#‘yes i looked up [insert morally questionable thing here] what about it?’

[arriansarchive]

Miles Morales/Male!Reader

I love him sooo much

Ik I said that for Pav too, but they both own my heart

Reader is a spider person and they all live in Spider Society HQ because I said so

Set whenever Miles first gets to Spider Society HQ, and it's you instead of Spider Byte that he runs into

Gwen is kind of a bitch, but I promise I love her too

I can't say enough how little effort I put into this, so don't bully me I know it's bad

Words: 726

Name tag things: Y/N (your name), L/N (last name), S/N (spider name)

This is a complete shit post but enjoy I guess

Summary: What if Miles found someone that took his eyes off of Gwen?

The big hallway seemed to consume Miles as he walked down in Spider Society HQ.

Ever since Gwen had talked about Hobie, things had seemed a little bit strained and strange between them.

He tried to think about other things, but Gwen kept coming back to his mind.

The thoughts seemed to consume Miles until he felt himself bump into you. He looked up to see your slightly irritated face.

You were taller than him and much stronger-looking. Miles felt intimidated by your confident stance and hardened gaze.

"Do you even watch where your going?" You raise an eyebrow at him.

Gwen seemed a little annoyed at the pure awe that was set in Miles' expression. His mouth was open in a small 'o' shape, and his eyes were wide.

"Who are you?" Miles murmured.

"I'm known as S/N."

He looks around for a moment before raising his hand up and putting it slowly down on your right shoulder.

"Hey." He slurred, contorting his face in what you only assume is what's supposed to be a persuasive smile.

You stare at him blankly for a moment before taking your hand, tugging his grip off of your shoulder, and walking away from the situation, shaking your head.

Miles stared helplessly after you, but he wasn't too surprised that his tactic didn't work.

Gwen grunted and rolled her eyes. "Come on, Miles."

He looked at you walking in the direction ahead of him and Gwen, practically entranced. You and Miles only just met, but he already loved everything about you.

He turned to Gwen. "What's his name?" Miles asked.

She looked at him angrily. "Didn't he already tell you?"

"I meant his real name, Gwen."

"Y/N L/N." She said curtly.

Miles decided to let the subject go for now as Gwen looked mildly exasperated at his endless questions about you.

Finally him and Gwen reached a room that, whenever they opened the door, was very wide and had a risen platform in the middle.

That said platform had a desk. A burly looking man sat in a chair on top of it with his back turned to the crowd on the floor.

*insert Miguel yelling at Miles because I can't remember what all he said* time skip to whenever Miles is running

Miles ran and ran until he felt a tug on his arm that sent him spiraling to the side into a closed compartment.

He felt a big hand come over his mouth and someone whisper in his ear.

"Shut up, and stay shut up. My location is off, so they won't find you."

He tried to pry the hand off of his mouth but to no avail and heard the spider people run past the small room.

Once they were all past, the strong hand left him to turn around swiftly, ready to pounce if it were anyone suspicious.

Miles looked on in surprise whenever he realized that it was you. He was confused on why you would help him after you looked so unamused at his flirty shenanigans.

"S/N?" He inquired.

You nodded your head and turned to look at the small hole between the outside world and your small compartment.

"We don't have long to hide here, and I need you to listen to me carefully." You said.

He stood contently, so you took that as an invitation to continue on.

"You want to save your dad, and I'm going to help you get to him. I'm not going anywhere beyond that."

"Won't you get--"

You cut him off quickly. "Yes, I will get fired, but I will take that risk if it means that you can feel some heroicness before your dimension diminishes into nothing."

"We need to get you inside of HQ and to the thing that can send you home. Spider Byte controls it; if we can get her to run the machine you will be able to get home."

Miles looked at you in shock, thinking about how he didn't even have a plan before you showed up. This made him like you ten times more.

"So you can help me?" Miles asked hopefully.

"I think so." You nodded in finalization, affirming that you and Miles were now on the same side.

He gave you a cocky smile, and you both flew out of the compartment.

#miles morales #into the spider verse #across the spiderverse #miles x y/n #miles x male reader #miles x you #miles x reader

[thevirgodoll]

how does one stop being a yes man, i feel like my life is not my own, im always scared of upsetting people…

The biggest thing I need you to remember: You don't need others to be happy in order for YOU to be happy yourself. You don't need things to be perfect with others in order to live your life...people are going to be upset, people are going to disagree. Your need to control how others feel is rooted from your own personal avoidance of your own emotions. You're losing your sense of self in someone else, and that's torture and self sabotage.

Even in small ways, you can lose yourself.

Signs of People Pleasing:

Every time you apologize for simple things, like being late.

Every time you abandon your own needs to help others.

Every time you abandon your own values and morals for others.

Every time you change your opinion to fit someone else's.

Every time you silence yourself instead of saying no or disagreeing. These little habits build up to no sense of self over time.

What will go so wrong if you start putting yourself first? If you allow other people to have their OWN emotions and detach from that? Whatever someone else feels is their truth, and the same goes for YOU.

The only way out of chronic people pleasing is awareness and consciousness over your behaviors that dishonor the core of who you are.

Reflection Questions:

How can I start being more intentional with my interactions with others and the way I live my life?

Why do I need to control what others think so badly?

Before I react and send myself on this proverbial rabbit hole, is it really important?

Am I viewing this from an objective lens, or from a fear of abandonment?

When I get anxious about how other people feel, what am I missing? What are my needs in that current moment?

Why am I trying to convince people of my worth?

And to be very blunt: Do I REALLY care about what this person thinks?

Assertive Phrases to Practice Saying:

"I'll get back to you on that."

"I would like to finish what I was saying."

"I need to be listened to right now."

"I am not seeking feedback."

"I don't want to talk about (insert subject)."

"Will you meet me there at (insert time) instead?"

"This works best for me."

"I appreciate your help, but I am not looking for suggestions."

"I just need to vent right now."

"I know you're trying to help, but this is making me feel (insert feeling)."

"My situation is different than yours, but I do appreciate what you have to say."

"I am upset, and I don't want to discuss it as of right now."

"I'm mad."

"I am hurt."

"I love you, however, I don't like when you did (insert thing here)."

"My feelings are my feelings, and I deserve to feel this way."

"I know what your intentions were, but the impact was (insert feeling)."

"Thank you for your apology, but I cannot accept it right now."

"I'm not ready to share. Please respect that."

"This conversation will have to end."

"No." When all else fails learn to say NO! No is always a complete sentence, and you don't owe anyone anything beyond what is appropriate!

Now get yourself together! Cause no Doll here is gonna people please. Not on my watch. I know it's easier said than done, but I believe in you! ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

#advice #mental health

[rockstrais]

What are your favorite aspects of Emerald & Mercury’s relationship?

this is a very broad question…. my gosh where do I begin?

I’ll start with how they didn’t choose each other each other by their own accord. emerald initially vetoed against mercury joining their party. it took them a while to actually accept the other’s very existence. em asks merc why he joins them. he says it was fate. cinder and her show up looking for his father the night he killed him? what else could that be except destiny. as we know, destiny & fate are heavy theme in rwby. the characters have to spend time challenging their ideas of that. we see that with pyrrha, ruby, weiss etc… but the thing is whether they were fated to meet… mercury and emerald subconsciously choose one other—despite their own protests. they’re the only people their age (literal seventeen year olds at the beginning of the show) they are each other’s first friends—and perhaps first loves(?) (wishful thinking on my part)

i also enjoy the symbolism around them. they foil and compliment each other nicely.

emerald is the gemstone of the planet mercury! in her concept art for v2, she’s seen wearing gold (linking her to cinder) jewelry. it’s later changed to silver (linking her to mercury).

emerald also has light/day symbolism! and mercury also has night/dark symbolism. every blocking of each scene they are in together has emerald in the light, representing how she’s always been morally good; and mercury teetering into the dark, representing how he keeps getting swept toward morally bad people. figures since he’s named mercury. he’s gonna be the one who is more morally grey than his peer. (haha, get it?) but as we see, emerald will get him to face the light.

their struggles also foil each other too. she projects a pseudo sister-mother relationship onto cinder, since she lacks that familial connection. she yearns for love above all else. it’s why she joined and stayed with cinder for so long. his father raised him to be killing-machine. to be the best of the best in his craft. of course he was never enough. (insert silver medal joke here) mercury craves respect above all else. it’s why he joined cinder. it’s why he accepted salem’s hasty promotion. he wants to be taken seriously very, very badly.

though unknowingly to both of them—they have what they want already!

mercury loves emerald unconditionally as she so desperately desires, you can see he cares for her. He might not show it in the best ways possible all the time, but he does. what is love if not wanting to crack a joke in front of the cute girl you barely know who’s now your partner in crime any chance you get? what is love if not trying to convince your best friend (though you’d never admit it aloud because your dad called it a weakness) to let go of the woman who is not a mother or sister to her whatsoever? what is love if not protecting the only person you give a damn about from some weird freak of a grown man who keeps threatening her?

emerald respects—dare i say admires—mercury as he badly craves. what is respect if not immediately going to apologize for upsetting him when he brought up his terrible childhood and abusive father because you assumed he didn’t know what it’s like to have such love for a parental figure (one who constantly failed you, not that you can admit it)? what is respect if not immediately trusting him with new information you overhead from a prisoner? over your mentor who just returned from the dead mind you. like, of all people, why is he, the boy you didn’t want, your first choice? if you don’t respect him why do you use his fighting style to escape a sticky situation and his favorite snarky insults? if that’s not respect, then do tell me what is?

and notice how i never said mercury wants love—like yes, he does. but not over respect. he wasn’t raised to need love. to be honest, he never makes a huge point about wanting because he already knows what it is. he learned it from emerald; her respect is her love. which is why he is trying to reciprocate that in the only ways he knows how. emerald doesn’t think her respect is love. her respect for cinder is more unwavering, unhealthy devotion. that’s not love. it’s one-sided. her begrudging obligation to give a damn about mercury has sprung into something much more.

both of them are too stubborn to realize it, but they’re getting and giving what they ask for. once they eventually—oh i can’t wait to see the epiphanies and developments that come from that!

anyways this was very long, sorry. you can see that i’m clearly passionate between these two!

#anon #lets chat! #emerald sustrai #mercury black #emercury #rwby

[whenyourshipfinallysetssail]

Just some random

STRANGER THOUGHTS 2

***SPOILERS FOR SEASON 4***

*****My smoldering hot-takes on the season’s hottest DILF. 🥵******

Jeezus, is it a million and one degrees in here, or am I trapped in a Russian Prison with Enzo?

See, that’s funny because you’d think a Russian prison would be cold, but then there’s a hot DILF in there.

Question number one: ok yeah enemies to lovers but has anyone ever tried “helpful prison guard to sexy cell mate?” Is that a trope? Can we make it one?

Now you’re probably asking yourself, does this crazy bitch ship Hopper and Enzo?

And the answer is yes, of course I do, but not in an “I’m gonna be mad if this show doesn’t make this cannon” sort of way. I know nobody is queer-baiting me here. If anyone is queer-baiting me it’s me. I’m very good at it, thank you very much. I can imagine incredibly straight men are in love when they’re on screen together in my eyeline for too long. That said, Ronance, Steddie, Byler, and Jargyle: make it canon or we riot. [How fucking dumb was it when they just threw a random chick at Argyle to show the audience he’s got a big case of the not-gays? Who cares. This show loves smashing straights against each other. Show me some bi 80’s teens or shut the fuck up. Also, watch out, everybody, cause the Mileven Mafia is about to come gunning for me: I don’t give one single fuck about Mike and El’s relationship and I never have. El’s busy, guys. She’s got a whole “facing down an inter-dimensional existential threat/I’ve got two dads but one is abusive and one’s in a gulag” thing going on. Fuckin’ don’t make her date a boy right now.]

