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#i LOVE what they did with medusa’s story oh my god
sapphoismymuse · 4 months
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i haven’t seen anyone talk about it yet but medusa’s actress is so insanely talented?? most of her face is veiled but she did an AMAZING job at portraying the subtle changes in her emotions like “not him. me” DESTROYED me you can tell how strongly she feels about the subject but also how she’s trying to keep her cool and appear calm and collected to these kids and tell them of the ways their parents suck
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frogmascquerade · 4 months
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thekissofaphrodite · 4 months
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Heart of Stone
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Jessica Parker Kennedy!Medusa X Blind!wife!reader
Summary: Humans after creatures were petrified by her blinding eye, but it seems like Medusa's heart of stone was fixed by a certain someone she calls a wife.
Warning: Flashbacks of Rape and Death of child (I think that's all)
Author's note: Percy Jackson this, Luke Castellan that. I'll take medusa.
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"You think I'll hold a grudge on you just because you are a daughter of Athena?" Medusa said sweetly as she stared at Annabeth through her veiled hat whilst pouring freshly made lemonade into one of the cups.
Annabeth kept a neutral expression, carefully watching Medusa's movements whilst keeping an eye on grover, who munched happily on one of the snacks.
Medusa watched grover with a smile, barely glancing at percy.
"You like them?" She asked Grover, The Satyr nodded enthusiastically.
"My wife made them." All of the eyes were now on medusa's.
The trio shared a confused glance, Percy and Grover threw Annabeth a 'What the actual hell did she say?' and Annabeth threw back a much confused glance, saying 'I dont know either'
Percy was the first one to break the silence, His head still low as he played with the strawberry cheesecake on his plate with a silver fork.
"Er..Wife? you said...isn't that impossible since you're.. You know..." Medusa chuckled wholeheartedly, Annabeth just rolled her eyes and nudged Grover.
"She's blind.. The gods also punished her a long time ago.." After that statement, the trio immediately turned their heads, curiously sitting down and patiently waiting for a story.
"She was once a beautiful nymph that served Circe... Goddess of Aiaia. She was beautiful, then...Hermes.. The messenger God fell in love with her whilst he was still in a relationship with Circe, She rejected him multiple times, but in desperation he—" Medusa Inhaled sharply, Her fist curling up into a ball in anger, she was hesitating to continue the story.
"He asked Aphrodite to make him a draught so she can sleep with him..and it worked, When Circe found out she was so outraged and jealous that she poured every potion she had into her eyes..Her once beautiful green eyes, and cursed her saying 'You shall never see the light of day, Again' " The story finished, Annabeth, Percy and Grover went silent, Medusa however looked at the demigods, watching for any signs of mercy or pity in their eyes.
Then, the silence was interrupted by someone, behind the door.
"Emmy? I think the food you're making is burnt— I smell brownies— Oh! please tell me you're making them!" You. She were gorgeous, with waist length red hair and pale skin, a line of dark freckles trailing down your breasts and arms. you was wearing a floral dress beautifully. you almost looked like a goddess. If it wasn't for your grey eyes, that was once green that made you less perfect.
Medusa's expressions changed neutrally to cheerful. The trio noticed a pair of ring Medusa and Her wife had.
The blind woman, who was Medusa's wife, had a snake ring on her finger, while medusa had a simple gold ring with an emerald stone.
"We have visitors?" You asked, As Medusa walked towards you and looped her arms with yours.
"They're demigods, Dear" Medusa whispered to your ear, making you frown a little.
"I'll go back to the kitchen. You can handle them, yes?" Medusa nodded, and you a kiss on your cheeks before watching her wife go.
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It wasn't that long when you heard screams and running footsteps, It was definitely the demigods.
Years after years, you lived with Medusa, The bravest warriors to the most cowardly men had stepped inside your home, and none escaped. Not with her deadly eyes.
But you knew those demigods don't stood a chance.
You stared at the blowing kettle, feeling the heat wash over you as sweat trickled down your neck.
And why should you and medusa hide your capabilities and powers when you two are far more superior?
You remembered it all too well.
Hermes drugged you and forced you into his bed, shamelessly raping you all over again until he's content, Circe in fury punishing you. You begged and explained, You really did...But she never listened.
Circe, Banishing you out of Aiaia... You being pregnant. You giving birth near a cave.. Your baby boy dying... Medusa finding you...
Life was hard.. The Gods gave no mercy and pity. But here you are. Still standing with the woman who saved you.
You heard footsteps coming upstairs. You smiled thinking that your trap might work.
"Do you find everything pleasant?" You whispered sweetly.
there was no response.
But then, someone grabbed you by your long hair and slashed your neck.
Medusa ran as fast as she could when she heard screams, But her heeled sandals failed her.
You were now lying on the ground, blood spurting out of your neck as you tried to gasp for air. Tears poured down your cheeks as you tried to say Medusa's name.
Medusa screamed. A blood curling scream as she fell down and held your body. The wife she had protected all these years. Her wife. Her soul mate. Her one and true love, Dead.
You tried to speak, but no words came out of your mouth. Instead, as you were dying, Your green eyes gained a clearer vision of your wife. Her beautiful face was crying, Snakes hissing as her hair..But you never mind, Her beauty never scared you after all. Her blue eyes looked at yours. As you slip away from consciousness, you can sleep peacefully after taking a look at your blue-eyed beauty.
In the small cottage, Medusa stood up, Your blood staining her hands as she glanced at the trio, She slowly walked towards them, and grinned.
"I don't mind three additional statues filling my home..."
A/N: FIRST MEDUSA FF. HOW DID I DO? I RLLY WANNA ADD TRAGEDY AND LOVE AT THE SAME TIME SO HERE WE ARE! I DO HOPE YOU LIKE EM!!
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bitterkarella · 6 months
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Midnight Pals: The Golden Age of Sci Fi
Robert Heinlein: now i usually tell stories over at space coven Heinlein: but i thought I'd come over and tell you a story Heinlein: about alien puppet masters Heinlein: i call it the puppet masters Barker: are they alien? Heinlein: Heinlein: oh you've heard it?
Clive Barker: ugh space coven? Barker: those guys are the biggest nerds King: i thought you said unicorn fuck club were the biggest nerds Barker: no i said they were the biggest dorks Barker: there's a difference
Barker: nerds and dorks are totally different King: what do you mean, what's the difference? Barker: let me explain it this way Barker: you stephen are a dork Barker: but edgar is a nerd Poe: now hold on there Mary Shelley: no he's right
Heinlein: I call this story Heinlein: In the Realm of the Electric Medusas, What Measure the Measure of a Man? Heinlein: it's about a space guy who shoots aliens Heinlein: with a laser
King: what kind of aliens? Heinlein: what? King: what kind of aliens? Heinlein: oh like i dunno Heinlein: big green bug-eyed slug monsters Heinlein: you know like just your standard alien Heinlein: the one everyone's writing Heinlein: the important thing is they get shot
Heinlein: you know what i love about aliens? Heinlein: you can just beat 'em up! Pow Zap! Bang! Heinlein: shoot them with a big gun!!! Heinlein: and no pinko commie's gonna tell you to stop! ha ha! yeah! Heinlein: hey do you guys play warhammer?
Heinlein: so do you guys play warhammer? Barker: no King: not really Poe: nope Koontz: uh uh Lovecraft: no Heinlein: Heinlein: oh Heinlein: do you WANT to play warhammer?
Heinlein: see what's cool is, it's both a game and a collection Heinlein: look at these cool space marines Heinlein: pretty bad ass don't you think? Heinlein: i wish they gave them more guns tho Heinlein: so i was reading about these new rare miniatures in stormbringer magazine Barker: oh my god i'm dying
Heinlein: so anyway everyone knows the chaos space marines are the best faction cuz you can access specific Stratagems using the chaos emeralds Barker: i can't take this nerd shit Barker: [weakly] mary please Barker: [weakly] save us from these nerds Barker: [weakly] bring your shiv
Barker: hey did you see starship troopers? Heinlein: hell yeah brother!!! i love that shit! Heinlein: love when they shoot the bugs! Yeah! Heinlein: i love that shit Heinlein: UNIRONICALLY!
Heinlein: starship troopers movie is so cool Heinlein: i love it! Heinlein: it's totally what i saw in my head when i wrote the book! Heinlein: they captured my ideas perfectly! Heinlein: what Heinlein: what's so funny
Barker: haha you dingus, it was a satire! they were making fun of you haha Heinlein: what? shut up! Heinlein: stop mocking me! Heinlein: I'm a serious hard science fiction writer! Heinlein: I predicted the water bed!
Heinlein: bang! pow! i love killing aliens! Heinlein: oh, you're different than me huh alien? huh? is that it?! Heinlein: where the fuck do you get off?! Heinlein: [miming gun] bang! bang! Heinlein: and that's why i'm a member of the SFWA
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audhd-nightwing · 4 months
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percy jackson ep3 live reaction
yesss the attic it looks perfect
the voice crack on “hi” i’m cackling
“oh geez” HES SO PERCY
annabeth immediately i love him.
percy’s gf requirements: has to be willing to push him down a flight of stairs without hesitation
let percy understand the horses PLEASE
“i chose you” i thought it was gonna be like ‘because you’re my best friend’ but nah he is just suspicious of grover dang. “i trust you” DAMN HE REALLY LYING HUH. poor grover totally believes him too. good thing he earns his trust back eventually and remains his best friend forever
“i’m gonna pack the best snacks” HE IS THE BEST KIND OF FRIEND
why tf are there lobster traps in the cabin. WHERE IS HIS BED???
