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kindlespark · 1 month
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omg i was just going through ur babel posts and i was wondering if u had any more details abt the cohortswap au, it looked super interesting! love ur art btw <3
HELLO. I AM SO SO MAD THIS TOOK ME SO LONG TO ANSWER BC I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO ASK FOR MONTHS but i haven't had like a single free hour until now ANYWAY OF COURSE THANK U SM FOR TAKING INTEREST
MAJOR BABEL SPOILERS AHEAD //
cohortswap is basically an au eren @chromathesia came up with where griffin and robin swap places in the story; robin is now the older golden child gone astray, and griffin is now the younger second failure. and the rest of the cohorts get swapped with them!
we have a lore doc that is like over 14 pages long but we are keeping the full thing under wraps for now because eren is writing a massive fic they don't want to spoil too early lmaooo
some foundational deets:
ramy still dies... so sorry. except in this case he and robin planned to run and leave babel for the hermes society together (the um. romantic eloping is implied but unfortunately i don't think either of them get a real chance to act on it), and they plan for victoire to stay behind to keep leaking information out to them. letty finds out and betrays them the same way; calling the cops and barging in with a gun and. yeah. except this time, because it happens outside their dorm rooms, robin manages to escape, and drags ramy's body across half of oxford to bury him in the garden of the old library. he is deeply deeply fucked up from this
professor lovell doesn't die... so sorry. furious about robin's betrayal, he blames it on robin being corrupted by spending too long in his home country, and rips griffin out of china early. but he realises very quickly that griffin isn't fluent in chinese and can barely hold a candle to robin's talent. he never tells griffin about robin but very much takes it all out on griffin, who grows up feeling compared to a ghost his whole childhood. when he first meets robin it all clicks, and he can't help but resent his older brother for the hell he got put through
to save herself, victoire sucks up to letty, tells her that she almost got hooked by hermes and wants out and to put it behind them after everything, and letty is so desperate to believe it that she pulls all her strings to vouch for her and keep her safe. victoire remains at babel and she keeps working covertly with hermes under letty's nose. my comic was about letty and victoire first seeing griffin in babel, and mistaking him for robin. letty doesnt take it well lmao but also in her bullheaded stubbornness starts to treats griffin as her second chance to prevent robin's "mistakes" from happening again lollll
so that's like the general premise! here's some other fun deets:
robin is... severely depressed but is determined to follow through on hermes' work and not give himself an easy out like ramy implied. griffin is so desperately eager for more of hermes when he finds out, but robin keeps him at an arms' length for ages because he's literally been wanting to die for years and is not prepared or willing to have a little brother to look after now. they end up butting heads more often than not and it's a very strained relationship (as griffin and robin's relationship is in canon)
when griffin fails his silver-working test, it's because robin tries to help offhand by giving him a matchpair he came up with. griffin can't get it to work in the exam, but worst of all, chakravarti recognises it as robin's work. he doesn't report griffin for it since he's also a part of hermes, but he tries to give griffin a second chance to come up with his own, and griffin can't, so he fails. up until that point griffin had been trying to hide from robin how little he knew, so the look on robin's face when griffin next sees him is unbearable, like, the mix of pity and anger that griffin didn't tell him, the disappointment that griffin wasn't the connection to robin's culture he wanted, the guilt that robin let lovell rip someone else out of their home, and now griffin knows exactly what letting down an older brother feels like. but it all happens in the half second before robin squashes it all down and gets down to business because there are more important things to worry about and maybe it's good that can't get caught up in griffin's life like this. to quote eren: "i think the worst part to griffin would be that robin just treats it like a setback. like okay, that's one less tool for you to use, you'll have to make up for that deficiency somewhere, moving on, when he wants robin to react as though it's personal to him that griffin doesn't measure up because it should be, because griffin's not good enough for their father (and robin always rolls his eyes when griffin tries to claim lovell and griffin knows why but lies to himself that he doesn't) so he must not be good enough to this tarnished golden child, the prodigal son that lovell tried to recreate. but no, he's just slightly more ineffectual gear within the revolution now, that's a slight hiccup at best and not an entire childhood snatched away from a boy whose clearest memory of canton is the smell of sesame oil in a wok" 
robin warns griffin about recruiting evie very early on, but doesn't tell him about letty or ramy for a long while because the wound is still fresh. griffin still persists, and robin is forced to whisk griffin out of babel after he kills evie. and he's just a mess whispering "you were right you were right im sorry im so sorry" because robin told him this could happen, but he let love and idealism cloud his judgments with evie, and robin has NEVER seen griffin like this, and any angry berating about griffin's stupid misjudgments die on his lips
griffin/anthony is so so very real. anthony is recruited by victoire separately, so griffin isn't even aware for a while and i think anthony actually held off on telling griffin bc of how close he was with sterling LOL. griffin and sterling had something insane going on at first, with sterling trying to be genuinely sympathetic to griffin's plight as an attempt to distinguish himself from his uncle's legacy, before the years drive them apart and griffin becomes aware that everything sterling conceded to him was merely lipservice. anthony and griffin get really close after they realise the other is already apart of hermes and post-evie as well. eren writes sterling as a critique of armchair radicals who see a sliver of violent liberation in practice and easily revert back into believing that the oppressed are savages. evie is a critique of white woman tears <3 i do believe she cries every time someone called her out for saying anything a little racist
yeah um there is way more and we both have comic/fic wips we're working on for the au but i will end this post here because it got so insanely long christ above. thank you so much for the question though i have soooo many thoughts about cohortswap au it's been absolutely taking over my brain
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nintendont2502 · 8 months
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What's up with heirstuck and reboot
Heirstuck is just my version of the generic homestuck fantasy AU (the planning document is actually named 'Yet Another Generic Fantasy AU' so I kinda call it heirstuck + YAGFAU interchangeably lmao), but idk I think its fun. I put a shit ton of effort into the world building/lore but also I have no fucking clue what to actually do with it? Idk might write smth after I finish Reboot
Reboot is just 'self indulgent shit: the fic' and I love it so fucking much. It's also the only fic idea I've actually written something for (8k so far baybee). It's all I think about at work because driving is Boring
Hold up im gonna add a cut here because im about to infodump hard
Reboot: takes place 10 years after the game ends, and right after Dirk kills himself like he does in the Candy timeline (except there's no Ult selves this time - dude was just Not Doing Great). Jake *also* isn't doing great, manages to convince himself that there *has* to be a Dirk, and somehow Hopes into existence a 13 year old Hal, who's very confused (because his last memory was dying as Arquiussprite when he tried to leave the game*) and definitely not Dirk. Jake freaks out, Hal *also* freaks out and passes out (partially due to just being overwhelmed by being literally Hoped into existence), and Jake takes them to Dirk's old apartment where he uh. May or may not keep him kidnapped there for just over a month (although he'd never admit that he's essentially kidnapped someone to himself). Also he keeps trying to figure out how to 'fix' everything, and somehow ends up deluding himself through the power of Hope into seeing Hal *as* Dirk. Hal (who at this point is incredibly scared just by. Everything (including Jake flipping his shit and punching him at one point) goes along with it.
Eventually Jane figures out what's going on, finds Hal and loses her shit because holy shit her husband created life, kidnapped said life and didn't tell her for a month straight. Hal ends up moving in with Dave and Karkat (who are very very gay and very very in denial about that) and gets a job with crockercorp because he doesn't fully trust dave and karkat yet, and wants to be able to support himself. Eventually he realises thst he *can* trust dave and karkat (and his job is incredibly fucking boring) and he tries to quit, but whoops! Turns out he was *technically* registered as Crockercorp property.
To try and cover up Jake's... everything, Jane secretly gave him a role at Crockercorp in the research and development sector, with Hal legally being his prototype for Crockercorp's supposed AI program. Jane was originally just going to leave it, but crockercorp is struggling financially, and AI research could be enough to keep them running. Which means.- Hal isn't allowed to leave. Obviously Hal, dave and Karkat are *furious* about that, but there isn't anything they can do - legally, Hal doesnt exist as a person, and when they try to take Crockercorp to court, they lose. Bad. Jane (who isn't the absolute worst yet but judt give her time) offers them a contract where Hal can do his work from home four days a week, and only comes in on Mondays. She does get worse though. Way fucking worse - she begins to realise that if they're going to pull off the AI thing (and they have to, because they've invested so much time already and there's so much on the line), they need Hal to obey them- and right now, he isn't doing that. Being at Dave and Karkats most of tje time gives him a stable home base, so he feels confident enough to tell crocker to fuck off and not play into her robot shit. Eventually, she starts getting even more desperate, and Bad Shit happens which I won't spoil here :)
Heirstuck doesn't have a plot yet, but it's pretty standard 'homestuck fantasy AU' shit. Derse and Propsit are two separate kingdoms, ruled by the alpha kids (who are 20) with the beta kids (who are like 16) being the heirs to the throne. Alternia is a separate kingdom on the outskirts that fucking hates the human kingdoms, and the human kingdoms are also at war with each other
The rules of succession are pretty interesting though I think - each kingdom has two thrones, the male and the female throne. Only members of the royal family who show signs of magic abilities are able to claim the throne, and there's always two royals of each gender - one on the throne, and a heir. In both kingdoms, the male members of the royal family take one last name (Strider in Derse, Egbert in Prospit), while the female members take a different last name (Lalonde in Derse, Harley in Prospit).
The last Queen of Prospit (Queen Harley) mysteriously disappeared one day, along with the former King Egbert, leaving Jane and Jake to take the throne. Only a few days earlier, Queen Lalonde and King Strider of Derse *also* died, forcing Dirk and Roxy to the thrones. All four were far younger than any recorded rulers in history, and the suspiciously close timing of the rulers deaths only lead to more suspicion between the two kingdoms, fueling the war even further. Just after the crowning of the two kingdoms new rulers, the ruler of Alternia - Her Imperial Condesce - returned after her decades long disappearance, telling Alternia to ready for war
Before Queen Harley died, she spent a lot of time with her Heirs Jane and Jake, although what she did was unknown. It must have had an impact, though, because when Jane ascended to the throne, she took the last name 'Crocker' instead of the traditional Harley, in honour of the former queens original last name. Similarly, only a few days after he was crowned, King Egbert completely disappeared (although rumours have spread that he now goes by Jake English or Doc Scratch, in honour of the God he's created a cult around on the outskirts of the warring kingdoms)
(Also yeah Queen Harley is absolutely just HIC in disguise - she brainwashed Jane into further intensifying the war between Derse and Prospit before she 'died', and she told Jake about a powerful God known as Lord English in the hopes of distracting him to get a weaker King on the throne (poor John). She didn't expect him to actually raise LE - it was the equivalent of just jingling keys in front of a baby's face, only for them to snatch them, sprint away and commit mass vehicular manslaughter in your Ford f150.)
I dont really have too much in the way of plot yet, but I do have some random ideas:
- after HICs return, karkat is suddenly in a lot more danger as a mutant (and someone who neber manifested powers, unlike every other troll) - so he gets the fuck out and flees to Derse, where he meets dave
- speaking of Dave - he never manifested powers either. He shouldn't be heir, and they all know that. He came along with rose to serve as her body guard (and also to get away from his older brother, who - resentful that *he* never got called up to take the throne - trains Dave *way* too hard). Rose fakes a vision that Dave is meant to be heir, and dirk and roxy pretend to believe it because holy shit they can't just send him back
- Jake uses dirk as a host to manifest Lord English. Cue incredibly insane Dirkjake here
- I have. Thoughts about classpects and how they manifest but I can't be fucked writing them out jere
- HICs main goal is to have the two human kingdoms turn on each other so they weaken each other, and then the trolls can sweep in and take them all out (right now they live underground after some ancient war drove them out or smth).
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bananapuddingwithwhip · 8 months
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ive got a cashier job cause the current IT job market can fuck right off and today this tall ass man who was probably thrice my age was trying to tell me about how horrible and awful it was working as a cashier thirty odd years ago in his crappy hometown. cause, like, people did drugs and shit
and he keeps going on and on about how scared id be cause 'kids nowadays' or something
he'd say things about how he'd bring in some self defence baton and how i (tiny ass bitch with tits) would be so scared, meanwhile i have a knife stuffed in my bag cause what closing/night shift person doesnt have a self defence thing
he kept going on and on and i had to stand there awkwardly cause ive encountered some less then stellar people before and i was pretty sure this big dude wouldnt believe me
some mf kept trying to take me places whenever he saw me outside at collage and some other fucks were staring in my dorm window at all hours of the night trying to see some skin and even went as far as to follow me when i left the building with a laser pointer, i started eating dinner way early and made a large sign telling them to fuck off and hung it up on the day of a collage wide sporting event. they fucked off
but no id be 'so scared' by the sight of drug addicts, like a number of my coworkers dont chain smoke all day while im on a register next to the part of the store that sells all of the addictive substances
some bitch complains at me at least once a week that her beer is supposed to be on sale while her kids scream in the background about hell knows what cause they wanna go home and she read the wrong sign and now requires the manager from the main registers to tell her shes being a brainless git
i get asked my age all the time cause people dont think im old enough to be in this register section and while i appreciate the compliments its very annoying when they scrunch up their entire face like im some pile of shit while doing so
sorry you had anger lines by 25 ma'am, but my resting bitch face is too strong for brow lines. i can be absolutely furious and look vaguely disinterested at the same time, hun
once i was at the main registers and some middle aged perv brought his items up while talking on the phone about seeing a girls nudes and how he was going to order her from some book. his eyes never reached my face and he never put the phone down
some old man who was clearly of the opinion that all people with tits are stupid got so mad at me that the reduced sticker on one of his items had fallen off that he had to jump right to yelling at me about it before asking why it had rung up full price. i tried to ask about the sticker but he kept yelling over me and worked himself up into such a rage i had hardly begun paging for a manager when one showed up cause he was so fucking loud the phone picked him up
i hope his grave is small and unremarkable
anyway, some pricks really need to learn how to interact with people who are just doing their jobs
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its-deputy-caleb · 2 years
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hello there! i hope you're doing well! may i request an rdr2 oneshot (or headcanons if you find that easier!) for charles x fem!reader where charles has a crush on the her and knows her favorite animals are foxes so to try and impress her he tells her he can get a fox to eat something out of her hand? and maybe he finds it super cute how excited she gets but also has to calm her down a little so she doesnt scare it away? <3
hii anon!! i'm so sorry these took forever, i wanted to save it for a proper fic but im so exhausted and didn't wanna keep you waiting any longer so i decided to put them into headcannons! i hope this is okay! an update in general is that the longer fics might have to wait bc i'm so tired right now from work and i really only have one full day off a week to write so i will be speed writing all that i can on one day.
for now, pls enjoy some soft charles hc's
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You first notice when Charles has a crush on you from how flustered you can make him.
