#tbh i struggled trying to age-down molly

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⟨ CHARLIE GILLESPIE. CIS MALE. HE/HIM. ⟩ though the mist might prevent some from seeing it, THEODORE “THEO” MOSETTI is actually a descendent of H E R M E S. it’s still a question of whether or not the TWENTY-ONE year old MCOGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR from NEW YORK, USA has taken after their godly parent completely, but the demigod is still known to be quite LOYAL & IMPULSIVE. 

guess who’s back, back again? it’s me, the local mommy long legs here to give you yet another character for me to try and do justice too. as ALWAYS please dm me for plotting purposes for this hyperactive boy, he is a fairly good egg. let’s get into it.

BASIC INFORMATION

FULL NAME theodore james mosetti NICKNAME(S) theo, teddy, tj OCCUPATION cashier at fireside records (part-time) SEXUALITY: pansexual AGE 21 DATE OF BIRTH april 2nd NATIONALITY american RELIGION spiritual THREAT LEVEL 5/10

PHYSICAL INFORMATION

FACE CLAIM charlie gillespie HEIGHT 6 foot even EYE COLOR hazel HAIR COLOUR + STYLE brown, almost like a caramel color. slightly grown out (he hates hair cuts) DOMINANT HAND right DISTINGUISHING FEATURES warm and welcoming smile, shaggy hair, bright sparkly eyes, broad shoulders, full bushy brows, small beauty mark to right of nose, freckles scattered through out skin. ACCENT + INTENSITY has a new yorker accent, especially strong when he’s excited (which is common) or angry (which is not too common) TATTOO(S) he has ONE tattoo, a smiley face on the side of his right hand with “just smile” scripted beside it. SCAR(S) long scar running along his left shoulder from surgery from an in game injury, a few little scars on hands from sports. PIERCING(S) one of his ears is pierced, he did it as a dare and honestly didn’t hate it so he kept it

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

HOMETOWN newark, new york CURRENT RESIDENCE athens, greece LANGUAGE(S) english/italian SOCIAL CLASS middle BASIC EDUCATION high school COLLEGE EDUCATION currently a junior in college DEGREE(S) N/A PARENT #1 holly mosetti & enzo mosetti (adoptive parents) PARENT #2 barbara hawks (birth mother) PET(S) growing up had two dogs, golden retrievers  RAP SHEET? clean as a whistle PRISON TIME? he would be dead, tbh

VICES + HABITS

SMOKES? ocassionally DRINKS? yes DRUGS? only weed, has taken ecstacy/molly before VIOLENT? not unless provoked OR sticking up for someone ADDICTION(S)? physical activity, perhaps? also enjoys reality television. SELF-DESTRUCTIVE? he can be at times. HABIT(S) excessively bouncing leg, pacing around, whistling (someone smack him if he does it too much), drumming hands on knees, rubbing the back of his neck, talking too loud. HOBBIES sports, sports, more sports, late night drives, playing guitar, enjoys listening to music for hours or watching sports. LIKES any sport but football and baseball are his favorites, the song brandy (you’re a fine girl), karaoke nights with friends, laughing until he cries, falling down youtube rabbit holes. DISLIKES overly-aggressive people, missing birthdays, wet socks, people who bite ice cream, overly seasoned food or UNDERLY seasoned food, quiet rooms. OBSESSION(S) once again SPORTS, ANYTHING SPORTS. and john lennon. COMPULSION(S) talking to fill space, he hates long pauses.

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

HOUSE hermes ZODIAC aries ELEMENT fire ANIMAL golden retriever 

HIS POWERS AND PERSONALITY CAN ALL BE FOUND RIGHT HERE <3

EXTRACURRICULARS: capture the flag (vp), member of the choir, feminist alliance, lgbt alliance, theo tackles that (sports segment for radio), songwriting club

SPORTS CLUBS: captain of baseball, member of basketball, lacrosse and football.

WORKPLACE: somehow manages to pick up shifts at fireside records?? he is all over the place tbH?

HERE ARE SOME HEADCANNONS about the basic background info on my son, i might write his full bio.....i might not, WHO KNOWS, but i probs will. for now, here’s some need to know background:

theo was left in the foster care system at a very young age, his mother was an addict who gave him up in favor of continuing her life of addiction, but he was VERY QUICKLY adopted by the age of 2.

the family who adopted him already had an older son, who at the time was 6, and also eventually gave birth to a daughter who is 5 years younger than he was (she was a miracle baby).

he has diagnosed adhd, it was pretty intense when he was younger but after getting medication for it and diving into sports, it’s calmed down a bit...although it does still tend to flair up every now and then.

theo’s family was middle class, they lived in newark, new york (right outside new york city) in a humble home and were very tight knit. of course they had little family arguements here and there but, over all, he had a very wholesome childhood.

he found out he was adopted when he was pretty young, it wasn’t like his parents needed to tell him, he didn’t really look like his siblings or parents in the slightest but he was always assured that they loved him regardless and theo knew they meant that.

