#oh and you can be sure that if his character survives his kids and/or wife do not

[eastern-lights]

character: *is played by Hiroyuki Sanada* Me: *stops eating popcorn* Oh this guy is super dead.

a (probably incomplete) list follows:

SPOILERS

Ryuji Takayama (Ring) - dies of fear (I think)

Seibei Iguchi (the Twilight Samurai) - gets shot in the Boshin War (talk about a happy ending override) 

Ujio (the Last Samurai) - dies in battle like an absolute badass (but if I had a nickel for every Sanada death in a samurai film with an inexplicably white protagonist, this would be my first nickel)

Yoshio Oishi (47 Ronin) - commits seppuku (and this would be my second nickel, but I cried and so did you)

Kenji (Rush Hour 3) - falls off the Eiffel Tower while fighting Jackie Chan  

Captain Kaneda (Sunshine) - literally gets cooked alive by sunshine

Kaito Takehaya (the Last Ship) - dies off screen of a terminal illness (and so departs the only compelling character of this series)

Hiroshi Hatake (Helix) - somehow manages to bleed out peacefully with an axe lodged in his stomach while sitting at the dinner table with the mummies of his wife and son (don’t even ask)

Shingen Yashida (the Wolverine) - gets shishkabobbed by Wolverine

Sho Murakami (Life) - I don’t even wanna know what happened but it involved a tentacle monster (also he had shown the picture of his newborn daughter to his crew, like, we been knew this would happen)

Akihiko (Avengers: Endgame) - literally just exists to get killed by Hawkeye

Hanzo Hasashi (Mortal Kombat) - perfect casting for a character whose entire arc is that he’s dead, but also too angry to die

[sipsandfables]

Unfiltered Thoughts While Reading: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

⚠️⚠️⚠️ BEWARE! SPOILERS AHEAD ⚠️⚠️⚠️

Chapter 1

If I were Violet, I’d be like “Forget these biscuits and EXPLAIN YOURSELF SIR” 😂

If Brennan survived, then why did Tairn’s old rider die? 

“Stop bringing logic into an emotional argument.” Hahaha love Violet

I will say though that if she’s going to be mad at Xaden, she can be mad at Brennan for the same thing

Chapter 2

is this foreshadowing? Will Violet or someone else learn the art of ward building to save them all?

“Weapons are the only things that can win this war” for someone so intelligent, I’ve never heard Brennan say anything more foolish than that 

Andarna is a teen 😂

will she go through an emo phase? Hahaha

At least it sounds like her mom wasn’t in on this murder plot 

“Fucking Dain.”

Lol agreed

Chapter 4

I love how Dain acts like nothing happened. Like, wtf? Why are you surprised Violet hates you?!

Unless he didn’t know about the plan somehow and we all just assumed he did.

Also, maybe another mind reader read his mind and he didn’t actually tattle? But even if that’s the case, he still read Violet’s memories without her permission this whole school year

Chapter 5

“I’m pleasantly fuddled but not entirely sloshed.”

Lol I’m using that the next time I get drunk

Chapter 6

Violet has more self-control than me. She should have let Xaden stay the night lol

Chapter 7

I knew it! So, less dragons are bonding because of the war and the venin. I wonder if they are bonding with the rebels or just staying out of it completely 

Chapter 8

so Aaric is the kings son?! Bold move 

And now Liam’s little sister?! This series is going to kill me 😭😭😭

oh shes angry lol 

“What in the angry-Mairi was that about?”

Lol I love Rhiannon

“I've danced with Malek more than my fair share over this last year and told him to fuck right off every single time. ”

LOL

Fuck this dragon and fuck Varrish. What. The. Hell.

I’d be so pissed if someone ran after that because that stupid dragon is killing people in the way anyways. Hide ya kids, hide ya wife, they’re flaming everyone up in here.

“If Solas comes near you again, he knows I will devour his human whole and let him rot within me while his heart still beats, and then I'll take the eye I so graciously left him." "That's...graphic."

Tairn has the best threats lol he and Violet were made for each other

Chapter 9

I knew Imogen would grow on me!

Omg I bet the person they’re interrogating is Xaden. He never made it out to his post and it’s why he hasn’t come to see Violet. I just don’t know how they can keep the dragons from each other 

“"I can take her," Sloane fires back, white-knuckling her knife, "From what your letter said last year, her joints pop right out. How hard can it be?" "Seriously?" I shoot a reproachful look at Imogen. "I can explain." Imogen puts her hand over her heart, "You see, I didn't like you last year, remember? You're kind of an acquired taste."”

hahahaha I love the banter in this series

OMG!!! Nadine!!! I am NOT okay with how fast characters be dying in this damn series!! 😭😭😭

Chapter 10

I knew this dude was sent by Aetos. So freaking sloppy! And the more this book goes on, the more I think Dain didn’t know about the War Games thing. He’s an annoying prick but I don’t see him being malicious enough to let Violet walk to her death. Plus, I actually don’t recall him shitting on people with a relic. He just seems to hate Xaden lol 

Welp, there goes my theory about Xaden being tortured lol

I find it hilarious that Xaden is so obsessed with Violet’s hair lol

Chapter 11

“Coconspirators with a vested interest in keeping each other alive.”

Lol love Imogen. She’s giving me Ron Swanson vibes here with his “work proximity associates” speech 😂😂😂

Banning people from knowledge in order to keep their corrupt secrets from the public is not sustainable. Sure, it drastically slows the distribution of information but the truth always comes out - it’s just a matter of when!

I wonder if the Scribes are translating everything from the old language in order to hide more lies

 Varrish grinning at Violet saying “dragons don’t take orders from humans” does not bode well. Has he found a way to control dragons? Or at least influence them with blackmail or something else?

Varrish is such a dick. Like, get a life dude. 

Chapter 12

That comment about a blade of grass sticking to Violet was so random. 

Chapter 13

This Varrish guy is the worst. He’s like Miss Umbridge from the Harry Potter series

“You wish you were my type. I’m phenomenal in bed.”

Hahahaha I love Imogen. SHE BETTER NOT DIE

Oh no, I bet it’s that freaking survival class test! They’re getting kidnapped!

Chapter 14

Tairn is so sassy and I love it

Obviously, the water is drugged! Have they never read a fantasy novel?! 

I adore Ridoc 😍

HE BETTER NOT DIE

You would think there would be more crossover activities and exercises between riders and infantry if they have to work together so much and infantry are expected to work alongside dragons

Chapter 15

Rhiannon is responding to Violet keeping secrets way better than Violet is to Xaden lol She’s like “hey, you’re hiding something and that’s fine but don’t lie about lying” with Violet. And Xaden is like “Honestly, I have secrets I can’t tell but here are all of the intimate details of my life.” Come on Violet! Quit trippin' and get back with Xaden lol

I don’t like the rift going on between Rhiannon and Violet this book. They need each other and it’s annoying lol

Alright 2 things that annoy me about this book so far:

1. The lack of Xaden and Violet scenes  2. Violet being mad at Xaden for keeping secrets from her in order to protect others

 Chapter 16

Yesssss, Imogen is spitting facts!!! Hopefully this will convince Violet to let him back in

“I’m still speaking.”

Okay Imogen 👀 She could get it 😏

Oh man, I really hope nothing happens to Rhi’s family and she blames Violet for keeping her in the dark

Of course she misses the interrogation technique class!!! Bad move man

Chapter 18

Theory time: Omg is death what’s powering the wards??? Is that why so many more people are dying at an alarming rate? They need more students to die to power up the wards? And maybe daggers work because they are an instrument for causing death?

“I want you.” All day. Every day.

LOLLL

Omg I love how ride or die Rhiannon is about Violet lol 

Who’s soul is Nolon mending?!

Chapter 19

Theory time: Solas’ orange is off and Dain’s dragon's breath stinks because they’re giving the dragons some concoction. Maybe it’s to control them? 

“Humans have the memories of gnats. Dragons hold grudges.”

Pearls of wisdom from Tairn lol

Damn it Tairn lol while I love that he put Varrish and Solas in their place, things just got a whole lot worse for Violet 😬

Chapter 20

“Ugh. Let’s go throw knives at shit.”

😂

Has Mira met Imogen? They’d be two peas in a pod lol

I’m also shook that they kill civilians. Wowwwww

Chapter 21

Man, this is starting to feel like Final Destination since all the Resson survivors are dying one by one

“History and current events are tied because one influences the other.”

Interesting foreshadowing 

I like Devera and I feel like she’s trying to do the right thing while the rest of leadership goes to shit. Like Professor McGonagall does when Dumbledore is no longer headmaster 

“That’s what we’re not going to do.”

You tell em, Devera!

I bet Varrish will be in charge of the torture lessons given his background and he’s going to try to kill Violet 

I was JUST wondering where Dain has been. Haven’t heard his holier than thou whining in a while lol

omg I called it in the last book! Her mom gave Xaden those scars! I also still think I’m right about Dain being guilty of being a prick but not of sending his best friend to get murdered 

Rhiannon is so smart! She reminds me of Bree from Legendborn 😍

I knew I liked Aaroc/Cam for a reason! Hope he doesn’t die….

Chapter 22

It’s strange that Violet is so bad at remembering names when she studied to be a Scribe her whole life lol

Chapter 23

For some reason, book 2 reads a little more like a YA novel than the first book

HAVE THEY LEARNED NOTHING?! Don’t  eat or drink anything!!!

Okay, you didn’t drink but did you eat the jam?!

Ridoc and his snake confession had me cackling

lol I totally thought Ridoc broke first but he was lying haha

I knew fucking Varrish would somehow weasel himself into this training

They’re using Dain? Well hell.

Also, isn’t his signet supposed to be a secret???

Chapter 24

Wait, they’re practicing on civilians?!?! At what point do people wake up and think “hmmm, we’re the bad guys”?

"We should consider quitting the quadrant." Ridoc jokes as we walk over the door and out of the chamber, "We'd be kickass thieves." "With dragons," Sawyer agrees. "Unstoppable," Ridoc says with a grin.

This is giving Six of Crows and I. Am. Here. For. It.

Unlocking doors? hmmmm interesting 

Chapter 25

I know exactly who did this! A scribe! It was the person walking in the hood earlier that Violet noticed. I wonder if it’s her friend or someone else

Those statements have to be true - Markham is acting too squirrelly about them

FUCKING JACK IS BACK?!

Idk how I feel about this book now lol like really? 

Hundreds of cadets die every year and they spent valuable resources and time to mend him?! What happened to “we let the weak die”?! This is utter bull

Also, Nolon mentioned how hard mending a soul is….it doesn’t sound like Jack has a soul 

Chapter 26

I love the nonchalant way Sawyer and Ridoc are ready to murder Jack lol

Chapter 27

Territorial Xaden is the best lollll he’s like who the hell's jacket is that and why isn’t it mine?! 😂

Well, that escalated quickly 👀🔥

Chapter 28

Oh that has to be his ex. The one that Bodhi mentioned

I knew it!

Chapter 29

“Pull yourself together”

Tairn with the tough love 😂😂😂

“I will already know, as I am continuously with you,” he grumbles. “Forced to bear witness to the awkwardness that is twenty one year old humans.”

💀💀💀

I forgot who Professor Kaori is but I love them!!

Chapter 30

FINALLY Violet realizes how hypocritical she was being about Xaden when she tells her friends part of the truth

I bet Andarna is sleeping longer than expected because she’s going to be powerful as hell lol

Holy shit. Too many people die too often in this series. I don’t even remember who Eya is!

Ridoc better not die

Chapter 31

Freaking JACK saved her?!?! What is this rouse?!

I 👏🏾 don’t 👏🏾 trust 👏🏾 him 👏🏾 

Let’s go Aaric! Sidebar, I need a novella about him. He sounds hot

Chapter 32

I thought Aaric ‘s brother died in Threshing! Well I guess Xaden could have killed him then lol

There’s no way Nasya sleeps through his post every time. I bet he’s spying on them

Oh Imogen has it taken care of lol good. Also, that’s a badass signet!

Chapter 34

“The birth of iron rain” !?

That sounds ominous

OMG LADY STOP DRINKING THINGS FROM OTHER PEOPLE

Fucking hell. I honestly can’t even feel anger for Nolon’s betrayal because I’m too annoyed with Violet rn lol

Chapter 36

So Dain is finally choosing the right side!

I’m so glad Varrish is dead! He’s the worst lol. Violet will definitely have to watch her back from Solas

Yay! Devera came through!

The secret is out! Finally!

Chapter 37

🌶️🌶️🌶️

Chapter 38

Andarna is back!!! Yayyy!

I bet this “blood magic” means sacrifice! they have to kill people to build a new ward

I knew Mira would punch Brennan after seeing him for the first time haha

Chapter 39

The 6 strongest riders: Caden, Felix, suri, bodhi, violet, Brennan - I’m surprised Mira isn’t one

Chapter 40

I do think Violet is a little slow on the uptake when it comes to understanding her power which is surprising since she’s so smart

I’m excited about this sibling trip lol

Chapter 41

“Fuck it. We don’t need a luminary.”

Mira is a whole vibe lol

Cat is the worst and Violet is annoying me by listening to her lol Xaden is obsessed with you girl - ignore this jelly belly lady

Well that explains why Violet was trippin' hahaha wasn’t her fault

Chapter 43

yeah I agree - allowing people to die on the parapet is unnecessary lol

Holy shit ! This entire hike is stressful as fuck!

RIDOC!!!

Chapter 45

“The problem with mankind is we too often find our souls to be a fair price for power.”

