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justabigassnerd · 18 days

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Protective Friend

Pairing - Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell x daughter!reader

Word count - 2,182

Warnings - physical violence, mentions of cheating, blood, angst, mentions of Goose, fluff

Summary - after someone picks on Bradley one too many times, you handle the situation and secretly impress your father

A/N - it's been a minute huh, y'all? I think I'm doing a bit better (no promises), so maybe I'll be uploading more fics. anyway I won't bore y'all with a long A/N so as per y'all, please send in requests, feedback, and enjoy

Growing up alongside the Bradshaw family, it was basically inevitable that you would become best friends with Bradley Bradshaw. After all, you’d practically known the family since birth with your dad working alongside your Uncle Goose and it had devastated you when Goose died, understanding the finality of it all even at a young age. After Goose passed you made even more of an effort to be a good friend to Bradley, doing your best to keep a smile on his face.

However, the kids at your school were not nearly as kind. They had found out that Goose had died one day during an activity in the build-up to the summer holidays where your teacher gave you the freedom to make Father’s Day cards to store somewhere safe until the day came and Bradley had innocently asked your teacher what he was supposed to do. When the teacher had crossed the room to crouch down alongside him to ask why he couldn’t write a card for his dad, some kids had overheard him saying that his dad was dead and apparently thought it was the funniest thing to them. The teasing started off light before it got worse, but you could tell it bothered Bradley all the same, especially given the sensitivity of the topic. You ended up telling your dad about the teasing and bullying and without hesitation, Maverick had gone straight to Carole to make sure she was aware as well. Carole, of course, wasted no time going to the principal and telling him about how he needs to be doing better in making sure the bullies get punished.

When the principal did nothing about it, nonchalantly saying he couldn’t control kids’ actions, Carole went and tracked down the parents of the kids who were picking on Bradley after you gave them their names. Once again, Carole reached a brick wall as when she spoke to the various parents of the kids, they just shrugged her off and said that both Bradley and Carole needed to stop being so sensitive over something that happened years ago and that a bit of friendly teasing wasn’t hurting anyone so according to them, Bradley simply had to man up and learn how to take a joke. It took everything within Carole not to slap anyone when she heard the same answer multiple times. Her son was being bullied and no one was doing anything about it when this was the time to step up and do something. She didn’t care if had been ten minutes or ten years since Goose’s passing, he was still Bradley’s father, and her son was allowed to mourn the loss he suffered.

When Carole next met up with Maverick and filled him in on what had happened, Maverick immediately offered to give it a try himself, more than willing to be assertive and to even drag Iceman into it if needed. Carole told Maverick not to worry about it, and that he probably wouldn’t get much further than she did, even with Iceman.

“Do you want me to sleep with their wives?” Maverick had jokingly suggested which resulted in Carole hiding her giggle as she lightly slapped Maverick on the shoulder.

“You wouldn’t dare.” She replied, continuing to laugh as Maverick shrugged jokingly.

“All I’m saying is I could give them the best night of their lives, end it then and there and then ruin their marriage. That’ll teach them for picking on Bradley.” Maverick says nonchalantly, leaning back against the sofa with a grin.

“Mav, I love you, but no you can’t ruin people’s marriages over this.” Carole says as Maverick holds his hands up in mock surrender, both of them chuckling lightly.

“It was a good idea though.”

A couple of days later, one Saturday morning, you managed to coerce Maverick into taking you to the local playground and when you asked if Bradley could come with you and so he walked you over to the house just down the road and asked Carole if Bradley wanted to come to the park with the two of you. Carole was of course extended an invitation to join you all, but she politely declined, saying she had housework she needed to do. Now with Bradley in tow, the three of you make your way to the park, entering the gated park and both of you immediately head over to the swings while Maverick sits himself on a bench just outside of the park, watching you play with a soft smile.

However, at the most crucial moment, Maverick found himself distracted by a pair of attractive women who smiled flirtatiously at him as they passed, deciding that since both you and Bradley were happily playing in the park, he had the perfect opportunity to strike up a conversation with them.

In the park, a boy that was in your grade named Johnny decided he wanted to pick on Bradley, calling over to him and once again picking on him for the fact his dad was dead the moment, he realised you had crossed the park to talk to another one of your friends.

“Stop it.” Bradley said firmly, standing from the swing and attempting to stand up for himself against the bullies.

“What are you going to do? Tell your dad?” Johnny said before eyeing the way Bradley’s hand clenched around something hanging on his chest.

“What’s that?” He then asked teasingly, eyes glinting with glee as Bradley took a step back, fist tightening around the dog tags that once belonged to his dad. With nothing more than a look exchanged between them, Johnny’s two friends put a hand on Bradley’s shoulders and forced him to the floor, while Johnny pried Bradley’s hand open and removed the precious dog tags from around his neck, inspecting them and chuckling to himself.

“Goose? What kind of stupid name is that?” Johnny says, reading the callsign displayed on the tags.

“Give them back!” Bradley cries out, attempting to get up and grab his dog tags but Johnny’s friends were quicker, forcing down on his shoulders harder to prevent him from moving.

Across the park, you had heard Bradley’s demand and so glanced over and immediately removed yourself from your conversation and immediately rushed over to Bradley’s defence, taking less than a second to realise what it was Johnny had stolen.

“Give it back, Johnny!” You say firmly, holding your hand out expectantly and gritting your teeth when Johnny just laughs in your face.

“And why would I do that?” He taunts, sniggering as he glances over at his friends who laugh too.

“Because you’re not going to like what I’m going to do next.”

Just as Maverick was bidding goodbye to the two women, making sure to give each of them a cheeky wink as they went, he turned to look back at the park and instead came face to face with a rageful-looking mother who had a boy alongside her who was holding a tissue up to his bleeding nose.

“What do you have to say for yourself?” The woman all but yells in Maverick’s face, barely giving him space to breathe, let alone process what she is saying.

“I’m sorry, what?” Maverick says, trying his best to calm the tension. He had recognised the kid instantly; you had pointed him out to your dad one afternoon when you had first told him about the bullying.

“Your brat of a daughter punched my sweet Johnny for no reason! I can’t believe you’d raise a child to think that’s okay.” The mother says, glaring at Maverick who takes a moment to glance over at you where you were crouching down alongside Bradley, clearly talking to him before taking a moment to look over at your dad with a worried expression.

“y/n wouldn’t hit someone.” Maverick says, getting up from the bench to be more level with the woman.

“She punched him!” She repeats, even louder and begins to get looks from people surrounding them.

“Okay, okay, cool your jets. I’ll speak to her.” Maverick says, waving his hand dismissively before crossing to the park gate, opening it and catching your eye before gesturing you over and waiting patiently for you to approach.

“Hi, dad.” You mumble, glancing down at your shoes to avoid looking Maverick in the eye.

“Hey squirt. So, I heard you punched that Johnny kid. Want to tell me what happened?” Maverick says, crouching down to be at your level and gently encouraging you to look at him. You mumbled something in response but none of it was audible to him.

“You gotta speak up kiddo.” Maverick encourages gently, reaching out and resting a hand on your shoulder and squeezing lightly, silently promising you he wouldn’t get upset.

“He took Uncle Goose’s dog tags from Bradley.” You say, a little louder so that Maverick can hear you. Upon hearing the reason you had lashed out; Maverick knew he couldn’t be mad at you at all, but he also knew he had to try and dissuade you from using violence in the future.

“Okay, sweetheart, you can’t punch people. I understand why you did it but if you’re ever in a situation like this, you come and get me, Carole, Ice, whoever. We’ll sort it out. I’m sure you did try but make sure you use your words. Punching people isn’t okay, no matter what it is they do.” Maverick says softly, watching as you carefully take in his words, nodding softly.

“Yes, daddy.” You say before Maverick gently pulls you into a hug.

“Go and grab Bradley and get ready to head back home. I’ll speak to Johnny’s mother.” Maverick says quietly before releasing you from the hug, letting you go over to Bradley then standing up and heading back over to Johnny and his mother.

“I didn’t see you disciplining your daughter. How do you know she won’t do it again?” Johnny’s mother says firmly, gripping her son’s shoulder and pulling him closer to emphasise the injury.

“I spoke to her, and she knows it’s wrong. But she did tell me that your son took something that was special to not only Bradley, but his family and my family too. And when your son clearly refused to give it back, she did what she thought she had to do. She won’t do it again, but I won’t say she wasn’t justified.” Maverick explains, folding his arms across his chest and raising an eyebrow as he anticipates her freakout.

“She hurt my son and you’re saying it’s justified?” The shock and horror was painted all over her face as she yelled at Maverick.

“I’m not going to lie to you and say she wasn’t justified in what she did. Your kid stole something special from Bradley and has been bullying him for a while. You have refused to teach your kid better so no I will not punish her for standing up for her friend.” Maverick says firmly, deciding then and there that the conversation is over and turning to find you and Bradley.

“Come on you two, we’re heading home!” Maverick calls over to you and Bradley and when you and Bradley rush over to him, he wraps an arm around each of your shoulders and ushers you away from the woman and her son and begins the walk home. First, you drop Bradley off at his house, both of you greeting Carole as she opens the door. Just before Bradley heads inside, and while Maverick is explaining what happened earlier to Carole, Bradley turns to face you with a small smile.

“Thank you for getting my dog tags back.” Bradley says softly, making you smile before hugging Bradley.

“You don’t need to thank me.” You insist gently, squeezing Bradley softly before releasing him from the hug and letting him head inside with Carole while Maverick wraps an arm around your shoulders and encourages you to head home with him.

When you make it home, Maverick guides you into the living room and asks you to stay put while he grabs you an icepack. He soon returns with an icepack in hand, sitting down alongside you and taking the hand you had punched Johnny with and placing the icepack on the knuckles, biting back a frown when you wince slightly.

“This should help with any swelling.” Maverick says tenderly, his voice quiet as he lets you hold the icepack in place.

“Are you mad at me?” You question quietly, eyes fixed on the icepack to avoid looking at your dad.

“No sweetheart, I’m not mad. I do wish you had handled it a little differently, but I can’t be mad at you for standing up for Bradley.” Maverick admits, watching as you finally get the courage to look up at him.

“I wish I didn’t punch him. But it was satisfying.” You say quietly, a shy smile covering your face as Maverick lets out a soft chuckle before carefully pulling you into a hug.

“Well between me and you. I think he had it coming.”

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love-hatred-stuff · 8 months

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»sorrowful«

genre: angst, bestfriend/soulmate!bucky

warnings: short mention of drinks, (Gabriel from part 1), mentions of physical pain through mental pain

excuse any mistakes

part 1

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»You still haven’t talked to her?« Sam could see it in Bucky’s face the second he set foot in to this room.

He shook his head.

In all the years they’ve been friends, Sam did not once see Buck this distressed and miserable.

»She’s not talking to me anymore.« His once strong and hard voice is now hushed and faint.

It’s like he’s replaced. A drunken and lifeless soul captured his body.

»Come on. Don’t be so upset about it, just give her the space she needs and she will come back sooner or later.«

Bucky’s face contorted, knowing you probably wouldn’t.

»I am, Sam! I’m giving her so much space! But it’s been two weeks now and I can’t do it anymore. She’s found herself a new best friend, if not more than that. Gabriel is there for her now. I should find my peace with it, shouldn’t I?« He looks at Sam with tired eyes.

