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ruthiesrambles2 · 2 months
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reading a book and drawing a picture together for mel/ruth? i can imagine ruth doing the former and mel doing the latter
This ask is like 18 months old bestie I'm sorry but anyway it's finally time to write it let's go lesbians
Ruth was used to sharing the on call room. The space was little more than a supply closet in size, but two teal armchairs, a small table, and a bunkbed with crisp white linen almost made it feel homely. Her first night on call after departure, Ruth had spent rearranging the furniture, hanging a small picture and angling the adjustable lights. There she had thought, that’s better. And it was.
Usually, the rota prioritised a senior member with an apprentice. Night calls tended to fall into two categories: nuisance and crisis. The Folgers were especially good at the former, and Ruth still bristled when thinking about the first time she’d been called at 2am because of a cobweb. But the virus that had almost crippled Third last week had now taken its toll on Hospitality staffing, and so, for the first time, Ruth found herself sharing the small space for the night with Melanie Cavill.
They’d chatted for the first two hours, played cards for a third, and then fallen into an easy, companionable silence. Melanie was easy to get along with, when she wasn’t fighting fires in First or in a rush to return to the engine. For now, Ruth reclined on the bottom bunk, head and shoulders supported by the pillows she had stolen from above. The book she held in her hand, pages splayed open and spine well worn, was from the library. Some low grade romance novel that many hands had held in these past 3 years, searching for something to remind them of how it used to be. The life before.
Melanie sat in the furthest armchair, legs tucked up beneath her, resting a Hospitality clipboard on her thigh. Ruth was vaguely aware that Melanie’s movements were not writing, and tilted her head just slightly to see past the open book. Melanie, who had been looking in Ruth’s direction, smiled gently and dropped her gaze back to the page. Ruth watched her make soft movements, grazing the tip of the pencil across the page.
“What are you drawing?” Ruth asked quietly, and Melanie shifted slightly. Ruth hadn’t been trying to look, but the clipboard now tilted completely away.
“Just doodling. How’s your book?” Melanie replied. If Ruth noticed the deflection, she didn’t mention it.
“Mediocre. Boy meets girl, fate and circumstance keep them apart, and I’m sure by the end they’ll reunite and kiss under the moonlight,” Ruth laughed, motioning to the glimpse of the nearly full moon through the small window.
Melanie smiled again, and the pair slipped back into silence, save for the turning of pages and the barely audible scratch of pencil on paper. At the end of the chapter, Ruth glanced over at her coworker again. This time, Melanie dropped her eyes quickly, and Ruth studied her for a moment, sure that her cheeks hadn’t been quite so pink before. Ruth opened her mouth to speak, but, watching Melanie look so intently down at the paper, thought better of it.
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julesnichols · 9 months
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I am but a simple creature...
Begonia + Mel/Ruth? Pretty pretty please?
❀ begonia (beware) — “just be careful, okay?”
Set during 3.10 sometime after Layton and Melanie announced the train separation. Is it canon compliant timeline wise? Don't know, don't care. Just go with it.
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Of all the people Melanie expected to see in the engine so late at night, the last person she'd expected was Ruth. But here they were; Melanie at the helm, Ruth standing at the entrance of the actual engine as if she were not sure if she were welcome. Between them was Ben, sitting idly at one of their computers; he looked from Melanie, to Ruth, and back again. And then he stood, wordlessly heading off to the bunk room to give the two women their moment.
"Hey," Melanie whispered softly, not daring to move.
She didn't need to; Ruth took the acknowledgement as a sign to come closer, standing next to Melanie at the helm. They said nothing for a moment, both staring out at the frozen world, both filled with apprehension.
“Just be careful, okay?” Ruth finally spoke, not looking at Melanie.
Melanie chuckled as she swiveled her chair to face the other woman, "I think that I'm the one who should be worrying about you, Ruth."
Ruth leveled a stern look at her, "I'm serious, Melanie. Snowpiercer can't survive much longer like this. We both know it. No taking unnecessary risks with your dwindling supplies, eh? They can't afford to lose you. Again."
Melanie's face sobered, and then became pensive for a moment as she considered what to say. She knew that pointing out going to a crapshoot of a warm spot was more risky than staying aboard Snowpiercer was probably not the right thing to say at the moment.
