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lullabyes22-blog · 1 year

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You've mentioned points you like about Silco? Is there anything you dislike?

Oh lmao, I have a whole bunch. But that's mostly dislikes on the writing choices - and my own politics and biases coming into play.

They will come into play, of course, because the consumption of art is inherently filtered through one's own biases. It's why I enjoy the series so much, because each take tells me so much about the viewer's own life experiences and worldview (CaitVi is adorable vs CaitVi is faux-woke Copaganda, Silco was a manipulative shit vs Silco is the best dad ever, Jinx blowing up the Council was an act of irredeemable terrorism vs. a reckoning both justifiable and overdue etc.)

But regarding Silco:

One of the factors I feel weakened Silco's character was the lack of coherent plan re: the nation of Zaun. A five-point manifesto etc that would detail what he wants for Zaun as an independent nation - and explain why people like Sevika backed him in the first place.

We get a brief chickenshit version during his parley with Jayce (amnesty, access to the trade routes via the Hex Gates etc). But the very amnesty concept is bulldozed by Jayce's demand for Jinx, and Silco just folds and laments in a way that's completely out of character.

However, I blame that less on the character than on Riot games in general. Anyone familiar with their MO knows they write their revolutionaries as spiteful assholes with no end-goal beyond ~*chaos! mwahaha*~

Silco is no exception to this. They likely also knew that giving him a concrete plan for Zaun's independence would take away from the villain status he's meant to occupy, and make audiences start to question, "Why is this guy actually making sense?"

It happened for a lot of the audience anyway. But much like Magneto in X-Men and Eric Killmonger in Black Panther, the narrative quickly gives him lots of Kick the Dog moments as if to remind us that the guy actually bothering to champion for respect is soooo evol whereas the centrist Papa Wolf type (ilu Vander, but dude…) who is preaching patience and passivity while their people are literally assaulted in the street is squarely in the right.

Of course, we're told the story through Vi's and Powder's perspective, so the man who kidnapped their dad won't win any brownie points. But the centrism-is-good/all-we-need-is-love narrative is deeply on brand for Riot. Heck, even Screen Junkies has called out their 'very fine people on both sides' style of storytelling. As if a Fair Cop with *misfit syndrome* from an immensely privileged background and a bunch of pampered pricks at the top of the social ladder are somehow equal in their level of suffering to a group of outcasts whose literal air and water is poisoned thanks to their indifference.

Jayce is interesting in that he's clearly meant to be middle to upper middle class. He's also the placeholder for many of the engineers and artists within Arcane's production team itself, so his struggles to leave a mark and break through social barriers for the sake of recognition mirror their own.

It's a sweet underdog tale, and compelling in its own right. But then they have Jayce inadvertently serving as the shining innovator foil to Silco's dark opportunist. And that's where the comparison falls flat because a boy from humble beginnings, but still in Piltover's inner-fold, is nowhere near the same as a man whose whole character is typified by poverty, corruption, and ostracism.

It's why Viktor serves as a much better parallel to Jayce (also the whole sciencebros thing is cute.)

Meanwhile, the popularity of CaitVi often tends to automatically exempt Caitlyn from blame, because she's not manipulative or fame-hungry, just ignorant. By the end *Her Eyes Have Been Opened* (and possibly her thighs, but I digress...) However, ignorance is by definition both a privilege and a danger, especially if it's ignorance at the expense of someone else's suffering. I guess in S2 they'll maybe low-key 'punish' her for it with (possible spoiler - Cassandra Kirraman's death), but we'll cross that bridge for her character arc when it happens.

Back to Silco though. Development into his Nation of Zaun dream was sorely lacking beyond wordy abstraction. I get that they wrote him as a 'svengali' type, so verbal thaumaturgy is his shtick. But if they really wanted him to be a 'sorta villain' as opposed to a full-blown one, then nuance re: his lifelong mission would've gone a long way. Ditto for him and Jayce being subtle mirrors re: the heights and depths of innovation, which didn't work, and which made the final parley scene feel kinda trite.

I, of course, welcome counterarguments. Just keep it polite<3

#asks #arcane #arcane league of legends #arcane netflix #arcane silco #silco #silco meta #silco headcanon #arcane headcanon

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seffien · 1 year

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(finally getting off my ass and writing this out)

Mwahaha fool. Ask the devil and they shall answer. (So it doesn't look like I'm just torturing your oc's without YOUR permission)

Here is how The Suffering plays out.

I've gone back and reread some lore and came up with a few things. First, what has Miko's(8) greatest fear been?

A: Being a soldier. Or rather, becoming like those she grew up around. A hate filled octarian trained to be let loose on the enemy.

So she leaves Alterna. A bag on her back with the few remaining possessions she has, her phone, and the charger. All she has to do is check Squitter™️ to find Veronika(n3), and wow. What a nice friend group she has. (The promo kids)

She had friends once. She only got Squitter because Masu(4) egged her and Jun(3) to keep in touch while they were away in Splatsville. She scrolls their dead accounts. The most recent photo is Koko riding her squee-g.

She trembles, then remembers. "She's safe." Jun had left her with Callie before...

She gags. She has to push forward. They'll be avenged soon enough. She starts by friending the two crazy ones. They seem to have some sort of beef with Veronika, but regardless. She's found a route in.

Annie loves her. Finally, the anti-ronnie squad is 3 strong!

But Tako is IMMEDIATELY put off. She knows crazy, sees it in her bestie, but the look in Miko's eyes isn't that. It's calculated. Analytical. She wants something from them.

After maybe their 3rd hangout Tako finally confronts her after Annie leaves. "You don't just hate her, you loathe her."

They bicker back and forth in an alley until Tako finally sees it. The ragged clothes, her bag hidden behind a dumpster, The dead look in Miko's eyes as she tries to keep it together. 'She's psychotic'.

Tako threatens to out her intentions, tries to run out the alley, but Miko acts instinctually. The sickening crack of the charger piercing Tako's helmet shakes her, as she watches the girl fall limp to the floor.

"No.. NONONONONO!"

Her medical training kicks in. Checks vitals, assesses the wound. She knows it's fatal before she even touches the body.

She sits there for hours clutching herself. Rocking back and forth trying to close reopened trauma, all while whispering "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." to the body in front of her.

She knows she can't be caught. Not yet. Successfully shoving her emotions in a bag, she gazes down at Tako's body and picks up their phone, and what appears to be apartment keys. 1 down, 7 to go. She's smart, she'll figure something out.

Days later, the garbage truck finds Tako's slowly dissolving body in the dumpster. By then, few remain.

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The news of a deliberate murder is shocking. Deep cut, unaware of what happened, go back to Alterna. The graves. The demolished equipment. Slowly, Marie & Craigs cover up slowly unravels.

Marina calls Callie, for once she answers. Miko blocked both her and Pearl's number, and they don't know what's happening. Guilt-ridden and desperate to spill everything, she confesses about Masu's death.

Both Deep cut and Off the Hook converge on the Squid Sisters.

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Hiro doesn't know why his friends are being targeted, but he's scared. He made his way to Ronnie's apartment because now she wasn't responding. He knocks on her door, but after no response he breaches his way in.

Horrified and on the verge of taking her own life sits Veronika on her bed. Tears streak her face, her heroshot tightly gripped in hand. Hiro desperately tries to comfort her, but can't make sense of what she's rambling about.

Her fault? She deserves this?

Concerned, he offers her to stay over at his place. "You don't deserve to be alone right now." As he helps her pack to leave, she screams. He swiftly turns around.

Standing and glaring them down through the broken doorway is Miko. "I found you."

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ANYWAYS tune in next time where I try to write a happier prompt~ :DDDD

#i appreciate the incorporation of my hc where annie and tako hate veronika but WOW.#at least i can count on you for angst and fic material #splatoon #splatoon 2 #splatoon 3 #asksef #sefsagents #tw death

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writeforfandoms · 7 months

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Oh my GODDDD BORNFORGREATNESS BONUS 4 IM ACTUALLY SO VIOLENTLY ILL GHOST HUG GHOSTHUG GHOST HUG he was so GEBTLE MY EYES ARE PROJECTILE VOMITING TEARS THIS CHAPTER IS EVERYTHING TO ME IT IS MY WHOLE WORLD YOU DONT EVEN UNDERSTAND IT'S ARURGHHHHHH lmao love how Logan knew IMMEDIATELY ITS SO FUNNY HE'S LITERALLY THE FIRST ONE TO FIGURE IT OUT ITS SO ON BRAND AND LISTEN I KNOW NOBODY WANTS ME TO WAIL OVER LOGAN AGAIN IM SORRY BUT HRHRRRUHRURUEUUEUEUEUEUE HES SO FATHER FIGURE IM WAILING MOVIE TIMES AND CUDDLES :(((( HE MOVES TO A SPOT AUTOMATICALLY TO TAKE PICTURES IM ILL. LOGAAAN IM ON THE GROUND. DEAD. DO YOU EVEN KNOW. And price is there ig🙄 /J DJHFEHJE HE WAS SO SUPPORTIVE:((( ITS ALL SO FLUFFY ABD SWEET AND JTS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED TODAY SENDING SO MUCH LOVE THROUGH THE BRAINWAVES RAHHHHH

-🦄

Ghost hug!!! That definitely seems to have been one of the highlights lol. Logan absolutely figured it out first because he hadn't been around her for a bit so he noticed the change in scent immediately. Look. LOOK. Your love of Logan gives me life, never ever apologize for it 💖💖 fluffy and sweet is my specialty! (Right up there next to making everyone suffer mwahaha) thank you darling!!

#🦄 anon

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drachenheld · 2 years

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Rereading Siegfried’s interludes and I got thinking on Hagen. And honestly what a character he is. And in the bad way.