»I’m really sorry, man. I really thought she liked you back«

»I don’t just "like her", I love her. And she doesn’t. That’s inconvenient for me, but I can’t force her, especially when I fucked up like I did.« Bucky’s aware.

Not that you made it hard for him to understand. You didn’t even answer his texts anymore.

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You’ve just said goodbye to Gabriel, who brought you home after a night out with him. You two met quite a lot over the last two weeks and you could say that you’ve become really fond of him. He was good company. He’s a gentleman, a happy and charming person, someone who’s good at keeping you entertained and content.

At least for a little while. Because although you thought Gabriel was a good chance at getting over your annoying feelings, that you still had for Bucky, it just didn’t work out the way you had wanted it to. You were still always thinking of your former best friend.

And sure, he hurt you with the things he’d said to you that night, but your heart still bled for a man you wasn’t supposed to love. You thought that that was finally a good reason to get some distance between you two, so you could start over and forget about him for a little bit.

You were tired of being so intimidated by feeling all those butterflies in your stomach when he was near you. Tired of feeling the constant need to feel his hands against you. Tired of wishing you could lay your lips on his and never let go.

So you felt almost relieved when he finally broke your heart. When he finally slipped. Your perfect picture of him was now damaged. You hoped it would drain your undying affection for him.

And it had worked, the slightest bit. Since you didn’t have to communicate with him for a good while, it gave you a fraction of the time you needed to make your heart forget about the power he had over you.

…

You closed your apartment door and got rid of your coat, walking into the kitchen to get yourself a glass of water. You had a few drinks tonight and you felt really sleepy now that Gabriel wasn’t there anymore to keep you going.

You breathed out and enjoyed the silence for a moment when a knock on your door destroyed your peace.

You frowned and wondered who it might be.

When you arrived at the front and opened up, you had to suppress a surprised gasp as you saw who was disturbing you this time of day.

»Hey- uhh- I wanted to ask if… if you got a minute for me?« His voice was small and you wouldn’t have heard him if not everything would’ve been so utterly still around you. The only thing you heard was the paper wrapped around a flower bouquet that he was holding in his calloused hands.

»What? Why? I- no! I don’t have a minute. I was just going to bed.« You shook your head in disapproval.

You weren’t ready to talk to him yet. You wanted to keep your peace for yourself for a moment longer.

»Y/n… please. I’m sorry. I just miss you and I think I’m going crazy without you. I have these voices in my head and- and they won’t calm! I can’t! Nobody could make it go away, Y/n!« As you studied his face you watched the desperation grew with each passing moment that his eyes begged you to let him inside.

»Fine.« You were upset with him but you still cared for him, so you couldn’t help but let you heart have the control over your actions.

You stepped aside for Bucky to come in. He breathed in the smell of your apartment. He missed it so much. It made his chest feel a little lighter to be near you again.

You followed him. You felt so anxious seeing him again. Feeling his body heat rise made you grow cold.

»Look-« He turned towards you suddenly, looking at you with glossy eyes.

Bucky wanted to touch and feel your skin against him so badly but he didn’t wanna make you uncomfortable. Causing his hands to shake vividly around the flowers he was still holding onto for dear life.

»I wish I could do more than apologize to you. But I’ve ran out of ideas how of to get your attention when you ignore every little thing I do. Which I don’t blame you for! I just- I thought that this was my last option. And I’m not over exaggerating when I say I think I’m going to die or at least live in constant pain if your not gonna give me another chance.« James wished he could do something to turn back time and keep his mouth shut instead of attack your feelings like he did.

»I took my jealousy out on you- And you didn’t deserve that! You deserve so much better! Better than me. If-« He paused, not believing how far his desperation was driving him to say what he was gonna say.

»If you like Gabriel, I will- I will let you two be. I just can’t stay away from you any longer. It gets so hard to breath and every single pore of mine screams at me like I’m about to burst into flames. I don’t want to feel like that anymore. Because if I don’t have you with me I’m alone. I know that you’re not something to loose.«

»Bucky, I don’t know what to say- I don’t know if I can act like nothing happened. It really stung what you said to me. I realize that it wasn’t nice of me to act the way I did when Gabriel was around. But you also could’ve been gentler. But it’s not like I want you to die-«

»For you, I would. I love you.« Bucky had been a ticking time bomb, which had now exploded. He couldn’t keep it in any longer.

»What?« Your shocked expression told him quite a lot.

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Heyyy

I received so many wishes for a part two, so here it is! I really hope you all like it and sorry for the little cliffhanger! I suppose that means, more is coming^^

Also; I used some references from the song “compass” from the neighborhood

Pt.3

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trans-luis-serra-navarro · 26 days

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@void-detective OKIE DOKIE ILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION HERE (hey hi hello it’s lil ol me @wisecrackingeric-2 ) CUZ THATS WHAT THIS BLOGS FOR AGABGSWBDHJSX I HOPE YOU DONT MIND!!!!!

Okay so the thing is. Compared to Leon or even compared to his time spent with Los Illuminados we don’t,,,, k n o w a whole lot about that portion of Luis’ life

Like OK if you’re speaking in logistics/canon compliancy then no alas it wouldn’t work at all JANSHSNDJXNX Laboratory Six (the Lab Luis worked in that made Nemesis) was set in Paris, France, and by the time the Raccoon City Outbreak had started, Luis had already fled Umbrella and presumably ended up in Valdelobos (sure there’s a CHANCE he might’ve floated around Europe for a while but?? He describes his time spent working on the Plagas as having been ‘years’ so I’m assuming he went straight to Valdelobos)

The timeline gets kinda wonky with Luis- he would’ve roughly been 22 when he fled umbrella, and it would’ve been anywhere between a couple months to a year before the RC Outbreak, and which meant he spent five or six years trapped by Los Illuminados give or take???? Which makes how he got a degree, went to college, got a job at Umbrella and spent enough time there to become one of their head scientists really funny to imagine when you remember he was only 21/22 when he fled HDBSHDNSJS like damn that man is a CHILD PRODIGY!!!! ((It also makes it DEVASTATING to imagine how he found out about Raccoon City one way or another but HEY I SAID NOTHING))

But if you’re talking in an AU or personality wise???? That’s a WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY IM CHOMPING AT THE BIT FOR

Honestly I don’t think it’d be TOOOO different to their actual dynamic, just that they were both a lot younger and had a lot more maturing to do!!!! Again we don’t really know what kind of a person Luis was when he was younger other than that he was SUPER ambitious (which makes sense), probably a little more floaty/cocky (I don’t think he was lying about being a ladies man HXNSSJHD) overly curious and just generally really well-liked by his peers!! Like he considered them his family so I imagine he was probably just a more roughhouse version of the Luis we know him as now. We also don’t know how much of the Nemesis project Luis was aware of- given his upbringing I HIGHLY doubt Luis would go into umbrella knowing full well the scope of what they’re doing but I think it’s unrealistic to say he had malicious intent the entire time!!!

But adding onto that I think his guilt would be a LOT more apparent and repressed at the same time. Like when we see him in RE4R he’s already at a point where he’ll throw himself into the fire to fix his mistakes so can you IMAGINE what it must’ve been like when he was FRESH out of said mistakes????? Would he have tried to pretend they never happened??? Would it manifest as being destructive??? Who knows!!!!!! But I know for a fact Leon’s presence would DEFINITELY throw him for a loop HDBEHENDJD

Leon in RE2 is just PAINFULLY good at heart. Like we all know this you don’t need me to repeat it HXBSHSNS all he wants from the very start is to help anyone and everyone he can, and I think that would extend to Luis too. He’s obviously a lot more trusting too (like blah bla everyone get your jokes abt him believing that Ada was an FBI agent out of the way) so I don’t think he’d have AS strong of a grudge against Luis as he does in the remake. Sure I think he’d be WARY of him but if Luis was as honest and open as he is in re4r (even with a little prodding) which I think he definitely would be, ESPECIALLY cuz of, Y’know, waves hands, the debilitating guilt BXNSHNSJS Leon wouldn’t have a hard time trusting him in the end

What ID be SUPER INTERESTED IN is what would happen AFTER RC!!!! Would Leon try to protect Luis from the law???? Would Luis follow in Leon’s footsteps and be a government agent???? Would they both run away to Valdelobos and BOTH get stuck?????????

TLDR FOR THIS ACCIDENTALLY REALLY LONG POST AHWNWHWNDUDJSK I don’t think it’d be much different!!!!!!! They’d just have more maturing to do, which I think is weirdly beautiful!!!!!! Leon is still rather naive and optimistic and overly trusting and Luis is still wild and ambitious and overly curious about the world around him!!!!!! They’re good people at heart and I think their lives would’ve been a whole lot different if they’d just met at a different time and a different place

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villainsandvictimsalliance · 14 days

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Ok, I’m arguing with someone about the Todoroki family, and like I get there maybe some responsibility on Rei’s shoulders as a parent. However, they’re saying Rei was abusive towards Enji, that she abused him and her being aggressive and constantly yelling is what changed him. They said he was a victim turned abuser, and that his family emotionally abused him. Did Rei abuse him? Was he emotionally abused by his family? Like the situation was a spiral I guess but in no way did it give off that he was the victim of the family situation???

Tell them to reread the manga. In the best way possible, really. I probably have to reread the manga too because I don't remember all that well the whole Todofam drama, but here I go:

Long post, beware!!!!! ;)

For what I know, Enji's trauma started with the death of his father. That's what motivated him to become a hero. After that, he got blinded by his perfectionism and his jealousy towards All Might.

The only reason the Todofam exists is because Enji wanted a child with both fire and ice quirks. That's why he proposed to Rei. The Himuras were very old-fashioned, in the sense that they didn't even like their members marrying outside of the family so as to not stain their names. Their quirks got weaker with time, they started losing money and influence. That's when Enji arrived: he'd give money to the Himuras if Rei were to marry him.

Now, Rei's trauma comes from her family and the ways of the Himuras. Her trauma didn't start with Enji, but it surely intensified with it.

Attempting to create a quirks through arranged marriages is a dangerous dangerous thing to do. We see a doctor telling that to both Enji and Rei. They were aware of that. The problem with the union of Enji and Rei is that, even if there was love at the beginning —even if— it depended solely on the quirks of the children. A man who willingly pushes away his children because they don't have the quirk he wants and that forces their mother to raise them alone— that's not a good husband or father, you know?

Rei was there to provide him with children and to take care of them. It sounds more like she was an employee than her wife. It was abuse right from the start, okay?

Rei did what he asked. Birthed his children and took care of them. She was submissive at first. Went along with his plans. You know the drill.

When it was revealed that Touya's body couldn't handle the heat of his flames, that's when things got ugly. They knew the risk, it shouldn't have been a surprise. At that point, Enji had put a lot of pressure and expectations on little Touya. He filled the kid's head with lies, made Touya value himself only by his dad's expectations. Touya was born for one reason alone and he had been living for it and it was killing him.

Rei saw that. Enji saw that.

Both tried to do damage control and backtrack, but Touya was too smart. While they told Touya he could live his life as something else than the hero his father wanted, he knew that it made him a failure in their eyes. The stress of destroying her children's lives got to both Rei and Enji. It wasn't something intangible. It was their son burning alive right before their eyes. It was their son telling Rei the truth of her marriage to her face.

