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salmonthestoryteller · 5 years

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White Noise

I can't watch the new episode til my CW app updates with it, so I'm keeping myself busy and not looking at spoilers. (Even though I'm dying to.)

From @roswellprompts :

isobel avoids going into michael’s mind because navigating around his chaos is near-impossible

White Noise

A Roswell New Mexico (2019) Fanfic

The first time Isobel tried to use her powers on Michael, they were twelve. Instead of the usual silence that came with talking to someone in their minds, there was a cacophony of noise. It was so loud, she almost pulled back right away. Even as he faced her in his own head, he seemed distracted by something. The blank wall of Max's bedroom wasn't blank in Michael's mind. It was slowly filling with arithmetic, as if someone was writing on it with marker.

“Okay, let's try this. What started the fight?”

“Peter was a jerk.” Michael was looking at the wall instead of her, and she almost wished she could snap her fingers at him to get his attention. She didn't think that worked in telepathy, though.

“Michael, pay attention.”

“Sorry.” He turned back to her.

“Okay, so what did Peter say?”

“All the usual stuff.” Michael shrugged, and the noises grew louder. She could almost make out voices, but not words. “I know you want to practice your powers, but this is dumb.”

She drew back with a groan. “Why is your head so loud?” She complained.

Michael seemed slightly upset by her words. “What do you mean, loud?”

“It's like noisy. Max's isn't like that.”

“Maybe Max's head is just empty.” Michael suggested.

“Oh, you're going down for that!” Max tackled him.

Forced to hurry out of the way as the two wrestled each other, Isobel crossed her arms with a sigh. Brothers could be so dumb. Maybe she'd just keep practicing on humans.

-----

The first time she tried to get information out of Michael he didn't want to share they were sixteen.

“Is it true?” She had ambushed him at his truck alone before school Monday morning. Max had been telling her to leave it alone since Saturday, but that wasn't happening.

“Uh, is what true?” Michael clearly had no idea what she was talking about.

“Kate Long tweeted a picture of you kissing Heather Miller at the Long Bonfire Friday.”

“Well, there's a picture - so obviously we kissed.”

“That's not what I'm asking!” Isobel groaned. Why were her brothers so thick about social nuances? “Did you have sex with her?”

Michael glanced around, as if afraid someone might have overheard. “Iz, what the hell?”

“Well, did you? Wyatt is telling everyone how you two were literally rolling in the hay, but Vanessa Galvez says there's no way you two did the deed. Spill!”

“No way. None of your business.”

“I bet you told Max.” She accused.

“Max isn't going to share whatever I told him with the gossip mill of Roswell High.”

“It's already all over the gossip mill. Might as well be the real story.” She tried to reason.

“No dice.”

“I bet I could make you tell me.”

“I bet you couldn't.”

“I bet I could.” Narrowing her eyes as they faced off, she dove into her brother's mind.

As always, Michael's head was noisy. This time she didn't even see him at first. She felt like she was in the eye of a tornado. The parking lot didn't even settle into a faded background, but spun around her dizzyingly. “Michael!” She called out.

“Stop being dumb, Iz! Get out!” Michael's voice echoed about her.

“C'mon! I know it's not that important. Just last semester you said Heather had the IQ of a bug.” She squinted at the whirlwind, and pushed her powers out - forcing the background to become static.

“So?” Michael appeared beside her, scowling. “She's pretty, and it's not like she's interested in me either. She never talked to me outside of class, except at the dumb bonfire.”

“See? So it's no big deal.” She bounced in place. Despite the visual having settled, the noise only seemed to get louder as they argued.

“Will you just get out, Iz?”

Resisting the urge to cover her ears, she pushed with her powers again. “C'mon, did you have sex with Heather Miller?”

“Yes, okay? Get out!”

The next moment she was throwing up by the tire of Michael's truck. “Oh shit, Iz - you okay?” He dove into his truck to pull a nail polish remover bottle out of the glove compartment.

After a few sips, the sick feeling went away but her head still pounded dully. “T-told you I could do it.”

“You're so dumb.” Michael groaned.

“Your mind is kinda crazy. It never settles, y'know?” She took another gulp.

“Try living in it.” Michael countered, lips quirked in a one-sided smile.

She reached up to pull at his curls, and he swatted her hand away. “Sorry, I pushed. I won't tell anyone. I still don't know why Heather Miller, though. You don't even like her.”

Michael shrugged. “Don't really like anyone, y'know? People suck.”

