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liesyousoldme · 2 years

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wip wednesday

so @sibylsleaves tagged me in wip wednesday and while i know my sunday post was from the folklore writing letters wip, this is from a new, shorter fun fic, inspired entirely by a gifset of buck in a backwards ball cap

He literally stumbles mid-stride as his brain processes the sight in front of him, and he has to wait the solid ten seconds it takes for his brain to reload before any coherent thought is available to him, and he’s just lucky that he’s usually a bit of a grump in the mornings and this doesn’t throw Buck or Christopher off.

“Good morning, Dad!” Chris says from the table, eating from a bowl of cereal. He’s already dressed all by himself and Eddie wants to bemoan the loss of childhood, but the genuine joy in his eyes at the prospect of a day at the zoo tells him there is still childhood yet to come. “Buck brought his cup! Do we have ours?”

“Of course we do,” he says, voice a little lower and gruffer than normal, and he clears his throat. He goes to the cabinet with all the mugs and Special Cups (Eddie’s a sucker for the free refill reusable cups that pretty much any type of park will sell you) and finds the one with the monkeys on it. It’s got one of those long and bendy straws and Eddie makes sure that it and the cup are both clean before handing it over to Chris, who beams at him.

He has not looked at Buck since he walked in, but the image of him is seared across his mind anyway.

“You good, man?” Buck asks, and Eddie clears his throat because he doesn’t have words to say once he looks back at Buck, who now has a little bit of concern in his face. Eddie isn’t even sure what he’s doing that would make Buck question if he’s good, but he straightens his back and leans against the counter, leaving his gaze somewhere in between his son and Buck, because he kind of feels bad for having the kind of thoughts about Buck he’s having while his son is in the room.

“Just a little tired,” he says to the table. He crosses his arms in front of him, and then uncrosses them because it feels weird and he’s worried it looks weird and he’s actively trying to not be weird so Buck stops making his concerned face. All it does is make Buck’s brow furrow even more. Eddie knows this because he couldn’t keep from looking at Buck when he knows he looks like that right there.

“You sure? Maybe we can do the zoo another day and hang out – or you can come with us –“

“No, seriously,” Eddie says, cutting Buck off. “I’m fine. I need to clean so… Get out of my house.” He immediately winces. “Sorry, that sounded rude. But. You know. Cleaning.”

“You’re still in your pajamas,” Buck says.

“I haven’t even finished my breakfast,” Chris adds, then pointedly takes a bite of cereal.

“Right,” Eddie says. He settles with his hands on his hips. He’s not sure if he’s ever stood this way before, but he’s scared to change positions again and freak Buck out. “I’m gonna go shower.”

“Um, okay,” Buck says with a frown. He manages to make it look incredibly attractive and Eddie hates him a little for it. Who even wears their hats like that anymore? It’s so frat bro, so douchebag, so…

Hot.

i'm not sure who has or hasn't done this today so if you haven't and want to be please consider yourself tagged by me!!!

#wip wednesday #buddie #buddie fic #buck in a ballcap #hope to finish this soon

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x-exo · 3 years

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*slides into your asks with a rose in my mouth* why hello, tis me!

Apologies for the long wait but your favorite long asks anon is here and OOF so much has happened. Let us break it down one by one lol

Monsta x our beans, welp we can officially say we are army wives for them because shownu is now at the military and just welp this feels weird lol. I lowkey forgot he was meant to enlist so when the news came out I went through so many emotions. Its why the latest comeback feels a bit bittersweet to me. It is their BEST for sure and for this year, I agree so to not see him perform right before he left is a bit sad. I don't blame him of course (if anyone does i am fish slapping you) but just a shame. I'm happy we do get content with him still? Seems pre-planned so that is nice!

