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Hello friend! Did I see a PACIFIC RIM ALBEDO AU?!

Please, may I humbly requeat a snippet for Albedo Day?

A FELLOW PERSON OF CULTURE I SEE

I will forewarn you this AU started as me writing out a summary of an idea in a discord server that just eventually got out of hand and became too detailed to call a summary, so the grammar and all that is not up to par with my other writing. However, it is still all safely tucked away in a 6k word doc and begging to be shared in any form it may take!

Apologies for any inconsistencies anywhere! This is long, so I hope it doesn't cut off anywhere....

"Pacific Rim AU"

Rating: T? Ship: Kaebedo (at least it was end goal, no real romance is happening) Tags: Canon typical violence, minor character death, hurt/comfort

Diluc and Kaeya used to be a Jaeger pilot team because they were drift compatible due to growing up together since a young age, but a battle went wrong and Diluc and Kaeya were both injured. Kaeya had to pilot the Jaeger alone for a few minutes until he blacked out. When he came to Diluc wasn't there anymore, instead there was a rescue team (Amber and Noelle) helping him out of the control room cockpit thing. Whatever you call it.

So Kaeya is forcibly retired from piloting. He still gets headaches and body aches occasionally, blaming it on Diluc each time, wherever he may be. The fact that he can still feel him lets him know he's out there somewhere, alive.

He hates being barred from piloting his Jaeger, his baby he so lovingly piloted straight into battle countless times. He itches to be back in the suit, but Jean won't allow him to unless he can find a new partner he can safely drift with. Kaeya is stubborn and doesn't want to drift with anyone but his missing brother.

His and Diluc's Jaeger is slowly but surely repaired. Seeing it in one piece as good as new nearly drives Kaeya insane. He sneaks into the hold to check the mechanics' work. Thinking everyone had gone back to the barracks for the day, he strolls through the Jaeger like there's no threats in sight.

Then, Albedo asks him what the hell he's doing in the Jaeger without safety equipment and the right papers documenting he has the permission to be on board and scares the crap out of him.

Kaeya doesn't like this little blond mechanic's attitude and snaps back that it's his robot. He has every right to be in it.

Albedo, unfazed, informs him it's the Ordo's robot and he needs to see his papers with Jean's stamp of approval.

Kaeya doesn't have any papers.

—————

Kaeya learns that Albedo is the head of the mechanic team overseeing his Jaeger through gossip in the mess hall and probably through some back hallway interrogations of the apprentice welders and electricians on the team that he manages to corner.

From that moment on, Kaeya decides he's going to either bribe or seduce Albedo into letting him into the Jaeger.

Absolute nonsense ensues

Kaeya does EVERYTHING he can possibly think of to convince Albedo to let him in the robot.

He decides Albedo must be made of stone to reject all of his advances and attempts, but he does learn little tidbits of information about the mechanic.

He learns that Albedo is Klee's big brother, that he's close with Sucrose, and hears some saucy rumors about him and lieutenant Huffman from the strategy sector. He also learns that Albedo is the one who painted the mural in the main lobby and the one in the mess hall.

Kaeya starts to see Albedo as more than just the mechanic he's trying to sweet talk into letting him back in the robot.

By the time Albedo just BARELY starts to soften up, Jean catches on to what Kaeya was trying to do and essentially puts him in time out on paper work duty. He's stuck with Lisa in record keeping for a solid week. They were friendly before, but Jean doesn't realize her mistake of putting those two in a room together, because Kaeya just got a free week of romance lessons and he's going to win Albedo's heart once he's free.

So Kaeya, with new tricks up his sleeve and moral support from Lisa, approaches Albedo for once without the intent to get back in his robot.

Except, Albedo was actually looking for Kaeya. He needs someone to test the drift apparatus to ensure it’s functional.

All of Kaeya's week-long training gets thrown out the window as soon as the chance to get back in the Jaeger is handed to him without any argument.

Of course he accepts. But, then he remembers the Jaeger needs two people.

He asks who the other pilot is going to be.

Albedo gives him an odd look before saying he'll take the place of second pilot for maintenance reasons.

Kaeya's dumbfounded, obviously.

He shamelessly asks Albedo if he knows anything about how drift compatibility works (Pacific Rim 2, your lack of drift compatibility lore is not welcome here)

Albedo, calmly, asks if he knows who he's talking to, tool belt in one hand and documents in the other.

Kaeya's realizes it was a dumb thing to say and simply asks if he thinks it's safe since they've never drifted before. Albedo simply tells him he thinks they'd be compatible and walks off towards the hangar where the Jaegers are kept. Kaeya follows, but can't for the life of him come up with a reply

So they get all suited up and Kaeya tries his hardest to keep unprofessional thoughts out of his head when he sees Albedo suited up, for safety reasons, not just to be sexy. He knows Albedo will know he thought those things if they do successfully drift and he wasn't about to risk all of Lisa's training turning into a waste.

With the team in the control room and in the hangar on standby, they commence the testing. There's mild turbulence on Kaeya's end, memories of the battle where he lost Diluc, threatening to tear him out of his calm focus. His mind turns to flames and burning oil, overheated cores and alarms ringing. Albedo reaches out to him and brings him back with a cold hand. When Kaeya catches sight of Albedo's thoughts and memories that slip through, he sees nothing but a cold, cold mountain, littered with ruins.

Then he's standing in the snow with his hands both grasped tightly by Albedo's.

They're drift compatible.

The tests go smoothly without any hiccups and they pull out of the drift.

Kaeya can barely function out of pure shock that someone, someone other than Diluc, successfully drifted with him without either of them passing out, getting a nosebleed, or something exploding.

Albedo pulls off his helmet like this was a normal day for him. The rest of the team is silent over the communications channel. Jean is the first to ask if they're both alright. Albedo answers for the both of them and immediately asks for a run down of the diagnostics.

—————

Kaeya doesn't sleep that night. He lays awake with nothing on his mind but snow covered mountains and the thrill of being back in the Jaeger. He wants to feel it again.

First thing in the morning, Kaeya asks Albedo to be his copilot. Albedo nearly throws his coffee on him. It's 4 am and he was up all night going over the data to make sure the tests were completely successful and that the Jaeger's drift apparatus wouldn't cause any harm to the pilots, however minute it may be. He doesn't know why Kaeya is awake at this hour or why he's energetically saying good morning like a regular person would at 7am at the earliest. And did he just ask him to be his copilot?

Albedo refuses.

Kaeya feels like he's back at square one.

Albedo reasons that he's a mechanic and a researcher. Not a soldier. He's here to build and fix the Jaegers, not pilot them and knock some Kaiju around.

Kaeya pleads with him, explaining he's only the second person who's ever successfully drifted with him. He needs Albedo to be his copilot if he ever wants Jean to let him back in his big metal baby ever again. He doubts Varka would even let him if he ever returned from the other branch across the ocean.

Albert stands firm in his rejection. He's not a pilot.

Kaeya is heartbroken.

But Albedo has softened up to him, and he doesn't want Kaeya to be miserable, even if he prefers not to meddle in other people's affairs.

With a foreign air of hesitation, Albedo asks Kaeya to keep him company while he works. All that's left to fine tune are the functions unique to Pavo Noctua (Kaeya and Diluc's Jaeger). Albedo reasons there may not be anyone who knows the robot better than Kaeya.

Of course, Kaeya completely falls for the praise, not seeing it for what it is. He does enjoy feeling needed though, after being retired for so long. He was getting tired of training all the new recruits who were more likely to step foot in a Jaeger than he was these days.

Albedo enjoyed Kaeya's company, even if he wouldn't admit it. But above all, he was curious about what went on inside the pilot's head after the glimpse he saw while they were drifting.

Kaeya too, was curious about the place he saw in the drift. He wanted to ask Albedo about it, but didn't know how many boundaries that may cross.

So he does it subtly. He asks little questions to get to know the blond better as they toil away on circus boards and specialized conduits for one mechanism or another.

—————

Albedo opens up. Slowly. And so does Kaeya.

Eventually, he learns what that mountain means to Albedo, months after they drifted.

That mountain was once his home. He lived amongst historians, archivists, and researchers in his youth. He was raised by a smart, stern woman who expected much of him and kept him fed and safe in return. He doesn't know his parents, but he could guess they were once part of the team exploring the mountain. A terrible snow storm had swept a portion of the team off a cliff years before he heard about it. He was able to piece together that his parents were likely part of the portion that never made it back.

His guardian left him at an encampment at the base of the mountain to venture into town for supplies.

There was a breach in the ocean, Albedo could see the boiling waves crash against the shoreline from the tents. A Kaiju appeared. It laid waste to the small town and sent the researchers fleeing up the mountain in desperation. Albedo tripped and fell, injuring his leg and shoulder. He wasn't able to run away with the rest of them.

A Jaeger intercepted the Kaiju before it could come after the people on the mountain. The beast was defeated, but at the cost of many lives. Albedo's guardian and the rest of the research team didn't return. He couldn't be sure how many had fled in fear and how many had perished.

He was rescued by the team that led the Jaeger defense. They took him in when they recognized his potential once he was healed. He took to Jaeger blueprints with ease and became a mechanic by the age of 14, and one with power and respect.

Kaeya asks Albedo if he wants to go back to his barrack for a drink that night. He doesn't have any naughty intentions, he just doesn't think Albedo looks like he wants to be alone after telling his story.

Somehow, Kaeya doesn't expect it when he agrees, despite his offer.

So they walk back in silence through the hallways. Kaeya finds his heartbeat steadily increasing the closer they get to his quarters. It's not impressive. Each worker has the same size place to call their own, regardless of status. The only difference being that some choose to room together. With Diluc MIA, Kaeya's on his own. Diluc's belongings haven't been moved or even touched since the day he went missing.

The first thing Albedo thinks when he steps inside is that it's like Kaeya's brother never left. That is, until he sees the thick layer of dust on his bunk.

Kaeya pulls a bottle of wine out from the cabinet along with two glasses. Albedo notices one is cracked.

They drink quietly at first, but Albedo can't help but notice the way Kaeya's facade seems to crumble more and more the further into the bottle they go

Eventually Kaeya starts to share his story, without any prompting from the blond.

He explains that he too, was twice orphaned.

He was left in a strange town by his birth father when they fled their hometown due to the residual radiation from a slain Kaiju. He was found by Diluc's father, Crepus. He was taken in by the staff and given a new family, though it was small. It consisted only of Diluc and his father. Though, Kaeya often considered the house staff family as well. He was raised alongside Diluc like they were siblings. They trained and grew up to be one of the most successful Jaeger pilot teams on Teyvat. More dead Kaiju under their belts than you could count on two hands. No one had ever faced that many beasts before them and lived to tell the tale.

But then came the day the category 4 Kaiju breached.

Their father died that day. And it was the day Diluc vanished. Kaeya was left alone, unable to climb back into the one thing he had left without his brother as his copilot. And he lost sight in his right eye after it became infected with Kaiju blood.

Albedo didn't know what to do when Kaeya started crying.

He wasn't the type of person people usually broke down in front of. Most people wouldn't hold his attention long enough to even have the chance to.

—————

Kaeya wakes up in the morning with his head on Albedo's lap. He doesn't know how to feel when he realizes the mechanic didn't leave him alone after his breakdown.

Albedo's still asleep when there's a knock on his door.

It's Jean and she's been crying.

Kaeya doesn't know what's happening and he's entirely too hung over for all this excitement.

She tells him Diluc is back.

He almost collapses then and there.

He rushes out of the room, leaving Albedo confused and groggy. Jean only gives him an odd look when she notices him on Kaeya's bed in his work uniform.

Kaeya finds Diluc in the infirmary, being tended to by Barbara.

He's different. Kaeya can tell just by looking at him. His eyes don't sparkle like they did before when he finally looks at him.

