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1358456 · 1 year ago

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Generation VIII Pokemon Nicknames, Part 1

I might as well see this through and get "caught up" in a sense, even if this one is years late.

... And let's see how many Yakuza/Starcraft references make it... And again, I'll only nickname those that I can see myself making, and if I can come up with a nickname.

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Grass drummer, huh? Hmm... "Dalin". Read as Dal-in, the Korean-hanja term for an expert/master. If read in Japanese, it would be read as Tatsujin. So this is a Taiko no Tatsujiin reference, which is apparently an actual standalone game, but I only know it from a Club Sega arcade minigame in Yakuza 5.

Hey, I know this one! A sportsman fire bunny! No problem. I'll call it "Tennis Ace". But it's supposed to be a soccer pl- It's tennis now. Tennis Ace the job in Yakuza 8. ... So that's 2 for 2...

... Hmm... those are good stats for an Sp. Atk focused guy. Power creep? Ahem. So it's a Water type chameleon? Ability Sniper. Fascinating. And it's even blue, like a certain someone who appeared in my top favorites ranking. So this guy obvious gets the nickname of "Ghost". As a chameleon, I'd imagine this guy can blend into the background, like a Terran Ghost with Cloak research, and Ghosts carry sniper rifles. Even had the ability Snipe in Starcraft II, which was later changed to Steady Targeting, which everyone calls Snipe anyways.

That's... a fat squirrel. Has the Spd stat to match. I would never make one. If I did, I'd probably call it "FatRat", who... I think is a Halo speedrunner? Pro? Something like that? I don't know that scene very well.

A Flying/Steel, and not a Steel/Flying, so this thing would end up in my Flying Box instead of the Steel one. ... If I made this thing for whatever reason. This is like a more well-rounded Skarmory, which isn't a good thing, so... I would not make one.

... That looks like a Megaman boss. I used to watch my cousin play X4 and X5. I think it's from one of those. Hmm... high defensive stats, low HP, Bug typing... not ideal, so... nope.

Dex filler fodder minion. Pass.

Another defensive thing with low HP. Since I'm not studying each Pokemon extensively and instead, just glancing at the stats and typing, I wouldn't know the full extent of Pokemon capabilities. This one... meh. Could be strangely useful like Whimsicott, but Whimsicott has Prankster. This one doesn't. So... pass. That said, the spore on its back kind of looks like a cross between a golf ball and a baseball, so I might've called this things as "Bolf".

A fodder sheep-ram? I would've called it "Sham" but... I would never bother.

Another fodder. So far there's been a lot of crap that I wouldn't bother with, so I retract that power creep comment.

Hmm... decent dog. A faster, weaker Luxray? ... I got nothing.

A pile of coal. Hmm. The Japanese name sounds like "mountain of coal". So this is like a beefed up Magcargo. Which isn't good, since that thing sucks. Well, that's unfortunate.

Huh, the Apple Dragon is back. Or rather, it was here first then appeared again as a better Dragon in Generation IX. So if I named that better Dragon as "Invaluable", does that mean this one would be named (if at all) as "Unvaluable"?

Ehh...

Fodder.

Hey, this is that Kilo that Shield has! I remember this thing's insanely focused stats! A barracuda eh? Hmm... I might call this as "Machete". In Yakuza 8, there's a gang called the Barracudas, whose boss is Dwight Mendez, and his boss battle theme is Twin Machetes.

Hey, another thing that Shield has. I'll call it "Declawed". Because I thought for certain that this thing had claws when I wrote the short story, and it turned out it didn't.

Ugh. Massive centipede... Crap stats, so... pass.

Not a Water type? Huh. ... "Careful. There's no escaping this guy's headlock. He kind of sucks you in." This thing looks interesting, but... 42 Spd. Nope. Unfortunately, this is the kind of thing that pops up in a Battle Tower-esque thing that promptly gets one-shotted by my vanguard Salamence and only serves as fodder for Moxie.

Another Cuphead name? Um... I think there's a teapot somewhere in that game, so... that name?

29 Spd. Why is everything so f*cking slow, or insanely fast? The hell is thing is supposed to be, anyways? 136 Sp. Atk so I'd probably make one, but exclusive for Trick Room? I don't know.

60 Spd. Another slow-ass dude. It has Prankster, but... blech.

An armored Linoone? Finally, something with a respectable Spd stat. Not too high, not too low. Too bad the rest of thing sucks.

That thing looks like a Meowth who's seen some sh*t. ... 50 Spd. Nope.

Looks like this Corsola fought its way out of a Toxapex's stomach and reclaimed what was left of its body. 145 Sp. Atk is ridiculous, and 130 Sp. Def is amazing, but 50 Def and 60 HP with 30 Spd means it dies immediately to any Ghost or Dark type that has a physical attack. Boo. So this would be one of those things that I make but never use. "Leftovers".

Hey, Sword's Pokemon! That useless ass bird finally got a purpose. 65 Spd... ... It will finally get made, and then get stuffed in a box for eternity. "Short Legs". Because one, it has short legs, and two, this is kind of like a Zealot in Starcraft if you forget the Leg Enhancement upgrade from the Citadel of Adun. Or the Charge upgrade from the Twilight Council in Starcraft II. Yeah, it has a lot of damage output, but... it needs to reach the target first.

Last one for this part. And another one of Sword's Pokemon. An English gentleman Pokemon, huh? ... If I recall, there are Gentleman type enemy trainers in Pokemon games, and so this guy is that class Pokemon-fied. Thus I will call this thing as... "Sujimon".

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buckets-and-trees · 2 years ago

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Late Night Quickie

Collection: SHIELD Gaming AU Characters/Pairings: Joaquin Torres x Natasha Romanoff Word Count: 1.2k Summary: It's still all hands on deck around the clock as time is running our for SHIELD to finish implementing an industry-changing element into the version of The Avengers they're about to send in for game approval before the beta test can be launched soon at PAX East. But Bucky and his game tester aren't the only ones at SHIELD entangled in a very satisfying side quest...

Content Warnings: smut, oral (male receiving), dirty talk, praise, dacryphilia, age gap (Nat is 10 years Joaquin's senior)

Logistical Notes: Third tick for my Bingo Card in @the-slumberparty's August/September Challenge with B2: "Clothes on Sex." Same universe as Perfectionists and Test Play but can be read as a standalone - all you need to know is Steve, Bucky, Sam, Natasha, and Joaquin are the five-person team of game engineers for the SHIELD Gaming company.

Additional Notes: Thank you @vonalyn for reading this for coherency. Gamer graphic by @sgt-seabass. Dedicated to my co-conspirator for "A Very Horny Monday to You All..." @biteofcherry for our first week of mischief - she chose the theme 'oral quickies.' We can all lovingly blame her for this!

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2am.

Two fucking a-m.

Joaquin just grinned.

This was not the week any of them wanted or expected, and he certainly didn't want this to ever be the norm. But running off adrenaline, catching only a few hours of sleep (if he was lucky), lots of Red Bull, and late-night food orders to make up for what the typical in-house kitchen wasn't covering was something he couldn't deny was an experience.

Teams all across SHIELD Gaming had been and still were working around the clock to get the shelved-for-later Deep Shadow Conditions mode back into the release SHIELD was going to submit to the first party platforms for approval in just a few days. Marketing, story, game engineering, testers… everyone. It was a rush, pushing the limits for this short period of time, but they were close to pulling off a triumph with embedding Deep Shadow. Joaquin had loved the pitch for that aspect when it was originally floated, they had initiated the development, but then a couple of the execs had said to push it back to the next release. Fury had called the audible and said they needed to put it back in to top what HYDRA was developing with Project Insight. But Joaquin had always known Deep Shadow would really push them miles past everything else coming out right now.

That’s why he didn’t mind pulling these insane hours to get the work done with the rest of the engineers.

And he certainly didn’t mind this.

He had no problem leaning back against the wall of the women’s restroom, jeans unzipped, Natasha poised between his legs, and her pretty lips around his cock, deep throating him.

Fuck she looked so good like that. They hadn’t had enough time together since the Deep Shadow blitz, and he was so glad she’d pulled him into the bathroom right now. Her left hand was anchored on his hip, and the other was reaching up his shirt, roving over his abs and chest as his threaded into her hair, holding her head at the base of her skull. He was letting her control the pace and how much of his length she took in for now, just holding her, feeling that connection.

Joaquin had been under no illusion in the beginning that this absolute goddess who was ten years his senior had only been flirting with him because it was fun and had no intentions beyond more than maybe a night or two tumbling in bed together. But he’d had a hunch they could have more, that he wanted more, and categorically convinced her they were worth a shot.

He worshipped her but challenged her in a way no one else did. He knew that’s why she’d even started flirting with him, appreciating that he could go round for round with her sass, her sarcasm, and her saucy comments without getting flustered or cocky and the rest of their conversation – work and casual – had rolled along so easily like they’d been working together for years after only a few weeks.

Now they were eight months into an officially-disclosed-to-HR relationship – but not to their team because they did not need Cap, Sam, or Bucky in their business. Work was work, and until tonight, the physical had stayed outside of HQ.

It spoke to how little time they’d had together that they were here right now.

And he was just as hungry for her as she was for him.

Joaquin took over and pulled her head down slowly on him, drawing Nat down to take all of him, the tip of his cock hitting the back of her throat, then gently nudging further down her esophagus. She moaned around him, her hands flexing against him. “You always take me so well, Romanov.”

He knew she loved this. She was a cocky little minx and so loved the praise. In response she sunk the rest of the way down his cock. He groaned in ecstasy. Love this.

“Fuck, I could stay here with you on my dick until your legs give out.”

She tightened her grip on his hip.

“But I wanna fuck this pretty throat of yours, babe.”

A small noise from her as she stayed just as she was, their eyes locked on each other.

“That’s what you really wanted, isn’t it?”

Those lust-blown green eyes told him everything, and he grinned wickedly down at her. Abruptly twisting them around to place her on her knees with her back against the wall, he made sure she was secure before asking, "Ready for me?"

She hummed again.

He smirked. “Desperate for me?”

A growl this time.

He laughed. “Me, too, babe.” He brushed his thumb over her cheek, one more tender moment, then he slowly pulled out until only the head of the cock was the only thing she had her lips around. She sucked hard, hollowing her cheeks, and swirled her tongue over the leaking tip of him. “Oh, you’re so fucking good. Love that talented tongue. But now you’re really gonna take me.”

She nodded, eyes blazing with heat. He moved his right hand to cradle her cheek and jawline as he leaned his left forearm against the wall to brace himself, and then he thrust back into her wet mouth. He continued, pistoning his hips in and out, brutally but not recklessly. She clung to his shirt, his hips, anything from moment to moment. Her eyes watered, then the tears started to spill, and he groaned. “So pretty for me like this. Those gorgeous tears falling for me, just like you fall apart for me.”

And then he just focused on the feel of her around his cock, the heat, the sounds of him sliding in and out, her whimpers and moans. The frenzy built and then he spilled into her mouth and down her throat, hips stuttering to a stop, and she held him there in place, swallowing every bit of him until he was done. She pulled her mouth off him with a deliberately audible pop, smug, beautiful goddess that she was.

She slid up between his heaving chest and the wall, brushing her lips against his jaw with soft, playful kisses. “Like that?”

“Love that,” he corrected. “Bet your cunt’s a hot, drippy mess for me, isn’t she?”

“Wouldn’t you like to know?” she teased before claiming his lips in a kiss, tangling their tongue so he could taste the evidence of his spend, and pushing her pelvis up against him.

“Meet back here in an hour?”

“Fuck, I’m hoping we can convince them there’s nothing more to do tonight and get out of here in the next hour. Then you’re taking me home to fuck me in your bed properly.”

He laughed, “Anything for my Natalia.”

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quillsareswords · 3 years ago

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A Grave Fit For Two

DAMIAN WAYNE X READER

SUMMARY: The empty grave looked comfortable. Because of course it did. BELONGS TO SWORDS AND SPELLS COLLECTION, can be read standalone

WARNINGS: language, innuendos, dark humor

MASTER LIST in BIO

You hear his voice, deeper than normal, somewhere far above you, calling your name. You've always been kind of fascinated by the way he says it; something about the way he stretches the syllables, or the tone he uses that doesn't match how he says everyone else's.

"I'm here," you answer, projecting your voice out and over the walls of dirt boxing you in. "Other side of the excavator."

Your eyes stay closed, shielding your retinas from the bright light of a nearly full moon overhead. You listen, instead, to the sound of his boots against the loose dirt. You bet the treadmarks blend in with the others. Maybe he even marks out some of ones you left. His steps are heavy and sure; like he owns the ground he walks on. He's always been an arrogant som of a bitch.

You just happen to kind of like it.

