#putting this motherfucker on a pedestal.

[boowritess]

gaz kisses start of slow. tender. soft. gentle.

but then there's a sublte shift.

where his lips are locking with yours and starting to move with purpose.

then it turns rough. heated. passionate.

steals your breath as he replaces it with his own.

then his hands. fucking lethal.

started off as a gentle hand on your back guiding you closer, a hand cupping your face...

then he's grabbing you, pressing you against him like you're going to runaway if he doesn't.

groping would be a gentle way of putting it.

he grabs what he can, squeezing and pressing you till you're perfectly aligned with his torso.

and don't even think about pulling away when he gets to this state. for starters you can't move because his arms and hands are locked around you.

if you try pull your head back- the motherfucker chases you.

addicted to your lips. your taste. to you.

just please- let him kiss you like this...

"just one more baby..." he hushes past swollen and wet lips, his gaze hooded locked on the way your lips match his. yours parted as soft pants leave you. "one more... please... pretty. can't get enough of ya'." his words slurred, drunk off of you.

only you could get him like this.

looking at you with pleading brown eyes.

though he's already leaning in before you can say anything else. capturing your lips with his again.

and again

till he's had his fill.

a/n: birthday post to me xx

[cry-ptidd]

Whatever this is

[ffruzsiinthebox]

someone who marries a 12 year younger woman and then says shit to her like "you'll understand when you're my age"

[fishy-lava]

god could you imagine being hua cheng and already suffering so much and then being tortured and nearly killed by qi rong as a child for literally just existing and then going through so much more suffering for literal centuries but finally becoming strong enough to do what he needs and finally being the one in control only to meet that same motherfucker again hundreds of years later and find out that he's actually gotten worse? and that he still thinks he's better than you and can treat you however he wants? and not only that but also taking every opportunity to treat the love of your life like shit as well? I'm fucking amazed that hua cheng doesnt kill him like if I were him I genuinely dont think xie lian's request or him having a child could stop me so props to him for having insane self control cuz I could never

[diluc33rpm]

Do you believe in soulmates? (2/2)

oho. oh HO ho. there is no joke this time you do not know what essays you’ve gotten yourself into with this one

[fawn-wings]

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[frikatilhi]

So I'm ready to give my interpretation/prediction of the new songs:

Both Käärijä and JO songs are about pressure put on you by the public/media/fans, they expect you to be perfect all the time, everybody's waiting for you to take a misstep and fail so they can crucify you.

How they both respond to it is very on brand though:

Bojan: oh no, I'm put on a pedestal and soon I'll fall, angsty angst and deep thoughts about anxiety and fame and being an artist

Käärijä: no matter what I do I'll get punished for it and get whipped, but joke's on you, the pain only turns me on so bring it on motherfuckers

[phatcatphergus]

i think a lot of it is because certain crows don’t like when anyone acknowledges q!phil’s flaws or criticize him at all, so they assume other qsmp fans don’t like when people acknowledge their favorite characters’ flaws either. when in actuality a lot of tubblings i’ve been around love discussing q!tubbo’s character flaws and even enjoy that he’s not a perfect parent.

And that’s. The motherfucking. Tea.

Just because y’all can’t acknowledge your characters flaws doesn’t mean we all put our cubito on a pedestal and pretend he’s the most perfect human of all time

[phddyke]

What Blitz doesn’t know:

1. Stolas’s marriage is abusive

* He might not even know it’s bad. All he’s seen is royal portraits of their happy family together as he’s been led through the halls, and the Hellhound security team brought him in after Stella finished her rant. Based on his expression after Ozzie implies their affair ruined Stolas’s marriage/relationship with his daughter, he feels guilt about that. Maybe he feels like a homewrecker.

* I’m not entirely sure he knows Stolas asked for a divorce immediately after their one-night stand. Based on the pilot, he ran away with the book too fast to hear him.

* And, by that token, he doesn’t have a clue Striker was hired by Stella to not only kill Stolas but torture him first (and he never told Stolas Striker was a danger because he didn’t think he was especially unique, and now feels bad about that, I’m sure).

2. That his reaction in Ozzie’s was about being humiliated in front of so many people, not actually because he was ashamed of Blitzø.

