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My massive Bellarke is epic and here’s proof from s5-7 rant.

Ok guys I cannot stress enough that I am drunk, this is long, it has strong language, and it’s a trip. I am putting it almost all under a cut because it is 20 f*ing pages on word.

For reference: this was on a discord chat and I am removing all names and a few other things but there will be absolutely no editing. Anything in straight text is me, anything in italics is someone else (there’s several different someone elses so people are separated by line breaks). On my page I think it appears as everything grey is someone else, everything black is me. I’m going to put the beginning on here and rest under the cut. If you’re still going through with this, I suggest some popcorn.

Guys... I'm trying to stay optimistic but I'm really worried that jroth is gonna make bellarke canon in a really disappointing way. Like for me infidelity is a huge no in ships and I hate that becho has gone on so long that there doesn't seem to be a lot of room left in the canon timeline for a becho breakup/end that doesn't ruin the start of Bellarke for me

WAIT I GOT YOU I CAN CALM YOU I THINK BUT FIRST I NEED TO EAT MY BREADSTICKS

Every moment Echo is on the screen I want to claw my eyes out because she's so boring please jroth let it fucking end, but the feminist in me doesn't want her to die or be disrespected just because she's a callous asshole who doesn't deserve him yknow

Eat your breadsticks babe I've been living with my dread for 2 seasons I can hang on a little longer I just wish the entire becho relationship had never happened it's a blight and it's gone on so long adenfkidsngksdgnksdgn

Kate will say it better than I will, but don't lose hope! Becho hasn't really been together on screen for very long. It's only been like a few weeks to a month since the beginning of S5. They've stretched it out over two seasons, but in canon not much time has passed. And most of that time had Bellamy either sacrificing almost 300 lives to save Clarke, poisoning his sister to save Clarke, or fucking off into the wilderness with Josephine to save Clarke. They've just straight up not had enough time for Bellamy to be like, "Hey Echo, I know I said things wouldn't change but that was before my wife was actually alive, so bye." Though to wishing Becho had just never happened. We got one good angst scene with Clarke seeing them kiss. But otherwise, I could have very much done without their whole relationship.

they gave me 2 dozen breadsticks. i ordered 6

You've been blessed by the breadstick goddess.

oh sorry i was misinformed. i only have 22. apparently one bag only had 4 OK SO BELLARKE BITCHES AM I GOING TO ANNOYINGLY DO THIS IN CAPS SO BUCKLE TF UP

I mean, I love the idea that they only got together in the sixth year on the ring when Bellamy totally lost hope but is that canon? I thought we had a 3 year range

ALL RIGHT

We ignore canon in this channel. lol They've been together for 3 months.

SO LET'S START AT THE BEGINNING OF BECHO ok caps off. i even annoyed myself

I'm so here for this.

https://tenor.com/view/murder-she-wrote-angela-lansbury-jessica-eats-popcorn-interested-gif-4594942

Damn, I was ready for caps.

OK WE'RE BACK TO CAPS

https://giphy.com/gifs/popcorn-go-on-keep-going-Zd1BUb0qs6nwjeMUBu

OK SO WE HAVE BECHO'S FIRST SCENE TOGETHER ANYONE REMEMBER WHAT BELLAMY SAID? ANYONE? THIS REQUIRES AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

"Hey work with me so I can break everyone out of this mountain"? or something?

OH DAMN I MEANT WHEN THEY WERE CANONICALLY TOGETHER XP

"I'm a goddamn delight who's trying to save your life you ungrateful walnut so maybe don't spit in my face" is what I would have written

LMFAO OJN THE RING WHAT'S THE FIRST THING WE HEAR FROM THEM? THE FIRST IMPORTANT THING? ANYONE?

Unfortunately that scene was physically repulsive for me so I don't remember much except for "nothing will change on the ground and my sister totally didn't mean to murder you"

AHA! THERE YA GO NOTHING WILL CHANGE ON TEH GROUND BECAUSE WHAT IS HE EXPECTING ON THE GROUND? NOTHING TO CHANGE BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT COULD CHANGE IS -----

>"I'm a goddamn delight who's trying to save your life you ungrateful walnut so maybe don't spit in my face" is what I would have written I SPIT OUT MY DRINK I CANNOT

ANYONE? YUP

I'm behind. lol

CLARKE

AND THEN WE GOT TO THE GROUND, WHAT HAPPENED?

BEING ALIVE

His sister having more taste in his romantic partners than him?

WHAT WAS THE LITERAL ONE THING THAT COULD HAPPEN THAT WOULD CHANGE BELLAMY'S MIND DING DING DING CLARKE IS ALIVE

10 points to

AND WHAT DOES OUR BABY BOY DO?

SACRIFICE 300 PEEPS FOR HIS WIFE

Clarke with a gun AND a kid AND a rover AND bedtime storytelling practice like what more could he want that's all the things he loves

A LITTLE AHEAD BUT BANG

BABY BOY FOLLOWS CLARKS DAUGHTER FIRST, LEAVING ECHO IN THE LITERAL DUST (that's what he does before sacrificing lives)

WE WENT FROM "I WILL NOT TOUCH THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DO BETTER." TO "I WILL SLAUGHTER 283 PEOPLE WITHOUT RAISING AN EYEBROW" BECAUSE RANDOM CHILD SHOWS UP AND SAYS "CLARKE'S IN TROUBLE" RANDOM CHILD WHO HAS JUST KILLED A BUNCH OF HARDENED CRIMINALS

He had the dad mug tho, he had to help her

HE SAW HIMSELF IN HER HE KNEW

HIS SOUL KNEW

SO WE'RE THERE NOW BUT THEN BANG, WE'RE ON THE GROUND AND OH FUCK I FORGOT I HAD A GIRLFRIEND BUT BELLAMY IS LOYAL SO HE SURE AF ISN'T DOING ANYTHING UNTIL HE'S DONE WITH ECHO BUT

He's had 2 seasons!!!!!

CLARKE BASICALLY ACTS LIKE SHE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE SEPARATION THOU SHALT NOT POKE HOLES IN MY SHIT UNTIL I AM DONE

>He's had 2 seasons!!!!! But only like a few weeks in time.

BECAUSE THESE TWO FUCK HEADS CANNOT HAVE A CONVERSATION

Forgive me!

SO WE HAVE A GRAND TOTAL OF FEWER THAN 3 WEEKS THAT THEY'RE ON THE GROUND AND THEN IN THAT TIME WE HAD.... one sec pPLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE TIMELINE https://historyofbellarke.tumblr.com/post/620425806742749184/season-5-7x03-so-far-timeline FOR SEASON 5 ALL RIGHT SO WE HAVE THEM TOGETHER FOR LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE BELLAMY'S LIKE (FROM CLARKE'S PERSPECTIVE) "I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOUR KID, I HAVE TO SAVE MY FAMILY" SO THEN WE HAVE THEM SPEND THE NEXT 10 DAYS APART BECAUSE SHE LEFT HIM AFTER SLAPPING HIM AND SHE THOUGHT HE DIED BECAUSE THEY ARE FUCKING MORONS WHO CAN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION (YOU WILL NOTICE A RECURRING THEME) AND THEN, ECHO HAS LEARNED THAT NOT ONLY HAS CLARKE CARED ABOUT BELLAMY ALL THIS TIME BUT THAT SHE'S ONCE AGAIN READY TO PUT THE FATE OF HUAMNITIY ON THE LINE TO SAVE HIM "GO SAVE HIM. EVEN TAKE MURDER!DAUGHTER WITH YOU" BUT BELLAMY STILL DOESN'T KNOW THIS SO ANYWAY WE HAVE ANGST!BELLAMY GET PARENT TRAPPED BY MURDER!DAUGHTER are y'all still with me? AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED IMMEDIATELY AFTER MURDER!DAUGHTER'S INTERVENTION?