Finally, she settled on a soft, "I'll be fine, Ruth."
"You always are, aren't you?" Ruth offered her a strained attempt at a reassuring smile.
Melanie offered her own back, "Be safe."
Ruth nodded, and then grabbed at Melanie to haul her up and into a tight hug. Melanie didn't hesitate to return it, burying her face in Ruth's shoulder as they both clung tight to one another. She felt tears spring in her eyes; she didn't feel too bad as they fell, because Ruth had started crying on her first. They stayed that way for a while, until finally they pulled back. Melanie wiped her eyes and nose on her sleeve, letting out an embarrassed laugh as she did so. Her eyes met Ruth's, and Ruth smiled softly at her.
"I'll keep Alex safe," Ruth promised.
Melanie nodded, "Thank you."
"Of course, Melanie," Ruth's smile softened impossibly further.
Melanie hugged her again, briefly this time. And then she rested her forehead against Ruth's, both of them breathing the other in for a while.
"I'll see you around, Ruth," Melanie whispered.
"I'll look forward to it," Ruth replied, untangling herself and nodding at Melanie.
Melanie smiled back, wishing that she had a camera to capture Ruth in that moment.
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sapphicbraincell · 2 years
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missaudreystiara · 1 year
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My first Mel/Ruth fic - for the lovely @ruthiesrambles2 🖤💚
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ruthiesrambles · 2 years
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Idk if I'm just the most unobservant viewer ever or what but every time I rewatch I pick up on a new line that's just... Perfect???
1x07 is an all round amazing episode for Melanie's character development but I have never noticed before that she says
"This isn't a bed and breakfast" and Ruth just dies inside.
BRUTAL, MELANIE, BRUTAL.
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bendthecanon · 2 years
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Badass (and v tired) monster hunter Melanie having an existential crisis because she's fallen in love with a cute blonde legacy vampire who is very particular about place settings
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Countdown to Valentine's Day with Snowpiercer & a Little Broadway
(a.k.a. My favorite Snowpiercer couples and the Broadway love songs I associate with them because it's February ❤)
Entry 13.5) Melanie x Ruth, "Loathing", "Defying Gravity", & "For Good" from Wicked
[how it started...]
Ruth: What is this feeling? So sudden and new?
Melanie: I felt the moment, I laid eyes on you.
Ruth: My pulse is rushing.
Melanie: My head is reeling.
Ruth: My face is flushing.
Melanie & Ruth: Oh, what is this feeling?
Melanie: Fervid as a flame.
Ruth: Does it have a name?
Melanie & Ruth: Yes! Loathing. Unadulterated loathing!
Melanie: For your face.
Ruth: Your voice.
Melanie: Your clothing!
Ruth: *gasps*
Melanie & Ruth: Let's just say, I loathe it all!
Ruth: Every little trait, however small, makes my very flesh begin to crawl. With simple utter loathing.
Melanie: There's a strange exhilaration. In such total detestation. It's so pure! So strong!
Ruth & Melanie: Though I do admit it came on fast, still I do believe that it can last.
Ruth: And I will be loathing-
Melanie: Loathing. Truly, deeply loathing you-
Ruth & Melanie: My whole life long!
[how it was then...]
Ruth: Melanie, why couldn't you have stayed calm for once?! Instead of stealing the train again?! I hope you're happy. I hope you're happy now. I hope you're happy 'cuz you've hurt your cause forever. I hope you think you're clever!
Melanie: I hope you're happy! I hope you're happy too! I hope you're proud that you would grovel in submission, to feed your own ambition.
Melanie & Ruth: So though I can't imagine how--I hope you're happy. Right now.
Ruth: Mellie. Just listen to me. Just--say you're sorry. You can still lead this Train to New Eden. What you've worked and suffered for. You can have all you ever wanted--
Melanie: I know. But I don't want it--no. I can't want it anymore. Something has changed within me. Something is not the same. I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game. Too late for second guessing. Too late to go back to sleep. It's time to trust my instincts. Close my eyes--and leap! It's time to try defying gravity. I think I'll try defying gravity. And you can't pull me down.
Ruth: Can't I make you understand, you're having delusions of grandeur?!