He stops five feet above you.

You crack an eye open, joyed to discover that his towering stature blocks out the moonlight for you, like some ancient statue carved to guard a city. You can barely make out the green mask within the shadow of his hood, which lends itself to the idea of some ancient stone guardian. He's standing over you, hands on his hips, staring down at you with what you imagine is a funny cross between confusion and concern.

"Why are you laying in a hole?"

"It's a grave."

"Why are you laying in a grave?"

You fold your hands together over your abdomen and cross your ankles. "Tired. Looked comfy."

"The empty grave looked– Of course you think it does. Silly me, asking silly questions."

"Silly you," you smile up at him, eyes sparkling in the light that does escape him. "You gonna stand there all night or join me, handsome?"

He scoffs, turns his head away, and bites his tongue at the corner of his mouth. One might think he's annoyed, but you know that as a clear sign of fluster. If you could see him properly, you're sure his ears would be turning red.

"No, I'm not joining you." He crosses his arms. "Now answer my question. Why are you in the grave? Why is there a grave here?"

You roll your eyes. "You're no fun, you know that?"

"Only because you tell me so every waking day."

You snort. "As is my civil duty. The grave is for a crusty looking old man. He can't move on until he's had the burial he wanted."

Robin stands there for a long moment, still looking off somewhere in the distance, toward the ad-covered chain link fence hiding him from the sidewalk. Then, he crouches at the graveside. "Move over."

"Huh?"

"You invited me, didn't you? Chickening out, are we?" He drops down into the five-foot-deep hole, boots planted on either side of your legs.

You start wiggling to one side. "Shit, I didn't think you'd ever take me up on the offer. Dunno if we can both fit down here." You cram yourself up against the loose dirt wall. "Why are you taking me up on this? Took me three years to get you into bed with me, why's a grave so easy?"

He scoffs incredulously, lowering himself to squeeze into the spot beside you. "Do you ever think before you speak?"

You shoot him a lopsided grin as he shuffles into place, shoulder pressing into yours. "Sure I do. Just so happens that I'm always thinkin' about you."

He chuckles, finally settling down. He's tempted to loop an arm under your head, both to aid the space situation and because the dirt can't be very comfortable, but decides against it for the sake of secret identities. "I'm trying to stay out of sight of the sidewalk. Now what about this old man? Why does he want to be buried in a shallow grave on a construction site?"

You cock your shoulder, the one against his, and refocus on the light polluted sky. There's something unexplainably unsettling about lying in this position with Robin and not Damian. "He owned the building they knocked down to build this one. I guess it had been in his family for ages, and he wanted his wife to bury his ashes in the backyard or something, but she flaked and just got a plot in the cemetery."

"He's already dead? And cremated? Why did you dig a hole this size?"

"His ghost just wants to lay down and get buried with the box. Like, symbolically, I guess. I don't know. He's a pretty sad dude, honestly." You squint up at a passing airplane, recalling the way he'd cried when you spoke to him. "I'm waiting on Jerry to bring me the urn."

He clicks his tongue. "You mean Ross?" You don't have to look at him to know he's grinning.

"Jerry is a great help, actually. I thought he was just gonna be annoying, but hey."

"I'm sure Ross is thrilled to finally be involved."

"Jerry is funnier than you. Just so you know.

"Is Ross? Tells good jokes, does he?"

"Better than yours. They don't involve dead horses or murder."

"Really? You've never complained about my dark humor before. As if yours is any better."

"You wanna hear some dark humor? Jerry is still funnier than you."

"Oh, really?" He crosses his arms again, intentionally pressing his arm more firmly against yours, and turns his head toward you. "What do you call a wife who knows exactly where her husband is at all times?"

You look at him out of the corner of your eye apprehensively. "A dominatrix?"

"A widow."

You'd really like to prove a point and not laugh, but it bubbles out of your chest before you can stop it. You feel his arm moving against yours, jostling around when his chest shakes, too. "Goddamn it," you chuckle. "That's– Yeah. Okay. That's pretty funny."

He grins triumphantly, and it's that stupidly attractive and exceedingly annoying one that you have to look away from to stop yourself from kissing it right off his stupid face. The bastard. "Does he make you laugh like that too?"

You decide to ignore the challenge in his voice and shake your head. "Why're you here, anyway? Meddling with my work, encroaching on my personal space. I thought you were on the east side tonight."

He stops pushing into your arm more than necessary. He's still looking at you. "Tim asked to trade for this division. Something about snooping around an office front—I didn't pay much attention." He finally turns back toward the sky. "I saw your car in the alleyway. I thought you'd be happy to see me."

"You? Absolutely not," you tease, but you can't even keep a straight face. "I hate it when you drop by. I can't stand you, actually."

"Is that right?" And now he's looking at you again, mischief in his voice. "That's not quite the impression I got last weekend when I–"

Your name booms over the site again, ricocheting off of heavy steel equipment and freshly dry concrete. "Are you here?"

You roll your eyes and sigh. "Yes, you loudmouth welp. I'll be right there." In the distance, a car door slams. You look at Robin a final time. "Guess the fun's over. I told you it was comfy down here."

He snorts, pushing himself to his feet first, then holds out a hand for you. "I'll admit: it wasn't as unpleasant as I thought it would be."

He hoists you to your feet, and rests a gloved hand on the small of your back as you jam your foot into the dirt wall and haul yourself out. "Well, Birdy, I'd share a grave with you anytime." You plant your ass in the loose dirt and offer him a hand.

He chuckles and lets you help him out.

Jerry appears from around one of the new cement walls, backpack slung over one shoulder, transparent, gangly old man trudging behind him. He makes what you can only describe as a face of pure horror and disgust—actually, it's the same face he made when you asked him to pop the eyeballs out of a pigeon as a joke. "Oh god. Oh please. Jesus Christ. Tell me you weren't boning in a hole in the ground."

"No," you scoff. Dusting your clothes off. "And it's a grave. Much more poetic." You grin at Robin devilishly.

He heaves a long-suffering sigh and spins away. "I'm done. You've got it from here. Great to see you, apprentice."

Jerry waves at Robin's back. "Good seeing you. Tell the mistress I said hello."

You roll your eyes. "I am his mistress. Tell me hello."

"You're the mistress?" He probes a finger in your direction. "I thought you were the housewife."

You can hear Robin bark a laugh as he stops beneath a section of uncovered support beams and draws his grappling hook. You glare at Jerry. "Me. A housewife. That'll be the day."

Jerry kneels, dropping his backpack to the ground in front of him and tugging the zipper open. "Yeah? What are you, then?"

You tuck your bottom lip between your teeth, watching him dig around his backpack to pull out a canister of salt and an urn. "I'd be the kickass ex-wife. The one he couldn't handle."

Robin's grappling hook fires, claw whistling through the air until it rattles around and digs into its hold on a beam three stories up. You barely catch his scoff. "Radio if you need to," he calls.

You salute mockingly. "You betcha."

He shakes his head, flicking the release and shifting his grip, and then he's off, ghoulishly swinging between thick steel beams as his contraption hurdles him even higher.

You turn to Jerry, clapping your hands together sinisterly. "Okay. Wanna learn how to kill dead people?"

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rfisolation · 1 year ago

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Analysing The Key Factors That Impact The Isolation Of RF Shielding Boxes

Radio frequency interference is a problem multiplying exponentially as technological advancement becomes more universal. RF interference poses a high risk to electronic and computer devices.

Today, everything from mobile phones to radio towers produces radio signals; these signals can affect every electronic device sensitive to RF interference. The majority of radio frequency interferences are unintentional but cause the same impact as intentional interference.

It’s crucial to protect electronic devices from these RF interferences to ensure they operate smoothly with full functionality. RF Shielding is one method used to block RF signals that disrupt the functioning of electronic devices.

In this blog, we will discuss RF shield boxes, RF shielding effectiveness, and factors that affect the efficacy of an RF shielding box.

What Is An RF Shield Box?

Many electronic devices rely on radio frequencies for function, but radio signals traveling through the air from external signals can disrupt device function.

RF Shield boxes are shielding enclosures designed to protect sensitive electronic devices from electromagnetic and radio frequency interference. These RF Shield boxes are made of high-conductive material that can effectively block RF signals from reaching and interfering with sensitive electronic equipment. This helps prevent interference that can cause devices to fail or malfunction.

Moreover, RF Shield boxes are customizable according to application requirements and are available in different sizes, shapes, and levels of shielding effectiveness.

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reidslovely · 3 years ago

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It’s Nice to Have a Friend: Renegade (Alternate Ending/Chapter)

What if Peter had opened the door for Y/N after Ben died in It’s Nice to Have a Friend? What if he had allowed her to take away the pain? The journey wouldn’t have been so long.

Author Note: Surprise alternate ending! I love the wrap up of this series in the last two chapters but I couldn’t help but wonder what is Peter had let the reader help him in his grief? And then Renegade by Taylor Swift came on shuffle. Also even though the fic is apart of the series it can also be read as a standalone fic!! As always please, please, please reblog! Love you guys.

Overall this chapter is very personal to me because it is very descriptive with grief and how that impacts the mind. Both of my parents have passed away in real life so there overall warning of this chapter is death and coping with that. If you don’t like how I have written how Peter is coping I am sorry it is based on personal experience and everyone struggles differently. Please be kind to yourself and read when comfortable.

Pairing: TASM! Peter Parker x Fem! Reader

Content Warnings: Peter has major anger issues in this so warnings on that is yelling, getting physical but never with Y/N. Punching walls, and kicking furniture. Descriptive images of blood. Obviously descriptions of Ben’s death. Suicidal ideation.

There was an unfamiliar silence in the Parker house that night of the 27th, everything felt out of place. For it to be so late in the night for company there was no hearty laughter, and in place of tears of laughter there were tears of anger, and hurt. May’s body cried from the shock of Ben’s death, wrapped in his favorite blanket from the couch. Peter stood stationary in the doorway of the living room; his eyes glued to the blood on his shoes, his hands, the scent permanently stained in his nostrils. Not even the strongly brewed coffee could take the place of Uncle Ben’s blood on his hands, figuratively and literally.

“Here you go, May.” The soft voice rang in his ears, (Y/N) held his aunt tightly in a hug as she spoke. “Oh thank you dear.” The woman's voice whispered out as she clung to the young girl, her eyes darting to Peter. Bella, (Y/N)’s mother, entered the room with the box of papers May had asked for.

“It’s the least we could do.” She replayed sitting across from May.

For the second time that night tears built up in Peter Parker’s eyes as he slid down the hallway entrance, his body thudding to the ground. The voices in the dining room turned to nothing but a dull frequency that aided the ringing in his ears to grow louder. Soft, and cautious steps were growing in sound as they near him. She kneeled on the floor near him, taking in his appearance.

“Pete..” Don’t look at her. Dont. The guilt ridden voice ate at him. He clenched his jaw, and his hands balled into fists, the blood now dry and cracking under his balled hands.

“Peter let’s go..get up okay. Let’s go get cleaned up.” Her voice broke through the shield he was building around himself. (Y/N) took hold of his forearms pulling him up with all she had, with no help from him. His body followed her up the steps to his bathroom, she sat him on the corner of the tub as she dug through the cabinet for a wash rag. He watched her closely, there was something in her demeanor that was overtly clear but his senses were always on high alert nowadays. It wasn’t anger, but it was one of upset, and hurt.

“You’re very brave Peter.”

Her voice was as soft, and sweet as it was scratched his eardrums like nails on a chalkboard. A burning sensation crept up his throat and he swallowed it.

“Don’t start with that shit, you always..do that.” He all but laughed out, the bitterness carrying in his voice. It was misplaced towards her, and she knew that the look on her face never changed. She kneels in front of him on the cracked tile floor of the bathroom as she begins to wipe his hands clean of the dark stain.

“Well I mean it. You’re brave, you never run away. Not from Flash or anything, you stayed with Ben Peter, till the end. That means something.”

Anger built back in him, his jerked his hand away from her hitting the shower wall that bent under the force. (Y/N) jumped from where she sat, tears building up in her own eyes. Maybe if he scared her enough she’d leave, avoiding the fate he was seemingly bringing to people around him. But stubbornly, she stayed put, starting to wipe his other hand clean. Peter wanted himself to hate her, to push her off of him and yell at her. He stayed put though, watching her pay extra care to him. Handle him like glass, the way he did her. The same unfamiliar silence that held the downstairs in a chokehold, had made its way upstairs.

“I hate that..this is how we talk for the first time in a week.” Peter says in a breath. trying to make the interaction more normal. (Y/N) nods, standing from her spot on the floor tossing the blood rag in the hamper before washing her own hands. They catch one another's eyes in the mirror.

