's not a material witness or someone directly involved with a case. There's less of a conflict of interest I guess. All of that said, I personally wouldn't want to go out with a guy when I know he has feelings for his best friend.

My enjoyment of Teresa also makes me even more annoyed by how the show has handled Tyler. I don't mind Garcia and Luke dating other people (especially when it has the potential to gives us good angst later on), I'm just tired of Garcia always ending up with guys who treat her so poorly.

It might be an unpopular opinion, but I think giving Luke a love interest while acknowledging that he still has feelings for Garcia actully makes me more hopeful for Garvez in the future.

[wexarethewalkingxdead]

for the name something you like about my portrayal meme - i love how your carol often seems to be a personification of the 'badass adorable' trope. at least that's how i see it lol. of course, she's a badass hot-blooded warrior, as melissa mcbride puts it, but i also love how affectionate, compassionate, and loyal she is. you just do it really well <3

name something you like about my portrayal of my muse - @deadveiled​

Thank you so very much! I’m blushing right now. This is the kindest thing ever! I appreciate so much all the ways in which my girl has impressed people. Thank you so much! <3 <3 <3 

[thenationofzaun]

One thing Sevika needs to be appreciated for more is how fucking funny she is like. Her character is HILARIOUS I love her SO much.

First of all, the most obvious example is the fact that she ditched Vander for Silco because he was being too soft for his kids to the point of abandoning the cause, only for Silco to adopt one of those same fucking kids like a DAY later.

Sevika:

That same kid also happens to be the one who blew her up and vaporized her arm. Imagine waking up in severe pain, missing a limb, and your boss is like "Welcome back. btw meet Jinx, she's my child now haha say hi to the newest member of the Cause :)" You look. It's the same blue haired gremlin Vander ditched the cause for. Your boss isn't done. "Btw she's the one who bombed us ahah quite the little demolitions expert eh?" You want to die.

Then as Jinx grows up and becomes more and more of a Problem, she starts seriously beefing with this 17 year old kid. Just full on disdain and hatred for this child. This is Sevika's face when she gets the chance to trigger Jinx's trauma and prey on her deepest insecurities to try and bring about a mental breakdown:

Fucking hell, Sevika.

Then the FUNNIEST fucking thing she ever does in this show. Plays Finn like a fiddle from the start all the way to the end. Her telling Silco that she was never tempted by Finn specifically makes it even better because that means that this...

... isn't some look of contemplating his offer to join his ranks, she was never swayed by this dumbass. So it's very likely that in this scene this woman is thinking "Damn that's a nice lighter. I'm totally taking it after I kill him lmao."

And she just leans into the drama of it all, partly to make her ploy convincing, but also partly, as I choose to believe, because it's hilarious. She really barges into Silco's office, pulls out a chair for Finn and dusts it off before he sits on it akdjandmakskss

All the while knowing she's going to kill this fool. The theatrics. The savagery. The commitment to the Act. *Chef's kiss*

She gets blown up, beaten, shot at, gassed, strung upside down, and thrown through walls - and is still alive by the end of it. Comically unkillable queen. I laughed my ass off every time she reappeared Alive and Well after suffering the most brutal ordeal and seeming to be dead.

Like. She believes in freedom for the oppressed but she's not above being a dickhead to mentally ill teens. She's willing to die for her boss but also orchestrates a situation where she can make him shit his pants just to get a point across. She has terrible luck and takes constant Ls. She gets her head bashed into concrete numerous times and somehow doesn't have brain damage. Skull of steel. She is fucking hilarious. I'm obsessed with her.

[slytherinsnekxvii]

let's talk about severus snape. he's one of the most controversial characters the internet has to offer, with several blogs, channels and pages dedicated specifically to hating him, despite him having one of the most—if not the most—intriguing character arcs the series has to offer. so, as a result of me coming across far too many of said blogs, channels or pages, here's an extremely detailed explanation of why i like him and think he's easily one of my favourite characters :)

1. he's not that bad of a teacher.

just so you know, i'm a teenage girl fresh out of high school. so, my experience with teachers? still keeps me up at night :)

my family is pretty strict about religion. you can guess what that means. anything that was magic-adjacent, especially something that, god forbid, had an entire school dedicated to witchcraft and wizardry was a hard no if i wanted to have any sort of freedom over the media i paid attention to, and any opportunity to go about my life without being monitored to make sure i wasn't suddenly possessed or something. thanks to this, i ended up secretly reading the philosopher's stone in my last year of primary school. i would've been 11 at the time, just about to turn 12, so a little bit older than harry and co. going on what i'd heard from those who had already read the series, i went in expecting to absolutely despise this man. i went in expecting to read a demon. i finished the book and came out thinking... that really wasn't that bad.

my mom found out, so i didn't get to read the rest of the series until i ended up on the executive committee for my school's book club and my friends were appalled that i'd only read the first book. at this point, i'm still expecting him to get worse and... he just doesn't. when i was in primary school, i had multiple teachers break wooden meter-long rulers across my classmates' backs. the first time it happened, i was in infant year 2 (about 6/7 years old). i had teachers who would insult us, based on anything from hygiene to behaviour to intelligence if you looked at them wrong. my sister (who was three years ahead of me) had a teacher who kept her in hours after school was over because the teacher had a written a note in her workbook upside down, and when my sister corrected her, the teacher made her rewrite it, turning the book each time the note was written so it would never be done the correct way.

in secondary school, i had teachers who would actively humiliate us in front of the class if we didn't do as well as they wanted. i had teachers who would throw markers and whiteboard erasers at us if we did something they didn't like during class. i had a teacher who looked for a friend of mine who was petrified of attention and then mercilessly picked on her until she went to the bathrooms to cry. these are the kinds of teachers that i was used to. so, when i read harry potter and read snape, who would have probably been one of the nicer teachers i met in my lifetime, i thought to myself, he's really not that bad. he's just... strict.

antis claim that he traumatised every kid that ever went through his class, that he straight up abused them and... no. he didn't. all of them are comfortable talking back, they talk during his class, no one trembles when he walks past, except for neville, who usually bore the brunt of snape's anger because he was consistently messing up in a potentially lethal class.

after school, i hated the thought of formal education, so now i'm working until i feel ready to do university. coincidentally, one of my jobs is teaching maths and english to kids writing the end of primary and secondary school exams. given the sheer amount of annoyance i feel sometimes, i actually respect him for not being more harsh with them, especially when they're all running off into danger or exploding cauldrons.

he really isn't that bad of a teacher, and we know this, since his classes' owl results are said to be consistently good.

plus, he was written in the 90's when all this was okay behaviour for teachers. hell, compared to some of the teachers in text, given that he goes out of his way to make sure the students are always protected, he's a lot better than most people give him credit for.

2. i relate to him.

come on, the man grew up to be a dramatic, queer-coded, petty bitch who wears all black all the time and likely has at least one mental disorder. i'm a petty, emo bisexual with (actually diagnosed, don't worry) depression and anxiety and I'm in a theatre group. what did you really expect from me?

on a serious note, both of the schools i went to were considered "prestigious". i got into my primary school because of a teacher's recommendation (she was a family friend). the second school i got into was because i scored ridiculously high on the placement test that would determine which school i went to. in primary school, i was the poor, really awkward, really smart kid who got left out of everything, and my best friend was the only kid who was worse off than me.

in secondary school, i was just as smart as everyone else... but i was still poorer, and still more awkward and still got left out of everything.

i got that isolated feeling, that feeling of not being good enough, that feeling where life always seems to have it out for you and that's even though i still got dealt a better hand than snape ever did. so, i get it. i'm never ever going to have it as bad as he did, but i acknowledge what he went through and i sympathise, because i have a chance, but it only ever got worse for him.

3. i genuinely enjoy his character.

this dude went through absolute hell for basically his entire life. the best years he had were probably when he was neck-deep in the group of people who hated witches and wizards like him, but somehow managed to treat him better than the good guys.

all of that, and he still manages to be one of the most entertaining motherfuckers in the whole series, with one of the most interesting character arcs ever. it's the witty lines, the sheer dynamic of his character, the change from the twitchy, hypervigilant kid from the slums to the adult that managed to spy on the Dark Lord himself and save the wizarding world in the process, while still being a hot mess of a person. it's the managing to get shit done while everybody hated him and everything was going to hell. it's the everything, and i haven't even talked about how badass he is.

come on, potions prodigy turned master, exemplary duellist (cough, cough, winning 4-on-1 vs McGonagall, Flitwick, Sprout and Slughorn, and leaving a scratch on nobody, while managing to not take a single hit himself, cough, cough), spellcrafter, spy and one of the only wizards to ever figure out unaided flight. dark arts master, proficient at healing (dumbledore would've been dead a lot sooner, if it weren't for him, most likely). he's one of the most powerful wizards of his time. i've said that any universe where he's actually a bad guy—or just legitimately loyal to the death eaters—is a universe where voldemort wins and this is why. if he was motivated by literally anything other than lily, the wizarding world was more than likely fucked.

the point is, i just think he's neat.

4. spite.

every time i appreciate snape, a snater feels like someone is walking over their grave. every time i appreciate snape, a snater turns blue out of sheer rage. every time i appreciate snape, a snater loses their mind looking for their non-existent reading comprehension.

the spite in my veins is tempered only by the broth of instant ramen and ungodly amounts of sugar, and i'm going to use them all in my mission to cause antis pain when they refuse to acknowledge their lack of critical thinking and analysis skills.

so, yeah. why do i actually like snape?

tl;dr: he's not that bad. for a teacher written in the 90's and compared to teachers i've had within the decade, the guy's just strict. sure, he's a dick (who i personally think is hilarious), but he always makes sure the students are safe and he didn't leave any lasting effect on any of the students. he's really not that bad of a teacher. and hell, he's not even that bad of a person. i fully admit that he was an asshole and i entirely believe he was prone to self-destructive behaviour, but he still tried to atone for his mistakes and he did, is the thing, even though the odds were stacked more or less completely against him. i like him because he entertains me, and because i relate to him, as a teen who went through some shit and probably would have joined up with some bad people if it weren't for my friends and family, and as a teacher who really can't stand my students sometimes. i also like him because it irritates people who don't like him :)

also, istg if any of you respond to this with "bUt hE was ObseSsED with LiLY and just WAnTEd to FUCK hEr," i'm crawling into your bedroom window with the most unrealistic, mangled interpretations of your favourite characters and making sure they haunt you in your dreams. meet me in the fuckin' pit, babe. reread the series, actually think about it and come with receipts that aren't Voldemort, because i don't think you want to have the same opinion as the character who canonically doesn't understand love, now, do you, sweetheart? when you do that, then, and only then, will i consider entertaining your bullshit :)

that's about it from me, thanks for reading!

[dizzydancingdreamer]

Cast your mutuals but it’s only Lottie because it’s her birthday 🥳🎂

I just want to say that I see you, I hear you, and I’ll deliver (even tho I’m lazy and I could never do this if it wasn’t for you)

Cast your mutual ( @imdreamingwiththestars ) as...

Marvel Man — Ant Man, Scott Lang

Wait before you get mad hear me out! SCOTT LANG IS THE SEXIEST AVENGER! First off he’s fucking hilarious without even trying. Like HILARIOUS. Everything he says has me in stitches. Second, he’s a great fucking father— literally the best fucking father. Kinda like how you’re always telling me to drink water and to go to bed. Third, he’s adaptable! He can switch between superhero, commendable dad, friend, awkward, sexy— this man is everything and you are everything. Fourth, he’s a dork. And you can’t get mad at me for that because it’s not a jab— it’s the reason we’re friends. The scene in Ant Man and the wasp where he’s doing a thousand things while bored at home just screams Lottie and the way one moment you’re sending pictures of the bracelet you made and then the next your doing something entirely different. Finally he’s sexy— he’s hot as fuck and anyone who doesn’t think Paul Rudd— America’s true golden boy— is sexy then I don’t want to know you. He’s sexy not only because he’s just plain sexy with no substance (which he’s not and neither are you) but because of all the things I said before saying that he’s hot. This fucking DILF makes me want to be a MILF.

Marvel Woman — Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff

Chaos Queen bisexual witch with nerd boyfriend— sounds about right to me! No— you don’t have nerd boyfriend but he’s out there (and maybe his name is SCOTT LANG). She loves fiercely when it comes to family and feels like she’s dying when those she loves are hurt. Family relationships get rocky at times but would do absolutely anything for her found family. She has meltdowns that rock entire towns and then, in the next second, is fine. Maladaptive daydreamer who creates the realities she would rather be in and adds the extra creative flare that the rest of the people around her are missing. That town was suffering before she showed up and gave it the ol’ razzle dazzle. Like please, take over my mind anyday. Deals with my Agatha Harkness level drama with grace. Like oh shit I kidnap you and force you to relive trauma and you don’t kill me? Wow a queen. 100/10 would bang and, yes, that needed to be added because it’s an important attribute. Also when I picture Lottie’s marvel costuming I see red and I see corsets and that’s enough for me 😌

TVD Man — Kai Parker

No, you aren’t a sociopath but neither was Kai Parker!! He was a kid who’s family fucked him over in every way because he was different and then— when he lashed out after years of straight abuse— got locked up. He’s not crazy— he’s hurt and no one’s fucking listening. He’s made mistakes but everyone would rather say shit about him instead of looking at their own lives. At the end of the day no one was better than Kai Parker despite how much they would like to think they are. He appreciates the little things— snowflakes and good food and sharp knives. He’s charming and has a voice that makes me melt— I can picture him going for walks and sending me videos about his coffee and what he bought at target. He needs a hug and a vacation and an I’m sorry.