BELLARKE FORGIVENESS ™

YAS NOT ONLY THAT BUT SOFT!BELLARKE RETURNS WITH A VENGEANCE [side note: you can pry this theory from my cold dead hands but there was 100% a canon bellarke scene between forgiveness and 125 year wake up just in case they ended at season 5.]

[I need them to publish that scene when this is all over]

ALL RIGHT SO FUCKING MARPER - WHO SPENT A TOTAL OF LIKE 4 MONTHS WITH CLARKE BUT 6 YEARS WITH THEIR FAMILY- DECIDED TO WAKE UP BELLARKE TO TALK TO AND GIVE GUARDIANSHIP TO AND WHY DID THEY DO THAT?

THEY BEEN KNEW

I'LL ACCEPT IT

OK SO WE GET THIS PROMISING FUTURE TOGETHER ON THIS NEW PLANET RIGHT?

WRONG MURDER POLLEN

OK BUT TECHNICALLY BECHO IS STILL TOGETHER. NO PROBLEM - WE NEED TO FIGURE OUR SHIT OUT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO HAVE PEACE AND GET TOGETHER OK SO I'M JUST GOING TO START SAYING "CHORUS" WHEN I MEAN "BECAUSE THESE TWO DUMBASSES CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER" IS CHORUS THE RIGHT WORD? OR IS IT REFRAIN? WHATEVER ONE REPEATS - THAT ONE ALL RIGHT SO WE HAVE THEM GOING INTO THE VILLAGE AND EVERY TIME THERE IS DANGER, BELLAMY GOES IMMEDIATELY TO CLARKE WHEN IT'S PEACEFUL, OPE IT'S BACK TO ECHO

(like the husband he is)

I HAVE A WHOLE META ABOUT THAT IF YOU WANT IT BUT SO THEN THE FIRST TIME - LITERALLY THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE MARPER VIDEO - THAT THEY'RE ALONE, IT'S BECAUSE BELLAMY HAS SOUGHT HER OUT AND WHY DID BELLAMY SEEK HER OUT? Y'ALL I'M ONLY AT 6X01. I HAVE SO MUCH AMMUNITION BUT SOMEONE IS WELCOME TO SCREEN SHOT THIS SO THAT THE NEXT TIEM WE HAVE DOUBTS, I DON'T HAVE TO TYPE IT ALL OUT SO WHY DID BELLAMY SEEK HER OUT?

>Y'ALL I'M ONLY AT 6X01. I HAVE SO MUCH AMMUNITION @kate (historyofbellarke) "Give a position show me where the ammunition is" from My Shot just popped into my head lololol

WHY DID BELLAMY LEAVE HIS CANONICAL GIRLFRIEND TO GO SEEK OUT CLARKE?

BECAUSE HE LOVES HER AND ALSO BECAUSE THERE WAS DANGER

OK BUT WHY SPECIFICALLY NOOO WHEN CLARKE WAS IN THE SCHOOL

AND THE LAST TIME SHE WASN'T IN HIS SIGHT SHE ALMOST DIED

OK THAT TOO

Okay I'm lost at this point then.

LOL

Phone a friend.

Bc she sucks and Clarke's the best?

I'LL LET ---- CHIME IN LMFAO I LOVE YOU GUYS KNOW IT'S TO TELL HER THAT HE KNOWS ABOUT THE CALLS

OH THAT SCENE

HE KNOWS THAT SHE CALLED HIM EVERY DAY FOR 2,199 DAYS HE SOUGHT HER OUT, BY HERSELF, TO TELL HER THIS

YES YES

BUT BECAUSE CHORUS

WE'RE BACK THESE FUCK HEADS CAN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION

SHE GOT NERVOUS AND DUCKED OUT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS SINCE HE CAME BACK AND SHE'S OVERWHELMED BECAUSE HOLY FUCK WHAT A 3 WEEK PERIOD THAT WAS (REFER BACK TO TIMELINE AS NEEDED) ALL RIGHTY SO THEN AFTER THAT THEY FIND OUT ABOUT THE RED SUN WHICH BY THE WAY IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS BECAUSE HE CALLS OVER ECHO JUST TO PROMPTLY IGNORE HER COMPLETELY [AND BECAUSE IT'S ME, I HAVE A GIFSET FOR THAT] SORRY I GOT DISTRACTED

NO WE'RE HERE FOR THE GIFSET

I'M LOOKING OK IT'S PART OF THIS SO YOU GET A 2 FOR 1 https://historyofbellarke.tumblr.com/post/184827185143/bellarke-danger-vs-becho-safety OK NOW I FORGOT WERE I LEFT OFF OH YEAH IGNORING ECHO ALL RIGHT SO THEN WE HAVE EVERYTHING GO TO SHIT AND OF COURSE, BELLARKE LOCK THEMSELVES TOGETHER AND WE HAVE THE ANGST THE ANGST BUT THEY HAVE EACH OTHER'S KEYS

WHICH IS A MARRIED MOVE IF I EVER HEARD ONE

BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE KEY TO MY HEART, WHEREVER YOU ARE, I'LL KEEP YOU

That's a very comprehensive gifset

IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT SONG THEN I FEEL OLD SO YOU HAVE THEM UNLOCKING EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY ARE

I might drift in and out of conversation, partner wants attention but I wanna finish reading this asdfgh

AND HE'S LIKE "NAH ECHO, WIFEY AND I GOT THIS. WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS." TELL THEM TO WAIT THEIR TURN SO THEY'RE GOING LITERALLY PSYCHOTIC BUT THAT'S COOL. I TRUST THE OTHER ONE ENOUGH TO NOT KILL ME BUT OH WAIT - WHAT IS BELLAMY'S PSYCHOSIS ?

Not needing Clarke anymore...?

YUP WHICH MEAN S

He needed her and knew it at some point

YUP ALSO I FOUND THAT GIFSET THAT I IDD TO THAT SONG https://historyofbellarke.tumblr.com/post/184725894498/this-song-popped-into-my-head-and-i-had-to OK SO SKIPPING AHEAD, HIS BIGGEST SECRET IS THAT HE DOES STILL NEED HER OK EVEN I'M STARTED TO GET BORED SO I'LL GIVE BULLET POINTS FROM HERE ON OUT SO WE HAVE HIM NEEDING HER HIM CALLING HER THE LEADER EVEN THOUGH SHE HASN'T BEEN FOR LIKE 6 YEARS AND WE HAVE HIM PINING OVER HER AT THE DANCE FLOOR AND PICKING A FIGHT WITH ECHO OH YEAH AND WE SEE ALL THE BECHO CRACKS HERE

This has been a v good rundown, I won't lie.

LOL

ONWARD I'M BACK ON TRACK

WE HAVE JUXTAPOSED: ECHO NOT KNOWING WHAT TO SAY WITH REGARDS TO OBUT CLARKE KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY EVEN AFTER 6 YEARS

BECAUSE WIFEY

https://historyofbellarke.tumblr.com/post/618426948212965376/historyofbellarke-4-times-someone-knew-the-right

Really you'd think the spy would know what someone wants to hear smh

NAH BECAUSE SHE HAS NO EMOTIONAL EMPATHY. WE'LL GET TO THAT EVENTUALLY

She's also kinda a shit spy. Like when has she ever done actual spying.

