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#they called us and said that they've finalized a marriage for her
apomaro-mellow · 5 months
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Steve sets up a fantasy themed scavenger hunt around Hawkins (not super obvious tho, you know the type of people in bumfuck Indiana) that ends up at skull rock where Steve asks Eddie to be his boyfriend (: (they've gone on a few dates all ready, but this is him trying to make it official)
Right up until this moment, Eddie thought things were going well with Steve. They had gone out a few times (discretely, not even their friends knew) but behind closed doors the relationship had progressed quite well beyond chaste kisses.
So he was a little confused as to why Steve asked him out, only to not be at the video store, ready to be picked up after work.
"Where's Steve?", he asked Robin.
"He's already gone, but he left this note for you~", she sang.
"A note? Why didn't he call?"
"Because this is more romantic", she grinned.
"You know?"
"And the sky is blue."
Eddie read the note. All it said was 'Mind the dragon's breath'. Eddie looked to Robin, who was smiling like she already knew the answer. Well, he could solve a riddle or two.
"Looks like I'm on a quest."
Obviously there wasn't a dragon in Hawkins. But there was a burger place on main street that had a new menu item, fries topped with the spiciest chili sauce, even had jalapenos on top. Steve had ordered them and was sweating by the third bite, Eddie finished the rest with ease. And it just so happened that Will and Dustin worked there. He drummed the counter as he ordered the fries. They put it in a to go box, with another clue on top.
'Consult the Lady and her council'
The Lady must mean Erica. And Eddie knew that this Saturday, she was meeting her girl scout troop in the community center. He knew because Steve had to reluctantly fill in as den mother whenever all the other moms were busy.
Erica's clue led him to Mike and Lucas, which led him to Jonathan, which finally led him to Nancy. He was surprised that she was in on the game, but he supposed he did hear that she used to play D&D before.
The last clue brought him to Skull Rock, where at last, Steve was waiting. He had a bouquet of flowers.
"I can't believe you got everyone to play along."
Steve shrugged. "I told them I had someone special and I wanted to introduce them to everyone."
Eddie's eyes got wide. "You...you told them? About us?"
"Yeah. I hope that was okay. I think at least our friends should know who my boyfriend is."
"Your..."
Steve held out the flowers. "What do you say?"
Eddie grabbed him by the waist and kissed him, crushing the bouquet. "I say you've raised my expectations for your marriage proposal."
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ericmicael · 8 months
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Summing up the whole case of censorship that Ichinose (Suletta's voice actress) suffered by "Gundam Ace" and by the official profile of "Gundam Witch From Mercury".
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It is quite common to have dialogues between the voice actors of the anime, the main ones being: Lynn who plays Miorine, and Ichinose who plays Suletta. And it's not uncommon for shipper moments to happen with them, they've always been very supportive of the SuleMio couple, especially Lynn.
Since the anime ended, it is common to find Lynn and Ichinose talking about the SuleMio marriage, and in one of the interviews they even mentioned a term that is an allegory for babies, insinuating that the couple may have plans for the future.
"Gundam Ace" is a magazine dedicated to the franchise, and as "Gundam Witch From Mercury" is the most recent anime, it is obvious that several of the issues focus on this anime. And in the most recent edition that even has a print of SuleMio embracing wearing wedding rings on the cover, they included one of those lines from Ichinose: in her speech she comments on Suletta and Miorine's wedding. But in the digital edition they deleted the word marriage.
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All this obviously generated a lot of complaints from the anime fandom, especially from the LGBT part of the fandom.
Today we had the official apology from "Gundam Ace" itself and from the official profile of "Gundam Witch From Mercury", but different from what I thought at first (I have no knowledge of Japanese), they didn't apologize for the censorship and said that the newly released digital edition was wrong, and yes it was literally the opposite of that.
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The official profiles apologized for the inclusion of the interview claiming that the ending of SuleMio: whether they got married or not is something interpretive, and that it would not be correct to include a speculative phrase treating it as 100% confirmed.
Since the first episode, it has been said that same-sex marriage is common, which even surprises Suletta.
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On many occasions, Suletta and Miorine express a desire to marry each other, and on one occasion Suletta explicitly says that she wants to marry Miorine in matching dresses and buy wedding rings together.
And in the final episode Miorine is called sister-in-law by Eri who is Suletta's "sister", and the two women are shown having matching rings and treating each other like family.
But now all this is now interpretive? That if a woman marries another woman, wearing matching rings and being called sister-in-law by the sister of that woman she married isn't enough if they don't see her kissing her wife or having sex with her? Rings aren't enough, words aren't enough and everything is nothing more than an interpretation of the vision of the voice actresses or the public when the couple is not formed by a man and a woman?
A few weeks ago a shoujo author complained about the relationship between Suletta and Miorine, in her view there were not enough actions or words to confirm that there were romantic feelings between the two women, and that in fact there were only romantic feelings between the boys with them. At one point Guel declares his feelings for the second time for Suletta, and she rejects him without hesitation for the second time. Guel uses the term "precious person" to confess to Suletta, and she has this reaction:
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But for this shoujo author it doesn't matter that literally a woman admitted to having feelings for another woman using the same term that a boy used to admit to having feelings for her, that doesn't count, that's not normal, that's not romantic, it's just interpretive when It's a woman talking about another woman.
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raincoffeeandfandoms · 7 months
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Fly away, Butterfly (John Shelby x Reader)
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Summary: After Tommy orders him to kill Mrs. Changretta, his teacher, John returns to his home with teary eyes. The only one there is his best friend: Butterfly, a nickname he gave her long time ago. War is coming and he wants to protect her. But this Butterfly already made her decision: the only place she wants to go is his arms.
Warnings: Angst. Hurt/comfort.
Words: 1k.
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A door slam echoed through Arrow House. John Shelby left Tommy's office with tears in his eyes. "Do this, John. Do that, John. Kill your fucking teacher, John."
His best friend was babysitting his children when he arrived. Butterfly, he called her. The nickname had been born about fifteen years ago when John noticed that every spring she used to smell every flower she met on the road.
She had been there at important moments in his life, like when he told her he had met a girl named Martha and how he felt he was in love with her. His best friend saw them get married, saw Katie and her little brothers born. She watched John go off to war and sadly saw Martha die in childbirth of the last baby. She had never seen John so destroyed as he was at that moment. And he had never been able to rebuild his life, even though his brother Tommy had tried to force him into a marriage he did not accept.
In the years that followed, however, John had been able to mourn his wife's death and become himself again. Funny, cheerful, mischievous...
"Butterfly," he used to say to her with one of those beautiful smiles of his, "when are you going to kiss me, eh?" She used to push him away, also smiling.
Polly had seen them like this so many times that she couldn't help thinking how long it would be before John would claim that he was really in love with his friend and that he was going to marry again. But that day never came. Apparently, they were just friends.