TVD Woman — Bonnie Bennet

Is it telling that I picked another witch? Possibly. Am I gonna do it again? Definitely. Bonnie Bennet is a badass despite the fact that literally everything goes against her. She isn’t a badass because it’s easy, she’s a badass because it’s in her fucking DNA. No one wants her to be a badass— even her grandma at some points hates her— but she can’t turn it off so she doesn’t. She shouldn’t turn it off. She’s level headed but oh boy when she gets angry fucking watch out. She’s ride or die for her friends but will put them in her place when she needs to. She’s the most powerful one but no one treats her like it?? Creative problem solver with a penchant to let her powers kinda slip from time to time until a building or two is on fire. Falls for the hottest people but also might fall for your brother. She is the hottest one— full sexy— and again, yes, that’s important.

TO Man — Marcel Gerard

It was a toss up between him and Vincent Griffith but I have made my choice. Marcel is the poster boy for found family but also for knowing when it’s right to separate and do his own thing. The true king of NOLA who has exquisite taste in music. He was kinda evil at the beginning but it really only made him sexy so?? He thought he was protecting his city and vamp fam and I think that’s reasonable. Cares deeply, is beyond loyal, and would kill for those he loves. Saves a dorky awkward gay from death and that goes without saying hey thank you ma’am dorky gay here thankful for you’re consistent messages in her inbox I would be dead on here without you. Accidentally acquires a child but becomes one of the best dads ever despite her temper and unpredictable powers. Has an on off relationship with an equally sexy blonde. Himbo CEO vibes and I think that’s lovely— like you. You are lovely.

TO Woman — Hayley Marshall

Fierce, sexy, hybrid who loves two men even though they makes her so damn angry. Family drama 100%, found family drama 200%. Wolf queen who appreciates the downtime of chilling in nature with a cold drink and good people. Would die for her family but before it even gets to that point she would kill anyone who got in between her and them. Would go to unknown lengths to do the literal impossible like bring her family back from the dead. Impeccable mother— impeccable friend— impeccable leader. IS SO FUCKING SEXY. Also kinda angsty lol.

A Favourite Song — Drops of Jupiter | Train

Despite what it may seem like, I didn’t choose this because I know it’s one of your faves. I chose it because when I think about you I think about little things. Dunkin donuts and bikini tops and mugs and pink purple blue bracelets and late night talks about nothing. The verses of this song talks about all the little things she does that makes him love her and that’s how I feel about you. I love you because you don’t say hi, you say things akin to “Finn Mikaelson deserves to feel sexy like the rest of his brothers” and I think this song has that energy.

A Favourite Movie — Treasure Planet

“You’re gonna’ rattle the stars, you are.”

A coming of age adventure story with an angsty main character and a happy ending— it’s perfect. Sometimes to find yourself you need to find a golden map, get your moms rich friend to fun your pirate ship, hire a sexy cat captain, and befriend a father figure whose also a villain. Sometimes you also have to let him get away at the end. It touches on themes of discovery, forgiveness, trauma, and self love. Jim is a capable sarcastic smart kid and his best friend is an awkward robot who talks too much— wow, it’s us. Please bring me to space school when you get accepted 😌

I hope this makes you smile on your birthday! I love you most 💕

[melimelrockswell1204]

You know. 

This entire Betty and Archie FWB has brought up a lot of discussion regarding mental health, PTSD, and what a absolute horrible disgusting person Archie is. 

I love those discussions - please keep them up, especially how fucked Archie Andrews is. 

I’ve read less about Veronica though. 

And I’d like to remedy that. 

We all know that this show is absolutely terrible at showing friendships. They keep telling us that Archie is this great friend, but his friendships are completely based on who’s around him and what they can do for him (thanks for that @thatiranianphantom). As a friend, he’s a shit. 

We haven’t talked about Veronica though. 

To be completely honest, I haven’t always been concerned with Veronica. And that’s the show’s fault, because if you take out her issues with Hiram, Veronica is pretty badass. She’s a great businesswoman, she’s loyal to her friends, she’s incredibly intelligent. And she doesn’t hold back to call people out, which I can definitely appreciate. 

So, how does B/A secret FWB affect Veronica? 

It violates the girlcode. 

And it doesn’t matter that Veronica is married. Archie was one of the most important people in her life, she chose him over her family. 

She chose Betty over her family. 

Betty was one of the first friendships in Veronica’s life that wasn’t based on status, or connection (thanks again, @thatiranianphantom). It was based on simple affection. She drank poison for her, for God’s sake. She was willing to die for her. 

Even in Riverdale’s fucked mind, if this isn’t love, what is? 

I can almost guarantee that Veronica forgives Betty. Because Betty isn’t in the best mental or emotional state right now. She’s suffering from severe trauma, and this isn’t the first time that she’s acted out like this. I know that Veronica will probably understand. 

And you know what sucks about that? What the lost potential there was? Even though I honestly feel that on the show, Jughead is Betty’s best friend, Betty needs Veronica. Women need female friendships. We need that camaraderie that being friends with another woman provides. In doing this whole secret B/A FWB, the show lost an opportunity for Betty and Veronica to truly behave like twenty-somethings. 

Between the two of them, I believe that it’s Veronica that is most likely to have truly gotten over the kiss. It can even be said that she may have expected it of Archie at one point (she did once call him “ginger Judas”). She may have even forgiven Betty in those seven years, having understood that it was just a kiss, they have history between them, Archie was once Betty’s fantasy boyfriend, never understanding the harsh reality that is being with Archie. 

With this secret FWB storyline, the writers take away the potential of Veronica encouraging Betty’s sex life. It takes away that time honored tradition of taking a shot at the bar with your best friend for liquid courage, as she pushes you towards the hot guy that’s been checking you out. It takes away the potential of Veronica being able to help Betty pull herself out of herself. It takes away the opportunity of Veronica making a Sex and the City reference! 

With this storyline, it adds a layer of distrust and betrayal that has no place in female friendships. And while it can be argued those layers were already there since season 2 (and they wouldn’t necessarily be wrong), out of the core four, I really believed that Betty and Veronica had the best chance of not only rekindling their friendship, but truly becoming closer than they used to be (if they had good writers). And that is truly sad. 

[feirceangel]

Imagine | Skinwalker pt. 1 (Lost Boys)

Pt. 2

Imagine being a skin-walker (an immortal who can transform into an animal, in this case a large wolf like dog) and being taken in by the guys.

Word Count: 1609

~

You've been living alone for quite some time now, always on the move. Never staying still for too long in case someone discovers your secret.

Skin-walkers are rare; only a few have ever come into existence since the beginning of time. You're one of them, wise and ancient beyond your appearance.

Anyone who saw you in your human form would assume your age to be around the twenties, and they would be terribly wrong.

Being immortal can be lonely, though, especially for a skin-walker of your kind. Dogs are loyal and loving, craving affection just as they crave food.

That's why it's hard when you find someone to love, and they are taken from you in only a few decades.

Fed up with the pain, you've been living solo for years, out in the wilderness where no one can find you.

You've missed civilization, though, so one day you decide to go back.

~

Nighttime on the boardwalk in Santa Carla. The perfect time to be out and about, discovering awesome things to do.

People, each individual as different as the sands of the earth, wander around, listening to the live concert, and enjoying the sights and activities available.

The Lost Boys, as they are called by the locals, arrive at the boardwalk on their motorbikes. Paul and Marko laugh and jostle each other as David smokes and Dwayne observes the crowd with a smile.

The vampires are accustomed to the night scene of the city. People dancing and yelling and doing everything else imaginable as the boys look on, sometime joining in.

Tonight, something feels different. The air sparks with more electricity and the stars shine a bit brighter, although no one except Dwayne really pays attention.

A loud howl cuts through the air, trying its best to break through the many noises of Santa Carla. It succeeds in gaining the attention of the four vampires.

"You hear that?" Marko asks excitedly. He was sometimes easily entertained with the seemingly smallest things.

Paul grins, "Yeah, dude. It sounded like a wolf or something."

"A wolf around Santa Carla? That's never happened before."

"It's probably just a mutt," David drawls, taking a drag from his cigarette. "But let's go check it out anyways."

He drops the cig and crushes it under his heel before mounting his bike. The others follow suit and soon they are racing towards the forest where the howl came from.

Another howl sounds, more sorrowful than the last. They slow as they approach the source, looking around warily with excited grins plastered on some of their faces.

In the centre of a small foggy clearing, sits a marvellous creature. As large as a wolf, although some of its features varied from the traditional wolf, sits a dog, whose h/c coat gleams in the starlight.

Its e/c eyes stare soulfully at them as they come to stand in front of it.

"See, told you it was a mutt," David states, clearing unimpressed. The dog flattens it's ears at the remark before shaking its head pointedly.

"Look, it's tied up!" Marko says, noticing the heavy chain wrapped around its neck.

"C'mon dude, help," Paul moves closer towards the animal, who doesn't move a muscle, it's eyes trained on Dwayne.

The curly blond cautiously approaches alongside Paul, helping him take the chain from around its neck.

"Shh, it's alright," he pauses. He doesn't know the sex of the creature, so he glances down. "Girl," he adds, nodding to himself.

Marko tosses the chain aside before petting the dog, grinning wide at the soft feeling of her fur in his fingers. Paul joins and pets the dog as well.

The dog's foot thumps rapidly as they ruffle her fur in a loving manner, getting that sweet spot on her neck.

"Can we keep her, David? Please?" Paul begs, looking up with a large grin.

David rolls his eyes, "Seriously? We don't need a stray."

"Max has one," Marko argues, making puppy eyes at the group's secondary leader.

"Max has a hellhound, not some runaway mongrel," David shoots back.

"I say we vote on it," Paul declares, scratching the dog's chin before standing with his arms crossed.

Marko nods but sits down beside the dog with a happy smile as the dog licks his cheek affectionately.

"I vote we keep her!" Marko chirps.

Paul states his agreement.

They turn to Dwayne pointedly and so does the dog, her head tilted questioningly.

He sighs and smiles, "Let's keep her."

David scoffs, but shrugs in defeat, "Fine, but I ain't dealing with it."

Marko and Paul let out yips of joy as the dog lets out a happy howl. The dog leaps up and goes to Dwayne, pressing her head against his hand. He pats her with a soft smile.

~

Back at the cave, David is seated on his old wheelchair, Paul on the broken fountain, Dwayne by his stereo, and Marko on the floor next to you.

You had followed the boys to their home, instantly liking it. There was a couch and a bed, and other things that you haven't seen for a long time. A bond had formed instantly between you and three of the boys, although David was more opposed to your presence.

"I guess we better name you, huh?" Marko says happily.

You whine and nod as David rolls his eyes. "It can't understand you, Mark. It's an animal."

Shaking your head, you paw at Marko as he stops rubbing circles through your fur. He continues the motion, making you smile in appreciation.

You know they're vampires. How could you not notice the otherworldly scent coming from them. You've met vampires before, although none as nice as these.

Vampires can read minds, or, at least, most minds. Yours is impenetrable when you so desire. And, right now, you want your mind all to yourself.

The whole chained-up-in-the-forest act was precisely that: an act. You put yourself in that position and cried out for help, determined to find someone worthy to befriend.

And, these four vamps heard your pleas and helped you.

"How about 'Girly'?" Marko suggests.

You growl and shake your head, baring your teeth.

He laughs, "Okay, something more badass then."

"What about 'Princess'?" Paul offers before inhaling some suspicious smoke from his joint.

Another loud disapproving growl sounds from your throat.

He chuckles.

David sneers, "How about 'Bitch'?"

You turn your e/c orbs towards him, glaring at him. He's unfazed, so you stand, ignoring Marko's protests, and stalk towards the platinum blond.

He raises his eyebrows and stares you down. You sit directly in front of him, staring right back at him.

A moment of silence.

"This dog is freaky."

Nods from all of the boys.

"That's why she's perfect for us!" Paul exclaims.

You look back to Marko, silently telling him to continue searching for a name.

He seems to get it as he hums thoughtfully. "'Biscuit'?"

Nope.

He sighs, "I'm out of ideas."

Dwayne speaks up, the first time in awhile that he has done so, "Venus."

He says it like he knows it fits and that you'd like it.

You yip with approval, wagging your tail.

He smiles knowingly.

"Aww, why'd she like your suggestion?" Marko complains, tossing a pillow at the dark haired boy. He snatches it from the air with a smirk.

You get up and stretch before heading onto the bed behind the curtain. They each watch you, curious as to what you're gonna do.

Scratching at the covers, you bury yourself in them, away from prying eyes. A cracking noise fills the cave as your bones rearrange and your body shifts.

It's been a long time since you've been in your human form, but you love the fresh feeling. Carefully wrapping the blanket around your naked form, you peek out from behind the curtains.

Everyone looks at you, slack jawed. Paul then glances at the joint in his hand in disbelief. "Are you guys seeing it too?"

"Yeah, dude," Marko breathes out in awe. "Venus is a woman. A hot woman."

Dwayne smiles, "Skin-walker."

"What's that?" Marko asks, confused.

"It's a being who can change form," David says, grinning. Apparently, he likes this fascinating turn of events.

"Woah."

You step out completely, still covered by the blanket, "If you're quite done talking about me like I'm not here, would one of you be so kind as to lend me some clothes?"

Marko leaps up, ready to fetch one of his crop-tops. He knows you'd look stunning in his clothes.

Before he has the chance, Dwayne tosses you a large loose shirt. He doesn't really wear his shirts anyways, so he won't miss it.

Marko pouts, but watches dumbly as you drop the blanket without thinking and tug the shirt over your head, letting it slip onto your body.