Almost immediately after his act of “mwahaha I’m taking the gold for myself” was foiled and started talking on Siegfried’s death, he essentially pushed all the blame on him. Sure, Siegfried made mistakes in the first place, but he was basically in a bad headspace at that point in life. Here he wanted to avoid the death of thousands of innocents and his loved ones, Brunhilde’s army was that scary. Even after marrying Kriemhild he had believed that no one cared for him outside of his title as Hero, outside of his wife. After all, he had lived a good portion of his life as a wish-granting machine. All he had done was spilling blood in the name of a hollow Justice and everyone abused that, Gunther being a very central piece of it, as he denied him even a small talk with Kriemhild after he had declared he went to Burgundy in the first place to marry her, so it further cemented these feelings even deeper.

For someone who supposedly called himself his ‘brother’ and having shared dreams and ambitions while drinking, he quickly took on the opportunity of killing Siegfried. Instead of trying to talk him out of his own scheme to die so the conflict would die down, discussing any other alternative course of action, or hell, even telling Kriemhild just how bad the situation was on Siegfried and talk him out of it? After all, he went through all of the problem just to marry her, didn’t he? Didn’t he possibly think that maybe, just maybe he would be more willing to listen to the love of his life? But no, just take the first chance to knife your ‘best friend’ in the back and then cry “You gave me no choice, your actions made me suffer!” He also didn’t think that maybe, just maybe! Leaving Siegfried’s body in front of her chambers would actually piss the hell out of her? That maybe she had justified feelings of hatred and anger? He willingly took on the role of villain so quickly, yet when retribution came to him he started immediately crying how Kriemhild’s actions ruined ‘his’ and Siegfried’s sacrifice, how dare her try to avenge her beloved. Yet the only one who truly sacrificed himself in the end was Siegfried,. What did Hagen suffer? Remorse? If he took the chance to kill him as quickly, then that guilt faded as quick. Hagen suffered nothing. Only Siegfried and Kriemhild did at the end of the day.

Let’s not even talk on Hagen’s treatment of Kriemhild in the original Nibelungenlied, the man had nothing to win or lose in the first place. Gunther would have had to answer for his schemes and Siegfried would have had to answer for this too, but Hagen straight up just went to Brunhilde and supported her pleas to kill Siegfried, despite gaining nothing but to make Kriemhild suffer. Even tricked her into telling him where Siegfried’s only weakspot is.

And then, Kriemhild decided to you know, be a good widow and use Siegfried’s hoard of gold after killing the Dragon for charity. And yet, despite having tricked her and killing her husband mercilessly, he goes out of his way WITH NOTHING TO GAIN, and sent the gold to the depths of the Rhine because he was just that petty. If anything this only actually made Kriemhild snap and actually start plotting her revenge on him and her brother. So congratulations Hagen, you brought this upon yourself.

#[ fuck hagen von tronje; all my homies hate hagen von tronje ]#.[ ooc ; the blade is down ]

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silver-ace-of-spades · 1 year

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The Blazing Silver Light of Paldea

Chapter 20: Herir

Blaze has a really bad morning, so Silver comforts her and they have a relaxing afternoon and evening.

filler while i wait for the dlc to drop

big angst

(loves my blorbo. tortures her. silver's been through enough for a while, it's blaze's turn to suffer. mwahaha)

tw: panic attack, swearing, throwing up (much less than last chapter), mention of animal death, choking (not the fun kind)

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Silver woke up to a text from Arven and gasped in horror when he read it.

"Silver! It's urgent! Duke only has a month left to live! We need the other Herba Mystica fast!"

Blaze woke up when she heard Silver panic. She looked tiredly at him and yawned.

"Mmmph... what is–"

"Duke's gonna die in a month if we don't do something!"

Blaze perked up and ran to the bathroom to get changed while Silver got changed in the main room. The teens had a quick breakfast and took their meds, then flew to the Asado Desert.

The teens searched for the Titan and found a huge robotic Donphan. It saw them and created a huge cloud of dust and an earthquake. The teens fell to the ground as they choked on the dust.

"Silver!" Blaze shouted in a panic. They sent out Robin to blow the dust away, then checked on their friend, who was struggling to get up and catch his breath.

"Hey– Hitchoo! ...Whew, sorry, you okay?" Blaze asked.

"No.... It... hurts..." Silver wheezed out.

Blaze dug through her backpack and got out one of Silver's inhalers just in case.

Professor Turo suddenly called while Blaze was making sure Silver was okay.

"That is Iron Treads, from Area Zero. A very dangerous– Are you okay, Silver?"

The hedgehog coughed and gasped for a few seconds and shook his head. It was really hard to breathe in all the dust.

"We... just–" Silver got cut off by a desparate gasp.

"Need this?" Blaze asked, offering Silver his inhaler.

Silver barely choked out a whimper and nodded. Their chest and freshly healed ribs hurt.

Blaze gave the inhaler to Silver and talked to Professor Turo while Silver took some time to recover.

As the two of them spoke, the Iron Treads got ready to steamroll the teens, so Blaze shot fire at it to stop it.

"Silver, we gotta stop Iron Treads." She told him.

"Give me a minute..." Silver panted and put a hand on their chest. "I just choked on a bunch of dust..."

Iron Treads roared and Silver realized what Blaze meant. He didn't say a word, but sent out Charlie.

Blaze sent out Carolina due to the fact that she wasn't weak to Ground-Type moves.

"Bl-Blaze..." Silver coughed. "Spicy air... isn't helpful..."

Iron Treads easily defeated Charlie, but Carolina was still standing, so she retaliated with a Fire Fang.

The Titan eventually defeated all 12 of the teens' Pokémon, then tried to attack them. Blaze used a Revive on Coal and Silver sent out Miraidon, who cowered in fear at Iron Treads.

"Coal! Use Helping Hand on Miraidon!" Blaze shouted.

Miraidon gained a huge increase in speed temporarily, and the teens rode to Cascarrafa with the speed of an Electrode.

The teens flew off from all the momentum and faceplanted into the stream. The water stung, and neither of them could swim that well. Miraidon picked Silver up first, then Blaze, and set them on the street. The teens coughed up some water and Blaze started to whimper in fear. Her heart raced and her breathing became tense.

"That hurt..." Silver groaned. He began coughing again and spat out some more water. "Bleh, inhaling water sucks..."

"You... you... Silver!!!" Blaze exclaimed. "Are you okay?"

"I'm okay. What about you?"

Blaze sniffled and tried to hide her tears. "We... we... we could've drowned..." She coughed, and a few puffs of steam left her mouth.

"Want a hug?" Silver asked. Their question was answered when a pair of warm arms tightly wrapped around them. "Oof!! Cough! -You're... squishing... me."

"Sorry... Scared..." Blaze loosened her grip and sobbed into the hedgie's shoulder, and he smiled gently and comforted her.

"I know."

Blaze felt nauseous from their panic. They tried to relax their breathing, but it stayed tense. They felt like their heart would burst from their chest, and they were unable to calm down. Their emetophobia made the situation worse, since the thought of puking made them more anxious, and as a result, made them more nauseous.

She suddenly let go of Silver and leaned over the stream. She violently heaved, and molten lava got pushed up from her stomach and fell into the water. Tears evaporated from her eyes and she hyperventilated from the emotional and physical distress she was feeling.

"Augh! Gross!!!" Silver exclaimed, sticking his tongue out in disgust. "Ahem, sorry. I just... y'know..." He started to panic and whimper from how upset he was.

Blaze's entire mouth and throat were coated with ash and soot that she constantly inhaled. The fact that she was hyperventilating made it so much worse. She coughed up some smoke along with the ash and soot with every painful breath, with so much force that she gagged.

"You... you oka–" Silver started.

Blaze leaned over the river and more lava got spewed out. Their mouth and throat got filled with even more ash and soot. It was hell. From the unbearable pain in their throat, to the soreness in their body, to the immense difficulty breathing, to the emetophobia. It was like a small trial of what Silver experienced in the ER. They weren't drowning from the inside like he was, but it still felt awful.

"Stop!" Silver shouted. He saw Blaze's tears and heard her labored breathing, then sighed and apologized. "I have no right... to say that, considering... I just went through... exactly what you're... going through, but worse."

Blaze felt a sharp pain in her chest and it became impossible to breathe. She desparately tried to cough out the ashes in her lungs and windpipe, but it felt undoable.

This is it. This is how I die. She thought. Tears burst from her eyes and she put her hands over her neck in hopes that someone would notice.

Silver moved to the left of Blaze and sighed. "Are you okay?" He offered to hold her hand. "That was pretty scary."

Silver gasped in horror, got behind Blaze, and repeatedly and firmly pushed on their chest with his fists until they coughed up a huge plume of ash and some gross ashy slime, then he sighed in relief. Blaze was breathing again. They gasped for air and panted heavily.

Blaze coughed up several puffs of smoke and held Silver's hand. She spoke in a strained voice. "Th– Wheeze! -thank– Wheeze! ...thank you..."

"Watch out!" Silver exclaimed as they waved some smoke out of their face. They put a hand on their chest and coughed for a few seconds. It was painful and hard to breathe, but Blaze needed emotional support.

"Sorry." Blaze sniffled and wiped some tears from their eyes. They wheezed in pain and kept crying.

"Do you–" Silver coughed a few times and fanned the air in front of his face. "...want a hug?"

"I don't– Cough! Hack! -want you to have an asthma attack..." Blaze muttered. She put a hand over her mouth to block some smoke from hitting her friend's face. Unfortunately, some smoke hit him, and she choked on the smoke she held in.

