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Rhea x reader where he forgets Readers birthday because of how busy she's been and reader is upset she forgot, but Rhea makes it up to them in the end?

okay this wasn't specified smut so i just didn't write any.....

melting birthday candles // rhea ripley x fem!reader

warnings: language, suggestive language, slight angst

Readers POV

Rhea would be home any minute now and I was so excited. Today is my birthday and she promised that she would be home from work early to celebrate the night with me. I had everything set up, too.

There were balloons in my favorite colors floating in the air, all of the best candies in a bowl on the counter that are ready to go for the movie we're watching later on, and I even baked and decorated my own birthday cake.

All I needed now is Rhea.

I checked my phone to see if she had sent any messages on what time she would be arriving, but nothing appeared. Shrugging, I plopped down on the couch and watched some TV while I waited.

Time went by slowly as I watched episode after episode of old reruns. Maybe something happened? I checked my phone time after time and still got nothing. Curiously, I scrolled through social media. Clicking on Dom's story, a video popped up of all of them at a bar, laughing and smiling.

Tears stung my eyes as I accepted the sinking feeling that Rhea forgot my birthday. Sighing, I tidied up the kitchen and placed my cake in the fridge, tears continuously falling down my cheeks. I climbed into bed and fell asleep, hoping to forget all about today.

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"Sorry, babe. Didn't mean to wake you up." Rhea whispered as she climbed into bed beside me. For a split second, I felt joy as I realized she was home, but quickly remembered the sadness she had caused me earlier. I remained silent and turned to sleep facing away from her. "Babe?"

"What?" My voice was more harsh than intended, but I guess it got the point across.

I felt her go still. "What's wrong? Did I do something?" She gently placed her hand on my arm and I quickly shrugged it off.

"Doesn't matter. Let me go back to sleep." I muttered while attempting to turn my body away from her even more.

Rhea's arm snaked around my waist and pulled me to face her. "Babe, it does matter. Whatever I did, I swear I'll make it up to you. I promise."

"Rhea, do you know why today was so special? Hm?" I sat up and crossed my arms. I watched as she slowly shook her head before talking again. "You should know! You promised to come home early from work to be with me. It's my birthday, Rhea! And you left me here to celebrate by myself!"

Her face immediately dropped. "Shit, baby, I'm sorry. Please, I'm so sorry. I completely forgot." She reached out to grab me, and this time, I cuddled into her embrace. Kissing my head and all parts of my face, she continued apologizing. "Can we re-celebrate tomorrow? I'll take the entire day off and we can do whatever you want?" Her hands held my face to look at her and a small smile crept onto my lips.

"Yeah. I guess we can do that." I giggled as she attacked my face with kisses.

"I really am sorry, babygirl," she sighed into my neck. "Is there anything I can do to make it up to you right now?" She asked with a suggestive tone, her fingers playing with the waistband of my pajama shorts.

I hummed in pretend thought and smiled at her. "You know, there is something you can do."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah." And with that, I pulled Rhea out of bed and down the stairs to try my homemade birthday cake, which she loved.

[fandomfucker]

Poly Judgement Day x reader where reader has an anxiety disorder that acts up randomly one day and they try to calm reader down?

I would like to preface this by saying this is what helps me with my anxiety. Everyone is different and different things help but this is what helps me to calm down. The symptoms and stuff are also based on my own experiences. I hope you enjoy!!

TRIGGER-mentions of an anxiety attack and anxiety symptoms

Word count-1,865

It had started off a glorious Saturday morning. Finally, being able to sleep in after two full weeks of non-stop work or travel. I woke up to the sun streaming in through the cracks in the blinds onto my partners and my shared king beds. We liked to sleep in one bed more often than not so when we all moved into our house together, we decided that the second living room upstairs would be our bedroom and had a door installed in the entryway and two king-sized beds pushed together for room for all five of us to sleep together.

I woke up on my stomach, sprawled across two of my partners like a starfish. My head and right hand rested on Dominik's chest and my legs were off to the other side, resting on Finn's lower thighs and knees. I looked across from me to see Rhea still fast asleep, her head resting on the other side of Dom's chest. Deciding I wanted coffee, I rolled over onto my back, facing Finn, who was awake and on his phone.

"Good morning," He whispered to me trying not to wake the others, his voice still thick with sleep. 

"Mornin'," I smiled sleepily at him, raising my hand to rub at my eyes. I looked around, noticing that we were a member short. "Where's Damian?" I asked whispering, still not wanting to accidentally wake up the other two who were still cuddled up so cute.

"In the kitchen makin' breakfast. Said he'd come get us when it's ready." Finn informed me. I nodded slowly and yawned, causing Finn to laugh lightly at me. I scowled and slapped his chest lightly in mock offense before shifting my position to lay more on him than Dom with my head on his shoulder so I could see his phone.

I watched him scroll through TikTok for the next several minutes, occasionally seeing an edit of one or more of us and liking it before sending it to me so that I'd be able to re-watch it later on my own and repost it. 

“Ooh wait go back,” I whispered to Finn, scrolling back up to the previous video on his feed. It was about a new horror movie coming out. Just then, Damian waltzed into the room wearing nothing but his underwear and a ‘kiss the cook’ apron Rhea had given him as a gift for Christmas last year. 

“Are you not freezing?” I asked him, scrunching up my nose a little as I wrapped my blanket around me a bit tighter, my bottom lip starting to quiver a little. 

Damian just scoffed at me, smiling and shaking his head lightly. “Breakfast is ready downstairs.” He gestured towards Rhea and Dom who were still asleep, “You two go ahead, I’ll wake them up.”

Excitedly, I rolled on top of and over Finn to get off the bed before he even had a chance to move a muscle, taking my fuzzy Halloween cat blanket with me. I stood on my tiptoes and kissed Damian’s cheek as I walked past him, muttering a small ‘good morning’ and ‘thank you’ before making my way downstairs.

Damian had already set out a prepared plate for each of us in our usual spots, along with our preferred drink. I bounced over to my spot, gripping my coffee mug with both hands. It was iced coffee, always iced coffee, but I favor the mugs.

I took a long slow sip, savoring the flavors Damian decided to surprise me with this morning. “Strawberry and chocolate?” I asked as I saw him walking into the kitchen/dining room, along with my other three partners in tow.

“Nope,” Damian replied smugly. “Raspberry and white chocolate with a splash of cheesecake.”

Damian and I have a ritual-esque thing where every morning Damian makes me a coffee and I have to guess the flavors in it. It’s all just fun and games and bragging rights but we enjoy it. However, the more weird flavors they come out with the harder it is for me to guess. We had so many of the little syrup bottles at this point we could open our own coffee shop.

“The fuck?” I replied, in both shock and nausea. “Who in their right mind would make a cheesecake coffee syrup flavor? I mean, don’t get me wrong this is delicious but come on people.”

All four of them burst into laughter at me as I grumpily dropped into my seat. Taking the silverware that had been placed next to my plate, I began to cut into the chocolate chip waffles Damian had so graciously made us.

After actually drowning each piece in maple syrup, I shoved several pieces into my mouth at once. I groaned lightly in pleasure at the taste as my partners all smiled in amusement.

“Good (Y/n)?” Dominik asked me, a teasing lilt to his voice. 

“Mmhmm!” I nodded in satisfaction. “Very,” I spoke, my voice muffled by the copious amount of waffle in my mouth, rocking side to side in my seat a little bit in my ‘happy dance’.

Damian smiled at me in thanks as he began to dig in along with the rest of my partners.

After breakfast, the five of us lay lounging around in our living room. The boys were all focused on the TV, watching a tattoo competition show while Rhea scrolled through her mentions on social media and I read a book on my Kindle. I was sat next to Rhea on the couch with my back against the armrest with my thighs on hers, my feet resting in Dominik’s lap next to her. Finn and Damian were cuddled together in the armchair next to the couch.

As I read my book, I noticed that my heart rate had started to pick up and my palms became sweaty. My hands started to get that all-too-familiar tingly feeling that started when my hands would go numb. I cleared my throat, trying to just push past the growing anxiety that had come up out of nowhere.

I tried to submerse myself back into my story but found my thoughts to be too much and too fast to focus. I scooted a bit closer to Rhea, laying my head on her shoulder, hoping to ground myself a little.

My breathing started to become shallower like I was breathing through a straw while someone was sitting on my chest and I felt the all too familiar lump in my throat that made it hard to swallow.

"You okay baby?" Rhea asked me, concern written all over her face as she noticed my signs.

I nodded in response, "Yeah, I just don't feel too good right now."

Dominik frowned and reached over Rhea to put the back of his hand on my forehead to check for a fever. After a few seconds, he turned his attention from my face to the concerned faces of our partners, shaking his head softly to indicate that I didn’t have a fever.

“What doesn’t feel good (Y/n)?” Finn asked me softly, not wanting to scare me from answering.

“I just feel like I c-can’t breathe and my hearts too fast and now I’m starting to feel lightheaded and-” Rhea cut me off before I could finish, pulling my face to the crook of her neck as she stroked my hair. 

I lifted myself up to straddle her hips, getting as close to her as possible, as I stuck my face in her neck. She stroked my hair with one hand and drew circles on my back with the other.

I grabbed Dom’s outstretched hand from beside me and brought it close to my chest, between Rhea and me, as I absentmindedly played with his fingers, tracing the tattoos I knew better than my own.

Finn got up to go get me one of Rhea’s hoodies, knowing her smell would calm me down. The boys would try new colognes all the time but Rhea’s perfume was a constant. And due to her always smelling the same, her scent became a grounding source for me. Having my nose in her neck helped but being fully encapsulated by it was best.

Dominik stroked one of my hands with his thumb as I continued to hold it, bringing his other hand up to brush the hair out of my face. I saw Damian out of the corner of my eye get up and walk over to the bookshelf to grab my coloring book and markers.

Dom removed his hand from my face to reach over and grab the TV remote off of the coffee table. A few seconds later and his hand was stroking my temple as the laughter from my comfort show, Impractical Jokers, played quietly throughout the living room.

Finn came jogging back in with one of Rhea’s Motionless in White hoodies, my favorite of hers to steal. I pulled myself away from Rhea just long enough to slip the hoodie over my head before my face was back in her neck.