3. By that same token, Stolas only responding with “okay” when Blitz says that their relationship is clearly only about “wanting me to fuck you” was NOT actually confirmation that Blitz’s suspicions were correct.

4. Stolas’s text messages were him trying to reassure Blitz he doesn’t have to do anything he doesn’t want—he just became really unclear about what he wants in the process, which makes it look like he doesn’t want him to visit.

5. That he improved Stolas’s life, he didn’t ruin it. Because of Blitz, he got the closest he ever did to telling his daughter the truth about his relationship, asked for a divorce, and even after Ozzie’s he stood up for himself and DEMANDED the divorce! Not to mention Blitz clearly gave him the only happiness he had in a while.

6. The only pictures Stolas has on his phone of them make it look like Blitz is constantly annoyed by his presence.

7. He has absolutely no clue whatsoever about Blitzø’s feelings. None.

8. Striker made fun of him about the fact that Blitz didn’t come to save him.

9. He probably offered for Blitz to be his bodyguard because Stella said “Can you imagine if he didn’t have money!”, so he doesn’t think anyone will have sex with/hang out with him if money isn’t involved.

10. Stolas isn’t actually racist or classist, it’s more like he says things thoughtlessly and is blinded by privilege in many aspects. But he doesn’t have some weird fetish for imps.

11. Stolas loves him!! We all know he’s a horny motherfucker but he does deeply love Blitz so much.

What Stolas doesn’t know:

Oh man, where do I start.

1. Blitzø’s biggest fear is dying alone.

2. He’s afraid to get close to Stolas because of commitment issues and the “eventually everyone goes” mentality, BUT also because of the race/class difference he’s scared to lose his freedom and basically become one of Stolas’s servants.

3. He comes toward Stolas in the hallucination anyway. Away from everyone else and toward him. (Crawls toward him, in fact.)

4. That he stole Verosika’s car, ran three rings to Wrath, maxed her credit cards on shitty horseback-riding lessons, and left her to pay for the hotel room while they were dating. (He does know that Blitz was a selfish lover to her and broke her heart, though.)

5. He’s in awe of Stolas. You can see it when he sees his demon form when Stolas saves him, when he puts on his human disguise, and when he’s being trampled on the ground and sees Stolas’s tail feathers as he’s being carried away above him. He’s put him on such a pedestal that 1) he can’t believe Stolas would ever love him back and 2) he’s forgotten that Stolas is mortal and can be hurt, both emotionally and physically.

6. Blitzø has no idea of Stolas’s feelings toward him—since episode 2 we’ve been aware that he’s operating under the assumption that “no one” loves him, and since Ozzie’s we know Blitzø thinks that Stolas makes it clear “all the time” that their arrangement doesn’t go deeper than fucking. Therefore, when he invited him to the date at Ozzie’s, he wasn’t cruelly playing with his feelings; he had no idea said feelings existed (though, he probably should’ve been honest that he wanted to spy on M&M). Even when Moxxie says, “He seems to like you, sir,” Blitzø responds with “Okay, my dick is GOOD—but it is not that good,” misinterpreting Moxxie’s observation of Stolas’s feelings for him as Stolas’s sexual interest in him.

7. His “oh yeah…I guess it is, huh” when Stolas called Ozzie’s their first “real” date wasn’t him being like “ew I don’t wanna go on a date with this guy,” but more like “Oh right…this is our first real date and I’m using it to spy on M&M, this isn’t really how I wanted our first ‘real’ date to be.”

8. Blitzø’s obsession with M&M stems from his own desire to have a happy, healthy, monogamous marriage like they do, despite constantly mocking them about it.

9. Blitzø has a picture of Stolas asleep and himself looking happy to be cuddled up with him forefront on his phone.

10. Blitzø has scratched himself out of every picture of himself, his friends, his daughter (and twin sister) on his walls.

11. The betrayed look on his face—the “I knew this was going to happen but I was hoping it wouldn’t” when Stolas covered his face at Ozzie’s.