He’s not a huge blusher, nor does he shy away from you but the way he constantly tries to get your attention, how he desperately needs your attention tells you all the same.
He’s always asking you to come hunting with him or to come on jobs with him and when he finds out you love animals just as much as him, you swear he falls in love with you even more.
Charles loves you for how kind and gentle you are and he’s always on your side when it comes to how robberies go because neither of you want anyone to get hurt or lose their lives if possible.
He first found out you loved foxes when he saw you picking a fight with Micah about him brining in a poor fox pelt for the camp funds.
You were absolutely furious and Charles could’ve sworn you were ready to rip his head off but he quickly intervened, taking you far away from camp.
Charles wanted to do something nice for you, wanted to make you feel better because to see you so hurt and mad only made him feel worse.
He took you to a small cleaning in a forest, the two of you exploring the small pond and the surrounding shrubs.
You wen’t berry picking together, some were poisonous and used for throwing knives while others were wrapped up and saved to bring back to camp as medicines or snacks.
Charles showed you the ones you could eat and the two of you had a mini little picnic foraging together.
The two of you were laughing and having fun when you noticed how Charles’ cheeks were tinted red and he was looking at you.
“You have berry juice on your…umm.”
His hand gestured to the corner of your lip, his thumb coming to gently brush it away for you.
That’s when you knew that Charles truly did love you and you returned the feelings one hundred percent.
Just as you’re about to pack up and head back to camp when Charles spots a small orange coat emerge from the bushes.
Shushing you gently, he takes your hand and crouches, pulling out a small piece of meat from a satchel.
The sight of the foxes makes you jump in excitement and the animal perks up in response. Charles, not wanting to scare the animal moves you to crouch in front of him as he puts the meat in your hand.
His own hand holds the underside of yours and the two of you wait as the fox slowly approaches.
You can’t hide the excited grasp as it eats the small piece from your hand before it runs away into the shrubs again.
This time you don’t have to hide your excitement as you turn and wrap your arms around Charles who falls back onto the grass with you on top of him.
You kiss his cheek and give him a tight hug as you thank him for such an amazing day and proper first date.
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pocketsizedquasar · 3 years
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it’s been a bit now so. misc 200/end of mag in general thoughts? under a cut because this is a bit long, and i will preface this to say that i mostly enjoyed the episode but this is going to be mostly my criticisms, bc i feel like the good parts have already been well covered by people other than me. so yeah just a warning this is mostly crit
- it’s Still very hard for me to parse how i feel about this episode, but i think after sitting on it for a bit, i’ve come to the general conclusion that i am very satisfied plot-wise (in terms of tragedy/the structure of tragedies, the open-endedness of our ending, the general Writing TM), but not so much satisfied character-wise (in terms of arc and relationship resolution). I think we deserved more resolution on wtgfs -- i wanted more with them! more with melanie and jon; more with the melanie and georgie and basira’s side of the plan. more than that really small tidbit that we got at the end! and... honestly? a little bit more emphasis on the weight of Jon actually dooming other worlds in the end, and what that means for Jon and for wtgfs/basira. Especially with the context of the consequences re: the Web...won. no caveats or complications, the Web got. Exactly what it wanted.
- on that note,  From a uh. Critique against capitalism standpoint I’m not sure how I feel about the ending? And I don’t really want to. Read too much into what isn’t there? But I mean mag has long been a pretty explicit anticapitalist narrative so...? Yeah, I’m not a big fan of the implications of WTGFs and basira basically just being treated as narratively right in terms of letting the eldritch evil stand-in for capitalism have whatever it wanted and feeding it and doing exactly what it asked them to do. and having Little consequence as a result of that. Obviously they’ll still face loads of hardship, but that comes from the apocalypse, not from, like,.,, doing the direct bidding of the Capitalist Monster/System/etc to be clear, i’m not like...mad they made the “wrong” decision; there was no wrong or right decision here. but I am a little upset that for all they spent 199 discussing the various consequences of each choice, we got to see very little of that actual consequence playing out...none of the survivors seem to really be carrying the guilt or even the full understanding of what they did, because they never saw the suffering they could create as anything more than a hypothetical. i feel like we could have spent just a bit more time with them dealing with that. a bit more time even with jon dealing with that, a bit more time spent on jon changing his mind. other people have said as much better than me but. yeah
- i feel like there was a lot of character stuff brought up in s5 and especially act iii that i would’ve loved to have seen more resolution of. why have that whole thing about Georgie telling jon to give melanie his last words himself, if Jon was going to come back but then never bring that up again (full disclosure this is smthn that @pronouncingitwang​ brought up!)? Why have Jon say he was “going to go  apologize to [his] boyfriend”/Jon tell Martin multiple times that they were going to talk about their fight “later” and then not have that happen on screen? Why did we have two whole episodes of cultist interactions if they were just going to be removed off screen? Why have martin’s “I’ll get jon to destroy me like the others” decision if that doesn’t really come up? what about salesa!! why tell us melanie hating jon is a projection of her self hatred and then not bring that up again? why give annabelle all those juicy interactions with martin and then turn her into a monster when jon shows up, why give her so much character and backstory and then so thoroughly remove her agency? why have all these really cool parallels between jon and annabelle if annabelle is just going to be this monstrous and agency-less plot device with no follow-up? what happened to her!
- on that note...annabelle. They... really took this character who is a Black woman and who had so many parallels to Jon and who they could’ve like. very easily Actually made into a protagonist of color (because we only got one!! and she’s a cop!!!!) (or if not protagonist, at least smthn more sympathetic), (which wouldn’t have negated previous racial problems w tma, but would’ve shown growth from them) and made her a scary monster who just Serves her capitalist entity overlord without personal agency and then bows out when she’s no longer needed...you can have whatever diagetic/watsonian explanations you want for how 197 went, like sure she was just ~being dramatic~ and putting on a show for jon, but all that is still something the writers Decided to do in the real world, and the racial implications of her character arc are just. not great. and her character had So much more narrative potential. idk i will forever be salty about annabelle
- i Still Don’t Like the web being sentient!! i said this after 197 and i’m sayin it again! i think it makes it less frightening and less interesting! with the End being aware of its own, well, end, I actually thought that worked, and i really liked the corpse routes ep, but for some reason I didn’t with the Web? which seems hypocritical of me, I know, but, look: The embodiment of the fear of dying being aware of and welcoming its own dying emphasizes the inevitability and the truth of that fear. Which is why it works for the End. It’s still not recognizably /human/, because it is inexorable and certain, in a way nothing human can be. So its awareness of its own end DOESNT feel like flattening the worldbuilding. And using my own logic, I guess sure you could say the embodiment of the fear of manipulation and schemes being capable of scheming does the same thing but it. It rly doesn’t feel the same to me? Bc that’s rly a fear borne of human sentience & behavior. and so to give it that sentience makes it feel more human, and less interesting within the context of the horror. this is definitely just a personal taste thing as far as how i like horror and eldritch deities and such but yeah.
- i liked the statement a lot like, as a little self contained story? it was really nice to have jon give us one last story before the end. I thought that was sweet and i liked how the statement was written! on the same note though, i could’ve also gone without knowing like. the entire cosmology of how the fears came into being. again, just a personal thing, i don’t like my horror to be known, even at the end of it all when it doesn’t matter what we’re still scared of anymore. I just. I want my fears to be frightening and beyond comprehension and unknowable. it just leads me to have more questions than i really need at the Final episode? i would love to keep the jon giving us one final statement thing, and you know what? i would've loved: statement of the archivist, regarding jonathan sims. no idea what you’d do with that but it sounds cool in my head.
- very minor and very specific-to-me thing but i Don’t Like that basira got to be the Last Words...sorry y’all I just don’t like basira i can’t get behind trying to make me feel sympathetic for a cop who stood by and let people get murdered by the state for years and only felt bad about it bc fearpocalypse i just can’t. i don’t like her never have never will and also melanie and georgie are right there why didn’t they get to have the last words it would have been so much better ... why not have the person who loved jon and Knew very deeply his tendency to self-sacrifice say something or why not the person who is in-canon very similar to Jon and self-admittedly projecting her self hatred onto him say some sort of her own attempt at peace why not either of these two ahhhh
- i uhhhh. really liked jon killing jonah. jon for once getting to be angry for himself. that felt really nice. no ceaseless watcher nonsense either, just him and a knife and beating the shit out of this guy who even now continues to underestimate and belittle him. and i liked jon doing what he did in general -- i actually changed my mind on this; i really didn’t like it at first but i do now. i’m sad that it came at the expense of his promise to martin, but it makes sense and...i don’t want to say jon was right, because i again don’t think any of the decisions were right per se, but in terms of like... not doing what the “elder fear deity who wants to feed on fear and pain for literal eternity” wanted... yeah. i get it. he would never have been able to go along with that willingly. and he really shouldn’t have been, considering all that he went through being a puppet for said elder fear deity. and from a tragedy standpoint too, i actually think it’s a really really well written end for him. considering how my favorite tragedies are structured and how the way out has to be presented to us, but the tragic hero Ultimately will always fall back on their faults, yeah, this makes a lot of sense. hamlet is granted a way out and he doesn’t take it; he always always hesitates. captain ahab is granted the chance to turn and leave his chase and love instead, and he doesn’t take it. orpheus turns around. etc etc. I think it was also really lovely that jon got a twist on that, that in the end he did change, for just a moment, and chose love instead. even in the face of all the horror that that might mean. i really like that he and martin are together, wherever or however they are. that martin is allowed to feel (rightly) furious and betrayed and still so, so unconditionally in love. 
idk i have more thoughts probably but again they’re very hard to parse and mostly just getting into the super specific realm which i don’t think is particularly helpful
i have a lot of feelings for jon and martin and their ending i think it was the best possible ending we could’ve gotten for those two and i Am really. I just have a lot of feelings.
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gale-gentlepenguin · 3 years
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ML What if
(What if Marinette did tell Luka she was Ladybug after truth?)
-Marinette felt her life had shaken with Luka getting akumatized.
-Now Marinette had found herself making a decision. In the canon timeline she chose to break up with Luka and do her best to simply give up on love.
-But instead of doing that, this Marinette decided to double/triple and Quadruple down.
-The meeting on the bridge occured. Luka was prepared for the worst.
-"My secrecy caused someone I care about to get akumatized. I wont hide any secrets from you. But you need to promise to keep them."
-Luka was someone that hated being lied to, but he knew how to keep a secret. He agreed.
-Marinette told him everything. That she was Ladybug, that she had all of this new responsibility. The reason she had that breakdown in miracle queen. And in a way, it was such a relief off of her shoulders.
-And Luka was there to comfort her. And he would be understanding.
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-Lies still happens and Adrien and kagami split up. No changes there. Except that Marinette is still together with Luka.
-Gang of secrets doesnt happen because the group thinks marinette has been so closed up was because of her being 'Lovesick'. Marinette told Luka so she has someone to confide in and while she is stressed she is not AS rockbottom as she was before. So she is not trying to escape her civillian life. So Chat noir has no idea. Also since Gang of secrets doesnt happen Alya never breaks akumatization and Marinette doesnt tell her she is ladybug.
-Mr.Pigeon 72 doesnt happen because Marinette didnt know Adrien and Kagami broke up. Plus she was moving on from Adrien with Luka. Luka tried to help her with her 'Science project' but he was not as skilled at figuring things out like Alya was (cause alya would be more hyperfocused. Luka may not be dumb and is observant. But he is not a genius in this field). And Marinette was too far in her head to realize it yet. Also Marinette doesnt rekindle her feelings for Adrien.
-Furious Fu is pretty much the same but Marinette doesnt have a charm to give to Fu because she didnt figure out about the charms yet. Su Han is not AS impressed but still lets marinette take care of the miracle box.
-Sole Crusher and Queen Banana are pretty much the same. Except minus the lucky charm
-Megaleech is the same.
-Guiltrip is pretty much the same but with Marinette fighting Harder to move on from her crush on Adrien.
-Optigami is where the first real hurdle occurs. Without Alya, Marinette is trapped in the Elevator with Adrien.
