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itsoxyymoronn · 5 months

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i'd like to disclaim i have only read the first hunger games book and around half of the second, so my opinions and personal analysis are mainly skewed towards the movies. also spoilers for TBOSAS (duh). also this is all kind of a rushed non-edited theory, and probably needs more detail. ill probably edit here and there, so i'd love to hear any thoughts!

after seeing The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes last night, honestly what has been on my mind a lot was if the love between lucy gray and snow was real, and from that it felt it could only be answered by whether snow was inherently evil or he became evil.

the easiest answer feels to be that he was always purely selfish and lacked a great deal of empathy. all things seemed to point to that, but one thing that always threw a wrench in that idea for me was the scene where snow breaks down crying after looking in sejanus' storage. i think this scene is particularly important because by panem standards he did the correct thing. his friend was a rebel and he reported it. by panem's standards, he shouldn't feel guilty, and yet he still does. this seems to indicate some sort of moral compass in him.

i guess then the question leads to why snow became so evil. i think it is a combination of inherent self-serving traits and the environment he was raised in. i think a key concept here is "explanation, not excuse", which i learned from a video essay by Trope Anatomy in regards to Cassie Howard (link below). experiencing war and hardship at such a young age and later growing up around negative influences, such as Dr. Gaul and really all of the capitol itself, shaped his worldview and are direct factors that lead him to make the decisions he does. it doesn't excuse them though. his upbringing didn't force him to make these terrible choices, they only gave him more reason to. yet he still could've chosen to be good, as people like sejanus did.

him becoming pure evil in the end felt like a defense mechanism to cope with his own guilt. an incredibly messed up and extreme one at that. i think in the end his distain for the districts and their people doesn't come solely from them being "district" (although that definitely has something to do with his hatred) but rather them being people. dr. gaul taught him humans are all destined to show their true, evil nature, and this snow did. i think continuing the games was a way of proving to himself again and again that it was not just him that was evil, but all humans. it probably soothed the guilt within him.

while he may not have began as pure evil, he did become it. he's evil, full stop. he can't be redeemed. but i think TBOSAS gives us reason as to why he is like this. and while it may have been easy to view snow as forever and always evil, i believe in a way snow having this agency and development into cruelty just makes him all the more evil because it shows he DID have a choice, and chose evil. a great Screen Rant quote that really made me start thinking about this is "the overarching antagonist of the Hunger Games [is] Panem, not Snow" (link below).

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Trope Anatomy: Freudian Cassie: How Far an Excuse Can Go

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Screen Rant: Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes Changes How You See Snow (But He’s Still Evil) https://screenrant.com/ballad-songbirds-snakes-president-snow-changes-evil/#:~:text=Still%2C%20the%20purpose%20behind%20Suzanne,Games%20as%20Panem%2C%20not%20Snow.

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#the ballad of songbirds and snakes #thg #coriolanus snow #tbosas #corio snow #coryo snow #sejanus plinth #lucy gray baird #snowbaird #thg series #tigris snow #panem #hunger games #suzanne collins

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blueeyedheizer · 1 year

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✯ QUIET

pairing: Cassie Howard x Reader

summary: Cassie is not as quiet as she thinks she is.

content warning: oral sex, semi-public sex?? idk, porn without plot

a/n: I haven't written smut since forever so,, hopefully this isn't too bad. Also, I am violently gay for Cassie Howard. That's quite literally all I have to say in my defense

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The party downstairs is in full swing, the loud music muffled behind the closed door.

Your hands are resting around Cassie's waist, tugging her closer as she pulls on the hair at the back of your neck; her lips are hungry against yours, fast and urgent.

The two of you have been dating for a couple months now, having mutually decided to keep the relationship a secret so as to not give people at school anything to taunt you with. The only person who knows about it is Lexi, and you both trust her enough to know she won't tell a soul. The last thing all three of you want is for yours and Cassie's relationship to become the next topic of yet another high school scandal.

It does help that you have been best friends well before you started dating. It wasn't unusual to see you together all the time, therefore the two of you could easily leave a room full of people you knew without it looking suspicious.

The only thing that could — and probably will, one of these days, give the two of you away, is Cassie's loudness. As flattering as it is in the intimacy of your room when you're alone, it's a lot more inconvenient in moments like these.

"I'm not that loud, stop exaggerating." Cassie pouts, kiss-swollen lips quickly seeking yours again. Laughing, you take her lower lip between your teeth, giving it a firm tug before releasing it.

“All i'm saying is, you’re not as quiet as you think you are.” You murmur, getting down on your knees in front of her. You smile up at her, your hands starting to rub up and down her bare legs, a slight pressure applied to keep her pinned against the door. Then you reach underneath her dress to hook your fingers into the hem of her panties, pressing a kiss to her covered stomach. "And you know i'm right." You don't break eye contact as you pull her panties down to her ankles and off her entirely.

"I can be quiet." she insists. You can't help but chuckle upon noticing the way her chest starts to rise with heavier breaths of anticipation.

"Wanna bet? You think you can keep your pretty moans down while I take care of you?"

Cassie nods, a soft spoken 'yes' passing her lips you as inch closer, your hands rubbing up and down the back of her thighs and squeezing her ass before giving her dress a slight tug. “Take this off."

Obediently, Cassie reaches behind her back to unzip her dress, slowly pushing the whole thing down the length of her body with ease and stepping out of it, leaving her in nothing but her white lace bra.

Immediately, you help her lift her leg to place it over your shoulder, slowly kissing up the length of it starting from her ankle, going past her knee, all the way up to her inner thigh and the little patch of trimmed pubic hair between her legs.

"I've missed this. Missed you."

And just like that, you're flattening your tongue to take a slow lick up her slit, your eyes fluttering shut in delight. You moan at the taste and take another lick, and then another, a thin line of spit mixed with her arousal connecting your tongue to her pussy.

Cassie's head hits the door with a thud as one of her hands tangles in your hair, the other sliding up her flushed body to grasp her breast and tug on a nipple underneath the cup of her bra. A flow of whimpers and small uh uh sounds escape her slightly parted lips as you move your tongue around and graze her clit.

"Shh. I know, baby. I've got you." you mumble, your mouth leaving her core so you can run your finger along her folds, gathering her arousal and smearing it around. "But you've gotta be quiet, remember?"

"You tease too much." Cassie pouts, her hips bucking to try and meet your mouth again. You chuckle.

"You know you like it." you say, the words murmured lowly as you skim your palms over her thighs. Cassie whines, her hips bucking slightly as you tease her entrance, dipping a finger in just slightly before pushing in, thrusting it in slow, steady movements. Cassie gasps, her eyes screwing shut as a hand flies to cover her mouth.

"That's it. Such a good girl for me." you praise before diving back in, sealing your lips around her clit and sucking, only letting go to stimulate her with quick soothing flicks of your tongue.

Unsurprisingly, the room quickly fills with increasingly loud moans and whimpers. Cassie can't stop writhing under your mouth; her hands sliding up and down her body, scraping against whatever bare skin she can find while her back arches off the door.

"Cassie." you warn. Cassie feels the vibration of your voice directly on her clit, which sends her into small spasms.

"Don't stop—" She bites down on her lip, ignoring your warning and frowning deeply as her hand fists in your hair. It's clear that she's lost herself in the feeling, her hips lifting, begging for more of your touch.

"Quiet."

"I am being quiet!” Cassie suddenly hisses, raising her voice slightly. Your tongue and finger still. You laugh. And you get back on your feet, pushing her leg off your shoulder.

Cassie's eyes widen, a weak 'what? no!' passing her lips as you wipe your mouth with the back of your hand and reach for the doorknob, pretending to leave. She lets out a sob and grabs your hand, clenching her thighs together.

