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magicfootballstuff · 5 months

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Obsession (alexia putellas x reader)

Set in the same universe as Strictly Unprofessional. Several months on from your first date, you and Alexia are still obsessed with each other.

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You look up from your laptop when you hear the front door open and shut, the sound of Alexia dropping her bag by the door followed by the jingle of keys as she leaves them on the dresser in the hallway. Moments later, she appears in the living room and slumps herself at the other end of the couch.

It’s her apartment, but you spend most of your time here, letting yourself in with the spare key she gifted you a couple of months ago after finishing work earlier than Alexia today. You’ve been sorting through some of the recent training photos you’ve taken of the Barcelona team, organising them on your hard drive in case you need to look for them later.

“Hi baby,” you greet your girlfriend. “How was your day?”

You can predict the tone of Alexia’s response before she gives it from the grumpy frown on her face.

“Long,” she answers. “Tiring. And I missed you.”

You’ve adjusted pretty well to balancing your relationship with Alexia at work in the seven and a bit months since you actually started dating. It helps that she’s a player and you’re part of the back office staff, meaning that you get a good balance between seeing each other at work but also having time apart. You know there are couples on the team but you don’t know how they do it, certain that you and Alexia would be bickering all the time if you spent all day every day at each other’s sides.

Today was one of those days where you didn’t see each other much at all. It was a media day for the new Champions League season, meaning that although you helped out with the setup of the studios and some of the equipment, the actual photos and video content were taken by the DAZN team rather than you and the rest of Barcelona’s in-house media team.

“But you love media day,” you tease Alexia, knowing that your girlfriend hates the spotlight that comes with being such a high-profile footballer, that she only tolerates all the media because she knows how important it is for the growth of the game.

“Only when you’re doing it,” Alexia reminds you.

Your heart swells at this. Even after several months of dating, you still get a thrill every time you’re reminded that you’re her person. That Alexia is just as obsessed with you as you are with her.

“What are you doing?” Alexia asks, sliding closer to you on the couch so that she can peer at the screen of your laptop.

“Organising my hard drive,” you tell her.

“Sounds boring.”

“This is my job,” you remind her. “You know what media days are to you? You don’t like them but they’re a necessary part of your job? That’s what this admin is for me.”

“But you can do it later?”

It’s not like Alexia to be clingy, it’s normally you who gets needy when Alexia is busy with media appearances or returns from an international break, but you can tell from the tone of her voice that she needs a bit of love.

“Were all the cameras today not enough attention for you?” you tease her. “You need some from me too?”

“Always need attention from you,” Alexia says. She decides to take matters into her own hands, lifting your laptop up and ignoring your protests as she sets it down on the coffee table, before filling the space left behind by straddling your thighs. “Let’s try this again. Hi, baby.”

You let your hands rest on her thighs, knowing what she wants but willing to wait a little longer to force her to make the first move.

“Did you need something?” you challenge her, keeping your hands still even though they’re itching to slide further down and cup her ass.

Alexia pauses for a moment, then swings her legs away and stands up. She hates not being in control and you know it, which makes it all the more exciting for you when you feign disinterest and manage to resist her advances.

“Nothing I can’t do myself,” she answers, before she turns and walks out of the room.

You glance at your laptop, at the rest of the work you’d planned to get done tonight so that you can start tomorrow afresh, and though you like to tease, you know for certain that there’s no way you’re choosing work over the girlfriend who has just silently invited you to join her in her bedroom after making it very clear how much she’s missed you today.

As you push yourself off the couch and chase after Alexia, catching up to her before she even makes it to the bedroom, work is far from your mind.

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Alexia is back to her normal self the following morning. The mattress beside you is empty when you wake, which doesn’t surprise you. Alexia has always been more of a morning person than you, choosing to rise early to prepare for the day with the kind of focus only a professional athlete could channel.

You slowly rouse from bed and stumble through Alexia’s apartment until you find her exactly where you knew she would be, sitting on the couch with a mug of coffee in one hand and an empty breakfast bowl sitting on the coffee table.

“Morning,” she says, looking up from the laptop on her knees and greets you with a warm smile. “There’s coffee in the kitchen for you.”