Silver coughed and choked on the smoke in his face at the same time, and hugged Blaze. She smiled and hugged him back. It was nice being hugged by a friend, even if he was wheezing from all the smoke.

"Cough buddies!" Silver giggled. He saw Blaze's slight smile and lit up with a huge grin of his own.

Silver's humor and positivity were contagious, and Blaze started laughing. Unfortunately, due to how unbearably sore their throat was, they quickly started coughing again. Smoke billowed from their mouth and Silver choked on it.

The hedgehog let out several hacking coughs and wheezed in pain. Their chest hurt more and it got even harder to breathe.

"Are you okay?" Blaze asked. Tears evaporated from their eyes and they whimpered.

"N-no..." Silver fanned the smoke away and struggled to catch his breath, so he got some water and a puff of medicine to help.

"Do you... need... anything?" Silver asked. Their voice was destroyed and agonizingly scratchy.

"Need... drink..." The cat wheezed out painfully.

Silver got a bottle of water for Blaze and gave it to her. "I don't know how... we're such... close friends." They coughed twice and smiled sheepishly.

"What do you mean?" Blaze asked as she took a sip of water.

"You're Pyrokinetic. I'm pyrophobic... and asthmatic. We should not be able... to coexist the way we do." Silver explained.

Blaze chuckled and ruffled Silver's quills. He laughed and pushed her hand away, then the teens just sat there for a few minutes until Blaze felt better.

"Thank you for being my friend." The cat smiled.

"Feeling better?" Silver asked.

"I think so. My throat's still extremely sore, and I'm still a bit upset, but I'm not one mishap away from spiraling out of control anymore." She let out a fiery cough.

Silver flinched, then laughed at his reaction. "I can't believe I flinched because you coughed. Glad your fire's back."

Blaze giggled and blushed. The fact that a pyrophobe was so close to her felt so amazing.

Silver helped Blaze to her feet, then held her hand as the two of them walked to the Pokémon Center.

"Good morning. We'd like our Pokémon healed, please." Silver said. They got all their Pokéballs out and handed them to the nurse. Blaze did the same and tried to hide the fact that she had just cried.

The nurse healed the Pokémon and smiled. "Next time try to be more careful."

The teens thanked the nurse and flew back to Medali to relax for a while.

"Why don't we stay here for the day, since you still seem a tiny bit on edge?" Silver asked.

"Mm-hmm... I'm hungry..." Blaze muttered.

"Why don't we get some food? I'm a bit hungry too. Where should we go?" The hedgehog asked.

Blaze suggested Seabreeze Café, so the teens went there for lunch. Blaze ordered spicy potatoes and Silver ordered alfajores. They both got lemon sodas.

"Can I try some of your food?" Blaze asked. "You can try some of mine."

Silver nodded and tried a potato wedge. His face got red, snot dripped from his nose, and some tears formed in his eyes. He coughed for several seconds, fanned his mouth, and stuck his tongue out to air it out.

"Too spicy... Way too spicy..."

Blaze laughed a bit and checked on their friend. "The potatoes use Scovillain sauce. Should've warned you."

"That explains it..." Silver wheezed out. They took a sip of lemon soda and panted in hopes of airing their mouth out.

The teens took a few minutes to eat their food, then paid and went back to the motel.

"So... Cough! ...you feeling any better?" Silver asked.

"Oof, you're still coughing, huh? Sorry for not warning you about how spicy the potatoes were." Blaze chuckled nervously. They blushed and turned away embarrassedly. "I'm a Pyrokinetic, which plays a part in my spice tolerance."

"I have zero spice tolerance. I don't know why I willfully tried a spicy potato." Silver coughed twice, then grinned adorably and blushed.

"You're a good friend. I think you knew I'd find it funny." Blaze smiled.

"Haha, it is funny looking back." Silver told the cat. "Let's watch some Sailor Eevee and get stuff done tomorrow."

Blaze nodded, so the teens had a relaxing rest of their day.

#toxic electricity #the blazing silver light of paldea #panic attack tw #emeto tw #animal death ment tw #hurt/comfort #swearing tw

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moononastring · 3 years

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hello hello hi how are you? I’ve been suffering yes, how could you tell?

LETS GO GIRLS

first, manon: WOW WOW WOW HOW THE TABLES TURN

the fact that her rebellion came from saving asterin’s like? YES YES YES YES

AND HER HERITAGE BEING HALF CROCHAN???? SHE FINDING OUT SHE MURDERED HER SISTER????????? her whole story was heartbreaking, truly. AND LEMME TELL YOU I WAS NOT EXPECTING IT AT ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL

I like that her change was gradual, it didn’t feel forced at all, sarah made her arc very good, you were right (btw her interaction with dorian? About how she would sell her soul for news of her thirteen? 🥺 pls)

Now the burning question..... do i like her????? I must say I don’t dislike her the same way i used to but.... she’s growing on me ngl to you. ALSO ABRAXOS I LOVE HIM MY BABBBBBYYYYYYY HE’S SO PRECIOUS AND CLEVER I WANNA GIVE HIM A PAT ON THE HEAD

AND WTF HAPPENED AT SKULL BAYYYYYYY LYSANDRA MY LOVE MY QUEENNNNNNN SHE IS SO STRONG AND SO SMART SHE IS ODHDJSBDJSHDJSXHHD MVP INDEED

AND WHEN AEDION SHOT THE SEA WYVERN IN THE FUCKING THROAT PLS HE’S SO HOT

(And thei lil marriage talk??? Like i know it was ‘mostly’ for funsies and distracting her to keep her alive but......................👀)

That whole scene kept me in my toessssss!!!!!! So good and adventurous UGH i loved it SO MANY PLOT TWISTS AND AELIN LIKE BECOMING A GODDESS FOR A SECOND AND ROWANS DUMB DOG BRAIN (I LOVE HIM TO DEATH) SACRIFICING HIMSELFFFFFF AAAAA I CRI

AND MISTER AND MISSUS GALANTHYNIUS FUCKING ON THE BEACHHHHHHH YESSSSSSSS SHE WAS LITERALLY ON FIRE I LOVED IT!!!! (Also so fucking funny to finally see the famous “velvet wrapped steel” line lol) oooo and rolfe’s story was so tragic 🤧 there’s absolutely not one character in this series that is not traumatized to fucking death

nevertheless, i cannot lie to you, my friend, i am currently reading all those other parts kinda fast so i can get to my couple, my everything, the true otp of this whole series: elide and lorcan. PLS I LOVE THEM SO MUCH AND FOR WHATTTTTTTTTTTTT i’m past the part where the ilken appear at the carnival so they already have had their lil “heart to heart” lol ALSO HIM THIRSTING FOR HERRRRRR PLS HE IS SUCH A SIMP YES YES YES YES HE IS SO BROODY AND PERFECT AND LOYAL TO A FAULT(? Ok i’m still making my mind up about that but you catch my sentiment right?) HE IS NGFJSBDJSHDHSHDJSJDJSS YES PLS 🧃

ps: i’m v sad there was no chaol whatsoever yet 🥺🧐 my captain i wanna smooch him

HELLO. I'm so sorry I just realized I got this message because you just sent another one HAHA.

YASSSS. I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE SUFFERING WITH THE TRAUMA THAT IS EOS MWAHAHA.

This book causes such whiplash, the struggle is rEAL.

Manon's arc in this book is everything *chef's kiss* I love it so so so much!!!!! Abraxos is such a dollface I love him so much ;;;;; But yes! Her and Dorian's interacts are so dkhjgsifgsif because they see each other in a way that others don't.

The whole beach scene, the battle and lysaedion moment and rowaelin fucking on the beach...I was screaming the whole time. It was so fucken stressful lmao.

But Elorcan...yes....yASSSSSSSSSSSS. I'M SO EXCITED YOU'RE EXCITED FOR THEM. They served all the damn tropes hahahaha. I love how much of a simp he is. Elide has him by the throat just by breathing.

But no worries about Chaol babe...Tower of Dawn will give you all you want and more <3

#🧃'nonnie #tog spoilers #tog #throne of glass

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greekgeek21 · 4 years

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The Codependency Competition Ch.4

Ok, for starters, don't worry! I won't make Annabeth mean, I'll just make is clear that Percy is utterly and completely whipped. Or maybe I won't. Who knows? You just have to read to find out. And I'm sorry if this chapter seems more like a script. I had a small case of writers block.

Now, I think that's it, so comment, like, and follow! Happy reading!

– your author

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Ok, so Percy was half-right. Annabeth DID wait until they were both home to act, but not in the way he had expected.

As soon as he had closed the front door, he was immediately pushed up against it again. Annabeth was kissing him fiercely, and it took a second for him to respond, but Percy ended up kissing her back just as passionately. In the end, Annabeth was the one to pull them apart (but not before they had ended up on the couch).

"What was that?!" Percy asked, eyebrows raised.

"I love you," Annabeth said, breathless.

"Ok, I love you, too, but WHAT WAS THAT?" he asked again.

Annabeth sighed and moved so she was sitting next to him, "Do you have any idea how hard it was for me to not do that at school today?"

Ok, not what I was expecting. But not necessarily bad, Percy thought.

"I do know, but I thought you would be pissed at me for doing what I did at lunch today," he said before he could stop himself from bringing it up.

"Oh, I am. But I needed to do that more," Annabeth replied.

And she was mad, but she had known to expect something in retaliation for doing what she did that morning. Annabeth couldn't really blame him for wanting pay-back, even if it was completely evil. Even so, he was most definitely going to be paying for what he did. She couldn't just LET him do that without getting him back for it! And just like she usually does, Annabeth had a plan.

"Oh, good. I was starting to get wor–" Percy was cut off by the sound of the door slamming open.