Onto legends exo, fantastic comeback. I cannot stop listening to the album, its just bops full of bops to me. They broke so many records and I'm over here sipping my tea because fudge yes. It isn't a full member comeback, 2 of the members featured in the comeback are off playing call of duty and they still did THAT. While having lay properly in the comeback!? (Or at least some form, better than tempo era!) Kyungsoo my beloved, the man that can swoon you off your feet, his proper solo album. Omg I am just in love? The album feels like a Playlist that you hear while taking a walk or on a raodtrip? I love it, I just love everything about this with how much thought was given. It makes me feel warm and I'm so proud of him (I think he even got a first win) but sadly xiumin got the it shall not be named virus D: I feel so bad and I can only hope he gets better! It makes me worried because I keep seeing more and more idols getting sick and I can't help but wonder why don't the kpop entertainment just put a pause with stuff? Of course that is VERY unrealistic, I am aware that is naive for me to think but its just so idk how to word it properly (my English brain is not working I am sorry) I cannot help the feeling of while I get people are being safe and yes we need to still live like normal beings, is it worth risking idols health just for some entertainment? Idk how to explain my thoughts properly but maybe I hope I made sense!!

Onto svt! That is perfectly fine to not vibe with a comeback! I will admit, I didn't fully vibe with this comeback and it shocked me because every comeback was a hit to me. Even fear, left and right or homerun where I know many fans were split on, I liked but RTL was a grower. For me, listening to it without watching the mv, helped it alot and it is a song I like. Is it their best? No I don't think so but it is alright to say "hey I didn't bop to this, not my cup of tea" (imo I blame the mv? The mv REALLY didn't do the song justice at all, I am sorry if I sound like a fake fan but this mv Just is bad in all aspects. Sure we have some pretty shots but like it just doesn't fit at all?) So if anything listening to the song or wishing the live performances does it better. Seeing the choreography amps the song up more, cannot go wrong with their dancing. As for the rest of the songs, I admit game boy is my top favorite? Idk if it is because I am a gaming nerd and found all the production of the song so creative but yeah. We can wait for the next comeback! Svt always have something up their sleeves, plus we do have their music projects to look forward too (I wonder when we will get one? Seeing as RTL promotions stopped) some positive news with the boys is they resigned like a year before their contract ends and I'm a bit emotional :') I'm excited to see the boys future projects. We did have caratland recently! Did you watch it if I may ask? We did get in the soop confirmation so I'm excited to watch that, the boys deserve that nice break (even if it was filmed for a show fjsbsns)

Ok I think that is it for kpop updates? XD I do hope life has been treating you kindly! Life has been a bit all over the place sadly so I hope it wasn't like that for you as well! Until next time my bean!

hii!!!! omg sorry for the late reply i've been pretty busy these days 🙈

indeed so much has happened! and much more since you sent this ask omg!!

our shownu is at war *looks into the distance* *wipes away tear* *sighs* by now I got used to enlistment news (see what happens when you stan 2nd and 3rd gen groups) but STILL [[IT HURT]] when they uploaded the monchannel videos of his goodbye day like ????? what kind of twisted mind diuhdfuihdifuhs but the boys were all so cute and soft but they seemed so sad they didn't want to let go of their super leader :(( I hope he's learning lots and making new friends (and also we've got our international super spy yoo kihyun giving us small updates on him every now and then so everything's fine!). Yeah I totally get you it felt empty without him this comeback and at first it didn't really clicked with me but when the enlistment news came out i understood he had to take care of his health and thoroughly check on his eye sight in order to be 100% ready for the military so it made sense he had to be absent :( everything was so close (the comeback and enlistment) that I'm sure there was no other way for doing it I'm pretty sure he couldn't maybe postpone the enlistment day any further

onto exo! my ksoo my soft boi my romantic boi 🥺 his album is so him SO HIM i can't explain it bur it's just HIM you know it's the type of album you'd play on loop on a summer afternoon when you've taken your papers and paints outside in the garden to paint a bit with the warm soft breeze moving the trees lightly 🤧 and he signs in English and SPANISH (he did it for me) my multilingual king he's a native. Also I've been watching Honeymoon Tavern with Jongin these days and OMG i could d word for him really (if you haven's watched it go do it when you have time) he's SO SOFT and SO CUTE and he works as a waiter and a wedding planner and helps with the room preparations and is also a tour guide and he's just so cute so happy al the time the way he interacts with everyone is so 🥺🤧😭 onto more serious stuff now: yeah i was so worried about minseok catching covid omg but i'm glad he went through it with our any major complication and the rest of the boys are safe too! I guess the industry doesn't stop bc that would mean a huge loss of thousands and thousands of dollars/won/etc so as long as the gov doesn't prohibit going out or gathering like at the beginning of the pandemic, they'll keep on going with the idols' schedules otherwise the industry would just shut down having no way of earning money to sustain all the companies and idols.

