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rexeipts · 3 years

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Monday morning rewatch thoughts:

I am in my feels, very angry at this episode.

Annie had little to no story so skipping her this time around.

Ruby & Stan:

- Stanimal trying to get the girls to strike was great, and I want to see him (not Beth) run the strip club so bad. I hope that is the storyline they take us down.

- Ruby and Stan once again are king and queen of communication. These two are such an excellent example of healthy and happy marriage.

- Ruby biting a lime at Stan’s replacement gave me life in the montage

Beth & Dean:

That’s who Beth gets paired with this week. Dean. Not Rio. Because that’s how mad I am at her.

- Dean on the bike ride scene was once again far too long and wasted precious screen time. I forced myself not to fast forward through that scene. And you know what I noticed? Dean literally compares being sexually assaulted in prison to being someone’s wife on a honeymoon and being forced to have a baby put inside you. Because that is how Dean sees his fucking wife and marriage. Literal other convicts sexually assaulting someone in prison is like them thinking you’re their wife on a honey moon. Let that fucking sink in. And no, I don’t think that was intentional characterization by the writers. That is just existing as a metaphor these writers chose to use while trying to continue a Dean redemption arc.

- Dean leaving the hot tub when the other guys were shitting on Beth for being a buzz kill was an attempt at showing “growth”. But it’s not. It’s fucking table stakes. See above mention of non consensual sex being like a wife.

- How Beth does not realize this is another of dean’s idiotic schemes and poor money decisions is beyond me.

- I am relieved only in that Beth looked upset after getting Rio arrested this time. Good. Be upset. You had a choice. I’m so mad at Beth right now. I’m honestly starting to think she deserves Dean.

- Beth, honestly you think Rio would hurt your kids? Then why turn him in? You’re so scared of him then why risk it? Choosing him would have meant protecting your kids if you look at it factually, he threatened your family if you turned him in. Like she’s just dumb at this point? The writers have characterized her as dumb. Did she conveniently forget season 1 when he got out? I mean for real? Do these writers even watch previous seasons?

- Beth being with Dean literally undermines all feminism about the show. I have said that before and will say it again. Dean is a cancer on this show’s fun. Pun intended.

- Beth uses her sweet housewife voice on Nick. Literally everyone but Rio. And she literally flirts with Nick. You’re literally married Beth. Divorce Dean before you flirt with yet another person.

Rio & Nick:

- Baby Rio looked like Rio I thought. Him drawing a boxer was heart breaking. Because he literally wanted that his entire life. The last flashback scene made it seem like he wanted it for money. Nick tells him he doesn’t need boxing because they have a way to get money now, but Rio literally wanted boxing from childhood. And Nick ripped that away from him. Nick gave him no choice. Not because he wanted him to learn a lesson, because he wanted to use him. Rio is Nick’s designated fall guy.

- Rio = good egg, Nick bad, better be fucking FORESHADOWING FOR RIO GETTING SOMETHING NICE FINALLY THIS SEASON. At least the writers told us that pretty openly.

- The champ champ champ now all makes sense

- Who is Rio’s coach and can we please have a cheesy storyline where the coach is the only one to ever be on his side

- What is he having them print for? The girls point it out like why does he need all of that?

- Him telling Beth he does need her? No he doesn’t. That was actually a very sweet line. The way he looked at her, he’s in love with her guys. Like his face said yes I need you because I can’t seem to give you up. He doesn’t need her for money. It’s unfortunate they chose to dirty it up with him threatening her family.

- Rio grows from the ashes. He is the designated fall guy who rises from the ashes to be untouchable. Hence Phoenix I guess. Sure.

- I actually like Nick being in the show. First because I’m mad at Beth. But mostly because he is the only character introducing a new dynamic. He is the only thing that’s not repetitive. The only fresh storyline. And he’s already making her talk about Rio. But also, would it fucking kill either of them to say the man’s damn name? But also I like the actor and think he’s pleasant to look at on screen, sue me.

- Oh look, Nick, another man telling Beth Rio is too dangerous for her when she LITERALLY SHOT HIM. Do you all REALIZE SHE IS NOT A DELICATE FUCKING LAMB.

- I am no longer convinced that Rio had a plan all this time, not after rewatching the car scene. It seems like Rio was ready to kill her, mostly because he doesn’t know another choice, and Nick pointed out the obvious. Unless Rio is playing Nick. But truth be told, Rio threatening her family was ooc. And I’m holding on to the fact that he said family, aka Dean Annie Ruby who he has threatened before, and she took it to mean kids. I’m also holding on to the fact that Rio puts on masks. He puts on cold gang banger mask, he tries to manipulate and find new ways to incentivize beth. If you look at it that way, as him trying to get her to choose him rather than a plot of trying to get her to turn him in, it’s heartbreaking. He is so desperate to get her to pick him he literally pulled out his final option. His only remaining incentive that he hasn’t tried on her. EDIT: UNLESS Rio is playing Nick too. Because now? SS trusts Beth. And Nick trusts Rio. Nick thinks Rio and Beth aren’t on the same side. That Beth turned Rio in and Rio’s murderous over it. And Rio can use Beth to take Nick down without Nick seeing them coming. I hope they’re going for that. Because that would be genius. And would really be Rio 100 steps ahead, and would make the whole episode make sense in terms of his characterization.

- The arrest scene was heart breaking. The complete betrayal in his eyes was so sad. As others have stated, choosing to slam him on a table, while yes it is realistic to how he would likely be treated in the real world, was not necessary. He wasn’t resisting and was literally just standing there. Idk why the writers feel the need to be “realistic” in some moments and not in others. Poor choice. But what I did appreciate was him staring at Beth. Like she was forced to face him this time. With his face shoved against a table while she stands there being cuffed gently. She did that. She didn’t see him arrested on tv. She didn’t run away after shooting him. She had to stand there in his gaze looking at the betrayal on his face. Good. I’m sorry but she deserved it. She needs to face the damn consequences of her actions. Sorry I’m upset with her RN.