Y'ALL I HAVE A GIF FOR EVERYTHING. I'M THE LIZ WARREN OF BELLARKE GIFS GIFSETS AT LEAST

You don't need empathy to fake it, Madison's right she's just such a bad spy :joy:

I'VE GOT NOTHING ON ---- FOR JUST GIFS LOLi

I say this as someone who was 10/10 a spy in a past life at least according to my recurring dreams about it1

OK SO THEN WE ALSO HAVE BELLAMY SIDING WITH CLARKE AT EVERY TURN, OVER ECHO'S EXPLICIT OBJECTIONS AND WE HAVE HER NOTICINGGGGGG WE'RE HERE FOR THIS CONTENT

https://historyofbellarke.tumblr.com/post/185265380768/6x04-bec-scene-follow-up-with-6x05 JUST ONE EXAMPLE

HATE TO SEE IT

SO WE HAVE BELLAMY CLEARLY SHOWING THAT HE'S HER LEADER - WHETHER HE MEANS TO BE OR NOT - WHICH COMES IN IN 7X01

Total aside but now I want a modern au where Bellamy doesn't know how to break up with Echo so he tries to ghost her while everyone around him is pulling their hair out

OH SHIT ONE SECOND I HAVE TO DO DUOLINGO SO I DON'T LOSE MY STREAK BRB

>Total aside but now I want a modern au where Bellamy doesn't know how to break up with Echo so he tries to ghost her while everyone around him is pulling their hair out ---- I love this, actually. WE SHALL HOLD YOUR SPOT

No one in this goddamn canon knows how to have an actual breakup conversation they only know how to die

CORRECT CHORUS

BECAUSE THESE TWO DUMBASSES CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER

Ironically Raven and Finn are the only ones who have had a half-normal breakup.

Will be back, partner is dramatically exclaiming that I don't love him anymore bc I won't go give him a goddamn hug bc the meta's too good

BOOM OK I'M BACK

SIDE NOTE BEFORE WE'RE BACK

GO ON

What language are you learning on Duolingo?

relearning spanish and then german german for work, spanish because i used to be fluent and i'm so bad now xp

This entire convo is a chaotic mess

We are a chaotic mess.

WELCOME TO THE HELLMOUTH, ----

Our ship is a chaotic mess.

It all tracks, honestly.

WE WOULD'VE ALL BEEN SO MUCH BETTER OFF IF JASPER HAD DESTROYED THE CHIP OOK SO MOVING ON NOW I FORGOT WHERE I LEFT OFF OH YEAH LEADER PERF SO OH YEAH I FORGOT TO ADD - 6 & 7 ARE ONE SINGULAR SEASON SO

This convo should totally be convered into a Masterclass session at the end. YES

WE'VE GOT A RUNNING THREAD OF ECHO BEING A FOLLOWER OF BELLAMY AND HER KNOWING IT

6/7 ARE ONE SEASON WE'RE HERE WE'RE LIVING

BUT BACK TO S6 SO WE HAVE BELLAMY BEING THE FIRST TO REALIZE THAT CLARKE WANS'T CLARKE AND WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL MOMENT

I’m here and all of this is glorious

OH YEAH THERE'S ALSO THIS BUT I DIGRESS https://historyofbellarke.tumblr.com/post/618548726524510208/historyofbellarke-5x09-6x04-6x05 THE FIRST ONE HERE - https://historyofbellarke.tumblr.com/post/616075629201408000/just-some-clips-ofabout-bellamy-where-either HE'S WILLING TO RISK EVERYTHING EBCAUSE CLARKE MIGHT BE AT RISK EVEN THOUGH THEY LITERALLY HAVE NO WHERE ELSE TO GO OH YEAH FUCKING MURPHY - I'LL GET BACK TO HIM ALL RIGHT SO THEN WE HAVE BELLAMY FIGURING IT OUT AND THE HORROR BLOOMING IN HIS SOUL AND THEN WE HAVE HIM LITERALLY WITH A ROOM DESTROYED EVERN THOUGH HE IS CHAINED UP LIKE SERIOUSLY HOW DID HE MANAGE THAT AND THEN TRY TO KILL RUSSELL THE SECOND HE COULD BECAUSE HE HURT CLARKE EVEN THOUGH, AGAIN, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY HE AND HIS PEOPLE COULD SURIVVE BUT WITHOUT CLARKE, HE'S NOT ALIVE. HE ONLY SURVIVES AND HOW DO WE KNOW THIS? BECAUSE HE FUCKING SAYS IT (implicitly)

I just came into this. I have nothing to add I just want to say I’m living for it

:heart:

Agreed, this conversation is giving meaning to my insomnia :joy:

https://historyofbellarke.tumblr.com/post/618973621000585216/just-a-reminder-that-bellamy-canonically-only

WHOLE F*ING THING ON SURVIVING VS LIVING AND THEN ONCE HE DECIDES THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE (AND LET RUSSELL LIVE) BECAUSE IT'S WHAT CLARKE WOULD'VE WANTED, HE SAYS "WE SURVIVE" LOOKING LIKE THE SADDEST FUCKING PUPPY IN EXISTENCE AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAD A WHOLE DAMN EPISODE OF A 13 EPISODE SEASON DEVOTED TO BELLAMY SUFFERING BECAUSE HIS WIFE DIED AGAIN 3 WEEKS AFTER SHE WAS RESURRECTED SUBTLE, JASON. SUBTLE. OK NOW BACK TO MY BELOVED COCKROACH MURPHY AND BELLAMY ARE ARGUABLY THE TWO CLOSEST NON-ROMANTIC (:upside_down:) PEOPLE ON THE SHIP THE RING RIGHT? OK WE'RE GOING WITH IT ANYWAY

Hmmm yes(I agreee) but also Clarke and Murphy have that understanding that transcends words?

THEY ARE THE CLOSEST ROMANCE WITHSTANDING ON THE SHIP

AND MURPHY, MY BELOVED MURPHY, HAS BEEN THERE FROM "I'LL CHOP HER HAND OFF" TO "OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK CLARKE IS UNCONSCIOUS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO" TO "YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE HERE SAVING SOMEONE THEY CARE ABOUT"

BECAUSE BELLAMY DOES NOT EVEN KNOW ECHO'S ACTUAL NAME AND THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT CLOSE

LOL SO MURPHY AFTER 6 YEARS IS TRYING TO GET BELLAMY TO DO SOMETHING HE WANTS (WE'RE BACK IN SEASON 5 NOW, SORRY) AND HOW DOES HE DO THAT?

AND INVOLKES MOM'S NAME

BLESSED BE "WELL IF CLARKE WAS HERE" BELLAMY ESPLODES OK SO NOW WE HAVE MURPHY AGAIN WHO KNOWSSSS AND WHAT DOES HE SAY TO JOSIE? ABOUT BELLAMY

If Clarke is dead Bellamy will kill us all HE KNOWS

BAM ALSO, REFER BACK TO PREVIOUS GIFSET, SAME MURPHY "OH YEAH I'LL TRY TO HELP ECHO TOO" BECAUSE MURPHY KNOWSSSS OOK THAT'S ALL FOR MURPHY NOW SO WE HAVE BELLAMY "WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE BECAUSE I CAN'T LIVE WITHJOUT CLARKE BUT I'M GOING TO ONCE AGAIN HONOR HER FUCKING MEMORY" UNTILLLLLL WHAT HAPPENS

lol @ Murphy having to remind Bell his gf exists hahahah UNTIL HIS SOUL REALIZES CLARKE IS ALIVE

BUT HOW DOES HE REALIZE THAT

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CONVINCE ME HE KNEW IT WAS MORSE CODE BECAUSE OF EARTH SKILLS NO

HE KNEW IT WAS MORSE CODE BECAUSE HIS SOUL FUCKING KNEW HIS WIFE WAS ALIVE

Yesss

PLATONIC SOULMATE MY ASS JASON

Morse code is life

[okay rant over, continue Kate]

MILLER'S FACE WAS LIKE "YOU FUCKING WHAT MAN?"