John was a cheerful man and everyone knew it. At least if he was compared to his siblings and cousin. So the moment she saw him walk through the door with teary eyes and a red face, she knew something bad had happened.
He left his peaky cap on the table and took off his coat, he poured himself a glass of whisky. His mind seemed to be somewhere else, as if it had barely registered where he was or what he was doing.
"John? John, what happened?"
"Butterfly..." he said finally looking at her. "Business. My brother Tommy, life... it all happened. The kids?"
"They're sleeping. They've had their dinner, bathed, done their homework..."
"Thank you, sweetheart." John sat in the kitchen chair and looked at the wall in front of him. "Tommy wants revenge. He wants to kill Mrs. Changretta. She was my fucking teacher, Butterfly. She taught me to read and she had a hard time getting me to learn because I'm a brute. But she did it. I used to steal apples from the neighbour's tree when I was even younger than Katie is now and bring her one. Because that woman had faith in me, Butterfly, and now Thomas wants me to kill her. Like it's nothing, like that woman mean shit to me."
She let him speak. Not since Martha's death had she seen him like this. Butterfly put a hand on his arm and squeezed it tenderly. She had never talked too much to her brother Thomas, partly because they had nothing to say to each other and partly because he intimidated her. So they had only exchanged a couple of hellos and not much more than that. But she knew that John did everything he said, he hardly ever questioned him, but apparently this time it was different. And she understood why.
"It's a war, Butterfly," John said, stroking her hand. "And I have to obey."
"In exchange for what, John? Your soul? Your brother might find another solution."
"There isn't. Tommy has already decided and Arthur is with him as always."
She didn't quite understand the codes of that underworld. But she knew Tommy Shelby was the type to go to the ultimate consequences even if he had to put his family in the line of fire. Butterfly stroked his hair. That wasn't her John. Her friend was now behind the whole dichotomy in which his soul and mind were fighting.
"I can't do it."
"Then don't do it, John."
John took another swig of whiskey. The liquid burned his throat. He was tired. He looked to his right where his friend stood trying to comfort him. Butterfly and her children, they were all he hoped to see at the end of the day and it was always good to find her. She never asked for anything in return, she did it for the friendship that bound them together. She was a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day.
"Death is tapping us on the shoulder, sweetheart. Fly away, Butterfly and don't come back. I've already lost Martha, I can't let anything happen to you too."
"I'm not going away from you, John Shelby."
John looked at her and she didn't look away. When he brought his lips to hers and she didn't pull back, he kissed her. John kissed Butterfly as if devouring her soul. She could feel his tears on her cheeks. She stood up and wrapped her arms around his shoulders as John wrapped his arms around her waist. Butterfly let him guide her to her bed. That night, for the first time in 15 years of friendship, the two of them saw each other without clothes.
Still naked in bed, after making love, Butterfly kissed his shoulder. John stroked her hair, while touching her legs with his feet.
"I'm not going anywhere, John."
"You should."
"Yes, but I can't. I don't want to. I love you."
John looked up at her, her eyes gazing devotedly into his blue eyes. "I love you, too."
Butterflies migrate, but she doesn't. Because even on the grayest days like that, John Shelby was her eternal springtime. And always had been.
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flythesail · 7 months
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From the end of s3 and throughout s4, Nancy and Ace have used the word "love" a lot:
"I lied to the man that I love to save his life."
"You're not the only one who lost the love of their life here."
"Your decision to call the Sin Eater on my behalf was an act of love."
These are just a few examples, yet the point is Nancy and Ace know they love each other and are making it clear to each other (or those around them) that love is the case.
With this, it would have made sense for them to actually say "I love you" in the finale, right? After all, it's the last chance to have it said on screen.
Yet, what we did get is (in my opinion) so much stronger:
"But will you solve this part of the mystery with me?"
"Yes. Always. Forever."
With this, I have to ask what does "I love you" even mean? We all know, so I don't have to explain it. And I think that's what makes nace's version of "I love you" all the better. It's specific to them only, when "love" is kind of a generic word when it doesn't have context.
When you view it that way, you can easily track Nancy and Ace's love throughout the entire series. Love isn't only "I love you."
"Just because I'm mad at you doesn't mean I want to lose you."
"I know you." "I know you too."
"I couldn't lose you."
"I can help you proofread."
"You never were."
This is only a handful of quotes for examples. But with each one, they are affirming their devotion to each other. That they understand one another. Believe in the other. Or need them in their life.
"But will you solve this part of the mystery with me?" becomes a request from Ace to commit to how they feel and let something come of it. Nancy's "Yes. Always. Forever," is to say she's all in and will always be.
It's easy to see then, why the director of the finale sees this scene as a marriage proposal. Marriage is in many ways, a promise.
And by affirming Nancy and Ace's love for each other, we get a representation of who they are. Or, what makes them unique.
"Because no matter what, the mystery of who you are will never end. And I know that the next clues will have to take you on the road. So do mine."
Literally, it's an acknowledgment that Nancy is a detective and will be traveling. More figuratively, it's Ace accepting Nancy for who she is when throughout the show, her identity is something she's struggled with. He's saying that even as she figures herself out, he chooses her and every version of her. After all, identity is not constant and will always change as time goes on. Ace is even acknowledging that for himself in that his "clues" will take him on the road too. There is no right time. There is now.
For two people who have spent the show searching for who they are, whether in regard to family, purpose, or other - this scene affirms their acceptance of each other in every form. "I love every version of you. At your best, or at your worst - I can choose forgiveness because I know your intention."
If Ace had walked into Icarus Hall in that final scene and said "I love you," it would have been true. Yet it doesn't tell Nancy anything new and it doesn't speak to her as directly as what he did say instead. Effectively, what Ace did say is "I know you" all over again, including the times she doesn't know herself. Nancy affirms the same toward him, as they go on to solve the mystery of life together.
Now, do I still wish we got an actual "I love you" from Nancy and Ace? For sure I wanted to hear them say it. Yet I can also see why it wasn't said, when it's already what they've been saying all along.
Plus, if I ever do want to hear them say it, they already did all the way back in season 1.
"I think I love you."
"I think I love you too."
Those were not their own words. But they were words that were starting to hold true. They were words that foretold the ending at the start, before their story had ever been told.
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rosanna-writer · 2 months
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WIP Wednesday
I've known for a while exactly how Prythian's Most Chaotic Human is going to go get her wedding ring in we said hello and your eyes look like coming home, but I've been going back and forth on exactly what vibe I want for Rhys explaining the whole Weaver challenge to her. It's objectively funny to make Rhys squirm a bit ("Sorry I didn't tell you this sooner but uhhhh....right after you rescued me from Under the Mountain seemed like a bad time to bring up a worthiness test?"), but it's also going to force Feysand to actually talk about some of the stuff they've been awkwardly dancing around in this fic. So I've written a couple versions that I'll probably combine in the final draft, and this is one of them <3
"Feyre has to go claim it anyway," Amren said.