Melanie: I'm through accepting limits. Just 'cuz Wilford says they're so. Some things I cannot change, but till I try I'll never know. Too long I've been afraid of losing love I guess I've lost. Well if that's love, it comes at much too high a cost! I'd sooner buy, defying gravity. Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity. And they'll never bring us--wait. Ruth, come with me. Think of what we could do. Together. Unlimited. Together we're unlimited. Together we'd be the greatest team there's ever been. Ruth, we could keep this Train going forever. Keep them safe. Keep them alive and warm.
Ruth: If we work in tandem, we could weather any storm.
Melanie & Ruth: Just you and I defying gravity. With you and I defying gravity--
Melanie: They'll never bring us down. Well? Are you coming?
Ruth: *shakes her head* Melanie, you're trembling. Here, put this around you.
[how it's going now...]
Ruth: I'm limited. Just look at me. I'm limited. And just look at you, you can do all I couldn't do, Melanie. So now it's up to you. For both of us. Now it's up to you.
Melanie: I've heard it said, that people come into our lives "for a reason". Bringing something we must learn, and we are led to those who help us most to grow if we let them. And we help them in return. Well, I don't know if I believe that's true. But I know I'm who I am today. Because I knew you.
Melanie: Like a comet pulled from orbit, as it passes the sun. Like a stream that meets a boulder, halfway through the wood. Who can say if I've been changed for the better? But because I knew you. I have been changed for good.
Ruth: It well may be that we will never meet again in this lifetime. So, let me say before we part, so much of me is made of what I learned from you. You'll be with me, like a handprint on my heart. And now whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine vy being my friend.
Ruth: Like a ship blown from its mooring, by a wind off the sea. Like a seed dropped by a sky bird, in a distant wood. Who can say if I've been changed for the better? But because I knew you.
Melanie: Because I knew you
Ruth: I have been changed for good.
Melanie: And just to clear the air, I ask forgiveness for the things I've done, you blame me for.
Ruth: But then I guess we know there's blame to share. And none of it seems to matter anymore.
Melanie: Like a comet pulled from orbit-
Ruth: *at the same time* Like a ship blown from its mooring-
Melanie: As it passes the sun-
Ruth: *at the same time* By a wind off the sea-
Melanie: Like a stream that meets a boulder-
Ruth: *at the same time* Like a seed dropped by a bird-
Melanie: Halfway through the wood-
Ruth: *at the same time* In the wood-
Melanie & Ruth: Who can say if I've been changed for the better? I do believe I have been changed for the better.
Melanie: And because I knew you
Ruth: Because I knew you
Melanie & Ruth: Because I knew you. I have been changed. For good.
*HUG*
[bonus]
Ruth: I hope you're happy. Now that you're choosing this.
Melanie: You too. I'll see you around Ruth.
Ruth: You hurry back now. You wicked old thing.
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hunkjodiefoster · 2 years
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Wilford: You love Melanie Cavill
Ruth: I don't love Melanie! She's just someone I stare at and I like and when she's not here, it ruins my day.
Ruth:
Ruth: Fuck.
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lxvestars · 3 days
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‎‧₊˚✧[MUSES]✧˚₊‧
➥MALE:
Aresius Castillo
Finnick Elder
Lorenzo Reed
Duke Lawson
(More to come!)
➥FEMALE:
Philippa Graves
Maeve Clarke
Melanie Clarke
Avalon Cavill
Ruth Forester
Rosalina Perez
Felicity Palmer
Odessa Cortez
Cassandra Benson
Cecelia Perry
Evelyn Flores
୨୧~୨୧~୨୧~୨୧~୨୧~୨୧~୨୧~୨୧~୨୧~୨୧~
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pattinsondonuts · 2 years
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RUTH AND MEL IS CANON
look at this photo of the pirate train crew
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there are two photos on the engine wall
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RUTH ON THE LEFT MELANIE ON THE RIGHT I BET YOU A DOLLAR
damn it what if they’re sisters or relatives
what if we had it all wrong
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juneberrie · 1 year
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— 📼 songs i feel describe a relationship with them
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pairing: percy jackson; annabeth chase; hazel levesque; frank zhang; leo valdez; piper mclean; jason grace x gn!reader
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percy jackson
i was made for loving you — kiss , marlboro nights — lonely god , backyard boy — claire rosinkranz
annabeth chase
crush — tessa violet , sports — beach bunny , dandelions — ruth b
hazel levesque
bubble gum — clairo , falling for ya — grace phipps , space girl — frances forever
frank zhang
that's love — sundial , living on a prayer — bon jovi , wait a minute — willow
jason grace
love in an elevator — aerosmith , cloud 9 — beach bunny , i love you so — the walters
piper mclean
hounds of love — kate bush , dont miss me — claire rosinkranz , training wheels — melanie martinez
leo valdez
paper rings — taylor swift , puppy princess — hot freaks , heaven's on fire — kiss
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ruthiesrambles2 · 2 years
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Well come on then...