(side note- i am getting alive in morse code on my wrist when covid clears) OK SO WE'RE BACK SO WE HAVE JOSIE TAPPING HER FINGERS

Oh I love that I have friend who has that tattoo

YES TAP TAP MILLER GOING WTF BELL GOING ALL GIDDY PUPPY WITH A BONE

WHICH MEANS BELLAMY HAD TO HAVE GONE BACK TO HIS FAMILY AND SAY "OK WE'RE GOING TO RESCUE MY DEAD WIFE. SHE'S ALIVE. IKNOW BECAUSE JOSIE WAS TAPPING HER FINGERS." AND THE FAMILY HAD TO GO "YEAH OK THAT MAKES SENSE."

AND NO ONE QUESTIONED IT BECAUSE THEY BEEN KNEW

Yessss

SO WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? LIKE IT WAS EVEN A QUESTION. THEY'RE RESCUING CLARKE AND BY THEY'RE I MEAN HE BECAUSE HE DOES NOT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THEM AT THE MOMENT SO HE'S LIKE "READY OR NOT, I'M RESCUING MY WIFE. BYEEEEE" AND JORDAN'S LIKE "WHAT ABOUT PRIYA?" AND EVERYONE'S LIKE ".... SORRY BRO. CLARKE. YOU WANTED HEART BELLAMY. YOU GOT HIM." SO HE GOES, LEAVING HIS FAMILY BEHIND WITH A BUNCH OF PSYCHOPATHIC MURDERERS WHO KNOW THAT BELLAMY IS GOING TO KILL THEIR DAUGHTER BUT HE'S JUST LIKE... BYE AND HE KNOWS, AND WE KNOW THAT HE KNOWS, BECAUSE JOSIE TAUNTS HIM ABOUT IT THE WHOLE TIME BECAUSE JOSIE IS THE AUDIENCE BASICALLY

JOSIE IS US BUT SLIGHTLY MORE PSYCHOTIC

ALL RIGHT SO SKIPPING AHEAD, SKIPPING AHEAD, YOU HAVE JOSIE'S WHOLE RUN DOWN OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP

TOGETHER

AND HIS VERY LONG PAUSE FOLLOWED BY "I WON'T LET YOU DIE"

EXHAUSTING

INSTEAD OF I FUCKING LOVE YOU BECAUSE CHORUS SO WE GET CLARKE BACK THROUGH SHEER FORCE OF BELLAMY'S WILL

>AND HIS VERY LONG PAUSE FOLLOWED BY "I WON'T LET YOU DIE" @kate (historyofbellarke) "I LOVE YOU, BITCH. I AIN'T EVER GONNA STOP LOVING YOU, BITCH."

"I'LL SHAVE THE BEARD" SO WE HAVE CLARKE WHO GAVE UP LIVING BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT BELLAMY GAVE UP (REMEMBER, JOSIE SHOWING HER THE MEMORY OF BELLAMY SAYING WE'LL TAKE THE DEAL) AND THEN CLARKE COMING BACK TO LIFE BECAUSE BELLAMY WOULDN'T GIVE UP AND THEN WE HAVE OCTAVIA, MY BROTHER POISONED ME FOR HIS WIFE AND I STILL RAISED MY NIECE ON STORIES OF EPIC BELLARKE, BLAKE IN THE BACKGROUND BEING ALL OF US

>SO WE HAVE CLARKE WHO GAVE UP LIVING BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT BELLAMY GAVE UP (REMEMBER, JOSIE SHOWING HER THE MEMORY OF BELLAMY SAYING WE'LL TAKE THE DEAL) @kate (historyofbellarke) OMG I HAVE A SPEC ABOUT THIS I HAVE A SPEC ABOUT THIS BUT IMMA WAIT TIL WE'RE DONE TO POP INTO SPEC TO TALK IT OUT OKAY CONTINUE

i'm going to keep going, but have i done a pretty good job of convincing anyone who was wavering? because remember this is all canon. i have done absolutely no spec-ing at all.

I'm very hype rn. Ngl.

lol

Could flip a tire for Bellarke rn kind of hype

OK SO NOW CLARKE IS ALIVE BUT OH FUCK, THE REST OF THE FAMILY IS IN TROUBLE WE LITERALLY HAD MURPHY, MY BLESSED MURPHY, SHOW UP TO GO "YO. YOUR GIRLFRIEND." AND BELLAMY GO https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/591463308117278720/716493560610029708/tumblr_pv4mkld49N1xsmktho1_500.gif SO OF COURSE, IT'S NOT TIME TO TALK BECAUSE CHORUS

DUMBASSES NO TALKIE

SO WE GET EVERYONE FIXED. A BUNCH OF UNNECESSARY PLOT SHIT HAPPENS. AND THEN BELLAMY LITERALLY PUSHES HIS GIRLFRIEND OUT OF THE WAY TO GO AND DO A DRAMATIC SUNSET REUNION WITH HIS WIFE AND THEN PLOT SHIT PLOT SHIT PLOT SHIT WE'RE IN S7 AM I MISSING S6 STUFF? PROBABLY BUT Y'ALL IT'S LITERALLY BEEN 4 WEEKS IN CANON AT THIS POINT AND I MISSED A LOT OF SHIT. SO Y'KNOW. OUR BABIES ARE TIRED N AND NOW WE'RE ALL GOOD RIGHT? JUST GONNA GO HAVE A QUICK MEETING WITH GABRIEL AND THEN GO BACK TO MY WIFE SO WE CAN TALK OVER SOME TEA THEN BAM, O GETS STABBED AND THEN WE HAVE . 4 EPISODES THAT HAPPEN OVER 2 DAYS BEFORE CLARKE'S LIKE "WELP. I'M THROWING MYSELF HEAD FIRST INTO A WORM HOLE TO GO GET MY HUSBAND AND HIS STUPID GIRLFRIEND." AND YOU HAVE EVERYONE ELSE GOING "I'M SORRY, DID YOU THINK ANYTHING ELSE WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?" AND FOLLOWING AND THE S6/7 WRITERS MOSTLY JUST CHOSE TO IGNORE THAT S4/5 WRITERS GAVE CLARKE A DAUGHTER BECAUSE, WELL, I DON'T BLAME THEM EVEN THOUGH I LOVE MADI SHE'S AN UNNECESSARY COMPLICATION SO HAND WAVING SHE'S FINE SO NOW WE'RE UP TO PRESENT

Fully convinced Madi was there to ensure Clarke didn't go fully insane on Earth and provide motive for that bitch slap scene from S5.

brb spilled beer

Oh, and to parent trip Bell/Clarke.