Now, back to that gulag. Ah, Enzo. Dimitri “Enzo” Antonov. My imaginary boyfriend that someone else imagined for me, who is never going to date my other imaginary boyfriend from Season 1 [on TV, at least. In head canon it’s already happening and you can’t stop it] for two reasons: A) because obviously Jopper is a thing and the writers aren’t going to suddenly drop that just because we got season 2 of the gay pirates. (But wouldn’t that be WILD? What if they had shot two versions of the ending and they held back Vol. 2 so they could use the gay ending if Our Flag Means Death got renewed? Would the internet survive the aftermath?) And B) my two boyfriends can never date because canonically Season 1 Hopper died in Season 3 when the Duffer Brothers got amnesia and started telling David Harbor to just scream at everyone in every scene. RIP, baby. I still love you.

[Side-Note: I’ve got so many good hashtags for this ship you guys: #jimitri #hopptonov #enzopper #hoppzo. They write themselves. These men fit like puzzle pieces. Sexy, sexy little puzzle pieces. Mmmm. Cold, boys? Why don’t you two papa bears snuggle up for warmth? Yeah . . . Yeah . . . That’s real cozy . . . . . . . ANYWAY]

And of course, C) #jimzo #twopigsinablanket [lol, they’re both cops] is never gonna happen because they’re absolutely setting up my glorious Russian cinnamon roll for a tragic heroic death.

Look, snow-muffin, I love you. You’re the steely-eyed, growly-voiced, salt and peachy mustached, true friend to the death, morally grey Russian with a not-so-secret heart of gold of my fuckin’ dreams. I’d watch a whole spin off that’s just you teaching your son to ice fish in silence. I want you and Mikhail to defect to America and move in with Jim and El and wind up in a super bi thrupple with Chief Hopper and my self insert OC. (Her name is Azelia Moondragon, she has three different color eyes, she can change genitalia at will, she has an IQ of 3.6 billion, and and she’s more powerful than the Mind Flayer, Vecna,El, and eight demogorgons put together . . . Nah, just fuckin’ with you. Her name’s Kate Kauffman and she’s a 38 year old therapist from New Jersey with a secret drinking problem.)

Listen, my ice duke, my proud Siberian wolf, my shot of Svayak with a spoonful of caviar, we both know you could have an AMAZING arc in Season 5. We both know you could wind up snatched by the US government and forced to remain at the lab in Hawkins while the feds scramble to cover up the existence of the Demogorgon you saw, that you could have a moving side mission to bring your son to the US illegally while you help your bestest pal Hop and his annoying girlfriend [no, she’s fine, it’s fine, I like her, they’re good together, not all the hot men want to kiss each other, and that’s ok] parent their sulky teens and save the damn world.

We both know you could fall madly, passionately in love with the mysterious new psychologist that the lab hires to provide you and the other Demogorgon survivors “trauma and readjustment therapy,” but who has secretly been tasked with wiping your memory so you can never go back to Russia and tell the world what you know. We’re both well aware that after she succumbs to your arctic-foxlike charm, Dr. Kate Kauffman could never bare to wipe your memories, that she would instead confess that she is not a psychiatrist, she is in fact a powerful psychic, a subject of the experiment that preceded Hawkins Lab, that in a fit of tears as she laid bare her secrets she would lift up her sleeve to reveal the mark on her wrist, faded, but perfectly legible: “000,” and then as you took her in your arms and told me no harm has been done, all is forgiven, you’re here to protect me now, the two of us would begin to float into the . . .

*Ahem* At any rate . . .

My beautiful near-winter ermine, we both know you have so much potential as a character. But it’s time for both of us to face the harsh, cold facts, so much colder and more harsh than the winters of your beloved homeland.

Dimitri, my darling, here are the reasons we both know you’re definitely not making it out of Season 4 alive:

1) You’ve got a son to get back to. ROOKIE mistake, my love. I’m frankly astonished at you. And you revealed it RIGHT before the big monster battle? I mean, why don’t you just do a big monologue about how you two are going to open up an awesome rabbit farm when you get home? Do you WANT to die? Baby, I volunteer for a suicide hotline. Next time you feel compelled to confess touching details about yourself the night before you face a deadly threat right at the end of a season arc, call me. We can talk it through. You have so many reasons to live!

And of course, that is why you are going to die.

2) Where is Mikhail’s mom?

Now, this one’s interesting. Arguments COULD be made this could go either way.

The facts are these:

You’ve made zero mention of your wife in all this “reflecting upon our lives as we stare into the gaping maw of death” talk. MAYBE your wife divorced you, and that’s why you don’t like to talk about her. Seems unlikely, given Hop got you to punch him by implying she was disloyal. (Although we can’t rule out the possibility that that remark hit just a little too close to home. Perhaps your drive to be seen as a hero of the Motherland in the eyes of your son stems from a need to demonstrate you are the REAL daddy, a bigger, braver, cooler man than the stepfather his mother left you for? Interesting. We can discuss this again in your next session, Dimitri. That is, if we even do any talking next time . . . I mean, what? Huh? Oh! Right, the thingy. Yeah, sorry, I uh, got distracted by the . . . Nevermind.)

ANYWAY, the much more likely answer is, Mikhail’s mommy is deadzo. You are not only a DILF, you are a hot widower, and the show runners are saving this juicy detail for the inevitable “calm before the coming storm,” beat, the moment just before your heroic sacrifice during the final battle or the crazy escape sequence, when Hop says something cheesy like “You’ve got to rest up. Tomorrow you’re gonna need all your strength to hug that wife and kid of yours.”

And you’ll stare just left of camera with your gorgeous, steely gaze, and you’ll say in your low, haunted voice “I will need strength for only one hug. I am all the family my son has left.”

BOOM. You’re dead. The emotional stakes just got higher and all the Duffer Brothers have to do now is fry ‘em up in the bacon grease of tragic irony and serve them to the audience with a side of mashed dream-potatoes as we weep for you. Now your son is an orphan! And Season 5 has a ready-made cute Russian to bring in and fatten with all our collective emotional investment before the final slaughter. [Fun fact: the third ritual sacrifice of a beloved fictional Russian in a series opens an actual real portal to a hell-dimension in our world!!! The last one opened on January 15, 1968, when the finale of The Man From U.N.C.L.E was broadcast! It was only closed by “chance” when the counter spell was “unwittingly” triggered by casting Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin in the GUY RITCHIE directed remake. GUY RITCHIE. Did you know he made a King Arthur Movie?! The Lock, Stock, and Every Movie Jason Statham Has Ever Been in guy. Made a remake of a 60’s tv show and a King Arthur movie with WAY TOO MANY GOD DAMN WIZARDS. Anyway, like I said, luckily the portal was closed, but the things which came from its depths still roam our Earth, seeking raw flesh and fun 60’s fashion accessories. Remember, Ritchie has more dark power and arcane knowledge than he’s letting on, and always wear an ascot or a cute colorful beret when you go out or you will perish horribly!]

Then again, there is a hopeful reading of the no-wife-scenario. MAYBE, dead wife means no strings to hold down the season 5 Enzo romantic D plot. MAYBE they’re leaving you open for more hasty and gratuitous hetero coupling! Doctor Kauffman?! Paging Doctor Kauffman to the set of Stranger Things Season 5! They’re prepping for your close up! And after that, you’re making ST history, they’re setting up to shoot the show’s first sex scene with two adults!!!

[remember when we watched two teens awkwardly fuck while Barb was gruesomely murdered in Season 1? That scene has gotten even LESS comfortable somehow as the actors have aged. You look back and see how young they look compared to now and you’re like “yikes! I know the actors were actually twenty, but please! No more babies fucking, thanks!” Glad they stopped doing that shit. If I had to watch El and Mike fuck I’d hurl, for more reasons than one. LEAVE HER ALONE AND LET HER FIGURE OUT HER SHIT GOD DAMN IT I DON’T NEED TO SEE HER PUNCH MIKE’S V CARD I DON’T CARE THIS ISN’T EUPHORIA ITS A GOD DAMN SCI FI 80’s THROWBACK FUN TIME ABOUT PSYCHIC BABIES!]

So, yeah, no wife could mean free meat for the season five Hetero-pairing meat grinder! There’s hope!

. . . Hope? . . . Who am I kidding? I’m sorry, Dimitri, but this is no time, no world for hope! This is Stranger Things! Do you really think we’re gonna make it out of another season with two new cast members still alive like we did in Season 2? No. No, in the end they killed Billy for his hubris in daring to outlast Bob Newby. All good looking things must end, my dear. Let us kill hope now, before she hurts us again.

3) This Show Fucking Loves Killing Precious Russian Moonbeams [alternatively titled “Are The Duffer Brothers Attempting to Summon The Ravening One From Beyond the 9,000th Eye?!?! Stay Tuned For Season 4 to Find Out!”]

I don’t know if, like, everyone in Russia knows everyone in Russia, but, like, probably not? It looks like a pretty big country on the map. But, Enzy, baby, can I call you Enzy? No? Ok, well, Antonov, sweetheart, do you remember Alexi? He was this really cute, funny, enjoyable Russian sidekick they had last season. We had so much fun with him! At first, we thought he was this bad Russian scientist who was going to help screw over our beloved friends, but in the end, he actually teamed up with them! We all really came to love Alexi! He was kind of a fan favorite! People wrote long, rambling things with a lot of weird jokes in them about him on Tumblr. And then . . .

Sound familiar?

Call me a pessimist, but I just don’t think the Duffer Bros can pass up an opportunity to murder a beloved fictional Russian. Besides, it has been long since the gate was opened. The Ravening One cries out for more tender flesh from our own corporeal plane. Its inessence rumbles, its dark mindlessness bends upon our dimension with all the fell, unfeeling intent and obsession of otherworldly instincts. The Duffer Brothers are thinking of doing a 60’s throwback for their next show, and Guy Ritchie is slated to direct the first seance, I mean episode! . . . Plus they’re like so attentive to details, they’d never kill three Russians on accident! Or forget their birthdays.

Dimitri “Enzo” Nikolai Andronic Niklosky Antonov, we could play this little game of denial, dream this little dream of happiness, torture ourselves a little while longer with what can never be. But neither you nor I are fools. Let us say goodbye now. Let us bid farewell to visions of you doing a really cool group side mission for one or two episodes with Steeve and Eddie and Robin and Nancy and Dustin and Max and El. Let us not cling any longer to fantasies of an episode beat where the adults go out on the town and you and Hopper get in a big bar fight with some assholes who are teasing Joyce and Murray, and you do lots of cool punching to some banging 1987 hit like, I don’t know, RICK ASTLEY’S “NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP?!?!?!” [Did I do it? Does it count as Rick Rolling if it’s in text?]

Let us let go once and for all of our wistful longing for all the dopamine-explosion moments as you interact and bond and integrate with the entire Stranger Things ensemble, the giddy spectacle of novel combination after novel recombination of beloved characters, that heady right of passage of exploring increasingly bizarre pairings and group dynamics all new ST characters who survive their first season are treated to, until the dread Season 5 finale ultimately tears them all assunder as the eldritch gods of the Upsidedown inevitably triumph and wipe all away with one mighty, slimy tendril of inter-dimensional horror.