"Mr. McShizzle-Bad-Boy-Supreme is in the house!"

"Leo," Percy and Annabeth sighed in unison.

"And us!" Piper exclaimed.

When they actually looked, Percy and Annabeth saw that Leo, Calypso, Piper, Jason, Hazel, Frank, Nico, and Thalia were all barging into their apartment. That's one thing you can also expect from demigods: no manners.

"Oh, well, just come on it, guys!" Annabeth exclaimed with a heavy amount of sarcasm.

"It's not like you're interrupting or anything!" Percy said the same way.

"Thanks!" Thalia said.

Percy and Annabeth exchanged a look, "What do you want?"

"We just wanted to check in on you guys. See how you're doing without each other," Piper answered.

"Yeah, right. You wanted to see if we've cracked yet," Percy said.

"Well..." Jason said.

Thalia didn't have any such hesitation with admitting their true intentions, though, "I would never pass up a chance to see my little cuz suffer!"

"Well, you will be sorely disappointed because we are still keeping the secret with ease!" Annabeth cut quickly.

"Is that right?" Frank asked.

"Yes," Percy replied simply.

"Ok! Now where's the food? Papa's hungry!" Leo exclaimed, marching off to the kitchen.

The topic of their challenge was never brought up again for the rest of the night. The demigods and titaness just enjoyed spending time together. However, they couldn't stay together for long, because of the monsters. Having that many monster-attractors in one place was just asking for an attack of momentous proportions. So, the group enjoyed some dinner, and then they left.

Sally and Paul had decided to go out on a date that night, so they had only come home for a little while to get ready, and then they had left, trusting Annabeth and Percy enough to leave them home alone.

"Oh! I forgot to mention that Mike, Jack, and Chloe are gonna be coming over tomorrow to hang out. If you don't want them finding out, then you should probably stay out of the apartment after school," Percy said as they were getting ready for bed that night.

"Ok. Goodnight," Annabeth answered simply, crawling into bed.

"That's it? Nothing else?" he exclaimed incredulously.

"Yep! Love you," she said.

"Love you, too," Percy said, accepting he wasn't going to get anything else out of his girlfriend, and climbing into bed as well.

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The next day at school, Percy was on edge the entire time. He was expecting Annabeth to retaliate sooner. But when she didn't, that just made him get even more suspicious. It is never good to let your guard down when you're in a competition with Annabeth Chase. He learned that the hard way.

So, he was still on edge when he was walking home with his friends.

"Is it weird that we haven't been to your house yet?" Chloe asked.

"Not really. Nobody from school but Paul has been to my apartment," Percy answered, shrugging.

Jack shook his head, "It still feels so weird to hear you call Mr. Blofis Paul."

"He is his step-father," Chloe pointed out as they were going up the elevator.

"Whatever, all I care about is seeing what's inside of the famous Percy Jackson's apartment," Mike said.

Percy just rolled his eyes. He wasn't that popular. It was bad enough having people treat him like he was the next Hercules at camp, and now he has to deal with it at school, too. It almost makes him wish he was back to being picked-on by Nancy Bobofit in the sixth grade! Almost.

"Welcome to my humble home!" Percy said dramatically, opening the door and widening his arms.

"Wow, it's very...homey," Mike said.

"I guess..." Percy dragged out his words.

His friends started to inspect everything in the living room, which doubled as the entrance room. They looked at all of the pictures of younger Percy, as a baby and as a demigod. Percy started to panic when he saw Jack looking at a picture of him, Grover, and Annabeth just after their first quest. They were all covered in dirt and scrapes, but they were also all grinning like idiots. That tended to happen when you had just prevented a major war between the gods.

Just as he was about to try and explain why there was a picture of him with Annabeth Chase, Jack moved on to another picture, not evening mentioning anything. Apparently his friends weren't that observant. It probably also helped that they hadn't really been close enough to Annabeth to realize that she was the same person in the picture.

"What do you guys wanna do?" Percy asked, sitting down on the couch.

"Movie and snacks?" Mike suggested.

"Sounds good to me!" Percy exclaimed, hopping up to grab food from the kitchen.

"Anything involving food sounds good to you, Seaweed Brain!"

That single sentence caused everyone to freeze. Standing under the entrance to the hall, was Annabeth Chase. In one of Percy's shirts no less! Don't be getting the wrong idea though, she had shorts on under there.

"Um–uh," Percy stammered.

"Very intelligent, Perseus," Annabeth laughed.

"Um, Percy? Why is there a girl in your house, wearing your shirt?" Jack asked, being the first one out of Percy's friends to regain the use of his voice.

But he never got an answer because suddenly, Mike broke out of his shock and yelled, "That's freaking Annabeth Chase!"

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Yes, I'm leaving you on a cliffhanger! Mwahaha!!! And maybe I won't write for another chapter for an entire week. Or maybe I'll update tomorrow. Only I know! I wanted to–and I could've–make this chapter longer, but I just thought that this was the perfect opportunity to keep you on the edge of your seats in anticipation. Or something like that...

My amazing beta has helped me where I fall short, so they deserve a BIG shoutout. Thanks, JJ! Ao3: nightskywithrainbows.

Anyway, comment, like, and follow! I hope you enjoyed this, and happy reading!

– your author

chapter 5 :)

#percy jackson #annabeth chase #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #teen #high school #percabeth

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magnolia-c · 5 years

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2018? never heard of her...

My goal for 2019 is to accomplish the goals of 2018 which i should’ve done in 2017 because i promised them in 2015 and planned them in 2014.

I hope you all have one of the best if not the best year of your life, full of new beginnings and remember, mental health is a real thing, if you are someone who suffers from sadness, depression or just wants someone to talk to feel free to message me and i’ll do my best to at least make you feel better, don’t even hesitate, i won’t bite ♥︎ (or maybe i will ಠ_ಠ it depends if i’m hungry mwahaha)

Happy new year and may all of us will have the strength and power to face any challenges coming our way, I love you.

#2019

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Watching the episode for Lord Shrillington/Sutton Kyou! Except i cant find subs so i have no clue wtf is going on. Ans also this site with the raw episodes had loads of gross pron adverts WHY WOULD YOU PUT THAT ON A PLACE YOURE HOSTING KIDS SHOWS?? you wont much luck advertising here??? Wtf???

Anyway this tiny gentleman bean is cute and i like how they animated his coattails always flowing in the wind like a ghostly flame

Also it seems his japanese name is a pun? Cos the characters were all saying something something sutton kyu before he even appeared, and then his name is just pronounced the same with an O instead. The yokai watch wiki says sutton kyu is some sort of mildly old fashioned way of saying 'weirdo' or something.

Also intetestingly apparantly his anime appearance is completely out of continuity with the games! Like its outright confirmed here that they changed how his powers work. And several times theyve also changed the genders and voices of yokai, so o guess this is just more proof that whenever they turn a yokai evil in the anime it shouldnt be seen as reflecting on the original's character. (I am still so bitter about the kind boyfriend yokai who's literally the spirit of kind boyfriends being turned into a stalker sexual harassment man and his girlfriend doesnt consent to any of it. Ugh...)

Anyway in the games his power is "making you weird and socially annoying" and in the anime its "making you surprised about things and you do a funny scream when it happens". Like i guess thats two very different interpretations of "shrill", except he wasnt even named that in japanese so i guess thats the dub trying to make the two versions have a bit more in common...?

His personality in the games is also stated to actually BE weird and socially annoying, specifically "he's a goofball who doesnt realise how weird he is and seems deluded into believing he's a dignified gentleman". Which is very endearingly adorable! But i guess thats too similar to anime whisper so maybe thats why they changed it...?

So anyway anime Shrillington's power is just making you do adorable kitten squeak screams.

LIKE SERIOUSLY IT SOUNDS LIKE A BABY CAT SNEEZING

Nate gets startled in class and does the cutest scream ever, so he's all embarassed that katie will think he isnt manly. But DUN DUN DUN it was the yokai of adorable screams???

And thus Shrillington tells the epic tale of his backstory that i dont understand a word of except *loud voice* "CHARLESTON" At some point someone says that. *shrug*

So it seems he was a human dude who looked basically the same except drawn more realistic instead of adorable. And he has a wife? A very weird wife?

Its something like she's never seen him scared of anything ever, so she's for some reason frustrated by that and starts pulling weird pranks on him. And he's always very calm and collected and kind no matter how much of an ass she is to him, always being like 'oh you~!'

So somehow it pisses her off that he's a nice and gentle dude and she decides to cheat on him. And be like 'its ur fault i dont love you anymore cos youre Too Perfect and its like youre rubbing it in my face'. Or like..literally just because he's never screamed and she's mad about that specifically?? What a weird jerk this wife is!

So yeah that was the first and last time he ever lost his composure and he LITERALLY DIED

Apparantly of a heart attack??? And like fuckin..his scream when dying of a goddamn heart attack was so adorable and hilarious that he became the yokai of awkward screams. Fuckin hell thats so sadistic and awful! Even the very LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE in the anime are so cruel!

Poor dude

So anyway the protagonists are like ':( poor dude' and then Shrillington is all MWAHAHA I DONT WANT YOUR SYMPATHY I WANT YOU TO SUFFER

Apparantly despute having a sad backstory he's still a malicious yokai that wont be able to be befriended. And thats double depressing that he ended up becoming a legit evil awful dude after all his depressing trauma. He was just a simple fancyman who was shy about his cute screams and the cruelty of his cute scream related death turned him into a cute scream related serial killer! O.o

BUT HE'S STILL SO FUCKIN CUTE DAMMIT

#lord shrillington #shrillington #sutton kyou #yokai watch

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Sassy Recap - The Vampire Diaries - 3x05 “The Reckoning”

Two words: senior pranks.