>brb spilled beer @kate (historyofbellarke) makes sense after the tea you're spilling on this channel

Someone really oughta document this convo for a later date. lol We will need to reference it before end of the season, bet. lol

blesss i do not deserve my partner he told me to go sit down and is cleaning it also i went to finish the last of the unspilled stuff and promptly spilled it down my chest so ALL RIGHT WHERE WERE WE OH YEAH AND BELLAMY FORGAVE HER BECAUSE MADI WAS LIKE "YO YOU'RE A PARENT TOO AND REMMEBER SHE STOOD BY YOU WHEN YOU PUT OCTAVIA ABOVE LITERALLY EVERYTHING" AND BELLAMY WAS LIKE "OH... SHIT." AND THEN SHE WAS LIKE "SHE CALLE DYOU EVERY DAY YOU DUMBFUCK" AND YOU HAVE THE PATENTED "OMG, DOES CLARKE HAVE FEELINGS FO RME TOO???" JAW DROP BUT NOW BACK TO PRESENT

(Now if someone will just fucking tell her that he did the equivalent grant gestureTM of the radio calls except w/ poison)

i didn't even include the fact that he fucking poisoned O, that diyoza referred to her as his girlfriend, etc etc etc OH AND AS TO WHY HBECHO ISN'T GOING TO BE A HTING ANYMORE BESIDES EVERYTHING I'VE SAID

FINN COLLINS THAT'S WHY

BASUCALLY YES

FINN COLLINS EXCEPT AT LEAST CLARKE KNEW HIS REAL NAME

THEY DID A LITERAL EXACT PARALLEL BETWEEN BELLAMY AND ECHO SPFEIHOi4ur YES LIKE IT'S LIKE THE WRITERS FOUND BESTOFBECHO AND WENT "FUCK, ARE WE NOT BEING OBVIOUS ENOUGH? TIME TO CALL IN ZACH MCGOWAN" ( THEY FUCKING GOT ZACH ON A PLANE FROM LA TO VANCOUVER TO JUST SAY "YOU DON'T LOVE HIM" LIKE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW INVOLVED OF A PROCESS IT IS TO GET AN ACTOR THERE - ESPECIALLY IN CANADA WHERE YOU HAVE TO BALANCE NON-CANADIAN WITH CANADIAN ACTORS OR YOU CAN'T SHOOT IN CANADA SO THIS AMERICAN HAD TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR THE WHOLE SEASON FOR A 2 MINUTE APPERANCE BUT THE WRITERS WERE LIKE "YO HUGE NEON SIGN RIGHT HERE" AND THEN SHE CONTINUED ALL SEASON IN THAT VEIN UNTIL 7X05 WHEN SHE BROKEEEEE OVER HIS "DEATH"

BECAUSE HER SOUL DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS ALIVE LIKE BELL DID CLARKE

AND DID THE EXACT SAME FUCKING THING BELLAMY DID WHEN HE FOUND OUT CLARKE WAS ALIVE

And also as mentioned, she's a shit spy.

BECAUSE THE WRITERS ARE LIKE "CAN WE MAKE IT MORE OBVIOUS? I'M NOT SURE HOW!" so now we're at present day and here's a bit of crack spec-ing

THANKS FOR THIS LONG ASS META !!

YOU ARE WELCOME once again if i put that amount of effort into my dissertation, i'd be a phd with a published book or 3

This was a joy to read An utter joy This reaffirmed all my beliefs and got rid of all doubts I had

https://tenor.com/view/about-to-ugly-cry-ugly-cry-emotional-sensitive-crying-gif-8033343 i aim to please so now we have that O/B scene so we as the audience know something is off. bellamy was dragged sobbing and unconscious by his captors to suddenly being awake, fine, and killing a bunch of trained soldiers and holding someone hostage with his left hand. so then you have O, noticing something isn't quite right, casually bringing up clarke's name clarke. fucking. griffin. who bellamy had JUST brought back from the dead after learning she was alive and he's just... calm? about O possibly doing something with these psychos that's related to clarke? HE JUST POISONED HIS SISTER LIKE A WEEK AGO TO SAVE CLARKE'S LIFE i cannot stress this enough. bellamy fucking blake would not just go "huh?" when O, his sister that he's barely tolerating, goes "i'll tell you, you psychotic cultists, everything about my sister-in-law" and that's it. that's where i'm at s6 was about bellamy literally pulling clarke back from death s7 will be about clarke literally crossing time and space to get back to bellamy THIS IS AN EPIC FUCKING LOVE STORY AND ANYONE WHO THINKS OTHERWISE IS WRONG AND NOW I'M GOING TO TAKEA . SHOWER BECAUSE I SPILLED BEER ON MYSELF BUT I WILL BE BACK also i didn't think iw as drunk but then i reread that and started crying so it's definitely shower time

#bellarke #bellarke meta #the 100 #anti bech #anti ech #blarke wine club #long post

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my-one-love-is-music · 7 years

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Forget Me Not ch. 20

I CAN EXPLAIN, I SWEAR!!!!

Okay, so not really. Hi, I know you just got an update yesterday, but, uh, have another??? That's inexplicably longer than every chapter that's come before it???

Basically I'm just looking forward to what's coming and am super motivated to write so that I can get to that point and the writing gods have blessed me so yeah, here you go. (It might be a little rushed. Sorry, I'm excited, okay?)

Also, kudos to Jo who suggested that Rolo flirt with Keith. Had a lot of fun with that. And there's a little surprise at the end that I think y'all are going to like, too.

And this fic is officially longer than the minimum word count for a novel so that's a thing.

Also on AO3!

As soon as the Sun had risen over Arus, everyone had moved from their beds and convened around the healing pods to wait for Lance to wake up. Hunk and Coran had made it back safely and brought along the new crystal that they quickly used to replace the one that Sendak had hooked up to the Castle.

Keith was surprised by how fast they were moving once Lance came out of the healing pod, but he guessed that he really shouldn’t have been. There was nothing that was keeping them on the planet and they had a group of people to rescue that had put themselves in danger to help Hunk and an entire empire of dangerous aliens to fight.

“Wait,” Pidge said as the group was getting ready to leave the dining hall. “I think it’s time for me to come clean.”

Keith’s brows furrowed before he understood what she was about to do and he smiled.

“I’m a girl.”

Everyone else ignored the sounds of Lance’s complete and utter surprise at the fact as they all murmured their understanding and that they already knew.

“Pidge, owning who you are is going to make you a better Paladin. I’m glad that you finally felt comfortable enough to tell us,” Shiro said, nodding at her. “Now let’s get going.”

Keith slung an arm around Pidge’s shoulders as they walked from the room.

“I think it’s great that you finally decided to tell everyone,” he said, ruffling her hair.

“Thanks Keith. It was time. Even though it probably won’t change much…it feels good. Not feeling like I have to hide who I am or like I’m being forced into being someone I’m not.”

“Come on, let’s go get changed. We don’t want everyone waiting on us.”

Leaving Arus was a lot less anticlimactic than Keith was expecting. When you took out the large Castle that took off from the planet and nearly broke the rock that it had been wedged in in half that is. But it was strangely nice to be back into space and once they’d gotten pointed in the direction of the Balmera and were free from the atmospheric disturbance that takeoff had bombarded them with, they were able to move around the control room and hang out.

And grill Hunk over Shay.

Pidge seemed to be taking a certain type of sadistic glee in teasing Hunk over his desire to get back and help the woman who was the reason that they were able to get back to the Castle and save Lance. The rest of them just sat back and watched really. Keith thought it was nice. Even if Hunk didn’t harbor any romantic feelings for Shay, it was nice to see him put so much energy into helping another person.

It should’ve been weird. They’d been thrust into an intergalactic war that had been raging for over ten thousand years, but the moments like this…this was what Keith knew he was going to hold onto forever. He had nothing else and he was okay with that. Was learning to continue to be okay with it. Because he had friends and people who cared for him and people who he cared for. And that was all that really mattered at the end of the day.