"Please." she begs, her eyes filling up with tears of frustration. "I'm sorry. I'll be quiet, I promise. Please, stay."

Your hand reaches to touch her face, index finger following the line of her jaw. "You don't want to get caught, do you?" you murmur, pecking her lips softly. Cassie shakes her head. "Then be. quiet."

You make yourself at home between her thighs again, wasting no time in working her relentlessly; licking, sucking, swirling your tongue around as Cassie rocks her hips against your face, her hands clutching at your hair desperately.

She's trying so hard to be quiet but she can’t help it, can’t control her little gasps and whines as you hum against her, your tongue spelling out the letters of your name and marking her yours as she comes.

#cassie howard x reader #cassie howard smut #cassie howard imagine #cassie howard x fem!reader #cassie howard fanfic #cassie howard #euphoria x reader #euphoria imagine #euphoria smut

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truefaithmp3 · 1 year

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Myztify Euphoria Fic Masterpost 🤍

💔 Angst:

- all i need in this life of sin (is me & my girlfriend) — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA Lexi and Fezco reunite years later

- you had a long time, to think who you are — Cassie-centric, Fezco/Lexi, rated E, one shot AKA Fezco and Lexi’s relationship through Cassie’s eyes

- all your secret wishes (could right now be coming true) — Fezco/Lexi, rated M, multi-chapter AKA Lexi struggles to get pregnant, Fezco struggles to cope with his grief

- a certain kind of light — Fezco/Lexi, rated M, multi-chapter AKA teacher!Lexi moves to Chicago and runs into Fezco

- lost in the lie of us — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter ⚠️ minor Cassie/Fezco AKA the early-2000s angsty teen drama

- can’t get used to losing you — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA Fezco has an affair with married Lexi

- (oh, honey) a heart that never breaks — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA best friends Lexi and Fezco decide to have a baby

- (i don’t want to be your friend) i just want to be your lover — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA non-linear Fezco and Lexi can never quite make it work

- there ain’t no romance around there — Fezco/Lexi, Maddy/Rue, rated M, multi-chapter AKA Fezco, Rue and Lexi are roommates in LA

- my sister’s boyfriend — Fezco/Lexi, minor Fezco/Cassie, rated E, two part series AKA Lexi fucks her sister’s boyfriend, Fezco

- my bright is too slight (to hold back all my dark) — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA a soulmates AU

- (you’ve got) skeletons in the closet, my dear — Fezco/Lexi, rated M, one shot AKA Lexi observes how her husband has changed

- just some lover — Fezco/Lexi, rated M, one shot AKA Lexi and Fezco marry young and divorce

- maybe i’m too young (to keep good love from going wrong) — Fezco/Lexi, rated M, multi-chapter AKA Fezco and Lexi are broken up when she finds out she’s pregnant

- whenever i’m alone with you — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA formerly incarcerated Fezco stalks married Lexi

💕 Coming of Age:

- a strangers heart without a home — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA foster kid!Fezco moves into the Howard home

- love, i get so lost sometimes — Fezco/Lexi, rated M, multi-chapter AKA a Say Anything AU

- (i want more) impossible to ignore — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, one shot AKA the video store kids

- are you wild like me? — Fezco/Lexi, Rue/Jules, rated M, multi-chapter AKA a Booksmart AU

- (what i need is a good defense) ‘cause i’m feeling like a criminal — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA cheerleader!Lexi falls for stoner!Fezco

- we can make it so divine — Fezco/Lexi, rated M, multi-chapter AKA Lexi has always had a crush on her best friend’s older brother (5+1)

- (my, oh my) what a girl — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA Fezco hooks up with dream girl Lexi on the last day of high school

🥰 Fluff:

- (please) be my baby — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA journalist!Lexi meets farmer!Fezco

- i wanna kiss you (until i lose my breath) — Cassie/Maddy, rated E, multi-chapter AKA Cassie gets over Nate and falls for her best friend

- i’d take care of you (if you asked me to) — Fezco/Lexi, minor Ash/Cassie, minor Rue/Jules, rated M, multi-chapter AKA a New Girl AU

- now i’m older, i’m tattooed all over — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, one shot AKA tattoo artist!Fezco gives Lexi her first tattoo (5+1)

- cradle me (i’ll cradle you) — Fezco/Lexi, Ash/Cassie, rated M, multi-chapter AKA Fezco’s brother knocks up Lexi’s sister

- don’t be alarmed if i fall (head over feet) — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, one shot AKA a friends with benefits AU

- (last christmas) i gave you my heart — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, one shot AKA christmas fic AKA the gang goes to a cabin in colorado

🍆 Smutty:

- heaven holds a place for those who pray — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA older!Lexi starts fucking her weed dealer

- young adult friction — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, one shot AKA Fezco wants to bone librarian!Lexi

- gonna set my soul on fire — Fezco/Lexi, minor Ash/Maddy, multi-chapter AKA Fezco and Lexi go to Vegas for a bachelor/bachelorette weekend

- my body is the canvas (you could be the pen) — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, one shot AKA tattooed!Lexi begins working at Fezco’s bar

- you know i need your love — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, one shot AKA good catholic boy Fezco wants Lexi

- let’s talk about sex, baby — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, two part series AKA the sexual histories of Fezco and Lexi

- girls need love — Ash/Cassie, minor Fezco/Lexi, rated E, five part series AKA the Ash/Cassie extended universe

- pour some sugar on me — Fezco/Lexi, Ash/Cassie, rated E, two part series AKA the 80s groupies AU

- the animal instinct in me — Fezco/Lexi, minor Ash/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA an A/B/O AU

- too busy being yours — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, one shot AKA Lexi determines whether cocky!Fezco really does have a dick piercing

- feeling too good to me — Fezco/Lexi, rated M, one shot AKA the breeding kink AU

- you’ve already got me right where you want me — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, one shot AKA older!Lexi is Paulie’s girlfriend

- (if you want a lover) i’ll do anything you ask me to — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA a Secretary AU

- lost in the heat of it all — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, one shot AKA Fezco gives Lexi just the tip

- (i think you should know) i think this will work — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA Lexi and Fezco have an eight year age gap

🤪 Stretching the AU Limits:

- i’m a fool to do your dirty work — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA Lexi is a ‘fixer’ who cleans up crime scenes

- fall fast, fall free, fall for me — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA boxer!Fezco pisses off Lexi’s gangster father

- (nobody stands between) me & my man — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA Fezco chooses a life of crime and Lexi becomes a gangster’s moll

- i made a lot of mistakes (in my mind) — Fezco/Lexi, rated M, one shot AKA a The Bear AU

- got a blue moon in your eyes — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA a The Sopranos AU

- can’t nobody love you (like i’m loving you) — Fezco/Lexi, minor Ash/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA Lexi is arranged to be married to Ash

- into my arms — Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA Fezco and Ash are prohibition bootleggers

👻 Spooky:

- wolf like me — Cassie & Lexi-centric, minor Fezco/Lexi, rated M, multi-chapter AKA a Ginger Snaps AU

- ambitiously vicious — Lexi, Cassie, Maddy & Jules-centric, Fezco/Lexi, rated E, multi-chapter AKA a The Craft AU

#organising the embarrassing amount of fic i’ve written #my fic

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callmekenya · 13 days

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The carnival lights flickered against the night sky, casting a kaleidoscope of colors across the grounds. Amidst the swirling crowd, Y/n moved through the festivities, his arm linked with Cassie Howard, his girlfriend. They laughed and shared cotton candy, their happiness palpable in the air.

Unbeknownst to Cassie, Y/n carried a secret burden. He had been seeing Jules behind her back, a tangled web of emotions and deceit. But tonight, fate had other plans as Jules unexpectedly crossed their path.