- At this point I believe Rio is in love with Beth. And it seems the writers are actually pushing metaphors and moments that make us sympathize with Rio and see Nick as the bad guy. I do think Beth will eventually get there/realize her feelings for Rio later this season but it might be too little too late. Time will tell.

Promo/Thoughts going forward:

- I like Phoebe and don’t mind her being around

- Rio and Beth on a bench again is good news to me. On the same bench.

- Idk if it’s a time jump but Rio comes in with a fresh hair cut, new wardrobe, and a tan looking like he just had a hot girl summer and is feeling great, over his ex, and is ready to fuck shit up.

- I want to see Rio remind Beth that she betrayed him personally. I want her to have to face that. It’s not just she betrayed him professionally. I want to see him reject her, I want to see her flirt or bat her lashes at him and him to be like nope sorry. Just for a minute though like just one episode lol. And only because I think it will make her realize her feelings for him.

- Beth and Rio v Nick please. Just give us something fucking new.

- These writers had an amazing path they could have gone down of the housewife partnering with a gang banger. It would have been fun, plenty of comedic gold available, and plenty of options for conflict between them and with external forces. And instead they chose this. I feel sometimes like this show would have been way better if it wasn’t on NBC. This story, this chemistry, belonged with writers who would realize its potential. That’s what I find disappointing.

#sorry i’m angry #gg negativity #I guess yeah it’s negative this time around guys #nbc good girls #beth x rio #gg spoilers #brio #good girls season 4

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razanartuk · 3 years

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about me tag game thing

i was tagged by the wonderful @nothingunrealistic! thank you very much ily <3

under read more bc i was not capable of keeping my answers brief this time around

why did you choose your url?

this...was supposed to be a short explanation but it turned into quite a tale so strap in i guess because we are going on a ride. back in 2017 i was just getting into musical theatre rp and i was still feeling too shy to really talk to anyone ooc so i would just wait for people i wanted to interact with to post starter calls so i could just do things in character with them the easy way. So i did this with my friend cam, who posted a starter for me using a lyric from If I Could Tell Her. she linked the song so i could listen to it, so i did and i went ‘wait a minute, is that Ben Platt from Pitch Perfect?? (and other things too, but i only recognized his voice at the time bc of the acappella girl movies)’ and yes it certainly was.

i had zero idea what the plot of Dear Evan Hansen was about at that point, and for some reason based off Just That One Song and the poster art of who i assumed was Some Guy in a Polo Shirt i started to think it was about some jock guy who broke his arm and had an emo/goth friend who had either died or gone missing under mysterious circumstances. also i intuited that Evan had a crush on his friend’s sister but he couldn’t tell her that directly or his emo friend would kick his ass. so i was like mostly wrong, but a little bit right.

oh and i knew jared and alana were characters from the show bc cam said that they were i think?? but i had no idea what their role was. so after listening to if i could tell her, i listened to good for you and all i really got out of that was that evan the apparently not-jock guy had done...something... that really hurt jared and alana. and at that point i finally decided to go look up a plot synopsis and i found out i was waaay off base. but honestly this is why cast recordings should include scene dialogue in the songs bc otherwise you just get soundtracks like dear evan hansen where the songs have like. zero context. we really just go from waving through a window to for forever to sincerely me without like. any reason as to what is happening huh. It’s honestly not a surprise anymore that all those people on twitter had no idea the plot isn’t about gay teenagers.

anyways. cam was writing jared and she made a post at one point about wishing somebody would write alana and i was like ‘oh i could do that!’ (after i had actually Seen a bootleg and finally knew what the whole story was, of course) so i made a multimuse rp blog featuring alana beck, nabulungi hatimbi, chloe valentine and some other characters, and cam started sharing her headcanons with me that alana is trans, jared and alana were close friends when they were little kids but they sort of drifted apart as they got older and their priorities in life changed, jared was the first person alana came out to when she realized she’s trans, etc.

one night i started talking about wanting to pick a more theatre-relevant url for my blog and trans-[character name] urls were getting pretty popular, and at least 3 of the friends i made through rp had changed theirs to coordinating trans-[character name] and i think it was cam suggested i should make mine be trans-alana so i did. eventually i realized the unhyphenated version was available so i changed it to transalana with no hyphen and i have lived here ever since. sometimes i think about changing it but i feel like transalana has become a part of My Brand and i am not so great with coming up with cool names for things.

any side blogs? if you have them, name them and why you have them

in theory, i have sideblogs... i don’t really use them, but of the ones i do have, there is:

emsbookblog - this was supposed to be where i would post excerpts of the book that i’m working on, but i think i did that maybe one time roughly 2 years ago and then promptly forgot about it/got nervous about my writing and was scared to share anything else. the rest of the stuff that is there is assorted writing tips. i don’t really know what to do with it now. i probably should post all my little thoughts about em and anita and caleb there instead of infodumping on my main from time to time, but if i do that then i have to promo a sideblog and direct people over to it which is always annoying to me when i could just do it on this blog which is much easier

dearnovelhansen - this is basically no longer used, but was a sideblog i made specifically to talk/complain about the novel adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen which was about 3 years ago?? maybe? i can’t be trusted to understand the passage of time. but to summarize: i thought it was an honor just to have the story be made more accessible since many of us couldn’t see the stage performance, but i hated a lot of the creative liberties that were taken. my main grumbles are that everyone who isn’t evan or connor is done so dirty in the novel. connor’s still kind of done dirty in the book, but not as much as like. heidi, alana, jared, and zoe are.