Chapter 47

I hope Violet kicks Cat’s ass and makes it embarrassing for her lol

Chapter 48

Well that was hawt lol

Xaden talking shit about Dain will never get old lol

The way Xaden feels about Violet reminds me of Rowan to Aelin because his love isn’t conditional and based on if she’s “good” - “If you’re a monster, I’m a monster” (Queen of Shadows)

Xaden is very swoon-worthy lol

Chapter 49

I feel like it’s always Sawyer pitching the idea to just kill an annoying enemy (Cat, Jack, Varrish) and I’m here for it 😂

HE BETTER NOT DIE

oh no….am I starting to find Dain not so bad? Lollll

Chapter 52

Theory time: I really think these nightmares are real - somehow the Sage is communicating with Violet through her dreams Theory Time: I bet she gets captured or agrees to go to the head Sage by the end of this book to set up the next book

Oh god, I really hope an attack doesn’t occur while they’re on this training mission and then Violet feels responsible for not putting up the wards sooner 😬

Chapter 53

Violet must be thinking of Xaden and how he might go mad since his dragon was previously bonded with someone in his direct line

Fucking Solas. I almost forgot about this enemy!

Chapter 54

Honestly I’m surprised she doesn’t have more enemies since if you kill her, you essentially kill 4 beings in one swoop

Andarna is a badass

Chapter 55

No lie, this fight between Xaden and Violet is a little silly and getting exhausting

Ah, I came to the wrong conclusion about Xaden and his bond with Sgaeyl 

Chapter 56

Omg is Xadens second signet mind reading? That would explain a lot. It would also explain why he’s scared to share since they execute people with that signet

Called it!!! I’m glad her response was not immediately “I don’t love you anymore”

Now I need to reread these books to see when he reads her mind. Oh man, I hate to say it but it kind of sounds like what Dain did to her last year

hmmmm, that was too easy lol

Ugh, we’ve been here before - Violet discovers a big secret about Xaden right before some war conflict and they’re fighting in the midst of chaos. Not sure I’m a fan that it’s a repeat of the last book lol

Chapter 57

well I’m glad Cat has stopped being a twat and decided that focusing on saving the continent is the way to go over petty squabbles over an ex lol She reminds me of Lysandra but in a good way lol 

I think the trouble with the writing of their relationship is that Xaden is so amazing and their relationship is so magnetic that their conflicts feel forced. The obstacles they face within their relationship are hard to develop when Xaden is always saying the right things after they fight lol Not that I’d want it any other way - but I think that’s why I’m struggling with not rolling my eyes when they get into arguments. Violet deserves to be angry about the betrayal but then it just feels like her decision on what she’ll do next about them takes FOREVER and it feels like it’s dragged out across a whole ass book.

Omg did Brennan come?! Is he announcing his “undeadness”?!

Violet immediately wants Xaden to use his secret signet on the others? I don’t disapprove at all but that better mean she will forgive him swiftly lol

It isn’t in Violet to NOT help innocent civilians if she can.

“I love you enough to bear the weight of your disappointment.”

Total mom sacrifice right there!

I need a novella of their mom and dad and how they got together lol

Chapter 58

If I were with the Rebellion, I’d agree to help Navarre on the condition that they make it public knowledge that Venin are real and they’ve been lying to citizens for centuries in order to keep a specific amount of citizens safe - that way, they’re not leaving innocents to die AND if they all survive the battle at Solstice, the rebels will walk away with an additional win (the entire continent knowing the truth)

am I the only one who visualize white walkers from GOT when I read about the venin in this book? Lol

Alright let’s go!!! Way to not turn into the enemies! 

Chapter 59

What is with Andarna’s scale colors?! Their changing colors have been mentioned all book - I wonder what’s the significance? Is she a rainbow dragon?! That would be dope lol

Jack's dragon's eyes are weird? Another reference to dragons seeming off! I bet they’re controlling it! But who would want the wards to fail? Who is Jack in league with if Varish is dead? IS Varish even dead?! Did freaking Nolon bring him back to life like he did with Jack?!

What the heck?! Did Jack become venin?! Why did he slaughter his own dragon?!?

Chapter 60

I knew he became venin! But didn’t realize it was for SO LONG!

Well, everything is going to hell in a hand basket 

“Fucking Jack.”

Ain’t that the truth lol

There’s no way this battle is in this book, there’s not enough pages left!!!!

Chapter 61

Can Andarna turn invisible??!

I’m so stressed lol

Chapter 62

Omg is Andarna a chameleon?!

Chapter 63

Theory time: Andarna is head of the seventh den of dragons! This is why she’s so unique. She’s not actually black like Tairn . I bet she’s one of one making her the head of her den. It would make sense since she’s an orphan 

Add-on to the theory: I think both journals are right but describe it differently. Warrick says six AND the one that combines all which must be what Andarna is since she’s always changing colors. Lyra’s journal says seven because it combines the six and the one

Good thing Andarna can make fire now!

Chapter 64

Not a Liam letter 😭😭😭

This heartfelt moment between Andarna and Violet is everything. 

The way that Andarna looks up to Tairn gives me all the feels

What about Sloane?! Can she somehow reverse her power and GIVE instead of siphon?

Ah yep, apparently she can.

Her mom is going to sacrifice herself! 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Chapter 65

I’m honestly surprised Xaden killed the main sage. I figured he’d be a bigger part of the storyline 

Don’t tell me Xaden is also now Venin?! 😭

NOOOOO 😭😭😭

Sgaeyl is pissedddd

Chapter 66

OMG WERE THOSE XADENS DREAMS THE WHOLE TIME?! 

I can’t recall if Violet only had the nightmares when she slept near Xaden 😭😭😭😭😭😭

I am unwell.

[frenziedslashers]

could you write something for rick dying? maybe he leaves a note for reader? they could be dating or just friends (if just friends, maybe he confesses in it 🤧). you could have it where he turns himself into negan to keep the group safe, or he got bit by a walker. thanks!

if you aren't comfy with this that's okiii

Love Letters

A/N: Sorry if this isn't the best! I wanted to try out something with letters, but idk if it was a good idea haha. Hope this met your expectations :)

Pairing: Rick x GN!Reader

Warnings: Character Death(Rick and Negan), Canon Typical Violence, Angst

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"Oh Rick," Negan called out, stepping up to the man with a pep in his step. That god-awful, shit-eating grin- that Rick so badly wanted to peel off his face with his own bat- was pulling at his lips. "I never expected you to pay me a visit! Come for Tuesday night pool... With your pool table that we took from you." Rick's muscles tensed at his words. His eyes bored into Negan's with a grimace. "Good God, Rick, you never get rid of that stink eye, do you?" He asked, yet Rick still didn't answer. A gun was hidden in his jacket sleeve. This needed to end, now.

All he could think about was Carl, Judith, you, his people. The future for you all. One where it was safe. One where Maggie had her kid and it grew to be old. One where Carl and Judith grew to be leaders and have kids of their own. He would have smiled at the idea of his children flourishing in this horrid world if it weren't for the man that was standing in front of him.

Negan tutted, running his tongue over his lips while he looked over the rugged man. "Jeez, up close, ya look like shit, Rick!" He shouted, and a laugh spilled past his lips. "What, cat got your tongue?" It would all be over soon.

So many emotions took over him at that moment. He closed his eyes briefly. Mouthing a small 'I love you,' that he prayed you and his children could feel. He hoped that it would transmit to all of you with how much he truly meant it. Before Negan could even ask what he was saying, or notice the tear that rolled down the left side of his eye. Rick lifted his arm. He would like to think that he was scared when he raised his arm, the sleeve finally sliding up to reveal the revolver that he held. He didn't though. If anything, he felt free.

Before Negan or his men could react drastically, there was a fire. Rick pulled the trigger, with zero hesitation. Hands trembling after the deed was done. He was sweating like crazy, and his vision was blurred. "Always hated his smile," he spat, and everyone just stared.

Negan was dead. Nothing but a lifeless corpse on the ground that didn't even have a chance to reanimate since the bullet had shot right between his eyes. He was gone.

"He's dead," A voice was heard from the crowd, and Rick only smiled. He smiled. It wasn't anything forced, or mocking, or sinister. It was a smile of relief, praying that since he was gone then his people would be free. He listened to the whispers for a moment before a clap broke through the silence. All of the Saviors clapped along with the one who started it. "We're free," "we can leave," "I can take my wife back!" He heard, and he smiled some more, before falling to the concrete with a wince. Holding at his side with a gasp, and the crowd went silent again. "Rick?" He didn't have time to react before he was falling to his side.

"Rick!" A blonde figure was above him - Dwight - he didn't really know the guy. Just from what Daryl had said about him. How he killed Denise, frowning at the man through teary eyes. "Rick, what's going-" He stopped himself, noticing the blood on his side under his coat. "Please, make sure my people," he coughed out, "Help them survive. My kids, my spouse, it's over. Keep them safe," Rick winced out, reaching out with the hand that once held his side, leaving a bloody hand print on Dwight's shoulder.

He nodded, a silent agreement to the man that he would honor him. He would, too, because Rick freed them all. Dwight could go back to his wife, and a few other men were able to go back to their girls and kids. People could come and go. The least Dwight could do was make sure Rick's own family stayed safe. Hell, maybe he could lead these people. Rick held the gun up to his own head before pulling the trigger one final time.

Rick Grimes ended the war.

Back in Alexandria, no one knew where Rick was. You and the kids were helping some of the others with battle plans for the future with the Saviors. You hadn't even glanced at the table before you left. If you would have, you would have seen the pile of notes that were placed there for you all. One for everyone he loved. Carl, Judith - for when she was older, Michonne, Rosita, Maggie, Tara, Carol, Daryl, hell, he even left on for Aaron and Eric and some of the others of Alexandria. He stayed up all night writing those letters. Explaining what happened, what he was doing, and how it would happen.

The scream that you heard from down the street had you looking over at Carl. A glint of worry in both of your eyes. "Take Judith inside," you told the boy, and he nodded. Sure, he was curious, but his baby sister was always his first priority. Leaving the garage you were in working on plans with some others to race over to where the scream came from.

There was a large crowd of people blocking the scene in the midst of them. Pushing through person after person that you recognized as the people of Alexandria and The Saviors. Your brow furrowed with worry, something happened. You could tell from the weeps you heard closer up front.

You bumped into Daryl and Michonne before you made it to the very front. They were the last people stopping you from seeing what everyone else was seeing, but they turned to stop you. "You don't want to see this," Michonne spoke, trying to hold you back with a crack in her voice. Tears were rolling down both hers and Daryls face -two of the strongest people you knew were crying. Which only told you it was bad.

She was right, though. Peeking over her shoulder to see his body lying there. Dwight and a few of the other Saviors standing beside him with their heads lowered in respect.

The cry that ripped from your throat had everyone falling silent. Sorrowful eyes darted at you as you pushed past the two to race to his side. Dropping beside Rick with shaky hands. "Rick, oh god, please wake up, Rick," "He was gonna turn, he used his last bullet on himself. One for him, the other for Negan." One of the men from beside you spoke, and you shook your head. You couldn't accept this. You were so distraught you hadn't even processed that he said Negan, the others had, though. "No, no, you killed him! This was all you! We could have saved him!" You screamed and cried, pulling his head to your chest.

You had never expected he would go before you. Holding his lifeless body against you was heart-wrenching. The sobs that ripped from your chest were agonizing, anyone nearby could hear them. "Rick, please wake up," you muttered into his hair, leaning forward to press a kiss to his forehead. His blood covering your hands and clothes

"Why are you guys even here? This another sick warning? You tryna make us think that Megan's dead?" Daryl shot, and Dwight shook his head. "No, he killed him. Negans gone, and Rick ended this all by shooting that rat bastard," he spoke, and it was silent once again. "He got bit, on his side," the blonde spoke, motioning down. "I assume he wanted to go down trying. Because of him, I have my wife back, and we can be people again. We brought him here because we figured you'd want to see him yourself, maybe bury him with your own." Michonne nodded, kneeling beside you to wrap her body around you while you held him. Carol and a few of the others joined. "He died a hero." Dwight spoke, "Who died?" Everyone turned when they heard the boy's voice.

Carl had wormed his way through the crowd, hand on the gun in his holster. He wasn't able to see the body at first, but when he looked down at the hand he nearly dropped to his knees. Noticing the wedding ring that seemed to be glued onto his fathers' ring finger even after his mom had passed. "Dad," he called out, tears already welting in his eyes to roll down his cheeks as he dropped down onto the ground. Crawling over to the corpse he once called dad. A face he used to seek out in every crowd he was in. "Dad, no, this can't please please wake up. Stop messing around, this isn't funny!" Carl blubbered, and you reached out to hold the boy. Finally letting Rick lay back on the ground.

"Carl, come here," you mumbled through tears, pulling him to your chest while he clung to you. "It should have been me!" He screamed, everyone, flinching at his words, and you shook your head. "Carl no! He did this for you, for your and Judith's future. This is not your fault," you spoke, and he shook his head, only pulling you closer. "That's not him, it can't be," Carl whined.

Everyone had felt grief that day, and it only got worse the moment you all found the notes. Daryl and Michonne wrapped Rick in a sheet as you and Carl dug his grave. Your guys' notes resting on a chair near where you both worked. Promising one another that you would each read them after you were done. You had to, it was his last dying wish, but it felt so hard to do.

Carol read hers, her body feeling numb as she read hers to herself in her room. Sliding down against the door as she held her hand to her mouth.

"Carol,

I want you to look after my family while I'm gone." She sighed through her nose when she read that, smiling through tears at the next bit. "I know you ain't the biggest fan of kids, but my kids love you. Judith's always excited when Aunt Carol brings her cookies, and sits with her on the porch. they love you. I trust you to watch over them. Especially my darlin' and Daryl. They're gonna need all the help they can get with the kids and the community. Carl's gonna hate me, I know. I would hate my dad if he did something this dumb, but you're strong. You've grown so much since when I first met you. I know you can take care of them. I trust you with them, please. Take care.

Love, Rick"

She hadn't cried that hard since she lost Sophia.

Daryl read his note away from Alexandria. He was too angry to be in the confinements of the walls. He drove to the outskirts of town. Finding a building to climb on top of to be sure no one would interrupt him as he read. He had half a mind to burn the stupid letter. Cursing Rick and his stupidity, but he couldn't. Not when it was the last thing he got from the Sheriff.

"Daryl" He read on the outside of the note. His chest heaving a little while he set the note beside him to pinch his brow as he cried. His hand held the note to be sure the breeze didn't catch it and carry it away from him. Finally catching his breath to bring the note back into both hands. Calloused hands unfold the sheet with shaky sobs.