And the days only continued to prove it to him.

It was almost easy to fall into conversation with Rolo. After explaining the situation to them and giving a list of parts to Hunk to collect from the ship, he was friendly and open to him, Shiro, and Allura. Pidge was off playing with Beezer and Lance had immediately moved off to keep Nyma to himself. Not that he was complaining or anything. He’d much rather sit around and talk with Shiro and Allura than get in the way of Lance’s courting rituals. If you could even call them that.

They relaxed quickly, sitting around on various storage crates while Rolo started a fire. Thankfully the atmosphere was stable enough that they didn’t have to wear their helmets and Keith was more than grateful to take his off. When he shook out his hair to avoid permanent helmet hair he caught Rolo staring at him and self-consciously ran a hand through it, wondering if it was sticking up weird.

“So where are you from? You seem to be pretty far from home. I don’t think that I’ve ever met someone from your species before?” Rolo asked, only addressing Keith.

He glanced at Allura and Shiro. “Shiro and I are from Earth. And humans haven’t been this far out into the galaxy before so it’s understandable that you haven’t met anyone like us before.”

Rolo looked between them for a moment almost as though he was assessing them. “Are the two of you mates?”

Keith felt himself flush at the question and frantically waved his hands in front of himself. “No! No, no, no. We’re not.” He cringed at how horrified he sounded, but he really wasn’t ready to address his own feelings on the matter since they were still a jumble from the day before. He shot Shiro an apologetic look who only smiled at him sadly and shook his head.

Rolo grinned, looking delighted by the news. After he finished stoking the fire, he sat down on the crate next to Keith who subconsciously shifted away because he was a little too close. “So would you say that you’re one of the most beautiful of your species? Because you certainly seem to be out of the rest of your group.”

Keith frowned and heard someone spluttering behind him. “That’s a little rude. Everyone has their own traits which are beautiful and insisting on trying to compare people when we’re all so different is what’s already caused problems on our planet.”

Rolo leaned into his space and Keith leaned away from him just as much. Aliens seriously didn’t have any boundaries or sense of personal space and it was starting to get on his nerves.

“Have you ever thought about traveling the universe? Exploring new planets and seeing new things?”

Keith shrugged and tried to put distance between them. “Sure. That’s why I joined the Garrison. That’s why Shiro joined the Garrison. Right?” he asked, looking over his shoulder.

The look on Shiro’s face took him by surprise. He honestly looked furious, helmet held tightly against his side and other hand fisted. If Keith hadn’t spent so much time around him for the past few days he wouldn’t have noticed it, but his posture was absolutely rigid.

“Right,” he answered, voice too tense. It made Keith frown. He didn’t know what he was angry about, but he didn’t like it. This was supposed to be a relaxed and easy stop.

“Anyway,” Keith said as he turned to face Rolo again and stopped. He’d gotten even closer, peering up at him with hooded eyes. He swallowed and stood abruptly, nearly hitting him in the face with his elbow. He started to pace, hoping to work off his nervous energy that had just sprung up. “What happened to you guys? You said that you’ve been fighting the Galra?”

“Do you really want to talk about that?” Rolo asked, standing to approach him.

“Yes,” Shiro said tightly, stepping in between Keith and Rolo.

Keith was relieved that Shiro had interfered honestly. He didn’t know what was up with him, but Rolo was making him very uncomfortable. He’d have to remember to ask Allura about other alien species later and how comfortable they were with personal space. And what the polite way was to let someone know that they weren’t comfortable with that. He hoped that it wasn’t offensive to brush off the close contact, but he didn’t think doing so right now could lead to anything worse than the intergalactic war they were already involved in.

Rolo frowned openly at Shiro for only a moment. The change back to his calm demeanor was almost instantaneous, but he moved over to a crate on the opposite side of the fire and sat down, beginning his tale. Shiro gave him a look before he moved off to stand to the side. Keith took a seat on one of the crates next to the one that Allura was leaning against and listened to what Rolo was saying. He figured that this wasn’t the end of it, but he didn’t know what this was exactly.

Keith’s breathing was a little heavier than it probably should’ve been, but he couldn’t find it in himself to care. His hands were shaking with the leftover adrenaline rush that had surged through him as he darted and flew and twisted through asteroids in order to help get Lance’s Lion back. It felt good though. He hadn’t gotten the chance to fly like that in…a long time he was sure. The closest he’d come to this feeling was when he’d had all of his friends on his bike and had to jump off of a cliff to escape the Garrison rovers that were chasing them.

After they dropped Rolo and his group off for good, they loaded the Lions back into the Castle and continued through space, Keith found himself in one of the alcoves. He tucked himself onto the plush cushion and watched as the stars moved past the window. The shaking in his hands had stopped long ago, but he could still feel the faint traces of energy thrumming through his veins. He held on to the memories of how the controls had felt in his hands, unconsciously shifting from side-to-side as he’d done in the Lion. Feeling every turn and change in direction. Every movement.

He sighed and closed his eyes, tipping his head back to lean against the wall behind him.

“There you are.” Shiro’s voice didn’t startle him like it probably would have days ago. He found it soothing now, even though it didn’t do anything to help the jumble of emotions that were at war within him. It was a comfort. Just another reassurance that he wasn’t alone. “You feeling okay?” he asked, taking a seat across from him.

Keith let his eyelids flutter open and looked across from him. “Yeah, I’m good. Just working to come off the adrenaline rush from earlier, really.”

Shiro hummed. “Still have problems with that, huh?”

Keith dropped his head to look at Shiro more fully. “You mean this is a regular thing?”

“I wouldn’t say it’s a regular thing, but it’s happened before.”

“Huh.”

Keith thought that he should be bothered by this new piece of information. That he was being given something that wasn’t his own, but…he wasn’t. It felt like nothing more than an easy comment about the weather. Something that didn’t have any impact or consequence. Maybe it was because he’d experienced it for himself and had a reference to the feeling. Maybe it was because this was Shiro and he was becoming far more comfortable around him than he’d ever thought he’d be.

“What do you think’s going to happen when we fight Zarkon?” Keith asked, changing the topic even as he stared out the window and at the stars that continued to pass them by.

Shiro sighed. “I don’t know. I know that it’s going to be tough. He hasn’t been in control of the universe for ten thousand years for nothing.”

“Do you think we can do it?” he asked, turning to look at Shiro again.

He smiled in a sad and sort of self-deprecating way. Keith didn’t need an explanation, he understood immediately. It wouldn’t be a walk in the park. They knew that much. They could only hope to do their best and have the power and the resources to take him down once and for all.

“We should go and find the others. I’m sure that we’re probably getting close to the Balmera and we don’t know what’s going to happen once we show up.”

Keith nodded and stood from his seat. He looked through the window one last time, trying to memorize the patterns of the stars and commit all of this to memory. When he turned to follow Shiro and caught sight of his back he cocked his head and watched him. He still seemed tense and Keith wondered if something was still bothering him. He’d seemed sort of off ever since they were talking to Rolo earlier.

“Shiro? Are you okay? You look kind of tense,” Keith said, walking up next to him and scrutinizing him.

“Uh, I’m fine. It’s nothing really.”

Keith narrowed his eyes and watched as Shiro relaxed. He knew it was forced. Could tell that there was still something lurking close to the surface. “No, you’re not. Something’s bothering you. Has been since we met Rolo. What is it?”

Shiro waved away his concern. “Really, it’s nothing, Keith-“

“Don’t try and brush this off, Shiro,” Keith said firmly, taking hold of his arm. “What’s wrong? And don’t even think about lying to me.”

