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thevestigeofvanillaan · 2 years

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Yep this man is the school plug.

And he be with Choji and Kiba doing drugs and runs all the time.

They just be driving around dropping shit off making bank.

His snap is never dry. He's got hoes. And them mfs who ask for shit but he half swipes a lot. He unadds people if someone didn't send them to him.

And that's how you met him.

He goes to your school but you never really acknowledged the fact that he was even there. He wasn't even there half the time.. or he came in super late because he sleeps in.

You were looking for a plug and your friend Kiba had told you Shikamaru's snap and that he's a good one.

I'm walking with Kiba outside. It's dark, and we're on our way to a party.

I'd been looking to smoke thc but I literally can't find a plug.

"Kiba?" I interupt whatever the hell he was ranting about.

"Hm? Whats up baby?" He asks, ignoring his last debate.

"I need a plug. And I can't find anyone." I say softly.

"Ahhh. You know Shikamaru? Pony tail, never shows up, always sleeping in class?" He takes a hit of his nic.

I nod, snatching his pen out of his hand and take a hit, blowing the smoke in Kiba's face.

"He's the ultimate. Add him on snap it's marugetsts." He explains as we reach the house where we hear loud music and see led lights from outside.

"Is he at the party?" I ask while adding him on snap.

"Oh 100 percent." Kiba says, opening the large wooden door, walking into the large castel.

I walk behind him, I hear a snap notification.

He added me back. That was fast.

Shikamaru: yo.

Me: heyyy

Shikamaru: wsg u here?

Me: yea wya

Shikamaru: second floor third room

Me: who's up there

Shikamaru: Choji, waiting on Kiba

Me: Kiba's with me, heading up rn ;)

Shikamaru: igh see ya soon

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"Second floor third room." I tell Kiba and lead him up there.

He follows behind me, pushing through all the people there.

We finally make it and I enter the room.

"Yo." Shikamaru says briefly.

"Heyy." I drag out the y.

"Come're." He pats the spot next to him on the bed.

"Shikamaru can I go get food now that Kiba's here?" Choji asks.

"Hm yeah Kiba you're going with him." Shikamaru nods.

"What? Why do I need to go with him?" Kiba asks frantically.

"Because I'm not sending him down there alone, so go." He points his chin to the door.

"I'm hungry anyways.. let's go Cho." Kiba walks out and Choji follows.

"I heard you were an elite plug or something like that?" I question, not really wanting a genuine answer.

"Only the best." He shrugs and puts a hand on my knee.

"Mm. Give me that." I lean over him to get the vape pen on the opposite side of him on the bed.

I can feel his gaze on me. I can smell that shit eating grin he has on his face right now. I stay in that position for a second and on my way back to where I was sitting I lightly graze his upper thigh portion.

Once I'm sitting back right next to him, my thigh against his, he puts a hand on my thigh and squeezes it.

"So.. It's lush babe." He says as he notices me looking around the pen for the flavor.

I take a hit, tasting the flavor of watermelon hit my tongue so beautifully.

He holds his hand out for me to give it to him and he pulls me onto him.

I'm straddling him, watching him hit the device.

He takes his free hand and opens my mouth, coming closer to me.

For a second I was convinced he was going to kiss me.

Until I see his mouth open slightly and I feel the warm air flow into my mouth.

Once it's done I breathe all the smoke into my lungs.

"Hot damn." He says, slapping my ass with both hands and squeezing tightly, assuring a red mark to be there under my skin tight red dress.

I wrap my arms around his neck and allow them to rest on his shoulders.

We kiss.

I don't even know how it all happened. But it did. Here I am. Kissing the school plug.

I start grinding against him because at this point I'm horny as fuck and in desperate need to get some friction.

"Mm.. so you just realized how sexy I am huh?" He smirks.

"You've always been hot. Just never shot my shot towards the school druggie." I roll my eyes and buck my hips harder.

He grinds back, bucking his hips hard into mine.

I moan loudly, tucking my head into the crook of his neck.

"Fuck baby.." He groans out.

"Uh.. Maru p-please." I moan.

I'm practically bouncing on his clothed cock.

"Want it?" He asks softly, pulling up my dress to reveal the top of my lacey panties.

"Please." I bring my head up and unbuckle his dad belt, pulling his pants down.

He pulls down my panties and leads his tip to my entrance.

I slide down on his large cock.

It hurt like hell at first but fuck it felt so good.

I rode his cock.

Bouncing up and down.

" 'm close Maru.." I moan out.

"Cum baby. Cum all over my cock f'me." He says softly and sensually.

That made the knot in my stomach snap.

I came all over him, and continued riding out my high until he cums inside me.

Our heavy breathing mixes.

We hear knocking on the door.

"Let us in!!" We hear Kiba yell out.

I quickly get up and pull my panties back up, wobbling everywhere.

I pull my dress down and by then he's fully put together again.

I go let them in and Kiba smirks at me.

"So cheif, why was the door locked?" He asks.

"It wasn't, fuckin weakling. Yall just can't build up enough strength to open a fuckin door." Shikamaru says before I can respond.

I nod and giggle.

Oh my lord.

I walk back to sit next to him.

"You on birth control?" He whispers to me.

#shikamaru smut #naruto #naruto shikamaru #shikamaru nara #naruto smut #naruto one shots #sasuke naruto #shikamaru x y/n #im high asf

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rint4rous · 4 years

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hogwarts au! oikawa

a/n: wrote this with a bad headache LMAO so if you see mistakes no you didnt <3

yeah help

anyway

oikawa toru

sixth year slytherin

captain of slytherin quidditch team

this one. very popular with the girls.

always gets gifts and confessed to, he turns them all down nicely tho

he flirts with them a little but never goes out with anyone

thanks but no thanks, hes focusing on quidditch

mostly hangs out with hanamaki, matsukawa, and iwaizumi

you, sixth year gryffindor

a chaser for the quidditch team

actually you and oikawa had a bit of a rivalry thing going on

because oikawa was getting good grades AND is good at quidditch

and it doesnt even look like hes trying.

and he lowkey comes off as arrogant sometimes

and youre like i hate geniuses

the two of you met during first year when he tried playfully hitting iwa in the hallway but iwa dodged

and you happen to be speedwalking past and then next thing you know you get slapped???

you stop walking and turn to oikawa

hes like HOLY CRAPDFHJSHJR

“I AM SO SORRY-”

“it’s alright!”

“are you sure??”