"Hey brother,"

He had to close his eyes again to collect himself.

"I know, you're mad, but don't be. I know what I did was stupid, and hell, I only pray as I write these letters that the plan worked out for the better. For the future of Glenn and Maggie's baby, the future of my spouse and kids, the future of all of you. Our family. I know we started off rough, I'm still sorry about what I did to Merle. I think about it every day that I see you. Wondering if things would have been different if I never left your brother on that rooftop. Maybe we'd still be at the prison. Hershel would be alive, and so would Beth. You'd be able to treat her like the little sister you always wanted - I saw the way you looked at her. You protected her. Just like you protect my daughter, Judith, your "little ass-kicker". Yeah, I never forgot about the day Carl came up to me to tell me you were callin her that. I ask that you look over the people. My family. Our family. If I trust anyone with these people it's you. You'll be the leader I couldn't be. I know it. Take care of yourself, brother. Do not blame yourself. This was my decision and my decision only. I just pray it wasn't for nothing. And I know you don't like it when I say it, but I'll never have the chance to say it again. I love you Daryl. I wish things could have been different.

Your brother, Rick"

Daryl shoved the letter into his pocket. Letting out a brief shout before pounding his hand down on the roof beneath him. Falling down onto his back to stare at the sky. Sob after sob ripped past his lips. He hadn't cried like this since he lost Merle and Beth, even then, he was not sure he cried this hard.

Michonne read hers with you and Carl. The three of you reading your notes on the couch together. A support system in case the three of you needed it. Judith sitting in your lap while you each read to yourselves.

"Michonne,

I'm sorry things had to turn out this way. When I first saw you, I wasn't sure what to think of you. I know I said I only let you in for that baby formula, but something in me told me you were good. I wasn't wrong. You were one of my closest friends, Carl's as well. Probably his best friend. I need you to be there for him. He's gonna need it. Now, don't go blaming yourself, either. I've been with you and the others since Georgia, even the beginning, and I know how good all of you are at blaming yourself for shit like this. It wasn't your fault, I promise you that. Please, take care of my family. Make sure they make it through this and that they stay safe. Take care of yourself too. Don't go doing anything irrational or stupid either. Please help out with Maggie and Daryl. They'll need the help running the communities, specially Daryl. Be there for my kids, keep being Carl's best friend. I love you Michonne, we all do.

Your Friend, Rick"

"Carl,"

Carl couldn't read his. Staring down at the letter with teary eyes. Leaning against your shoulder while he cried. "Take your time Carl, you don't have to read it now." You told the boy, kissing the crown of his head, your own eyes swelling with tears. He only shook his head, sniffling. "I'm fine," he muttered, and you frowned. You knew he wasn't, anyone could see that, but you didn't really say anything about it. Only wrapping an arm around the boy in order to pull him closer.

"I love you, Carl." Carl's eyes clenched shut before he opened them again in order to continue the letter. "I love you so much, you don't even know. I remember the first day I saw you. I was so nervous to be a dad, but so excited. Pacing the room until the doctors called me over to reveal you. You were so small, loud, too. I fell in love with you the moment I saw you, your eyes that matched mine, yet looked like the shape of your mom's. We were in love with you, and you were what kept us together for so long. I want you to know that I loved you and never stopped loving you. Ever. I know you're going to be mad at me for what happened at first, and I understand. Hell, I understand if you never forgive me. I just want you to know that every second I spent with you meant the world to me. When I woke up in that hospital bed the first thing that came to my head was you. Where you were, if you were safe, how much you had grown in the few weeks I had been in the coma. I fought in order to find you and make sure you were safe. Now, I want you to do the same with Judith, and y/n as well. They need you. Just don't forget to take care of yourself too, Carl. I love you, and I will always be proud of you, never forget that, son. I want you to know that you helped me find who I am today. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have made it as far as I did. You were my baby, and always will be. I know you hate it when I call you that, but hey, I did a lot of things you hated. Take care, and don't you ever blame yourself, you hear me? This is not your fault. You're strong, you're a survivor. You will make it through this, I know it. Take care of Enid, too. I see the way you both look at each other. I know what you two are, I expect you to treat her good and take care of her as well. Let her help you grieve. Let her be there for you, don't push her away. She loves you, I see it. Just be smart, condoms, always." Carl let out a soft laugh while wiping his face with the back of his arm, "At least until you're old enough to decide on kids. Be safe, don't do anything I wouldn't do. Keep the family safe, this is your show now, Carl. I know you'll do me proud.

Love, Dad"

The cry that ripped from Carl's throat was enough to make you cry some more. Dropping your letter to your lap as you pulled him in for a hug. Kissing the side of his head while Michonne leaned over to hold him with you. The three of you crying on the couch, Judith even crying herself as she reached for her brother. Carl removed himself from the both of you to grab Judith. Burying his face in the side of her neck. He never imagined they'd both wind up orphans.

Carl wiping his face again before reaching for Judiths note. "I want to read it to her," You an Michonne nodded, both of you rubbing his back soothingly as the boy shakily undid the paper.

"Judith,

It's dad. I'm hoping when you read this you at least remember who I am. Or when Carl reads it to you, like." Carl let out a shaky breath before wiping his eyes again. "Like I know he will." He looked down to his baby sister who rested her head on his shoulder. "I know you'll grow up to be so strong. You already are, and you're so young. I want you to keep your brother out of trouble, and stay out of trouble yourself. Keep Auntie Michonne, Carl, and Maggie happy, too. They all need and love you. I want you to keep Uncle Daryl in line too, I just know you'll be the only one he'll listen to. You're his little angel, I know it. He loves you, even if he never tells you. I know as you get older I'll slowly" Carl cleared his throat. "Leave your memory." Carl winced at the thought. "I know I'll grow blurry, and you'll forget what I look like, but I have a photo of you, me, and Carl up in my top dresser for you. I want you to know that you will always be my baby girl. I had a hard time when your mom died, but you and Carl save me. You reminded me that I have a reason to keep moving forward. I love you, so much. I never want you to forget that. Take care of your big brother for me.

Love, Dad."

Carl finished the letter, his crying finally calming down, though the tears still bled from his eyes. Now it was your turn.

"Darlin',

Hey, honey. Quite a way to say goodbye. I know. I didn't want things to end up like this, I hope that you know that. I was out clearing the perimeter by myself when I got bit. I know I should have asked someone to go with me, but you know me. Always doin what I think is best. I love you, hope you know that. If I wasn't bit I would still be there, fighting with you all. I'd be sitting with you on the couch with you and the kids. Listening as you read a book to Jude and Carl. I want you to take care of my kids for me. Our kids. They claim you as a parent, I know they do. Even if they don't call you mom or dad, they look at you like you are one. You've always been so good with them, I think that's one of the main reasons I fell in love with you. Besides how smart, funny, and hot as hell you are." you smiled, "I just loved seeing the way you cared for them. How kind and gentle you were. Even when Carl used to lash out and tell you to stop pretending to replace his mom. You were always so patient and kind with him. I appreciate you so much for that, baby. Please don't cry, I know you are. I'm still there with you, always will be. I don't want you to feel bad if you find someone new and move on, either. I understand, really. Just please, look out for yourself and our family. The others may just be friends, but they're family now. Each and every single one of them. I don't want you to forget about me either. I know you probably won't, but please remember all the good times we had. The nights back at the prison, the mornings in Alexandria. I love you, so much. Writing this hurts me just as much as I assume you reading it does. Take care, honey.

Your Idiot, Rick"

How could you move on when he gave you so much to live for. How could any of you forget thee Rick Grimes. Rick Grimes who gave them all a new chance, a new beginning.

Rick Grimes. He was a hero, a father, a loving husband, a friend, a brother, and so much more. Most of all, he was loved.

[whoredmode]

I'd be interested to hear some of your post-SRIV ideas, either for antagonists or just plot thoughts/ideas you've not yet shared :)

i wanna hold off on saying anything definitive on antagonists since i’m still not certain yet + i wanna do some more research and development on several things. but i have a long thing i’ve written talking about oleg’s role in the story and his general lore. so in earlier drafts of my backstory for him and his late wife, i did have it written that they had a son who was killed when the rest of the crime family died after oleg left for steelport to find loren. i ended up writing it out tho bc i just wasn’t sure about it, but i’ve been thinking about adding it back as a segue into his conflict post-sriv. i’ve definitely mentioned it before but there is this vague recurring theme of family w oleg specifically (the brutes seeing him as a father figure, the saints arguably becoming a new found family, and a lot of his interactions w the boss definitely come off as the boss seeing him as an older mentor/father figure, always coming to him to ask for advice). so w that in mind, he’s a character i can absolutely see as having been a literal father. it definitely adds even more to the tragedy of his character, which may have been a reason why i’d initially removed the detail about him losing his wife and son.

so how does this come back to post-sriv? the developing plot i have currently involves former members of his old crime family reappearing and him being unsure what to do, or if he can even trust them. originally it was ppl who switched sides before the syndicate fight unbeknownst to oleg, but now i wonder. what if it’s the former friends of his late son (as in the kids of other members of the crime family), just all grown up now. like would you really put it past a group as shady as the syndicate to take these kids in and shape them into assassins for their sake? i’d argue we barely know the ins and outs of the syndicate, the layers and overall organization of the group itself. with that said, if the ppl from his past who returned were ppl he knew when they were very young…..of course he’d feel more willing to trust them? to see them grown up and to think oh my god they survived, knowing everything he lost. but them having become wholly loyal to the syndicate and just trying to manipulate him. hmmm

[summersmithlatinxgyatt]

Childrick of Mort has got to be one of the worst episodes of Rick and Morty, solely because of the choppy character writing. This level of writing rarely appears, with the only example of this inconsistency I can think of being ‘Vindicators 3’ (sorry to any fans of that episode) It seems like to get Rick and Beth development (and even Jerry development), we had to give up any semblance of Summer and Morty’s character

Summer HAS been cynical to Jerry before, but she is so cynical for no reason in this episode. Meanwhile, Morty is reduced to a spineless child who only cares about gaming

A few notes I can give this episode

I actually didn’t mind Jerry. I’m not the type to completely hate him, but the problem is how they have to alter everyone else’s character

Beth squealing was also a cute note

The design of the little Rick and Gaia kids was also something small I liked

Overall, I did like Beth and Rick in this episode, but the pacing of this whole episode was extremely quick for my liking. Plus, I liked how they acted more in the first half. The second half feels so discordant and all over the place

The fight Rick has with…a literal god, isn’t that bad. I actually liked that they cut the music, made it feel more awkward in a good way

I will not just talk about Summer in this episode because they butchered Morty in this episode. Summer’s love for drugs and getting high is something I mentioned once, because they actually hinted at it in ‘Pickle Rick’. Any hate for her family is not connected to getting high, it’s something she merely wants to explore. As a result, basing herself around wanting to get drugs misses the whole point, especially when she goes off on Jerry because of it

The fact Morty can’t simply reverse-engineer the ship or Summer didn’t help other than getting high was so…out of character. They’re actually smart characters who could stand there own when it comes to these kinds of situations. While Morty knows about these space adventures, Summer is perfect for surviving apocalyptic or similar events. That’s why she’s consistently good at them. Furthermore, these situations need her to be there for her family. Completely tearing apart other people does nothing for her or their survival

The only times that Summer also goes wild on Jerry is when he’s directly using her love for the family as a manipulation tactic. You can argue that Jerry did it here to make himself feel important, but this is a passive and consistent part of his character. This is unlike ‘Look Who’s Purging Now’, where he specifically uses memories from her childhood to make her give him money.

The dialog is so on the nose that it’s counter-intuitive. If they just wanted Morty and Summer to be an afterthought, it really shows. Why bother at all when they both blurt out “Wow gaming/drugs are fun” or “This reminds me of my game/bong”.

Oh, and they just HAD to throw in one incest joke (two but I’m referring to one that Summer tells Morty). I was hoping I could call this the worst episode that doesn’t involve incest (because wow we have several to choose from), but since it’s not a plot theme, I might give it the title

Morty also seemed so meek and spineless, the way he also just wants to play games. Considering this is season 4, this feels like a trait that shouldn’t have popped up once more. At least with Summer we get hints that she loves smoking (Tricia’s bong ooo her future wife’s bong ooo) but again, it never gets in the way of family or is BECAUSE she hates her family. She doesn’t! That’s one thing the show keeps getting wrong when they write Summer. She loves her family because she’s the one who has to keep it together after nearly losing them from something she thought was HER fault (now that I think about it, that’s probably a trait that parallels Rick). She was just so pissy and quick to give up or give in, too. Where’s that version of Summer who’s tough as hell and wants to make sure everything goes right?

If this were more accurate, she would’ve reprise a role similar to GoTron, wherein she’d help out with building the city. Instead, that role goes to Beth. Morty also didn’t have any real traits. He’s just spouting science jargon sometimes which contradicts how he ends up acting

While writing this I also realized that Jerry consistently thrives in environments removed from usual societal norms or any structure. Curiously, he shares this with his dismantling apocalyptic daughter!

All in all, this episode is heavily weighed down by how they butcher Summer and Morty. It may not be the worst episode of the show, but it’s in my top fives. Quickly, my list for the worst in no particular order so far:

-Childrick of Mort

-Vindicators 3 (fucking awful pacing, basic character dynamics and conflict, some of the worst dialog ever written for Rick)

-Final DeSmithation (you know why.)

-Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri (the second worst cold opening besides Rickdependence Spray, this episode felt pretty pointless and forgettable. This is the one episode whose season I cannot remember every time)

-Rickdependence Spray (you know why.)