You mumble a sleepy thanks and go to investigate, grateful to your girlfriend when the first drop of caffeine hits your tongue. You decide to make yourself some breakfast while you’re there, rooting through the cupboard for a bowl but you don’t get much further than that when you hear Alexia’s voice call out from the adjoining room.

“Baby, what’s this?”

You abandon the idea of food and wander back through to the living room, the few sips of coffee you took in the kitchen having woken you up enough to realise that it’s your laptop that she’s looking at. You panic, desperately trying to rack your brains to remember if there’s anything bad in your internet search history that she might’ve found, but draw a blank until you’re close enough to see the screen too.

Alexia looks up at you with a curious frown on her face and you look at the screen, realising that she’s got the folder from your hard drive open, from where you were tidying it up last night. And you know there’s nothing untoward there, just folders neatly organised, some with player names and some with the dates of specific matches but there’s also the folder that Alexia has open. The folder that is named nothing more than a red heart emoji. The folder that contains a smaller collection of candid photos of Alexia from training and matches that don’t make it onto any of the official social media channels.

The folder that nobody but you is supposed to know exists.

Well, now it’s you and Alexia who know of its existence.

“I…” you stammer, trying to come up with an excuse. There’s an actual ‘Alexia’ folder on your hard drive too, photos that you’re happy to share with the club and the rest of the world, but taking pictures of Alexia is one of your favourite things to do so of course you sometimes end up taking more of her than the other players. And so what if you keep some of those photos for yourself, a collection of some of your favourite images of your girlfriend captured completely in her element, for your eyes only.

“Have I got myself a little stalker?” Alexia teases you.

“It’s not what it looks like,” you pout.

“So you’re not obsessed with me?”

“Says the person who went a few hours without seeing me at work yesterday and was climbing into my lap barely five minutes after getting home,” you point out, in an attempt to save some of your dignity.

“Oh, I’m not denying my infatuation,” Alexia replies. She flicks through the photos in the secret folder, stopping on one which is a side profile of Alexia, laughing candidly about something during training a few weeks ago. “This is a nice one.”

“They’re all nice, that’s why I keep them,” you say, as Alexia continues to scroll through them. “Sometimes I take pictures of you that I really like so I keep them all in a special place for later.”

She stops on another, this one taken during a game, where Alexia has lifted the hem of her football jersey up to wipe at her face, revealing the enticing set of abs beneath. You feel your cheeks start to heat up as Alexia tilts her head and shoots you a knowing smirk, and you’re caught between making eye contact with her, or staring at the abs on the laptop screen, each option only flustering your further.

“I suppose you think this one is ‘nice’ too?” Alexia asks, arching an eyebrow. “And on your work laptop too, naughty girl.”

“It’s not like that.”

“Of course it isn’t,” Alexia says, in a tone that makes it sound like she doesn’t believe you at all. “You definitely don’t take photos like this for when I’m away with the Spanish team and you’re really missing me…”

“I don’t,” you insist, shutting the laptop firmly and moving it out of Alexia’s reach, before sitting down beside her and curling into her side. Your cheeks are burning slightly at the suggestion, and thinking of the slight accuracy to Alexia’s words, you add in a murmured voice, “I’ve got much dirtier pictures of you in a private folder on my phone for that.”

Alexia turns her head, reaching for your jaw and tilting it upwards to look at her, her eyes dark at the suggestion.

“Want to show me what you do with those?”

The laptop is forgotten, the embarrassment of Alexia finding the secret folder on your hard drive dedicated just to her at the back of your mind as it’s replaced by far more interesting thoughts.

“You’re insatiable, cariño,” you roll your eyes, pretending to be annoyed by her advances.

Alexia pulls you into her lap effortlessly, and it’s far from the first time that you’ve been grateful for the hours that she spends in the gym. And her moves aren’t the only thing that’s smooth, because the words she utters next are like honey in your ears.

“Look at you, how could I not be?”

Alexia’s words, intended to seduce, successfully coax your lips onto hers as you meet her in a deep kiss.

There might come a day when the initial excitement of your relationship with Alexia fades into comfort and domesticity as you build a life together, a day when Alexia doesn’t crave your touch after a day apart or when you don’t save all your favourite photos of Alexia in one place to look at when you miss her.