12. How concerned he looked when Stolas said “I seem to have been stolen by your little cowboy friend,” how much MORE concerned he looked when Striker spoke to him directly, that he was so furious he broke his phone AND damaged his car after that before he started driving recklessly and seemed to be seriously contemplating going for Stolas himself. He even grilled M&M on their ability to do so, rushed through the doctor’s appointment, vented about it in the waiting room, and looked so happy when he thought they’d brought Stolas back safe and sound. (Didn’t even correct the doctor who called him “Bingo,” just wanted to get out of there.)

13. The look on his face and the genuine surprise when he said “he can get HURT?” Not to mention the “Stolas got what?” and the crack in his voice when he said “how?”

14. When he said “If you promise this isn’t some fuck-fest invite it does sound like a blast and a half,” he wasn’t annoyed with Stolas, he was annoyed that the only thing he thought Stolas cared about was sex with him.

15. That he changed the screaming sound of Stolas’s ringtone to a cute bird one and presumably changed the contact name from “Creepy Mouth (aka one night stand bird dick)” to his actual name. Not to mention, his ringtone for Loona is a dog one—what does it say that he made Stolas’s a bird one?

16. When Blitzø is giving Stolas that weird look when they meet as children, he’s not finding kid!Stolas weird or annoying, he’s weirded out because Stolas’s father is there acting like a jackass and hitting him in front of Blitzø. (It took me multiple rewatches to notice that one, actually.)

17. That despite saying “We ain’t bodyguards. That was a one-time thing we did badly,” he saved Stolas from Striker the first time without 1) being asked or 2) paid to do it. He just did—and didn’t tell him afterwards in order to receive any type of accolades. He saved him quietly.

18. He didn’t actually deny that Stolas was his boyfriend when that’s what Millie called him.

19. Striker was the first person outside of I.M.P. to call Blitzø on his feelings for Stolas—and mock him for them.

20. “I’ll take the first watch” and “You guys better go make sure Stolas is okay” in Loo Loo Land.

21. Blitz tried to get his attention when he was attempting to break into Stolas’s room. That’s gotta mean something, idk what.

22. Blitzø lied to everyone, including himself, that he had to sleep with Stolas to get the Grimoire when he actually did that AND spent the entire night with him of his own free will (which actually jeopardized his mission, let alone helped it).

23. Blitz remembered him for over two decades—Stolas had forgotten him until he showed up again, it seems.

24. Blitzø had a chance to go home with Cash Buckzo but he stayed and played with Stolas instead.

25. He was about to say something when Fizzarolli called his love life “a pile of shit” before Verosika cut him off. He also looks at Stolas and back when Fizz sings, “Some nerve you’ve got to comment on a relationship.”

26. He cried after Ozzie’s.

* He got wasted off his ass after Ozzie’s.

* He said he could drink Queen Bee-lzebub under the table because “you have no idea what kind of night I’ve had” and told Loona he had “a really shitty day.”

* He was gonna have sex with a dude who looked like Stolas but in the end got rid of him—and requested a man by the same name as the lead in the soap opera Stolas also watches.

* He made out with, at minimum, four strangers (if Dennis was in the five-person makeout).

* He cried that Fizz was right that he was gonna die alone again.

* Even though he couldn’t remember Dennis’s name when they’d been making out ten seconds ago, the last word on his lips before he fell asleep was “Stolas” (he also seems to have gone in increasing order of importance with the names he muttered).

27. That he slept with Chaz, but said he was terrible in bed, used him for information, and snuck out as soon as Chaz was asleep instead of staying beside him all night.

28. That Blitzø was paid to hang out with him that day (though thankfully neither of them know that he was only worth $5 and a slim-fit condom to Cash Buckzo), and he didn’t want to steal from him.

29. How scared Blitz looked when he was being led back to Stolas’s room after he said “I will deal with him accordingly.”

30. He’s almost definitely reading Stolas’s apologetic and “only if you want!” texts as lack of interest.

31. How hurt/annoyed Blitz is every time Stolas thoughtlessly says something about imps, which is especially prevalent in “Harvest Moon Festival.”

32. Despite the persona he puts on and what Stolas probably believes because of that persona, Blitzø is clearly struggling with self-hatred and self-worth issues in general.

33. How much it’s going to hurt Blitzø when he reaches out and Stolas rejects him (or what he’s going to see as Stolas’s rejection when he gives him the crystal)—because that’s exactly what happened with his sister. For all we know, Stolas isn’t even aware that Blitzø has a twin sister.