VERY MUCH involved in sports all throughout his life given his athletic ability, he loves sports (don’t get him started because he won’t stop). honestly, he just loves being involved and being a part of something. to quote high school musical “being a part of something special MAKES you special.”

outside of sports, however, he loves music...picking up guitar (mostly to impress a girl when he was younger) and he has a decent singing voice although he very much is more of a jock than a performer.

hermes claimed him when he was 12, he found out he was a demi-god when he was sixteen.

right before his sixteenth birthday, he was severely injured in a football game against another team. it was a rare day when he was off, as if something drained his energy, and he dislocated his shoulder. it was the ONLY TIME he used his powers to steal a larger amount of money since his parents would have to pay a lot for the surgery.

he is currently studying PSYCHOLOGY (cognitive) due to his adhd and wanting to learn more and help other people out there who might be struggling, although knowing how all over the place he is...he may switch at some point, who knows with him tbh??

SIMPLE WANTED CONNECTIONS FOR THIS GOLDEN RETRIEVER BOY:

best friends (2 or 3), brother/sister figures (2??), workout buddies (2 or 3), sports junkies such as himself, fwb (maybe 2 or 3, he is a pretty loyal little pup but he iS still a boy), exes (could end on good terms, bad terms, awkward terms who knows??), crushes (unrequited, mutual, secret??), enemies (1 or 2, theo doesn’t have many enemies but maybe someone isn’t about his good vibes?), party pals, coworkers, teammates, ANYTHING really.

i’ll probs make him a wanted connection page down the line when i get my stuff together hehe <3 feel free to dive into my DMSSSS!

#euintro #intro.

[fragilelcngs-blog]

INTRODUCING…. me.

hey, babes !! my name’s dee, and i’m very new around here. i’m twenty-three, live in the est, and use she/her pronouns. i’m a moody aquarius, chaotic neutral, and infp for those of you that are into literally anything that will tell you about your personality like me. i’m legit so painfully shy but i’m so down for plots, threads, and ships of all kinds so please bring me whatever your little hearts desire !!! i’m so stoked to be here and write with y’all it’s INSANE, and my ims are ALWAYS open for screaming about plotting, sharing headcanons, or making friends !! i only have two triggers that i feel should be mentioned and those are anything involving heavily graphic or explicit mentions of self-harm or pedophilia. otherwise, i’m good to go but please let me know if i miss something and don’t tag or give a content warning for any of your triggers !!!

INTRODUCING…. the muses.

HEATHER VINCENT, phoebe tonkin, ( 26 ) + screwtape by cane hill.

JANIE FOLEY, holland roden, ( 21 ) + disco tits by tove lo.

CARCOSA LUSK, lucy hale, ( 23 ) + ain’t no grave by johnny cash.

MICKEY ST. CLAIR, lynn gunn, ( 24 ) + soon be gone by boots.

VERONICA ST. CLAIR, carlson young, ( 21 ), + hotter than hell by dua lipa.

EVE RAYNER, holland roden, ( 27 ), + when the levee breaks by led zeppelin.

VALERIA PADILLA, eiza gonzalez, ( 27 ), + down by stone temple pilots.

MOLLY STARRETT, madelaine petsch, ( 22 ), + ultraviolence by lana del rey.

BRITNEY STARRETT, katherine mcnamara, ( 20 ), + come as you are by nirvana.

NIKKI FREY, maggie lindemann, ( 19 ), + baby i’m dead inside by kopps.

INTRODUCING…. wanted plots.

oh wOW alright so i’m gonna be basic for a second and tell y’all that i fucking love angst. i mean, fluff’s great and all, but my heart truly lies with the gritty, toxic, dysfunctional, and fucked up. i’m also a huge fan of anything having to do with crime so if you ever wanna do any crime plots come my way !!!  it’s also no secret that i’m a very big fan of age gaps ( obvs not with minors because GROSS ). but seriously, give me everything. friends or exes or enemies to lovers, two toxic people that know they should walk away from each other but can’t live without the other, criminals on the run, any kind of criminal or bad influence with pure characters that have hearts made of gold, characters that go through something horrible together and become each other’s lifeline because they’re the only ones that understand, secret and / or taboo relationships, slowburn and unrequited love, exes that reconnect under literally any kind of circumstances, etc. i’ll link some good examples of my favorite plots so you can get a feel for what i’m describing !!!

x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x are all some ( hopefully ) pretty good examples !!

i’m also always down for plots away from the romantic side of things. i LOVE giving my characters ride or dies, enemies, exes, family, or anything else you can think of. the more unique the connection the better !! legit one of the best relationships i ever played out in an rp was between carcosa and another girl. totally platonic, but it was such a rich and fucked up dynamic that was full of toxicity and power struggles and manipulation and backstabbing, but also drunken benders and risky adventures and late night confessions, and those were easily some of the funnest threads and plotting sessions i’ve ever had. so please, like i said, give me all of the connections.

INTRODUCING…. the favorites.

i’m totally gonna break this down into quick lil sections because i have a lot of favorite things lmao so here you go !!!

SHIPS

tbh i have so many favorite crackships so pls don’t even get me started on those ?? but i love both f/f and m/f ships and have absolutely zero preference when it comes to which one we do. i’m also a huge fan of poly ships and i’ll never say no to having multiple ships/plots/threads with the same person. i’m very much a multi-ship kinda gal so as long as it’s cool with my writing partner(s) i tend to assume each ship is in it’s own little verse unless otherwise discussed. though i’m totally down for and love ic drama so don’t be afraid to approach me about ships existing in the same timeline !! i’m a fan of everything from the sickly sweet and fluffy to the fucked up, toxic, and angsty so just give me all of the ships because tbh i’m a slut for ‘em.