“You’ve been busy at Oscorp, I get it. You and Gwen..”

“We’re just- just friends.” Don’t get the wrong idea, I don't want her. I want you..need you. Who else was going to take care of him. Peter’s eyes softened at her as she turned back around to face him, the girl giving him a half hearted smile. Her hands cradled his face as she herself fought off tears, he could hear her heart pounding in her chest it sounded like his own.

“I’m gonna go get you some clothes to change into.” He nodded, slumping down into the floor as she walked away. The door cracked open, as if she knew he couldn’t be alone with his thoughts. As angry as he was, he was grateful that there was a distraction as wonderful as her in his life.

“I’m gonna wait downstairs while you change, okay?”

Peter nodded, suddenly at a loss for words. (Y/N) held his cheek before disappearing out of the bathroom. The entire time Peter changed he avoided his own reflection in the mirror, knowing if he looked into the reflective object he’d feel like a monster. He had the ability to stop this, use whatever the fuck was going on with him to have stopped the robber. If it wasn’t for him Ben would still be here, he was out looking for him.

Suddenly, Peter found himself downstairs looking at the shattered glass of the front door. Bella tapping a trash bag over the empty frame. Not having remembered his entire trip downstairs.

“I- I’ll go to the hardware store in the morning and buy a new door.”

The dark haired woman turned to him with a sympathetic look. “Let’s not worry about that right now, we’ll get it fixed before people start showing up for the shiva.”

Peter nodded looking around the downstairs area. He couldn’t bring himself to talk to his aunt yet, instead he walked to her placing a kiss on top of her head. May’s hand cradling his face. Neither spoke, but there was knowing comfort in the touch. Soon, he made his way over to the couch tiredly throwing himself down. His long limbs stretched out behind (Y/N) where she sat watching the T.V. on low volume. His socked foot nudged her, wanting her attention.

She looked over her shoulder, her eyes soft as she let out a small “Mhm?”

Peter struggled to find his words, his brain foggy and tired wanting to give out. He pushed himself back on the couch making it as roomy as possible before lifting his arm. (Y/N) seemingly got the cue, kicking her shoes off and laying against him. Her hands in his hair could have sent him to sleep, there was a comfort in her that he could never lose, but maybe he had to. Maybe it was what was best to protect her. So selfishly, and with good intent he promised himself it would never be her blood in his hands, even if it made her hate him. As a goodnight, and goodbye he kissed her cheek tenderly before falling asleep.

Ben’s funeral was beautiful, the burial close and personal. Everyone who knew the family had attended, and Peter couldn’t decide if it was for better or for worse. Never once did he think he’d hear what May and Ben had done for his parents by taking him as a ��favor’. That deep seeded anger kept creeping its way back into his mind, knowing that now there was nothing keeping it from boiling over. At least now that Peter had effectively avoided the one person who knew him and his anger like clockwork, for the last four days. Peter had dodged (Y/N) at all costs: phone calls, late night visits, all of it. It played off well enough, he was grieving and there would be no pushback. Today was just as easy, he was busy greeting extended family and friends. He, seemingly, had no time to be comforted by her as badly as he wanted to be he wouldn’t allow himself to cave.

“Pete do you nee-”

“Can’t talk, May needs more tissues.” He excused himself holding the contrasting blue box against the black of his suit running off.

There was guilt, he felt awful about what he was doing. He loved (Y/N), more than a best friend should, but he had to keep the things he loved at a distance. Once everyone gathered at the house it became harder. He saw her at every corner, and maybe that was because the house felt it was gradually getting smaller hour by hour. Peter could only hear about how great his uncle was for so long before his guilt started to eat at him again. As everyone ate, and shared memories Peter snuck upstairs; no one would notice him gone and if they did May wouldn’t let them bother him. He dropped his body into the desk chair pressing the button on his desk wanting to lock the door, the device locking up midway. His fingers grabbed at the device angrily, having restarted it several times over. Throwing the books off his desk and into the wall when it failed to work the last time, he closed the lock himself, giving a swift kick to his door before sliding down it tears spilling out of his eyes.

(Y/N) made her way up the stairs, looking at the flood of people in the living room happy to sneak out of the crowd but the feeling didn’t last long. Quickly a feeling of worry washed over her hearing the loud band and rattle coming from upstairs.

“Peter!?” (Y/N) panicked as she ran through the hall reaching his door, turning the knob coming to halt when it wouldn’t move. “Peter? Peter, are you okay?”

“Go away, (Y/N) please.”

It was a pathetic plea, she wouldn’t move not even if she had to camp outside the door until it moved even a centimeter. “Peter..I can’t do that.” She sighs, loosing her grip on the door knob. “Peter let me in please. I am not going anywhere until you do.”

(Y/N) shook the knob before walking to the bathroom trying to use the other entrance to his room, as she pushed it open Peter’s body pushed up against it. On normal days (Y/N) would have been able to push Peter’s body from the door and get in with no issues, but the force he was using made that nearly impossible. Frustrated, (Y/N)’s hands smacked against the door.

“Peter, please let me in. Please.”

Hearing her begs to be let in slowly began to crack through Peter’s hard front. His body weight eased up, subconsciously he knew it was because he craved her comfort, but the anger that filled him when she pushed into the room washed that subconscious need away. Before a rational thought could find its way into his head, Peter’s fist punched into the wall of his room, he pulled his fist from the wall as debris floated to the ground.

“You just don’t fuckin’ get it do you?” He yells, his face red and tears streaming down his cheeks. “God you’re..you’re so selfish. My pain isn’t yours (Y/N), I don’t want you here! You don’t get to worry about me when I am the one fucking responsible for all of this. And maybe when you’re the next one to get hurt you’ll fucking understand that.”

(Y/N) didn’t move outside of taking a step back so that the spit flying from his mouth missed her. She watched him with sad and confused eyes, it was misplaced anger but it still hurt. She let him sit in the quiet after he finished his rant, she wanted his words to come back to him so he could hear himself.

“You’re being mean Peter, stop.”

Peter pushed his back against the wall as he began to sob on the floor, (Y/N) settled next to him on the floor pulling him into her side holding him to her side. “I wish it had been me.” He cried into her neck. “He was looking for me, so I basically brought him to the robber. I was so angry.”

“You were with him in the last few minutes Peter, he knows..I promise.”

“It should have been me, I’m the monster.” He breathed her in, trying to calm himself down. Her hands rubbed through his hair and to his back.

“You’re not a monster. Stop saying it should have been you..because it shouldn’t have been. You lived for a reason, you were there for a reason.” She says into his hair. “I need you here, May needs you. So many more people need you Peter. What makes you think you’re a monster in this situation?”

“I got..I have..I got bit at oscorp by a spider and I have these abilities now. Abilities I could have used to stop it.” He says slowly, wanting to let everything he says to sink in for her. (Y/N) looked down at him in her shoulder, reading the seriousness on his face. This wasn’t a lie, nor a time to laugh.

“No matter what abilities you have Peter, this was inevitable. I know that hurts to hear, but a different day the same thing would have happened. It's just how the universe works.”

Peter lifted his head to look at her, his hands cradling her face. “I just don’t want to be the reason May get hurt next. God forbid you get hurt, because I ignore the right thing to do.” His thumb stroked her cheek as she held his hand there.

“I know Peter but we can’t control what happens in the universe. All we can do is wait and enjoy what we have. And use our abilities superhuman, or not for good.”

A silence fell over them, Peter stared into her eyes and everything in the room fell into place. “You know what Ben told me? He told me one day, I was going to realize I was in love with you. That I was going to look at you, and suddenly I would just realize and that it would be the most inappropriate time to have that knowledge.” Peter started to ramble out his love confession, (Y/N) shook her head. “Peter no, you're in a sensitive spot you don’t know what you’re.-”

“I know exactly what I’m feeling. I’m in love with you. You’re the only one here whose cared enough, whose stubborn enough to pester the fuck out of me. Not just now, but always since the day we met.” Peter held his face in her hands, his sense screaming in his ears. Her heartbeat filled his ears drawing out all the commotion from downstairs.

“I love you Pete.” She let out a sigh of relief, her forehead resting against hers.

“I would really like to kiss you.” He whispers, his nose brushing against hers. (Y/N) shook her head, her hands holding his wrists.

“You’re not in a good headspace Peter..ask me again in a few days, okay Pete?”

A few days felt tortuous, especially when she didn’t leave his side. She slept on the couch with him, helped him patch up the hole in his wall. The whole time, all he wanted to do was ask if now was the right time to kiss her. Instead, he accepted the fact that he would know when it was the right time to ask.

“You don’t have to go back just yet.” May reminded Peter as they sat at the table eating their breakfast. Peter nodded as he chewed on his food, he rested his hand on his hand.

“I know May, but if I don’t do it today I don’t know if I will ever be ready.”

May stood from the table, looking at him with understanding. “Well if you change your mind just call.” She says kissing the top of his head, before collecting their dishes walking in the kitchen. Peter grabbed his bag, shoving his board under his arm walking out. (Y/N) was sitting on her stoop waiting for him. He held out his hand for her, she took it standing up but their hands stayed interlocked.

“I have an idea for your suit.” She says handing him the sketch she had been mocking up. “It’s better than the one you have right now..which is kind of scary.”

“Rude.” He laughs softly looking at the sketch. “Come over tonight and we will put some of it together. Third times a charm I guess.” He said, shoving the paper in his backpack.

As they walked towards the school everything felt like it did the first day they met, he wrapped his arm around her at the memory washing over him. As they walked her pulled her close, kissing the top of her head. Once they reached the courtyard, the energy changed, Peter felt his palms sweet and the ringing in his ears grew. (Y/N) took his hands pulling him into a side hug, her hands rubbed his back.

“Wanna go home?”

Peter shook his head, curls falling to his forehead. “Can I have that kiss now?”

(Y/N) laughed, she pulled him behind one of the closest trees leaning her back against it. “Saying yes, but I don’t wanna be one of those couples making out at 7 am.”

“Ah a tree, perfect hiding spot.” He quipped, leaning towards her.

“Shut up before I change my mind, bug boy.” She whispers, Peter laughed finally pushing his lips against hers. Heat radiating between them, letting the couple forget about the cold that surrounded them. Peter held her face, laughing in the kiss as the first bell rang out through the courtyard.

“Mhm okay that's enough.” (Y/N) laughed, pulling away as if the kiss never happened. Their hands still locked together as she reached to grab her backpack off the ground.

“Another later?” Peter asked as they walked inside, following behind like a puppy. (Y/N) laughed, her head lulling against his shoulder as they walked towards the science hall.

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demifiendrsa · 3 years ago

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FINAL FANTASY XVI - REVENGE Trailer

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Japanese version

Final Fantasy XVI will launch for PlayStation 5 on June 22, 2023.

Game editions

Physical Standard Edition

Full Game – Base game package, including reversible cover art.

Physical Deluxe Edition

Full Game – Base game package, including reversible cover art

Special Clive Rosfield Steelbook Case – A SteelBook case featuring artwork of Clive Rosfield, the protagonist.

Cloth Map of Valisthea – A cloth map of Valisthea where the story unfolds.

Collector’s Edition (Square Enix Store-exclusive, pre-orders open December 12, 2022)

Full Game – Base game package, including reversible cover art.

Collector’s Box – A beautiful metallic-sheen box featuring impressive artwork by legendary Final Fantasy series illustrator, Yoshitaka Amano.

Premium Statue: Phoenix vs. Ifrit – A premium statue depicting a battle between two eikons, Phoenix and Ifrit.

Metal Eikon Pin Collection – A premium metal pin collection featuring eight Eikons.

Special Clive Rosfield Steelbook Case – A SteelBook case featuring artwork of Clive Rosfield, the protagonist.

Cloth Map of Valisthea – A cloth map of Valisthea where the story unfolds.

In-Game Weapon “Blood Sword” – The fabled scarlet steel of Firion, hero of Final Fantasy II.

Digital Mini Art Book

Digital Mini Soundtrack

Digital Standard Edition

Full Game

Digital Deluxe Edition

Full Game

Digital Mini Art Book

Digital Mini Soundtrack

Pre-Order bonuses include:

Weapon “Braveheart”

Accessory “Cait Sith Charm” – Increases the amount of gill you can get when equipped

Accessory “Scholar’s Spectacles” (not included with physical Standard or Deluxe editions) – Increases the amount of experience points you can gain when equipped.