“yeah, it was an accident, right? …. unless it wasnt?”

“NO I SWEAR IT WAS AN ACCIDENT”

“i thought so! see you ‘round!”

then you skip away

yeah. yall dont really start competing and shit until you found out your mom and his mom had BEEF??? WHEN THEY WERE IN SCHOOL????

you found that out at the end of first year

“i heard tachibana’s son is in your year. or i guess she’s oikawa now.”

youre like yeah what about it

“my dearest y/n, you’re a smart little girl, okay?”

“so make sure you’re better than that oikawa kid, alright?”

and little innocent you is like “ok”

so start of second year, you study and work extra hard

but here’s perfect little oikawa who always knocks you down to second place

at first youre like. i’ll just work harder!

and he joins quidditch and so do you

so you try hard at that too

you’re not like a sore loser or anything so when slytherin wins you shake his hand with a smile

but by the end of the year you’re just kinda :/ now because you never see him studying or practicing spells so how the fuck is he BETTER THAN YOU AT EVERYTHING!!! ITS NOT FAIR!!!!!

third year you come into school with like not very good feelings abt oikawa

and your mom was on your ass about your grades and you’re like omfggg im TRYING OKAY IM TRYING SO HARD

too bad tho thats when he starts liking you …

middle of third year is when you start expressing those feelings for oikawa out loud

“i hate self-centered geniuses. come back down to earth, will you.”

he heard you say when test results came back

and hes like is she talking abt me? lol nah shes probably talking about stupid ushijima over there

and then he finds out you were in fact talking abt him

hes kinda hurt lol

then when the new term rolls in

and the two of you just start talking shit about each other and start arguing all the time

“what’s the answer, l/n?”

“fairy wings.”

“oh my bad, i didn’t realize she said oikawa, and not l/n.”

“oh sorry, i thought you wouldn’t know the answer so i answered for you! i saved you from embarrassing yourself. you’re welcome~”

your seatmate yaku was holding you down with all his might and HOW IS LITTLE MAN ABLE TO HOLD YOU BACK HIS GRIP IS STRONG BRO

the whole class s ighs here we go AGAIN

the teacher doesnt even bother sending you guys out to hall anymore because this happens so much

you always try to sabotage each other in potions

one time his eyebrows almost burned off after his potion exploded in his face

makki and mattsun like LMFAOWFEHERGUYER

then when the year ends you’re like ranting to your mom like “i hate geniuses. who does he think he is? just because he can beat me at everything?? i’ll show him. i’ll make him eat dirt in the field. i’ll wipe that dumb smirk off his face. i’ll-”

your mom: omg my little baby so full of hate just like her momma

fourth year you’re so determined to beat oikawa at something

he sees you in the library, unprovoked, once and he comes up from behind you like

“aw, is l/n gonna try beating me again this year? you know there’s no point in trying.”

you: hold it in hold it in hold it in YOU’RE MATURE NOW Y/N L/N. YOU SHOULD BE MORE MATURE THAN THIS DIMWIT IN FRONT OF YOU. inhale exhale inhale exhale

“aw, is oikawa gonna try beating ushiwaka in quidditch again this year? you know there’s no point in trying.”

way to be mature

poor oikawa tho you pressed a wrong button so he just leaves silently

you kinda regret it after

so this year goes like the last and so does the next

“arent you tired?? of competing with oikawa all the time??” your friend semi asked you

“kind of”

“then stop?? you dont have to fulfill your mom’s high school revenge lmao”

“ughh eita i know but im too far in”

one time you were out breaking curfew #savage

no but seriously you couldn’t sleep so you thought some fresh air will help, the dorms were super suffocating right now

you were stressed after your mom’s monthly letter

beat oikawa this beat oikawa that

you turn at a corner and you see the man himself, ALSO BREAKING CURFEW

now the both of you are looking at each other like 👁👄👁

“GOD L/N I THOUGHT YOU WERE A TEACHER I NEARLY DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK”

“shush before we both get caught”

“right sorry sorry”

“so what the hell are you doing breaking curfew.”

“what are you doing breaking curfew.”

“i asked you first”

“so?”

“just answer the question, oikawa.”

he looks around, making sure the coast was clear before he motions you over to him and as you walk towards him

you see the door hes standing in front of

he drags you in there and what you see is

a bunch of practice dummies

“yeah i,, practice my spells here at night. contrary to popular belief i’m not a genius like ushiwaka or tobio. i’m flattered you think so, though.”

and youre like he... actually practices?? he is actually human?

“what’s with that look? you wanna join me practice at night?”

“as if-” and then you see the book of spells and you guys aren’t even learning any of this YET. and you are determined not to fall behind oikawa “sure.”

oikawas like pardon?

you: i SAID SURE.

and so now at night you practice spells together

only because you want to beat him as if

the arguing goes down a little because you get caught up in beating each other at who gets to do the spell right first that practice runs super late sometimes and you dont have energy to fight with each other that early

everybodys like ??? huh????

but then you’re back to the usual bs in the afternoon and everybodys like oh okay so the world isnt ending yet

so anyway !! yall are practicing again

you’re pointing your wand at a practice dummy and trying to focus so you dont accidentally do something dumb

"hey why do you hate me so much?”

LITERALLY CATCHES YOU OFF GUARD AND BREAKS YOUR FOCUS

“it’s not because i hit you when we were first years right? it really was an accident i swear-”

“you still remember that?”

“well yeah… because i cant think of any other reason why you don’t like me.”

“um… trying too hard to please my mom, i guess. what about you? why did you try so hard to beat me at everything?” you ask, regaining your focus for the charm

“idk, you never paid attention to me unless i did.”

you scoff, “why? you don’t like me or anything, do you?”

“i do tho??”

he literally said that just before you chanted the spell and you got caught off guard and

“stupefy!”

it almost hits oikawa

oikawa: WHAT DID I DO

you: SHITHEAD DONT SAY THAT WHEN IM ABOUT TO DO SOMETHFIBEFH

“HOW DID THIS EVEN HAPPEN???”

