#OR BECAUSE THEY WERE LIMITED TO COSTUMES IN STAR WARS

[syrinq]

me being obsessed with bg3 causing me to read forgotten realms lore even though i think 99.9% of it is pretty stupid because they ain't telling me why something exists outside the "oh events just happened" or "it's cool" reasonings (like the majority of rather popular fictive settings)

#if someone can tell me why a dearly beloved bag of holding works like That then thanks #or why space aliens look like skinny orcs or why #all the races look like marvel aliens aka coloured skin humans with some anatomy differences maybe #or why actual breathing gods play every mortal for pawns and dont do shit otherwise with a lack of skepticality in the mortal plane somehow #LIKE OKAY I KNOW THE HUMANE REASONINGS BEHIND IT EG. #HUMANS CAN EMPATHISE MORE WITH ALIEN THINGS IF THEY HAVE HUMANE FEATURES LIKE PHYSICALLY FOR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS #OR BECAUSE THEY WERE LIMITED TO COSTUMES IN STAR WARS #LIKE OKAY. BUT IN-UNIVERSE? NON-FUCKING-SENSICAL SO IT'S SO IMMERSION BREAKING TO ME. TELL ME WHY TELL ME WHY.... etc #sy.txt #anyway rant over i love bitches who explain x and y and why it's that way in-universe #rather than using 'ohhhh it was magic' as a scapegoat to get out of any random situation with random bullshit ever #EXPLAIN THE SYSTEMS TO ME! EXPLAIN THE REASONINGS TO ME! EXPLAIN THE EVOLUTION TO ME! I LOVE THAT MORE THAN THE HISTORY OF SHUBBALAG #DINGDONG IN FICTIVE WW3 BECAUSE THAT'S JUST A SERIES OF EVENTS! TELL ME WHY THEY HAPPENED AND WHY THEY WERE MOTIVATED TO DO SO! #okay rant over (real) good bye now #time to play bg3 Again. Bye Forever

[unleashthegoats]

BONUS AHSOKA SHOW REACTION EPISODE: GET FUCKED, YOU FILTHY CASUALS

We watched the Ahsoka show and have a LOT to say! Welcome to what is probably our most explicit episode so far, where we chat about visuals, costumes, lightsaber battles, casting and characters, the problems that arise when you try to stack too many shows together, and things you should avoid while worldbuilding. Angela liked how pretty it was. Natalie liked the side characters. Sugar liked that it ended.

Content warning: brief mentions of antisemitism and racism. Our intro and outro music is Mos Eisley Cantina by Spiedkiks on Free Music Archive (CC BY-SA).

Note from Mod Sugar: There were several things we ran out of time to discuss, so here is a quick overview of a few things we want to make sure we acknowledge:

The late Ray Stevenson was a hit for all of us. While, like Hayden, he ended up with some pretty limited material to work with, his performance was arguably the most compelling on the entire show and whoever comes in to take over the role has some big shoes to fill.

Fan reactions to Shin Hati (and actress Ivanna Sakhno) in comparison to the fan reactions to Reva Sevander and Moses Ingram are INCREDIBLY telling. Liking Shin is perfectly valid, liking Shin more than Reva is perfectly valid (although Mod Sugar disagrees with your taste). But it's impossible to deny the racism involved in the way Shin and Ivanna are being greeted with immense amounts of love even though Reva and Moses got so much hate from fans that multiple members of the cast and creative team had to go online to defend her and ask it to stop.

The New Republic storyline and Hera's part in it. This honestly feels like it should've been a storyline for Luke and Leia but is being tossed onto Hera because Disney's too scared to recast either character in order to do more stories with them (Mod Fae: even though much of this storyline is based on a series of novels that centered Luke and Leia). Hera's out of character behavior and the vilification of the New Republic (something that began in The Mandalorian) is immensely frustrating. It's always nice to see Carson Teva (and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) again, though.

The Jedi criticism was entirely expected from Filoni, but it doesn't make it any less upsetting to see, especially given how positive the show was about Anakin, the man who betrayed the Jedi and committed their genocide. The lack of any acknowledgement of Ahsoka's relationships to other Jedi who weren't Anakin doesn't help the issue.

#star wars #star wars podcast #podcast #spotify #ahsoka show #sw ahsoka #star wars ahsoka

[archerygun]

Guys I’m sorry. A single person asked me to elaborate. I’ve gotta elaborate now. I have permission from an internet stranger. Also, yes, I think I should be locked up and studied for science but exposing my insanity on the internet is the next best thing. @dye-it-rouge-et-noir this one is for you buddy.

This is a follow-up/part 2 post. If you’re seeing this post before part 1, part 1/the context is here = https://www.tumblr.com/archerygun/749484004313579520/alright-i-was-chatting-to-a-friend-about-james?source=share

(Splitting it up into sections because I want to try and contain myself from rambling nonstop for five straight minutes)

DESIGN EXPLANATION/BREAKDOWN

Sean Connery - A friend of mine did most of the design, I added the bottom half, the gun, the colours and a couple of motifs. I chose Thunderball as the film of focus because my friend mentioned his swimsuit was traumatising, and also because it’s the film with the jetpack in it. Generally focused on circular shapes and tear shapes because y’know… water. He’s orange because of the orange swimsuit that my friend called out lmao. And the flower on the neck bow is supposed to look like the one from the iconic white dinner suit that I tend to default to drawing Sean Connery Bond in because when he isn’t in dinner suits his dress sense is generally not as fun as I would like. The gun is based on the one from the James Bond image. You know the one.

I put simultaneously not enough thought and too much thought into this Jesus Christ. I think he’d have some sort of jetpack power-up or something. George Lazenby - He only did one film, so that did limit sources of inspiration. Fortunately, OHMSS is my favourite Bond film because everything about it is earnest and completely insane. I had to include his bowler hat from the intro because it was amazing and not enough Bonds wear hats, so he’d at least look distinctive. It’s set in an icy location for most of it, so that’s where most of the theming came from, the colour, etc; the diamond motif might have suited Sean Connery better all things considered but too late now. I took some costuming inspiration from his kilt outfit because it was strange and iconic and I think all Bonds should be made to wear it. He only really has one promo shot with a gun so I had to give the position of tiny gun guy to George Lazenby. He wields it well.

Roger Moore - I kinda just took the fact that he was the first Bond in space and ran with it. Used stars as a motif, etc. Particular inspiration was taken from this outfit:

And partial inspiration from his weird marine navy commander-style getup (for the shawl thing). It was legitimately way too hard to find a gun that wouldn’t accidentally cross over with a gun from another Bond so I picked the most Seventies gun I could possibly find for inspiration assuming that no other Bonds would ever use something similar. The upper body pose as usual is directly from the reference image. I felt like if I put all the Bonds in skirts, it’d get a bit repetitive and start looking bad, so I figured if any Bond was going to get trousers it would have to be the one that actually wore flares.

CHARACTER EXPLANATION/BREAKDOWN

Basically just how I’d pitch the three Bonds I’ve done so far if they were a group dynamic instead of solo iterations. Gonna do it in bullet points so it’s more comprehensible. (I don’t have any rhyme, reason or lore for this. It’s literally just me assigning three Bonds distinct personalities).

Sean Connery:

The group leader/group elder/tired old man

He can still be a slut if that’s what you want but minus the creepiness. Mutual engagement in passive flings? No problems with that.

Seen so much shit that he’s sorta nonchalant about everything and believes he’s overqualified for just about anything he’s asked to do.

✨War trauma✨

Suaveness and charm level 100. He’s a crabby old man most of the time but he’s so charming that the group let him get away with it.

He’s desensitised to like, literally everything. He will not hesitate to kill a man in cold blood if the situation demands it.

Pretty much believes that human beings are fundamentally bad, himself included.

Ultimately the one that’s willing to make the hard calls.

George Lazenby:

Like his actor before him he is the least qualified and probably lied to get into the secret service.

Optimistic, perceived as naive, ready to try and fight the narrative to change his fate.

The group child (and the youngest).

Quit the secret service after his new wife was assassinated on their wedding day and only comes back because shit has hit the fan (plot reasons. I don’t have a plot, I’m just speaking as if I’m pitching a TV show).

Doomed By The Narrative™️

Ridiculed or forgotten by everyone except the other Bonds

Sean Connery’s Bond respects him a great deal and secretly envies his more idealistic worldview, but won’t let him make the tough calls because he sees him as too naive and too unstable (willing to risk everything)

Roger Moore’s Bond HAS adopted him.

Roger Moore:

Literally feral

Master of British understatement (“Oh. That’s a bit of a shame.” as the world is literally ending around him)

He’s besties with Sean Connery’s Bond as the other sort of group elder

Despite how manic and wired he appears, he is terrifyingly competent and capable of being very serious

Team leader when Connery’s Bond is out of action

Dad figure. Not just to the other Bonds, but as a default personality. He will go parent mode on anyone he thinks he’s capable of saving.

Although if he doesn’t think you’re saveable he will not hesitate to shoot on sight if he runs out of options.

As far as ideas for the other three, Timothy Dalton is going to look evil and edgy but he’s just an enthusiastic dork and Daniel Craig is a stone cold killer with trust issues draped in bright pink bows. I haven’t seen any Pierce Brosnan movies so far so I might just have to vibe check him based on plot synopsis.

Closing thoughts? I want my brain removed and replaced with a better one. I’m sorry for everything you have witnessed today.

Also, these are based exclusively on the movies and not the books. I’m more digging into what makes each actor and era special and distinct.

If you sat through all that, well done, thank you, please don’t report me to the asylum and enjoy this image of Sean Connery.

#james bond 007 #james bond #007 #magical girl #pitch #writing idea #concept #sean connery #roger moore #george lazenby #ohmss #on her majesty's secret service #thunderball

[anewstartrekfan]

Finished Star Trek TAS today and I got contemplative about the science fiction genre in movies and tv

For the record, tas was fine overall. You know it’s fun to laugh at the animation errors I did plenty of that. But it’s decent 70s kids fair. I wouldn’t put it on for kids today mind you, I’d just show Star Trek prodigy, but still. It very much is a product of its time. However at the same time it demonstrates the biggest hurdle sci fi has faced throughout the ages. The obsession with scale over characters.

There’s a tendency in sci fi where when the people working on a given story get seemingly unlimited resources to make a thing look as epic and grand of scale as possible, they focus on that over making the characters interesting and worth caring about. Not always, but generally it happens a lot. You see it with the big three, Star Wars, Star Trek, and Doctor Who. To pick on Doctor who for a minute, they pour buckets of money on explosions and guest stars and having a golem Doctor show up in their season 3 grand finale but the episode that season that’s regarded as peak fiction is the one where the monsters don’t even move on screen. They’re literally just statues.

Star Wars has both the prequel and and sequel trilogies for me to point to as evidence of this. For the prequels it was look at our awesome special effects and fight scenes. Oh shit we forgot make the overarching story understandable and matter to the cast before the third movie. And the case of the sequels also have consistent character development and themes. Oops.”