horseisle3 - this one was meant to be a place where i could just enthusiastically post screenshots from hi3, but instead it turned into a blog where i occasionally reblog other players’ hi3 content and bitch about how bad the game admins are bc hi3 is the tumblr famous (infamous?) homophobic horse game. the game where it was once okay to call your club store the gulag bc according to their head of hr, ‘it’s just a russian word for prison’ but you can’t say ‘im gay’ without somebody accusing you of corrupting young children who play the game. unfortunately there aren’t very many good interactive horse games out there, so this one is still about as good as it gets. it’s either that or star stable and i don’t care about star stable.

mlaenie - i’ve had this url saved for i don’t even know how long. way way way back in the day when i wanted to escape from the clutches of the onceler fandom i abandoned my first blog where i basically had an alter ego i guess?? and i decided to just be myself on the new blog. i don’t fully remember who came up with it, but one of my sister’s mutuals suggested that if you scrambled the letters in your name you could come up with aesthetic-looking urls. so lauren’s url became lrauen, and to match with her mine became mlaenie, which i abandoned on tumblr after about a year or so? but have continued to use as my main username on twitter, reddit, youtube, xbox, steam, and discord. i barely ever use any of these accounts aside from twitter, steam, and xbox, but yeah. so i’ve decided to try and turn this empty sideblog into a place for video game thoughts maybe. we’ll see how long it lasts this time around.

how long have you been on tumblr?

i made my first tumblr account in december of 2010, but i didn’t understand how to use it at all or how to customize my theme to look cool and unique so i quickly abandoned it. i made a new account in september of 2011 after some kids at school and my sister told me i should and i have been trapped here with varying degrees of activity/inactivity ever since. i have witnessed the rise and fall of the lorax/onceler fandom, hyperfocused on lord of the rings, star wars and back to the future all at the same time, and for the past 4 years i’ve mostly been a musical theatre blog with assorted other fandom stuff mixed in. i feel i have seen everything and nothing, but mostly i’m just tired and bored.

do you have a queue tag?

no bc i don’t use a queue. i’ve tried using it in the past but i irrationally feel pressured to sustain a coherent theme to queued posts and my brain simply does not vibe with that so i just don’t use it at all anymore. Instead i instantly reblog or post several unrelated thoughts in succession and then don’t post again at all for 3 days. the way god intended

why did you start your blog in the first place?

my very first blog was intended to be a place for me to post all of my petz 5 animals’ profile info, but i didn’t have any understanding of how coding worked at all and i don’t think i really wanted to learn, either. so it just sat there, unused. my second attempt at blogging was as a classic rock fandom person, so as you can probably imagine i was pretty pretentious about ‘modern pop’ vs the beatles, the rolling stones, the who, the monkees, and so on. and then i slowly devolved into a lorax fandom blog and everything went to shit so i made a new blog for lord of the rings/the hobbit which later evolved to include star wars and back to the future blogging. and then for the past 4 years i’ve been mainly a musical theatre blog with other random stuff i like thrown haphazardly into the pot. wonderful.

why did you choose your icon/pfp?

because my url is transalana and two of my most prominent lgbt headcanons are that alana beck is trans and a lesbian. i gotta be shouting out @kinqmike though bc she’s the one i adopted the trans alana beck headcanon from in the first place!

why did you choose your header?

in 2017 i was hyperfixating on Dear Evan Hansen (and Be More Chill, but there weren’t many gif-able videos then considering it ran for a month in New Jersey in 2015 and there was only one yet-to-resurface 35 minute bootleg) so i just grabbed a random gif off of google. i really should get to replacing it with a new header of my own though. i just don’t know what i should do for it.

what’s your post with the most notes?

i have lost track of how many notes it has (i think it’s somewhere around 200 now?) but when Will Roland and George Salazar performed Two Player Game on Good Morning America, i posted a screencap of their Jeremy and Michael along with that one quiz answer meme that says stuff like ‘i want to see it grow up healthy’. i didn’t tag it with any ship names or anything because i was anxious about having it show up in the tags, but somebody who reblogged it from me did tag it as boyf riends and i firmly believe it took off because of that. i don’t think i make posts that are relevant enough to amass thousands of notes, even by accident. which is probably a good thing bc if i did i would have to block so many of them.

how many followers do you have?

on this blog? 175 according to the counter. how many of those are still real people and how many are bots and abandoned accounts? i have no idea.

how many people do you follow?

i try to keep it somewhere around 200. i think i’m sitting at 180 right now but i kind of need to go through and clear out the really inactive blogs.

have you made a shitpost?

let’s think about this for a second. i’ve been on tumblr for nearly 10 years. you might even be able to say i’ve made more than one. they’re just not what you would call...popular shitposts.

how do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ post?

that stuff makes me so incredibly anxious that i have to fight the urge to want to yeet my laptop or mobile device through the closest window whenever i read it, so i try very hard to avoid any sort of ‘if you don’t reblog this, i’m judging you’ posts. i find them very manipulative and not particularly helpful

do you like tag games?

yeah babey!! i just frequently forget to do them, but please know that if you have ever tagged me in a tag game i felt incredibly touched by the gesture and the @mention even if i completely forgot to do the thing afterward

do you like ask games?

i do! but also rip to literally anyone who has ever sent me an ask meme bc it takes me so long to answer them. i’m still working on a micro fic prompt from a few weeks ago. also, horrified to realized that it has in fact been a few weeks and not 3 days anymore.

which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

i don’t know that any are tumblr famous as a whole. but probably @neverheardnothing

do you have a crush on a mutual?

in any sort of romantic connotation? no. not that i’m aware of. there are mutuals that i have friend crushes on where i want to be friends with them but i get so anxious when it comes to meeting new people that usually nothing ever comes of it. i’m really not good at small talk or other casual conversation either which, as you may or may not be able to imagine, sucks. i just wanna skip over all of the awkward introductions and ‘hey how are you, how is life, what are you doing with yourself?’ stuff. not because i don’t care about it. i do, but i think most of my friends/the people i want to be my friends are also depressed and anxious so asking these basic questions about life tends to uh. make us all nervous. and i don’t do much with my life so i always have the most boring answers anyways.

i’m not tagging anyone officially bc the @ thing has just completely given up on me at this point, but if you want to do it, go for it. and then say i tagged you so i can read it c:

#mel.rtf #abt me #tag games

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vecna · 4 years

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For fandom meme-swtor?

