And I was catching my breath
Floors of a cabin creaking under my step
And I couldn't be sure
I had a feeling so peculiar
This pain wouldn't be for e v e r m o r e
Once upon a time, there was a cave, and there was a tree.
Oh, that's not how most people like to start to tell the story. The thing about telling stories is that it's often easiest to start from the ending. From tumbling down cliffsides and rings of cactus and dying just barely out of reach of your king, just barely after him. Of things constantly burning, of the first time being the first to die, of bunkers in the desert and a group of five standing around an enchanting table, waving a flag. Of clocks, and betrayals, and things that weren't actually betrayals (even though they seem like they should be), of firing squads--
That is not how the story starts.
It doesn't even start with a creeper, although I would guess if you asked them about it, more than one of them would probably say it did.
No, if I were to tell the story, I would tell it like this:
Once upon a time, there was a cave. Everyone had gathered in it, with crafting tables and beds. They were being attacked by phantoms. They're chatting about how to solve the phantom problem, because they are friends. They step outside to kill the phantoms, because they can, and because it's funnier, and because they don't know how to be afraid yet.
Once upon a time, there is a tree. It grows right under one of them, trapping them in its branches. "Help!" she cries out. "What's happened?" Everyone scrambles to help cut down the tree together. When she escapes, they all agree it was a close call. It would be awfully silly, they think, for someone to die this soon, and besides, aren't they all working together?
They go back inside and they laugh. They are all green. None of them have an idea of what happens when they aren't any longer. They are all happy.
This changes. It also doesn't.
I start this story with the tree because they all, together, agree that the tree is ridiculous and silly, but all help to cut it down anyway. I start this story with the tree because by the end--
Well. My point is that the tree is a far happier story, in my opinion. My point is also, maybe, that starting with what it would become, well, that won't do at all. Starting with the part of the story that's sad, dramatic, ridiculous--that rather misses the point.
The point is that it started with a cave, and a tree, and everything else came collapsing down after it. It's easy to bury the memory of a time it would be safe to all hide in a cave together, laughing, and save one another from a tree.
destiel is that bitch and will always be that bitch for the wedding alone. In all my years in fandom I have never seen a collective fan event/mass rewriting of canon as big as the 2021 destiel wedding. It spanned platforms. It got the real cast involved and subsequently cancelled. There is enduring fanon from it. There was so much joy. They said write your own stories and we did
White Lily Cookie And Pure Vanilla Cookie Being In Love With You
It all started when you attended blueberry Yogurt Academy and you don’t know how but you started to talk to two other cookies and soon you started walking around with them and eating lunch
The first impression that you have of to the two was that you were very sweet to them and they enjoyed that and you also make them laugh so that’s a bonus
Their feelings for you started at different times and different reasons
White Lily Cookie was having the biggest crush on you during your academy days
She would always have a conversation with you and you could be walking around for hours and not notice till you looked around and say “This isn’t the way back home?”
Pure Vanilla cookies didn’t start till toward the end of your academy days as while you two were reading something for a class Pure vanilla cookie couldn’t help but stare at you
Didn’t notice you trying to grab his attention again and his cheeks we’re bringing cause of the embarrassment
White lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie did talk about their feelings toward you and both agreed to share you or be happy for the other if you just chose one
Now these two wanted to have a romantic confession but as hero’s it was always put to the side
But then the war happen with White lily cookie turning into dark enchantress so confessions were out of the picture
Pure vanilla wanted to tell you he loved you but to him it would be unfair to white lily and he doesn’t have to heart to lose you two if you reject him
(Spoilers for beast-yeast)
Now when beast-yeast happen and you three were together again it surprised both pure vanilla and white lily that you confessed but before they could even answer the seal broke
These two cookies love you and would do anything to make sure your safe and happy and you would want that for them too
It does seem like someone doesn’t want you three together but you all know it will happen