“Hey, it’s okay, love. Let’s do your breathing exercise, mhm?” Rhea spoke softly to me, still stroking my hair. 

Damian came back over to ua, sitting himself down on the floor next to Rhea's foot, just below where I was sitting. I heard him set my coloring supplies on the coffee table before feeling his hand on my lower back.

“Breathe in for four. Hold for four. Breathe out for four. Hold for four. Breathe in for four. Hold for four. Breathe out for four. Hold for four.” Rhea coached me as we did my breathing box exercise. It had been something I’d thought stupid when my doctor recommended it but now use on a semi-regular basis.

“Good job, Darling,” Rhea whispered into my ear as I slowly started to pull myself away from her, being able to breathe again. My hands had started to regain feeling again and feel less fuzzy while the lump in my throat grew smaller. I turned myself around on her lap, my back against her front, and folded her arms across my hips like a human lap belt.

Dominik was on the couch next to us while Damien and Finn were both on the floor in front of me. “Can I have my coloring book please?” I whispered to both of the boys in front of me. 

“‘Course, Love,” Finn replied sweetly, handing me the book as he placed the box of markers on the couch next to me against the armrest where I was originally sitting.

I smiled in thanks as I flipped the book open to the last page I’d worked on. As I switched my main focus between the show and my coloring, I took a second to appreciate my wonderful partners.

Rhea’s arms wrapped around me, her thumbs stroking my hip bones while she nuzzled my neck. Dominik next to me who kept one hand stroking my thigh. Damian and Finn in front of me, each massaging one of my feet. 

I’m so incredibly grateful for each of them and wouldn’t have been able to get over my anxiety without them.

[gremlintheslut]

Forever theirs

Chapter 7• good bad guys

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Soon to be dead dove do not eat (and previously)

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I wake up with several pairs of arms wrapped around me. The weight of another person laying on top of me is one of the first things I notice. I'm in so much pain yet I'm so comfortable. I feel at ease and I don't want to open my eyes. When I do I will be met with the people I want to see least.

I haven't felt this calm in years. If I don't think about who's holding me it's not so bad. Maybe if I fall back asleep they'll leave me be today.

"morning sweetie" rhea says in a tired sing-song voice. "morning mommy" I reply I don't need to look to know she has a shit-eating grin on her face just from the fact I called her mommy again. "how did you sleep?" she says her arms tightening around me pulling me closer so my back is pressed against her front. "good I don't remember going to bed though," I say and she chuckles trying to not wake up the others.

" you passed out in the bathtub sweets" I hear Damian. "oh, morning daddy," I say happily now I'm fully awake. "morning pumpkin" he grumbles not as awake as me. I giggle at the feeling between my legs. "what are you laughing at?" he says playfully. "your voice is funny" I giggle. "you making fun of me?" he asks sounding less playful. "no, it's nice. I like it" I rest my head on his shoulder.

He places his hand on the side of my head and massages my scalp. Rhea and Damian share a happy loving look letting the realization that they have what's theirs now set in. "don't fall back, asleep baby" rhea says rubbing my back and I whine in response burying my head further in Damian's shoulder.

"too much sleep will make you grumpy for the day" she reasons with me but I stay quiet and motionless. "if your grumpy you'll do things you don't mean and you'll have to be punished" Damian adds. I lift my head from his shoulder. "sorry daddy, sorry mommy" I apologize. "it's alright" "it's okay" they both accept it. "what's she apologizing for?" Finn says lifting his head. He squeezes me tight as he re-a-gusts his position on top of my side.

"trying to fall back asleep," rhea says. He nods his head and looks at the occupants of the bed. "am I the last one up?" he asks. "nah doms still sleeping." rhea says. Finn sits up slightly and looks to his right where he can see dom curled up against Damian.

He shakes dom a bit before speaking. "you're the last one asleep get up" dom groans tiredly in response. "you were asleep first dom dom get up" rhea calls to him from the other side of the bed. Dom just groans louder and rolls onto his side facing away from everyone. "we'll pour water on you again" Finn says as Damian sits up to watch the scene unfold unintentionally taking me with him.

Dom finally sits up with a whine. "fine, fine im up" he says rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "morning" I say nervously as I had never met dom before. Dom looks at me a little shocked. "morning sweetheart, didn't think you'd be allowed to sleep up here this early on" he says silently asking why I was there whilst looking at the others.

"she settled in very well," rhea says. "I missed the whole thing?" he exclaims wishing it wasn't true. "you wouldn't get out of bed, I missed most of it trying to get you up," rhea says as regret fills doms face. I feel bad that he didn't get to see it because he clearly really wanted to.

I wonder if there's a way for us to do it again so dom can see me. My thought is cut off by rhea "if you wanted to see it you should have gotten up"

Rhea says getting out of bed. Maybe it wasn't that important? He can live without seeing me. But he seems so upset. What if it doesn't mean that much and I ask to do it again? I'd just put myself in more pain.

(IDK if I should write Y/N making it up dom tell me what to do)

Damian picks me up and gets out of bed following rhea out of the room. I sit on my daddy's hip and look up at him as he begins to talk. "sorry sweetie 11 am isn't a normal wake-up time. I wish we had woken you up sooner yesterday so you wouldn't have gone to bed so late." I nod and listen trying to come up with something to say but he's talking fast and he sounds smart. I can't keep up and decide to stay quiet.

"That means an early bedtime for you and no more lying in bed awake for an hour," rhea says. "an hour?" Damian asks eyebrows furrowing as he looks down at me. "it was really comfy and I didn't want to wake anyone up cus I thought they were comfy too" I say looking down and feeling guilty. "it's okay, baby. you're not in trouble. You probably won't be the first to wake up again but if you are just pull on one of our shirts till we wake up, okay?" he says. I look up at him smiling and nod my head.

We make our way down to the kitchen with dom and finn following us closely. "since we woke up after you we don't have any breakfast ready" Damian says as he places me in a highchair at a table with 4 regular chairs and weirdly enough another high chair. "but that means we get your opinion on breakfast" rhea says and I pry my eyes away from the second highchair to look at her.

"How do pancakes sound?" she says and a big grin replaces the confused look on my face and I nod my head up and down quickly. Rhea walks into the kitchen and gets the food started. I wriggle in my seat the hard chair pressing against my sore places.

"what's wrong, baby?" dom asks as he sits down in a chair to the left of me. Well, actually it's to the left of the other high chair. Damian seems to become aware he's still standing and so does Finn they both sit down. Finn sits next to dom (not in the high chair) and Damian sits on the other side of me.

"sore" I whine trying to get comfy but I can't. "do you wanna sit on daddy's lap instead?" dom asks and I nod still squirming. Dom gets up from his spot at the table to free me from my chair. He carries me to his chair and sits down placing me on his lap. "better?" dom asks and I nod my head. Blushing as I realize I just openly talk about my holes at a dinner table in front of three men. They're my men but still.

They chuckle at my embarrassed response. Soon rhea comes in with everyone's food. "do you not wanna sit in your chair?" rhea asks as she puts the plates she was carrying on the table in front of Damian and Finn before pausing and waiting for an answer before she got the rest of the food.

"too sore," I say looking at the floor whilst crossing my legs and leaning on Dom.

Rhea nods her head and heads back to the kitchen before returning with mine and Dom's food. She then heads back a final time to get her food. The pancakes that have been set in front of me are the exact way I like them the weird thing is I haven't had pancakes in at least a year.

Dom starts eating along with everyone else and I fiddle with my fork and knife trying my best to cut the pancakes. I look back and forth between my plate and Finn with my tongue out trying to figure out what to do before I hear Dom chuckle. I look back at him and he's trying to finish chewing his bite but struggling due to the laughing.

"do you want daddy to feed you?" he asks and I nod my head. He puts his fork and knife and takes mine from my hands. I let him and I watch as he easily cuts up my pancakes and feeds me a piece. I sit Happily eating my food not minding all of the people at the table staring at my cuteness. I'm done with my food first and I sit patiently as I wait for everyone else to finish.

It's roughly 12:30 when everyone's done. To get me on the sleeping schedule they want me on they decide to put me down for a nap like they would if I hadn't gotten up an hour and a half ago. After a little complaining about not being tired rhea decides to cuddle me and I was very quickly tired.

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Please tell me if I should write YN making it up to dom or not. Thanks for reading love ya-gremlin💋💕💗

The pole is over in 2 days but there's no 2-day option.

[sweetestpopcorn]

Hi, hope you're well.

I've started re-reading your fic from the beginning and I love the scene with Rhaenyra and Mysaria.

Do you think anything would be different between Daemon and Rhaenyra had his child (son? Idk if them having a son is canon or not) with Mysaria lived? Rhaenyra is clearly rather possessive, and while in canon she seems to be a good stepmother to Baela and Rhaena, idk how much she'd like Daemon having a little person who is a permanent attachment to Mysaria around.

Thanks!

Hi there ❤️

Thank you for the wishes, I hope you are well too.

Let me begin with a HUGE apology for having taken so f_cking long to answer, but I really was a bit overwhelmed and struggling with updates so I had to take a step back and prioritise the writing over the asks... but I'm back 😊

Then, I hope you are enjoying the fic ❤️ and thank you for the beyond kind words.

Now unto the ask itself, so it is canon yes that Daemon impregnated Mysaria during the time they spent in Dragonstone (when Rhaenyra was a child of 8 years, all important details), and that he gave her a dragon egg. When Viserys found out he commanded Daemon to return to his wife in the Vale under penalty of being considered a traitor - which he did - and he also commanded Mysaria to return to Lys and leave the egg behind- which she also did. All of these things are canon. The parts I have added - and that we have no information about - is how far along Mysaria was, if the baby was a boy or a girl, and what they planned on naming the child. But the child indeed existed and died during a storm in the sea, when Mysaria was sailing to Lys - also canon.