Send me a fandom!

This one isn’t as spicy as the Dragon Age one, but I still got Wordy.

Also there’s lots of KOTFE/KOTET/etc spoilers in here, so don’t read if you don’t want to see em. (Looking at you, Chignon.)

The character(s) I first fell in love with:

My own OCs haha.

But more seriously: It was actually Darth Malgus! I was always going to play a Star Wars MMO, let’s be real. But when they started posting promo videos and cinematics for the game, my Sith-loving ass immediately gravitated to that guy haha. And then, it turned out he had the same VA as The Architect from Dragon Age, and that was it for me.

If we’re talking about companions, then it was probably Malavai Quinn. Sith Warrior was the first class I got to 50, and Quinn was the first companion that I really got overly attached to haha.

The character(s) I never expected to love as much as I do now:

Most (not all, but most) of the “new” companions that came in with KOTFE and beyond. I was initially really sour when I realized we were losing all our class storyline companions, and they were being replaced with a new crew of Lana, Theron, Koth, my mother-in-law Senya, etc. Especially when they – at the time – said we’d eventually get our class companions back, but it would be a while. So I started KOTFE sure that I would hate the new crew because I would rather have the old one…. and ended up liking them quite a lot! Mostly, lol.

The character(s) everyone else loves that I don’t:

Doc is the main one, jesus christ. If you didn’t read my last post, I just really really really do not mesh well with overly sexual and Adult Humor-y characters who scold you with a “You’re no fun.” if your OC isn’t into it. Doc is the worst example of it that I’ve ever encountered. I always play a male JK, and the fact nearly all of his convos amount to, “Boy, you and me are going to be up to our eyeballs in vagina when this war ends, amirite?” “You don’t want that? Come on, the Jedi Code doesn’t say you can’t FUCK, live a little.” “You’re no fun. Well, more for me.” drives me NUTS. This combined with how he interacts with Kira just does me in. Shoves him out an airlock.

Dark Side Jaesa is another big one, albeit mainly for OOC reasons. I just hate the fact that she even exists, really. I get the appeal of a story where a Sith corrupts a Jedi to the Dark Side, but the way she does a total 180 into gross hedonism while Serving You always just makes me cringe. Plus there’s the fact that straight dudebro gamers are really nasty with her, and she’s the main companion I always see men put into the slave bikini outfit, and just yikes.

Also just a lot of one-off NPCs that everyone goes crazy for and ships their OCs with, but I constantly forget who they even are lol. Attros Finn comes to mind. I don’t hate them! Just don’t get the appeal I guess.

The character(s) I love that everyone else hates:

Lord Scourge, although I’m not sure he’s really hated as much anymore. I just remember at launch, when all of the overly invested Revan stans absolutely HATED him because of what he did in the Revan novel, and then flooded the tags with vitriol over being “stuck” with him as a Knight, and having to hear about Revan in his companion convos. It was really, really tiresome! Maybe it’s because I never really cared that deeply about Revan as my personal character, but I could not understand the backlash.

Anyway, Lord Scourge is my favorite companion in the game by a long shot. I love the conversations you can have with him about the Jedi vs Sith, and I love the mutually respectful tone those conversations take. (Where other Bioware companions who disagree with you have a tendency to just go, “You’re wrong.” and shut you down.) The fact that he’s so tied in with the plot just makes me love him more, really.

The character(s) I used to love but don’t any longer:

Cytharat, Koth and Theron mostly. Although this takes a bit of explaining, and is a bit Discourse-y – because I really appreciate them as characters, but their role and Bioware’s decisions with them is what made me no longer love them.Here’s the thing: Bioware has a bad habit of introducing male characters that are bisexual, and then having them betray you, leading to situations where they either get murdered or vanish from the narrative entirely. Meanwhile, bisexual women like Lana are untouched and around forever.

I was overjoyed when I first saw Cytharat. Y'all know I’m a ho for purebloods, and the fact that he was Malgus’ apprentice was fascinating to me – and then he turned out to be a bi romance. I got very hyped for him, only to find out he dies like 5 minutes later – or if you save him, he’s never seen again. Huge letdown.

Koth was the first character I fell in love with of the new KOTFE crew – I even initiated a romance with him! – but it quickly became obvious there’s no way to play the expansion without him turning on you judgementally at some point or another. And then, hey big surprise, you can kill him or else he’s never seen again.

Theron I’ve loved since we first got to know him in the Forged Alliances content, but that whole storyline where he seemingly betrays you out of nowhere, only to later reveal he didn’t actually, idk. And then, once again, you either kill him or he disappears from the story. It felt like a weirdly shoehorned in plot for shock value, and robbed us of a second bi MOC character.

You see the trend here? I want to love these characters, but Bioware continually electing to do this shit with bi dudes is tiresome and makes me unwilling to invest any interest in the characters anymore.

The character(s) I would totally smooch:

None.

The character(s) I’d want to be like:

None really come to mind? I just want to be a Jedi, come on.

The character(s) I’d slap:

Hunter all day every day.

The pairing(s) that I love:

Haha, this question is hard, because most of the SWTOR ships I’m invested in are between my OCs and my friends’ OCs.

However.