[ben-the-hyena]

Katamari is a fun happy colorful funny parodical franchise that should be taken as too seriously especially when it comes to the King's treatment on the Prince, it's like a cartoon/funny anime logic, scary and intense at times but the character is not that hurt or upset about it too long, it is probably just an overexaggerarion of the typical strict Japanese parent when their kid fail and put to literal cosmic proportions playing on their size difference, but the Prince should have died from the first laser beam and have all his bobes crushed from the first boxing blow and not be as happy as he is if it were that serious in-universe. It's like la chlanca for their species standards maybe. And for some reason those are much less bad and traumatizing than the bamboo scepter the Emperor used on him which traumatized him so much he refuses to touch it and would never use on the Prince ; same logic as the Addams Family surviving so many things that would kill them in real life and have fun about it and yet just being electrocuted would actually be enough to kill them and does worry them. Funnily enough, said bamboo scepter is so mighty and big it does ooze electricity too

Oh sure the King IS a jerk dad, you don't use physical violence or verbal violence on your kid when he fails, and he is a lazy bastard who has him work like a slave and rarely shows appreciation. But I don't see it as purposeful malice, he DOES love his son dearly and actually tells him at times, but the game is comical and satirical so exagerates things for humor without being meant to be serious like they would be in real life, like Homer being irresponsible and lazy and choking Bart but both having a good relationship over than that and Homer still passing as a loving but very flawed dad to us the audience which makes us find him lovable the same way we would hate him in real life. Because in real life it is serious but the narratives show it is not to be worried too much about and addresses whenever the kid is upset anyway. Whereas, the King's childhood WAS showed as serious and sad and that's why it's tragic. The magic of cinema and conveying feelings more than logic

Plus, comedy aside, we do see that like Homer the King tries to be better than what he had :

as said he does tell him at times he loves him when he is not cranky unlike the Emperor who never told him, there are RARE times he says he is proud whereas even when he won his father just told him "barely passing", outside of katamari related stuff he spends time with him and his wife as a family playing games and going on vacations all having great fun together and he lets him breathe as much as he wants except if there is an emergency and some katamari are also made just out of fun with no game over sequence and no stress like the snowball level because as he tells his son "katamari must be fun" whereas his childhood was only alternating between katamari and homework the Emperor considering playtime and breaks a waste of time that could be used for better and no fun allowed, even if he can be overbearing and even if it is often sounding critical and condescending he speaks much more to his son and teaches and tells him many things spending moments with him outside of katamaris while the Emperor not only never had "unimportant" chats with him whenever he spoke to him it was always an order or a criticism if not an insult and YELLED at that the punctuation indicates whenever he opened it it was always yelling, the King hopes that his son will attract girls and be popular while we saw the Emperor initially disapproved the King's then gf since love distracted him and we saw he grew uo alone with no friends, the Prince may look sad or very scared when the King is about to insult him or punish him it is only during game overs whereas the King always had his head low and fretted ready to jump or cover himselg at any motion from his father meaning he was never feeling safe with him at all, even if he can be annoying when nitpicking most katamari we do even when they are big like he asked or more it is clear it is not out of malice but his way to train his son to be the future ruler and tells him something that can be both condescending AND validating "I am sure you can do better" while once again it was anways just "barely passing" with no other piece of advise and real opinion sharing, sometimes he teases him which can be annoying but since his father never was joking at all I see it as him trying to be a fun dad, and as said when he punishes or insults him not only is it ONLY when he fails (I mean it IS too much already realistically speaking but his father would constantly loom over him with the bamboo scepter menacingly stressing him out and blow whenever he was showing weakness or did any mistake not even failing yet or at all like training time) but he refuses to scar him with the same weapon that scarred him meaning that in-universe it is worse than laserbeams, punching and pool balls

And while the Emperor only told the King he was proud of him and found him worthy essentially when he died (without even truly dying since again that series is satirical and light hearted more than serious, he just fell asleep for years), as scarce as real compliments and appreciation are from the King to the Prince there ARE rare times he actually shows him he is proud of him and loves him generally around the ends of the games while the Emperor kept secret from him he was proud and loved him to a point he didn't believe he cared at all and he found out only as a teenager by accident after having come as far as punching him and running away

Don't forget, the Prince is a Prince, the future ruler of ALL cosmos who has to be able to alter weather, change his size from human sized to able to hold a planet in his hand, fly, teleport, summon the Royal Rainbow, shoot lasers from his eyes, create catastrophes if he wants to, turn katamari into stars and planets, rearrange the universe and Earth however he wants, terraform, use the sun like his bitch and clog and unclog black holes. The Emperor then the King are GODS in that universe, and so will be the Prince. The Emperor was jacked, so is the King, because it is all VERY physical and it is needed to rule properly and be able to fix any problem. So in the King's mind, his punishments and insults when he fails may be harsh and his criticism and constant bossing around, "you can do better I know it" and making him do katamaris in his place while he lounges and comments may seem dickish, in his mind he is training him. You see Master Roshi in Dragon Ball who does care abour his students but has them work very very hard with harsh as fuck punishments and not praising them often as sympathetic as he is ? It is the same, the Katamaro series is a shonen lmao the hero is in training and on his way to have godlike strength and powers, and his sensei makes sure he will know every way to activate those as strict as it may seem for now because it worked for him, but he makes it considerably more bearable than he himself went through that scarred him forever as much as he pretends he is fine and genuinely wants the best for him without passing through the same things he did and tries his best to be a good dad but can't help want to catch up his lost childhood by just wanting to live a hedonistic life of fun and be lazy at last now he can and repeat some of the same things since he thinks that's how to dad and deep down was made to believe excellence is key like a lot if Asian parents (and even the insults and punishment are to a lesser extent !), and except in the game overs or when he is tired of his dad's shit telling him to fix his mess and taking his credit the Prince looks and sounds happy, loving his life and father and not traumatized, meaning that in-universe it may not be as harsh as we may see it as the player and those game overs are mostly made to scare US. The Prince may be eeny tiny, he is already EXTREMELY strong and tough barely flinching at rolling around the fucking sun, creating a moon and handling lasers and fists of the size of a country, so it just means he is in age to be able to handle this and his training thus can begin and has to be done seriously and thoroughly trying to do always better and better ubtil it will be perfect and he will be as ripped as his dad who tries to push him as far as he can to see to what extent he can work and make him progressively roll around bigger and bigger things and so learn the ways of the cosmos through missions he deems easy enough (probably rightfully so, we are not that species) to give his 6 years old without him risking his life or anything and he watches in case, he may be lazy and not want to do those at the moment those could also be very easy for himself so he is like "well they can be good starts for him, he can handle them" all while allowing him to have fun in between

Then he blames him for his own accidents, tell him to fix those as pretext for training and takes the credit because HE is the king for now, which all are dick moves and he is NOT the best father at all, he is a dick who deserves to be slapped at times XD

But a lovable one who does love his son and does what he deems correct and he believes and knows him enough to know he can do it, and he is not a monster or the worse like I see many call him. He is just a gigantic Freddie Mercury alien ripoff with a huge bulge, what was to take too seriously ?

[bakugourising]

nope (2022) is on streaming i rewatched it :^)

“make you vile, make you a spectacle” oh ya love this quote

these horses are beautiful 

hollywood is such a nightmare this scene gives me such ick

oj is top 10 main characters of all time and im not even joking i love him

jupe on the second watch is very unlikable like he is feeding oj’s horses to an alien fuck off dude

“it was a spectacle people are just obsessed”

“he is a force of nature, he is killing it on that stage” :|

“i fuck one on occasion” lol

“what’s a bad miracle? we got a a name for that?” “nope” <3

theme: the power of giving something a name

“dyslexic ass” lol x2 em is so funny

“she booked a pilot on the cw” angel is so funny

angel: *ranting about aliens oj:“cool”

the characters in this movie r so good and play so well off each other like jupe and em r so funny and then angel asking them to give his service 5 stars it’s so good

such a scary scene and then it being the kids uhg i love it

also love that oj punches a kid and it’s actually not his fault

wow ghost is a beautiful horse

“what if it’s not a ship” he’s so smart and he’s so cool

i kno ppl don’t like the chimp stuff but i love the chimp stuff i think it works narratively with it being a jupe flashback of a pre established event, and is really important thematically (putting animals in positions where they are going to freak out and then killing them for it, using cgi instead of a real chimp cuz using a real chimp is bad, the rampage being already finished with (the chimp chose not to kill jupe because he didn’t look the chimp in the eyes/scare the chimp by running away and yelling) and only THEN does it get shot by the humans), it also establishes that jupe survived an animal attack once but doesn’t worry it will happen again with an animal (jeanjacket) that literally eats horses(which r as big as ppl! it could obviously eat people!)

“im gonna get lucky” oj is wonderful

“i swear on my wife and children’s lives” now don’t say that

“trained animals can be unpredictable”

like, jupe really thought it wouldn’t eat him and his wife and his kids like dude

sunglasses at night <3 love that song also the radio being on is such a good way to build tension/show when jeanjacket is close (and then then using it later to when they are drawing jeanjacket out)

the aesthetic of this movie is stunning

i love oj i love how he makes lucky feel safe by tapping the trailer i love that he knew not to look jeanjacket in the eyes where jupe looked straight up

the gaming chair and vr 😭 angel is so <3

“trying to tame a predator”

“ive been up under it a couple times now. i get him. it’s an animal, you don’t turn your back on a bear, you don’t wear red around a bull, it’s like that. you don’t look at it unless you want it’s attention”

“i call top hat” this is the real top hat monopoly player representation we need top hat monopoly players rise up

lucky is so well trained unbothered by the balloon man

camera guy is weird but he sounds like leonard cohen so i like him

angel with the reusable water bottle and camera guy just swallowing pills dry like these characters are immaculate

“sorry, im scared” i love angel

oj going to help the guy even tho he rlly has no reason to and the guy is annoying <3 he’s just a nice guy

“did u get that on camera?” lol

the run scene is perfect

non-flared jeanjacket looks like a sand dollar

again lucky just waiting patiently that’s a good horse

oj is the best he’s so brave and smart

em is the best she’s so brave and smart

this last action sequence is just too good i have no notes except that it’s fantastic

and then oj being there <3

fantastic movie everything is so intentional and brilliant 10/10 movie for me one of my favs for sure can’t wait to watch it again

i love how socal this movie is

[luci-in-trenchcoats]

Hi!! How are you? Hope you are having a wonderful thanksgiving week

Okay! So you’re probably gonna get sick of my comments and notifications! But just one more for a little while. I just read all of Thunder in our Hearts. And oh my gosh! I love it! This is a little chaotic I apologize in advance for that.

I love the way Y/N and Ben interact throughout the story but especially at the beginning!

I still haven’t watched The Boys not the easiest show to watch with small children around. But I love the way you write Soldier boy, it already makes me love the character.

My favorite part was He Knows (hopefully I got that right) any way the timestamp when the kids are 15 and 10, it was hilarious and so sweet. I absolutely love it!

All of it was well written, I always love it when you show up on my dash. As a reader and writer I can see the work you put into these, and I’m sure the time and emotion.

Hi! I'm surviving! It'll be better once I make it to this time tomorrow and am off until next week! I hope you're doing well too!

Thank you for the Thunder In Our Hearts love! That is a personal favorite of mine. It was a challenge to write that character growth but also so much fun. I tried my hardest to stay true to the character and show a possible sort of redemption arc. Writing the kids as older and finding out the truth was a little cherry on top because it really shows how he goes from selfish bastard to his children and wife being the most important parts of his life.

And I completely understand with the kids! I'm an adult and I feel like it's inappropriate for me at times 😂

There'll be more to this story in the near future so keep an eye out for that!

[cats-thoughts]

Hi, uh I came here because of that high school au, but what the otterverse?

oh gosh what isnt the otterverse Okay so its like a series? Where people send in asks to further the story? idk how else to describe it sorry I feel like I should direct you to Pacificseaotter, who runs the thing and also has a few different posts for catching up, but instead I'm going to try and recall the whole story by memory! Fuck it we ball yk

Okay so it started as a bit, but slowly evolved into an actual story? first season took place in a theater, It was mostly felicityphoenix5, pacificseaotter, and divorce anon (as far as I remember, also all c! they've been pretty much playing characters since the start) Felix was tied to a chair, Divorce Anon and Paci quoted hamilton at each other, I think Paci killed someone? then paci shot the chandelier, killing herself and divorce anon (revealed to be wallace-marte, crab guy) Felix survived bc xey are a phoenix. Everyone else got out alive I think? We were audience members, also tied to chairs (maybe) Meanwhile I slept through the whole chandelier thing, which becomes a reoccurring bit with my character.

Season 2 was more interaction from everyone else, it lead up to pink anon (who turned out to be wisp? I think?) convincing Otter (pacis character died so star made another, named Otter) to pull a lever, starting the apocalypse. Which my character (stickynote) slept through. This took place in a wendies btw. I made a good "wrong lever" joke. So, apocalypse started, everyone rushes to try and fix it. Eventually pink name shows up again and is like "ik how to fix this follow me" and otter is, reasonably, like "wtf no you started this whole thing like that" but eventually agrees, and goes to flip the lever again. Gumy and Pink text (probably wisp?) fight and both die. Otter dies saving Felix. Oh yeah the lever gets pulled again and MOST of the monsters of the apocalypse die/disappear. Some are still around. My guy, Stickynote, goes into stasis for 4 years, and everyone else learns to cope with the apocalypse. the wendys anons get married and start a new city.

Echo (pacis newest character) shows up and. Well they're just kinda here rn I think? Stickynote wakes from stasis and is trying to answer all of the wishes people left on the fountain beneath where they slept. Theres a kid that can control the monsters?? somehow?? Felix is in MISERY why does her wife keep SHOWING UP AFTER THEY DIE- oh yeah and divorce anon may come back we're not sure, arise from the dead and all happens sometimes

if you want an actually comprehensive update/summary of the otterverse go check out pacificseaotter and search through rains Otterverse tag, whether you want the whole story or just want to dig until you find the summary posts. I'm sorry this is so incomprehensible I have terrible memory

[sarah-dipitous]

Hellsite Nostalgia Tour 2023 Day 40

Roadkill/Age of Steel

“Roadkill”

Would I Survive the First Five Minutes??: one time I was driving down to Louisville and my gps told me a shortcut that took me through some backroads The Deer Hunter lookin place instead of the highway….I did feel like I was in an episode of spn. But I didn’t get distracted like these two, so I might be alright

How’s this guy gonna leave his wife? girlfriend? in their totaled car in the middle of the woods with not even a text or voicemail to tell her where he went on their ANNIVERSARY

I don’t think you should go into the spooky house in the woods unless you actually live there

Love that everyone is going to sound crazy to everyone else in this scenario…like, we’re joining Sam and Dean already in the middle of their investigation.