Paul whistles and David keeps smirking.

"What is your true name?" Dwayne questions, eyes boring into yours.

"I was called Y/n L/n on the day of my birth, although I've had many since. The newest being Venus."

David addresses you, "Why are you here?"

You smile shyly, "I was lonely, so I found a family."

"Family?" David echoes.

"I like her," Paul announces, "I like you."

The smile on your face grows wide as he hugs you.

"Hey! I like her too!" Marko exclaims, not about to be outdone.

You open your arms, inviting him into the hug. He eagerly accepts, and you embrace the two blonds.

Dwayne smiles again and, surprisingly, joins in. David watches from his seat, a grin on his face.

"Welcome to the family."

[mercurypilgrim]

Can we have Ven’fir rate the Dark council on level of hotness?

You bet we can!

Darth Acina

If Ven were not spoken for, he’d have the biggest thing for Acina. He sort of still does, a bit.

She’s classy and clever, and he’s always likes the put together ones. He loves her voice, thinks she’s gorgeous, and adores how well she gets her hands dirty. A woman who can tear her enemies apart without smudging her eyeliner? Unf.

A 9/10 for sure, the only deduction coming from her betrayal on Iokath. He had a very put out ‘really?’ moment.

Darth Arkous

Ven crushed. Ven crushed hard. Arkous ticked all Ven’s boxes. Elegant, cultured, handsome, not insane… Well, until the betrayal. Ven was very miffed by that but thinking Arkous was the kind of Sith he’d have gladly tumbled into bed with didn’t stop him from killing the man. An 8/10, because Ven really didn’t appreciate being made to look foolish.

Darth Aruk

Ven never bothered to find out who this is. 0/10 for being so boring that not even nosey Ven knew about you.

Darth Baras

Well. Ahem. Not a 0, surprisingly enough? Ven genuinely liked Baras, which made the betrayal sting even more. He was funny and Ven liked his voice. He also allowed Ven a lot of freedom where other Sith would not have. Sadly though, betrayal is not an attractive trait, and considering the pain he brought to Ven (physically, emotionally and reputationally), only merits a 5/10.

Darth Decimus

What, Ven would dearly like to know, is going on with this mans headwear? It’s awful. Decimus, why.

He also is a very callous individual and nothing turns Ven off like a lack of passion. Sorry Decimus, you rate a solid 1/10.

Darth Jadus

Ooh, an interesting one. He gets points for his wonderful voice, and then loses most of them because he’s a traitor and really, really creepy. Can no one go five minutes without upping and betraying everyone?

He’s tall, he’s built like a hovertank, he’s got a lovely voice, and he’s clever.

8/10.

Darth Malgus

Malgus. Oh, Malgus. You could have been so much higher than where you are. Ven was significantly more on board with his ideals than he let on, but honestly Malgus. The plan was bad, and you should feel bad. Also, he killed Eleena because he was an idiot. Ven does not approve of that kind of nonsense.

6/10.

Darth Marr

If he didn’t think he would have been eviscerated and dumped, Ven would have jumped him or gotten under his desk. Few things turn Ven on quite like competence and Marr has that in spades. He’s built, he’s smart, he’s got a hell of a voice, and he’s loyal.

50/10 with a bow on top. (Or somewhere else)

Darth Mortis

Ven likes older men. He isn’t sure why, but he just does. Mortis… he has something. A certain air about him of quiet competence, of cool power, and Ven likes that.

8/10.

Darth Ravage

Oh look, the mud on the bottom of Ven’s boots.

Ravage isn’t terrible to look at, Ven had to admit, but he was just so annoying. He would have been more handsome if his facial expression hadn’t been akin to smelling something foul, and his constant comments really grated on Ven’s nerves.

There are few people Ven could claim to genuinely despise, and Ravage is right there on the list.

-5/10

Darth Rictus

If the only thing Ven knows about you is that your kinda racist and you’re really, really old, you’re not getting any.

0/10.

Darth Thanaton

Ooh, yes.

Ven’s type shows itself yet again. Older, classy, smart, and cultured. Ven would have happily played boytoy for him for a while. Of course, Thanaton does the dumb thing and challenges Avior, so bungling that one takes a few points off.

Still, an 8/10 because Ven would in a heartbeat.

Darth Vengean

Another truly horrendous choice of headwear. Vengean was a bit of a blowhard and a warmonger, and Ven likes neither of those things. Truly, he had almost no opinion on him because he ended up on the wrong end of Ven’s lightsaber soon enough.

3/10.

Darth Vowrawn

Well then. Well then. Ven would likes to say ‘yes please and thank you’ while he takes his clothes off. Vowrawn is blisteringly clever, and he’s funny. What Ven wouldn’t give for more Sith who are funny. A gentleman with all the trappings of a rogue just does it for Ven.

10/10

Darth Zhorrid

Zhorrid would have been higher on the list had she not been… Zhorrid. She’s pretty and Ven feels a bit sorry for her, but he’s more of a mind to kill her out of mercy than share her bed. She treats Imperials like playthings and that’s something Ven really can’t get over.

4/10

Bonus

Darth Nox (Yare) ( @darkshadeless ;) )

Ven would be flirting within minutes (seconds, even) of meeting him. He’s built, he’s clever, he’s badass, he’s surprisingly sweet for a Sith. Ven would enjoy his company, and that’s worth a ton. He’s also gets flustered upon being hit on, and Ven does love a cute blush.

10/10.

Darth Nox (Avior)

Heh. Avior does have a certain something about him that Ven appreciates. He’s very clever and even though he tends to make Ven feel a bit stupid, it never comes across as intentional. He’s got a dry sense of humour and likes to banter, and Ven likes those cheekbones. Still, Avior is ace and aro and even if Ven flirts with him for fun, he knows not to press. Avior isn’t interested, and even Ven isn’t that much of an ass to ignore that.

7/10.

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Disregarding the fact that Ven is a bit of a ho, he actually wouldn’t get naked for a lot of the Council. He’s surprised too.

[outerbonks]

the best 5 months - jj maybank

hi! this is my first time writing for JJ so please be nice! hope you like it! Please let me know what you think!!

pairing: JJ Maybank x reader, platonic John B, Pope, Kie,Sarah x reader in there too

Summary: you find out you’re getting moved away from the OBX and JJ realizes how much you mean to him. (that’s a bad summary oops)

word count: +7k

warning(S): fluffy angst, swearing, smoking

(gif isn’t mine!)

Living on The Cut hadn't been so bad, in fact you loved it there. There was just so much there to love, that was until you found out that your days on, not only The Cut, but the entire island were numbered.

Your father had gotten an incredible job offer on the mainland, out of state, that there was absolutely no way he could refuse.

Being a single father was hard on him, you knew that, you always tried your best to be the best daughter possible in an attempt to make his life easier. He worked really hard to keep your two person household afloat and you appreciate it immensely.

However, your appreciation was now overshadowed by anger. Anger that he was moving you away from everything and everyone you'd ever known. 

"This is going to be good for us, Y/n!" Your father shouted, following you out of your tiny house into the cold night time air.

Snapping your body around to face him, jaw clenched and with your eyebrows furrowed you shouted back at him, "No, this is going to be good for you!"

You ignored his calls as you stormed off down the streets of the shitty neighborhood that you knew like the back of your hand.

With no clue of where you were heading you simply allowed your feet to carry you until you were met with the familiar sight of your favorite spot on the island: John B's chateau.

John B met you way back when you were both in the third grade, it had taken you a while to warm up to each other but you stood with each other through thick and thin. He was your family and looking at the run-down brown cabin in front of you, you couldn't help the tears that slid down your cheeks as you realized just how much you'd be leaving behind when you moved.

It wasn't just John B you didn't want to leave, no, he was only ¼ of the reason. Leaving the pogues was never something that was ever going to be in the cards for you, yet it looked like leaving them was something you were going to be forced to do in the next few months. But how could you?

Each of them meant the absolute world to you. There was Kiara, your best girlfriend since she joined your little group. She is one of the sweetest, kindest and most badass girls you'd ever met in your life, she was loyal to a fault and never shyed away from sharing her opinion. You knew that there wasn't any chance you'd meet anyone like her on the mainland, girls from the OBX were a whole different breed in the best way imaginable.

Then there's Pope, he's the brains of your little gang. He never failed to make you giggle with his weird facts and badly timed jokes and when he wanted to, he could give a really great hug. He has so much going for him and not that you'd ever tell him but he definitely inspired you to try harder.

Last but definitely not least, we have JJ. Where to even start? You met him a few days after you became friends with John B, so sometime in third grade. JJ was the kind of person that could charm his way out of hell if he needed to, he was fun to be around and he was hands down your best friend in the entire world.

You found yourself at John B's door with a red nose and puffy eyes, goosebumps covered your arms and your frame shook ever so slightly, not that you had noticed. 

It had slipped your mind entirely that the group had planned to meet up tonight, originally you told them you couldn't go as your dad had something to tell you but yet there you were anyway.

You didn't bother knocking when you walked in, John B never had a problem with you letting yourself in and as you walked in, sniffling and hiccuping, the group paused their movie night to look at you, worry filling all of them when they took in your state.

"What happened?" Kie was the first to ask, her question sounding urgent as she got up and stood in front of you, grabbing your forearms. 

"You're freezing." She stated to which JJ immediately pulled his sweatshirt off and made his way to you, "Here." He helped pull the hoodie over your head and then led you gently to sit on the pull out couch everyone had been sitting on before you arrived.

"C'mere…" John B muttered with furrowed eyebrows, stretching his arm out and pulling you in to rest against his side.

"I'm gonna make you some tea ok?" Pope stated, scurrying to the kitchen while the others shared looks of confusion as you continued to cry into John B's shoulder, only stopping when Pope returned with a hot cup of tea a few minutes later.

After taking the warm cup from Pope you pulled away from John B and sat up, cradling the cup in both hands in an attempt to warm them up.

"Can you tell us what happened?" Pope asked gently, afraid to upset you again, you weren't one to completely break down often and if he was being honest with himself you were usually the one who handled group breakdowns and when you were the one breaking down he had absolutely no clue what to do.

"Yeah tell us who made you cry so I can punch them in the throat." JJ chimed in from beside you, his hand was rubbing your back soothingly despite his somewhat threatening words.

Sniffling again you looked around at the people you loved so much, your family, Kie kneeling down on the floor beside you with a comforting hand on your knee, Pope sitting in front of you on John B's coffee table and John B and JJ sat either side of you.

Shaking your head, you swallowed the lump in your throat and decided to look down into the liquid of your steaming cup when you delivered the news.

"My dad got offered a job on the mainland." Was all you muttered, before looking up from your cup and answering the silent question that you could feel floating around the air, "And he's taking it."

The tension in the air was suffocating and the group had become silent.

"So you're moving?" Kie was the first to break the shocked silence, asking the question that none of your friends were ready to hear the answer to, her voice cracking as the words left her mouth.

Looking at her with teary eyes you choked out a pathetic "Yep." Before you began to breakdown again, John B wasted no time in pulling you back into him, this time holding you tighter, afraid you'd disappear.

"Nah fuck that!" JJ exclaimed, panic swirling in his eyes at the image of you leaving and possibly never coming back. 

The blond boy stood up from his place on the couch and began pacing the living room, "You can't leave! You're a pogue, you can't just… you can't just leave us." 

Separating yourself from John B, you made your way over to JJ and grabbed his hands, forcing him to halt his movements. When his blue eyes met yours he shook his head softly, sadly.

"You can't go." He almost whimpered and you tried your best not to sob when you noticed the water building in his eyes. 

With a heavy sigh you pulled him close to you, your arms wrapping around his shoulders tightly as his came around your torso keeping you as close as physically possible.

Before long the rest of the pogues joined in on the group hug, Kie crying almost as much as you and the boys hugging you with all their might that you thought you might pass out.

After a while you were all snuggled together on John B's pull out couch, JJ was sitting behind you his chin resting on your shoulder with his arms around your middle, the blond had pulled you between his legs the second you sat back down which to be fair was common practice, he was needier than he let on but you never minded.

 "When are you leaving?" John B broke the silence this time and you shrugged gently, careful not to displace JJ.

Sinking against the boy behind you you let out a scoff, "I don't even know, man. All he told me was he was moving us to the mainland and then I flipped out and came here."

John B nodded in understanding as he watched you play anxiously with the rings on JJ's fingers and he shuddered at the thought of dealing with a JJ who didn't have you to help calm him down when he went apeshit.

"He's probably worried…" You spoke quietly, worry in your tone as you continued to fidget with the metal around your blonde best friend's fingers. He got as much comfort out of it as you did if he was being perfectly honest, ever since you'd both turned 14 you'd picked up the habit of messing around with your own rings until one day your favourite silver band fell off your finger and got lost to the marsh, after that JJ always offered you his ring clad hands to distract yourself with since most of his rings were, in his words, “stolen anyway”. Plus, he liked it when you played with his fingers, it calmed him down.

"I should go back." Feeling a nod against your shoulder, JJ gave you a squeeze before releasing you from his grip, "Can I drop you back?" Nodding in agreement you detangled yourself from your friends, giving each of them a hug before you left.

"Try not to worry too much, kid" John B spoke into your hair while he hugged you tightly, pecking your forehead before sending you off with JJ.

The pair of you rode home on JJ's bike, it didn't take long to get to your house from the chateau on the bike and you were met by your father who had been waiting patiently for your return.

JJ dismounted the bike along with you, walking towards your father with a less than satisfied look on his face.