How that could have changed my story (and even canon)... hum... I think at around 111 AC and 112 AC it would have made little difference. Daemon was 30/31, and a married man at that. Rhaenyra knew that he had had women (since he had no issues consummating things), and it was not at all that unusual for men to have bastards in asoiaf. Just like she overlooked his wife and just figured he could set that marriage aside, I think it's fair to say she would overlooked his potential bastard child as well, just as long that as Rhea Royce, it was kept away from her. Which without a doubt Daemon would have done. He was no fool, and if you haven't read the books - I highly recommend them, if you don't wan't the whole story you can just go to "The Rogue Prince" and "The Princess and the Queen" novellas - you wouldn't know, but his seduction of Rhaenyra was flawless I would say - minus the getting caught part. He spent his entire days with her, gave her countless gifts and praises, made her laugh, read poetry to her... you know, the kind of things almost every women on the asoiaf universe - very much including canon Rhaenyra - would swoon over -> and no these weren't rumours they were facts.

I don't think someone as skilled as Daemon would dare to bring up any subject to Rhaenyra's attention that could displease her or make him fall from her grace. It's clear in the books he came back to King's Landing on a mission - get the girl or get exiled trying.

Later on, and I'll just focus on my AU's case to keep this briefer and less complicated, she would definitely be highly displeased if she felt like actually his bastard child was a big part of his life, and most of all, if that was taking away from any time he spent on her and their actual children.

I agree with you that in canon Baela and Rhaena were a particular case. For once, we know that Rhaenyra and Laena were friends and Laena was also dead, so she posed no threat to Rhaenyra. Then, the two were girls, while her children with Daemon were the sons he waited so long for, doesn't take a genius to figure which of them Daemon would have been closer to and would have preferred. And then, if we have a positive view of Rhaenyra, we could even say that she didn't want to be to Baela and Rhaena what Alicent had been to her - and I subscribe to this view but I'm biased.

We do see Rhaenyra having no such friendly thoughts at the mere mention of Daemon having a son with Nettles, and honestly, who could blame her? Not anyone with half a working brain I would say.

Going back to how she would feel about a child between Daemon and Mysaria, I would say maybe something in between. She would make no attempt to have any such relationship with him, but I also don't think she would be irrational enough to expect Daemon to pretend like this child, who he clearly cared about didn't exist, so likely, as long as it wasn't brought up and she knew as little as possible, she might tolerate it. But I think that's as good as it would ever get. Definitely, however, I think Alicent would stay on the back - or on the front - of her mind in not wanting to turn into some Karen making her stepchild's life into hell, though neither would she want to be like she was to Baela and Rhaena in canon - not that we know many details, but Baela's loyalty to Rhaenyra's cause speaks volumes, as does Rhaena's stay in the Vale.

Nonetheless, no doubt that this would add to her dislike of Mysaria, and going back on my take of only speaking about my AU, I doubt Rhaenyra would have been ok with Daemon taking to Mysaria's bed again. Like I have previously argued, I believe she did because Mysaria at the time was no threat. Pretty much - and apologies for the very direct language - she was a h0le for Daemon to use since Rhaenyra was not in the mood and that was it. But being mother to his first child... ouch... yeah I don't see that flying with Rhaenyra, not even DanceRhaenyra because as we saw with Nettles, a threat of actually losing Daemon was enough to turn Rhaenyra from - obsessed with the war - to - obsessed with cutting a b:tch.

And people say that Rhaenyra didn't love Daemon and that they had a political marriage.

Anyway, I hope I answered your ask and sorry again I took so long ❤️ all the best to you!

[specialinterestshows]

Back to my regularly scheduled posting of my Rhea Ripley x lady!reader fic.

Warnings for this section: Stoner themes

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Absolute Smokeshow (Part 26 of ?): Kiss The Cook

Dazed by the early rays of morning light, you stretch and rub your eyes. You’d slept much better last night than you had the night before, and felt far more well-rested. Gently grazing the relaxed figure next to you, you pause before determining you haven’t woken her. Moving carefully out of the sheets and off the bed, you duck into the bathroom. You don’t leave until your face is washed, your knuckles are re-bandaged, and your hair is in an acceptable state.

Peeking into the bedroom, you notice Rhea hasn’t moved much, if at all. Grabbing clean clothes, you change by the couch to let her sleep in. Then you had an idea.

Quietly walking to the kitchen, you look through the cabinets before pulling out and dusting off an old serving tray. After setting napkins and utensils on the tray, you set to work making breakfast from what you have in the fridge. Bits of what Rhea had said during your conversation last night floated through your mind as you cooked on the stovetop.

“I want to see you a whole hell of a lot more than I get to”

“I’ll remind you how hot you are at every given opportunity”

“I’m going to do what I can to see you again, even if I have to fly you out to me.”

Smiling to yourself, you feel far more secure than you did the last time Rhea was about to leave. There was even a confident swagger in your hips as you put together breakfast.

Once the finished food was on plates, you placed the dishes on the tray and take a step back to look at the arrangement. After determining something seemed to be missing, you look through your cabinets until you find a small vase. Looking at the bouquet of flowers you’d greeted Rhea with a couple days ago, you pluck one from the arrangement before filling the vase with water and setting the purple flower inside. Placing the floral adornment on an open space in the tray, you smile, nodding to yourself before carrying the whole of it to the bedroom.

“‘Morning, Rhe,” you say softly, stopping at the doorframe. No response. You walk a bit further in before trying again.

“Rhe? You hungry?”

The beautiful figure wrapped in your bedsheets stirs, mumbling something unintelligible.

“I have something for you,” you almost sing with the cheery cadence of your voice.

Slowly stretching out, Rhea finally turns around and opens her eyes.

“Hm?” she takes a moment to look at you before processing the mouth-watering smells wafting from the tray. You set down the surprise breakfast on the bed next to her, watching her expression change.

“Oh, babe!” Rhea gasps, smile widening as she looks at the warm food, “You didn’t have to do this!”

You’re pulled into a kiss before you can respond. Resting your hands on her thighs for balance, you revel in the feeling of her caressing your face as her soft lips press against yours.

“You’re too good to me,” she says as soon as she pulls back, “Now help me eat all this.”

Sitting on the bed, you grab a utensil and start to dig in.

“Mmm, delicious,” Rhea says between bites. You had to agree, glad you had the foresight to make large helpings.

“Good way to wake up?” you ask her.

“One of the best,” she replied, suggestively wiggling her eyebrows. You laugh before taking another bite.

“Wake, bake, ‘n’ breakfast?” you offer after swallowing.

“Wish I could,” Rhea sighs, “I have a long day ahead of me once I get to the airport” - she checks her phone - “I don’t have to be there for another few hours, but I still need to wash up and get all my things together.”

“Let me know if I can help,” you say, nodding.

“Thanks, love,” she says before continuing to eat.

Shortly after finishing breakfast, Rhea stood up and started taking off her clothes. Coughing, you narrowly avoid choking on your food, not having expected the morning to change course so suddenly.

“I’m going to take a shower,” she said, smiling at your reaction and the intensity of your stare as she stripped naked, “Wanna join me?”

[end part twenty-six of ?]

Part 27: https://www.tumblr.com/specialinterestshows/725947345571840000/absolute-smokeshow-part-27-of-shower-head

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[oreganosbaby]

Lol yeah I really feel like whenever people say Kendall "lives the woman experience" or stuff like that they're really just either describing Shiv or flippantly projecting themselves onto him, whereas your girl Roman analysis is more overall thematic and sociologically informed.

Honestly, I don't think they're describing Shiv either because the specific things about Kendall that people who say this latch onto aren't always applicable to Shiv. I assume most people who say this are cis women or teenage cis girls themselves so, it's clearly that there's something about Kendall they find relatable and part of what they perceive to be a universal teenage girl experience (culturally/historically contingent). While I reject the idea of a universal teenage girl experience, I assume it's based what they perceive as Kendall's femininity. This idea of Kendall as feminine is supported by the text because within Logan's ideology and to the other characters, Kendall is not adequately masculine nor is he seen as mature. I think his "hysteria" (mood swings and general emotional fragility), performative attention-seeking behaviour (shaving head after suicide attempt), and tendency to use commodities/cultural signifiers to create a sense of identity as well as to be likable (everything in too much birthday) are what seem to be considered the most "teenage girl" things about Kendall. The adjacent idea of "eldest daughter Kendall," seems to be about feeling compelled to take on responsibilities that are often sort of impossible, failing them, feeling bad about it, feeling this need to "suffer in silence" and then failing to do that as well.

I'd also add that thing I've talked about regarding Kendall's failures in the sort of competitive communication style that's quite common in (cis) homosocial settings, coupled with the comparative (to Shiv and Roman) earnestness he has. It shows a sort of emotional vulnerability that Shiv and Roman don't really have as much of, especially in those first two seasons. This isn't to say they don't have emotional vulnerability or earnestness but they merely have it in different ways. Shiv and Roman have fun being a bit mean more than Kendall does which reads to some as masculine. To some extent, it is (re: homosocial competitive communication) but, I think some people exaggerate this and with different reasons for Shiv and Roman respectively.

To go back to your comment about Shiv, I'd say a major part of this is that Shiv doesn't really do emotional expression, histrionics or attention-seeking like Kendall, Tom, or even occasionally, Roman (somewhat incidentally) and Connor do. Even when Shiv is less emotionally repressed, she schedules time to mourn in private because she wants to minimise the chance of public humiliation (Roman) and she doesn't consciously want to profit off or impose her emotions on others (Kendall)— she's rational and they, her brothers and Tom, are hysterical. Of course, all the private mourning and emotional repression in the world doesn't spare Shiv from being called "hysterical" by Tom, (paraphrasing) "irrational" by Roman or "too emotional" by Kendall; yet, I'd argue that those moments aren't hysterical spectacles because unlike Kendall, Tom, Roman or Connor, Shiv isn't trying to be uniquely likable as a person and pitiable (desperate loser behaviour) and certainly not in public. She thinks she's more "respectable" when she furiously argues for getting rid of Rhea or for not calling the vote for Mencken because she's doing this with a purpose that isn't just an open plea for affection. She does that in private, not unlike her mourning.