Y/n's heart skipped a beat as he caught sight of Jules in the crowd, her eyes ablaze with a mixture of surprise and hurt. He knew he had been caught in his web of lies, and guilt gnawed at him like a relentless beast.

Jules turned on her heel, intent on fleeing the scene, but Y/n couldn't let her go. He excused himself from Cassie's side, his mind a whirlwind of conflicting emotions. Without a second thought, he chased after Jules, his heart pounding in his chest.

"Jules, wait!" he called out, his voice barely audible above the carnival din. He reached out and caught her arm, spinning her around to face him.

"What do you want, Y/n?" Jules's voice trembled with emotion, her eyes brimming with unshed tears.

"I—I'm sorry," Y/n stammered, his guilt weighing heavily upon him. "I never meant to hurt you."

Jules's gaze softened, but her walls remained firmly in place. "You have a funny way of showing it," she said quietly.

Y/n's heart ached at the hurt in her voice. "I know, and I hate myself for it," he admitted, his voice raw with emotion. "But being with you—it feels different. It feels... right."

Jules's eyes searched his face, looking for any sign of sincerity. Slowly, her defenses began to crumble, replaced by a flicker of hope.

"I care about you, Jules," Y/n continued, his voice earnest. "More than I can put into words. Please, give me a chance to make things right."

Jules hesitated, torn between her feelings for Y/n and the betrayal she had endured. But as she looked into his eyes, she saw a glimmer of truth amidst the lies.

"Okay," she said softly, her voice barely above a whisper. "But you have a lot of making up to do."

Y/n nodded, his heart soaring with relief. He knew that rebuilding their trust would take time, but he was willing to do whatever it took to win back her heart.

As they stood amidst the swirling lights and laughter of the carnival, Y/n and Jules embraced, their hearts beating as one. In that moment, they knew that no matter what challenges lay ahead, they would face them together.

#male reader #x y/n #y/n #euphoria #masterlist #euphoric

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toulousewayne · 1 year

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Wonder Woman: Apex Predator

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This is a concept for a live-action theatrical Wonder Woman Movie.This film would be in Phase 3.

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Synopsis:Wonder Woman has fought May foes, some of which were not of her world. But now Diana will now face her most formidable and furious opponent yet.

Release: March 6,2026

Runtime: 2 Hour, 32 Minutes

Rating:PG-13

Theme:

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Cast:

Diana Prince/Wonder Woman………Christian Serratos

Barbara Minerva/Cheetah………Ana De Armas

Circe…………….Bryce Dallas Howard

Cassie Sandsmark/Wonder Girl……Peyton List

Helena Sandsmark……Sarah Michelle Gellar

Guest Appearance:

Barry Allen/Flash……..Sam Claflin

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Concept Art:All artwork belongs to the original artist ‼️‼️‼️‼️

WW:

Cheetah:

Wonder Girl 1st Suit:

Wonder Girl 2nd Suit:

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Plot:

The film opens with Barbara going to a small region in Africa with a small group. She was sent her by Circe to uncover several ancient artifacts.

Wonder Woman returns to mortal realm and visits Helena Sandsmark, to gain a better understanding of her new abilities since discovering her true Amazon status being reinstated.

Cassie’s powers are growing by the day and she has to come clean to her mom about them.

Barbara’s team stumbles into an rare African Ritual. She demands they give her the artifact. Which turns into a battle where most of her team is killed. She escapes into the jungle with the artifact of the Goddess.

Wonder Woman takes Cassie to with a device created by Helena that allows her to travel to and from Paradise Island where she can hopefully learn to control her abilities.

Barbara escapes into the temple of the Goddess and is cornered by the Chief of the tribe. She shots in self-defense and he bleeds out. His blood touches the ideal in Barbara’s hands and it curses her for her impurity.

Wonder Woman goes to home and arrives at the Pentagon where she’s briefed on the attack at the African tribe. Who was under the US military watch. She travels and finds the tribe and outsiders all slaughtered.

She meets Circe for the first time who Diana ask is she behind this massacre. Circe tells her that she played her part, but this was a ploy to kill her.

Circe vanishes in purple smoke as Diana hears a loud growl. Shes attacked while distracted and is quickly thrown through the jungle.

Only in the full moonlight does she see the Cheetah who comments that it’s been a while. She reveals she blames Diana for her career downfall and wants her to pay in blood.

Wonder Woman and Cheetah have their first major battle throughout the jungle with Diana being tired and unprepared from her last battle. Cheetah is about to kill her when a portal opens to red blur throwing Cheetah into the jungle.

Wonder Woman his picked up and taken through the portal.

When she awakens in Helena lab she’s shocked that the person that saved her was the Flash.

Barry asks Diana what happened, she recounts to him what happened to her during the events of the war (the first film) and what happened to her former friend Barbara.

Barbara awakes in a cave, back as a human. The cave which is the hidden lair of Circe. She see her reflection to find her appearance to be ghostly and frail. She even comments how she feels drained and weaker. Circe tells her that she can fix that,but she must kill Diana this time.

Circe hands her a chalice full a crimson liquid. Barbara fires at her that this is just as much her fault as it is Diana’s.

Circe warns her that if she doesn’t obey her she’ll let the curse eat her away until she’s dies, and by her calculations thats she die a slow and painful death before the next full moon.

Barbara agrees reluctantly to kill Diana. She drinks from the chalice and is painfully and rapidly transformed back into the Cheetah. As her transformation is completing Circe sends her through a portal.

Barry and Diana listen to Helena who explains to them the source of the ritual Barbara took part in and why she became the Cheetah.

A news board cast about a Cheetah attack in downtown D.C. flashes across the screen. Diana and Barry arrive at the DC Mall where citizens are fleeing from Cheetah who’s stronger, faster, and even more bloodthirsty than before.

Barry saves a citizens from Cheetah and WW sends her flying from the middle to the lower level of the mall.

WW and Cheetah are constantly leaping, and jumping throughout the mall attacking one another until Cheetah sends WW through the front door of a department store.

WW tells her that this is Circe controlling her, she pleads with Barbara to give up and let her help her.

Cheetah tells her Barbara is dead and she’s is the Cheetah and sneak attacks Diana. WW is able to use her braces to deflect the attack but is flung through the store and into the center of the mall.

WW is across the street in the park when the Flash arrives and Cheetah growls at the two. She tells Diana that she’ll never stop her. A violet cloud appears and Circe reveals herself and tells Diana that the time is come for them to fight.

She shoots at a wore down Diana but a flash of scarlet lightening appears and Circe’s attack is deflected by braces to belonging to Cassie a.k.a. Wonder Girl. The magical powers are absorbed into her arm. She and Diana leaps towards Circe as Cheetah leaps towards Barry.

Diana, Cassie, and Circe have an epic battle throughout the skies of DC. Cassie uses her new lasso and hold Circe in place, and by doing so Diana nearly kills Circe in the end who tells Diana that she isn’t any different from Circe herself or the Gods and Goddess she worships. The Cheetah appears uses her claws on Circe nearly killing her.

She tells her she only worked with her long enough to get WW vulnerability enough to kill her. Circe enrages uses her powers to escape but not before vowing to end both Cheetah and Diana.

Diana uses her lasso and captures Cheetah. Unable to break free of the lasso Diana commands her to tell the truth. Cheetah confesses to Diana that she doesn’t fully hate her but she’s is envious of her. Barry arrives and injects a sedative. Cheetah vows she get her and falls asleep.

Shee’s imprisoned in a Star Labs facility with a collar to dampen her abilities. Diana and Barry have a quick chat and she thanks him for her help.

She returns to her apartment where she finds Cassie or Wonder Girl on her balcony. They have a chat and Diana gives Cassie the original WonderGirl suit. And also, gives her the Lasso of Lightning. She tells her it was apart of the armor she received but she prefers her current Lasso. Cassie thanks her and tells her about a bomb threat in a Capital building.