Diluc looks like a dead man parading around in the body of his brother. His eyes are cloudy and sunken, his skin even paler than before, but littered in scars Kaeya couldn't even begin to guess how he had gotten.

Barbara leaves the two alone to talk, but Diluc doesn't talk. He flinches away when Kaeya reaches out to him. This man isn't his brother, not anymore.

Diluc is placed in a separate room for the time being, leaving their old shared barrack to Kaeya alone. Almost like he'd never returned at all. It had been 4 years without him. And nothing changed once he returned. Kaeya still felt alone.

—————

Upon Jean's well meaning request, the two climb into their Jaeger. Kaeya doesn't miss the wild look in Diluc's eyes. He knows it's going to end badly before he can tell the control center to stop the drift process, but it's too late.

Kaeya wakes up in the infirmary with an apologetic Jean by his side. He feels like his head was split open twice and sewn back together with barbed wire.

Jean informs him that Diluc is no longer fit to pilot a Jaeger. And with a long pause, she informs him that he and his brother are no longer drift compatible.

Twice. Twice Kaeya has lost his copilot.

—————

He knocks on Albedo's door later that night when he knows he's finished up his diagnostic tests on the core of the Jaeger.

When Albedo opens the door, he explains that it hurts to see Diluc's empty bunk.

The mechanic let's him in without any questions. He lets Kaeya curl around him on the cramped bed suitable for only one person at a time.

It becomes routine until Kaeya's room doesn't even feel like his own anymore. Unless Albedo is there to keep him company.

Slowly, baby steps, Albedo convinces Kaeya to pack up Diluc's old things. He delivers them to the redhead in Kaeya's place.

Diluc doesn't know him. Albedo smiles, but it doesn't reach his eyes. He's been tuning he and Kaeya's Jaeger since they first piloted it, Diluc had just never given him the time of day. Kaeya only met him recently, but Diluc? Diluc was the one he spoke to directly whenever there was something wrong with the robot, yet he acted like they'd never met.

Albedo brushed it off and returned to Kaeya after the day's work. Jean had given the pilot time off to recover, as much as he needed.

—————

It takes time, but Kaeya does recover.

He gets back to whipping the trainees into shape with a ferocity that puts fear into the hearts of even the most self confident trainees. Jean has to ask him to dial it back so he doesn't scare them all off.

Diluc has taken up a quiet job within the intelligence sector once he settled in. Despite speaking very little since his return, he came back with a wealth of information.

—————

Sucrose, the resident Kaiju researcher, alerts Jean of unusual energy fluctuations coming from a known breach location close to the institution. She suspects multiple Kaiju may break through soon.

Jean contacts other branches that would be willing to lend reinforcements.

She is able to enlist the help of three Jaeger teams from Liyue, Vago Mundo (Zhongli and Xiao), Big Dipper (Ningguang and Beidou), and Evilsoother (Chongyun and Xingqiu). One team from Inazuma is also sent in to help, Frostflake Heron (Ayaka and Thoma). An independent brother-sister duo that had temporarily been stationed in Inazuma, Stella Fortuna (Lumine and Aether), volunteered to join Frostflake Heron in helping the Ordo Favonius fight the looming Kaiju threat.

When the teams arrive one by one with their colorful cast of mechanics, strategists, and managers, Kaeya’s mood sours.

—————

Albedo had started sleeping in Kaeya’s barrack more often than his own, either sharing a bunk with Kaeya or claiming Diluc’s old bed. He’d done so without Kaeya having to ask. He’d simply understood the forlorn look in the pilot’s eyes each night they should have split off to go to their own rooms.

—————

Kaeya is unusually quiet the night of the welcome party for the reinforcements. Apart from customary thanks and greetings as a high ranking member of the Ordo during the start of the celebration, he speaks to no one that night. Even when he drags Albedo into his room for the night, he says nothing.

It scares Albedo, but he doesn’t understand why.

—————

Only a day passes before the alarms sound through the halls in the middle of the night. The staff are scrambling through the corridors to get to their posts. Two category three Kaiju have breached, just as Sucrose predicted.

Albedo tears himself out of Kaeya’s arms on a mad dash for the hangar. As one of the senior mechanics, he’ll be needed now more than ever. Kaeya, frustrated, angry, and silent, makes his way to Jean’s side in the strategy room. Screens and monitors line every wall. The staff are frantically typing away, attempting to run the proper protocols and start up programs to get everything running.

The teams ready themselves in their mechs.

Kaeya watches.

He watches as they power up and some get helicoptered out to the location. The Jaegers better suited to long distances and water, are left to travel there on their own. The site isn’t far. Big Dipper cuts through the water like its pilots were aquatic. Frostflake Heron and Stella Fortuna have thrusters that allow them to glide over the water.

Vago Mundo is the tank of the reinforcements. They’re dispatched to the frontlines. Evilsoother is fast and precise, the young team rounds up the two Kaiju and pushes them back into Vago Mundo’s range. Big Dipper arrives next and traps the beasts in with powerful electrical currents that cut through the water from its blade. The amphibious Jaeger’s turrets fire sparkling gold that can be seen from the windows of the strategy room.

—————

Kaeya watches.

Everything is going too smoothly. Two of the Jaegers haven’t made it there yet and the beasts have almost fallen.

Kaeya watches as Sucrose comes barreling into the room, screaming in near hysterics that another Kaiju has breached. It’s category four.

Panic sets deep into Kaeya’s bones. He is tired of watching.

The room erupts into chaos as every communication line is buzzing with frantic warnings.

No one can get through to Stella Fortuna.

The sea bursts open beneath the white and gold Jaeger. A gaping maw of glowing teeth rips them out of the sky and pulls them under the thrashing waves.

Frostflake Heron pursues them into the ocean, only for their communications to turn to static.

One of the Kaiju breaks loose from the tight hold of the Liyue Jaeger teams. It forces Evilsoother under the waves as the other two attempt to put a swift end to the first. The sea is tainted with shimmering blue blood as Big Dipper chops the head off the Kaiju trapped in Vago Mundo’s cage of pulsing spears.

Over the radios, Beidou of the Big Dipper team is informing the others that she and Ningguang will go help Frostflake Heron and Stella Fortuna. Vago Mundo quickly tells them to go and lunges after where Evilsoother vanished under the tide.

Communications crackle with static and a gut wrenching scream.

It was Ayaka of Frostflake Heron.

Kaeya sprints for the hangar.

As soon as he’s through the door, his eyes lock on to the blond mechanic barking instructions to his subordinates. Without as much as a hello, Kaeya throws him over his shoulder and runs for Pavo Noctua. He flings Albedo inside and yells for him to suit up.

Albedo refuses, he demands to know what’s going on.

Kaeya explains what new events had occurred since the alarms started and tells him he can’t just sit around any longer and watch their reinforcements die. If they fell, all the innocent lives in the Ordo would surely be next.

He begs, he pleads, he’s ready to grovel for Albedo to agree.

Of course Jean doesn’t know about this when the launch sequence is started.

The workers in the hangar do their best to flee out of the way. They can hear Vago Mundo and Evilsoother reporting that the second category three Kaiju is down, but they haven’t seen the other three teams. Big Dipper has not returned to the surface yet, nor have the other two.

Pavo Noctua sets off for the last location they were sighted above water and dives. The water is murky and black like ink. Fortunately Pavo Noctua is best suited for combat in poor visibility and Albedo knows how to read every sensor like it’s his first name.

They see four heat sources down deep. One is starting to go cold.

Big Dipper is slashing away at the jaw holding tight to Stella Fortuna. The Kaiju is slashing back with a sharp prehensile tail. A few broken spines protrude from the limp form of Frostflake Heron and it’s lights are flickering. Stella Fortuna is struggling in the cage of glowing teeth. Something is leaking from their core.

Albedo recognizes the shimmering liquid and dangerous glow immediately and instructs Kaeya to help him pull Big Dipper away before-

The ocean erupts in a blinding light as they whisk Big Dipper away from the beast.

The tail lashes out and sends Pavo Noctua spiraling into an underwater cliff.

Weapons located in the upper left shoulder are down and using that arm to shoot frozen bullets strains Kaeya’s muscles with a searing pain.

Evilsoother rushes in during the blinding distraction and pulls Frostflake Heron away from the battle and back to the base on the shore.

—————

Albedo can feel the pain Kaeya’s in from the collision, but they successfully pulled Big Dipper out of the range of the explosion. Stella Fortuna… wasn’t as lucky. They see Evilsoother vanish above the water and feel the rumble as the beast roars.

It’s angry now.

Pavo Noctua takes its battle stance, Big Dipper does the same beside them.

Then the Kaiju’s mouth opens wide and glows brighter than the sharp teeth that line its speckled purple gums. The ocean screams.

A beam of pure radiation cuts between the two Jaegers before they can dodge it.

Kaeya cries out in agony as Pavo Noctua’s left arm is ripped out of its socket from the force of the beam. It melts into the sand on the seafloor. A glance to the side confirms that Big Dipper managed to jump out of the line of fire. Their Jaeger is still in one piece.

The Kaiju prepares to charge forward, Albedo raises his sword.

The flat of Big Dipper's blade smashes into the side of the Kaiju’s skull. It screeches and smacks them away with its tail. They’re sent spiraling over a rocky outcrop.

Fatigue is seeping into Albedo. He’s not a warrior, not even a soldier. He’s just a mechanic stupid enough to agree to copilot a Jaeger without written permission or prior training. Despite Kaeya’s position having more control over the left arm, he feels the pain too through the drift. It’s there and it feels real, but he isn’t the one with sparks shooting onto his suit. There’s a leak somewhere in the Jaeger. They’re taking on water, but it isn’t anything the mech can’t handle or flush out with the mechanisms Albedo designed.

Suddenly, the beast sharply turned and darted towards the other mech it had just sent flying. Albedo does his best to drag them forwards through a break in the rock. Big Dipper’s lights are flickering on and off and the mech lays still. An important component had to have been struck. The Kaiju is headed straight for them.

—————

Sand bursts around them as something heavy crashes down atop the Kaiju.

Vago Mundo’s distinct, swirling, geometric lights shine through the debris in a subtle glow. The team gracefully wrestles the Kaiju until it’s soft underbelly is exposed and directed towards Pavo Noctua’s blade.

Even with communications down and Kaeya injured, the two get the message and fillet it straight down the middle. Shimmering blue blood leaks from its insides like smoke as it thrashes in Vago Mundo’s hold.

Eventually the Kaiju’s struggling weakens. It’s body is thrown to the sea floor, only for its skull to be crushed beneath the weight of one of Vago Mundo’s pillars.

They were taking no chances.

—————

Vago Mundo lifts up Big Dipper with ease and starts towards the shore. Pavo Noctua does their best to follow. The adrenaline from the fight begins to lose its potency the closer they get to shore. The pain catches up with Kaeya and the ache of exhausted limbs hits Albedo at full force. Everything goes fuzzy, his head is pounding, and it’s harder to move before he realizes Kaeya has blacked out. The strain of the copilot losing consciousness is too much for him. He faints from the pain of being the sole pilot in a matter of seconds.

Pavo Noctua lurches forward beneath the waves.

—————

Kaeya wakes up to bright lights and Barbara’s startled face as he jerks the IV she was connecting out of his arm. He’s in pain, but he’s numb. He can feel that familiar tug at the back of his eyes, but can’t feel the tearing, ripping pain in his shoulder.

In a panic he asks what happened. Barbara’s smile is sad when she tells him they won the battle. It falters when he asks about the others. She goes down the list, Vago Mundo team came out unscathed, Evilsoother had a few bruised ribs and scrapes but nothing major, Big Dipper’s Beidou suffered a concussion, but is steadily recovering, Frostflake Heron was deprived of their oxygen supply for a few minutes past the line between safe and dangerous, but seem to be fine.

He doesn’t miss the way she leaves out Albedo and Stella Fortuna.