Your father always loved JJ and John B, ever since the first time they'd ever come over to play when you were all kids. He had a soft spot for JJ considering he used to work with the boy's father, although they spent more time squaring up to each other than they did actually working together. Your father hated Luke Maybank but loved JJ Maybank. 

Which is why he couldn't meet the blonde's eyes when he walked you to the porch steps.

JJ cleared his throat, shifting his weight from foot to foot before he asked what had been gnawing at him the entire ride to your house.

"So, uh… when do you start?" He asked referring to your dad's new job somewhere a thousand miles away.

"As soon as my contract here ends in November." A gasp left your lips as you gaped at the words that left his mouth.

"November? That's only five months from now! What about Christmas?" You fretted, voice desperate, almost pleading for him to see how messed up it was to be leaving the OBX right before Christmas.

You had already made plans with the pogues to all spend Christmas Eve at John B's this year and then he and JJ would come and spend Christmas day with you at your house.

The thought of leaving John B right before his first Christmas without his father brought tears to your eyes again and when JJ took your hand in an attempt to comfort you dread shot up your spine at the thought of leaving him alone with his father on Christmas.

"I'm sorry, but you know we're barely getting by. The sooner we go, the better." Your father spoke softly, watching carefully how you gravitated to the blond beside you, who immediately wrapped his arm around your shoulder.

 The older man sighed for what felt like the millionth time that night, looking at his daughter and her best friend broke his heart, these people got you, they understood you and you were so happily integrated into the pogue community, you'd never fit in as well as you did here on the mainland- you and your father both knew it.

He was dreading ripping you away from everything and everyone you loved so much but he couldn't turn up the opportunity presented to him, the pay was miles better and maybe on the mainland you yourself would find yourself with more possibilities for your future. He wanted what was best for the both of you.

"Why can't she just move in with John B?" JJ questioned with a fake optimism lacing his voice as he gave your father a crooked grin.

Letting out a laugh your dad only shook his head, not bothering to answer the question.

"Look, five months is a long time, just make the most of it while you can and I promise from now till November I'll overlook all of your little adventures." He told the both of you, taking into consideration the amount of times you'd stumbled home drunk in the middle of the night with one of your friends in tow. 

JJ's grin turned genuine at your father's words, the boy leaned down to you slightly, his blue eyes glinting with mischief as he brought his lips close to your ear, "Get ready for the best five months of your life."

And that's what you did. From that moment you were absolutely determined to make the most of the time you had left with your friends and your island.

5 MONTHS LEFT - JUNE

The morning after talking with your dad, JJ was waiting at your door at the crack of dawn ready to bring you to the rest of the pogues for a day out on the boat.

Sure enough the day was spent laughing, drinking and getting high with your friends on John B's boat, although it was hard to ignore the drastic change in atmosphere now that the knowledge of you moving was out in the air.

It was when the day started nearing to a close that you noticed things started to take an unusual turn.

JJ had been smoking like a chimney the entire day, way more than usual. He'd barely left your side the entire time either and he'd shoved his hands into yours several times claiming that, "you looked anxious."

But by the end of the day his mood had done a 180° from clingy to cranky and none of you knew what the fuck was going on. He had gone from showering you in attention to refusing to talk to you within the space of an hour, you wouldn't lie you definitely preferred the attention.

Everything became clear when he scoffed at a joke that Pope made about you drinking the boneyard dry at the next kegger. You all turned to face him with questioning expressions, "If she's even still here for it." He'd muttered bitterly, not sparing any of you even a glance.

"The party is in three days JJ, she's going to be there." Kie told him, annoyed that he'd brought down the mood.

JJ gave her an irritated look before going back to ignoring you all, John B gave you a pleading look causing you to sigh and let out an exhausted, "I've got it." Before moving seats so you could be beside the pouty blond.

He refused to look at you as you placed your chin on his shoulder and stared up at his face expectantly, hand finding his so you could mess with his fingers and hopefully chill him out a bit.

You kept your chin on his shoulder until he eventually turned his face to look at you, "What's up, buttercup?" 

His fingers fidgeted with yours while he shook his head staring off into the water of the marsh.

"Well my best friend is leaving me so sorry if I seem like I'm in a crappy mood." He spit out bitterly, not daring to look at you.

"J…" You sighed, "You know if I had any choice I wouldn't be leaving you." You told him gently, intertwining your hand with his.

JJ scoffed again, "You're still gonna be gone come November so why does it matter." JJ had abandonment issues, he knew that, the pogues knew that, you knew that. It hurt you to know that you were the one bringing that anxiety up in him, especially since you'd promised him that you'd never under any circumstances walk out on him.

Turning his chin towards you with your free hand he stepped down slightly at the hard look you were giving him, "No, J. You know it's not like that. I might not physically be here but I'm never going to stop being your best friend. You got that?"

Sighing, JJ let his head fall to rest against yours, his forehead pressing to the crown of your head where he placed a small peck before muttering a weak, "Sorry."

"It's ok, now come on you promised me the best five months of my life." You smiled and so did he. The rest of the group stared at you in amazement, pulling JJ out of a mood was a skill only few possessed and as if he was reading everyone's mind Pope spoke.

"I have to say, I really have no clue how we're going to deal with this once Y/ns gone."

4 MONTHS LEFT - JULY

July in Outer Banks was hot this year and your preferred method of keeping cool was of course; surfing.

On this particular day it had just been you and JJ, the others working their summer jobs so they couldn't join.

You'd surfed for a few hours before the tide had calmed down and left the pair of you just floating gently as you sat up on your boards. 

"Do you think the guys are gonna be as hot as me in Oklahoma, or wherever the hell it is you're going?" JJ asked light-heartedly, bumping your leg with his under the water.

You threw your head back as you laughed, not noticing the way his eyes sparkled when he looked at you, "First off, I'm going to California not Oklahoma and to answer your question, I dunno I've heard they've got some hotties up there."

There definitely wasn't going to be anyone like JJ.

He groaned giving you a hurt look and pressed his hand against his heart, "Damn, woman. There goes my self confidence."

Shaking your head you nudged his board away from you, "Of course I'm joking, there's absolutely nobody in the whole entire universe who could possibly be hotter than you." You declared over-dramatically, exaggerating almost every word you said, basking in the sound of his laughter.

"That's more like it." He replied, splashing you slightly before clearing his throat.

"Do you still have that old Polaroid your dad got you?" He inquired, scratching the back of his neck nervously.

Furrowing your eyebrows together in thought, you shrugged, "Yeah… I think it's in the attic somewhere, why?" 

Nodding with determination the sun kissed boy splashed you again and then began to paddle his board towards the shore, "That's it, come on."

"Where are we going?" You called out, paddling behind him while he turned his head to look at you from over his shoulder, smiling the cheekiest grin you'd ever seen, his dimple showing and his eyes gleaming.

"To dig out that camera so you can have tiny little pictures of me to take with you when you go."

You couldn't help but laugh at him as you followed your favourite boy to the shore.

3 MONTHS LEFT - AUGUST

"Guys!" Kie shouted excitedly running into John B's living room where you, JJ and John B were sitting watching shitty daytime tv, bored out of your minds.

Pope trailed in behind Kie with a bright smile on his face as the pair of them stood in front of the TV blocking it from your views.

"Come on, Kie! You're blocking Storage Hunters." John B groaned.

"Doesn't matter cause guess what we're doing today!" She squealed looking between the three of you, waiting for a guess.

"Not watching Storage Hunters." You grumbled under your breath, JJ snorted and bumped his fist against yours, "Nice one."

"No guys! Come on! Just guess!" The excitement in her tone caused you to smile and humor her, "Umm, I don't know? Are we going surfing?" 

"Kind of a lame guess." JJ teased from beside you before leaning forward on the couch, "Are we going to rob somewhere?" He offered up as his guess, getting an annoyed look from Kie and Pope and a jab in the ribs from you.

"Hey…" he whined quietly, jutting his lower lip out at you cutely when you stuck your tongue out at him.

"You're both wrong! John B any idea?" Kie informed you and JJ who were playfully glaring at each other before looking at John B expectantly.

The boy in question let out a disgruntled noise, throwing his hands up in defeat, "I got nothin'."

"You guys all suck at guessing." Pope chimed in from beside Kie with a grin on his face to match her's.

You flipped him off and looked at Kie, "Alright babe, tell us what we’re dong today."

"There's an end of summer fair happening in Chapel Hill and we're going!" Kie explained excitedly and you all smiled.

"Sounds like a plan." John B confirmed, chewing his lip nervously before adding, "Can I invite Sarah?"

Kie groaned but couldn't hide her smile, "Fine but no macking on each other in front of us."

Laughing you leaned in close to JJ, "JB and Sarah sitting in a tree…" you whispered in a singsong tune while JJ laughed and continued the song while you made kissy faces at John B from across the couch.

"Shut up you two." He groaned while throwing a pillow at you.

"Hurry up and get ready the ferry leaves in an hour." 

The group had all reconnected at the dock in time for the ferry after you all separated to get ready for your day trip to Chapel Hill.

"Oh thank God you're here!" JJ exclaimed dramatically, pulling you into a tight hug.

"JB and Sarah have been all over each other for the past ten minutes and I just saw Pope and Kie kiss!" The blonde explained with annoyance lacing his voice as he his his face in the crook of your neck.

"Awh, were you feeling left out?" You asked mockingly, still hugging him back with all your strength.

You let out a surprised yelp when you felt your feet lift off the ground as JJ spun you around.

"They wish! I was just bored waiting for your slow ass to show up." He teased you, placing you back on the ground while you giggled, pushing his chest away and giving him a playful, "Fuck off." Before you both made your way onto the ferry, JJ's arm staying wrapped around your shoulder for the duration of the boat ride.

When you arrived at the fair you allowed your excitement to take over, immediately whipping out the Polaroid that JJ had helped you dig up last month and you'd been using it to its full potential since.

"Oh get me in!" Kie squealed, posing in front of the white mini Polaroid.

"Sarah you get in too!" You called over to the girl you'd only become friends with since she started dated John B but she'd grown on you pretty quickly.

"You too." JJ declared, taking the camera from your hands and pushing you towards the two girls.

The three of you posed together, smiling brightly as JJ snapped the picture.

After a few more photos in front of the carousel you all decided to split up, John B and Sarah went to ride the rides, Pope and Kie went to play the games and yourself and JJ both really wanted some cotton candy.

The pair of you were sat on a bench enjoying your cotton candy and admiring the string lights that decorated the entire area.

"Remember when your dad brought us out here when we were like nine?" JJ asked, staring at you with a soft smile as you nodded.

"I remember. You won one of those beany babies." You reminisced with a laugh, shaking your head at the memory.

JJ let of an excited gasp, "Fuck you're right! Damn I forgot about that thing." He started off into the crowd dreamily and you giggled at his facial expression.

"I'm gonna miss all this." You sighed out, looking around and letting the nostalgia take over as you leaned your head on JJ's shoulder.

"Me too. I mean, I'm still gonna have it all… but I'm gonna miss having it with you."  He confessed, resting his head on top of yours. 

"You'll still have John B. And Kie. And Pope. And Sarah now too." You tried to comfort, listing off your friends but only making yourself sad as the list went on.

"Come on, Y/n. We both know it's not the same. It's different with you." He explained sadly, nuzzling his nose into your hair slightly.

Sighing you wrapped your arms around your best friend, you knew what he meant when he said it was different with you. Well you didn't completely understand what it meant but you did because he was different to you too. It felt kind of bad to say but you had a strong feeling that JJ would be the one that you missed the most when you left.

"Yeah, I know." You muttered sadly.

Sighing heavily, JJ pulled you into him and kissed the top of your head. 

"Fuck it, I'm just gonna say it." He pulled away from you slightly and his blue eyes met yours and he shook his head in what looked like disbelief before the words fell from his mouth.

"I'm going to miss you so fucking much." He told you, lips tilting downward before he pulled his lower lip between his teeth.

Nodding at him with an understanding expression you absentmindedly grabbed his hand and began twisting his rings gently.

"I bet I'll miss you more." You told him half-heartedly, a sad smile making its way onto your face.

"No, Y/n, I'm serious. I don't even know what I'm supposed to do without you." He admitted and you lost all resolve, moving from your spot beside him to plopping yourself right down onto his lap, nothing you hadn't done before.

"I know, J. I don't wanna go without you either." You told him, before perking up and giving him a cheeky smile.

"Hey, maybe I could sneak you in my suitcase!" You half joked, but their was an air of seriousness in your voice to go with your suggestion.

JJ threw his head back, securing his arm tightly around your waist while he laughed and nodded his head.

"Seems legit." 

2 MONTHS LEFT - SEPTEMBER

Summer came and went and before any of you knew it, it was midway through September.

On a Friday night after school the whole group were chilling together at John B's, as usual.

Kie and Pope were snuggled up on the armchair in the corner of the room while John B and Sarah occupied the pull out couch.

Yourself and JJ were sat on the wooden floor mindlessly watching the movie that played on the screen like wide eyed children while the other four macked on each other.

JJ's head was resting on your lap and your fingers were running through his hair before he turned his head to look up at you and presented the joint he'd been rolling while your attention was on the TV.

"Wanna share?" He whispered so the others didn't hear and want a hit.

Nodding your head you both got up and made your way out to the hammocks as non conspicuously as possible and luckily for both of you none of them seemed to notice.

"God seeing them all all over each other is starting to gross me out." JJ complained, taking a hit of the blunt before passing it to you, the pair of you sitting beside each other on the swinging hammock.

Shrugging you took a hit, exhaling the smoke before adding to the conversation, "I think they're cute."

"You're not the one who's about to be stuck with them." He muttered, shoving your shoulder playfully and taking the joint back.