The last scene is Wonder Woman and Wonder Girl crashing the room full of terrorist who are shock and scared when the shoot at the women who deflect their bullets. The two smirk to each other and WW tells her they never learn. Then finally the scene goes black to the end credits.

#dc comics #dc universe #dc live action #dc wonder woman #dceu films #dc wonder girl #wonder woman movie #cheetah #dc cinematic universe #dc Circe

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antvnger · 2 years

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Blood Brothers AU - Tony finding out Scott’s in prison

Tony’s been kidnapped for 4 months at this point, and Stark Industries gave up on getting Scott to take over 2 months ago for which he was thankful.

He did not want to work with Obadiah at all, and as much as he respected the company his dad created and wanted to see it back to the way his dad intended it to be, Scott knew he was not the guy to do that.

Besides, he was having a hard time shaking Tony’s bad rep all the way in California, who knows how bad it would actually be at Stark Industries.

However, even if Scott wasn’t dealing with being a Stark thanks to Tony’s rep (and partially their grandfather Howard’s rep) at VistaCorp, he was still dealing with bad treatment from his coworkers.

Turns out that being hella smart - smarter than your boss, never mind your coworkers - just turns people the wrong way.

Which is part of the problem when Scott blows the whistle on the company. He’s already disliked, and then he figures out what the company’s doing and that’s just not a good combination for him.

Vistacorp fires him, and Scott does what Scott does and goes to jail for it.

And then the divorce happens and all that negative jazz

Tony returns a few months after the fact, and he starts the Iron-Man stuff and he turns Stark Industries around, and he does things that would make his parents and his brother proud.

Tony tries to reach out to Scott, but his number’s been disconnected. He tries reaching out to Maggie, but her number has been changed. Weird.

He asks Pepper if she’s heard anything from Scott since he’s been gone, and Pepper gives him a soft, apologetic look.

“I need to show you something.”

She has JARVIS pull up everything related to Scott and the Vistacorp job, and it takes Tony a few minutes to digest what he’s seeing.

Contradicting headlines from competing news reporters tell different sides of the story.

The ones in Vistacorp’s pocket scream things about how Scott’s a thief and a vandal and a menace seeking revenge on losing his job.

The other side of the story - the real story - gets told in Scott’s defense. Headlines like Stark Vigilante Sticks Up for Common Man, Modern Day Robin Hood Takes Down Company, Vistacorp Whistleblower Takes Matters into Own Hands

Then there’s stuff from the trial.

The prosecution dragging Scott’s name and the Stark name through the mud, somehow managing to drag Tony and their parents and even their grandfather Howard into it too.

The defense throwing Vistacorp’s dirty deeds into the light and showing Scott’s a good man who was trying to help when after doing things the system’s way only got him fired.

The jury seemed to empathize with Scott but only to a certain extent, and he was sentenced to three years.

And any photos of Scott from the trial showed him as quiet, solemn, not really apologetic for doing what he did, but also…scared. Tony could see his kid brother was scared.

Then Pepper informs Tony that shortly after Scott was sentenced, Maggie filed for divorce, and despite Scott’s pleas for her not to, the divorce was quick and painful.

Tony wastes no time in heading to San Francisco to see Cassie - if Maggie will let him see her - and to see Scott.

Maggie lets him see Cassie because she’s so adamant and so excited to see her uncle outside their door and because Maggie is relieved to see Tony alive and well after his experience

Tony is unsuccessful however in getting to see Scott.

The first time he tries, he’s told that Scott’s in solitary confinement and isn’t allowed to have visitors right now. Weird. That doesn’t sound like Scott.

Tony tries more than once to see his brother or to get letters to him, but every time he’s turned away without seeing him and his letters are never answered.

That is thanks to Obadiah Stane. He managed to intercept Tony’s letters before they’re ever mailed, and he paid some sleazy OCs in the prison to make it appear like red tape was keeping the brothers from uniting.

Eventually, Tony has to return to Stark Industries with the plan to come back and try again, but then Avenging kind of gets in the way. You know how that is.

It’ll be a while yet before the Stark Boys reunite

#blood brothers #blood brothers au #ant-mun's thoughts #scott lang #ant-man #tony stark #iron man #what if scott and tony are blood brothers #what if scott and tony were blood brothers #I queued the moment didn’t I?

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love-geeky-fangirl · 2 years

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Some of you can't differentiate between:

This character is entertaining to watch vs this character is a good person

And:

This character is on a downward spiral that causes them to make mistakes and hurt people vs this character is an awful person that is actually the villain of the story

And it shows

#rory gilmore defense #jess mariano defense #cassie howard defense #jen lindley defense #jenny humphrey deserved better #idk who else to add

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evies20dollars · 2 years

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I don't know if it's just because I didn't watch the first season of Euphoria live, but I feel like people are being extremely hard on Cassie for what she did in the new ep and like... really? Like, don't get me wrong, she fucked up big time, but this is basically the first time we've seen her character do ANYTHING that hurts anyone besides herself.

I keep seeing stuff from people talking about how Maddy needs to "put her in her place" and shit and like, has Maddy been a great friend to Cassie? I remember last season when she told her if she ever repeated what Maddy told her at the carnival she'd "fucking come for [her]." And obviously Maddy was at a real low point when she said that, but that's the point-- so is Cassie now.

I'm not excusing Cassie's actions (though honestly this whole Cassie x Nate plot is total bullshit to begin with imo), but she's young, has virtually no self esteem, knows only toxic relationships and being exploited, and was on top of all that really wasted. Obviously it was a bad action, but the way people are coming down on her and wanting to see her punished for this downward spiral when up to this point she's been one of the sweetest people in the show just doesn't sit right with me

#euphoria #cassie howard #maddy perez #nate jacobs #meta #cassie defense squad

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and when life is a movie, the stakes start to feel low––even nonexistent.

for most of lexi’s life, most of the people in it have only ever needed her to listen and nod. occasionally they might ask her opinion, which she sometimes gives in the way one might when talking at a show on a screen –– separated by a world of glass, saved by the fictional quality of it all –– because she’s long since noticed that the sparing few who do, only seem to do this to ensure that the opposite of whatever she says is actually what they think or wanted to do anyway, just like characters in a movie carrying on unperturbed. after all, if the task of changing minds is so doomed from the start, why even try?

she doesn’t always mind this though. whether that’s the product of true indifference, or of a deeper emotional detachment put in place in order to cope, it’s much more important a mark of how much she cares for someone when she actually does mind. her sister, cassie, and her best friend, rue, take top priority; her mother falls next in line. they are safe people, made so by the many years she’s known them, even if they actually have the power to hurt her the most.

focusing on them serves as a crutch for lexi, a means of distracting herself from her constant out - of - body experiences; existing in a state of perpetual anxiety almost seems noble when her worrying is for their sake. it gives her a place to put it. intervening on someone else’s behalf without explicitly being asked to is generally unlike lexi –– but for them, being hypervigilant means she sees what they need because she’s always already attuned to them anyway, and so leaps to their defense at the most opportune times ﹙ steering mckay away from cassie and daniel, or rushing to comfort rue on halloween after keeping an eye on her all night. ﹚ in this, however, she isn’t always infallible; because she feels so much for them, negative emotions can flare up and out more easily. her jealousy and resentment towards cassie can overtake her good intentions ﹙ see: the play ﹚ and her fear of her father and of losing rue to the same thing can render her mute in her friend’s presence sometimes.