The sibling team unfortunately comes as no surprise to him. He witnessed the explosion. There was no time for the compromised escape pod to launch. There couldn’t have been any survivors.

But Albedo? The lack of his name from her lips had him gripping her wrist until she was crying out in pain.

She explains Albedo spent a concerning amount of time piloting the Jaeger while Kaeya was unconscious and they aren’t sure of what the consequences may be. He’s currently sleeping after being kept awake for observation. But he’s alive.

Barbara tells him not to move too much and to call for someone if he needs something before she leaves.

—————

He’s released after a week of Jean mandated bed rest in the infirmary. The first thing he does is beeline for Albedo’s infirmary room. When he walks in, Albedo’s sitting up in bed with a tray of soup and biscuits over his lap. He doesn’t notice Kaeya when he walks in. All his attention seems to be on the spoon in his hand.

Kaeya tells him that’s an interesting way to hold a spoon. The sudden noise startles Albedo and the spoon goes clattering into the bowl, splashing hot soup into his lap and making him jump again. Kaeya rushes forward and grabs napkins to soak up the hot liquid. Albedo attempts to pick up the rag on the tray, but can’t. It slips through his fingers and he curses.

Kaeya pauses and pulls away. He’s never heard Albedo sound so frustrated. He watches him attempt to pick up the cloth until he eventually gives up. Kaeya’s already wiped up the soup, anyway. He asks the mechanic if he’s okay.

Albedo doesn’t answer.

Then, he asks Kaeya to leave.

—————

Catching him looking lost in the hallway, Jean pulls Kaeya aside to regretfully inform him that despite his heroics, he is permanently retired from piloting a Jaeger. He tries to argue, but Jean stops him with a folder of his medical record pressed to his chest. She reasons that his impaired vision, trauma, and the permanent nerve damage in his left arm from this last battle puts him at too much risk. They can’t afford a liability on the battlefield. She apologizes as his friend and his superior.

—————

He tracks down Barbara to find out what’s wrong with Albedo. Barbara tries to tell him she’s not allowed to share that information with him without Albedo’s consent, but Kaeya talks his way into making her tell him. Once he gets the information out of her, she covers her mouth like she’s done something unspeakable and runs away.

The prolonged time piloting the Jaeger as well as the added impact when the mech toppled over caused a serious brain and spinal cord injury that impaired his fine motor skills. He is unable to hold or grasp things without a large amount of effort and focus. Currently, he’s struggling to walk, but Barbara believes that will improve with time.

Suddenly, Kaeya wonders if this means they’ll both be permanently retired from their respective jobs. He knew this would come one day for himself, though he’d hoped for a few more years in the Jaeger before it happened. But Albedo? He’d thought Albedo would be fixing up the mechs until he was ready to keel over and die. Now he couldn’t even hold a screwdriver.

And it was Kaeya’s fault.

That’s exactly what Albedo said to him three weeks later once he’d worked up the nerve to apologize.

The former mechanic's words cut like knives as he blamed him for taking away everything that made life worthwhile. Barbara was left to stand stunned in the corner and watch as Albedo’s outburst continued. He yelled until tears poured down his face and all he could do was sob.

Once he calmed down, Kaeya silently got his attention. He still looked furious, but exhaustion was stronger. Before he could say anything, Kaeya picked something up in his right hand and sat it in the palm of his left. Albedo watched him with a puzzled expression. He curled his fingers around it and tilted it sideways. The item fell from his grip and clattered to the floor.

Albedo’s blue eyes stared at the item on the floor for a long moment before he looked back up at Kaeya. The retired pilot simply smiled and told him they’re the same. His nerve damage causes burning pain if he grips things and even then he can’t judge how tightly he needs to hold something. The nerves in his hand are shot. Neither of them can do what they’re meant to do anymore. He pulls his discharge papers from his jacket and holds them out for Albedo to see.

Albedo asks why he was officially discharged. Kaeya explains the injuries he’s accumulated have made him more of a liability than a soldier. For his safety and the safety of others, he was politely fired, but with retirement and disability benefits. And the option to continue training the new recruits. He even got a Medal of Honor. He pulls it out of his other pocket and loops it over Albedo’s head to hang around his neck.

Albedo asks him why he’s giving away his medal. Kaeya informs him his medal is in his quarters. This one is for the brave mechanic who leapt into battle against three Kaijus.

The former mechanic lifts the medal up so he can see it better, but there’s a tremor in one of his hands and it wobbles.

When anger starts to burn in his eyes once more, Kaeya speaks up again. He tells Albedo to pay Jean a visit at the end of the week if he’s rested enough. She has a new job offer for him. Albedo gives him another confused look. Kaeya simply tells him that just because he can’t use his hands doesn’t mean he can’t use his head. The way Albedo’s eyes go wide makes it clear he hadn’t considered that.

Kaeya says he’ll let him get back to his scheduled rehab with Barbara and turns to leave. Before he exits the room he turns back to Albedo to tell him he’s always welcome in his barrack if he ever gets lonely.

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As he’s getting ready to turn in for the night, Kaeya hears a knock on his door. Thinking it may be Albedo, he opens it rather than tells the other person that it’s unlocked. He’s instead surprised by Diluc’s shock of red hair.

He’s not meeting Kaeya’s eye as he opens his mouth to speak.

He tells Kaeya he heard about Jean retiring him from being a pilot. He knows that was Kaeya’s whole life. As his brother, well, sort of, he wanted to give his condolences. If he had been more stable and been able to copilot the Jaeger, he knows it wouldn’t have ended this way.

Kaeya isn’t sure how to respond. He’s angry Diluc would doubt Albedo’s ability, he’s sad Diluc couldn’t fight with him, he’s sympathetic to Diluc’s condition, and he suddenly just wants to go to bed.

He doesn’t have the energy to talk things out with Diluc tonight. There’s too much to cover and he has to oversee training in the morning. He thanks Diluc for coming to see him, but tells him they can talk more tomorrow. The redhead looks relieved at his suggestion and bids him Goodnight.

Another knock comes an hour later, after he’s tossed and turned in his bunk with sleep nowhere in sight. He opens the door with a quiet huff of frustration, but softens at the sight of Albedo. A pillow is pinned to his chest by his forearms.

They don’t talk, but Albedo lets Kaeya hold him tight until they both drift off to sleep.

#gnsn #genshin fanfic #pacific rim au #kaebedo #Happy Albedo Day #Albedo Day 2023

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zitkaplushie · 5 years

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i’ve decided to just watch eps w characters i care abt bc this show is too long and too focused on bullshit so im focusing on ollie, the jl, kara and j’onn (and some others) bc im t i r e d

#like i really enjoyed lex/lana in lexmas but im just like tired of them & lana tbh #kristen has chemistry with EVERYONE its insane!!!! she’s so good!!! i wish they wrote lana better though #i cant stand chloe #and i hate how they pair ollie up w her even though dINAH IS RIGHT THERE AND SHES PLAYED BY ALAINA HUFFMAN!!!!!!!#and even the clois stuff is meh #i mean it’ll probs get better once they actually get together but why tf is it taking so long????#also HOW DARE THEY KILL JONATHAN!!! HIM AND MARTHA WERE THE BEST PART!!!!!!! though tbh they were really suffering in the writing-#-department by the end too :///#i will watch it all eventually but like bleh #reyes watches smallville #reyes.txt

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zuluc · 4 years

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@kookieyachi requested: i hate to be that one person but i doubt they'll increase the rate but imma try my best & start saving for zhongli & childe 😼🤚 anYWAY-, i was wondering if u could write another diluc x reader whr they're in a secret relationship (only kaeya knew somehow-) & one of the mcs & paimon heard rumours of diluc having a s/o & decide to follow him, to see him gg on a date w the reader or summ,,, hope its not too confusing haha🥺💖

pairing: diluc x gn!reader

style & genre: written; fluff

warnings: none

notes: i meant rng rates those screw me over when it matters but i hope we get good ones when their banners come in, i wish the best of luck to everyone pulling may we get our dream teams; THIS IS CUTE ty for all your requests you know what’s good 😪😪

the mc in this is aether because i love aether

“I hear someone has Master Diluc’s heart!”

“Is that so?”

“Aw, man! I wanted him...”

It’s been the talk of the town for longer than he expected and wanted it to be: Diluc’s love life. He was always the private one and never shared anything about his personal life so it was only natural that no one, minus Kaeya it seemed, had a clue as to who took Mondstadt’s most wanted bachelor.

“Are they sure he’s even with someone? Isn’t it just a rumor?” Paimon asks her travel companion as they make their way into the tavern for a late night drink. The pair had travelled back to the town for a few days and while walking through they listened in on what the townspeople were gossiping about this time around.

“Not sure, he doesn’t seem like the type. Why not ask him, Paimon?”

Paimon flies in front of his face and places her hands on her hips, “You don’t just ask him! He’s so secretive and... and well just that! Also, Paimon thinks he’d just avoid the question.”

“You won’t know it’ll work if you never try.” Aether suggests and opens the door to the tavern. He himself actually wanted to know the truth to those rumors because, well think about it, it’s Diluc and any information that made him seem more emotional than he let on was interesting. He steps inside, seeing the people inside drinking and laughing. They all greet him with their cheerful, yet drunk replies, and Diluc nods his head in acknowledgement.

“Welcome back. What’ll it be for tonight?” He asks them. Aether places his drink order and Paimon hovers over the bartender with a judging look on her face. Convenient that he is working tonight. He raises a brow, “Can I help you?”

“U-Uh,” she turns her attention to Aether who simply looks back at her and sips his apple cider vinegar, a look of you’re on your own for this one on his face. “Have you heard what’s being said around Mondstadt, Master Diluc?” She asks in a way to slowly lead into the main question. Diluc picks up a glass and shakes his head, turning around to place the item on one of the shelves.

“I’ve never paid attention to gossip if that’s what you’re referring to. And like I’ve said before,” he eyes the emergency ration suspiciously, “I don’t dwell on idle chat.” Those words, while they weren’t intended to be as cold as they sounded, prevented Paimon from pressing on. She pouts while flying, but her gaze lands on his hands. They are void of his usual gloves and Diluc wore them even while working. She brushes it off as a useless observation and the door of the tavern opens.

“Evening!” Charles greets them. He waves a hand to Diluc who finishes the last of the glasses he is cleaning, silently thanking the bartender for taking the rest of his shift. He walks out the back and Paimon floats up.

“Does he have something else to do? He usually stays for the rest of the night.” She questions Charles who shakes his head in amusement.

“He must be working hard,” Charles comments, “or maybe taking some time for himself.” Paimon perks up at what he says and she looks at Aether. The traveller finishes his drink and narrows his eyes at her.

“What?” He barely gets another word in before she is rushing out the door. “Paimon!” He places mora on the counter and bids Charles a good night before following her. The door swings open and Aether is met with Paimon flying in front of his face.

“We’ll follow him!” She states confidently, a glint in her eyes.

Aether stares at her blankly. “Uh, why?” Again, she doesn’t give him an answer when she sees a flash of red hair behind his head. They keep quiet and hide behind the stone building when they see Diluc look side to side, almost catching them in his sight.

“He’s definitely going somewhere!” She is much more invested in this than Aether thought, but his own curiosity was overpowering the possibility of getting caught by the pyro user as well. He wordlessly agrees and they quietly tread behind him through Mondstadt, hiding behind every pole and wall whenever they thought he believed someone was following him.

Minutes into their mission Aether catches sight of the Knight of Favonius building and his suspicions are raised. Diluc wouldn’t be caught dead near this place, what more just by walking by it? He stops at the side and Aether tugs his hovering companion away from Diluc’s line of sight when it opens, a familiar person stepping out.

“It’s--!”

“Honorary Knight!” Huffman interrupts Paimon’s exclamation as he rushes to the both of them. “Would you be able to help us out near Windrise? Quite a lot of slimes showed up and the other knights are preoccupied with their own missions. I know you just got back but...”