"Yeah, yeah. You're just jealous because nobody is macking on you." You said, laughing at the offended face he made at your statement.

"If I wanted someone all up in my shit I'd have someone all up in my shit, ok? I'm a catch." He told you, his cocky attitude bringing a small smile to your face as you leaned closer to him with the same smile and narrowed eyes.

"Oh is that so?" You challenged, quirking an eyebrow at him as he blew smoke into your face.

"Yep." Snatching the joint from his ring clad fingers you took a drag before prepaying the favor and blowing the smoke back at him.

"Alright, if you're such a catch why are you out here smoking with me and not out macking on some touron?" To be honest, you didn't know why you were asking, you loved smoking with him and the thought of him leaving to go prove his point (which he'd been known to do in the past) made your heart drop. But you guessed you were feeling ballsy.

The blond looked at you thoughtfully, weighing his options up of whether he should tell you the truth or just make up some bullshit.

Taking the last drag of the joint he let it soak in before exhaling and meeting your eyes, "You wanna know the truth?"

Immediately you nodded your head, waiting for him to go on.

"I'm out here smoking with you because you're the girl that I want to be macking on. But not just to like to fuck around with or whatever, I-" JJ let out a heavy sigh before finishing, "I love you. Like a lot. Like a fuck ton." 

You couldn't stop the giggle that left your throat as he rambled, your palm found his cheek as you rested it there gently, he couldn't take his eyes off the smile on your face.

"You're being for real?" You asked, just to make sure and he nodded, still filled with nerves, "Deadly serious."

If it was even possible your smile widened and you brought your forehead to rest against his as his arms snaked around your waist.

"I love you a fuck ton too." You confessed, giggling as he let out a sigh of relief, muttering "Thank fuck." Under his breath.

Without even thinking about it, his lips were on yours and your hands were in his hair, the kiss was everything you hoped it would be and when his lips moved against yours you couldn't help but smile.

The fact that it was about to be entirely harder to leave was at the very back of your mind.

The others had been excited about you and JJ finally acknowledging your feelings for each other but now that the whole group was paired off, nobody really knew how to act.

1 MONTH LEFT - OCTOBER

You were helping Kie at The Wreck when John B and JJ walked in, John B looking exhausted and JJ looking pissed.

You sighed knowing you'd have to handle whatever it was that was happening when John B walked up to where you were standing and grumbled, "Please talk to your boyfriend."

Accepting the task, you walked over to your best friend/boyfriend and sat in the seat next to him with a small pout of concern on your lips, "What's up, buttercup?"

"Nothing." He responded glumly and you tilted your head to the side, "Doesn't seem like nothing."

JJ scoffed, staring into the distance, "Doesn't matter."

"If it doesn't matter why are you so upset?" You asked softly and his eyes met yours briefly before focusing on the floor.

"Just forget it." He told you, his voice sounded more irritated that time and you decided you wouldn't press any further as Kie and John B joined you at the table, shooting you a questioning look to which you just gave them a shrug looking at JJ with concern.

Kie's father brought you all something to eat and you all took into account the fact JJ had barely touched anything, which was an obvious red flag since that kid was always hungry.

"You not hungry?" You inquired, bumping his shoulder with yours gently, he didn't answer you, only shook his head.

Sighing you took his hand in yours but flinched when he pulled it from your grasp, quickly standing from his chair and stormed towards the exist of the restaurant as you all watched with confused faces.

You couldn't lie, that had hurt a little. He'd never once pulled his hand away from you, let alone done it so aggressively.

Clicking your tongue, you mentally prepared yourself for a mentally draining conversation as you followed your usually zen boyfriend onto the beach. 

"JJ! What the hell?" You called out to him, jogging to catch up.

He didn't look at you, "Leave me alone, Y/n." 

"Not until you tell me what's wrong." You managed to grab his arm to get him to stop his fast paced walking and look at you.

"You wouldn't get it." He told you angrily and you couldn't stop your eyes from rolling.

"Well maybe I'd get it if your told me what it is." You countered growing tired of the argument already.

JJ let out a sarcastic laugh and ran his hands through his hair before looking at the ocean with his lips pursed, "What's the point? You're just going to leave in three weeks anyway so why tell you anything anymore?" He yelled at you and it finally all clicked together in your mind, he was upset with you.

Gaping at him in disbelief you furrowed your brows trying to wrap your head around it.

"So, what? You're just going to pretend I'm already gone?" You asked, your own voice rising in volume as the words came out angrily.

JJ shrugged his shoulders and crossed his arms across his chest, "Might as well." He stated bitterly and you threw your hands up with exhaustion, he had managed to strike a chord despite not saying much at all.

"And that's how you feel?" You asked, giving him a chance to change his attitude before you got petty and called your father to tell him to reconsider the early start date he'd been offered.

Not letting up JJ nodded in confirmation, "That's how I feel."

Laughing in disbelief you turned away from him and began walking, "Fine! That's fine, JJ. If you want me gone I'll go."

"What's that supposed to mean?" He called out from behind you, grabbing your arm and spinning you around to face him, a nervous look on his face.

"Dad got offered an early referral, asked me what I thought and I straight up told him no but if my best friend wants to pretend like I don't exist I'm going to tell him to reevaluate that offer!" You told him angrily, tears filling your eyes when your repeated that he was already pretending you were gone.

Panic took over his face, similar to the night he'd first found out you were moving, "What do you mean early referral? How early?" He asked frantically.

Sniffling you wiped your eyes, "Next week." 

To which the broken boy in front of you quickly grabbed your hand in his and let out a hurried, "No!"

You didn't say anything, you waited for him to figure out what he wanted to let out. 

"Don't go early. I'm sorry, okay? I was trying to come to terms with the idea of you leaving but now that we're together I can't think about it without putting myself in a mood." He explained, squeezing your hand before going on, not breaking eye contact.

"I'm not ready to lose you, alright?" He told you, his words genuine and his voice raw.

 You wrapped your arms around his shoulders and pulled him into you, kissing him softly and using one hand to wipe away the few tears he'd let slip.

"You're not losing me." You tried to reassure him but your voice didn't do much to convince either of you.

The boy in your arms just held you tightly, he didn't want you anymore upset than he had already made you so he didn't say anything more.

You both knew that at the end of next month everything you'd built in the last two would most likely crumble to nothing.

0 MONTHS LEFT - NOVEMBER

It had been the fastest five months of your life, and true to JJ's word, they were the best five months of your life. You just wished they hadn't gone by so quickly.

It was your last day on the OBX and your heart was breaking at the thought of actually having to leave, sure, you knew this day was coming but you wished it wasn't real. You really didn't want to go.

The time was 8am when you and your dad finished packing up your childhood house, which was now just an empty shell.

The pouges were all waiting for you at John B's to say goodbye, your dad insisted on taking an early ferry out but agreed to let you spend a few hours with your friends until it was time to leave, promising to pick you up from the chateau to ensure that you'd actually be on the boat.

You arrived at your favourite little shake at 8:30am, not wasting any time before bursting into tears at the sight of your friends all gathered around a tacky banner with the words "bon voyage" written across it.

The goodbyes were emotional and nobody had a dry eye, not even Pope.

"Okay guys, I'm sorry but I'm about to get mushy on you." You informed them before taking a deep breath and trying to compose yourself from your spot on the couch and JJ gave your arm a comforting squeeze.

"You guys are my best friends, and I'm really sorry that I have to go." You told them, tears slipping from your eyes again as your voice began to waver.

"John B. You're my oldest friend and the closest thing I've ever had to a brother and I fucking love you so much." You told him trying not to lose it completely when you noticed him tearing up, "Love you, kid."

"Sarah." You turned to the newest addition to the group next, "I know we haven't known each other that long but you've been so great to me and I think you're wonderful. So I love you and please take care of JB okay?" Sarah nodded quietly and wiped tears off her face before crawling over to where you sat on the couch and hugging you tightly.

"I'm gonna miss you." She mummered into your stomach and you pecked her head before she made her way back to John B who was now silently crying.

"Pope." You smiled at him as he rested his head on Kie's shoulder as she cried her eyes out.

"You're hands down the funniest guy I know and I know for a fact that you're going to absolutely kill those college interviews this year, I'm so proud of you, I love you and you deserve all the good things." You told him, voice cracking up at the end when you noticed him tearing up, he nodded his head and saluted you, "You know I love you." He told you, sniffling heavily.

"Alright I'm gonna need to be hugging you for this one." You cried, standing up and making grabby hands towards Kie who basically threw herself into your arms, sobbing into your shoulder.

"I don't even know what to say to you." You cried, your chest felt so heavy as you felt her tears hitting your shoulders, "me neither." Kie replied.

"I just love you so much ok?" You told her, lower lip quivering and she nodded profusely, the same look on her face as she managed to choke out an, "I love you too."

"Take care of these idiots." You told her, an airy laugh leaving your mouth as you sent her to sit back down with Pope.

"JJ." You said and the boy swallowed thickly, he didn't want to say goodbye but he knew it was time.

"Come outside with me for a bit?" You asked gently, he nodded his head and followed you out to the hammocks.

The two of you sat there in silence for a few minutes, before the blond boy cleared his throat and handed you a little box, "Going away present." Was all he said as he shoved the box into your hand.

Curiously, you opened the makeshift box and smiled at the sight of one of JJ's rings.

"For when you get anxious." He told you, his voice threatening to crack at any moment.

"I love it, J. Thank you." You said sincerely, placing your lips against his.

His hand was quick to find your waist as he moved his lips against yours, "Don't wanna say goodbye." He murmured against your lips once you parted ever so slightly.

"Me neither. But I think we have to." You said quietly, noticing your dad's car pulling up to the drive way.

Sighing JJ pulled you in for one last kiss before taking a minute to study your face, committing it to his memory.

"I love you." He told you, running his thumb over your cheek.

"I love you too." Letting out a heavy sigh you stood up from the hammock and helped him up too.

Walking hand in hand with JJ to John B's porch steps, where all your friends were now waiting, you all shared one last group hug before you needed to leave.

Looking at JJ with a sad smile, you pecked his lips for the final time, letting them linger for a moment too long before letting out a small, "Bye…"

JJ nodded at you sadly as he watched you get into the car, "Bye, Y/n." He whispered, trying not to cry as the car drove further and further away until he couldn't see you anymore.

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Thoughts You Definitely All Asked For on ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Finale!!

These are in chronological order for the show.

One of my biggest fears about them reintroducing Boba Fett was that by removing some of his mystery, they would make him less cool. Thank god that has not been the case. He’s still an aloof and nasty piece of work but with dimensions added.

We all know the Empire is most often a metaphor for America right? At least when it’s not being Nazi Germany? The Imperial pilot talking about destroying an entire planet (of peaceful weaponless civilians no less) to stop terrorism hits a little too close to home of the nuclear bombs the US has dropped and the endless destruction of the Middle East in the “war against terror.” And of course we frame all our wars in similar language like “our troops died to keep our country safe,” which hasn’t really been true since WWII.

I do think it’s worth noting that this is the first time SW has had someone acknowledge the human losses of the Death Star blasts. Usually it’s framed as a loss in construction time, strategical advantage, and power. The Empire proved time and time again that the lives of its soldiers were utterly expendable, which always made me question why people remained loyal outside of fear. Through this pilot’s phrasing, you can see the propaganda Imperial superiors used to twist the truth to their followers, always blaming those deaths on Rebel aggression instead of prideful Imperial neglect (I.e. not abandoning ship when there was still time) or even direct Imperial aggression like Operation Cinder where they fired on thousands of their own (discussed in S2E7.)

You can’t tell me Din wasn’t into it when Cara shot that asshole pilot. That cold faced revenge shot? 100% Mandalorian style, and also very very hot.

I appreciate that it was a pretty equal match between Boba and Koska Reeves. So much of Boba’s advantage comes from his suit, but since she also has one, it’s a battle of wits on how to use it, and they even out. This both maintains his legendary badassery and also that of highly trained Mandalorian warriors, and hopefully avoids asshole chauvinist SW fans on the internet complaining abujt “pandering to feminism” (fuck off @ all of them, especially since Mercedes Vernado who plays Reeves is a WWE champ and could kick all of your asses.)

Din point blank asked how many Death Troopers there are and Dr. Pershing never answered, and that annoys me.

Why is no one suspicious why Dr. Pershing is being so helpful and revealing so much information? He totally did not have to tell them about the Dark Troopers or any of the specifics of locations on the ship. He’s still with the empire post-fall, implying he’s a loyalist, so... wtf on his part (since no tricks come of it), and “be smarter” on the part of everyone else. Unless he’s been captive as a clone engineer all this time. But couldn’t he have made his escape back in Season 1 when Din killed everyone at that lab to get the kid back?

Bo Katan really could’ve just told them how the retrieval of the dark saber needs to work in the flight before the mission instead of being vague about “he belongs to me.”

Boba Fett’s usage of “Princess” and “don’t worry about me” are a good throwback to Han Solo and the culture they both grew up in. You can never quite tell if it’s based in misogyny or resentment for upper classes, but both of them seem to use it as a shield for begrudging respect they hold for a woman they think is brave but following a fool’s errand (the Rebellion and retaking Mandalore).

The Comms Officer (Katy O’Brian) assisting Moff Gideon will forever and always look like Ilana Glazer to me, and then I get swept up imagining what would happen if the Broad City cast accidentally got transported to Star Wars.

The launch tube sequence has some amazing cinematography.

The second I saw Boba was cut off from the pack, I really thought they were going to kill him again and make his return bittersweet. Glad they didn’t.