She sighed, and let him pull her to her feet. “Yah, they do. But they can't all suck, right?” The look Michael gave her was doubtful. “Someday we'll meet people who don't suck, and get swept off our feet.”

“Sure.” He took the acetone bottle back as she pulled mints out of her purse, accepting one from her tin when she offered. “But don't hold your breath.”

-----

She debated the day after the murders about trying to look at his memory. It didn't make sense to her - he hadn't completely lost control of his powers in years. She was sure there was more to this mystery fight that caused him to drink, but they were all hurting so much. Max's pain was a constant throb through their connection, and the idea of trying to access the chaos of Michael's mind was too much. She let it go.

-----

“I'm not sure how to describe it.” Michael admitted, as Kyle continued to examine him. “It was this light, but it wasn't a light.”

“Can you look in his head, see what it was like?” Liz asked Isobel.

“Iz hates my head.”

“What do you mean, she hates your head?”

“Michael's mind is noisy, and spinny.” Isobel tried to explain.

“Chaos.” Alex glanced at where Michael was seated. Still temporarily blinded by the strange light, Michael couldn't meet his eyes, but he saw his head turn slightly in his direction.

“Good as words as any. It makes it hard to navigate.”

“And no other minds you've been in have been... spinny?” Liz asked.

“It's not like I've used my powers on a large variety of people. I don't have that many to compare it with.”

“Have you tried playing music while you're using your powers on him?” Alex suggested.

“It's not like Isobel invades our minds on a regular basis.” Michael spoke up. “We've never tried anything.”

“You don't seem surprised by it.” Kyle pointed out.

“Yah, I know what my mind is like.”

“What is it like?”

“Just… busy. Constant. Never quiet.”

Kyle frowned, looking thoughtful. “Does it make it hard to concentrate?”

“No, the opposite. Once I start on something I can get completely lost in it.” Michael admitted.

“Trouble sleeping?”

“Like I said, it's never quiet so, yah.”

“Any sensitivity to sound or light? Repetitive motions or tics?”

“What's with the twenty-one questions?”

“Cuz it sounds like an undiagnosed neurodevelopmental disorder.”

“Yah, well, nobody asked you for a diagnosis of my messed up head, okay?” Michael snapped.

“It’s not messed up, Guerin. It's a medical condition.” Kyle told him.

“Can we get back on subject?” Michael looked away, despite not actually being able to see him.

“If you're ever interested, I can get you material on it.” Kyle let the offer hang for a moment before stepping back. “You going to try your mind meld thing?”

“Yah. “ Isobel stepped up to take his place. “Ready?”

Michael blew out a breath. “If you are.”

“Hey.” Alex stepped up to take his hand. “Try concentrating on a chord. Play it in your head.”

Isobel saw him squeeze Alex's hand before releasing it. “Let's go.”

Fini

Ever since Miss Evans mentioned Michael drawing the symbol on the walls, I couldn't help but think they were hinting he had ASD. How he describes his mind to Alex when they're teenagers, his lack of connection with others, his obsession over the spaceship, and even his high intelligence could all fall under possible signs. Or I could just be reading things into nothing.

I couldn't help but use the prompt to explore that theory a bit, and to write some young Isobel and Michael interaction. Izzy is threatening to steal my fav character spot, seriously. She needs to stop being so awesome.

#roswell nm fanfic #fanfic #isobel evans #michael guerin #roswell new mexico #roswell nm #prompts #headcanons

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steve0discusses · 5 years

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Yugioh S2 Ep 44-45: Kaiba Hallucinates a Dead Woman and Then no One Talked About it???

So, for the record, I am writing a little bit to the future here because I did make a little bit of buffer. And this episode had a Hella Random Thing in it and I just want y’all to know I try to create an authentic reading experience--although it’s not like a blind riffing, I clearly watched each episode twice to make the caps and write all this stuff--and I do it one episode at a time so you get a somewhat close to a realistic live cap experience, but like, believe me when I say I did not see this coming.

At all.

And if any of you were watching this at home and saw this happening then you are lying OR you have been writing a very creative fanfic and this fever dream was also shared by that one guy on this writing staff who really really really stans Seto Kaiba. Lets dive into it, shall we?

Things start out pretty normal, as we are yet tucking another hospitalized person into Kaiba’s floating coma ward.

I’m starting to notice that this room also has sheets which just means when they got to Bakura, they just didn’t feel like tucking that nasty boy in. They looked at him covered in blood and grime and whatever other sweaty layers are all over Bakura and were like “None of us like Kaiba, but we don’t want to do that to his linens.”