“We’re good!” Another knight shows up, running to them, “Captain Kaeya helped us out!” Aether looks back and forth between then before looking at the door. It seems that the person and Diluc had already left.

“Ah, I see. Sorry to intrude on your evening.” Huffman excuses himself and leaves with the other knight. Paimon flies towards the empty stairs, floating around premises as if looking for clues.

“Paimon saw y/n! Do you think they’re together?” She questions.

“Isn’t that too much of an assumption?” Paimon floats to Aether’s face with mock anger on her features. “Maybe they could just be well-acquainted.”

“Let’s just see who’s right then! I bet...” she places a finger to her chin, “...5000 mora!”

“You don’t even carry mora.”

The commissions burned you out but you are more than happy to see what awaits you after you leave the building. Bidding Jean goodbye, you settle into your coat and push the doors open. He’s standing there waiting like he said he would and you notice there is no one around, though you had an inkling that someone was watching you. You are broken out of your thoughts when Diluc’s warm hand cups your face. He was initiating more touches after becoming comfortable in your relationship, so you felt happy that he could do so outside though with no one to see.

To you, it was hard to believe that you managed to attract him in the first place, considering his many suitresses, but despite that he insisted that it was you he was after.

“Something the matter?” He asks gently, removing his hand when he could hear steps behind him. You shake your head and smile at him causing his heart to warm at the sight. “Good, shall we?”

Your dates aren’t like the usual ones. You walk around the sides of Mondstadt when everyone is asleep as you both share what has gone on in your day. Sometimes, you even take a stroll outside the city and sit under the large tree in Windrise, watching the stars twinkle. Going on many secret rendezvous were fun and brought an excitement and mystery to both of your lives when they occured.

But even so, sometimes you wondered what it would be like if the townspeople knew.

Diluc never explicitly mentioned that he wanted the whole town to know and you both came to the conclusion that keeping your relationship from the public would be beneficial. He was known to be aloof yet protective of Mondstadt. He had a reputation to uphold and the enemies would otherwise have vital information to his weaknesses if they came to know of your connection.

You know he loves you, he tells you every night before you have to part until you see each other the next day. And any doubt in your mind is gone when your hand is held tightly in his.

“Paimon, we’ve been following them for too long. They’re just talking.” Aether felt uncomfortable doing what they were doing and spying on the both of you. He watches the both of you engage in a regualr conversation. After losing sight of you at the Knights of Favonious building they glided around trying to track you both. He couldn’t see that your hands were intertwined due to how your coat concealed it.

“Ahh! Fine, we should go rest,” Paimon says defeatedly, “Paimon can’t believe she lost 5000 mora!” Aether rolls his eyes and jumps down from the roof to head to a nearby inn. The streets are quiet but there are audible footsteps from their right as they move through the houses.

“Hey, it’s nice to see you back in town.” Kaeya greets him with the usual lilt to his voice. “Why are you two still up?”

“We were following Master Diluc because we think he’s seeing someone!” Paimon really has no shame, does she? Aether thinks to himself and he looks up at the Cavalry Captain when the latter lets out a light chuckle.

“What an interesting activity... I do hope you find your answer,” Kaeya nods his head to direct it behind them. Aether and Paimon follow his direction and see the two they had been trailing for the past hours. “Good night.”

“I almost forgot!” The duo’s ears perk at the sound of your voice. You and Diluc are at the front of your home and their eyes widen at the sight of your hand in his. You reach into your coat pocket to pull out his gloves, “You left them here.”

“Thank you,” Diluc replies, lifting the hand he held to his lips and kissing the back. “Good night, my love.”

“Good night, Diluc.” The smile on your face is ever radiant and he leans down for his kiss. You oblige but pull away to lean closer to his ear, “It seems that we have company.” Your hold leaves him and you open your door, disappearing inside. Diluc turns his head and sees the shocked faces of the traveller and ration.

“Paimon wins.”

#genshin impact #genshin impact x reader #genshin impact scenarios #genshin impact headcannons #genshin impact fluff #genshin impact angst #genshin impact imagines #diluc ragnvindr x reader #diluc x reader #diluc ragnvindr #diluc

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sir-huffman · 2 years

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🎀 🎀 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐅𝐈𝐓 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐁𝐎𝐖 🎀 🎀

be amused @otverzhennyy enjoy ur pink bowed knight

It seems like it was a trend in Mondstadt that there was a slight alteration to everyone’s outfits. From the Acting Grand Master to the little outrider to the the lovely sisters, to even their newest astrologist...and all the young girls in town wanted to follow suit. Ah, fashion what a wonderous thing that was...

Unfortunately, that lead to the young girls following suit - mimicking their older sisters and their idols. Bold colors seemed to be the theme, atleast as far as the young girls picked up. So it only took a group of them who wanted to modify the knight’s uniform since it was so drab and boring. Sigh.

Huffman sighed as he had been wearing this bow all day. The other knights who had also fallen victim to them had already taken it off, but Huffman ( being Huffman ) didn’t mind it so much and he didn’t want to hurt the little girls feelings.

Things went on and he did his work like usual. Patrolling around the taverns, making his way up to do a quick check on a few patients and had avoided a certain diplomat all day. Ah he didn’t want to be caught dead—

❝ Viktor...I uh...er—... ❞ Scheiße

That’s all he could get out of his mouth as Huffman was caught by the diplomat. Shit. He knew this was going to happen. Somehow things just got around and Viktor was going to see him like this at some point in the day. It was unavoidable...but a knight could dream.

Don’t mind Huffman pressing his lips together as his cheeks were probably a bit red. He turned away as he pulled his notebook and pen closer to him. Huffman shouldn’t have gone into the church today, he could have pushed it off ‘til tomorrow but...ah he needed to get some work done here.

He sighed as he dared to look up at Viktor. Ah he hated this. Having this giant bow on his head, some of the nuns had even fixed it for him so it always stayed nice on him...clearly they were amused by it too. And apart of him hoped Viktor wouldn’t find it amusing as well. Lord Barbatos knows Viktor would and tease him about it.

❝ ...How bad does this look on me? ❞

#otverzhennyy #//it midnight #//i wanted huffman to have a giant bow #//be amused #//you get my tangent first draft mao #//it probs makes no sense #//but enjoy it #verse: { at your service }

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otverzhennyy · 3 years

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⚔️💤 @sir-huffman.

Fingers carded through the other’s hair as Huffman silently read his book. It was like any other night for them. A few drinks were shared, a meal, and retiring to Huffman’s house for a few hours, it was just routine. However there was always something to add to it every so often and this time, well, Huffman spoke up.

“Viktor, I have a request if you don’t mind.”

Huffman didn’t stop his reading nor his constant petting. After all it wasn’t going to be a serious request. Just a thought that had been been on his mind for a while now.

“It’s been quite a while since I’ve had the opportunity to suck someone off. Although, honestly, I just want a cock shoved down my throat for a few minutes… ( a pause ) …you don’t mind indulging me a little, right?”

What did Huffman think about the fact that Viktor didn’t do... anything, really, but stare at him. The blond was usually the type to fall asleep right after he laid down, even more after a meal... but, right now, he was only looking up after having dozed off a bit, staring at Huffman’s peaceful face while he was reading. And every time the man moved, it made his heart soar. The diplomat was not someone who particularly enjoyed being touched, but just seeing Huffman absentmindedly being affectionate to him... there was nothing like it. He couldn’t sleep, almost couldn’t breathe : he just wished it lasted forever. There was nothing else they could do together that would make him feel safer.

It came down to the cost of Viktor hated starting to feel like Huffman’s residence was like a second home. ... he also hated how he audibly heard the ruffle of his own pants when he instantaneously became hard upon realizing what Huffman had just told him (and hoped he didn’t hear or realize).............. Viktor did his best to keep a straight face, reaching for his coat hanging above his head to cover himself.

The blond opened his mouth. Then closed it. Then opened it again. And closed it again. He didn’t know what to say.

“I―er―no. I mean. I don’t mind indulging you...”

The fact that the man didn’t move an inch was the most confusing part―did he need to get up ? Or stay put ? Could Viktor indulge too ? Was this an offer for full intercourse or did Huffman truly mean to keep it strictly to one-sided oral sex ? Any option was greatly appealing, but the lack of fine prints did make Viktor’s head come up with a hundred questions.

“Did you... mean... now... or... do I have to... clear up my schedule..?”

#sirhuffman #.otverzhennyy ( ic )#.unsafe

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abysslarchiving · 3 years

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i’m primarily somewhere else today, but i saw the ship thing and wanted to give it a go ! even though there are some ships i’m partial to, it still pales to the dynamics built through ooc communication, mun interaction, and build up. that being said, i will ship things with no canon basis because i’m unhinged. these are dynamics on my wish list.

mondstadt:

jean ( bffs / childhood best friends / wingman / wingwoman / wlw + mlm solidarity / i’m too cool for romance novels but at the same time can you believe that arturia chose the duke instead of the handsome bard instead, it’s the lack of taste for me — ) lisa ( bffs / childhood best friends / wingman + wingwoman / fwb / romantic / they have tea / gossip sessions every thursday afternoon and trade recommendations about the restricted section of the library ) klee / amber / razor / bennet / fischl / sucrose / noelle ( older brother kaeya dynamic pls, pls, pls ) + barbara ( bffs with kaeya primarily because they both scheme on how to get jean a significant other, otherwise kaeya rarely goes to the cathedral ) diluc ( i want them to be brothers again so badly, pls, just a smidge of reconciliation ) literally anyone at the dawn winery ( familial relations :gun: hand them over ) venti ( kaeya wanted to learn his secrets but ended up becoming drinking buddies instead / knows something is up with this chaotic gremlin but will keep his mouth shut because he appreciates the friendship ) albedo ( otp / frienemies / enemies / platonic / fwb / romantic / you use the alchemy art that killed my nation pls respond ) mona ( frienemies / you cannot be lied to and i keep lying do you wanna make out / but otherwise / possibly romantic ? / platonic / pls kaeya comes from khaenri’ah he is also an astrology bitch, i want them to be friends / but only if you can be friends with a sagittarius sun - gemini moon - scorpio rising ) rosaria ( frienemies / enemies / fwb ? exes ? / idk man something happened between those two and i wanna know, i wanna know so bad ) varka ( kaeya had a crush on him when he was still a squire which he eventually grew out of but jeans, dilucs, and other knights are free to tease him about it / want that mentor relationship though / want that someone who saw things in kaeya and believed he was destined for greatness ) other knights ( friendship ??? camaraderie ??? please ??? ) huffman ( the running joke on this blog has always been that they’re frienemies ) wagner ( had a one night stand once, kaeya still flirts occasionally, no you will not change my mind ) pallad ( dfghjk i’m joking, stay away pls and thanks ) dvalin ( dvalin if you read this i’m free on thursday night and would like to hang out / please respond to this and then hang out with me on thursday night when i am free )

liyue:

zhongli ( i saw cute art once and went owo / platonic / fwb / romantic / you have secrets and a billion stories to tell while i love secrets and love listening to people’s stories / coincidence ? i think not ) beidou ( drinking buddies / both of you require so many of my treasure hoarder coins so you might as well become friends when hunting for them / wingman + wingwoman / my grandfather was a pirate i swear i know how to sail properly — ) ningguang ( fwb / one night stand / they still flirt occasionally but lbr they’re both too narcissistic to be more than friends / wingman + wingwoman / can we talk ? one ten to another ? i’m an eleven but continue ) keqing ( frienemies ? reluctant allies ? idk i just feel like she wouldn’t like him / yes i do sort of ship them romantically but i cannot even begin to start telling you why ) xiangling ( older brother dynamic but also / what do you mean this is spicy ? the hottest thing on the menu ? are you sure ? / kaeya’s love of spicy food + cryo vision + no preservation instinct = interesting customer ) chongyun ( i saw cute art and now want an older brother dynamic / cryo buddies ) actually that includes xingqiu / xingyan ( older brother dynamic pls ) this includes xiao ( treats similarly like a siblings or annoying friend / no it doesn’t matter if you’re older than me by a few millenia / i have a feeling xiao would hate kaeya instinctively because of attitude ) master zhang ( kaeya flirts with him when he’s in liyue but hasn’t gotten a response yet ) baizhu ( oh doctor, please ~ i’m in need of your healing / okay, then i perscribe bedrest and three doses of [ redacted ] a day / wait, no, this isn’t what i wanted — )