God this team of Bo Katan, Koska Reeves, Fennec Shand, and Cara Dune is SO BADASS. I’m just obsessed with all these characters and their various motivations to get shit done. I honestly didn’t even think about the fact it’s all women until my re-watch, showing that the writers made it feel natural, the way women deserve to have their representation done. You can bet I am SO EXCITED for my future daughter and the wealth of possibilities she’s going to have of characters to play pretend as, action figures she can relate to, Halloween costumes to wear, etc. It’s so validating that we’ve gone from only Princess Leia as a female main character to all these women + Rey, Jyn Erso, Ahsoka, etc. etc.

Can’t wait for the trap remix of the Dark Trooper activation noises. (And the transition from that to the minimalist flute theme is perfect.)

The spy movie version of the main theme music is sick.

The Dark Trooper droid faces have a lot of similarity to Darth Vader’s mask. That callback is especially apparent when the one is literally lit from the inside with fire. He was already a martyr/legend to the Imperial remnants, Kylo Ren didn’t start the trend of ignoring his redemption.

Cara’s “excuse me” right before shooting up Stormtroopers is hilarious. Literally “can’t talk rn, doing hot girl shit and murdering space Nazis.”

Finally an Imperial ship got some frickin security cameras. Truly- the amount of times people just wander down hallways they’re not supposed to be in with no one being able to find them throughout the course of Star Wars is ridiculous when you think about the degree of surveillance our real life society carries out. I also love that this means The Mandalorian characters have also seen The Mandalorian.

The storytelling does such a service to Pedro Pascal and his already heroic efforts to portray emotion through a helmet. For example: Din easily could’ve killed the one stormtrooper outside Grogu’s cell much more efficiently, but instead, to show his absolute rage, they wrote in Din choking him out with a spear.

Moff Gideon would have been the BIGGEST pain in the ass in philosophy class. “Assume I know everything” my ass. I want to hear about his backstory (he would’ve been “coming of age” at the time of the Clone Wars) mostly just to hear about him getting bullied at school.

Smart move honestly, to try to tempt Din with the Mandalorian throne, given the Mandalorian power struggles of the past. Proud of our boy for keeping his priorities straight.

So has the blood from Grogu been transferred out of the ship and back to the remnant empire already, or do they have to find a new “donor” to help with building Snoke and Palpatine’s clones? Will they continue to go after him with Luke?

Lmao Din being so annoyed by Bo Katan being stringent about the tradition of winning the Dark Saber through combat is HILARIOUS, coming from a man who up until like a day ago hadn’t shown his face to a living being in decades.

The dark troopers can punch in blast doors but NOT Din’s helmet?? That’s a wild testament to beskar. Somehow that’s the comparison that sticks out to me, more even than its resistance to lightsabers.

This show works because of the cynicism of so many characters adding contrast to the moments of heart. Cara Dune is not a “fan” the way Rey was (for the record I love Rey, don’t come at her, it’s just different). Cara doesn’t see an X-Wing and go OMG THE REBELLION I LOVE THEM. She’s been through too much to believe in the magic saviourism of the “good guys,” and is instead thinking strategically when she, the one Rebel present, brushes off the usefulness of “one X-Wing.” The only positive things she seems to feel in battle situations are moments of relief and brief satisfaction in hurting the empire, with a dark knowledge that it will never make up for the hurt they did to her.

How do you keep a cloak hood on while fighting? Both from a technical standpoint (my hats fall off without me even having to move- is he expending force energy just to keep it on and look cool lol?) and also because idk, maybe it’s just me, but peripheral vision is helpful when surrounded by killer robots on a thin bridge above oblivion. I know his first lesson was to “see” through the force, but every resource helps, right?

Now that she has the ship, I wonder if Bo Katan can reprogram any salvageable Dark Troopers to help with retaking Mandalore?

There is nothing like seeing Luke’s fighting style, with its efficient choppiness and twinge of darkness. I always wonder how much is natural and how much is influenced by his first fights with Vader (that Skywalker diva flair). I love how they’ve advanced his technique but also kept him extremely “grey” here- like to straight up COMBUST a Dark Trooper takes some violent energy lol.

How tf is Moff Gideon alive after threatening Grogu’s life twice directly? That’s a wild testament to Din’s regard for Cara.

I love how seeing Luke slice through a bunch of murder droids like butter probably was a huge point in his favor for Din actually letting Grogu go with him. Like he will only send his child to boarding preschool if he knows the teacher will be a certified killing machine.

Oh my god they finally brought in some OG Star Wars theme music for Luke to take his hood off to 😭 It felt weird seeing him fight to different music, so the emotional payoff is huge when his themes come back for the face reveal.

Whoever added the digital young Mark Hamill face NAILED those classic shining Luke eyes and the earnest eyebrow lift.

Whoever shines the glass of Baby Yoda’s lil puppet eyeballs each day deserves a raise. The light caught in those babies is devastating.

Din is shaking as he takes off his helmet. This is the most enormous show of love he could give him, and possibly the last he’ll be able to for a long time. He only just got Grogu back and is desperate for a moment of real connection before letting him go once again.

This is the first time anyone has touched Din’s face since... likely his parents as a child.

Whoever wrote this scene clearly actually has kids. Anyone who’s ever had to leave a young child even just to go out for a bit or to drop them off somewhere knows that heartbreak of seeing them look in your eyes and hold on to your leg, trying to keep you with them. Especially when they can sense your mutual separation anxiety. The one thing that starts to make them feel better is something fun like a new toy or friend who can be their guide in the new environment, and R2’s friendly introduction is exactly that (since digital Luke isn’t being particularly emotive or child friendly... I hope that’s just because he’s reaching into Grogu’s mind while also keeping an eye on the multiple people with guns trained on him, not because he’s going to be totally unfeeling raising this kid.)

I love that Grogu and R2 are immediately buddies in contrast to Episode 5 when R2 was like “fuck this guy” @ Yoda stealing food and hitting him with a walking stick lol. I would imagine Luke must be reminded of that first introduction too and entertained by this display of playfulness in a *positive* light between R2 and mini-Yoda.

I need to know if Luke and Ahsoka have met- it is KILLING ME.

Does this mean Grogu will get killed by Kylo Ren when he fucks up Luke’s academy??? I will reincarnate Ben just to kill him again if that’s the case.

How does Luke not even fully SMILE at Grogu?? An adorable little baby version of his beloved master Yoda, and you’re telling me he doesn’t have the same heart stopping gasp we all did when we first saw him?? Maybe he did when they first connected through the force. He has a bit of bemusement on his face, and also wonder in his eyes, but I want a grin of recognition and welcome, dammit.

I really wish Luke had somehow acknowledged Cara Dune. Everyone else seems to see the tear drop Rebel sign and know it means Alderaan. He could’ve been like yo I have a badass warrior sister from your planet that you should meet. Or just “thank you for your service.” (I know this actually wouldn’t have been cinematically good but my heart wants it.)

Luke didn’t tell Din his name?? Or ask for any details about the kid and his care?? I could literally never let my kid go with someone, regardless of how worthy, and not be like, “Excuse me sir who are you and where tf are you taking my tiny beloved green goblin in case I need to find him? Here is my contact info. He likes to eat frogs and eggs, and he can have macarons as a treat. He’s 50 years old and his favorite toy is still a ball. Bedtime is 8pm and he’s allergic to dairy.”

Another reason I wish Luke had identified himself would be to see the mishmash of reactions that would ensue. Cara would be like DAMN IT’S THAT GUY WHO BLEW UP THE DEATH STAR AND KILLED THE EMPEROR, ACT COOL (and she would indeed act cool). Fennec would be like ugh it’s that guy who helped kill my best paying client Jabba the Hutt and then fucked over my boss Boba, I helped save the kid for THIS? And I would LOVE to know how Bo Katan feels about him, assuming she’s heard of him, and especially if she knows he’s Anakin Skywalker’s son. That confusion is probably the reason WHY the writers didn’t have him reveal himself- they didn’t want to break the emotion of the scene.

Let‘s all be real I’m just being needy about wanting things from Luke because of what he meant to me as a kid and my resulting innate need to have more canon of him, whatever it is, whenever I can get it. Especially in this form that’s so similar to ROTJ, a movie I watched on endless repeat. Even getting this was incredible though. Who else could we trust this lil heart-stealing green bean with so fully? Yet who would be so arrogant as to try to train a baby yodling (see: Ahsoka’s wise refusal)?

R2 is reckless as hell lmao. Not that we don’t already know that, but for him to just head on in, effectively abandoning Luke’s ship (how can they know if there are more troopers or not who might blow it up?) and also putting himself in the path of the ridiculously deadly Dark Troopers is NUTS. I’m usually on his side but he absolutely deserves a scolding by C3PO for this one.

I wonder if Grogu has any memories of R2 or vice versa since they did occupy the Jedi Temple at the same time. Can Grogu understand droids? They could swap stories about mutual acquaintances.

Does Din pretty much have to go with Bo Katan now since a) he’s shown his face and may not be able to go back to the Watch, and b) because he has the darksaber and has to figure out how to get it back to her without dying?

How in the hell did Bib Fortuna (whose chins age was not kind to) go from being butler to being boss? Were all the henchmen just like, “Fuck yeah, no Hutt parents no rules, let’s do what we want!!” And then they’ve spent the last ten years living off of whatever money they could salvage from Jabba’s non-banked wealth? Why has no one challenged them for that prime real estate and loot? I would love to hear that story.

Fennec Shand says “respect sex workers” so you better fuckin’ do it.

Idk dude Bib Fortuna really was a good butler, and he seemed pretty willing to comply with whoever’s in power. Did he screw Boba over in his attempt to return from the dead and earn that killing shot somehow? Or was this to make sure there was no one left who would have a claim to loyalty? Or maybe Boba just really wanted to sit in that chair.

Does “The Book of Boba Fett” mean we’re not on Din Djarin’s story anymore? Or is it a new show? I would much prefer the latter. I want to see Din help retake Mandalore or at least get a hug.

[agent-of-sam]

Favorite Thor Ships: Part 1

Out of all the MCU, the Thor movies are my favorites.

It helps that I'm a multi shipper and all the women in Thor's life are awesome. So I want to do some posts about my favorite Thor ships. And I’m starting with my personal favorite: Thor/Sif.

                                                      Totally biased, I've been quietly rooting for Thor and Sif to hook up since 2011 and no matter what direction the story takes Thor x Sif will always be my favorite potential relationship.

Obviously, part of this is just because I have a massive crush on Sif, the character, and Jaimie Alexander, the actress. I love her...why?

Lady Sif is sort of the MCU equivalent of Wonder Woman, an immortal who combines strength and nobility with a sense of warmth, compassion, and emotional openness. 

She doesn't get a huge amount of screen time but comes off as an incredibly well-rounded character, especially in a genre where many female character are assigned valued based on how well they can mimic the traditional cliches of male Action Heroes.  

Sif is able to switch from playful and cocky, to stoic and serious, to gentle and supportive, depending on the situation (as benefiting a literal goddess).

In other word's, she's Girlfriend Material of the absolute highest quality! 

Beyond that, I love that she's so high-key Romantic in her feelings for Thor. Having your Badass Warrior Princess character mournfully pining as she gazes across a crowded room at her lifelong friend, her eyes brimming with unspoken feeling... it's exactly the kind of over the top, melodramatic bullshit that I love about the Asgardians and their weird alien/pseudo-Shakespearian/mythic warrior culture. 

At the same time, she's never fawning in her interactions with Thor. They banter like old friends and flirt in mid-combat. 

Sif tries to counsel him when she thinks he needs perspective or patience. 

She advocates for him when he's not around.

To me it's a very romantic set-up, a long-term friendship based on loyalty and mutual trust with the potential to develop into a very deep relationship. (Though, flipping it around, I can definitely see how female viewers might not appreciate their Super-Hero/Immortal Warrior Woman power fantasy character being portrayed, pining from the sidelines for several centuries).

Plus, their dynamic has this tropey, genderswap thing going on. A Fantasy Prince and his Loyal Female Knight. Except the Fantasy Prince is a giant Viking Immortal with a magic hammer and he and his girlfriend ride into battle side by side which is both hot and romantic to me.

Of course the downside  to Thor x Sif as a relationship (also maybe what makes it appealing)... is that it's all potential. As far as we know, Thor is either unaware of Sif's feelings or does not reciprocate. Which is weird because Thor generally comes off as a very socially/emotionally aware guy... at least in the context of Asgardian society. 

One of my favorite things about Thor is that he's confident but honest and genuine as well. He never comes off as a "ladies man" i.e someone who puts on a smooth, crafted persona specifically to interact with women. 

However, he clearly seems to be aware when women are attracted to him (Jane Foster, the woman in the subway)...so how come he doesn't seem to notice the very obvious torch Sif is carrying?

My personal headcannon for this is that they either casually dated as adolescent (whatever age that is for Asgardians) or came very close to it. But then Frigga and/or Odin stepped in, took Sif aside and basically told her to hold off because they thought she had the potential to be a good queen.

Before his time on Earth, Thor was reckless, arrogant, impulsive, and quick to violence. He wasn't ready to be a king or a committed lover. And so Sif was encouraged to do the responsible thing and wait. 

The irony being that by the time he had matured into the person he was supposed to be, he had met somebody else.

To me, there's something there that mirrors the fall of Asgard. Why not wait? They're gods after all, there's always going to be more time.

Then Thor gets banished and comes back different. He's met a mortal woman and doesn't want to be king anymore. Frigga, who Sif always thought would be her mother-in-law one day, is dead. 