naturally this breeds conflict, but whenever any arises and regardless of whoever is involved, lexi is inclined to dissociate in its midst. whenever her parents fought, she would leave the room before she ever actually got up and walked away, framing shots in her mind, writing new scenes to carry her even further away into a fantasy where the screaming and the cursing and the leaving meant something more than what they did. where she had control, and it all made sense. years later, lexi never gets to warn fezco before cal jacobs arrives at his corner store, effectively losing her nerve. she then feels as if she loses her voice completely when cal notices her there –– like she still can’t fathom how, even for all her belief that she is, she isn’t actually invisible for once. then, when rue runs to the howards’ in the throes of her withdrawal, lexi can only bring herself to watch in silent dread and dismay despite that being her oldest, dearest friend, viciously lashing out, clearly suffering so much –– because as it turns out, she doesn’t actually need that much to fade back again. the helplessness of those particular incidents and the recurring unease along with them ultimately fuel her motivation to put on her play, hoping she can do some good in her own way.

the in - story explanation for the surrealism of lexi’s play in s2 is that, as per this portrayal, it’s a fair representation of lexi’s inner world, with the lines blurring between the objective truth of situations and what she’s actually interpreted of their reality –– further influenced by both positive and negative emotions, and what she wishes had or will happen. an escape of her own design that she’s letting people into for the first time, for better or worse. however, when confronted with the very real consequences of her play, lexi wilts; cassie more than has a right to be angry and upset, but it still surprises and mortifies lexi in the same way she never expects anyone to truly see her or listen to her ﹙ this is thread / verse dependent and subject to change for any future divergences. ﹚

––––it isn’t so much that her body feels wrong, but that being present in it does; this, compounded with a plethora of insecurities, warps her self - perception, making her prone to self - doubt that on the surface seems like a lack of confidence –– but actually runs much deeper. it started when her parents began having problems; since then, there’s always been a low - level prevailing sense of depersonalization at work in the back of her mind, due to countless times trying to block out the bad. having retreated into herself so often as the ‘bad’ intensified, those episodes began to last for days or weeks on end –– until the present day, when her memories almost don’t feel like her own anymore; like she was simply on the outside looking in, an audience to her own life all those years. in high - stress situations, she may freeze up or shut down completely for minutes to hours, even if she’s aware of what she can or should do; sometimes she strikes out and stands up for herself, temporarily unlike herself –– or maybe exactly like who she actually is, or used to be, she doesn’t know anymore –– but in almost all cases, she floats out of her body with the inevitable promise of the overthinking she’ll do about it later.

––––time feels relative in her daydreams ﹙ sounds can also seem distorted; might be why she likes hyperpop, might be why she doesn’t always go to every party. ﹚ in them, she is writer, director, creator lexi howard, heading her own life’s story; because of this, reality pales in comparison with its lack of control and unfamiliarity to the secret world she’s painstakingly crafted –– though the difference is most stark directly following an episode, one of which typically lasts minutes to hours. like her play, she quietly rewrites the parts of her life that hurt and try to assign meaning to the otherwise senseless pain and tragedy –– even if this erects a barrier between her and others as she searches for significance in all that they do rather than living in the moment with them, feeling jarred when faced with how unreal the world is when it’s just allowed to happen. it’s somewhat of a function of who she is and always has been ﹙ due in part to her parents’ preferential treatment of cassie over her, and the need to make herself smaller so as not to cause any stress or trouble on top of so many other issues ﹚ that she is able to excel in school or construct an entire play despite feeling like she’s out - of - step with her peers; the unfamiliarity of reality leads to sweeping anxieties that motivate her to focus and be productive, if only to distract from it.

when she actively chooses to step away from rue, rather than narrow her focus to achieve some outcome that she’s pictured in her mind –– she feels her guilt intensely as she’d tried to put real life first for once instead. but lexi simply couldn’t stand by and just watch anymore, implying she does have points when maladaptive daydreaming stops being a comfort before these feelings of derealization.

when unchecked, her anxieties affect the sensation of watching a stressful show, or dreaming that she’s in a brakeless car hurtling down the freeway with no way to wake up. mostly she copes by, again, concentrating on surer facets of life, like school –– but in the event she doesn’t resort to that, she’s learned that drugs worsen that and, to a lesser extent, so does drinking. her loved ones’ addiction terrifies her not just because she stands to lose them, but because her scarce experience with their substances of choice were so off - putting that she worries something is wrong with both herself and them, that maybe it was something she said or didn’t say, or something she did or didn’t do which drove them to want that, need that.

when lexi gets high with rue and fez for the first time, it’s a feeling like being slammed back into her own body and feeling like she doesn’t belong in it, suddenly confronted with everything she’s been avoiding ﹙ especially regarding rue’s relationship with drugs, which had become increasingly concerning; hence her agreeing to hang out with the dealer rue was so friendly with ﹚ and unable to escape by her usual dissociative methods. drinking at winter formal was made only slightly less stressful by cassie’s comforting presence, but even still, lexi went from a happy, silly drunk to a slow, quiet, overthinking one with less inhibition and control over what she might do with those thoughts. despite how she largely plays a passive role in her own life, she still hates not being in control of at least that part of herself; life is unpredictable, but her thoughts and daydreams are her own, along with the silence she sits in to facilitate them.

#ask to tag /#derealization /#depersonalization /#dissociation /#addiction mention /#long post /#noodled around a little . wrote this #i hope it makes sense ?#gestures vaguely #sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛs ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ɢɪʀʟ ⧹ meta.

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“Hey, how are you?” Cassie offered with a forced cheerfulness. It was a defense mechanism of hers; Play happy until you actually felt happy.

God; Would those butterflies in her stomach STOP?

“I’m fine, Miss. Can we go somewhere and sit down? We have a lot to discuss.”

The blonde’s eyebrows lifted in surprise and interest, giving the detective a nod. “There’s a cafe just up the block. We can go sit there and talk.”

As they walked there, the detective attempted to make small talk, but it was no use, really. Cassie Howard’s mind was million miles away; And the woman found herself suddenly fifteen again. The relief she’d felt when her father had finally shown up after months of not seeing him... Only for him to completely betray her trust by stealing from the family and then disappearing. Her fingers circled around her wrists, attempting to comfort herself as the detective pulled the cafe’s door open and the two walked inside.

The blonde would order a chamomile tea; No sense in adding caffeine to all of the various feelings she was feeling. She took a seat, her stomach doing another flip as the detective took a seat. She took a long sip of her tea, willing herself to calm.

"So, Miss Howard. I have some news that will certainly be of interest to you. Have you ever heard of a town called 'Solvang'?" Cassie's brow furrowed as she listened, recalling the place. "That little Danish village up north? What about it?"

"Let me show you..." The detective set down a nondescript pale folder, causing the blonde's eyebrows to raise as he pushed it towards her. "Look inside." As Cassie Howard opened the envelope, she found herself greeted by pages and pages of documentation. Beneath them were shiny photographs of an older looking man... And as she swept the documents away to get a better look, she saw who it was: An older version of her father. "Seems your father has been living in Solvang for about the last five years. He works as a bartender and restaurant manager there." She was holding the photos up to the light, staring at them in awe. There he was. After all this time... There he was.

"Holy shit..." Cassie breathed, taken aback. All this time... And he'd only been a few hours away. WAIT. ...He'd only been a few hours away? Why had he stayed away for so long, then?

How can I explain that to my sister?

#older verse au #Cassie Howard rp #Euphoria RP #drabble #needed to get this out

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dnvrsmedia · 4 years

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Why Don’t you Leave?

Cassie Howard x reader

summary: You stick up for you long term crush in the hallway

AN: thank you all so much for all the love and support on my last fic!! I was so excited to write for my girl Cassie! just a reminder that request are open and welcome!

You were walking down the hall with your best friend Rue when you noticed a group of people surrounding someone. Normally you would walk past if it was your everyday high school bullshit fight, but something told you that you should probably check it out.