SCOURGE / KNIGHT IS THE BIG ONE, THE ULTIMATE, THE ALL-TIME FAVORITE. It’s really hard to describe just how much I love this ship, and just how much time and energy I’ve invested into it over the past… 8 years wow……….. To the point of being almost territorial. And it’s also near impossible for me to talk about why I love it, because the version I ship is so personalized with my specific Jedi Knight, especially since it had to live exclusively in headcanon land for so long. Scourge is, more or less, my Knight’s support pillar and the thing that grounds him and keeps him humble, in a world where my Knight is surrounded by people who expect him to be a pure flawless messiah. But, I mean. How can you have a man look at your character and say, “I’ve waited 300 years to see your face.” and not immediately ship it. And then I finally got vindicated after all these years when it was made canon!

I really love Arcann / Knight for a lot of the same reasons as the above, but I just really adore his one (1) romance convo haha. Granted, yes he did a lot of fucked up things, but I was so grateful when he had like… a Zuko-esque redemption. Where he comes to your character and firmly believes he doesn’t deserve forgiveness, and especially doesn’t deserve affection, and is instead met with acceptance and a chance to grow and heal. That’s the good shit.

Others:

Lana / Warrior and Lana / Inquisitor are my particular jam. I endlessly enjoy the mutual respect between Lana and those particular PCs.

Malavai Quinn / Sith Warrior is a longtime fave, and although I DO love him with a female Warrior, I really do with he’d been an option for dudes as well. And I feel the same in reverse about Vette / Warrior – I do like her with a male Warrior, and it’s so sweet and wholesome and endearing, but man I wish she’d been an option for female Warriors.

I ship Risha with every woman – especially Vette and Sumalee – and will be salty until my grave that Risha / f!Smuggler isn’t possible, because I love Risha with the Smuggler but she gives me powerful WLW vibes.

Agent / Watcher Two is also a lowkey favorite, but I ALSO wish it could be done with a female Agent instead. Same with Agent / Raina Temple.

Agent / Vector is very sweet, but again, I will be salty until my grave that it couldn’t be done with a male Agent.

Can you guys sense a running theme here?

Finally: NGL I love Valkorion / Senya, even though that ended in pure disaster.

And people around here used to ship Keeper / Lokin, and tbh, I still kinda love it lol.

The pairing(s) that I despise:

In general terms, I fucking hate every single romance that involves the male PC romancing his padawan or underling, especially since most of them seem like very young girls. I don’t know why this is so pervasive in the game, but yikes Bioware. Consular/Nadia is the worst offender, but they’re all just cringe central for me.

But the big one is Agent / Hunter. This would have gotten me run off Tumblr back in the day, but god I hate this pairing. I mentioned in the last post that I just will never enjoy ships where the two characters actively want to murder each other, but. This just gets magnified for me with Agent/Hunter, where all the mind control and blatant abuse comes into play – and people have a tendency to write noncon rape fic of the two and present it as ~sexy rivalmance~, which is awful. Add to this the “no homo” reveal where Hunter turns out to be a woman, after getting everyone hyped about a dude flirting with their male character the whole game, and it’s just a huge No Thanks from me all around.

And for largely personal reasons I just don’t like seeing female Knights with Scourge. Listen, for YEARS I was treated like a pariah for shipping Scourge with my male Knight, while being unable to find Scourge content that didn’t have a female Knight plastered all over him. Even though he wasn’t even a romance option one way or another, the way the fandom treated m!Knight/Scourge with disdain while ardently shipping f!Knight/Scourge was offputting as shit. And then, after years, he was made a romance option for women AND men, and all these awful people acted like they were robbed, the way people reacted when Kaidan and Jaal were made bi in Mass Effect. I’m so tired. I never want to see Scourge with a female Knight again.

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fanfictionofmyown · 6 years

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Out in the open

Roman Reigns x Reader

Prompt: You join the Shield and your boyfriend to also keep justice in the women's devision. Through the segment your relationship is revealed.

Warnings: bad writing, a bit fluff maybe?, OOC probably

It's my first WWE-related fanfiction so maybe it isn't the best. I still hope you like it.

*****

You looked into the mirror in front of you in your dressing room, ready to get out.

You wore a black stomach-free top, a maybe a little too short cargo hot pants and black boots. Around your left leg is a holder with small pockets. You wore brown eyeshadow and the black mascara and black eyeliner made your eyes a bit bigger. They looked almost innocent and create a big contrast to the rest of your outfit. Your lips were darkred.

Nervous you checked more than once your outfit. You wanted to look perfect for the show. Everything was planned. You would go out and interrupt Miz Tv while he is talking shit about Roman. You would have everything under control but the Shield would come out anyways. You join them, because they think you would fit. Miz would talk about your relationship and then he will get punished by the hounds of justice. After that you would get back behind the scenes. Maybe an interview or two and then you could go home.

You are quite good in wrestling, actually you are tag team champions with your best friend Sasha. You met her when you joined the WWE and just clicked. She actually introduced you to your now boyfriend.

People liked you, they liked you even more when you starting fighting with Sasha. You were popular for your flip knee drop. You stand on the highest rope of the ring, jump and do a flip to land on your knees on the chest of the opponent. Thats your final move for most of the time.

But there also could be a lot of trouble with the planned scenario. Your boyfriend wasn't quite liked at the moment. Stuff about his Promos, the booking of his matches and of course the drug thing.

So you didn't know what was going to happen tonight. The audience could just start hating at you or they would accept it. Or maybe they would actually like it.

"Hey! (Y/n), Big Dog asks for you." Dean knocked hard on your door. "Sorry, I can't. We meet each other in ten on stage anyways. Tell him to wait 'til then." You heard a grumble on the other side of the door and shouted after him. "And that he could come on his own and not sent you all the time!" You chuckled a bit.

You were quite close to these guys. They were all your best friends. They supported you from the beginning of your joining. And eventually you became good friends and more.