002 for MelRuth (looking forward to the essay that will come out of this)
Hello anon I love you for this and I love this for me, thanks for enabling me 😘😘
When I started shipping them: after watching season 3 I came to AO3 in search of more Brakenight and was shocked to discover MelRuth was a thing. So I rewatched from s1 again. Excuse to wear your furs caught my eye but See You Around caught my soul and it has been a slow descent into madness ever since. So... April maybe? Feels like a lifetime haha
My thoughts: No thoughts only MelRuth! Ha. I really flip flop on the nature of them. I absolutely adore the idea of Ruth pining after Melanie the whole time, maybe they've had flings but nothing serious, they're friends until Ruth learns the truth and her heart breaks. But I also concurrently headcanon that they did have a relationship, some time between the bees and the start of S1. They broke up but obviously there's still feelings there. And after seven years on the train they've learned how to work together even despite those feelings. The See You Around scene is everything tbh. Melanie realising love is important after all, but Ruth is just too hurt. So hurt in fact that she had been willing to let her die at one point! But she does try to delay it, asking for a trial, and I believe she had a hand in Melanie's escape with Javi and Jinju. By the time Melanie goes to Breslauer, Ruth is having a big internal conflict because she's still SO angry but also Melanie might go away forever. When she agrees to look after Alex, she's cursing herself for not being able to forgive sooner. Saying yes is saying I love you. And the longer she is away, the more Ruth realises she still loves and needs her, after all she always has "melanie on her mind" and she can "feel her out there". But then Melanie is gone, and probably dead, and the train and its people need her. And she needs someone to make her happy (enter Mr Pike). Melanie coming back is a massive emotional shock, and the two struggle to reconcile. But the love and care is still there ("I'm not going to let you go alone am I"). Until Melanie suggests working with Wilford. And after everything... Ruth can't deal with that. At the end of the war, she wants to stay, oh god she wants to stay. But she promised to look after Alex, once, and she intends to fulfil that promise. I love you too much to stay... Okay this descended into headcanon a bit but I am feral for them and the tiny glances between them and idc what you say Melruth is real if I believe hard enough 😂
What makes me happy about them: THE PINING, the little touches, the glances, the Wilford Pin, the fact I would let either of them freeze off all my limbs.
What makes me sad about them: Ben. They never said a proper goodbye (or welcome back from the dead). THE PINING. The fact season 4 is going to kill me.
Things done in fanfic that annoys me: when Ruth is in the engine/bunk room before the Milford reveal with no explanation! Caveat that I am currently writing a few things like this because it was easier and yes I'm annoyed at myself for it!
Things I look for in fanfic: at this point just them being in the same room together. Just any and all content of them together and being vaguely nice to each other. But above all I'm here for the E rated fics 👀
My wishlist: I don't know if this is for fic or for canon. For canon I just want them to acknowledge that there was something there once even if there's not now. And a good hug would be nice🥺. For fic I NEED a 100k word romance, yesterday. But I'll also take anything elaborating on their history together, small fluffy fics, smut (always), all the angst. I need an AU where Mel went to the B&B, an AU where Ben doesn't exist... All of it please.
Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: after a significant amount of reflection I would have to say Mel with Ben 😭. The set up is there and she does love him and they can be sweet together. Ruth is easier though. Ruth/Boki! I've said before I just want her to learn to love herself, but if she had to end up with someone I'm committed to Ruboki now. Or The Notary as an acceptable alternative. As long as whoever it is makes her happy. Happy Ruth is EVERYTHING.