-Marinette texts Luka the situation and he tries to fix it. BUT he gets zapped so it doesnt play out.
-All three outcomes result in some shenanigans and likely Optigami is still about. While Style queen would likely get bested.
-I think the angstyest best case scenario would be if Marinette revealed she was ladybug. It makes the most sense because 1. She already told someone. 2. The situation where she cant act makes it very dire.
-So Adrien knows Marinette is Ladybug and he SWORE not to tell a sole.
-Ladybug grabs the horse miraculous, and the bee.
-Pegabug early and she gives adrien the Bee. Saying this one will work for him.
-Bee!Adrien was able to save the day (since in this case Chat noir wasnt needed.)
-Optigami is still around but it didnt catch who this newbee was. Marinette does not tell Luka that she told adrien.
-Sentibubbler doesnt happen. But Adrien and Marinette start getting closer. Ladybug checking up on Adrien.
-But Optigami is still operational and is waiting. Marinette didnt figure out the charm thing and is still hella stressed from guardian stuff. Adrien finds out Ladybug is Marinette and this causes
-Rocketear does happen... But its Luka and Not Nino.
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harrysweasleys · 3 years
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to find each other // g.w
summary: Hi love I was wondering if I could request a george x reader. I like the whole like when you're angry or anything write to the person but never send it but one day George finds the love letter. And reader is all embarased and runs away before he can tell her he like her so he writes her a love letter. (Also I'm aware this is a george ask but in my mind fred didnt die. I'm also imagining this before the battle but fred still doesnt die). If this doesnt spark anything that totally fine. Thanks
warnings: mentions of war, blood and death (relax, it aint fredward)
word count: 4.4k 
a/n: this request was so cute and i enjoyed writing this so much! also i hope you don’t mind that i changed up the time that it takes place just a tad. also i want a love letter from george, thanks. 
[i do not give permission for my work to be reposted to any other platform.]
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No amount of window shopping could hide the anxious bubbling in your stomach. Diagon Alley, though usually one of your favourite places, was currently the cause of your shaky fingers and heavy breathing. It was the last day of summer holidays, and for the countless students returning to Hogwarts, it meant a place to get away from home, a place that they could escape to to get away from the chaos of the real world.
However, for you, it meant that things would get messy. That the raging war that was brewing in the evil corners of the Wizarding World was bound to strike. And strike hard. 
Dangers lurked around every corner and even the comforting atmosphere of Diagon Alley was no longer a place you wanted to be. Countless shops were boarded shut, their windows shattered to pieces as if an attack had taken place. Which was most likely the case, if you were being honest.
The only store that seemed to be alive also happened to be the one that you wanted to avoid at all costs. The large purple and orange shop stood practically glowing in the middle of the gloomy alley, music and laughter echoing from the inside. You had to give credit where credit was due; the shop owners were brilliant. 
Students piled in and out in dozens — you couldn’t blame them. Fred and George had a knack for making people laugh. And right now, people needed laughs more than ever. You couldn’t blame these young students for stocking up on joke products to keep themselves entertained for the year. Especially since everyone was well aware this may be the last year of ‘normalcy’ that they get.
However, the shop seemed to be doing marvellously. You’d go in to say hi if it wouldn’t crush your entire existence to do so. Slightly dramatic, but true. You hadn’t left things off on a good foot with George, and the last thing you wanted to do was go in there and make things awkward. After all, maybe he had moved on. 
The last time you saw him, he held your crumpled note in his hand, his broom in the other, and a proud smile on his face as he waved goodbye to the school behind him. The school in which you two shared some of your best moments, the inside jokes and the late nights giggling into pillows in the dark of the common room. 
Until the note. 
The one you had written him the night you found out he was leaving. The one with tear drop stains and smudged ink — the one that confessed your long-rooted love for the ginger boy that had stolen your heart the first day you met him. 
He had found it himself, actually. It wasn’t “given to him,” per say. He had snuck into the girl’s dorm — how, you still have no clue — and found you crying on your lumpy four-poster, your hair a disheveled mess and your cheeks bright red from sobbing. You had been furious at him. Not because you were mad, but because you’d miss him. Miss his smile, the way he brought light to every boring class, and you’d miss the way he made you feel like home, even though your home home was miles and miles away. 
He’d found the messy parchment scrunched up on your dresser and picked it up at the sight of his name. He didn’t let you take it away from him, so you made him promise he’d read it after he was long gone from school. So that you could be saved from the embarrassment of him not feeling the same. The last thing you wanted was to have to sit through the last few months of school with your best friend hating your guts for the unfortunate feelings you had developed.
You thought you were way over him by now, but looking up into the glorious glass windows of his store, you were hit with a wave of nausea. Not because you didn’t  want to see him, but because you wanted to see him so badly it was sickening. To be fair, it had only really been two years, but still. Had he missed you? Had he sat there every night, clutching your wrinkled love letter and thinking back to the moments you two shared? 
You shook your head and walked past the shop, trying your best not to peer in through the windows and catch sight of the familiar grinning man. He somehow always had a smile on his face and that was something you could really appreciate, especially right now. Nothing ever seemed to bring him down and that was one of the things you appreciated most. 
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“What’re you grinning at, Weasley?” you asked, a smile on your own lips as you gave George a teasing look, your hands running through his hair as he sat on the ground between your legs, eyes focused on the common room fire that was slowly burning down to embers.
“Nothing,” he replied, “Just… taking it all in.”
Gryffindor had won the House Cup just that evening, along with the Quidditch Cup just a few days before. You supposed George did actually have quite a bit to smile about, but as he sat there, his eyes slightly dazed and a lazy grin on his lips, something told you it actually had to do with something else.
“Right,” you replied, taking your hands out of his soft hair and leaning back on the couch, “Because I totally believe you.”
He turned around, his smile never faltering, “What? You’re gonna give me a hard time for being in a good mood? C’mon, let me live, woman.”
You tossed your head back, cheeks flushed, “Fine. The day you don’t have a smile on your face is the day I’ll know something’s wrong, yeah?”
Sitting up and crashing next to you on the couch, he gave you quite the exaggerated nod before dropping it and gazing softly into your eyes, “Around you, how can anything ever be wrong?”
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Popping in and out of stores seemed to be the best distraction — Quidditch Supplies, Pets, Quills, the best Parchment in town — all stores that you remember running in and out of while you were just a wee child, hoping to buy the top quality items for another long year at school. 
You’d been so distracted by the sound of children laughing and charging by you that you barely registered the fact that you had walked into a tall body. Luckily, your balance hadn’t been knocked over, but you had been walking at such a quick pace that you’re surprised the other person didn’t go falling backwards.
“Sorry,” you mumbled, looking up and catching your step, nearly losing it completely as your eyes caught sight of the person in front of you. 
Eyes still golden like the sun, George Weasley hadn’t changed. His hair was slightly longer and he wore nicer clothing — perks of running your own business — but he hadn’t changed a day. His lips were still a deep pink, and the freckles on his cheek seemed to be more prominent than you remember. 
“Y/N?” the corners of his lips turned up into a smile, “Bloody hell, what are you doing here?”
You stared up, mind completely blank, “Oh — It’s — I’ve gotta go.”
His hand shot out to grab your wrist, his fingers leaving a touch of sparks in their wake. You snapped it away, rubbing over the skin to soothe the electrifying touch that George left behind. Even years later, he still had that effect on you, and you wished more than anything that you could curse him out for it.
“Y/N, blimey, wait, let’s catch up,” he shrugged, eyes pleading, “What’re you running from? We were best friends. I’ve missed you. It’s been two bloody years, woman.”
“You know damn well why that changed,” you grumbled, trying your best to look anywhere but his inviting eyes. You knew that if you made eye contact, you’d be sucked right back into whatever hold he had on you while you were in school. You weren’t sure you could deal with that right about now.
He sighed, running a hand through his hair, “Look, Y/N, please. Just stay for a few minutes. Come see the shop, yeah? Reckon Fred’ll be thrilled to see you.”
You gave in and looked up at him, already knowing you wouldn’t be able to say no. He was right, you guys were best friends. You were inseparable. They always say catching feelings for your best friend is a beautiful thing, but in your case it felt like the worst thing to happen. You fell head over heels for George and he had no clue. He continued living his life, continued doing the things he loved, and then he left.
You only hoped the letter kept him up at night. As petty as that was.
“Fine,” you let out a deep breath, “Just a few minutes.”
You nearly missed the wide grin that spread across his face, showcasing the beautiful smile that still managed to leave your chest in a fluttery mess. You internally scolded yourself — you weren’t over your feelings and chances are this was going to make things worse.
The shop was magnificent. Shelves lined the walls as far as the eye could see. And even though Diagon Alley was nearly deserted, the shop seemed to be thriving — not that you were surprised. Kids and young adults huddled in groups to gawk and stare at the latest products, eyeing everything with keen interest as George’s twin, Fred, explained to them how things worked. 
“You did good,” you smiled up at George, all hostility towards him fading as the bubbly atmosphere of the shop engulfed you, making you feel as if you were transported back to your childhood, “I’m proud of you guys.” 
“Blimey,” George grinned, placing his hand on your shoulder, “Didn’t think I’d ever hear you say that.”
Your smile faded and you turned away from him, cheeks burning at his comment.
“I didn’t mean it like that,” he spun you back around to face him, “I just meant because it’s been so long since I’ve seen you. Wasn’t sure I’d ever see you again, to be honest.”
You bit your lip, nodding slowly, “I know. I’m sorry. It was just so hard to work up the courage to see you.”
You weren’t exactly lying. After what happened, you couldn’t find it in yourself to face him. But that wasn’t the whole truth, really. Your courage and confidence had left with him, there was no way you’d be able to come here and see him happy with someone else. Someone that wasn’t you.
“I actually have something for you,” he held his finger up and rushed out of sight, up the stairs and through a door. You stood awkwardly, debating whether you should just turn around and walk out of the store and into the city. He’d never be able to track you down. But, somehow, you couldn’t bring yourself to move your feet. You were grounded in the moment, still gazing at all the trinkets and items around you. 
Some made noise, some were brightly coloured — some of them even looked like that evil witch Headmistress Umbridge. You stifled a laugh, remembering the times you and the twins had narrowly escaped her wicked grasp. She was not one for fun, that was certain.
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“Down here!” you called, grabbing George’s hand and running down another dark corridor, Filch’s footsteps still echoing behind the two of you.
“When I catch ya, you’ll be expelled!” his grimy voice reached your ears, sending you into another fit of giggles as you linked your fingers with George’s, the two of you barreling down the stairs and continuing your run up to the Gryffindor tower. You had to admit, it was quite far, but if you kept up this speed, Filch and his limp wouldn’t be able to catch up.
“Wait, there’s a prefect,” George whispered through his heavy breathing, giving your hand a heavy tug and pulling you behind a pillar.
Your body fell against his, the two of you squished in a tiny space as you heard the distant voice of the Ravenclaw prefect approaching your hiding spot. George’s breathing was heavy, his chest rubbing against yours with each inhale he took. Your breathing would be heavy if you weren’t having heart palpitations, his body so close to yours you couldn’t think straight.
“Reckon that’s another narrow escape,” he chuckled, breath fanning your face. You couldn’t bring yourself to make eye contact, way too caught off guard to properly process his words.
Did he realize what this did to you? This closeness, this intimacy? 
It was undoubtedly true — you were falling for your best friend.
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“Well, if it isn’t Y/N Y/L/N,” Fred sauntered over, hands in his pockets and a bright grin on his face, “What brings you to our little corner of the wizarding world?”
He brought his arms out for an embrace; one that you gladly accepted. He was warm and familiar, and you felt a grin spread across your face. 
“It’s nice to see you, Freddie,” you pulled away, “You guys have really blown me away with all of this.”
“Well, what can I say?” he shrugged, tips of his ears turning slightly pink, “We’ve clearly got a knack for entrepreneurship.” 
You shook your head, laughter bubbling in your chest. You always knew they’d be successful — hell, you told them a million times — but seeing it in person after all these years of shutting yourself away, it sort of felt like a dream. As if you’d missed quite possibly the biggest event of their lives.
And you felt like a horrible friend.
“Sorry I wasn’t more supportive,” you said softly, “I really am impressed.”
He lifted his hand and ruffled your hair, “Don’t be so hard on yourself. We knew you always had your full support.”
Before you could respond, George came rushing back down the stairs. You were rather thankful for it, as your conversation with Fred was causing your emotions to come through. You could feel your throat closing in and the familiar sting of tears in your eyes, but George’s presence caused your feelings to shift.
He nudged his brother away and stood in front of you, an envelope in hand. On the front of it, your name was scribbled in swirly handwriting — George’s, you recognized — and you could see the faint outline of parchment inside it.
“What’s this?” you asked, taking the envelope from his hands as he shoved it in your direction, his cheeks a tad pinker than before. 
He let out a deep breath, “You’ll see when you open it.”
You nodded, placing the envelope gently into your purse, “I’ll open it when I’m home.”
“Okay,” he responded instantly, shoving his hands into his pockets. You knew it was a nervous habit of his, and it raised a question as to what could possibly be in that envelope that had him so on edge.
“I’ve, uh, I’ve gotta get going,” you said, your voice barely audible. But by the way George’s shoulders slouched, you knew he heard you. He took his hands out of his pockets and pulled you in for a hug. 