“Hey, i’ll meet you in English I wanna see what’s going on.” you tell Rue. She nods and walks towards your shared English class.

You push past the crown of people to see your crush, Cassie screaming at some boy. You quickly find out what they’re yelling about.

“What the fuck is your problem? I trusted you why would you send those pictures out?” Cassie yelled out.

“I don’t know why you’re so mad.” Cassie’s ex smirked “It’s not like it’s nothing everyone hasn’t seen before. I mean shit Cassie why are you even surprised. How come everyone but you knows that you’re a whore?” All of his friends laugh at his comment.

You normally stay away from drama, but you know about Cassie and you know the real her. No one was standing up for her, so you needed to do something.

You push past the crowd and stood in front Cassie defensively “And who the fuck are you to say anything? How are you gonna sit here and tell this sweet and innocent girl that she’s the problem in this whole thing. You say this shit like you don’t send a pic of your dick to anything with a pulse?” Everyone around laughed. You felt Cassie take your hand in yours.

“I don’t think this has anything to do with you. Why don’t you mind your business? Go fucking overdose with your friend again or is that something you already do on your free time?” He spat and walked away.

The bell rung and the crowd dispersed. You’re used to the comments about you and Rue, so it didn’t phase you. You noticed that she was crying, so soon as everyone was gone you pulled Cassie into the bathroom. You didn’t say anything at first, you just let Cassie cry on your shoulder. After a few minutes you pull apart, and wipe away her tears.

“Can I ask you a question?” Cassie asks while you stroke her hair.

“Of course what’s up?” You felt your heart start to pound. You’ve had feelings for her ever since you could remember. You’ve been there for all of her heartbreaks.

“Why do you always stick around for me? I put you through so much shit. Why don’t you leave?” You could see the pain and confusion in her eyes.

“Cassie, you have no idea how much you mean to me. I just-” You pull away and lean on the sink.

Cassie takes your hand and tries to get you to look at her face.“Just what y/n? Tell me.”

“I just hate seeing you settle for guys who don’t fucking deserve you. I mean fuck Cassie look at you! You’re absolutely gorgeous and so sweet and caring and i’m fucking in love with you!” As soon as you wanted to be anywhere but there. Cassie didn’t say anything which made your heart even more. She finally made a move and leaned in to kiss you. Never in all the years of yearning to be there for Cassie more than just friends. She smiled at you as she pulled away.

“You know you’re such a dork right?” She chuckles and strokes your cheek. You fake gasp and smack her arm.

“How about I take you out this friday? I’ll pick you up at 8?” You ask with a smirk.

“Of course you can, now let’s get to class we’re like fifteen minutes late.” Cassie chuckles and interlocks you’re hand as you both leave the bathroom.

#cassie howard #cassie howard x reader #cassie euphoria #euphoria x reader #rue x reader #euphoria fic #euphoria hbo #euphoria

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myriadimagines · 4 years

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for a head canon can you do dating cassie howard

DATING CASSIE HOWARD:

Meeting Cassie in one of your classes

You already know who she is because she’s rather popular, albeit with a reputation amongst the guys in your grade

Cassie being initially intimidated by you because you’re really smart in class

Her asking you for help on an assignment one day, and the two of you start hanging out more after that

Eventually surprising her by asking her out on a date, and Cassie excitedly accepts, thus starting your relationship

Showing little bits of PDA at school, but nothing excessive

Quick kisses before classes, sometimes holding hands in the hallways

Always making funny faces at her in the hallways or in classrooms, which always makes her smile

But in private, the both of you are much more affectionate and passionate

Defending her against guys who try to shame her or make inappropriate comments towards her, and being particularly defensive against guys she’s dated

Cassie sometimes being insecure about her dating history and worrying it might affect your relationship

But you reassure her that you don’t care, and she doesn’t need to worry

Going to parties together, and Cassie loving getting drunk with you and just dancing the night away

Taking Cassie out on cute dates

Both of you love spending nights at the local diner and just talking the night away over milkshakes

Cassie loves cuddles, and she loves being the small spoon

Her always nestling into you, whether it be the two of you are sitting in the car together, or standing outside somewhere, or on the couch watching TV

Absentmindedly running your hands through her hair while she rests her head on your shoulders

Becoming good friends with Lexi, and being the only person who Cassie has ever dated that Lexi actually likes

Getting to know Maddy, Kat and BB as well, and they all approve of you

Cassie being shy to admit how much she likes you, until you tell her first

“I really, really like you, Cass. You make me so happy.” “I really, really like you too, y/n.”

tag list: @mockingjaygirl1221

#euphoria imagine #cassie howard imagine #euphoria #euphoria headcanon #cassie howard #cassie howard headcanon #imagine #imagines #reader insert #headcanon #headcanons #anonymous #cass isnt one of my fave characters but i still thiink she deserves the world

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mimisxkai · 5 years

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“SHE WAS LIKE THE MOON: BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT ─ BUT, IMPOSSIBLE TO TOUCH,

ALWAYS HALF HIDDEN BY WHIPS OF SHADOWS

AND COMPLETELY & UTTERLY A L O N E.”

⌠ 𝑲𝑨𝒀𝑳𝑬𝑬 𝑩𝑹𝒀𝑨𝑵𝑻, 𝟐𝟎, 𝑪𝑰𝑺𝑭𝑬𝑴𝑨𝑳𝑬, 𝑺𝑯𝑬/𝑯𝑬𝑹 ⌡ welcome back to gallagher academy, 𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑰𝑨 𝑺𝑨𝑲𝑨𝑰! according to their records, they’re a 𝑺𝑬𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑫 year, specializing in 𝑨𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑺 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮, 𝑩𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑻𝑯 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑻𝑹𝑶𝑳, 𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑶 𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑩𝑨𝑻 + “𝑴𝑪𝑮𝑼𝒀𝑽𝑬𝑹” 𝑺𝑼𝑹𝑽𝑰𝑽𝑨𝑳 𝑺𝑲𝑰𝑳𝑳𝑺 & 𝑵𝑨𝑽𝑰𝑮𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵; and they 𝑫𝑰𝑫 go to a spy prep high school. when i see them walking around in the halls, i usually see a flash of ( 𝑨 𝑪𝑹𝒀𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑳 𝑪𝑯𝑶𝑲𝑬𝑹, 𝑯𝑨𝑳𝑭-𝑬𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑵 𝑪𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑹𝒀 𝑺𝑼𝑪𝑲𝑬𝑹, and 𝑩𝑶𝑾 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑪𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑺 ). when it’s the 𝑪𝑨𝑵𝑪��𝑹’s birthday on 𝟕/𝟏𝟑/𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗, they always request their 𝑩𝑬𝑹𝑹𝒀 𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻 from the school’s chefs. looks like they’re well on their way to graduation.

* / CHARACTER INFLUENCES: SANSA STARK ( Game of Thrones ) + CASSIE HOWARD ( Euphoria ) + EMILY FIELDS ( Pretty Little Liars ) + FIONA COYNE ( Degrassi ) + ALLISON ARGENT ( Teen Wolf ) + TANDY BOWEN ( Cloak & Dagger ) + PEETA MELLARK ( The Hunger Games )

* / VINE REFERENCES: x x x *** honorable mention***

* / PERSONAL ANTHEM: PROM QUEEN - Molly Kate Kestner

Hi it’s Bri with another smol child of mines ARTEMISIA. Feel free to like this post or hmu on discord if you want to plot :)

TW: Alcohol, sex. Read with caution.

* / GENERAL INFORMATION

FUL: NAME: Artemisia “Mimi” Monroe Sakai.

KNOWN AS: Mimi, Art, Artie.

AGE: Twenty.

DATE OF BIRTH: July 13, 1999.

PLACE OF BIRTH: Milford, Connecticut.

GENDER: Cisgender female.