as for seventeen! yeah i like the songs too! the mv sure ruined rtl and listening to it without watching it has really helped it grow on me more but still it feels kind of meh to me idk i really like anyone i think it's my favourite from the album. AND NOW WE'VE GOT A COMEBACK IN OCTOBER!!!! yayyyyy i can't wait they seem to be preparing very diligently (i hope they release a sexy bop) it's a shame junhao aren't gonna be present for this comeback but i'm soooooo happy they have the opportunity to visit their families again omg they have spent 2 whole years without seeing them in the flesh they must be so happy to get back to them again!!! it's so funny seeing them be bored at the quarantine hotel and doing lives every day duhdfiudhfiuh i hope it passes quickly and they can see their loved ones finally! and I did watch Caratland!! omg the unit switch song was the best thing ever hhu doing lilili yabbay and not being able to stop laughing idfuhdifuhs perf team doing chocolate and owning it????? hello??? performance team more like main vocal team wow! and the vocal team being a complete mess during check in lmaooo i loved it! In The Soop has finally started!!! I love these kind of "normal life" concepts I love seeing the boys being themselves cooking and relaxing I've watched the first and second eps as of today and also few clips from the third and omg mingyu and jeonghan drowning in the pond dfuhidfhidfs lmao they're so dumb i love them 🤣 i'm glad they could go away for a few days and spend time together away from their hectic schedules!

I hope you're well now and if not hang in there it'll all pass soon enough! 🥰💕 bye bye!!

p.s.: I got your request for the svt this or that gifset and i promise i’ll do it one day i just don’t feel like giffing these days dhbduusi i’m out of energy

#ask #my super nice lovely anon

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literatigifs · 3 years

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anonymous asked: I'm sorry but I'm just gonna say it, the people who say Jess is too good for Rory are mainly R*gan fans cause they know Jess is a real threat to their ship, they don't care about the character cause if they did they would know Jess would never judge Rory and would always support her. It's kind of sad that they have to use 'this' argument to support their ship.

Unfortunately I've also seen people who proclaim to love Jess and Rory say the same thing, even some that take to writing fanfiction out if spite where Jess ends up with someone else as a way to "finally" have someone take care of him or "be worthy of him" (🤢), as if he's a real person and not a fictional character that is good because he's flawed and fleshed out so well in the series. To this I've pretty much made my opinions clear which is that like you, I can never see Jess judge Rory for her mistakes when she loved him even during a time in his life when he made many. The main reaction I can ever see him having is concern for her, I mean we practically saw that in the revival where Rory laid out how much of a mess her life is and all Jess said was that it's normal to be going through a rut, and even tried to offer her writing advice.

But yeah I've also seen a lot of reactions after the revival aired where numerous r*gan fans that had no trouble previously either a) framing Jess as some jealous villain in their fics or gifsets, or b) just outright trashing the character in their posts or anyone who dares to like him, suddenly be all "Jess deserved so much better :(( He deserves to be with some no-name OC of mine that is an artist like him just so I can have my own ship and not have to worry about him possibly being together with Rory". Every time I've seen any of these posts I just role my eyes so hard because it's that easy to find out what these people's opinions of Jess really are, and it's even easier to find posts where they demean him for being dropped out of high school when he was literally working a full-time job trying to save up money for himself. Like, sorry that he didn't have daddy's money to bail him out of every issue in his life the same way your fave does?

They either proclaim that r*gan deserve each other because they're "selfish spoiled brats" or they say that Jess has no part in Rory's life, OR (and this is my absolute favorite argument against lit being together) "they're obviously cousins now so it would be gross and even illegal and weird". I absolutely love this one because apparently Logan being a grown man in his 30s who has to rely on his ex-girlfriend whom he dated in college or his parents to tell him whether he should or shouldn't go forward in marrying his fiancee is something they can accept and even shed tears over, but Jess and Rory being "step-cousins" (which isn't even an actual thing, this term doesn't even exist and they only even became this when both were in their 30s) is so shocking for them that they can't stand the mere thought of them possibly being ever together or even admitting that they'd be ok as a couple now.