Additionally, the following bonuses will also be available at the listed retailers:

Square Enix Store – The Realms of Valisthea Wall Banners (six-inches height printed cloth banners)

GameStop – The Realms of Valisthea Patches (2.5-inches height printed cloth patches)

Best Buy – Final Fantasy XVI Pre-Order SteelBook

Cast

Clive Rosfield (child) (voiced by Benn Starr in English, Yuma Uchida in Japanese)

Clive Rosfield (young adult) (voiced by Benn Starr in English, Yuuya Uchida in Japanese)

Joshua Rosfield (voiced by Logan Hannan in English, Natsumi Fujiwara in Japanese)

Jill Warrick (child) (voiced by Charlotte McBurney in English, Megumi Han in Japanese)

Jill Warrick (young adult) (voiced by Susannah Fielding in English, Megumi Han in Japanese)

Torgal

Cidolfus Telamon (voiced by Ralph Ineson in English, Hiroshi Shirokuma in Japanese)

Benedikta Harman (voiced by Nina Yndis in English, Akari Higuchi in Japanese)

Hugo Kupka (voiced by Alex Lanipekun in English, Yasuhiro Mamiya in Japanese)

Dion Lesage (voiced by Stewart Clarke in English, Yuichi Nakamura in Japanese)

Barnabas Tharmr (voiced by David Menkin in English, Gotaro Tsunashima in Japanese)

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Screenshots

Overview

Final Fantasy XVI introduces gamers to an all-new standalone story in the Final Fantasy universe, an epic dark fantasy world that takes place in the realm of Valisthea—a land blessed in the light of the Mothercrystals, and where peace falters as the spread of the Blight threatens to destroy their dominions. The fate of the land is decided by the Eikons, powerful and deadly creatures, and their Dominants, men and women who have been blessed with the ability to call upon and wield them. This is the tale of Clive Rosfield, a warrior granted the title “First Shield of Rosaria” and sworn to protect his younger brother Joshua, the Dominant of the Phoenix, Eikon of Fire. Before long, Clive will be caught up in a great tragedy and swear revenge on the Dark Eikon Ifrit, a mysterious entity that brings calamity in its wake.

Latest details via The PlayStation Blog

Final Fantasy XVI is an epic dark fantasy world that takes place in the realm of Valisthea—a land blessed in the light of the Mothercrystals, and where peace falters as the spread of the Blight threatens to destroy their dominions. The fate of the land is decided by the Eikons, mighty summoned beasts, and their Dominants, men and women who have been blessed with the ability to call upon and wield them.

This is the tale of Clive Rosfield, a warrior granted the title “First Shield of Rosaria” and sworn to protect his younger brother Joshua, the Dominant of the Phoenix, Eikon of Fire. Before long, Clive will be caught up in a great tragedy and swear revenge on the Dark Eikon Ifrit, a mysterious entity that brings calamity in its wake.

Jump into Action-Packed Battles with Impressive Eikonic Powers

As the first full-fledged action RPG in the Final Fantasy series, designed for the PlayStation 5, Final Fantasy XVI features unique battle systems where you can fight, not only utilizing Eikonic powers woven into your swordplay, but also controlling Eikons yourself! Switch between Clive’s Eikon skills one after another in speedy real-time action battles and participate in dynamic battles taking on the role of an Eikon as they clash against each other. You’ll spot some of the new systems we’re introducing in the game in the trailer above. You can learn more about them below and discover how they’ll help you fight fire with fire (among other elements)!

Titanic Clashes

When rival Dominants come head to head, epic battles between their Eikons ensue!

Eikonic Action

Clive utilizes the powers of multiple Eikons in breakneck battle!

Play Your Way

Myriad accessibility options allow anyone to experience Clive’s adventure—from seasoned action gamers to those who just want to enjoy the story.

We’re introducing a Story-focused mode, recommended for those players who are less comfortable with action games and wish to focus more on the game’s story elements. In this mode, Clive will automatically evade some attacks, and epic Eikonic combos can be triggered with simple button presses. Action-focused mode, where Clive’s every action is controlled by the player, is available for those who are confident in their skill—or want to test it!

A Hero’s Best Friend

Trusty Torgal takes to the field.

Another outcast from the Northern Territories taken in by House Rosfield, Torgal was found alone in a snowfield during one of Archduke Elwin’s expeditions to the freezing north, and gifted to his sons upon his return. After somehow surviving the disaster that nearly ended the Rosfield line, he was reunited with Clive over a decade later, and now serves his master with the same fierce loyalty he did when he was but a pup.

In battle, Clive’s faithful hound Torgal is never far from his side—and when enemies approach, he does not quail. Not only can Torgal attack enemies, but he can also mend Clive’s wounds—and if Clive times his orders right, the two can prove a devastating duo.

The Nore the Merrier

Because sometimes, fighting fate is more than a one-man job.

At certain points in his adventure, Clive will be joined by certain stalwart allies who will fight alongside him—the composition of his party changing as the story develops. Unlike Torgal, these party members do not take orders directly from the player, but fight as they see fit.

One of these party members, Cidolfus Telamon, known to his friends as “Cid,” is a soldier turned outlaw that strives to build a place where persecuted magick casters—Bearers, and exploited Dominants can die on their own terms. A man of science, he also conducts research into how one might live in the deadlands—as he and his band of fellow heretics must. Cid is also a Dominant—the power of the Eikon Ramuh having awoken within him shortly after he landed on Valisthean shores. No doubt it was this power that saw him rise through the ranks of the Royal Waloeder Army—where it would seem he crossed paths with a certain Benedikta Harman…

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dontmindmyshadowhunting · 4 years ago

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Welcome to Faerieland (Fan Fic) - Chapter 9 - The house in the hollow hill

This is Chapter 9 of “Welcome to Faerieland”, a sequel to my Kitty Fan Fic "To never being parted" although it can be read as a standalone story.

AO3 Link to the full story here.

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“Livvy? Livvy, is that you? I should have guessed I would be the first one to join you.”

The girl - the one he had met in the weapons room, the one from the drawing - shivered in his arms. Ash tightened his embrace, shielding her as best as he could from the chill and the wind as they soared through the night sky. He flapped his wings harder and winced. It felt as though a thousand needles were piercing through them, but he couldn’t slow his pace. He needed to get her to safety and tend to her wounds. She didn’t have much time, the demon poison was spreading through the long gash in her leg. Already, she was hallucinating.

“Livvy.” She sighed and smiled. Her eyes were half-open, but they were blank as stones. “I have so much to tell you.”

Ash could now see a familiar landscape stretching ahead of them, up to the white sea cliffs and the hollow hill in which the golden cage he called home stood. It was risky to bring her there. Save for the usual cleaning and kitchen staff sworn to secrecy, there had never been anyone but him, J, and very occasionally his mother in this house since they had moved in three years ago. But he needed the potion to draw out the poison in her system.

“I am… I am not Livvy,” he whispered back.

She blinked but her blue-green eyes remained unfocused, their pupils fully dilated. Her gaze set upon his wings.

“Are you an angel?”

Ash swallowed the lump in his throat.

“If I were, it would be the fallen kind,” he replied grimly.

Her eyelids were heavy now. She was mumbling something but it no longer made sense. Just as he thought she would pass out again, she jolted back to consciousness. She was suddenly staring into his eyes, a look of recognition flashing across her face.

“Clary?” She said, startling him, before she blacked out, her body once again limp in his arms.

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When Dru came to, she registered dimly that she was no longer flying but half lying, half sitting on a mattress - much softer than what she was used to at the Academy or even at the Institutes - and propped up against plush cushions. There was a funny taste in her mouth and she idly remembered having been forced to swallow a liquid. She no longer felt cold, and she realized that a silk blanket had been pulled over her.

Was that what the afterlife was about? An everlasting sleep in a comfortable bed? What a letdown.

When she blinked her eyes open, she was greeted by a beautiful sight. Her faerie prince was staring at her with his grass-green eyes, a lock of his tousled fair hair falling across his outrageously handsome face. He brushed it away with an impatient gesture, tucking it behind one of his pointy ears, and she noticed that his refined velvety clothes had been replaced by a plain long-sleeved black shirt.

“You,” she breathed. She narrowed her eyes. “I knew it! I knew you were too hot to be real!”

“Er- What?” His lips parted. He looked utterly dumbfounded.

Dru’s hands shot up and she started pinching his sharp cheekbones.

“What- what are you doing?” He tried to articulate, but she made it somewhat difficult, as she was squeezing his face and kneading his cheeks.

She could not help it. She giggled.

“Look at you. You are so… perfect. This is ridiculous.”

One of his blond eyebrows raised.

“So that’s the part where we kiss and there are fireworks and romantic music playing in the background?” Dru pursued.

She grabbed him by the collar, drawing him closer and his breath hitched. When their lips were so close they were almost touching… he turned his head away in a swift motion. She was left staring at his jawline - again, she marvelled at its sharpness - and noticed a wide X-shaped scar on his neck that had been hidden by his collar when she had first dreamt of him.

“What is it? I am not your type?” She said jokingly. Maybe her fantasies involved a bit of resistance to make things more fun.

He slowly turned to face her again. There was no trace of humour in his expression. His gaze was intense and serious.

“Not my type? On the contrary. You are exactly my type. You defined it, actually.” The sharpness and bitterness of his tone startled her. She swallowed.

“Then... why won’t you kiss me?”

“Because I don’t kiss girls who are under the influence of alcohol, drugs or - in this instance - demon poison.”

He started standing, but she grabbed him by the arm and almost cried out at the sudden throb in her right leg. She blinked and noticed for the first time that she had a long gash across her limb. The bleeding had stopped but it still looked awful. Several Iratzes had been drawn on her skin, near the wound. She remembered the searing pain she had felt as the demon’s claw had ripped across her flesh… It all came back to her then. The battle. Ty. Kit. Jaime.

“We need to go back! My brother and friends are still out there on the battlefield!” She clapped a hand over her mouth. “Raziel, how long have I been out?”

The faerie lifted his hands hesitantly to rest them awkwardly on her shoulders. He stroked lightly in a reassuring gesture, as his green eyes bore into her.

“The battle is over. King Kieran’s knights and the Wild Hunt swooped in, right after you were injured, and saved the day.”

She exhaled a sigh of relief as she fell back on the soft cushions. She felt dizzy.

“They are all alright.” A dark veil seemed to have covered her eyes. “I can’t-” I can’t see.

“Shhh. Stop talking. Spare your strength. Get some rest.”

It was suddenly all dark. An unbidden image came to her... black wings smeared with blood flapping furiously against the cold wind...

“You carried me… Your wings… you are hurt,” she said, before she fell back into unconsciousness.

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Dru woke to a soft breeze tickling her skin. She immediately sat up, wincing at the pain in her right leg, and took in her surroundings.

She was in a vast high-ceilinged bedroom, illuminated by a soft light that spoke of dawn. The windows were equally huge, framed by velvet curtains.

Bookshelves were covering almost every inch of wall, and though they were entirely filled with books, there did not seem to be enough space for all of them.

More books were stacked in piles, others scattered haphazardly across the floor.

A latest generation laptop was resting on a large mahogany desk in the corner, as well as several tablets - what was the point of having so many? Dru wondered - video game consoles and controllers, a huge sound speaker in the shape of a silver skull and… more books.

The room harbored several collections of various items, weapons mainly, but also figures from comic books and fantasy novels. A real size shiny C-3PO seemed to serve as a valet stand, a black leather jacket comically wrapped around its shoulders.

The contrast was odd, as if an enthusiastic teenager had decided to set up his headquarters in the ballroom of a palace.

A pillow and a crumpled white blanket had been spread on the floor, next to the bed. They were tainted with smears of blood that could be traced on the thick carpet toward a half-open wooden door. Artificial light was pouring through the gap.

With strenuous efforts, Dru whirled her legs out of the bed. She blushed as she realized she was no longer wearing her dress - which had been torn and covered in ichor anyway - but in a plain black shirt. On her, it was long enough that it covered her thighs. She tried not to think too much about who must have dressed her and picked a long staff made of oak wood, probably a rokushakubō, that was resting against the wall. She used the weapon as a walking stick as she limped across the bedroom, looking out the windows as she passed them. All she could see in the dim light were large stretches of green grass. She was still in Faerie, she knew that much at least.

When she reached the half-open door, she peered around and... gasped.

It was a bathroom, much bigger than her own bedroom at the Academy, and to say it was luxurious would be an understatement. Everything was built in the most precious and refined material, even the taps looked like they were shaped from gold. The blond fey was seated at the edge of a huge circular bathtub with his back to her, only wearing boxer shorts. His pale skin was covered in Marks, some freshly inked, others faded, as well as battle scars. He was clutching large cotton pads and seemed to be struggling to clean the wounds on his black wings. Vials filled with different colours of liquid were scattered all over the marble floor as well as boxes of dried herbs. He whipped his head at the sound she made.

“I- I am sorry,” she said, feeling her cheeks flush at his nakedness.

“Sorry for what?” He replied, in his euphonious voice.

“I didn’t know you were…” She replied, waving her hand at him.