That day is definitely not today, so you’re content to keep being obsessed with each other.

#alexia putellas x reader #alexia putellas imagine #woso x reader #woso imagine #established relationship #strictly unprofessional

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tgmsunmontue · 2 months

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Team Player 1/7

Hangster. Jake's cousin plays for the Sydney Roosters and gifts him with merchandise regularly. Bradley has an unexpected realization.

Jake opens the gift from his cousin and snorts. He can never wear this.

“You like it? It’s for the team I just signed with…”

Of course it is. Fuck.

“Congrats man, really happy for you. Thanks.”

“You’ll have to watch a game when you come visit. Wait, do they show footy matches on TV here?”

“Footy? Jake asks, eyebrow raised, because he thought is was rugby that Josh played.

“Rugby league. Footy. And we don’t wear all those pads and helmets like you lot do over here.”

Jake ducks his head to hide a smile, his younger cousin immensely proud of his own country and national sport. Not something Jake will ever understand, but he does understand passion and loyalty.

… … …

“The Hard Deck, what’s that mean?”

“Well, the way you say it makes it sound like something far filthier than what I think it should mean…”

“Still doesn’t tell me what it means… Hard Deck Hard Deck Hard Deck…”

“Oh my god, can you stop with sayin’ that! Sound like you’re sayin’ you’ve got a hard dick…”

His other cousins snort and he wonders why he thought it would be a good idea to agree showing them around San Diego. Of course, three people in their early to mid-twenties versus their parents who are all in their mid-sixties to seventies he’d felt that maybe they’d want a break from one another. He can’t imagine going on a four-week vacation with his parents. Ever. Let alone as a fully-grown adult. A couple of weeks visiting home is his limit, and even then he has to spend most of the time out of the house and helping out around outside to get away from the oppressive expectation of how he hasn’t brought anyone home. Again.

“Tell me what it means!”

“It’s slang for altitude you idiot, now stop being a dick!” Emma says, slapping at her younger brother’s head and Jake wishes he had a closer relationship with his own sister.

“Well that’s just boring! Hard Dick sounds like we’re going somewhere interesting!”

“It’s a Navy bar, just… thought I’d introduce you to a couple of my friends.”

“You have friends?” Isabella asks, and Jake pulls a face. Maybe he’s glad he doesn’t have a close relationship after all.

“Jake!”

“Javy, hey. Man it’s good to see you.”

“You too… these your cousins? Can definitely see they got the better deal in the gene pool…” Javy says, smiling over Jake’s should and he glances back and he guesses his cousins are attractive, except they’re his cousins and he’s seen them grow up through regular photos exchanged via their parents, and this is only the third time in his life that he’s spent any significant chunk of time with them. And of course Javy is already getting flirty with them. Halo and Fritz are there, he can see Bob and Phoenix at the bar.

“Yeah. Everyone, these are my cousins Isabella, Emma and Josh. They’re currently visiting because of my dad’s seventieth birthday. And don’t let him drink,” Jake says, pointing at Josh. “He’s not legal.”

“Hey! It’s legal back home.”

“And Penny here could be fined for serving minors. So no.”

“Also you’re meant to be preparing for camp, which means no empty calories.”

“Ugh. You guys are the worst.”

“I can’t wait for you to meet your trainers, because what we put you through will seem like child’s play…”

It falls into easy banter, his cousins asking dozens of questions and his squadron humoring them and he takes a sip of beer from the bottle Phoenix hands him.

Life is good.

… … …

“You want to tell us something there Bagman?”

“What?”

She tugs at his top and he glances down, realizes he’s wearing the tank that Josh sent him for working out in. He apparently gets a lot of merchandise and Jake seems to be the person he wants to send it to. Apparently he has a case of hero worship. However this particular top is damned comfortable and perfect for working out in, almost as good as wearing nothing, which isn’t an option at the on-base gymnasium, but he’d just grabbed it subconsciously.

“Uh, it’s the team my cousin plays for.”

“And you’re wearing it why?”

“I like it,” he says, and he mentally hits himself in the forehead with his palm. What the fuck is he thinking. He could have said it’s comfortable, or it’s washing day, only clean thing I had, not… I like it.

“Really? Interesting. Wait, was this your male cousin? Josh?”