And lastly Star Trek. While my favorite episode is conscience of the king, my second is the empath. The most cash strapped episode of the show. It was filmed almost entirely on a black stage ffs. And yet I felt more emotion watching Kirk, Spock, and McCoy risk their lives and be willing to die for each other than I did watching agent seven and his cat hack a spaceship in 1968 Florida while Kirk and Spock stalk them.

The reason completing tas brought on this thought process was there were many writers who jumped at the chance to work on this show because of the lack of limitations of live action. Their only limit was their imagination and the 24 minute runtime. And as a result they got so caught up in the spectacle of “look at this cool new alien threat/concept,” that most of the time they forgot or didn’t have time to give the characters anything to do besides solve the problem. Or just rehash old episode ideas. But listen, they could’ve had good character interactions within 24 minutes. Doctor who is the easy one to point at but honestly if we jump forward a couple decades, (and genres) Batman and Superman tas managed to have self contained 20ish minute episodes with heart for the recurring cast. It’s not impossible to do.

Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Star Wars, were not successful just because they had cool sci fi ideas, costumes, and special effects that could be merchandised into eternity. They have endured for so long because people are invested in these characters. And if you cannot convince people to care about the characters outside of pop culture recognizability, then you will not retain an audience through the weaker stories, regardless of how much money you sank into how nice the ship looks. Instead it is doomed to fizzle out. For a contemporary example outside of movies, look at Netflix’s Voltron.

Last example and then I’m done. Netflix’s voltron perfectly displayed how you can get an audience invested in a cast of characters and then squander it because the producers/writers didn’t care about character development. After season 2 stuff stopped being character driven and started going “well the writers wanted to tell a gritty, depressing war story.” And in the end what was once one of the most popular Netflix shows is now only ever discussed in the same vain as game of thrones. Just wasted potential and missed opportunities.

I’ll end this rambling blog by repeating that imo low budget character driven sci fi is better than high budget sci fi focused on worldbuilding and cool shit you can do because of special effects or the fact it’s a cartoon. Limitations help make some of the best stories out there because they force you to think outside the box.

And it pains me that after so long a lot of the people who write this stuff don’t get that.

#star trek #star trek tos #Star Trek tas #doctor who #Star Wars #sci fi #meta #voltron legendary defender #Star Trek meta

[lovebugs-and-snakecharmers]

LBSC Lukanette MerMay Prompts

Hello friends! For those of you who like to get a head start, here are our 16 prompts for Lukanette Mermay. Because one of our mottos here is why just do it when you can overdo it we’ve collected some scenarios suggested by our discord friends for some of our prompts, but these are completely optional, and you can take the prompts in whatever direction you’d like. 

There’s no word count or time limit for these prompts. You may do as many or as few prompts as you like, in any order. The event will run throughout the month of May. Be sure to tag @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers so we can reblog your work! Rules are at the bottom of this post below the cut. You’re welcome to join our discord server to chat and share your WIPs, or just for some encouragement!

1. Pirate/Mermaid

The kind mermaid/merman that likes to explore on their own has a deserted island they like to visit. One day, a pirate on the run takes haven there. They don't look as menacing as the rumors say though

Pirate capitan luka having a mermaid wife, she always follow his ship and luka had a tank on his room for when she spend the night, also mermaid marinette is fascinated by clothes, Luka had an storage space for all the clothes she like

2. Accidental/Involuntary Transformation

Luka is turned into a merman to save him from drowning, and the smitten Marinette shows him his new underwater home. (Or vice-versa.)

If you wish upon a shooting star it becomes a mermaid/merman if it lands in the sea....

luka and marinette (two mermaids) accidentally get turned human after messing with some magic. chaos ensues while they attempt to blend in with other human beings.

The kwami powerup for water turns ladybug into a mermaid

H20: Just Add Water AU

3. Sirens

"You had earplugs in! Why did you steer straight for the Siren's Rocks??" "Did you see how blue the siren's eyes were?"

Siren decides this sailor is too cute to kill

4. Songs of the Sea

Luka the "drowned one" plays the guitar underwater (apparently that's a thing you can do) to a group of fascinated deep sea mermaids

"Where on earth did you get to last night?" "I heard the mermaids singing." “That's your excuse every time you disappear.... Oh my god, that really is a mermaid!"

On a deep sea mission to collect whalesong (for an album project?), there's something else down there with them, and it's singing back.

Human luka and mermaid marinette singing a duet

5. Culture Clash

Mermaids have a very specific ritual for finding the (shell, rock, trinket. Etc) to propose with

Mermaids like shiny things

Mermaid clan wars

Merfolk dragging their s/o underwater for a quick kiss 

Merfolk can change at will, but their hands are cold regardless of their current form.

Mermaid in a sushi restaurant

6. Atlantean Miracle Box 7. Sea Witch 8. Selkies 9. Not Your Typical Mermaid

Luminescent Mermaids (different colors represent different clans/pods/locations/elements)

Octopus mermaid 

Deep sea mermaid 

Seashorse mermaid

Kraken mermaid

Shark Mermaids

10. Mermaids of Unusual Size 11. The Hunted  12. Curiosity Killed the Catfish

Marinette the mermaid excitedly asks Luka questions about the human trinkets she found. 

Watching (and crushing on)  the other from afar

13. Human/Mermaid

Human luka and mermaid marinette singing a duet

Mermaids had soulmates, everyone knew that. Humans had soulmates, or at least the legends said they did. Nobody had ever heard of a mermaid/merman and a human being soulmates before. But the proof was right there as your (whatever sign of a soulmate you want to use) showed the human was your soulmate.

Luka brings Mermaid Mari to a costume party

Mermaids and human work together to save the oceans

Rescue the human from drowning

14. In the depths

Abyss AU: underwater research team finds more than they anticipated

Deep sea mermaid 

15. Mermaid Hanahaki

you start losing your scales and then the ability to breathe underwater and will get stuck as a human if your love goes unrequited for too long

16. Dragon/Mermaid

RULES

This is a Lukanette blog and a Lukanette event. Some form of Lukanette must be included. Romantic, platonic, pre-relationship, even breakup fics are fine, as long as no other ships involving Luka or Marinette are included, except as past relationships. The decision about what qualifies for reblog rests solely with the LBSC moderators. If a piece hasn’t been reblogged within a couple of days, either the mods felt the piece didn’t meet the criteria or it was simply missed; you are welcome to reach out in the asks to inquire which. 

NSFW entries are permitted but characters must be of age and content must be properly rated and tagged. 

Posts that don’t follow these guidelines will not be reblogged. 

#lbsc lukanette mermay #lukanette #endgame lukanette #lukanette endgame #luka couffaine #marinette dupain cheng #pro lukamari

[musette22]

Heat Wave

Pairing: Chris Evans x Sebastian Stan (Evanstan)

Word count: 2.5k

A/N: Like every single person in this fandom I’ve been replaying Chris’s Buzzfeed puppy interview non-stop in my mind (and also on youtube) since it came out last week, and giving too much thought to his flirty thot behavior during the Lightyear press tour, so my brain said “do the thing” and I did.

Also, you guys are familiar with the concept of ‘more cake’ right? ‘Cause that’s all this is lol. This is either very fun or very weird, so... enjoy?

Beta'd by my best boo, @rainbowsandcoconut 😘

Read on AO3

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"Oh, shut up.”

Chris grabs his bare chest in pretend affront. “Shut up? That’s what I get for telling my dear friend she looks nice in a bikini?”

Scarlett rolls her eyes. “You know it weirds me out when you say stuff like that.” She drops her chin, lowering her voice into a mocking imitation of Chris’s. “‘I swear, if you weren’t like a sister to me…’ Like, what does that even mean?”

“It’s meant to be a compliment!”

“It’s a weird ass compliment. Go flirt with someone who isn’t like a sister to you and is also, you know, not married.”

“Ew.” Chris pulls a face. “I’m not flirting with you.”

Scarlett gives him a deadpan look. “You’re like the biggest flirt I know, Chris. You flirt with anything that moves.”

“’Scuse you,” Chris huffs. “Just because you can’t take a compliment doesn’t mean I’m hitting on you, alright? You think that’s flirting? I hate to break it to you, sis, but you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.”

Scarlett snorts, hitching her bikini top up a little higher. “That so? Well, go subject someone else to it, is all I’m saying.”

Repeating Scarlett’s words in a high-pitched, whiny voice, because he’s mature like that, Chris turns away, towards the pool. Hands on his hips, his eyes scan the gaggle of assorted co-stars and crew members seeking refuge from today's searing heat by the poolside. It’s so hot that the Civil War producers decided to give everyone a day off from filming, and people are taking full advantage of it.

He considers his options. There’s Lizzie, maybe – but no, taken. Emily's just gotten engaged. Maybe Tina from costume..? Wait no, she’s married.

“Nobody here’s single, though,” Chris pouts.

Scarlett hums thoughtfully, looking around as well. “Well... what about Sebastian?”

Chris barks out a surprised laugh. “Seb? But he’s –”

“A guy?” Scarlett shrugs. “So what? Surely a minor issue like gender isn't going to be a problem for someone as confident in their flirting skills as you are? Or were you just bluffing?”

They stare at each other for a long moment, locked in a battle of wills that Chris is very familiar with, after over a decade of friendship with the woman in front of him.

He takes a moment to consider Scarlett’s point. He doesn't usually come on to guys, at least not with any sort of intent, but he thinks he could be persuaded. He's mostly straight, sure, but he's not entirely immune to male good looks, nor is he averse to broadening his horizons a little. And Sebastian... Well, Sebastian is Sebastian, and Chris has a soft spot, alright?

It’s true that Sebastian is newly single. From what Chris had heard, it’d been an amicable split, just two people deciding it would be better to go their separate ways. Sebastian hasn’t seemed all that torn up about it these past few weeks, and if he had been, maybe Chris’s reply would’ve been different.

But as it is, he makes up his mind, and nods. “Ok, you know what? Fine.” He runs a hand through his damp hair, cracking his neck, and then his fingers for good measure. “Watch and learn.”

Scarlett merely quirks a sardonic eyebrow.

Taking a bolstering breath, Chris hones in on Sebastian, who’s standing by himself at the other end of the pool, frantically trying to finish his ice pop before it melts all over his hand, with limited success. By the time Chris reaches him, he’s just dropped the stick into a nearby bin and is licking his fingers to rid them of any remaining stickiness.

When he turns around and finds Chris suddenly standing in front of him, he starts. “Oh, hey.”

Chris dives straight in. “Hi, baby,” he winks. “You havin’ a good time?”

For a long second, Sebastian stares back at him with his mouth hanging slightly open. “Huh?”

“You havin’ fun?” Chris repeats, flashing Seb his most winsome smile.

“I’m-” Sebastian blinks, wiping his hands on his swimming trunks. “I- yeah, it’s, it’s really hot, but nice?”

“Good, good. You here with someone?”