34. He loves Stolas with everything he has and deep down he’s aware of that, even if he’s lying to himself about it.

Conclusion: AHHHHHH

[lily-orchard]

Is it just me or are people who bitch about being single on valentines day always the most toxic motherfuckers alive? There's a REASON they are single. They don't value anything unless it's a romantic relationship, it puts "being in love" on this unrealistic pedestal. Either way it gives me the absolute creeps. Don't think I've ever interacted with someone who acts like that around couples that isn't horribly toxic. I especially hate it when it's directed at me with my partner, we are really happy together, long term, and we had the most JEALOUS friend who was always doing the whole "omg happy singles awareness day kms!!!" bullshit, and he ended up being an abusive freak who would scream and break things. He tried getting together with my partner, which like... obviously didn't work. We cut contact with him + the whole friend group who was pretending he wasn't a huge asshole.

I just don't get it. Why cant people appreciate their other forms of love/relationships? Why does it have to be such a shitty baby diaper fest every year? I was NEVER this fucked up about being single when I was.

"Single's Awareness Day" is the same kind of Yellow Flag as "I'm an empath."

[threepoint14art]

my oc is here dont mind her, also, Owynn's such a pretty motherfucker i wish him the worst. </3 <3 Uhm top ten people you shouldn't put on a pedestal number 1 owynn

redraw of a piece by Veil (@/_K0TTERl_) on twitter! also pls consider reading the manga when the english release drops this year! original under the cut :3

[calmwaterstarot]

No one is putting him on a pedestal. I literally just said he’s gonna find happiness, in his own capacity, that’s all. We all deserve happiness. We all stem from the same source and we all make mistakes. That’s why we are here for. Just because you have evolved doesn’t make other people bad or less worthy.

He’s not a bad soul and being so judgmental and malicious without knowing his story is very telling. We don’t know what he’s going through, no one knows. I always wish everyone only the best, not only him.

I’m a bit more realistic and logical because I don’t agree everyone on this planet deserves to be happy. Do you feel that way about murderers or people with nefarious intentions? I don’t.

Chris has purposely shown who he is. He’s okay with “marrying” a racist Nazi yacht whore and is PUBLICLY seen with her. This isn’t a “we all mistakes” scenario. This is Chris making multiple mistakes REPEATEDLY and delusional fans, like you, making excuses for his shitty behavior.

Also, since I know what this motherfucker is like behind the scenes, I can be “judgmental” and “malicious” because that’s what he deserves. It’s also how I know he doesn’t deserve a queen or this mythical empress unicorn. He’s a piece of shit. Period. Point blank. If that offends you, then yes, you most definitely have him on a pedestal.

I’m not here for delulu Chris Evans fans, so kindly fuck off.

[misplacedgamer]

Guys, don't worry, there's absolutely no way Bakugo is permadead right now.

FIrst of all, there is so much set up for Bakugo's character still revolving around Deku that there is no way Hori will not pay off. Deku saving Bakugo with his own two hands, the hand hold itself, them finally working through their issues, Deku not putting Bakugo on a pedestal anymore, the fact that they are both considered All Might's successors and therefore will have to work together in order to do what All Might couldn't and take out AFO. We all thought Hori gave up on the traitor plot line only for him to hit it at the perfect time and also unveil all the set up that he had actually put into it that we never noticed, so there's no way he would drop the ball on something this important. Hell, his original ending was reincorporated into the second movie, and that used the same ideas that I'm discussing now. Hori is actually thinking about this.

Second, you really think Hori is gonna make Bakugo go out in the most unsatisfying way possible? He didn't land a single hit on AFO that mattered, despite being half of the new Symbol of Peace (and not to mention Deku's Symbol of Victory). He died away from all his friends, without a tearful goodbye to anyone. Deku wasn't even there to see it or see him "off". There are manga that can get away with stuff like this for permadead characters, but MHA is not one of them. Important characters get send offs in shonen manga. These comics are for children, and I'm pretty sure JUMP would not sign off on killing the most popular character in the manga without a bit of fanfare (the most popular six years in a row, lets not forget). If Sir Nighteye got a heartfelt goodbye, then Bakugo motherfucking Katsuki is gonna get the saddest, tear jerking goodbye ever, and that's only after he does something that severely handicaps AFO or helps save Shiggy in some way (cause he needed to learn to save people).