PRONOUNS: She/her.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual ( a growing female preference ).

RELIGION: Christian.

* / PHYSICAL & MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS

HEIGHT: 5′8.

WEIGHT: 130 lbs.

HAIR COLOUR: Brown.

EYE COLOUR: Brown.

TATTOOS: None.

PIERCINGS: Standard lobes & double helix.

BODY TYPE: Petite.

PHYSICAL HEALTH: Peak.

NOTABLE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Long legs, slight front gap between front teeth.

FACE CLAIM: Kaylee Bryant.

VOICE CLAIM: Kaylee Bryant’s speaking voice.

CLOSET / STYLE: Cher Horowitz ( Clueless ) & Fran Fine ( The Nanny ).

ILLNESSES / CONDITIONS: Asthma & anxiety disorder.

ADDICTIONS: None.

VICES: Envy.

* / BACKGROUND, OCCUPATION & EDUCATION

BIRTHPLACE: Milford, Connecticut.

RAISED: Milford, Connecticut.

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Gallagher Academy.

SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English and Japanese.

EDUCATION LEVEL: HS diploma.

FINANCIAL STATUS: Wealthy.

* / FAMILIAL BACKGROUND

FATHER: Kane Sakai.

MOTHER: Reina Sakai [ née Sutton ].

SIBLINGS: None.

BIRTH ORDER: n/a.

RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY: Close.

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: n/a.

MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: n/a.

SIGNIFICANT OTHER: none.

* / PERSONALITY

POSITIVE: Joyful, caring, selfless, protective.

NEGATIVE: Hot-headed, codependent, self-destructive, naive.

ZODIAC: Cancer.

MBTI TYPE: ENFJ.

MORAL ALIGNMENT: Lawful Good.

HOGWARTS HOUSE: Hufflepuff.

AESTHETIC: Plaid skirts, tight curls, blushing cheeks, open heart & broken spirit, echoing laughter, pointe shoes, distant gazing, soft melodies, pained smiles, tears on pillows.

* / BIO: Her parents named her after the moon, but even the mood has a dark side. Artemisia, better known as Mimi, was the perfect daughter. Sweet, sophisticated, poised ─ everything two high ranking faculty members of the elite private spy university Gallagher could want in a daughter. Since birth, Mimi was groomed knowing she’d follow in the Sutton ( her mother’s maiden name ) legacy and attend the institute, same as her cousins would. As a child, the reality of it didn’t bother her. Along with the private self-defense and boxing classes with her father and weapons training with her mother, there were other more exciting extracurriculars she had to distract her.

Violin and horseback riding were just two phases that quickly came and went, but her love for dance always stayed. What was meant to be an after school activity soon spiraled into tumbling classes, weekend competitions, and many 1st place trophies. It was like an unspoken issue in her household. Though her love for dance ─ ballet specifically ─ eclipsed her love for anything else, so much so that she hoped to make a career out of it, her parents remained steadfast on her attending Gallagher. Upon entering high school, suddenly Mimi’s lack of time and the reality that her dreams would be crushed began to cave in on her. A usually happy and upbeat girl now only had four years left of freedom. And she held onto those four years the best way she knew how ─ by making memories.

Being sent to a spy prep boarding school 30 minutes from home was the best, and worst, thing her parents could’ve done. Separated from her dance team all week only elevated her anxiety levels, leading her to have full-blown panic attacks when things became too much. Desperate to find some means of control in her life, Mimi turned to what all the rich, spoiled, and rotten kids at her school were doing. Sex. Partying. A bit of crime. Shoplifting here, a quickie there. Mimi longed for some sort of...connection. Some control. Something to make her feel whole now that she was losing her grasp on the life she truly wanted. The weekends were her escape, where she could return home, or better yet to the dance studio, and just let out all of pent up energy weekly stressors had built up inside of her. And that’s how her life was for four years. Trying to survive the week, and let loose on the weekends. She didn’t care how her reputation preceded her. She didn’t care that past boyfriends had convinced her to do things ─ on camera ─ then leaked those things when broken up. It’s not like her reputation mattered anymore. It’s not like the nudes would stop her from going to Gallagher of all places. Not when she had the connections she had. So, she moved onto the next. And the next. Falling in love, falling in sin, and trying to keep her head above water.

When graduation day had come, something changed. Mimi had spent 4 years essentially learning strength and self-assurance in her day to day classes ( after all what was a spy who lacked confidence? a dead spy, that’s what ), so she proposed a deal with her parents. A year. Give her a year to follow her passion. If she failed, she’d go to Gallagher willingly. If not, she’d get to live her life the way she wanted. It took some begging, some pleading, a few fat tears, but eventually, they conceded. Mimi’s first destination was New York. Finding work was hard though, as was school. Places like Julliard and Joffrey already filled their quota for the year and productions had already been cast for the fall. She found luck, though, as a background dancer in a small production Off-Broadway. Better than nothing, and it was a great starter position as she was slightly rusty from not dancing as regularly as she did as a child. What she thought was a shot, only turned into tragedy. A few months in, she did one of the worst things that could happen to a dancer: she tore her ACL. Recovery was imminent but spanned nearly a year. And by that time, her time was up. No dream was fulfilled. No opportunity was given. Mimi packed her bags and began at Gallagher, just like she promised her parents.

Now a second year at the school, Mimi has grown accustomed to that drowning feeling that started during her high school years. If anything, she enjoys the numbness now. Anything is better than the pain.

* / PERSONALITY: Mimi is so glad she doesn’t look like what she’s gone through. From afar she’s still the perfect daughter. Selfless, because helping others distracts herself from her own problems. Kind-hearted, always smiling, the sweetheart appearance. But what most people don’t know is that the smile is for a show, because pretending is a lot easier than wallowing or taking out her anger on someone else. When first attending Gallagher, the loss of something so crucial to her had her on edge. So when a boy from her former school decided to taunt her with some private photos, she snapped. It seemed all those years of her boxing lessons with her dad finally came in handy. She appears to be delicate and soft, breakable even, but how can you break something that’s already broken? By day, she’s the girl everyone wants to know. But by night, when everyone’s asleep, she goes to the gym where a punching bag becomes her best friend. It’s the only form of control she has left.

* / WANTED RELATIONS: People who know her from her past, maybe some girlssss to explore her sexuality with????, at least one confidante, sexual tension, and so on.

#gallagher:intro #this got #long #again #my bad

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scifrey · 5 years

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My Very Spoilery Endgame Review - What I Liked, What Annoyed Me, and Two Questions I Am Left With

I was very satisfied and enjoyed it very much. The theater burst into applause in several instances and it was great to celebrate the end of an era with fellow fans.

Now for the spoilery critiques and praise.

My favorite moments were:

Thor reconciling his self-image and self-worth with his mother

“I’m still worthy.”

Loki escaping and (hopefully) living in at least one timeline - because if Steve went back to “trim the branches” then this means he returned the Tesseract to 1970. Which means the branch where Loki snagged the Tesseract and was not imprisoned on Asgard may have endured*.

Ken Jeong’s cameo.

Stan Lee’s cameo.

Banner coming to terms with who and what he is and living comfortably with the Hulk.

Basically everyone really leaning into the self-love and self-value by the end of the film.

“That is America’s Ass”.

“I could do this all day.” “Yeah, I know.”

“How can I? You’re taking all the stupid with you.”

“Ha! I knew it!”

“I am Iron Man.”

Scott finding Cassie alive.

Wong’s exasperated reply to Strange’s “Is that everyone?”

Nebula’s redemption. This is a princess (as Squidward calls Thanos “sire”) who saves her own damn self.

How the thing that gave the game away to Thanos was actually really clever and well executed; this wasn’t a “heroes are just stupid this one time” (like how Quill screwed the pooch in Infinity War when they had the damn glove). It was something that I genuinely hadn’t thought of, and I assume no one, not even Nebula, would have thought of. It worked. And it worked well.