Shiro looked at him, eyes flicking away a few times before he sighed and closed them. He swallowed once. “Okay. It…bothered me. How Rolo was flirting with you. I didn’t like it.”

Keith’s mouth dropped open in shock. “What do you mean? He wasn’t flirting with me.” He let his mouth drop from Shiro’s arm and took a step back.

Shiro rolled his eyes and gave him a look that was a mixture of exasperation and fondness. “Keith. He was flirting with you.”

“But…but…” he said weakly, trying to find some argument. Some evidence that proved he hadn’t been flirted with. He made an embarrassed noise in the back of his throat and felt his face heat up. Shiro managed to pat him on the back in the most patronizing way which only worked to further Keith’s embarrassment.

“I’m never going to talk to anyone ever again,” he said, burying his face in his hands.

Shiro chuckled. “I don’t think that’s going to be possible. You’ll have to talk to me and Coran and Allura and Pidge and Lance and Hunk at least.”

Keith curled forward drawing another chuckle from Shiro. Muscular arms wrapped around his back and pulled him forwards against a firm chest, making Keith still. He was glad that Shiro was still laughing and hadn’t noticed the change in him. As he relaxed into the embrace, as slow as it was, Shiro’s arms tightened around him, making his breath hitch inaudibly.

After a moment Shiro let his arms fall away and he stepped back, letting Keith straighten now that his face didn’t feel like it was going to burst into flames for how embarrassed he was at it all. They continued down the hallway, remembering their original intention to get back to the control room and see where they were in relation to the Balmera.

“Does anyone else know?” Keith finally asked, not entirely sure if he wanted the answer to that question.

“Allura maybe, but the others too distracted that I don’t think they picked up on it. I only noticed since I was there and saw what he was doing.”

“Sorry.”

“Hey, you have nothing to apologize for,” Shiro said, gaping at him.

“Yeah, but I’m sure that you felt put out by it all and my own feelings are all a jumbled mess and-“

“Keith,” he said, cutting him off. “It’s okay. We’ve already established our boundaries. Yes, I got angry and I wasn’t happy with the situation but that was because I still care about you. It wasn’t my way of trying to pressure you into anything and if you do find yourself wanting to date someone, don’t let my feelings be a barrier for that. I probably overreacted, but you did seem pretty uncomfortable with some of the questions that Rolo had been asking and how close he was to you.”

“Shiro?”

“Yeah?”

“Thanks for looking out for me. I really appreciate it.”

“Anytime Keith. Anytime. Now let’s see what’s going on with the Balmera.”

Keith didn’t know what he was expecting when it came to the Balmera, but he could admit that it wasn’t a total surprise when they were immediately attacked as soon as they broke through the atmosphere to land. He was all too happy to run to his Lion and suit up and get going. He followed Shiro’s directions easily, the five of them taking on their roles and doing what they could to help.

Working as a team was reassuring. It gave each of them someone to lean back on and find comfort even when things seemed dire like when they’d become trapped in the core or when they were facing off against a new monster that Zarkon had sent after them. The Balmerans even helped save them once they found their reason to fight and decided that they weren’t going to lay down and let themselves or let the Balmera die.

Keith wanted to collapse in relief after the Balmera trapped the monster in its crystal. It had been the longest and hardest fight they’d had so far. At least when Sendak had captured the Castle, they’d still had hope and been able to formulate a plan as to how to get out of the mess they were in. He was glad when he was finally able to strip out of his uniform and find a place to think. He ended up back in one of the alcoves and was quickly becoming one of his favorite spots. It gave him a great view of the Balmera and the new crystals that had formed on the surface, providing an almost eerie blue glow to it all.

His mind kept flitting between the conversation that he’d had with Shiro earlier and everything that they’d managed to do. Shiro had never given him an answer as to whether they could beat Zarkon or not. When they’d thought that they’d defeated the monster after knocking it down because of Hunk’s blaster, it had given him hope. Hope that even though they weren’t strong enough to beat Zarkon. Weren’t as strong as they needed to be, maybe with time they’d be able to get stronger.

They’d be able to defeat each new opponent until they could face off with Zarkon and actually have a chance at winning. But when that monster had gotten back onto its feet. It gave Keith doubts. Made him think that they wouldn’t be able to do it after all and they were just kidding themselves with taking on the roll as the Paladins of Voltron.

He sighed and let his head fall forward so he could stare at his hands.

“I can hear you thinking from all the way over here, you know.”

The smile that tugged at Keith’s lips at the sound of Shiro’s voice was definitely something that he wasn’t used to. But he was tired and if he could use that as an excuse to put off thinking about how he felt about this whole situation for a little longer then he was fine with that and wasn’t about to complain. He looked up as Shiro sat down across from him.

“I wish I could make it stop, but that’s a no go. I just keep getting caught up on the idea that we might not actually be able to defeat Zarkon. Especially after today, my doubts are going strong. I mean, we weren’t even able to take out that new monster entirely and we’re expected to go up against the strongest person in the entire universe?”

“You’re right that we weren’t able to defeat that monster completely, but we did take out that battle cruiser. And I think something that we all need to remember is that we’re not alone in this. Most importantly, we have each other and we have Coran and Allura. But we also have everyone else who’s not going to lay down and obediently obey Zarkon. The Balmerans showed us today that they’re willing to fight. They helped us.

“There are going to be other people out there, Keith. It’s not just us and it’s not just you. It’s everyone. And when we all stand together…well then, we’re certainly a force to be reckoned with. And I don’t think Zarkon even has the strength to overcome something that incredible.”

Keith stared out the window, taking in everything that Shiro had said.

“You’re really confident in all of this, Shiro,” he murmured quietly.

“That’s because a universe ruled by Zarkon isn’t one that I think I could ever live in. Being a Paladin of Voltron gives me a purpose and if we lose and Zarkon wins, then I’d rather die than have to experience what that’s like.”

“So you’d rather die than stay with the rest of us?”

“If I was given the chance between dying and being with you, I’d choose being with you, but if that also meant living under Zarkon’s rule…I don’t think that’s something that I’d ever be able to go back to.”

Keith stood abruptly before he could even question himself or stop himself. Shiro looked surprised, but Keith only saw his expression for a moment before he had wrapped his arms around his shoulders and pulling him to his chest. Shiro’s arms remained limp at his sides.

“Um…Keith?”

“I’m sorry,” he whispered. “I’m so sorry, Shiro.”

“It’s okay, Keith.”

“No!” he answered sharply, pulling back to grasp Shiro’s face between his hands to make him understand. To try and make him understand how wrong all of this was. “It’s not okay. It’s not okay that you were trapped with the Galra for a year and forced to fight and when you show up on Earth you don’t even have anyone to lean on. Instead, you’re suddenly put in charge of a group of people who are supposed to save the universe and free people from the oppressive regime that you’ve suffered at the hands of.

“And you still won’t let yourself lean on anyone. You keep everything to yourself and it’s not fair. You shouldn’t have to bear all of that! Especially when you used to have someone. When I…when I…”

When I like you.

The realization crashed through him so severely that he had to take a step back. Had to clamp down on the words, on his tongue to keep them from spilling from his mouth as everything came into perfect clarity. He backed towards the arch of the alcove. He needed to be alone. He needed to think, because this was too much. This was all becoming too much.

“Keith?” Shiro looked uncertain and worried. Even after Keith lectured him on taking care of himself and giving himself time, he was still worried about him.