Third, Hori said at the beginning of this year that Bakugo fans and haters would be happy with what happened to his character this year. Bakugo haters? Yes, absolutely fed. Bakugo's ultimate attacks have been meaningless and foiled at every turn, he didn't get his Quirk Awakening (just his Cluster ability, which also did nothing), and AFO has been beating the shit out of him for four chapters. He just went out like a chump without making a scratch on our main villain, and his last thoughts were some Avengers shit about getting a trading card signed??? This is rock bottom, no question.

But as for Bakugo fans...what have we actually gotten so far this year? He and Deku has barely spoken, he's not been all that relevant to the arcs that have been happening (except the Miruko fight), and he's seemingly dead without Deku even being there to see it. Literally anything a Bakugo fan would want has not happened, and I don't see why Hori would change his mind about something like that.

So one of two things is happening here: Either Hori is so fed up with MHA that he is just in complete "raze this shit to the ground" mode like the GoT showrunners, or he's actually smart and is doing this because he knows it will create interest for what's going to happen going forward. I'm willing to make a sizeable bet that its the latter.

[unofficialadamtaurus]

i know it was suppose to be funny but now i'm devastated that adam doesn't get invited to karaoke. Like yeah, the man has been put on a pedestal because good for him, he did work hard to get there but no one has an actual bond with him. That internet phrase where you think you can't be loved so you settle on being useful. i'm crying ares, everybody is party rocking on friday night but he's not invited or he straight up turned down the invite because of course he does so he's just doing sad anime boy shit like visiting his mother's grave. Then when someone random ass dudes like Gary die in battle days later, everybody is devastated because Gary was such a supportive friend and he had a lovely tenor voice in karaoke but Adam is just like "wow, never knew that about him."

motherfucking ozpin "It's not everyday that friends are able to come together like this. Time has a way of testing our bonds, but it's nights like these that can help them keep stronger than ever. Nights like these are ones we'll never forget."

“It was supposed to be funny (it was angst)” is a bit of a theme whenever this blog tries to go a lighthearted route.

Adam would feel so alienated from everyone else. He probably wouldn’t even realize how much it’s his own behavior contributing to it; they put him on a pedestal, but he doesn’t know he can step down off it every now and then. So those moments when everyone else is grieving someone Adam only knew from their interactions around camp or on missions, letting him know how much life he’s not a part of, those moments would hurt. A kind of selfish, almost petulant hurt that he’d strangle and ignore instead of interrogating to understand the source.

[ultfan]

@chaosmultiverse sent in: Okay slightly inspired by that ask about Mikan, what are his thoughts on Makoto Naegi?

i've actually thought about this a lot! i mean, they're sort of weird mirrors of each other in a way. i think komaeda in a lot of ways is just an exaggerated version of naegi. don't get me wrong, there are also a lot of things entirely different about them, but given komaeda was supposed to make people think he was naegi at the start it makes sense they share a lot of qualities. naegi doesn't think all to highly of himself, he's humble and deems himself to be average. meanwhile komaeda has absolutely awful self esteem and plays down all of achievements. naegi is our little hope guy who has a lot of faith in his friends and wants to overcome despair. komaeda is a hope freak who encourages everyone to overcome despair and has a lot of faith in... not his friends, but their talents.

i think if komaeda and naegi ever interacted in a pre-despair world komaeda would have almost a similar way of looking at naegi as he does hinata at the start of dr2. something that annoyed me when komaeda met naegi in dr3 is how he was like "oh my god your luck is incredible... amazing... so much better than mine." i really don't think he would see another lucky student and think they were somehow more talented than him. komaeda is shown to have extreme faith in his luck. while he doesn't find it a very remarkable talent, and while he's tormented by this good/bad luck cycle, it is still his talent. he knows damn well he's lucky and that it is a "skill" of his. just a passive one.