#anonymous #answered #anti rogan #not really but still #can you tell how sarcastic I'm being in this answer?#OH I FORGOT TO MENTION #it's /so interesting/ to me how rogan fans LOVE to say shit like 'why have Jess pine over his high school girlfriend wtf that's so sad'#yet again; have no trouble crying over Logan still being into his ex girlfriend who rejected his proposal and whom HE DUMPED #about 10 years ago #like hmmm wonder what the word I'm looking for here is

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theexecutionerssong · 4 years

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I’m replying to everyone who’s sent me a message regarding the being nicer thing from yesterday under the cut because I don’t want to be annoying by publishing so many asks. thank you, all of you ♥

Honestly, I think it’s ridiculous that people are accusing you of sounding mean/rude etc. sometimes I think you’re still too nice to the rude anons and I feel like a lot of this is passive aggressive on their part. They come at you because they think you’re an ‘insider’ fan and they’re jealous, and if you come back defensively, then they accuse you of being rude blah blah blah. If these people are making your experience on tumblr a negative one then just ignore those asks and enjoy yourself bb!

Hmm idk I mean it wouldn’t cross my mind to go after someone because they know some things I don’t? So they probably have a point somewhere in telling me I should be kinder, I know I can be short when I answers asks because I get so many and sometimes the same ones every other day so it gets a bit tiring...

hello! for sounding "nicer" i know when it comes to like texting friends and stuff. i always over use emojis and 'lol' bc i think when you don't it makes people (including myself) read it in a kind of boring/unimpressed tone in my head. LIKE HOW CAPS MAKES ME YELL IN MY HEAD LOL. (disclaimer: i'm a recent follower and find you nothing but nice. and you definitely don't owe any of us to go out of your way to type differently so you come across as 'nicer'. your english is fantastic!)

if I ever use lol then it’s because I find the thing extremely not funny and it’s ironic ahah I try to use emoji but when on my computer I can’t really be bothered... Thank you very much for your message!

I don’t think you’re rude, I think sometimes you get defensive because you’ve been getting the same questions over and over again and you must get tired. And you’ve talked about having insomnia so you must also be physically tired on top of mentally. That’s normal, we’re all humans. Don’t worry about it.

Yeah it’s true, I do get defensive when I’m more tired. Sometimes when I need to vent, I read my inbox outloud to a friend - the asks I don’t publish I mean - and it helps but sometimes I don’t have anyone next to me to do that with so I get cranky when I see people prying into the cast’s lives, asking personal questions, things like that. It’s hard to ignore when you read the same disturbing things every couple of days. Thank you ♥

You're not annoying at all, on the contrary, you're the sweetest! It's just that I think people are frustrated that you know so much without sharing, and maybe also the fact that you continue to think you're a normal fan, even though you're clearly "in". I don't know, I'm trying to understand... I think it might be jealousy as well.

The thing is, I can’t say for now how I’ve come to know some stuff because it would spoil way too much and I don’t know if I’ll even be able to ever. I’m not really “in”, that’s the thing. I am a normal fan, as normal as a fan who’s lucky enough to live in Paris and who could go to a lot of events - and that’s a couple hundreds of us. I don’t know how much the international fandom is aware of that but David and Niels and the cast know hundreds of us by name just because we were lucky enough to meet them several times. I’m not really more “in” than those other people. Some from the cast have not a clue who I am at all and others only know my @ on instagram because I send them the pics. I’m a bit closer to some for reasons I can’t talk about. The team got a lot of complaints about everything always happening in Paris and some fans ending up being more priviledged than others. I’m hoping there will be more events outside of Paris, maybe screenings or something in the future so it doesn’t feel as ~Parisian elite~ as last year.

I think you’ve always been receptive when people came to you with a different opinion and from what I saw, you’re always willing to learn. Some people are just too entitled and come barging in and that’s when you raise you hackles. It’s not really on you, it’s hard to be kind to everyone when people don’t always deserve it.

Hmmm yeah, my friends have told me I have strong opinions and don’t change my mind easily so... idk. I could maybe be more receptive, like you said, at times. I went from getting one ask every six months to dozens a day in a few weeks last year and it still blows my mind. I wasn’t ready for that. There must be people who disagree with me in my followers. Idk. Something I need to think about. Thanks ♥

bonsoir tumblr grandma! 💫 in my humble opinion, you do not come off as rude. I just think sometimes people tend to read what they wanna read and make the worst out of it. Plus, the whole Even season is a really touchy subject because everyone would love one and when such announcements of possibles seasons happen, they can't help but be hopeful. So of course they don't like it when they're told it's not gonna happen. You're not rude, you're just saying things they don't want to hear. 🤷‍♀️ ily!