snezhnaya:

childe ( otp / i trip and all the chaeya doodles i’ve drawn fall out of my pockets / possible childhood friends ? “met in the abyss” friends ? incredibly chaotic shifty friends ? / frienemies / fwb / enemies with benefits / enemies / enemies to lovers / i really am so weak for this ship and interactions / ooo even wingmen dynamic / i just want them to interact ) foul legacy ( winks ) signora ( cryo friends pls interact / general alignment does not matter )

inazuma:

ayaka ( as stated above cryo friends pls interact )

khaenriah:

dainsleif ( otp / incredibly wary acquaintances ? family friends ? family acquaintances / kaeya learned about the bough bearer in khaenri’ahn mythology class ? frienemies ? enemeies ? enemies to lovers / there are so many question marks because i have no idea how they’d interact but i want all of it / dainsleif roleplayers pls talk to me pspspsps )

other:

fatui skirmishers / cicins / agents ( twirls hair around finger / hi ) abyss heralds ( :flushed: / :hot face: / :sweating: ) cryo abyss mages ( hey, you’re actually where i learned like eighty percent of my technique and aesthetic so, you’re cool, and i might not even try to kill you out in the field as long as you don’t hurt my party, okay ? ) oc’s ( :gun: hand them over )

#ninesense /#this was meant to be serious and then i went off the rails again #feel free to dm me if you're interested in dynamics !!

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1989xtaylorsversion · 3 years

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olivia jade’s quest for redemption + if she deserves a second chance.

if you weren’t living under a rock in march 2019, then i’m sure you’re aware of the college admissions scandal that was exposed to the public. here’s a brief rundown: wealthy families who bribed prestigious colleges in order to secure a spot for their seemingly unqualified children, were exposed for breaking the law and faced the consequences. however, i use the word consequences in the loosest sense possible since our justice system isn’t exactly fair and balanced, as proven by the jail time served by these law breakers. anyway, among these criminals were actresses felicity huffman and lori loughlin, lori’s husband mossimo giannulli, and their 2 daughters olivia jade and bella.

there were countless people involved, but since these few individuals are celebrities and influencers (still hate that word), they got the brunt of the criticism since they’re in the public eye. the person i’m going to be focusing on in this post is olivia jade (pictured below), given the fact that she’s a youtuber, and someone i never would’ve expected to be caught up in something like this. that’s probably naive on my part since she’s a wealthy white woman in america, but i used to be a long time subscriber, so i felt like she wouldn’t be the type of person to do something so dishonest.

spoiler alert: she’s totally that type.

i’m not going to go too far into the past, because everyone else already has. instead, i’m going to give my opinions based on her current self. a couple of months ago ms. olivia jade graced our screens once again on the “Red Table Talk” and let’s be real, that was a mistake on her part. anyone who believes olivia’s a changed woman based on her words alone is incredibly naive. i’ll admit, when i was watching her interview, i did think she learned some lessons. she acknowledged how her privilege clouded her good judgment for most of her life, and she has since then made an effort to be better. however, when she was saying how she believes she deserves a second chance is where she lost me.

olivia’s 21, which is fairly still young. it’s great that she realizes she has privilege and whatnot, but she doesn’t deserve anything. no one owes her a single thing. if people don’t want to forgive her, they’re allowed to feel that way. her coming on a show hosted by black women (which is a problem on its own) for redemption, without demonstrating real growth and change is meaningless.

if someone ever asks for your forgiveness without showing you the steps they took in order to become a better person, you should not forgive them. i don’t want olivia to tell me why she deserves a second chance, i want her to show me. it was all talk, and no show. what that tells me is that she just wants to go back to making mediocre youtube videos and gaining back her influencer status without putting in the work to prove to people that she’s really learned her lesson. how does she expect her audience to be able to trust her without solid proof of her new self? she lost all integrity the second her name was printed in the magazines, and getting it back isn’t going to be an easy task.

the interview was also pretty lackluster, because they didn’t actually hit her with the tough questions. maybe it was for legal reasons, but why didn’t they question her more about her involvement in all of this? we know she posed for the rowing pictures, so why didn’t they ask her about that? she can’t plead ignorance, and then in the same breath go on and on about how people around her were doing the same things to get ahead simply because their wealth and privilege allowed them to do so. which is it, olivia? were you blissfuly ignorant of the whole scam or were you alright with it because it’s just what everyone does?

something i want to remind people is the infamous picture olivia posted in august 2019 in which she decided to flip everyone off and tagged multiple media outlets for good measure. now, maybe that was when she was still ignorant and unaware of her privilege, as stated in the interview, or maybe she just felt like making an ever bigger fool of herself. that’s something else i wish they had grilled her on. why make that post in the first place? what has she learned since she posted and deleted it? also, since they falsely applied as athletic recruits, they took 2 spots away from probably more deserving candidates. do they even realize that? do they feel sorry for that? what will they do to make up for their deplorable and selfish actions? i almost wish i had conducted that interview, since jada let her off the hook on seemingly all of the important topics.

i do think some people deserve a second chance, but only when they’ve proven that they’re a changed person. olivia uploading 2 new videos and going on about her business without showing any kind of growth is meaningless to me. time will tell if she’s a different person or not. on a personal level, i hope she has learned her lesson and understands how her and her family’s despicable actions indirectly and directly affected everyone. actions are worth more than words. until she can prove to the world at large that she’s not that ignorant, stupid girl who can’t take accountability for her actions, i really don’t want any part in helping to restore her integrity and good girl image. i don’t wish anything bad on her, but until she stops being all talk and no show, she shouldn’t expect any kindness or forgiveness from the public anytime soon.

#olivia jade #lori loughlin #college #youtube #vlogger #felicity huffman #bella giannulli #red table talk #jada pinkett smith #willow smith

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arecomicsevengood · 4 years

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Self-Released Comics from 2020

A bunch of zines came out this year that I liked but haven’t written anything about because I’ve been working under the assumption that my liking the artists involved is unsurprising. But I might as well, I like them more than much of what’s offered by larger publishers and they’re probably doomed to some degree of obscurity. I should excerpt images but don’t feel like doing that. All of these would be in consideration for a theoretical “best of the year” list, but I generally get conservative with those and limit it to five books that are widely available as a concession to an imagined general audience.

Gonzales, by Matthew Thurber and Ric Royer, available through Matthew’s online shop

The parties involved in this comic’s creation would probably prefer I not mention that Ric, the writer, was “cancelled” and made a pariah in Baltimore (and I believe Providence too) due to his behavior in relationships, which had a marked pattern of manipulation and psychological abuse. I don’t know how many people outside these places, in the broader comics community, are aware of such things, but certainly some people are probably buying this comic not knowing anything about it who would be uncomfortable with the concept if they knew. I support Matthew’s willingness to support his friend as an artist by collaborating with him in a context where it’s unlikely women would come into his orbit (this isn’t to imply there aren’t women in comics, only that there aren’t festivals happening right now) but not so much so I can look the other way entirely. If I had to have hand-wringing conversations with Baltimore friends, you have to have them in your head: Heads up for those who don’t like it when authors are creeps.

The comic itself is pretty good! It’s a satire about the Satanic Panic of the 1980s that basically works as a kid’s comic, where a superhero named Gonzales teaches kids to overcome their parents’ fears. Thurber’s a great cartoonist, and I don’t think he loses too much working from a script here. There’s less improvisatory surrealism and more general storytelling economy.

Everglide by Carlos Gonzalez, available through Wasp Video Roadhouse

This kinda feels like Carlos’ eXistenZ, by which I mean it’s about humans “jacking in” to video game worlds where they can run around. Also I think eXistenZ is the best Cronenberg movie, and who knows how good this comic will turn out? I like the serialized minicomic format. I do feel like the ideal format for this would be typical comic proportions, sold in retail stores monthly, and Carlos’ thin line that delineates the shape of a figure but none of its weight or texture could confront readers with its seeming amateurism. But alas! No one can afford to put out black and white genre comics in stores regularly these days. As a minicomic with so many pages in each issue, the focus on the narrative, and each issue feels satisfying on those grounds, building out its world.

Detective Double Digest by Drew Lerman and Pete Faecke, available at The Stink Hole

Drew Lerman takes his Snake Creek characters out for a detective caper with gags about pissing and a plot about cryogenic freezing. Pete Faecke, who I’m unfamiliar with, but is in the new Bubbles writing about the horse sequence in Jimbo Adventures In Paradise, does a comic where multiple people huff gasoline. It’s great. There’s plenty of jokes, an interesting tone, but also a good deal of narrative space being covered in a short amount of pages. The contrast between art styles works to the advantage of each, with Faecke sort of approximating a stiff “golden age” style while Lerman works in a scribblier cartoonier form, closer to a comic strip like Barney Google. Faecke also did a similar format split with A.T. Pratt of western comics that looks pretty good too.

Whisnant by Max Huffman, available at Motion Goods

I loved reading this comic as pages would pop up on Max’s social media feed. Honestly considered buying a page of the original art to finance the printing of the minicomic version. Improvised goofball comedy, tells a story, interrupts that story, then comes back to it, the way the gags and callbacks work is insane in this. I kinda hope he continues with it but maybe it won’t work if it attempted to function like an ongoing comic and not just a stream of consciousness thing that’s disinterested in resolution. On any given page, it feels either like Huffman is going for some weird gag or he’s exploring the form and abstracted geometry of page layout and shape. The amount of panels per page is generally pretty low, so it makes for a breezy minicomic, but reading it online a page at a time I always imagined it at classic comic book size, feeling like part of the point was the subversion of expectations of a classic “teen” comic like Archie.

Hubert by Elijah Brubaker, available at his Patreon

Elijah put up a few issues of this for free as PDFs somewhere but that might’ve been a limited time thing, and it’s worth tossing him some small amount of money to get these. They’re comedies about being an obnoxious dumbass who’s dumb and horny, sorta sitcom-y, sorta weird indie movie vibe, but with a cartoon’s sense of freedom from consequences. Strange and likable, uncontrived, honest to its world of slackers. Would be a good alt-comic in the tradition of Hate or any number of forgotten Slave Labor comics. Hubert the character’s abstracted cartoon shape is kinda like Ben Jones’ Alfe but he ends up in a house full of women and there’s a flirtatious chemistry in his interactions as opposed to Jones’ sexless goofball shenanigans. Since Brubaker’s I think most known for his Wilhelm Reich bio-comic and is currently working on a Charles Manson thing, this feels more “accessible” to a certain alienated pandemic brain looking to live vicariously through fiction while maybe the other stuff is more saleable to libraries. That may sound more cynical than I intend, I mean this comic is fun and it would be nice to encounter it on someone’s coffee table when you’re at the house getting drunk and stoned in a different era. The artist is unemployed and currently only making money from his Patreon, he deserves people kicking in donations for this thing.