Rage flickered in Rhys's eyes. "Feyre has already proven more than enough." It was a warning.
"Spare me, Rhysand. We all know what you were thinking when you put that bargain tattoo on her finger."
A muscle feathered in Rhys's jaw. Amren rolled her eyes.
"Tell me what you're talking about before this comes to blows," I snapped. Even with the glamour in place, the band of ink around my left ring finger was still visible. If there was something I hadn't been told about it….
Amren just looked at Rhys expectantly as he took a deep breath, clearly gathering himself. I crossed my arms and waited.
"There's a ring," Rhys said, and each word sounded as if it was ripped out of him. "My mother's ring, an heirloom of her family, passed down from female to female. Before my sister was born, my mother gave it to an ancient, wicked creature called the Weaver. If I were to marry or mate, then the female would either have to be smart or strong enough to get it back. And if the female wasn’t either of those things, then she wouldn’t survive the marriage. I promised my mother that any potential bride or mate would have the test, but I think if she were still here…she'd agree that you've already done more than enough."
I froze. And nearly forgot to breathe until I blurted out, "A wedding ring?"
My wedding ring, really. It sounded so human. Rhys was my mate, my soul-bonded partner—husband didn't even begin to cover it.
"Yes, but you're under no obligation to—"
I cut him off; a horrible thought had just occurred to me, and I needed to ask, even though the rest of the Inner Circle was listening. "You— You haven't…sent someone after it before me, have you?"
"Cauldron, no," he said, horrorstruck, and there was a strangled sound from Cassian that might have been a laugh. I felt a bit better, though, knowing that there wasn't some poor female who'd died attempting to marry Rhys a few centuries before I was born.
"And this isn't— You're not…proposing?"
A thud—either Mor or Azriel had just kicked Cassian under the table. Rhys didn't react, his attention fixed on me and a wide-eyed expression on his face, the one I'd seen Under the Mountain when I'd told him I was nineteen.
"I would have if you hadn't—"
"Already accepted the bond?"
Something like sadness flashed across Rhys's face for a moment; I could tell he was thinking the same thing I was—that the chance to court, make a decision, and accept the bond on our own time had been stolen from both of us. I had no regrets, but there were some things we'd never get back. "Yes," he said quietly.
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shawol-poser · 2 months
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To My Lover From Afar Teaser
Pairing: Alien AU! Do Kyungsoo x Actress!Reader ||CW: Mentions of death, mentions of suicide, but not a lot.||Heavily inspired by the drama series. "My Love From Another Star."||
Summary: Do Kyungsoo has been living on planet Earth for the past 400 years after having failed to return home due to unforeseen circumstances. With only a few months remaining before his long-awaited return, he's found himself caught in problems and people that he thought he had left behind centuries ago. Is this what humans call, "fate?"
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"I've worked 15 years to get to where I am now, and all my hard work is just...suddenly gone because of one unverified rumor with no concrete evidence."
You've never thought you would be in this situation. Sitting and talking about your current problems with your robotic neighbor because you have no friends, and no family that can listen. He doesn't even look at you. Eyes trained on his glass of water beside yours that he brought out when he begrudgingly invited you in.
"I'm just some bitch that drove a beautiful actress insane to the point of death. Some impudent bitch that continues to live her life like she isn't guilty."
You might as well be talking to yourself at this point, but his presence somehow lessens the emptiness you've felt in the last few days.
"But you're not. You didn't do it. That should be enough."
"I thought that too. Clearly, I was wrong. A lot of people don't think of it that way, and with the way things are going, things just might turn for the worse." You put your head in your hands, sighing out as you think about what you 're going to do.
Fans of the actress had left various hate mail through your company, and management decided that they wouldn't do anything since your contract was expiring within the month anyway.
So you left.
But what was worse was that it seemed as if some fans knew where you lived. Curtesy of various gifts that were left on your apartment's front door with pictures of the actress and dead rats.
Your neighbor stares at your hunched form from the couch seat quite far from you, but the closest he's ever been to most. He thinks for a moment before he notices you lift your head with an unreadable expression on your face.
"What is it?" He asks.
"Should I have said yes?" You wonder out loud.
"For?"
Your face turns to look at him, but your eyes stick to your glass of water. "You know my friend, right? Park Chanyeol. He proposed to me today." He looks away to look at his own glass when your eyes finally look at him, which prompts you to look away as well.
"If I can't sign in with another company, since I'm sure my last one won't accept my renewal, I'm pretty much broke. My mom can't handle money well, and my brother's still going to college."
You look down at your hands and observe the lines of your palms before rubbing them and continuing.
"I can't live miserably for their sake, but right now I'm running out of hope. He told me today that if I said yes, he'd take care of me and my family until he dies. That he'll take care of us really, really well." You scoff at the idea. You've been talking for so long that you don't even realize your neighbor, Do Kyungsoo, had turned to look at you after some time.
He stares at you for a while before asking. "Then why did you say no?"
Your eyes light up like they've sobered up as you reply. "I know, right? I don't know why either."
He looks away for one moment but his eyes are on you once again when you continue. "...Should I say yes right now?"
"What are you saying?" It looks like his interjection surprised him too because he blinks away the look he had before explaining himself. "It's barbaric to talk about wealth when considering marriage!"
"Says who?"
"Says 'Myungshimbogam'."
"Are you sure you just graduated two years ago, or 300 years ago?"
"It's full of wisdom. You don't even know what's in the writing."
"I know you're old fashioned and that you're good at what you do." You start and as much as you don't like asking for help and bothering anyone else, he's probably the only person that can help you out of this mess.
"So please," His polite sitting posture is broken when you grab his hand in both of yours and kneel on his carpeted floor.
"Please help me, Do Kyungsoo."
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dxmoness · 1 year
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𝐌𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄'𝐒 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 — ???
𝐃𝐀𝐘 ??? ➢ Moon x Gallahan Lombardi
NOTE ➢ Sorry this is so late!! For @acuriousmoon ! I didn't know what to nickname you as so I just placed Moon! Hope you don't mind. Gallahan may be OOC here, only because I've never exactly read the manhwa yet. Hope this works out though!
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GALLAHAN LOMBARDI
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Moon was never one to think she'd ever marry anyone that wasn't fictional or whatever sort. She thought them deemed unworthy or whatever. That was until the day she died and got reincarnated into a new life she barely had an idea of!
She got reincarnated to a fascinating manhwa world. True it was fascinating, but it is also positioned in a time where killing was common and fighting was deemed a sport! Not only that but it was also the time where marriages by contract are most common amongst all.
This is where her fate lay that faithful day when she awoke in this world. Poisoned she was, they say in this body. The woman who once controlled it had died. She was killed off and Moon's spirit just so happened to be looking for a body to adjust in. Thus she found herself in this body.