“i think they’re canadian maybe? or from chuck e. cheese i dunno” he’s literally my favorite person ever
“these are… interesting”
thalia’s tree :(
when do they tell percy that grover was thalias protector 🤔
“the most powerful being in the universe’s best idea to save his daughter’s life… was to turn her into a tree?” YEAH FR GET HIS ASS PERCY
bro really does not know how to read the room 💀 “she met a pinecone’s fate” dude she is talking about her dead friend/sister-figure. grover’s literally like “wtf man”
how tf did they get a taxi from long island to the city bro
“i’m sorry to hear that” UR THE BEST ANNABETH
why is grover singing… THEATRE KID ENERGY
“our voting system’s broken” hgjfhdhd
BIG OOF ????
the autism makes decisions so hard very real
NOT THE TOSTITOS /j
“they smell fear” “that’s bees” EXCUSE ME? BEES WHAT NOW??
damn dodds that’s brutal
“perhaps the most formidable demigod child alive” i adore how they make 12 y/o annabeth so fucking powerful. like i really really love that they do that cuz ppl always talk about how powerful percy is but not how powerful annabeth is
defeated by shitty evacuation skills smh
…we’re lost in the woods, somewhere in new jersey
“i didn’t even know they had forests in new jersey” king. what.
ahhh i wish they just made them 13 i really cannot see them as 12 year olds
ope it is revealed. GROVER STOP TRYING TO REDIRECT THE CONVERSATION ITS NOT WORKING
annabeth IMMEDIATELY knows it’s medusa lol
thinking abt how sally used medusa’s story to teach lil percy that appearances aren’t everything and “not everything that looks like a monster is a monster”. very interested to see what they do with her in this version of pjo
“and i definitely trust my mom” percy is such a momma’s boy i love it
i hope they don’t make her evil pls pls pls. SHES NOT EVIL SHES AN SA VICTIM. “a survivor” :(
“the gift the gods gave me is i cannot be bullied anymore” yes 🙌
girl really said “it’s not a gift it’s a curse” as if she was there 💀 ilysm but clearly the story you’ve heard isn’t what really happened
“so did i” :( she was a worshipper of athena
“i wasn’t like you, i was you”
ANNABETH “that isn’t what happened” GIRL YOU WERENT THERREEEEE
you tell them medusa !! her and percy get matching “i hate poseidon” shirts
team #trust issues
oop. yeah fuck poseidon.
okay yeah i really like this characterization of her. like a good person with a skewed moral compass. or at least good intentions but not great actions
leetle snakes hiss hiss
annabeth watching percy defeat alecto… she literally has heart eyes hehe
THEY BETTER SHIP HER HEAD TO OLYMPUS I SWEAR
you tell them grover!!!!!!
oh he really did choose grover because he trusted him aw :,)
YES SHIP THE HEAD
“i am impertinent” ily
the song 💀 this is why they are besties
LIN MANUEL MIRANDA? *lip bite*
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fandom-madness69 · 2 months
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I'm a day late and a dollar short but what's new?!
We have GOT to talk about the REST of the Thrill Ride O' Love scene. Especially the animatics along the walls telling Hephaestus's story. Because as jarring of a song as What Is Love? was in that scene if fucking fit so well!
First we get the Shadow Hera! Larger than life. Big regal gown, tall adorning crown, Mother of the Gods of Olympus, Goddess of Marriage.
And we get her getting pregnant with Hephaestus! All the way down to his little baby blacksmithing tools :3
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And then we see her throw Hephaestus off Mount. Olympus. As is told in his story.
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But there's a thing that really caught my attention here. Because in the rest of the story we see him leave out not a single important character to his story! So where is his father? The big guy himself Zeus?
Unless! They're going with the versions of Hephaestus's story where Hera miraculously convinced Hephaestus. Because we've seen Rick switch up the Medusa story. And wow do we love him for it!
But that's not my only point! Circling back to the song and then later on to the story about how Hephaestus trapped Hera, his own fucking mother btw in case that flew over anyone's head like it did mine the first few times I watched ep. 5, and so the gods offered him Aphrodite's hand in marriage in exchange for Hera's freedom.
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The whole rest of the time Hephaestus has painted himself the tragic dude in the story. Not necessarily the hero but definitely the victim. We see him get rejected by his mother. By Aphrodite for Ares, from the fucking BEGINGING, and then so on.
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But what really fucking gets me is not only did he do this ride exactly like this as a trap for his wife and her lover BUT that he had no fucking clue they were there! He was willing to force Ares to sacrifice Aphrodite, his OWN FUCKING WIFE, over a shield and not think twice of it. He wouldn't have fucking known they were there because as we can clearly see by this counter
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He clearly wasn't alerted to the presence of his wife and her love affair! Meaning they just fucking materialized in his amusement park, like gods do.
And the words of the song. Oh the words. "Baby don't hurt me no more?" How about you're the only one who has caused any harm since your mother tossed you off Olympus? And NO I AM NOT EXCUSING WHAT HERA DID! Don't even go there. That's for another time.
You repeatedly got rejected and bro I get it. That shit hurts. As a fellow Black Sheep of the Family™️ I fucking understand my dude. And I also completely understand how much gods don't fucking understand humans. And so it wasn't even a concept in his mind to do anything other than what his family had already done to him. Backstab, betray and barter.
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But to have the audacity to beg the woman who didn't want anything to do with you, still doesn't, and was forced to wed you to save her mother, YOUR MOTHER, not to hurt YOU anymore! Sickening.
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But he gets it. Now anyway. Or he's starting to. Because of Annabeth. Because she found a friend who is giving her unconditional love. Who isn't making her earn it despite having told her he would earn hers! And she's doing the same. She's falling apart and building herself back up all with this one (1) boy's help. And neither of them know it yet. But ohohohohoho they will soon.
And these few moments Hephaestus spent with Annabeth gave him the biggest vibe check of his fucking immortal life. "Maybe some of us don't want to be that way anymore either?"
Like Sir are you realizing that you TOO took things too far? Not even this time like you said Athena did, which btw she's always taken it too far just throwing this in here, but really? Are you getting it now? Did the twelve year olds fighting to sacrifice themselves despite everything fucking shake your world? Rock you to your very atoms? GOOD! You victim mentality, hero complex asshole.
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michaelpyromaniacal · 7 months
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ok i just saw a commercial for the monster high live action sequel, which naturally reminded me of the first live action monster high movie, and now i'm mad. because, like, they massacred my boy. and my girl. and my other girl. oh, and a couple more of my girls. and for what?
I'm mad about all of them, obviously. i'm mad that fashionista Clawdeen has a newly garbage sense of style. i'm mad that the zombies speak english now. i'm mad that cleo is an irredeemable bitch instead of a fundamentally kind girl with a lot of mummy issues, and i'm mad that Lagoona is a bitch along with her. speaking of, i'm mad that Lagoona isn't aussie anymore. i'm mad about a lot of things.
but lord god above. what did they do to my boy deuce.
for one. he was kind of a himbo, but an absolute angel, and it worked. why the fuck did they change his personality?
for another.
my guy. why did you invent monster racism to give him more angst. i can understand wanting him to have more obstacles to overcome for the sake of a deeper character. obstacles for your characters are a hallmark of great writing. that being said, you do not need to invent a new flavor of racism.
he's fucking Medusa's son.
there's so much you can do with that. the obvious daddy issues. even some issues with mom? clearly, she loves him and she's trying her best, but maybe on bad days she can't look at him because he reminds her of Poseidon. maybe Posea goes to school with them, and you can have drama with the two of them. there's so much you can do. and you don't even have to spell out for the kids what exactly led to these shitty circumstances. they don't have to know why his father isn't in the picture. but if you just say that he is, everyone who's read Medusa's story will know, and the younger audience just won't. I fail to see what the problem with such a storyline would be.
and guess what. you don't have to invent a new kind of monster racism.
which wouldn't even make since in the larger world, btw. deuce's cousin is a world-renowned make up artist. if the greater monster society were actually that freaked out about gorgons potentially going nuts and turning them to stone, why would Elissabat, her manager, directors, crew members, etc. all be okay with having Viperine around Hauntlywood?
and what are they so worried about, anyway? even if gorgons were going nuts and turning people to stone all the time, it'll just wear off in a few hours! and if it was your intention that it not wear off in this version, then say that for all of us who are used to g1 and g2!
ok. i promise i'm done now.
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basicrese · 4 months
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oh my gods i could cry right now, i really could.
so here's my reactions to the first two episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians (long post ahead):
Episode 1
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To start, I know we've seen and heard this from the trailer and sneak peeks already but hearing the line for real from the first episode, oh I almost lost it right then and there. This has been YEARS in the making.
Baby percy already embodying the snark and sass from facial expressions and internal monologue alone, i love him
In a similar regard, I know we've already seen it from sneak peeks but the possible Blackjack cameo made me so happy 🥹
The portrayal of the mist is everything I wanted and more actually
Sally being a Medusa ally, i know that's right!!!!!