My happily ever after for them: this post sums it up. Or you know, in twenty years time they are old and grey in a cabin in the newly terraformed warm spot and Melanie is digging in the garden and Ruth comes and puts her arms around her because she's about to go to a council meeting where Alex is the president of the new world, or something.
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lonesomelad · 3 months
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i don't know why i've decided to make this account known, but i did anyways.
anyhow, as a song goes and I quote ; i . f . l . y .
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get to know me, maybe ?
⎯ i'm a filipino / filipina . . . something i indirectly revealed once .
⎯ i'm a minor . . . so back off weirdos . let's keep this a safeplace, alright .
⎯ i'm an infp - j . but i act the exact opposite online .
⎯ i'm an afab ; abrosexual whose currently an aro/ace. tho, my pronouns are she / her , but i don't mind being referred to as they / them .
⎯ i'm very fond of nature , just as i am with animals .
⎯ i like drawing / writing / admiring the scenery / getting lost within the depths of my mind whilst listening to music .
⎯ i somewhat stan enhypen ... don't take me for a fanatic .
⎯ i love ... yoasobi , fuji kaze , kikuo , chase atlantic , the neighborhood , the weeknd , ayesha erotica , cigarettes after sex , tv girl , radiohead , lana del rey , mixed matches , wave to earth , laufey , melanie martinez , isaac dunbar , ari abdul , d4vd , coldplay , alec benjamin , jawny , prettymuch .
⎯ i am a self-proclaimed embodiment of anti - romantic by t x t & new person, same old mistakes by tame impala .
⎯ my favorite song(s) as of now is / are ; just for me by pinkpantherees ,, itgirl by aliyah's intelude ,, super bad mantra by jawny ,, not around by nova ,, heaven by julia michaels ,, only by lee hi ,, dandelions by ruth b ,, pasilyo by sunkissed lola ,, sex , drugs , etc by beach weather ,, my love mine all mine by mitski ,, dawn of spring by anson seabra ,, that's life by still woozy ,, nun id change by yeat ,, shaded in by filous ,, breakin' dishes by rihanna ,, sick of you by sub urban & dnmo .
& many more !!
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p . s . i love you .
refer to me as either hanamari or aika , if you wish . ( the latter is my real name , jtlyk . . . fun fact, ig ? )
yes, i've been a kazuha
enthusiast for a prolonged period of time . . .
yet, the same can be said with how i am with muichiro,
however, it seems that
neither of those facts are blatant, or so my frustratingly idiotic loveable friends claim .
| i thoroughly enjoy fantasizing when i've got nothing to do . so i tend to space out a lot .
y'know the drill.
proshippers, pedophiles, certified jerks, etc ... don't interact.
your not welcome here, at all.
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as i've mentioned countlessly, this blog is merely just for my own personal reasons & preferences. that's why you shouldnt be expecting anything else here besides me just being an absolute dogshow .
additionally, this acc has been up for a while now . i only decided to actually pay better heed to it bc a certain bug ( isn't that right ? @scarasonlywhore ) won't stop pestering me to let them buzz at me tremendously online even tho we're practically always together .
the once said ( my tad bit more sane ) blogs are this & this .
and if you wanna have full-blown conversations with me, feel free to add my dc !! ( user is insomniacwhosesleepdeprived)
that'd be all . nothing too much, nor too little presented here, huh? hopefully . . .
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Best Character Named X Poll
I'm doing a series of "Best Character Named X" polls where all the characters have the same first name but are from completely different media, feel free to send in name/charcacter suggestions, I'm posting one poll a day. New polls scheduled for 1:30PM BST everyday. Run by @femmehysteria
please send suggestions via ask so i can see them, replies get lost in the notes. I reply chronologically so very sorry if it takes a while for me to answer
If your favourite character is not included in the poll very sorry i have either never heard of them or actively chose not to include them as theres only 6 characters per poll. Characters will only count of that is their first name, surnames do not count.