Without thinking, you wrapped your arms tightly around him, resting your head on his shoulder and taking in a deep breath. He smelled the same as he did all those years ago, and although he was the same height, he also definitely felt a lot stronger. 
Lifting boxes on a daily basis has taken its toll.
You couldn’t count how many hugs you’d shared with George during your time at Hogwarts, but something about this hug felt different. It felt final, conclusive. As if you both knew that this would be the final time you’d get to see each other. 
“I’ve missed you,” he said, mouth mere inches from your ear.
“I’ve missed you too,” you replied right away, pulling your body away from his to look into his eyes. You tried your best to force a smile, but it most likely only came off as a grimace. After all, you couldn’t find anything to feel enthusiastic about in the moment.
You leaned up and pressed a kiss to his warm cheek, letting your hand linger on his arm for a second longer than intended, before pulling away and leaving the store without another word.
It was safe, and very unfortunate, to say your feelings were still very much present.
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You stared down at the paper, stunned. It was possibly your seventh time reading it and you still couldn’t believe it.
After all these years, he felt the same. 
George Weasley felt the same.
You lifted the letter, once again preparing yourself to read it, wiping your eyes with an already soaked tissue.
Y/N,
I don’t know much about writing letters with a romantic goal, but I do know that I couldn’t leave yours unanswered. There were too many things left in the air, and I might never even get to give this to you, but it’s worth writing anyways.
I remember the first day we met. Do you remember? We were in second year and you fell down the stairs onto Freddie. You were so cute, and so flustered. It was nearly immediately after that that we became friends, if I remember correctly. (Which I always do.)
Skip forward a few years and you practically owned my heart and soul. I barely went a moment without thinking of you. Of your smile, of your laugh, of your hair and your face. You know, I did it on purpose. All the jokes, they were for you. To make you laugh. Bloody cliche, I know. But that’s the truth, love.
When I left school, it was hard. Not because I’d have to start a whole new life, but because I’d have to start that life without you. Without your constant positivity and your radiance. It was nearly impossible, but you were so proud. So proud of Freddie and me that I knew I couldn’t let you down.
But I did. I left you there, in that horrid place with that toad woman. And I regret that to this day. I read your note every day. I still do. It’s the only thing of yours that I have in my life and I cherish it more than you know.
So, this note kind of has no purpose, but it does have a point. The point is that I love you too. That I’ve loved you for a long time, and chances are that I always will. You’re the best part of me and that’ll never change.
Please take care. And I hope we get to find each other.
Yours forever,
George.
You read it again, and again, and again, and could barely process the words on the tattered parchment. It was a pretty neat piece, which indicated that there was no way he wrote two years ago. It had to be recent — within the last year. And the fact that he decided to give it to you now meant that he might even still feel this way.
With the amount of times you envisioned George professing his undying love to you, not once did you think it would be in these circumstances. With the two of you living different lives. 
You went to bed that night, the note tucked under your pillow. You couldn’t part with it. Even though you had no clue what to do about said note, you didn’t want to let go of it. It was true, and all these years later you finally realized it. All the shared touches, the laughs, the smiles across classrooms; it all made sense. Not only were you falling hopelessly in love with your best friend, but he was doing the exact same thing.
And I hope we get to find each other.
If that meant what you thought — what you hoped — it meant, then maybe there was a chance for you. But for that chance to happen, you had a lot that you needed to sort out. What would this mean? Would you two start from scratch?
You hadn’t exactly had any sort of relationship over the past two years, how would you just jump into something like this? Maybe him giving you the letter was his form of closure, his way of telling you that maybe it could have happened, but now there’s no chance.
You didn’t want to dwell, but there was no way you couldn’t. How does one let something like this go? You can’t. You can’t go back to living a normal life with this knowledge hanging over your head.
He loved you.
If only there was a way you could talk to him, clear the air. Maybe he did still feel the same.
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Hogwarts was, to put it kindly, in the middle of chaos. Spells of bright green and red shot out from every which direction, hitting columns and occasionally, other bodies. You passed lifeless bodies on the ground and couldn’t bring yourself to look down. Some of them you might even recognize, and that wasn’t something you could bring yourself to feel right about now. Your emotions were running wild enough as it is; the last thing you needed was to find the body of someone you loved.
Your wand was tightly gripped in your hand, your mouth repeating the same spells over and over as Death Eaters continued to swarm the homely school grounds. You had called this place ‘home’ for seven years and yet now, it was the last possible place you wanted to be. You wanted to turn around and run, never to look over your shoulder again.
But you couldn’t.
There was no way you could bring yourself to leave. Not now.
“Well, what ‘ave we got ‘ere?”
You spun on the spot, coming face to face with the sunken eyes of a Death Eater. His voice sounded awfully familiar, but that was really the least of your problems right about now. His wand was raised in your direction, his lips already beginning to move.
You raised your own wand, ready to fire out the first spell you could think of. But the man went flying back into the wall before you could even open your mouth. You gaped down at your wand, trying to figure out how the hell you managed to do that without even thinking of the spell.
“Reckon that’s about the fourth time I’ve saved you.”
You turned to the sound of the voice, recognizing it immediately. George’s hair was tousled like crazy, and he had a bandage tightly wound around his head. You could see faint blood where his ear should be, and your heart did a quick flip in your chest. You had heard about his accident — you had run into Ginny in the Great Hall, but seeing his wound and his face in person brought an unsettling feeling to your chest.
“George,” you sighed, running over to him without a second doubt. You jumped up, wrapping your arms around his neck tightly, squeezing harder than you thought. But he didn’t seem to mind, his arms finding their way around your waist and holding you up, his head finding its spot in the crook of your neck as he let out a low chuckle. You could feel the warmth of his skin, and in that moment, he felt so real. As if two years apart had never happened. As if everything said between you two in your letters was unspoken, but acknowledged. 
You pulled your head away from his shoulder and looked into his eyes. The eyes that had been a comfort source in your life for so many years. As if looking into them brought out all of your confidence, you gave him a shy smile before leaning down and pressing your lips against his.
You immediately pulled away from him before either of you could register the action, letting yourself fall back down to your feet as you looked up into his eyes. He didn’t blink, his mouth hanging open.
Maybe you made a terrible mistake.
“Oh, I’m sorry—” 
You were cut off by his hands on each side of your face, pulling you in for a second kiss. One that lasted much longer. 
His lips were incredibly soft against yours, moulding as if this was the place they were meant to be. Your hands went up into his hair, giving a small tug as he pulled your body closer to his. It was as if all the war and death around you two didn’t exist — the only thing you could focus on was George’s warmth and the eruption of butterflies that went off in your body.
After what felt like hours, you pulled away and looked up at him. His lips were swollen and red, his breathing slightly uneven, but he looked happy.
“That was long overdue,” he sighed, running a hand through his hair. 
You let out a breathy laugh, “Definitely.”
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sunnyaurabell · 2 years
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Blue Axolotl Heir
Hear me out, the blue axolotl Lizzie told it will be the heir to the ocean empire it haven't born yet and I thought a lot on it. So here's all my ideas about it. Also thanks to @undead-nettles for always listening my ramble about this.
The ocean empire court keeps coming more and more to ask if the ocean hasnt blessed Lizzie enough to bring the heir to born then a letter arrives without a name that just say: 
"tick tock... tick tock
Time is running your majesty
Nobles are waiting...
Where is the heir?"
And she lives in fear since that arrived
Lizzie comes to have more breeding sesions in all the free time shes not going with her duties and the axolotl still havent came.
She havent tell about the letter to anyone, not even Joel or Sir Strawberry or Lady Marcelline. She's not gonna bring up something that doesn't matter right? Its fine, is just some meaningless threat
Why worry her guards and husband only for a letter? But that doesn't stop her from glancing over her shoulder with quiet anxiety sometimes
She starts to require more knights while she's resting, the only moment when she cant protect herself. She only feels safe being in Mezalea or going to the coral reef
The letters keep coming more agressive
She kept ignoring those but one arrived while she was with Joel and she got really nervous in that moment, and he notices that from there. Joel doesnt want to go anymore to the breeding sesions and lefts Lizzie alone on those. Everytime he cames to visit she on there trying to the axolotl to born, knowing Lizzie is at least safe in there… he starts to invest his time in know who is coming with those threats
He just thought it was something silly to do together not something of big impact. Also he growns tired that the only thing they do after he was there when that threat came, is more breeding sessions as it that will solve the threats
Then Lizzie keeps with the breeding in hopes that the blue axolotl will born and that will make the threats  stop without involving anyone else, Joel is already involved and she didnt wanted that. But it doesn't cames, still she keeps inviting Joel to those even when she knows he will avoid it.
He calmy talks with her about why more breeding sesions is not going to solve anything, they do argue but its more like Joel being frustrated about why she won't talk to him and her just not wanting to explain. They walk away, not furious but frustrated at each other and feeling guilty, Joel can't work out how to get Lizzie to talk to him and Lizzie wants to tell Joel but wants to keep him out of her troubles.
Joel just dont get how poisonous the ocean court nobles could get to be, in Mezalea he doesnt have one. And Lizzie thinks he doesnt understand how important is to her to have an heir.
Lizzie heard rumors of the smallholding queen having one and she got really prepare to try to trade all she could offer for it then Pearl says is not open to trade since it was a gift from Sausage but at least she could allow Lizzie to see the blue axolotl, now Lizzie's  deception on the matter when she saw is just a cyan one.
Pearl knows its not a blue axolotl and so does Sausage, he just says its blue because it kinda is. Its arguably blue just not that blue. Both rulers were saying it was blue but not that blue and the true get lost while a rumors are spread and somehows it came to arrive to the ocean empire court.
 "Did you heard of the blue axolotl that born in land? What a shame it would be for our queen if she couldn't be blessed with one in the ocean"
Pearl's comment of "Cause that will be such a dissapointment" is also included in the rumors. So now, not only Lizzie's court is aware that she havent give an heir for her kingdom. The ocean empire being heirless have came to be know for other kingdoms too.
Sausage helps Lizzie out with getting the blue axolotl she craves to redeem himself after… everything
He tells Lizzie if he found one surely it would be gifted to her, but when he found it Lizzie already breed one blue, he gives it anyways. So is not only one but 2 blue axolotls heirs, they just so happened to be born on the same day.
Sausage bring the one he promised the same day Lizzie breeds one blue, he knows because she shrieks in excitement from her dome. Sir Strawberry cames when shes in the coral dome saying the mythland king bought her something. Lizzie proceds to say to wait a moment, she busy right now. He replies that is something blue.
"Something blue?" And there, she breeded a blue axolotl, Lizzie calls them twins.
After seeing she breeded one in her own Sausage jokes about keeping his axolotl then and Lizzie's like "And separate the twins?! how dare you" also joking.
She calls Joel to show him the babies before announce it to her people, Sausage leaves before Joel arrives, he lefts the marriage alone cause is something private.
Joel stays that night with lizzie and the twins, he is so excited to meet his kids. Their names are Iris and Rain, Rain for rainbow fitting for Mezalea and Iris like the goddess of the rainbow. Lizzie raise them being non-gendered and they could later decide with what they are more comfortable with.
They stay like only heirs of the ocean, Joel thought of probably declare them heirs of mezalea as well but it not safe but since is a dry mesa and they need moisture they couldn't safely rule.
Joel visits his kids as much as he can, he hopes someday they could see Mezalea. They can visit with a bucket but it's not possible to just... let them explore. He'd try and set up water ways but the desert heat would dry them up. There also a cliff that connects with the ocean so they only can see Mezalea from afar if they dont want to stay in the bucket.
The twins grew up hearing big things of mezalea but never were able to see it for themselfs more than the bucket or in the cliff, it was Iris who cames with the idea of escape from the ocean. Then they planned to run errands one time while Lizzie and Joel were on a meeting of the kingdoms and the evaded the guards to go on explore and enjoy Mezalea for themselfs. They get a heat stroke and end up getting ill. Lizzie and Joel knew that the twins were missing after a ocean guard cames just to deliver the message, they leave one second after, Jimmy goes as well with them. They are worried out of their minds at the missing kids, Joel finds them not long after in the matral palace with a clone trying to rehydrate them and cool them off.
They got really surprised of the Joel clone who found them thinking it was their dad who was there, they knew of the clones but not of them being exactly as their dad.
No long after they got better, Lizzie and Joel go to the Grimlands to ask Fwhip to make two moving fishtanks since he's a tinkerer. Even when they didnt ask for it Fwhip adds a safety spot where things could be passed if the twins wanted something from outside without draining the tank.
With the tanks they could go more far away of mezalea if they wanted too, the clones are always in charge of push the tanks and a few ocean guards are there as well to protect them.
In this essay of the twins travelling to other kingdoms since they can and they should I will—. They got really spoiled by other rulers.
They have been in the Cristal Cliffs and Rivendell to see snow. They were really amused by the magic that could be used in the Cliffs and even were allowed at the wizard tower were clouds pass over the place. In the elven mountains everytime they go is directly to the greenhouse or the owl house.
They go more often to Mythland, the Smallholding since Pearl and Sausage are their god parents and the Codlands to  visit their uncle. They dont know how is but someway they learn to speak Mythland native language (spanish), is very pacific where Pearl lives but they really enjoy their stay there, they dont need their fishtanks being in the swamp that is the majority of their uncle kingdom.