“Didn’t know I was what?” He looked puzzled.

“Naked!” She rolled her eyes.

He just stared at her for a few seconds before he let out a short back of laughter.

“I don’t mind,” he finally said and went back to tending his wounds.

Dru swallowed.

“Let me help you with that,” she said, as she slowly crossed the distance, and sat behind him. She picked a few bandages and started working on the cuts on his wings that were the least accessible to him.

They remained in companionable silence for a moment.

“You are a Shadowhunter,” she eventually said, breaking the stillness. “Why didn’t you tell me so when we met earlier?”

He shrugged. “You didn’t ask.”

“That’s not it. Your skin was covered in clothes. You are hiding it.”

He tensed. “So were you. I assume you had your reasons. I have mine.”

Okay… He had obviously decided to close the subject. And she didn’t want to pry. She redirected the conversation.

“About earlier… What I said…” She swallowed and blushed at the memory of her throwing herself at him. Ugh. How pathetic she had been.

“Did you speak earlier? I didn’t hear a thing,” he replied, casting a knowing glance at her over his shoulder, his lips suppressing a smile.

She exhaled.

“Thanks,” she said. “You know what, I do think you are beautiful. But so are Michelangelo’s sculptures. And you won’t catch me snogging them.”

He was still sitting with his back to her and she couldn’t see the expression on his face but he seemed to be smiling as he replied. “Message received.”

“So… is this where you live?”

“It is.”

“Alone?”

“No. It’s just me and my uncle J, though.”

She fell silent for a moment and he heard her unspoken question.

“I hardly see my mother. And my sorry excuse for a dad is dead. Good riddance.”

She flinched at that. She had noticed there was a darkness about him and wondered if it was linked to all the scars on his body or his evident hatred for his late father. Or both.

“I guess I never thanked you. For saving my life earlier.”

“Don’t mention it.”

“I am Drusilla, by the way. Drusilla Blackthorn. People call me Dru, though.”

He nodded, as if it confirmed something he already knew.

“I am Ash.”

“Ash…?”

“Just Ash.”

“Don’t you have a last name?”

He shrugged. “Does it matter?”

“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” She playfully quoted Shakespeare.

He chuckled, shaking his head.

“Your turn.” He suddenly stood and turned to face her, folding his wings. Dru realized that it brought her gaze right at the level of his… She swiftly turned her face away, blushing. When she glanced back at him, shyly, he was sitting seiza-style on the floor, in front of her. He gently lifted her right leg to rest it on his lap, a small smile playing across his face. She could not catch the look in his eyes, under his silvery eyelashes, as they were focused on inspecting her injury, but she was pretty sure he knew exactly what was going on in her head. He slowly brushed his long and deft fingers across her skin while his other hand cupped her calf, and she couldn't stop her leg from shaking. Holy crap. He had barely touched her and she was already a flushing mess, her breath now coming in short gasps. She was very much aware that her toes were nudging at the waistband of his boxer shorts and that if she brought her foot a few inches lower…

They both startled at the sound of a loud banging on the bedroom door.

“AAaaash,” uttered a man in a slurred speech through the wooden material. “You self-righteous b-bastard. Open the f-fucking door.”

The voice sounded familiar but Dru couldn’t pinpoint exactly where she had heard it before. It didn’t help that it belonged to a man who was obviously inebriated.

Ash cursed. He brought Dru’s leg down and put a finger over his lips.

“You. Are. Not. Here.” He mouthed to her, his green eyes suddenly deadly serious, all of the earlier playfulness gone from one moment to the next, and she almost cringed. He stood and swiftly exited the bathroom, closing the door behind him. She grabbed the staff and lifted herself up from the edge of the bathtub to get closer and hear the conversation.

“Asssh,” the voice repeated. “I know you are ho-home. You left a m-mess in the infirmary. Anything you wish to tell m-me? You got into a f-fight again?”

Dru heard the bedroom door open with a creaking noise.

“What about you, J? Went out for liquor again?” Ash’s voice replied sharply.

“Ash. I d-don’t tell you where to put your d-dick. You d-don’t get to tell me what goes into my m-mouth.”

“The fact that you just said that with a straight face is evidence that you had one too many, J.”

“F-Fuck you, Ash.”

“Hmm… I’ll take a rain check on that. Not that I don’t find you attractive, but you know I don’t screw drunk guys. Come on, let’s get you to bed.”

When she heard the door close behind them, Dru came out of the bathroom, in search of her phone, on the off chance it had survived the battle. There it was, resting on the nightstand, plugged in for battery charge. That was… thoughtful.

She grabbed it, swiped the screen open and tried to call Ty, but there was no service. Crap.

She rummaged through Ash’s drawers to pick a pair of shorts that she pulled on clumsily, and gathered a few weapons. She headed for the door, opened it and… ran straight into a pale white torso. Ash clutched her arms to steady her, then brought his lips against her ear. “Going somewhere?”

Dru jutted her chin out. “I need to find my brother. He will be worried sick.”

He didn’t move his mouth from her ear as he softly whispered. “You only need to ask.”

She stepped back to stare into his green eyes. His expression was unreadable.

“Okay,” she replied hesitantly. “Can we… go now?”

“Whatever you wish. Can I show you something first?”

She smiled at him. “Hmmm sure. I have to tell you though, I have four brothers, including one who has absolutely no issues with nudity. Trust me, I already know what it looks like.”

He laughed softly, shaking his head, and went to confiscate C-3PO’s black leather jacket. He put it on her shoulders. The sleeves were so long she had to roll them three times so her hands could peek out of them.

As Ash shrugged on his black shirt and black jeans, Dru cast a quick glance at his body. He had broad shoulders and was definitely muscular, as all Shadowhunters were, but not in a bulky way. His long and pale limbs emphasized his tall, overall narrow figure. He was like a spear, shooting up and deadly.

He caught her watching him, and gave her a lopsided smile. In turn, he allowed himself to look her up and down, but it was quick, efficient and not in the lazy, lingering, creepy way guys usually eyed her.

“You look good in my clothes,” he said finally. He came to stand in front of her, and gently grazed her cheek with his knuckles.

“Your skin is so translucent that it feels like a splash of red ink leaked from a pen underneath when you blush.”

She was pretty sure the red on her cheeks must have spread even farther, the colour brighter, and she did something she had never done in front of a man before. She looked down.

“Grab my neck,” he said, and she complied.

In a swift motion, he swept her off her feet and carried her in his arms like a damsel in distress.

He moved to the open window and… jumped out.

It was different now that she was fully conscious and aware of her surroundings. She let the wind blow through her hair, allowed herself to be overwhelmed by the surreal feeling of being suspended in the air without the fear of crashing to the ground.

She whooped in excitement, crying out “I am the queen of the wooooorld!” and he laughed.

They landed on a narrow patch of grass on top of a cliff. A nightmare for anyone who had vertigo, but Dru didn’t mind great heights.

They both sat at the edge, enjoying the landscape. It was absolutely breathtaking, an unobstructed view of Faeries lands, patches of dark forest, small lakes and plains of green grass extending farther than the eye could see.

Dru understood why Ash loved this spot. It looked like you could see everything while not being seen. It was a spot no one could access, unless well, they had wings…

“Look,” he said, pointing towards a chain of rocky mountains. The sun came out lazyly, spreading its first rays to scout the sky before making its glorious appearance and altering all the colours of the picturesque landscape from one moment to another.

Her breath hitched and she grabbed his hand reflexively.

He whipped his head around to look at her and she pulled it back immediately. “Sorry,” she mumbled.

“Don’t be,” he said gently. He cocked his head, a questioning look on his face. “Do you have a boyfriend, Drusilla Blackthorn?”

She smiled at his use of her full name. “I don’t.”

“A girlfriend, perhaps?”

“Nope. No boyfriend, no girlfriend.” She exhaled. “There is a guy, though…”

She looked up at him and he was staring back, his expression unreadable.

“I have had this crush on him since… Well, since forever. He seems to like me too, but he won’t act on it. I think he’s afraid of my brothers.”

He lifted his eyebrow. “He’s a bloody coward, then.”

She punched his arm. “Don’t say that! You don’t know him.”

He shrugged. “The question is… does he know you?”

She looked at him then, and was struck by the intensity of his gaze. There was a hidden message there, as if what he had really been asking was “Does he know you like I do?” But that could not be it, right? They had just met. It would be quite presumptuous of him.

“That’s not all. There is another reason, I think, and that’s why I haven’t made a move myself. I think… he is still figuring things out about himself...”

“Clearly,” Ash muttered.

“...And of course, there’s the issue of... my age.”

She waited for a change in his expression, a question, but he remained silent, his gaze steady.

“Aren’t you going to ask me how old I am?”

He shrugged. “Does it matter? Age doesn’t really mean anything in Faerie. I’d love to know your birthday, though. So I’ll know when to throw you the most decadent party you’ve ever been to.”

She let out a free, careless laugh. It was as if a weight had been lifted, that she didn’t even know had been there.

“What about you? Do you have a girlfriend or a boyfriend?”

He crossed his arms against his chest. “I don’t date. I screw around, though. A lot.”

“Why don’t you date?”

He shrugged. “I guess I have major trust issues. Oddly, it’s the only way I know how to get close to people I will never see again anyway. And of course…” He smiled crookedly. “I like sex. Don’t you?”

“I wouldn’t know.” She cleared her throat, rubbing her thighs nervously. “So... I am ready to go when you are.”

“Sure, your carriage awaits. Where to?”

“If possible… the New York Institute?”

He tensed. “Is this where you live?”

“Oh no, I was just there to attend a birthday party. I study at the Academy, so that’s where you can usually find me these days. My real home is the Los Angeles Institute, where my family lives.”

Ash didn’t say anything. He was watching her with a thoughtful expression. She looked down, at the frightening drop into emptiness.

“Is this the moment in the movie when the guy turns out to be a psychopath and leaves the wounded girl on top of a cliff and she is left to choose between jumping and starving to death?”

“You have a lot of imagination,” he said, his expression still musing. He grasped her chin to lift it slightly toward his face. “I rather thought it would be the moment in the movie where they kiss and there are fireworks and romantic music playing in the background.”

“Heeey! I thought you hadn’t heard anything !” She swatted at him and he grabbed her wrist in a motion so swift it was almost a blur.

“Heard what?” He said, and she didn’t reply, she couldn’t reply because the next moment he was kissing her, his incredibly soft lips hesitant at first, leaving her plenty of occasions to withdraw. She didn’t.

The kiss grew deeper and it was as if the ground was a rug that had been swept from under her, she was in a free fall, tethered to reality only by his gentle fingers holding her chin while his other hand moved to cup the back of her neck. He smelled like the best Faerie had to offer, all at once, rocks warmed by the sun and fresh grass, luscious petals twirling in the wind, a storm turning a gentle stream into a torrent.

They both jerked away at the sound of an ear-splitting noise.

Before them, a giant eagle was flapping its wings steadily, observing them through narrowed eyes. Josephine, Dru vaguely remembered. And it was not alone. Behind it, an even larger creature, that made the first look one like a fly in comparison, was hovering.

“Drusilla Blackthorn?” The smaller bird screeched.

“In the flesh.”

“I am Josephine. And this is my father Rocky. These are the names Tiberius Blackthorn blessed us with. Our real names cannot be spoken by your mere human tongues. Your brother is looking for you and we are to bring you to him. You can ride on my father’s back.”

“Wait, are these… rocs?” Ash said in awe, his green eyes glittering. “These are thousands of years old legendary birds of prey thought to be extinct. The most dangerous predators among birds. And your brother actually named one Rocky? How cool is that guy?”

“Where is Ty now?” Dru asked.

“He is with my mother, looking for you,” the bird answered. “But we are to meet him at the polyamorous cottage.”

Ash turned to look at her, amusement mixed with curiosity plain on his face. “The polyamorous cottage?” He mouthed.

She elbowed him playfully.

“Okay, let’s go,” she said with more confidence than she felt.

“Wait-” Ash shot an arm in front of her. “I am not sure how I feel about you riding on an unearthly predator.”

“What do you suggest?”

He pondered for a moment before giving her an answer, his expression clearly torn. He finally sighed, seeming to have come to a decision.

“Well… You can ride me,” he said, gesturing at himself and giving her a wicked grin. “And that’s not a one-time offer.”

She rolled her eyes but could not help to feel relief.

“Are you sure you are up for it ?”

“Are you kidding me? A private invitation to the polyamorous cottage? And of course, I can’t wait to meet your brother Tiberius. It will be fun.”

She threw her hands up. “Wow. Don’t get your hopes up. My brother is very difficult to befriend. I love him, but “fun” is definitely not the word I would use to describe him.”