And then the episode starts with Joey literally saying this

Now in the actual line of the show, Serenity stayed behind because she wanted to be strong for Mai, a lady she looked up to so much for all of 3 hours. She also said that her brother’s strength inspired her to have the courage to stay well below deck and whatever the hell nonsense was going on up there.

I mean courage is a word you could use to describe it, I would just call it common sense.

Also, look at this Christmas miracle.

I like that someone on the animation team was like “How else are they going to know that Mai isn’t wearing the disk? Draw it on the table. We have to.” and then bam there it is. That is one super random detail.

(more under the cut)

At the top of the blimp, they’ve decided to give Marik a little bit more space.

The Yuge crew must’ve looked at this situation and been all “I can stand next to Marik, or I can appear to root for Kaiba.” And they made their choice.

Below deck we get to see one of my favorite things, that’s right, it’s fake UI for TV shows.

these look like windows you pull up in Maya when you’re trying to find the right vertex or something. Maybe that’s what inspired all this? I dunno, it’s very silly that he would need the same image of a card twice, and that he would need one flipped and in wireframe. Especially since all they're doing is translating a language.

Or maybe he’s just been dogging Kaiba for half an hour before this episode started? Who knows, but honestly, I kinda have to side with Kaiba on this one, moving Mai would be a bad choice since there’s doctors--right there--but like...they should land the blimp though. Like the blimp with a murderer on it maybe needs to land at some point?

But never mind that, there’s cards to be played.

Or...not played.

It takes Ishizu so long to show up that Roland almost cancelled the game and I was so ready to not have to watch a card duel. I was so ready for that to be the canonical end of Ishizu but of course that didn’t happen.

PS, Marik is permanently glowing now.

Kaiba still doesn’t believe in magic and this guy has a constant third eye. So did Yugi all of last duel and Kaiba was just like “I don’t get your weird fashion” and tbh that’s a fair assumption to make.

To be fair, they probably only have once source of not cursed jewelry living underground, and it’s probably why their so matchy-matchy. Like, we all have that one Aunt (I was that one Aunt for a little while) with an Etsy shop and way too much inventory that they just give away to family every birthday and holiday. Judging by how much jewelry these two are wearing, their one Aunt isn’t doing so hot selling her merch.

Anyway, Marik’s good side makes an attempt to reach out and it doesn’t get him very far.

Honestly, when you look at it, there’s more people here from Kaiba’s extremely close school class than there is from the Ishtar family. And they don’t even know that Odion is also related. Sort of calling the kettle black here.

Again, ancient Egyptian Samurai with Yugioh cards would have been one hell of a spinoff with so many problems, where is that anime?

So, the game begins, between a mostly-neutral-antagonist and a protagonist who has done nothing but lock herself in her room in the dark for about 1/4 of a season. I have literally no idea who I’m supposed to be rooting for. Neither does anyone on the show.

Things went about as well as you’d expect dueling a psychic, because Kaiba has learned absolutely nothing from dueling Pegasus.

*Mokuba still has the whistle*

Anyway, because Ishizu can read the future, she knew she’d be going up against a dude who relies on very big strong dragons, so she straight up removed every strong card from his deck, leaving only six cards.

It’s at this point that he only really has one option, to play a Blue Eyes White dragon, which he had in his hand still, or to play the God Card Obelisk which I think was still on field? Again I don’t pay too much attention to the duels but the big thing is that he’s gonna use Obelisk, so Ishizu cursed it so it would hella kill him.

Much like any of the God Cards have done thus far. The worst cards. These are the worst cards and at this point no one should want them anymore. But youknow, hubris.

This is all pretty run of the mill since every time Kaiba duels, he gets hella dunked on, but then...this happens out of absolutely no where.

WHAT?

SHOW.

The least dateable guy in Yugioh!? How is it Kaiba--a past version of him mind you--but a shirtless Kaiba who’s got some lady draped across his arms like he’s gotta model for the cover of a Harlequin romance novel for old ladies? Which...I can arrange that.

Why--out of all of these boys, was it this one that has something the most resembling a fully formed relationship? More so than Tristan, more so than Yugi, more so than whatever was going on with Joey last episode.

What!?

WHAT?

This came out of no where like a jump scare!

And like, here’s the thing, if Kaiba was your slice of pie from the weird ass hair dessert tray that is Yugioh’s selection of husbands, that’s fine. Ship away. But like, imagine with me here, you have a boyfriend--and if you don’t like boys that only adds to this experience--you have a boyfriend and he has the most normal hair of anyone you know, and that’s really great. But his voice ALWAYS sounds like he’s announcing an NBC cop drama. Like you’re eating dinner and he’s like “Can we watch the food channel?” like he’s solid snake.