FACES

alright so some of my favorite faces to play are holland roden, lucy hale, phoebe tonkin, eiza gonzalez, madelaine petsch, katherine mcnamara, dove cameron, halsey, emma greenwell, maggie lindemann, emmy rossum, madison davenport, lynn gunn, vanessa morgan, carlson young, deborah ann woll, and maggie siff. some of my favorite ladies to play against are zoey deutch, lindsey morgan, kat graham, vanessa morgan, dua lipa, eliza taylor, adelaide kane, candice patton, dove cameron, arden cho, chloe bennet, vanessa hudgens, danielle campbell, ashley benson, margot robbie, blake lively, ginny gardner, angelina jolie, emeraude toubia, meghan markle, and zoe kravitz. some of my favorite fellas to play against are charlie hunnam, jon bernthal, dj cotrona, charles melton, manny montana, oscar isaac, andy biersack, andrew lincoln, chris evans, bob morley, garrett hedlund, tom hardy, jason momoa, tyler posey, michael b. jordan, frank grillo, jeffrey dean morgan, dom sherwood, jensen ackles, skeet ulrich, and froy gutierrez.

EXTRAS

 just for fun, here’s a mismatched list of some of my favorite things across the board !! snakes, glitter, the colors purple, teal, and black, dogs, iced coffee, horror movies, outlaw bikers, drag queens, classic rock, vinyl records, bath and body works, geodes, mexican food, pulp fiction, the moon and stars, tattoos, neon lights, iasip, succulents and cacti, richard siken, candles, myths and folklore, metallic lipstick, sons of anarchy, and concerts.

INTRODUCING…. future plans.

tbh i hope to get a lot of things out of this group. i’m hoping to find a safe space to let my creativity run wild and a home for my muses where they can constantly grow and develop through interactions with other characters, in-depth plots, and my own exploration the more i write with them. i’m also hoping this will be a good opportunity to make friends, since i’m very much a loner and some of the best people i’ve met have been through the world of roleplaying. i definitely want to push my muses and challenge myself to be a better writer here, and i hope to help out those of you that are seeking the same things in your journey !! i’m already planning on adding some more muses in the very near future ( because i have ZERO impulse control ), and as far as future plans for plots go i want EVERYTHING. romantic, enemies, exes, familial, platonic, and literally anything in between. i would definitely love some slowburn ships where our characters don’t just fall in love overnight. i’d also be so down for exploring the dynamics of age gap relationships. not just the taboo aspect of them but like the differences in generations, the potential repercussions, the ups and downs and the times where they’re not sure if they can make it work.

INTRODUCING…. why i said fuck it.

i mean who hasn’t felt like saying fuck it to the rpc ??? i’ve been rping for several years, about six of those years have been on tumblr and as much love as i can have for this community at times, most days it’s just fucking exhausting. i feel like it’s mostly become a very toxic, judgmental, and honestly shallow place. i hate the expectation groups put on members these days with activity checks and whatnot because honestly who even has the time to write every single day ????? or y’know sometimes we just don’t feel like it ?????? i know for me personally between my mental health and irl responsibilities i just don’t have the time or energy to be on every two days. and plus a lot of them are cliquey af or die in a week or are riddled with petty drama so i tend to avoid them altogether. i joined the indie community in hopes of rping on my terms and while i def feel like that was a step in the right direction, it’s still a very exclusive community at times and i’ve had difficulty fitting in. there’s still a lot of ugliness towards female ocs or muns that exclusively play females and tbh i’m over it ??? i decided to give this group a try because i love the idea of the indie format but in a group, making it easier to plot with people and put yourself out there. tl;dr i decided to say fuck it because the community’s gone downhill and i needed a change.

#fckit:task001 #( dee you gangly uncoordinated b*tch / ooc. ) #i have to censor my own ooc tag bc otherwise my posts don't show up in the tags rip #anyway i'm def gonna do the second task and get my intro posts up for my muses in the next couple of days #in the mean time it's so nice to meet y'all and i'm v excited to write with you!!!

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1065.

Names, I need your names? no.

What is your favorite thing to do while drinking? honestly just sit around with friends, listen to music, eat and smoke lol.

Describe the worst party experience you’ve ever had? oh god, let’s not go there. long story short i ended up crying in the club.

What’s the best and worst trip you’ve had (drugs, not travel, lmao)? best was the molly at coachella. it wasn’t too over the top and sitting on the bus on the way back to our hotel was weirdly one of the best feelings in the world. world was after tomorrowland where we walked the streets of boom looking for a way to get back to our hotel which was 40 minutes away. whatever we had was definitely laced with something else.

What is the most unique or uncommon thing about you? this question is better suited for people i know to answer about me. i have no idea.

What happened the last time you were in a fight with someone? yesterday i had a mini argument with my boyfriend. it was over in five minutes, he just wasn’t listening to me.

Have you ever been in a physical fight? Who started it? no.

What is the most stupidly dangerous thing you’ve done, like something small but really dumb? speed i guess? cutting lanes without looking. i don’t do it often, but i have before oops.