Ash turned to look wistfully at the two giant creatures waiting in front of them. There was a mischievous glint in his eyes.

“Well, he sounds pretty fun to me.”

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Tagging @gabtapia and @bookeater34 ;)

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monicawoe · 4 years ago

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(updated 3-13-21)

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Newest Additions:

A New Life - How Wanda brings Vision back (written post episode 5, Wandavision) | 1k, Wanda/Vision

Many Thousand More - For months, Venom and Eddie have been fighting back the unending swarm of biotech millipedes. But they just keep coming, and finally Eddie asks for help from a friend of a friend, Bruce Banner. | Venom/MCU crossover, 6k, Eddie Brock/Venom, T

Stumble and Fall Into You - Three months ago, Steve’s world shattered. SHIELD had been infiltrated by Hydra, people he trusted turned out to be enemies, and Bucky, who he thought he’d lost in 1944, had been alive this whole time. Steve tries to get back to some kind of normalcy, but Bucky is always on his mind, and lately he’s been seeing him everywhere. | 5k, Steve/Bucky

Older fics:

Bad Becomes Worse - Angsty Post-Zola Bucky and Steve. Good becomes great; Bad becomes worse. | 12K, Steve/Bucky; NC-17

The Long Road to Lynbrook - Six years ago, Bucky left the hamlet of Lynbrook to battle against the Knights of Hydra. Steve has missed him ever since, and refuses to believe he's dead. One night, Steve finds a frog at the well— a frog with one metal arm. | 9K, medieval shrinkyclinks AU; art by @artgroves

The Future Started Yesterday - In 2011, the final S.H.I.E.L.D expedition searching for Steve Rogers found nothing. In 2014, Hydra completed Project Insight and launched three armed helicarriers, killing millions. In 2028, Tony Stark was killed * In 2043, the Winter Soldier was decommissioned after 157 successful missions. In 2111, Steve Rogers was found. | 31K, Steve/Bucky, Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Banner, Thor, Roberta Mendez; M

How They Make You a Weapon - How Hydra turned Bucky Barnes into the Winter Soldier (told through the Winter Soldier’s eyes) | 39K words total, runs from pre-CA:TWS to post CA:TWS, R

includes side- missions: Control (1989), Juneau (1994), Siberia (1953), Woodstock(1969), Cathédrale Notre Dame (1991), Bucharest (2016)

How They Make You a Weapon — the Comic - comic adaptation / art by @luckyraeve ! on AO3 | on Tumblr

more fics beneath the cut

Bucharest (2016) - Bucky finds a stray dog in Bucharest. | 2K, set pre- Captain America: Civil War, standalone fic in the How They Make You a Weapon series

All We Monsters - In 1957, one year after Howard Stark discovered the existence of the Winter Soldier, an injured Bucky Barnes comes to Howard for help. | 6K, Howard Stark, Bucky Barnes, Peggy Carter; M - sequel to Memories Like Bullets, set in the 1950s

Things To Remember - Bucky’s apartment in Bucharest, what he remembers while he’s there, and what he wishes he could forget. | 3K, Steve/Bucky

Interstitial Light - After Thanos wiped half of life off the planet, the remaining Avengers find a way to reach out to those they lost, using a combination of Stark-Tech, magic and their own memories. Steve makes contact with Bucky, but they spent too many decades apart when Steve was on ice. But there was somebody else who knew Bucky during that time—who trained with him, who knew both the Winter Soldier and James Barnes: Natasha. | 6k, Natasha, Bucky

On the Ropes - Part 1 - Steve takes a life-drawing class, Bucky is his model. Part 2- After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Steve wants to enlist. He asks Bucky to teach him how to box. | 27K Steve/ Bucky, R

Though Death at Times Steps In - After a close brush with death, Steve is brought to Valhalla. He watches Bucky back on Earth, and misses him. Thor sees Steve’s pain and helps him perform a ritual meant to give closure, but things don’t go exactly as planned. | 5K; NC-17

It’s 3am and We Must Be Lonely - Steve and Bucky go on a motorcycle ride to Coney Island in the middle of the night. The amusement parks are closed but that doesn’t keep them from having some much-needed fun. | PG-13

Mending Iron - Bucky is on a mission for the SSR, tracking the hulking Beast that roams the mountains, when he encounters an iron man. Tony was kidnapped as a child and has been raised by Isodyne. He’s spent as long as he can remember building machines for them so they can keep the peace. But his new friend, Bruce, is convinced that all isn’t as it appears. | 8k, Steampunk AU - words by @monicawoe art by @massivespacewren ; written for the Captain America Reverse Big Bang 2018

One Rogue Line of Code - Steve Rogers spent most of his time building robots out of scrap metal. It was the one thing that took his mind off of the past, and all he'd lost in the war. One day, he found exactly what he'd been looking for, and everything changed. | 7K, future AU, shrinkyclinks; written as a gift for @deandraws whose gorgeous art of Robot!Bucky and Scrap collector!Robot Repairer!Steve inspired this fic

The Monsters We Make - The Winter Soldier escapes more than once throughout the decades. This is the story of what he searches for and who he encounters along the way. 1957 (Drangsnes, Iceland), 1972 (Los Angeles), 1986 (Brooklyn), 2018 (Wakanda) | 8K words; standalone fic in the How They Make You a Weapon series

System Override (fic set in luckyraeve ’s Winter Cyborgs AU) - WS01 and WS02 experience malfunctions | 2K, AU, R

#bucky barnes #steve rogers #symbrock #wandavision #mcu fics #monicawoe's fics

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crystallized-iron · 6 years ago

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Chaptered Fics

A Lie to Live (AO3) [stuckony/winterironshield endgame] Magic is forbidden. Anyone discovered to be able to use it is, in a best case scenario, imprisoned. Those that realize they have the curse are forced to hide it, or suffer the consequences. However, there are some cases where they feel they must act and risk revealing themselves... while others may simply slip up.

Bite Me (AO3) [winteriron] It started with a typical snowy night at a club. When he met and kissed a stranger with cold lips, Tony had no idea just how much his life was going to be transformed.

Help Me (AO3) [winteriron, stony (stuckony undecided)] Sequel to Bite Me Newly transformed vampire Tony Stark is struggling to keep his body satisfied with blood, but even his lover Bucky can't understand why Tony is in a constant, near desperate need. Director Fury of SHIELD offers help to Tony by the name of Ho Yinsen, a man that has been studying vampires since the first appearance of Aldrich Killian and his mate Maya.

What Fury doesn't realize, is that the help is actually coming from a vampire hiding himself and his clan within SHIELD.

Promised Love (AO3) [stuckony/winterironshield] The first letter came in before Joseph’s death, and he accepted on his son’s behalf. Steve didn’t know that a marriage arrangement had been made, quickly falling for the rescued boy his father had sent back home, and upon hearing about it, considered burning the letter so he could simply be wedded to the boy once they were of age. Peggy suggested to give the promised one a chance, whoever it may be, because Joseph would do whatever he felt was best for his son.

Steve agreed.

Lost and Found (AO3 only, co-authored with LadyDarkPhoenix) [multiple relationships] Learning that Steve was HYDRA all along was just the beginning of Bucky's messy life after gaining his freedom from the organization. Upon meeting two young women, he learns that maybe he had no idea what all had been done to him after all.

So Beautiful (AO3) [stony endgame] Tony has just arrived at school, and when he finds out his roommate’s name is James, he thinks it’s James Rhodes. He wasn’t expecting a James Barnes, nor was he expecting James Barnes’ friend, Steve Rogers.

Stand Alone/Prompt Fills

Are You High? (AO3) [pre winteriron] During a party, Bucky learns that Tony isn't exactly sober.

Prompt: "Are you high?" *giggles* "Put. The cake. Down. Now." "Make me."

Bad Dreaming (AO3) [stuckony/winterironshield] Prompt: Hi, if this prompt inspires you, maybe Steve and Bucky come home from a mission and Tony’s going through a depressive episode. Lots of understanding and supportive Bucky and Steve helping Tony get through this bad time. (For the Angst request) Thank You :)

Be Who You Want To Be (AO3) [irondad and spiderson] Prompt: Darling, you can be whoever you want to be. As long as you’re not hurting anyone, I will always be proud of you. And let’s be honest, even if you are hurting people, as long as they deserve it, I don’t mind.

Comfort (AO3) [pre winteriron] It's a cold night in the tower and Bucky starts feeling bad memories creeping up on him, so he goes searching for comfort.

Prompt: "Is there a reason you're naked in my bed?"

Dangerous (AO3) [winteriron] Tony commits a horrible crime for love.

Prompt: “Whatever you feel for me is dangerous. I’m dangerous. Us, together? Dangerous.”

Did You Get My Letter? (AO3) [gen] Steve confronts Tony about the letter and why he hadn’t called.

Prompt: “Did you get my letter?” “Yes.” “Did you read it?”

Don’t (AO3) [past harley keener/peter parker] Harley returns to Earth for the first time in years with his now sister Nebula, seeking out... something for Thanos.

Prompt: “I didn’t mean to fall in love with them, it just kind of happened”

Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow (AO3) [winteriron] Bucky was back. Tony could see him. After five years, he was back.

But they couldn't celebrate yet. They still needed to defeat Thanos once and for all.

Do You Ever Think of Them? (AO3) [clintasha] Natasha comes back from a mission and Clint decides to ask her something.

Prompt: “Do you think of them when you kiss me?”

Foot Long (AO3) [pre stony] Steve gets a little too curious about what's in Tony's pants when he discovers a box of condoms in the lab.

Goodbye (AO3) [winteriron] Tony and Bucky both learn the truth about Howard and Maria Stark, and Bucky makes a decision in the end.

Prompt: “My love is poison. You need to stay away.”

He Was... (AO3) [gen] When Tony goes to meet the Spider hero he saw on youtube, he meets the boy's aunt May Parker first... again.

I Love You Too Much (AO3) [stony] Steve catches Tony in the act.

Prompt: “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner.”

Jail Talk (AO3) [winteriron] Bucky played along with one of Tony's drunk ideas and now they're both paying the price.

Prompt: “I can’t believe I’m sitting in a mall jail with you of all people”

Let Me Go (AO3) [gen] After the battle with Thanos, Tony is left alone with the aftermath.

Prompt: “Just let me go already. I have nothing left in this life – Let me move on.”

Lies (AO3) [Harley Keener & Peter Parker] It was a name he hadn't heard in years. A name that brought back a horrible memory.

The reason he became a hunter.

Nightmares Brought Me Here (AO3) [pre winteriron] Tony is still suffering from past events. Still shaken from a nightmare, he ends up in Barnes' room.

Prompt: “Whenever I’m near you, it feels like I’m drowning.” “Please don’t abandon me–not like everyone else.” “I need your help. I had nowhere else to go.”

No Life Here (Without You) (AO3) [gen, can be seen as stucky-ish] Prompt: Steve’s first night without Bucky when he went off to war

Not Another Night (AO3) [winteriron] Tony finds the recording of the murder of his parents and learns something about his boyfriend he wished he didn't.

Prompt: "I don't think I can spend another night in the same bed as the man/woman who ruined my life"

Rebirth (AO3) [gen] Tony recovers from Obadiah's attack.

Prompt: "I will never forgive you for this."

Should We Go? (AO3) [winteriron] Prompt: an avenger unintentionally tells “winter” that tony doesn’t want him around any more

Sleepy Movie Cuddles (AO3) [pre winteriron] Prompt: winteriron accidental snuggling

Sparring (AO3) [pre winteriron] Prompt: Tony realising he likes sassy, leggy and man bun…but only on Bucky.

Surviving (AO3) [winterion] Tony had escaped but Bucky still found him in the end.

Treats (AO3) [stucky] In the park at night, Steve was fine with just drawing with sparklers. Bucky on the other hand had another idea.

Idea: Stucky on the 4th of July, setting off fireworks and eating popcicles.

What’s Your Name? (AO3) [pre winteriron] Bucky finds quite the surprise when he goes to open the café one morning.

Prompt: ‘it’s my turn to open up the cafe today and you were sleeping under one of the tables when i came in and i don’t know what to say so i’m just sweeping awkwardly around you’ au

What Are You In For? (AO3) [pre ironhawk] When Clint is shoved into his cell, he wasn't expecting the other person in there to be so handsome.

Prompt: Meeting in prison.

What Are You Reading? (AO3) [gen] Getting bored, Bucky decides to walk around the tower.

Prompt: “So… what are you reading?” “Just 101 ways to get out of a conversation”

What Did They Do To You? (AO3) [Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes & Charles Xavier] Charles wakes up locked in a cell after being captured, and meets a strange man that was left to guard him.

What If? (AO3) [unrequited stony] It's been a year since Tony's sacrifice to stop Thanos and Steve receives a call he never expected.