Round 171: Sophie
Round 172: Jake
Round 173: Ellie
Round 174: Leo
Round 175: Annie
Round 176: Julian
Round 177: Lily
Past Polls
Poll Ideas under the cut
Names that I have a complete list for*
Caroline, Rebecca, Steve, Victoria, Katherine, Robin, Clark, Phoebe, Julian, Nancy, Penny, Erica, Theresa, George, Felix, Michael, Charlotte, Diana, Zoe, Connor, Daisy, Maya, Andy, Alma, Nora, Juno, Chris, Otto, Donald, Todd, Angel, Judy, Jo, Hazel, Diego, Miranda, Lila, Duncan, Dexter, Meredith, Pearl, Malcolm, Napolean, Joan, Nico, Jamie, Kiera, Tam, Klaus, Luna, Laila, Zack, Imogen, Felicity, Cindy, Alicia, Kelly, Alan, April, Astrid, Delilah, Jodie, Claudia, Juliet, Jonas, Milo, Celia, Joy, Katya, Atticus, Ian, Cynthia, Boo, River, Corey, Minerva, Ebony, Zia, Beverly, Rudy, Quentin, Marvin, Miriam, Roxy, Percy, Bianca, Shirley, Beatrice, Amara, Cleo, Cecil, Amaya, Ryan, Mabel, May, August, Leela, Manny, Francis, Matilda, Deborah, Josh, Jared, Sabrina, Kendra, Angus, Ophelia, Liesel, Zelda, Fitz, Aurora, Ramona, Misty, Talia, Orion, Roy, Kala, Madeline, Anastasia, Anna, Kit, Marian, Lena, Polly, Cora, Leah, Jules, Artemis, Irene, Margo, Laurie, Laurel, Hilda, Valentine, Reggie, Felicia, Joe, Monty, Quinn, Skye, Walter, Christine, Marissa, Edmund, Hope, Oberon, Lorna, Ace, Wally, Calvin, Alana, Jasper, Fergus, Bridget, Ulrich, Roger, Mason, Stella, Lenore, Wanda, Miguel, Winona, Hannibal, Newt, Aiden, Oscar, Tobias, Dorian, Dorothy, Una, Marnie, Mirabel, Wendel, Dora, Mort, Olympia, Toby, Chip, Harvey, Mara, Fearne, Axel, Gil, Bo, Remy, Rue, Leslie, Isabelle, Silas, Agnes, Luther, Sally, Delia, Zeke, Richter, Skylar, Scarlet, Bernard, Rusty, Ray, Nigel, Cosmo, Ruth, Selina, Harley, Blue, Cain, Warren, Missy, Perry, Paige, Duke, Tao, Gemma, Cornelius, Declan, Wendy, Apollo, Celeste, Clyde, Nicole, Summer, Hugh, Esther, Cole, Jean (french), Tatiana, Carl, Kieran, Melody, Adrian, Travis, Vivian, Haley, Elle, Prudence, Hans, Ralph, Azrael, Constance, Lauren, Molly, Agatha, Pauline, Athena, Darcy, Stan, Dana, Lee, Ford, Red, Stuart, Camille, Bruce
Names I have an incomplete list for (welcome to send character suggestions)
Richter, Dylan, Chad, Moe, Dean, Guy, Yasmin, Woody, Alina, Freya, Adora, Piper, Gabriel, Owen, Noah, Taylor, Dawn, Ayesha, Parker, Chase, Hunter, Tina, Tanya, Cameron, Rudolf, Melvin, Melanie, Melissa, Melinda, Wolf, Orlando, Adele, Adeline, Jem, Dolores, Jude, Callie, Irma, Lara, Ginger, Terry, Bellamy, Jacob, Jackson, Reese, Nemo, Addison, Adelaide, Candy, Harriet, Abraham, Ragnar, Rupert, Ella, Destiny, Wendy, Bernard, Hero, Drew, Anita, Raphael, Wallace, Jean (feminine), Elena, Cheryl, Rita, Blair, Hugo, Ike, Gaius, Lance, Lois, Riley, Shane, Cliff, Rod, Tegan, Matthias, Liam, Jed, Caeser, Ellis, Dennis, Josie, Mick, Mike, Heather, Trixie, Amber, Bailey, Esme, Ada, Briar, Puck, Eden, Annette, Letitia, Giselle, Suki, Zain, Keith, Ron, Olaf, Wilfred, Blaine, Pam, Brianna, Clive, Sabine, Roman, Carina, Kalina, Mindy, Wade, Julia, Marlene, Lex, Edith, Monet, Marina, Zara, Tsukasa, Octavia, Marcus, Elias, Mira, Sasha, Glen, Yukari, Dinah, Sloane, Farah, Norman
Feel free to send more suggestions
*subject to change, you can still submit a character if there is no strikethrough if you think theres a character that its an absolute crime i dont add. Please don't suggest anything for the names with a strikethrough as they are polls that are already in my queue waiting to be published.