The necklace is a talisman of the original witch, and that's who Klaus needs to contact to figure out why his hybrid plan is a big ol' dud!

We begin in an empty high school...specifically, the empty Mystic Falls high school, whereat nothing good has EVER happened. The only person in the whole joint is Hapless Matt, working out at who knows what late hour. I mean, hey, teens have to keep up their muscle definition on this show!

He wonders around the dim, freakily echoing hallways...but it's all OK! It's just Senior Prank night set-up!

Oh my Goy. Are we really doing this? (Yes, Elena says we are.) These teens are almost getting MONCHED on a daily basis but we're going to set up MOUSE TRAPS in the HISTORY CLASSROOM?? OK! Let's DO THAT! Or not, since Matt just set approximately all of them off at the same time, thus foiling the careful preparations of Elena, Caroline, Tyler et al.

(Who's with me in betting that this prank-y set-up serves as a backdrop to some later, grisly events? Hmm?)

"I'm kind of surprised any of you are doing this," Matt says, being the voice of reason. But it's Caroline's Thing, and she wants it to work out, and who are we to say no to Caroline AND Elena?

I'll tell you who will say no. Klaus, lurking in the gym and saying, "There's my girl," to Elena, who almost DIES OF SHOCK. That would be convenient for Klaus, after all. Remember how Elena not being dead is kind of the key to his whole hybrid problem?

MEANWHILE, Damon and Katherine are on a roadtrip of simmering sexual tension and witty barbs. "Stop being cute," Damon says. "Not possible," Katherine quips back. But here's the thing, which Damon thoughtfully reveals after a brief (and Not Best Practices for Driving) makeout sesh: Katherine doesn't do it for him anymore. MWAHAHA, HE LOVES SOMEONE ELSE NOW! Maybe you should have reconsidered being a colossal biatch if you didn't want him to stop caring about you!

Also, Damon, you really need to get back to Mystic Falls.

Speaking of Salvatores, Stefan wakes up in the back of a truck, where Rebekah tells him that Klaus has been breaking his neck all afternoon and is pissed af about Elena being alive. Stefan tries to fight his way out, so Rebekah...stakes him with a pipe.

Klaus tells Elena he plans on making her suffer, and that is probably going to be made easier by the fact that approximately 1000 idiot high-schoolers are currently milling about, unsupervised.

Sure enough! It's show-down in the gym time. Klaus sends most of the teenagers home, for reasons unknown, and compels two others to do Kilgrave-y things like hold their foot up or be beaten to death. Ok. WHY.

"Thought you might want to stretch your legs, take a break from the sexual tension," Damon says, then throws the keys about a mile away and tells Katherine to tell him what she's doing. Katherine has Elena's necklace as leverage, and THEN she opens her trunk to reveal JEREMY GILBERT. CAN WE NOT???

Caroline and Tyler are making out and bonding and squirting honey onto various surfaces, because PRANKS, but oh no! Rebekah's here in a drapey belted cardigan that is oh so 2011. She attacks them! Fun times.

Bonnie and Matt are toilet-papering the pool, which seems colossally dumb, and talking about Vicki! SKIPPP! Y'all know I hated Vicki more than most people on this earth.

Poor Matt. He misses the days when he was a lifeguard and he didn't know a menagerie of supernatural creatures. Matt is a good egg, and though not a scintillating wit, he's more sensible than most people on this show.

HOWEVER! Stop wasting all the school's toilet paper.

Just when I *least* want her, Vicki shows up over Matt's shoulder to tell him that she's...here to help? Ok.

Klaus has a plan! The plan is, he wants his hybrids to work so...he turns Tyler! Now it's up to Bonnie to save Tyler's life while Klaus holds Elena hostage and senior prank night is just RUINED.

Once again I say: where the hell is Damon?

Klaus whispering to Elena is both...hot and terrifying?

Bonnie needs to contact the dead, and Jeremy can do that, so I suppose we're supposed to believe that he ISN'T useless. Unfortunately, he's miles away with Katherine and Damon! Who, as it turns out, ALSO want info from him. Specifically, Pearl and Anna (remember them?) knew a way to kill Klaus...for good. And Jeremy can communicate with Anna (UGH) because they kind of dated! (DOUBLE UGH).

Back at the gym, Stefan shows up. He's pulled the metal pipe/crowbar (yeah, it was actually a crowbar) out of his torso and is now here to furrow his brow and assure Klaus, in over-enunciated, sepulchral tones, that Elena...means...*nothing* to him.

This lasts APPROXIMATELY ONE SECOND before Stefan tries to save Elena. This means that Klaus compels him, and now there are multiple consequences such as, STEFAN BEING COMPELLED, HIGHSCHOOLERS GETTING KILLED, AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING GOING TO DEEP SH*T

STEFAN! WHY IS IT ALWAYS ALL OR NOTHInG? IT'S ALWAYS 0 TO 60 WITH YOU, AND NOW YOU'RE SCREWED!

ANYWAY *calms down* (and pls don't believe that I *didn't* appreciate Stefan's angsty pain, such as it was, as Klaus compelled him)

Jeremy communicates with Anna. This scene would be a snooze, usually, but Damon and Katherine are here and that helps a LOT. Anna is all "I won't tell THEM my precious info" so Damon just SLAMS Jeremy's head into a table until she gives it up. Honestly, I stan! You will not find sympathy for Jeremy here. (Also, lay off me. He's totally fine, just a little bump on the noggin.) Anna reveals the truth: Klaus is afraid of Michael, a vampire who hunts vampires. TOLD you this Michael dude would be back! She also says that they'd be idiots to try and wake him, but that's never stopped anyone on this show before!

Caroline wakes up with a headache, to find Rebekah taking selfies. Wow, Rebekah has adapted to modern life well! She tells Caroline that Tyler is going to be a hybrid, and THEN she discovers that Elena used to have Rebekah's necklace, due to stalking old stock-photo-esque pics on Stefan's phone .

Klaus tells Elena that it's such fun to see Stefan in his natural element, i.e., murdering people, and when she protests that that is Not Who Stefan Is, he responds "I invited him to the party, love, but he's the one dancing on the table," which, LOLZ.

Of course Rebekah ruins the moment by BURSTING in, demanding that Elena turn over the necklace, and CHOWING DOWN ON HER when Elena does not IMMEDIATELY comply. Klaus can get scary when other people try to hurt his fave doppelganger, but even he can barely get Rebekah to Cool It.

Elena, bleeding out on the floor, comes clean: Katherine stole the necklace. Klaus is all, "That makes things harder, let's give Bonnie...TWENTY MINUTES to solve this." Um??? That is not what you do when something is HARDER to solve.

If they DON'T solve the problem, Stefan will kill Elena! This is so...Much.

You know what's TOO much? Expecting me to care about a side-plot involving Matt and Vicki. Vicki lures him to the pool, so she can DROWN HIM AND REUNITE THEM FOREVER OR SOMETHING. Are you KIDDING ME? I think I will not partake in this...

Ok, actually it ties in a little! Vicky says she can help so Matt WEIGHTS HIMSELF DOWN IN THE POOL TO HALF-DROWN SO THAT HE CAN CONNECT WITH THE DEAD! Bruh. You could have just stayed under water for a while?? G*damn.

ANYWAY, I still hate this sideplot!

Damon tells Jeremy not to fall asleep because he might have a concussion. ahahaha

Damon ALSO snags his phone back from Katherine and discovers that everything has gone to hell back in MF. He IMMEDIATELY heads back to Elena, and when Katherine says "The Damon I know wouldn't have been this stupid," he says, "I wouldn't have done it for you," and reader, I DIED. THE ROMANCE. #delenaforever

Lest I enjoy any moment too much, I have to deal with Bonnie doing CPR on Matt and saying "I can't do this" v dramatically.

Vicky appears in WHITE LIGHT to see Matt and give him a message for Bonnie and I just...I don't care. I mean, I guess I care about Bonnie and Matt's friendship more than I thought I would?? #growth

Meanwhile, Elena and Stefan are watching the clock. Elena tells him to try and resist compulsion, which seems like a pretty good idea, and Stefan is like "no let me throw this back in your face and reassure you how impossible it is, rather than throw every fiber of my being into resisting the urge to kill you," or something, because Stefan is Kind of the Worst and is also wearing boot-cut jeans.

"I'M A RIPPER, AND A RIPPER DOESN"T STOP," STefan says, which, little did he know, would one day inspire Jughead Jones' cataclysmically awkward line-reading of "I'm a weirdo. I don't fit in."

Ok but the best and most telling part of this scene is that Elena is like, YOU WILL FIGHT THIS and he's like WHY, BECAUSE I LOVE YOU? And WHEW BOY. I would darn well hope so! Elena would too, she SNAPS back at him that that is exactly why, but...I hope we can all see why this wasn't endgame. *sips tea*

Tyler has come back to life! That must suck for him.

The message from Vicki is what we already KNEW, which is, Elena has to die! Of course Matt discusses this IN THE HEARING OF KLAUS, who is like, "cool, then she will die."

Stefan is freaking out, which is better than him being...weirdly condescending at Moments of Peril, and begs Elena to run.

Elena runs, and Stefan chases her, but he DOES fight and I'm briefly proud of him. He breaks a broom in half (thank you, janitor, for leaving the cart around) and stakes himself to slow his cravings. Klaus is...enragedly charmed by this, and says "the only thing stronger than your hunger for blood is your love for this one girl." Which is, of course, a beautiful sentiment, and I am proud to report for the St*lena fans who are HOPEFULLY not reading this recap, that we have had our one (1) feel of the ep.