A name unknown to her was what she was called. Brushing it off, she realized that if she were to survive she must find an ally in this world or die in a murderous rampage made by some jealous noble. Considering her options she chose to find an ally which incidentally was easy as it was. For this body served as the body of a man's wife. Well... Future wife that is.
Gallahan Lombardi.... Why did that name sound so familiar? As if she spoke it many times before. It struck her as she realized where she had heard it from. Gallahan Lombardi was a man and a father of Florentia Lombardi, a beautiful youth of a girl who was the female lead of one of the most talked about manhwas. At least that's what Moon remembered it to be.
Gallahan was a loving father, caring too. Unlike some fathers she knew of in manhwas who neglected their children once they arrived and killed their wives. As far as she knew, he (Gallahan) cherished his daughter and would do anything for her. Including murder. Though that was in some rare cases, instead of murder he used a face of fury and annoyance to scare off anyone bothering to do anything to his beloved daughter.
So when she realized that she was a fiancé of such a man. She knew she'd be able to live once she won his heart. But, first she'd have to win the daughter's trust.
Florentia Lombardi seemed... cheerful the first time they met. She was polite and seemed interested with everything Moon tried talking about. It was as if she, the person who once took control over this body, had already managed to make her happy and trusting her almost fully.
It was good progress either way for the two spent so much together it seemed as if they've so much as kindled their spirits.
"Daddy talks about you a lot." Moon nearly dropped her fork at the conversation starter Florentia just put out. Talk about her? A lot? Which part of her was it?
"Really..." Moon tried to keep calm. Now was not the time to wonder and panic over such a thing. "Yep!" Florentia said, eyes practically sparkling at the topic of her father.
"I see.. mind me asking what he talks about?" "Mostly about how much he enjoys you and all that!" Florentia gave a giggle. "Looks like he has a crush."
Crush? How could a kid like her be able to... Nevermind. "Interesting. I guess that is the goal y'know. I didn't become his fiancé for nothing." Moon gave a smile as she finished the last of her cake.
Those were the days before the marriage. Now she stood in front of a lot of people. From Gallahan's relatives to people of the court. They stood to bear witness to this delightful remarriage by Gallahan and herself.
Now he removes the veil from her as the priest continues to the final few sentences. The questions were asked and answered with ‘I do’s as the couple happily kissed.
Gallahan pressed his lips onto hers, causing the witnesses to clap as she kissed him back.
She found herself in the arms of her now husband as he carried her out of the church. What a joyous day for the newlyweds! May their love be forever.
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dothwrites · 8 months
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after the horror of first blood we do get 'lily sunder has some regrets' which is a very nice apology episode.
i do love that when dean and cas bicker they give each other the silent treatment. it's SO damn petty of them. i love them. actual husbands. especially when sam has to play marriage counselor and try to get them talking to each other. cas and dean bickering in the car means EVERYTHING to me. "he's thoughtful and appreciative..." damn cas, really just DRAG this man for being a rude husband
"watch the road!" SOMEONE had to say it. a miracle that dean hasn't wrecked the car from staring at cas for too long
love the hypocrisy from sam and dean. it's GOOD that they're mad about how ishim is treating cas because ishim is being a first rate douche, but it's like they really don't realize that they've said the same kinds of shit about cas. they've insulted him and denigrated him. and they probably thought that they had a good reason for it, or even that they were doing it in fun, but cas doesn't pick up on those nuances. the episode literally begins with dean saying that cas has been busy "not finding kelly kline" and proceeding to insult cas for losing her. look, i love sam and dean as much as the next person, but sometimes the pot is calling the kettle black
i do love cas' lady vessel. i like to think that it's jimmy's great-grandmother. though akobel saying "how could anyone know humans and not love them"...cas, about a hundred years later, you're going to completely understand what he was saying, but by then it's going to be too late.
ishim is so incredibly right. humans ARE dangerous to angels. not necessarily in the way he thinks, but look at what happened to cas. he met sam and dean and then he had FEELINGS. he had DOUBT. humans are dangerous because no angel can be around them long without experiencing emotions. they threaten the status quo. cas was around humans and he started to FEEL. and after that, everything was kind of downhill from there (sometimes in the best way possible)
"where's my phone" this is an angel who's been around for MILLENNIA and he's LOST HIS PHONE
the final scene between cas, ishim, and dean! "i'm going to cure you of your human weakness"??? EVERYONE knows that dean is cas' weak spot! that's the person he will NOT let suffer and die. and ishim believes he was in love with lily. so if he's using cas as a parallel, it 100% means that he believes cas is in love with dean and then dean proves it EVEN MORE by refusing to banish ishim if there's a chance that it could hurt cas. he knows the stakes. he knows that his life is in danger if he doesn't do it. but ishim tells him that it could possibly kill cas, and so he doesn't do the thing guaranteed to save his life.
and when cas tells lily that she lost a child and he can't imagine the pain... don't worry baby. you will. you'll imagine that and worse. 💖
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asherloki · 1 year
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Vintage love (part 2)
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A/n:- thank you for showing so much love to the first part, so the second wishes love too.
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Sherlock and Ms Stevens's marriage was rather hard to be accepted in their family. He entered her house, holding her hand. The looks on her family members faces were as if they've seen the 8th wonder. As Sherlock Holmes continued he's narrative on how he met her and they decided they should get merried everyone almost ate her up with staring like furious tiger. That wasn't the part which they feared but Mr Radcliffe's family was the part which they feared the most. They were furious and Radcliffe kept on looking at Ms Stevens without blinking. He was hurt indeed but he knew deep down she didn't completely loved him. Before his family could say a wrong word to hers Sherlock was about to raised his voice but Radcliffe calmed them. Without reacting they left. Stevens family wasn't very happy either but if that's what their daughter wishes. They agreed. Their marriage went well, with Dr Watson being best man, and Greg lestrade, Mrs Hudson, mary watson, Sherlock and Ms Stevens parents, everyone being there. Y/n stevens seemed nervous but Deep down she was happy, way too much. So was Sherlock Holmes he barely could look away from her, her in a white wedding gown. Her small hand in his, he had to crouch down a little and she stood on her toes to kiss him.
All these odds couldn't prevented their marriage. They were married. She was finally Mrs Holmes.
Entering his famous flat 221b Baker Street, she was amused.
"I hope you find it bearable" said Holmes from behind when she entered first looking at the flat, clumsy, filled with case files, small. She wasn't used to it.
"It's fine for me Mr Holmes" said she looking at him, "atleast the man with me makes me feel like I'm home".
This made Sherlock blush but he then controlled his blush.
She walked around and found a picture on the mantle piece, lying down, over which was a paper weight, the picture was of a woman, rather beautiful. Holmes noticed she took the picture in hand, looked at it, "Mr Holmes" she called, there wasn't joy in her voice.