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nightingvalesteel · 2 months
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TMC X TMA X IDV AU
General Premise
zombie apocalypse
Sarah and Jonah start a safe haven in a bunker
many people join
they have a cult-like following
intend on completing a ritual of the Desolation
TMC characters
Sarah: Web - "leader"
Jonah: Hunt - body guard, holder of the "Messiah", leader of Hunt division
Evelin: Eye - informant
Adam: Desolation, fan-Fear made by a friend called the Reverence (fear of religion and/or God) - priest
Ruth: Stranger (alternate) - leader of Stranger/alternate division
Mark: Reverence - serves the same purpose as a Jehovah's witness, finds survivors outside of the bunker and coerces them into joining
Thatcher: Hunt - not associated with cult
Dave: unaligned - not associated with cult
slight Jonah x Adam - they're not together, but Adam likes to say so and usually Jonah doesn't argue.
Eve x Sarah :3
Thatcher and Jonah have a father-son relationship
TMA characters
Why are They Here?
After being sent by Elias (who has joint control with Jonah) to monitor the Sanctuary since they're close to completing a ritual, they spend plenty of time at the sermons and with the higher-ups such as Jonah or Sarah. They find themselves thrust into positions they can't handle before they can refuse.
The Cult of the Lightless Flame: ambassadors of the Ravening Burn, assist in raising the "Messiah"
Tim Stoker: Spiral - leader of Spiral division
Daisy Tonner: Hunt - "guard"
Melanie King: Slaughter - leader of Slaughter division
Agnes x Jude
Tim x Daisy (don't ask)
Melanie x Sasha
IDV characters
Why are They Here?
After the start of the zombie apocalypse, Melly found herself in a sticky situation. Of course, she had a gun, but no other protection. While wandering into the main room, assuming there were no other survivors, she had her guard down. When she spotted Norton eating at Annie's desecrated corpse, she held her pistol high, aiming at his head. Could she really do this? It wasn't like she had much of a choice. But she shook, missing and hitting him in the shoulder instead. When it was discovered that part of his brain was still functioning and he could talk, the entomologist calmed down and tried to take him outside. She'd just have to take extra precautions. It wasn't too long, however, until she ran into a woman dressed in heavy layers. Her hand was on her gun, ready to shoot in case it was a zombie, but of course not. Despite that, however, Norton, who felt threatened by the spear on her back, attempted to lunge. An armed Jonah came forward, pointing one at Norton and one at Melly. Communication occurred, and Melly is allowed in on certain circumstances.
TL;DR; Norton is a half-conscious zombie, Melly narrowly missed his head, and they went outside in search of supplies. They found Jonah and Sarah, being taken into the Sanctuary long before the archival staff.
Melly Plinius: Corruption - ordinary member
Norton Campbell: Buried (zombie) - ordinary member
Ganji Gupta: Slaughter - ambassador of the Slaughter division
his character isn't too in-depth in the AU yet, sorry about that
Naib Subedar: Web - not associated with cult
Nortnaib, nortmelly, ganjinort
can you tell I like shipping norton?
that's about it :3 there's another section for Percy Jackson, but that's a lot of lore that i don't think is fit for this post? so. of course, there's a lot more to it, but this is just the characters and stuff . yay
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ruthiesrambles · 2 years
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The Curse, or "Jab sab galat ho raha ho"
Ruth/Asha
Warnings: canon character death, implied sex I guess
Whatever the writing equivalent of "filmed this in one take on a mobile phone" is, so...sorry.
Ruth was still reeling from the possibility that Melanie could be alive. The explosions, Pike’s death, Andre’s coma. And now a 100km cloud of poison gas. Was it any wonder she had blown up like she did when Wilford had entered the engine? Her brain was on a rolling boil, and another degree, another emotion in the melting pot, might send it overflowing. So it came as no surprise to be tasked with seeing her new friend back to her room.