Let's be honest here, Rei was one step away from being a slave. She married Enji to save her family and damned children in the process.

I think in order to properly understand Rei's role in the whole drama, you need to consider certain cultural aspects. Like how women are viewed in Japan, what is expected from them once they get married, the power a husband has over his wife, how women get economically trapped by men in relationships all the time... I'm not an expert on those aspects, but it's worth mentioning them.

Now, back to Rei and Enji.

Rei started "fighting" Enji after Touya was fully deemed a failure. You can see that she didn't like the idea of another child, especially because it'd be terrible for Touya's wellbeing. It'd confirm he was not enough. Still, she went along with Enji's plan. It was not a happy house. Enji was acting more and more aggressively, Rei was more and more nervous. Shouto was born and Touya tried to kill him— he didn't want to be replaced, he did not want to lose his place at home.

It started building. what happened to Touya was not confined to Sekoto Peak. It was years in the making, that tragedy. I can only imagine how Rei felt when she got the news. She had begged her son to stay, but her submissive role couldn't save him. It wouldn't be enough.

Touya dies. Enji spirals.

Horikoshi is careful to draw Rei terrified. She tells ugly truths to Enji's face. Is that abuse? Is it abuse if a woman who's being treated like an employee and who had to watch her husband traumatize their kids screams at said man? We know that Enji was physically abusive with Shouto and that he even went against Rei, which made Shout stand up to him to stop him from hurting his mom.

The only reason why Rei had a mental breakdown (freaking diagnosed) is because the very eyes of Enji were enough to make her shake and want to defend herself physically.

It's obvious she was scared for her life. It's even more obvious she was convinced he would hurt her. She was terrified of her own children 'cause they looked like him.

Rei was definitely not the best mother. She didn't deserve to reach that level of abuse, tho.

What made Endeavor be like that is the violence of the society he grew up in and his very own competitiveness and low self-esteem. Then the consequences of his own actions. For All Might and Deku to feel like they need to protect Shouto from Endeavor? For Rei to rather be in a mental hospital than at home? For Touya to go back and decide he didn't want to be alive?

He is textually treated like a villain in the manga. At least at first.

Even if Rei confronting Enji caused him some psychological damage, it's the same as saying that a criminal got physiological trauma from committing his crimes. Saying Rei was the one who made him like that is awful victim blaming.

Enji created all those situations himself. I guess that's why Rei reminds him at the hospitals that he doesn't get to play the "poor me" role, when they all have been dealing with the hurt of what happened to their family.

Later, Endeavor acknowledges it himself. He takes responsibility for it, stops feeling pity for himself and decides to do something about it. Namely, puts his life on the line to solve the issue with the Todorokis. You know how fire is known for its purifying properties? You can say that the Todofam burning together gave them a second chance, somehow.

Their resolution involved Rei taking an active role in saving Touya (same with Fuyumi and Natsuo), while Enji put himself at the service of the son he always ignored and mistreated. I didn't write it, it was all Horikoshi.

So again, kindly tell the other person to reread the manga and then you both can engage in that discussion again. As it is, I doubt it'd reach any productive term.

Hope this answer satisfies you, anon!!!!!

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phddyke · 9 months

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What Blitz doesn’t know:

1. Stolas’s marriage is abusive

* He might not even know it’s bad. All he’s seen is royal portraits of their happy family together as he’s been led through the halls, and the Hellhound security team brought him in after Stella finished her rant. Based on his expression after Ozzie implies their affair ruined Stolas’s marriage/relationship with his daughter, he feels guilt about that. Maybe he feels like a homewrecker.

* I’m not entirely sure he knows Stolas asked for a divorce immediately after their one-night stand. Based on the pilot, he ran away with the book too fast to hear him.

* And, by that token, he doesn’t have a clue Striker was hired by Stella to not only kill Stolas but torture him first (and he never told Stolas Striker was a danger because he didn’t think he was especially unique, and now feels bad about that, I’m sure).

2. That his reaction in Ozzie’s was about being humiliated in front of so many people, not actually because he was ashamed of Blitzø.

3. By that same token, Stolas only responding with “okay” when Blitz says that their relationship is clearly only about “wanting me to fuck you” was NOT actually confirmation that Blitz’s suspicions were correct.

4. Stolas’s text messages were him trying to reassure Blitz he doesn’t have to do anything he doesn’t want—he just became really unclear about what he wants in the process, which makes it look like he doesn’t want him to visit.

5. That he improved Stolas’s life, he didn’t ruin it. Because of Blitz, he got the closest he ever did to telling his daughter the truth about his relationship, asked for a divorce, and even after Ozzie’s he stood up for himself and DEMANDED the divorce! Not to mention Blitz clearly gave him the only happiness he had in a while.

6. The only pictures Stolas has on his phone of them make it look like Blitz is constantly annoyed by his presence.

7. He has absolutely no clue whatsoever about Blitzø’s feelings. None.

8. Striker made fun of him about the fact that Blitz didn’t come to save him.

9. He probably offered for Blitz to be his bodyguard because Stella said “Can you imagine if he didn’t have money!”, so he doesn’t think anyone will have sex with/hang out with him if money isn’t involved.

10. Stolas isn’t actually racist or classist, it’s more like he says things thoughtlessly and is blinded by privilege in many aspects. But he doesn’t have some weird fetish for imps.

11. Stolas loves him!! We all know he’s a horny motherfucker but he does deeply love Blitz so much.

What Stolas doesn’t know:

Oh man, where do I start.

1. Blitzø’s biggest fear is dying alone.

2. He’s afraid to get close to Stolas because of commitment issues and the “eventually everyone goes” mentality, BUT also because of the race/class difference he’s scared to lose his freedom and basically become one of Stolas’s servants.

3. He comes toward Stolas in the hallucination anyway. Away from everyone else and toward him. (Crawls toward him, in fact.)

4. That he stole Verosika’s car, ran three rings to Wrath, maxed her credit cards on shitty horseback-riding lessons, and left her to pay for the hotel room while they were dating. (He does know that Blitz was a selfish lover to her and broke her heart, though.)

5. He’s in awe of Stolas. You can see it when he sees his demon form when Stolas saves him, when he puts on his human disguise, and when he’s being trampled on the ground and sees Stolas’s tail feathers as he’s being carried away above him. He’s put him on such a pedestal that 1) he can’t believe Stolas would ever love him back and 2) he’s forgotten that Stolas is mortal and can be hurt, both emotionally and physically.

6. Blitzø has no idea of Stolas’s feelings toward him—since episode 2 we’ve been aware that he’s operating under the assumption that “no one” loves him, and since Ozzie’s we know Blitzø thinks that Stolas makes it clear “all the time” that their arrangement doesn’t go deeper than fucking. Therefore, when he invited him to the date at Ozzie’s, he wasn’t cruelly playing with his feelings; he had no idea said feelings existed (though, he probably should’ve been honest that he wanted to spy on M&M). Even when Moxxie says, “He seems to like you, sir,” Blitzø responds with “Okay, my dick is GOOD—but it is not that good,” misinterpreting Moxxie’s observation of Stolas’s feelings for him as Stolas’s sexual interest in him.

7. His “oh yeah…I guess it is, huh” when Stolas called Ozzie’s their first “real” date wasn’t him being like “ew I don’t wanna go on a date with this guy,” but more like “Oh right…this is our first real date and I’m using it to spy on M&M, this isn’t really how I wanted our first ‘real’ date to be.”

8. Blitzø’s obsession with M&M stems from his own desire to have a happy, healthy, monogamous marriage like they do, despite constantly mocking them about it.

9. Blitzø has a picture of Stolas asleep and himself looking happy to be cuddled up with him forefront on his phone.

10. Blitzø has scratched himself out of every picture of himself, his friends, his daughter (and twin sister) on his walls.

11. The betrayed look on his face—the “I knew this was going to happen but I was hoping it wouldn’t” when Stolas covered his face at Ozzie’s.

12. How concerned he looked when Stolas said “I seem to have been stolen by your little cowboy friend,” how much MORE concerned he looked when Striker spoke to him directly, that he was so furious he broke his phone AND damaged his car after that before he started driving recklessly and seemed to be seriously contemplating going for Stolas himself. He even grilled M&M on their ability to do so, rushed through the doctor’s appointment, vented about it in the waiting room, and looked so happy when he thought they’d brought Stolas back safe and sound. (Didn’t even correct the doctor who called him “Bingo,” just wanted to get out of there.)

13. The look on his face and the genuine surprise when he said “he can get HURT?” Not to mention the “Stolas got what?” and the crack in his voice when he said “how?”

14. When he said “If you promise this isn’t some fuck-fest invite it does sound like a blast and a half,” he wasn’t annoyed with Stolas, he was annoyed that the only thing he thought Stolas cared about was sex with him.

15. That he changed the screaming sound of Stolas’s ringtone to a cute bird one and presumably changed the contact name from “Creepy Mouth (aka one night stand bird dick)” to his actual name. Not to mention, his ringtone for Loona is a dog one—what does it say that he made Stolas’s a bird one?

16. When Blitzø is giving Stolas that weird look when they meet as children, he’s not finding kid!Stolas weird or annoying, he’s weirded out because Stolas’s father is there acting like a jackass and hitting him in front of Blitzø. (It took me multiple rewatches to notice that one, actually.)

17. That despite saying “We ain’t bodyguards. That was a one-time thing we did badly,” he saved Stolas from Striker the first time without 1) being asked or 2) paid to do it. He just did—and didn’t tell him afterwards in order to receive any type of accolades. He saved him quietly.

18. He didn’t actually deny that Stolas was his boyfriend when that’s what Millie called him.

19. Striker was the first person outside of I.M.P. to call Blitzø on his feelings for Stolas—and mock him for them.

20. “I’ll take the first watch” and “You guys better go make sure Stolas is okay” in Loo Loo Land.

21. Blitz tried to get his attention when he was attempting to break into Stolas’s room. That’s gotta mean something, idk what.

22. Blitzø lied to everyone, including himself, that he had to sleep with Stolas to get the Grimoire when he actually did that AND spent the entire night with him of his own free will (which actually jeopardized his mission, let alone helped it).

23. Blitz remembered him for over two decades—Stolas had forgotten him until he showed up again, it seems.

24. Blitzø had a chance to go home with Cash Buckzo but he stayed and played with Stolas instead.

25. He was about to say something when Fizzarolli called his love life “a pile of shit” before Verosika cut him off. He also looks at Stolas and back when Fizz sings, “Some nerve you’ve got to comment on a relationship.”

26. He cried after Ozzie’s.

* He got wasted off his ass after Ozzie’s.

* He said he could drink Queen Bee-lzebub under the table because “you have no idea what kind of night I’ve had” and told Loona he had “a really shitty day.”

* He was gonna have sex with a dude who looked like Stolas but in the end got rid of him—and requested a man by the same name as the lead in the soap opera Stolas also watches.

* He made out with, at minimum, four strangers (if Dennis was in the five-person makeout).

* He cried that Fizz was right that he was gonna die alone again.

* Even though he couldn’t remember Dennis’s name when they’d been making out ten seconds ago, the last word on his lips before he fell asleep was “Stolas” (he also seems to have gone in increasing order of importance with the names he muttered).

27. That he slept with Chaz, but said he was terrible in bed, used him for information, and snuck out as soon as Chaz was asleep instead of staying beside him all night.