"appointment to see Mr. Kane?????" "at D'angelo's??????" They're making me go crazy because all these subtle name drops and I have no idea if they're just tiny easter eggs or if they mean something in the long run 😩😩
the design for Mrs. Dodds as a fury?????? absolutely amazing and I love how they carried that entire scene out; how she was there one moment and gone the next and that Percy didn't suddenly turn into this invincible warrior. It perfectly set up the suspiciousness of what just happened because it all happened so fast and there was no room for Percy to process what actually happened because suddenly no one even knows who she is. BUT YET there's a momentary flicker of guilt and hesitation in Grover's face and curiosity in Mr. Brunner's (just as it was written!). You can almost hear Percy's inner monologue doubting their words because it didn't add up to their body language but simultaneously doubting his narrative too because everyone is proving what he saw otherwise.
"I'm all wet now" as Sally, dripping wet because she had just been basking in the rain, goes to hug him. there is little to none seriousness in this child's body
"You fell in love with God? Like Jesus?" unseriousness.
the very intentional lighting during the goodbye scene in the way it only cast golden on half of Percy and Sally's faces
the depiction of Sally being crushed like ofc we know she's being held captive in the Underworld BUT PERCY DOESN'T AND HE THINKS HE JUST WATCHED HIS MOTHER DIE IN SUCH A BRUTAL WAY RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS EYES I COULD SOB LIKE THE WAY HE FOUGHT? THAT WAS ALL RAGE AND DESPAIR.
ngl Percy just dropping names left and right made me so anxious with the whole "names have power thing" HJGKLDSBSG had me going "don't say his name out loud!!" during the car scene
oh that end-credits was gorgeous. and the way it depicts the entire story even ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥
the sneak peek of camp after the credits, we're about to eat!!!
i did not realize rick even cameoed until i saw it on twitter help
Episode 2
"You drool when you sleep." SCENE EVERYBODY CHEERED
Mr. D passed out while holding a can of coke is the only way he could have been introduced actually (and the first Peter Johnson!)
The Big House is so pretty???
The vulnerability in Percy's voice when he was asking for help to find his dad i can't do this 🧎🏻‍♀️
THE. CAMP. IT'S SO VAST AND BEAUTIFUL I COULD ONLY DREAM OF TIMES LIKE THESE IN THE PAST. also the way i'm taking it right now is that the cabins are already so gorgeous so when annabeth revamps the place by tlo? they are going to go crazier with the set design i fear
the supposed red herring on the scoring that makes you think luke is gonna bully percy but he's actually a good guy that'll be a mentor figure to him WHEN THAT IN FACT IS THE REAL RED HERRING LIKE IT'S THE GENIUS OVER GENIUS FOR ME
i was kinda lost on who the other guy with luke and percy was at first until i realized it was chris. he doesn't know what'll happen to him when the fourth season rolls around like laugh while u still can chris
percy already advocating for the unclaimed, he has always been a real one!!!
grover you sweet little satyr i need to give him a hug. the protector also needs to be protected 🥹
the way i could tell there would be an answer to the god of disappointment joke help; like they're quips to you percy but they will actually have answers to every rhetorical question you throw their way 😭😭
"ignoring me is one thing, but he doesn't get to ignore you." one thing about percy, his mother always comes first 🙏
i can't get enough over the gorgeous cinematography I CAN'T
dior embodies clarisse's pride and cruelty with such accuracy but she's so pretty i wanna forget how mean she is LMAO
the percabeth dynamics already going so strong i could cry, like that first interaction???
i love ms. annabeth chase so much she is everything to me, the poise! the confidence! the leadership!
the capture the flag sequences oh it was everything
"I am Sally Jackson's son!" EXACTLYYYY
overall, i am going through the motions and it has been absolutely beautiful so far and everything down to the cast, crew, production, set design, costume design, scoring, cinematography has been done immensely well. i can't believe we're actually here 🥹💙
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agentplutonium · 4 months
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Live Blog: watch this PNO book obsessed nerd watch ep three of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Spoilers under the cut. You’ve been warned.
- FUCKING GABE BEING THE ORACLE THATS SO FUNNY
- “and a bag of these things. I think they’re canadian. or from Chucky cheese, I don’t know” PLEASE WHY DID THAT TAKE ME OUTTT
- THE SHOES!! GOD THEYRE SO PRETTY (and so is Luke, but we don’t dwell on that because that’s the point and i have read the books i know where this goes)
- oh god we’re talking about Thalia i’m gonna cry
- ANNABETH!! ANNABETH MY BELOVED!!
- “And you. Are not. Thalia.” YOU TELL HIM GIRL
- THE BUS OH GOD
- “Forbidden Child” is such a metal sentence actually
- Leah is killing it in this role i’m so in love with her acting she’s such an amazing Annabeth
- UGH SHOWING ANNABETHS CHILD SIDE THIS IS SO!!!
- NO ANNABETH FET OUT OF THERE
- “They smell fear.” “That’s bees 🙄” I LOVE THEM
- oh god it’s dodds
- OH GOD SHES BARGAINING FOR PERCY
- HER SISTERS ARE HERE
- well that was disappointing/lh
- this forest is so pretty wait-
- “we don’t need help. we’re fine.” i love her
- “why are you so afraid of who you are?” “what?” DUDE
- THE UNCLE COMMENT. FORESHADOWING. SIR. SIR. i can’t take this
- “Excuse me?” GIRL. LEAH’S ACTING. TOP NOCH.
- “First? What do you mean “first”?” uh oh
- “hamburgers” man we are FLYING through this plot
- “not today, friends, not on my doorstep.” oh god. why is medusa hot. this is unfair.
- “i think we can trust her” white boy is at it again /j
- “we’re not our parents, after all.” oooo tie in to percabeth ???
- “So you’re not a monster, then.” “A survivor.” OOH. SO THIS IS HOW WE’RE PLAYING IT /POS
- “Do you know the story of how I became to be this way?” “I do!” “Do you?” Medusa love you’re gonna make me fall head over heels.
- Are we using Medusa as a metaphor for the reforged bond between Athena/Poseidon with Percabeth
- “My mother is Just. Always.” Girl idk how to tell you this-
- “She’s going to betray you. Sooner or later, people like her, always do.” GIRL YOU BETER STFU-
- BRINGING HIS MOM INTO THIS?? MAAM. MAAM DONT MAKE ME CHANGE MY OPINION IF YOU.
- FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
- GROVER WEARING THE SHOES OH GOD-
- OOO THIS IS AN INTERESTING ROOM
- PFF GROVER FLYING AWAY
- she’s still so pretty, i said what i said-
- PERCY THE GLOW OF THE SWORD
- GEOVER
- the hat on the head that’s p cool
- PLEASE THE TENSION
- ooo that’s smart
- NO NOT THE UNCLE THIS IS SADDER THAN THE BOOKS
- “He doesn’t look afraid.” *DISTANT SOBBING*
- grover speak your truth bb !! god i love him
- “Because the Oracle said one of you would betray me!” NOO PERCY
- “I’m feeling so alone! I don’t know what to think or who to trust.” *MORE DISTANT SOBBING*
- “They will see this as impertinent” “i am impertinent” PLEASE
- GIVING THE HAT BACK AHHHH *cries*
- PERCY SINGING THE SONG PLEASE
- LIN MANUEL MIRANDA :O
- “you guys are not gonna believe this-“ HAH
- fuck the preview makes the next ep look so good i’m so excited
OKAY THATS THE END IF THIS EPISODE guys i’m so in love with this show you don’t understand. i’m so. the autism is coming out. pray for me.
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potato-jem · 10 months
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hello nero my beloved soulmate!!!
i have pride stories!!! i went to pride this saturday and it was so much fun i need to tell you all about it!!!
well first of all i really hate that i had to work in the morning because it made me so tired and it was the first weekend of sales so yea, not fun. but anyway, my friend picked me up at 3pm and we got to florence. we had to park pretty far from the meeting point and then take a bus, and it was amazing because we were totally lost looking for that bus and at some point we see a bus full of people with rainbow flags, glitter, signs, flower crowns, rainbow stickers and temporary tattoos and all of that. and we just went in, no questions asked. we just figured we’d follow them out of the bus too 😂 i love our people honestly. we were so colorful
anyway we got to the meeting point and it was deadly hot. i swear there were like 45 degrees. but it was so amazing to be around all of those people dressed in all colors and wearing all sorts of things we’d usually be judged for, it felt so safe. except that there was a religious protestor so we got to give him the finger like the heartstopper cast did :)
also my sister came with me. she’s always so supportive and it meant the world that she came with me. anyway the parade started and there were some amazing floats. there were rainbow families, drag queens, all the lgbtqia+ associations from our territory and we started walking behind this float that had amazing music, so we started dancing and singing and it was so much fun!!! we got to talking with some people, there were some amazing signs that were just perfect and i had to go there and tell them how much i loved them :) it was just so fun, i loved meeting random people and it was just the perfect environment. at night there was also a dj set and a band singing to keep the show going!!
then when we were walking back to the bus stop at night we got the whiplash of not being surrounded by queer people anymore. we got catcalled like fifteen times in the span of three minutes. i kinda wanted to punch everyone because we had such a perfect day and i hated that we had to go back to the real world where people are shit 🥲
but still i got so many amazing memories and now all i want to do is book a flight to london for next year and have you come with me so we can celebrate together and see the heartstopper cast!!!!
also, i got a new tattoo yesterday!! and i actually had red white and royal blue with me to distract me so i almost finished the book again and cried in from of my tattoo artist lol it took me the whole day again and it was so painful but so worth it!!! i got medusa on my leg 😻
also, as to our previous letter i just wanted to say that of course i believed in you!!!! i knew you could do it!! but i can definitely believe you had to close your eyes to open that message 😂 getting grades back is always so stressful!! now manifesting a spot for the exchange 🕯️🕯️🕯️ i really hope you get it!!! it’s an amazing experience, you’d definitely love it!!!
and i’m really glad you found someone who specialises in what you need. it can take a while to find the right therapist but i hope this one works out!!