MAYBE DONT TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE ROAD DEAN

Omg…I too would be backing away slowly if I saw the entire arsenal the Winchesters have in their trunk, but, man, I think I’d start running if they told me they were ghost hunting…lucky for them, Molly has had to plead to them to be believed

Dean’s bluntness and Sam’s empathy are a good combination actually

I don’t know that I’d let Molly walk behind me if I knew she was in the kind of danger she’s in…she’d be right at my side

We’re getting philosophical up in this bitch this afternoon

Oh they KNOW what happened to her husband???

God I hate jump scares…even when I know for sure they’re coming because they’re playing House of the Rising Sun

“You’re like a walking encyclopedia of weirdness.” What does that make you, Dean?? You’re one too

“thank god” “call me Dean” bestieee please (though to be honest, it’s the kind of stupid remark I’d also make in that kind of situation)

There are 10 minutes left, this can’t possibly be over….wait what??? How…how long was she there? Is…is SHE dead? Is MOLLY ALSO A GHOST?? Omg…how horrific to have to relive a night like that every year

I really do resent how good some of these episodes can be…

“Been On My Mind…”: the only characters they interact with are an already married woman and the ghost, so………no

"Age of Steel"

Did I even mention Ricky in the last episode?? Because...it's very funny to see that actor being something of a hardass after watching him be Mickey for a season and a half.

Love that Ricky just has the most parking tickets and that's got him on some most wanted list...truly love that for him

Is this the moment Mickey starts getting some self respect? well...alternate-self respect? becuase Ricky told him he wasn't so bad

Did the cybermen just kill Ricky??? RIP

These little punk rebels are adorable, and they care so much about each other (as they should and would). It's just sad that there are so few and one of them just died...

YES YES YES!!! YOU DID IT!! You gained self respect!!

Half expected that cyberman to turn its head as they passed....because that would of course happen.

And this, kids, is why you stick to wired headphones. Get rid of your air pods now, guys

Even though you see the people right before they turn into cybermen, they're already being controlled and are very robotic, it's easy to think of them as sci-fi fodder, but listening to the cyberman whose emotional inhibitor gets turned off or destroyed...talking about how she's getting married and is worried that her fiance might see her before the wedding...just destroyed me

And then having Mickey straight up looney tunes trick the cyberman to disable the transmitter. Brilliant

This dude has factories on all seven continents?? Why've you got them on Antarctica my dude??

"I'd call you a genius, except I'm in the room." love when he's like that.

Don't they call Ten something like "the one who regrets" in the 50th anniversary special? Is that why he's always telling all his enemies and everyone he fails to save "I'm so sorry." I swear they call him the one who regrets and Eleven the one who forgets...and I'm gonna go crazy til we get tho that point.

Characters who learn to operate vehicles from video games are underrated. Except Mickey's not so bad at flying this zeppelin where as Spinner shouldn't have been allowed on the road...

I'm so proud of Mickey...(wait, then how DOES he come back later?)

Okay but low key I want the adventures of Mickey and Jack liberating the world from the clutches of the cybermen. Just think it would be neat.

[halt-kun]

Hunter x Hunter Chapter 133 - How to defend yourself with spells

I just watched the movie madoka magica and now I’m in need for more gay

A bunch of creepy stalkers following kids around

Indeed getting this card in front of so many people and then not having any way to protect it is a bit dumb

Bunch of creepy stalkers following kids on a date

Yep there must be skilled guys following you as well. Or girls, in hxh most girls are skilled it seems, most losers are white cishet dudes because of them being seen as the bland character archetype 

At least girls have a reason to exist it seems which means someone could be able to find it woke because they can’t stand to see girls, black and queer characters even if it’s purposeful

That was just a rant, sorry I must be spending too much time on twitter

Anyway Gon is cute, complimenting is gamer boyfriend because he’s completely clueless

And Killua is just happy to seem cool and knowledgeable

CUTENESS OVERLOAD

please save me

Killua must be thinking of putting the card in free slots to trick people and also because free slots are way easier to fill up with garbage

I’m sure he knows some cards can steal only in free slots

I hope his wife isn’t a npc, I’d feel bad for him

I’m sure there is plenty of girls playing GI too

I’m glad for them if they’re happy

So there is a way to deposit money !

WAIT a whole night of waiting to buy spells ? This game is poorly designed

There is at most 800 players too, don’t tell me they were all there

I feel bad for this anxious guy

I’m worried about you getting hurt, what would your wife say Motaricke ?

Finally finding peace and love in this cursed game only to loose her husband ?

Killua is the best savage I know and I love him for it

Never get kids if you don’t like bratty behaviour Motaricke

WAIIIIIIIT

what if a kid is born in GI, shit, shit shit, they don’t get a ring ? Without a book you can’t survive

Can they leave for free ?

Please Ging, don’t tell me you didn’t think of that when you designed pregnancy stone ??????

I HAVE QUESTIONS !!!

Wait I assume you saw Killua put it into his binder ? Because it could very well be Gon with it ?

Anyway it won’t be in the restricted slots

You’ll loose your “rare” card 

I feel bad for Motaricke

TOLD YOU

He’s a brat but a smart one

Oh SHIT another one

AN EVEN CREEPIER STALKER

SERIOUSLY STOP FOLLOWING KIDS AROUND FOR DAYS

So you’ve got 1/16 chances to get this card

Someone’s autograph is such a random name who’s this someone ? Ulysses ? Odysseum ? Nobody ?

Killua put every card into Gon’s binder, NICE

Look at Gon grinning happily

HAHAHA

Gon is so funny, did he intentionally pick up rocks or is he just the kind of people who picks cool rocks

Both are good

Also, you know, ROCKS

A bunch of them

I sure hope this isn’t foreshadowing anything

Okay so Gon picks up cool rocks

I LOVE HIM GUYS

I like the dumb trivia about techniques in GI

thanks Togashi

33% is good enough to be honest

OH NOOOOOO

Another one

WOOOPS

where is your precious car ?

Thanks Gon

Well he learnt to use nen so maybe out of shape but not powerless either

Gon is a nice kid but this guy is right

TOLD YOU

They did loose the card in the end 

TOO BAD

Pretty Shizuku !

I’m loving the extra content cut out of the 2011 anime

This has been so long since the 99 anime I’m not sure which scenes were in it

I know the janken training was

and maybe this one too

 I don’t remember all of them so it’s cool

[toboldlynerd]

helloooo ela 😊✨!! glad your week has settled down a bit, hopefully you have an enjoyable weekend ahead of you!

i loved reading about your spotify wrapped, i haven’t listened to most of those artists/songs, so i will have to give them a try! i just listened to runaway by AURORA and i loved the way the song kept building and building, it felt almost cinematic 🎥💫. do you have a fav song by AURORA that you’d recommend 👀?

ahhhhh, your tea box sounds so cool!! is it designed to keep the tea fresh/preserved while you’re traveling, or just as a means of storage?? i’m a coffee girl through and through 😌 (and hot chocolate too, aksjsjjj that’s how i survive the winter months, but it can be our secret 🫶)

the 9-1-1 gay firefighters are also my blorbos-in-law 😂, i have yet to succumb and watch it but sounds like it might be inevitable! it looks like there was just a new season? did you enjoy it??

i looked up the summary for graceling, it seems very compelling! i haven’t read any fantasy since i was much younger but i’ve had a few recommendations for it recently, and i remember absolutely loving getting lost in those worlds as a kid 🦄

also, btw, i adored the cute animal gifs 🥺🥰, sending love your way 💙❄️✨

Hi yes hello,

This brightened my day for sure, thank you 🧡

Oh, you've asked the million dollars question lmao AURORA was my favorite artist this year (unsurprisingly) and I do love all her work. So much. It's hard to recommend her songs so I will try my best with 3 good vibes songs, 3 heart-wrenching songs and 3 in between.

Positive

1) Queendom (the YouTube video is so good!?!)

2)

3) Exist For Love (because that music video came out way earlier than planned because “her fans needed something to be happy about” and it is just so damn beautiful)

In between

1)

2)

3)

Heart-wrenching, tears possible

Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) (yes, that specific live video for ultimate tear potential. Also tw murder as a significant plot point of the lyrics lol)

Through The Eyes Of A Child (yeah, that version is stripped back. Yeah I cried the first 3 times listening)

Boy In The Grass (it's live, I can't listen to it often cause the raw emotions rattle me every time because of the event the lyrics are based on tw gun violence and child death if you research)

Hehehhe you activated my trap card called “asking about something im passionate about”! This was so hard my dude, it took half an hour and I nearly made the list longer again.

It's just a habit I took over from my mum I guess? It's one normal teabox that gets the designated job of traveling tea box (a little bit like the jeans of teen girl book fame lmao) and then I've also bought some small one that I can use if I don't have much space to work with. It's a certain comfort to know you've got your favorite tea with you at all times...the bigger one is for loose tea leaves and the smaller one for tea bags btw hihi

Omg omgggg, friend, the gay firefighters have taken over my shipping juices since February and won't give them back for nothing 😅 Not gonna lie, a big part of my enjoyment comes from the way it's more of an ensemble show and how they incorporated canon gay and lesbian couples in the main cast (yes, you heard right! POC lesbian main character firefighter!!!!! I am still crushing on her and her wife omfg) and those two blorbos with the most excellent little boy (Chris 🧡) made me read the trope friends to husbands (as in “24hrs marriage speedrun” lets get married - why not right now - alright then) with glee and acceptance of in-character choices that got them there. They are so idiotic sometimes but also so so intelligent 😂✌️

Do you have a favorite artist? Favorite ice cream? (mine is ben and Jerry's cookie dough lol) is there a favorite holiday sweet you always Es eat this time of year?

All the best and warm greetings from a little blanket burrito called Ela ✨🧡

[casliveblog]

Custom Toonami Block Week 164 Rundown

Spy X Family: Yor continues her fight with kusarigama guy and Anya demonstrates that in addition to reading minds she may have the power to influence them because she’s like ‘oh cool this lady I don’t know is doing a street performance’ and everyone instantly believes her. (That’s a joke but I would legitimately not be surprised if Anya developed some sort of low level hypnosis with her powers and that’s the reason everyone acts a little more stupid and agreeable around her but it could also just be she’s a kid in a comedy show idk). But yeah Loid comes out in an outfit that would fit right in in a Saint’s Row game and it’s just great. Yor’s group decides to lay low and navelgaze about the old ‘soldiers in times of peace’ chestnut while Yor debates giving up assassining which I guess they’d rename the show to Regular Mom Girl X Family if she did that. The next day Anya tries to ditch Loid all day but ends up having fun doing all the stuff she’s trying to distract him with before finally just coming out and saying she misses Yor and Loid agrees to go see her tomorrow. Meanwhile the bad guys are honing in on the group and the ship that’s coming to pick up the mafia wife is on its way so the final showdown is at hand.

Inuyasha: I’m pretty sure this is still filler but it’s hard to tell since it does tie into the main plot tangentially and sometimes even the canon is just kinda written like filler sometimes. The gang (read: Inuyasha) uses Shippo as bait for the demon of the week and it turns out to be a parasite that is leeching off of other demons. Long story short Shippo gets possessed and lets all the stuff he usually lets slide build up as resentment and the gang has a whole episode fight of ‘well that wasn’t very dangerous but it sure was annoying’ which is funny because it even feels like the parasites give Shippo a minor power boost since he’s shown using more powerful variations of his gag techniques and doing stuff like teleporting which he normally can’t do (though oddly I think it is something he can do to a limited degree in Yashahime if I remember right) But yeah after a bunch of gags where it’s ‘Shippo’s gag attack but moderately more threatening’ like a toned down version of Luffy vs Usopp, Inuyasha manages to yeet the parasite off of him and they find a fuckload of the things and it’s somehow tied to Naraku harassing a large demon or something or maybe not because this is filler. Like they say the parasites are left behind because the demon changed location but I’m pretty sure if they’re parasites they’d just… go with the demon, like if they’re parasites and not symbiotes the demon probably wouldn’t care to warn them like ‘hey I’m going somewhere you guys can’t survive or some shit so get off’ so yeah the tie to canon is tenuous at best.