I know how much people must be upset to see their hopes crushed, I was disappointed too back when I first heard about it, and my hopes were not that high to begin with since David had said before Eliott wasn’t considered as main. I get asks every week about Eliott being main, almost every gifset I make will have a tag about how whatever is clearly a reference to Eliott being main and I’m just like... let it go. Or talk about it on your own posts. I’m sad it’s not happening. Don’t rub it in my face, you know? I didn’t say anything for months and accepted it was the way it would be so I couldn’t complain but then Henrik mentioned it to someone at HOS2 and I thought that finally those asks and comments would stop but they don’t and it’s very tiring. Anyway, thank you as always!

I don't think you're rude and i don't know you irl it's just that some of your anons are creepy and acted so demanding like you owe us something and it pissed me off actually. Like those anon who asked something like you know this right? How you know abt this? Why you know the cast? It sounds so suspicious that you know them etc. these anons are so nosy like why so negative. Istg i thought they would interrogate you yesterday after you mentioned abt working with assa before skamfr.

I’m gonna say something I haven’t really shared in details before but it’s weighting on me. Some anons are really creepy, so I don’t publish them. For exemple, somebody found my spotify recently and through it found my old Facebook. My friends have sent me screenshots of people following them on their instagram after being tagged in my stories and they are always Skam stans, even when my friends have never posted about anything Skam related. Someone once went digging into my personal life so far that they could have ruined the theme of season 5 in september if they had decided to make what they had found public instead of sending me an ask about it. That shit is not okay. I blew up about this once last year and somebody told me “why do you make it sounds like we’re creepy fans of yours” and well, because some stuff IS creepy. I understand being curious but I will never share anything about the personal lives of the cast or anything that could spoil the seasons so I’d just like it if people stopped asking, you know? Thank you for reaching out ♥

gaëlle you never even once came off as rude (i started following you in february-march when s3 was airing). you're always helpful and patient. it's obvious when ppl go to cons/projos/meet the cast they might unintentionally find out smth that's not public knowledge. and it's a good thing actually that you don't immediately run here to share bc maybe a cast member didn't mean to reveal smth etc. in any case you don't owe us any information and those who demand answers are the rude ones

Thank you, love. yeah I’ve lost counts of how many times they’ve accidentally spoiled something at cons or screenings or in the background of ig stories, especially in the beginning. They are more careful now and some even let slip fake spoilers to see if it will spread (and by some I mean Axel after his play when he stays to talk to fans lmao). The fans who’ve learned stuff that way are usually super protective of the show though so nothing really spreads and that’s really nice to see - sorry Axel, joke’s on you ahah

Hi Gaëlle! Just want to say that I followed you because you always sound soooo sweet and sincere when answering asks. Never thought you're rude, even sometimes I thought you could be ruder because the ask was rude😂 Anyway, just thought let you know my opinion on the last ask, have a good day!🥰

Thank you darling. I’m sure I must have been rude at some point, I don’t think the anon from yesterday would have said that out of the blue, and I’m very sorry that I don’t realize it. Unless when people are REALLY rude then I allow myself to tell them to fuck off dfghjk

You don’t know me but I saw you a lot at HOS2, I recognized you from your instagram. Every time I saw you, you were cuddling people, laughing, singing - I heard you sing with your friends and Maxence joining in, it was adorable! The cheers the cast let out when they saw you come up for the group pictures weren’t fake. You have an aura around you that brightens the room. I really hope this isn’t too weird of me to say. I don’t think you could ever be unkind. You wouldn’t have so many friends otherwise - I mean, it looked like you do - and the cast wouldn’t have reacted like that upon seeing you. That alone convinced me you were a good person.

Oh my god I don’t know what to say. This is very unexpected, why didn’t you come say hi if you knew who I was? I wouldn’t have minded at all! Thank you, I don’t know what to say, really this is so kind. Have a lovely day. Thank you. thank you.