"Yes" replied Holmes, as he knew he had to to answer to something now.
"Who's she?" She enquired.
"Irene Adler"
"You're friend?"
"I don't know how to explain but, the only woman who beats me in intelligence"
But all y/n heard was 'the only woman'.
"I see" she replied upset.
"You can put it inside, I wouldn't need it anymore outside like that"
To this she smiled but it wasn't a real one and did as he said but she was still nervous
Sherlock saw her putting it inside and said, "um, I was thinking something"
"What is it?"
"We've been married so suddenly that we barely got to know each other, even though I do know you're a creative person as I've deduced your qualities previously, I know you're intelligent that's why society says you're opinionated, you're willing to work rather than being just a house wife and also you pretend to be confident but you're insecure about someth....." He stopped as he thought he might be freaking her out. But she giggled and said.
"And you said you don't know me" she continued giggling " well now I feel like I need to know you a little more than just you being the smartest man alive, most famous consulting detective in the whole world".
"You'll get to know me in no time, I'm an open book"
"Are you Mr Holmes?" She asked, "I've felt like you have things inside you, that you never bring up to people".
She wasn't wrong in her deduction, Sherlock Holmes was a difficult man, who barely feels emotions.
"Hm, interesting deduction by you .... Mrs Holmes" said he which made her blush. After all the "congratulations Mr and Mrs Holmes for getting married" this is first time she heard herself being called Mrs Holmes. But suddenly the thought of Irene Adler came to her mind, her smile was faded.
"Is everything alright Mrs Holmes?" Asked Sherlock
"Hm ? Oh yeah, everything is" lied she,
"I'm actually good at catching lies" he said walking forward to her and cupping her face, her small face fitted perfectly. "What is it ?"
"It's just that woman... " She could say only this. And Sherlock knew what she wants to say.
"Ahan! So that's the thing. I should be truthful to you, yes, that woman was extremely intelligent, she beat me in intelligence, but she firstly married someone and secondly I might have had a thing for her once, but she isn't the one I married."
To this she looked up at him, still he caressing her cheeks. She looked adorable with her brows frown a little and her lips pouting a bit.
"Still Mr Holmes, she's beautiful" said she angrily.
"Yeah she might be but..." Saying this took her to the mirror and whispered "look at this woman, I get lost in her eyes everytime, the most beautiful woman according to me"
A smile appeared on her lips. Her cheeks were pink, to finally see herself the way her husband does. Beautiful indeed. She got back to senses and turned to face her husband and said, "can I have some tea from your landlady, you said her tea is the best".
"Give a minute " saying this he kissed her hand and said, "let's go downstairs together, you'll be delighted to hear her stories, but most of them are uninteresting " they smiled and she went down before him.
Sherlock Holmes went towards the drawer, opened it, Took out irene's picture and said in his mind, "the woman, I might have the the only woman with whom want to be with rest of my life, yes, I'm fascinated with her, hope we both be happy in our lives". And put it even deeper in the drawer. Went down smiling to himself, he found happiness and love finally.
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“Fan since 2007 here. People have always hated Lynz just because she was with Gerard and they were jealous or frerard shippers. I haven't kept up with the band drama but I guess more recently she has been "cancelled" for defending her pedofile bandmate.. and I also read that MSI has made songs with the N word in them. I haven't looked into that to confirm or deny that. 
People also said she was the one behind a tumblr blog that was ripping on Mikey for divorcing Alicia but I don't think there's any evidence of this. I try to take everything with a grain of salt as all of these accusations could be totally made up by jealous fans. But I do believe that if someone repeatedly has bad things said about them, there is probably some ounce of truth mixed in there. I don't know enough about her to make an opinion tbh. 
But the shit I'm seeing on twitter is really pissing me off. These so called "fans" are pissed that Gerard wore a shirt with her name on it on her birthday. They're asking people to boo whenever he mentions Lynz and whenever he plays Summertime. As someone who has been waiting to see this band live for like 15 years, this enrages me. We finally get our favourite band back and they want us to boo them? Just because one of the guys is married to someone with some controversy? Do they seriously think that because his teenage fans are booing him, he's going to divorce her? We have zero idea of how their marriage is. We have no idea how she really is as a person. She's not only his wife, but the mother of his child. They've been married for 14/15 years... probably longer than some of these fans have been alive. The fact they think they get to voice their opinion on his marriage at all is so entitled and gross to me.”
⚠️!!THIS IS NOT MY POST ON REDDIT OR MY RESPONSE TO THE POST!!⚠️
The question on Reddit was published by Everything MCR
And the comment that I copied (because it was too long to take a screenshot of) was published by asdfghjklasdfghjkkl
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lea-heartscxiv · 11 months
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SK8 ~Golden Week: Showing Spain. The big party~ - 05/05/23 (May 5th in Spain ~ Last day) [Part 1/2]
Ainosuke as promised day they celebrated his birthday (Sunday in Spain, during afternoon where in Japan it was May 1st) is showing a bit of Spain to everyone in Golden Week, and this was last day, day 5.
You can read below cut line part 1 of 2 or complete on our Blogger where you can see too extras of Day 5. (From me and @van-yangyin)
Blogger: English | Español
You can read below cut line ↓
Everything written at the end with this * symbol, is Spanish conversation.
Thursday night, Olé family came to visit the guys. José sat down with Ainosuke in front of the campfire to talk about the last full day they would be in Spain.
José: Well, let us schedule tomorrow, you won't regret it.*
Ainosuke: As we talked about that time.... You don't have any bulls available, do you?*
José: No, but if you promise me that will come back to Spain again, we will try to contact a friend of ours, although what you tell me you want to do is very reckless!*
That said, after talking for a while longer, they said goodbye and went to rest, so that they would be fully energized the next day.
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Friday, May 5th in Spain. Everyone was with renewed energy, especially after the previous day's off-camera evening. They woke up at 6:30 a.m., got dressed and at 8 a.m. José and the rest arrived to guide and take them to various places.
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They arrived at the first stop and first thing they did was to go hiking. Magdalena told them that last time she couldn't show them the nature of her village as she would have liked and today was a good day, since the weather was nice, it was neither hot nor cold.
Reki: Do we have to walk?
Langa: Can't we go skateboarding?
Miya: My legs are sporty, but I don't know if they can stand walking for a long time...
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So they walked along and found a small pond.
Miya: It's hot, can I put my feet in it?
Kojiro: But take your...
Miya: Great!
Kojiro: Shoes...
And not being able to do anything else, Kojiro let it be.
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Langa took the opportunity to review a bit of Japanese history.
Ainosuke: In year 794 the imperial court founded a new capital Heian-kyo, Langa-kun, do you know what the capital is called nowadays?
Langa: Mmmmh... *shakes his head* I don't remember right now.
Ainosuke: Kyoto. Langa-kun, if you ever need help in your studies, you can ask me.