They had another entrance area so you wouldn't meet. And they wouldn't get the chance to actually see your new attire. You didn't know what the boys would think and what your boyfriend would say. He is quite protective and covers you most of the time in the locker room. You just hoped for the best to happen. You could never be sure in a show like that.

You stood in front of your entrance door and waited for Mike to say his lines and for your music.

"...And thats not the only thing! What's with your so called 'Hounds of Justice'?! Where are they?! Haven't been around lately! You all need new protectors, this ring needs new protectors, this COMPANY needs new protectors!!... So we decided for ourselves - The Bar and me, The Miz - to be your new heroes!... They all can't wrestle anyway!" You heard Miz' words loud and clear in your area. They encouraged you even more. Somebody needed to shut his mouth again. You chuckled a bit and grinned wide when your music hit.

You walked outside, the confidence clear in your steps. The crowd chanted your song and Miz stood in the ring. His face in 'shock'. You heard a few whistle when you walked down to the stage. You climbed on top of the small stairs and turned to the fans. Your arms raised in the air. You faced Miz and climbed over the middle rope. You smirked to him mockingly. When your music stopped he raised his microphone and said. "(Y/n)! Hey! Why are you out here?! If you want to be on Miz Tv then get in the line! I have better things to do than listen to your crap!" He earned himself a few 'Boo's with that. You walked around him, ignoring him, and shouted to the crowd "Good evening Atlanta! How are you doing?" They cheered loud. "You seem to have a good time even with this scumbag talking so much shit." You grinned wide, head raised high. You heard the Miz gasp in shock. He wanted to raise his voice, but got interrupted with 'Scumbag' - chants. You laughed. It was just too funny.

"Excuse me?!-" You interrupted him. "You are. Now shut your mouth, Mike. Before I make you." His mouth opened, but closed just a moment after that. "Who do you think you are? Trying to - Yeah! What are you actually trying to do?! Be the new Shield? Fight for justice? Come on, Miz. Like most of the people in that locker room put you more than once on your ass. What do you want to do? Ask them nicely to be not too harsh with you? Because you are not good enough to make them do what you want? You really think Cesaro and Sheamus are on your side? They are stupid if they think that this would be a great idea!" You stopped for a moment and looked around. You shrugged. "Miz Tv is the best example! We just come out here to beat you up. Nobody cares about your talk show! Thats not what we are hired for, Mikey!" The crowd cheered loud for your speech. You waited for his answer. The blonde started to speak "Are you finished? Because now I tell YOU something. I don't- " The music of the Shield hits.

The crowd went insane. It didn't matter what anyone thinks of the single characters, because when those three are together nothing can stop them. They proved it many times before. You couldn't decide if Miz looked annoyed or terrified, but what you knew: He was shocked.

The hounds of justice made their way down to the ring. It's a few months since they reunited and Miz was right. They haven't been around lately, because Dean was injured. You stayed in the middle, Miz was slowly coming closer. 'Oh Mike,... you know they don't come for me.' You thought smirking.

Dean, Seth and Roman surrounded the ring as always and stalked their target. Seth to your left, Dean to your right and Roman in front of you. They stared at Miz and the tension was growing. What you didn't expect really was how Roman locked his eyes with yours after a moment and didn't seem to let it go. This was for the guys to show that you are what they want. You didn't want to let him win over the dominance. So you looked back while he and the other two made their way into the ring. You grew nervous when Seth and Dean surrounded you and not Miz. He walked to the side and out of the dangerous zone. He stood outside of the rope. You just had to break the contact from the big dog and looked around you. Seth walked up and down, acted like he was checking you out. Dean did the same but without moving so much.

It was not the first encounter for you and the guys to meet on stage, but you never met them as The Shield. You only met them alone or as Tag Teams. It felt like it was the first time meeting them. They had so much power and were just really intimidating as a group. It was just a complete different atmosphere.

The big dog stopped a few steps in front of you. He looked up and down at you and turned to Seth with smug smirk. Seth punched Roman in the chest brotherly and laughed a bit. Dean stood a bit on the side, awfully quite for him. Seth lifted his microphone and spoke up "You know what? Deano, I like your idea. It would fit so good." Dean started to nod confident. "Yeah, I told you. What's up, Big Dog? What do you think?" He said. Roman looked at them before he turned to you again. Your eyes met again. "I like it. What do you say Atlanta? Would you want (Y/n) to become a member of the Shield?!" He viewed the crowd and raised his hands. You raised your eyebrows shocked and annoyed. The audience was shocked but started to cheer pretty soon. When it got quieter again you raised your voice.

"Uuhh.. Atlanta, do you hear that?! The Shield! The big boys of WWE! And they ask a small girl like me to help them!" You said sarcastically and got rewarded with laugther. "Guys, we are friends - everybody really knows that. But do you really think I would accept it without you asking nicely? I want you begging on your knees before you can assure me to be part of the team. You want me? Start fighting for it!" You explained with a firm voice. You were their friend. But your character wasn't the easiest to get through. Also they weren't the first who tried to get you on the team. They will just be the first actually who got you on board. With - what you thought - great reasoning.

"We don't need to fight to get you. We already have you." Roman smirked. You looked at him questioning. "Not like that this is the first time you get something right. You do that quite a lot lately. It's about fighting for what you think is right. Just like we do. So why not join my brothers and me? Why not join us and kick some ass?" - "Well big dog, aren't you enough people in your boyband? It's not like you need me anyways." You tried to reason, but he kept going. "It's more. It's about family. And like you just came out and defended us, we will come out and help you, fight for you. That's what a family does. It doesn't end with blood." He grabbed Deans shoulder and pulled him into his shoulder. He did the same with Seth and his arms stayed on their shoulders. They grinned at each other and then at you. "So? What do you say? Will you join us?" Seth asked now.