“I DONT KNOW IT WAS FUN COMPETING WITH YOU WHEN WE WERE SECOND YEARS AND IT JUST DID?? I TRIED SO HARD SO I CAN IMPRESS YOU AND I GUESS MY PLAN BACKFIRED BECAUSE I DONT THINK YOU LIKE ME VERY MUCH”

now youre staring at each other and you’re both red

he kinda quiets down “and you’re a better rival than ushijima anyway. i don’t mean any of the stuff i said, i swear. i know you don’t like me but i just needed to let that out or i will go insane.”

and hes just looking down all shy

at this point you actually dont know if you like oikawa or not

i mean??? you spent like 3 years butting heads with this dude

and he liked you the whole time?? hes crazy this man is crazy.

maybe you were just in denial the whole time

because?? you could’ve stopped competing with him at everything

maybe you did enjoy it somehow

he did make your life at school interesting

“let’s go out on a few dates and we’ll see.”

his head just whips up and his eyes like light up and hes so EXCITED

in the time before you officially started dating

you find out from iwaizumi that even tho he smiles at a lot of girls its actually rarely genuine the only girl hes ever seen oikawa smile about genuinely was you

and that his mom actually didnt approve of him playing quidditch at first because he had a bad knee but he pushed for it because he really wanted to

he has like a smug and a flippant demeanor but hes very attentive and super caring !!

hes super passionate and hard working at what he does and

i guess now you finally realize you are falling

it takes five dates until the two of you officially start going out

if you tell third year you that you were dating oikawa she would never believe it but here you are, walking to class with him

when the two of you walked in the classroom talking

like TALKING NORMALLY AND NOT THE USUAL “i will choke you in your sleep” “ooh, kinda k-” “don’t”

it was already sus when the arguing toned down a bit but now that its like. REALLY GONE?? everybody is so confused

LMFAO matsukawa asks like “what happened?? are you guys broken?”

“no???”

“how rude! dearest y/n and i are dating now!”

everybody in this class: see now thats crazy. that is crazy.

makki: maybe we didnt hear him right. say that again oikawa

oikawa: me and y/n are dating.

everybody: oh okay bc we thought you said you and l/n were dat- WAIT SO YOU AND L/N REALLY ARE TOGETHER???

you: unfortunately

oikawa: h-hey :((((

everybody: SO WE DONT GOTTA LISTEN TO YALL ARGUE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING??? YOU HAVE TO TREAT THE WHOLE CLASS TO BUTTERBEER I THINK WE DESERVE IT AFTER THESE THREE YEARS OF CONSTANT YELLING

nobody was as SHOCKED as your moms

“y/n, baby, i know i did not just hear you say you’re dating the oikawa kid. repeat that for momma again.”

“i’m dating the oikawa kid.”

like?? MOM THIS WAS TECHNICALLY UR FAULT

“so toru, what did you wanna tell me?”

“i have a girlfriend now! her name is y/n l/n.”

“l/n? surely not THAT l/n’s daughter, right?”

“oh it is that l/n.”

when your families have dinner together for the first time

THE TENSION LMFAO

but they do try hard to get along. they try super hard.

they start getting along because MAN YOU AND OIKAWA WERE SOO CUTE AND THEY WANT YOU TO GET MARRIED AND THEY HAVE TO GET ALONG IF THEY WANT IT TO HAPPEN. THEIR GRANDKIDS ARE GONNA BE SO CUTE!!!

“ma, we haven’t graduated yet-”

your mom, ignoring you: THEYRE GOING TO HAVE THE CUTEST HAIR

oikawa’s mom: AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE SUPER SMART LIKE THEIR PARENTS!

your mom: AND WE’LL BE THE BEST GRANDMAS.

momma oiks: PERIOD!

steals your books from you in the halls so he can carry it for you

you tease each other with pet names and shit???

he’ll try to kiss your cheek in the hall but iwa grabs the back of his robe and pulls him away “you’re gross”

“you’re just jealous iwa!!”

when your houses arent playing each other, he goes to your games and vice versa!

tries to distract you in the field

“hey beautiful”

“toru don’t or i will make iwa knock you off your broom.”

“you're so mean”

so anyways yall r couple goals

"listen well, kindaichi, kunimi, your senior is showing you how to get girls.”

kunimi, without looking up from his book: what are you gonna teach us? accidentally slap the girl and get her to hate you for three years while you secretly pine over her during that time before confessing that you liked her the whole time and you go out on five dates and officially start dating? too much work

oikawa: LISTEN HERE YOU LITTLE SHIT

#oikawa toru x reader #oikawa x reader #oikawa imagine #oikawa x y/n #hq fluff #oikawa au #oikawa scenarios #hq x reader #haikyuu x reader #oikawa x reader au #oikawa tooru x reader

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bangtanfancamp · 4 years

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✨This or That!✨

Hello loves, I was tagged literal ages ago by @curly-bangtan (who is such a sweet human btw! Thank you for the tag :’) it’s impossibly sweet of you) and am in the backseat while road trippin so I’ve finally got some free time to fill this out! I’m so excited !! I love these things !so without further ado🙃 Lessss gooooo

• slow burn or love at first sight

I guess to clarify, I love an instant spark of attraction and a long treacherous road to resolution- while also being painfully obvious that there is attraction and also while being overtly flirty but no one has the emotional motor skills to just be upfront about it already

•fake dating or secret dating

Oh, 1,000,000% fake dating. It is one of the single greatest regrets of my life that no one has ever asked me to be their fake date or gf. Because I would have been F A N T A S T I C at it. But I guess I’ll never get to live out that pretend to real slowburn in real life after all.... also, secret dating can feel really sucky and isolating so I don’t recommend.

•enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers

Oh god, must I really pick between my children? My whole life it was best friends to lovers. Now that I am currently dating the guy who was my best friend, I really melt over the fiery tension of enemies to lovers ... GOD! it’s so satisfying!!! But I think best friends to lovers still has to squeak by just by an ounce. (I’m a softy at heart, what can I say?)

•oh no! There’s only one bed or long distance with correspondence

Oh far and away, the one bed trope! No contest. I also deeply regret that I haven’t figured out how to make myself attractive enough for someone to try to pull this one over on me. *sigh* well, what can you do? .... also, did a long distance relationship for...6.5 years? And yeah, if you’re a romantic like me- it is dreadfully unfulfilling, let me tell you.

•Hurt/comfort or Amnesia

Mother freaking amnesia A L W A Y S !!! Heck yes! Are there amnesia fics??? 🤭I’ve never found one! But I absolutely love this trope in stories and movies. One of my all time favorites- which AGAIN- has not had the decency to actually come to fulfillment in my real life: Like why has park Jimin never showed up spontaneously at one of my doctors appointments trying to convince me that we’ve been best friends who were secretly in love with other since we were 14 and we finally just got engaged or married a month ago and his life is incomplete without me but he’ll patiently wait for me to love him in return again in my own time but in the meantime, he’ll love me in any and every little way he can until I fall for him again? Huh? Where is it! .... was that too specific😅?