All I can say, Enzipie, Dimipants, Antobutt, is that it’s been one hell of a ride. You may be just a corrupt guard of some remote, snowy prison in the middle of nowhere, betrayed by his crooked accomplice, imprisoned alongside his former captive, escaped with the aide of unlikely allies, and doomed by the conventions of narrative drama to die, but you melted my heart.

At least we get to keep Eddie! . . . Right? Duffers? DUFFERS?!

TOUCH HIM AND YOU DIE, GOD DAMN IT!!!

*begins sobbing and singing unintelligible Russian dirges while pounding the table rhythmically with fist*

#enzopper #jimitri #hoppzo #hopptonov #jimzo #two pigs in a blanket #stranger things speculation #stranger things season 4 #st4 spoilers #stranger things #dimitri enzo antonov #enzo stranger things #ronance #steddie #jargyle #Byler #humour #stranger things meme #hopper x enzo

[reds-burrow]

I've been thinking about this lately, and I'm curious to know what you think: By definition, systems like sorting hat chats put something relatively simple (their structure) on something incredibly complicated and ever-changing (life). How do you use it to your advantage without ignoring the many pitfalls?

Hey Sevi! Ready for what is probably a boring answer?

First, let's be clear here: when you say life, you mean people. SHC is about sorting people into categories, and I'm sure everyone reading this recognizes that that can quickly become a problem. As you noted, it's a gigantic pitfall.

Well, here's the boring part. Because of that huge pitfall, I don't use SHC as an advantage when dealing with other people. Yes, I have sorted people (close friends and family), and yes, I'll have an occasional interaction with someone in which I think "Wow, that was very [insert sorting here] of you!" But I've never used a sorting as an advantage to assume I know how someone will react to a situation. I can look at what they've already done and see patterns and guess how they'll act, but I'll never go as far as assuming. People change and grow too much to be boxed in like that.

And that includes myself. I'd say the most important thing SHC has given me has been opening my eyes to my Snake Secondary. But am I going to assign myself a sorting and say that's it? That's who I am for the rest of my life. Of course not! I'm still alive, so that means I can and will continue to grow and change. Hopefully in a positive direction, but who knows what the future will bring. In other words, to finally answer your question, the way I avoid the pitfalls is by limiting how I apply SHC to the future. You can use it all you want to describe past behaviors, but not to predict future ones.

So, what advantage has SHC given me? I'd say it's made me more self-aware. It's made me actually sit down and think about my morals and come up with words to describe them. It's also helped me see what some of my most likely unhealthy habits are (see: Exploded Badger Primary). And it's made me a better writer. Unlike real people, characters are often subject to themes and tropes and thus can be "predictable" if you know their sorting. And figuring out how to break from those tropes while keeping a character true to their sorting, that's a lot of fun!

#it's descriptive not predictive #ask response #sortinghatchats

[fox-buried-in-maple-leaves]

-BREAKS DOWN UR DOOR- SO ASK GAME HUH? 1, 5-12, 20-25, 32, 35, 43-46 for Kisa? ok you don't have to do all of them, but I'm thinking about HIM again and he's gently being wrapped in warm blankets and rolled away into my lair.

Ask Game

What’s the lie your character says most often?

"Don't worry!" You should always worry if Kisa says don't worry.

Can they cry on command? If so, what do they think about to make it happen?

He can lol. He thinks about the pain of when his arm disintegrated and the tears just well up in his eyes.

What’s their favorite [insert anything] that they’ve never recommended to anyone before?

His favourite fabric shop. That's HIS fabric shop, grrrr.

What would you (mun) yell in the middle of a crowd to find them? What would their best friend and/or romantic partner yell?

Me? Probably just his name. Galin would start yelling in some of the WORST Natlanen? Natlanien? Kisa's native tongue. Lucille strikes me as a petname caller for sure.

How loose is their use of the phrase ‘I love you’?

It started very loose, yk, for the job. But he says it less loosely after dating Luci.

Do they give tough love or gentle love most often? Which do they prefer to receive?

Gentle love. But lots of banter! And he likes getting the same.

What fact do they excitedly tell everyone about at every opportunity?

any and every fact about his girlfriend ever lol

If someone was impersonating them, what would friends / family ask or do to tell the difference?

Ask him to make something with leather or a jasmine stitch for crochet. Both are Not Easy and someone pretending to be him would most likely not be skilled enough.

What’s something that makes them laugh every single time? Be specific!

The look of disgust on Decord's face every single time Galin eats hot peppers from the jar.

Who do they like as a person but hate their work? Vice versa, whose work do they like but don’t like the person?

Kisa has too many fashion opinions for this question. That's the entire industry let's be real here.

What common etiquette do they disagree with? Do they still follow it?

Keeping your elbows off the table when eating. It's stupid, and uncomfortable. Screw you.

What simple activity that most people do / can do scares your character?

Twist cherry stems with a tongue. So much coordination..

What do they feel guilty for that the other person(s) doesn’t / don’t even remember?

Uhmmmm, what happened to Lela. Who again I don't think I've spoken about on this blog? Anyways it haunts him. Even though it wasn't his fault.

Did they take a cookie from the cookie jar? What kind of cookie was it?

Yes, he did. And it was a chocolate chip cookie.

What subject / topic do they know a lot about that’s completely useless to the direct plot?

His entire job bro, the WHOLE thing??? KISA WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE PLOT! Nobody was supposed to get attached to Razvedka. 90% of the related content of them isn't important to the direct plot I was writing.

If they committed one petty crime / misdemeanor, what would it be? Why?

Murder and corporate espionage aside, shoplifting lol

What is the smallest, morally questionable choice they’ve made?

Well Kisa originally only joined the Fatui for some extra cash so uhm. Oops. It was small at the time.

What do they commonly misinterpret because of their own upbringing / environment / biases? How do they respond when realizing the misunderstanding?

He reads tone and body language wrong sometimes. He'll think someone is being cocky when they're just really into a conversation. He thinks someone is about to hit him when they lift their hand excitedly. Small stuff like that? He hides it mostly, doesn't react. But his mind RACES for a split second.

What language would be easiest for them to learn? Why?

Its hard cause I imagine the languages of Teyvat can sometimes translate, but not fully. We decided he speaks the Teyvat version of Spanish, and according to linguists if you can speak Spanish.. The easiest language to learn is Portuguese! So the teyvat version of that?

What’s something unimportant / frivolous that they hate passionately?

LOL okay so LIKE CIRINO, if this was a modern OUR WORLD, he'd fucking hate a lot of modern luxury brands. But since we're not in our world. He just really hates dark yellow?? PASSIONATELY despises it. won't use it.

Are they a listener or a talker? If they’re a listener, what makes them talk? If they’re a talker, what makes them listen?

Listener! I think most of Razvedka are? Just given the nature of their jobs. He, much like the others, is really good at 'prompting'. He can swing a conversation in the direction he wants with just a couple of words and then just listens.

#⋆｡°✩ kisa #☾*✲⋆. essence of myrrh #from the fate ; roc

[thevagabondexpress]

charles, grace, and keeping the adults in character: some issues a tsc fan sees in tsc, pt. v

Let me start this by saying that yes, actually, I know how Grace's hex works. That one of its conditions is that people around her do not question the requests she makes of them. However, it's shown also by the reactions particularly of Matthew and Cordelia that it does not mean nobody will question another person's responses to Grace or their view of her.

Hence, a hole. Charles is twenty-six, I believe. Grace is sixteen. A legal minor. They're engaged. Now, marriage with a vast age difference was quite common at the time in our world. However, the examples of marriages we're given within TSC suggest that among Shadowhunters this is unusual—our largest given age gap before this is only four years.

Given that the first-generation Londoners (our TID cast) don't know that Charles is gay during the time when he and Grace are engaged, and that they would have been aware of Grace's very disadvantaged position, that full ten year age gap could seem downright predatory.

Now. They might not question that Grace is interested in Charles, or that she'd make these requests of him. It's not out of the realm of possibility for a teenager to be interested in an older man. But, if they were to remain in character with the characterization of them as adults and parents, particularly in the short stories, they should and would have questions about why Charles's self-control and moral compass are so lacking that he's willing to acquiesce to Grace's requests, instead of doing the right thing and telling her to look for someone closer to her own age. And yet, Matthew is the only person to truly question their engagement and acknowledge that it's wrong.

My issue here, other than the obvious, is twofold. First, this ties back into my post about Jordelia. The author lacks understanding of her characters, particularly of her characters in their adult forms. She doesn't allow them to be themselves, and instead forces them to cooperate with her narrative at the cost of pulling them out of character from who they should be and how they should grow based on the parameters she established.

My second issue is one that also pervades TMI especially, but the other installments of the series as well: often times, she doesn't allow the narrative to acknowledge elements which the majority of its viewers will see as wrong. When I say this series is about breaking down unacknowledged issues within TSC, I don't mean issues other readers haven't noticed. Like my troubles with Christopher, this one I've seen recognized by others in the fanbase as an icky situation. So clearly, it's something many readers will take issue with. And yet the author doesn't acknowledge this within the narrative.

Now, I also want to say that I'm not here to present a solution to this issue. While I would like this acknowledged by the canon, the books are already written so that's not going to happen and anyway, the point of this series isn't really to say, "I want [insert fix] instead." I do that plenty enough when I write fanfiction, I don't need or want to do it here. By and large the point of this series is to gather my thoughts together into a more coherent (and hopefully more mature) analytic critique than the rambling vents my mother and my close writer-friends put up with from me. It's a way to help myself understand what I'm seeing (and not seeing), and how/why I'm seeing it that way and reacting to it as I do, and I share it with the hope that someone else will resonate with my analysis and go, "Okay, thon's is seeing this too." To paraphrase Doris Schwartz, "I just point out the problems. I don't do solutions."

"some issues a tsc fan sees in tsc" is an attempt to break down the unacknowledged things in tsc that i unearthed reading chain of thorns, rereading the rest of the series in preparation for it, and writing two longform fanfics (one of them a genderbent canon reworking) for the last hours. click on the "some issues..." tag to see more of these.

#some issues a tsc fan sees in tsc #tlh #tsc #the last hours #the shadowhunter chronicles #grace blackthorn #charles fairchild #tsc vent #fan analysis #analyzing the last hours #fan essay #chain of gold #chain of iron

[person8789]

Adventures through Twisted Wonderland-

The Phantom Bride: Love at First Fright

Part 3/15

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Spoilers!

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[insert intro here]

Lmao Leona ready to throw hands

You hear that? Riddle? Epel?

I’ll check back in later to make sure you guys heard that :)

And I was about to ask “if there’s a young Sam does that mean there’s an old Sam?”

Apparently yes, yes there is.

…hot… goss….?

Actually, never mind that isn’t what I wanted to bring up.

I find people’s reactions to Lilia talking about how old he is absolutely hilarious. They’re always confused and like “you say some strange things sometimes Lilia” but never further question why he says things like this it’s so funny.

Damn now that’s some next level shade. Wow. Ok.

Which Yuu should I be today lmao?

Fr though another thing I find funny is the fact that like half the time Yuu is a good person and like morally correct but then the other half of the time they are throwing mega amounts of shade. And I love the fact that this is when those two sides of Yuu decide to collide.