"Let's ask Atlanta! Atlanta! What do you say?!" You shouted to them. There was quite the tension after they asked. But the crowd erupted in 'Yes'-chants after you asked the question. You smiled happy, everybody seems to want you as a part of the Shield. You grinned and said "Well, you hear them! It seems that The Shield are now four!"

The audience cheered and you turned to them. The Shield cheered too. In no time Seth and Dean stood besides you and hold your arms up as if you won. You laughed and they grinned. You heard the usual howl for a triple powerbomb and wanted to turn. But you couldn't the architect and the lunatic fringe lifted you up and put you down on Romans shoulders. You put your hand into his wet hair to stable yourself. You laughed and a shower of adrenaline rolled down your spine. It wasn't bad. You felt amazing. The people all shouted and partied, the boys were happy and you were happy.

When everything began to get quieter Miz - who everybody forgot about - raised his voice. "Aawww... finally! All the freaks are together! Now they can have christmas eve together. Starring the little son: Dean Ambrose! The older son: Seth Rollins and the lovely mother and father: (Y/n) and the big dog! The perfect freakshow!" He shouted sarcastically. You knew this was the time to expose the relationship and grew nervous. You all looked at him, Roman put you down carefully. One hand searched his way to your waist when he stepped a bit in front of you, the hand never leaving its place. Without a microphone Roman told Mike multiple times to shut up until Miz decided to say loud, so everybody could have heard him. "What!? Getting all protective over your girlfriend? You should! Women are crazy about me! Ask your cousin, Jimmy!" He grinned triumphantly.

Within a second Roman let you go and chased after Mike. He should have run for his life. But he ran faster when Jimmy came out and he was surrounded by two angry samoans. You stepped to the rope and leaned on the top one. A smile placed on your face. Dean came to your side and held a microphone for you out. You took it and thanked him.

"Hey, Mikey.. what were you saying? Maybe if you want to steal someone's girl you should search for someone whos boyfriend is not able to kill you on an instant." He held his arms out in defence and talked to the samoans. He apologised for being such an ass, but Mikey: the damage was already done.

They cornered him and started (fake-)punching him. Within seconds he lays on the ground, hands over his head and the two attackers towered over him, trash-talked to him. They got him up and pushed him into the ring. Dean and Seth greeted him there and got him up. Miz stood between them and was held by his arms. First one there to do his thing was Jimmy who superkicked him in the chest while the big dog howled his typical call. Miz was janked up again and put over the Romans shoulders by the Architect and the lunatic fringe. They triple-powerbombed him. In the mean time you climbed the top rope and did your finisher, the flip knee drop. The crowd was on their feet for you all. All those attacks are crowd-favourites and then all of them after one each other got a lot of hype to show up.

You stood up and all of you lifted your arms and got cheered. So much adrenaline floated through your veins and you couldn't stop yourself, but kissed Roman. You grabbed his face and pulled him to you. His thick arms pressed your body against his. You smiled against his lips. The audience began to cheer and made kissing noises. But you could only concentrate on your boyfriend. It was out now. Out in the open. It would become a lot easier now. You didn't have to hide anymore.

The kiss didn't last as long as you wanted to but you would have had enough time after the segment.

Time ran fast after that. You made a round for autographs and pictures with a few fans. Some of them even gratulated you what put a smile on your face.

After all of that you all were finished for the night. What meant showers, change locations and sleep. The show was still going so you had enough time to shower. You got separated from The Shield to get checked. Even if you haven't done much they still wanted to check your knees. Old injuries and stuff.

So you were alone in your dressing room again and tried to calm down. You sat on your couch with your favorite tea and still in your gear. It was your ritual. Your eyes are closed and you concentrated only on your breathing. A knock on the door interrupted you. All you said was "Come in." You didn't bother to ask because you knew who it was anyway.

The couch sank at your side. Arms wrapped around your belly and a nose was pressed against your tummy. You smiled.

"We did it." The deep voice was calm. "Now you are officially mine." - "Cool down, big guy, I am nobodys but mine." You chuckled and opened your eyes. Unconsciously did you put your hand in the long hair and started to massage his sculp. "I love you, Leati." You smiled. "I love you too."

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Honestly, when I restarted this blog, I didn’t think I would get to 100+ followers so quickly! I’m surprised that I made it up to 100+ people afterwards. I want to thank you all so much for continuing to support my Sora. Seriously, you all have been the best. Thank you all so so so much for everything that you’ve done, and everything that you guys continue to do. Now, the final moment; to list EVERYONE, because every single one of you continue to support me, and I want everyone to see each other!

This isn’t me showing that I’m thanking you, even though it’s that too -- it’s also a way of showing you guys off! (Even if I don’t follow you, you still deserve to be shown off!) It’s a 100 (give or take considering spam, personal, inactives, and porn bots) person promo! :D

I won’t be able to talk about everyone specifically, as honestly, I don’t talk to everyone, but everyone else has tastes that others may not have, so go and check out some of the people below!

Obviously, I’m putting this under a Read More because the list is gonna be MASSIVE.

@alongxthexroadxtoxdawn

Of course you’re in here first -- why aren’t you? You’re my best friend, and you really just lighten up my day so much! You’re fantastic, and a great person and a great human being! You’re a fantastic Riku, and an amazing writer. You’re so creative and you come up with amazing stories and AUs and everything like that. When you write a book, I’m gonna be first in line to get it!

@akibluna ; @suzubelldaughter ; @asktheshortmasterxehanort

You’re amazing! Honestly, you’re fantastic, both as a writer and as a great friend! Akina is a great character, and you put so much thought and energy into her. She’s amazing and wonderful and so so so awesome! I love any thread we have together -- it’s always silly and funny and just overall dorky! Xehanort himself is just a mess, but a good mess. I hope one day he overcomes his own darknesses of his own. Thank you so much for bringing your own light into Tumblr, AkinaMun!