A small frown appears between Sebastian’s eyebrows. His eyes dart over Chris’s right shoulder, presumably at Scarlett, before turning back to Chris. “Yeah, I mean, I’m here with you guys?”

“Sure,” Chris nods, “’course y’are. But you’re not here with anyone… special?”

“Um…” Sebastian frown deepens, making him look thoroughly nonplussed. “No?”

Chris tssk’s, shaking his head. “Well, that just won’t do. Sweet guy like you, all by himself?”

“What?" Sebastian chokes out a startled laugh. "I’m- Chris, what-?”

“What’s your name?” Chris interrupts, determined to keep up his charade, especially now that he can see how flustered it’s making Sebastian. It’s pretty cute, if he’s being honest.

Suddenly, Sebastian’s expression clears, the furrow on his brow smoothing out and his mouth forming a little ‘o’ of understanding as the penny finally drops. He chuckles, bringing a hand up to the back of his neck before glancing up at Chris through his lashes with a look that can only be described as ‘coy’. “I’m, uh- Sebastian?”

Chris breaks out into a grin, giddy with the realization that Sebastian is game to play along.

“Sebastian, huh,” he repeats, tilting his head a fraction. “That’s a cute name. Suits you. Pretty name for a pretty guy.”

Sebastian bites his lip around a smile. “Ah, thank you.”

“And he’s polite,” Chris exclaims. “Aren’t you a doll. Where have you been all my life?”

Slowly, Sebastian shakes his head from side to side, like he can’t believe Chris’s antics but he’s entertained despite himself. “I was right here,” he replies, a little smirk tucked away in the corner of his ice pop-reddened mouth. “Where were you?”

“Oh,” Chris gasps, clutching his chest, “oh no, see, you can’t do that. You can’t smile at me like that and expect me not to throw you over my shoulder and carry you right outta here, pal.”

“Jesus Christ,” Sebastian mumbles, more to himself than to Chris, smiling so wide now it makes his nose wrinkle and his eyes nearly close.

Unexpectedly, Sebastian’s bashfulness sparks an eagerness inside of Chris; a desire to keep it up, to push the limits and see how far he can take this thing. It spurs him into taking a step closer, crowding into Sebastian’s personal space.

“Would you like that, Sebastian?” He reaches out to carefully tuck a stray strand of hair behind Sebastian’s left ear. “If I picked you up and swept you away, took you somewhere private, maybe?”

It’s barely audible, but Chris still catches the hitch in Sebastian’s breath. It makes his own breathing speed up in response, his heart rate ticking up ever so slightly.

“C’mon, honey, whaddaya say?” Chris coaxes, ducking his head to try and catch Sebastian’s downcast eyes. “You trust me?”

Letting out a slow breath, Sebastian looks up. His gray-blue eyes are arresting as ever, though the look in them is new, unfamiliar – thrilling. “Yeah,” Sebastian says, voice low. “Yeah, I trust you.”

Something in Chris’s chest clenches, his heart thumping heavily. He takes a slow, measured breath in an attempt to rein in his emotions before he answers, “Good. That’s real good. Thanks for trustin’ me, baby.”

A small, involuntary sound escapes Sebastian. It seems to startle him, making him avert his gaze and cast his eyes back down at the ground.

“No, don’t hide,” Chris murmurs, lifting a hand and hooking his index finger under Sebastian’s chin to tilt it up. “God, look at that face. You look a lil nervous, huh?” He smiles gently. ‘S okay, pal. Got nothin’ to worry about. I’ll take care of you.”

Chris doesn’t miss the way Sebastian’s jaw slackens, or the way his Adam’s apple bobs as he swallows. Slowly dragging his gaze from Sebastian’s throat up to his face, Chris notices Sebastian’s usually almost translucent eyes have gone dark, pupils dilated so far the black has all but swallowed up his irises. “Oh,” he says softly, gently taunting. “Did I strike a chord? There somethin’ you need, sweetheart?”

Sebastian doesn’t reply, just breathes out shakily, his eyelashes fluttering in time with Chris’s eager heart.

Around them, everything has slowed down; gone quiet. There’s a hushed quality to the previously boisterous poolside hubbub, nothing registering in Chris’s consciousness aside from Sebastian’s shallow breathing and the heat radiating from his smooth, toned torso, noticeable even in the sweltering weather.

“What is it?” Chris’s eyes roam over Sebastian’s face, cataloguing his every blink and breath. In the back of his head, a little voice is shouting at him about danger, and lines that can't be uncrossed, and stop, retreat, abort mission. It’s remarkably easy to ignore. “Tell me what you want. Lemme me help you out."

Sebastian’s back hits the wall – Chris hadn’t even noticed they’d been moving. When Sebastian licks his lips, Chris’s eyes follow the pink tip of his tongue, running along his glistening bottom lip before disappearing inside again.

Suddenly, Chris is hit with a wave of want so strong that, had he been wearing socks, would’ve knocked them clean off.

Fuck, but he wants to kiss Sebastian. He wants to kiss him bad.

Distantly, he thinks that realization should scare him more than it does. He half expects anxiety to kick in any moment now, forcing him to laugh this off as a joke while he still can, but as the seconds tick by, all that happens is that the coil of yearning in the pit of his stomach pulls tighter and tighter, until he's just about ready to jump out of his skin with it. He feels lightheaded, drunk on desire – and that’s all he’s drunk on. He hasn’t had so much as a beer all day, just water and a can or two of coke, so it's not alcohol making him feel the way he does.

This is all natural. This is real. What started off as a joke has very quickly transformed into something else entirely, and Sebastian – sweet, obliging Sebastian who played along like a good sport – likewise doesn’t look like he’s playing anymore.

Trapped under Chris’s gaze as he is, Sebastian’s expression is flayed open, trusting, needing –

“Please,” Sebastian breathes.

The sound lures Chris in like a siren call. “Yeah,” he whispers, leaning in. “I got you.”

There’s no cautious start, no tentative softness: the moment their lips touch, Sebastian moans and opens his mouth, and Chris takes the unspoken invitation with both hands, plunging in and kissing him hard. Bare chest pressed to bare chest, Chris’s hands reach up to cup Sebastian’s face while Sebastian’s settle on Chris’s waist, fingers gripping tightly as if trying to anchor himself.

Chris gets it. He feels a little like he’s lost at sea himself, like he’s halfway to drowning in Sebastian already, and they’ve been kissing for all of five seconds. Fuck.

Sebastian tastes sweet, like the strawberry ice pop he just had, though Chris wouldn't be surprised if it was just his natural sweetness coming through. Whatever it is, Chris takes great pleasure in licking the taste right out of his mouth and off his lips, too. Sebastian seems to like that, judging by the sounds he’s making; a soft groan at the back of his throat, a small sigh, a tiny whimper that stirs the fire burning in Chris’s gut up higher, blazing hotter.  

Teeth scrape lightly at Chris’s bottom lip, making him growl and tilt Sebastian’s head back a fraction so he can kiss him deeper, delving his tongue into Sebastian’s mouth and claiming him. Sebastian whimpers again, hands now straying all over Chris’s back and sides, and Chris wants to feel them everywhere.

Without conscious thought, Chris tilts his hips, pressing into Sebastian and groaning when he meets a telling hardness there. Fucking hell, that feels good.

“Chris,” Sebastian gasps wetly against his mouth.

Chris hums, rolling his hips and changing the angle of the kiss.

“Chris,” Sebastian repeats again, the word muffled but urgent. “Chris, please.”

“Yeah. Whatever you need, baby. Come get it.”

“No- Chris, we’re in public.”

Quite suddenly, Chris stills.

Oh. Right.

He pulls back a little, looking down at Sebastian’s flustered face, gaze lingering on his thoroughly ravaged mouth for a second before meeting his eyes again. “Um. Oops?”

Sebastian chokes out a breathless laugh. “Uh huh.” He bites his lip in a way that's entirely too enticing and greatly tests Chris’s restraint. “You, uh. You were saying something about taking me someplace private?”

“Jesus.” Chris blows out a sharp breath, followed by a breathless laugh if his own. “Yeah. Yeah, I can do that. Want me to throw you over my shoulder, too?”

Despite the state he's in, Sebastian snorts and quirks an eyebrow. “I mean, you can try, but you forget I’m up to about two-hundred pounds, now.”

“You are? Jesus Christ, Seb. That’s hot.”

“Oh, god,” Sebastian mutters, ducking his head to hide his blush.

Chris leans in, pressing his lips to Sebastian’s flaming cheeks. “Hey. You know you’re gorgeous when you’re flustered?”

Sebastian swears, letting his head thunk against the wall behind him. “Okay, you gotta stop that right now.”

“Oh, yeah?” Chris smirks. “Or what?”

“Or I’m gonna stop caring we’re in public and drop to my knees right here, right now.”

Well. That certainly wipes the smirk right off Chris’s face.

He swallows hard, nodding like one of those toy dogs on a car dashboard. “Alright, okay. Let’s go.” Reaching down to grab Sebastian’s hand, he squeezes it lightly before starting to lead him away to a chorus of wolf-whistles and catcalls that follows them all the way back to the changing rooms.

“Thank me later,” Scarlett yells after them, sounding horribly smug about it.

When Chris flips her the bird over his shoulder, Sebastian makes an inquiring sound. "Thank her? What does she mean?"

"Who cares?" Chris shrugs, looping his arm around Sebastian's neck and pulling him back in for another kiss. "What I wanna know is, are we actually going to make it all the way back to the hotel, because I kind of just wanna have my way with you right here in the hallway." Sebastian laughs softly, back to being bashful, and Chris groans. "This is impossible."

"So dramatic," Sebastian teases. "Tell you what, if you manage to hold back until we're in a decently private cab, I promise I will..." he leans in, whispering the rest of his words right into Chris's ear.

Chris exhales heavily. "Fuckin’ hell, Seb. Shoulda known you'd be a little trouble maker."

Sebastian bites his lip again, but this time there's a nervous edge to it. "Sorry," he says sheepishly. "Too much? We don't have to do anything, you know, if you don't feel like-"

Chris stops walking abruptly, turning towards Sebastian and taking his face between his palms. "Sebastian. This is the best afternoon of my life. I want this. Do you want this?"

"Yeah," Sebastian smiles, eyes soft and radiant. "Yeah, I want this."

"Good," Chris nods, and kisses him.

*************

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[annwayne]

Demons and Witches

Kinktober Prompt: Demon + Alley

Modern!AU Star Wars

Crosshair x PlusSize!Fem!Reader

Word Count: 4512

AO3 Link

AU Summary:

Modern world. Tbb family lives in a NYC apartment across from Reader. Reader is close with the whole family.

Fic Summary:

It’s Halloween night and you’re throwing a party that consists of you and your neighbors. Hunter asks if you could find his younger brother, Crosshair, for him. You find the sullen brother taking a break in the alley of your apartment building. Will mutual feelings come up now that you two are alone?