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Reki lay down to look at the clouds while feeling breeze in air.
Reki: Next time I go on a trip I'd like to go to Los Angeles or Canada with Langa.
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And Kojiro, Hiromi and Kaoru started talking.
Kaoru: Come on Kojiro, you must admit that that shirt suits you very well, everything that has something of mine on it, is perfect. Even if it's worn by a gorilla and deformed on your body.
Kojiro: Kaoru, saying this doesn't make it any better....
Kaoru: Well, I "proudly" wear the design of the shirt to promote Sia la Luce.
Kojiro: Where we are now, it's not like it's going to do much promotion...
Kaoru: But it's green, I can camouflage myself. And with my pink hair it matches very well.
Kojiro: Santa Madonna.
Hiromi: «Here we go again... They look like a married couple with many years of marriage and they've only been married for a year and a half.... Oka... I miss you...» - thinking.
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Kojiro: Oh, wait. Nicola sent me a message.
Kaoru: Nicola... 
Hiromi: Kaoru, you seem to be more jealous of Kojiro talking to men than to women...
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Magdalena: We should continue on our way.*
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And between Magdalena's explanations with Ainosuke and Carla's translation and continuing along the road, they finally arrived where she wanted to take them to second and last place.
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Magdalena: I don't know if any of you have a farm where you live or your grandparents have one, but I would like you to have the experience of helping with animals in another country.*
Ainosuke translated what Magdalena told them.
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Kaoru: Let me, at Kojiro's grandfather's farm sometimes we had to feed them.
Kojiro: I don't remember it in the same way... It was just me who...
Kaoru: Who begged me to feed them, of course. 
He started feeding them.
Kaoru: Shit! I mean... *ahem* It's okay, relax... All right, you just need to relax...
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Kaoru: And now that she's relaxed we'll try again. See? I have practice...
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Reki on the other hand was helping Albert to spray the plants, who had previously taught him the best way to do it.
Reki: This is fun! Not as much as skateboarding though.... But it's also relaxing.
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Inside the house José was teaching Tadashi how to make "Olé's pancakes".
Tadashi: Mr. José, I would like to make a special request. Since you have offered to teach me how to make your pancakes, I would like them to be a special shape...* «Although Ainosuke-sama does not say so, I know he likes Hello Kitty...» - thinking - Could you teach me how to make pancakes in the shape of Hello Kitty?*
José: Hello Kitty? What's that?
Tadashi: Wait, I'll look it up on Internet and show you.
José: Sure! It's that kitty that Pilar likes so much. In the shape of Hello Kitty, that's done. I've made that dessert for my granddaughter so many times.
And when they finished making it, they called everyone to eat.
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Carmen: «Jose says that Señorito Ainosuke's secretary has helped him, how good it has turned out.*» - thinking. Señorito: Like Young Master.
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Ainosuke: «This was Tadashi's doing.» - thinking.
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Hiromi: It looks good!
Ainosuke: Tadashi made it, of course it looks good.
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Carmen: Hey, niño! You all are very good in different fields, what else do you know how to do? If you weren't his secretary, we would hire you here in a heartbeat.* Niño: literally translated as kiddo, affectionate way for some older people to call a person younger than themselves.
Tadashi: Nothing special, I just like to serve my master.*
Carmen: You love him very much, don't you? If you get married, you must to invite us to your wedding.*
Tadashi: *ahem* Of course...*
Carmen: Or are you already married?*
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Hiromi: «It's as good as the sweets Joe sometimes makes!» - thinking.
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After finishing eating, Ainosuke went outside because he also wanted to try what Kaoru did in the barnyard. Although on the way we can see how Reki is finishing his meal while still spraying the plants.... He seems to have taken a liking to it.
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And Ainosuke made friends with the rooster right away.
Ainosuke: This is easier than Cherry made it look. Why lie, I'm perfect in everything, and in this I couldn't be less.
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Reki went after Ainosuke and just like him, made friends with the rooster the first time. It seems that at the end Kaoru the expert, was the most inexperienced of the three, either that or the hen he addressed was as stubborn as he was.
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Then it was Langa's turn, who also wanted to pet one of the hens or roosters in the barnyard. And just like all the others, the rooster let himself be petted the first time. Could it be that rooster is the docile one and they all are heading the same one?
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Kojiro obviously didn't want to miss the opportunity, his grandparents had a farm.
Kojiro: My grandmother would like you very much, I'm sure you are punctual in the morning to wake up the day.
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And finally it was Miya who also had no problem. Hiromi and Tadashi didn't want to participate. The former because:
Hiromi: I can't go as Shadow right now!
Miya: Why do you want to be Shadow?
Hiromi: Be.. Because... *yelling* Because it gives me courage!
Miya: Well, it didn't cost you anything to yell at me with courage....
As for the second one:
Tadashi: My duty is to protect Ainosuke-sama from any danger. I can't afford to waste my time on that kind of thing.
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Once everyone had finished feeding the hens and roosters, it was time for them to rest in their coop. They went to the entrance to go back home and celebrate the night before the next day arrived, when they had to get ready to leave. And this time they drove all the way to the entrance.
~Continue in Part 2~
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piracytheorist · 1 year
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OKAY MORE GERMAN DUB (just a bit tho)
Episode 2 this time because something SO OFF happened that I started laughing... but that'll come in the end. For now,
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"I am a single father. It's not easy at all."
Love that addition at the end. He's so done he couldn't help it.
When Franky agreed to help Loid with the art pieces mission, Loid said "You're a real treasure." Happily so, too.
In Loid and Yor's discussion outside the tailor shop they use formal "you" (Sie) for each other. When Loid comes to the party, they've moved to informal "you" (du). "Du" makes much more sense in that context - even for that era, a husband especially would have no reason to use "Sie" for his wife, so since they were acting as a married couple (even though that was not what they'd originally agreed on) "du" was necessary for their cover. Though they keep the "du" when they're in the van, so I'm guessing it's here to stay.
That could kinda mirror how Loid calls her "Yor" without a honorific in Japanese in the same scene, though Yor still calls him "Loid-san" there. There have been moments that he drops the honorific in front of other people, but Yor always uses "-san"... though she uses -san even for Keith after he'd attempted to kill Anya, as well as the tennis ball she obliterated... so that's just her being polite even in the worst circumstances, lmao.
After Yor kicks the guy into another dimension, Loid's laugh in that dub is pretty cute! And he says,
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"I have to thank you." The beginnings of a SimpTM.
But finally... at the end of their vows... Loid says "Until my mission [do us part]," but Yor says...