You're one of the nicest people I know, you're a literal bundle of love and sunshine (I'm not even kidding, really). And you're always so considerate about everybody when you're responding to asks that are asked NICELY... so really I don't know how you can come across as rude. And you deserve all the love 💕

Merci @littlhedgehog love you so so much and I’m so happy Skam brought us together. It’s been way too long since I gave you a hug ♥♥♥

and at 3 parts anon with advice who told me not to publish, thank you too, I’ll remember everything you said ♥

#gaelle parle #im so damn overwhelmed by all this #every time i want to quit you're there being so kind and i don't know what to do with myself #nice people tag

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vampire-in-a-trench-coat · 7 years

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What I'm working on

I was tagged by @pandora-of-antioch <3

Rules Do Dis: List all the things you’re currently working on in as much or little detail as you’d like, then tag some friends to see what they’re working on. This can be writing, art, vids, gifsets, whatever.

Actively Working On:

Okay, so, this is gonna be long. XD

Let’s talk about the obvious one first. I’m currently editing chapter 19 of A Drop in the Ocean, which (surprise!) is already ridiculously long and I’m not even close to done with it so… yeah, somehow that always happens. Chapter 18 went from 9.8k to 36.4k in two weeks while I was editing it. I’m not even joking.

In addition to that, I’m also fixing story issues with chapters 20-25. Basically I’m moving stuff around a lot, and I also changed everything about how Sam… finds out about the baby, so I’m mostly working on that. (Yes, that scene is in one of those chapters. ;) )

Also, all those chapters currently end in terrible cliffhangers, so… I’m not even sorry. XD

I’m also trying to edit all 18 posted chapters but so far I haven’t found the time. So I’m sorry, but the typos will remain for a while. :/

Moving on from that, I’m also currently beta-ing a fic for a friend. I’m not in the fandom and normally I don’t beta but she’s my best friend and relatively new to writing fnfiction, so I offered to do edit it for her.<3

Actively Thinking About:

Well, firstly I think way too much about A Drop in the Ocean, at the moment mainly about how much of season 12 I’m going to add, how to bend canon to fit the story, etc. I also have 3 ideas for the story that I consider… risky, I would say. I’ve been thinking about those three a lot, trying to decide whether it would be delusional or something to add them. I’ve sort of made up my mind about one of them so far and I’ve decided to add it. Still wavering a lot on the other two.

Okay, now it gets weird. And a little crazy.

First, let me explain myself. I don’t know if you guys noticed it with A Drop in the Ocean, but I have a pretty… active mind when it comes to fanfiction. Like I literally don’t stop thinking about it, and in result I have about 40 first drafts for Destiel fic ideas that I’ve had, some that didn’t even make it past 1k and others that are already +20k and might actually get posted. There are also a few for other fandoms too, but that’s a lot rarer.

That being said, I actually have, amongst those drafts, a bunch of fics I want to eventually post. So these aren’t fics that I’m simply thinking about, because that doesn’t really happen. I’m already writing them, because I basically write every idea I have.

The ones I actually want to post and already have a substantial amount of words written and plot thought out are 8 Destiel AUs and my very first attempt at a Septiplier fic (don’t judge me XD).

I don’t want to talk too much about unposted fics and the ideas I have for them, but I can say a few things.

The Destiel AUs are basically: - Shifter Universe (possibly A/B/O, with Dragon!Cas and human!Dean); - Meeting through texting (the whole wrong number thing), but with a twist I’ve never seen done before so I’m not sharing it right now ;) ; - Ghost!Cas and human!Dean (no hunters); - Vampire!Cas and human!Dean (no hunters); - Familiar!Dean and Witch!Cas (kind of canon verse); - Another vampire one but it’s not just that and I don’t wanna share the details on this one just yet ;) ; - Skinwalker!Cas (wolf) and human!Dean (no hunters as well); - A/B/O with Alpha!Dean and Alpha!Cas because there are not enough fics about that out there.

The Septiplier fic is not an AU and it’s based on recent events. I still don’t know if I’ll post this one. That’s all I’ll say. XD

Also, there are other Destiel AUs I want to write more of but don’t have the ideas really developed yet. They might get written once I finish the others, but they’re still really raw so that will take a while. There’s another Septiplier one too that I just started and will take a while to be done because so far I only a few words written.

So, yeah, on top of the monster that is A Drop in the Ocean, I’m also working on all those side projects. I don’t want to say I won’t post them before I finish A Drop in the Ocean because I still have a ridiculously long way to go with that one, but I can say I will only post any of the other fics once they’re finished.