[selena-tyler-564]

Okay so here’s an idea I saw somewhere, the reader did something that made Rhea mad and she punishes the reader and has Dom pin her down while she’s fucking her and Dom is trying to confort reader by giving her forehead kisses and telling her “shhh it’s okay. It will all be over soon” and Rhea laughs and says “don’t lie to her” 👀

I like this keep it coming ⬆️

Pairing: Rhea and Dom X (fem reader)

Rhea is purple, Dom is blue, and reader is pink

Warnings: punishment, dominant Rhea, rough smut, slight Bdsm, a little fluff from Dom Dom, after care, and errors I may have missed 

Late night attention 

8:49pm

“How could you do that y/n having drinks and laughing with the women that could have ended my career”Rhea yelled as you both got in to Rhea’s truck. “Rhea please I’m sorry” Rhea stoped at the red light and looked at you “your not sorry, I leave you alone for 10 minutes and you slid up under the first female that gives you attention with you legs wide open”

The light turned green as your girlfriend’s phone rang of course it was your boyfriend Dom checking to see if you guys were on the way. Of course Rhea answered

“Hey babe”

“Hi mami are you guys on the way home”

“Yes Dom, but your little princess is in a lot of trouble and is in for a punishment when we get home”

“Oh no what did she do?”

“I will tell you later just know she’s in deep shit”

“Ok mami, love you see you soon”

“Love you too”

Rhea hang’s up and smiles “see now you have no ally, and all your going to do is set back and take this punishment like a good little slut” Rhea turned down your street “mami please not too hard right?” Rhea snickered “I will go as hard as I want, but you know what to do if your in a lot of pain”

She pulled into the driveway and got out as you did the same. As soon as you guys entered the house, Rhea pinned you against the closest wall, kissing you aggressively before saying “oh you have no idea how bad I’m going to ruin that pussy” Rhea picked you up and took you upstairs to see Dom sitting on bed waiting for you guys

Rhea put you down “strip all of it” is all her said before turning around to Undress herself Dom also undressed before getting close enough to whisper in your ear “just cooperate and be nice to mami and it will be over before you know it” Rhea turned around as her tits bounced with the motion.

“On the bed y/n and Dom Dom please get me big purple strap” you laid on your back on the bed as rhea got on her knees in between your legs as Dom handed her the strap rhea got up to put on  as she spoke again “Dom Dom I’m gonna need you to hold your princess down while I fuck her” “ok mami” you looked at Dom with puppy eyes begging him to not help Rhea

But Dom just kissed you on the forehead as he held your arms down with his strong hands. Rhea began to drill into you at a brutal pace making you scream and whimper, you tried to stop her, but you were pinned down. “Go on Dom be a gentlemen and rub her pussy” Rhea snickered as you moaned in pleasure now that you were used to size of the strap.

Dom pressed hard on your clit before before, rubbing it at a brutal pace identical to Rhea’s “mhmm ohh” you whimpered as Dom kissed your forehead and neck head soon after you cum making Rhea’s strap and Dom‘s fingers wetter. Rhea and Dom Dom continued making you overstimulated. your eyes start to water as Dom and Rhea go harder and faster.

“Plzzz guys” you cry “shhh it’s ok. It will be over soon” dom says still moving his fingers at a brutalizing pace Rhea laughs “oh Dom don’t lie to her” Rhea stopped for a moment as she grind her hips down to get a little deeper in you as she brought her face close to yours “I let you get away with it the first time, but you know you’re not supposed to cum until I say so when you’re getting a punishment”

“I’m sorry” she re-removed the strap “that’s ok, you’re going to make it up to me right now” Rhea took the strap off “you want a turn Dom” rhea got back up on top of you “always” Dom placed himself in between your legs before inserting himself in to you dripping hot cunt.

“Wow princess so tight” dominek hissed pumping in and out. “If you make me cum your punishment can be over, ok” “ok” rhea scooted it up and lowered herself over your face, you immediately got to work, flicking, licking, and sucking desperately wanting your punishment to be over. “Fuck” rhea moaned, gripping your scalp with her hands. “Shit I’m going to cum” you heard Dom say

You pushed your middle finger into Rhea and curled it on to her g-spot as you sucked harder on her throbbing clit as she began to ride your face “damn it, fuck y/n” Rhea said, as her juices began to flow onto your face at the same time your boyfriend pulled out and released his hot milk I your stomach tits, and a little bit of Rhea’ back

All you could hear was heavy, breathing as your boyfriend and girlfriend roll out that orgasms on you. they both finally got off of you and let you sit up to see the mess of there cum and yours all over the place. “Messy girl, we have to change the sheets now because most of this is yours.”

Rhea Chuckled before pulling you into a deep kiss so she could taste herself on your lips and tongue. As your boyfriend did what he always did after a long night.Dom pressed a long hard kiss onto your cunt basically thanking it for the pleasure

Rhea then grabbed a warm, damp washcloth to clean you add herself up before you guys got into your comfy clothes and watch the movie “see baby punishments aren’t that bad” Dom says as rhea chuckled “but don’t Bo it again” she reminded laughing with you guys.

The End🤭⭐️

Hope you guys enjoyed this filth. and I would like to give a very special thank you to whoever sent this request. I really enjoyed writing this one. ⭐️please let me know if you wanna be tagged or removed⭐️

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The worse thing about Claude’s Sreng operation is the amount of Sreng people it’s going to get killed or no reason. Claude doesn’t actually care to help them out here, he’s using them as another set of bodies that he doesn’t care about so he can protect his friends and that’s all well and good but how do people not see how absolutely fucking mental it is to casually reignite a war you aren’t even invested in knowing damn well the side you’ve just spurred on is going to lose and is only there to be a distraction, not so you can take out their enemy, but so you can get one person and then leave. Arguably Claude killed more Sreng people doing that than he would have if he just attacked them because we’ve seen that if the odds aren’t in their favor, Sreng will retreat and they were even making progress.

I will say, it was smart of Claude not to attack because if he had attacked them while posing as Faerghus, they most likely would have surrendered because if Faerghus has warships then Sreng can’t fight them but if it’s just someone saying Faerghus is weakened? There’s only a chance for success there.

That's why I mentionned they were a distraction and/or fodder!

Dimitri notes how the Sreng forces are small, and usually, they shouldn't pose any problems, but this time, since Faerghus has to stretch its forces thin to fight the Alliance, Adrestia and Sreng, they're in a difficult situation.

Imo it's still a bad spot on Claude's track of "it's the church that is the cause of xenophobia" because he reignites and triggers this present battle between Sreng and Faerghus - but actually makes an enemy of both! What do you think Sreng's reply will be when they will realise Almyra/Leicester used them as fodder to waltz in Faerghus for their own gain, not giving a fuck about them being "allies"?

And even if the devs used something probably illegal to sniff before writing the Zahras chapters, can anyone seriously think Faerghus (especially Dimitri himself!!) wouldn't despise the Alliance/Federation at the end of GW? They became the Empire's lapdog and invaded to kill a refugee, while trampling and "rampaging" in cities for the very speficic reason to kill Helen of Troyes, re-igniting another conflict and banking on more deaths as "a distraction" to make a beeline to the capital, effectively killing people for no plausible reason (everyone knows the 'kill rhea so supreme leader will lose her goal to pursue the war' is completely bonkers, since her main goal has always been to MAGA!) to rekt Rhea.

It's like FE7, if someone attacked Pherae and killed Eleanora as an unwanted consequence of barging in the land, and trying to kill the Nini-siblings because surely Nergal will stop trying to start a continental war if the dragons he is looking for are dead.

(hint : it doesn't work, and the Nini sibs died for nothing because Nergal, by virtue of knowing where Arcadia is and ultimately growing stronger than Athos, could have "borrowed" dragons there, like say, Fa, to open the dragon gate for him?)

On the one hand, Claude's Sreng invitation is pragmatic, in a short term way - but on the other hand, it will create more issues for him afterwards, if we weren't in Nopes's magical world where nothing has consequences.

In a famous book series, a family is lauded for being "pragmatic" and killing a lot of enemies using under-handed tactics... but then we see in the following books how this family and their allies actually lose everything, partly because of that "pragmatic" move (Frey pies! + North bannermen uncharastically ally to rekt the Boltons! + Lannisters cannibalising themselves - Jaime cannot be the True knight Brienne is because of Tywin's pragmatic "move"', Cersei is Cersei, and Tyrion might realise too late that pissing on his family's name and legacy is less important than actual threats to the world, Zombie!Cat slaughtering people the Lannisters are supposed to protect indiscriminately and more popular support siding with her than with the crown...)

I won't call it karmic retribution, but there is a reason why in FE4, both Arvis and Travant are fucked when the 2nd gen pops up, even their own children are - Arvis's son (Saias who) dies and his line is erased from the throne (Julia will never sit), and Aerone is, uh, missing when Quan's line unites the peninsula (but Leif isn't like his dad so won't consider Thracians as savages).

The only route where he reaps what he sowed is Supreme Bullshit, where trying to turn against Supreme Leader, if all stars are aligned, costs him his life.

Now, I'm wondering, if Almyra's king is very sad (tm) when his favorite son goes missing, to the point where he signs things he doesn't understand and offers his navy on a whim, how would he react if Claude is killed in Nopes?

Shahid took a majority (?) of Almyran forces to mount his invasion of the locket, so without the military, and without a king (maybe he retires, or becomes even more useless than he is in Nopes? or is killed in a powergrab? and succession wars ensue?) what happens to Almyra? Does it fall to anarchy, or something similar to the Kingdom after Lambert's death, without a heir like Dimitri?

[boleynns]

Do u have fic recommendations?

I'm gonna assume this is for Daemon/Rhaenyra since that has been all I've talked about for months haha. And definitely have plenty of recs! In general I love reading really long fic (like, in really popular pairings I will set my parameters to see 50k+ or 100k+ fics only...), so due to the relative newness of this ship's popularity, most of my recs are incomplete. I also have way more that I am subscribed to that absolutely could be faves eventually, but that are just a little too early in the story to guarantee.