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"Until your DEATH [... do us part]"
And I'm like O_O wow okay that's a way to make her a thousand times more savage lmao. She's like "Okay whenever I need to get out of this marriage I'll just have to kill him, rip I guess"
Now that apparently it will take all the way until fall for the new season to come out, I guess I'll try and console myself by continuing on with the dub. It is still fun as it is and it's a way to miss the show less. Maybe I'll tackle a few more dubs even though I won't understand shit XD
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Dissecting Kimetsu no Yaiba
~ Zenitsu & Susano-O ~
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So, I began watching Kimetsu no Yaiba because I adore yokai and mythology. It's so immensely fun for me to try identifying what yokai are being referenced in the series, since it takes place during the time period of Japan before they were classified as distinct species, instead simply being collectively labeled as "Oni".
However, while the obvious mythological parallels in the series lie within the titular Oni and their significance, I recently came to the realization that this has blinded us from the mythological references made by the human characters as well.
And it all starts with Zenitsu Agatsuma
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I was recently researching the Japanese kami of storms, Susano-O, for a character when I came to this creative epiphany, if you will. Let's start by summarizing the absolute rollercoaster that is this kami epitome of an annoying little brother who grows up to be real hot shit.
Most accounts agree that after Izanagi visited Izanami in Yomi, he bathed himself and from it created several children. Amaterasu was born when he washed his right eye, Tsukuyomi from his left eye, and awkward ol' middle-child Susano-O was born when Izanagi washed his nose.
Cause ya know, that's a great way to start out life. The Nose Child.
But more upsetting than that to newly "born" Susano-O was actually the absence of his mother, Izanami. He cried and cried and threw big fits and tantrums because he missed his mother so much, something his siblings I guess couldn't really relate to. And, true to form, Susano-O continued to act out as he got older, oftentimes quarreling with perfect-child Amaterasu. Without going into too much detail, let's just say one of these fateful quarrels led to Susano-O throwing one of his Tantrums ™ and getting kicked out of Takamagahara -- a.k.a. Heaven for Gods
So while he was meandering around the mortal realm, he met a grieving old couple who requested his assistance. Turns out they've been terrorized by a monstrous 8-headed serpent called Yamata-no-Orochi who's eaten one of their 8 daughters every year. So instead of just...moving away like normal people, they ask for Susano-O's help in saving their final daughter. Susano-O, being a nice guy and all, promised he'd save her in exchange for her hand in marriage. They agreed and to protect the girl he turned her into a comb and placed her on his hair.
That's one way to handle a damsel in distress I guess.
Then he had the couple prepare a huge tub of sake, let the Orochi get so drunk it passed out, then carved it up into little pieces, discovering a sword in it's tail. Because that's totally normal. But, hey, in the end Susano-O got a pretty little wife and regained the love and approval of his family so... win-win?
Now at this point you might be wondering "How exactly does this apply to Zenitsu?"
Or maybe you're thinking "Rin, are you sane? Should I be getting you help?"
In either case just hear me out here. Susano-O is described as being wild and emotional, as well as very destructive and short-tempered. Zenitsu also displays these traits -- his reactions are overdramatic, he tends to be very emotional, and he's very quick to anger in certain circumstances.
There's also the fact that they both have lightning powers, but that's a given. As a side note, they also both have messy and odd hairstyles.
Zenitsu is always afraid of something and always animated. His emotions spike erratically and tbh...he whines a lot.
But that's fine because remember when i said Susano-O threw fits over missing his mom? Well, this is probably where the comparison of the two is most relevant -- though it's made to sound more like Susano-O is a bratty child, but if you read between the lines, it's more accurate to say that he was just... lonely. Susano-O whined for his mother because he felt left behind, alone, and scared.
If we look back to the Spider arc on Mount Natagumo we see Zenitsu feeling the exact same way, and even admitting that he feels abandoned and alone quite frequently. It's a mutual feeling the two have.
There's also the matter of Nezuko and Zenitsu's valiant determination to protect her. It's incredibly reminiscent of Susano-O's determination to protect his future wife.
So the more I research it, the more I've concluded that Zenitsu is definitely supposed to be a reference to Susano-O.
Feel free to share your opinions on the matter with me!
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Thank you for all the stories, i thought that after their endgame i would have been less obsessed, but no lol
Prompt:
April finds out about the talk that Jackson and Maggie had in s15 about him grieving April, and that now is too late, she's happy with someone else and all that lol
In any timeline that you prefer, that same season, boston, japril together or not.. I just need April to know about that!
That endgame was both a blessing and a curse, because now we need more!
I haven't watched season 15 except for a few scenes (including the one from the prompt, phew), so sorry if I didn't get Amelia and Maggie right.
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It feels weird to be at Grey Sloan without working at Grey Sloan. Quitting surgery to go work at the clinic and help the less fortunate was her decision, she still stands by it, but that doesn't mean she doesn't miss the feeling she used to get after a long surgery, or the thrill of doing a rare procedure and be part of a team who performs miracles. She's supposed to be at peace with her decision, to love what she does though, so if that means avoiding the ER department or the surgical floor every time she drops Harriet at daycare, so be it.
After a long goodbye to her daughter (it's Jackson's turn to have her this week, and no matter how long they do this, she'll never get used to part from Harriet for a few nights), she's making her way back downstairs. She has a long day ahead, and her thoughts are focused on the caffeine fix she's going to get at the coffee cart when she hears her name. Not in a "Hey, April!" way, from someone she used to work with. More in a "I'm talking about April" kind a way. She doesn't mean to eavesdrop, but then she hears "Jackson", and, well. She's a Christian, she has good manners, but she's not perfect.
"He said what?"
The rasp in this voice definitely belongs to Amelia, and she's talking to Maggie in the next room. And April really wants to leave, because she really doesn't want to hear what her ex-husband's girlfriend has to say about her, but her feet feel stuck to the floor and it's like she can't move.
"That he's grieving? Or processing what he lost. What Harriet lost. That the whole time he said he was happy for April, he really was grieving his life with her and their daughter. And God, Amelia, he said it was messy, but what it really felt like was that I was just a placeholder. That if she wasn't married and happy with someone else, he would run to her in an instant, but that it was too late and he was struggling with that."
Amelia answers with a non-committal grunt that only seems to spur Maggie on.
"You know, when he went on his God-quest or whatever, I didn't expect him to come back like this. Now he believes, and of course that was the only thing that was wrong with his marriage. And he couldn't talk to me about it, for some reason, but of course he can talk to her and say it as if it was the natural order of things. As if there's April, and then there's the rest of us. I should have known," and to that Amelia says "no, Maggie"', but Maggie goes on, "he said he was happy for her way too many times for it to be true."
April's not sure if she's still breathing, but she finds the strength to walk away and make her way outside of the hospital before someone spots her. She finds a bench and plops on it, trying to catch her breath and to make sense of what she's just heard.
Jackson has been calling her a lot lately, it's true, and they've talked a lot, not always about religion or spirituality, but she didn't think it went further than two people being friendly for the sake of their daughter. She was glad he was opening up to her, especially on such a sensitive subject, given their track record, and feels a bit guilty it was apparently at the cost of his other relationships.