You’d kill him. You’d kill him way before you end up dead draped across his arms in some weird flashback. You’d straight up kill him.

Sorry, I just made him a lot more attractive for half of you. Whatever, my plan backfired.

But, despite...how...he is, now Seto has one of the most tragic of all the relationships on this show, up there with Pegasus and his dead wife. And so like, I turned to my bro and was like “WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT WHAT JUST HAPPENED??”

Cuz this show that has very, very little dating in it. A show that has had no physical kissing unless you count that time Pegasus macked a ghost. A show where someone almost got married to someone they never dated in their life and they shrugged it off. A show that had Mai and Joey friendzoning the hell out of eachother rather than admit any sort of crush. A show where Tea and Yugi went on a date but then I guess forgot that happened 20 episodes ago and are now in permanent friend limbo. (Tea and Yugi so far having the most realistic dating experience tbh.)

This is just straight up here’s a picture of past Seto, and his dead wife is here too, no explanation! Have fun digesting that!

(wouldn’t have noticed they forgot to finish Yugi’s necklace if I hadn’t done the cap. hm. So fast I blinked and missed it until I wrote this copy.)

And like, I’m making it seem in these caps as if these characters talked about what I just witnessed in any degree and straight up they didn’t. Of course they didn’t. Kaiba didn’t want to discuss this crazy ass thing that happened. Just me. I am the only one that’s talking about this in 2019. Just me.

So I turn to my bro and was like “you have to tell me what just happened” and bro was like

“Sorry to disappoint you but...I’m pretty sure that dead girl never comes up again.” and then he kind of continued “I’m pretty sure Kaiba sacrificed his one true love in order to get his Blue Eyes.” and I realized “Bro, is this just a headcanon you made up? Are you telling me your spicy Seto Kaiba fanfic as if it’s true just like that one time you told me that Yugi’s Grandpa ate a guy in Egypt and I believed you for 30 episodes?” and bro was like “Mmmmmm It’s probably a headcanon. I’m pretty sure they dropped Kaiba’s dead girlfriend plotline completely off the face of the Earth. Like a LOT of plotlines from s2, Rach, don’t get attached.”

So, because Kaiba believes that his.......dragon.......told him to play a dragon, Kaiba sacrifices his Obelisk to play a dragon--thus removing the Obelisk curse.

So if it’s strongly suggested that Kaiba’s love for this dragon is youknow, an equivalent to the devotion you would have a for a dead wife you have cradled in your arms, then -- has Kaiba been dating this dragon the whole time? Is that what the show just seriously suggested to me with this juxtaposition? Because I am an illustrator and if I wanted to make someone look like they had an intense and complicated relationship with a playing card, that is how I would draw it. Just saying.

And like for serious, how is it that Yugioh keeps writing it’s own fanfic? Like, is this dragon infused with the spirit of his dead wife? Is that why his reincarnation has this weird fixation with the Blue Eyes White Dragon? OMG this is absolutely ridiculous, I can’t believe I’m considering that Kaiba was literally married to what is now his paper card of a dragon. Of which he has 3 of.

Clearly I am thinking way too much about this.

I mean to be fair, Kaiba did save Tea that one time. He also took out a helicopter and a crane at the same time but Tea was just fine.

Oh boy.

That was so freakin random. Well...I’m glad that Kaiba got back together with the dragon. They had sort of a breakup at the beginning of the season and now KaibaxDragon is back in full swing. Good for them.

This was the only guy smart enough not to play a God Card, PS. This guy. I guess if Seto fell in a plot coma the entire tourney would be essentially over, so...it had to happen this way.

But dead wife, amiright?

Here’s a link to read from S1 Ep1

And PS in case you don’t know about the Billionaires and Baby’s books that have--I swear to you, like 400 books in the series--please admire the billionaires and babies books. Never read them. But I like to spread the news of these completely insane and real book covers wherever I go.

#Yugioh #yugioh recap #photo recap #s2 ep44 #s2 ep45 #seto kaiba #seto kaiba's dead wife #yugi muto #did I mention that seto kaiba has a freakin dead wife #joey wheeler #how do you just glaze over seto kaiba's dead wife omg #serenity wheeler #ishizu ishtar #tristan taylor #duke devlin #mai valentine #marik ishtar

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