You’re a Monster (AO3) [gen, can be seen as pre ironbones]

With the reactor slowly killing him, there was no way he could escape.

Prompt: "You're a monster."

Standalone Oneshots

Mermaid Bath Bomb (AO3) [cosima romano/tony stark] He just wanted to give her a nice gift; bath bombs are pretty popular with women these days, right? Oh, but if only he knew what exactly he had ordered for her.

Stupid Punk (AO3) [stucky] Steve and Bucky are simply enjoying winter together on the evening before Christmas Eve, but as midnight passes, Steve has a surprise for Bucky.

Scenes

Howard Meets Maria [pre relationship, Howard/Maria]

Tumblr Only

Routine Inspection Words: 174 Rating: T Ship: WinterIron

Series

DUM-E’s Gifts Series

WinterIron Vampire AU Prompt Series

Bite Me Series (AO3) (Rated Explicit for Violence)

Winteriron Week 2019 (AO3)

Take Me Home (AO3) James was acting as night lookout when he spotted an unfortunate looking fellow stumbling out of the brush. Upon learning that Anthony had been taken by bandits, he agreed to escort him home.

Winteriron week 2019 prompt: First meeting

My Husband (AO3) Bucky waits outside while his lover marries another.

Winteriron week 2019 prompt: Weddings

My Soulmate (AO3) James and Anthony bond over stories of Dragons, before James learns more about the man he's fallen for.

Winteriron week 2019 prompt: Soulmates

I Want a Baby (AO3) Tony tells Bucky he wants a baby.

Winteriron week 2019 prompt: “I want a baby”

Need to Fight (AO3) Tony survived the snap that took out Thanos and his forces, but lost his arm in the process.

Winteriron week 2019 prompt: Prosthetic arms

A Promise of Death (AO3) Bucky finally catches up to Tony, and makes him a promise he intends to keep.

Winteriron week 2019 prompt: “You should shut up now”

Move in with Me (AO3) After Thanos, Avengers that were there since the beginning are retiring. Bucky tries to get Tony to do the same.

Winteriron week 2019 prompt: "Move in with me"

Bang Contributions

Captain America Reverse Big Bang (2016 - 2017) Bitter Sweet (Author: LadyDarkPhoenix | Artist: crystallized-iron) Bucky comes home from the war, finds out he has a daughter he never knew existed and now he must cope with life after the war while taking care of her.

Alternate timeline where Bucky's rescued after falling from the train, but Steve was never told and goes into the ice anyway.

Stucky Scary Bang (2017) The Soldier (Author: LadyDarkPhoenix | Artist: crystallized-iron) There’s something wrong with Bucky. Something very wrong and it may have dire consequences for his friends and loved ones.

WinterIronShield Bang (2017 - 2018) Trying (Author: crystallized-iron | Artist: lasenbyphoenix) It had been years since Steve last saw Bucky, and when his old friend suddenly appears back in town, he's ready to do what he can to help him, even if that means saying yes to a date.

There's a problem, though.

Steve's already in a relationship.

Captain America Reverse Big Bang (2017(?) - 2018) The Devil Walks In Bright Winter (Author: BigSciencyBrain | Artist: crystallized-iron) Bucky Barnes falls from a train in the Alps. What emerges from an underground bunker in a frozen wasteland is someone, or something, else.

WinterIron Reverse Bang (2018) Loving A Vampire (Author: Feelingsinwinter | Artist: crystallized-iron) In the 19th century, Tony is a greatly appreciated and skilled inspector. His dire need to find the murderers and killers to every case he is given is well known among the people and while it doesn’t always help him to get the answers he needs, at least it makes it easier to convince people to talk to him. When Mary Ann Nichols is found dead, Tony Stark doesn’t know the investigation will put his life in harm’s way, put his marriage with one James Buchanan Barnes on shaky ground and shove him in a situation he wasn’t ready to face.

When a murderer does their best to earn the name of a monster, Tony is ready to do anything to stop them.

Circuit Malfunction (Author: extremisfestark I Artist: crystallized-iron) When Tony is abandoned, broken and malfunctioning, in an alleyway, he's considering his self-destruct function. But then Bucky happens past him. Taking in a broken android likely wasn't something he was expecting, but Tony becomes more attached than he thought was possible.

Iron Man Flash Bang (2018) Is It Gone? At the end of everything, Tony checks his mark one last time.

Iron Man Big Bang (2018 - 2019) [See “Bite Me” at top]

Captain America Big Bang (202?)

#writing masterlist #stucky #ironhawk #winteriron #winterironshield #stuckony #harley keener/peter parker

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cruddyborderlandstheories · 6 years ago

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Sanctuary-III: Demo Analysis

Hi again! I’m here to do my full Sanctuary-III analysis. (im back on my bullshit of actually structuring posts like a functioning human. holy mother of g-)

Tl;Dr: So from what I’ve gathered so far, Sanctuary-III looks like a Maliwan-inspired ship, but was actually built by a company named <SUPAMAX MFG>. I do think the ship we go on in the demo is taken from another part of the game, probably the time period when we’ve reached the Maliwan/Monastery planet of which I don’t know the name (the one we see Maya on). I understand that we can see Pandora in the demo, but it’d be easy to travel back there and simply remove the option for the monastery planet when we go to Promethea. I have a couple reasons for thinking this, so I’ll go over it when we get there.

For now, let’s get started :D

So, even though we’re going to be doing a full analysis of the demo, I did want to start with our previous sightings of the ship.

Ellie hanging onto a smaller version of the ship.

Lorelei resting her foot on a larger model

one hiding behind Zane near the car

better view below:

and a ship as we see it on the cover art:

notice I say A ship because there are definitely differences between this one and the Sanctuary-III we meet in the demo.

Most notably the colors/design, but also the back engines are missing from below the spoiler and the fins on the front are different shapes. Additionally, the one in the cover has windows that are significantly different from the demo and the engines in demo have fins coming off the tops that we don’t see here. I’ve been yelled at before that this isn’t a noticeable enough difference to think about, that the developers just decided to roll with it, but honestly I believe if the designers put that much time into ensuring the cover art has a dozen easter eggs to solve, why would they look at the ship and decide “eh, that’s good enough”? I wanna believe they’re not that laidback about this.

So I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt for now and provide a handful of theories as to what this cover art ship could be:

1. Sanctuary-II or an earlier model of Sanc-III (or both)

2. A shuttle used to move people to-and-from places Sanctuary-III is too large to access and the drop pods are too violent to hit (I’m thinking meteors/asteroids here) annnd hopefully we get to putz around space in one

3. A fully separate ship from Sanctuary-III that we’ll have to use later on in the game, either due to Sanctuary-III being destroyed, or other weird circumstances that would render it unavailable. Could possibly be used to reach Elpis?

Anyway, enough of that. Let’s get right into the thick of things with the actual ship from the demo!

This hit me right in the heart. I love that u can see Pandora in the background, too.

The actual ship! Do you see what I mean by those minor differences to the cover art ship? Moving on.

The reason I thought this ship was mainly because of the huge swaths of orange and the blue engines/bridge. I had thought it was Atlas as well at one point, but retracted both those statements when I saw the name of the manufacturer printed everywhere inside lol

It is possible it was made specifically for either of those companies. I am leaning towards Maliwan, so I’ll point out my reasons why as we move through this.

Also, check out the docking bay on the bottom there. That door leads to the large room we see Ellie in. I think the fins on the front of the ship are to hold it up when it’s landed so we can drive vehicles out the bottom. I am hoping for a scene near endgame where the ship is shielding us from huge attacks from above as we drive out of the bottom and, right as we escape, it collapses behind us. Fingers crossed.

the back of the ship. And the engines I mention you can’t see protruding out the back on the cover art.

Oh, and say hi to the CoV!

that’s where Troy’s sword gets launched from orbit

as we zoom in, we can see a whole bunch of things

to start, looks like Hyperion got some nice rebranding. I hope Blake took over tbh

a poster of moxxxi’s. I love the feather in her hat; I wonder if that means her a mordy got back together...

also im going to take the time to point out

how much I love that each Vault Hunter gets something that glows. Amara has her tattoos (and she can customize the color!), Fl4k has their eye, Moze has Iron Bear’s digistruct pack, and Zane has a cool jacket. Rock on my babies, you’re all beautiful. Oh, and the whole teleporting animation for this, I don’t know if its like a “first time” only thing or what, but I love it, I love it so much. I’m so glad we’re going to be able to see our Vault Hunters in the third person.

okay moving on

so right away you notice the guide telling you where places are, with arrows point in different directions. It’s quite hard to read at the moment, but we do see it again later.

We all know about the quick change station and the lost-and-found, so I don’t think I ought to go over those right now.

claptrap seems to have his own little cereal or something, not sure if that’s been sighted anywhere else, but im afraid for anyone who eats it

player quarters! holy balls im so excited for these

We can see the display cases everywhere, but there’s also a vault (not that kind) in the back left. I imagine that’s the bank. Hoooopefully we get a larger storage capacity or my mule characters are gonna have a ton of new buddies to talk to lol

better look at the cereals.

also apparently that water bottle we see in the Game of Thrones joke the twitter posted is an actual asset in the game.

While we have singular display cases for guns, it looks like items get their own display cases

it can show off rarity color and on the bottom left, you get to see exactly what you’re looking at. no more confusing grenade mods for shields in this house

a non-holographic poster for the Typhon Deleon movie. I think this is the first we’ve seen outside of Promethea. I guess Amara’s a fan.

A vault symbol rug, and the symbol spray painted onto her punching bag. I think that poster in the back is a Monty Python reference? I didn’t get quite a good look at it, we might see another one later on.

Amara has a window seat, I’m actually hoping we’ll be able to hang out in our rooms and look out the window at space. I would honestly spend so much time here. Also, regarding the bed (not pictured, that’s the window seat), I’m wondering if that will have any gameplay effects or if it's just aesthetics. I hope it’s at least bouncy...

she does have some jakobs crates holding up the plants. Don’t know if that has anything to do with her backstory or if its just to fit the aesthetic of her room.

we’re also told “again, you can modify your player quarters to how you want to play” which... I don’t know if I’m looking too deeply into that, but it seems like we’ll be able to pick and choose things like furniture or overall layout. I wonder if they’d let us cycle between the other VH’s rooms. Not sure exactly what it’s supposed to imply, but it is something to point out.

Our first look at the SUPAMAX MFG logo. “Ships made Quick”

We also get our first look at Ellie’s cargo bay. More on this later

behind the curtains to the left of here

a poster of Jack and some lootable washing machines. We’ve seen the poster before, from what I’ve heard it's a movie poster starring timothy doppleman. Which... What a legend.

Now, I do want to point out we see this logo next to the cargo bay

this is one of the reasons I thought the ship was Atlas at first, however you can tell there’s no gap on the right of the triangle and the bottom edges don’t match. I definitely think the new Atlas logo is a delta to signify change, though, cause Rhys is a big ol nerd.

some blueprints of the ship and a bunch of reused posters from BL2 thrown in for decor purposes. There’s another poster of Typhon to the left of that, but since we’ve already seen it, fuck ‘em

We also see a buttload of Maliwan crates hanging around the ship, matching the color design of the one we saw floating around space

here’s one of them!

a better look at the blueprints as a standalone poster. It looks like ‘Sanctuary’ was written over with something, but I can’t make out what. also checkout how the paint on top doesn’t match the paint on the cover art’s ship. Nor does the cover art have the fins coming off the engines like we see here. I actually just noticed that even the spoilers are different shapes.

Moving on before I go off on another tangent

a poster for Marcus’s shop

the new golden chest as Randy called it. I believe we’ve seen the animation already, where the guns splay upwards like a peacock or smth

a cowgirl hangin out on more Maliwan chests

Marcus’s new sign. Honestly? He’s rocking the bun.

this dude we find walking out of the store. Don’t know what his deal is, but I’m digging it.

this Amara already has 5/8 Pistol SDUs unlocked! (Also, there are 8 max SDUs) Makes me think she’s a high level character. That’ll come into play later lol

5/8 Backpack SDUS. I didn’t show it but she also had 1/8 Shotgun SDUs. Also only +3 to backpack space each. Considering Amara already has 5 unlocked, that means we get the regular 12 backpack space to start. D:

bank space only gets +2. Amara already has 2, meaning the bank can only hold 8 items without upgrades. F in chat for the big bank dreams. Max amount the bank can hold is 24. Somebody comfort me... hopefully these SDUs increase exponentially 😭

the mystery SDU. It looks like a box with a question mark on it, giving out guns and grenades. Makes me worry this is some form of loot box, but considering it can be bought with cash in-game, that’s probably a good sign. Maybe you can buy golden keys in game to open the gold chest now? Randy said no microtransactions and, while he is Randy, I want to believe him (disregarding the skins fiasco because we all knew that was coming).

since i’ve also seen speculation that it’s the upgrade for the capacity of the Lost-And-Found, I think that’s probably what this actually is.

the shooting range we can see from here. Doesn’t appear to have any targets yet, but it may be like the one in BL2 where they only appear when we enter.

more Maliwan boxes to the left of the shooting range.