Still, I work better with feedback, so I have been considering doing the whole Evil Author Day thing but outside of the right date because that’s too far away now. Like, posting the first chapters of the 8 Destiel AUs just to see which ones you guys like more, because I’ll feel more compelled to write them if I know you guys want to read them. I’m still thinking about it.

Okay, so I think that’s enough. I’ll shut up now. XD I tag @lefantasy and @theultimatebio-weapon :)

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umbel-weed · 7 years

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thoughts on 12x15

(wow this got long, I’m so sorry, I didn’t think I had that much to say)

the YAS

CROWLEY. Oh my god this is like the best Crowley stuff we’ve had in ages. I have a friend who’s a Crowley girl and that just seems like such a rough time? It’s like being a Cas girl except that rather than his plotlines being inconsistently good, they are consistently terrible. I adore early-show Crowley, but he’s been so painful for me to watch since the trials that I’ve been starting to wish they’d just wind this up and give him a decent death?

But this, this storyline has me sitting up in my seat. This is something for Crowley to do other than ennui, and something for Lucifer to do other than aimless tantrums. You know the s10 finale when Sam tried to kill Crowley and Crowley went all badass on him? It fell flat for me because right from the start it didn’t seem to have any momentum - Crowley might want to be a badass, but he was still headed back to the exact same dead-end Hell situation. This, though, feels like it could last, and I really hope it does. I want a season or two/rest of the show of Crowley-Lucifer chess matches, Crowley flirting with the promise of tragedy and Lucifer gaining a grudging respect for this ridiculous demon before Lucifer finally manages to beat him.

And bonus, Crowley finally gets a proper thank you from the boys (both of them, even more remarkable) - tacit acknowledgement that the nature of their relationship has fundamentally changed in the last few years, and that treating him like a straightforward enemy is getting both unproductive and grating.

CAS. If I have time and nobody beats me to it I’m gonna make a post and/or gifset about Davy Perez and Cas and family, because no way is it coincidence that Cas tells the Winchesters “you’re my family” and then angels show up saying “we’re your family, your real family.” I think this is why I’m thrilled about this development rather than dismayed that we’re falling right back into the same depressingly repetitive storyline. They’ve actually got me believing they’ve reopened it in order to give it a conclusive resolution.

JOSHUA. I spent a good chunk of the rest of this scene flailing at my screen and screeching JOSHUAAAAAAAAA, I am so excited for this development. Just like, don’t kill him please. He honestly seems like the most plausible candidate for endgame angel leader - an isolationist caretaker who’d encourage the angels to stay upstairs and focus on Heaven running smoothly.

the MEH

The SLEDGEHAMMER to the face that is the Sam-directed subtext in this episode. It’s just, there is no subtlety at all. (I may also be a little tetchy because I appreciated the story behind Grace and her boyfriend, but gaslighting “for your own good” is pretty much the only trigger I’ve got, and it makes absolutely zero sense to me that they even tried it. You’d think Sam would be sensitive to somebody doubting their own perceptions, not... actively trying to make them do so.)

HELL is sort of an ongoing issue I have with the show, not so much Davy’s writing here because technical constraints and he’s basically just following everyone else’s lead. I love getting a peek at the weird and/or horrifying nuts and bolts of running Hell. I love the “which I think we can all agree isn’t enough babies for a decent meal,” and the tort reform, and the idea of demon deals big enough to require the king’s stamp of approval.

But also this stuff is like bringing a suburban lawn dispute to the President of the United States. Even more so, because Hell is huge. Hell is every damned soul since Cain, minus the couple hundred or so killed since season 2. There’s gotta be some sort of hierarchy in place - for Crossroads if nothing else, because it has to appear organized and reliable - and Crowley is both a crossroads demon and a businessman. How the hell has he not learned how to delegate?

The only thing I can think of is that all of Crowley’s reliable middle management people are dead and he hates his job so much he puts less and less effort into finding effective replacements (and is then validated when they turn out to be borderline incompetent scheming backstabbers, perpetuating the spiral).

KELVIN. I am v intrigued by this guy and hoping he doesn’t immediately die, but like... what the fuck kind of angel name is Kelvin. “These are my associates, Barachiel, Raziel, and Celsius.”