@breveacroama ; @ofallflavors

I know you’re on hiatus and you may not see this, but I have to put you down on this list anyway. Your Len is fantastic, no matter what anyone else says, and you should keep on going, no matter what! I can’t wait for your Roxas blog to show up -- I’m so ready for Sora and Roxas to start talking! This will be so awesome and cool! You’re one of my best friends, and I’m proud of you and all that you’ve overcome. <3

@cordiron

You’re also not on Tumblr all that much either, but I’m so happy that you’re my friend. You’re a fantastic human being, and I love your Sorakami and his stories. You’re an amazing artist and an amazing writer and storyteller. You’re very creative and come up with so many ideas -- so thank you so much for coming into my life and lighting it up. Even if you always think that your blog isn’t much, or that it isn’t good, don’t worry. I know that it is!

@roaringheart

I. Love. Your. AU. Sora. So. Much. You. Have. No. Idea. I’ve always wondered what Nomura would have done with Lion!Sora, and you’ve done such a fantastic job at showing that. I love him so much, and I love talking with him so much! He’s fantastic and wonderful and awesome. He’s a great Twin for my Sora, and they’re just so awesome together! I want them to create more mischief as they keep on talking and hanging out! And more angst, of course. <3 Thank you for being a fantastic friend, too. You really put up with a lot of my stuff (like interactive Soras, per say), so thank you immensely.

@theotherpuppet

I love talking with you. You have so many ideas and you come up with so many ideas -- Silver is so much fun to talk to! I really enjoy it -- and I’m even more excited for the new winged thread we’ve got going on right now! I can’t wait for it to keep going. I haven’t played an annoyed and angry Sora in a while, so this will be interesting for both of us! Thank you for talking with me, too. You’re a great friend!

@vcidgear

I know you’re on hiatus as well, but one day, I hope you see this message. You’re a fantastic Vanitas. I know that sometimes you get down, but that’s all right. You’re allowed to feel down, just don’t forget about the people who made your life better, not worse! You can forget those negative people -- you don’t deserve the anon hate you get, by the way. You’re allowed to talk OOC on your own blog for goodness sake! But that’s not what I wanna say. I want to thank you so much for being a fantastic roleplay partner, and an even better friend. Thank you. <3

@mayhemforhire

I really really really love your OC. Bman is one of the best OCs I have ever talked to in my entire roleplay career. He’s fantastic and wonderful and WOW. He’s so silly that any time you reply I just end up laughing and smiling because he’s so entertaining -- that anon was right, I would love to see a game involving him. He really would be an amazing book character, or something else. I’m so glad that he’s here, really. Thank you so much for being a great roleplay partner and a great friend. <3

@thenameiscrow

You’re awesome! You’re so fantastic and wonderful! We don’t talk a lot, but I do love the times that we do talk a lot! I know that you’re super busy since you’ve graduated recently (SUPER SUPER SUPER CONGRATS, BY THE WAY) and now you’re on your way to growing up! It’s amazing to watch you bloom into a fantastic woman! :D I’m happy that you’ve been a roleplay partner for the years we’ve been talking, and I just want to say thank you for being my friend! Oh, and I’ve got something to tell you later. Message me when you read this, okay? :3

Wow, that’s a lotta people. But are we all ready for the longest part of the whole thing?

The list! Here we go, everyone! And thank you all so so so so so much for being there and supporting me. Thank you. <3

@number13roxas ; @gambogeish ; @ask-captain-faris ; @liningpxeces ; @4seasons-universe ; @punches-like-a-girl ; @hcartbcrn ; @heroicheart ; @burningrxbellion ; @flickeringlightofdusk ; @rikaxi ; @positivelykh ; @askthepompadourghost ; @endss-of-the-earth ; @death-becomes-you ; @bunny-flash-soldier ; @miiraculeuxbelle ; @themagicalmizukuni ; @desiiderium ; @saltysunsets ; @shattermemoria ; @musearchives ; @obscureddarkness ; @friendlyheartless ; @beautifulbishokuya ; @theicequeenslion ; @annam03-the-mun-and-her-muses ; @thewindywielder ; @namine-constellations ; @antaci ; @ventus-ven-for-short ; @mooglestop ; @yoru-no-requiem ; @blxxdchrxnicles ; @dankyouthxehanort ; @vxstexrth ; @duskisms ; @littlestreetrxt ; @bxyondrepair ; @fadingnxte ; @ninthnocturne ; @dxrk-storm ; @tric0thelastguardian ; @heroofgrymoire ; @venven-vani ; @stallionofcimarron ; @dream-chef-flavors ; @noctiisms ; @windbcrn ; @traverse-freeshooter ; @not-so-basic-girl ; @thalxssas ; @renn-the-tactician ; @bblogan ; @snapshotchocobo ; @judasborn ; @thehourglassisempty ; @soldiers-hydrangea ; @meisterkirisaki ; @khreconnect ; @asksorastarlight ; @ambivelousthirteen ; @dreamymarly ; @yummysora ; @superiornumber1 ; @keysoflight ; @hierxphant ; @nctycurprcxy ; @mirror-wolf ; @nerdiiisms ; @terminallycooking ; @tatarian-memory ; @rxcusant ; @bloodsplatteredmoon ; @nobodytoplaywith ; @xchromxsix ; @13th-member ; @sakuradreamerz ; @vhalkyrja ; @guidemetothedark ; @melodious-sitarist

THANK YOU EVERYONE SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE, YOUR SUPPORT, AND YOUR OVERALL JOYNESS AND GLEENESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST BEING YOU. <3 <3 <3

The people at the bottom of the list are the people who followed me first (minus a few people listed at the top with the paragraphs under their name) so a super special shoutout to them! Thank you so much!

Everyone, have a great day! <3

#FOLLOW FOREVER #// this took me over half an hour i need a snack

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