Warnings:

EXPLICIT 18+ ONLY. Fingering (F receiving), oral (F receiving), light over stimulation?, penetration, pet names, some awkwardness ha.

Authors Note:

Reader is plus size but this is not a fic that focuses on that. But if you pick up plus sized vibes you are right, I wrote this keeping a bigger reader in mind. If you don’t it doesn’t change the fic much. This is cute, not kink heavy, and more emotional focused than smut focused lol. But I love Crosshair’s soft side and he absolutely has feelings for reader that prompt his soft side.. sometimes. x’D Leave a like and reblog if you like it!

Thudding music muffled as the door behind you clicked closed. Your boots thudded against gray concrete, occasionally splashing into shallow puddles. You take a deep breath of somewhat-fresh city air, noting the odd mixture of petrichor and petrol gas. Even with the limited light illuminating the alleyway you’re able to make out a tall figure leaning against the brick of your building a few feet down. As you walked closer the silhouette of a toothpick flicked between the man’s lips.

“Hey, Cross,” you called out to him.

He didn’t respond.

“Big bro’s looking for you.”

His head turned, though you couldn’t make out an expression since a shadow covered all but one edge of his face. Experience, however, told you his brows were knitted together. In a few strides you closed the distance, resting against the brick beside him. Crosshair watched you- you could tell because the toothpick disappeared when his head was towards you. Then, after a moment, that toothpick returned.

“That’s a lame costume.” Sometimes quiet with Crosshair was easy. This was not one of those times. One hand fidgeted with the other’s sleeve cuff. Another glance, you raised an eyebrow at the simple black suit he wore. “What are you supposed to be, a Wall Street guy?”

A snake of a smile turned up his lips. 

“Close, demon.” His words came out like the deep rumble of a sports car. It was annoying how easily his voice stirred the butterflies hiding in your chest. At least you had the cover of darkness to hide any color changes.

“Shouldn’t a demon have horns?” you teased, bumping against his side with a flashy grin. Which earned you a smirk and eye roll- a rather neat way to explain your relationship with the grumpy brother who lived in 206.

“Alright critic, what about your costume? Isn’t it a little predictable?” He turned again, now leaning his side against the brick to face you fully. You mirrored him. “I mean, a witch? You and half of Queens are rocking that gothic look tonight.”

At first your face twisted into annoyance. Your lips tugged down a bit like an upside smirk. But then you caught his bluff. 

“Rocking? Well thank you, Cross. I can’t say I’m surprised to find out you’re looking for a big tiddy goth girlfriend.”

His jaw clenched, something you only saw because of that sliver of light outlining one side of him. Crosshair had a habit of dealing damage when he was made of glass. Or maybe that was just with you. He was quiet for a moment. His steely eyes locked onto yours. Until they weren’t. Amber eyes flicked down to your muddied boots and then took their damn time climbing up your body, noticeably stopping at your chest, before coming to rest again in your gaze. A shitty grin plastered on the so-called “demon’s” face. 

“Too bad this is a costume.” His words dragged like a dead body. “You fit the bill every other way.”

If you weren’t feeling heat in your cheeks before, you were sure as hell hot now. He had this way of getting under your skin without technically insulting you. Usually the opposite, actually. Usually this was when you pushed him away and told him to fuck off. Usually this was when you ran away to calm the rapid beats of your heart. Usually.

“Yeah?” you asked. He was still close. This was a bad idea.

His head tilted a little. A hint telling on his surprise. Then long fingers reached up and pulled that toothpick from his lips. You could hear the small clink of it landing in the metal can by the corner of the building. That always impressed you, no matter how often you watched his parlor trick.

“Something on your mind, little witch?” He gestured to the costume, keeping to the spirit of the holiday.

You grinned at his game, happy to play along. It was easier than being clear. 

“I’ve been thinking about making a deal, but I’ve heard terrible things about demons and their deals.” But this closeness was pushing your limit, so you kicked off the wall and paced the alley in circles, tapping your chin as though in deep thought. As if you could think deeply right now.

A crooked smile cracked Cross, and he circled with you, the pair of you doing figure eights in the thin alleyway. Like predators sizing the other up. 

“Caution is an admirable trait.” He matched your pace perfectly.

Damn, you didn’t think he’d respond with that. Two pairs of footsteps echoed down the alley. They echoed for a minute, but he didn’t interrupt their taps.

Finally, you responded. 

“But easily restrictive…” Your pace slowed as more focus went to diction. “Perhaps caution has held me back for too long...”

“Then what do you want from me, doll?” There was a small growl to his voice. Something he wanted. Anticipated.

Your circles stopped, both of you facing the other, standing in the middle of this damn alleyway you usually hated, but tonight, tonight you thanked it. 

“Maybe.” Too many words wanted to rush out. You had to be careful. “Maybe a trial run. A witch’s gotta make sure the goods are worth it, after all.”

Crosshair closed the gap between you in two long steps. And kept walking. He forced you to back up against the bricks of the building and closed his arms around you, successfully capturing you in his trap. He leaned into your ear, hot breath sending tingles down your neck, and in a low voice asked, “Does this trial run include me worshiping your body, little witch?”

“In a bed, yes. You are not fucking me in an alley.”

His head fell, landing in the crook of your neck, and he laughed. After a second Crosshair hooked one arm around your waist, then leaned down to hook your legs. And then you were in the air, the skinny man carrying you up the emergency stairs to the large loft he shared with his family. 

“Good thing everyone’s at your place.” Then he carefully lowered you into the open window, letting you into a room you had been in many times before.

“What if Tech comes up?” You glance at the other bed in the room, suddenly feeling a rush of all those doubts that made you wait this long.

After Crosshair pulled his long body through the open window into the bedroom he shared with his twin, he walked to the door and turned a small knob on the center of the door handle. 

“It’s got a lock.” He gave you an entertained smirk in response to your hint of shyness.

With only a tiny falter, you nodded your head in approval. Though you were no stranger to the fact that Tech regularly forgot his keys and, as a result, was now an adept lock pick. Your thoughts had distracted you from the man moving towards you until he slipped one of his hands into one of yours.

“So, little witch,” He led you towards his bed while speaking. “What do you want from this trial run?” Once he reached the bed he sat while keeping hold of your hand.

Comfort pushed you forward, in between his open legs, and you cupped his cheek with your free hand. Even if your nerves were running too fast you knew this room and felt safe. In response he slid his hand along your leg, pulling up the fabric of your long skirt, only stopping at your mid-thigh, giving the soft limb a squeeze.

“How about we see where this leads us?” You asked, leaning down, heart pumping harder with each inch, till your lips met his. At some point, you- or he- had released the other’s hand. Now yours was running through his short gray hair. His rested at your waist, feeling your soft skin under your shirt.

With one hand he pulled you down, moving back himself so you were on the bed on top of him. You propped yourself up with one elbow, resting the other hand under his head. Four legs twisted and intertwined. Moans muffled into his skin as you kissed him. Passion cooled by hesitation kept your lips slow and gentle. He matched your pace, never speeding up before you.

You pulled up, out of reach, and locked eyes with the man- the demon- below you. 

“Um, how’s that?” As the words came out you winced. “That I mean- no wait never mind.” 

You stumbled to brush aside your embarrassment. Below you, Crosshair chuckled, reaching up to brush your check with a thumb. 

“Doll, if I wasn’t enjoying myself you wouldn’t still be on top of me.” Heat warmed your cheeks and you bit your lip, holding back any more words that might make you look like a fool. “And you? Are you enjoying yourself?” 

Those dark eyes melted you. Passion and care that he always kept so guarded was on full display beneath you.

A laugh escaped you at his question.

“Oh, you have no idea…”

He, just barely, narrowed those auburn eyes at you. A hint of a smirk pulled one corner of his lips up. 

“Would you like me to find out?” He propped himself up so he was basically sitting up, looking into your eyes with a confidence that clenched your thighs together.

“Yes. Very much. Yes.” The words came out breathy.

His grin was the last thing you saw before he flipped you onto your back, your head at the foot of the bed now. He scattered kisses along your jaw, crawling down your neck, and then nipped at your exposed collarbone. You leaned up, knowing what he was after, and he pulled your shirt off with some finesse. 

“What a good witch. I didn’t even say anything.” His praise nibbled as your ear lobe which caused you to pout and squirm.

“It’s not like that! I just, it’d be difficult otherwise.” You pouted, but the look in his eyes sent a feeling straight to your pussy that betrayed that pout.  

“Mhm.” Crosshair grinned, traveling down your body again, nibbling at the line where your bra outlined your breasts. He cupped them in his hands, feeling your hard nipples through the soft fabric. Those thumbs rubbed across your mounds once. A squeak filled the room. It came from you.

He froze. 

“Did I hurt-?”

“No, no, I’m just-” You cut him off before cutting yourself off. “Could you be extra gentle with them?”

A hesitant smile broke onto your face. 

“It’s just, they’re a lot more sensitive-”

“You don’t need to explain, doll.” Now he cut you off, saving you from the worry-ramble you were about to go on. “Is licking your nipples off the table?”

The shot of arousal that sprinted down your spine was.. not fair. 

“N-Nope.” Your jaw trembled as you tried to recover from whatever it was his words did to you exactly.

He didn’t give you that time, as he immediately lapped slowly at your clothed nipple. Intense pleasure flooded your mind, but at a rate you could handle. For now. You caught Crosshair’s eyes and realized he was watching you. Despite your best efforts, you were unable to stay still under him.

Carefully, Crosshair lifted your torso up and pulled the bra trapping your peaked mounds free. He gave your sternum a soft kiss before traveling further down to your legs. His hands traveled up and down the soft stockings covering your legs before landing on the waistband beneath your skirt. 

“May I?” Long fingers teased the band.

You nodded a yes in response, lifting your hips just enough to let him peel the fabric off you. The stockings landed beside your discarded shirt and bra.

“I love how soft your skin is.” The words were interrupted by kisses climbing your legs. “And you smell amazing.” 

A hint of a growl escaped his lips. He took his time, exploring every inch of your thick bare legs until he reached the last barrier to his goal. Technically you were still wearing a skirt, but skirts were pushed away much easier than undergarments.

Soft moans responded to his delicate touches. Those rough hands traveled your body. Gently squeezed your breasts. Traced stretch marks, scars, and dotted every beauty mark visible. You wanted to say something. Something about how surprised you were with his gentle touch. Maybe how different it was from his normal attitude of self-sufficiency. You expected something like a rough race based on his muted reactions to pain in the past. So you asked.

“Are you always this... soft?”

He pulled himself up till his lips were against your ear.

“No.” 

The word filled your mind. Why then? Because of the trial run thing? Or only because this was your first time with him? Then your thoughts were swept away by his next sentence. 

”Do you want me to be more rough?”

Your mouth parted like you were going to say something, but then you tucked your bottom lip between your teeth. There were plenty of times when you had enjoyed a hard fuck with previous partners. No doubt that rough sex from Crosshair would be fantastic. But you’d never encountered the question before. Usually sex was whatever it started out as or grew into. Previous partners never asked mid-fuck if you wanted to change the pace.