Asha hardly needed supervising, but Ruth bit her tongue as they walked away. They moved in silence, Asha one step behind, the only sound her red suit crunching as she walked. They hadn’t gone far, a couple of cars, when Ruth stopped and turned to face her.
“I don’t know about you, but I could really use a drink.”
Asha eyed Ruth with what seemed like suspicion, and then nodded.
“I didn’t peg you as someone who drinks during a crisis,” she eventually replied.
“I suppose there’s a lot we don’t know about each other,” Ruth countered. “Come on, I’ll make you something special in the office.”
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Ruth presented the gin martinis with pride, lifting both glasses to allow Asha to choose. As expected, the brunette eyed them warily, deciding eventually that Ruth probably wasn’t planning on poisoning her and raising a glass with half a smile. Her suit had been discarded on the table, and she sat back in the office chair, sipping the expertly prepared drink. They sat opposite each other in uneasy silence. Ruth had grown to like the new arrival, but Asha still put up walls around herself, protecting herself, not letting anyone get too close. Ruth could understand that, and made no effort to pull them down.
“You know,I hear that you’ve got quite the green thumb,” Ruth said eventually, when the silence became unbearable. It was a neutral enough topic, she hoped, and something they could have had in common, in a different life. She was surprised just how much Asha opened up after that. She listened intently as Asha described her travels, her desire to escape her family, and felt a pang of jealousy and the sting of her own losses.
“The reactor felt like karma. My life would end alone at the bottom of a dark hole,” Asha finished.
Ruth wanted to touch her. To place a hand on hers, to pull her into a hug. To tell her about the dark hole inside her that had nearly killed her, too, at the beginning. But she didn’t. Instead she met Asha’s eyes.
“But it didn’t, did it? You’re part of this magnificent train,” she replied, not sure whether she was addressing Asha or herself.
The silence came again, but Asha’s shoulders were no longer as tense, and she seemed to sit a little closer. Ruth refilled their glasses, and this time Asha didn’t hesitate to take one from her.
“Do you think she’s really out there?” Asha asked quietly.
Ruth lowered her eyes.
“I feel like I have loved and lost her a thousand times,” she began, shocking herself with her honesty. “I don’t really want to talk about Melanie right now.”
“Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all,” quoted Asha.
“Tennyson. You know he wrote that poem in mourning for his friend? They’ve speculated, the academics I mean, that they were more than friends. But I’m not sure he’s right. It might have been easier to never have loved.”
“Easier isn’t necessarily better,” Asha replied. “I had no-one to lose, not like that. And it was lonely, all those nights, with only memories of myself.”
Ruth looked up, and saw the silent tear slip down Asha’s face. Instinctively, she reached up to wipe it. Asha jumped at the contact, but didn’t pull away. Instead, her eyes met Ruth’s. Ruth kept her gaze, and traced her fingers gently down the scar of Asha’s face. We are both so broken, she thought, both so fragile.
And then there was nothing but gin, and chai spice, and salty tears mixing on their lips, and it was full of the promise of healing.
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Asha straightened out her clothes as Ruth answered the phone, her cheeks red and her hair out of place. Neither of them had expected it to happen. It felt natural, but not like breathing. Natural like a lightning strike. A chance of fate and circumstance and electricity.
“They need you down in ag-sec. It’s urgent. In your suit,” Ruth said, unconvincingly calmly.
“Ruth, I-” Asha began.
“It’s okay. Go. We can talk about it, or not talk about it. But later, okay? I’ll walk you to the subtrain, and then I’ll head up to the engine.”
Asha nodded, and took the helmet from Ruth’s hands.
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“She made a decision in the moment, Andre. A brave one,” Ruth said, because that was all she could say. She swallowed back the despair rising in her throat like acid, and put on her best hospitality neutrality, ushering the man from the car.
But late at night, she would cry alone. Cry for Asha, cry for Pike. And somewhere, pushed deep in the back of her brain, a voice says “and for Melanie. And for Nolan. And for…”
And she doesn’t see the pattern yet. But she will.
Oh, sweet Ruth, you will.
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