When they were visiting the Undergrove they couldn't pet the the wolves, Shrub psicically can't high them enough to reach their safety spot. Next time they were with the gnome queen was in the Overgrown with Katherine being there too to high up the wolves. Also in the Overgrown, they always receive a lot of flowers crowns from the fae that live there, Katherine told them that the flowers are fine but never accept food from them unless she gives them food in their visits.
While they were on their first time at the Undergrove, Rain asked about those temples that could be seen at the distant jungle, Shrub just answer that only lost people make their lifes in the temples, and that they aren't lost and never will need to. The topic never came to be mentioned again.
The twins only visited Pixandria once, they still can remember the river where they could swim alongside the desert turtles and seeing the flying lanterns that were high at the vigil. At the Grimlands they pay attention most of all to the amethyst explosion thats is still in the forge everytime they are there.
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A True Love III
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Miguel was furious when you didnt come back with his man. He excused himself and marched down the hall straight into the ladies room without knocking.
"Where the hell is she"? Miguel balled up his fist. Nestor, his second in command came in behind him.
"Not sure. Found this in the grass behind the kitchen". Nestor handed Miguel your wedding ring that you threw in the grass.
"I want her found. Hunt that little bitch down. Kill who ever she's with. But bring her to me". Miguel growled, clenching the ring in his hand.
Thank goodness there wasn't any cameras in the back. They wouldn't have to work as hard as Miguel did.
He stayed up all hours drinking and pacing the house. Smelling your robe. He was losing it. Every time Nestor came back empty handed, Miguel would flip on anyone in the room. The house was destroyed. From his fits.
"How hard is it to find a girl? A beautiful goddess. She has to be here. Find her". Miguel ordered, his moods changed in a heart beat.
"Mikey, what if she didnt run away"? Nestor suggested.
"What do you mean"? Miguel thought about it. Nestor was hinting at maybe you were taken.
"What if she was kidnapped and she tossed her wedding ring as a sign".
"Who would do that? Everyone knows who I am and what I'm capable of. They wouldnt touch her".
"We have lots of enemies. Anyone could have".
"But why would she just tell my man to go away"?
"They could have held a gun to her head or threatened to kill you. Y/N, loves you". Nestor spoke softly to his friend. But boy was he dead wrong about everything.
Meanwhile Angel pulled up to the clubhouse. You jumped off and ran inside. Your hand clamped over your mouth as you saw your mother, little sister and grandfather sitting with the members of the club.
"Mamá! Abuelito!". You cried out, getting their attention. You havent seen them in years. After getting married to Miguel he wouldn't let you see them. All these emotions where hitting full force.
Your mother cried as she hugged you. Her oldest daughter finally coming home. Your grandfather kissed the top of your head. And your little sister gave you a thumbs up and a smile, she was talking to Ez.
"Donde esta papi"? You asked looking around for your father. Your mother looked down at her feet. Your grandfather spat.
"He didnt come, Mi Amor. He felt ashamed. He thought he was doing you good. But now he sees he only brought heartache to this family".
"He stayed? What if Miguel goes there to see if I'm there or if they're there? He'll kill him, if he lies". You panicked turning to Angel.
"We tried to get him to come. He wouldnt. I'm sorry". Angel grabbed your hand.
"Oh God. This is my fault. I need to go back". You went to push past Angel but he grabbed you by your waist.
"Let me go, Angel. I'm not letting my father die because of me". You yelled, wiggling around to get out of his grip.
"I'm not letting you go back. Your father made his choice. You cant do anything about it".
You sobbed into Angel's arms as he held you. "I love him. I can't let him die".
"I'll send a few guys to go see if he'll change his mind but you have got to calm down". Angel suggested.
"Okay. I'm calm. Thank you". You wiped away your tears and walked with your mother to the couch. There was a lot of catching up to do. First thing she wanted to know was who was Angel to you? Oh you hated to tell her. But she'll live.
However Miguel felt like his heart was breaking in pieces. You were gone less than five hours and he has basically everyone there except for the news crew.
"What has happened to my wife"? He sobbed, putting on a show for the police. Miguel wanted to keep the disappearance on the low but some of the partygoers heard and called the police. So he had to put on a show while Nestor did the dirty work of finding you.
"Psst". Nestor motioned to get Miguel's attention after he talked to the police.
"What did you find"?
"There was a witness".
"Well what did they see"? Miguel was getting excited.
"A motorcycle. They didnt see the guy or Y/N. Just a motorcycle".
"That could be anyone. He could have been coming to work for all we know". Miguel scoffed.
"Who knows about motorcycles more than us"?
"Scum bag Mayans. Get them on the phone. They own me a favor. Time to collect". Miguel smirked. If he couldnt find you, a bunch of lowlifes can.
"So he's your boyfriend"? The look on your mothers face said confused. You told her everything about Angel and how he rescued you. Just left out all the sex parts and sneaking around.
"Yeah. I love him".
"Loves a strong word, Lirio de tigre". You smiled at your nickname that shes called you since you were born.
"I mean it. It's not like with Miguel. I was forced to say it with him. Not with Angel, I feel it. Deep down inside with all my heart and soul".
She smiled. "I'm happy for you. I want you to be happy and find true love".
"Angels the one for me". You squeezed her hands as she held yours.
"Guys we have a problem". Bishop the presidente came in the room. He had his cellphone in hand and looked directly at Angel than to you.
"What is it"? You cautiously asked.
"Galindo. He wants his favor".
"And what's that"? Angel gulped, walking over to the couch and sitting on the arm of it. His hand on your back.
"He wants us to find his missing bride. The first place to look is at her family's home".
"Just say we went and she wasn't there".
"He wants us to bring her family back, dead. To make sure she cant go there, if she is running away. Oceteva is calling back with directions.  We got maybe ten minutes to figure something out".
Angel's, your moms and your heart sank. You never thought he would kill your family. You never thought of running away either.
"I'm going back. I have too. Just say you found me on the side of the road and I can come up with some story". You got off the couch and went up to Bishop.
"I didnt mean to bring this to your club. I'm sorry. I dont want anyone getting hurt or killed".
"Another thing. They think someone with a motorcycle kidnapped you or you took off with someone with a motorcycle. We're the only ones that ride except for the SONS but Galindo knows they havent been here".
"So he knows it's one of us. He's just trying to weed us out so he can come in and find her here. That's his plan. Have us looking all over and he comes here. Finds her, kills us all". Angel ran his hand through his hair with a huff.
"I'm going back. There will be no killing". You yelled, over everyone's thoughts.
"What if Angel takes Y/N and her family out of town and stays away"? Bishop suggested.
"You're kicking me out"? Angel jumped up.
"No. You could always start a new charter somewhere. Be presidente. Or you could have a life without the club. Your choice. Better make it quick cause times a ticking". Bishop pointed to his phone.
Angel thought about everything. Leaving his brothers and home forever. Never seeing them again. Cause he couldnt step back here with you because he knew Miguel would still be looking for you. Or he could stay and fight. Maybe lose a brother or two in the process. Maybe his own life. But it would be worth fighting for since he had you.
He could become a family man and settle down. Have a couple of kids and enjoy the normal life. But that really wasn't Angel. He was a fighter. Always has been.
He's made up his mind just in time.
"I'm staying. We'll fight". Angel grabbed your hand and squeezed it. You knew what everyone was sacrificing for your love.
"You sure? You can just leave".
"No. I'm no coward. Answer the phone". Angel gulped, squeezing your hand. His heartbeat was pounding, he thought you noticed when you looked up at him. A scared look on your face.
Bishop picked it up and answered. Nestor gave him directions and who to take out. Bishop ended the phone call.
"We have our orders. But we need a plan".
"They could stay with pop. Galindo doesnt go around there". Ez suggested.
"They could. But what about the bodies"?
"Bodies are easy to come by". Coco chuckled, lighting up a cigarette.
"We have a slight problem on the plan"? Bishop interrupted.
Everyone looked at Bishop, there happiness slowly disappearing.
"He wants the kid sister, alive. Proof of the bodies and he thinks that if he has her. Y/N would come back".
"No. That wont work". You shook your head.
"How long has it been since you've seen your family"?
"Since I've been married. But I dont know if Miguel has seen them or not. Why"?
"She grew up. Changed. We find a girl that is willing and we send her in instead".
"No. I couldn't do that to some poor girl".
"Y/N, this is all we have. We have to do this". Angel looked you in the eye.
"I didn't want anyone to die". Your eyes filled up with tears and your lip quivered.
"We'll find dead bodies. No ones going to die. I promise". Angel kissed your forehead.
"Okay. If you think this will work. Try it". You didn't seem so sure this was going to work. Miguel was a smart man. He would find out sooner or later the truth.
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romans teen tantrums
(continues below the cut bc it got long)
tw swearing and arguments (lighthearted)
patton sighs when roman storms back into his room for the fourth time that day and slams the bedroom door loud enough to wake baby vee
after him and logan sigh in relief that roman is at least no longer arguing with them, logan starts comforting vee who is very confused and teary after being woken up
and then the whole house RUMBLES as upstairs roman turns his music on full volume
"I'm not okay, I'm not okay, well I'm not okay, I'm not o-f*cking-kay!"
logan groans and does his best to comfort vee as she starts whining from the vibrations and holding minty over her ears
patton puts on his stern dad face 'that's it I'm talking to him'
'good luck, love' logan calls after him as patton marches up to romans room
patton knocks on romans door and he DOES plan to be stern, but when roman opens the door and pouts at him and groans 'what am i doing wrong now?!' patton just cant bring himself to reprimand him. the poor kiddo is just experiemnting with this new headspace after all! its not his fault
so patton assures him he didnt do anything wrong, but could roman please turn the music down as its upsetting vee.
he holds back a gasp when he sees roman's face turn very grumpy and sees romans eyes go glossy with tears - again. 'everythings always for vee! i literally just wantt to listen to my music, dad!' roman yells
patton winces and compromises by telling roman he can listen to his music as loud as he wants if he uses his headphones, but otherwise on the speaker he has to turn it down
roman huffs and throws himself into his room to grab his headphones and throw a pointed glare at patton as he turns the headphones volume up to the max.
patton smiles and gives him a thumbs up then goes back downstairs - pausing in the hallway to give himself time to breathe deeply and rub at his eyes tiredly - but when he returns to the living room and lifts vee into his lap and explains to logan how he got ro to turn the music off, logan growls in frustration
'patton thats a terrible idea, its going to damage his hearing!'
patton counters tiredly 'lo its only for today it wont be permanent'
'you're encouraging him to form a habit!' logan yells, clearly on a short fuse today
baby vee starts whimpering and wriggling in her papas lap, meanwhile patton is trying to cradle him and keep him from wiggling to the floor while looking at logan incredulously
'excuse me, i am not encouraging any of this behaviour!' he argues back
logan just shakes his head as if he has no time for this. 'im going up to tell him to turn it down'
patton feels a bubble of hot frustration swell in his chest. 'logan for goodness sake if you do that he's going to be even more upset!'
and that was louder than patton had intended because now vee is fully crying, and patton hurriedly apologises and shushes her but it does nothing to stop the tears
logan rubs his face harshly with his hands feeling a headache coming on. 'well he will just have to deal with that emotion, won't he?!'
he goes up to romans room ignoring pattons hushed protests
when logan knocks and receives no answer he peeks into the room and roman glares at him for coming in, he has to SHOUT above the music to be heard 'your dad and I would like you to - Your dad and i w- TURN IT DOWN, ROMAN!'
then roman FINALLY takes his hesdphones off and yells right back 'why are u yelling at me mom?!'
and logan is so TIRED. 'to get you to hear me over your damn music! turn it down, roman, youre going to damage your hearing!'
at that roman goes D:< and instead of turning the volume down he turns off the music COMPLETELY and shoves his headphones off his head and throws them and his phone onto his beanbag
and logans like oh god not again because when roman looks back at logan he has angry tears in his eyes for the FIFTH time that day and he sends a wicked glare to logan before flopping down on his bed facefirst
'mmphfaphmfamhph!!!' roman yells into his pilow
logan braces himself, takes a deep breath, and says calmly 'roman i cannot hear you if you speak into your pillow. please sit up and say that again'
roman pushes himself up from his mattress, angry tears overspilling from his eyes and running down his red cheeks 'YOU NEVER LET ME DO ANYTHING FUN!' he yells, furious
logan is interanlly like roman.. yes we do... PLEASE for the love of GOD, CALM DOWN
but outwardly its calm. besides the twitch of his eye. 'i hear your concern roman, but i cannot speak to you civilly if you do not offer me the same level of respect. now can we please take a deep breath, lower our voices, and speak like adults about what is bothering you?'
and instead of doing any of that, roman just throws himself back onto his mattress and screams into his pillow , louder this time so logan can hear the pleasant message from his son:
'F*CK! OFF!'
logan is DONE with patience and maturity so he simply shouts 'FINE!' and leaves and forgoes pattons worried questions to march out of the door and go on a walk to cool down because he doesnt want his family to see him so angry
then the next day when logan has a migraine oncoming and patton has heavy bags under his eyes and virgil is only semi verbal, roman comes down to the breakfast table with a spring in his step and practically singing good morning to everyone
and when patton delicately asks how roman feels he responds very confidently 'I'm great! :D this middlespace thing really helps me relax! :D'
...
it wont always be like that they just need to figure out how to interact with teen roman to get him to listen to their concerns and strike more of a balance, this is romans rebelious experiemental phase of middlespace where hes trying to figure out how this headspace works and how it can help him
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will you do a recap post soon to summarize all that we've found out, im gettin a lil lost 😅
    (The posts tagged with “#tsrpgau recap” summarize the events of the comic and asks, and lore that has been revealed thus far!)