“No, at least, not yet.” 

That earned a grin from the lean man.

“Well, doll, anything else, or can I eat you out now?” The sounds you made mean yes, and luckily Crosshair took them as yes because you didn’t think any real words could come from you right then.

A tongue pushing between your lips is how you found out that your underwear had been removed. Moans and wet lapping sounds filled the bedroom. Your head hung back as he tasted you. And fuck, he thoroughly tasted you. Spasms of pleasure sent your body twitching, enough that Crosshair held onto your legs tightly to keep you in place. You threw your hands into his hair, the bed sheets, and onto your mouth.

“Fuck, fuck, that’s!” Muffled moans pressed into your hands as you did your best to keep from being too loud. What was too loud anyways?

All your moaning and swears encouraged Crosshair and his tongue. He pushed into you with a finger- letting one leg free to do so. That finger pumped and curled into you with dedication only a religion could demand. Between the attention his tongue was giving your clit and the fingers moving inside you, that familiar high of pleasure started to build up in you. Your moans turned silent because only air could escape when you felt this good. That climb reached its peak, causing you to unintentionally trap Cross between your legs as you rode out your orgasm.

When you finally let up, which took a minute because someone kept teasing your clit through your orgasm, the newly released man sat up to reveal a slick glisten covering his mouth. 

“Well,” He growled while wiping the excess from his jaw. “Looks like you’re thoroughly enjoying yourself.” 

You shook as he clawed his way back up to your lips, the strong sent of your sex lingering on him.

Something prodded against your upper thigh. 

“Feels like you are too.” Then you reached down, finding Crosshair’s sex straining against his black slacks.

He groaned into your ear and his hands squeezed the sheets as he tensed for your touch. You couldn’t tell if that was solely pleasure or also attempts to control himself. 

“Seems I don’t need these anymore.” Then he was up, performing some balancing act to strip off his pants and boxers while staying on the bed.

And there he was. Sitting up between his legs, cock sliding against the folds of your pussy, barely visible till you threw your skirt fully to the side, making it hug one plump hip tightly. A small bead of precum leaked from the tip of the head. You just came, and even still, you wanted that cock.

“Crosshair.”

“Do you want me, little witch?”

Goddamnit. His voice sent tremors right to your clit. 

“Yes.” You growled, pushing yourself up so you were closer to his face.

He grinned, reached down, and slowly prodded the tip of his head against your wet cunt. Little by little, he moved his hips forward while your pussy pulled him in like it was hungry for cock. Maybe that was the case. You moaned as his full length filled you. The pleasure was so subtle compared to being eaten out, but you loved it the same.

“Mmmm…” He groaned. “You feel amazing.” 

Crosshair gently pushed you back against the bed and laid on top of you. Without thinking you wrapped your legs around him. The nerves that had been with you before Cross ate you out had dissolved in the pleasure. Everything felt natural, comfortable, and that just made his dick feel even better inside of you.

Concern for volume was now gone. Moans escaped your throat at full volume as you thrust in time with Crosshair. He nibbled at your neck, leaving love bites behind everywhere he kissed. You pulled him up and mashed your lips against his, a hint of your flavor still on his tongue as he explored your open mouth. Then you gasped as a long finger swiped across your clit.

The pleasure threw your head back (again), so Crosshair sat up and lifted your legs with him while circling your slick pearl. His thrusts slowed to languid strokes.

“Crosssss.” You whined, wanting- no, needing more stimulus. “Don’t tease, please!” 

For emphasis you wiggled your hips faster. His dark chuckle let you know just how much he enjoyed watching you squirm. Eventually your begging satisfied him, and his speed increased. But he didn’t let your legs down nor let up on your clit. Instead he pounded into you with a smile worthy of a demon, watching you come undone under his thumb- literally.

Your hips met his every thrust in time- or at least it felt that way, you were becoming a mess faster than anticipated and keeping track of your movements was impossible. Moans filled the room and that familiar rise quickly overcame your senses. Pleasure ripped through your limbs, forcing them to drop, and you became a twitchy disaster coming on Crosshair’s cock.

Deep groans joined yours, and you opened your eyes long enough to see an intense gaze fixed on you as Crosshair felt your walls pulse around him. 

“Dammmn,” He moaned, finally throwing his head back from the pleasure. “You’ll make me cum at that rate.” 

The growl made your pussy clench down, earning another groan from the man.

Giggles escaped you as you started to recover. 

“I feel that good?” You teased, throwing him a sly grin.

Crosshair dropped your legs and rested on you, one hand holding your hip and the other in your hair. 

“Better than good, doll.” He slowed, barely moving his hips to give you time to recover from your orgasm. “Would you like to change positions?”

A smile you felt silly in covered your face. 

“Yeah, actually. Um, I’d like to be on my stomach?” Even though every part of you felt hot, warmth rushed to your cheeks as you asked the question. The soft chuckle that came from Crosshair made your chest squeeze.

“Of course.” Crosshair pulled out slowly and moved off the thin bed to give you room to flip over. The weight of his body slowly rested on you before his voice tickled your ear. “Good?”

“Mhm.” You lifted your hips in anticipation, the fabric of your skirt strewn to the side once again, and Crosshair slowly slid into you. Low moans left both of you as he filled you with his cock. “Ooo, yes.. If you want to be a little rougher I’d like that.”

He growled. 

“That’s a dangerous request. You’re testing my ability to hold back, you know that? Wouldn’t want it to end early.” As he spoke he repeated those slow long strokes from before.

“You’re struggling? Never thought you’d admit it.” You teased, pushing back against his dick at the just the right moment, making him hit deeper inside you than before.

Guttural growls filled his words. 

“Never said that.” He matched your pace, pushing harder into you at that deeper angle. “I’ve already made you come twice. You don’t have much self control from what I’ve seen.” 

God you could picture that damn smirk on his face.

You craned your neck back just to shoot him a glare. His laugh cracked that glare. 

“And here I thought you’d stop being mean to me.”

“Never.” His smile was audible.

And then he picked up his pace. And your hips. He held you tightly while resting on your back. Hot breath blowing on your ear with each grunt. You pushed back, feeling him hit that spot that felt so good and wanting more. His grunts grew into moans that turned into growls. One hand let go of your hips and slid between your legs. Two long fingers gathered slick from you and then started circling your clit quickly. Again, the pleasure built fast.

“Fuck fuck, Cross that’s-” You moaned into a long grunt.

“Are you close?” From his panting you could tell he was too.

You could only make vague “Uhhuuu,” sounds, which he easily understood.

“Then come with me, my little witch.”

Those fingers worked your clit faster. They slid over that pearl easily, sending sparks of pleasure through your body. His cock twitched inside you as it slammed into that spot you loved. His growls grew as your moans fell silent once again. All the stimulation pushed you over that edge, causing your pussy to clench down hard.

“Fucckkk.” Cross lowered his head into the crook of your neck as his orgasm overtook him. Spurts of semen filled you as his hips slowed until you had milked every last ounce of the white fluid from him. He all but collapsed onto you. Hot breath and moans tingled your neck.

“Yeah. Fuck.” You sighed, then moaned as an aftershock caused you to clench.

“Oohh, that’s.” A mixture of a growl and laugh left his lips. “I’ll get you back for that.” 

Then he slowly pulled out, both of you moaning from the sensitive movement.

“What?? It’s involuntary…” You grinned, feeling his eyes devour you.

He answered with a grunt, then carefully walked to his desk for some tissues to clean you up. 

“Sorry, the bathroom isn’t attached.” Once he was satisfied with the clean up job he gave you he hurriedly wiped himself off before throwing on his slacks. “You might have to dash into the bathroom.” 

“Mmm… can’t I just lie here in post-sex bliss?” You flipped over, noticing your skirt had not survived the encounter.

“You want a UTI?” You groaned in response. Crosshair ignored that groan, instead he handed you a pair of basketball shorts and one of his pj tees. “I’ll throw that in the wash for you.” Quickly you slid the skirt off, letting him add it to the small pile of laundry.

“Most guys fall asleep immediately after.” You said while sliding into his clothes. The basketball shorts were tight around your thighs, like most men’s shorts were after you went through puberty, but they were sufficient for the night.

“Thought you already knew I wasn’t like most guys.”

“I do. Just...” You smirked as he poked his head out of the cracked door and stepped out slowly, looking both ways for signs of life. “Guess my expectations are too low.”

The look he gave you told you he agreed. 

“Come on.” He waved you over, holding the bathroom door open for you. You snuck in, and quickly took care of your business.

However, while washing your hands you heard the front door open and multiple voices fill the apartment. The closest one, Crosshair’s twin, already at the bathroom door. You quickly shut the water off and stood still.

“Crosshair, who is in the bathroom?”

“No one.”

“The water was on and now it’s shut off, clearly someone is in there.”

Their conversation caught the attention of the others, all of them crowding around Crosshair asking where he had been and if he knew where you were. While you didn’t doubt his ability to keep you a secret, Omega’s sad voice saying she didn’t even get to say goodnight to you pushed you to open the door.

“Heey, sorry I disappeared, Omega. I...” You had a great cover. “Tripped, and got mud all over me. I asked if Crosshair could let me use one of the showers in your apartment since you were all in my apartment.” 

You exchanged a hesitant glance with Cross.

The suspicious look on Omega’s face had your heart in a vice grip, until she proclaimed, “But why ask Crosshair? Unless-” She gasped. “I knew it! I knew you liked him!”

Hunter’s face shot to alarm and he picked the young girl up. 

“Alright little lady, it's way past your bedtime. Say night.”

“Good night!! See you after school tomorrow!”

You waved, wondering how much candy she had eaten today. Hunter and her disappeared behind a door you knew led to Omega’s room. Echo and Wrecker waved to you. Tech had his arms crossed and wasn’t moving, until his uncle Echo grabbed him by the collar and dragged him into the living room.      

Crosshair walked you back into his room. 

“I would have kept them out, you know.”

“I know.” A heavy sigh followed your words. “But I felt so bad hearing Omega so sad. And it was going to happen eventually, right?” Those dark eyes fell and you knew that meant he agreed. “So, everything’s okay?”

“Okay?” Crosshair lifted his eyes and you caught a glimpse of hope shining in his eyes before he blinked.

“I think..” He walked to you, lifting his hand to cup your cheek as you debated how you wanted to say what you wanted to say. “I want this,” You gestured to him then yourself. “To be more than a trial run, if you’re okay with that.” Your hands fidgeted between your bodies as you waited for his answer.

His hand dropped and your heart went with it. But then that hand caught your nervous hands and pulled them up to his lips. “I’m more than okay with that, doll.” Then he gently kissed your knuckles before lifting you up to carry you over to the bed. “Stay the night?”

“How about my place?” You flicked your head to the bedroom door, where Tech was standing with a mildly annoyed expression.