“I need to go,” he blurted before slipping around the corner and hurrying down the hallway. He wanted to run. Wanted to sprint away from there. Wanted to get away from his thoughts and feelings until he was too exhausted to even think about them, because it was terrifying even though he knew that it shouldn’t be.

#sheith #voltron #molim writes #fic: forget me not #update #second update in two days #OTL #don't get used to this please

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A Ranting Tribute to Rover from a British person. via /r/cars

A Ranting Tribute to Rover from a British person.

This is somewhat inspired from the guy who posted the Top Gear Saab tribute earlier and no-one's gonna see this rant but what the heck. This is mainly going to be about the final era of Rover, from 2000 - 2005.

13 years ago, MG-Rover went into administration, but this time, it would be gone for good. In previous years, British Aerospace had bought them out, followed by BMW, then the chucklefucks at the Phoenix Consortium (we'll get to those bastards later, don't you worry), and it looked like someone else would try their luck with the brand: even Richard Branson of Virgin showed interest. But in the end, it wasn't to be.

Our story starts when BMW announces it wants to sell Rover in 1999. Two main groups, both British, have offers: Alchemy Partners, a venture investment group that would've focused on the MG brand and making mainly sports cars branded as MGs (due to the success of the MG F). The other offer came from the Phoenix Consortium, a group of 4 businessmen, however only 2 are of note: John Towers, who formerly held a high position within the Rover Group, and Peter Beale, who we'll talk more about later.

Of the two, Alchemy's business plan was far more solid BUT would've required laying off thousands of workers. Phoenix's plan was criticised as incomplete and unsustainable but promised to keep on as many workers as they could. The government at the time was formed by the Labour Party, who, of course being concerned with workers rights, chose Phoenix to buy the Rover Group. In 2000, BMW sold it to them for the eye-wateringly pricey sum of £10 (£16.53 in modern money), but not before they took the design of a replacement for the Rover 25 for themselves. Which went on to become the wildly successful Mini.

5 years later and the renamed MG-Rover goes down the pipes for the last time, and an investigation into why reaps scandalous results: The Phoenix Consortium were running tax schemes on the side with the bank Barclays (infamous in Britain for doing business with anyone, even Apartheid) and airline Ryanair (synonymous with just getting by regulations). On top of that the Big 4 at the Consortium were siphoning off millions for themselves, and the cherry on top, investigators found that Beale (remember him?) had bought and run a program called "Evidence Remover" a day before they were due to seize his computer (you just can't make this shit up!). Once was all and said and done, Phoenix stripped MG-Rover of all it was worth, selling off bits to whoever, and not one of the Big 4 went to prison.

So with all this going on behind the scenes, you'd expect the cars to be terrible, thrown together pieces of crap worthy of 80s GM, and the general consensus here in Britain is just that: even non-car people, when told that someone has bought a Rover, universally respond with, "Why?" But that's the saddest thing: they were actually really good, and that consensus was agreed upon during the British Leyland days, when they really were terrible. The Consortium was too busy running tax schemes to bother about the cars themselves, so the decades of automotive engineering experience at Longbridge was able to work its magic.

Don't believe me? Let's run down the range offered by MG-Rover before it disappeared. Just a quick note, Rover rebadged and re-engineered Rovers in the range into sportier MGs. Also, all MGs are follwed by a number, e.g. the MG ZR 160, MG ZS 180, etc. These numbers show how much PS the engine made.

Rover 25 / MG ZR

The Rover 25 was an unremarkable, if refined hatchback. The MG ZR 160, however, was a great hot hatchback, it's fizzy, 1.8 litre, variable valve timing straight 4 demanding aggressive throttle mashing. Unfortunately, the K-Series engine was prone to head gasket failures and everyone bangs on about it, but so was EJ25, and people worship that engine like a god. Now, I'm not calling the K-Series as good as an EJ, because it blatantly isn't, but it definitely had its merits, chiefly that it was the lightest engine in its power range being made at the time. The handling, on the other hand was acceptable at best, however what were you expecting for less than £15k new?

All-in-all, a good budget hot hatch, especially if you weren't prepared to pay the premium for a RenaultSport Clio 182.

Rover 45 / MG ZS

The Rover 45 was slightly less competitive in its class than the 25 was it its, mainly due to it looking, and in many ways being, older, although it maintained the theme of understated refinement set by the 25. However, the pièce de résistance was definitely the MG ZS 180. Under the bonnet of the 180 was a 2.5 litre KV6; no failed gaskets to be found here. Instead you got more power, better better torque and a better sounding exhaust note than the ZR. On top of that, racing driver Tiff Needell described the ZS as the best handling FF car he'd ever driven: high praise from an accomplished driver.

All things considered, a fantastic little car and, considering you can buy one of these for less than £2k here in the UK, the perfect car for the budding track day enthusiast or Honda Integra Type-R wannabe.

MG TF

A brilliant car that can be easily summed up: want a Lotus, but don't have the money? Perfect we have just the car for you! With the same 1.8 from the ZR 160, it was great to thrash, and it solved the handling problems of the ZR. Perfect!

Rover 75 / MG ZT

Not to sound repetitive but the Rover 75 was a very refined and cushy executive car. I probably need not say too much about it because Regular Car Reviews did a video on it and y'all probably seen it. But there's one thing RCR didn't mention...

V8. Yep. 4.6 Ford Modular, straight out of a base Mustang. No BS.

Rover's engineers decided they wanted an M3 rival, so they did a deal with Ford who shipped them to Longbridge where they were fitted into completely re-engineered 75 / ZT bodies (they turned an FF chassis into FR without majorly changing the exterior or interior. How.) The one downside is that these were base 4.6 Modulars: 260 hp wouldn't cut it against an M3. However, the ZT 260 was praised by Clarkson, saying he'd buy one if it had 50 more hp.

There was, however, a plan to remedy this.

A prototype was revealed, called the MG ZT XPower 385. This was a ZT 260 with suspension re-engineered by Prodrive (a British tuning firm), the engine completely reworked by Rover (so much so even the block was different) and supercharged to produce, you guessed it, 385 PS. This would have fair and squarely demolished the M3. If it ever got to production.

A very pretty Rover 75 Coupe prototype was also made. That also didn't get to production.

MG Xpower SV

Now this is interesting.

For whatever reason, MG-Rover decided it needed a supercar. So, already struggling with financial ailments, what did you think they did? Yep, bought out an Italian firm no-one had ever heard of. Qvale, to be precise.

Qvale was chosen as the only car it was making, the Mangusta, used a 4.6 Ford Modular, which Rover was already buying from Ford. "Great!" Thought literally everyone else, "Just slap on an MG badge and call it a day!" But no, MG had to pull a Saab and change everything. It is obvious just by looking at the Mangusta and the SV that they share almost nothing in common. On top of that, MG decided that Qvale should start using carbon fibre to make the body panels. To top everything off, instead of shipping the completely re-engineered V8s (similar to the one used the ZT 385 prototype) to Italy, the much larger bodies were brought to Longbridge where the cars would be assembled. Business planning at its finest, people.

Available in 320, supercharged 390 or Nitrous-boosted 1000 hp guises, the SV was again praised by Clarkson, who again said he wouldn't buy one, this tie because of price: Even the base 320 hp SV was £65,000. In 2003.

So that concludes my MG-Rover rant. In my opinion, its a tragic story of "Howevers" and "Ifs" that I could never fully do justice in this rushed Reddit post. I know no-one will read this, but I'm just posting in the hope someone will learn something. Like Saab, MG-Rover was a special company that would've achieved so much had they both not been fucked by their overlords.

Thanks.

#reddit #autonews #auto #cars

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