Thor goes searching across the universe and then Odin sends her away from Asgard. And when she finds her way back even her home is gone. Her people live on Earth now, or at least the fraction of them that still survive after Hela, Surtur, and Thanos. 

Thor is gone again, traveling through space with a bunch of mercenaries she’s never heard of.

Maybe I'm just projecting because I want someone in-universe to mourn Asgard and everything those people must have lost in what must seem like a very short amount of time to them.

I always thought Thor x Sif had the potential to be a very stable, well-rounded couple. However, given Thor's general arc in the first two movies  it would have seemed a little off, thematically speaking, if he ended up with the immortal warrior princess/long-time friend that his parents wanted him to get with all along.

However, post-Ragnarok/Endgame I think there is a lot of dramatic/narrative potential to a romantic reunion between Thor and Sif, someone who knew him before everything started and can see how much he has changed. Maybe someone he didn't realize how much he cared for until she was gone. 

For her it's a second chance at something she thought was lost, a piece of her past that's come back damaged and different but still worth fighting for.  

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Obviously, this is all conjecture. There's no guarantee that Sif will return in Thor 4. As a shipper part of me is hoping for it, however as a fan of her character I'm also worried about her being crammed in and either sidelined or mischaracterized by the those behind the scenes.

If she shows up in the Loki show, that's more screen time and room for character development. 

However, I'm not hugely interested in Loki's show and depending on the direction it takes I'm not sure that it will play to her strengths as a character. My dream scenario was for Sif to have her own Xena-style high fantasy adventure (with Thor showing up in a supporting role) but that’s seem very unlikely.

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Anyway, I'm a multi shipper and I'm planning to do more of these for Thor x Valkyrie and Thor x Jane. I just wanted to get my fave out of the way first.

[booknerdteen]

★★★★★ 5/5

"Just remember: the choices you make today will be felt by who you have yet to become."

Plot

Clara is a seventeen-year-old who is special. She is an Everwitch. Which means her magic is tied to all four seasons. She is the first Everwitch to appear in almost 200 years so it's a relief when she arrives. But being an Everwitch has its struggles. She has to go through each season while changing and becoming a different person. So she has a personality type for each season. She is forced to evolve and change and move forward but she still remembers her past traumas, with the death of her parents and her best friend Nicki, Clara can't afford to get close to anyone emotionally. So she is moved to a Cabin in the Woods where she can't hurt anyone.

As an Ecological disaster starts to get out of hand, Clara is forced to get out of her comfort zone and use her powers, but she needs training if she's going to be able to save the world.

So she is paired with botanist Sang who is a spring witch and can soothe her worries while training her. But Clara finds herself starting to get attached to Sang, and the last time she had done that - she had killed 3 people.

While still grieving and suffering the loss of her loved ones, Clara can not let this Ecological disaster kill anymore witches so she trains with Sang and develops her magic to the fullest. She starts to let her guard down and trust Sang but getting emotionally attached with him will end bad + she has been planing on stripping herself of magic when the Eclipse arrives. So Clara is left with the ultimate decision. Will she forever live without magic and never have to hurt anyone again while letting other witches die? Or will she take up the duty that has caused her so much pain and loss while risking the people she loves to save the entire world from the ecological situation?

Yeah... theirs a lot going on.

Clara

Surprisingly enough, not annoying. I thought she would be an annoying Character to follow but that honestly wasn't the case. Clara was so realistic. The way she tries to isolate herself so she wouldn't hurt anyone and the way she's so honest with herself. It's beautiful! What's also beautiful is seeing her struggle but still be herself. While changing through the seasons she was still true to herself.

Sang

Sang is a really warm and sweet Character that I adore and can't wait to see more of! (Will we?) I loved how protective he is of Clara! Also, the way he can be both careful and careless at the same time!!!! His love for Plants and Nature really brought out that environmentalist in me to protect what we have because we never realize how much we have until it's gone ;)

Paige

Yessss! This gurl is puuurfect. She's badass, loyal and SO FREAKING hot. I just love her. That's all I'm gonna say.

The Seasons

This book makes me appreciate each and every season even though I'm not a big fan of Summer. ☀️ This book brought out both the good and the bad in all the seasons and that was really nice to see. Also, I loved seeing how they were all connected and had a part to play in keeping the world sane and orderly.

Writing

The writing wasn't my favorite part of the book. In fact, it was the worst BUT the book did make up for that with the plot and great characters so... I'm not complaining.

Confusing things...(bear with me cause these are quite a few)

What is the connection between humans and witches? / What's up with the humans?

So in this world witches rely on humans and humans rely on witches. But what is their CONNECTION. We get that they need each other but do they like each other? And since when do ALL the humans know about witches? Ok...I get that this is a fictional world and the author can do whatever but it at least has to be realistic. I don't understand how everyone could just be ok with the Witches...I don't mean to break the fun but humans are ✨ complicated ✨. There would be some dumb people who are against the witches even though they are literally saving their lives every day.

If Clara's behavior is supposed to be changing every season, isn't it supposed to

be more obvious?

We're in Clara's head but it doesn't feel like she's changing and becoming a different person every season. Other people that know Clara point out that's she's so different from last season's Clara but I don't see any difference.

I was also really confused with the little Epigraph we got at the beginning of each chapter because they were so beautiful and I kept searching "A Season for Everything" on Google and I didn't get where the author got the quotes!! But all those quotes tied up for a precious surprise at the end which is always lovely.

Overall

Overall this book made me CRY. It is a beautiful addition to my nature books and will always hold a place in my heart.

"Women are discouraged from being direct and saying what we think. That's why I love winter: It taught me to stand up for myself when the rest of the world is happy to walk over me."

Thank you Sourcebooksfire and Netgalley for an Advance Readers Copy in exchange for an honest review.

[the-phoenix-heart]

10 Favorite Characters

oh no i’ve been noticed @wisteria-lodge​ tagged me so let’s do this!

(this isn’t in a particular order, also I decided to do one character per fandom.

10. Sophie Hatter (from the Howl’s Movie Castle film, not the book. idk why but I just never got into her like I did her film counterpart)

Oh Sophie my love, crippled by anxiety and insecurity only to be freed of them and show just how spunky and cunning and full of life you are. Honestly my favorite scene in the movie is just when she’s cleaning the whole house because she has so much character and she just makes me feel great. Honestly this whole movie gives me those warm, fuzzy feelings. 

(Sidenote, recently rewatched it and damn there are so many details you can miss. Like, Sophie is already starting to throw off the curse and get younger by the time she’s at Howl’s door!)

((Sidenote sidenote, after watching Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Princess Mononoke all in the span of two days I realized in Ghibli movies they tend to have side characters state outright that the main leads are in love with each other which? Idk if it actually is a trend but it’s something I just picked up on)

9. Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson Series & Heroes of Olympus...I never could get into Trials of Apollo)

My. First. Love. For a fandom, for a book series that was slightly more adult, for a character. Percy is so badass and also so so loyal and amazing and I love him. I’m hardpressed to actually talk about him because just thinking about him makes me a little incoherent since I’ve loved him for so long.

8. Marinette Dupain-Cheng (Miraculous Ladybug)

For all my beef with Miraculous right now I still love my beautiful daughter. She’s so intelligent and good and badass. Oh my god some of her plans are so smart you wonder why she’s stuck with everyone around her. I’d die for Marinette even if she’d die for me. She’s my girl and I’d follow her to the ends of the earth. I have so many fics for her planned that I will never write. Also I freaking relate to every anxiety attack she ever has and she needs to be appreciated more and treated better. Not by the fandom, by the creators.

7. Lucifer (Lucifer)

A CHARACTER! THAT GOES TO THERAPY! Not just that lol. He’s just so charismatic and nice for all his devilish (literally) qualities. And also I know this shouldn’t factor in but SWEET JESUS TOM ELLIS IS HOT! His face, his body, his hair, his voice, his ass. Also I love every moment he sings and plays the piano. And HE NEEDS TO COME BACK RIGHT NOW! I DON’T CARE THAT DEMONS ARE STUPID AND NEED A KING HE NEEDS TO COME BACK! CHLOE FINALLY SAID SHE LOVES YOU!

6. Crowley (Good Omens)

The facts are I love me my sinnamon rolls. I love Crowley because he’s just so damn badass. He’s so smart and resourceful and I LOVE HIS PLANTS! Also I support all the headcanons about all the people over the centuries he inspired. ALSO ALSO I FUCKING RELATE! My best friend/crush rebuffs me and says we aren’t friends and my immediate reaction is to sleep until he needs me to save his dumbass. And he’s David Tennant how can you not love anyone David Tennant.

5. Kenny McCormick (South Park)

I don’t care that I put South Park here it’s my list and I can do what I want! Kenny is frankly just so dynamic and good. Like, Mysterion saving his sister from bullies or getting a job so he buy a doll for her??? And the fact he actually hates dying and the creators actually acknowledge it several times??? Even though it was just supposed to be a funny joke??? And holy crap he’s just a good, pervy, boy.

4. Hermione Granger (The Harry Potter BOOKS not the movies)

I almost didn’t put Hermione because recently I’ve been having very mixed and complicated thoughts on the franchise as a whole but it doesn’t change the fact that Hermione is sharp and ruthless and brilliant. Hermione could kick my ass and I would not thank her but I would tell her she has a mean right hook and that she was very badass. Part of the reason I like her I think is because I literally am Hermione. 

(Sidenote don’t you miss when they had Hermione’s hair actually curly and frizzy back in the movies)

((Sidenote Sidenote, in case you’re wondering I was going to put Jareth from The Labyrinth originally))

3. Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean-except for Dead Men Tell No Tales that wasn’t Jack Sparrow that was the writers deciding to write Jack Sparrow as nothing but drunk and washed up because they had no idea how to make the new characters shine without dulling Jack Sparrow even though they did it just fine in the first three-)

As this list falls down (reference to Labyrinth ;)) I find myself more hard pressed to find favorite characters. I’m not so good at this as I thought. I either overthink them or just can’t decide. And Jack might be here only because I recently watched all the movies for the first time finally but whatever-I love him. He’s smart, cunning, a badass, and he just gives me feelings whenever he looks out to the sea or at Elizabeth or Will. AND ALSO ALSO he gives me feelings when in Stranger Tides even if I don’t like that movie because he shows he has a heart when he saves the crew and won’t let them die. But also fuck everything with him and Angelica, I didn’t believe for one second there were and had been stirrings between them ESPECIALLY when it all leads up to him leaving her on the island and never seeing her again! 

I had...A lot of feelings with those last two movies.

2. Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

OKAY I SAY I HAD TROUBLE BUT REALLY THESE LAST TWO I KNEW IMMEDIATELY I WOULD PUT THEM DOWN. I just wanted to put them as 2nd 1st. Catra is a character who makes cry every time she’s on screen. She never fails to send me spiraling and I love her because she’s so complex and amazing. Catra trying so hard to be bad when really she is a better person than she gives herself credit for moves me and hurts me. I love her

1. Bakugou Katsuki (Boku No Hero Academia)

Anyone who knows me knows he would top this list. My favorite boy. Who ALSO sends me spiraling without fail. My thing for characters who make me spiral might be an indication of my self destructive tendencies. But I love him, he makes me laugh, he makes me cry, he makes me go doki-doki. He’s such a badass and so smart and legit he’s so hot. I have so many fucking headcanons about him and so many fic ideas which I will never post-I just can’t get over him.

(Sidenote there are legit so many good Bakugou gifs...Like I can’t get over how pretty he is!!) 

I’m tagging... @queenofthefaces​ @fiddler-unroofed​ @bipolarchick18​ @apollosukulele​ @bestprincesslys​ aaaaand anyone else who sees this!!!

[nox-ceur]

Please tell me your in depth opinions of the criminal minds characters?

Allie ily

I wrote down everyone I actually remember, theres probably others that I didn’t get to but I don’t remember everyone enough to have an opinion

Reid: Ultimate favorite character. I loved him and he made the show better. Definitely baby, but also a huge badass. I hate how much he was tortured and how much pain he had to go through. He wasn’t appreciated as much as he should have been or like people were really good at ignoring the signs that he was suffering. He definitely comes off as bi idc what the writers decided. He deserves kids and deserves a nice healthy relationship where his partner does not get murdered in front of him. He would have been cute with JJ ngl, especially when her kid dressed up as Spencer for Halloween 🥺

Morgan: he definitely had the whole “hot and knows it” mindset but he was also really down to earth. He clearly cared about the team and is definitely the type to protect someone with his life no questions asked. He was willing to listen to other people but he was also stubborn as hell. He definitely tried his best make people feel safe. Him leaving was sad and I hated that part. He deserved a family though. His friendship with Reid was perfect and their prank wars were iconic

JJ: the love of my life, a literal angel. JJ was super sweet but clearly had a protective side. It was stupid how she was forced to be separated from her team. She seems to do better around other people but I think she’s secretly an introvert. Her and Spencer would have been perfect but I also lowkey love Will. JJ is a badass and definitely cares more about others than herself. She’d sacrifice herself in a second if it meant saving someone else.

Prentiss: I hated her at first but she grew on me. I thought the faking her death (twice?) thing was excessive but I guess I can understand why she did it. Especially since she was yanno being stalked. I liked her personality overall and I loved her interaction with the other characters, especially JJ. She was a badass with a secret soft side and deep deep down a little insecure. She had a cute cat named Sergio so she gets points for that. She’s absolutely not straight and that is a hill I will die on.