Leave it to Rook to be problematic about it lmao 🚩

You… don’t need to look so happy about that lmao

Oh dear god.

Ascending now, peace until the next part✌️

#gaming #twisted wonderland #twst #adventures through twst #twst player #twst spoilers #twst playthrough #twst liveblogging #ghost marriage #twst phantom bride #rook hunt #🚩 #leona kingscholar #dire crowley #deuce spade #ripdeucey #lilia vanrouge #pepaw Lilia #cater diamond #cater my beloved #…hot goss..? #massive amounts of shade in this part #twst yuu #vil schoenheit #azul ashengrotto #trey clover #jack howl #jade leech #floyd leech #sebek zigvolt

[merakiui]

jade renting a little cabin deep in the forest so he can have some peace and quiet from all the hustle at work, and some sweet, sweet time with his most beloved sweetheart (who may have or may have not spent the last year stuck in the coral sea by his side).

jade taking advantage of the fact that you're unable to walk by yourself after all that time you had spent with fins and a tail back at home to maneuver around with, and that (to your horror) you forgot how to use your legs.

the little privacy you had back at his house has been taken away from you, whenever he isn't home he forces you to swallow some pills to help with your bad sleeping habits, and just as you're starting to feel the dread settling in, life hits you with your period.

jade taking notice of it, he's been the one taking care of you for the past days, weeks that you have spent together in that damn cabin, of course he'd know when you were bleeding. the first thing that hits him is the scent, the sweet, sweet scent of blood running down your legs that only a predator like him would be able to catch. he tells you not to worry about it, not to think of the deep stain that covers the sheets, to just drink your pills, and it'll be fine. he'll take care of it; he'll take care of you.

jade wanting you to associate his presence with comfort, care and happiness. to him, you're a little thing that doesn't deserve the bare minimun respect: so he reads you stories before tucking you in bed, he bathes you, he cooks for you, he doesn't let you fucking walk by yourself, and forces you to depend on him at all times. need something? just call him <3 he'll be there anyway, whenever you want him or not.

he'll give you actual medicine for your pain relief, and he makes you use a menstrual cup & changes it for you when the time calls for it. a year ago, it would have been humiliating, you would have kicked and screamed and fought and cried, begged him not to do that, not to touch you, to keep his hands by himself and let you suffer in peace.

but... it's been a year since he took you. it's been a year since he made you go through those difficult stages in your relationship, it's been a year since you've tried many, many times to escape, to think of a solution, to hold onto the hope that maybe someone would save you. that maybe, maybe you would, one day, be free.

all the time you've been stuck with him, the isolation, the fear of the unkown he'd installed in you, the consistency of his care and the thought in the back of your mind that no matter where you went, or how fast you run he'd always find you, you started to get the feeling that maybe, maybe it wouldn't be so bad to rely on him a little more.

you started to feel comforted by his presence, it felt like he was someone you could always count on, like he was someone you should stick close to, like he was always going to be there, for your care, for your comfort, to have your back. it didn't matter whenever you wanted him to or not, he'd be there anyway. you started to feel the tension go away when you thought of him; you wondered if he had given you a dose too strong. you wondered if you were starting to accept him, to accept this as your new life.

he had been the one to clean the wounds you caused when you tried to run away from his captivity. he was the one to offer his shoulder to cry on when you were overcome with despair and desperation. he was the one to give you food when you were hungry, to make you drink when you couldn't even find the strenght to move by yourself, to give you pills when your mind tormented itself from everything going on around you: to help you relax, to help you keep calm, to help you sleep.

when you had given up completely on yourself, he had been there, and he took care of you. which is why you let him do as he pleases, now. you let him tend to your body in its most vulnerable state, you ask him to do it. you let him scrub down your most intimate parts and trace his lovely fingers all over you. you ask him to get in the bathub with you; you needed to feel him beside you, and he gives you an eerie smile, and he indulges you. he asks what you want him to do, surely you must be tired as it was getting quite late at night. but you can't help it: it's been far too long since you've had any sort of relief, and you're on your last straw.

you ask him to do what should be done in a wedding's night, to do it now, and to do it hard. you needed to feel another body on you, even if it meant doing it with your captor, with a criminal, with a sick pervert, you didn't care anymore. it's been a year, since you've desperately tried to refuse his care. you don't want to keep pushing it further. you don't think you can stand it anymore. you're asking him to care of you, now. you're giving him exactly what he wants. you're giving in to jade leech.

- - -

(cw: yandere, female reader, unhealthy behaviors/relationship, captivity/kidnapping, nsfw, period/blood, stockholm syndrome)

What's so frustrating about Jade is that he has so much patience and restraint. He won't touch you or kiss you or do anything remotely intimate because he wants you to crave his touch. You'll only ever feel his hands on you when he bathes and dresses you, but even then it's solely business. He's just cleaning you; there's no intimacy to be found in any of his touches. So it's only natural you'd start to want release, especially when your cramps are unbearable and nothing seems to be working.

How can you expect him to be a gentleman when you're practically begging for it, spreading your legs and pulling him in for a needy kiss? He really could ruin you (and he most certainly wants to), especially if you're in the bath and he's in his merform. But there's another part of him that wants to lavish you with gentle praise and love, treating you with such care in the bedroom as he finally takes you for himself. It's really conflicting!

Jade's really good with his tongue. I think he'd enjoy eating you out when you're on your period. He's probably done his research in advance so he's actually very knowledgeable on human anatomy and what menstruation means for females. The sight and smell of blood doesn’t bother him in the slightest, and it’s a normal thing for human females like you. So he feels no apprehension towards it. If anything, he’s very eager whenever he realizes you’re on your period and he’s so methodical when he writes down the exact time and date that you got it. He’ll keep note of how you feel each day and is eerily good at keeping track of it.

I like to think he’s somehow a little more…unhinged when you’re menstruating. More territorial and perceptive. Something about your body being in such a vulnerable state, so very susceptible to aches and cramps, makes him really excited. On the outside, he’ll mask any enthusiasm with his usual calm smile and polite demeanor as to not frighten you. But on the inside he is just gripping the bars of his cage as he’s consumed with carnal lust, wanting so badly to make a mess out of you and have you crying and begging while he stuffs you with his cock. :(

He actually wants your first time to be memorable and loving. Maybe he’ll lose himself during it, though, and you’ll end up bruised and exhausted by the end of it, teeth marks littering your broken, bloodied skin. But if he can exercise a little restraint, he’ll have you seeing stars as he rocks into you at a slow pace, tilting your head to meet his lips for a kiss so romantic it leaves you dizzy. If there’s a fireplace in the cabin, you can guarantee he’ll have a fire going as he fucks you on the sofa or on the floor or against the coffee table in front of the dancing flame. <3 he probably researched all sorts of positions and ways to do it in advance so that he’s thoroughly prepared to please you in more ways than one.

When it comes to walking, he becomes your legs. He doesn’t do much to help you learn how to use your legs again because he prefers it if you rely on him for help. It’s something he’ll throw back at you if you try to argue with him. You need him or else you’ll have to crawl to the bathroom. Just let him help you and your life will be so much easier.

He will 100% fuck you in his merform!!! He usually does it when you’re on your period because it really does something to him. Not only is the blood acting as a lubricant, it’s also incredibly hot to see it stain his dick. That, and you seem more sensitive when you’re on your period. :)

Aside from that, he’ll definitely spend lots of time cooking for you. He wants you to try the new recipes he makes, especially those with the mushrooms he grew, and he’ll be very pleased if you like it. Even though he’s holding you captive in this quaint cabin, things are surprisingly tranquil. Usually. If you act out or resist him, it’ll make for a stressful day and no one wants to deal with that. So it’s better if you submit to him and let him care for your every need. You’re his beloved, after all. What sort of lover would he be if he neglected to care for you?

#twisted chit chat #meraki thirsts #yandere jade leech #yandere twst #its-tem-tem #submission #you would feel so infantilized with him #he's always insisting that he takes care of you #that there's no need for you to do anything for yourself #essentially you're his doll #and he’s basically your butler/caretaker ;;; #perverted jade agenda!!! aaa he's also gross </3 #i just know he has a questionable search history and he has absolutely no shame about it #‘yes i looked up [insert morally questionable thing here] what about it?’ #wait until jade’s out foraging and floyd decides to pay you a visit :) #i feel like he’d act like his brother just to spook you #but he’s so mean </3 so horrible

[safflowerseason]

Inventing Anna

This weekend I had pretty serious jet-lag after some international travel, so in between taking very deep naps at weird hours I binged all of Inventing Anna and rage-munched a lot of chocolate while doing so. spoilers below, obviously.

I suspect the creators of Inventing Anna believe the audience insert is Vivian Kent, but the characters the audience will ultimately identify with most are the long-suffering spouses of Vivian and Todd Spodek, who watch helplessly as Vivian and Todd become more entangled with Anna Delvey to the point they’ve lost all sense of objectivity and boundaries.

Now, I get this is one of the many dimensions of Anna Delvey’s scam the story purposefully explores—that she was (like all scammers) very good at drawing people into her orbit as she needed. I also understand that one of the major points of the series is that every character saw Anna Delvey in a different light and particularly that they saw her as a means to their own ends, whether those ends were a good story, professional acclaim, or a free trip to Morocco. I understand the fundamental assumption of the show that capitalism itself is a scam, and that ultimately under capitalism maybe we’re all just scamming each other to get through the day, in different ways. If we’re going to tell stories about the economic landscape of the 2000’s, I think that’s a necessary place to start.

BUT I was also ready to throw my iPad out the window by the umpteenth monologue about how Anna was alone and she was just a girl trying to do something and she had courage. Jesus Christ. The show owes us damages for making brilliant actors like Arian Moayed and Anna Chlumsky say such absurd things far beyond the point of believability. The first and final episodes seem to argue that *ultimate* crime is actually pretending your intentions are pure when we’re all just looking out here in the world for our own interests in some way (except the show totally contradicts this in other moments, by holding up Neff as some kind of moral paragon for sticking by Anna at all costs). The idea that grifting is relatable because we’re all forced to scam our way under capitalism and that most of us aren’t born in the elite classes?! Pardon me, but there was only ONE character on that show who didn’t pay her absurd hotel bills and who compulsively lied about being a German heiress. The moral equivalencies made by the show’s writers were completely off-balance. Yes, everyone is on Wall Street is lying to each other, and that’s why they believed Anna Delvey. It’s bad that the Wall Street fat cats didn’t go to jail after 2008. Rachel Williams seems like a pretty shallow person. Yes, of course, women face more professional obstacles than men in the world. So…Anna Delvey shouldn’t face any legal consequences for her actions? What?! Make it make sense!

In some ways I feel like the show’s ultimate flaw was that the writers didn’t seem interested in the true heart of the Anna Delvey story, which is a) just a super weird story on its front, the type of weird that can't necessarily be explained and b) that some people grow into become sociopathic liars who live in their own delusions for mysterious brain-chemistry reasons. It’s a fundamental human truth, which is why Vivian Kent couldn’t find an answer to the “why” of Anna Delvey. Not everything can be explained by psychological or historical context. And putting aside the question of Anna Delvey's personal cognitive health, humans have been scamming each other since the dawn of time; people looking out for their own interests is not a human behavior that is exclusive to capitalism, just one that capitalism weaponizes to a particularly dangerous degree. I laughed out loud when Stewey-as-Todd-Spodek told Anna she was “below average at crime” because it was true! She didn’t know shit about high finance, it was just her chosen playground in which to manipulate others, and she wanted to be rich and famous.