•Fantasy au or modern au

no contest. Give me medieval maidens and dragons any day. I live in modern day. Lemme tell you- she ain’t that special.

•mutual pining or domestic bliss

cue Schmidt from new girl-“I can do this AWL day, son- AWLLL DAY!!” Yessssss!!! Mutual pining is my crack! Give it to me! Always! Gimme it! (Why can’t I have the things that I want!) okay this is just a Schmidt quote/rant post now. ..... I really want to love domestic bliss. And some of the writers who are excellent at it absolutely take my breath away at how beautifully they romanticize the every day. But outside of their writing, I have no scope of how to conjure that wonder up on my own. It is a skill I deeply lack. In real life, I just wind up feeling like the bliss is boring- gimme some pining! Some angst! Some tension!!! Even if I do love me some fluff. Someone once I told me that I was in love with the idea of someone being in love with me. Gotta say, he’s not wrong.

•canon compliant or fix it fic

Honestly, I can’t say I’ve read very many of either. But I do like to see how people flex their creativity.

•alternate universe or future fic

My favorite tv show of all time is Fringe (god bless you, JJ Abrams). Your girl LOVES alternate timelines, multiple universes, flashpoint, paradox, butterfly/ripple effect- all of it!! Dear god, yes! Give it to me! (Also, every time I have a crush or dream that doesn’t work out, I comfort myself with the thought that somewhere out there, there’s an alternate timeline version of me that is happily existing with said boy or flourishing in said dream endeavor. It’s a tremendous source of comfort).

Although, I must say, in the comic realm, alternate universes can sometimes frustrate me- like genuinely, could we not just make the alpha timeline the most incredible one? Instead of the best relationships and plot threads never being actual canon?! Can we get it together??? Or are alternate timelines just the comic industry’s way of writing their own fix it fics, generations after the original protagonist has been painted into a corner. Also, how hard must that be? To write endlessly for the same character for 60+ years? We write one fic or a couple books for the same character... could you IMAGINE having to supply 60 years worth of consistent weekly or monthly context!!! Wild

•one shot or multi chapter

I prefer multi chapter because I prefer getting engrossed in an entire work/world. Usually I am left wanting with a well written one shot, because they’ve made it so real that I can’t stand not having more- so my greedy butt loves the feast of multi chapter so I can have as many delicious moments and details with these characters as possible.

I do however deeply admire the skill and brevity it takes to made a succinct one shot. @underthejoon and @kpopfanfictrash are both brilliant as heck at that. And it is admirable as all get out.

•kid fic or road trip fic

honestly, considering how much I swoon over men who are good with children in real life, and how much I look forward to being both pregnant and a mom one day, I really never get into kid or pregnancy fics. I just don’t? Don’t know why. But a road trip!???? Oh heck yes!!! 👏🏽Where 👏🏽do 👏🏽I 👏🏽sign 👏🏽up!!???👏🏽

•reincarnation or character death

Oh absolutely reincarnation. I love that. I blame sailor moon for that.....But also, I think it’s just very in line with my love of alternate universes and timelines. I love how everything is connected/weaves together and feels predestined in the best way. I’m a complete sucker for it

•arranged marriage or accidental marriage

Like @curly-bangtan I legit had no clue accidental marriage was a thing? Unless you count being drunk at Vegas and waking up with a ring or we’re on some Jacob and Leah/Rachel level ish (which is really and truly the WILDEST™️ story ever ya’ll) ..... but I love a good arranged marriage scenario. The tension/push pull and inevitable relenting is so fun. But will say though, why the heck do women always fight it? Like there’s literally a whole Kim taehyung or Kim Namjoon offering to voluntarily love you and you wanna whine about it???!?! How dare you

•high school romance or Middle Aged romance

This, again, one is a pretty firm, resolute one for me. I’ll take high school. I’ve always felt a little oddly uncomfortable with more mature™️ romance stories? Not sure why. But I think the really beautiful ones always hark back to the beauty of their feelings being refreshing like the innocence of their first love. I know I personally can over glorify youth, but I love coming of age romance (high school, college, twenties) and no one can stop me!!!! I will say though, I have a secret soft spot for the niche of story where people have loved the same person since they were young and the timing just never works out but they finally find each other when they’re older. (One day is like that, and film or movie, it will absolutely rip your heart out-my god, it’s beautiful)

•Time travel or isolated together

These are both freaking AMAZING! But if anything has been established in this post, I think it’s my deep love of alternate timeline/reincarnation/time travel stories. I think they’re all from the same cloth. I adore them (I just haven’t written one because I’m not sure I could do the subtlety of it any justice.) maybe one day. My favorite writers are rumored to have the same Myers’s Briggs type as me so maybe I too could someday have a fraction of their world building skill.

I 100% love both of these so neither is a loser. But give me isolated together AND one bed in the same fic???? Speakers blown

•neighbors or roommates

I have never had the pleasure of having an attractive neighbor, though I often pined for it. (I have a bomb idea for a neighbor Hobi fic though) I did have a cute neighborhood boy who occasionally cut the grass for us in high school. But that doesn’t really count.... anyway! I LOVE the idea of being roommates with an attractive boy!!! Like holy guac, can I please????? Cocktailing this trope makes me swoon harder than none other- best friends to lovers + roommates? Yes. Enemies to lovers + roommates? Holy heck. Soulmate au + roomates???? Hold my sweet tea. MUTUAL PINING AND ROOMATES!!!! Pregnant. Fantasy/magic au+ mutual pining + best friends to lovers + soulmate au + reincarnation + roommate au!?!?!?!! frickin dead in the streets, homie.

I cannot say enough how much I enjoy roomate au. In a serious conversation, I once legitimately told my current boyfriend that the idea of marriage freaks me out- but the idea of being best friend roomates with sexual tension sounds like a dream come true. God help me.

•sci fi or magic au

I love sci fi. Deeply. But I will never love logic more than magic. Ever. (All my infp’s! come join me in the comments. 🙈)

•body swap or gender bend

Body swap has always deeply intrigued me. Especially in film. But I’ve never seen it in a fic. I’ve always wanted somebody to be able to switch into my body to feel physically, mentally and emotionally like i do. The deepest level of empathy & jean grey telepathy if you ask me, even if the trope is generally used for comedy. But the idea of switching into a dudes body and having to deal with their anatomy low key freaks me the eff out. If I got stuck in jungkooks body, I don’t think I’d pee or shower for a week 🙈 sorry everybody. I was really sheltered ok? Please don’t come for me. Lol...... also, have never seen a gender bend fic. Not sure how that would work. Not my favorite idea.