Canon/Canon!AU

To Ashes (Series) by Emerald_Aphelion (~30k, series incomplete but has 3 complete works so far) -- AU from Daemon's return from the Stepstones, basically where Daemon and Rhaenyra are just a little more thoughtful and forward-thinking within their relationship and with the political situation they're in. Established Relationship Vibes but also slow burn romance at the same time, they make each other smarter and better by working together, Rhaenyra bonds with baby!Aegon AND Rhea, Daemon picks Rhaenyra up and puts her on a table and calls her his queen at one point (hot), and this is the ideal Dance fix-it.

my eyes are aching to see you--126AC by SeveDeChampagne (~2.5k, complete) -- set between Episode 7 and 8, a very spicy First Time Post-Birth one-shot that contains multiple sentences that are some of the most intensely romantic things I've ever read. Considering my love of long fics, it takes a special kind of short fic for me to be so moved and attached.

How to Win Thrones and Ensnare Dragons by Writer_in_the__Dark (~15k, incomplete) -- Time Travel AU (my kink) where Rhaenyra is reborn into her baby-self. Only a few chapters in but I am HOOKED by the writing style and characterization of The Early Years dynamic, and am so looking forward to seeing how this evolves as time moves forward -- but based on the writing so far, I know it will be wonderful.

put down that gravestone by darkgods (~35k, incomplete) -- Post-Episode 4 AU, where Daemon went back to the Vale and Rhea didn't die, and then Rhaenyra gave birth to very Daemon-looking twins (wonder how that happened!), and then 10 years later Rhea has dead and Viserys invites Daemon back to be Hand. This story is so well-written and rich with character detail, I honestly just want to re-read it over and over! It has so beautifully dove into Rhaenyra's psyche, Daemon's personality (from his own perspective and from others), built a very sad and realistic portrait of Jace and Luke's lives as outcasts in court, set up some deliciously hurtful and complicated strings to unravel between Daemon and Rhaenyra due to this inciting situation, and has already indulged my pathological need for some Outside POV content by adding in Luke's (very well-written) perspective on a dinner scene. The fact that the chapter count is currently at 4/36 and we already have 35k words has me so hyped, you guys don't understand how badly I need piles and piles of giant fics.

Significance by AmazingAngie (~21k, incomplete) -- AmazingAngie is amazing because of how quickly she writes such amazing material! This is a Soulmate!AU, and this one in particular is just so insanely lovely so far! I'm a sucker for a "meant to be" setup so I will always love those from the get go, but I especially love the nuance in this story, and the ways that knowing that they are the endgame changes the trajectory of all of these characters lives.

you came/you called by scarlettscribbles (~10k, incomplete) -- basically an Episode 10 AU, kind of, but beyond that I just suggest reading it and going with the flow, because once I was like 80% into this first chapter I finally realized what was happening and it was so exciting. Needless to say I am pumped for the rest of the story.

Modern!AU

No joke I have literally NEVER liked Modern!AU's before, except for with 'Merlin' (because even if it wasn't explicitly stated, I could pretend that it was Reincarnation). It has just never appealed to me, until now with Daemon and Rhaenyra -- because they are just that powerful. Also none of my Modern!AU faves are any of that "Oh, actually, Daemon is adopted, or they're third cousins twice removed, or Daemon is only a ~symbolic uncle", like, we all know what we're doing here 😂

Lets Ignite Under the Ember Skies by grandlovescheme (26k, complete) -- So freaking good! The uncertainty, the jealousy, the tension, the ~vibes, the ~sexy ~vibes, it is a tightly-written and very well-characterized modern version of these characters and I love it.

Petrichor by sweetestsorrows (katschako) (~23k, incomplete) -- one of the chapters made me cry for real. Very intense "we are way too close to be appropriate, and it is causing angst, but i wanna be closer..." vibes, and I am so here for it. It really is wonderfully translating their bond to a modern lens, and all the problems and tensions that would come along with that dynamic. It made me go "omg that is so intensely romantic", it made me literally cry, it made me go "ooh ~spicy", its got it all.

the beauty queen in tears by writingwhatidream (~30k, incomplete) -- AHHH I am obsessed with this story (almost as obsessed as Crispin is with Rhaenyra in it...). To try and sum it up, it is a Modern!AU A/B/O Royal Family fic...but that all sounds so much more reductive than it actually reads. For me, it is: delicious Daemon/Rhaenyra "Us Against the World" vibes, where even if they're not physically together they are 100% together, with a healthy (or rather unhealthy, in-context) dose of creepy Outsider POV, and the promise of Alpha/Omega-induced drama, love, possessiveness, and danger to come. It is juicy and beautifully written, and is giving me so many things I want all in one place.

[tomwambsmilk]

Alright, here's my actual reasoning for the bottom ten episodes. A couple of things before we start - number one, all this is relative. These are the bottom ten episodes of a show with only 34 episodes so far. Honestly, the only one of these I think is actively not-good is Lifeboats, and even that I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call it Bad. It has just enough redeeming qualities that I feel uncomfortable calling it that.

Number two - I'm judging each of these episodes as a whole. Most of them have individual moments that I quite like. But, when I'm ranking an entire episode, I'm not just asking how much I enjoyed those individual beats. I'm also asking - how well were the plotlines of the episode thematically integrated? How did this episode serve the various season and character arcs? Individual character beats work best when they're integrated into one big tapestry, pointing towards the same idea or cluster of ideas. Some of the best episodes - All the Bells Say, Chiantishire, This is Not For Tears - do that beautifully, and that ends up becoming the metric by which I'm measuring other episodes. I know what Succession can do, and so an otherwise good episode that doesn't measure up can sometimes be a bit disappointing.

Let's get started:

10. Dundee (2.08)

Honestly, I think I might like Dundee better if it came at a different place in the season. Season two as a whole is incredibly driven - it touches on a lot of different things, sure, but from the jump it's always driving towards positioning Shiv as a potential successor, the Pierce deal, or cruises (and all the thematic implications therein). All of those hit really crucial points in the Ternhaven-Argestes-Return combo (which also re-introduces Kendall and the waiter) - and then we hit Dundee.

I'm not going to say Dundee's not important - it is - but it's an episode that feels to me like it's doing a lot to set up the season endgame, and consequently is missing the kind of emotional and character beats that make succession really tick. There's some stuff, sure - obviously the shiv + logan stuff at the dinner is important. But ultimately, they're mostly trying to get everyone and everything in position to be able to tie it all together in DC and This Is Not For Tears. They're reintroducing the idea of Shiv as successor so that her sacrifice in the finale will be meaningful; they're developing the cruises plotline enough to jump right into the hearings next episode; they're setting Ewan up to potentially cut off Greg to incentivize him to give Kendall the papers; they're highlighting Kendall's malaise and hero-worship of Logan. And those kinds of episodes - where it feels a like the gears of the story are showing a bit too much - tend to be my least favourite (a lot of the episodes on this list fall into that category imo). Here, it's a bit more pronounced coming where it is in the season - there's a dip in the season flow that feels a bit jarring, at least to me.

There is some fun stuff in here. L to the OG, obviously, is iconic; I also love the sibling dynamics around them scheming to get rid of Rhea. And we come to a fuller understanding of who Logan is as a person; that's this episode's main redeeming quality, and why it's so high on the list. Again, this is an episode that's not bad. It's a good episode. I like it. It's just nowhere near what Succession is capable of when it's firing on all cylinders.

9. The Summer Palace (2.01)

You'll notice that the premieres of the first 3 seasons are all on this list, and that's because I think Succession struggles with premieres. It's not even really their fault! It's sort of the nature of the show. There are episodes that set the table and episodes that smash everything on the table onto the ground, and there are episodes that are doing both at the same time. You need to set the table for the smashing to really hit. But what makes Succession, Succession, is how beautifully it executes the smashing of the table and makes it thematically resonant and ties together every other plotline that's been happening in the process. The episodes that are pure table-setting? They tend not to have the Secret Succession Sauce.

And that's honestly my main complaint with Summer Palace. It's ALL table setting. All of it! Every scene and beat of this episode is establishing important information that we'll need to carry through the rest of the season. Now, that doesn't mean it's bad. There are a lot of great character moments woven in through the table-setting - and obviously, the queen of those moments is Logan offering Shiv the CEO position. Again, this is a good episode, and I like it. Of the first 3 premieres, I think it's the strongest (season 4 premiere blows them all out of the water imo). But it doesn't have the kind of emotional payoff that, for me, is part of what makes for an excellent episode of Succession.

8. Sad Sack Wasp Trap (1.04)

This one almost pains me to say, because I love all the Tom scenes in this episode, and I think it's a really, really crucial episode in his arc. It's also the episode I force people to watch until, because I think this is where Succession starts to get good (largely because this is where the plot starts moving). And. Again. It is a good episode. It's just not a very good episode.

It's weak points? One is that it hasn't quite figured out Roman as a character. The Roman-Grace stuff never worked for me, mostly because it feels too on the nose. "Guy gets off on petty exertions of power" is an old and boring and tired plotline. Later episodes and seasons would manage to nuance that idea phenomenally well, but they haven't hit that sweet spot yet, and so Roman is still kind of a caricature of spoiled rich toxic masculinity.

I think they're still figuring out Kendall as well, although he's nowhere near as rough as Roman. The Kendall-Logan conflict in this episode feels a little too petty - and not in the sense of the show making a commentary on its pettiness. Most of the conflict surrounds the idea of public perception; I think the dynamic really finds its stride in later episodes when it a) becomes more about the question of Logan competently running the business and b) is carrying all the implications that come with the how the family and business dynamics are conjoined.

7. Shit Show at the Fuck Factory (1.02)

Not to sound like a broken record, but. It is a good episode! I like it! But no, I don't think it's a very good episode.

The problem with Succession's first three episodes is that they're the worst kind of table-setting - it's table-setting where you don't know the characters well enough to understand the stakes or the significance. Shit Show is, in my opinion, much better on a rewatch when you know what's going on. But the first viewing is tough. It packs a lot of character work into the runtime, to the extent that I think it's almost overwhelming, and it's made more so by your lack of orientation. You don't actually know what the established relationships are yet, so each scene and interaction is giving you a fuckton of new info to parse very quickly before it hits you with something else. And a lot of it - more than usual - gets lost because of that. You don't know enough about Roman to understand why he's constantly standing outside the window staring at Logan. You don't know enough about Kendall to understand the full complexity of his feelings about his father. You don't know enough about Shiv to understand her relationship to the company and how this impacts her relationship to her brothers. And that's why the episode is so much better when you rewatch it after you do know all of that.