Yu Yu Hakusho: The final-ish round of Yusuke vs Yomi has finally arrived and for some reason they’re doing three rounds at once now and we’re having Mukuro and the girl that beat Chuu as well as chrome demon and beret guy having their final clashes at the same time which seems like it’s a weird thing to do, dividing the attention of the spectators and everyone complaining that the competitors won’t have enough time to recover for the next round you’d think they’d draw it out more but given how Togashi’s health was declining at this time that may be some sort of commentary on the manga industry. If I recall correctly this is the episode they played during the Toonami April Fools joke that revived the block so that’s pretty cool even though at the time I hadn’t seen much of the Three Kings arc and didn’t know what was going on I didn’t miss as much context as I thought I did. See the funny thing is as weird a rushed as the pacing is here the weirdest part is that the ending’s so focused on characters we know nothing about like fucking baret guy vs chrome guy is one of the final fights we don’t know shit about either of those guys and Yomi’s only marginally better. Still as the fight begins, Yusuke starts his Megaman Zero “WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOR!?” monologue and if this arc had a proper… well, arc, this would’ve been something he’d been brooding over for a while but instead it kinda hits him all at once and he just kinda disassociates for half the fight. It’s a good angle to come at his character from this late in the series, him just wondering what he’s doing since he doesn’t want to be king of the demons and is just fighting because it’s all he’s ever done. He’s not an angry young man anymore nor is some brooding anime villain inspiring him to come kill them because they’ll kill his girlfriend because they want to be proven wrong, he’s wondering if all he’s waiting for now is to get beaten as well and have his own philosophy overcome. It’s good stuff but like I said it comes out of literally nowhere, though Yomi’s reaction to it is great he’s just like “WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU UPENDED THE GOVERNMENT OF A WHOLE DIMENSION AND YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING!?” like it really puts into context how over a dozen demon illuminati Machiavellian schemers were thrown off by a teenager that just likes to punch things. Yusuke gets a vision of Raizen which basically says that he still has to resolve what his demon half means to him, or more loosely interpreted what place his love of fighting has in his future. He gets his demon powerup and starts fighting evenly with Yomi but Yomi has an anti-demon barrier but considering Yusuke has only been using demon power for like five minutes anyway it’s pretty easy for him to just switch to Spirit Energy and blast through it. Like thematically it’s cool Yusuke showing his original spirit powers are what make him unique and the power bestowed by his demonic transformation doesn’t own him even if it informs part of his identity but it also means implementing a loophole to something that only just became a thing in this fight and Yomi having a weirdly specific barrier that only blocks one type of energy. I always thought this’d be a more interesting fight if it was Yusuke versus Shura, like Shura is basically a blank slate and having him develop the foundation of morals he’d eventually rule by in a fight with Yusuke, having him shape the demon world without actually winning, would’ve been kinda neat like I guess they’re going for sort of the same thing with Yomi becoming less of a dick but it’s a harder sell for someone that’s been running a demon dictatorship for 500 years. Still, Yusuke’s voiceover in the preview warning how the end is near does kinda get to me, I’m gonna miss this show when it leaves the block.

Jujutsu Kaisen: So Yuji has to fight a Grasshopper (or a Locust idk, his name is Grasshopper Guy and everyone calls him a grasshopper but the overview is talking about Locusts so I don’t even know) and it’s a pretty funny fight like the dude is pretty funny for a mid-tier mook to stall Yuji for two minutes and give him a win when he chops off this guy’s dick and it just feels like the JJK author gets random hyperfixations and wants to throw them in and I’m fine with that. Meanwhile the plan is just to jump Gojo with three dudes and flood the place with hostages and hope for the best. I feel like we’re watching One Punch Man but instead of following Saitama we’re following a Will-E Coyote style gang of people trying to kill Saitama and it’s just like you know it’s not gonna work, fucking Krakatoa is not gonna get one over on Gojo and I feel kinda bad for them. They do this thing where it’s like Domain Aura which is just like ‘power up all my moves and give piercing damage’ because you literally need piercing damage to even fight Gojo at all and he’s just like ‘oh that’s kinda cute so you’re looking for a beatdown instead of me just shrugging you off and killing you, congratulations on moving up on rung on the ‘still not even a fight’ ladder.”.

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: So the finale has gone full Ember Island Players for a play about the original Scott Pilgrim plot and Scott’s kind of in the awkward position of everyone resolving their character arcs without him, like I think everyone’s actually better off than if he ran around punching them in the face, did we accidentally make the original plot obsolete? Anyway during the play, Even Older Scott takes the main cast to… the moon or something? Idk if they are in the future or just on the present moon but they seem to have changed location and time and Even Older Scott is basically a demigod. Turns out he’s the one that made the knockoff AT Field that stops them from kissing but he didn’t put anything on his dick I guess so they still ended up married and they just don’t kiss while Scott’s rawdogging her like Goku which is kind of its own nightmare but yeah. They all fight and it’s basically like that scene in One Piece Stampede where everyone throws everything they’ve got at Douglas Bullet and he just tanks it by being ridiculously fuckshow strong. The funny thing is everyone but Scott and Ramona get defeated and sent back to the theater which like… Gideon straight up asked for that at the beginning of the fight so what was the point? Like it’s cool for all the Exes to get powerups from Ramona’s bag to showcase the mended bridges and show how making peace with her has turned them into their best selves but like if they’re just gonna pop back when they’re beaten what’s the point? Like I don’t quite get EOS’s plan here since best case scenario he just punches his younger to death and dies? Like he kinda gets interrupted before explaining what the plan here is and knowing Scott there might not even be one. Either way Even Older Ramona comes in to save the day and I kinda like what they did here, at first it seems like EOS is just overreacting and it’s a dumb ‘haha a Three’s Company misunderstanding almost destroyed the multiverse isn’t that funny’ but it’s a little more complicated. Scott saw the thing I’ve been complaining about the whole time, that Ramona just seems to bail on relationships at the first sign of trouble regardless of the other person’s feelings, EOR says this wasn’t the case and EOS definitely took it way too far but regular Ramona does see the conflict here and does the only thing that can really fix things: she decides to love herself. It’s a twist on the whole ‘can’t love anybody until you love yourself’ deal in that she can love Scott without fully loving herself but it’s still going to cause problems and her Super Saiyan transformation involves making peace with herself so she doesn’t feel the need to let her self-doubt yeet herself away from happiness. It’s nice, I like it, like it definitely throws some shade at EOS for all the shit he caused but recognizes Ramona’s involvement and her character flaws that led to neither of them being happy. Everyone goes home and gets their good ending and Gideon, Matt and Jules do a stinger for their own little evil council thing for being directionlessly evil but at least they’re not stuck on a girl anymore so good for them. It’s not ‘the best animated thing in 2023’ like I’ve heard some people say but I enjoyed it, as someone new to the Scott Pilgrim universe I can’t say it gave me a good grasp on everything about the world given how short it was (still not entirely sure how the power system works) but it’s a cute little thing with a nice ending and it addressed all the obvious things I was wondering about along the way, endings are hard and increasingly not good in most things so anything that has a good ending is worth some credit.

Ranking of Kings: There’s another small story about how baby Miranjo met the baby demon and it’s done in that same storybook artstyle as last episode. It’s cute but not much happens, like if anything I thought there was more to her relationship with the demon but I guess it’s just ‘nah they just met in the forest one day and started playing’ like… okay. The second part is Bojji leaving on his journey from the end of season1 and giving everyone sentimental gifts from the titular Treasure Chest of Courage it’s cute but rather than things from the actual story or flashbacks it’s just a bunch of stuff they have to make up backstories for which is kinda less effective. Bojji does eventually leave and find Kage again and they reenact the first ED while the first OP is playing and that’s nice. It’s just kinda weird, like there’s one episode left and we’re finally back to where we were at the end of last season like are we really just doing a whole season for one episode worth of story progression? It feels like Higurashi Sotsu all over again like I’d almost prefer a full season of meaningless filler so you can just skip the whole thing.

Vinland Saga: Thorfinn has a dream about killing Einar’s family, now it’s not literal, he’s just reconciling his past sins with now being such close friends with someone that could’ve bene one of his past victims but it’s kind of funny that his mind constructed a young Einar and his family for the dream and made it exactly what he looked like because we know what he looked like even if Thorfinn doesn’t and it’d be confusing otherwise. Thing is Einar’s finally become a level 4 friend and unlocked Thorfinn’s tragic backstory so he gives him the whole deal about season 1 and even goes so far as to say he doesn’t hate Askeladd anymore and without that burning hatred in him anymore he feels empty (hey, YYH, second time today we’re dealing with a young man that doesn’t know what to do without being angry and fighting things all the time). He even says he’s forgetting something and can’t quite remember something very important (I have a feeling it rhymes with “I hate Bow Emilies”) and the old man and Einar both reinforce to him that it’s never too late to start over and do something else with your life and if you don’t know how to do anything but what you’ve been doing the first step to stop that is learning new things and it’s a really great message. Also they mention catching fish for Lent and it being ready to snow which is weird considering Lent happens in the beginning of Spring but maybe the weather’s just kinda always shitty.This chill vibe is kinda completely torn down when they come back and all their plants have been fucked over by jealous farmhands who’re just like ‘if slaves do farm work then that means they’re just like me!’ Bro it’s a FARM if they don’t do farm work what the fuck else they gonna do!? Farming is like 90% of what goes on on farms! But yeah, Einar’s pissed and Thorfinn trying to talk some sense because obviously nothing will get done if they just fly off the handle but also also if they just do nothing then they’ll just keep wrecking their crops so there’s really no winning unless they post an armed guard on their farm 24/7. So yeah, they find the farmhands and THORFINN actually throws the first punch and it’s pretty badass to see him getting worked up but it doesn’t last long given Thorfinn’s not in ‘anime character taking on 50 guys’ mode and they outnumber them three to one and have weapons and shit so back into the hallucination hole for Thorfinn.

[c-is-for-circinate]

For a long, large part of my life, being queer in a media landscape--finding queerness in a media landscape--has meant theft.

I'm a Fandom Old, somehow, these days, older than most and younger than some, in that way that's grown associated with grumpy crotchetyness and shotguns on porches and back in my day, we had to wade through our Yahoo Groups mailing lists uphill both ways, boring and irrelevant anecdotes from Back In Those Days when homophobia clearly worked differently than it does now, probably because we weren't trying hard enough. I've seen a lot of stories through the years. I've read a lot of fanfic. (More days than not, for the past twenty years. I've read a lot of fanfic.)

When people my age start groaning and sighing at conversations about representation and queerbaiting, when we roll our eyes and drag all the old war stories out again in the face of AO3 is terrible and Not Good Enough, so often what we say is: you Young Folks Today have no idea how hard, how scary, how limiting it was to be queer anywhere Back In Those Days. Including online, maybe especially online, including in a media landscape that hated us so much more than any one you've ever known. And that is true. Always and everywhere, again and again, it's true, we remember, it's true.

We don't talk so much about the joy of it.

Online fan spaces were my very first queer communities, ever. I was thirteen, I was fourteen, I was fifteen--I was a lonely, over-precocious "gifted kid" two years too young for my grade level in an all-girls' Catholic school in the suburbs--I lived in a world where gay people were a rumor and an insult and a news story about murder. I was straight, of course, obviously, because real people were straight and anyway I was weird enough already--I couldn't be two things strange, couldn't be gay too, but--well, I could read the stories. I could feel things about that. I would have those stories to help me, a few years later, when I knew I couldn't call myself straight any more.

And those stories were theft. There was never any doubt about that. We wrote disclaimers at the top of every fic, with the specter of Anne Rice's lawyers around every corner. We hid in back-corners of the internet, places you could only find through a link from a link from a link on somebody else's recs page, being grateful for the tiny single-fandom archives when you found them, grateful for the webrings where they existed. It was theft, all of it, the stories about characters we did not own, the videotaped episodes on your best friend's VHS player, one single episode pulled off of Limewire over the course of three days.

It was theft, we knew, to even try and find ourselves in these stories to begin with. How many fics did I read in those days about two men who'd always been straight, except for each other, in this one case, when love was stronger than sexual orientation? We stole our characters away from the heterosexual lives they were destined to have. We stole them away from writers and producers and TV networks who work overtime to shower them in Babes of the Week, to pretend that queerness was never even an option. This wasn't given to us. This wasn't meant for us. This wasn't ours to have, ever, ever in the first place. But we took it anyway.

And oh, my friends, it was glorious.

We took it. We stole. And again and again, for years and years and years, we turned that theft into an art. We looked for every opening, every crack in every sidewalk where a little sprout of queerness might grow, and we claimed it for our own and we grew whole gardens. We grew so sly and so skilled with it, learning to spot the hints of oh, this could be slashy in every new show and movie to come our way. Do you see how they left these character dynamics here, unattended on the table? How ripe they are for the pocketing. Here, I'll help you carry them. We'll make off with these so-called straight boys, and we only have to look back if somebody sets out another scene we want for our own.

We were thieves, all of us, and that was fine and that was fair, because to exist as queer in the world was theft to begin with. Stolen time, stolen moments--grand larceny of the institution of marriage, breaking and entering to rob my mother's hopes for grandchildren. Every shoplifted glance at the wrong person in the locker room (and it didn't matter if we never peeked, never dared, they called us out on it anyway). Every character in every fic whose queerness became a crime against this ex-wife, that new love interest. Every time we dared steal ourselves away from the good straight partners we didn't want to date.

And: we built ourselves a den, we thieves, wallpapered in stolen images and filled to the brim with all the words we'd written ourselves. We built ourselves a home, and we filled it with joy. Every vid and art and fic, every ship, every squee. Over and over, every straight boy protagonist who abandoned all womankind for just this one exception with his straight boy protagonist partner found gay orgasms and true love at the end.

Over and over, we said: this isn't ours, this isn't meant to be ours, you did not give this to us--but we are taking it anyway. We will burglarize you for building blocks and build ourselves a palace. These stories and this place in the world is not for us, but we exist, and you can't stop us. It's ours now, full of color and noise, a thousand peoples' ideas mosaic'ed together in celebration. We made this, and it will never be just yours again. You won't ever truly get it back, no matter how many lawyers you send, not completely. We keep what we steal.

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Things shifted over time, of course. That's good. That's to be celebrated. Nobody should have to steal to survive. It should not be a crime, should not feel like a crime, to find yourself and your space in the world.

There were always content creators who could slip a little wink in when they laid out their wares, oh what's this over here, silly me leaving this unattended where anybody could grab it, of course there might be more over by the side door if you come around the alleyway (but if anybody asks, you didn't get this from ME). We all watched Xena marry Gabrielle, in body language and between the lines. We sat around and traded theories and rumors about whether the people writing Due South knew what they were doing when they sent their buddy cops off into the frozen north alone together at the end of the show, if they'd done it on purpose, if they knew. But over the years, slowly, thankfully, the winks became less sly.

A teenage boy put his hand on another teenage boy's hand and said, you move me, and they kissed on network TV, in a prime-time show, on FOX, and the world didn't burn down. Here and there, where they wanted to, where they could without getting caught by their bosses and managers, content creators stopped subtly nudging people around the back door and started saying, "Here. This is on offer here too, on purpose. You get to have this, too."