What’s interesting too is that the original Pressler article didn't claim to be some profoundly introspective piece about capitalism and identity and whatnot. It’s just a very entertaining, very well-reported story about the bonkers antics of Anna Sorokin, presented with very little commentary other than the basic truism that most people won’t ask questions about your money if you can tip with $100 bills. The show wanted to go deeper, though, to find something more interesting and compelling about Anna the person, but…there really wasn’t.

Yes, this is just a television show, and one that is purposefully playing with perspective and narrative, blah blah, why am I all riled up over nine episodes of television. Because! If we’re going to interrogate how grift is baked into neoliberal capitalism, if we’re going to interrogate people like Anna Delvey, we need to be more thoughtful about it than “idk everyone is a scammer I guess.” That’s a copout. The economic plunder of the 2010’s and its consequences is clearly an emerging theme in American culture—we’re looking back on the 2010’s wondering how the hell we ended up here. There are four shows coming out in the first half of 2022 about various financial schemes that were built on questionable financial practices that eventually caught up to them. Of course, there’s a difference between Anna Delvey and Elizabeth Theranos in terms of the scale of their cons, there's a difference between one girl lying to a few bankers and Silicon Valley tech bros running apps built on exploitation. BUT there is also a difference between Anna Delvey and most people. The show absolutely overplayed her relatability.

Anyway, in spite of my rage at the show’s wishy washy attitude to narcissistic grifters, it was super entertaining in a visual sense--impeccable design, clever cinematography, especially in how they portrayed social media. The cast was stacked—the talent was not the problem. Hell, this ensemble included Anna Deavere Smith, Jeff Perry, and Terry Kinney, and their primary function was to just show up for ten minutes each episode and make snarky comments. Obviously Julia Garner chewed the scenery off the walls...the whole thing would have fallen apart without her performance, too.

Anna Chlumsky was great in a poorly conceived part, so great she almost made up for the mushy writing—she is, undoubtedly, very good at playing passionate, hyper-focused women who have blurry emotional boundaries where their work is concerned and see themselves as lone figures of sanity and righteousness. Her scenes with Arian Moayed really popped, I thought--maybe because they both have theater training? And I appreciated a portrayal of pregnancy and motherhood where a woman aggressively prioritized her job and was allowed to experience a range of emotions about her impending motherhood and the narrative didn’t punish her for it. (I’ll just take all the scenes of Anna Chlumsky performing pregnancy-related comedy and apply them to the Veep alternate universe in my own head where Amy Brookheimer got to have her baby. Dan would have been a much more entertaining baby daddy than Vivian’s bland husband.).

#inventing anna #anna chlumsky #arian moayed #julia garner

[buckyownsmylife]

I’m a Believer - John Winchester smut

The one where John’s a demon

Warnings: smut, NONCON, john is possessed by a demon, reader is restrained, fingering, p in v, mention of blood and licking of said blood, mention of puking, mention of crying, dirty talk, taunts

Word count: 1.2k

A/N: this fic was requested a while ago! Special thanks to @danneelsmain​ for looking this over for me! This fic is entirely from the reader’s POV and so I tried to something different: when she’s refering to John, she uses “he” or “him”, but when she refers to the demon, she uses “it” or “thing”. It might be a bit confusing, so I figured I’d make it clear here! Happy reading!

“Do you want to tell me what you like?” His voice had goosebumps running down my body, calling out for my attention. Even when he wasn’t a demon, he had that effect on me. John just had this power over people, it forced them to instinctively respect him. “Or would you prefer to just let me do whatever I want to you?” When his breath ran over my skin, I shivered, struggling against the binds that tied me to his bed.

It was just my luck, really. Waking up to find myself restrained and naked, under the watchful gaze of a black-eyed John. I knew pleading was out of question. I had too much pride to do that, anyway.

Something inside of me knew John wouldn’t like to see me beg for my life either. And even though it shouldn’t be something I was concerned about in a dangerous situation, I couldn’t help but want to make him proud. So no, I would take this in stride. If I was going to die tonight, it’d be dignified. Or as dignified as I could be while completely naked and exposed to the probably cause of my death.

“You know…” he spoke, in a voice that was John’s and wasn’t at the same time, raising goosebumps all over my skin at that deep tone that sounded familiarly foreign. “Crawling out of hell is damn worth it to see such a pretty little pussy all spread out for me to ruin.”

I turned my face away so I wouldn’t feed into its egocentric need to get a reaction out of me, but it didn’t seem to work at all. “Aw…” It cooed, “There’s no need to be shy. He’s been thinking about this cunt a lot, you know?”

Again, I didn’t know how to feel about this, yet my body seemed to know exactly how to react - the idea of John thinking of me in any sort of sexual way undeniably arousing, making my nipples stiffen in the air of the evening while I could feel myself slowly start to get wet.

“If you could only see the things he wants to do with it…” It had approached me now, firm hand that still felt too much like John’s grabbing my jaw to raise my gaze to theirs. “Bury his cock between these lips…”

A thumb brushed against my lower lip, but it was quickly gone. The thing chuckled, almost to himself, before clarifying what it is that it considered so funny. “I’d satisfy them all if I didn’t think you’d bite his dick off.” I wouldn’t say that the thing was wrong, but I wouldn’t destroy what I was certain to be a fine specimen of the male physique without some sort of grief over it.

Suddenly, a pair of lips fell upon mine, gifting me a kiss so surprising that I couldn’t help but moan, and then a tongue slipped inside my mouth, prying me open, forcing me to accept it.

“Oh, darling… We’re gonna have so much fun together.”

First came his fingers. They spread my lower lips open to start his exploration through visual means, just softly running over the edge of my hole to tempt more of my wetness to pour out.

When it did, he penetrated me. Two digits at once, immediately curled to find my special spot, the one that had my toes curling, my ankles struggling against the binds that held me down.

“Oh, yes…” It hissed, “You take these fingers so well…” I liked that the thing acknowledged it wasn’t his fingers, but John’s. It made me feel somewhat better about the sopping, wet sounds that reverberated across the room as it fucked me without mercy, getting me wetter and stretched for it to insert another finger.

“Good girl.” The praise was too much for me to take. It reminded me of John too much, the rare occasions he would look at me with those deep brown eyes and recognize that I’d done well on a job.

It made me miss him, even though his body was standing right there, his arm enthusiastically moving as he brought me to a loud release. “There you go…” The thing whispered, and I could feel the dark gaze on my skin, burning it. “We can’t wait to see how well you take his cock.”

The way it was said had tears stinging my eyes, but I wouldn’t give in. Especially not after the demon cooed, “Oh, won’t you cry, little one?” The nickname felt so sinful in John’s voice, I bit my lip so hard it drew blood, which the creature promptly leaned over to lick it off of me.

“Won’t you let me taste your tears as well?” I turned my head to the side, trying to avoid it, telling myself not to give it what it wanted. “I can feel your fear…” It sang, making me want to puke all over John’s handsome face. “Won’t you show me it?”

When I didn’t answer, he sighed, getting up and taking his fingers out of me. I tried not to whine, but I was only human. The chuckle it released in response only made me feel worse.

When John’s body joined me in bed, dipping the mattress, my stomach seemed to fall down to my feet. “I want you to watch it,” the thing ordered, fingers digging into my cheeks so it could raise my face just enough to see as a thick hardness inserted itself between my thighs, and slowly pushed it in.

It didn’t hurt. I was too wet for it to even sting. When John’s cock finally bottomed out inside of me, stretching me in ways I’d never been stretched before, I even gasped, half in surprise, half in arousal, too conflicted by my own feelings to be able to focus on anything other than the way the head of his member was pressing precisely where no man had ever managed to hit.

“Do you see it?” The thing asked, and I opened my eyes again to see that John had tilted his head, eyes looking almost curious, piercing me with their darkness. “See how well your little cunt takes us?”

I wouldn’t entertain it with a response. But then - maybe in punishment, although it felt more like a reward - it slammed his hips against mine, prompting a loud moan to escape my chest, making the thing laugh.

“Yes, isn’t it beautiful? Your pussy is taking every inch of it so hungrily. Let’s see how long it takes until it’s weeping around it.” I tried to wiggle away as best as I could, more out of my own morals than anything else, but it pulled me back to spear me on John’s cock until eventually, I succumbed to it.

I didn’t have any other choice. I started the night wondering how John would feel once he realized how many lines were crossed in our relationship tonight, but now I wondered if this demon’s hunger would ever truly be sated.

It seemed like my future would be to forever stay here, getting pounded by John’s body while both of us were forced to witness it happening, unable to stop it.

#my fics #my requests #john winchester request #john winchester smut #john winchester #smut #tw noncon #demon au #tw restraints #john winchester x reader #john winchester reader #john winchester reader insert

[metabolizemotions]

I know exactly how you feel, is the first time I’m not looking forward to watching the episode, haven’t watch it yet, i feel like DS video about “some” disrespectful messages was very manipulative and aimed to silence mostly the queer community and their very very valid opinions.

I honestly haven’t seen any disrespectful or hateful takes, only constructive criticism.

Obviously it was a PR move, let the most beloved characters address the issue and make it looks like there are only offensive ppl out there, I do believe some ppl crosses the line and I believe it may be hurtful especially for Danielle, that is usually very open to fans also about her private life, so people need to chill for sure, but this happens to every fandom.

But I feel cheated, also by the writers, not only about their inconsistency but also their disgusting choice for a donor, the way they delivered this story, a lot of nonsense, misrepresentation, insulting jokes and so on…

We know Jack ain’t gonna be only the “fun uncle” they prob gonna insert him in every aspect of Marina and the baby life, they are prob gonna give them a boy so they’ll have to ask uncle Jack for advice (no thank you🤢) or even worst help Carina during pregnancy and the birth of the baby, basically taking control and space on Marina relationships, thing that is already happening.

Here we are again Jack hijacking relationship, the most boring and annoying character that apparently can have his on story or growth…

The things that I find most annoying and hurtful are:

-The fact that apparently is bad for Maya to be a firefighter and be scared to leave Carina and the baby alone but for Jack to be one is totally fine

-The fact that Jack fcked every women he knows all while they were in a relationship or superior at work, this is not a good guy, he use women weakness to get laid, he has no morals, no balls, he wants to be neede no matter want, never say no never apologize.

-Jack has no medical history, suddenly Dr. DeLuca doesn’t care about it, right!!!

-They didn’t even talk about other options they went straight (lol) to Jack just because of Drama effect, trying from the beginning of season 5 to make him look like a hero, Carina best friend, her confident, and they forced their awkward friendship on us (Grey acting is very questionable and for me it ruins the scenes)

-Jack sperm has more screen time and character development of Marina, Jack has more screen time with Carina than Maya

-They are forcing and manipulating us to like him and use shared childhood trauma with Carina to do so..this is to me also offensive toward real life victims as myself, using this powerful and triggering storyline to push them as friends.

It’s offensive in so many way but I’ll stop here

Now suddenly after Danielle Video and continuous tweets about Carina and Jack friendship and love, people seems ok accepting this storyline, PR of Station19 has won, and achieved exactly what hat they wanted, guilt tripping us, and make sure to shut us up, we can’t say anything gay apparently.