Dog Biscuits by Alex Graham, viewable at Instagram for the time being

For a fictionalized document of the pandemic times we’re living in, currently being serialized on Instagram, running in sequences of panels you click through, I like this better than Crisis Zone. It seems close to wrapping up, at which point Alex will collect it into a self-published book I think will make a worthwhile purchase. As time has gone on, and the strip’s moved away from discussing protests and the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone overtly, settling in with the romantic drama of its small cast as they try to find their way in a world where it feels like every stupid asshole might have exposed themselves to COVID already and now thinks nothing of exposing you as well feels fraught as any editorial cartooning, a sense of desperation to find joy underlies a multipage XXX sequence of characters boning. The Instagram comments are lit up with people seemingly familiar with only reading YA getting really emotionally invested and being extremely judgmental of the characters, with maybe the weirdest moment from my vantage point was someone asking the author what a character’s astrological breakdown was. These reactions do bring home how thought out, alive, and well-observed these characters feel.

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LAST HOLIDAY

spoilers below - backdated from 10/9/020

oh hey abaddon, is alaina huffman in this? that would be nice all these beheadings, damn I couldn't watch this live when it aired because I don't have cable but I bought season 15 on amazon this time last fucking year so technically any time after 2AM I could've watched it, not actually sure I'll make it through everything tonight because I started at 10pm and I am Tired the livestream misha did was fun for the first 30 minutes but then I had to turn it off to avoid spoilers so I guess I will revisit that later I like sam's flannel in this one too. like gold, light grey, dark grey? A+. this is queer flannel. this is from EXPRESS, not Kohl's the bunker has a gas stove I guess which I should've known having all the appliances fail suddenly is very relatable to me and perhaps one of the worst monsters of all don't mock luigi, he knows how to deal with ghosts sam has the plans and dean just smashes buttons god that burger does look great "meat man" who wrote this one ah the dean deluxe the scooby doo boxers are pretty cute honestly who is jeremy adams 1958, yeesh "everybody?" "everybody's dead" standby mode huh, were they supposed to have like... lights this plot is very narnia, wake up to find out everyone you loved is dead they have extra abilities in the lead-up to the final boss, and the network is willing to spend more on the electricity to give them more lighting sam is right to doubt anything ever being good is anyone going to tell jack they're leaving him alone with some random person and lmao thank you sam as I was typing this he pointed that out jack's shirt/sweater looks very cozy snickerdoodles are great magic roomba... thanks for calling him the son of satan, lucifer doesn't even want to be called satan "ignoring your trauma doesn't make you healthy" THANK YOU SAM time + space, indeed uh just throwing this out there he could use some emotional support too probably please accept this sandwich as an offer of solidarity god it's nice to see alex be allowed to emote again leave these guys alone, they're drinking blood packs with curly straws aw, come on :( those guys didn't deserve that I guess if she's a wood nymph she can summon a christmas tree? where's the secret christmas decoration storage room in the bunker yeah tell sam to smile :\ I hate holidays except halloween god I love how jack waves I do love how much jensen loves wearing goofy outfits, this made me smile big time. I'm glad they clearly had so much fun on the set with this stuff especially knowing what comes next IRL :( she's right to be worried about his cholesterol just waiting for the other shoe to drop with something terrible befalling this group watching dean run in that outfit is hilarious poor jack doesn't deserve all this but I'm glad that she's helping him kind of work through the grief where the fuck is cas so it seems like ultra fucked up to be watching them do no-knock shit into people's homes and shooting them no questions asked, and it has always seemed fucked up but right now the methodical nature of this and their goofy smiles taking packed lunches while setting out to murder people minding their own business is not cool with me and never has been the 50s were bad, actually god sam has the hammer of thor. thank fuck. is it may? is it sam's birthday in-universe? what files was she going through, eyes emoji jack is smart, actually oh boy is she brainwashed, are they keeping her held hostage with magic or something, because the men of letters don't give a FUCK about monsters and will use them jack's a millennial and can look up instructions for how to operate a reel to reel and 100% knows what it is because he lives in the bunker "son of a bitch" jack's spending too much time with dean sam has a big date huh, I hope it's with eileen "abercrombie and bitch" IT IS EILEEN!!! dean should definitely be nicer to sam poor jack has no one to turn to for help :( where is cas!!!! can they not afford to pay misha also I don't feel sorry for nazis there are a lot of beheadings on this show, pulling someone's head off definitely seems like yanking on a plant vs pruning it with sharp pruning shears or whatever oh you're shitty lady "do you ever think they're scared of what you'll do to someone else" uh yeah there was that time they locked him in a coffin please stop hurting this child if she's so sure sam and dean would approve then she'd do it when sam and dean can see her yeah I am not surprised she was poisoning him MAKE THE BUNKER SAFE AGAIN!!!!! maga shit, get rid of all the monsters, says a monster the writing here is.... iffy. little heavyhanded dean's thinking about it, that's what's so fucked. like "look I already tried to kill him one time" we just keep comparing jack to snakes but I prefer when yockey's doing it sam looks so much like vincent from silent hill 3 in this outfit sam really is the smart one. jack's a child, he hasn't had a lot of experience with this. dean... I guess tried to explain what he wanted but didn't realized he'd get overruled but sam is smart because sam knows how to deal with witchy shit. like he'd survive in a hansel and gretel situation. GET HIM JACK GET HIM this is BULLSHIT dean tried to kill him and he didn't answer the question re: "do you still think i'm a monster" fuuuuuck this WHERE IS CASTIEL, why is jack always trapped alone with dean and unable to get away OTL dean won't admit he himself is a monster either lol oops. or that sam is. oops!! dean is mourning the loss of omelets and his new mom who can cook and some semblance of normality "evil mary poppins" is very funny to me because I've been watching venture bros and dr killinger has been showing up how long has this been actually? sam's birthday is in may, did they actually celebrate all those holidays in real time? I got the impression that it was a holidays-speedrun but now I'm doubting myself why is it always torture THANK YOU SAM!! SAM SAID IT!!!! "jack is not a monster, he's a kid who's gone from one tragedy to another" THANK YOU!!! sam just won so many points with me for saying it out loud "pain is just weakness leaving the body" huh, at least it opened the door :\ sam poor baby lost all his fucking fingernails trying to stand up for jack :( it's wild seeing smoeone's eyes glow green this is why cas can't be here, because castiel could just stop her just go back to your forest lady sam's right, the men of letters just use monsters for their own ends sam goes "we care about him" dean goes "oh yeah jack's useful" which to be fair dean's trying to logic/rationalize it, that the world needs jack, but I don't know that those lines would have been reversed insofar as characterization feeling authentic she's having trouble processing her own grief ah yeah there it is "sorry I ripped your fingernails off one by one" yeah god she hasn't seen the sun in decades?? "it's an interdimensional geoscope" "I looked into it earlier and didn't see anything" "oh that's... not good" I'm glad sam and jack are talking about how jack is feeling and if he needs to talk I'm glad dean is cooking happy birhday jack where is castiel for this I have mixed feelings but I guess this turned out okay, still waiting for DEAN TO APOLOGIZE TO JACK? but dean never apologizes to anyone. the cake is a step in the right direction but cake doesn't make up for locking him in a box and threatening to kill him several times over, sorry

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2nd Generation Family Overview

I’m glad to announce that Jillian won with 63% of the votes and will be the next head of the family! It was close for a while - the vote got stuck at 50/50 for a day or so, I don’t know how I would have done if it had stayed that way.

I don’t know when I’ll publish the next chapter, I’ve been lacking inspiration this week, but I’ll be back soon.

Thank you to everyone who voted, it really means a lot to me.

TAIGA BAYLESS (BORN AISAKA) (1800-1860)

Traits: Absent-Minded, Shy, Irresistible, Hot-Headed, Hopeless Romantic.

Lifetime Wish: Martial Arts Master.

Love interests: Oliver Greenwood (former lover, deceased), Skeet Bayless (former husband, deceased), Tay Bayless (lover).

Family: Ami Huff (daughter), Calvin Dipperson (son-in-law), Adora Bayless (daughter), Steve Bayless (son), Jillian Dipperson (granddaughter).

Background: Raised in a Japanese-Dutch family, Taiga had to flee from her abusive grandfather who wanted to marry her to a drunkard against her will. She started a new life in Twinbrook, where her legacy and her story began. Taiga was a single mother that struggled between poverty and her desperate love for Skeet Bayless, a married man who were also the father of her daughter. After Skeet’s wife died, he finally married Taiga and moved in with her, putting an end to years of hardship. They had two additional children together before Skeet’s passed away. After her husband’s death, Taiga devoted herself to her garden and her martial arts skills. She eventually managed to become a Grand Master after an intensive training in China, and was granted enough money by the Emperor to build a mansion on her land where she spent her old days. She became the lover of her late husband’s son before she passed away at 60.

AMI HUFF (BORN AISAKA) (1823-?)

Traits: Genius, Loner, Frugal, Shy, Unflirty.

Lifetime Wish: Animal Rescuer.

Love interests: Calvin Dipperson (former lover), Broderick Huff (husband).

Family: Skeet Bayless (father), Taiga Bayless (mother), Chase Bayless (half-sister), Tay Bayless (half-brother), Calvin Dipperson (brother-in-law), Adora Bayless (sister), Diane Bayless (sister-in-law), Steve Bayless (brother), Jillian Goode (niece), Josh Huff (son), Clay Bayless (nephew), Shana Bayless (niece), Lily Dipperson (niece), Andrew Goode (grandnephew).

Background: Ami was a lonely but adventurous girl who grew up playing in the swamps, and who loved horses more than humans. She had seen her mother struggle most of her life, and she was determined to help. But she couldn’t forgive her mother when she decided to marry Skeet Bayless, the worthless progenitor she hated, and the source of all of their problems. She categorically refused to take his name, and insisted on keeping her mother’s name, Aisaka. The only good thing he brought with him was his mare, Bella, who became Ami’s best friend. As a teenager, she spends most of her time helping at home and riding her horse. Her worst fear was to go back to poverty: she didn’t like to take risks, and was very happy with her family’s frugal lifestyle before her mother had a mansion built. Growing up, she became a horsewoman and adopted five mares she loved as if they were her children. When her sister married, it was the first time in her life that she was living under the same roof of someone she didn’t share blood with, and she couldn’t help but falling in love with her brother-in-law, Calvin. They became lovers until Adora caught them, and she was forced to leave her home. She didn’t know she was pregnant, and since Calvin would not reply to her letters she had to raise her son on her own. When her son was four, she met Broderick Huff, the creationist butler of a rich man living out of town called Angel McConnell. They married, and her new husband adopted her son.

CALVIN DIPPERSON (1833-?)

Traits: Frugal, Socially Awkward, Bookworm, Hopeless Romantic, Good.

Lifetime Wish: Heartbreaker.

Love interests: Adora Dipperson (wife), Ami Huff (former lover).

Family: Taiga Bayless (mother-in-law), Ami Huff (sister-in-law), Steve Bayless (brother-in-law), Guadalupe Goode (son-in-law), Jillian Goode (daughter), Josh Huff (son), Clay Bayless (nephew), Shana Bayless (niece), Lily Dipperson (daughter), Andrew Goode (grand-son).

Background: Calvin was born in the haute bourgeoisie of Norwich. His mother died in childbirth and his father passed away too when he was a teenager, leaving him as the only heir of their fortune. He met Adora in senior year of business and asked her to marry him as soon as he graduated knowing that she still had three years to go before she would obtained her degree in biology, and he settled in her mother’s mansion in Twinbrook. He immediately started to invest in the local businesses, and found a business partner in the person of Angel McConnell, a bourgeois who lived out of town; he occasionally teaches economics in high school. While his wife was away, he got closer and closer to her sister Ami, and they eventually became lovers until Adora caught them and kicked Ami out. This signed the destruction of his marriage: he had betrayed his wife’s truth, and since they couldn’t divorce they were stuck together... He eventually managed to rebuild Adora’s truth until she learnt that he sexually assaulted their governess. In the meantime, he had learnt that Ami was pregnant when she was kicked out of the house, and that he had a secret 4 years-old boy called Josh. He asked Ami to not make things worse and go away, and he never heard from her again. As time passed, he became more and more conservative and christian, and when his daughter gave birth to a son, he placed great hopes in him and started to scheme with his associate in order to dispossess his daughters so his grandson could inherit instead.