And of course, of course that came with a whole host of problems too. Slide around to the back door but you didn't get this from me turned into it's an item on our special menu, totally legit, you've just got to ask because the boss throws a fit if we put it out front. Shopkeepers and content creators started advertising on the sly, come buy your fix here!, hiding the fine print that says you still have to take what you've purchased home and rebuild it with your semi-legal IKEA hacks. Maybe they'll consider listing that Destiel or Sterek as a full-service menu item next year. Is that Crowley/Aziraphale the real thing or is it lite?

And those problems are real and the conversations are worth having, and it's absolutely fair to be frustrated that you can't find the ship you want on sale in anything like your color and size in a vast media landscape packed full of discount hetships and fast-fashion m/f. It's fair to be angry. It's fair to be frustrated. Queerbait is a word that exists for a reason.

There's a part of me that hurts, though, every time the topic comes up. It's a confusing, bad-mannered part of me, but it's still very real. And it's not because I'm fawning for crumbs, trying to be the Good, Non-Threatening Gay. It's not that I'm scared and traumatized by the thought of what might happen if we dare raise our voices and ask for attention. (Well. Not mostly. I'll always remember being quiet and scared and fifteen, but it's been a long two decades since then. I know how to ask for a hell of a lot more now.)

It's because I remember that cozy, plush-wallpapered den of joyful thieves. I remember you keep what you steal.

Every single time--every time--when a story I love sets a couple of characters out on a low, unguarded table, perfectly placed to be pilfered on the sly and taken home and smushed together like a couple of dolls, my very first thought is always, always joy. Always, that instinct says, yay! Says, this is ours now. As soon as I go home and crawl into that pillow-fort den, my instincts say, I will surely find people already at work combing through spoils and finding new ways to combine them, new ways to make them our own. I know there's fic for that. I've already seen fic for that, and I wasn't really interested last time, but the new store display's got my brain churning, and I can't wait to see what the crew back at the hideout does with this.

Every time, that's where my brain goes. And oh, when I realize the display's put out on purpose, that somebody snuck in a legitimate special menu item, when the proprietor gives me the nod and wink and says, you don't have to come around the side, I know it's not much but here--there is so much joy and relief and hope in me from that! Oh, what we can make with these beautiful building blocks. Oh what a story we can craft from the pieces. Oh, the things we can cobble together. Look at that, this one's a little skimpy on parts but we can supplement it, this one's got a whole outline we can fill in however we want. This one technically comes semi-preassembled, and that's boring as shit and a pain to take back apart, but that's fine, we'll manage. We're artists and thieves. I bet someone's pulling out the AU saw to cut it to pieces already.

And then I get back to our den, which has moved addresses a dozen times over the years and mostly hangs out on Tumblr now (and the roof leaks and the landlord's sketchy as fuck but at least they don't charge rent, and we've made worse places our own). And I show up, ready for joy--ready for a dozen other people who saw that low-hanging fruit on that unguarded table, who got the nod and wink about the special menu item, who're ready to get so excited about this newest haul. Did you see what we picked up? The theft was so easy, practically begging to be stolen. The last owner was an idiot with no idea what to do with it. The last owner knew exactly what it could become, bless their heart, under a craftsman with more time on their hands, so they looked away on purpose at just the right time to let me take it home. I show up every time ready for our space, the place that fed me on joy and self-confidence when I was fifteen and starving. The place that taught me, yes, we are thieves, because it is RIGHT to take what we need, and the beautiful things we create are their own justification. We are thieves, and that's wonderful, because nothing is handed to us and that means we get to build our own palaces. We get to keep everything we steal.

I go home, and even knowing the world is different, my instincts and heart are waiting for that. And I walk in the door, and I look at my dash, and I glance over at twitter, and--

And people are angry, again. Angry at the slim pickings from the hidden special menu. So, so tired and angry, at once again having to steal.

And they're right to be! Sometimes (often, maybe) I think they're angry at the wrong people--more angry with the shopkeeper who offers the bite-sized sampler platter of side characters or sneaks their queer content in on the special menu than the ones who don't include it at all. But it's not wrong to be mad that Disney's once again advertising their First Gay Character only to find out it's a tiny sprinkle of a one-line extra on an otherwise straight sundae. It's not wrong to be furious at the world because you've spent your whole life needing to be a thief to survive. It's far from wrong. I'm angry about it too.

But this was my den of thieves, my chop shop, my makerspace. Growing up in fandom, I learned to pick the locks on stories and crack the safes of subtext at the very same time I learned to create. They were the same thing, the same art. We are thieves, my heart says, we are thieves, and that's what makes us better than the people we steal from. We deconstruct every time we create. We build better things out of the pieces.

And people are angry that the pre-fab materials are too hard to find, the pickings too slim, the items on sale too limited? Yes, of course they are, of course they should be--but my heart. Oh, my heart. Every single time, just a little bit, it breaks.

Of course the stories are terrible (they have always been terrible). Of course they are, but we are thieves. We steal the best parts and cobble them back together and what we make is better than it was before. The craftsman's eye that cases a story for weak points, for blank spaces, for anywhere we can fit a crowbar and pry apart this casing--that's skill and art and joy. Of course we shouldn't have to, of course we shouldn't have to, but I still love it. I still want it, crave it. I still thrill every time I see it, a story with hairline cracks that we can work open with clever hands to let the queer in.

That used to be cause for celebration, around here. I ask him to go back to the ruins of Aeor with me, two men together alone on an expedition in the frozen north, it feels like a gift. And I understand why some people take it as an insult. I understand not good enough. I understand how something can feel like a few drops of water to someone dying of thirst, like a slap in the face. If it was so easy to sneak it hidden onto the special menu, to place it on the unguarded side table for someone else to run off to, why not let it sit out front and center in the first place? I know it's frustrating. It should be. We should fight. We should always fight. I know why.

But my heart, oh, my heart. My heart only knows what it's been taught. My heart sees, this thing right here, the proprietor left it there for you with a nod and a wink because they Get It. It's not put together yet, but it's better that way anyway. It's so full of pieces to pull apart and reassemble. I bet they've got a whole mosaic wall going up at home already. We can bring it home and make it OURS, more than it was ever theirs, forget half of what it came from and grow a new garden in what remains.

And I go home to find anger, and my heart breaks instead.

[aurasaurora]

Emotionally Intoxicated

Summary: Your husband was the image of a perfect working man and father, what would happen when you discover he is not what you expected?

Parings: The Salesman x F!Reader

Word Count: 4.1k

Warnings: Manipulation and lying. A short smut scene, oral (f receiving), fingering and missionary. ALSO I did keep one of the character that died alive. So yeah.

A/N: I know the smut scene is kinda out of place, but Gong Yoo makes me feel some type of wayyyy. Also I use the salesman actor name because I don't recall them giving him a name...ANYWAYS enjoy!

“Hey baby, how was work?” You asked your husband as you continued to chop the vegetables. He approached the kitchen island and gave you a kiss on the cheek then turned to look at what was boiling on the stove. “Work was alright. Boring as usual” he never gave many details of what he actually would do during his work. You knew he was a salesman, but what he was trying to sell to people was a mystery to you. Your friends tried to point out how much of a red flag that was, but stupidly you ignored him. Your love and attachment towards him blinded you from accepting the issues with his secrecy.

“What are you cooking?’ He asked, as he began to sir the boiling pot himself. “Smells good, as always.” He turned to smile towards you. You were going to respond but then you remembered something. “Oh, right. Um, two guys came at the door this morning asking for you. One had red hair, the other said he was a businessman. Their names slipped my tongue, but they told me to let you know that they want to speak with you.” You stopped cutting the vegetables to grab another frying pan from the cabinets. Your back was facing him, so you couldn’t see how his expression dropped at your words. His work never interfered with his personal life, ever. He always made sure of it. Not even his boss knows about you or the kids. “They came here?” his voice almost came out in disbelief; how did they even know where you guys lived? “Yeah, even left a fruit basket for the kids. I put it on the table.” You said, finally standing up and heading to grab the oil to add to the frying pan. Gong Yoo headed to the dining room and grabbed the fruit basket aggressively off the dining table. There was a small card, no bigger than a business card with a number on it. He took the card but grabbed the fruits and dumped them into the trash.

“Gong-Yoo what..why? That was for the kids, Iseul was excited to eat it!” You were a little shocked by his behaviour. Fruits are expensive in South Korea, in contrast to your homeland. Not only that but he wasted perfectly good fresh food. And Iseul your oldest child had been begging you non-stop if she could have a bit for dessert.

“I can buy my wife and children their own fruit baskets. I don’t need some guy doing my job.” Legitimately he didn’t care about the fruit basket, he never got seriously jealous because he knew you’d never even think about another man. He just couldn’t say ‘hey honey, two guys who survived from my bosses battle royal came back for revenge so I’m not sure whether or not the fruits are poisoned or something.’ Letting you know too much would put you in danger. So going the jealousy route was best bet for him.

“Oh, come on babe. It was just a kind jester.” You stated as you began seasoning the vegetables. Gong Yoo left out an overexaggerated sigh, “Well I’m going to go check on the kids” giving your ass a swat on his way out.

“Aera is napping don’t disturb her peace.” You groaned in annoyance. You were instantly reminded by the fact that you had to basically battle that 5-month-old to go to sleep somewhere that wasn’t your body.

He creeped up the stairs, looking for the four-year-old and three-year-old. He missed them dearly considering it’s round up season (in which he needs to round up players for the games to begin) he hasn’t seen them as much, as he liked too. “Iseul, Minguk, Appa is home.” He toned down his voice not to awaken the sleeping demon. But it was a mistake because the two toddlers came down running his direction with burst of happiness. Charging towards his direction to give their father a hug. “Oh, I’ve missed you guys so much.” He said while his children suffocated him with their affection. Minguk gave his father a kiss on the cheek, meanwhile Iseul ran back into her bedroom.

“Have you been treating your mother well?” He asked playfully. Minguk was the least troublesome of the three, but he had attachment issues like no other, so he was consistently around you. Unless his older sister wanted to play.

Before Minguk could answer his sister came running back “Appa! Appa! Look! Look!” She handed over him her new toy.

“WHAT THE FUCK!” Gong Yoo didn’t mean to yell, but it slipped out. It was a gun, but one that looked awfully like the one that Gi-Hun had pointed at him when they first came in contact. Minguk covered his ears at his fathers cursing, and Iseul looked at him with shame and disappointment. “No bad words!” She scolded him, and her brother nodded furiously in agreement. “I’m telling Eomma.” She began to walk off angrily but Gong Yoo grabbed her tiny body in one swift movement. “Hey monkey, where did you get this?”

“A friend.” She said so simply.

“Which friend?” He asked

“Ummm.” She thought about it for a moment. “From the park. Appa after dinner can we-can we play” He knew he wasn’t going to get any direct answers from a four-year-old. So he’d have to figure shit out himself. “Yeah, we can, just don’t tell Eomma.” He pinched her nose which made her giggle.

“Dinner is ready.” Your soft voice caught him off guard, he didn’t even realize you had come up the stairs. “Yay.” Minguk said before he started running. “MinMin baby, stop running. You’ll hurt yourself.” You turned to look at Iseul, then you saw it. “Why is there a gun?” you went to pick up what you assumed was a toy gun. “Jesus Gong Yoo, you always give the kids the weirdest gifts.” You opened your bedroom door and tossed, the gun into it, then closed the door behind yourself and started walking downstairs with Minguk.

The dinner was oddly talkative yet quiet. The kids babbled about literally anything, normally both you and your husband would be fully engaged in their conversations to help their development, but suspiciously he was pretty quiet. There was a lot of “mmhmm..nice..wow..cool.” rather than actual dialog, while it might have not been clear to the kids. It was clear to you, that he was not paying attention. Eventually the two oldest finished up and you suggested them to go out and play in the backyard. The two of you grabbed your own plates and went to go and sit on the patio table and eat outside while watching the kids play.

“You okay?” You asked, placing a hand on his thigh allowing your thumb to circle his thigh

“Yeah, just drained from work. Um how’s it going with you and your friends.” He quickly changed the subject before you could ask any further.

“Not good. Cho Hee’s husband, you know him, right? Well, he came to us today while we were at the park with the kids. Saying his wife went missing, apparently, she went to play a game or something. I don’t know the whole story is weird.” You felt uncomfortable with the idea that your friend was missing, you wanted to help but Cho Hee’s husband’s story made no sense.

“Oh, I mean it’s unfortunate his wife is missing. But you know Kyong is an unreliable narrator.” He lied. It’s only been maybe an hour or so but the two worlds he specifically never wanted to collide. Were essentially smashing together all at once.

“What do you mean?” You asked.

“Well..you know…He’s a heavy drug user. His mind is all over the place.” Now Kyong did do drugs, but all he did was smoke some marijuana in his free time. Your husband made it sound like he was an avid crack user.

You looked at him in shock. “Holy shi- wait is this true? He seemed completely normal to me; how did you know?” You were now concerned because his erratic behaviour would make a lot more sense. Asides from his wife being missing, allegedly.

“Functioning addicts seem normal, but it doesn’t take much to crack them. I’m sure his wife is fine, or probably tried to escape him who knows.” He took a swing of his soju bottle and glanced over at you to see your reaction. He was taken back a bit by your worrisome reaction. It was his turn to comfort you, he placed a hand on your shoulder. “Hey, I’m sure everything is going to be okay.”

“I really hope so.”

***

Your kids currently were with your mother-in-law. Today was your day alone, and you usually did it to go on your runs, workout, and complete your hobbies.

You went out on your morning jog, going around the neighbourhood as you normally did. You went around and did over 5 laps, it was on your 6th lap that when you felt an arm pull you towards the forest near your neighbourhood. You began to kick and scream, begging for someone to help you. Your attacker covered your mouth and pleaded with you to stay quiet. He sounded so empathetic, and incredibly guilty. “Please, please just listen to me.” You continued to attempt to break yourself free from your grip. “I won’t hurt you; I just need to talk.” Hearing his voice again made you recognize it instantly. He was the businessman who came to your door. You stopped fighting not because you believed him. But rather you wanted to catch him off guard. When you stopped screaming and your breathing paced back to normal, he let go of you and you waited 30 seconds before kicking him in the balls and started sprinting. You made it far enough, but surely, before you were able to get out of the forest, he made it in time to drag you back in.