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Contains: (Recap #13) Asks 59-65
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(The Main Story...)
The crew wakes up, finally on day two!
Virgil throws a rock at Logan for not waking him up like he promised he would. Logan promises not to trick him like that again. This does not last.
Virgil eats another Sorbillis fruit. The other three try to tell him not to, but he’s not having that.
Virgil and Roman spar, so Roman can learn to use his sword~! They continue to flirt throughout, but Roman does learn a few things. He still needs more training, though.
They take a break, and just then, Amaryllis calls!
She and Roman share a plethora of “I love you”s, and Amy warns Ro to look out for Vampires before cutting off the call. 
Roman is confused, but so elated his True Form slips out! Logan and Patton get a good look at him, and then they pack everything up to start on the road again.
Virgil reveals that he didnt know it had been 2 years since he last saw Remus and Dee (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
While in the back of the wagon, Logan gives Virgil and Patton a lesson on how Magic works, and what Wild Magic Surges are!
After the lesson, Logan casts Find Familiar to summon his mother, Andromeda, in her corvid form!
Virgil, copying him, uses the same spell to re-summon Charlotte!
You all warn Logan, Patton, and Charlotte that Virgil is getting to shut down levels of cold, so they cuddle up to him to help keep him warm.
Virgil’s Cool Guy Persona™ is in danger, so he protests. Logan is not having that, so -- using his elven True Name -- he commands Virgil to sleep. See I told you
Virgil has two true names
You are all worried Virgil will be furious, but Charlotte is sure he won’t be.
Charlotte explains why Virgil has been refusing to sleep! 
And, you see a vision about the day Virgil is dreaming about.
While Virgil is asleep, you note that his teeth are looking a little grey
Virgil is asleep for about an hour. He wakes up, and a whisper repeats the command for him to go back to sleep, so he does.
(In other news...)
While Virgil is asleep, you ask various questions!
You discover Logan may not be entirely honest when he says he doesn’t like to sing.
You get an update about how the boys feel about each other
You try several times to give Roman a solution for talking to his mother (sign language, pen and paper, morse code, etc) before you realize he’s really just saying no because he doesnt want to talk to Sune.
Which, of course, might have something to do with his backstory
Logan and Patton elaborate on those Pirates from the beginning of the game
You learn about some more weaknesses they have
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You find out about Jisiri the White Dragon, who is currently being sent by Marissa to....attack the party
She was raised with Virgil by Marissa (after Virgil went under Marissa’s custody when he was 80, and Jisiri was already fairly old herself)
Jisiri would eat the people who asked Marissa for Virgil’s hand
Using a necklace Marissa put on her, that is an artifact, you saved the game!
Jisiri seems to respect Virgil. 
Virgil confirms that most of the scars on his back are from her, but that he also left a few scars on Jisiri, so he doesn’t feel too back about it. Marissa used to make them fight, as training. 
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You ask Janus if you can see what really happened the night Remus got his scar.
With the new information, you find out it was Marissa disguised as Sune that scarred Remus, not Sune herself!
Janus puts the pieces together
Janus feels bad for Sune
Janus warns you that Sune is in grave danger, and can no longer be contacted via mirror
Janus tries to figure out Marissa’s plan?
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Janus starts to figure out what Remy has to do with this
Janus thinks this might go deeper than anyone originally thought (1) (2) 
Marissa explains why she did it, sortof?
Marissa explains what happened in ‘33
Janus decides he will hold off on telling Remus about any of this.
Marissa reveals that Nyx was her in disguise, and what exactly remy has to do with this (1) (2) (3)
A pretty significant flaw in Marissa’s plan is exposed
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okay hear me out on this; archivist melanie au
• the major switch in this au is that melanie's encounters with war ghosts and the end of ghost hunt uk happens earlier -- right around the time gertrude dies. the other major switch is with melanie's father. who is still in ivy meadows when the corruption and john amherst comes, but he manages to survive. melanie is visiting when it happens and gets him out alive, but not before they've both encountered plenty of the corruption
• when gertrude dies, there's no obvious candidate for the archivist in elias's eyes. there's sasha, but she isn't marked by anything yet, and since gertrude wanted her, elias wants to avoid promoting her mostly out of spite. there's others who have been marked -- tim for example -- but none of them feel quite right. he transfers sasha, tim, and martin to the archives with the subtle offer of a promotion to head archivist for one of them, but he makes no promises, like he is still holding out for someone else... and then the very first week, they get a live statement for the Archives, a real one. from former ghost hunter, doubly marked by the entities already, melanie king
• melanie is as skeptical of the Institute as she is in canon, but it seems worth it to go in and give a statement. just to talk to someone who might believe her. (georgie has been telling her she should talk to SOMEONE about this, and this qualifies, right?) she hits it off with the archival staff, particularly sasha, and feels a surprising release after giving her statement. she keeps staring at the Archives, all the statements and unanswered questions -- and yes, maybe all of them arent real, but odds are that some of them are. that some of them might have answers. she definitely isn't expecting to be offered a job by the creepy apparent head of the place, but, well. she's gotten weirder offers
• melanie's primary focus in archiving is on investigation, and accrediting the various statements. she figures out the correlation between the digital and tape recordings pretty quickly, and starts disregarding any that will record digitally. and there's an even larger focus than usual on chasing down leads post-statement, something that melanie will often participate in herself. tim and sasha and martin are a little skeptical of an outsider taking a promotion that should've gone to one of them (or at least another employee), but they all warm up to each other at a decent speed. melanie and sasha hit it off to the point where melanie starts inviting her out with georgie, and then sasha starts inviting tim, and then martin, and the resentment more or less goes away after that
• melanie stays invested in war ghosts, and trying to figure out what happened with sarah baldwin (she reads the anglerfish statement and her eyes bug out when she recognizes the name from the follow up), but she latches onto figuring out other things. one of these things ends up being gertrude's disappearance. melanie has literally none of the history before she gets hired, and she gets curious after a few months, starts asking questions. sasha's able to provide the most context, having actually MET gertrude, but tim and martin have heard rumors of their own, and they end up swapping conspiracy theories for hours one night at the pub. someone throws out elias offing her. melanie can't quite let the stories go. she starts digging into gertrude's history in her spare time, wanting to put the pieces together. sasha helps her on that one, too.
• this is where jon comes in: he never works for the institute, but he stays interested in the supernatural. he also stays closer to georgie over the years, helps with research on what the ghost sometimes. this results in georgie being the only one who knows about the mr. spider incident. she ends up suggesting jon give his statement to the institute -- maybe a little reluctantly; she doesn't fully trust the institute, has seen how obsessive melanie has grown over the past few months, heard her talk about how creepy it is when she loses herself while recording statements. but she trusts melanie, and the others, and she knows they'll do proper follow up. maybe put jon's anxieties over the whole thing to rest.
• so jon goes in and gives his statement. and despite the fact that he and melanie don't see eye to eye on a lot of things (ghost hunt UK, how the institute is run, etc), he hits it off with everyone in the Institute, and seems intrigued by everything after it's all over. they promise to follow up on his statement, but there... isn't much to find. aside from a few mentions of the book on old internet forums, and a few potential missing person cases in connection, there isn't much to find. (jon's bully never reappeared, but this isn't a surprise.)
• the dead ends are disappointing, to a number of people. jon seems dissatisfied when he comes to follow up and they have nothing for him. georgie seems disappointed at the lack of clear answers. martin mentions once, to melanie, of how the statement reminds him of the carlos vittery statement, and maybe the two are connected? melanie suggests they look into it that evening.
• this time, jane prentiss doesnt follow martin home. why bother when the archivist is right there?
• georgie notices when melanie disappears; prentiss doesn't bother messaging her. she calls sasha and the others.
• georgie encourages melanie to quit after it's over, when melanie is staying in her guest room. tells her how worried she is. melanie agrees, she really does, but she isn't sure what else to do. even if she quits, the worms will still be in the institute (tim finds a nest under his desk three days after melanie gets out), and the mystery will still be there. she'll never know what happened to gertrude, never know the truth behind all these statements they've found. she wants to leave, can feel herself changing the longer she stays, but she isn't sure how she can leave
• things go pretty similarly after that. the only thing that's different is that jon feels guilty when he hears what happened to melanie, and comes by the institute to apologize. then he starts hanging around, asking sasha and tim and martin questions about statements and experiences and all of it, laughing stiffly and quietly at sasha and tim's jokes. martin sees how interested he is and actually invites him out on an investigation one night. melanie sighs and tells georgie to start inviting jon to pub night
• prentiss comes. this is the same. melanie kills the spider. she and martin and sasha end up in the storage room, tim is on the other side. tim saves melanie and martin. sasha goes up to artifact storage
• this is where things really change: sasha is taken, although she doesn't die. she's put in the table. but when the not-sasha comes up and hugs tim and martin in relief, asks worried questions, talks to the police and the employees and everyone like she is sasha... melanie still sees through it. she doesn't understand why this is happening because that is NOT SASHA. and tim and martin and georgie have no idea what she's talking about. the not-sasha just smiles at melanie when she protests and says, "don't you know me, melanie? it's just sasha. your good friend, sasha."
• melanie won't let it go. and she won't stay home and recover. she insists and insists until georgie says she believes her, and agrees to go along and help her look as long as melanie doesn't strain her leg. they go and they look in the archives one night, nearly tear it apart, and somehow they find it. the adelard dekker statement. it's the table.