ADORA DIPPERSON (BORN BAYLESS) (1836-?)

Traits: Shy, Friendly, Can’t Stand Art, Good, Neat.

Lifetime Wish: Become A Creature-Robot Cross Breeder.

Love interests: Calvin Dipperson (husband).

Family: Skeet Bayless (father), Broderick Huff (brother-in-law), Taiga Bayless (mother), Chase Bayless (half-sister), Tay Bayless (half-brother), Ami Huff (sister), Diane Bayless (sister-in-law), Steve Bayless (brother), Guadalupe Goode (son-in-law), Jillian Goode (daughter), Josh Huff (nephew), Clay Bayless (nephew), Shana Bayless (niece), Lily Dipperson (daughter), Andrew Goode (grandson).

Background: Adora’s childhood was happy. When she was a baby, she received a lot of love from her father, and a lot of attention from her half-brother and her sister when she was a toddler. Unlike her sister, she preferred to stay inside and read a good book near the fireplace. She always had all that she needed, and unlike Ami who was turned toward the past, Adora was looking forward to the future: as the heiress, she wanted to make a name for herself and pull her family towards modernity and progress. She spent the end of her childhood and her teenage years in the boarding school of Fort Starch, and then she went to university where she studied biology and developed a strong interest in the theory of transmutation of species. In university she met Calvin Dipperson, who became her husband a year after they first met. After she graduated, she started to work in a laboratory in Twinbrook and aside from that she kept working on personal projects and studying evolutionists’ thesis. She was so absorbed with her work she didn’t realize her husband was cheating on her with her sister Ami, and she kicked her out of the house. Her husband finally managed to win her truth back, but he lost it right away after she discovered he had been sexually assaulting the governess. She placed her hopes on her first daughter and wished that she would follow her steps, but Jillian was more interested in upper-class girls’ hobbies than in science, which had been a strong disappointment for Adora... Her personal work eventually paid off, and she managed to be noticed for her shattering discovery by the British Intelligence. She had been secretly working for the Queen since then.

STEVE BAYLESS (1837-?)

Traits: Ambitious, Lucky, Supernatural Skeptic, Unstable, Animal Lover..

Lifetime Wish: Presenting the Perfect Private Aquarium.

Love interests: Diane Bayless (wife).

Family: Skeet Bayless (father), Broderick Huff (brother-in-law), Taiga Bayless (mother), Chase Bayless (half-sister), Tay Bayless (half-brother), Ami Huff (sister), Calvin Dipperson (brother-in-law), Adora Dipperson (sister), Jillian Goode (niece), Josh Huff (nephew), Clay Bayless (son), Shana Bayless (daughter), Lily Dipperson (niece), Andrew Goode (grandnephew).

Background: When he was a kid, Steve was very withdrawn and lonely. He would spend his whole life fishing, and he didn’t have many friends. Everything changed after his mother died. Since he had never known his father, Steve’s half-brother Tay was just like a father to him, and since he had no children of his own he asked him to become his heir. Steve became very sociable. He met his wife on the beach and they became lover. When he learnt that Diane was pregnant, he immediately married her and became the proud father of twins. Steve owns the local journal he inherited from Tay and it is his first source of incomes.

GUADALUPE GOODE (1856-?)

Traits: Slob, Bot Fan, Supernatural Skeptic, Light Sleeper, Friendly.

Lifetime Wish: Fashion Phenomenon.

Love interests: Jillian Goode (wife), Bobbi Huffman (former lover).

Family: Pansy Goode (mother), Thad Goode (father), Calvin Dipperson (father-in-law), Adora Dipperson (mother-in-law), Josh Huff (brother-in-law), Lily Dipperson (sister-in-law), Andrew Goode (son).

Background: Guadalupe is the son of the owner of a local tailor shop who was a friend of Calvin Dipperson’s. He lost his mother when he was a teenager, and found a comforting ear in Jillian, whom he married. After he lost his father, he became the owner of the tailor-shop. He’s now the most demanded tailor of Norfolk, but he spends his whole life working and has little time for his wife and son.

JILLIAN GOODE (BORN DIPPERSON) (1859-?)

Traits: Neurotic, Loves the Cold, Shy, Eco-Friendly, Workaholic.

Lifetime Wish: Vocal Legend.

Love interests: Guadalupe Goode (husband).

Family: Taiga Bayless (grandmother), Broderick Huff (uncle), Ami Huff (aunt), Calvin Dipperson (father), Adora Dipperson (mother), Diane Bayless (aunt), Steve Bayless (uncle), Josh Huff (half-brother), Clay Bayless (cousin), Shana Bayless (cousin), Lily Dipperson (sister), Andrew Goode (son).

Background: Jillian is the first born of Adora Dipperson. She married at 15 and had her first child at 16. She’s a gentle woman with a magnificent voice and good manners, she plays piano and her ambition is to be known as a singer, but she doesn’t know how to launch her career yet. For now she sings and plays at her father’s parties in front of the whole bourgeoisie of Twinbrook, but she hope that one day, she’ll be able to perform in Rome, Paris and Saint Petersburg.

LILY DIPPERSON (1874-?)

Traits: Loner, Evil, Daredevil.

Lifetime Wish: None yet.

Love interests: None.

Family: Broderick Huff (uncle), Ami Huff (aunt), Calvin Dipperson (father), Adora Dipperson (mother), Diane Bayless (aunt), Steve Bayless (uncle), Guadalupe Goode (brother-in-law), Jillian Goode (sister), Josh Huff (half-brother), Clay Bayless (cousin), Shana Bayless (cousin), Andrew Goode (nephew).

Background: Lily is the second daughter of Adora and Calvin, and she’s not a nice kid. She doesn’t like the company of people, and people don’t like her company anyway. The person she hates the most is Callie Bone, her governess, because she’s always stopping her from doing what she wants! She doesn’t know what she wants to do when she grows up, but she knows one thing for sure: one day, stupid Mrs. Bone and all these girls who don’t want to be friends with her will pay, she’ll make sure of it.

ANDREW GOODE (1875-?)

Traits: Excitable, Disciplined, Perfectionist

Lifetime Wish: Note yet.

Love interests: None.

Family: Broderick Huff (great-uncle), Ami Huff (great-aunt), Calvin Dipperson (grandfather), Adora Dipperson (grandmother), Diane Bayless (grandaunt), Steve Bayless (granduncle), Guadalupe Goode (father), Jillian Goode (mother), Lily Dipperson (aunt).

Background: Andrew is just a toddler yet, and there’s not much to say about him. His grandfather is very implicated in his education, and is determined to raise him as a proper anglican.

SERVANTS

Cady Major “Mr. Major” (butler since 1863)

Callie Bone (born Stockton) “Mrs. Bone” (head nurse since 1863)

Erick Bone “Erick” (valet since 1868)

Trish Tolbert “Trish” (maid-of-all-work since 1868)

Yesenia Hinds “Miss Hinds” (cook since 1876)

Jaime Robin “Jaime” (gardener since 1881)

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FRIENDS. As you may know, I’ve been doing this remix project where I write an alternative version of defunct author cleanwhiteroom’s Stargate Universe fic Force over Distance. This remix has everything: psychic bond, posthumanism, M-theory, enemies to lovers, an AI that sometimes looks like Daniel Jackson and sometimes like John Sheppard, an ancient alien form of proto-Latin that I’m conlanging up...

Have you thought: MAN, I wish I could read this remix, but unfortunately I have never read nor will I ever in ten million years read this fic? GOOD NEWS: I am now writing from the beginning, so you can read along without any prior knowledge!

Have you thought: MAN, I wish I could read this fic, but unfortunately I am not a Stargate Universe fan (IS ANYONE), GOOD NEWS: you don’t have to be— especially because the fic is quite divergent from the show. Here is a complete guide to the important characters and concepts, for anyone who might be interested in joining me on this posthumanist psychic bond ancient alien journey:

The concept of Stargate Universe is that a ragtag bunch of humans are gated onto a million-year-old Ancient spaceship that is constantly traveling through a region of space impossibly distant from Earth. To understand that, you have to understand both the idea of a stargate (a magic circle that you “dial” to create a wormhole through space that transports you to another planet) and the Ancients (literally Ancient Aliens who looked like humans and interbred with humans and AS PART OF A PLOT TO CAUSE MY EARLY DEATH THROUGH STROKE spoke Latin-ish, and who were super technologically advanced and were responsible for the stargates and the city of Atlantis). A long time ago the Ancients died of a plague, and those who didn’t die figured out how to ascend (transform themselves into pure energy in order to exist on another plane).

The Destiny (the million-year-old Ancient spaceship) is reachable only by dialing a Very Special nine-chevron stargate address. Because of this, the secret Earth Air Force program responsible for the stargates established a base called Icarus (GREAT WORK GUYS! A+ NAMING!) on a planet they could use for fuel to dial the address. However, the base was attacked by evil space empire the Lucian Alliance just as Nicholas Rush figured out how to do the dialing. Rather than evacuate everyone to Earth or another location, Rush decided to dial the nine-chevron address rather than lose his chance to do so. That meant everyone who evacuated got stuck on Destiny, because they had no way to dial home. Their only contact with Earth is through the Ancient communication stones, a set of magic rocks that, because the Stargate writers don’t understand that Cartesian Dualism Is Bad, can switch a person’s consciousness with a person at the other end of the device on Earth.

Characters:

Nicholas Rush (Robert Carlyle): Rush is a surly Glaswegian mathematician who is constantly engaged in about thirty-seven secret plots at any one time. He tragically suffers from Dead Wife Syndrome, a serious disorder afflicting men on our TV sets. His wife, Gloria, was a concert violinist who died of cancer. For a while, Destiny’s computer was appearing to him as her. One time Colonel Young left Rush on an alien planet for dead after Rush framed him for murder. Then Rush got picked up by the Nakai, who put him a wetsuit (good work, guys) and tortured him (bad work, guys) until he escaped (good work, Nick).

Everett Young (Louis Ferreira): Young is “”in charge”” of the Destiny, except for when people are trying to mutiny against him. His principal character trait is Military Guy. He split up with his wife, Emily, after having an affair with TJ, but then they kind of got back together, but then Telford split them up again, and oh my god this plotline was so stupid that remembering it is sending me into a coma. Also this one time Young had to mercy-kill the wounded Hunter Riley, As Men Do.

Tamara “TJ” Johansen (Alaina Huffman): an Air Force medic who ended up being de facto doctor on the Destiny. She was pregnant with Young’s child (a daughter she was planning to call Carmen), but then either miscarried OR something spooky and mysterious transported the baby to another dimension and oh my god I thought I had come out of my coma but it was just a dream and I am in hell. She also found out through time shenanigans that she is going to develop ALS in the future and die from it.

David Telford (Lou Diamond Philips): a sinister, devious, and super hard-core Air Force colonel whose loyalties are always slightly unclear. (For a while he was brainwashed by the Lucian Alliance.) He wasn’t part of the Destiny crew, but he ended up on Destiny a few times due to various shenanigans. One time future!Rush killed Telford, then downloaded an Ancient database into his head and committed suicide. So they have a totally normal relationship.

Ronald Greer (Jamil Walker Smith): a soldier with a temper/self-control problem who, despite having no character traits except for being angry, is actually really fun to watch.

Chloe Armstrong (Elyse Levesque): the daughter of a senator, who was working as his aide when they ended up on Destiny. He died. She got abducted by the Nakai, who genetically altered her, which made her dangerous (which got fixed) and a math genius (which didn’t).

Eli Wallace (David Blue): a nerd self-insert OCn MIT dropout who solved an impossible math problem in a video game. That won him an involuntary trip to Icarus Base, which is how he ended up on the Destiny.