“Yes, I vote for your place as well.” He took your notice as permission to enter his bedroom,

You laughed, giving the man an apologetic look before Crosshair could pull you out of the apartment into yours across the hall. 

“Now, how about a real shower?”

Dividers by Djarrex

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[rarepears]

Ask game, title: Just another ordinary day (I lie to myself)

If Obi Wan was assigned a mission to go undercover - even if the orders came from Palpatine, there had to be enough justification to have Obi Wan, of all people, to take it instead of some Jedi Shadow - then Obi Wan should either 1) have experience going undercover for long periods of time or 2) a proven track record of being a good actor.

Options 2 is far more fun to play around with.

Obi Wan won a couple Oscar equivalent roles for his acting. He didn't exactly chose to do act, but he and his master were stranded on a planet and their usual method of making cash (betting and card games) weren't available because gambling was not just illegal but thoroughly enforced by the local police force. And modeling was out of the question because fashion brands don't exactly really like the Pawadan haircut, but there was this local holofilm production that was filming a movie about the Jedi Order and oh look! We got some Jedi experts AND Obi Wan has volunteered to act in one of the main roles - which will save the holofilm production crew a lot of money on special effects!

So that was the start of Obi Wan's filming career.

And when your acting career starts blossoming enough... you wouldn't be surprised at how much easier it is to get into places that are pretty much always off limits; fans sure are more than happy to help break rules for you.

Naturally Obi Wan does all of this with a stage name, but still.

And maybe he enjoys acting a little more than he lets on considering how he volunteers to act in student director's films every now and then.

(And surprisingly a couple of them went on to win big awards. And by "them" I mean both the director and the student film project.)

Anyways, so his big acting career might be the reason why Obi Wan keeps pushing Anakin to star in more propaganda films instead. He doesn't need his (rapid) fans catching onto the fact that the big name actor Ben K. is actually a Jedi or one of the top generals in this war.

But unfortunately for Obi Wan, there's a conspiracy theory that's quickly gathering steam connecting the two...

And that theory explodes when Obi Wan's death just so happens to line up with a leaked BTS holovid showing Obi Wan in a holofilm crew solving a murder case for the police in his capacity of Jedi Knight while also clearly in costume and makeup for the film...

Dex is naturally Obi Wan's agent who negotiates all the contracts.

[More in #the many ways to make obiwan's rako hardeen episode 100X harder au]

[check out other fic ideas in the #made up fic title ask game]

#make up fake fic title ask game #obi wan kenobi #obiwan kenobi #star wars au #star wars #star wars crack #star wars idea #rako hardeen #the many ways to make obiwan's rako hardeen episode 100X harder au #jedi obi wan's deep dark secret: his illustrious film career au

[corruptedforce]

respond to the prompts out of character!

what made you pick up the current muse(s) you have? I wanted to write Anakin for years, but I don't half ass pick up any character. It's one of the reason why I keep my multi under 15, at all times. I have to have them fleshed out. I've been fascinated by Vader since I was a child. All my friends had Leia Halloween costumes. I just wanted to be Vader. Anakin intrigued me, as well, as I got older. I ALWAYS loved Hayden as Anakin. But, I spent years before ultimately choosing to write him. I had to learn mannerisms, ways he fights, his quirks, his emotional responses, and Vader, because Vader is Anakin.

is there anything you don’t like to write? Look when you play one of the biggest villains in pop culture, there is not much that is off limits. I refuse to ever write or AU him, as a Rebel. He would never be a rebel and I would never write him as such. I also only very rarely and only really for I think one or two people, will write him not falling. His fall is extremely important to what the chosen one prophecy needs, to fufill. I'm not huge on fix-it. I mean, sometimes I enjoy them and I will never change Hayden as Anakin's FC. I don't ship him with other males, with the exception of one and it's writer specific. I don't write smut on him to just write smut, but if it fits, I'm okay. I also don't auto ship.

is there anything you really enjoy writing? Angst, pain, drama, things that make you cry and hate life. I love happiness if we have like something dramatic too. The prequels are a tragedy. They just are. Anakin's life even before his fall, he may have been married, but he was at war. He has brief times with Padme for instance, when he does have happy moments, but war is something that was a lot of his life. I lean towards his destiny more towards trying to create a healthy family dynamic, that didn't exist.

how do you come up with headcanons? I have things knocking around my head and sometimes I get asks. I'm currrently working on one, for three days now based off someone asking me what I thought of one quote.

do you write in silence or do you play music? usually, the TV is on.

do you plan your replies or wing them? I wing them mostly or for the most part, I don't pre-read the previous reply always. I mean, I will sometimes, but with certain partners, I know how I'll react. Sometimess, I have to calm Anakin or Vader down if it's angst before I reply because he's a mess, who will say things, if I don't. But, my best rp partners understand his reactionary responses.

do you enjoy shipping? I love shipping. Just not having it forced on me. I'm open to a lot, if it it makes sense. I also love many types of connections.

what’s your alias/name? Tanya

age? Older than 30. I'm at the age where it says years young on Tumblr.

birthday? April 21st

favorite color?  Cubbie Blue

favorite song?  Anything off the Sons of Anarchy Soundtracks by lately Day is Gone by Noah Gundersen and Come Join the Murder; Also, Lightning Crashes by Live is a song I listen to a lot, Anything by Bob Seger when I need to feel close to my mom

last movie you watched?  Red Dawn (not my idea)

last show you watched?  One Tree Hill

last song you listened to? Ainsi Bas La Vida by Indila.

favorite food?  Tough Guys by REO Speedwagon

favorite season?  sprinter. it's that time in February - March, when it's like 70 but not miserable yet.

do you have a tumblr best friend?

For the last year and half and some change, 100% it has to be Mica (mayxthexforce) and Tori (bchemianrhapscody). With Mica, I have talked to her more than I have talked to anyone, in a time when things were really hard for me, after I lost my mom. But, there are others in the Star Wars fandom, and those are people who have been my friend, even when lies were told and I lost long-term friends. Some people aren't like bestie status but I adore them so much. More recently, I have been talking a ton to @story1ines of late and she is quickly becoming a close friend who I bombard with messages. I also adore @xx--ofmanythoughts--xx, who listens to my baseball ramblings.

I have been on tumblr rp for 13 years and there are people who have come and gone. I will always still communicate with the ones I was the closest to in the world offline, but I forever love my first rp friendship, the Rachel to my Puck, my main Tara to my Jax who I wrie with on Discord only now, the only Wendy I will ever accept to my Jax, my one and only Athelstan and Philippe @mcnsieur, who even though I don't talk to everyday by any means because life is busy, I literally can message her anytime. So many other people I am not remembering.

TAGGED BY: @mayxthexforce

TAGGING: @galaccias, @bchemianrhapscdy, @cagedpotential, @writtenxbeginnings, @story1ines, @mcnsieur, @xx--ofmanythoughts--xx

#(ooc)

[imasloid]

SHINY COLORS FASHION ANALYSIS - L’Antica (アンティーカ) PART TWO

This is PART TWO of the L'Antica fashion analysis thread (had to separate because of picture limit)! For part one, go here.

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Blæc Series | Ruler / Blanc / Ambition / Mask / Rosa (ブライクシリーズ | ルーラーブライク ・ ブライクブラン ・ アンビションブライク ・ ブライクマクス ・ ローザブライク)

The Blæc Series is the fourth L’Antica unit costume and like the “Planetes Series” of illumination STARS, each costume has a different name and unique look. “Blæc” is Old English for “black,” with this costume having an “evil” motif.

Key points include the “evil fantasy” theming and a heavy Gothic and Victorian influence. By far, this costume series is the farthest away from their regular “steampunk” aesthetic, instead focusing on a darker and mysterious side of their unit.

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“Ruler Blæc” is Kogane’s unit costume and positions her as an evil queen who can give personhood to things using rose magic. In context of real unit dynamics, this costume references her as the dependable leader of L’Antica as well as the glue that holds everyone together.

Key points of “Ruler Blæc” include shared elements with Queen Victoria’s royal garb, specifically her dresses. Additionally, this costume has heavy rose theming but little steampunk elements other than small accessories.

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“Blæc Blanc” is Mamimi’s unit costume, depicting her a fallen angel corrupted by Kogane’s magic. In context of real unit dynamics, this costume references her impish, devilish persona who often uses her words to get what she wants or for a situation to go her way.

It also represents her rebellious side, as Mamimi was a clean-cut and normal girl who later acted rebellious and styled herself differently to get attention from others.

Key points of “Blæc Blanc” include many religious elements, as most Britons during the Victorian era were Christian. As she is singing in a Gothic church, she could be spreading false dogma or evil words in favor of the Kogane, the evil empress.

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“Ambition Blæc” is Sakuya’s unit costume and depicts her as a personified hawk who serves as a general of war under Kogane. In context of real unit dynamics, this costume references her charisma, model-like demeanor and the cool planner/go-getter of L’Antica.

Key points of “Ambition Blæc” include many Victorian general garb that shows her prowess and command as a leader of Kogane’s military forces.

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“Blæc Mask” is Mitsumine’s unit costume and depicts her as a personified chest turned jester/clown in a cabinet of curiosities. In context of real unit dynamics, this costume references her eccentric love of subcultures and her desire to entertain and make everyone happy.

Though she is not wearing a mask in this costume, the name still calls back to Mitsumine’s real personality as someone who uses humor or eccentricity to cover up what she’s actually feeling, finding it hard to be honest about herself.

Key points of “Blæc Mask” include clown/jester/pierrot influences as clowns were rising in popularity in the Victorian era as entertainers. In general, her role in this costume series is more lighthearted than the other members which points to her role as moodmaker in this unit.

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“Rosa Blæc” is Kiriko’s unit costume as depicts her as a bisque doll that has come to life under Kogane’s magic, controlled by rose briars. In context of real unit dynamics, this costume references her fantastical state of mind and timid/reserved nature.

Key points of “Rosa Blæc” include typical Gothic Lolita elements, a heavy rose motif, and characteristics of a bisque doll. Other than Victorian porcelain dolls, there’s a heavy Japanese influence in her costume that makes it more modern.

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Le Fond de la Mer (ルフォンドゥ・ラメール)

“Le Fond de la Mer” is L’Antica’s fifth unit costume, translating from French to “the bottom of the sea.” Their cards feature the members singing at the bottom of a sunken city, surrounded by dilapidated buildings and jellyfish.

As stated earlier, the Victorian era was an era of revivialism. One of the main revivals of this time was Neoclassicism, a return to the aesthetics of classical antiquity. From that time, Plato wrote about a fictional kingdom of Atlantis, submerged in the ocean a long time ago.

The city of Atlantis would inspire a future fixation on lost civilizations, especially in the Victorian era. The “lost world” genre began in the late-Victorian era, where authors were inspired by archeologists finding remnants of lost civilizations across the world (e.g. King Solomon's Mines by Sir H. Rider Haggard).