i think komaeda would view naegi (pre-despair) as his equal. and frequently compare himself to him. they both got into the school by pure luck, they share a talent, they're unremarkable outside of being lucky, they both did their research before coming to the school. while komaeda would talk down to naegi (given he thinks they are the same, meaning naegi is trash like him... but better than the reserve course), i do think there is potential for komaeda to actually see him as a friend. komaeda could never truly think of the other shsl students as his friends, even if he may call them that he puts them up on too high of a pedestal. and he thinks reserve course students and people without special talents are trash. but naegi is exactly the same as he is.

i think it would make for a really interesting dynamic. maybe even a little wholesome, which is strange for komaeda. i would imagine it'd be basically the same as how he treats hinata at the start of dr2, minus the "oh wow you must have an amazing talent!" stuff. replace that with "well you're trash like me" comments.

i imagine komaeda actively watched the killing game broadcast. after all, these are symbols of hope fighting against enoshima's despair! she said that she made the killing game partially as a way to crush the hope of anyone still holding onto it. but komaeda is a special motherfucker who doesn't get his hopes crushed by just seeing symbols of hope die. because if they were killed off or got caught that just means that their hope wasn't strong enough. i imagine he was on the edge of his seat at every trial. he was probably thrilled after every execution, not because the killers died but because of the amazing hope to survive that everyone else had.

throughout dr1 naegi is the one making the final cases and piecing together the majority of the clues. even though komaeda probably solved the crimes way before he did, he probably got super excited every time someone pointed out something he noticed. the shsl students at their finest! it's very easy for me to see him becoming a bit of a naegi fanboy. i imagine he was devastated when he got falsely accused by that trial (since there's no way he would fall for the trick), but super pumped when the execution didn't go the way monokuma intended. and when naegi turned out to have actually survived and challenged monokuma to one last game? oh boy!

there is no way komaeda didn't become naegi's #1 fan. especially when the gang started calling him the shsl hope. komaeda has always wanted more than anything to see a hope that could conquer any despair. and as far as he is concerned, it seems that naegi has the potential to be that hope. after all, he killed junko. how could komaeda see him as anything other than the true embodiment of hope?

although komaeda deeply regretted not being able to experience junko's death in person. hence his whole plan in udg. we know that he believed in komaru solely because of her connection to naegi, but i do actually think he might've been fibbing a little bit on his reasoning. from dr2 we know his philosophy revolves around the idea that you can't become more than what you were born as. "a small dog can't become a big dog no matter how hard it tries."

i believe that he put komaru in the spotlight here as a way to draw naegi's attention. he knew the future foundation was working in the area. byakuya had been captured after all, but the key player he wanted hadn't been brought in. and he made a deal with fukawa to ensure komaru stays in the city and isn't able to escape.

he was trying to create a war, create a second junko, all so he could be there in person when hope rose up and overcame it all. i fully believe he wanted naegi to be that hope. i cannot see any other reason why he would be so keen on komaru specifically being the "hero" of this story even when she's an unremarkable person in his eyes. he's just a naegi fanboy! he wants to see his hope in person.

after the events of dr2 i imagine he keeps his naegi fanboy mindset. he is in awe of his hope. to him naegi is hope itself. the true embodiment of it. everything he could have ever wanted. that doesn't mean he wouldn't cause problems for naegi and the future foundation if he was able to (which, i doubt he'd have the opportunity but if he did... he would). komaeda wants them to rise up against any and all adversities, especially naegi. he wants that hope to grow and grow and become something no one has ever seen before.

i've mentioned before that post dr2 komaeda would probably have a very... half-assed hope that the remnant despairs would be able to also rise up and conquer despair. that he might still pull his admiration bullshit but it is very quickly dropped the second they do or say something even mildly against what he wants. i think that disingenuous attitude of his is because of naegi.

it is naegi's hope that the remnants would be able to become better people. that he could fix them. that they would be able to recover from all of this and move into the future. the whole point of the neo world program was to rehabilitate them. and even though it didn't go exactly to plan you can't say naegi didn't make huge progress. and he clearly hasn't given up on them. he actively supports the survivors in reawakening everyone and wishes the best for all of them.

with naegi being such a strong symbol of hope for komaeda, someone who has proven time and time again that he always overcomes the odds despite how low his chances are... komaeda really wants to see naegi's hope blossom. he doesn't want his friends to better themselves because he cares about them. he wants to see them embrace the potential they possess, the potential naegi sees in them (that komaeda thinks naegi sees in them). he wants them to move forward and embrace hope because that's what naegi was trying to get them to do.

i think komaeda to naegi is what the fandom thinks komaeda would be like to kamakura. he is obsessed with what he represents, in awe of him, desperate to see him at his full potential. naegi IS hope. and he fills that role just like komaeda would want him to. not to mention he's kind and humble... what a guy! so selfless! he is deeply in love with that man (in that weird komaeda hope-love way).