•angst or crack

Angst is my crack.

Honestly though, if it’s well written, it doesn’t feel ‘angsty’- cuz that means whiny or clunky to me. Well written ‘angst’ just feels emotionally compelling, I think. My writing weirdly leans toward what I hope is real angst (I e solid, genuine conflict and not petulance), but when I seek out a read, I look for crack honestly.

• apocalyptic or mundane

I offer you one better- a love story of the beauty of the mundane amidst the apocalyptic.

*mic drop*

Seriously though, the setting provides enough tension usually. Especially if it’s zombie apocalyptic. Just let jungkook’s fingers delicately trace my palm and smile, sweet and lopsided at me in the candle light, while we hide away in our little bomb shelter that I’ve turned into a jungle garden to bring life into this wasteland a la secret life of arrietty. sigh. Maybe I need to write this....

My gosh!!! We made it to the end! That was so much fun! Thank you for tagging me, sweetness!💕✨ 🙂

I’ll add a tag list shortly- @laurelevermore @lamourche @bts-fantasy @urlocalkpoptrash @thedreaming-poet @kimcheeeeeeeeee @hayjeon @outrotearot7 @lorengarcia-yut @bts-luvvv @chicpalestinian @flyingchixenwing @glodenclosetau @space-mermaid-in-love @thiccasswonhoruinedmylife @minminslittlemonster

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Hi!!!! I was wondering if I could do a request where the reader goes to an exo concert and doesn't tell them and they see pics/vids of her there & getting along really well with them and they get into a fight becos he's jealous?? Sorry if that doesn't make sense...

Jin

He didn’t realize it was you at first; he had been sent a bunch of videos of EXO hanging out and it completely confused him. hat is until a bunch of tweets started spreading, questioning you about how long you had been a fan and if Jin was with you at the concert. It was then that he realized that not only did you go to their concert and not tell him, you were hanging out with them backstage, sitting with them on the couch, dancing with them, being close with them. He was a little annoyed to say the least. He wonders why you didn’t tell him, getting concerned over why you would want to keep that a secret. When you got home he was waiting on the couch, television off, phone in his hands.

“Yah, you could have just told me you were going to a concert. You don’t have to hide things from me, especially when I have time off, you should let me know if you already have plans so I don’t feel stupid waiting to spend time with you all day…” His words started out kind, he didn’t want to be mean, but they gradually got more harsh as he spoke. It took you back quite a bit, you hadn’t expected such a harsh reaction from him.

“I got the tickets a while ago, I didn’t know you would be off today so I didn’t think it mattered. Next time you have time off feel free to go off on your own, I don’t want you to waste anymore of your time.” You bit back with hurt evident in your tone. God he felt like an ass.

Yoongi

He’s not the type to get jealous easily, he knows you love him so he has no reason to. That is, until he sees photos of you hugging Chen, the same guy who admitted very publicly that he had a crush on you. He couldn’t stop the anger from building up.

When you got home he wasn’t there. For the next week he didn’t come home and the only explanation he gave you was that he was ‘busy’ and would ‘be staying at the studio for a while’. It didn’t take you more than two seconds to realize he was mad at you but you couldn’t figure out why, and it certainly didn’t help that he wouldn’t answer his phone no matter how many times you called or texted. The boys didn’t have answers for you either.

The final straw for you was when you went to finally visit him at the end of the week. You brought him food just in case he was hungry, hoping he would at least talk with you. But when you knocked he didn’t answer. You knew he was in there cause when you knocked the music stopped. For good measure you knocked once more. Hearing movement you thought he was coming to let you in; instead you heard the sound of the lock clicking. You didn’t want to believe it but when you tried to twist the knob you realized he wasn’t unlocking the door, he was locking you out.

Hoseok

He didn’t want to be mad at you, you weren’t doing anything wrong, but he still felt twisting in the pit of his stomach as more videos popped up of you enjoying your time with the other group. He didn’t stop watching the videos even though he knew they were only making him worse. Instead, he watched them on loop until you got home. And the anger was unleashed on you.

He had argued with you for over an hour about how you were too close with other guys and how you were making everyone doubt your relationship, even him. When he said he was doubting your relationship you couldn’t help but be wounded. You knew you didn’t do anything out of line and yet he was trying to say that he didn’t have faith in you anymore.

“Well if you can’t trust me then why are we together?!” You shouted with pure anger flowing out of you. He seemed a bit startled by your question but fired back with just as much rage,

“If you’re going to keep being like this then maybe we shouldn’t be!”

Silence filled the room, both of your chests heaving. His with anger as he calmed from his rage. Yours, yours was heaving as you attempted to hold back the tears that were so dangerously close to spilling out.

Namjoon

He knew he was spiraling when he saw the images; he knew he needed to ignore them. You weren’t doing anything bad. You weren’t even being touchy with them. Yet he was freaking out. You could easily be with any of them. He could see it i their eyes when they looked at you that any of them would be happy to have you at their side. You didn’t have to stay with him. You could leave him.

The door opening broke him out of his trance and he jumped to his feet.

“You’re really coming back here after hanging around all of those guys?!” He questioned. You were clearly caught off guard buy the anger he spoke with. You didn’t think there should be any problem.

“What are you talking about Nams, I live here of course I would come back here.” You were so confused about his attitude, but he took it as you not taking the situation seriously.

“I’m surprised you didn’t go home with one of them. You like spending so much time with them so you might as well.” Oh Hell no. He saw it in your eyes as soon as he said that. You were not about to have any of his shit tonight.

“Do you get my permission anytime you hang out with a woman, Namjoon? No. Do you tell me where you’re going and when you’ll be coming back everyday? No. So why the fuck do you expect me to do that? I can hang out with whoever I want, whenever I want; and if you have a problem with that, then you can take your jealous ass elsewhere. When you get over yourself you can come back.”

i can see anyone he dates having to be just as scary if not more than him

(him after you go off)

Jimin

From the moment you walked in the door he was cold toward you. He wouldn’t be mean or rude to you at all, but he wouldn’t hug you when you got home, he wouldn’t cuddle you when you laid next to him in bed. He didn’t act the same as he normally did and you automatically knew that something was up. He wouldn’t tell you at first, letting himself simmer in his own anger. After a few days, though, he was tired of keeping it to himself.