The setting of “Le Fond de la Mer” is clearly based on Atlantis, as the sunken ruins around them are based on classical architecture. White marble or travertine columns, arches, and domes’ infrastructure and remnants can be seen surrounding the members as they perform underwater.

Additionally, the setting of “Le Fond de la Mer” is also injected with Greco-Roman mythology, featuring large statues of gods like Posiedon/Neptune submerged underwater as well as Kogane rowing a boat like Charon taking souls down the River Styx.

Key points of “Le Fond de la Mer” are its referencing to Atlantis and a general underwater theme as well as Kogane’s costume being completely different from the other four members, signaling her as the center and leader of L’Antica.

“La Fond de la Mer” uses the usual “similar look” method to make the members look united but also to showcase their unique personalities. However, this costume takes this to another level by using the silhouettes, features, & aesthetics from clothes they wear in their daily life.

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Papillonner Féerique (パピロニアフェリーク)

“Papillonner Féerique” is L’Antica’s sixth unit costume, translating from French to “fairy-like fluttering.” Out of all of their costumes, it leans into the macabre of their Gothic aesthetic the most, depicting them as ghosts inhabiting the grounds of a mansion or estate.

Ghosts were a popular phenomenon in the Victorian Era, with “classic” ghost stories originating around this time inspired by Gothic fiction. As stated before, Gothic castles or manor were often a common setting for these stories due to its innate feeling of terror and mystery.

The setting of “Papillonner Féerique” is no different, with the girls haunting a overgrown, abandoned estate. As ghosts, they are tethered to the house as popular oral tradition says that if someone dies in a specific place, they stay there until their spirit is avenged.

Key points of “Papillonner Féerique” include usual Victorian style inspirations in the costume as well as heavy ghost or spirit imagery and symbolism. Notable symbols are the colored gems representing the soul and the white chrysanthemums on their costumes representing death.

Another very important symbol are the butterflies floating around them, sharing their color with their respective gems on their costume. In Victorian symbology, butterflies were an omen of death and often represented a physical manifestation of a departed person’s soul.

(If you wanna know more about butterfly symbology and fashion in the Victorian era, this blog post really helped me a lot putting this section together!)

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The visuals and descriptions here are kinda scary if you don’t like dolls or creepy things or death so proceed with caution!

In the animation, the girls’ scenes are introduced with an intertitle alluding to how they passed away akin to a silent movie (which originated in the Victorian era!). More details will be shown in their individual sections following this paragraph.

In their unalive state, their bodies are represented by cracked ball-jointed bisque dolls that are positioned in the way that they passed away. After the butterfly (soul) touches the doll, they are reborn into a ghost form with their soul intact, but not with their body.

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Kogane Tsukioka

Intertitles: “You are cordially invited to the dinner” & “Let’s have a good time together”

Cause of death: Invited to dinner at manor, then poisoned with a spiked drink

Area of haunting: Dining room

Mamimi Tanaka

Intertitles: “Deep forest” & “Lost child”

Cause of death: Ran into forest being chased by something/trying to escape and got lost

Area of haunting: Manor yard/surrounding forest

Sakuya Shirase

Intertitles: “You can’t go back” & “Just like a nectar addict”

Cause of death: Bled out due to blunt force trauma done by someone else

Area of haunting: Manor gates & outdoor corridors

Yuika Mitsumine

Intertitles: “Thank you for coming” & “Please watch your step”

Cause of death: Pushed/fell down stairs without having a light to see

Area of haunting: Manor stairway

Kiriko Yukoku

Intertitles: “Promise to love” & “Stay with us forever”

Cause of death: Willing to pass away and stay in the manor by her own choice (because of love)

Area of haunting: Concert room/chapel

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Encadrement Coupé (アンカードルモンクーペ)

“Encadrement Coupé” is L’antica’s seventh unit costume, translating from French to mean “Cut Frame.” The costumes feature the members fighting in an Colosseum-like arena with giant robot opponents.

As the Victorian era was an era of revivialism, many people were fixated on the myths and aesethics of the Middle Ages, especially Arthurian legends. Britain at the time was enamored by the heroism and chivalry of knights and were the subject of many Victorian paintings (above: Onward by John Gilbert (1890)).

The animation shows L’Antica dueling giant metal suits of armor, reminiscent of the armor worn during the Medieval or Arthurian age of knights.

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GO HERE FOR PART THREE (i hit picture limit)

#shiny colors #scfa #kogane tsukioka #mamimi tanaka #sakuya shirase #yuika mitsumine #kiriko yukoku #l'antica

[lairn]

For the tv show asks: 2, 4, 6, 34 and 48

(My app is acting out. I apologize if more than one ask was sent or I fear none of them were...)

Thanks, these were fun to think over!

2. if you could have saved one TV show from cancellation, which one would it be? Mindhunter, which is a Netflix show directed by David Fincher. I actually don't think Netflix was doing its patented cancel scheme. If I remember right, Fincher stepped back and the company didn't want to continue the show without him. Partially I'm sorry about it because it was a good, sort of creepy and intense show, but also I just really enjoyed sharing it with two of my friends.

4. are there any shows you wish could just be cancelled already? Stranger Things. But another one I have more to say about: although I enjoy it, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's long run has become almost grotesque. The performers/writers know it, and have inserted a sick desperation into the characters as they age into their 40s but continue the same behaviors they had in their 20s. Also, the show has comedic highs and lows, and maybe the writers would be refreshed and more consistent if they moved on to something else. That said, if another season comes out I'm almost certain to watch it (months late) in case it captures the funnier aspects successfully. 50/50 chance of that.

6. which shows do you think are underrated and need more love? Hm, I end up watching a lot of prestige television, so this is difficult. Occasionally I hear people talking about their favorite Spider-Man cartoon and when it's not Spectacular Spider-Man I feel disappointed. For people who weren't around when it came out, I'd recommend Six Feet Under, but that's definitely prestige tv. I recently rewatched Ping Pong: The Animation, which wasn't as good on a second viewing, but it has a great soundtrack and stylistically it's very impressive. I suspect they had a limited budget but they really made that budget work for them, so even when there are a lot of still images the show is visually satisfying.

34. what are your top 5 shows right now? I'm not finished with Better Call Saul yet, but it will almost certainly make this list.

-Breaking Bad (was still excellent on a rewatch, top tier example of writing for television) -Avatar: The Last Airbender (makes me cry every time, great fight scenes, fun world building, epic) -Mob Psycho 100 (although I prefer the manga narrative a little the animation is gorgeous and the show still captures a lot of what I love about the story) -30 Rock (I don't think I would enjoy watching this one as much anymore, but in its proper time and place it was consistently funny and a favorite) -Hannibal (deranged gothic dark comedy romance, beautiful set and costume design, one slump in the writing at the start of season 3 but it's still a great, weird show)

48. are there any shows your friends love but you aren’t interested in? A few friends have brought up The Last of Us to me, but I can't imagine watching it. I'm not partial to zombie stories (the friends says it's not zombies but I know it is) and a trusted source told me it's "fine". A second one I actually did watch but regret: Andor. People hyped it up a lot, but at best it's a 6/10 sort of show. I'm mad at myself for watching a Star Wars asset in 2023.

#ask game

[mcrcki]

man... who’d’a thunk there’d be a plot drop with chaos. we were definitely super subtle !!!!! either way uh this is definitely a very simple and short plotting / starter call for the plot drop!! basically, gonna limit it to three starters for each character, please don’t request more than two per writer ! ( disclaimer , these starters will be rather short so i can get them out on time !! ) and as for plotting ; please like this post if you would want to discuss transitioning threads / keeping threads for just the gala vibes etc. i’ll come hit you up to figure it out! otherwise, here is A VERY SHORT UPDATE on my babes (im saying that mainly for myself to not RAMBLE like i am in this)

daniela dimitrescu || resident evil ( 3 / 3 )

this just made her night !! they’re gonna be fighting along side these monsters and will do everything to add to the chaos !!! if you need some major plots ,, damn do i have the demi girl for you !!

** open to maiming / murdering any characters you need !!

cassandra dimitrescu

alcina dimitrescu

lan wangji

leia organa || star wars ( 1 / 3 )

sith sith sith sith !!! this is where those yellow “contacts” are gonna be real visible! but she is sick and tired of things happening when she’s just trying to throw a damn party. will be doing everything she can to fight :)

** open to any major and minor injuries !!

ahsoka tano

marlene mckinnon || harry potter : marauders era ( 2 / 3 )

literally so fucking smug that she called it !!! something fucking ridiculous always happens at these parties and she knew it !!! will have a damn breakdown if any of her friends or family (even tho they’re fighting) end up unaware. please could she have her loved ones just all together for longer than a month

** open to any major and minor injuries !!

james potter

esther mckinnon

omega archeron || star wars : the bad batch ( 0 / 3 )

baby girl is too drunk for this, someone please come help them. they absolutely thought this was someone’s sick costume at first before realizing what was actually going on. is panicking and forgetting their training, will happily hide with people while they sober up

** open to any major and minor injuries

who needs a drunk hiding buddy who thinks a single rolling chair in front of a door will keep dracula at bay?

pj halliwell || charmed ‘98 ( 0 / 3 )

honestly, just bummed this is ruining her whole vibe for the night !!!! will be immediately into charmed one savior mode and finding family , protecting the innocents, etc. screw exposure, will be beaming people in and out, pls don’t question it

** open to any major and minor injuries

reluctant hero just wanted to dance :(

rowena ravenclaw || harry potter : founders era ( 0 / 3 )

is definitely not a fighter, has always been much more of the thinker of her friends and will avoid duels when she can. will be doing whatever to help people, providing protection while finding her family and friends. might be reluctant to fight on usual circumstances, but god help whoever crosses rowena when she sets her mind to a fight.

if you need a calm level headed conversation in a time of panic, request this spot

sella palpatine || star wars ( 1 / 3 )

absolutely freaking the f out right now. she’s seen this movie before and she didn’t like the ending. will be in a panic and running and hiding. will not be the voice of reason and will be absolutely frozen in fear, please help her :(

** open to minor injuries

allana solo

sophie hatter || howl’s moving castle ( 1 / 3 )

probably one of the people to stumble onto these monsters first because fam got so lost in the white house. absolutely unprepared for anything like this. will be shoving their way through the crowds to try and find their family again!! probably the one person i do not want this to end well for :)

** is being unalived at some point during the night

howl jenkins pendragon

tatum riley || scream ‘96 ( 0 / 3 )

nah absolutely not, someone else can be the freaking hero with this whole mess but tatum is grabbing a bottle from behind the bar and hiding in one of those safe rooms and calling it a fucking night. she will not be the victim again

if you’re looking for a drinking in a disaster buddy, i got the girl for you !

victoria sutherland || twilight ( 0 / 3 )

she is thriving in the chaos ! finally this party got good !!! will be standing off to the side watching and having fun, might join in on the attacks for the fun of it. will think you’re insane for being scared. this is hysterical come on now.