(Normally, that speed and energy is one of Succession's strengths, but it's just too soon in the story to work effectively here.)

That being said, the character work in this episode is quite good! The character work is, I think, even better than the 3 episodes that I ranked higher on this list. But I think the fact that it relies so heavily on knowledge you don't have is a relatively serious problem with the writing, which is why it makes the list.

6. Secession (3.01)

This is the episode which takes us out of the territory of "good but not very good". This episode is not bad, but it is also not good. It's fine. It's just fine. It is a thoroughly mediocre hour of television.

In a lot of ways, I think part of the problem with Secession comes with the structure of the first two episodes. Mass in Time of War (a top ten episode for me) is an episode that is all about character dynamics to the exclusion of all else. That's good! It works really well! But it means that Secession's runtime is spent getting everything in place for that. It's getting Roman and Shiv into the room by giving them reasons to potentially 'defect' to Kendall, it's rushing through all the necessary plot dynamics of establishing the public response to the press conference, the White House response, how this impacts the shareholder meeting, the risk to Logan and him fleeing to Bosnia, etc. Tom and Shiv are still on shaky ground, Greg is still on Kendall's side, Karolina was blindsided. Connor is.... there. Roman and Gerri are forming an alliance.

It feels to me like a lot of box-checking. We don't spend enough time delving into any one plot point for it to be meaningful, and that leads to a feeling of some wasted opportunities. Like shivlisa - we learn Lisa exists, we learn she and Shiv were friends, we learn Kendall wants her, and then we have one (1) shivlisa convo and now Lisa's off the table. That could have had some real significance for Shiv as a character, but because they need to gallop through so much plot to set up 1.02 it becomes a strange perfunctory thing that feels more significant than it is. Some of that's unavoidable, but I do think that episode needed a once-over with a fine-tooth comb because I think they could have shaved off enough runtime to make the other stuff matter.

5. Lion in the Meadow (3.04)

Yes, yes, the nero-sporus episode. That's a great scene! It's maybe one of the best scenes in the episode!

..... And that's a problem.

First of all... What a waste of Adrien Brody. Have you seen his other work? He does a great job, but I think if you've cast Adrien Brody in exactly one episode you should write him a character marginally more interesting than Josh Aaronson, the epitome of Wealthy Shareholder Plot Device.

Ultimately this sort of feels like a Nothing episode to me. It's not even a table-setter, really, aside from the nero-sporus scene, the thing about getting Ravenhead to go after the president, and Greg abandoning Kendall, all of which could have been part of a different, more interesting episode. Every other character beat feels, to me, like a rehash of something we already know. There's nothing new in the Logan-Kendall relationship, the Roman plotline is so weak I continually forget he does anything in this episode, and we didn't need all of that to establish that no one at the company respects Shiv bc I think we knew that already. You could lift this entire episode out of season 3 (and just shift a few scenes backwards into Disruption or forwards into Retired Janitors) and the rest of the season would hit more or less exactly the same.

4. Austerlitz (1.07)

This is maybe my most controversial one bc I know a lot of people love Austerlitz. And I do want to acknowledge its strong points - Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox are both in peak form here, I think.

The problem with Austerlitz, though, is that it's an episode that feels (to me) a bit too loud and clumsy in what it's trying to do. I think Succession's best dialogue lets you read between the lines. It traffics in no one ever actually saying what it is they mean. I think you can contrast Kendall and Logan's confrontation in this episode with, say, their scenes in This Is Not For Tears and Chiantishire - both episodes where some significant truths are being dropped on the table, but they're still sort of covered in a veneer. If you squint it could maybe mean something different than what it actually does.

In contrast, the scene in the kitchen is blunt. "You resent what you've given your children", "You're marrying a man fathoms beneath you because you're afraid of being betrayed", all the dialogue about "evil uncle Noah". Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox do amazing work with it, but it's a lot of characters saying things that, yes, are very true, and yes, it's significant because it's been otherwise unsaid, but veers away from the sort of linguistic gymnastics that characterize other, better episodes in favour of heavy-handed family drama. And what's the lasting impact? Kendall feels better for talking shit about Logan, but he's still a mess. Logan doesn't care. There's no overall shift in the family dynamic coming out of this episode. To me, the whole enterprise feels like the writers pulling out a bullhorn and going "okay, it's really really important that you've figured out all this stuff we've been implying for six episodes so in case you haven't already we're just going to make it really abundantly clear with flashing lights and arrows etc." And sometimes you need to do that, but Succession's strength in later seasons is very much its subtlety and ambiguity, and Austerlitz is about as far from subtle and ambiguous as it gets.

3. I Went to Market (1.05)

I get conflicted about this one's placement on the list because it does have a really interesting thematic throughline about the transactional nature of relationships on Succession. Tom and Shiv's prenup, Greg shredding the documents, Connor and Willa 'going steady', Marcia advocating for her son - all of it taps into the idea of trying to negotiate an even exchange when one party holds more power than another. Tying that all together with a Thanksgiving celebration is a clever stroke on the writers' part.

But I think all of that gets undercut by the relative lethargy of the episode. The problem is that season 1 is anchored around Kendall and Logan's conflict, which, in 1.05 is centred around Kendall planning the vote of no confidence. But he's too early in the planning for the audience to really feel the urgency or the stakes, and consequently, that leaves the rest of the episode feeling a bit lethargic (something that's especially apparent in comparison to the energy of 1.06). We get a bunch of really interesting windows into the relationships of characters who are not Kendall, but it sort of feels like we're just waiting around for the plot to start again. We can't really explore any dynamic (outside of Tom and Greg and cruises) in a way that also moves the plot forward, so the episode turns into a bunch of little character vignettes strung together. And that's not helped by the fact that it sits where it does in the season; we just had the conflict between the two of them start moving and now it's idling again? It's really an issue of pacing more than anything else, but it's a big enough issue that I think it undercuts the stuff in the episode that is really good, and that's why it's so low on the list.

2. Celebration (1.01)

This is another one that I kind of feel bad about because... well. It's the pilot! For one thing, it was filmed before they'd written the rest of the season. For another, it actually does a really, really, good job of establishing a lot of key character information very quickly. And obviously a pilot is going to have normal Pilot Problems, like wives and children who are suddenly no longer wives and children in episode 2.

But unfortunately, I don't think Celebration is a great showcase of what makes Succession special. And maybe it was never going to be, because maybe that's not the kind of stuff that works well in a pilot. But, judging each episode on its own merits... There's nothing in Celebration to indicate that this is going to be a particularly unique or interesting or nuanced exploration of family drama and abuse and the corruption of capitalism. There's nothing bad about it either, and there are a lot of very interesting seeds being planted for sure. But honestly, there's a reason the near-universal critical reaction to the first few episodes was a whole bunch of eye-rolling and "what, are we supposed to feel sorry for these people?"

It does play better on a rewatch, much like Shit Show, but again - I do think it's a problem when an episode becomes good on a rewatch rather than being initially good and becoming better. And I feel bad saying it, because I'm not sure how they could have made it better. Maybe they couldn't have. But it still has to come in near the bottom because of it.

Lifeboats (1.03)

This is the one episode I actively dislike. It's not good. I don't think it's good. It's definitely closer to bad than good. Is it Bad with a capital B? Maybe not. But it's definitely not good.

Listen. I understand why it is what it is. The purpose of Lifeboats is to broaden the scope of the show and introduce us to the world of Waystar. Fine. It had to happen. But did it have to happen so.... blandly? It's the only episode where the business side actually is the most important thing happening, and where it can't really be understood from context clues and yet is never clearly explained, and that's a massive stumbling block. I know more than a couple people who've given up the show here on the assumption the whole thing was going to be like this. It's rough.

And on top of that, I think this episode is home to some of the most obvious possible character beats, which always annoys me with any show but especially annoys me when I know what Succession is capable of. Roman masturbating onto the window is one that makes me go yeah, okay, we get it. And yeah, sure, it's part of the bodily fluid motif, but it's also something a cartoon villain would do. It's one of the extremely rare moments on Succession I'd actively categorize as bad writing.

I also think the scene with Logan and Shiv is poorly written, and it frustrates me because it had the potential to be really interesting. But I don't think its a moment that's grounded enough in an existing Logan-Shiv dynamic for us to really know what it means (at least on a first watch), and so it leaves the audience disturbed but mostly just confused, and unsure as to specifically how this is relevant.

There's some good stuff in this episode, but the good stuff is good in an "oh thats a fun scene to watch", not an "oh this tells me something about a character" kind of way. So ultimately, this one has to come in at the bottom for me.

[mercurygray]

Would you ever write... the Girl Gang with dragons?

This is a great question, because my immediate first thought was "Okay, but what kind of dragons?"

Temeraire dragons? House of the Dragon dragons? Harry Potter dragons?

Harry Potter dragons are more set dressing than anything else, so I think I'd ignore them. There are more interesting things I'd explore there.

I love the idea of Temeraire dragons, and I think that would be the easiest to write - there are already women in that world who are fighting alongside the men, and the airborne element is obvious there, also. It's been an age since I read those books, though, so I'd have to do a little bit of a re-read.

Having (checks notes) zero imperial blondes in the Girl Gang, HOTD dragons would be a little more of a stretch, but I'm suddenly struck by the idea of Joan as a bronze bitch of House Royce, eager at her cousin Rhea's elbow to be rid of her troublesome husband, not of the dragons but aware and around them, and less impressed by the women of King's Landing who seem interested in power but not how to lead or rule.

Yeah, I'd write that.

[would you every write... askbox meme]

[whatisurgatepolicy]

notes on rhea from something in the static

Writing Something in the Static meant re-evaluating Rhea's character sheet and backstory, and damn.

First of all, here's the image on her character sheet because i was still in my rogue one era

you're welcome, shadowheart????? your gf is the gremlin from rogue one

thee besties ever trying to work out why there's a fully drained boar near camp even though astarion SWEARS he saw nothing

there's also the features from her lil character sheet

I don't think I started describing her hair as auburn until another player described her as red haired and then I just accepted that into my mind.