28. That Blitzø was paid to hang out with him that day (though thankfully neither of them know that he was only worth $5 and a slim-fit condom to Cash Buckzo), and he didn’t want to steal from him.

29. How scared Blitz looked when he was being led back to Stolas’s room after he said “I will deal with him accordingly.”

30. He’s almost definitely reading Stolas’s apologetic and “only if you want!” texts as lack of interest.

31. How hurt/annoyed Blitz is every time Stolas thoughtlessly says something about imps, which is especially prevalent in “Harvest Moon Festival.”

32. Despite the persona he puts on and what Stolas probably believes because of that persona, Blitzø is clearly struggling with self-hatred and self-worth issues in general.

33. How much it’s going to hurt Blitzø when he reaches out and Stolas rejects him (or what he’s going to see as Stolas’s rejection when he gives him the crystal)—because that’s exactly what happened with his sister. For all we know, Stolas isn’t even aware that Blitzø has a twin sister.

34. He loves Stolas with everything he has and deep down he’s aware of that, even if he’s lying to himself about it.

Conclusion: AHHHHHH

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blushweddinggowns · 8 months

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Dustin Henderson was not, or would ever be, a cool guy. If anything he was a certified dork, but oh well. He knew that, and he had accepted it. It used to bother him a lot more, being aware that he would never be a part of the popular crowd. He was too weird, his interests too niche. Not to mention his condition. That had been a bitch to deal with, physically and socially.

But the thing was, despite his own uncool factor, he had the coolest older friends. Like, ever. There was Steve, who somehow managed to give him girl advice that worked, despite the fact he’d never been with one. Girl advice that definitely helped him land the best, prettiest, and smartest girlfriend in existence.

And then there was Eddie, the coolest Dungeon Master to ever exist. Something that Dustin didn’t even feel guilty saying, not when Mike was his biggest fan. He was insanely creative. And he was also in a freaking metal band? And let him and all of his nerd friends come to one of his shows at the Hideout? He was also like, one of the most avid readers that Dustin had ever met, whether that be through fantasy or history books. And he knew like a shit ton about politics, even if it was only to have stuff to back up all of his anti-establishment ideals. He was so freaking smart, maybe not in like, science or math and all of the stuff Dustin was good at, but everything else? Genius, or at least in Dustin’s opinion. Maybe not necessarily his level of genius, but he was still up there.

Which begged the question, why the hell did a guy like that have to redo his senior year? Especially since Steve had managed to graduate.

Dustin loved Steve, he did. And in no way did he think that he was dumb. He was just smart in different ways, like having great instincts and kinetic skills. Well… he did do stupid shit but like, in a smart way? Maybe? Dustin wasn’t quite sure how to categorize his favorite weirdo. But one thing was for sure: if Steve could do it, why couldn’t Eddie?

He doesn’t ask right away. He’d become a little bit more self-aware over the years, and he knew waltzing right up to him and asking, Hey, if you aren’t stupid then why can’t you finish highschool? was not a good idea. But he does wait for an opportunity. Because Dustin is Dustin and works in almost all accelerated classes, he actually managed to share two of them with Eddie. And it’s not until he forces Eddie to be his lab partner in Chemistry when he starts to get it.

It’s not that he’s stupid, he just literally can not pay attention.

“Dude, come on!” Dustin groaned, head in his hands in front of his open textbook, “How are you not getting this?”

He could fucking hear the ghost voice of Steve in his head, bitching at him for his tone, but this was just to frustrating. And Eddie’s nonchalant attitude wasn’t helping things.

Eddie shrugged, too busy spinning his keys on his finger instead of actually reading what was in front of him, "Told you you didn't want me as a partner."

Dustin could feel his eye twitch and if Steve wasn’t in the other room, he probably would be yelling in frustration at this point. But the last thing he needed was to end up under Steve’s armpit for a well-deserved noogie.

“I just don’t get what the problem is!” Dustin groaned, “Like I know you’re not stupid, so why are you acting like it?”

Eddie glared at him, feet propped up on the table, “Rude.”

“Well it’s true!” Dustin hissed, “Seriously dude, what the hell is the problem?”

Eddie sighed, rubbing a hand over his face, “It’s not that I can’t understand. I just… can’t make myself care.”

That was weird. Dustin cocked his head at him, confused, “What does that mean?”

“Like…” Eddie tried, struggling for the words, “It doesn’t grab me? I don’t know, but I can read a paragraph and have none of it stick, no matter how many times I go over it. And you’re right. I’m not stupid, But if I’m not interested it’s like… my brain stops working. I don’t know how else to explain it.”

That… actually made more sense than Dustin had been expecting. He was pretty damn sure he could work with that, “So we just need to find a way to make it interesting to you right?”

Eddie raised a brow at him, “I guess?”

Yeah, he could definitely work with that. He sent Eddie to the other room, to do God knows what with Steve before getting to work. It was kind of a big project to randomly take on during the middle of a Sunday, but he managed. He might not have been as good an artist as Will, but he could at least add a decorative flair to it.

Three hours later and two check-ins from Steve and he was done. He nearly skipped to the living room, too excited to even roll his eyes at the way both of them were shamelessly tangled on the couch together.

He skidded to a stop in front of them, proudly displaying his newly titled notebook, “Tada! The world’s first Dungeons and Dragons themed study guide!”

Was that a nerdy thing to say? Maybe, but Dustin didn’t care. He was proud of this one.

Eddie sat up, wide-eyed as he plucked it from Dustin’s hands while he explained what was inside, “So I set it up with a guide to translate real world chemicals to potions in the game right? And then the formulas are written here but the problems are all worded like you’re trying to do alchemy in the game. And here….”

He explained the whole thing, his smile growing as Eddie got more and more excited. Steve looked… happy for them? Even if he was slightly judging, just a little bit. But there were some things that jocks would just never understand.

Besides, it did work. And it worked pretty damn well in Dustin’s opinion. He was the only one that Eddie even let try to tutor him, because he was the only one who actually understood his problem, despite how clearly Eddie was able to put it.

It definitely made him feel special, because he was special. Eddie even said so, beyond grateful that he found himself able to pay attention to his hard subjects for the first time in… ever. It was the least he could do. Especially since he was dealing with what was probably the only school year in his life to have zero bullies. And he knew it wasn’t because everyone in highschool was magically more mature. He’d walked in on an insane amount of swirlies and heard too many insults hurled at other kids to think otherwise. But luckily enough for him, people just… stayed clear of Eddie. Like he was actually scary or something. And… okay. Maybe he was a little. But only when he was like, insanely angry. Like rabid-dog angry, but that wasn’t an everyday thing. Though that didn’t stop everyone else from avoiding Eddie and most of his friends like the plague.

But Dustin was lucky enough to fit in a little better, which was good for all of the extracurricular shit he had to do with random people. It helped that he was friends with Lucas, who was bordering on the edge of just being completely normal, the traitor. And getting rides to-and-from school from Steve himself was also a major plus. It wasn’t like the equivalent to having a car, but it was close enough. And a surprising amount of girls were silly enough to think they could have a chance with him. Which was kind of insane, considering how he really never tried.

Dustin considered the world lucky that Steve turned out to be gay. Otherwise he’d be too powerful. How would anyone else have a chance?

And weirdly enough, the random crushes actually worked in Dustin’s favor. At least when it came to random project partners and tiny club elections, but still. It was nice to have friends that were so cool. Cool enough to make Dustin not feel like a weirdo among his other peers for the first time in his life, while not having to change a single thing about himself.

It was nice. Really, really nice. So yes, Dustin Henderson was a dork. But now he was a dork with an edge.

from the latest chapter of this fic

#steddie #steddie fic #steddie ficlet #steve harrington #eddie munson #stranger things #the universe trapped in your skin #dustin henderson #i think these are just short enough to work for the tumblrs #not that it's stopped me before #steddie childhood friends au #and shhh im an art student don't question the non existenet chemistry #its fiiiine

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coraniaid · 3 months

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OK, some final belated thoughts on Season 3 before I move on to something new.

At this point, it doesn’t seem very controversial to suggest that the show often handles Faith’s killing of Allan Finch less than perfectly. In particular, I think it’s a real shame that the writers either forgot (or just didn’t care?) that Giles himself once accidentally killed a man, especially as they did remember this fact last season, when it was Buffy who thought she’d killed a man.

(And though I defended – and will continue to defend – Buffy’s actions re:Ted when I talked about the eponymous episode of Season 2 in the rewatch last year, I do think they are harder to defend than what Faith did to Finch in Bad Girls. Yes, Buffy had grounds to think Ted was a threat to her, but she also thought he was a human, and she hit him anyway. She didn’t hurt him by mistake. In the heat of the moment, Faith really did believe that Finch was a vampire, which – in the setting of the show, in the immediate context of the episode – was a pretty reasonable assumption to make. Lunging at an armed stranger in a dark alley probably wasn’t a very smart move on the part of the late Mr Finch.)

So it’s a little jarring when, in Consequences, Angel starts to give Faith the big “I too, know what it’s like to deliberately kill people for fun: it was addictive and I loved doing it” speech. Faith’s dismissive reaction – “sounds like you need some help. A professional, maybe.”-- is, on the evidence so far, surely entirely justified. At this point in the show, it is Giles, and not Angel, who Faith is most similar to. It feels rather like the writers are trying to force a comparison that – at least for now – simply isn’t there.

Especially since the way Consequences is written it seems clear we’re meant to think that this speech is somehow “getting through to” Faith until Wesley’s ill-timed interruption. Only … why would it be? Angel’s problem – a love of murder for the sake of murder – and his solution to that problem – getting cursed with a human soul – are both entirely meaningless to Faith, who already has a soul and has not in fact demonstrated any interest in murder for the sake of murder. (And who might be claiming not to feel bad about Finch’s death, but must be on some level if Buffy’s intervention on her behalf makes any sense.)

Faith is not Angel. Not yet, anyway.

(That being said, there is another reading of the show where Angel isn’t getting through to Faith at all, but only convincing her that she needs to try to become more like him, especially if she’s going to win over Buffy. I’m not at all sure that this is the reading intended by the writers, but I think it fits the evidence a lot better than the other reading at this point. You can quite easily read Faith’s arc in the last third of the season as a deliberate – and not quite unsuccessful – attempt to remold herself in Angel’s image: to become somebody who really wouldn’t care about killing a human being by mistake, and who might even enjoy doing it. And I do think that Angel’s second big attempt at connecting with Faith a year later, for all that it treads a lot of the same ground, makes a lot more sense in context.)

On the other hand, I think the show should get a little more credit for the conscious Buffy and Faith parallels than I sometimes see it given.

Just as sometimes people point out that the show presents Angel behaving in some rather disturbing ways in Season 2 (“falling in love” with a teenage girl after driving past her school and catching a glimpse of her, for instance) without acknowledging that the show is – at least intermittently – very aware of this, I think people who defend Faith by saying that Buffy has also killed things that look and act like people are missing the fact that this is a tension the show is very conscious about. I think Buffy’s many nights spent indiscriminately slaying demons and vampires is something the show definitely wants us to think about. By this point of the show, we’re clearly not meant to be entirely okay with all the death Buffy herself is responsible for..