** open to maiming / murdering any characters you need !!

if you need a major plot filled ,, we have another slot for you :)

#PLEASE YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO THIS HARD FOR THIS PLOT DROP #yall know i am just a menace and have to do everything to a crazy level #this is so unnecessary #i will most likely just transition a ton of things lmaooo #hw: plot call #hw: starter call #a walking talking meme || ooc

[goingroguepod]

a collection of rogue one related screenshots from my desktop

this is just a lil look at the going rogue research process i guess? i dunno it might be interesting?

A BTS reel image that suggests all of Jyn and Saw's scenes were reshot (Saw has a significantly different look to the final film, but Jyn's is almost identical to her Jedha costume, so it's unlikely this was just been flashbacks)

A trailer shot that had completed VFX (quite possibly done by twitter legend Todd Vaziri?) that shows Cassian present at the Rebel Council meeting. In the final cut, he is not in this scene, but Bodhi is - I'd guess Bodhi wasn't in the first version of this scene as you can see Jyn's silhouette on the bottom of frame but not his.

The public tax records for Rogue One's production company - studios usually set up individual companies to produce films as it limits liability, but because Rogue One and all recent Star Wars films have been made in the UK, their tax records are public if you know the name of the production company. Rogue One's production company name was named after Lunak, the little money-frog-thief team member in John Knoll's original pitch.

Just a nice bit of concept art I haven't found in any of the books/collections of Rogue One concept art.

Jedha explosion concept art by Andre Wallin (early in production when the U-wing design hadn't been locked off) vs pre-vis of the same scene done by The Third Floor

#rogue one a star wars story #bts #star wars #rogue one #andor #andor series #going rogue podcast #jyn erso #cassian andor

[absentcaryatid]

The fact you remember where I'm from and that is spring here is quite cute ^^ I've been seeing so much about fall on social media, but my vibes are different right now, I'm on flower and pretty colors vibes 🌸💐 I hope you reunite with your Sweet Bill soon, you sound so lovely together!!

And about the video, I wish it was me and Seonghwa 🥺 it would be adorable! This Wednesday is national holiday in Brazil, so, as I don't have work or uni, I'm thinking on finally watching Star Wars. What do you think? If you know a lot about the franchise, could you point me to the right direction, please? :D

Ooh, Star Wars advice. That is going to vary from fan to fan. More often than anything useful you are going to get a ramble from the person about what works for them and the place the movies found them in their life. But hey, it is my page so I can ramble. It is a deep world with lots of television shows and books too, but my knowledge is limited to the movies, and I haven't even seen all of them yet. I like the well known characters R2-D2 and C-3PO from my childhood and the more recent BB-8.

The short answer is if you just want to try one to see if you might like more the original 1977 movie that started the franchise. It is a fun adventure called Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Alternately, the 2015 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens is another good one if you want a more modern looking movie.

PC Magazine has a nice roundup of the movies and several suggested orders to see them. It is also fine to just watch one and decide trying once was enough Star Wars in your life. Alternately, the recent streaming shows like The Mandalorian might be more interesting than the movies so there are many ways to sample Star Wars. That's on my viewing list one day since I love the character people were calling Baby Yoda until he got a name in the story.

Two other things that may be of interest upfront, you might enjoy the adult reader insert stories of Tenelkadjowrites about Star Wars. (She is really the one to ask about Star Wars, even her username is from the wider Star Wars world!) I already liked her Seonghwa writing so seeing more work in a different fandom was fun too.

Also, my love of K-pop costuming has me smiling when I see somebody dressed in clothes that could pass for something from Star Wars. Yoongi from BTS had a photo shoot where he could have stepped off the set of the 1977 movie and Seonghwa of course keeps making me think Star Wars with his flowing outfits and swords.

On to the more personal answer with pictures (including my underwear!) and a video of the worst entry in the franchise but one of my favorites anyway!

A little too young for the first movie, I did have some of the action figures growing up and loved playing Star Wars with my friends. I was the right age to appreciate one of the most hated elements of Star Wars- the sort-of-cute teddy bearish Ewoks from the 1983 movie Return of the Jedi. I even bought Ewok Underoos recently but can only show the package I saved because I did not follow the no-heat in the dryer instructions and the iron-on design peeled right off my shirt.

I love BB-8 the most and have a lot of stuff with that character including a pillow, backpack, and plate.

So, I like the cute stuff and my love of Star Wars is shown in stuffed animals too. Here are Max Rebo, C-3PO, R2-D2, and a jawa hanging out at the end of the hallway at my house.

And I like the designs of the storm trooper costumes too so have one of those toys in my room along with a second BB-8 backpack and a matching luggage out of shot.

And last, the worst entry in the Star Wars World- the children’s Ewok movie The Battle For Endor. I was eleven when it came out and liked it. Now I can look at the trailer below and see the fern filled redwood forests I am familiar with now that I live in the San Francisco bay area. Bill says we even have some of those fern types in the backyard but he is insistent it is not because he likes Ewoks.

So my final answer is there are many ways to enjoy Star Wars including just the toys or taking one look and realizing it might not be your thing and all are perfectly reasonable ways to feel about the franchise. If you like it, there is always more to see, but it is okay if it is just a movie to you. For me it is mostly the show where some favorite characters came from.

#treasure-hwa #asks #about this caryatid #not K-pop #star wars

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Hollywood gets political and introspective in the 1950's (Franco Morgante)

With the start of the 50’s, Hollywood started to produce films that contained commentary on certain issues. Two of those films are The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and All About Eve (1950). The Day the Earth Stood Still is a science fiction film about a flying saucer descending onto Washing D.C. An alien named Klaatu emerges from the ship and demands that he see the president. He instead meets a man named Professor Barnhardt and he explains that the Earth threatens the rest of the universe because of the nuclear rockets that they created. And the only two ways this can be solved is with Earth removing their rockets, or Earth gets removed from the universe. It's very clear that the Cold War and the Arms race is a major influence on this film’s story and the message is that nuclear bombs will just lead to the Earth’s destruction regardless. This film couldn’t have been made in an earlier time period because of its (then) topical social commentary and special effects. This film features multiple futuristic elements like costumes, weaponry, and the locations on the spaceship. All of which were probably more expensive to create than anything else in the film. Plus, there was a much larger audience for science fiction content during the 50’s as opposed to previous decades which focused more on grounded and realistic stories. These reasons combined show how The Day the Earth Stood Still couldn’t have been made in a different film era. 

While The Day the Earth Stood Still was a commentary on the geopolitical climate at the time. All About Eve was a commentary on the state of Hollywood. All About Eve follows a Broadway star named Margo Channing who worries that she is going to lose her star power since she is growing older and younger actresses are getting noticed by producers. This fear becomes reality as her understudy named Eve Harrington delivered an awe-inspiring performance to a group of theater critics and seems to be on route to becoming a star. This film is a rare reflective piece on the state of Hollywood as a whole. A prevalent theme of the story is how female actresses have it very tough as their career is all ways on a time limit. As their stardom fades once they’ve become older and not as attractive as they once were in the eyes of the audience. The film also comments on how actresses would falsify their backgrounds and real names to make themselves sound more marketable. Which is very ironic since this one of the cast members was a then unknown Marylin Monroe. Who would go on to become one of Hollywood’s biggest stars and would use a pseudonym and not her real name. This film couldn’t have been made during an earlier time as the culture of Hollywood hadn't really been developed in the previous decades. It was only when the concept of the movie star and their limited marketability became an issue for aspiring actors. And with one of this film’s very own cast members going down the same path Eve went down, it's clear that this film’s message was pretty accurate for the time.

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The dark crystal puppets

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I’d make a model of an idea, and we’d work off that." Envisioning and designing diverse races and species occupying an expansive planet was no easy task, but Froud applied his knowledge of folklore as the various creatures were brought to life.įroud enjoyed translating his drawings into physical models, telling Vice, "Because I’m an artist, I often found that the best way to communicate my ideas to the team was visually. Froud was with Henson from The Dark Crystal's inception, and he served as the movie's conceptual artist and costume designer. His work caught Henson's eye, and the two started a decades-long working relationship in the late 1970s. By the time we reached London, he had an outline for what was to become The Dark Crystal.īrian Froud began his career as a fantasy illustrator. My father filled pages with ideas and musings. Before cell phones and laptop computers, being stranded by a snowstorm meant quiet time, time to imagine new worlds and their inhabitants. All kinds of things came together."Ĭheryl later reflected on the experience, too:ĭuring the blizzard, the world appeared to be one enormous blank white slate. And it all jelled during that time, so that I’m quite happy with what’s taking shape. Henson recalled, "I had a delightful time working on the concept and talking it over with Cheryl. Three years later, when Henson was snowed in with his teenage daughter Cheryl, the pair worked together to write down the first treatment for what would become The Dark Crystal. These drawings were his earliest inspiration for the movie. "It was the juxtaposition of this reptilian thing in this fine atmosphere that intrigued me," Henson said. In the book, Lubin portrays two lounging crocodiles that caught Henson's attention. Jim Henson's imagination was sparked in 1975 when he saw illustrations by Leonard Lubin in the Lewis Caroll book The Pig-Tale. "None of us could say no because he always worked harder than us." "It was because of Jim not accepting the impossible and as a result he would work harder than anybody I’ve ever known because he was the one who led the way by working harder," co-director Frank Oz told an interviewer. Jim Henson's intense dedication to making every detail perfect contributed to the movie's long timeline. We used to call them "super puppets" because that’s what they are, really. We were really working at the forefront, I think, we were pushing what was possible as far as radio controlled puppetry. Well, Dark Crystal took five years to make, if that gives you any indication! Labyrinth took three. As concept artist Brian Froud, who was brought on early in the film's production, said in an interview: This years-long endeavor was about much more than producing a fantasy film it was an attempt to stretch the limits of puppetry. The Dark Crystal's origins date back to 1975 or 1976, and the film was not completed until the end of 1982. Millions of dollars, millions of hours, and millions of foam rubber puppet parts later, The Dark Crystal is still revered by fans and has even spawned a Netflix prequel series. The Dark Crystal's behind-the-scenes stories attest to its cast and creators' brilliance, creative talent, and tireless work ethic. Henson harnessed knowledge from years of puppetry work on The Muppet Show and Sesame Street to build a unique vision that he hoped would dazzle audiences. ''The great challenge,'' Henson shared with The New York Times in 1982, ''was to create a complete world that doesn't exist and make it seem real, to create all the life forms on that world, their history, and their way of moving."

THE DARK CRYSTAL PUPPETS MOVIE

Jim Henson, who co-directed the movie with Frank Oz, capitalized on the popularity of Star Wars in order to bring his tale to cinematic life. The pair must restore the damaged Dark Crystal in order to bring peace and balance back to their world. Using puppets, feats of engineering, and elaborately designed sets, the movie follows two Gelflings, Jen and Kira, who survive the end of their race after the evil Skeksis take control of the planet Thra. Stories abound about the making of The Dark Crystal, a fantasy cult classic with no human actors.

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