(i’m also writing down sydney and melbourne for when i’m rich enough to visit 😂 i literally booked a flight for august and my bank account kinda yelled at me to stop spending money i don’t have lol)
anyways i’m really sorry i’ve been away for so long, i had a crazy week between the beginning of seasonal sales, pride and the tattoo appointment. i kinda didn’t have time to do anything 🥲
i’m giving you a hug and some homemade chocolate chip cookies with biscoff cream on top <33
hello cece my beloved soulmate!!!!
oh my god i've been so excited to hear about this!!!
that sucks you had to go to work, boo!!! but at least you were off early enough to still go to pride!!!! and how cool that you got to share the experience of going on the bus with all the queer people!! i bet there was no straight and/or cis people on that bus 😂😂😂 just follow the rainbow!!
hot days are the worst, but pride would have made it so much better. i would not be focused on how sweaty i was or the temperature with the amount of queer joy happening around me! it's so wonderful that in a parade full of people and colour that you were able to feel so incredibly safe, and it would have been such an intimate moment for you! and fuck that religious protestor, i'm so glad you gave him the finger. the heartstopper cast would be so proud of you :')
oh that warms my heart that your sister came!!! that was so nice of her to come with you!! the floats sound amazing, and the singing and dancing!!! i am feeling some of the joy through my screen!! seriously, cece, this sounds like the most incredible time. i want to cry just thinking about you having so much fun with your friend and your sister, celebrating your queerness and talking to new people and singing and dancing like there's no one else around 🥲🥲🥲
the trip home must have been so dull in comparison! and how dare those people catcall you, i hope you gave them the same treatment as that religious protestor because seriously what the fuck.
the only thing that matters now is that you had a safe and wonderful time at pride and you can cherish those memories for the rest of your life! and yes, we must do it!! i will literally stay for an extra month just to go to pride in london with you <3
oh my god yay!!! i bet the medusa tattoo looks so cool! and yes reading rwrb while getting tattooed is properly not your best idea, but i'm already rereading rwrb any chance i get to annotate it fully before the movie so i can't say much 😂
okay, cece, i must let you know, because i said to myself i would let you know as soon as i could. but this morning, i woke up (quite late actually). i checked my watch for my notifications. i see an email waiting for me. i die a little inside realising it is from the exchange team at my university. i run out to grab my phone from where i charge it. i speed past my mum. i unlock my phone. i open my email and click on the newest one. and.... I GOT A SPOT EARLY!!! AT MY FIRST UNIVERSITY TOO!!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??? i'm still in so much shock and i thank you for your manifesting and belief in me!!! oh my god i have so much to do before then (mostly saving money ngl 😂) but oh my god cece, i'm going to england for exchange!!!!!!
me too!! i just need to find the time to get a referral, so i can go and see them!!
(literally sydney and melbourne are lowkey expensive, but it is totally worth it!! and i would be more than happy to tell you where to go and where to stay! <3)
do not apologise!!! we are all busy! i am literally working the equivalent of a full time job over the next two weeks and i'm also dogsitting over the weekend :') pray for my poor soul.
i'm giving you the biggest hug i hope contains the same warmth as pride and i'm fighting off your customers so you can have a few moments to breathe <3333
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Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Series
Alright fellas, buckle up for the rant. I can’t believe it’s week 4 already and that we are 5 episodes in. I’m gonna start with the current episode. The story is slowly picking up pace, and BOY I loved this episode. The fact that this episode has the FIRST HUG and the FIRST SEAWEED BRAIN are good reasons for that. Another being the way Annabeth dealt with the situation, and how she admitted that Percy was better than her. It must have taken a lot. It’s been… what, a couple of days, and that guy is tilting her world from its axis. Being a self righteous daughter of Athena, and finding yourself with an impulsive guy like Percy? Ha. The most unlikeliest pair, but let’s not forget their parents, hmm? At least their kids don’t have the emotional range of a teaspoon. And I remember thinking that Percy has made Annabeth cry in a matter of few hours. ANNABETH and CRYING do no go in the same sentence that easily. I also remember thinking that Percy was sooo… Percy! “Where is our ride?” And “You think you know me, but you don’t” and ohh, the ultimate, “It’s… smelly.”
Ares was a douche, but I loved his aesthetic with the black leather jacket and the motorcycle. Felt like he jumped right outta the book.
But but, can we like talk about Grover? Ma Man SLAYED it! IS SLAYING IT actually! The way he dealt with Ares, holy gods!! RESPECT!! He was such a SMOOOOTH CRIMINAL! “Pottu vangardhu,” we say in Tamil. That’s exactly what he did with Ares - getting the information he needed from Ares, but in a way that satisfied Ares’ ego. Ah Grover is such a badass. “So, thank you for the emotional abuse and the cheeseburgers. We will take you up on the ride too.” DAAAAMMNNN DUUUDDEEEE!! Ah I feel in love with him right from the consensus song. {Muttering “Oh Golly, the road’s gettin’ bumpy}
Speaking of, that episode was really good too! I loved how Grover kept deflecting every question, how Percy kept questioning the hierarchy, and how Annabeth was constantly rolling her eyes at Percy, BUT they still didn’t give up on each other, and Grover snapped, and hey! They are finally bordering on the friend zone.
Ah, I wish current Percy and Annabeth could revisit their initial years. Or, I keep thinking, how would House of Hades be, with this cast? *Snort* Ironically, when I think about that, it feels like we are JUST five episodes in. It also makes me feel awed because… We may as well be watching these kids grow up! Like, sure, there will be PLENTY of new characters (Personally, after seeing Hephaestus, I can’t wait for Leo), but Percy and Annabeth are going to be constants, even more so than Grover! So, that means, we will be watching Leah and Walker grow, and we will have a chance of coming back to the first few episodes and coo at how small they are. Gosh, watching the cast interviews now makes me see the difference already!
There is one thing with this series: I keep forgetting the book! It feels like that, certainly! I mean, I don’t remember the Golden Throne thingy, nor did I remember the way Medusa was killed! While the scenes fit the series’ storyline, it is making me doubt my demigod-ness 😭 I also think Gabe is too… decent in this series. He is… MUCH worse in my head. Ugh.
All in all, I think they are doing a good job. At first, I was a bit skeptical, but after watching a certain review of a certain YTber I follow, my perspective changed for the better. Like, she is the perfect Demigod and Witch! Finally, someone I can totally relate to!! Check out her content!
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Alright, I am gonna wrap up the rant for now. But I am planning on posting a review every Wednesday, because I NEED PEOPLE TO TALK TO ABOUT THIS DAMMIT!!
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twirling my hair around my finger, heyyyyyy. so how can i bribe you into sharing all the thought and comments you say you have about meta?
i don't really have any specific questions because ideally i'd want to open up your brain like a book and browse through absolutely everything, so i'm not sure where i should 'aim' so to speak?
is there smg in particular you'd like to share about? an area you want to expand on, because there's more than that's on the page that you'd like to explicitly discuss or just because it's your favorite to talk about?
i'm chin hands, and would be thrilled at every crumb you felt like sending our way queen
oh my GOD the can of worms here you don't know what you're doing I want to talk about METAMORPHOSES all the time always 😭
it's the fic I'm proudest for having said exactly what I wanted it to say without going on tangents the way my other longfic did and it's the fic I'm proudest for having completed both at all and the way I did narratively and I just!!
thanks for humoring me I know my rambling about this fic can get longwinded and annoying but it means the world to get to ramble at all tbh I am also twirling my hair kicking my feet etc super grateful for you, anon 💚💚💚
I've been sitting with this ask all day thinking about what little thing I could go on a self-indulgence about, but instead I just keep adding to the list of topics and giving you nothing so! if you would be so patient as to indulge me, a list in no particular order of things I worked hard on in the writing of that story:
(under the cut because, surprise surprise, I got longwinded again)
a motorcycle as a symbol of independence, meaning it's the thing that carries him to acts of joy but also acts of self-destruction, but also ultimately being something he gets to keep in the long run because relearning he does not have to earn independence and freedom by being good is kind of his whole deal during his healing process. he's human and he's allowed to fuck up and that doesn't mean he gets stripped of the right to potentially fuck up again in the future!