“Please Ma’am we just need to talk, that’s all I want to do. I don’t have much time currently. I swear on my life I won’t hurt you.” His grip being tight around you, was making it hard to believe he didn’t mean any harm. Considering you probably got bruises just from the altercation 30 seconds earlier. He didn’t wait for you to respond. “Your husband, he can’t be trusted.”

“And I’m supposed to trust the man who is strangling me? You’re insane.”

“I have evidence, it’s not much. But it’s enough to show you at the very least he’s not trustworthy.” He huffed out the last part.

“Let me guess, you are one of his associates he may or may not have screwed over financially and now you’re coming for revenge. Whatever money you loss, I’ll pay it back. Just please let this go, let me go.” You were growing tired of battling and attempting to escape his grip.

“No amount of money can fix the amount of blood loosed on his hands. While he might not be the direct cause, he’s still complicit. Hundreds of people are dying every year because of him and his people. You are the one closest to him, help me stop them.” He was pleading with you, and you could tell that he was believing his own words. You were baffled by the sheer stupidity coming out of his mouth.

“You are fucking sick in the head. You know that? You’re saying that my husband is indirectly the cause of hundreds of people’s death annually. T-That’s not fucking possible.” Your denial was in full force, and understandably so.

The businessman pulled out a thumb drive and handed it over to you. “My name is Cho Sang-Woo, if you wish to stop this, contact the number on the drive.” He let go of you and he began walking too wherever.

You immediately got up and started sprinting to your house. You turned your head every few seconds to make sure he wasn’t following you back to your house. You immediately got inside and turned on all the alarm systems. And made sure all the doors were locked, and curtains pulled shut. You ran up to your room with a baseball bat and sat on your bed. You grabbed out your phone and dialed out your husband’s phone number. You knew he was at work, so you tried to not disturb him while he worked, but you desperately needed him.

He didn’t pick up on the first call, so you sent a text to your mother-in-law asking if it would be possible to let your kids stay over for the weekend. After you sent the text message, you immediately got a call back.

Before he could speak you immediately started to talk. “Baby I need you to come back home, like right away. Some asshole tried to grab me when I went on a jog and…and then he- shit.” You couldn’t even speak coherently because the whole situation felt unreal. How do you even tell him what Sang-Woo is accusing him of the murder of an insane amount people. Even if the story felt like bullshit to you, you couldn’t even comprehend how you’d explain it to him.

“He did what? What the fuck did he do to you.” His voice was harsh, but it filled with concern.

“He-…Are you in a train station?” The noise of a passing train took you by surprise. It made no sense for him to be in a train station at this time of day.

“Sweetheart, answer my question, what happened?” He asked again, but this time more calmer.

“He dragged me into the forest near our home. Saying things like I can’t trust you, and that y-you’re complicit in the murders of hundreds of people annually. Just some crazy shit.” Your voice was all over the place, trying to recount what happened.

You heard him curse, then his end went quiet for a minute. “A-and then he just let you go, after spewing lies?” You looked over to the thumb drive, and then closed your eyes for 3 seconds. “Y-yeah. He wanted me to know the ‘truth’ about you.” Something inside of you was telling you not to mention the thumb drive. Your inner thoughts were screaming at you not to say it.

“I’m coming home, I’m an hour or so away. Don’t answer the door for nobody, understood.”

“Yes.”

“Love you baby.” He breathed out hopelessly.

“More than anything.” You responded.

When the phone line went dark. You immediately went to go and grab your MacBook and plugged in the thumb drive. A few files, filed with pictures of your husband, his alleged boss, and a bunch of people who went missing, torturous games. The one photo that stood was your husband slapping a woman, in the next photo it was clearer who the woman was, Cho Hee. She was wearing the same outfit on the last day she was scene. Another photo was Cho Hee dead, captioned on the bottom “Cause of death: Tug of war.” You couldn’t continue looking through the photos, it was far too scary for you to handle. Your denial was kicking in again, and you absolutely refused to believe the man you married, the father of your children, was capable of working for someone like that.

***

When Gong Yoo came home he was feeling incredibly anxious, he normally knew how to handle situations, he always found a way. But now he had no clue how he was going to handle this, he needed to distract you one way or another.

He opened the door and disarmed the alarm. He closed the door slowly not wanting to bring himself to acknowledge his presence in the house. The house was dark with all the curtains shut, and the lights off. He turned on the lights and announced his presences to you. “Baby I’m home.” His voice came without confidence.

You walk down the stairs incredibly slowly, not intentionally, but the previous mental breakdown you had was enough for you to walk down the stairs slightly menacingly.

“Oh look, the pathological liar is home.” You said so expressionlessly. “Wonder what he’s going to lie about next?” By the time you were able to arrive to the bottom of the stairs you could see his hopeless facial expression. “Baby it’s-“

“What? It’s not what I think? Were you really going to pull that lame ass excuse? Seriously? The audacity that you must seriously think I’m going to believe that, not when I have proof.” Even though you appeared to be mad, you were mostly hurt. You couldn’t believe that you were being lied too.

“Proof can be doctored.” He began to walk closer to you, expecting for you to back away from him but you didn’t because the unfortunate pathetic thing about you, you were willing to forgive him. You did not want to believe that your husband was working for the devil himself, a man who would put poor people through hell and back for his own sick entertainment, have hundreds of people die. For his own satisfaction, you couldn’t bear to imagine your husband being okay with any of that.

Ignoring his statement you continued, “You knew about Cho, you saw her before she diapered. You made out her husband to be fucking crazy, tainted another man image you save your own…why Gong Yoo..why the fuck would you do that.” He was quiet for a bit, so you pulled out your phone you’d transfer some of the pictures to your phone and showed him the picture of him and Cho.

“S-So a picture of her and I at the train station is evidence of me having anything to do with her disappearance?” He figured that if he could drag out the situation and over state the obvious, it might make you rethink your intelligence, which he hated doing. However, he could not let you find out the truth, the separation between both worlds were necessary for the protection of his family.

‘You have a car, why would you be at a train station? And in another picture, you were slapping her. Shit doesn’t add up.” You responded back aggressively.

“My car can’t get me everywhere on time, I drive it to the train station, but it’s quicker and more time efficient to leave in parked in the parking lot and go catch a train. And I slapped her because she was talking shit about you, I didn’t tell you that because I know how much that so called friendship means to you. You had a hard time adjusting to living here, and you finally seemed happy.” He was weaving truths with lies. Of course, he didn’t slap Cho Hee because she was talking shit, it was because she kept losing to the game. However, he did over here Cho Hee spoke tremendously terribly about you on several different occasions, to him she was a jealous fake bitch. It’s why he had absolutely no problem recruiting her to the game.

“If you knew she was fake, why not fucking tell me?” You knew realistically you shouldn’t be believing his words, but love was blinding you, as it normally did. “And you’re always so mysterious about your job…baby I don’t know what to believe.” You plopped yourself onto a step putting your hands in your face. Gong Yoo immediately took the opportunity to go and sit beside you and place his arms around you pulling you into his chest “I know that this situation is fucked up, but I need you baby, I need you to just trust me. Okay? I love you so much, and we are a team, and as a team we need to trust each other, okay?’ His charisma was working in full effect, and you fell for his words. Before he could finish his sentence, you planted a kiss on his lips. You just wanted to block out the world and all the bullshit going on, whether he is lying, or telling the truth. You just wanted to feel this moment, you wanted to feel like you did when you first met him, when things were simpler. And while you could never go back to a time like that, you could pretend, just for a moment.

He accepted the kiss and began to slowly make out with you. Instead of the rough passion that you were normally accustomed too, instead there was a sense of sadness and grief. An acknowledgment that the relationship will never return to what it once was. Your hand began to travel downwards, and he knew exactly what it meant. “Upstairs” he mumbled.

When the two of you arrive upstairs, you drop yourself on the bed and he climbed on top of the bed. Lifting your shirt off Gong Yoo waisted no time removing his own, then unbuckling his pants. You removed your own pants, and immediately he slipped his fingers into your pussy.

He watched as you accepted each wave of pleasure as he thrusted his fingers at a sensual pace, you small moans escaping your mouth gave him a sense of peace. He twirled his fingers causing your wetness to spill out as he fingered you. He brought his mouth onto your clit and began to lick it slowly, occasionally allowing himself to suck on your clit. ‘You taste just as sweet as you always do.” He complimented.

You were suffocating by the waves of pleasure hitting you, making it hard to focus on proper breathing. “Gong Yoo I need your dick, please.” You couldn’t even keep your eyes open to look down at him.

He gives your ass a light slap, and you became aware of your mistake. “Oppa, please. I fucking need you inside of me.” You begged. He brought his fingers out of you and pulled his harden dick out of his boxers. He slicks his finger with your wetness and placed it on his dick. Jerking himself off lightly to prep himself. Once he was ready, as much as you were. He slides his dick inside your dripping cunt. The warmth sent shivers down his spine as he adjusted to the new sensation. You guys fucked a million times over, but each time felt like the first time, and it was always amazing whether you were going quickly, or slowly.

His thrust was passionate, and he brought himself closer to you, he’d suck on the skin of your neck as you moan out mercifully. You could feel the power within each thrust as he was hitting your sweet spot, he’d transition from your neck to your mouth, and before you were about to cum you separated the kiss, “I fucking love you so much.”

Mumbled his love back to you before he felt himself spill all inside of you, he kept thrusting. Making sure that you’d still cum even after himself, and so you did. You clenched onto his body as you threw your head back.

Eventually the two of you came crashing down onto the bed. You went under the sheets as you cuddled yourself into him. Aftercare with him always felt so relaxing. He kissed your forehead and kept his arms around you. Eventually you feel asleep, and he got out of his bed.

He tried to slowly exist the bed without waking your presence, but it seems the movement of the bed disturbed you enough to give him a grumble “where are you going?” he told you he needed to go to the washroom, and it was enough for you to go back to sleep. He did walk to the washroom; however, he wasn’t going to use it.

He went into the washroom with the water bottle from the nightstand. Pouring the water in the toilet to give the illusion he went to pee. He then turned on the sink and let the water run. He pulled out his phone dialing the number that he was forbidden to call, only in the series of a legitimate issue, an issue that could threaten the game.

The phone ringing scared him a bit, he was on edge so he thought you might overhear. When the caller finally answered Gong Yoo Knew he only had to say a few words to get the message a crossed.

“Code 907. We are dealing with a strategic takedown. It needs to be dealt with immediately.” Gong Yoo stated simply.

“Understood. Who are we dealing with, and how are we handling it?”

“Seong Gi-Hun, and Cho Sang-Woo along with any accomplice of theirs. Make no exception we are currently under attack. Everything is jeopardized.”

“How are we handling it.” The person on the other side aside of the phone call ask again.

“As we normally do, death.”

[lurrywrites]

cale's friends+family finding out he has a lover?

Ooh I'm so exited for this! Thank you for requesting, tho I didnt understand if you meant like in an imagine or headcanons so I opted for headcanons. My grasp on his family's character is not the best-

It truly depends on a lot of things but let's assume you're some close ally Cale was friends with but he never introduced you to them. They knew you're here, they just never aknowleged you

Deruth Henituse

He was not prepared for this, at all

Yes, he was sure that something beetween you two changed, but he was still surprised

Like his son fell in love with someone

HE LITERALLY REMEMBERS WHEN CALE WAS JUST BARELY BIGGER THAN HIS PALMS WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE

Tries to keep calm, accepts it and asks if you're serious with eachother

And when you positively reply, he just smiles and leaves you alnone

After thinking a little has what I call "Parental Realisation That Your Little Kid Is Not So Little Anymore" while his wife pats his back.

Violan Henituse

The elder woman be like 'okay'

Not surprised to be honest, just happy for Cale and you

Orders someone to check your back a little if her husband didn't do that already

Looks up your family tree and who your family is close to so in case things go south she can do something

She sent you an invitation to talk to you in the next few days and guess what

She approved of you!!!

Basen Henituse

*Windows loading noises coming from me cause I do not know what to write*

He'd just be happy for his brother honestly

Buut he definetly not gonna like you that much at first

You've gotta meet his standarts, dear

He may or may not look up information about you, wheither his sister asked him to or he just felt off

Also my little hc: he, as well as his mom and Deruth to some extent, knows a little about phycology tricks and he WILL use them on you. Will provoke you, and will ask you very specific guestions to see how you'll react so I wish you luck

Lily Henituse

Depends???

She will look down on you a little bit more than Basen, and would be salty

But nothing much besides that

She would challenge you to a duel if you know how to fight decently so it wont seem like she's beating up a baby being unfair

If you behave even a little like Clopeh she will beat your simp a$$ up no cap

But Lily must agree, her big brother is amazing!!

Warms up to you with time, but seeing Cale with you will make it last less

Alberu Crossman

Sceptical. Very sceptical.

Thinks this is some trick or joke but shows no sighs of suspecting it

Was polite but behaved like you're going to marry the redhead tomorrow

Basically, like a shipper with his otp

If you're nervious and dont talk much he will think your acting skills are poor

When he realizes this is no joke? When the next day he saw you peck Cale on the lips and call him 'love'

In front of THE KIDS

He was so confused and the prince also pitied you

How do you survive with this bastard as your lover? Haven't you got any heart attacks? You alright here, mate?

Respects you a lot more for keeping your composture and not leaving his dongsaeng after each of his sheningans

Choi Han

Respects you A LOT

How do you put up with Cale-nim? Just HOW?

When he become your friend he has THE POWER to threaten your lover!

What happened? Oh? Cale is sacrificing himself again? No problem, we've got (your name) on our side!

Cale: *smirks*

Choi Han: Whatever it is, (Your name) would not like that Cale-nim *innocent smile*

Cale: *gives him an side-eyed glance and plans something less dangerous*

You've now become his super-duper effective weapon against The not-so-single mother Cale Henituse!

It was fun writing this, althrough you can see with who I've had some troubles