• melanie tells tim and martin, but they don't believe her until she brings an axe down on the table, splits up and sends a shivering sasha tumbling down on the floor. until they are being chased with something with the face of the only sasha they'd recognize, and the real sasha is telling them again and again that it's not her
• they decide to quit, all four of them, tim and melanie still worm-scarred, tim and martin wide eyed and horrified by the way they don't recognize sasha. melanie ignores her sneaking suspicion that it won't work, ignores the sinking feeling, right up until she's standing in elias's office and he's smirking at all of them, stammering, unable to force the words out. i quit. but they can't
• melanie is furious. she shouts, she threatens, she pulls a knife on elias, but none of it works. it falls on deaf ears. no way out for any of them, even after everything
• the next morning, elias brings someone down to the archives and introduces them as a new archival assistant. it's jon, who's maybe a little eager, and certainly confused and hurt when everyone responds with horror
• elias meets melanie's eyes over her assistants' heads. he mentions how nice it will be to have someone new around, someone with experience in researching the supernatural... and what a shame it was that it couldnt be that nice young host of the what the ghost podcast
• they understand each other now. melanie grits her teeth and looks away. no way out now
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avatar: the last airbenders characters in american high school au
sokka -> katara -> aang -> toph -> zuko
sokka
-senior
-class clown
-sometimes studies for class but he naturally understands everything in this nice smooth flow so school comes very easy to him
-sokka surprises everyone thinking he'd become a jock in high school (he was the class clown, a little bit sexist, a little rude as all young teenage boys are) by becoming a theater kid instead
-its there he meets his girlfriend suki
-the first time he meets her is in all her makeup and dress
-he says she did good in her auditions, for a girl
-he teases her for it until she tells him all the kids who want in to the club have to perform the same audition script, in the same dress and makeup
-he protested at first but gave in anyway
-and then sokka was casted as the girl love interest to suki
-and the rest is history
-not even a week later sokka is the defintion of a feminist
-and he still never shuts up about his girlfriend suki
-he's very popular, and not just in the theatre kid clique
-he makes friends with everybody
-one time he sees this small freshman standing up for a kid being bullied by a senior and it looks like the freshmans about to be eaten alive
-sokka watches not sure what to do but gets confused as the three seniors back down after the freshman makes a speech about love and acceptance for everybody
-sokka is insanely impressed until he realizes they backed down because a teacher was coming down the hall
-it was mr. jeong jeong
-and nobody wants to deal with jeong jeong, not even the scariest kids in the school
-after the almost fight sokka calls aang young grasshopper and they become friends
-for the rest of the year sokka and aang (and eventually toph) keep getting into weird schemes together
-one night they pull all the chairs out of the entire school and put them into the football field
-nobody ever finds out they were the ones who did it
-sokka plans the entire senior prank by himself and its flawless until aang tells him hes not going big enough
-they keep planning and eventually its so extreme katara comes in and tells them guys you cant set 100 wild geese free in the school
katara
-junior
-when shes a freshman she gets really mad when other people are talking over the teacher
-gets near perfect grades on everything she does but still never stops studying
-she wasnt that popular as a freshman, she was that kid for a while who showed up with 50 notecards for a 10 question vocab quiz
-but she joins the swimming team and calms down just a little and all of a sudden she has more friends than anybody else in the school
-she meets aang in swim
-hes a really fast swimmer and at first thats the only thing about him that catches her attention is how impressive his speed is as a freshman
-but then sokka and aang become friends and katara cant keep her eyes off of him
-she finds him funny and his calm and peace of mind comforting
-he has a way of handling situations that seem wise beyond his years, but then he also sometimes acts just like the kid he is
-she knows he likes her immediately and she likes him back too
-but she wont ever admit it
-until they later start dating when theyre both in college
-katara meets toph through aang and after she sees someone bully toph for being blind she becomes furious
-toph doesn't care, at all
-but katara wont let it go
-and toph secretly loves katara for that
-she starts becoming more active in caring about other people
-she joins student council and eventually becomes student council president, winning by actually caring about her school and not just a popularity contest (although it was a little bit, everyone loved her)
-but zuko ran against her in her junior year for president under irohs suggestion
-she hated him competitively for a while
-she constantly threw it in zukos face that he was a rich kid so he cant just buy his way into anything
-she hated him on principle
-zuko never taunted her back though
-one day as she went in to study at a tea shop, she saw zuko in the backroom serving tea
-she learned zuko didn't have any of his familys money anymore and worked for everything he owned, including his heart and temperament
-he was a good person
-katara stopped hating him, but she didnt give up running either
-when he lost presidency to her, he accepted graciously
-and thats when she asked him to be her vice president, and the entire class voted zuko in
-they were the most powerful duo in the school after that day
aang
-freshman
-respectfully but constantly arguing with the teacher
-he's not doing it to be funny, he just knows more than the teachers do
-but everyone thinks hes funny for it anyway
-he never has to study but always does great on the tests
-he was very popular immediately
-by the time he reaches physics sophomore year he meets mr. bumi
-aang starts eating lunch in bumi's room and slowly all of the class joins him for lunch
-bumi only eats a singular lettuce leaf for lunch and 5 packets of pop rocks everyday
-during tests he gives everyone a packet of pop rocks for when youre finished taking it and promises you a 100 if you figure out what he wants you to do with them
-people try everything from putting it in coke, to stealing their classmates, to pouring it on the ground and stomping on them
-aang figures out his last day of class when theyre supposed to take their final
-he notices on test days bumi never has pop rocks
-he always assumed it was so he didnt distract the students during the test but he knows now
-he walks into bumis room and when the test begins he hands bumi his own pop rocks and says he can have them
-bumi annouces aang was the first person in his 43 years of teaching who got it and he will get a 100 on his final
-slowly the entire class turns in their pop rocks to bumi
-but bumi makes them take the test anyway and he has all 29 packets during the test, distracting the entire class
-the highest score on the test was a 35
-but they all passed with 100s anyway
-parents were mad at bumi's teaching style thinking the kids learned nothing from his nonsense and that his grades were meaningless
-but when the ap test scores came back every single student recieved a 5/5 on their score
toph
-freshman
-she doesnt care about school at all when she starts but becomes famous later on
-class clown but not like sokka
-she does it in a disrespectful way at first
-she always puts her feet on the desk claiming they "need to see"
-shes mad the teachers dont get mad at her for it
-they pity her for being blind instead
-so that makes her act out even more
-she doesnt get to have bumi for physics, she has mr. yu
-yu was a horrible teacher, and toph as a young sophomore year was fed up being treated like she can't do anything, so she taught herself
-she listens to classes online and studies and makes her own physics experiments and learns from the nature of the world itself
-and does better than anyone in her class
-eventually she starts to get 100s on every single test thrown her way, in every class
-she stops being dissrespectful but oh boy does she never back down from a fight if she doesnt like somebody
-at first she doesnt have a best friend but really wants one
-she has gym with aang freshman year and they get really competitive when theyre put on opposite teams
-she nearly takes aangs head off with a dodgeball once
-aang beats her in a mile run freshman year and she doesnt talk to him for a few months until she beats him again
-but they quickly realize how similiar they are and they become best friends
-they talk throughout their english class constantly and keep getting in trouble with the teacher
-aang keeps apologizing ashamed but toph only laughs waits five minutes and starts again
-but all her teachers learn to love her and are impressed by ger instead of pitying her
-when toph has 100s on every single test
she becomes known as the impossible, almost famous internationally for her perfect scores
-shes literally the brightest youngest genius in the world, found in an american public high school
-it seems impossible and like shes cheating except for her 35 average she gets in english every year
-it doesnt matter she cant read anyway she says
-toph loves sokka and after aang introduces them to each other, she never passes up a chance for annoying him for being a theater kid
-she gets involved with many schemes with aang and sokka
-but at first katara and toph dont get along
-one time, katara walks in the middle of toph cornered getting bullied for being blind as a freshman
-katara cant believe herself this is happening in this day and age and gets those kids suspended for discrimination
-toph gets annoyed at katara for caring so much and making such a big deal about nothing
-but one day she realizes katara doesnt pity her at all, shes only mad at the other people
-and she smiles to herself and realizes it is kinda nice to have someone care about her like that
-so she lets katara rant and rave
-but the next time someone said tophs makeup she tried on for the first time is so ugly because she can't see her own face to do it, in fact that explains why she dresses herself like that
-toph throws an entire textbook with perfect accuracy at that persons head
-and when katara is asked as student council president what she thinks should happen to toph next
-katara responds she should be handed a heavier textbook
-and toph smiles
zuko
-junior
-when hes young hes extremely rich and uses his money to get in and out of everything
-hes good at heart but lost still
-he originally went to ozais private academy because his dad is the principal there
-but when zuko stands up for someone being bullied, just like aang did, he doesn't get friends but instead he gets suspended because the bully was the school quarterback and when ozai defended the quarterback, zuko spoke up
-ozai didn't like that
-ozai is so mad he sends zuko to live with his uncle with strict orders that if zuko makes one more mistake he'll be sent to military school
-but zuko has a good healing life with iroh after that
-iroh has zuko take just one year off of school as they travel the world and connect with nature and camp and by irohs request, drinks a lot of tea
-iroh supports zuko finacially completely but feeling guilty and wanting to help out, zuko begins working at a tea shop with his uncle after his father cuts him out of recieving any of the family money
-iroh enrolls him at the same school as sokka katara aang and toph and after a year of traveling and zuko's heart has cleansed of sadness rejection and anger and now healed
-(but that will never stop him from losing his temper every now and then again too)
-hes in the same grade as katara now despite being a year older
-zuko is pretty jack of all trades in all of his classes, (but only master of one)
-and he also couldn't be worse in english even though his teachers think he has a beautiful way with words
-when he talks without thinking he moves people to tears
-but once he turned in a poem that said "you have to look within yourself to save yourself from your other self. only then will your true self reveal itself."
-he comes home sad he got a 20 on that poem "ruining his high gpa"
-but zuko has a natural gift for chemistry and iroh suggests he tutors some kids for it to increase his confidence again
-zuko meets aang, who wanted a tutor to perfect his classes
-it doesn't go too well at first
-after a year of healing and calm and zen, aang is very very Loud to him
-they argue constantly
-zuko's tutoring style is effective but very aggressive
-he tests aang constantly on the hardest chemistry problems he can come up with, some of it stolen directly from advanced college level courses
-aang is just a freshman but zuko has him learning advanced organic chemisty
-one night they were sent out of the library because aang tried to steal zukos answer key because the test was just too hard and zuko yelled at him to stop and they knocked a whole bookshelf over in the struggle of chasing each other
-but after they left it was the first time aang saw zuko laugh
-after that they start to get along and become best friends for life, despite the age difference
-it takes zuko a while to get used to aangs friends loud personalities but one day when hes older he realizes thats the first time he ever had any real friends his entire life
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carbonarafootprint · 4 years
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frick it kurtbastian hogwarts au on the dash
(just a quick note it started as kurtbastian and does mention them a lot but also a lot of it is kurts friendships and the glee characters in hogwarts in general lol)
- sebastian is a slytherin and so is santana- his frenemy
- kurt is a hufflepuff (loyalty to his friends and whatnot)
- but all of kurts friends (britanny, mercedes, quinn, goth tina) are ravenclaws
- sebastian likes quidditch and defense against the dark arts the most
- no really
- he definitely doesnt enjoy potions
- hes not a nerd
- kurt likes muggle studies mainly bc of all the old films they get to watch (and partially bc burt is a muggle so he tends to excel)
- sebastian, on the other hand, thought a microwave was just a term to discuss the ocean on a calm day
- the only class they share is defense against the dark arts
- sebastian likes the really dramatic spells and tends to get carried away especially bc hes a slytherin- of course he wants to win
- kurt is a pacifist and finds it implorable that this class is still mandatory (although he excels in it) bc didnt harry potter kill voldemort like 20 years ago?
- kurt and brittany go down to the kitchens a lot; brittany has made friends with the house elfs and kurt enjoys cooking. they also both question the claims that the house elves “enjoy” being servants
- they decide to question this publicly and try to campaign for the rights of hoyse elves- not to stop them from working entirely, but to give them wages/ workers rights and the option to leave their “families”
- mercedes favourite lesson is astronomy and she is often found hanging out at the astronomy tower late at night and quinn tends to join her
- sam thinks french is a dead language
- brittany has never met a muggle in her life. she is also hagrids favourite student.
- unique transfers from beauxbatons in her fifth year and magic has made her transition a lot easier physically although she still has her struggles
- she quickly makes friends with kurts group, specifically kurt and mercedes, and joins their weekly sleepovers
- wes is a ravenclaw and head boy, and mcgonagall may have somewhat taken him under her wing
- sue coaches the slytherin quidditch team (sebastian and santana are beaters). there are rumours that voldemort was more afraid of her than dumbledore, he was just nervous about her reaction if he said it aloud.
- there are also rumours that she was a muggle and just showed up one day. nobody has ever seen her use magic.
- will is in azkaban. no one knows what for but no one disagrees that he belongs there.
- emma is the charms teacher and cleans her classroom the magic way then the muggle way just to be sure
- kurt mercedes and tina alter their robes so that they can lace ribbon through them for the aesthetic
- mcgonagall hates the lack of tradition but reluctantly respects the drip
- kurt wears velour/velvet robes on occasion. he has never once followed the uniform and as such spends far more time in detention than his attitude would suggest
- consequently most of his house hates him (except for mike who knows him through tina)
- kurt and sebastian get put in detention on the same day (sebastian and santana got into an argument which they had already forgiven each other for, but the property damage had not yet forgotton. kurt wore constellation patterned robes to his astronomy lesson and, when he was asked to change, told his professor she was the sole reason that witches were portrayed as old hags in fairy tales.)
-they form a reluctant friendship built on bullying the astronomy teacher and theorising why will was in azkaban
- they begin partnering up in defense against the dark arts
- kurt still thinks its useless but secretly looks forwards to the lessons with his friend
- santana is a little furious that she lost sebastian, her usual partner in the lesson (the teacher is quietly thrilled, as far fewer walls have been broken since this development)
- kurt and sebastian both slowly fall for each other, documenting it to moaning myrtle who is far too invested
- sebastian, unsure of how to express his affections, remembers kurts fondness of muggle studies
- as such, he learns about how plants tend to be a romantic gesture in the muggle world. he doesnt get it at first, giving kurt mandrakes that scream at him and make him think hes done something to upset sebastian
- he eventually gets the hang of it though, giving kurt small flowers like lavender and daisies which kurt is far too happy to tuck into a safety pin and wear like a brooch
- they eventually decide to go out together to hogsmede and spend the afternoon at madame puddifoot’s (kurt thought the decoration was tacky but missed tea parties. sebastian was just happy kurt was happy and if they spent 2 hours in dervish and banges thats his business. he also tries not to think about how kurt manages to spend so long in gladrags wizardwear)
- after they decide to go steady, they realise that santana is looking a little lost without sebastian
- they also notice that she was oddly supportive of kurt and brittany’s attempts at house elf rights for someone who hardly seemed to care about people
- they decide to set brittany and santana up
- mercedes helps bc she loves a bit of romance (especially since sam from gryffindor has started leaving notes on pieces of parchment in her defense textbook, but thats her business)
- tbh their plan is very simple they just tell them both that they are setting them up on a blind date and the work does itself
- mercedes finally responds to sams notes with one of her own, asking if he’d like to join her by the great lake
- he agrees and they spend the night with a picnic as mercedes points out the different constellations
- quinn watches from the astronomy tower, slightly solemnly
- when mercedes asks her opinions on sam, she tells the truth; he seems like he really likes mercedes and is good for her (she doesnt mention how much better she thinks could be for her)
- the smythe family has a family crest which sebastian has as a wax seal stamp
- he uses it on every letter he sends with emerald green wax, except for the ones to kurt which he uses navy blue wax and a badger seal (until later, when he learns just how deeply kurt enjoys fashion at which point it becomes a lavender wax with a stamp that shows a pair of scissors)
- as life goes on, the letters that kurt keeps have a rainbow of different seals and sebastian has a full drawer of stamps (so what if he likes to see kurt smile thats his business)
- kurt designs formal robes and has a band in his spare time with elliott, who uses every excuse to wear kurts robes onstage
- sebastian becomes a lawyer and ends up notorious for legally permitting house elves workers rights
- mercedes and sam live in the countryside where they can watch the stars without any form of pollution, but close enough to the city that mercedes can go to all the fashion shows that she can stand and sam (a pureblood) can be introduced to the cinema
- quinn and mercedes stay best friends and quinn eventually gets over her crush to the point that they can laugh about it together. she meets a nice girl and they work on making new products for weasley wizard wheezes
- santana and brittany become dancers and tour the world with that, although santana will preform with kurts band when shes in the uk
- sometimes sebastian will press flowers and stamp them into a wax seal when hes away from kurt and recieves a particularly sad letter
- eventually kurt and sebastian move to france (dont worry, burt isnt left alone as the schools nurse, carole, had taken a liking to him and it had absolutely nothing to do with kurt- plus, the floo network was something he’d finally got the hang of)
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i’m wondering that you said harry’s pr bearding is good for his career and image. but i don’t understand why would they make h look like a homewrecker, someone who fucks around for roles and fame? isn’t it bad for his carreer? ofc i’m talking about people who are not in the fandom and saw things from media. cause harries/larries know that it’s a pr and it doesn’t matter for them
Well anon, first of all I’m not an expert in PR. I’d suggest the lovely @pianolouis would give you more insight into how and why they do these things.