ourboros and cycles and the destruction/recreation-isms of recovery in the way Eddie has to rebuild all but from scratch post-Kas, and that when he relapses and falters the cycle starts over, only this time "from scratch" has a slightly stronger foundation
El. Just El in general and the reasons what she does in this fic is the most in-character thing I've ever written for her I LOVE HER SO MUCH AND I LOVED WRITING HER IN THIS FIC
the collective theme of our young adults as people who don't "turn out" the way they're expected to, who end up following paths that make sense entirely even if they don't look like they do on the surface, particularly for both Steve and Nancy who shirk careers that everyone on the outside perceives as being perfect for them in favor of ones that feel right, even accomplish the same things but in a way that's more natural to them (and also the way this aligns with Eddie's own journey of not being what he looks like on the surface)
MEDUSA. just. yeah. seeing being seen the danger in both the necessity of both the difference between a gift and punishment and so on and so forth
control over one's own physical appearance as grappling with control over literally anything else for both Eddie and El, and the ways they both go from that as a desperate sort of coping mechanism to a calmer and more joyful one
honestly just the formatting of the openings to each chapter and whose voices get bolded versus italicized (specifically later on in the fic) and why because it does change and it is on purpose fjadskl
Steve's pov of when Eddie runs away!!! I almost wrote a whole chapter of this but knew it would fuck up the pacing too much so I held myself back, but I think about his utter panic all the time when he realizes that Eddie is just gone and the last thing Steve did was say something bitchy and slam the door on his way out
Nancy and Eddie's dance lessons as a goofy bit of light-heartedness but also so much more than that
AND I'M GONNA STOP SORRY BUT YOU OPENED THE FLOOD GATES AND I CARE ABOUT THIS UNIVERSE TOO MUCH HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND THANK YOU DEARLY FOR ASKING I OWE YOU MY LIFE 💚🐍
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Keep Your Eyes On Me • Chapter 13
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Pairing: Jake 'Hangman' Seresin x F!Mitchell!OC
Summary:
Elizabeth “Ghost” Mitchell is the daughter of what some would say is the most decorated Naval Captain. But when she is called back to North Island for a special mission she is forced to face her past loves, past hurts, and past losses.
Warnings:
violence, swearing, PTSD, war, mental illness & probably more
Word Count: 3,751
Cross Posted: A03 • Wattpad
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Liz stood in the kitchen, cutting some more veggies before moving over to the stove and adding them to the boiling pot. Her father walked into the door. 
“They didn't have the exact brand you needed, but I bought this one instead,” he said, walking over as she aggressively stirred her yummy concoction. 
“Shit, okay, that will have to do,” she grumbled. “Thank you, dad.”
She turned back to what she was doing, not noticing the soft smile forming on the man's lips at her calling him dad. He slipped off his leather jacket, gently putting it on the back of the dinette chair at her island before rolling up his sleeves. 
“Okay, what can I help you with?”
“Can you peel those potatoes please?” she asked, pointing to the pile.  The man immediately jumped to work before noting how quiet the house was. 
“Where’s Bradley and John?”
Elizabeth immediately shot a look at him causing him to shrink back a little. She really did have a scary kill face. 
“They have been banished from the home until further notice,” she said darkly. The boys had tried to help but already ruined part of her dishes and did not know how to work with multiple people in a kitchen. Therefore, they were told to go do whatever the hell they wanted. “Besides, gives me an excuse to get John out of the house, I have a surprise for him,” she said, her deathly look turning soft at the thought. 
It was like it was on cue when the door opened up, revealing a 5’7” goddess of a woman. Liz's eyes immediately turned into hearts. 
“MEDUSA!!” she shouts, immediately running to and engulfing the shorthaired, heavily tattooed woman. She clung onto her tightly, making the woman drop the bags she was holding to stabilize herself and hold on to the short woman she had grown to love. 
“Hello, hotness, how are you doing?” the woman said, looking down at the grinning woman. 
“Better now that my crazy hot wife is here,” she hummed before pulling away.  Liz looked behind her Army buddy to see the even taller Amazonian woman. She immediately screamed and ran toward her. “NATIA OH MY GOD!!” she shouted, the two women reuniting.
Pete stood in the kitchen smiling as he looked over his shoulder at his daughter and the two women. The one with short hair walked toward her.
“You must be Pops?”
Pete looked at her. 
“I suppose I am. You are?”
“Danielle Hart-Gibbs. Army Helicopter Pilot.” She started as she went to hold her hand out to shake. Behind her, the two other women squealed and praised each other all the way into the house before accidentally slamming the door, making the two begin to cackle, just about peeing themselves. “Served with Elizabeth in Afghanistan.”
“Pete Mitchell, nice to meet you. Thanks for keeping her safe.”
“She didn't keep me safe! I got a bullet wound and a stab wound in her care!!” Elizabeth shouted as Natia ran to the powder room. 
“Hey! I pulled you out of the wreck and basically carried you to safety!” Dani protested, crossing her arms. This caused Liz to laugh as Pete looked between the two in amusement. 
“You sure you can't stay? I would love for you to meet the team,” Liz said, a frown forming on her face. She hugged the woman tightly, getting soft pets in return. 
“Yes I'm sure, I have to report to base at 1500,” Dani hummed. 
“Fine, thank you so much for picking Natia up from the airport. It means a lot!”
“Yeah, no problem! She was a blast! I see why John married her!” she said, looking at the time. 1400. “Alright well I should be going. Nice meeting you, Pops!” she said, waving at Maverick and catching Natia just before leaving the house and driving off. 
“She is so fun!” Natia expressed, her dark hair flowing over her shoulders, her nice flowing sundress complimenting her natural features softly. 
“Isn't she? I just love her, real madwoman,” Liz hummed. She then looked over at her father. “Oh! Natia, this is my father, Pete Mitchell.”
“Aloha!” she said, moving in to hug. “I’m a hugger! Not sorry!” she expressed, pulling the shorter man into her as he gently hugged her back.  
“Natia is John's wife. I decided to surprise him and fly her in before we ship out tomorrow,” Liz explained, turning back to cooking. 
“I see! Well, your husband is a very talented WSO. He has shown nothing but hard work and dedication for the past few weeks I've known him. Plus he keeps this one safe,” Pete said with a smile. 
“Ah! It's more like Elizabeth keeps him out of trouble when I'm not around!” she said with a laugh, looking at the food-filled kitchen. “Sunny let me help you!” she said, immediately getting to work. 
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Natia put the last main dish into the oven as Liz began working on some sides. By this time, Liz had opened up some wine for the three of them to begin drinking. Pete sat on the chair, leaning against the island as Liz fiddled with the charcuterie board. 
“So, Pete Mitchell, do you have a lady friend?” Natia asked as she sipped her wine. She set down the glass before going back to slicing the pepperoni, handing the pieces to Elizabeth and eating some. 
“I do actually,” he said with a smile. 
“Oooohhh, what's her name?”
“Penny Benjamin,” Liz said, answering for her. “She was a young fling he had when I was younger. Turns out, she aged like a nice barrel of wine and doesn't take his shit anymore,” Liz said with a grin. 
“Ohhhhh I see,” the Samoan woman oozed with a grin. “So are the two of you official?”
“Well that's the thing,” Pete started. “I told her I wouldn't leave her again, but now that I'm team leader…” He rubbed the back of his neck. “I’m not sure how I'm supposed to tell her that I'm leaving again.”
Elizabeth and Natia stopped what they were doing, looking at the man as if he was mad before looking at one another. 
“¿Es este hombre un loco? ¿Por qué sigue aquí y no con su mujer?” Natia said to Elizabeth. (Is this man a madman? Why is he still here and not with his woman?)
“Porque tengo demasiado miedo de lastimarla demasiadas veces y perderla para siempre,” Pete replied, surprising Natia with the fact that he knew spanish.  (Because I'm too afraid of hurting her one too many times and losing her for good.)
“Natia is right though. You should be with her. The longer you wait, the more it will hurt her, trust me.”
“I don't know,” Pete said, shaking his head. “I’m breaking my promise again.”
“Ah! If you don't go to base, throw on your Whites and get to the bar right now I might kill you,” Elizabeth protested. 
“Here take these with you!” Natia added, taking Elizabeth’s flowers from the vase that was already conveniently wrapped in a bow.
“Yeah take those! And you pour your heart out to her!” The two women ran around grabbing things for him, like his shoes and his jacket, basically forcing the man out. 
“What about the party?”
“Don't worry about it! I’ll blame Simpson!” Liz shouted, watching her father smile. He waved at the two women before climbing onto his bike and riding off with the flowers. 
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Eventually, it was time for the squad to make their way to Elizabeth’s home. The first to arrive are Natasha and Bob. That's when Liz texted Bradley and John to come back home. The next group is Fritz, Yale, Harvard, and Echo. Then it was Omaha, Javy, and Jake. Jake brought in a bundle of flowers and some whiskey. 
“This is for the lovely hostess,” he said with a smile as he handed her the flowers and whiskey. Liz looked up at the man with a smile. He wore a white shirt with a black and gray flannel overtop, black jeans, and of course, where would he be without his cowboy boots? His sunglasses hung from his white shirt. 
“Thank you, I was in the market for some flowers, and… Jeez Seresin, that's expensive whiskey,” she breathed looking at the brand.
She leaned up, kissing him on the cheek before quickly turning away to put the flowers away. She caught a glimpse of Natia giving her the ‘Oh, my that’s him isn't it’ eyes. Liz gave her a shy, blushy smile as she cut the stems and inserted the flowers in the newly empty vase. It wasn't long until Bradley, John, Reuben, and Mickey arrived, making the entire crew finally at the Mitchell household. 
John was a smiley mess before he froze, his eyes locking on the women his days and nights rose and set on. 