(Sometimes I see the suggestion that Buffy is different from Faith because she only kills vampires and demons who are an imminent threat to human life or trying to hurt people, but that is simply not true. Buffy patrols cemeteries in the middle of night – cemeteries notably lacking in casual passersby – looking for newly risen vampires to stake before they know what’s happening. She attacks demons on sight – or at least, she does until the show decides some demons are okay, which is something that only starts to happen this season. In the original conception of the show – from the era of the Master and Luke and the Anointed One – we’re just not meant to think that proactively killing vampires could ever be a problem.)

When Buffy confronts Faith for the last time in Graduation Day she asks her something.

“What's the matter? All that killing and you’re afraid to die?”

How are we to interpret this question under the old rules of the show? At this point of the story, Faith has killed exactly two human beings: Allan Finch (by accident!) and Professor Worth (admittedly not at all by accident). At the risk of being a Faith apologist (which, well, I guess is what I am, but...), the phrase “all that killing” hardly applies here, does it?

… unless, that is, you count all the various vampires and demons that we’ve seen Faith kill recently (including the demon in Enemies who tried to sell her the Books of Ascension, a demon whose killing definitely appears to bother Faith at the time and to disgust Buffy when she finds the body). Faith certainly has killed enough of them for the phrase “all that killing” to apply. Bur crucially, so has Buffy herself. (She’s killed far more of them, in fact. As Faith told her at the start of the season, she’s been doing this the longest.)

So I think we’re meant to understand Buffy’s question in the Season 3 finale as part of a conversation with herself that started in the Season 1 finale Prophecy Girl and will continue all the way to the Season 5 finale The Gift (and arguably beyond). That’s why Faith exists in the narrative in the first place, after all. Not to be a version of Angel, but to be a version of Buffy. A reflection, a mirror, a shadow. Somebody Buffy was, and is, and might have been. It’s what Faith has been arguing all season (“anything I have to answer for, you do too”, she insisted to Buffy in Consequences), and something that – to people other than Faith – Buffy has already admitted (“She had it rough,” she told Willow in Doppelgangland, “Different circumstances, that could be me.”).

So let’s talk a bit about some other versions of Buffy, and try to place this question in its proper context.

The Buffy of Prophecy Girl told her Watcher that she was still a child (“Giles, I’m sixteen years old…”) and that she didn’t want to die. Her reaction to learning what would happen to her if she faced her destiny was to beg her mother to take her out of harm's way ("Mom, let's go away ... anywhere ... Mom, please"). Years later, the adult Buffy of The Gift will tell that same Watcher that she doesn’t see the point of going on in a world without her mother, a world where “everything gets stripped away”. Later still, she’ll tell her sister that living is “the hardest thing in the world” and then voluntarily jump to her own death rather than lose another family member. “Death is [her] gift”, as that season will keep reminding her.

And halfway between these moments, in the Season 3 finale, we have a Buffy who is only on the cusp of becoming an adult. A Buffy who has died once, but “only for a minute”. A Buffy who just sent her mother away from danger because she couldn’t save the world while worrying about her, where the younger Buffy had instead pleaded with her mother to protect her.

This Buffy looks at her fellow Slayer – at somebody who she knows she could have been herself, at somebody who is not just her narrative shadow but a living reminder of the fact she’s died once and it maybe wasn’t quite that bad, at somebody like her who kills vampires and monsters and maybe enjoys doing it a little too much – and it’s easy to imagine her confronting her tearful younger self in the school library again, hearing the prophecy that her calling as a Slayer will end with her own death.

“What’s the matter?”, the older Buffy asks her younger self bluntly. “All that killing and you’re afraid to die?”

#btvs #buffy rewatch 2023

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tomblythismyhusband · 2 months

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Tom blyth Watching reader!y/n new movie with her (probably scream 6)

premiere [tom blyth x fem!actress!reader]

[summary]: tom blyth x fem!actress!reader | Your boyfriend, Tom, surprises you at the premiere for your new movie, Scream 6.

[warnings]: language, just fluff :)

[wc]: 1k

[note]: lil blurb; ty for the request lovely <333

Anxiety bubbled in your stomach as you stepped out of your limo and into the blinding lights of the paparazzi. People screamed your name as you gave the crowds a tiny wave.

Today was the premiere for your new movie, Scream 6. With you being the lead, tonight was a huge deal, especially for a new upcoming actress like yourself. It felt like the world’s eyes were all on you. You adjusted the black gloves you wore nervously, finding comfort at the feeling of the silk against your skin.

You wore a massive cream colored gown that also had diamond detailing around the low neckline that showed off your cleavage. It was off the shoulder as-well, displaying your figure even more. Despite the nerves you felt beautiful.

You smiled at the paparazzi and waved. The red carpet was loud with the hustle and bustle of questions and comments. A reporter stuck her microphone out to you, motioning you to come over. You took a deep breath. You had prepared for this. Don’t be nervous.

“Well Y/n! Don’t you look absolutely ravishing tonight!” The reporter smiled, glancing at the camera pointed towards you both. You swished your dress and gave a light laugh, aware that what you were saying was being recorded live.

“Why thank you.. it’s custom Chanel. I’m so honored to be wearing it.” You said proudly motioning towards the intricate diamond detailings on your corset. The reporter nodded excitedly.

“Well you look stunning. Your definitely the most beautiful woman here tonight.. I’m sure the men are lining up to talk to you.” You ignored that comment, not letting how much you disliked it show on your face.

The reporter dropped her voice to a lower octave. “Speaking of men…. we’ve heard a rumor…” You held your breath. You knew this was coming. The reporter continued on. “We’ve got some inside sources that have told us that you’ve been seen out with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ star, Tom Blyth.” The reporter inched closer, bubbling over with curiosity.

She shoved the microphone into your face. “Are you and him in a relationship? The people are dying to know.” You felt your cheeks heat with embarrassment.

Tom and you had been trying to become more open about your relationship. It started one night when you and him both said “fuck it” and decided to just live like a normal couple. The hiding was exhausting and not seeing each other for more than a week was torture. The only problem was that you were not a normal couple. You were both very present in the media, so it was no surprise that word spread like wildfire.

“Well- yes. We’re still trying to keep things private so…“

The reporter spun toward the camera and cut you off excitedly. “You heard it here folks! Y/n and Tom Blyth. Hot new power couple of the year for sure!”

Before you could get another word in, the reporter left. Rude.

You shrugged it off and continued your walk down the red carpet, smiling, waving and posing. The flash of the cameras was still something you were getting used to, it was thrilling.

You were so focused on making the right facial expressions and movements, that you didn’t notice the man hooking his arm around your waist as you posed for a photo.

You gasped at the contact and turned your head to see Tom, impeccably dressed, smiling down at you.

“Tom!” You gaped, not believing that he was standing here next to you. The interaction caused the paparazzi to go crazy, loving every second.

Tom leaned in a bit, dropping his voice to a low tone. “You didn’t think I would miss your first premiere, did you love?” He chuckled, squeezing your hip.

You smiled up at him, your heart pounding with love at the gesture. He had come all this way, gotten dressed up, and attended the premiere- for you.

You put you hand over your heart, this caused the paparazzi to click faster. They obviously saw that you were both exchanging loving words at the moment.

“Thank you Tom- I was so nervous but I feel better now that your here..” You beamed. Tom smiled softly down at you.

“I wouldn’t miss your big moment for the world.” He laughed. He then leaned in closer, mischief sparkling in his electric blue eyes.

“Y/n…can I kiss you? Right here. Right now. No matter who’s watching.” He said slowly. Emphasizing the words. He wanted to show the world you were his.

You felt your face burn. Under all the foundation you had on you definitely were blushing. Hard. “Yes. I’d like that.” You whispered.

Then Tom leaned in, kissing you softly, taking you into his arms. The sounds of paparazzi and reporters exploded in a cacophony of sound. You smiled into the kiss as Tom dipped your body in a smooth swoop. At that moment it felt like it was just you and Tom against the world.

When your lips parted from his and he set you standing back upright, you only saw him. Everyone else didn’t exist. You only saw those blue eyes staring into yours.

Soon you broke out of your trance when he smiled. This was only the beginning of the night after all. You and Tom were escorted further down the carpet until you were separated to be interviewed by some more reporters. He gave you a supportive smile before disappearing to find his seat in the theater. You answered questions with your co-stars, it was easy when the reporters weren’t asking uncomfortable personal questions.

When the questions were all done it was finally time to view the film you had worked so hard for. You were escorted into the theater and were given your seat number. You immediately noticed that Tom was seated right next to you. Smiling, you approached your seat, plopping down next to him.

“I still can’t believe you came.” You chuckled, shaking your head as you grabbed his hand.

Tom laughed and shrugged. “I wanted to.”

You grinned at him then cocked your head. “Also you're aware that we are going to be even more public now because of that kiss, right?” You laughed.

Tom chuckled and stole a quick kiss on your lips. “Let them watch. As long as I’m with you nothing could bother me.” He smiled softly.

“I love you.” You whispered.

Tom squeezed your hand. “I love you. And I’m so proud of you.”

You kissed him again with a smile as the lights began to dim.. signaling that the movie was about to start. You were so happy you were going to be able to share this experience with your boyfriend.

Nothing could be more perfect.

You felt Tom’s mouth brush against your ear ad he whispered. “By the way.. you look so incredibly sexy in that dress.”

You shoved him playfully. “Behave.” You whispered.

Tom chuckled and squeezed your thigh. Maybe if he was good throughout the movie you’d reward him later. But knowing him, it would be extremely unlikely that he would keep his hands off you, especially now that you’ve gone public.

You laughed to yourself and shook your head at him. He flashed you a lopsided grin.

Yea…. he was definitely not gonna behave.

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tofudevil · 2 years

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A/N: i keep writing things then never actually posting them, well hopefully this makes it to post. Enjoy!

Warnings: jealousy

Characters: Luffy, Zoro

GN! Reader

Jealousy Headcanons

Luffy

This sweet sweet innocent boy is so confused

Luffy doesn’t completely understand what he’s feeling most of the time especially when it comes to you

I don’t necessarily think Luffy would get jealous a lot but it definitely happens

It’s pretty obvious when he is jealous because he becomes clingy and whiny

He may not even know that what he’s feeling is jealousy

He’ll wrap his arms around you very tightly and not let go until the person who is making him feel jealous leaves or until he thinks it’s safe for you (he thinks he’s protecting you)

Might be super impulsive and just start kissing you, he doesn’t know what a personal bubble is or what pda is and he’s not 100% sure why he feels the need to kiss you right at that moment

It would be rare for him to get jealous if it’s a friend of his like Sanji or Ace because he trusts them but if he happens to get jealous of a friend he’ll most likely glare at them and tell them to go away with a pout

If it’s a stranger he may get a little mean/bratty, he would whine and pout. Throw passive aggressive remarks towards the person without knowing it’s passive aggressive

All around he’s just a big pouty baby, just give him some attention and he’ll go back to being his usual care free self

Whether you choose to talk about the jealousy and make it aware that’s what he is feeling is up to you and he probably still won’t understand

“Come play with me instead of this person, I’m so much cooler right?”