When you are feeling your lowest, who do you turn to for help? i keep things to myself most of the time. if i need to vent i’ll talk to my boyfriend.

What is something you do very differently from others? think i guess.

What is something you do that’s unhealthy? Are you trying to change it? not watching what i’ve been eating lately. yes i need to change it up.

What do you wish was different about your community/neighborhood? i love my neighbourhood, i just wish it was closer to the city.

Do you like to do any type of volunteering? If so, have you/do you volunteer? i haven’t in ages.

Where was the last place you walked? Do you enjoy walking with no real purpose? to my car. i hate walking unless i’m traveling tbh.

Is a backpacking trip something you think you would enjoy? Why/why not? no. i couldn’t imagine staying in hostels and not having a huge variety of clothes packed.

Other than moving out as an adult, what’s the longest you’ve been away from home? 6 weeks, euro trip.

What’s the closest you’ve ever been to death? there hasn’t really been a time.

Have you ever told another person that you wish they would die? What’s the worst thing you’ve said to someone else? no way. idk, when i’m angry i don’t think before i speak. the worst thing is probably saying i didn’t love someone anymore to their face even though it wasn’t true.

What is the longest you’ve gone without food? Water? Going outside? i’ll drink water everyday no matter what. probably about a day for food. going outside... maybe a week that one time i was really sick.

What kind of video games are your favorite, and what are you playing now? What made you pick up that game specifically? i love gta, watch dogs and the sims. not playing anything right now, nothing new has caught my eye.

What was the last new thing you learned? no clue.

What kinds of things turn you on? the scent of my boyfriend haha.

What is your favorite type of kiss/way of kissing? a short make out sesh with a bit of tongue.

What is your favorite body part to have someone touch/etc? can never say no to a shoulder massage.

Favorite form of affection in general/not sexual/etc? hugs.

If you could change or add something to your physical form, what would it be? (even horns, tails, wings, eyes, etc!) don’t think i’d add anything. i’d get rid of stuff though.

What is something you are attracted to that other people normally aren’t? no idea.

When was the last time you felt like something really changed you in some way? i’m not sure. i’m still in the process of changing.

What kind of a relationship do you have with religion? a non existent one right now.

Do you get along with people who are especially religious? Why/why not? yeah i do. i’ll get along with anyone of any religion, as long as they’re not shoving their beliefs down my throat.

Describe a date idea you would enjoy? a weekend getaway in wine country. 

Are you romantic or not so much? What is romance to you? not so much.

What was the last thing you ate? a sandwich.

What do you think about anime? not a fan.

What do you think about Tumblr in general? Good site, bad site, hell site? What you make of it? i used to love it but got over it. i never use my main tumblr anymore, just this one.

What is your Love Language? lol never did a test or whatever it is.

Where do you score on that Kinsey scale thing? no idea.

Are your chakras aligned/underactive/overactive? no idea.

What was the last thing you received and last thing you sent in the mail? last thing i received was a wedding invitation. the last thing i sent were these shoes i bought online that didn’t fit me.

What was the last chore you did? washed the dishes.

If you could have a free personal chef or a housecleaner, which would you prefer? personal chef. i like cleaning.

What is something you’re struggling with right now, if anything? motivation.

What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? hmm bacon and eggs i guess.

Do you have any routines you like to follow? Are you someone who enjoys routines? yep. i have many routines.

How would you describe your school experience? Enjoyable, not, etc? it was fine. not good, not bad.

What types of people do you have trouble getting along with? anyone who’s sexist, racist, homophobic or just plain out rude and doesn’t treat anyone with respect.

What is it that draws you to your passions (like if it’s writing, singing, etc)? i just love doing it.

When do you feel the most happy and fulfilled? when i’m traveling.

What was the last thing to break your heart? not sure.

What was the last thing that got unexpectedly better? work today. i got out early.

What is your favorite alcoholic drink? a dark and stormy.

Do you like absinthe? never tried it. 

What day of the week is your favorite? it changes every week. maybe saturday though.

What was the last thing you celebrated? my mum’s birthday.

What is a song for your mood right now? nothing.

And just what IS your mood? i’m super sleepy but need to stay awake since i have night shift tomorrow.

#survey #surveys #quiz #bored #questions

[monikakrasnorada]

Pulling threads

There are several threads that I’ve been pulling recently, but they all seem to want to snag on the same knot.  I’m not certain that once they’ve unravelled we won’t just find more gaping holes instead of a finely woven tapestry, but since, we’ve nothing but time on our hands for the forseeable future, I thought, what the hell? So let’s see where this all goes and if any of it makes sense- or even matters once it’s all said and done. :)

*Full disclosure (though I don’t know how anyone in fandom can’t know this at this point because I’m pretty vocal about it): I’m an EMPer. I believe Mary shot Sherlock and that he hasn’t regained consciousness since and that S4 is merely the continuation of TAB- the Victorian personas in the modern age, since Sherlock clearly isn’t awake yet at the end of TAB. 

Not sure how much of this will be EMP-based, but just wanted to give a head’s up, in case that isn’t your jam and you can just skip this post altogether.

Okay. Here we go!

Lady Carmichael

Did not kill Sir Edwin.