“Surprise, my world!” Natia said.
John basically bulldozed Bradley and Javy out of the way, engulfing his wife in the tightest, most tender hug he could muster before pulling her in for a deep kiss. The group of aviators cheered watching the couple. 
“When did you get here?”
“A few hours ago, Liz flew me out for you,” Natia explained. John's eyes shot over to Liz, who smiled. 
“I knew you were my favorite Mitchell,” he breathed out before leaning in to kiss his wife again. 
“When was that ever a question?” Liz said, confused, making the group laugh. 
“Where's this sick man cave I've been hearing about?” Fritz asked. 
“Oh, it's in the basement! Grab your food and we can go down!” she said, being sure to be a good hostess.
Eventually, everyone made it to the basement, spreading out as Liz went over to her jukebox and pressed ‘shuffle music,’ beginning to play over the speakers throughout the room. 
Everyone was getting rowdy, speaking over one another and laughing. Some moved over to play pool while others played arcade games. It was a blast. A good last night before the mission.
Elizabeth stood on the other side of the bar, listening to Mickey and Bob have a very intense conversation on the implications of tribbles in the Star Trek universe. Liz, being more of a Star Wars gal herself, was only really versed in the newest Star Trek movies with Chris Pine. She wiped down the bar as she listened before she began thinking about the next day. 
They would be shipped off to sea tomorrow. Flown and dropped off to a carrier off the coast of Russia. Five of her friends could possibly be chosen for the mission due to happen in the next day and a half. It made her stomach turn. She could lose everyone she held dear. She was confident Jake or Bradley would get chosen as wingman. They were the best when it came to their times and how many times they scored. She didn’t know who could be the two-seater planes. One of them had to be Phoenix and Bob. The other, well, she knew it wasn’t going to be her and John. The conflict of interest was too high.
Her heart began to race as she began to think about everything that could go wrong. Her eyes looked over the twelve others in the basement, smiling softly at their smiling faces. She couldn’t fathom losing any of them.
She silently slunk away, her toes silently padding up the hardwood stairs, eyeing the mess she had before her. She quickly began going to work. She cleaned up what she could, packing away food into to-go containers for everyone and throwing away what needed to be thrown out. Her back was towards the door as she began to wash some of the dishes, her hands being a little tougher than they should as she mentally panicked about having to go to yet another funeral. 
“Take a picture, it will last longer,” Liz grumbled, not bothering to look behind her as she heard the familiar chuckle.
She continued to scrub at a particularly stuck-on stain on her favorite skillet. The man didn’t say a word as Sunday Kind of Love began playing. She began scrubbing harder before strong arms wrapped around her hands turning the faucet off before hands gently took the sponge and skillet from her hands. She protested a little before the man's gentle hands went to her waist, gently turning her towards him. 
Elizabeth looked up at those familiar green eyes in defiance. 
“You need to relax, sunshine,” Jake said softly.
She looked over his face, now catching on to the song as Jake pulled her in close, slowly beginning to sway them. As if it was natural, she leaned her head onto his chest, this time not having heels on to make her reach his shoulder. Jake moved to take one of her hands, leading them to dance properly. Both of them closed their eyes as they soaked in the song. Neither of them noticed the eyes on them from the basement door. Bradley and Natasha watched the two of them before carefully making their way back downstairs to make sure nobody tried to bother the dancing couple. 
Elizabeth opened her eyes, gently looking up at the man in front of her. Her heart jumped when she noticed he had been staring at her already. Liz looked at his lips before looking at his eyes as Jake slowly stopped their movement. His hand gently cupped her face before kissing her lips softly. Liz immediately melted into the kiss, her fingers gripping his flannel and t-shirt tightly. Jake’s hand pulled in her waist, deepening the kiss. But before their kiss could become any more desperate, Liz shot her eyes open before pushing him away looking up at him wide-eyed. 
“Liz,” Jake breathed out, shocked at what just happened. 
“N-no d-don’t Liz me,” she breathed out, tears threatening to escape. Jake moved to step forward only for her to step back. 
“What’s wrong,” he asked, growing concerned. Should he have not kissed her? Did he mess up? Were his hands not where they were supposed to be? His mind was racing. The last thing he wanted was to hurt her in any way. 
“You're going to die,” she breathed out. Causing him to straighten up a bit. 
“What?”
“Everyone is going to die,” she said, elaborating more. “You're gonna get picked and you're gonna die. And so is my dad and so is Bradley,” she said, her voice getting shaken and panicked before she laughed a bit. “Or worse yet, I'll get picked and die and I’ll have to relive thinking I've lost you forever again. Left you behind without telling you how I feel,” she breathed out, not recognizing what she had just said as she continued on her rant. “Damn it, Jake, don’t look at me like that!” she shouted a little. He hadn’t even noticed the confused look he had on his face which slowly turned into amusement as she continued. “The day of the bird strike, all I could think about is how I would be leaving you behind without saying how much I—“
But before she could get another word out, Jake reached over grabbed her by her shirt and pulled her in for another kiss. 
His hands gripped her arms before sliding up over her shoulders and up to her face cupping it tightly as he kissed her even deeper. He slowly pulled away, his hands going to her shoulders again as he looked her in the eyes. 
“Why would I care about any of that, sunshine? We’re here right now together. We will worry about tomorrow when tomorrow comes,” he said gently. Elizabeth looked up at him wide-eyed and flustered. The kiss made her brain a little fuzzy. 
“Kiss me again?” she asked timidly, making a grin form on his lips.
He slid one of his hands up before gripping her neck lightly, squeezing just a little as he pulled her in for another kiss. His other hand moved to cup her face. Her fingers went back to his chest, desperately grabbing at his shirt. Jake slowly walked her back towards the counter, easily reaching a hand to lift her up onto the counter. He moved between her legs, holding her close to him as he continued kissing her. 
This was all Liz had wanted for the past two weeks. Having him back in her life made her realize how much she missed him. Craved him. Loved him. She wrapped her legs around his waist, pulling him in closer. Her hands went from his chest to around his neck, fingers immediately making it to his hair, combing through it before gripping lightly and causing the man to groan against her lips.
After a minute, Jake had enough. Gripping her waist, he pulled away from the counter. His arm hooked under her ass to carry her, his eye peeking open so he could see where he was going, only for Liz to pull away from his lips to begin trailing kisses from his jaw to his neck. She nipped and bit, trying to leave any mark she could as he began walking them up the steps. Her lips immediately went back to his as he opened her bedroom door, easily closing it again with his foot. 
The room was mostly dark with only a few fairy lights and a dim salt lamp to illuminate the cozy space. Liz unhooked her legs causing her to drop, pulling Jake to the bed by his dog tags. Her eyes looked needily up at him before she pushed him onto the bed, climbing on top of him and grinding down on his eager bulge. She kissed him again before he could say a word and moaned softly against his lips. 
The two continued to kiss one another as they slowly undressed each other, eventually leaving the two of them naked as they slowly kissed and grinded against one another. It was slow. It was intimate — something they had never done with one another before.
Tonight could be their last night before dying. So both of them were going to make it count. It had been nine years since they shared a bed with one another. Nine years of pent-up angst and emotion. Two years since they shared a kiss.
Jake was gentle, slowly worshiping every inch of her body. Tender kisses were planted on her face, neck, breasts, and oh so many between her beautifully thick things. His fingers gripped them tightly as she gripped his hair. Her eyes took in every look he gave her. His ears were eager to hear her call his name. 
He needed to love her. Show her how much she meant to him. He savored every inch of her soft skin, cherishing it as he slowly inserted himself into her. How warm she was, how welcoming. 
She looked up at him, taking in his parted lips and ragged breathing. His tousled hair. She trailed her fingers up his muscular chest before leaning up and kissing his lips as he slowly began to move. She never knew he could be so gentle. She rolled her hips against his, their moans intermixing with one another’s. As his face went into her neck, she groaned at the feeling of his lips and teeth. A hand went to his head and gripped his hair as the other gripped his back, digging her nails in as they made love. She needed to memorize every muscle, every movement, so her head was swimming with only him. 
Their interwoven limbs and desperate calls for one another picked up as they began to reach their first climax. Jake reached down to rub soft circles around her clit, causing her to moan just a bit louder. The two looked into one another’s eyes as their foreheads touched. Jake gently rolled his hips into her’s. Their hips began to skip and become less fluid with their motion as they locked lips, moaning as they climaxed together. The two held onto one another as if they let go, it would all be a dream and they would be back with their original squadrons on separate places on the map. 
The two layed there for a moment before Jake gently pulled out, laying down next to Liz before softly pulling her into him. He buried his face in her braided hair, smiling at the soft cocoa butter smell.  She snuggled into him as the two still panting lightly. Not that what they had just done was very rigorous. But they hadn’t realized they were holding their breaths most of the time. 
After a moment they both could hear the sounds of Natia and John from the room next door, causing the two of them to laugh. 
“I guess we weren’t the only ones with the idea.”
“We lead by example,” Jake commented back, causing them to laugh once again. She began to play with Jake's chest hair. 
“You didn’t have this last time.”
“Don’t like it? I’ll shave it,” he hummed causing her to gasp. 
“Don’t! It’s really…” It made her want to devour him but she was too shy to say that. The man grinned down at her. 
“I’ll steal the moon for you if you ask,” he said gently. 