It feels like I lost something and I have this sadness towards the way these people think they are actually doing good representation while is actually very triggered and hurtful

I don’t know, for me S19 is over no even Marina crumbs will help, also I know they are gonna keep inserting men in every women storyline and they finally made a cheater and break upper of queer women the good guy…

I still think it’s disgusting no matter what the say or do.

If ppl can still find joy on S19, I’m happy for them, but this bitter taste of manipulation bullying and nasty jokes about women relationships will never go away!

I’ll step away for my mental health, but hopefully for your guys they won’t do any more disrespectful storyline related to Marina

Take care, sending you lots of love!

I am deeply sorry for the trauma you had experienced and that you were triggered by this episode. Yes, please do put your mental health above all else. I hope you find something else that resonates with you that brings you joy and comfort. After my post, I have received many kind and lovely messages, some in private. I’m glad for this community. It also facilitated this exchange, however brief. Thank you for dropping this message. Thank you for your kind words. I wish you nothing but the best. Do take care too! 

I saw that a handful of us were still upset and wanted to put a message out so we could commiserate with each other - to mourn what seemed like the ending of a beloved story and/or characters. Everyone engages with media differently. There is no shame in feeling too much. Or to feel whatever you feel. I was just rambling out loud as I let my dark, emo & dramatic side take over. To feel fully. Then perhaps it’s easier to let go. Then my lighter, rational twin can see it with detachment.   

It does not matter - it is fiction, drama, entertainment. There are other more important things in life. It also matters a lot. If you love it a lot. If it strikes a chord. It is also onscreen representation of real people. Pop culture informs and shifts perception cos we only have one set of experiences lived thru one set of eyes. 

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Everyone wants to be seen. 

DS wants to bring the story of her beautiful act of love to screen. She wants to spread the idea of the possibility of a different kind of family. She wants to do so thru’ the character she is passionately playing. 

But the writers’ adaptation was built on a faulty premise. They took a realistic experience and forced it into an unrealistic fictional frame. Also, the chemistry of DS & SS translates very well onto Marina. (I think they wanted to bank on their popularity to pull this off - w/o DS & SS, many probably wouldn’t have started watching or would have abandoned the show long ago.) But with GD, their camaraderie does not translate well to their character dynamics.

Whether the writers were queer was less important than if they were masterful and respectful. Even if they must make a choice they knew wouldn’t go well with the very people they were trying to represent, the least they could do was to do it respectfully. Instead, they made light of the whole situation - using cheap humour to cover up plot inadequacies. 

Without a solid foundation of congruent story flow and properly resolved plots, they cobbled together bits and pieces that didn’t fit. To me, it felt disingenuous to quickly address the cheating plot with an apology and dropped a few lines after a time jump, only to bring it back up clumsily in service of the donor plot - and in the process destroying the integrity of the characters.

They knowingly made the donor choice to maximise drama potential. The damage control seemed to be built into the season & episode structures and schedule of release of bts material. They might not have fully comprehended the repercussions before airing and things got out of hand (though the social media blow up could very well be part of the plan). 

The reasonable majority of fans expressing legitimate concerns respectfully was dismissed, and felt their lived experiences invalidated. The minority who was very invested felt deeply offended and chose to express their thoughts rudely, crossing a line. The ones involved in the storytelling felt their intentions and efforts unappreciated and unjustly criticised. 

Failure of communication. Nobody was listening. Hurt feelings all around. 

“Assume incompetence not malice” - I think applying this to the situation makes me feel better. Good intentions, bad outcomes. 

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At the end of the day, ABC is an entertainment company, with viewership as its bottomline. One can give it credit for its efforts at representation. We can see the diversity in casting and telling of stories of different races, genders, sexual orientations etc. 

But within these bolder choices, we do still see stereotypes and the cycling of overused tropes. Nuances are very often lost too, especially in attempts to maximise drama.

We’ve come a long way; but we still have a long way to go. Perhaps in future, such tropes will be seen more universally as distasteful and absurd.   

#station 19 #asks #my comments

[shtern-and-art]

I have more questions because it's no longer 4am lmao.

Does Skeppy fear any animals? I just wanna know if there's any sweet moments of Skeppy clinging to Bad whilst he tries to calm him down.

I'm guessing Bad still hates things like littering and woodcutters but would he ever act particularly strongly about it or would he have more control?

I like how Rat seems to tolerate Skeppy because Bad likes him but would she ever get jealous if Skeppy started pettting another dog?

I have a horrifying image of Bad just spider climbing up a tree to fetch Skeppy. I don't know why but I feel like dude wouldn't even need branches lmao.

What other supernatural creatures/people do they come across? Were there any that were especially dangerous and did they befriend any?

Is Bad much physically stronger than Skeppy? I keep thinking of Skeppy being a little shaz and Bad just one-arm picking him up and slinging him over his shoulder XD.

Does Bad ever get nightmares of the day he became the forest spirit?

How far would Skeppy take stealing? Would he steal something he knows the owner has genuine attachment to? Would he do everything in his power to steal something for Bad even if it means getting hurt?

Who's more likely to protect the other?

Skeppy just minding his business looking at one of Bad's textbooks, turns his head and Bad's just having a tea party with a freaking bear. Surprised the man hasn't had a heart attack yet XD.

What's your favourite thing to imagine them doing?

Is Bsd an adrenaline junky? Or is he scared of more dangerous things like bungee jumping and mountain climbing.

What would their reactions be to rollercoasters?

Do they have a favourite date-night activity?

Everytime I think of this au it brightens my mood!! Thank you for making something so heartwarming!! <3

Glad to see you again :D And yaay, questions!

My pen pressure broke again, I can't finish any sketches for this ask rn, but here's a couple of old messy designs.

1) Comforting and nightmares

Skeppy has a normal, I’d even say adequate level of fear towards wild animals, whilst Bad has it in negative numbers. And, yes, this fun juxtaposition leads to a lot of unfortunate moments of Skeppy nearly dying from heart attack when some of Bad’s animal friends show up unexpectedly, or Bad goes all out for his tea-parties with wild bears or smth.

So, yes, sometimes the comforting hugs are necessary! And no, none of them ever play up the dramaticness of the situation just to drag out the nice comforting moment They do n o t. That’d be very silly and unnecessary, and will deserve a lot of teasing. So, it’s all serious. Not only for the first couple minutes. Yes.

But If you’re looking for comfort-after-actual-hurt – Bad does have to hold and comfort Skeppy, when the stress of trying to not fuck up the good stuff around him gets too strong. And after the nightmares where they are hated and chased by people. Those dreams do not come often, but when they do, Bad is there to hold Skeppy, whisper in his hair that he is alright, that they’re both alright, and that they can handle everything that’s going on right now.

And Bad himself, well. After leaving the town, his nightmares about the night of the ritual stopped almost completely. They come rarely, only when the anxiety gets really bad. Before, in the forest, Bad had them pretty often. It’s one of the reasons he mostly slept not as himself, but in the minds of the animals.

2) Littering

Bad will not maim someone for not getting a candy wrapper in a trashcan, especially if there are people around. But if someone leaves a big mess in the nature, or even (*gasp*) does it regularly, Bad can and will try and teach them a lesson. As in: pull a cautionary (and probably slightly terrifying) prank on the misbehaving person.

It doesn’t always work out as Bad intended, and may even scare some people off anything relating to nature for good, but, according to Bad, it’s still “a fun and useful little hobby to have :3”.

3) Rat

Rat takes a looong time to warm up to any other animals that infringe on her territory. And Skeppy might be a little shit (and his own rights for Bad are debatable) but he is Rat’s territory still (by approximation from Bad). So, she can gatekeep Skeppy a little bit. Not as much as she does Bad, but the man gotta know his place – Rat comes before other dogs for him too.

4) Tree climbing and strength

Oh, Bad can an will climb down a tree like a full-on creepy creature he is: head down, using only his claws, with Skeppy tucked under one arm. Maybe not even upside down, if Skeppy is lucky, and wasn’t too annoying about wanting to stay up on the tree for the night :D

5) Meeting other spn creatures

Oh, that’s a big question (: Yes, they do meet other cryptids, befriend some, and get in trouble with some, and deal with a handful of new and old spn troubles :D

I always thought that Bad and Skeppy’s life after the main story can make a series of short stories (or one big episodic one) dealing with exactly that: the guys traveling around, meeting other cryptids, learning more about themselves and the world, trying to build a life between human and supernatural crisis going on. Just like In The Dark it can based on the mix between the real life and the minecraft-verse events.

I wanted to focus more on finishing the main story first, though, so these stories are not as sought through, I didn’t even write down any of them yet :D

But if you have more concrete questions, ideas, or suggestions (about a specific person, or a specific thing happening) – write me, I’ll think about it, and how it can work with the theme and worldbuilding I have in mind.

6) Stealing + Protectiveness

Skeppy can sometimes forget about, ahem, moral principles, or human decency… emphasis oh “human”. He’s nature and different worldview it gives, it seeps through in his life and actions even more with age. Especially after he’s been away from actual people for a long while. So, I guess, he might at times steal something that is very important to someone, or do something that could be considered weird or rude in general.

And if Bad really needs something, or is in danger – all rules are down. If there is no one to reality check Skeppy, he might proceed to walk on heads, and commit risky and reckless crimes just to help or save Bad.

They both are quite bad with that, the protecting each other thing. Bad, tho, can be more fiscally violent in his protectiveness.

7) Adrenaline and rollercoasters

Well, it’s not that Bad likes adrenaline specifically, he’s just very curious, likes to try new things, and is almost unkillable. So he can just- just go for everything that’s interesting for him with reckless abandon, and if it goes wrong – welp. Bones can heal limbs can regrow, and the cool abandoned caves will not explore themselves. He’ll have to learn to ease up with lack of selfcare though. Because Bad can’t always leave Skeppy to fend for himself, while he heals, and Skeppy does NOT like seeing Bad getting hurt so much, and not caring about himself at all.

This probably comes back to Bad dealing with his spn nature and learning to make peace between it and himself. And to his anxiety, and unhealthy coping mechanisms.

And hey, it’s the same for Skeppy and his lack of adequate moral compass at times :D

There will be a lot of tension and growing they’d have to do in regards to all this.

Also Skeppy is the one who’s really into chasing the thrills :D Man spent nearly half a year annoying probably-murderous-forest-spirit just for little not-boring fun, jeez :DD

Rollercoasters are a no go, tho. They go up in the air, real high, and, once again, Skeppy and highs do not mix, they do not mingle, they will not have tea parties (with or without bears). Unless, of course, Skeppy really needs to prove something. Then he’ll go on a ride, and die an honorable death, and will never admit he screamed all the way through it.

8) Dates

(*insert an innuendo from Skeppy here*) But, ahm, actually I’d say they love going on picnics: getting food, and hanging around in the nature for a while.

And I honestly donno what I like to think about the most… I just really enjoy the vibe and the atmosphere of the whole story, and how Bad and Skeppy interact in general.

It all is a real delight to write about :D

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In The Dark - masterpost

#mcyt #mcyt fanart #badboyhalo #skeppy #skephalo #In The Dark #shtern talks #..... #dang i talk a lot don't i #:DDDD #but really #getting these asks getting to write more about this AU - always makes my day

[serpentinesomebody]

Why Janus Planned The Entirety Of His Own Acceptance Arc From The Very Beginning

I think that Janus planned everything. From his reveal all the way to POF, he mapped it all out like a game of chess. And I think I finally know why, too.