She guesses she's glad (or at least she's trying to) he's finally being honest with Maggie, because she's not sure she'll get there one day with Matthew. If she'll be able to tell him how often Jackson calls her, how she still has her former engagement ring, or to admit that she's grieving, too, more than Samuel.
As for Jackson feeling he's too late... She blinks back a few tears that threaten to spill on her face and gets up. She's a soldier, and she's learnt the hard way that you can't live in the past or with what-ifs. She can't go back there, not yet, so she pushes everything to the back of her mind, hoping that one day she'll be able to deal with it and everything it might mean for her family.
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Fierce & Feisty Friday
Rules: Post a snippet from one of your fics (can be published or WIP) featuring a fierce and/or feisty character this Friday or next, then tag some people so they can share, too! (Feel free to use the banner if you want!)
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This snippet comes from chapter 7 of "Beauty and the Brute," a nearly-complete Beauty and the Beast 1991 retelling.
Summary: Belle has entered into a marriage of convenience with Gaston. By this point in the story, they've grown to be friends. They're out on a walk together to gather medicinal plants, because Belle was trained as a healer by her mother.
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The sound of sobbing and screaming grew.
Finally they came upon the source. A young washerwoman with a swollen belly was holding a low tree branch above her head for support. She was grimacing in pain and fear, her face red and covered in a sheen of sweat and tears. Her eyes darted over to Belle and Gaston, peering out frantically behind the pieces of hair that had fallen over them. “The baby’s coming!” she cried.
Gaston froze, but Belle rushed over to the woman, laying a hand on her back and smoothing her hair off her flushed face. “What is your name, madam?”
“Valérie.”
“Bonjour Valérie, I’m Belle, and this is my husband Gaston. Poor dear, you must have been frightened laboring all alone out here, but you’re not alone now. We’re here to help.” They were right at the edge of the woods, and Belle looked beyond the trees to see if the road was in view, but it was too far to make out. Still, Valérie might have several hours of labor left, which would give them plenty of time to get her to a house. “Do you think you can move?”
Valérie shook her head emphatically. “No, no, it hurts too much. I need to push!”
Merde. The urge to push meant they probably didn’t have enough time to move her, but Belle kept her face and voice calm. She stroked her back and spoke to her in a soothing tone. “OK, that’s alright, Valérie. You’re fine right here. May I check how close the baby is?”
Valérie nodded once, but then her face crumpled in pain and a moan escaped through her gritted teeth as another contraction rose up within her. Belle kept rubbing her back and murmured comforting things until Valérie’s face relaxed enough to indicate the contraction had passed.
Gaston stared wide-eyed as Belle knelt down on the ground and stuck her head and arms under Valérie’s skirts. She pulled her head out only a few seconds later but kept her arms under. “Valérie, your baby is almost here. You are doing so well. When the next pain comes, give me a nice big push. Gaston—” He jumped at suddenly being addressed. Belle’s voice had switched from soothing to commanding. “I need you to find a few pieces of clean, dry cloth out of all this laundry, quickly.”
Gaston dashed around the clearing and pawed through the laundry scattered about. As he searched, he heard the woman begin wailing again, much louder than before, while Belle encouraged her, yes, push hard, that’s it, well done. His heart began hammering wildly. “It’s all dirty or wet!” he cried out when the two women quieted.
“I’m going to need your shirt, then,” she called back, while she began unknotting the apron she was wearing over her dress.
“What?”
“Take it off, Gaston, and get back over here.” She spoke firmly but didn’t shout; the mother needed a calm atmosphere. She laid her apron on the ground under Valérie. “Valérie, you are doing so well. Baby just needs a bit more room to get out. We’re going to have to get you kneeling down.”
“Kneel down? I can’t, I can’t move!” she sobbed.
“You can do it; you’re so strong. Gaston is going to help you.” Gaston had just stepped to Belle’s side with his shirt in hand. “Gaston, fold that and put it on my lap, and then you need to hold Valérie so she can kneel.” He stared at her with eyes wide and wild, his breath rasping out of his open mouth; she’d never seen him terrified before. “Gaston, Valérie needs us to be strong for her. We’re going to help Valérie,” she said sternly.
He swallowed hard and nodded, moving behind Valérie. He took hold of her shoulder with one hand and grasped her hands with his other so she could let go of the branch, then slowly lowered her to her knees on top of Belle’s apron. He grimaced as she squeezed his right hand tighter than an owl’s talons around its prey, but she was trembling like a frightened rabbit against his other hand supporting her shoulder. Her weight was nothing for him, yet he was gulping for air like a fish out of water.
He glanced down at Belle, her arms still hidden under Valérie’s skirts. Her eyes were focused, she was breathing evenly, and not a tremble was to be seen throughout her body. Gaston was flabbergasted that she was staying so calm! But he remembered that Belle had said they needed to be strong for Valérie. Be strong, I am strong, be calm like Belle, he thought, as he tried to slow the heaving of his chest.
Belle felt the next contraction start. “One more big push and your baby will be here, Valérie! Push!”
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Alright but now I am super tempted to write a thing for this haha.
But before I do I want to point out that I am well aware that both Emmanellain and Artoirel could both use a slice of humble pie. These rich kids could definitely stand to be a bit more like their father or brother. And while they both change for the better, especially after we show them how to be better. Proving to them that their illegitimate brother has got the right idea.
I'd like to think that Edmont has been doing his damndest already but that their mother's influence and death strained their relationship with him too much. Which is why I think real change could only happen once we show up. This is of course just my reading of the situation.
Considering everything we know, there is a ton pointing to Edmont's marriage having been arranged. And I'd argue that Haurchefants existence alone shows how unhappy he must've been in said marriage. So even if he didn't truly love her, it would not mean that his sons didn't as well. And I can imagine that they were all rather miserable.
So the fact that Emmanellain is so bad at flirting and figuring out how relationships work makes so much sense to me. Because as far as we know, he has no proper point of reference.
I'd also like to think that Edmont feels like he may finally do right by Haurchefant by doing what he does for us. And as sad as this is to say… I think what truly makes a difference is Haurchefant's death. Because it is that event that sets the real change in motion.
So at least in my version of it all Drac definitely tries to unravel the mess they've made. He offers to lend an ear and a perspective on things. Some great hugs too. Once Drac and Edmont get together and can be public and open about it, Emmanellain gets a golden opportunity to learn how a healthy relationship should look and work. At the core of it all, these strapping young lads* are not bad people. They just need some help figuring out how to be good people…
But that is just my perspective on things and I am not even gonna try to pretend that everyone agrees with me. And that's OK. ☺️
*(yes I am using that phrase because Edmont called Gigi one and it was cute)
(Tagging you both bc I can haha @siegeliege @elizabethrobertajones 💖 I always love your comments!!)
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