Rossi: has like 3 ex wives?? Gives off fatherly/grandfather vibes. Mobster in a past life?? Idk he seems like he’d fit right in with the mafia. He cares about the team like they’re his own children and even hosts dinner nights at his house for everyone?? I love how he interacts with everyone, he’s hilarious and to the point but also really caring and loyal overall. The scene where everyone is at his house for dinner is my favorite :’)

Garcia: She’s so cute and sweet and full of life! Her personality is amazing and I love how she interacts with everyone, but especially Morgan. Her outfits are iconic and she deserves to be appreciated. I loved her from the start and she’s important to the team. She cares about everyone in her own way but also won’t put up with anyone’s bs. Her giving new people a hard time is the funniest thing. She’s funny and such a fun character

Hotch: he seems so serious all the time and closed off?? He also comes off as a father figure for the rest of the team though. He does have his moments where he’s more open and stuff, and it’s clear he really does care about everyone else. Even though he misses certain things in Jack’s life, I don’t think there’s anyone who loved his son more than he did. Him finding Haley dead was heartbreaking and I think he genuinely did love her but I imagine it’s difficult to balance a relationship with being the leader of the BAU. He deserved to be happy and him leaving made the show so different.

Gideon: I don’t remember a whole lot about him, but he was close to Reid. Gives off like grandfather vibes and listened to Reid about his interests and stuff even when no one else would. He seemed like a caring person and seemed to care about everyone. His death was really sad

Luke: He has a dog! He seems to use humor as a coping mechanism. At the same time I think he genuinely was a happy person deep down but not entirely. He’s intelligent and I feel like him and Morgan would be the perfect friends. I thought it was hilarious how hard Garcia tried to not like him as a person and then as soon as she found out about his dog she was all “I don’t like you this is for your dog”. He obviously had a lot of trauma to deal with but he made a good fit for the team. He fit in so naturally. He comes off as really outgoing but deep down I think he’s more of a “keep to yourself” kind of person.

Elle: I didn’t really like her. She seemed to want to do her own kind of thing, and she assumed and jumped into decisions before thinking them through. She was really impulsive and I don’t think she handled being part of the team very well. She shouldn’t have been a field agent imo

Kate: she was only there for like a season I think but I hated her. She was such a know it all and seemed to think her opinion was the only one. She didn’t like listening to other people and tried to take charge when she wasn’t in charge. She didn’t deserve to have her sister kidnapped, but I’m glad she wasn’t a permanent member of the team.

Tara: She was cool. I liked how well she fit in. She seemed kind of closed off but I feel like she was secretly outgoing, the opposite of luke. She seemed down to earth and willing to listen to other people and really think through situations.

Strauss: she didn’t deserve to die but she ruined everything and I absolutely hated her. She was so hell bent on pulling the team apart and trying to force them to go their separate ways. She didn’t understand why they worked so well together or why they made the decisions that they made and didn’t even try to understand either.

[too-many-kpop-hubands]

30 Day Fandom Challenge

Here we go again for my fandom challenge. You still with me? @domsberto I'd also like to nominate @jimonsprettyface

This next fandom is one that I have been a part of from the very beginning and it holds a special place in my heart. Hold on tight and for those who haven't seen it, spoilers ahead.

Day 2- Teen Wolf

(TV Show not Movie)

1) Favorite Character: Stiles Stilinski

Reason: I have a thing for adorable dorks apparently. 😂

Ok so I adore Stiles the most because he is the backbone and heartbeat of the group. Sure he's a spazz and a nerd but he also always finds a way to get the group out of sticky situations because of his intelligent and knack for looking at things from every angle (he truly is his father's son....it helps his Father is the Sheriff alot of the time). He is loyal to a fault and though he has a hard time trusting most newcomers, once you are in he will literally follow you to the ends of the earth. He is a hopeless romantic, as shown with how he is with Lydia and even Malia. He loves deeply and thought he tends to be a fuck up at times he always finds a way to make things right. He keeps the others in line and helps everyone that needs his help. As the only human of the group he takes his job very seriously and is damn good at keeping the group together even when he personally feels like falling apart. I adore him to no end.

2) Most Relatable Character: Liam Dunbar

Reason: Liam is an adorable, scared and confused little rage monster. Unlike the others on the show who had a few seasons to get used to the world of the supernatural, Liam was still new to the world and was often left scratching his head wondering what the hell was going on. I can relate to that because even in real life I don't know what the hell is going on most of the time. He is also the most relatable because unlike the others on the show, he actually acts his age for the most part and wasn't forced to grow up as fast as the others. Honestly, for a young Beta wolf he can be the most human of them all at times. He likes to have fun, he likes to hang out with his girlfriend and play lacrosse. He marches to the beat of his own drum, which I do most of the time. Another thing I can relate to is having a short temper. While my temper is not nearly as bad as Liam's (who as Intermittent Explosive Disorder) I still get how hard it is to calm down once that temper is triggered.

3) Most Underrated Character: Isaac Lahey

Reason: Besides Derek, Isaac probably had the most growth of all the characters on the show before his exit from the show. He had to shoulder alot of pain and loss in his life starting with his mom leaving and his brother dying, then suffering from years of abuse at the hands of his father. After being turned by Derek, he felt empowered to help not only himself but others as well and did all that he could to help people in need. He even found it in him to forgive his father for abusing him for so long, which takes strength all on it's own. He went from being a scared and abused little boy to being a badass who did everything he could to help people he cared about and those who were unable to defend themselves. I see you Isaac, I see you and I appreciate you.

4) Most Overrated Character: Derek Hale

Reason: Ok before I start this, let me just says that I love Derek Hale ok? He is all kinds of sexy and has some good qualities but of all the people on the show he is also the most overrated. Ok hear me out here before you come at me. Throughout the series Derek is hyped up as this big bad Alpha dude. Yes, he turned a bunch of teens into wolves and helped them, and Scott, learn the ropes but when it came down to a fight most of the time he either made things worse or just didn't show up when he was needed the most (example when they were fighting the Nogitsune, Dread Doctors, Ghost Riders, Alphas). Most of the time it was Scott and his pack that ended up saving the day. Sure Derek helped gather intel but as far as fighting goes, he didn't really do much for such a "Big Bad Alpha" who threatened to rip people's throats out with his teeth. Hell he didn't even kill the bitch that murdered his ENTIRE family, nor did he kill the Darach...instead he slept with her. Wow Derek, just wow. He ran most of the time, went MIA alot of the time only to make a dramatic entrance and knock a few people around when Scott already had things under control. I love Derek but.....some big bad Alpha he was.

5) Least Favorite Character(s): Tied Kate, Gerard, and Victoria Argent

Reason: First of all, Kate....She got away with murdering an entire family (minus Derek, Laura, Peter and Cora) and then manages to cheat death by turning into a freaky ass werejaguar when Peter ripped her throat out. How?!?!?! No matter how much chaos she starts she still ends up getting away. How is she not dead yet? Jesus! She was a manipulative person and honestly one of the most toxic on the show besides her shady ass who I will talk about next.

Gerard was a piece of work. He brainwashed Allison into trying to kill her friends, he praised Kate for killing the entire Hale family, he tortured and killed innocent supernaturals simply for existing and used Jackson in his kanima form to carry out his shady agenda. He was also a hypocrite. He hates supernaturals yet relied on Scott to help take away his pain when he was sick and dying only to turn around and train a new generation of Anti-Supernatural hunters to do his bidding. He was a piece of shit.

Victoria Argent was the Matriarch of the Argent family and even when her daughter (Allison) and husband (Chris) wanted to actually help the innocent supernaturals she did everything in her power to make sure they felt like shit for wanting to help. She freaking tortured and tried to kill Scott for no other reason than he was a werewolf that was screwing her daughter and then made herself out to be a victim when Derek came to save Scott and he bit her a few times after she attacked him. She refused to turn and killed herself instead of facing the consequences her actions lead to (her turning into the very thing she hated, a werewolf).

6) Favorite Canon Pairing: Stydia (Stiles Stilinski and Lydia Martin)

Reason: From the beginning when you first see Stiles and Lydia interact on screen you start to root for the spastic nerd to win the heart of the most popular girl in school. Stiles always saw the real Lydia that she hid behind her popular facade. He saw how smart she was, how much she actually cared for people despite pretending like she didn't. He had been in love with her since the 3rd grade and even when they dated other people, that love never died. The closer they got as friends the more you wanted them to just end up together. Several seasons later and we finally hear them confess their love for each other and finally FINALLY get together. Praise be to all things Holy! Stiles and Lydia manage to balance each other out and anchor each other. When Stiles has panic attacks, Lydia is there to help calm him down. When Lydia gets overwhelmed by her Banshee powers, Stiles is there to help ground her. Stiles saved Lydia more times than I can count but she saved him too on more than one occasion. Stiles and Lydia have a love that is beautiful and pure. I see them lasting forever and they should even now that the show has been over for a while now. They are beautiful and they are my OTP. I could go on forever but I will just leave it here.

7) Favorite Non-Canon Ship: Scisaac (Scott McCall and Isaac Lahey)

[Close Call Honorable Mention: Sterek (Stiles Stilinski & Derek Hale)]

Reason: Ok first of all this was a close race between my boys Scisaac and my boys Sterek but when I look back at both pairings, I love the purity of Scott and Isaac versus the almost toxic pairing that is Sterek. (I adore Sterek but come on! Looking back now they were hella toxic!) Now for Scott and Isaac they had their moments. They lived together and Scott always managed to find a way to help bring Isaac back to reality when he had moments where he would lapse into PTSD style symptoms and nightmares. They always had each other's backs and they always gave each other looks that went beyond that of just friendship. Hell Isaac even agreed with hearts in his eyes that Scott was the "hot girl". I believe that if these two had of both cut Allison lose and crossed the boundary of friendship into a romantic relationship they would have been just as strong as Stydia. A pure and passionate kind of love born out of genuine care for one another.

8) Least Favorite Pairing: Stalia (Stiles Stilinski and Malia Tate)

Reason: First of all their first hook up was in a freaking insane asylum so that right there is not a good start for any lasting relationship. Throughout their relationship, Malia took Stiles for granted and then had the nerve to get jealous when he paid more attention to Lydia (who he had been in love with forever at that point). Malia had the mindset of a child and was immature most of the time. Don't get me wrong, Stiles could be immature at time too but she brought out the worst in him. I don't dislike Malia. I actually like her as a character but not as Stiles's girlfriend. Plus this biggest reason I dislike this ship? It took longer for Stydia to finally happen. Let's not forget how she practically walked all over him.

9) Favorite Part/Moment: Lydia tells Stiles she loves him too.

Reason: Stiles had been taken by the Ghost Riders and everyone forgot who he was but before he was taken he told Lydia "Remember I love you." But she never got the chance to say it back before he and her memories of him were ripped away. When he finally came back there was a touching scene where Lydia said "I never got to say it back." And the two of them shared their first real kiss (not counting the kiss she gave him to stop a panic attack in a previous season). This was one of those moments that was several years long overdue and for us Stydia fans, we rejoiced when they finally got their shit together and actually became a couple. Praise!

10) Least Favorite Part/Moment: Allison is killed by the Oni

Reason: Allison Argent was a character you could sometimes love and hate at the same time. When they battled the Nogitsune and she sacrificed herself to the Oni to save Isasc, I sobbed like a baby. It was a way for the writers to write off the actress's character but one of the most heartbreaking scenes in the entire series. It is my least favorite because Allison died. It was a beautiful farewell as she died in the arms of her first love (Scott) but I can't even think about it without sobbing.

Thank you for sticking with me. Until tomorrow! ❤

[owlface28]

Top Ten

So I was nominated (It’s nominated right?) by @hms-chill I don’t know how long ago to give you guys my top ten characters from books, movies, Tv, ect.. So here goes

1) Prince Henry of Wales Red, White, & Royal Blue - so Henry gets spot number one because how could he not. I relate to him so much. he made me feel like there was maybe someone that got me and for that, he gets spot 1.(and a mean don’t we all love a disaster gay?)

2) King Damianos  Captive Prince - I read these books only two days ago and this lovely, idiotic, hot, bisexual disaster has fought his way into my heart. He loves his people and his friends and Laurent so much and he is always so loyal. He’s just amazing.

3) Amani Al’Hiza Rebel of the Sands - Amani is amazing. she is strong, brave, loving, kind. she finds herself in places that she thought she never would. she’s willing to do almost anything for the country that she loves.

4) Inej Ghafa Six of Crows - Badass, level headed, resilient need I say more. I just... *clenches fist* love her so much

5) Lou Diggory Serpent & Dove - She makes the best of a shitty shitty situation and thrives. she saves the people that she loves the most. she fights to save those she loves even when they don’t appreciate it.

6) Audry Rose Wadsworth Stalking Jack the Ripper - She’s amazing. She’s smart. She makes her own way. She stands on her own.

7) Neil Josten All for the Game - This boy gives me so much anxiety but he’s also one of the most calculating people ever and that just floors me. His acting and ability in almost everything is just impressive yet depressing at the same time because you know he has to learn those things to survive.

 8) Lila Bard A Darker Shade of Magic - I love her so much. Her desire to travel and see the world is so strong. Her desire to travel is ever-present but she’s willing to put her dreams on hold if necessary. 

9) Tessa Gray The Shadowhunter Chronicles - Her ability to adapt and fight through is admirable. Her love for books is completely relatable. and I may or may not be completely jealous of her ability to land to really fucking hot men.

10) Enne Salta The Shadow Game - This lovely, amazing, calculating, backstabbing, bitch. Her desires and her hopes are paramount to all for her and I love her and hate her for it.

(GOd i’m soooo lazy I honestly feel ashamed that its taken this long but oh well)

ah um people to do this now well @bibliothesoph @luci-cunt @literallylen and whoever else wants to do this I guess