Klaus literally BREAKS Stefan's mind to get him to comply and Stefan of course goes full ripper and ELENA I WOULD RUN NOW, BUT SHE DOESN'T.

Klaus doesn't believe Vicky's witch message. Instead, he thinks that Elena's blood is probably the solution. Specifically, the hybrids needs to feed on it. Tyler does just that, and after a good deal of writhing about and Caroline screaming, it WORKS! Tyler lives to fight another day and Klaus can now build a hybrid army!

Elena wakes up in a hospital, where her blood is being DRAINED FROM HER BODY by a Klaus-compelled nurse.

Seriously. WHERE THE HELL IS DAMON?

Klaus and Rebekah have a heart-to-heart about how he wants a hybrid army so he doesn't have to be alone. Of course he won't own up to it, but somewhere deep within, very deep, Klaus has a twisted heart.

Not that anyone's going to be able to appeal to it! Specifically not Damon, who shows up like the FEARLESS BADASS HE IS and demands to be taken to Elena. Klaus is FULLY going to kill him, but Damon, ever quick on his feet, mentions the name Michael. And ooh! That puts a hitch in Klaus's step!

Short version: Klaus lets him go.

Long, terribly beautiful version: Damon rescues Elena from her Sleeping Beauty state and BRIDAL CARRIES HER OUT OF HOSPITAL AND MY WHOLE LIFE IS MADE

Just like...listen. She wakes up and calls his name and puts her arms around his neck so...IMMEDIATELY. And he just takes her. He carries her away to safety and I just HAVE. A LOT. OF FEELINGS.

But of course we have to switch back to Caroline and Tyler, who are happy for a moment in the afterglow of successful hybrid transformation, though I can't imagine THAT will last.

Tyler: "this is going to be an amazing year" Me: "with [Klaus] Frizzle? Unf*ckinglikely"

Bonnie and Matt bonding. Mkay. Actually it's not so much bonding as Bonnie telling him he gets to be normal and he should chase that. But of course it's not OK and he can still see Vicky and I want to roll my eyes out of my head. Thx.

{IMAGINE IT WAS YOUR SISTER WHO WAS LIKE...A HIGH-ALL-THE-TIME SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL SLEEPING WITH A FRESHMAN AND THEN BECOMING A VAMPIRE AND DYING?? GO AWAY}

Damon gives Elena bourbon and gives me feelings!!! I'm sorry just...Damon talking about his bourbon is very important to me. He offers to help her forget and his face is so terribly, beautiful soft as he suffers for her that it DESTROYS ME and aLSO he stole back the necklace for her!

"He's really gone this time," Elena says, because she's...a better person than I would be, I guess, and isn't willing to just forget Stefan and his man-pain forever?

Ohhhh the angst! Her eyes well up with tears and she says, "Where were you, Damon?" And he is SO SORRY and he says "I promise you, I will never leave you again" and puts a hand on her knee and it's SO GOOD and then STEFAN SHOWS UP, ALL SOULLESS DOUCHEBAG!

Klaus has asked him to watch Elena and he's like "From now on, you are under my protection" and he deserves to be sLAPPED (I know, I know, it's not his fault, BUT I JUST???) (I guess Klaus technically deserves to be slapped MORE)

Katherine and Jeremy, an unlikely team (HOW does she put up with him), uncover a desicated Michael.

(HE OPENS HIS EYES.)

#my recaps #sassy recaps #tvd #the vampire diaries

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P-Artsypants FanFiction Masterpost!

I have all these links available on my main page, but I’m providing this post for those that didn’t know that!

Find most, if not more, of these fics on:

fanfiction.net | archive of our own | wattpad

How To Train Your Dragon

Drabbles (~AU’s, *Finished):

The Vikings Have Their Tea (ff.net | ao3)

Arranged marriage- Takes place at the beginning of HTTYD

Breathe- Survival of the fittest

~Childhood friends- At the Sandbox

Easy fix- In which Hiccup has a bad day

~Fashion designer- Astrid needs a fill in

Headache- In Which Hiccup hits his head….really hard

Heir- In which Hiccup is borrowed

Illness- In Which Stoick is a dad

~Illusionist- Trick gone wrong

~In the walls- In which there’s a poop ghost

~Knocking on the wrong door (2) - A chance encounter

messages- Astrid is Frustrated with Hiccup’s obliviousness

~To mirkwood- Hiccup is not a dwarf

~Monster falls- Hiccup and Astrid take a dip

Mute- In which there’s a quiet stranger

~Music video (ImgHS)- He didn’t expect it

~Over- Too many nightmares

~Partners in crime- A normal day at work

~Pirate- Astrid is the greatest treasure

~Prince- He doesn’t want to be a broken King

Hide and seek- Part 1

Lost and found- Part 2

Long fics:

*Infernal responsibility- Being the son of the chief takes brains, courage, and a lot of patience. But at his father’s the request for marriage, Hiccup decides he has had enough. When he seeks out a life of ease, he runs into more than what he bargained for.

*Roses and lilies- “Astrid, you and I both know you’re much tougher than I am. You’re more brave, and a better fighter…but just for a little while…could we pretend that I’m the one protecting you?” “Oh gods yes!”

*~What the water gave me- The sea is a wild and dangerous thing, something that cannot be foretold or predicted. Hiccup discovered this many years ago, in human naiveté. Yet, what was meant as a sacrifice became a new life, one like no one could comprehend. He now finds himself once more in the unknowing hands of those that sentenced him to death. He only prays things will be different this time. Merman!AU

*Parasite- Soulsnatcher Dragons are rare but deadly. But, As Hiccup finds out, it’s the eggs you have to watch out for.

*~320 state street- Gobber’s Goods. A Hardware Store that was rumored to have everything you needed. She thought she only needed a job. Turns out, she needed a lot more than that. (A Modern AU no one asked for)

*~The north tower- When Finn Hofferson died, Astrid inherited his castle in Wales…and a whole lot more. Something sinister lurks in the North Tower.

~Boy Toy- AO3- At the age of 21, Princess Astrid lawfully has to pick a husband. But when the perfect groom is nowhere to be found, she requests the toymaker to create one for her. It's safe to say that everyone in the kingdom is a little concerned. (Pinocchio!AU I guess?)

Trollhunters: Tales from Arcadia

Arcadia or bust- In Which Arcadia welcomes back it’s underground citizens...eventually!

Teen Titans

Oneshots:

~big brother- Don’t turn out the light (Horror)

dear jason- Bruce Writes a letter

forgotten- Starfire’s birthday

it was an accident- Someone has to take the blame

just drawing- Bruce thinks about Robin

piece of heaven- Robin just wants his mom

rockin’ robin- Robin regrets his name choice

the prisoner- Starfire is Guilty

this little light of mine- Starfire’s not having a good day

this is what we do- Average day in Jump city

wastelands- Stranded

of mustard and three foot purple tongues- A collection of Oneshots and Drabbles

Long Fics (*Finished):

*~carol of the bells- High in the dark Bell Tower of Notre Dame, there lives a mysterious bell ringer. Legend tells of the angel who fell from the sky, and the curse she bares. There are few who know her true identity though; her master, the priest, and the acrobat that performs on the streets below. Based loosely on ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ RobxStar and slight BBxRae

*no escape- Three years ago, Starfire escaped an Alien race called the Gordanians, to arrive on Earth. They’re back, and ready to put Starfire back where she belongs, behind reinforced Titanium bars. Robin’s not about to let her go…if only he hadn’t got captured first. How does it feel to be the alien, Robin?

*now you know my pain- When the new Villain, Gender Bender, comes to down, the Titans find themselves in an odd situation. They’ve been turned into the opposite gender against their will! Now in order to change back, they must learn to understand the gender they’ve turned into. Rated T for obvious reasons. A great read if you’ve ever wondered why girls or guys do [blank].

*paint it black- Robin disappeared three months ago. Now, Jump City’s crime rate is mysteriously being taken care of by a normal, albeit strange, teenage boy who goes by the name Black. As the Titans befriend this lunatic, they begin to see a relation between him and their missing leader. Will they be able to find Robin, or will Black turn them all insane as himself? Actually, contains NO OC.

*saving grace- “When I’m done with you, you won’t be able to walk upright or speak coherent sentences and all you’ll see is my mask and my voice repeating in your head…Weak. Richard Grayson, I am not tough, I am everything that you fear.” Happy Ending! Smudge of RobStar. NO Slash!

Miraculous Ladybug

tender words- When Marinette finally gets the guts to confess her feelings for Adrien, some things go so wrong, and other things go so right.

tunnels of love- Oneshot- The night started out with an accidental kiss from Adrien Agreste, and ended with her bleeding in the Catacombs of Paris. Ladybug, the wielder of the miraculous of good luck. Yeah right. (Some blood)

the reveal that wasn’t- first parts My ending to kittybug’s Tumblr Prompt

Kingdom Hearts

My Kingdom for a Heart ao3 | ff.net - The curse of being one of the Princesses of heart, is that there’s always someone out to get you. As Xemnas looked failure in the face, he reached out in a last ditch effort and destroyed Kairi’s heart. Now her friends must travel the worlds again. Sora, to find a way to recover Kairi’s heart, and Riku, to make amends to those he has wronged. All the while, the darkness grows.

Beauty and the Beast

behold the beast- A Oneshot alternate ending to the Animated Film

Cinderella

midnight- “When the clock strikes twelve, the spell will be broken,” the fairy godmother had warned. A retelling of the story, when Cinderella doesn’t escape the ball in time. Oneshot

so this is love- What if Jaq and Gus hadn’t made it in time to help Cinderella? A new twist on the ending of the classic Fairytale, and what lies beyond the story. She still gets her happy ending and her Prince, and her step family gets their just deserts.