I also have her (extremely long) backstory.

Rhea's name was, originally Princess Seren Rhea Erebus Cristabel Marie Lowell of the House Lowell, a small kingdom in the Dragonspine Mountains. The Ride lays at their feet and they sit between an entrance to the Underdark and the Zhentarim Citadel of the Raven. The daughter of Wizard King David Lowell's fourth (Eladrin) wife, she's the youngest child and only daughter of House Lowell. Four of her older brothers are much older humans; her twin is another half-elf, but he sucks. >:(

She grew up largely insulated from politics by her family. As the youngest child of House Lowell, there was no need for her to know anything. She was there solely to be married off and secure a trade route or alliance; there was nothing left for her to inherit. She spent her childhood mostly reading, occasionally escaping into the gardens of the castle to play with the children of servants. Sometimes she'd spend time with her mother, a strange and distant winter eladrin who hardly spoke to her at all and preferred her twin brother. The bulk of her time with mother was spent with her mother's ladies in waiting, Spring Eladrin who gradually turned to Winter Eladrin as their sadness at being trapped on the material plane grew.

Her father, King David Lowell, is a wizard of unique ability and renown. His obsession with power leads him to view the people around him as lesser beings. He loves his children distantly, the way one might love their neighbour's dog. He would casually cast spells on them; Detect Thoughts when they passed him in hallways, Polymorph if they annoyed him, Power Word: Stun once when his eldest son attempted to fight back. Any slights against him by one would turn into psychological torment for the rest. Once, when he caught them fighting, he turned Seren (with her larger than average ears and front teeth) into a rabbit, and her skittish brother into a black cat. Later, after dispelling the polymorph on just her brother, he led him to believe that they'd lost track of her. For dinner that night, he served rabbit that had been caught that day, forcing his sons to eat a creature they thought might be their sister, whipping the ones that cried.

Once, David decided her (previously favourite) middle brother Simon hadn't disciplined his hunting dogs correctly and polymorphed her into a rabbit again, forcing Simon to set his dogs on her, to track how well they followed orders to stop. The dogs did not recognise Simon's commands through his terrified sobs, and ripped her rabbit form to shreds. The polymorph broke and David killed the dogs before they could harm her humanoid form leaving her with no physical damage, but Seren's trust in both dogs and her older brothers was broken irreparably.

The older she got, the more her father and older brothers leaned on her to be more dignified, to take lessons of etiquette, learn music, recite poetry, entertain diplomats and learn her place in the world. Her father encouraged her musical ability, her education, tempering his cruelty with gifts and compliments. He liked her freckles because they reminded him of her mother's brother, an eladrin Seren had never met. He thought one day she'd make an amazing gift to secure a trade route - eladrin lovers are exotic, he'd be able to put up her bride price accordingly. He even had her attend college with her brothers when she showed a decent barding talent. She has a degree in history now, like you even CARE, dad. (He's very proud of her, despite being an evil monster). Education is a sore point to her; she's talented when it comes to picking up on systems and patterns, but she's very insecure about her dyslexia and can't see past her fear.

While at university, she was exposed to the outside world for the first time. Seren wasn't a complete innocent; before this she'd liked to spend time with (read: do drugs with) one of the stable boys, Xander, and she had a huge, age appropriate crush on a noblewoman who would spend time with him, leading to an awkward but strangely comfortable romantic triangle (she liked the noblewoman, the noblewoman liked Xander, Xander liked doing drugs with his friends). But this was her first time viewing her father's kingdom in a new light.

Things were bad. Her father wasn't just "taxing the peasants a bit", he was bleeding them dry. Furthermore, the mithral that their economy depended on was deep in the darkest part of the mines and they did not have the appropriate technology or expertise to reach it; the mining guild dwarves had packed up long before, leaving the remaining peasants, not protected by a union, to struggle as tunnels collapsed. The people were starving, their food taken as tithes for the royal family. When tensions rose, soldiers cut them down. Seren watched this with mounting horror, returning to the castle changed. She approached her father's throne and demanded he take action and end the outrageous taxing, help their people rebuild. He refused.

Seren, being both brave and a naive twenty one year old, went to the town to offer her services to the rebellion. The rebellion was run by a hero, Amara, an ex-mercenary eldritch knight in her late thirties, who gladly accepted the young princess...as a hostage. Seren was fine with that. Over the months they spent together, locked in the inn that the rebels used as a hideout she considered herself learning and growing from the people her family ruled. She was delighted when Amara told her to join her in bed, viewing it as a larger piece of a romantic puzzle. If they were doing things that she didn't really enjoy...well, she was learning a lot, wasn't she? It was a trade-off.

All the things her father complimented and made her feel weird about, Amara hated. She hated Seren's elven green eyes, the way they reflected light in the dark. She hated Seren's freckles because they made her look childish. She told Seren frequently that she looked like her father - meaning, ugly, evil, cruel. This did not stop her from sleeping with Seren.

The other rebels could be cruel. Even as Seren called them friends or comrades, they would frequently abuse her for her father's crimes. Amara rarely stepped in, telling her she needed to earn their respect by not being like her father. Her father had sent their family members to die in mines, taxed them til they starved, ripped down their temples, wanting to be their only god. Her father was evil, and had caused so much pain. She was evil too, Amara reminded her, frequently. She had benefited from the deaths of their friends and families.

There was very little Seren could do to prove otherwise. When she tried to play for them - songs that the diplomats and courtiers had found charming or soothing - she was dismissed as an awful musician, was told her father had likely paid others to tell her she was good. When they found out from an old classmate about her dyslexia, she would be asked to write notes in meetings and lambasted for spelling mistakes. Any contribution she made during strategy meetings would be dismissed as foolish, but used later when suggested by others.

("You're just...unpleasant to hear from," Amara would assure her as the rebels captured key targets with minimal bloodshed using Seren's ideas. "Nobody wants to take the advice of someone as awful as you.")

In the meantime, King Lowell weighed up his daughter's safety, and bet against the rebels killing her; when he located their hideout he came down on them with the full might of the military. It would be fine, he told them. Just give me back my daughter and I'll let all of you go free. When they finally gave in and handed back Seren, he took them prisoner and had them executed in front of her. Amara first. They died screaming, cursing the name Seren Lowell.

Well, you don't kill your daughter's first love without creating a bit of a split in your relationship. As her father and brothers celebrated the destruction of the rebellion, Seren vowed to bring the House of Lowell crashing down. As punishment for taking part in the rebellion, Seren was locked in her rooms, with a view of the corpses of the rebels she'd once called friends. But that gave her ample time to marinate in rage and grief as she planned, gazing out at their decaying bodies.

On her third night of being locked in, her mother, Serena, visited her for the first time. Here, she revealed that she was a hostage too. She'd been a Spring Eladrin, who'd met David Lowell when he'd been a mere wizard in an adventuring party who'd stepped into the Feywild. She had taken a liking to him, and conceived Seren and her brother. David had returned to the Material Plane. He was gone for a blink in the life of a Spring Eladrin, enough time for her to realise she was pregnant. This same gap was much longer in the Material Plane; by the time he returned to the Feywild, David was now King Lowell. He'd taken her back with him and when she'd tried to return to the Feywild, she found that he'd managed to trap her on the Material Plane. Her freedom had been sealed away by a Drow artifact he kept close. By stealing it and returning it to be unmade in the Underdark, Seren could rid the curse from her mother and allow her to finally escape the castle. Not only that, but then Serena could bring her own political might to bear and bring the wrath of the Eladrin down on House Lowell. Fuck yeah!

Using everything she'd learned from the rebellion, Seren slipped through the castle and stole the amulet (along with a few other easily pawnable things) before escaping. She made one mistake: she told her twin brother her plan. He'd raised the alarm before she'd gotten far, leaving her on the run. On the run from her father's men Seren changed her name. First to Rhea Lowell, and then when it became too apparent that anyone who'd heard of their tiny kingdom would probably connect 'Princess Seren Rhea of House Lowell' to 'Rhea Lowell', she changed her surname to 'Dancer', because she was at an inn, watching someone dance as she was picking out names. Nice and easy. Suited her better. Except now people keep calling her Tiny Dancer?

On the road, she found out more. Her father, a powerful wizard, had dreams of becoming a god. He'd read once about an eladrin sorcerer who'd done something like that, only to fail halfway through and lose her body and memories. He wanted the full deal. No half-measures.

Rhea made it to Waterdeep, where she dithered around, trying to work out if she should tell Laeral Silverhand and alert the Lord's Alliance to her father's crimes. Unfortunately, the Zhentarim caught up with her and, following her father's instructions of 'okay fine you want to go to the Underdark? YOU'RE GOING TO THE UNDERDARK!' sold her into Drow slavery.

By now, King Lowell regretted his actions and had sent her brother to find her and bring her home. But Rhea was already in the slave pits.

Underdark big moments:

* Killing Priestess Mizzrym * Befriending Stool * Almost sacrificed to the demogorgon * Praying to Sehanine Moonbow about Amara and never receiving a response * Finding a magic sword * Swearing herself to the Raven Queen * Morgan finding her * Starting a rebellion in Gracklstugh * Hatching Gerri the red dragon from an egg * Neverlight Grove, swearing vengeance on Zuggtmoy * Reaching Blingdenstone, hot tubs, fighting endless oozes On the surface, big moments: * Spending time in Waterdeep * Helping Tol overthrow his evil king * Returning to Lowell a paladin * Freeing her mother, who leaves for the feywild, withdrawing her offer of support * Stopping David in the middle of a ritual to become a god * David uses a timestop and a melee attack (sword :() to kill Rhea * David regrets the death of his favourite child and institutes a national day of mourning, burying her with flowers * Morgan brings her back to life with the help of the Raven Queen, offering to become her Chosen in Shadowfell in exchange.