“You think I’m being distant? Well maybe that’s because you can’t keep your hands off other men! It’s a concert, not a strip show, so why were you getting all close with them?! Why did you come home wearing one of their jackets?!” He had let himself stew for so long that when he finally boiled over it was a jarring moment. There was so much anger that you had to admit you were a little concerned.

“I was cold and they didn’t want me getting sick on the way home, Jimin. I didn’t do anything bad so I don’t see why you’re mad at me. Yes I was close with the, I’ve been a fan for so long I was so happy to meet them but I didn’t do anything that you don’t do with your fans. So stop it. Stop being mad at me and go back to being my Jiminie…”

Taehyung

He would be straightforward about his issue. As soon as you got home he would want to sit down and talk. He couldn’t keep the annoyance out of his voice as he confronted you. He kept saying you were too close to them and how everyone was going to spread rumors about you now; he started ranting about how you caused so many problems for him now, all because you went to a concert.

He was stunned when you started yelling at him. Of course you didn’t like what he was insinuating! He had no right to say that you were causing problems over something so minuscule. He bit back at you, arguing that you were to irresponsible, that you should have asked him to come with you or not gone at all. And that’s where it got bad. It went back and forth, arguing over little things said and done by the other that made the two of you annoyed and when the arguing finally stopped you were both red in the face, tears running down your cheeks. It felt like a breakup even if no one said it was.

Jungkook

This is the only boy that wouldn’t be starting a fight. Don’t get me wrong, he was so jealous just seeing you be around them. But, he would get bratty more than mad, and it was almost more infuriating than a fight.

When you got back he wouldn’t greet you. When you said your hellos to him he would just ignore you, turning up his nose. As you got changed for bed you asked to borrow one of his shirts. And this is where it starts.

“Why don’t you ask one of your EXO boyfriends for a shirt.” It was muttered but still held the bitterness. Ah, so that’s why he was being so cold. You rolled your eyes, grabbing one of his shirts anyway, before climbing into bed. You tried to curl up with him, like you did every night. But he turned over and moved over to the edge of the bed.

“Really, Jungkook? Can’t we just cuddle and go to sleep?” You groaned.

“Go cuddle with your EXO boys.” You grit your teeth and grabbed your pillow. You slipped out of bed and stomped out.

“I’ll sleep in the spare room then, since you want to be such a child.” He wouldn’t respond to you at all but you could hear him let out a igh as you closed the door behind you. You hope he regrets it.

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Inopinatus

Reminiscing [2]

inopinatus, inopinata, inopinatum

adjective

Definitions:

unexpected, unforeseen, surprising

A/n: This is all a flashback chapter.

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"Johnny!"

The petite , cheerful girl ran over to the tall male who was placed on the old, wooden swings that lay centered in the park. Her arms waving up and down as she tried to gain his attention. The boy looked up from his phone to face her, a playful smile staining his features.

"Hyerin, you're actually on time for once, what a surprise!" His voice oozing with sarcasm as Hyerin jokingly punched his shoulder.

"Bitch." Her face wearing a warm smile contrasting her brash words.

Johnny had asked her to hang out that night, why her best friend suddenly had the urge to eat ice cream at 2am was a mystery to her, nevertheless she complied his wishes.

Taking a seat next to him on the swing set, she asked.

"Where are we going now?" Turning to face the girl, Johnny put his finger against his lips as he replied.

"It's a surprise! You would have to wait and see." His face serious as he gestured for her to cover her eyes.

Sighing, Hyerin followed his instruction and shut her eyes close. Suddenly, she felt her hand being intertwined with another - assuming it was Johnny - she held it tightly . Getting up from the swings, Johnny carefully guided her, walking slowly to make sure she wasn't about to fall over something. Step by step, Hyerin became more curious, however before she could question him he announced their arrival.

"Open your eyes."

Slowly, Hyerin uncovered her eyes, the light hitting her as she tried to adjust to the new setting.

As she surveyed the area, she found herself in awe, they had arrived in front of her favourite café, it was open 24/7 and they even provided the customers with different books and comics whilst they ate and drank. Hyerin was delighted as she immediately ran inside, dragging Johnny along with her. How he knows her so well was surprising.

They had chosen a couch that was near the windows, allowing them the view of the surroundings and greenery. After forcing Johnny to order and pay, Hyerin grabbed a comic from the shelf behind her, beginning to read it as she waited for Johnny to come back.

She was suddenly interrupted when a loud bang echoed the room, the view of bubble tea and fries seen from her peripheral vision. Exclaiming in delight, she shut the manga close and focused her attention on the food in front of her. Oh how she missed nights like these, eating good food and spilling all the good tea that occurred during school. Stuffing a fry into her mouth, she watched as Johnny sat down before her, beginning to rant about something that would not likely interest her, however she chose to listen to it anyway.

"Okay so calc sucked. There was this bitch called Chittaporn or some shit like that , and basically he fucking made me get a low score in our project because his bitch ass-"

As Johnny was oh so passionately explaining the occurrences of his day, Hyerin couldn't help but notice all the little things about him. Like how his hands would make gestures as he talked, how he would always talk with so much emotion, how his lips looked so-

Her thoughts were interrupted as the taller male waved his hand up and down in front of her to get her attention. Snapping out of it she focused her gaze on him.

"You okay Hyerin? You keep daydreaming, am I that boring?!" Johnny exclaimed in shock, completely dramatising his words. His hands coming up to clutch his chest, as if he was struck with pain.

Rolling her eyes, Hyerin playfully threw a fry at him, which he managed to dodge.

"Just continue talking idiot." Her hands once again finding the food below her.

The night was eventful to say the least, after recieving glares from the cashier for being loud, they had checked the time and decided to go back, after all they did still have school the following day. Johnny had offered to walk her home, which she kindly declined, however he did so anyway. Which made her question why he would keep asking at this point.

They had made it to her door step -which took them longer than usual because Johnny was complaining about how he was full and couldn't walk- Hyerin turned around to the boy.

"See you tommorow."Her hands making a small wave as she unlocked her door, her back facing the boy.

Johnny's gaze directed to the floor as his smile dropped. He cleared his voice before replying.

"Yeah." His voice strained but he tried his best to cover it up. He waved back as Hyerin entered her house, leaving the boy on the porch.