This is my first bone of contention that I see in fandom a lot. I see so many posts that take it as gospel that Lady Carmichael did, in fact, kill her husband. But, that just can’t be the case, because as Moriarty says-

The argument can be made that Sir Eustace and Lady Carmichael are the stand-ins for a whole list of different people within the show. At any given moment they can represent:

John and Sherlock

John and Mary

Lord and Lady Smallwood

Mrs Hudson and Frank Hudson

Talk about confusing, I know. It makes my head hurt, tbh. 

There is one fact that is a certainty- Sir Eustace was killed. But, that it was at the hands of a group of women- which we are wrongly lead to believe was headed by Lady Carmichael- treated badly by the men in their lives, is more than I can accept. Yeah. there’s a few dudes I wouldn’t mind getting rid of, but I’m not going to join some group of conspirators in order to do it.

Sherlock had it right when he spoke to Lestrade-

Of course I solved it. It’s perfectly simple. The incident of the mysterious Mrs Ricoletti, the killer from beyond the grave has been widely reported int he popular press. Now people are disguising their own dull little murders as the work of a ghost to confuse the impossibly imbecilic Scotland Yard.

First instincts are usually correct, and Sherlock knows that. 

The murder of Sir Eustace did not follow the usual MO of the ‘bride’, (the league of furies)-

Murdered in their own homes, rice on the floor, like at a wedding, and the word YOU written in blood on the wall

There was none of that when they found Sir Eustace-

Sir Eustace’s stab wound was a mirror image of Sherlock’s gun shot wound. Imagine that. 

And, it wasn’t Lady Carmichael. Not only because Moriarty told us it wasn’t her, that it was ridiculous that it would be her (this is Sherlock’s mind telling him, so he knows he got it wrong) but also because, why would she go to Sherlock to prevent a murder she was going to commit?

(Just as Mary didn’t go to Sherlock for a murder she did plan to commit, hm.)

The Bride killed Sir Edwin (and Sherlock), it’s true. But she was not a member of a ‘league of furies’. There was nothing ‘honorable’ about what she did. Each time we see the Bride that isn’t Emilia Ricoletti, two very peculiar things happen-

We get the villain head tilt a la Mary, and their voice is disguised. 

In the case of the Bride that warns Sir Eustace in the maze, if that were Janine or Molly, why disguise the voice? At this point, it’s almost certain that Emilia was dead and we are supposed to believe this is one of the women conspirator’s come to threaten (which was never mentioned as part of the other Bride murders, fyi) So, the voice didn’t matter because Sir Eustace wouldn’t have recognised it, but- we would have? And then, in the hallway, as Watson waits and is scared by the ghost bride*, the voice is once more disguised. Again, why? Watson certainly wouldn’t have recognised Molly or Janine’s voice. But, guess who’s voice he would have. Mary.

(*coming back to Watson here, later)

The bride stabbed Sir Eustace, just as Mary shot Sherlock. 

Sherlock got it wrong. Moriarty told him, it’s his downfall, always. He wants everything to be clever. And that’s what he tried to do with this scenario. When he ‘found’ the “Miss me?” note attached to Sir Eustace’s dead body, that’s when his mind made the connection between Mary and Moriarty. What do we say about coincidence? But, his mind revolts and is tearing itself apart because he cannot accept this truth-

So much more under the cut.

This is my fundamental belief in what is going on throughout the end of HLV, TAB and S4: Sherlock can’t reconcile that the woman John chose is actually the enemy and he keeps trying to come up with a way to make that untrue,  but none of them work. 

Because, it doesn’t make sense.

Lady Smallwood came to Sherlock for help. Lady Carmichael came to Sherlock for help. Mary never came to ask for help. Help Sherlock surely could have provided. Why would a person go to such lengths to hide a past they didn’t want revealed, when the people they were hiding it from would be the very ones to understand and be able to help?

Mary never once offered any information about herself. She sat quietly by, as Sherlock divulged ‘all he knew’ and she neither confirmed nor denied. She handed over the AGRA memory stick and said it was her initials (another lie, later proven). When Sherlock asked her why she didn’t come to him for help with her case, she simply asked “what case?” as if she hadn’t any problem she needed help with. Five years ago she became Mary Morstan. Five years ago, Moriarty met Eurus and hatched a plan. Coincidence? I’ll leave you to your deductions on that bit.

John Watson is definitely in danger

Thinking about this makes my stomach literally hurt, but needs must.

There are several important moments that we need to remember in HLV and TAB, concerning John Watson-

John bristles at the idea of having a gun with him, but on both those occasions he did, in fact have it with him. 

Now, we get this scene in HLV. John is still riled over finding Janine in the flat. Sherlock’s being a bit of a dick about how he and Mary compare how much weight John has gained since they got married. Then we have Sherlock telling John not to bring a gun, to confront the person that just took a piss in the hearth of 221B. Do we really believe he isn’t going to bring his gun?

I would say the balance of probability is pretty close to nil.

Sherlock tells Mary that John is downstairs, where he left him in HLV and ordered him to stay in TAB-

What else are we told?

Mary entered through CAMs office (somehow, and my money’s still on her being a member of the Black Lotus, and having been the one scaling the buildings in TBB, but that’s another post) she knocked out the security guard and Janine*. So, how do we suppose she left? Who might she have encountered on her way out? Who more than likely also had a gun with them that night?