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☕ plotting call — would really like to have more things going & to delve into some historical / dark academia / supernatural / horror stuff & to write with these muses particularly so if you are interested in plots like that or in just writing with these muses in general let me know

ages vary per verse but are always 20+ & things labeled * are only relevant to supernatural plots. insomnia is prevalent in a lot of my muses for varying reasons.

anna sun — she/her, madelaine petsch / bi / professional ballet & company dancer, perpetually in debt, occasional purveyor of substances

aristotle aryes — she/her, saoirse ronan / bi / investigative journalist (particularly mysterious subject matter or crime), nomadic

auden smith — she/her, victoria pedretti / bi / owns & operates bakery, responsible & sensible

bliss iver — she/her, florence pugh / bi, preference for women / waitress, singer-songwriter, busker, dive bar & open mic performer

chance — he/him, lee minhyuk (huta) / gay / vampire* / film photography, magazine

charis — he/him, tom blyth / bi / vampire* / theater actor, filthy rich

draco aryes — he/him, dylan o'brien (specifically blonde, buzzcut 'not okay' era) / bi / artist, historical art restoration, struggles with addiction

ella finley — they/them & she/her, halsey / bi / part time at a music shop / dj

emerson beckett — she/her, kristen stewart / bi, heavy preference for women / touring musician

evie caldwell — she/her, olivia rodrigo / bi, demi / witchy, clairvoyant, practices tarot reading & divination

hannah monroe — she/her, lili reinhart / bi / film & photography restoration & preservation

jace tide — he/him, dylan o'brien / bi, preference for men / freelance writer for print & online papers, drummer in a band

shen keung — he/him, xiaojun / bi / lycan* / traditional artist, works part time at a gallery, takes commissions for paintings, died briefly once & is real existential about it

kian wyatt — he/him, timothée chalamet / bi / night shift laundromat, poet & aspiring novelist

lorelai parker — she/her, hunter schafer / bi / waitress at a 24hr diner, loves a good party, partakes in most nightlife scenes

mandy carter — she/her, hailee steinfeld / bi / bartender, works & has worked a lot of odd jobs, catholic trauma, interest & belief in most things supernatural

nash newton — he/him, thomas sangster / bi, demi / lobby pianist in hotel, re-strings & balances pianos at music store(s), is known for being almost non-verbal unless particularly comfortable

neil parrish — he/him, josh hutcherson / bi, demi, preference for men / runs physically & away from his feelings, big on trust, used to deliver & work for a florist, is good with cars, does translation work & has been a verbal translator, freelance photography (travel, flora)

nellen casper — she/her, jenna ortgea / bi / doesn't set down roots, good at casual relationships, not good at long-lasting romances, more likely to flee the more she cares about a person

ophelia caldwell — she/her, amanda seyfried / bi / a bit off with the faeries, a mental medium & is a witch or bananas depending on the way you look at it

rhea czerny — she/her, anya taylor-joy / bi / ghost?*, nebulously clairvoyant, has prophetic dreams, speaks a bit cryptically, not good at time awareness, uses tarot cars, makes elixirs

river josslyn — he/him, elliot page / bi / atmokinesis by way of emotions*, is autistic, has alexithymia, into classical poetry & shakespearean literature

finnigan — he/him, they/them, barry keoghan / demi-romantic, bi / lycan* / speaks a lot of languages, has a literary understanding of even more, has studied many religions but does not practice them, filthy rich, a haunt to local pubs & clubs, loves a casual hookup, good fighter, curses a lot

stella monroe — she/her, dove cameron / equal opportunist / fashion girlie, amateur model, adores women, will take almost anyone to bed, dressed up to get messed up, loves to dance, will wreck a home, does not feel shame rocking up to breakfast in last night's outfit

winter josten — he/him, troye sivan / gay, demi / was almost an olympic swimmer, does not swim anymore, works at a bookstore with cats, believes in most things, always has a book

[cloudcountry]

Hehehe you asked for headcanons so here >:3

-Azul absolutely LOVES it when you wear his gloves. You were cold & forgot yours once or something and he leant you yours and became fascinated with how they’re slightly too big for you. He thinks you look adorable in them, so he ends up gifting you that set of gloves and buys a pair that matches them. But don’t ask him if he bought a matching pair on purpose. He would get extremely flustered and deny everything, and only wear them in private.

-Occasionally when he’s distracted he’ll fidget with your sleeves, jacket, buttons, hair, etc - always really gently and carefully, as fiddling with things helps him think. If you point it out he’ll get immediately flustered, apologise and beg you to not tell anyone, especially the tweels.

-He loves listening to you talk about otome games after a long day of work. Something about listening to you ramble about something you’re passionate about is really soothing to him. If you start to talk too much about one boy, he’ll get a little bit jealous and try to emulate that character a bit or go out of his way to spend more time with you.

-Dude will BANKROLL your merch collection. You won’t even realise you mentioned it and then it’ll be on your doorstep.

-also, he loves it when you wear jewellery and especially when he buys it for you and helps you put it on

Hehe I hope you liked it!!! >:3

OMGGG THANK YOU SO MUCH?!?!? YOUW ROTE SO MUCH RHEA YOURE TOO KIDN THANLK YOU THNAK YOUT HNAKUOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

ugh literally SCREAMING at the glove headcanon!!!! i willw ear his gloves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! theyre mien nwo!!!! if he got us a matching pair even better!!!!!!!!!!! JAHSFDAJSDFASHGFDHASGFDHASFGD AND THE FIDGETTINGGGGG ICAN TOTALLY SEE HIM DOING THAT!!! :((( PLS HES SO SWEET SHDGASJHD HE DOESNT NEED TO EMULATE A CHARACTER :(( PLS AUZL I LVOE U FOR WHO YOUA RE YOU SILLY MAN :(((( AAA CRIES

AJHSDGJASD IF ANYONE BOUGHT ME MERCH I WOULD CRYYYY I LVO E MY SILLY INTERESTS AND MY SILLY BOYS HEHEJEHWFDSFGBWEHFGEGFJSKGEDFE

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[specialinterestshows]

Back to my regularly scheduled writing and posting of Rhea Ripley x lady!reader fic. Also working on a request!

Warnings for this section: Cannabis (weed), kink (dirty talk, BDSM dynamic)

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Absolute Smokeshow (Part 21 of ?): Food For Thought

“I was thinking of making pizza for dinner,” you say as you walk into your apartment. Rhea had driven the two of you back from the gas station for safety’s sake.

“Making it? From scratch?” she asked, watching you walk over to the kitchen.

“Not exactly,” you take a plastic-wrapped mass out of the fridge, “I got the dough pre-made, it just needs stretching and toppings.”

“Sounds like you have a lot in common,” Rhea joked, smirking as you stick your tongue out at her.

“We can each make one, if you want,” you suggest, washing your hands.

“Sure,” she agrees, waiting next to you at the sink until you’re done so she can do the same. You divide the dough and handed over a section once her hands are clean. While you were patiently letting gravity increase the surface area of your dough, Rhea immediately started spinning hers as she tossed it in the air and caught it over and over.

“Careful not to drop it,” you warn, “The whole five-second rule thing is a myth.”

“You don’t have to tell me to be careful with anything physical,” she said haughtily, taking a moment to pose, “I’m an athlete.”

“You’re a wrestler,” you specify, “one of the few sports that doesn’t require hand-eye coordination for a small object.”

“Clearly you’ve never seen me take on Liv Morgan,” Rhea quipped back.

Once both of your pizzas are made and in the oven, you set a timer and head to the couch.

“Where did the time go?” Rhea sighed to herself, looking at the clock as you packed a bowl. Her visit ended tomorrow and neither one of you was sure when you would be able to see each other in person afterwards.

“When do I need to get you to the airport again?” you ask, trying to stuff down the feeling of melancholy and lifting the bong onto your lap.

“I have an alarm set,” she waved it off, “don’t need to think about that until tomorrow.”

“Lucky for you, I have something to help with the whole “not thinking” thing,” you say, pointing the lip of the bong in her direction.

“Light me,” Rhea orders, smiling at the face you make in response to the command - one she’s become familiar with as a sign that you’re turned on, despite any other indication. Keeping her hands at her sides, she places her lips on the bong as you hold it, lighting the bowl once she starts to inhale. Her eyes don’t leave you until she gives a pointed glance at the bowl and you pull it out, watching her take in the remaining smoke.

Setting the piece aside, you turn back to Rhea and her mouth is on yours without hesitation, one hand on your thigh. Once you’ve inhaled all the smoke she’s given you, she gropes your chest with her other hand, making you moan.

“Such a good girl,” Rhea teases, watching as you fill the space between you with smoke, obviously only one thing on your mind.

Shifting in your seat, you look at the timer for the food, knowing there wasn’t nearly enough time between now and then for either of you to get off.

“Don’t worry, love,” she says, a knowing look on her face as she pulls away, “We’ll have plenty of time for that tonight and tomorrow morning.”

Taking a hit of your own, you try to ignore the slideshow that’s playing in the back of your mind of every dirty thing she’s said to you, every touch, every hungry and slightly mischievous look at the noises you made.

Soon, the two of you are enjoying your food, music playing in the background, as you talk between bites.

“Now I’m just re-examining every relationship I’ve ever had with every pretty girl I’ve ever met,” Rhea admitted. The trip to the resource center had obviously unlocked something and she was much more open than she had been.

“Yeah?” you ask, smiling, “Who do you think you had a crush on?”

“Honestly?” she seemed lost in thought as she took a bite, chewing before finally answering, “… Quite a few girls, and women. Fuck, how was I so clueless?”

“Were you?” you remember thinking something similar when you first came out, “Sometimes it’s easier to assume this is how everyone feels and shrug it off that way. Other times, denial is just a survival technique.”

The two of you keep eating as she considers this.

“Better late than never, I guess,” Rhea finally says, shrugging, “Good thing it wasn’t too late to meet you” - and then, demeanor shifting slightly, groaning - “I’m gonna have to thank Dom for making me go to that fucking bar.”

You hadn’t considered this. Did you really have him to thank? You’d already thanked your friends for dragging you to the bar, but Rhea had been angry with Dominik that night and he hadn’t exactly been kind to you the day after. Doing your best to hide your conflicting emotions, you stuff your face with pizza and try to think about something else.

[end part twenty-one of ?]

Part 22: https://www.tumblr.com/specialinterestshows/725395735079731200/absolute-smokeshow-part-22-of-lesson-in

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