Sleeping Beauty

a love song back to me- Maleficent saw the loophole that stared her in the face. Prince Phillip would break the curse in time, for sure. After all, he was betrothed to Aurora. So in an effort for her evil plan to stay in action, Maleficent takes care of the young prince herself. Phillip never imagined having to live off the land like the birds above. Alternate twist on the classic Disney tale.

Escaflowne

down feathers- Hitomi’s depressed. She’s been away from Van too long, he comes back to visit her…but what if something went wrong with the transfer? (Not finished. Never will be finished. Mwahaha) Circa 2012

angel’s wounds- Fanelia’s been victorious in their most recent battle with Basrum. Unfortunately, someone is wounded and just seeks solace in his love that lives so far away. Post Anime.

momma look sharp- With the war between Fanelia and Basrum finally coming to a close, the kingdom is celebrating. The young king, however, is suffering from an experience unlike any he had before. Van finally seeks solace in his wife.

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What Makes the Sky Blue - Chapter 8: The One

Whoops, sorry about the delay. I got caught up in both GW and then the new story event.

Summary:

During the fall a mysterious presence manifests and calls (Captain) a singularity, wishing to know the extent of (Captain)’s power and determination.

(Captain) awakens on Lumacie to the sight of overjoyed friends. Sandalphon, on the other hand, is beset by rage at the utter failure of his plan- that’s when the supreme primarch, Lucifer, appears.

Lucifer foresaw what would come to pass and worked behind the scenes to foil Sandalphon’s plot. He absorbs Sandalphon into his own core, thanks (Captain) and company for their efforts, then disappears with the other primarchs.

With peace restored to the world and reconstruction under way, (Captain), Vyrn, and Lyria continue their glorious adventure across the skies.

Episode 1: During the fall a mysterious presence manifests and calls (Captain) a singularity, wishing to know the extent of (Captain)’s power and determination.

The clear blue sky stretches out as far as the eye can see. How much time has passed? Has it been hours or mere seconds? Up is down and right is left. All sense of time is gone. Lingering in (Captain)’s head are visions of Vyrn, Lyria, and everyone else in the crew.

[Flashbacks start]

Vyrn: Say, are you serious about leavin’ the village?

Lyria: You should have seen it, Katalina! This hero saved me! It was so… heroic!

Katalina: Thank goodness she hasn’t been injured. Have you two been protecting her?

Rackam: If you plan on calling yourself a crew, you’d need at least one helmsman on board before anything got started.

Io: Nice to meet you… I guess I owe you one. Thanks.

Eugen: Hey! Nice work. You caught the ragtag bunch, eh?

Rosetta: Oh, I’ve gone and frightened you… little old me! You see I’m but a poor, defenseless woman.

[Flashbacks end]

Countless precious memories flood through (Captain)’s mind as consciousness gradually fades away. A mysterious roar sounds, and a voice speaks to (Captain).

Great One: Child of the Sky… I am the dawn and dusk of creation. I have come to you as you near the brink of death. The time has come to test your strength and resolve as a singularity.

The gravitas and divinity felt from each breath compels obedience.

Great One: As a singularity you are one of the seeds holding sway over the fate of the world. The contrasting fates of the crimson dragon and the girl in blue by your side will bring about much hardship. Much like the cataclysms the world has just overcome. Knowing that, you still reach for the ends of the skies?

> Absolutely.

Great One: …

> I don’t believe in fate.

Great One: To believe or to deny is your choice; regret will come either way.

Great One: The intertwining fates of the two will ultimately bring about the ruin of all worlds. Whom will you choose when that time comes? Your crimson friend or the one who shares your soul?

> I’ll save both of them.

Great One: What a bold thing to say.

> That time will never come.

Great One: What a strange thing to say.

Great One: And now for my final question. What is it that drives your conviction? How do you so fearlessly embark on this journey toward destruction?

> My friends make all the difference.

Great One: I suppose that is what gives you strength as a singularity.

> I’m not alone.

Great One: I suppose that is what gives you strength as a singularity.

Great One: Such childish resolve… Such frail strength… And yet I cannot deny the possibility that lies within…

Lyria (echoing): Open your eyes!

Vyrn (echoing): Wake up!

Lyria (echoing): Please, (Captain)! We need you!

Vyrn (echoing): Don’t give up yet, (Captain)!

Episode 2: (Captain) awakens on Lumacie to the sight of overjoyed friends. Sandalphon, on the other hand, is beset by rage at the utter failure of his plan- that’s when the supreme primarch, Lucifer, appears.

Lyria: Ah! (Captain)’s awake!

Vyrn: Phew! You almost gave me a heart attack back there, (Captain)!

(Captain) wakes up at the cape- as if the fall had never happened. Surrounded by relieved and overjoyed friends, (Captain) breathes a sigh of relief.

Lyria: Sniff… Sniff… I- I don’t know what to…

> I’m back.

Lyria: Yes! Welcome back, (Captain)!

Vyrn: Hehe. Good to see you up and about, sleepyhead!

> Crybaby Lyria.

Lyria: O-of course I’m crying! How could I not be? Hey, what’s so funny?

Vyrn: Ahaha! Crying one second, fuming the next- you’re having a busy day!

Katalina: (Captain)... I knew you still had it in you.

Rackam: Hahaha! You definitely had us on edge there. So… what happened at the bottom of the skies?

Io: How strange. I thought I saw Vyrn and Lyria summon something. Then the next moment (Captain)’s sleeping like a baby on the cape.

Eugen: Hah hah hah! Nothin’ wrong with that, is there? (Captain)’s alive, and that’s what matters.

Rosetta: Hehe, looks like even this 2000-year old archangel is confused.

Sandalphon: How could this be! The terrifying roar shook the world! Why hasn’t Pandemonium been opened? Is there some other condition I don’t know about? Or has the situation changed since I was last in there? Why, why, why!

Michael: Silence yourself. You’re obviously out of options.

Uriel: Want me to shut him up for you? I’ll have to hold back this time though so I don’t accidentally kill him.

Gabriel: Leave him. He does bring up some good points though… Did we simply luck out, or is there more to it all?

Raphael: There is only one possibility…

Brilliant rays of light suddenly surge from the bottom of the skies and pierce through the island, extending far into the welkin. An archangel gently ascends from the rays of light, softly flapping his wings on the way up.

Michael: The supreme primarch!

Lucifer: Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael… You’ve done well, I appreciate all your hard work.

[The four primarchs straighten proudly.]

Lyria: Oh my! I’ve never seen them like that!

Vyrn: So that’s the supreme primarch… His aura’s just incredible!

Sandalphon: Lucifer!

Lucifer: Sandalphon.

Episode 3: Lucifer foresaw what would come to pass and worked behind the scenes to foil Sandalphon’s plot. He absorbs Sandalphon into his own core, thanks (Captain) and company for their efforts, then disappears with the other primarchs.

The eyes of Lucifer and Sandalphon lock in an intense gaze.

Sandalphon: So you’ve already manifested. I suppose that’s also why Pandemonium won’t open up.

Lucifer: Yes, I held in the core of the seal on Pandemonium.

Sandalphon: Hah hah hah… So you saw this coming… You ignored my rampage and kept watch on Pandemonium this whole time… Mwahaha! Am I so worthless to you that I’m not even worth confronting?

Lucifer: That’s not it. Archangels are forbidden from interacting with the world. I simply fulfilled my duty.

Sandalphon: That’s exactly the problem with you! You always filter out the things you don’t care about! How could you possibly understand the suffering of those deemed worthless! Those of us who get filtered out have no choice but to take things by force!

Lucifer: …

Sandalphon: It could’ve been anyone. Anyone at all. I just wanted one person in the world to tell me that I matter- that I’m needed! Do you even know what that’s like? Someone like you born out of necessity and looked up to by all the archangels could never fathom that pain! I don’t care if the whole world hates me! I…

Lyria: (Captain)... Sandalphon…

Lyria tightly grasps (Captain)’s clothing with trembling fingers.

Lucifer: Sandalphon… So I see the discovery of your purpose is what caused you to close off your heart.

Sandalphon: Humph… Call me childish if you wish.

Lucifer: You brought me peace of mind every time I came by the lab. Your lack of a role allowed me to look upon you as my equal. Your purehearted words would always instill me with such tranquility.

Sandalphon: …!

Lucifer: Forgive me for not noticing your feelings of inferiority earlier.

Sandalphon: Stop it! Don’t think I believe this farce for even a second! But it’s too late to make amends now! Hate me! Destroy me! Punish me! If you forgive me, my last 2000 years will have been for naught…

Lucifer: I am no less guilty, and so I deserve equal punishment. Take solace in my core, Sandalphon.

Sandalphon: Lucifer-

Sandalphon turns into an infinite number of tiny particles of light before being absorbed into Lucifer’s wings.

Michael: Is it over now?

Lucifer: Yes. (Captain), I thank you for stopping my fellow archangel before it was too late.

Lyria: Um… So what happened to Sandalphon in the end?

Lucifer: He has returned to my core. Think of it… as a baby returning to its cradle.

Lyria: Huh?

Lucifer: We shall meet again. Until then continue forth on the path you believe is true.

Michael: I applaud your efforts in stopping this whole mess. I’d love to spar with you next time we meet.

Gabriel: Teehee… Silly Michael. Bye, everyone. Hope to see you again!

Uriel: You guys rocked hard back there! We’d have such an awesome battle if it ever came to that!

Raphael: Safe travels and fortuitous winds to you.

The primarchs vanish one after another… Leaving an awestruck crew on the cape.

Episode 4: With peace restored to the world and reconstruction under way, (Captain), Vyrn, and Lyria continue their glorious adventure across the skies.