I’ll will tell you my own opinion though. Counterintuitive as it seems, what looks like objectively bad publicity can be deliberately used to hone someone’s image the way they want it and scandal stunt PR can have a few benefits.
First, it’s convincing. So few people can believe any PR would make its client look bad in the media, that they automatically trust the rest of the messages they're being fed, whereas without the scandal they might have been more cynical. An example could be the Simon Cowell ‘getting together with the mother of his son by cheating on and stealing her from his best friend’ scandal. By then the GP didnt believe in any of his previous GFs or fiancees-- they've become a bit more sceptical about PR relationships and beardings of people they believe are gay -- but the ‘cheating on a friend and having a baby’ scandal changed that. Simon ofc notoriously believes bad PR is the most effective, so even if the whole scenario was actually real and happened like that, his PR made no attempt to ‘protect his privacy’ but played it all out. 
Second (for the above reason) scandal PR cuts through the sludge of the rest of competing celeb PR because - everyone loves a scandal and celebrity lives in a mess. Guaranteed attention.
Finally, scandal PR is strictly controlled. The people who set it up know where it’s going, what the aims are and what every step will be to get there. Contrast that with an actual uncontrolled scandal like the current Armie one. 
That said, I do share your puzzlement about H’s current situation with Olivia and Jason but possibly not for the same reasons. Its  puzzling to me because it seems to have become so weak and wishy-washy and...well.. boring so quickly. It shouldn't be, given the involvement of a 9 year old relationship and 2 kids and 3 known celeb names, but theres no sense of real emotion  -- anger or loss or passion from anyone involved. It’s like a wannabe stunt/scandal thats too timid to go for it and loses its nerve periodically.  I suspect the only reason Harry’s fans are so shocked by it as a stunt, is because Harry has been framed to them by his image builders and in their own minds as literally perfect.  Not a single human flaw is expected or accepted as real, and that has the effect that anything ‘grown up’ (ie scandalous) harry and his team try to do to add edge to his image, is neutered and infantilised by his fanbase to maintain ‘perfection’. That not to say Harry doesnt want and use his TPWK cupcake image ofc, but he needs more to get where he wants. He needs some danger in there. How to have both?
I admit I’m not following it closely (so all kinds of new & exciting things could have happened) but for now I can come up with a handful of possible scenarios behind the  current goings on:
1) its real, which would explain everything thats happened (because H and O would actually have fallen for each other before J and O ended and J would be upset) and maybe being real would excuse it’s sort of ...beige-ness as a ‘scandal’ because all parties are now trying to avoid damaging themselves and each other as entertainment for observers? It would also mean ofc that H actually does have relationships with actual women. And more pertinently, his team - and therefore Harry himself- immediately threw his real life GF under a bus to save his own image the moment the first tentative ‘homewrecker’ headline appeared. I don’t know... is that a good look?
2)its a PR stunt and all 3 (J, H and O)are involved for their own reasons (which, to me, is pretty seedy of all of them, given the kids involvement). If this is the case though every stage has been planned and controlled and all the next stages are planned and controlled, but unfortunately not many people save Hs fans and his media pushers are very interested. That could be because the whole thing is so bloodless or it could be Armie, but I think its in large part, the first. They've already all but pulled all the scandal out of it for H, possibly because they’re so used to juggernaut ‘perfect’ PR they panicked and started to counter anything that might have looked negative for even the short time it was needed to make an impact. 
What would be in a stunt like that for H? Well, he has to keep up balance of who and what he’s perceived to be by the GP and his own fans. It swung hard  one way with the possibly unexpected cut-through mass publicity for his Vogue cover; this swings it back. And being a ‘scandal’ its more believable to the GP than a straightforward PR GF. 
He also wants to be Bowie. He doesnt have the originality, the courage, the genuine iconoclasm or the creativity but he still seems to be encouraged to think he can buy, copy and manipulate his way up there. Right now hes a successful pop singer who was in a boy band and who dresses up, at least that’s how most the GP see him. Rock legends have edge and danger; Harry has neither. An effort to get that edge could explain the awkward drugs references which dont stick, possibly because his fans beige them over.  But Im told there’s been a lot of push into places like Vogue, Grazia, Elle to try to get attract older female fans. Harry could come out of this with his image confirmed as the young sex god women cant resist who seduces older intelligent women away from their boring lives.1DHQ did try that with Harry when 1D started out (though he'd have had no choice to say no) and it worked to an extent - it made womaniser! H stand out as ‘the sexy one’. I saw the writer in Vogue (Michelle someone?) who gushed about the Holivia pap pics when they broke had also written an article just a few weeks earlier about a ‘secret hit’ romance book based on that exact scenario - an accomplished older woman, sexually reawakened by a young rock star ‘based on Harry --’ and the author was an older female Yale graduate’. You can see why HSHQ might be tempted by that image?
I’m at more of a loss what Olivia would get out of a stunt like this (if its a stunt) other than attention and visibility. Those are major currency ofc in her business and its definitely added to her edge. But her ‘serious director’ image has taken a solid hit. Whats happening to her is more what you’d expect from a stunt scandal if her aim were to dirty up her image a bit
3) It’s a stunt (as above) but Jason either didnt know and was furious enough to mess it up a bit, or he did know and is resisting it. (@pianolouis came up with that one and its certainly feasible). If Jason suddenly threw a spoke in the wheel, that could be the worst possible thing that could happen to a scandal stunt for PR -ie the controllers lose control. Just as well so few people truly care. Anyway Im told its already back on track and heading to the sidings with ‘J waiting for O to get over H and still on good terms.’ Is that right? Ah, Hollywood
In the end I think the only way you can really know what PR and marketing moves were actually for is by seeing the results when the dust settles. What they achieve for the people/products involved. See how harry comes out of it and how O and even J come out of it. Id put serious money on it at the very least doing Harry no harm and re-cementing his image with the GP post `Vogue as a rampant sexy guy who sleeps with beautiful women who then fall in love with him. Actually though one of the interesting things for me is that all this has shown despite the ‘hes now a huge break out star’ PR these past months, how far Harry still has to go to get to the stratospheric level he apparently wants. A little scandal like this this matters hugely to Harry’s fans and his media fluffers but look at how little the general public care about him. 
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laws-hat-headcanons · 4 years
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Second commission for @beastofflevance featuring Sakazuki again!! I hope he isnt too ooc - since a lot of these word prompts are s/o relevant I didnt want them all to be like "no he is mean and doesnt like people >8(" so there are a few liberties I guess!! Anyway! Hope you like it!! 💙
Sakazuki - Blood, Snow, Ice, Silver, Heart, Hand, Flower, Gold, Glass, Bone
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Blood: How did they react the first time their S/O got badly injured??
. At first he doesn't really know how to react.
. Sakazuki always thought that the thing he cared about most was the Marines and his absolute justice, but as he watches his partner fall to the ground, red already blooming across her chest, he's not so sure.
. But there are still enemies to fight, and Sakazuki will always do his duty – but maybe he dispatches his foes with more speed and ferocity than usual, a little more desperation than before.
. He is by her side as soon as he can be, directing the troops under his command to get the injured to the infirmary. Not specifying her, obviously, but if she happens to be the first one seen then that's his business.
. Sakazuki can't be by her side much during her recovery. He has so many responsibilities to see to but he makes sure he gets frequent updates on her progress from the head medic.
. He visits when he can, but it is infrequent. Partially because of his time constraints and partially because he feels this boiling feeling in his chest when he sees her lying there. He hates to see her in pain.
Snow: One thing they love about their partner?
. Sakazuki appreciates confidence.
. In his partners self, in her looks, in her kindness, in her mind, in her morals or her decisions and actions – it doesn't matter which.
. As long as she can show him conviction in some part of her life he will stand by her always.
. Physically he loves her eyes.
. There is something genuine about the looks she gives him that makes him need to look away or risk that hot feeling that she sometimes elicits from him. Sakazuki is not a man who blushes easily.
. He would never admit it, but he could lose hours staring into those eyes.
 
Ice: One thing they dislike about their partner?
. For someone to catch his interest in the first place they have to be something special, but Sakazuki is very picky.
. He will always find something about his S/O that bothers him, but it will be small.
. If he finds something big about them that he doesn't like he won't be with them for long. He's just not tolerant enough to stay in a relationship with someone who can bother him that badly.
. So for Sakazuki it's something small about her that bothers him.
. Something like biting her nails or kissing her teeth. Humming while he's doing paper work or running her fingers through his hair to distract him.
Silver: Do they keep their promises?
. Sakazuki considers himself a man of his word so he doesn't make promises he can't keep.
. If his partner wants something from him Sakazuki is always realistic with her. If her request clashes with a pre-existing commitment he will be straight up and decline it.
. But he is organized enough to plan ahead. If he knows there is an important date coming up for him and his partner he will keep it free so when she asks if they can do something he can say yes.
. Sakazuki won't say “I'll try.” He either can, or he can't and he doesn't see the point in mincing his words.
. So he doesn't make promises often, but the ones he does make he always keeps.
Heart: When did they first realise they were in love?
. Sakazuki might not be the most emotional person, but he knows his feelings, so it doesn't take long for him to realise that it's deeper than just attraction.
. It's probably a quiet moment between them that does it though.
. He's been working for hours, bent over a desk trying to sort through all the mission reports that have been submitted to him.
. He hasn't eaten or had a drink in hours, but he's too intent to stop now, ready to work through the night – so when she appears he's surprised, thinking she would have gone to bed hours ago.
. She brings a steaming pot of tea and a small plate of food that she puts on his desk, watching him as he stretches from his hunched position.
. And she rubs a hand across his shoulders, gives him a peck on the cheek and leaves him to get back to it. She doesn't ask him to stop and come to bed, she knows him better than that.
. Sakazuki feels content in that moment. He isn't used to having someone look after him like that. And he is surprised to realise how much it meant to him.
Hand: How do they show affection to the people they care about?
. Sakazuki has such a stern personality that it is very hard to pick up when he is being affectionate.
. He's very private so he doesn't really like to show too many feelings in front of other people, he keeps most of his affection for with his partner behind closed doors.
. But there are small things.
. When out with his partner he will place a hand on the small of her back, keeping her close. He will pull out her chair when they sit down for dinner, and makes sure she is served first.
. Sakazuki will always put her before himself. Will try to maintain a presence and ask her about her day. Will always try to spend time with her when he can.
. He doesn't believe in frivolous gifts and he will never buy her trinkets – he hates clutter – but if she shows an interest in something when they are out and about he will remember it for a later date.
Flower: How protective are they over their loved ones?
. Oh, so protective.
. Sakazuki can count on one hand the people he cares about – with digits to spare.
. His preferred method of protecting his special people is to keep them out of harms way in the first place.
. If he can keep his partner from the front lines then he will. He doesn't care if it hurts their feelings, he cares that they don't get injured.
. There aren't many people in the Marines that are dumb enough to threaten Sakazuki's S/O, so he doesn't have much to worry about on that front.
. But if someone outside the Navy were to become a problem Sakazuki wouldn't tolerate it for long.
. And his brand of retaliation will leave the other person drinking through a straw.
Gold: What was their first kiss with their S/O like?
. Sakazuki is the kind of man who knows what he wants and isn't afraid to get it, in relationships and any other aspect of his life.
. So he isn't at all hesitant at the thought of kissing his S/O for the first time.
. Until he is face to face with them, looking into those beautiful eyes and that hot feeling is bubbling inside him again.
. Sakazuki moves in slowly, giving her the opportunity to pull away if she desires, but he feels her hands on his chest as she goes up on her tip toes to meet him.
. The kiss itself is short and sweet, lingering a little at the end.
. He feels a little hot under the collar with the warm feeling of her lips against his, but he doesn't let it show.
Glass: Are they open with their partner? Do they allow themselves to be vulnerable around them?
. Sakazuki doesn't talk about his feelings, even with this partner - unless it directly effects them.
. He is so private and he doesn't like involving other people in his life if he doesn't have to. He doesn't enjoy letting people in and he doesn't enjoy sharing how he's feeling either.
. His partner would have to be something very special or they would have to be together for a long time in order for him to open up about his emotions.
. Unfortunately Sakazuki is not in the habit of being vulnerable in any way, shape or form. It just.. is not something he is willing to do. He will never willingly make himself look less than the controlled and powerful person he has built himself up to be.
. If emotional intimacy is important to his partner they will find Sakazuki somewhat lacking.
Bone: How do their react if their S/O gets hurt because of them?
. Sakazuki is furious. He's furious that he is always so careful and meticulous about keeping his S/O safe, and then he is the one that injures them? Ridiculous.
. He has very good control over his moments, so Sakazuki knows he didn't hurt her badly. But he did hurt her and he hates that.
. That feeling of embarrassment and worry that mingles within him is not a feeling he enjoys, and he is angry at himself. Unfortunately it seems to translate that he is angry at her.
. He will tell her to get up, will brusquely check over her injury and treat her if it's required, all the while glowering.
. Sakazuki will berate her for not being more careful, that she is lucky that the wound was so minor – but really these are things he should be telling himself. He won't stick around for long, feeling foolish and guilty.
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