[angelic-writer]

Febuwhump Day 4, 5, 6 (Obedience, Rope Burns, You Lied to Me)

CW: Torture via knife and whipping

Another day. Another day of being trapped in St. Gabriel's Church. Cathy, Fred and George should have become accustomed to the shackles that O'Brien put them in. But he opted to tie their wrists together with rope which caused it to dig into their skin.

It wasn't them either. No, they weren't alone. Two familiar people, one with a head of white hair, the other wearing a familiar white hoodie, were there too.

Jonah tried to get out of his binds, causing the rope to rub against his skin. Despite the burning, he continued to try and untie it. Mark, however, just stared at the floor, completely lost in thought.

O'Brien stepped into the room, smiling a smile that would've been comforting in a normal setting, but in the group's case, it brought chills. "Ahhh, I see we've brought some guests! Hmm... What shall I do today?"

Fred glared at the blonde man while the small girl tried to make herself even smaller.

"Hm. No willing participants? Tch, how boring."

"You..." Mark finally spoke.

"Hm?"

He slowly lifted his head and glared at him, a burning hatred in his eyes. "You lied to me. You told me you didn't know where the triplets were. You... You've been hiding them in your basement the whole time! When the police find us, they're gonna lock you up!"

O'Brien simply chuckled. "How? The police don't have a single clue where they are. They're stumped. No one will find them or you or your friend. You could've lived your life completely clueless, but you just had to stick your nose where it doesn't belong!"

"What about Jonah?! He's innocent too!"

"Him? He's just street trash. An absolute nobody. No one will even give him a second thought when he'll be gone."

Cathy growled and tried to stand up, but was quickly stopped by his blade. "Now, now, we don't want anyone making any false moves. If you do..." He made a slashing motion with his unarmed hand across his throat.

"You sick motherfucker..." Jonah spat through gritted teeth.

"I'm gonna ignore that. Now, which one shall be my plaything today, hmm?" He glanced around the room, his eyes darting to each prisoner. "How about... you?"

Cathy froze. No, he can't...

O'Brien grabbed Jonah by the hair and rested the blade against his throat. "You look like you need some shaving." However, before he could start, Cathy screamed.

"WAIT!!"

They all looked at her.

"What was that?"

"Don't hurt him! Take me!! I'll do whatever you want!! Just- please don't hurt him!!"

Jonah vigorously shook his head. However, O'Brien smiled. "Alright, you'll do."

He let go.

"I like that about you. Always willing to risk your life for your friends. It's quite admirable. Stupid, but admirable." He lifted her up. "C'mon, I want to use this."

With shaky steps, she followed him. She stepped onto a tiny pedestal that overlooked the room. Looking over to the others, she could see their tear filled eyes, silently begging her to reconsider. But she had no other choice. She'll take the pain if it meant Jonah was safe.

A sharp pain jostled her out of her thoughts as O'Brien dragged the knife down her left arm. Fresh blood oozed out of the wound he had created. He did the same thing with her legs and right arm. Cathy whimpered, but she held firm. This is not going to break her. This isn't-

"AAAAAAAAHHH!!"

Everyone screamed as O'Brien suddenly whipped her in the back. She wobbled, trying to balance herself, but the blood made her feet slick and she stumbled.

The priest grabbed her wrists and hung them to one of the meat hooks. Once he did that, he continued the barbaric methods of punishment.

What was he punishing them for? For simply existing? For not being like the sheep who do what their shepherds say in Mandela? With every whip crack, with new skin separated by knife, Catherine had one question in her mind.

Mom... Dad... Why aren't you here?