We keep getting the imagery of the gun being fired in S4 along with the rather ominous re-appearance of this carpet from CAMs office-

I am aware of the theory that John has been shot, and at this point, it’s hard to argue against that idea. It is highly likely that he was also shot in CAM Tower and S4 has been some kind of weird Inception-esque look into both Sherlock and John’s minds as they both struggle to survive. But, I feel like it’s more likely John shot Mary than the other way around. 

Go back to TAB,and my asterisk from earlier. 

Look at that once and future BAMF! Locked and loaded and not afraid of anything. I’m sorry, that is not a man that would run away from a ‘ghost’ and I don’t believe for a second he did. I don’t think Sherlock is aware what really happened after he was shot and that this is all just his imagination and what he thinks would have happened.

I think Mary went down those stairs and... I don’t know. Did they shoot each other? Did Mary shoot John and escape? Did John shoot Mary and kill her?

Honestly, I just don’t know. I only believe the fact they made such a fuss over John bringing a gun or not and that Sherlock went out of his way to tell us that Mary left the way she came is something not to be overlooked.

Perhaps this image is all that Sherlock’s mind can recall. The reoccurring dream. It plays over and over in his mind because in his own unconscious state, he doesn’t know if it’s John or Mary. (I know it’s not logical, but dreams / subconscious minds usually aren’t)

*** ETA: I was in the middle of writing this post up today when @sagestreet posted this meta Therapists for Mirrors as Love Interests. In this, sage proposes (as have many others since the show aired) that S4 is a mirror-verse. It’s hard to know just how far to take this. Can everyone and every action be flipped and reversed in order to show us what really happened? It sort of terrifies me when thinking of the aquarium scene. OR all of T6T, for that matter. Mary is much more “John” than John is in that episode. Sherlock prefers her help even, much to all of our collective disgruntlement. Can we put the mirror up to the Norbury scene? Who becomes who in that sense? Mary is really John? Norbury is really Mary? 

Like I said, it’s a disheartening thought and one that doesn’t help make any of this any better :(

But, then, my brain rebelled at the idea they would turn Mary into John and then this happened:

There’s something about Janine

Okay, so I’ve debated even writing this here and adding it to this post because it just seems a bit too...much? But, then I look at S4 again, and all the fuckiness and I laugh my ass off because really? Really? I am going to think this idea is too far-fetched for this show? :P

I was never a believer in Janine being anything other than a hapless pawn in Sherlock’s game. I still find it hard to imagine that she is, but @wellthengameover  made a really strong case that she just might be. She’s Irish. Moriarty’s Irish. She has dark hair and eyes and so does Moriarty. Yeah, and so does half the world probably. It just seemed to me like a casting coincidence, as naive as that may sound. Yeah, I was that person, until I saw this post of Andrew Scott and his real sister, and it seems like the improbable could just be possible.

I’ve written several things about Janine over the past year- (X) (X) (X)- that now feels trite and as if I was completely blind to what we were being shown about her.

So, I ran straight to watch HLV again last night with this in mind and it hit me like a slap in the face, because you can’t kill an idea once it’s in your head-

A personal assistant is a secretary!

We all hate the idea of Eurus- a last minute new character that just comes in and fucks everything up for no reason. Usually, when we have a ‘new’ villain introduced, they give us time, throughout the episode to understand why we shouldn’t like them and understand why they are the villain. The villain of T6T should have been Mary, but I understand, looking at it through the lens of EMP and Sherlock’s desperation to somehow try to redeem Mary in his own mind, that we get this convoluted mixture of a vllain. 

Mary saying this never made sense to me. We were told in TAB she is a nurse, and scenes from TEH seemed to back that idea up. So, why is she mentioning a receptionist now? I know here in the states, it isn’t normally the done thing that the receptionist is also the nurse in an office, but I’m not sure if the same can be said about Britain. It does seem like an odd thing to me. Either way, I don’t think her mentioning a receptionist knowing loads of stuff they shouldn’t is a coincidence.

Sounds an awful lot like a personal assistant or a secretary to me.

The villain is three people?

How did Sherlock know that Norbury would be at the aquarium? The aquarium???

If EMP began with the shooting, what is the last thing Sherlock would remember from the day / night he was shot?

Magnussen is a shark, which would make his office a shark tank (X) (X)-

Honestly, I really believe the Norbury scene tells us what really happened the night Sherlock was shot. The similarities are uncanny-

Sherlock recruits John to ‘assist’ him on a case “too big and dangerous for any sane individual to get involved with.” A case he later informs John that he knows he’s ‘free’ to help with because apparently he has already been in touch with Mary to ‘ask’-

In both the CAM Tower scene and the aquarium, John arrives after Sherlock (and Mary)-

(And, just because I think their level of detail in mirroring these two scenes is amazing, I love how Sherlock peeks around the corner in both as he prepares to see Janine / Norbury)-

Lady Smallwood as the representation of love, was pointed out by @sagestreet . Love and their secretary, shown in both instances, literally and figuratively-

Which brings me to Codename: Love-

L O V E

A M O

A M M O

That is some serious ammunition Janine used against Sherlock. “Nothing hits the spot like revenge with profits.” But, seriously, WTF? HOW is this revenge on Sherlock? Making him out to be this insatiable sex fiend? Why would that hurt Sherlock’s reputation? The only this makes any sort of sense is the fact that Janine was so sexually explicit from the moment they met.