Crew Quarters sign!

some very big (tm) Maliwan crates

tannis’s sign!

this NPC actually seems important, I’m wondering if she’ll give us a side quest or something

what i’m guessing is the power core to the ship. It’s in such a great place to get shot... i wonder if perhaps... we’re going to have to do that at some point...

“ain’t no place like space” I love this place.

also looks like there’s a shortcut here. You can see the planks across the pipes, the balcony, and the railing here that’s gonna be easy to get over. Excitement!

looks like a control panel right in front of the core. Yeah, there’s definitely going to be something related to it. Maybe we’ll get attacked and we have to go stabilize it. Maybe our ship will get hijacked and we’ll have to blow it up from the inside. I can’t be the only one who thinks this place is wayyy too grand to not get destroyed...

better look at that bad boy

the opening to moxxi’s bar

actual bar

i have no idea what this is, but i dig it. Also the zer0 for the O is making me go 🤔 i don’t THINK Zer0 would get involved, but then again, they are doing missions for Moxxi in Tales, so maybe the two got together to make something

this door seems different enough and detailed enough (red glowing light) to make me think we’re going to be unlocking this and going through it at some point. Then it shall glow green and make me happy instead of frustrated. the minimap, unfortunately, does not agree with me, but I want to believe. or that’s gonna bother me to no end. Maybe some sort of “we just escaped control core angel” situation, idk.

some slot machines. Ca$hTrap! and Tinx’s Hijinx. Looks like an NPC is using the latter though so idk if it will be available to use.

scoring system. Looks like the ??x row will give us a new character skin!! hype.

the uhhh... Lava Lamp column... will give us...? ???

A devil fruit?? A grenade? wtf is that???

3 bananas gives us new colors! Crowns = head

the... Eridium...? That seems way too pink to be Eridium tbqh. It reminds me more of Seraph crystals, but maybe its a reference to the ‘Eridium’ growing out of the ground on Promethea? ...... Maybe that’s growing because Atlas/Typhon actually DID open the Vault on Promethea

uh anyway

The last column is about more crystals and then cash and then the last one... I assume the icons are Claptrap’s eye (considering the game), but the reward? i think that’s the grenade the demo player gets in the demo

we’ve also got Loot Boxer (also taken by an NPC) and Vault Line. I’m wondering if the NPCs using the machines are just a gameplay mechanic and they’ll disappear after a certain level/event. Maybe those ones give us better loot. idk.

for Vault Line, i think that says “Knockout Prizes” but I could be wrong. More importantly, it looks like we can get legendaries from this one! First column shows a green/purple/yellow (legendary?) gun. I can’t tell what the other icons are meant to be, though. i think the next 3 are shields, then maybe class mods? or... grenade mods? i don’t know. The last one is a total blob for me, no ideas on that. Also wondering if that machine costs Eridium to play or something, 1) because of its design and 2) because the rewards seem sooo much better than Claptrap’s.

outside we see the Crew Quarters sign for the first time and, interestingly enough, a TV broadcasting the same symbol we see being broadcasted all across the CoV camps. What’s up with that?

infirmary and crew quarters signs on the wall this time

more Maliwan crap. even says it right on the tin. Why is there a pokeball on there?

a map of the ship. We see this on a bunch of monitors, even ones on Promethea, for some reason. This one is mirrored. dunno why.

more signs. Left top to bottom: “Cargo Bay” “Armory” “Infirmary”

Right top to bottom: “Engine Room” (OwO) “Crew Quarters” “Cargo Bay” “Armory” annnd nothing on the last line this bend around. when they turn the corner, you can see that it, too, says “infirmary”

Also, the Heatant and Coolant Pipes lmao

“LAB/SICK BAY” pointing to the left towards Tannis’s corner

so, here’s where we get our first glance at something very very interesting

now, the crew makes us think this is our first time visiting Promethea in the demo. But if it is, why are there Promethea civilians wandering around the ship? I believe i go over this some in an older post, but I’ll recap:

1) It could be that Sanctuary III was already in the air before the game starts and had already visited Promethea to take some Civilians off Rhys’s hands so he had less to worry about. That would mean that we’d need a shuttle or something to reach the ship in order to activate the fast travel station, which is (possibly) where the ship on the cover art could come in. Because in the borderlands universe, you need to reach a Fast Travel station first before you’re able to teleport to it and if Sanc III is flying and Lilith doesn’t have her powers, we’re stranded on Pandora. (Alternatively, the ship could come down from space, but... I kinda doubt it can without not being able to take off again. Maybe borderlands just has cooler spaceships... idk. They were able to make a caravan space capable). Unfortunately, this would mean those screencaps from the new trailer that looks like Sanctuary III being infested with wildlife would not take place on early-game Pandora/that we wouldn’t rescue the ship and claim it as our own. (We could possibly get Sanctuary III in the air in the new BL2 DLC if this is the case.) The ship getting infested then could take place above the Maliwan planet or Promethea or soon after we join the crew and we’re sent down there to clean it up as a side quest. Or there’s a time skip and the ship gets overrun and we have to fix it. Now that’d be rad...

2) gearbox is being sneaky beaky about the demo time. We do see Maya later on, which leads me to believe this takes place after we meet her. Where does it look like she’ll be? On the Maliwan/Monastery planet. It could be possible that the devs took the ship back to Pandora and simply removed the Maliwan planet from the list of places to take our ship. That would leave Promethea as an option while also explaining why there are both Promethean citizens and Maya on board. Could also explain Lilith having her tattoos back, since we don’t know the events of the story that lead to us going to find Maya. Though, I think I have an idea... I’ll leave that for my Maya masterpost though. Lilith also says “We arrived in one piece... that’s a first” when we travel to Promethea, leading me to believe either that’s where Sanctuary-II warped and got destroyed (maybe explaining why there are Promethea Civilians with us now), possibly in the asteroid fields, also maybe due to a mechanical failure, or Sanctuary-III, when it first went to Promethea with us, got a bit damaged by the rocks floating around Promethea or some other thing like the CoV attacking, idk. What are those rocks for, anyway? ....... I gotta make a post on that, don’t I? oi oi oi...

Moving on

the front of the Infirmary

....

this kinda looks like a baby T-Rex. There are T-Rexes on the swamp planet, which we now are assuming is Promethea, aren’t there? Oh hell yeah. If the swamp planet ISN’T Promethea I’m gonna be all like [shocked pikachu face]. that outskirts area was really making me believe.

anyway, see above lol

we also get another glimpse at the SUPAMAX logo

some lootables in the back

not sure if these are Maliwan or not.

Zed also has a machine in the back here. We haven’t seen him around yet, but odds are he’s still kicking because of this. And hopefully still friendly with the crimson raiders. Maybe Tannis locked him in a closet or something, idk.

oooo i haven’t seen this screen before

i want to know what it isssss

this also looks eerily familiar. brb, gonna go find what this reminds me of

okay, so

not sure if its exactly the same material/type of symbol, but this location, what i have dubbed the “temple” cuz i got no better name for it, does have square emblems across the floor with borders.

so, interestingly, this one has what looks like an eye with beams shooting out of it. if that description sounds familiar to you, it should, because

EYEBALL

now i got no idea if these are related aside from being in the same game, but it does interest me that they’ve both got eyeballs and streaky beams.

Oh and Tannis’s Vault symbol doesn’t have the writing (?) across the edges, but I will say, it does kinda look like cuneiform and eridian writing had a baby. Like, if you super heavily pixelate the Watcher’s name on her title card...

tbh I’ve theorized a lot about this place, but haven’t found anything I particularly like. From the place where the first Vault Atlas ever opened is (meaning its on Promethea and could explain why Tannis has that slab), the Great Vault’s holding place (where the skeleton on the ground is Typhon and his final journal) (perhaps the Great Vault is the entryway to the Eridian homeworld... that could explain why the CoV are trying to find it... might be a reason why they’re being manipulated by new aliens to find it. god please let them be the Seraphs...) uh, anyway, I also had an idea that it was someplace on the Maliwan planet, and maybe that it was in the archives area that was taken over by Maliwan and that the skeleton was of a Siren. That would explain why Maya is shown handing the book to Little Blue in the MoM. I go over that in an old post though, so moving on.

oh, there’s also a frame of Tannis’s animation where the dinosaur she was inside stands up and clips through the table:

there’s a small room over here we don’t get to see, and I’m wondering if there’s another NPC joining us on Sanctuary-III that isn’t showcased. god I hope if its pickle he got more bearable as he got older because dear god i hated him in tps. I can’t see Athena nor Janey with a desk like that. Maybe Vaughn? Though would he really want to go back to being an accountant after everything...?

more maliwan boxes btw. looks like someone scribbled on this one lol

now we head to the bridge!!!

looks like an arcade game lol

but possibly a control mechanism for shuttles coming in??? 👀 👀 👀

Crew Quarters and the SUPAMAX logo

oh yeah, and in case you were doubtful that this was a borderlands game:

“Caution: Excessive Farts Detected”

the Bridge!!!

We’ve got a holo-projector thing up front like we’ve seen Rhys use, as well as a mini one used as a digistructer during Lorelei’s hamburger quest. Most interesting, Lily has her tattoos! Definitely wondering if this takes place later on in the story or if they swapped her early game model in. either way, they’re definitely there.

some cool art of Sanctuary III zooming away

just have to say

i love this so much

its great

okay moving on

I wish they’d be more specific. do ruins = vault? Typhon says he discovers the Vault and the Key in one fell swoop. if Typhon DID give atlas the Vault key and the location to the Vault (and we’re not just listening to an ARG for the movie or smth) then why didn’t Atlas open it immediately?! I mean, in TFTBL Cassius says Gortys is their last ditch attempt at opening a Vault! So what the heck?? I can’t believe that it would be less than 200 years from the first Vault being discovered to the Eridians abandoning everything. like vault keys take 200 years to naturally charge so there’s no reason why it wouldn’t be already charged and available (Unless its more of a cycle thing where it charges and then discharges after a while for safety’s sake??).

And another thing, if that IS Eridium growing out of the ground on Promethea, then they totally DID open the first Vault. Or at least Typhon did. Unless there was something stopping them... like... Maybe in the temple those demon-looking-things stopped them from getting through and that’s why we find a bunch of skeletons around the place? Or maybe the Guardians got to them, or some other Eridian protection scheme. i don’t know... im so confused... brain hurt...

anyway

why the fuck does Elpis look like this

is that the light side of the moon? dear god im blind.

hhhh at least we can still see the crackening

lowkey wondering if the ship is based off of Eridian tech. I could totally see a slip-space drive being based off Lilith’s phasewalking

when we finish travelling, Lily says “We’ve arrived in one piece. that’s a first” and yeeah, i can see whyyy

rocks. rocks everywhere. tbh i think these rocks are 1) why lilith says that (we’ve either been to Promethea before in Sanc-III or Sanc-II got decimated slip jumping here) and 2) why the VH’s entry into Promethea is apparently so awful Lilith needs to ask if they’re actually still alive. also, we get to see just how much of Promethea is cities and goddamn. that’s a lot for a borderworld.

sorry for the youtube bar.

Deck A: Hammerlock - Infirmary/Tannis - Deck B: Marcus - Moxxi Deck C: Cargo Bay

I am honestly so curious how they got this ship with that lettering on it. I guess they could’ve made it themselves, but... you gotta wonder... maybe we get the ship built on Pandora by Ellie. Or she helps us fix it up after we remove all gross rat things from it.

MAYAAAAA

better look at the Monty poster plus some other stuff, like a clock, dartboard, and a gas mask. Also if anyone knows what that says up top there, please let me know, im super curious!

Hammerlock’s quarters!

this guy has the same facial hair as Zane. I swear to god if I hear “Oh, that’s me fourth brother” im gonna lose my absolute shit

something to the far left outside of Hammerlock’s quarters we’re not allowed to see yet :(

there’s also graffiti of “Charge port here” around the ship and i think that’s hilarious. It’s like an airport

put your ports in, damn it!

Ellie!!!

More maliwan boxes to her left, btw

the actual cargo bay. remember how i said to look at the bottom of sanctuary III to find the door? I’m like 90% sure that’s it right there. Randy also says “down here we can check out the vehicles we’ve collected AND this is how/where we get access to the planets while we’re in orbit”.