So let’s start at his goals. He represents deceit, and has the goal of self-preservation. Additionally, however, he wants the one thing all sides want: for Thomas to listen to them.

Janus’ introduction is very different from Virgil’s. Thomas didn’t even know about him. And when things settle down, we get an idea as to what his first impression of Janus is: he’s scared of him, and skeptical, too. He doesn’t trust him. But this is exactly what Janus wanted. But why? Why present himself as a frightening and untrustworthy side? How could that possibly benefit him or Thomas?

Well, let’s look at what would have happened if just appeared and introduced himself as, well, himself. No disguises, no theatre scenario, none of that.

Well for one, Thomas probably wouldn’t be as afraid of him. What scared Thomas so much, I think, was that Janus was able to disguise himself for almost half an hour and he didn’t even know. And until Patton appeared at the end, he truly believed that he had no morality, that it was Janus the entire time. He gets the impression that this new side can manipulate him, and quite easily, too. So not only does he not trust this new side, but he’s scared of him, too.

But if Janus introduced himself upfront? Thomas still wouldn’t trust him, but there wouldn’t be much fear either. Thomas would likely just see him as a simple nuisance. He just doesn’t naturally invoke the same fear that Virgil does. Without the fear factor, he only has distrust.

But why would Thomas not trust him if he introduced himself upfront?

Well, he has multiple things going against him. His primary function is deceit. Not exactly helping his case. But let’s say they look past that. Well, he also has a ‘snake face,’ which really doesn’t make him come across as an honest, well-meaning person. Lastly, pretty much all the sides do not like him. Virgil makes his full-on hatred pretty obvious, and Logan certainty doesn’t seem to like him much either. Patton sees him as an antagonist, his opposite. Roman appreciates his charm, but still sees him as a creepy villain nonetheless. All the sides are against him, so how could he convince Thomas to trust him?

But if trying to intimidate Thomas into listening to him won’t work, and being honest won’t work, what will?

Deceiving him.

He knows that even if he’s honest, Thomas still will not trust him. So if Thomas isn’t going to trust him either way, he needs to find a way to manipulate the situation so that even if Thomas won’t listen to him at the moment, he still has control over the situation.

The first episode with Janus goes perfectly according to plan.

One thing that always struck me as odd was that this was the situation that Janus decided he needed to be involved in? Some texting drama?

But that’s exactly what Janus needed. He needed something small, something he could ensure he could manage. If he had made his first appearance in SVS, that would be way too much for Thomas to take in at once, and Thomas wouldn’t have any clue as to what Janus was like. Janus introduced himself over something minor, something insignificant that he wasn’t truly needed for, for the sole purpose of leaving an impression. He meant to reveal himself at the end.

Now let’s move on to SVS. This time, Janus drops the disguise much earlier. And it’s so, so obvious that this was intentional. Janus says things he knows Logan would never say. Hell, Janus doesn’t often use metaphors himself. He proposes hypothetical situations and uses similes, but when does he ever say anything like ‘straight from the horse’s mouth’?

So if he dropped the disguise so early, why even bother doing it in the first place? Simple: he just needed to buy himself a bit more time before Logan came. He needed to ensure that the courtroom scenario was already set up. Janus knew that Logan would be upset that he wasn’t included in a courtroom scenario and would possibly try to insert himself into one of the roles that Janus didn’t want him in.

This begs the question, though, why have Logan on the sidelines?

Because Janus knows that Logan is an intelligent and professional person, and would likely point out that the trial wasn’t exactly following legal code. So, Janus benches him.

As for Patton, well, it just makes the most sense that he would be in the position he was. Patton is the one that Janus is trying to oppose.

But what about Virgil? Why have Virgil as the jury? Why decide that the one person who hates him the most, who is the most biased against him, gets to decide who wins the case? Simple: Janus knows that Virgil will still let him win the case. But how does he have so much faith in that? Because he knows Virgil. They have history, and by now, Virgil’s actions are predictable to him. Virgil is a pessimist by nature, and blunt. He won’t lie to Thomas and say that he thinks he’s a good person just to spare Thomas’ feelings. Janus knows that despite what Virgil thinks of him, he will judge Thomas as guilty.

As for Roman? Janus may not know Roman as well as Virgil, but Roman is predictable. When it comes to morals, he will follow Patton, no matter what. He has to in order to keep up his image as the hero. So, Janus knows that Virgil will judge Thomas as guilty, and he knows that Roman will sentence Thomas to go to the wedding because he knows that Roman knows that that’s what Patton wants.

That was his entire goal for that episode: ensure that Thomas goes to the wedding.

And the reason he needs Thomas to go to the wedding is because it sets the stage for POF.

Janus knows that Thomas will be upset after the wedding, and he knows that Thomas’ mood will have an effect on Patton. His first goal in the episode, aside from bringing up a few facts, is to get Patton to snap. He needs Thomas to see that sometimes Patton doesn’t always know everything, that things are more complicated then that. And, more importantly, he needs to present himself as the hero this time.

As I said, Janus knows that Roman will side with Patton no matter what. So if Roman is by Patton’s side, then who’s there for Thomas?

He is.

Janus presents himself as the hero. This scene is such a crucial moment. He’s clearly trying to portray the image that he is on Thomas’ side.

But if that’s the case, then why does he dodge Patton’s attack and let Thomas get hit instead?

He feels like he has no other choice. Patton is still insisting that it’s dangerous for Thomas to take self-care too far. The only way Janus can get Patton to see that he’s hurting Thomas is...to let Patton literally, physically hurt Thomas. This, I think, is probably the most difficult thing Janus has ever had to do thus far. Thomas’ safety and happiness is his one goal, there is no one who he puts before Thomas, not even himself.

It’s the hardest thing Janus has had to do, but it works. Patton finally realizes, finally admits that he doesn’t know everything.

Janus is so close to getting accepted.

But there’s one problem left: Roman.

Roman doesn’t trust Janus. And here’s the thing: Janus needed Patton to accept him, yes, but Roman was also a crucial component. I don’t think Janus’ intention was to antagonize Roman, rather, I think he wanted Roman’s approval. Pushing Thomas’ hero down doesn’t help anyone, especially Thomas. He has Patton’s approval, now he needs Roman’s. He needs Roman, Thomas’ hero, to see him as one too. And that, that is where he made a horrible mistake.

He tried to get Roman to take a liking to him in the courtroom, not by much, of course, since he still wanted Roman to sentence Thomas to the wedding after all, but enough for Roman to not be completely against him.

But he screwed up. Roman realized that Janus’ praise in the courtroom wasn’t 100% honest, and now he full-on hates Janus.

The way Janus tries to fix this, I think, is by giving his name. Granted, I’m sure that he would have done it sometime during POF anyway, but he thinks that it’s enough to change Roman’s mind and it isn’t.

This, I think, is the real reason why Janus is so harsh when Roman makes fun of his name.

What he expects is going to happen, is that Roman is going to warm up to him a bit. Or at the least, that he’ll stop spiraling/panicking and take a minute to truly listen to Janus, perhaps allow him to explain himself.

But that’s not what happens. And Janus just snaps.

Because he was so close, so close to wrapping up his acceptance in a perfect, neat little bow and it is ruined.

Sure, he still had his relationship with Virgil and Logan to work on, but if Patton and Roman were on his side, Thomas would be too. And it would be three against two, meaning he’d likely get a permanent seat at the table. He could fix his relationship with Virgil and Logan later, but he needed a seat at the table. Yes, his plan is kinda rushed, but he wants to get to Thomas as fast as possible so he can help him with things like this in the future-things where there could be even more important things at stake. I’m sure he didn’t want to hurt anyone, but he felt like he had to go with this plan in order to help in the long-term.

But Roman laughs at his name and he is so frustrated, so tired, and he doesn’t know how else he can try to get Roman on his side and he snaps.

Afterwards, you can tell he regrets it. He knows he messed up.

And when Thomas says that Roman is still his hero, Roman turns to Janus in a silent question of ‘is he lying?’ But Janus interprets it as, ‘is he telling the truth?’ and so he nods. And when he sees that Roman is upset, he realizes that there was a miscommunication between them, but before he can do anything about it, Roman is already gone.

TLDR: All of Janus’ actions are planned to get him a seat at the table, except for when he snaps and calls Roman ‘the evil twin,’ and fucks up majorly.

#sanders sides #ts janus #sanders sides analysis #sanders sides theory #SVS #POF #CLBG #tbh im not 100% sure I believe this myself but I had an idea and idk it’s just interesting to think about #also #I know a few people have said he revealed himself on purpose one one or more of the times he appeared #but I’ve never seen anyone elaborate on it in depth so im just throwing my own thoughts no one asked for into the ring

[simpingforsoftboys]

The Odds of Us All

CH 3 Part 2/5: The Foxes Burrow

You stood beside Kita, facing the starting members of Inarizaki’s team. Your soulmates were pretty surprised to see you here- but that was a given since you may or may not have neglected to inform them that you would be their new manager.

“This is Ushijima Y/n. She was previously Nekoma’s volleyball club manager- I’m sure some of ya’ have heard of them before. They’re Fukurodani’s main rival- aside from Itachiyama.” Kita introduced her formally, before allowing Y/n to say a few things herself.

“I look forward to getting to know you all! Please take care of me.” You said with a bow. Kita nodded in approval at your brief greeting- concise yet polite- just as he liked it. 

“Today’s extra practice for the senior and starting members. So take yer time with gettin settled in. If ya need anythin just ask me or Aran.” A tall male in a #4 jersey strode up to you, a welcoming smile on his lips as he stretched out a hand for a handshake.

“Nice to meet ya Ushijima! Welcome to the team!” You accepted his hand and shook it firmly.

“Glad to be here Aran-senpai- but please just call me ‘Y/n.’ Ushijima is my cousin-”

“Course- ain’t gonna lie- made me double take the first time I heard it.” They shared a quick chuckle. “Why don’t ya go talk to the other’s? We’ll be right here after.” Aran stepped away to speak to Kita, luckily you didn’t need to go seek out anyone else to speak to- since someone walked up to you.

*Apologies in advance ya’ll, I’m only an anime watcher so I DO NOT have a grasp on Akagi, Omimi, or Ginjima’s characters AT ALL... so please- if you guys have tips please comment. Also I have no idea if Akagi or Ginjima was raised in Hyogo so I’m going to give them a normal Tokyo dialect for now- but Ginjima will have hints of Hyogo dialect- this is subject to change if I get advice. 

“Hi! I’m Akagi Michinari, you’re new right? How’s Inarizaki so far?” Akagi was fairly cheerful- almost like a breath of fresh air compared to everyone else. Sure, Kita and Aran were plenty nice but they were more like a parental/older brother sort than friendly.

“Mhm, I just got here two days ago! Everyone here is so friendly- I love it.”

“Hey... this is just between me and you but,” Akagi leans forward, hand covering the side of his face like he’s telling a secret, curious, you lean forward to hear better. “It’s kind of refreshing to talk to someone without the Hyogo dialect. Sometimes I still have trouble understanding what people are saying so I smile and nod.” You two look at each other for a good moment before bursting into actual giggles. 

“Me too actually, I was so lost in Japanese literature- so I just pretended to know what was going on when Kenji-sensei was lecturing.” You whisper back- sending the third year into a fit of laughter. The two of you were oblivious to the jealous stares from the nightmare trio, and the curious looks from the others. 