So, in Sherlock’s mind, at this point, Janine would be all about sex and revenge to use it as a weapon.

What else do we know about “Amo”?

Betrayed by the woman on the phone. A British woman, but could her accent have simply been mistaken?

I feel like I could go on all day with the similarities between these two scenes. That there are a million threads to be pulled from just it alone. Thinking about Janine brings more answers than questions. What exactly did CAM have on her? If she isn’t Moriarty’s sister, what on earth could have been so awful that she would allow that man to flick her in the eye because of it?

*Crack alert* Read ahead at your own peril :P

My mind wants to weave all sorts of narratives concerning her now and give in to the crack and speculate the craziest of scenarios: 

Ajay. Gabriel. Rosamund. Alex.

Ajay-

held and tortured for six years. Returns to kill Mary (the one he believed betrayed them) AMMO. The code word that led them all to ruin. It was the ‘English woman’ on the phone that betrayed them, but how did Ajay know Mary made it out alive?? Mary says she escaped but lost track of the others. Why would Ajay think that only Mary survived based on Ammo?

Gabriel-

???

Rosamund-

We know where she is and what she’s been up to.

Alex-

Ajay says he was with him, tortured to death.

Gabriel is the only one left hanging. Gabriel. The name could be either masculine or feminine. I don’t know if I want to suspect Janine being Gabriel, but I mean, the possibility exists?? CAM had some really bad info on Janine it seems and somehow he had all the info on Mary. Where did that come from?

(This photo could potentially be the three remaining AGRA members) 

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The Bench by LittleRose13

(really very late tbh) 100 Follower celebration fic!

Every summer, the Weasley/Potter family get together to see the kids off to Hogwarts. Every summer, Molly insists on taking a photograph of all the children. Seventeen years pass and she is still taking the photo.

Words: 1,666 Characters: literally ALL the kids (I wish I could draw fan art for this story but I can’t draw at all) Read it on AO3 

It all started the summer before Teddy set off for his first year at Hogwarts. The family had decided to have a big get together to see him off and it just sort of became an annual event. No one had ever said it was; everyone just knew that on the last weekend of the summer holidays, the whole Weasley/Potter family (plus Teddy) would descend on The Burrow.

Molly of course, loved it. Having her now slightly empty house bustling with so many children at once made her swell with pride at the grandchildren her children had given her. It was her who had first whipped out a camera and insisted on an entire group shot. In the end, she’d been backed all the way down the garden trying to fit everyone in so it was decided that just the children should gather for a photograph first.

James, who was only just five, sat proudly next to his favourite cousin Freddy, aged almost six. Three-year-old Albus sat next to his brother at the end of the bench, gazing at baby Lily who rested in James’ arms. James looked delighted at being allowed to hold his baby sister.

“Look, Fwed. Dis is my baby sister,” Albus explained proudly.

“Fwed knows that Al,” James said exasperatedly, patting Lily’s hair in what he obviously thought was a cute, older-brotherly way. “Fwed’s got a baby sister too.”

“My baby sister’s more bigger than a baby though,” Fred explained to the younger boys as Dominique (aged seven) sat on his other side. Four-year-old Roxanne was placed across both of their laps.

“I’m not a baby! I’m not am I Domi?” she whined.

“Not a baby,” said Dominique pointedly to Fred.

Rose sat down next, with her legs dangling from the bench, her one year old brother Hugo perched on her knee as Lily was perched on James. Victoire, who was nine, leant against the bench on Albus’ other side, struggling to hold her toddler brother Louis and grinning at eleven year old Teddy.

“Want me to hold Louis?” Teddy offered in his ‘mature’ voice, holding his arms out to take the squirming two-year-old.

“No Teddy, he’s my brother, I can do it.” Victoire retorted and Teddy smirked but stood a bit closer to her.

“Everybody say kneazles!” Grandma Molly ordered and there was an adorable chorus from most of the children, in which the adults watching could faintly hear a confused James shout ‘knees up!’.

From then on, it became a tradition that the picture be taken with near enough the same line up (with Percy’s two girls joining the group when they came along) and Grandma Molly had every single one arranged along her mantelpiece. It was amusing to look through them and see how much the kids had changed.

For example, in the photo taken in 2013, five-year-old Lily had refused to sit on James’ lap and insisted on sitting with Teddy instead. This wouldn’t have been a problem if she hadn’t decided this as the photo was being taken. Therefore that year’s picture shows Lily falling off James in her attempt to dive for Teddy while all the other kids smile, oblivious and Albus attempts to catch her.

Then the following year, Albus and James had had a falling out over whose turn it had been on their shared toy broomstick (Harry now wishes they had thought to bring both of their brooms to The Burrow). They are both glaring fiercely at each other in the photo, and Albus gives James a frustrated shove, slightly spoiling the serene smiles of their cousins.