Zoro

This man is in denial

The great Roronoa Zoro jealous?? IMPOSSIBLE

In all seriousness, he fr thinks he isn’t jealous and would try to ignore it has much as possible

He tries to be patient and wait for you

But even this pirate has a breaking point, and when this person just won’t stop talking you he starts to get a little more than irritated

He’ll most likely swing an arm around your shoulders and just drag you away to who knows where, he may even sneak a glare towards the person as the two of you leave

the whole way he’s just mumbling and grumbling curses and insults

Might go a tad bit tsundere and say he didn’t care and that you were taking too long

It’s only noticeable when he makes it noticeable, sometimes he’ll just get grumpy and leave but if he acts on it well I said what would happen above

If you tease him about it he’ll get really defensive and probably leave you behind

All in all he’s just a big grumpy man who wants your love, so pls give him some after

“Hurry up already, I wanna take a nap.”

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twopoppies · 4 months

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Hey Gina! I don’t exactly know how to talk about this so i apologise if it’s worded weird, but I wanted to talk about polari! :) Also want to quickly preface by saying A.) I am a part of the LGBTQ+ community, B.) while I’m not English, I am Scottish (Glasgow) and we use some of the same slang as (specifically Northern) England & C.) I have a lot of hetero English friends who know absolutely nothing about polari.

(Quickly before I start as u/ppl may find this annoying; I’ve said Scottish separately as a lot of Scottish ppl, myself included, don’t like being referred to as English/British as majority of us are currently wanting & trying to gain independence from the U.K. lol & I included British instead of just Scotland/England as I’m not sure if it’s used anywhere else in great britian/the UK - please say if it is! :D )

I’m not sure if you’ve seen this too but I see quite a lot of people saying that Louis solely knowing/using polari speech is proof/semi-proof of him being queer or knowing queer history - I have to completely disagree with this.

Polari is used very commonly (some examples I can think of off the top of my head are bevvy, lallies and naff as I use them quite a lot.) in day-to-day conversation in scotland/england (as I mentioned, I have hetero english friends and they use polari ALL THE TIME, like they use only refer to a alcohol/drinks as bevvy, and have no absolutely no idea that it IS in fact polari..). People use it without even knowing what it is, especially those who are lower/working class and/or neds/chavs (which Louis seems to use as? Or want to be perceived as?) and are more likely to use slang. I guarantee you that if you were to go down to England (especially the north) and asked what bevvy meant, they’d almost 100% be able to tell you what means - but they won’t know the origins of the word, they’d just think it’s slang (they probably wouldn’t even know it’s used in Scotland too LOL).

I’ve seen absolutely no other scottish/english/british person talk about this so I feel like majority of the people speaking about polari are Americans (not all & not only, of course, but I feel like they majority of larries are American? Haha) who don’t actually use it or understand it’s use in modern day England/Scotland/U.K. and that’s why they’re saying that he must be queer to use it because they think that it’s not used anymore when it actually is! :)

I’m so sorry if this is a complete jumble of words, I’m absolutely horrible at writing my thoughts down hahah! I pray you understand what I’m trying to say. I hope this isn’t coming across as rude or mean. I’m not meaning it that way at all. Also, this isn’t meant to be a dig at Americans/non-scottish/english/great British folk either, it’s completely normal that you wouldn’t know this! :)

Sorry again hahaha I’ve been thinking about this for a really long time and have been dying to get this off my chest !! + I haven’t used tumblr in years so if the layout/format(??) is weird, apologies for that too, I’m also on mobile :( Thank u (if u do) for reading my long ass ramble lol :D I just wanted to shed some light on this.

Hi, honey. I think assuming Louis’ sexuality only based on him being aware of/using Polari is pretty silly. As you say, straight people in your part of the world use certain words regularly without being aware of it.

As always, I think one has to take many behaviors and actions into consideration when wondering if Louis (or anyone) is signaling. There’s a difference between using certain words that have become common, and knowing what Polari is. Him wearing that brand goes hand in hand with many instances of him wearing clothing that sent a message (for example, wearing the All Out, Queen’s Surf, and Rainbow Apple logo shirts). At that time, he seemed to be very calculated about what messages he sent through clothing. I think Polari was one of many instances of Louis signaling being a part of the community. But I’d never look at that as an isolated instance and think that.

#coded clothing #Polari

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bored-mumma · 2 years

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Steven Grant - Smut Alphabet - NSFW

Steven Grant Fluff Alphabet - SFW

MASTERLIST

Under 18s - DNI

A = Aftercare (What they’re like after sex)

Steven Grant is nothing less of a worshiper. Afterwards, he would whisper his praises to you as he holds onto you tightly, loving when you rest your head on his chest so you’re both enveloped in each other's warmth. After a while of just resting and chatting, he would suddenly remember to ask if you need anything or if he can do anything for you, always happy to grab you something to eat or run a bath if that's what you want.

B = Body part (Their favourite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

He has Marc to thank for it, but he definitely loves his arms. The way their strong enough to both man-handle you and yet also bring you so much comfort when he holds you. Steven isn’t exactly ‘rough’ but he will use his strength to push/pull you into positions.

Steven wouldn’t like to admit he has a favourite part of you, always saying how just everything about you is perfect. But you both know he’s an ass man through-and-through. The way he’s always grabbing it and just lets his hands rest on it sometimes without him even realising it, definitely was a big give-away.

C = Cum (Anything to do with cum basically… I’m a disgusting person)

It took him a little while to get fully comfortable with it and to admit his love it, but omg does this man love to come in your mouth. Don't misunderstand, he loves doing it anywhere on or in you but that's just his absolute favourite. And if it dribbles a little down the side your mouth whilst you swallow? He could just die right there and then from a heart attack - in the best way of course.

D = Dirty Secret (Pretty self-explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

Steven really wants you to edge him. Sometimes he’ll find himself edging himself, changing positions when he can feel himself getting a little too close. He’ll ask you eventually, and when he does finally ask you and you grant him his wish, he basically begs you to do that to him every single time.

E = Experience (How experienced are they? Do they know what they’re doing?)

Not experienced at all. As far as you were aware, there was only one woman before you and that didn’t last long. But that doesn’t stop him being the most intense lover you’ve ever had! He’ll ask questions, especially when learning how to give oral in the best possible way. Listening to every instruction until he’s got all of your favourite things memorised and can do it on his own.

F = Favourite Position (This goes without saying. Will probably include a visual)

Steven does love when you ride him. Just something about you looking like a complete Goddess, whilst having him at your mercy, does stuff to him. Though yes, Steven does sometimes also like to put in the dirty work and will be the one on top, he loves that too, but if he had to choose a position to do for the rest of his life it would be him sitting with his back on the headboard, knees bent with his soles on the mattress as you sat in his lap.

G = Goofy (Are they more serious in the moment, or are they humorous, etc)

He does love a little joke here and there. He’s not goofy per se, but when you two become entirely comfortable with each other he does make a little comment that causes you to laugh sometimes. Although that would usually be before you started touching him - the moment you start, all rational thoughts and words are gone, and he couldn't crack a joke even if he tried.

H = Hair (How well groomed are they, does the carpet match the drapes, etc.)

Steven tries to be tidy, but he’s not obsessed about it. At the end of the day, he’ll groom when he remembers too.

I = Intimacy (How are they during the moment, romantic aspect…)

Steven thinks of sex as the most intimate thing two human beings can do with each other. No matter the mood - angry, jealous, happy, romantic, goofy - Steven will always make sure to tell you how amazing you looked, how much he loved and adored you. Of course, you would always tell him the same thing (praise kink anyone?). He would make sure every inch of your bodies is pressed together, foreheads usually touching as he thanked the gods for you.

J = Jack Off (Masturbation headcanon)

He used to a lot. Well, not a lot but more often than he does now. He used to do it two, maybe three times a week. Usually in the shower or if he had a particularly rough day at work, he would need a pick-me-up. Now though, he’ll do it maybe once every couple of weeks. Again, usually when he’s showering and you’re out of the house. He wouldn’t dream of doing it with you in there. Not only because why would he jack off when he could have the real thing but also because the thought of you catching him makes his heart sink. If he caught you, he’d think that would be the hottest thing in the world, but he would think the other way around would be totally embarrassing.

K = Kink (One or more of their kinks)

Praise. Kink. Praise kink. As said before, this man does nothing but compliment during sex. Loves to hear you compliment him too. Whispers of ‘I love you’s’ to each other between passionate kisses is a must for Steven. There’s been numerous times you’ve nearly made him finish from your words alone but thankfully he’s getting better at controlling that, he just wasn’t used to it at the time.

He hasn’t admitted this one yet, but our little innocent Steven really, really, really wants to do some role-playing. Maybe start with a classic - like he’s a professor and you’re his student - but he’s definitely got lots of more ‘unique’ scenarios he’s trying to muster up the courage to ask you.

L = Location (Favourite places to do the do)

Before living together Steven would love doing it in your bed. The fact he’s surrounded by your scent, your stuff everywhere, it just brought him so much comfort. After living together, his favourite place was anywhere in his entire flat. Finding new places to do it became a daily thought for him. Although the bedroom is still one of the best places, his desk is pretty fun too.

M = Motivation (What turns them on, gets them going)

The second you sit on his lap, he’s done for. Whether that was just to snuggle or if you do it on purpose to initiate things, Steven would instantly have a hard on. He would try to hide it sometimes, especially when you just came over for a cuddle. He would position you so you weren’t over his crotch and would try to send his mind back to whatever he was doing before but there was no way he could distract himself enough.

N = NO (Something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

He wouldn’t hit you or degrade you in anyway. Complete opposite of what Steven likes. He prefers to worship you like the God you are, not treat you like a whore.

O = Oral (Preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc)

Although he does like giving, you just have the gift. Every time he sees you go onto your knees with that little twinkle in your eye, makes him harder than he thought was possible. It was just something to do with how you would trust him enough and love him enough to give him so much pleasure with your mouth - it would drive him crazy. He would try so hard to compliment you as you did it, gently tugging your hair as he did so. But the closer to the end he got, the more desperate his actions became. He would start tugging harder and harder without even realising, words of worship turning in moans of desperation. No matter what, he would always make sure he gave back as good as he got - loving how much he can tear you apart with just him mouth.

P = Pace (Are they fast and rough? Slow and sensual? etc.)

He’s slooow. Sometimes a little painstakingly slow. Taking his time so each thrust is felt in its entirely for both of you and is as deep as he could possibly go. Even when you’re on top, Steven tends to hold your hips and control the pace himself though every once in a while, he’ll just basically lose it, going so hard and fast your brain goes foggy. But those days are usually when you guys have had a bad argument - something that thankfully happens rarely.

Q = Quickie (Their opinions on quickies rather than proper sex, how often, etc.)

He does like a good quickie. Of course, he prefers proper sex with you, being able to be surrounded by each other fully and taking the time to explore. But those mornings where you’re both getting ready for work in a rush, and he sees you go to have a quick shower? Yeah, he’s joining you. You visited him at the museum and brought him his lunch? Quick shag on his lunch break. Just both trying to catch your pleasure as fast as you can, using each other just to get off makes him almost feral.

R = Risk (Are they game to experiment, do they take risks, etc.)

He’s up for experiments! Especially if it's something you’ve come up with. He sometimes will think or see something he would like to try with you; however, embarrassment stops him attempting. But when you ask him to try something new? Omg just you saying it is usually a turn on. Although there have been a couple things, he’s said no too like tying each other up - he’s spent too many sleepless nights tied up, thank you. But he would come up with something to compromise.