I always appreciate WINGPRINTS but it seems odd to have them given the visuals of their actual death? ‘Cause like, wingprints I assume are caused by the angel burning out and searing their afterimage onto the nearest surface, but these angels got poofed and yet their wings kept structural integrity long enough to burn out? …Why? (answer: because Cas needed to know it was angels so he’d check it out :/ )

(also I hate that we get all these visuals of sad broken wings again and then Lucifer gets such a nice shiny old-school wingspan. But y’know. Hate as in “this is killing me, make it stopp”)

Less organized thoughts about siren guts, Beyonce, and a disappointing lack of demon smooches below the cut:

Thinking about it, the bunker scene would have been equally/more funny if Sam was the one covered in monster guts just like *shrug* and Dean was the one being like “jesus christ jesus freaking christ if you touch any of our nice clean things like that I will buy a freaking bathtub just so I can drown you in it.”

(Sam’s hair is of course perpetually perfect, and Dean swears he’s gonna salt and burn Sam’s hairbrush because there were actual siren brain bits in it, seriously, Sam, did I raise you in a barn)

aghhhh creature cam. This isn’t an absolutely terrible example of it - the coloring is fitting, but the edge distortion drives me friggin’ nuts, like I know it’s a convenient visual cue for the camera being monster POV, but every creature cam gives the monster weird shitty vision - including ones who are predators, including ones you’d think would rely heavily on vision. There’s gotta be some way to do it where you can tell the monster has heightened senses rather than spectacularly poor ones. More saturated colors, or particular colors popping? A low-light scene that’s suddenly bright as can be?

I mean at least Solange appears to be a real last name. But like, Cas. Beyonce and Beyonce’s sister? Please, please tell me we get footage of him driving down the road listening to music at some point. Or getting into the Impala and being like, “hello I HAVE BROUGHT TAPES”

Poor Cas has no fucking clue how to deal with this guy. None of the human/hunter scripts he’s learned have prepared him for this. He knows it’s angels and he should be coaxing more evidence out of him, but he just loses his nerve entirely and is like GOODBYE SIR I CANNOT

guy: NO WAIT I HAVE PROOF

cas: *sags with utter despair at ever being allowed to rejoin the land of the sane*

*whispers* they said it. they said the name of the show. I thought there was a rule against this? No seriously, there definitely was at one point, it was on one of the DVD commentaries.

Bless this girl for standing up to two male FBI agents a foot and a half taller than her and twice her age and kicking them the fuck out of her house when they tried to gaslight her. Bless the shit out of this girl.

And bless Davy Perez for managing to put a gloss on Buckleming’s terrible OTT Lucifer-Crowley scene, because now in retrospect it can absolutely be Crowley being OTT and playing all the tropes on purpose. Lucifer hates losing, but he’s gotta hate it even more when he thinks he’s losing to a second-rate comic book villain who just hangs around and monologues at him.

The door to Lucifer’s room just says FACILITIES. Crowley’s keeping him in the facilities. Who did this. Get out.

Uh. Demon knife kills hellhounds? Didn’t they have that at the end of s3 when Dean’s deal was due?

*Dean rolls his eyes and makes a ‘blah blah blah’ gesture while Crowley’s ordering executions*

Winchesters meet Gwen: “your boyfriend was killed by a bear, definitely 100% a normal visible bear, invisible dogs are not a thing”

One hour later: “The devil? oh haha yeah don’t worry about him, we put him back in the box.”

I don’t know how the hell these demons think they’re gonna make a binding contract with Lucifer. He’s not a demon. He’s not bound by Hell’s rules. Even Hell isn’t bound by Hell’s rules - the only thing that makes Hell honor its contracts is the knowledge that breaking them will keep humans from making more contracts.

…gdi WE COULD’VE HAD DEMON 1 negotiating a contract hell-style like a throwback to Crowley and Dick, and Lucifer playing along because if he doesn’t they won’t let him out, and then Demon 1 sealing it with a kiss, and letting Lucifer out, and Lucifer being like “Yeah about that, you just forgot one thing: I’m not a demon” and exploding him.

WE COULD HAVE HAD DEMON 1 MAKING OUT WITH LUCIFER

#supernatural #12x15 #crowley #castiel #long post for ts #u

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