The noises from the other room got louder, causing them to laugh even more. They looked at one another before kissing once again. 
“They're really having fun aren’t they…” she mumbled before biting her lip and looking up at him.
He looked back down at her, searching her eyes and causing him to slowly grin. He immediately shifted and sat up in bed, gripping her hips roughly before aggressively tugging her to the edge of the bed, causing her to squeal and laugh. 
“What are you doing?” She asked, covering her face shyly. 
“I’m competitive, sunshine. Let’s show them what it should sound like.”
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Liz groaned as the house rang with different alarm bells and ringtones. Everyone’s morning alarms went off as they were to report to base by 0300. Liz slapped around for her phone which ended in a whispered “shit.” Her eyes opened wide, looking over to see Jake rubbing his eye.
“Nabbed me right in the eye,” the man said in a pained whisper, causing her to giggle a little.
“Sorry.” She leaned up to give him a soft kiss. It felt good to wake up to a not-so-empty bed. 
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deathlessathanasia · 5 months
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And here I was, thinking that Stone Blind was a terrible Medusa retelling... apparently I did not know what it means for a Medusa retelling to be truly, genuinely, undeniably terrible until now. Consider the following concepts:
- The most important and the one constant detail in every variant of Medusa's story, her beheading by Perseus, is a lie actually. In fact, basically all you think you know about Medusa is untrue, including her parentage. Poseidon raping Medusa and Athena punishing her are true, however.
- Athena is "insane" and "a psycho bitch" (the words of the characters, not mine) and gods like Hermes and Aphrodite and Hades and, hell, most of them, seem unable to talk about her without throwing an insult her way. It is like this book's author has projected the image of her middle school bully onto this goddess and is determined to take revenge. I have never seen such a demonized and flanderized version of Athena in my entire life, not even close. It made me genuinely offended on her behalf. Oh and also, the reason she hates Medusa so much? Well, you see, Athena is in love with Poseidon and they have a secred affair at some point, but then he becomes completely yandere for Medusa and she is all he cares about, so Athena is a scorned woman, a crazy jealous ex girlfriend. That's all there is to it.
- Hermes, Aphrodite, Hades and Persephone are saintly gods who are oh so horrified about the fact that other gods rape and punish innocents. It is really hilarious to read about Hermes, who in the source material raped a girl and did nothing when her brother killed her for it , go on rants about how evil and terrible Poseidon and Athena are for what they did to Medusa. Or to read about Aphrodite claiming herself to be among those gods who refuse to participate in the abuse of innocents and don't approve of such actions, when in the myths she makes a group of brothers rape their own mother in order to get revenge on them, and is perfectly willing to destroy Phaedra's life in order to get revenge on her stepson. Of course, Aphrodite is also a loving and devoted wife to Hephaistos; Hades most certainly did not kidnap Persephone and in fact she was the one who pursued him agains her villainous mother's wishes; Hermes is (or at least was before the first sex scene) a several millennia old virgin who has waited in chaste devotion for his one true love, Medusa, to finally admit her love for him. When I say that they are saintly, I mean it. Not even a drop of moral ambiguity or complexity.
- The gods aren't promiscuous and flighty in their affections; quite the contrary, they fall in love once and remain forever and constantly devoted to that one person no matter what. 🤣🤣🤣
- Medusa is actually the daughter of Hades and Persephone, villainously and heartlessly separated from her parents by the villainous and heartless Demeter who forced Persephone to choose between keeping her daughter or being allowed to live with Hades..
And Speaking of Hades, it is so very heartwarming to read scenes where this god, most notorious for violently dragging a young girl into the underworld to be his wife, insults and hits goddesses. But worry not, Athena and Demeter are evil, so it's all ok.
In short, I hated so many things about it. If you love Greek mythology, this might not be for you... Every time it looks like I've already found the worst Greek mythology retelling ever, I come across an even worse one. Anyways, in case any of this sounds appealing, the book is called "The Deep End of the Sea".
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Ally's Thoughts on Percy Jackson Part 2
Now there is a lot of stuff in the book that was left out, some stuff added and things changed that the fandom wasn't sure should be included so we have to ask, why did they do these things? This question brings us to today's topic:
Adaptation and Budget Now I've seen more than one book reader say 'We wanted an -book accurate- adaptation, why are they changing things? Rick has sold out/lost the plot etc. Unlike a lot of adaptations, Rick was on board for this and the changes made are ones he wanted to make, like the stuff with Medusa; actually, he seems to be doing this thing where he is making the gods more sympathetic? I kind of like that!
But it's not like the book!
Okay, but the book is 19 years old now, as if you haven't read fanfic you wrote in 2005 and thought oh geez, I could have done that a different way. Do these changes affect the overall story? I don't think so, it's still going the same place.
To add onto this, I saw people say that they didn't think Gabe was portrayed bad enough (If you haven't read the book, Gabe was physically abusive to Sally) and yeah I can see why they cut that, this is a Disney show after all but you know there is more than one type of abuse and I think that was portrayed well. Also just because we didn't see it, doesn't mean i wasn't happening. It's about picking your battles.
But they cut out my favourite scene! Everything looks cheap!
Budgets kids, budgets! And I know what you're thinking, Disney is a billion-dollar company, surely they could have given them more money to film everything. You'd think that but you also need to remember that Percy Jackson is considered a freshman show, it doesn't have that legacy cred that Marvel has to fall back on and the two movies that had been made based on the franchise previously were hated by the fandom and considered flops.
The first book? It's pretty much a road trip book with some interesting things along the way and they highlighted the interesting things! Mount Olympus and the Underworld look great! Have you ever seen the Underworld in Once Upon A Time? It's the exact same setting as the town but with a red filter.
Also I'm Australian, we don't do summer camp here but the camp looked pretty impressive to me? It had a nice vibe and they were actually doing activities and the cabins are nice. My favourite part was Percy trying to shoot arrows, lolz.
Random shout out to the camper in the wheelchair, I don't know who she is but I love her 🥰
In short, yes they changed things, but are those changes bad? No, I don't think so. They knew they only had a short time to tell the story and I think it was a good retelling. There is another argument I've seen that make people question the show, but we'll talk about that another time (it's a doozy)
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hellooo im back💥 i adore your tattoo ideas i love queen sm & getting lines from youre my best friend with your best friend? genius truly. if i could get my best friend to get a matching tattoo with me (which would never happen shes so indecisive) id love to get lyrics from a song we both love. also love the little freak lines i love that song sm.
TY for the fic rec again im gonna give u another one because thats how this works now<3 across the hallway by periwinklehelp_123 (dorlene, dorcas and marlene live across the hallway from each other, pretty self explanatory)
now for taylor. im in a reputation kinda mood today sooo....getaway car, gorgeous, call it what you want !
and omg. pisces thats so funny. please tell me u dont have the same bday as remus.
also i love friends & b99 theyre just such perfect feel-good shows. ive recently been watching new girl in my spare time too🫶
also tangled & princess and the frog?? taste. i love those movies sm theyre the superior disney princess movies (although i always was an ariel girl when i was really young LOL)
okay now questions:
have i ever seen a moose - god i wish. i dont even think moose live in my part of canada? (just googled it and they dont. very sad day for me)
temperature over here - rn its 6 degrees, in the summer it gets up to like 30 degrees, & winter usually gets down to around -10 at most.
favourite fic of all time - oooh this is a hard one. now i dont really read fics for any other fandom, its kinda for marauders for me so. my wip favourites are disintegration by moonymoment, crimson rivers by zar, edge by pinkpalaceapartments (another agent-james assassin-reg fic, based on killing eve), kill your darlings by messermoon, and ofc dead or alive (i guess i have a thing for assassin reg and agent james LOL) now for finished fics... the winner is gonna have to go to just lovers (like we were supposed to be) by zar. (and intermission by zar too since it fits in there) its just perfect and i feel like ive reread it a billion times.
fav golden trio era ship - probably luna and neville (do they have a ship name? i cant think of it if they do) they were my favourite characters as a kid so they have a special place in my heart. OH i also love romione because theyre just a classic and i love them sm.
do i write fics - sadly no. ive tried and failed. im not a creative writer at all, in fact im literally the opposite, call me the grammar police. im essentially the designated paper editor among my friends because im fantastic at technical writing and stuff like that, but i cant write for shit. i truly envy people who can create such beautiful stories.
tea or coffee - coffee always. i do love tea and have it probably just as much as coffee but i will always be a coffee girly.
go to outfit - hmm. well i basically live in my doc martens and leather jacket (very sirius of me i must say) and i do love a good baggy jean and band tee look. but on my off days you cannot find me out of my sweatpants or pajamas. its simply not happening.
how many piercings - 4, two on each earlobe. (2 i did myself with a sewing needle, dont recommend) i really wanna get my septum or just the nostril, but i havent decided yet. although id probably never get it, i do love the look of the medusa piercing too its just cool.
area of study - im studying classics and anthroplogy in uni rn! ive always been a history/humanities girly and i love ancient history and languages so much so thats what i decided to do. (plus i was a greek mythology kid so) i think my ideal career path would be archaeologist but that could change at any given moment, so im just seeing where uni takes me.
fun fact about me - hmmm. im left handed! kinda not a fun fact but for some reason i dont know very many left handed people (i swear have we gotten rarer or something??)
now for questions for you:
do you like books? whats your fav book/book series?
fav movie/movies?
whats one place youve always wanted to visit and why?
do you have any go-to pieces of jewelry that you always wear?
fav food?
cats or dogs?
mbti type?
sun, moon, or stars?
fav holiday? (as im writing this im losing it thinking about what you said about lily and james dying on my bday.😭 i just know james answered the door dressed to the nines in some dumb costume)
im so bad at coming up with questions and im running out ideas so ill think of more for next time <3
-bee
bee bee hello my new best friend <333
i know it is genius isn’t it ??? that’s what i keep telling my best friend , but he’s too scared of the needle. my goal is one year. one year and we’ll both get tattoos. and the little freak thing is literally one of my favourite harry songs !!
new girl is honestly like after modern family on my list. i shall get to her one day.