Although risk wise, Steven wouldn’t risk the two of you being caught. Even if every once in a while you would do it at his work, it would always be in a locked room where he knew there were no security cameras. The thought of someone seeing you two being as intimate as you were sent very bad chills up his spine.

S = Stamina (How many rounds can they go for, how long do they last…)

He can last maybe five minutes and a max of two rounds. The longer the two of you are together, the more you have sex, the longer he can last but you don’t mind too much. He’s the king of foreplay so by the time you guys actually start having sex you’ve already come a couple times anyways.

T = Toy (Do they own toys? Do they use them? On a partner or themselves?)

At first, he’s not really sure how he feels about them. One hand, it does sound kind of fun to experiment with some new things - the idea of vibrators turns him on especially. But then he’ll once again go all shy at the idea, thinking it was weird he wanted to try them out. Eventually you’re the one who brings up the idea of using some toys and Steven agrees so fast he even surprised himself. Didn’t stop his face turning super red when you guys went through the websites, though, looking for stuff to buy.

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

Every once in a while, he’ll like to tease you, especially with his words. But he’s a sucker for you teasing him. Whether that be the little touches and suggestive smiles or straight up edging him and teasing him about him, he just can’t get enough.

V = Volume (How loud they are, what sounds they make)

He. Is. Loud. Less of a moaner and more of a grunter. He also often mutters during sex, mostly ‘i love you’s’ and just praising everything about you. At the beginning of your relationship Steven would be a little shy about being loud but he realised pretty quick that you love it.

W = Wild Card (Get a random headcanon for the character of your choice)

Before you started dating, Steven would often have wet dreams about you. He would wake up in a daze and reach over to the other side of the bed to hold you, but then his mind would catch up with him and remember it was just a dream. So, the first time he had one about you and woke up, only to actually be able to wrap his arms around you after and not feel guilty about thinking about you in that way? Well, that man nearly cried with happiness. His dreams were literally coming true.

X = X-Ray (Let’s see what’s going on in those pants, picture or words)

Pretty average, nothing special really - except he knows how to use properly to make it feel a lot better than average.

Y = Yearning (How high is their sex drive?)

Towards the beginning he would want you literally 24/7. Literally everything you did would be a turn on for him, especially if you are doing just little domestic acts; like cooking his favourite dinners. After about six months together he did begin to calm down but that doesn't mean his sex drive isn't still super high. You’re looking at about three or four times a week on average - and that's just with Steven, not the other two boys.

Z = ZZZ (… how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

He doesn't like sleeping much but he does find it easier with you next to him. Something to hold close to him. He would probably fall asleep after about an hour; thanks to the exhaustion he feels after your ‘activities’.

#steven grant #imagine steven grant #moon knight #imagine moon knight #steven grant smut #steven grant x reader #steven grant alphabet #moon knight alphabet #moon knight x reader #moon knight smut #marc spector #imagine marc spector #marc spector x reader #smut alphabut

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choices-binglebonkus · 1 year

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I'm not a Jocelyn fan either. She's toxic and vile, but I find her more compelling in a lot of ways than say, Lily Ortiz – especially when the writers want the readers to see Lily as this pure as the driven snow angel who can do no wrong. Jocelyn is horrible, but she did put her life at personal risk to save others at Homecoming paid a steep price for it. She was also hit hard by Cody's death, so there's some humanity there too, even if it's just a drop.

There’s a lot to this ask so I’m going to tackle the littler bits first, starting with the ILITW cast and their weaknesses.

The It Lives characters are all incredibly flawed in their own ways. Their stans don’t think they’re innocent: they acknowledge and embrace those flaws because those are what make the characters so human.

Ava’s biggest flaws are that she’s kind of reckless, and that she’s sarcastic toward people who are easily angered which endangers her.

Andy’s biggest flaw is that he gets angered very quickly, though he has good reasons for it, he still does fly off the handle at times. Anger leads to rash and not very well thought out decisions, which can very easily get you hurt or killed, especially in a horror series.

Stacy’s biggest flaw (which we do see going away as the book goes on) is her fixation with appearance and status.

Lucas’s biggest flaws are unwillingness to ask for help and biting off more than he can chew, which are also behaviors that are dangerous enough in real life, but potentially deadly in horror series.

I can’t really say what Dan’s biggest flaws are because we get so little interaction with him in the series, and all of Noah’s flaws can be attributed to the trauma he’s faced throughout his life, as even before Jane died, his parents had a lot of issues with their marriage, which was something he was aware of and tried to shield his sister from.

If Noah dies and takes Jane’s place, the ILITW crew is shown and stated to be completely unaware of it, the MC being the only person who knows of Noah’s true fate. Given this, the same could probably be said if the MC dies and takes Jane’s place. It’s not that the ILITW crew used the MC: they simply aren’t aware of the true nature of their death.

And given all the chaos and trauma that took place in the book, it’s perfectly understandable why the ILITW crew would want to move on in their lives without revisiting the ordeal more than they need to. I’d probably do the same. However, they’re more than willing to help out in ILB, and they still meet for pizza every year so they never fall out of touch and never forget what happened and those they lost.

It also makes sense why the MC can’t and won’t let go of their supernatural experience. Jane, their best friend, died right before their very eyes, was stuck as a shadow monster for a decade, and then Jane’s brother Noah (who arguably becomes MC’s closest friend as a result of their shared loss) dies and takes her place. The MC probably feels some survivor’s guilt and feels as if they’re to blame for what happened, and wants to make it right by “fixing” things if they can, which is why they’re devoted to becoming a monster hunter/tracker.

None of these characters are perfect. Absolutely none of them. But what person is? To have a flawless, completely innocent character who has done absolutely no wrong is completely unrealistic.

Moving onto Lily, who I’ll admit isn’t my favorite of the bunch.

It is true that the ILITW crew is dealing with some heavy shit. Abuse, blackmail, estrangement, familial neglect, PTSD, struggles with identity, struggles with ostracism. That is very true.

However.

Lily’s big life-or-death issue isn’t merely that her crush doesn’t like her back, that’s kind of an oversimplification. She’s mercilessly bullied because she’s fat (and maybe there’s a bit of homophobia thrown in there too, I’m not actually 100% sure) and she’s preyed upon by her crush and her crush’s friend who think manipulating Lily and humiliating her on homecoming night is funny.

Lily is not a physically strong character. She can’t fight, she runs away, and is generally no help in a fight. But not every character can realistically be an action hero and badass. She also suffers from low self-esteem from the bullying (which she mentions occurred throughout her childhood as well) and has little to no confidence.

To be frank, to say she thrives off of playing the victim comes across as victim-blaming.

Lily does shove Ava and yell at her for almost killing Jocelyn in the fight, and I’m not trying to excuse that because that’s pretty harsh, but I’d probably chalk her reaction up more to adrenaline and fear than trying to pin all the blame onto her. Lily did foreshadow early on in the book that the monster could enthrall Ava using her powers and was probably aware that the monster had some form of control over her during the fight.

Additionally, she doesn’t seem to give Jocelyn a free pass either: she was visibly scared and upset during the fight where Jocelyn had the upper hand and after all is said and done, the principal is the one who tells her (and Stacy) to help Jocelyn to the nurse’s office.

Lily doesn’t blame Ava and doesn’t hold any rancor over the fight after everything has settled down. Her reaction is pretty much on par with everyone else’s emotions in the ILITW crew after the fight: fear, helplessness, and guilt. I mean, she almost watched someone get strangled to death in front of her.

She does acknowledge the possibility that Britney changed and began treating her better because of Redfield, but doesn’t want it to be true. She acknowledges it and probably deep down knows it’s true, but still wants to give Britney a chance because they used to be close in childhood. She even states at one point that Britney used to defend her from bullying when they were young. Lily wants to give Britney a chance to change because she remembers all those fond memories as kids, but also, her confidence is so depleted from the years of bullying that she just wants someone, anyone to show some semblance of care for her, even if it isn’t completely genuine.

Hell. I’ve been bullied throughout my whole life, and I’ve dated people who treated me like absolute shit just because they paid attention to me. Lily is absolutely the type to do the same. I empathize.

Should Lily survive the events of ILITW, she goes on to create a successful indie video game with a sequel in the works. That didn’t surprise me because she mentions having gone to a coding camp, and she also had a 4.5 GPA in high school. She’s used her wildly smart brain and incredible drive to find her own success and further her own life, just like everyone else from the ILITW crew.

Which is why your statement about everyone else bettering their lives “while she gorges on pizza” comes across as incredibly and unapologetically fatphobic.

Lily is not my personal favorite. She’s actually my least favorite of the ILITW crew. But every character brings something to the group. Lily is timid, meek, and suffers from a lack of confidence. She’s not a fighter and she’s frequently terrified throughout the book.

But she still helps the group. She helps research, she helps obtain the hospital records when the group visits Dan, she risks life and limb to go into the woods and perform the binding ritual, and she does it again to save Andy. She faces her fears time after time after time.

So in a way, though Lily is fearful and afraid throughout the book, she’s actually the bravest character of them all.

#asks #anon i truly do not know if some of what you said was meant to come across as victim-blaming or fatphobic #but some of it very much did #i am just letting you know so you are aware of it #tw: fatphobia #tw: bullying mention #it lives in the woods #choices it lives in the woods #choices ilitw #ilitw #lily ortiz #it lives series #it lives #it lives anthology #long post #choices stories you play #choices stories you play fandom #playchoices #choices stories we play

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goldenmagnolias · 7 months

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lost in the labyrinth of my mind

pairing: OC High Lord of Dusk x Archeron!Sister

summary: Reverie Archeron has always been different. Different in a good or bad way depends on who you asked. Now a High Fae, and with another war approaching she tries to be as helpful as she can around Velaris and with her baby nephew, but at a High Lord meeting, the countless dreams she has as a child and the feelings that are not quite hers suddenly make sense and things become something that she never could have seen coming.

a/n: finally our two main characters interact. It’s a small chapter but I hope you all like it. ☺️

masterlist // ao3

CHAPTER VIII: HONEY

Those eyes.

Those eyes make Ophiuchus want to drop to his knees by her feet and promise to give her whatever she wants. The eyes that he saw countless times before in his dreams.

Eyes that look like pools of honey.

Soft, sweet and alluring. But with an undertone that looks like embers.

One that clearly says, I’m more than what you see in the surface.

He can feel his heart hammering away on his chest, in a way it never did with anyone. He schools his face. He is still a High Lord, he still has to hold himself aware specially in a place where so many are strangers even if most are somewhat family to his mate.

His Mate.

She offers him a shy smile, before she breaks away their stare, looking down at her hands that are folded on her lap. But Ophiuchus doesn’t miss the slight red hue that colors her cheeks.

“Okay… she’s precious,” He hears Ayla whisper, “and me thinking she couldn’t be more cute.”

Elain is the first to notice their little interaction, seconds before Reverie dips her head, but is Helion who brings everyone’s attention to it.

“I believe congratulations are in order?” He says looking between the High Lord of Dusk and the youngest Archeron.

Reverie sees by the corner of her eye Feyre and Rhys share a glance, probably talking with one another.

“What about we let them chat? It’s not fair they haven’t been able to yet.” Feyre says.

“Oh that’s a good idea, Lady Feyre.” Ayla says with a nod, turning to those from Dusk, “come on people, let’s move.”