“Haha- I think we’ll be fast friends Y/n!” The libero says, turning to look at the last two people. “Hey Ren, Hitoshi- come say hi!” A super tall, scary dude with a blank expression walks over, along with a stereotypical alt obsessed looking guy. “The super tall one is Omimi Ren- and the grumpy one is Ginjima Hitoshi!” Omimi doesn’t say anything- instead opting to nod in greeting.

“Hey.” Is all Ginjima says, looking like he’d rather be anywhere but here. 

“Call me Y/n! I was meaning to ask earlier but are there any allergies or food preferences you might have? I was going to bring homemade energy bars but realized someone might be allergic.” 

“Uh, nah I don’t have any allergies.” Ginjima looks pleasantly surprised, though it’s barely noticeable on his face, “I don’t think anyone here has allergies so ya don’t need to worry.” He turns to look at his seniors for confirmation.

“No one has any.” Omimi agrees.

“Great! Thank you... how about food preferences? Any dietary restrictions for you three specifically?” You’re slipping back into your old managerial habits, pulling out a notepad and scribbling down notes. You may not be of any help on the court directly, but you pride yourself on being analytical and taking care of your team. An example of this was how you’d watch Nekoma’s next rival team beforehand, chatting up their players by starting off with simple conversation- and estimating what makes them tick based off their answers. 

“So professional- Shinsuke picked a good one.” Akagi praised, before giving his own preferences (along with Omimi’s), Ginjima spoke after him. Something told you this years team was going to quickly be added to your list of friends.

“What’cha talkin bout over here?” Atsumu slinked over to stand at your side, inserting himself into the conversation. The two third years were unperturbed at his interruption, meanwhile Ginjima looked a little irritated. 

“Just dietary restrictions.” You replied showing him your notebook. “Speaking of which I have to speak to you, Osamu, and Suna about yours. Excuse us-” After politely excusing yourself and Atsumu, you walked over to join the other two.

“Enjoyin yerself?” Osamu questioned in greeting, taking a bite of his senbei cracker. “Never seen Akagi so chatty with someone he just met.” 

“That’s because they were gossiping.” Suna snickered, shooting you a knowing glance. “It was something about the dialect right? He said the same thing to me when we first met.” He laughed at the scandalized/busted expression you wore.

“What d’ya mean?” The vegetable oil color haired twin questioned, tilting his head to the side- Osamu said nothing, content to munch on his cracker. 

“Thank you so much for exposing me.” You ‘thanked’ Suna with a saccharine sweet tone, before answering your faux blonde soulmate. “It’s Tokyo dialect things. That’s it.”

“Oh ok.” He seemed satisfied with your answer, not seeing any reason to doubt you- much to his twin’s, and Suna’s amusement.

“Alright everyone, practice now!” Coach Kurosu called, the gym doors slamming open as he strode in alongside Coach Oomi. “Ushijima- er I’ll just say Y/n yeah? Come over and I’ll give you a rundown on how things work around here.” While the boys began running their warmup laps around the gyms interior, you made your way over to the coaches. “So... says here you were manager of old Nekomata’s team huh? Interestin’ well, it’s the same as any managerial position. Keep the bottles filled, maintain our players morale when you can, and launder the towels and practice jerseys... sound good?” You nodded, already used to the burden of managing a boys volleyball team. 

“Yes, thank you.”

“Oh and here,” he hands you a hefty, sealed envelope. “Your budget for the next two weeks. Anything you don’t spend will be subtracted from the next allowance.” Your eyes widen at the weight of it, but you nod along nonetheless. Money is a friend of yours- the Ushijima’s being a very well off family. “Well the bottles are in the locker room hallway.”

“Right, of course.” Then you left, going to begin the familiar tasks that had somehow become an important part of your daily high school life.

Oomi looked at Kurosu. “Why’d you give her cash? We’re supposed to give her the card?” Kurosu is silent, watching his players with a scrutinizing look. 

“She reminds me of a boerboel.” 

“I don’t follow?”

“I have a feelin that we can trust her.” 

Facts/Trivia

This takes place the very next day after CH3 pt1, ignore the 4d mark on that one cut off tweet please

Tendo has this uncanny ability to tell when someone is trash talking either Ushijima 

Sakusa still doesn’t know that Y/n is Inarizaki’s new manager

None of her soulmates follow her private twitter- or know of it’s existence

Y/n is very efficient at doing laundry/filling water bottles within a small time frame- she has Nekoma vbc to thank for that

Nekoma didn’t have a allowance for their team- so Y/n just paid for everything out of pocket

Yes their budget for TWO WEEKS is about $270 

The only things she can bake well is granola/energy bars, scones, and cookies. Anything else she attempts turns out horribly

A boerboel is a extremely dependable dog breed 

Sometimes when the teachers speak too quickly, Y/n can’t tell what they’re saying so she just stares at them, acting like an attentive student so that they’ll be less tempted to call on her during class

I have no idea how to write for Omimi, Ginjima, Akagi, and both coaches so I’ll just do whatever

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Honestly? I think what tangled failed to do was make sure characters had good chemistry as friends. Seriously Cass and Rapunzel where like crude oil and the ocean. One single match from destruction. Season one is bottom barrel because it goes out of it's way to excuse Frederick for his shit. Season two was actually really good because Rapunzel was still herself and was making tough choices left and right. Season 3? Ohhhh boy. Season 3 was a half good half bad because while I do applaud her trying to bring her friend back into the fold? Cassandra wasn't wrong when she said "this has to stop now. This thing where you THINK you've been my friend". Cuz as far as I could tell? They were never friends. Hell even when being a slow burn villain, Varian had better friend chemistry with Rapunzel. When the show expects me to swallow "Cass and I are besties.and sisters!" whole sale? I'm not buying it.

Oooooh boy! This ask is just dripping with potential rant power. Sorry in advance for how long this answer is destinied to be!

First things first. I absolutely agree with you on how badly TTS handles chemistry amongst the main characters. Cass gets the worst of it because she is shoehorned as Rapunzel’s BFF off screen and suddenly she has equal sway on Rapunzel as Eugene? Her character can’t even be allowed to breathe most of the time because the show is obsessed with sticking her next to Rapunzel to the point that she can’t grow any further away from her. At least other show original characters like Lance and Varian have an actual introduction and a place in the world outside of Rapunzel, but even then they suffer because Rapunzel is upfront and center and there is very little wiggle room for interactions that don’t have at least have some involvement with her. It’s here where our opinions differ however.

I would make the bold claim by sayin that S1 of TTS is by far and away the best out of the three. Yes it has the glaring flaw of bias for Frederic and against Varian that makes me question whether or not it should be considered “good” but it’s much better balanced than the other two seasons that follow it. In S1 we actually get character who aren’t Rapunzel more chances to shine without her stealing the spotlight away at the last moment. In S1 we actually have an actual conflict that drives the story forward and at least pretends to care about developing the characters. Even the obnoxious bias could have still worked out in the shows favor if they were ever properly addressed in story and not swept under the rug like they were in later seasons. Heck, I would go as far as to argue that the worst parts of S1 is the fact that S2 and S3 make it worse retroactively.

S2 in my opinion is the dullest of the three, by a wide margin. With them never addressing what the mains left behind in S1 as well as taking the threat of the rocks away WAY too early, the conflict is particularly nonexistent. Not only that, but it does what I think is the worst thing a show can do during a season long journey. They never actually develop the world outside of Corona. They established that there are 6 other kingdoms in the alliance with Corona, but the most we get of any of them is the one throwaway line about them being close to the mountains of Koto in Freebird. Other than that we overstay in three separate places that end up being worthless to the plot as a whole. After spending three episodes in Vardaros right out the bat, we never return or what’s become of them afterwards. Them mains stranded on the Island is pretty dull and is only memorable to me because they had the guts of mentioning Varian again and established that Rapunzel STILL has an unhealthily delusional bias for Frederic despite of everything. The House of Yesterday’s tomorrow is just an excuse of shoehorning a bunch of magical hijink cliches that aren’t done very interesting. Heck, despite them spending a whole season getting to the Dark Kingdom, they only spend an episode and a half there and only a single night in universe. The rest of S2 is just filler that don’t even develop the characters or tell any interesting stories. Like, an enchanted forest episode even though the mid season finale takes place in another enchanted forest? A repeat of the first part of Tangled the movie with Cass replacing Eugene? Whatever the heck “Curses” was supposed to accomplish? The only thing interesting that S2 introduces is the Brotherhood, and we all know how little they are used afterwards.

I would also like to point out that at the start of S2, the mains just…. Stop developing almost entirely? Cass and Eugene never have any meaningful moments together like they do in S1, and are reduced to just taking potshots at each other to remind us that they have some sort of relationship. Lance is reduced strictly to comedic relief and in my opinion is just there to give Eugene something to do when he is removed from the plot because once again, the show is obsessed with making Rapunzel and Cass’ friendship be a thing that only matters. Hookfoot is just there to give his stand up routine about how marriage is terrible in the first episode of the season and just to exist afterwards, yet he SOMEHOW gets actual episodes focused on him while Lance suffers. Even characters properly introduced this season are cursed to never flesh out because Adira keeps pulling a vanishing act for no established reason, Hector is only gets any lines in his debut episode and never given any real focus again, and Edmund gets the same treatment as the other dads (except maybe Captain) by getting his entire character reduced to one trope later on in S3. Speaking of…

S3…. Ooooh boy S3. It’s not as boring as S2 for me, but that’s only because it’s a media equivalent of a train wreck that I couldn’t look away from. It’s like they took the two major issues of the past two seasons (the clear bias and shallow filler) and mashed them together while trying to savage it by inserting what worked in S1, (actual conflict) but completely missed the point why it worked in the first place. All pretense of caring about any other character other than Rapunzel and Cass is gone in this season. Even episodes that focus on anyone outside of Rapunzel, ends up ending with Rapunzel saving the day because she is the only one allowed to be heroic anymore.

They try to make Cass’ villain arc as complex as Varian’s but for some reason they think her blaming a literal baby for being kidnapped is enough grounds to go on a murder streak without one episode of hesitation. Lance is just there for bottom barrel dumb humor, yet the show thinks he is responsible enough to raise two kids on his own. Varian falls into the pigeon hole of just being the “kid character that hangs with the grown up mains” trope that he managed to avoid in S1 while also being just a plot device to not only give the mains access to tech, but also get shoehorned into scenes to keep the audience somewhat invested. Eugene is literal retconned in universe to be just a bland supportive boyfriend. Rapunzel, my gosh Rapunzel…. She treated is so painfully “perfect” to the point that she is completely unrelated. I’m not calling her a Mary Sue because they only ACT like she is perfect. She is still a hugely flawed human being, but the other characters just applaud her because she is “the magical, wonderous sundrop” and very little else. Also yes, Rapunzel being obsessed over Cass while playing off all the horrible actions her BFF as her being lost is the most frustrating thing ever. It’s as if she became Frederic from S1 and abandoned everyone else well being in favor of one person who doesn’t even want her attention, only worse because it’s made into a good thing. Again, S1 is made retroactively worse because of the seasons that follow it.

There is much more things wrong with S3 than S2, but honestly I find myself changing my mind a lot whether which one is objectively worse. Like making a show boring is arguably the worst thing you can do, but the choices, morals, and all around writing of S3 is just bad. Then again the writing in S2 is honestly pretty on par with S3 at times, so again, it’s a toss up.

Sorry again if this answer is a lot, but it was pretty fun at the same time. Thanks for the ask. ^^

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