Camile Wray (Ming-Na Wen): an International Oversight Advisory (the UN body overseeing the stargate stuff) politician who ends up in charge of non-military stuff on Destiny. She has a girlfriend back on Earth.

Matthew Scott (Brian J. Smith): a young soldier whose main character trait is that he’s dating Chloe.

The Science Team: Brody (laid back dude who makes moonshine as a hobby), Volker (hapless guy whom Rush hates), and Park (sweet woman who is dating Greer) work on the Destiny science team, which exists for Rush to yell at sometimes. Dr. Franklin used to work on the science team, until they discovered a neural interface chair on the ship— the Ancients use to build these interfaces that would allow the user to do stuff like download a database of knowledge or fly a city or interface with weapons and stuff— and it fried his brain and uploaded his consciousness to the ship.

The Lucian Alliance: a bunch of Lucian Alliance people boarded Destiny at one point. Imagine a bunch of D-list actors dressed in leather pretending to be space mercenaries. A couple of them were “good” in the sense that they were “morally not terrible:” Ginn (a young hacker whom Eli fell in love with, but then who got killed later, but her consciousness got uploaded to Destiny’s computer, and it’s SO not worth going into) and Varro (a dude TJ fell in love with despite the fact that he looks like a weird muscular bird).

The Nakai: blue insectoid aliens who are always chasing Destiny and trying to conquer it. They mentally torture/interrogate anyone they come in contact with, preferentially by sticking them in tanks full of water with psychic transmitters on their heads.

Also: remember Daniel Jackson, from SG-1? Keep him in mind.

John Sheppard and Rodney McKay, too.

In conclusion,

(I could not find a source for that gif of Rush, so let me know if it’s yours.)

#stargate universe #cleanwhiteroom #force over distance #22k words of this are up now #and i should be posting at least one chapter a week #JOIN ME ON THIS JOURNEY #the stargate pit

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theythemsam · 5 years

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spn 9x20 + 9x21, liveblog, collected posts (all 17 of them) or as i like to call it: i don’t like bloodlines, so I didn’t rewatch it, I have not more than 3 thoughts about that episode. The next episode has Crowley time, Abaddon’s time running out, angel mocking TM, hugsssssss and Dean being a garbage man because of the mark.

9x20:

Oh no, it’s the bloodlines episode… Imma skip it.

(All I remember is that it’s monsters fighting in the city & a black woman dies for man pain. Im decided to read the transcript to like see if theres good lines… I will criticize it based on that bc im not wasting 40 minutes. There’s agents Sam & Dean there. Then we have a really weird line about penetration and murder with a gun? Why? I don’t like it. Then we have the reveal of the Monster Families running the city, which is WILD! Sam and Dean kill some monsters and the main dude character (a black male main characters in a motw show could have been interesting though) has an interesting background story revealed, but none of that sounds remotely interesting enough to ever make me want to watch this bs)

9x21:

Old timey Scotland times

#so something to do with Crowley probably

The one angel dude really has no friends

#its so awkward asdfgh #id feel sad if he wasn’t such an idiot

Literally none of the angel actors are scary

#they are all baby faced and adorable

Cas!!! My boy’s back!!! HELL YEAH!!!

Second Sastiel hug this season

#I’ll never be over that one very awkward moment where Cas just leaves his hand on Sam’s side for just like a second too long #dating :P

I am so bored of Crowley. I’m also bored of the angel drama, but demon drama is not any better.

#IM TIRED

Crowley’s torture torture torture line is funny though

Sam just roasting the angel dude to get him to talk asdfghjk

#its so funny

Sam: “Buddy, the gates are sealed. No one can get in.” laughs condescendingly

The angel dude: “You’re wrong, I know everything, it’s time to spill all my state secrets!!!”

Abaddon and Crowley as disappointed demon for Crowley’s stupid son is so funny

#are you angels? We must be in heaven! #both: wow…..

Sam feels guilty for Kevin, I’m gonna cry

“I’ve seen you through Sam Winchester’s eyes and he trusts you. You have a reputation for honor.” I Scream

#the sastiel is strong

Dean just whipping the corpse knife on his jacket is so disgusting

#i hope it doesn’t survive this episode

Alaina Huffman’s evil laugh is so weird

#that whole scene is so over the top #like I know were killing the big bad but asdfgh

Oh Fuck, I forgot Dean literally lifts Abaddon when he stabs her with the sword. Like she’s floating in the air. Because that totally makes sense. He just picks her up with the sword. One handed. How strong that man is!

Also I still don’t get that they don’t just kill Crowley

#he deserves it #i just really hate crowley

#spn 9x20 #spn 9x21 #collections #sam liveblogs

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imagining-supernatural · 7 years

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Supernatural Survey

@deanssweetheart23 is the lovely person who tagged me! Also, I have a long weekend and now I’m starting to get bored, so I took the time to add gifs to each question. I probably spent more time on this than I should have ;)

1. What season did you start watching Supernatural? Season 9 was airing when I started watching during my senior year in high school. So my first real season finale where I had to wait for the next season was Dean becoming a demon. Talk about horrible!

2. Who was the first character you fell in love with?

Deanie Beanie! I just fell in love with his season 1 swagger and joking and flirting and confidence and hiding his emotions and everything.

3. Who was a character that you hated at first but grew to love? Meg 2.0. I guess it was kind of what the writers wanted, though. Cause I liked Meg 1.0 at first, then I started hating her. So when Meg 2.0 came around, I hated her. However, she had that redemption arc and I started liking her again.

4. Which character would you most want to be in a long-term relationship with?

Sam. Dean. Sam. Dean. Sam Dean Sam Dean HOW DO I CHOOSE? Okay, long-term? Probably Dean. I feel like Sam would be more attentive and pay much closer attention to me than Dean would. I mean, Dean is overprotective, sure, but he wouldn’t be suffocating with his affection, you know? And I’m very independent so it’s very important to me that I’m not drown in affection and stuff.

5. If you could go on just one date with one character, which one would you choose?

One date? Let’s see... Charlie, probably.

6. What would you do on the date?

Some nerdy shit. LARP or conventions or bookstores or dance party or binging a TV show or whatever. Seriously I think that a date with Charlie would be so much fun!!

7. Which character would you most want to be like?

Jody. I love her. She is so fucking strong. Like, she lost her son and husband in that zombie attack thing, but then she still stayed in town and didn’t run away to get her head together or whatever. And she became the fucking sheriff!! As if that’s not enough to prove her strength, she also becomes a badass hunter, all while balancing a regular job. C’mon! Not even Sam and Dean can walk that line between normal life and hunting life. THEN to add to that, we get Alex and Claire? Two rebellious teenage girls? And Jody raises them and they’re both amazing young women! (Claire is still a rebel but whatever). THEN you add Sam and Dean to that mix and how Jody is the mother they deserve and I just fucking love Jody, okay? If I could be like her in any small part, I would be so deliriously happy.

8. Which character would you most like to see brought back from the dead?

Bobby, Ellen, Jo, and Charlie. Those are my four dead characters that NEED to come back. Like, ASAP

9. Which character would you most like to punch?

Azazel (but he was an amazing character, so maybe not?) Adam was a whiny little douche. I could punch him.

10. Who is your absolute favorite character?

Absolute favorite? How about no? I can’t choose! Why would you do this to me? Sam or Dean for sure. I mean, you can’t have one without the other so... it counts, right?

11. Which “Big Bad” do you think was the worst?

Azazel. But not because he was the strongest or most evil or anything (I mean, you can’t get much stronger than God’s Sister, or more evil than Lucifer. Plus, Azazel was helping Lucifer, so I guess Lucifer would be the biggest bad) Anyway. Azazel was the biggest bad in my mind because the boys didn’t know how to deal with him. They were still learning. They hadn’t dealt with a “Big Bad” yet. In the future seasons, they’re kinda like “Another one? I’ll go get the lore books” but for Azazel they were like “Um, what? We don’t know other hunters! We don’t have an angel and a demon and a bunker full of lore! What do we do??”

12. Which character are you most like?

I think I’m more like Jo. I have this fire to prove myself. To prove that I can do things on my own. That I don’t need anyone’s permission. But I’m still fiercely loyal to my family.

13. What death hit you the hardest?

Ellen and Jo. (They died at the same time. It counts as one) I just loved them. So. Freaking. Much.

14. What season finale hit you the hardest?

Season 3, 4, 5

15. What are your ten all-time favorite episodes?

This question is like cruel and unusual torture. Seriously, I had to narrow down 264 episodes to about 30. Then down to 10. T.O.R.T.U.R.E. Anyway, they’re in chronological order since there was no way I was gonna rank them.

Bloody Mary

Asylum

No Exit

All Hell Breaks Loose (Part 1)

Family Remains

Abandon All Hope...

Swan Song

The French Mistake

The Born Again Identity

Red Meat

16. What’s been your favorite season?

Season 4. Hands down. No questions asked. As a demonstration: My friend kept trying to insist that season 5 was the best and I asked him why. Then he listed a few of the episodes that he liked and almost every single episode was in season 4. So then he said, “Hmm. I guess I like season 4 best, then.”

17. Who is your favorite angel?

Gabriel. I like Cas, but I like human!Cas better than angel!Cas, so I guess I need to go with Gabe. Also, he’s totally coming back. He’s not dead. Psh.

18. Who’s your favorite demon?

Ruby 2.0 I love how Gen portrayed her

19. Who’s your favorite evil character?

Azazel was so well written. I hate him, but my writer’s brain is like “THAT IS HOW YOU WRITE A VILLAIN. THAT RIGHT THERE IS GOALS!!!” so I have to say him.

20. Do you have any Supernatural ships?

Sam and Eileen. LOVED THEM!!! Hated that she died. I mean, she totally didn’t die and denial is a great way to live life.

21. Who’s your favorite supporting actor?

Jody. See my answer for question 7 if you need an explanation.

22. What’s your favorite quote from the show?

“We’re all a little weird, we’re all a little wacky, some more than others, but if it works, it works.” ~Dean 9x12

23. If you could cast one famous actor in an episode of SPN, who would you chose?

Katie McGrath. I love her so much.

24. If you could write your own episode, what kind of creature would you like to see included?

A dragon. Like, a real dragon. With scales and wings and fire breathing and stuff. Not that weird dragon episode with the dragon men. I was so disappointed in that one. I would do a dragon episode, but I would do it right.

25. Who’s your favorite girl that Dean’s hooked up with?

The Amazon chick. Mostly because we got this scene:

26. Who’s your favorite girl that Sam’s hooked up with?

Madison. That episode was heartbreaking.

27. What are some of your favorite convention moments?

youtube

28. If you were going to guest star (or be a recurring guest star) on SPN, how would you want your character described?

Kinda like a female version of Garth? Weird, kinda klutzy, but still a good hunter. Compassionate, but unrelenting.

29. What do you hope to see in the next season?

Saving people. Hunting things. The family business. (Totally stealing your answer, Athina) I just want a good season. I want a good plot and I want it to get back to the basics.

30.-40. If you had to choose…

Bobby or John? Bobby

Bela or Ruby? Ruby

Jess or Madison? Jess

Jo or Lisa? Jo

Charlie or Kevin? Charlie (both? can I do that?)

Balthazar or Ash? Ash

Cas or Crowley? Cas

Ben or Claire? Claire

Jody or Donna? Jody

Sam or Dean? I refuse to answer this one

Tagging a bunch of people in my notes because their URLs caught my attention: @dancing-the-hellfire-rumba (because I gotta) @broken-angel-withashotgun (because I love your URL and I love that song) @jensenacklesfuckmeyes (Love your URL too! Mmmm) @castiel-loves-them-bees (yes, Castiel does ;) @sushidoesntneedtoknow (I feel like there’s a story behind this URL) @whatevs2416 (I’m pretty sure it’s because I’ve seen you in my notes that I’ve started saying “whatevs” again) @fonduegames (Cause, those are games that I would love to be a part of)

#tag game #about the author

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