YOU ARE WELCOME FOR THE FIC REC :))))) I’ve now downloaded across the hallway & am very excited to read it , so thank you (i love lesbians & the next door neighbour trope !!)
now fic rec for you (that is what we do now , you are absolutely correct.) - down at the wolfbucks café by WolfstarGarden (ft barista james & remus , where regulus & sirius walk in one day for a cup of coffee.)
and because i’m on a little bit of a drarry kick rn - mental by sara_holmes (ft drarry with a miscast legilimens spell meaning they can hear each other’s thoughts.)
TAY TAY TIME -
(also yes , reputation always! as jake would say , ‘she makes me feel things’)
getaway car - JEGULUS - i’ve claimed this song for doa (it’s very inspired by getaway car) so i’m very excited for it (favourite song on rep , dare i say.) ‘sirens in the beat of your heart , should’ve known i’d be the first to leave , think about the place where you first met me’ - very very relevant for doa. changed my life when i heard this line. and generally ‘sirens in the beat of your heart’ like nee naw nee naw , don’t fall in love with this man , it’s bad for your heart , but aw crap i’m in love with him already !!!
gorgeous - JEGULUS - (keep relating everything to them , but i swear there are other ships i relate with other songs ) ‘you ruined my life by not being mine’ regulus watching james dance at a club & fuming because someone’s dancing against him (he doesn’t know that james is doing it on purpose to make him jealous) ‘you make me so happy it turns back to sad’ I LOVE IT it’s them them. ‘you’re so gorgeous , i can’t say anything to your face’ i can just imagine reg being all mean to him (it’s his way of flirting , poor chap.)
call it what you want - JEGULUS - (again I feel the need to apologise. i relate everything to them , they’re my current hyperfixation.) ‘brought a knife to a gunfight’ ‘They fade to nothing when I look at him ,And I know I make the same mistakes every time , Bridges burn, I never learn, at least I did one thing right, I did one thing right’ - IT’S SO THEM IN MY HEAD !!! like imagine a celeb au , and this is reg afterwards where he’s being all smooth with it , because he’s finally home with james AHHHHHH.
chatting time -
i just assumed everywhere in canada had mooses. just like i see foxes everywhere here . that’s a little disappointing , tbh , they should have mooses everywhere.
6 degrees??? damn that’s almost warm compared to the weather here (1 degree) . & it gets into he negatives ( I don’t remembered a minus ten , but i could be wrong.) however , i still think london cold is colder than any other cold. it just hits different. like absolutely ten times worse.
and the fics , dstg , cr , kyd , are all on my list ( i paused cr at chap two so I am absolutely avoiding spoilers with a BAT) and edge (KILLING EVE ??? OH MY GOD IT’S GOING ON THE LIST.) . thank u so so much for putting dead or alive on this list !!! I’m so happy you liked reading it just as much as i love writing it !!
just lovers & intermission are also on my list. my lessons are currently fucking me up so i have zero free time , & i’ve got mocks coming up in a little while. but once i’m free , i will absolutely read this it sounds so cute and comforting!!
ahhh luna & neville ?? that’s so sweet ?? (vis a vis ship name - luville is what i’d go for :) ) & i love romione too (unfortunately will not be reading any fics with them as the main ship , they’re just not compelling enough for me ) i personally love drarry (& dramione sometimes , lil bit of a guilty pleasure u might say) and their fics stab me in my heart and put them back together (isolation , temptation on the warfront (fave drarry fic ever) , it was all just a game , wait and hope)
AND SAME . I’m literally the grammar editor for my bets friend . // ‘edit my paper’ ‘use grammarly’ ‘you went to a grammar school. you ARE my grammarly.’ // literally even my school friends , the ones who went to this grammar school with me , use me as their editors . I’m being used , honestly. (i make them buy me things in exchange though.)
YOU CHOSE COFFEE ?? as a british person , this is blasphemy. absolute blasphemy. *sips tea with pinky finger sticking out*
leather jacket & doc martens ?? so sirius black of u , yes. ( me looking at my red converse , jeans & plain ol’ shirt.) BAND TEES BAND TEES BAND TEES. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH THEY ARE BAE. I unfortunately own like one of them , but my best friend owns so so many and one day , when he’s not home , i’ll break in and take a couple. maybe. not getting out of sweats & pjs is so real of you & same honestly. nothing beats netflix & pjs with a glass of something sparkly & a tube of smarties for me.
BRO not the sewing needle , how did you not get an infection ?????? one of my friends has a septum piercing (her parents do not know this !) so she hides up her nose when she’s at home. she got a cold recently, and she describes sneezing with the septum piercing ‘the most painful thing i’ve ever fucking felt.’ so u know. advice. i myself advise you to get the nostril pierced. i think it would be very cool of you (but of course i am in favour of whatever you wish to do)
AHHHHHHH I WAS ALSO A GREEK MYTHOLOGY KID!!!!! i knew the story of troy by heart , and i still do. i still do. love meeting another greek nerd honestly we’re so cool !!! AND YOU STUDY CLASSICS ??? that’s so cool of u honestly. there’s a joke in latin (here at least ) where we say ‘caecilius est in horto’ does that carry over there in canada ?? or am i just speaking tosh right now?? & anthropology too ?? u just keep getting more and more awesome. (i wanted to be an archaeologist too , at one point. decided saving lives was more my thing.somtimes tho , when i watch spy movies & i come out of the cinema , i do say i will become an agent.but i never will.) & yes let life carry u on ur way .
left-handed people are depleting. i know one left handed person in real life & she says it’s a real struggle. (my goal in life is to become ambidextrous though.)
QUESTION TIME 🕰️-
I LOVE BOOKS !!!! (took english lit for a level , I gotta have had loved reading in some way!) my favourite books when i was a kid was hp , but now they’re the ‘a good girls guide to murder series’ i highly recommend them , ravi singh is my personal fave. for a singular book ? you must never ask a bookworm this, it’s a cardinal sin. i’ll give you my top four
gods of jade and shadow
a thousand splendid suns
if we were villains
little women
(these books changed my life , I highly recommend.)
and my favourite movies ? top three -
jumanji (the first one)
the proposal (ryan & sandy have my HEART. writing an au of them right now ‘born or invented.’ jegulus of course , because margaret can’t swim , and neither can he.)
the hunger games movies (peeta>>>> gale)
hp movies (poa & ootp especially)
i do have more , (some aren’t even english) but my mind is blank rn. watching the apprentice atm & the boys just won the first ep. the girls are all sad & i’m very sorry for them.m (one of them will have to go home, but one of them also keeps calling herself the ‘kim k of business women’ as if kim wasn’t already a business women.)
place i wanted to visit?? new york - i always wanted to go there. friends takes place there , it’s the big apple , yk???? I love it so much on tv & i do want to see all the ways americans are different. want a big gulp cup , i want to experience a lil british privilege. want to go to the concrete jungle , for sure.
my earrings, and this pandora bracelet which has a snitch clasp & the ‘i open at the close inscription’ it’s very dear to me. also also a gold necklace with a double dolpin. i wear these three all the time , but sometimes i also like wearing lots of rings , but i’m in a lab for a lot of the time so it’s very inconvenient for me.
fave food- pop tarts and also this Chinese takeaway from near my place??? i’m in heaven whenever i eat it. i go out often , and nothing has ever beat that. i also love the cookies & brownies from this bakery near my bus stop & i honestly love them so much. (me and my best friend went there every day after our gcses honestly.)
cats or dogs - cats. (sorry sirius) but i would never say no to a pupper! always pet one if the owner lets me!!
mbti type - INFJ-T (i’m an advocate?? yes yes i think that’s good :)) )
stars !! always stars!! (technically the sun is also a star , but i digress) stars make pretty constellations and as an ex-astronomy student, i love them so much.
fave holiday - CHRISTMAS !!!!! a london christmas is IMMACULATE. honestly the vibes are unreal. the lights on oxford street and everything ✨
& the halloween thing ?? i’m sorry , oh my god , your birthday is now the deathday of the greatest parents ever 💔.
WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP SAYING JAMES OPENED THE DOOR ??? HE DID NOT DO THIS ??? voldy broke down the door , my friend , i promise even james isn’t that trusting.
but i agree he was so dressed in a dumb costume anyways .
q’s for next time
fave rarepair ?
fuck marry kill james sirius remus
what place do you want to visit and why?
fave book / book series ?
most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done ?
favourite thing you own?
if your life was a movie , what would you call it ?
(as usual , bee , come back in my inbox asap i will miss u otherwise. and keep it coming with the taylor songs , this is my daily bread.)
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