Another year, Hugo had decided to display his first signs of magic by managing to turn his own hair blue. He wouldn’t allow his mother to fix it, insisting he was like Teddy and loved it. It eventually wore off but not before the annual photo had been taken depicting eight-year-old Hugo with bright blue hair; which slightly stole the focus from the rest of the picture. Harry and Ginny took some comfort from this as, for once, it hadn’t been one of their children.

But every single member of the family says their favourite is the one which was taken just before Lily and Hugo were about to go into their seventh year at Hogwarts. The kids had decided it would be fun to try and recreate exactly the original photo.

Al, James and Freddy squeezed onto the end of the bench they always took the photo on while Lily, laughing hysterically, balanced herself onto James’ lap.

“Oof, bloody hell Lily!” he complained, nursing his most recent Quidditch injury.

“Now you have to do the faces,” she insisted, still laughing. “James, you have to look really pleased to be holding me and Al, you have to look like you’ve never seen me before now.” There was no doubt that Lily had inherited her mother’s sass and she naturally took charge of the others. Her twenty-one-year-old brother looked bemused as he watched his little sister ordering everyone around from his lap.

“I always read my expression in that photo as more of a has my big brother James always had such scrawny arms?,” Albus replied with a smirk.

“Shut it, you,” James responded with a grin. “League-winning scrawny arms.”

“Still saved your goal in the final your seventh year,” Albus muttered, earning himself a kick from his older brother.

“Still didn’t put me on the team that year, captain,” Freddy added, with a playful expression.

“You were injured.” James was struggling to get his point across with Lily on top of him. “Are we still on this four years on?”

Dominique followed Lily’s order and took the remaining space on the bench with Roxanne on top of her, Dominique and Freddy deliberately making it clear that they had to peer round Roxanne’s head to be seen by the camera. Thirteen-year-old Molly, who hadn’t been there for the original photo, perched beside her.

“Technically, Molly shouldn’t be in the photo,” Lily began and Molly scowled. “But I like her, so we’ll make an exception. And I suppose, as she’s about to leave for Hogwarts, Lucy can too.” Realising there was no room left on the bench, Rose, joined by Lucy, sat gently on the arm of the bench.

Victoire followed their lead and sat on the opposite arm of the bench, beside Albus; Teddy was beaming on her other side with his arm round his wife. Until Lily told him off for not being authentic to the original picture and he reluctantly removed it, settling for standing beside her with a dopey expression the original eleven-year-old Teddy definitely hadn’t been showing Victoire. Albus shared a look with James and they both shook their heads at their surrogate brother’s soppiness.

“I don’t think I’ll be able to hold Louis in this one.” Victoire said, looking doubtfully at her eighteen-year-old brother. He and Hugo caught each others’ eyes and grinned, settling for standing next to their sisters rather than on top of them.

“Everyone say ‘Knees Up!” Lily commanded, laughing loudly as her grandmother took several pictures, tears of laughter running down her face. The adults all looked on fondly at their children, smiling proudly around at each other.

Then, before anyone knew what was happening, the bench leg closest to Rose and Hugo collapsed just as Grandma Molly clicked the shutter. After dusting themselves off and a lot of laughing, Molly presented them with the last photo she had taken, smiling broadly.

The family crowded round to see it and there were shouts of laughter as it was passed round.

In it, Rose was on the floor laughing where Hugo had managed to catch her. Lucy and Roxanne had simply stood up when the bench broke, leaving poor Dominique to slide down the now-diagonal bench to the grass below, Freddy right behind her. He had thrown an arm out to prevent himself crushing his cousin, who was in fits of laughter beneath him.

Albus had grabbed Victoire’s arm (the nearest thing presumably) and gripped it tightly, a shocked look on his face. Louis, unaffected because of his location, looked on at the scene laughing while Teddy instinctively pulled Victoire away.

But James and Lily were the funniest sight. Lily had sat bolt upright on top of James and grabbed her older brother round his neck, looking absolutely terrified and staring straight at the camera. James was also clinging to Lily, obviously unaware of his expression, which was a mixture of shock and fear. Compared to everyone else, who had managed to remain relatively calm, they looked as if they were deliberately being dramatic which James tried to insist for a bit before giving in.

The picture had been seen by everyone and Mrs Weasley had taken it back to show to the other adults. She glanced at it again fondly, noting as she did the giveaway behaviour of her eldest granddaughter and her husband. When the photo had been passed on, she sought them out and placed an arm around Victoire’s shoulders.

“How long have you known?” she said quietly into her ear, loud enough so the only person who could hear was Teddy, who gave her an incredulous look.

“How did you know?” he spluttered, placing a hand on the small of Victoire’s back.

“The photograph. You both went straight here.” She placed a hand gently over Victoire’s stomach. “I know that look.”

Her granddaughter smiled warmly and accepted the pair of arms her husband wrapped around her from behind. She held onto them while she spoke. “We only found out a few days ago, we want to wait before we tell everyone.” Teddy nodded behind her.

“I won’t tell,” Molly smiled kindly. “When?”

“March,” Teddy told her proudly. “The seventeenth if we’re being precise.”

Later on, when Molly placed the photo onto the mantelpiece and compared it to the first ever picture of her grandchildren, she smiled sadly at how quickly the years had gone.

#harry potter fanfiction #full fic #mywriting #weasley family #potter family #wotter #I wish I could draw fan art #because actual pictures of these photos would be so cute #thebench