[At the Hall of Knowledge]

Arusha: What a relief. It’s a miracle that only a few volumes were damaged in that attack!

Johann: Yeah. Thanks to my barrier, you know…

Arusha: What’s that, Johann? Did you forget that you have to make up for breaking the lock on the secret archives? First I want you to pick up all the books on the floor and put them back on the shelves. In the right place!

Johann: Sigh… How many days is that going to take? Hm? Whoa, this text is amazing! You’re the best, Hall of Knowledge!

[At the Casino Liner]

Tycoon: Impossible! I lost my fortune in just a single night!

Richard: You have no one to blame but yourself. Putting stock in baseless rumors is one thing, but putting a bounty on a brave young lady?

Tycoon: Wait! You’re not going to get away with this!

Richard: Oh? Trying to take back your losses by force? That’s not-

Therese: That’s not smart! Hah hah! Come at me! I’ve got tons of arena experience. We’ll settle this with a duel!

Tycoon: You’re the undefeated champion, Therese!

Richard: Uh, Therese? Please don’t steal my thunder like that…

[At Fremel Island]

Stan: Graaah!

Juri: Yaaah!

[Their swords clash before the two push away.]

Stan: Huff… Huff… Man, you’ve got spirit!

Juri: Bleh… Huff.. Same to you, Mr. Stan. When did you get so good with the sword?

Stan: Just call me Stan. I’m self-taught, Juri- Oops, can I call you Juri?

Juri: Of course! So you’re self-taught. I suppose I should adopt more of my own style too!

Stan: How about another match? Dorya-

Aliza (coming out of nowhere): Doryaaa!

Stan: Augh!

Juri: Stan?

Aliza: What are you doing? You’re supposed to be helping with the reconstruction! Come one, let’s go! The mines are waiting, dummy duo!

Stan: Y-yes, Aliza…

Juri: Sorry, ma’am…

[At the Knickknack Shack]

Sierokarte: Welcome! We’re currently running a limited-time sale on all weapons and armor made from halo crystals!

Farrah: C-come on in! We’ve got some hot items for you! Say, Siero. Why are you selling this creepy stuff? It looks like it’s about to come alive at any minute.

Sierokarte: Don’t you worry your pretty little head. This is just a trader’s way of helping with the restoration, Farrakarte. We’re recycling, bringing in tourists, and donating some sales proceeds to the town! That’s three birds for one stone!

Farrah: Oh, I get it! Business is a really deep topic. I’ve got to keep studying! No, wait… Siero, I hope you know I have no intention of becoming a trader!

Every island is busy with repair efforts now that buoyancy has stabilized. The Grandcypher has also undergone maintenance and is currently performing test runs before taking to the skies.

Rackam: Hahaha! Excellent, excellent! The engine’s humming beautifully!

Katalina: Hehehe. That’s a relief, considering what we made the Grandcypher go through.

Eugen: Hah hah hah! That’s the first time we’ve had to push the Grandcypher so hard! I sure as heck wouldn’t wanna repeat it!

Io: Hm? But weren’t you romping about with excitement? You and Rackam both.

Rosetta: Oooh, this looks fun. We might not be able to go as fast as the archangels, but let’s try to feel the rush of the wind.

(Captain), Vyrn, and Lyria sit on the bow staring off into the vast azure blue.

Lyria: Hey, why is the sky blue?

Vyrn: Huh? That’s a weird thing to ask all of a sudden.

Lyria: Ahaha.. Well… I never really gave much thought to things that are obvious until now. Looking at it again makes me realize how beautiful it is. The size of it all is a little scary actually. That’s just me anyway.

Vyrn: Haha, what are you talkin’ about? It’s like you’re a rookie skyfarer. But after all those awful cataclysms, I get why you’d feel as if things had returned to the beginning.

Lyria: The beginning… Yes, it does kind of feel like when we first started our journey. Once the islands have been restored, everyone’s sure to come back to the crew!

Vyrn: Yep! Then we can get back to the real adventure!

Lyria: Teehee. Let’s do our best! Right, (Captain)?

The rumblings felt around the world have passed, and the crew once again sets out for the ends of the skies. Whatever hardships may arise, or whatever mysteries seem unsolvable, they believe in each other to overcome any obstacles.

End Chapter 8: The One | Start Wyvern’s Reverie

#GRANBLUE FANTASY #granblue #transcription #what makes the sky blue

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Hamilton West End: delayed impressions of December 15

*eyedart* It's been 3 weeks, high time to write my impressions of Hamilton in London...

I saw the December 15 show, 1 week before official opening night, from the first row of the upper circle, with the full first cast. I was last at the Victoria Palace Theatre for Billy Elliot in 2012, so the renovation was quite stunning. The Upper Circle is still dizzyingly steep, but there are actual handrails making the descent comfortable enough, and the renovation team actually put in enough ladies' restrooms for once. Props to the staff lady doing traffic control in the loo, making sure people didn't miss an empty cubicle :) The extra hard ticket control was also done very smoothly, though the pre-show mailings scared us a bit too much - we got there 90 minutes before the show and ended up camping in the upper bar for almost an hour.

Anticipation was high, but I admit to a moment of trepidation as well. I've been blasting the cast album for over two years, I've inhaled the Hamiltome and I admit I got my paws on some video visuals of dubious legality, so I was very attached to the original Broadway cast, especially since all of them were so absolutely stunning. I've had this reaction before - after so many viewings of the Warsaw Tanz der Vampire production it's so carved into my brain that I'm immensely critical of other performers tackling the same songs...

That lasted about 5 bars into the opening song, mind you.

Photos and clips don't do the set and choreography justice. There's always something going on everywhere on both levels and every freaking finger-twitch from the most in-the-background person in the shadows means something. There's actually quite a lot of props, and the bare set means that all of them have to be carried on by the cast. And every time it's freaking meaningful who carries the quill / jacket / desk / whatever. I could watch this show 15 times and still notice new things.

The choreography and direction is about both symbolism and shapes. So many times it's a living sculpture onstage. And the same in the soundscape of the songs and the lyrics and the acting. Yeah, it's the one freaking show that's not overhyped.

Cast, in bullet points and mostly random order:

Rachelle Ann Go - I intentionally avoided reading too much info about the cast, and the moment she opened her mouth I went "wait, she's Filipina, isn't she?" She's got that pure nightingale voice and steam-train charisma that must be in the water there. Same stunning mold as Lea Salonga and Leah Delos Santos. And on top of that, she was absolute steel underneath in the second act. This was an Eliza who is very much in charge, someone that Alexander is chasing to keep up with. She didn't steal the show, she owned it from Schuyler Sisters onwards.

Obioma Ugoala - Washington was the role I was most worried about, mostly because Christopher Jackson was so good and commanding and three-dimensional. Um. Yeah. I may actually have a new favourite Washington, both with the fatherly vibe towards Hamilton and with the sheer gravitas. This man yells "attack", you freaking attack. Best. Casting. Ever. Also had me in sniffles during One Last Time.

Jason Pennycooke - Lafayette/Jefferson was second on the worry list, seeing as readers of this tumblr have had to suffer many many pictures of Daveed Diggs. Guess who did his best to steal the show. Tiny adorable floofy-haired dynamo of a man, bouncy as all get out, absolutely different from Daveed and so very very good at playing a totally self-centered but very intelligent man. The moment we left the theatre, we all went "JEFFERSON!"

Rachel John - the saddest, most mature Angelica I've heard yet. Virtuoso, but with an undercurrent of melancholy that made the role her own. After Schuyler Sisters, she seemed slightly apart from the show, always watching, always the observer.

Cleve September - adorable is a good word. He was an absolute sweetheart in his own songs, and when he wasn't singing, he was doing his best to make everyone else shine too, putting telling the story ahead of his own applause. If he was a Takarazuka actress he'd be in Yukigumi, and y'all know I'm a forever-Yuki girl.

Christine Allado - she still seemed to be finding her Peggy (though the shyness worked for the character), but her Maria was an absolute tour de force. Someone get this woman to sing tango. And dance tango. She's got an opera background, and the combination of those deep tones with a deeper version of that pure Filipino sound is killer.

Tarinn Callender - Numero Tres I was worried about needlessly. His Mulligan was powerful and joyful, while his Madison was just hilarious, especially the contrast between his nerd-dom and Jefferson’s look-I’m-so-cool. I just about choked when they couldn’t work out the mic drop :D

Giles Terera - I think he may have had a bit of a cold or something distracted him in Act One, because I wasn't quite feeling it. I thought it was the combination of not entirely clear diction (as a non-native speaker I take a while to get used to unfamiliar accents) and a distant aspect that didn't connect with me. Whatever it was, it cleared up by Act Two. His Room brought the house down, and by the time he was falling apart in The World Was Wide Enough, my heart was breaking.

Michael Jibson - MWAHAHA. Someone give this guy an Olivier for sheer comedic timing. No slouch on the voice and movement, but it's the freaking timing that had me in stitches.

Jamael Westman - giant giraffe of a junior Machiavelli who needs a hug :D He had a great concept for Act Two and Hamilton's entire emotional journey. Great voice, good acting, arms and legs all over the place, and possibly my Hamilton from now on.

Ensemble - so energetic and precise. I loved the Bullet, Leah Hill, especially - she's got a magnetic quality. Not quite sure who was our James Reynolds, but he oozed evil.

In conclusion: very tempted to hunt for cheap flights and cancellation tickets.

#hamilton #hamilton west end #hamilton london #rachelle ann go #jamael westman #obioma ugoala #jason pennycooke #rachel john #cleve september #christine allado #tarinn callender #michael jibson

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