Following the cue, the others slowly start to leave. Elain places a kiss at the top of Reverie’s head and squeezes her shoulder.

“Nesta.” Feyre calls upon noticing that her oldest sister is full on glaring at the High Lord, Cassian standing behind her looking half amused, half worried.

“I don’t care who you are or what titles you hold. You hurt her and they won’t find your body, or your ashes or any trace of you.” Nesta says, slowly and deadly.

“Lady Death,” Ophiuchus merely inclines his head at her threat.

“Nesta.” Feyre repeats in a more demanding tone.

“Just making sure he knows Fey, just making sure he knows.” Nesta says, as she begins to walk out of the room.

Feyre shakes her head, and moves to close the door, giving Reverie a small smile before she does.

And Reverie doesn’t quite knows if she should stand up and courtesy or if she should stay seated and say something or….

Thankfully he makes the decision on what the outcome shall be. He walks towards the chaise where she is sitting and took her hand that she moved to rest on the chairs arm and raised her hand to his lips, kissing her knuckles.

“My Lady, I waited quite a while to meet you.” His voice is deep and low but warm.

“I’m sorry?” She says tentatively, voice just above a whisper. Because what you say to that? Maybe she should have questioned her sisters more about mating bonds.

“Merely a fact, My Lady, no need for apologies. Especially since from what I’ve been told this world and some of its concepts are relatively new to you.”

“Reverie.”

“Pardon me?”

“My name. It’s Reverie.” She says softly.

“You surely fit such.” Ophiuchus says with a small found smile breaking through his previously rather stoic face. “Well Lady Reverie Archeron, It’s a pleasure, I’m Ophiuchus Hesperus.”

Reverie gives him a smile and an inclination of her head.

“I feel like I should apologize for my sister. Nesta can be overprotective.” Reverie says, as Ophiuchus takes a seat across from her.

“Siblings from what I’m told and what I’ve seen tend to be. Especially older with younger ones.” Ophiuchus says with a shrug.

“Doesn’t help I’m the youngest.” Reverie says with a nod.

“By much?”

“Not that much. But considering my age they tend to be a bit of overdrive.”

Ophiuchus hums, “may I ask?”

“Sorry?”

“May I ask how old you are? I know it’s not polite to ask a lady her age or so Ayla tells me.”

“oh… well you know how me and my sisters came to be High Fae, yes?”

“Yes.”

“Well, I'm eighteen.” Reverie says.

Ophiuchus nods, before humming. “Does it bother you?”

“What?” Reverie frowns, not expecting for him to ask that or for it to be his reaction.

“Does it bother you that im much older than you?”

“No…” she shakes her head, but then a dreadful thought passes her mind, “I-… Does it bother you that I’m much younger?”

“No, as I said My Lady, I waited for you. I do not mind it. But im glad I will be there to see you reach milestone birthdays.”

“Like my twentieth?” Reverie asks with an smile.

“I was thinking more like your fifties and hundreds, but we surely can start with your twenties… Mother above I feel old.” Ophiuchus says after a beat.

“Very pretty though.” Reverie says, and her eyes widen when she realizes she said it out loud, her cheeks flushing a deep scarlet.

“You look like a lovely ethereal being.” He says, “I’m flattered by your words, My Mate.”

Reverie feels a deep satisfaction bloom in her chest at his words, at him calling her Mate. Her heart feels like it’s so warm.

“But well…” Ophiuchus begins and leans forward a bit, his elbow resting on his leg. “Tell me about you?”

Reverie blinks confused but a small smile on her lips when she processes the words, “what do you wish to know?”

“Now the basics, your favorite food, your favorite color, your favorite flower. Eventually, all you are willing to tell me.”

“Will you be doing the same?” She asks, tilting her head slightly, in a way that makes her look like a kitten and almost has Ophiuchus smiling widely at her, almost.

“If you wish me to do so, My Mate.” He says taking her hand in his tentatively and once again bringing it to his lips, brushing them against her knuckles.

Ask me whatever your heart desires, My Mate. For books, pets, jewels and dresses. For my answers, my deepest secrets. I shall give them all to you. He adds in his head.

…..

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#acotar fanfiction #archeron sisters #dusk court

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vinillain · 2 years

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Shinichi analysis.

I know it’s not really expressed a lot so not many people think about it. But Shinichi’s character is actually kind of sad. Notice how fast he recovers after becoming Conan. He just had his entire world view literally shrunk. And instead of dying, went through what looked like the most horrible agonizing pain of his body being forcibly shrunkin down with the thought that it would kill him. And you can see it in his eyes after he wakes up to the park police officer that he’s in shock.

And while it was probably maybe a 30 minute time skip from when he was found half dëad outside to inside the med area where he is somewhat recovered and then realizes the reality of his situation. But after that he’s not given any more time to properly process or recover because now he’s on the run so he isn’t held up in some police station where he will probably be stuck for awhile since this child he has turned into doesn’t even exist.

(ALSO WTF WHY WOULD YOU SEND FULL ASS BIG SCARY DOGS AFTER A CLEARLY TRAUMATIZED CHILD)

Realizing he has nobody he can call or turn to in this situation, to having to walk all the way home in pouring rain (WHILE ALMOST BEING RAN OVER MIGHT I ADD) I imagine he would be a little more shaken up, he seems to play off the situation after that. Making fun of himself “how pathetic.” Over something he didn’t have control over.

Everything seems so much bigger, and obviously he would never admit it, scarier. And before Agasa finds him on a whim you hear how hopeless he’s becoming because he has absolutely no idea what he should do.

And it makes me sad, because you see how happy he was before it all happened. Was his life perfect? No but you see how much he cares for Ran even if he doesn’t show it that much.

Pre Conan he treats murders like a puzzle. Like something of a game he has to solve. Because that was the way he was raised. When it comes to murder he’s become desensitized like many police officers but it seems that he was forced to do that from a young age (because let’s be real my dudes cursed) and his dad would let him around crime scenes. After the roller case murder when Ran is upset and crying Shinichi doesn’t really apologize or comfort her, rather he acts to say it’s normal or excusing it. Likely because his father did a similar things when he was (the first time around) young.

Like his father before becoming Conan he treats it like a puzzle more than a tragedy (not that it’s not and I’m sure he does care) but after being Conan he was forced to see it from below, from other peoples perspectives and this especially becomes clear in the moonlight sona case. He’s become more aware now that he’s a child again, and he starts seeing what Ran has to go through and learns to emphasize more.

He was only 14 when his parents left the country leaving him all alone. And of course he would agree, he has the mindset to act mature and solve puzzles (which becomes crime) in order for approval. And not saying his parents don’t love them, because it’s obvious they do. But his dad sort of seems to play mind games with Shinichi.

If I had a child across the world in another country who I haven’t seen in 3 years and I heard something terrible happened to them and now their forced into hiding my reaction would be to comfort them or reassure them since they would clearly be traumatized even if they woudlen’t admit it because they want to be independent, I would not dress up and pretend to be the people who did that to him and make him think he and the people around him are in serious danger,p to the last minute where you pretend to kïll him, literally making him think he was going to die in order to “test his detective skills.” Like bro maybe not traumatize your 17 year old son?? Like he’s still young no matter how smart he is. I bet Yusaku went through something similar though and that’s why he acts that way.

He was finally getting his life together. He was going to try to ask out Ran and was getting the credit he deserved after 2-3 years of hard work. And then it was all ruined by the hands of a man with long silver hair.

Anyway tldr: Shinichi needs therapy :(

#sorry for poor grammar #I just rlly love Shinichi and I want him to be happy 😭#detective conan #detco #shinichi kudo #edogawa conan #charecter analysis #:((#gin conan #aptx4869

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Between Dean and Sam: who prefers to be liked, and who prefers to be right?

highly dependent on a) what part of the show we’re in, b) what are they talking about, and b) who are they interacting with, but for simplicity’s sake, I’ll assume we’re talking about them with each other.

I think, especially if it’s for stupid shit, (‘no, i know the lore better than you do.’, ‘i didn’t use up the hot water, that was you!’, ‘i don’t steal food off your plate when you aren’t looking, shut up.’) then they are terminally brothers and absolutely both need to be right in every situation. As anyone with siblings knows, if you ever back down, even when you know you’re wrong, you will admit weakness and they will never let you forget it.

More seriously, in the early seasons, I do see Sam needing to be right more. I’d connect this to the way he’s really pretty blunt about what he wants, what he thinks, early on. And with that need for everyone around him to Know what’s going on in his head, he also needs to be right about things, for better or for worse. He needs to be right about finding John being more important than following his orders, he needs to be right about his feelings about the other psychic kids, he needs to be right about the fact that he can save Dean, and later, that trusting Ruby is a good idea. And the further down the road you get with Sam, I think, the more that his need to be right starts to come less from a desire to be seen and more from a sort of sunk-cost belief. Especially with Ruby, even with the trials, and especially with removing the Mark, at a certain point, how can he turn his back on what he’s doing? When so much has been sacrificed for it, whether that’s other people’s lives or his own health.

But I also think that interacts in a very interesting way with how Dean plays into the equation, because the further you get in the show? The more it becomes apparent that if Dean really pushes hard enough on anything, Sam will capitulate to him. Even if that looks like getting on his knees and expecting Dean to literally kill him. I’m not sure if I’d put that under Sam wanting to be liked more than to be right, but it’s definitely a part of their relationship. Maybe I’d put it more under Dean being Sam’s grounding force, stone number one and all. How do you keep saying no to the guy who is anchoring you to reality 90% of the time, right?

Dean is. I think he wants to be liked, he really does, but he’s also convinced himself that that probably isn’t an option. And the other part of that is that Dean doesn’t want to believe he’s right but instead, when Dean’s in an argument, he knows his side is right because there isn’t an option in his head for him to be on the wrong side.

Or, more specifically, when we’re talking about the decisions that cause the most strife between him & Sam (Demon Blood detoxing, Amy, Benny, Gadreel, taking the Mark, etc.) there are not things that Dean can allow himself for a moment to consider were the wrong call. Not in front of Sam. Maybe in the privacy of his own head. I think the trial god episode proves that he knows he’s done something wrong with Amy, as well as his tendency to lie about the shit he’s done until he literally can’t anymore. Dean is often aware of the moral ambiguity of his actions. But admitting that to Sam, especially when Sam is usually the one in the direct line of fire for Dean’s choices? That’s a whole different story.

Sam just isn’t a character that Dean can pick being liked over being right in an argument with, because the fear of not being right, of his actions having done too much damage, that plays right into Dean’s control issues and his constant fear of losing control which is tied directly into losing Sam. (And again, we’re talking just about with Sam here, but if I may put up a prime example of a character Dean would pick being liked by over being right, well. John. Obviously. Dean kind of needs to relinquish his control to an authority figure to feel like he doesn’t have to be right all the time. And the later in the show we get, Dean is the authority figure, makes himself into one over Sam and Cas as well because that’s how safety was drilled into him as a kid, that’s how his relationship with John shapes how he builds his family in the future. Sorry, getting off track. Dean daddy issues boy forever.)

So, uh. tl;dr: Dean needs to be right or else he will lose his shit. Sam needs to be right when he thinks he’s too far to turn back, and only Dean can convince him to let that go.

#spn #ask #thank u anon!! had fun thinking about this #dean winchester #sam winchester

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