"I hope so." He whispered as he finally turned around to leave. His head lowered in disappointment.

•

It was 8:40 as Hyerin ran down the streets, her cup of coffee still warm from this morning. She had forgotten (again) to set her alarm the night before. She really needed to get into the habit of setting it.

Dodging the people who walked by, she managed to get inside the gates on time, the teacher adjacent to it glaring at her. Giving him a cheeky smile, she thankfully bowed as she dashed to her classroom.

'Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.'

She wasn't late however, as her form teacher hadn't shown up yet, which was quite convenient. Panting as she reached the door entry, she scanned the room for any traces of Johnny. Her eyes skimmed the room, however all she saw were unfamiliar faces, non of which were Johnny. She sighed (she tends to do that a lot nowadays) as she trudged over to her desk, taking a sip from her cup. Hopefully she hadn't forgotten any of her books, she wasn't in the mood for detention today.

"Hyerin?" An unfamiliar voice called out to her as she began to un pack her bag. Turning around, her eyes met another pair. The male was quite short -in her opinion- yet his angelic features lit up and his eyes sparkled with cheerfulness. Confused as to why this ethereal being decided to call out to her, she looked around them to check if he was speaking to her before facing the male once more.

"Yeah?" She scrunched up her brows in confusion as she questioned the male.

The boy scratched the back of his neck as he contemplated whether or not to ask her.

"Um, have you seen Johnny? He hasn't replied to any of my calls and we have a group meeting today."

That was strange, no, it was really strange. Johnny was the type to answer his phone straight away, so if he hadn't picked up something must have been wrong.

Hyerin looked dumbfounded before replying back. " Sorry I haven't, uh who are you?"

His eyes widened in realisation as repeatedly bowed.

"Sorry for not introducing myself, I'm moon taeil "

The male stuck his hand out gesturing for her to shake it, in which she did so.

"Well I'll ask him to call you back." Hyerin replied to him, still not believing the current endeavour. The boy's features lit up once more as he smiled warmly at her, nodding towards her as he made his way to the other end of the room.

Hyerin felt suspicious, bringing out her phone to text Johnny.

Sent to: Johnny

Where are you?

Seen at 8:44am

Hyerin scoffed and sent him another message.

Sent to: Johnny

Hello? Don't just see my text and not reply

Seen at 8:44am

Hyerin scoffed in disbelief, whatever happened to him must have been awful for him to leave her at read. He wouldn't just do this with no reason. She knew that people have their privacy and she knew not to pry, but how could she not be concerned for her best friend?

Huffing, Hyerin shut her phone off and slid it into her pocket as her teacher walked into the room. She would not enjoy today.

•

It had been a week, and Johnny had still not returned to school, even managing to ignore all of Hyerin's texts. She was beyond anxious now, what if something bad happened to him? The past week was terrible, she had no one to rant to and to pick on. Minhee tried her best to cheer her up, however nothing seemed to brighten the girl's mood.

Hyerin walked into class, her feet dragging across the floor as her shoulders slumped. She sighed.

'Another day and I feel like shit.'

She made her way to the back of the class, choosing to sit in the corner, deciding that she was going to act like an anime character. She set her bag down and gazed outside the window, lost in her thoughts. She didn't know what happened to Johnny and why he was avoiding her texts, at least she didn't feel lonely with Minhee around and keeping her company. She yawned as she layed her head on the table, the drowsiness taking over.

Bang!!

Hyerin looked up as the door to the classroom slammed open, revealing a bunch of rowdy boys who came scurrying inside, their obnoxious laughter filling the air. Hyerin rolled her eyes as she lowered her head back down onto the desk.

'Some loud jackasses' She scowled as they had interrupted her nap.

The loud commotion in the room died down as the boys huddled around a single desk, the classmates's stares averting back to their original focus. However the nine boys soon broke the silence as the noise returned. Hyerin groaned as she lifted her head up, ready to scold the living shit out of them when they suddenly started talking.

"That was amazing. Who knew Johnny could run like that?"

One of the boys spoke aloud, brushing his silver hair back, his face full of amusement. The rest of them nodded in agreement before a taller male had stood up, rolling his eyes.

"Whatever do you mean? If I tried ,I could possibly beat Usain bolt for all you low peasants would know."

His finger pointed accusingly at every one of them as feigned gasps of shock filled the air.

'Wait a minute.' Hyerin thought to herself, she glanced at the male from afar.

'Isn't that Johnny?'

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Jessica Jones Season 2 Deep-Dive: Why Marvel-Netflix's Best Show Suffers

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Jessica Jones Season 2 Deep-Dive: Why Marvel-Netflix's Best Show Suffers

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After a superb first season, which delivered a compelling narrative with powerful themes and fascinating characters – it was easily the best of the Marvel-Netflix productions – the second season of Jessica Jones is a relative mess. The problem is that although the writers, led by creator Melissa Rosenberg, knew where they wanted the characters to end up – Jessica, Trish and Malcolm are all estranged at the end of the second season – they couldn’t figure out how to get there convincingly.

This resulted in lazy shortcuts and narrative leaps that didn’t quite fit the characters, or seemed out of flow with what we’ve had seen until now. With the full Jessica Jones season 2 out late last week, we had a chance to binge-watch it in its entirety, and figure out what precisely went wrong this year. And given the various problems, here’s a look at the problems for the big characters, and the one exception which bucked this trend.

Jessica Jones On the back of her actions at the end of season 1 – killing Kilgrave (David Tennant) – one of the important arcs for Jessica in season 2 involved grappling with how far she was capable of going, and how deeply that affected her. It’s why the season opens with a case where the person who hired her asks her to kill someone, because that brings out a side of Jessica she’s trying to suppress. “I don’t kill people,” she says to herself more than anyone, “because I’m not a murderer.”

It’s followed by a look in Ritter’s eyes which says she’s not entirely convinced herself. That’s why Jessica Jones season 2 brings the abusive prison guard, Dale Holiday (Brian Hutchison) much later in the season to tackle that situation from a different perspective. Sure, she kills him in self-defence, but she instigated things by breaking into his house. And taking the effort to make it look like a suicide rather than call the police doesn’t do her character any good.

Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones, and David Tennant as Kilgrave in season 2 Photo Credit: David Giesbrecht/Netflix

Inside Jessica Jones Season 2, With Trish, Malcolm, and Jessica

Jessica’s guilt and trauma over her actions causes her conscience to manifest itself as her tormentor Kilgrave, who represents everything she fears she could be. And that episode, “AKA Three Lives and Counting”, instantly becomes better simply by bringing back Tennant (and in a few scenes, more than one of him). Because the character was so compelling in the first season, his mere presence lights up the show, and seeing Jessica “trade banter with a delusion”, as she remarks, is a delight even as it’s eating the protagonist.

But where Jessica Jones season 2 fails is in how it handles this. It takes nine hours for this subplot to unravel itself on the show. Had the season been shorter and better structured, it could have portrayed the effects of Jessica slipping back into killing someone and covering it up in a much better manner. By relegating the subplot-building to one episode, and a character introduced just one episode before that whom audiences could have no investment in, it lacked the required emotional substance.

Alisa Jones One of the best, if not the best, facets of the first season of Jessica Jones was its villain: Kilgrave. And thanks to Tennant, whose charisma further lifted the role, the character’s absence from the start of season 2 is painfully obvious. Despite the evilness and downright creepiness of the things he did – at one point in the season 2 episode he returns, he says to Jessica: “I’m inside you forever” – there was a certain joy in watching the dynamic between Jessica and him.

Because Kilgrave was so deeply embedded into Jessica’s traumatic past, he was also a more personal villain than you could possibly have. It’s why season 2’s new villain, Alisa Jones (Janet McTeer), can’t compare, even though she’s Jessica’s mother. Though Alisa takes a much more laissez-faire attitude to the subject of murder, which repeatedly puts her at odds with her daughter, the show ends up using the oh-but-her-brain-is-wired-like-that route to justify a lot of the bloodshed she causes, which undermines the narrative than spur it.

Janet McTeer as Alisa Jones in season 2 Photo Credit: David Giesbrecht/Netflix

Jessica Jones Is a Lot Less Special in Season 2

Plus, the history between Alisa and Jessica is severely lacking since they’ve been not present in each other’s lives for seventeen years. And so every time Jessica Jones season 2 harps on about the meaning and importance of family, it just rings hollow. Whenever the show (through Jessica or other characters) tries to make the point that ‘Alisa is still Jessica’s mother even if she kills people’, there’s no sense of emotional gravity to any of it.

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Most of this stems out of poor writing in the first few episodes of season 2. Instead of establishing Alisa from the get-go, Jessica Jones takes a long-winded route via Trish digging into IGH for her radio show, and it doesn’t pay off. The show would’ve been better served by introducing Dr. Karl Malus (Callum Keith Rennie) and Alisa earlier instead of using them to propel the IGH mystery.

Season 2 does improve after we get a window into that world midway through – there’s almost a bottle episode where Jessica and Alisa spend the episode in two different rooms talking – but after realising that it also needs to start setting up the conclusion, Jessica Jones conjures up events to rush out the mother-daughter relationship. Writing in an accident so the two can bond over saving people, or Alisa remarking that she dreamt about her every night doesn’t mean much when the groundwork isn’t laid down properly.

Trish Walker The big thing for Jessica’s adoptive sister and best friend during season 2 was wanting to be more than who she is. It’s why she was in a relationship with English journalist Griffin Sinclair (Hal Ozsan), because she wanted to be a serious news journalist and move away from her lifestyle image on Trish Talk, and it’s why Trish kept forcing Jessica into uncovering things she’d rather keep buried. Jessica Jones laid down her ethos when a character remarked that Trish was jealous of Jessica’s powers.

The path to hell – or if you prefer, Hellcat – for Trish in season 2 ended up including sliding back into bed with her former enemy: addiction. She got hooked to the performance-enhancing drugs that gave her quicker reflexes, improved strength, and better awareness of her surroundings, thanks to the inhaler used by Will Simpson (Wil Traval), after he was killed by Alisa early in the season; and the acts of heroism she was able to perform under its influence, such as saving Malcolm or ranting at her radio job.

Rachael Taylor as Trish Walker in season 2 Photo Credit: David Giesbrecht/Netflix

Jessica Jones, Annihilation, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and More on Netflix This March

As intriguing as it is for comic book fans to see how Trish moves towards her alter-ego, Jessica Jones season 2 doesn’t give Rachael Taylor enough material to work with, in showcasing her obsession with being a hero. More problematically, the writers failed to make a convincing argument for Trish becoming the woman to kill Alisa, in addition to the logistical impossibility of how the events had unfolded.

It only further contributes to the season-long problem for Jessica Jones season 2, in that it achieves a narrative goal in an unconvincing fashion. For what it’s worth, that goal is intriguing. Jessica, Trish, and Malcolm (Eka Darville) are estranged from each other at the end of the season, mostly thanks to Trish’s doings, and it’ll be interesting to see where that goes in a potential third season. That’s if the writers are up to the task.

Jeri Hogarth It says something about Jessica Jones season 2 that the most convincing storyline involved little to no super-sleuthing. After Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) was diagnosed with ALS and her partners tried to force her out of her firm, she decides to fight her way through. She tasks Jessica to dig into her partners’ to find dirt – it’s Malcolm who ends up doing all the work, and hence the credit – and she goes deep into alternative medicine to find a cure.

The Hogarth storyline does suffer from a lack of material, and there’s little reason for it to unfold over 13 episodes other than that it’s part of a Marvel-Netflix show, but it does give Moss the chance to do something new with her attorney character, and not just make appearances as everyone’s lawyer across the season. The best of that is reserved for later in the season; when Hogarth finds herself she’s been duped by someone pretending to have powers, she comes up with an effective plan that doesn’t need her to get her hands dirty, but makes use of her manipulative abilities.

Carrie-Anne Moss as Jeri Hogarth in season 2 Photo Credit: David Giesbrecht/Netflix

AKA The End In our review of Jessica Jones season 2, based on the first five episodes, we wondered if things would pick up after a disappointing, meandering start. Having seen the other eight episodes, we can say that it does get there, but only in parts. The quality of writing improves in certain episodes, especially the one that brings back Kilgrave, but it’s nowhere near as consistent as it needs to be. Once too often, the show takes an approach that doesn’t make sense, and it doesn’t help that things repeatedly happen to Jessica, instead of she taking action on her own.

The themes it presents and the lessons it imparts are still important – highlighting the problem of us being our own worst enemies, and learning to live in spite of trauma – but the road it takes is full of potholes that it can’t avoid, and the scenery around it isn’t remotely as interesting as the one we’ve been witness to in the first season. The good bit is that the road ahead is clear.

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