All the ladies supporting Carol in the final battle - which was awesome but also felt a bit like the moment was added only so the Russos could check it off a “don’t piss off the feminists” list.

How the final battle set it up well for the next phase - I liked how the Glove Relay was from an OG Avenger (Hawkeye) to the new Avengers - Black Panther, Spider-man, and Captain Marvel.

“I love you 3000″.

Falcon!Cap - finally! Yay!

The sound of the armor that started it all being forged as the endcap of the credits.

However.

I wish Bucky and Steve had also had a meaningful moment at the end, like Steve and Sam, something that made it clear that even though Steve was older now, he was no less Bucky’s best pal.

I'm very, very annoyed that they Fridged Natasha. I mean, I get it. Someone had to die. And we all knew Hawkeye was going to go back to his family, so it wouldn’t be him. And I do love how they did the death, how Nat and Clint fought with one another to the be the one to make the sacrifice. And her death would have been especially cheap if Bruce had just Snapped her Back. I get it.

And if there wasn’t a long history of Fridging female character to ensure the male ones have enough Man-Pain to have a character arc and impetus to be a hero, then you know what? This would have been a really moving sacrifice. It would have really worked.

But there is. And in light of that, it’s left me... itchy. Uncomfortable. Because in the context of the film alone it was a great death. But in the context of the history of comic book narratives, it sucked.

Also, what does this mean for the Black Widow movie? Will it actually be a prequel? Will it be Budapest? And if it is Budapest, will they use the same actors, or cast new, younger ones?

I also don't understand the narrative reason why they had to make so many fat jokes around Thor.

I mean, yeah, it makes sense he was depressed and stopped taking care of his heath, and self-medicated with booze and food. This was a strong and meaningful narrative and I really liked that he was given the opportunity to mourn, to question his purpose, to become more than just muscles and a hammer in terms of character construction. That he could grieve and struggle, and be filled with crippling regret that kept him indoors and hiding, and filled self-loathing.

As a character choice it made sense. And I liked that he was still a powerful warrior while chubby, and that he didn’t magically become slim again when he suited up. It was wonderful to see him be no less powerful, dangerous, dedicated, and no less kick ass while sporting a keg instead of a sixpack.

But they leaned awfully hard on that “fat joke” button and by the time Rhodey said “Cheez Whiz?” I was over it. Its got tedious and frankly a bit insulting.

Teasing someone for suffering because he lost literally everyone he loved is not cool. The jokes fell flat, for good reason. They were cruel.

And when the Russos announced that they had included the MCU's first openly gay character I was hoping that it would be a main character, not some rando dude in a talk therapy meeting. I wanted Bucky and Sam to confess feelings, or Bucky to Steve even if Steve couldn’t return them, or Valkyrie to at least have a wife in New Asgard, or something.

But TBH it didn't surprise me that they made it some nameless dude in group support. Like J.K. Rowling, the Russos are happy to queerbait but too cowardly to commit, and they always have been. I’d be annoyed but it’s not worth the energy.

At least when the guy mentioned his boyfriend it was a “no big deal” mention, and nobody made a “are you cool with this, Cap?” thing to really point out that ooooo, this dude is queer.

But those are my only gripes. The rest of it was thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying.

Especially all the little call backs. The "I am Iron Man" and “I could do this all day” stuff - it felt like little gifts to the fandom.

However, I have two questions.

1) When people were Snapped Back, were they Snapped to their previous exact geographical location? Because if so, what about people who had been in transit? Did people who were Snapped Away while in a plane just... appear mid-sky and plummet to their deaths? Were people on spaceships Snapped Back into the void of cold space? We saw in Infinity War that helicopters crashed into city streets - the pilot, that means, was Snapped Away. When that pilot came back, where did he come back? Did Bruce think to Snap them all into safe places? (I mean, I assume the Stones accounted for Spacial Drift and the location of planets in orbit... maybe it accounted for people who would have Snapped Back into deadly situations?)

2) I do love that Steve and Peggy got their life together At that point Pegs would have been like... at least 10 years older than Steve? Maybe 15? What would her neighbors think of Sugar Momma Peggy Carter and her Very Much Younger (Looking) Husband?

Did she introduce him to anyone? Did they have neighborhood BBQs? At that point everyone would have known who Captain America/Steve Rogers was so did no one recognize him? What did they say? (Did we get Beardy Steve back???) They had kids, canonically, so was Steve able to attend their T-BAll games and school plays?

One assumes that Sugar Baby Steve would have been the House Husband, because Pegs was running Shield and Steve was out of the game. He’d never be able to show his face at SHIELD because Howard would recognize him, and so would Arnim Zola, so HYDRA would have known that Captain America survived and I imagine they would have given anything to get him into the Chair.

It makes me think that Sugar Baby House Husband Steve would have been very isolated and possibly lonely. Maybe he had a few neighbor friends, but can you image how torturous it must have been to live so privately? To know that Bucky was out there suffering and being tortured and brainwashed and that he couldn’t do anything about it? He couldn’t go save his best pal?

That Peggy could never bring him to the SHIELD Christmas party, to visit her new baby godson Anthony, never attend anything with him.

And it makes me think Steve had to vanish from her life right when his earlier self entered it so like... as soon as she started getting sick enough with Alzheimer's he had to leave.

Because that’s when younger Steve came into her life, and started visiting her in the nursing home.

But he had to abandon her when she needed him most, and that is very tragic. How did Steve reconcile that with himself? Especially with returning to a future where she was dead and his friends were alive and he didn’t need to be the Secret Sugar Baby House Husband any more?

All in all, it was very enjoyable and I will watch it again.

And I look forward to the FanFic.

* This means that Loki in that branch also likely did not participate in the battle against the Dark Elves. His character growth in that moment was likely delayed, but I believe he ultimately would have processed his extreme confusion, self-loathing, and hatred of his betrayal by his “family” Thor enough to join forces with him against the destruction of the universe when it mattered. Perhaps having the extra time to do so might have even served him better. I don’t know if this means Odin chose to die and Hela was released, thus triggering the destruction of Asgard. I don’t know what this would have meant for Ragnarock - possibly with Odin as the King when he died the defenses would have been better (though I argue the culture and peace of Asgard thrived under Loki, especially with his dismantling of the Empire and the valuing of the Arts) and they would have saved Asgard or at least not lost so many.

And if Asgard had not survived, perhaps in this version something different may have happened, and Loki wouldn’t on the survivor ship. Perhaps he was on a different ship. Perhaps he wasn’t present for the battle at all and in a completely different part of the universe.

If he was elsewhere this means

a) The Asgardian survivors would have lived because Thanos wouldn’t have targeted the ship, and Thor would have been less self-loathing.

b) When Thanos found Loki with the Tesseract in this branch, it’s likely Loki was able to ingratiate himself to Thanos and gave the Stone to him without Thor there to tip his hand toward an immediate betrayal murder attempt. I subscribe to the theory that Loki was just as mind-controlled during The Avengers and the Battle of New York as Barton (though I wouldn’t call Loki totally innocent in everything) and that he had been suffering from extreme mental health issues following his unsuccessful attempted suicide. In this case, he would be willing to play the long game to get his revenge on his abuser Thanos. Then, later, hopefully, he joins Thor’s side to save the universe against Thanos (as he did against the Dark Elves)- betraying Thanos and perhaps stopping the Snap before it happened in that timeline. Or if not stopping the Snap, perhaps being a part of the new Avengers if he survived it, or joining in the final battle if he was Snapped Away.

Anyway - I have lots of Loki Thoughts. Feel free to adopt any Plot Bunnies this may have generated in reading this.

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