“Yeah. It’s a rugby team.”

“Mmm. Rugby is a game to enjoy watching…”

“What?”

“No covering up of those athletic bodies, all out on show… Strike a pose Seresin, I’ll send it to you so you can send it to your cousin and show your appreciation.”

He frowns, because Josh would probably like that, but he’s pretty sure Trace is up to something because she never calls him Seresin. He stands and lets her take the photo though, giving her a grin and a wink, because why the hell not?

… … …

Bradley stares at his phone.

Stares some more until the screen goes black and he unlocks it and the photo is back.

Jake Seresin wearing a basketball top, sweat-shiny and winking at the camera, hair dark, damp and mussed from working out. He looks good. That’s all his brain can process.

Natasha’s message telling him he really missed a good workout at the gym.

Bradley’s never thought about his callsign as a thing before, as a name that might brand someone as his. He’s never been a particularly possessive boyfriend. Seeing Hangman wear a top with Roosters across the front makes his fingers itch, and not only because he wants to go and add an apostrophe, but because he wants to touch. He’s wanted to touch Hangman before, sometimes to punch him in the face, but mostly to rough him up a little bit… he’s always resisted though, aware he’s got to keep sharp control of his temper.

Right now it’s not his temper he has to keep control of.

To be continued? 🤷‍♀️

PART TWO

(Obviously the answer to it being continued was 'yes!!!')

#Hangster #Sereshaw #Top Gun Maverick #rooster x hangman #and they don't even interact in this #Team Player

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romione-trope-fest · 2 months

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Capture My Heart

Title: Capture My Heart

Author: adenei

Trope: Muggle AU

Brief Summary: Work meets play at a work picnic/team bonding event. Hermione gets a little more than she bargained for when a certain redhead is held captive during a healthy team bonding game of Capture the Flag.

WC: 2,541

TW: n/a unless you count excessive forearm mentions

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What am I, twelve?

Hermione paces back and forth in front of the currently unoccupied ‘jail cell.’ Really, it’s a piece of rope tied around a few trees just off the beaten path of the trail that is her team’s home base. Swiping through her phone, she’d rather be anywhere else than playing this stupid game at the stupid company picnic.

Don’t they realize she still has a ton of work to get done? Cases never end for a public defender, especially not when certain detectives seem to be a little too good at their job, putting deadbeats who can’t afford their own lawyer behind bars.

It’s not his fault. She should be grateful that there’s someone who actually does their job and takes it seriously, but her workload is screaming otherwise. And since her department refuses to hire an additional person, Hermione will continue to aim all of her resentment at him.

Now, if only the other side would just capture her team’s flag so they can be done with this God forsaken children’s game. Then she can get back to the office. Yeah, that’d be great.

Bored out of her mind, Hermione goes back to scrolling the newest set of case files that were emailed to her that morning. It’s the only thing she can do considering she was given the most boring position on her team. Like a group of lawyers and paralegals are going to catch and apprehend a bunch of detectives. And even if they did, what was she going to do? Hold them in contempt? Honestly.

A rustling from nearby catches her attention, and she locks her phone before shoving it into the back pocket of her jeans. At least the fall weather and smattering of dead leaves on the ground prevents anyone from sneaking around too stealthily.

“Oi, Hermione, where are you?” Ernie MacMillan, her desk partner, calls from down the path.

She rolls her eyes, though no one can see her. “Right here, where you left me, remember? To guard an unoccupied makeshift jail cell.”

“Hey, not my fault McGonagall forced you to participate. And lucky for you, it won’t be unoccupied anymore.”

“Yeah, right.” She scoffs. “Like any of you caught one of those egotistical prats.”

“Hey, I take offense to that!” The second voice makes her freeze, a shiver running up her spine.

Of all the people, does it have to be him?

Hermione might not just be resentful of that one particular detective for keeping her overworked. It might also have something to do with the fact that he is extremely attractive, charismatic, and all around swoonworthy. And she’s not the only one who thinks that. He’s also way out of her league given all the single straight women in the county building have a crush on him.

And who wouldn’t? With messy waves of striking auburn hair that’s faded on the sides, piercing ice blue eyes that can spot the assailant in any situation, and a lopsided smile that’s not only welcoming but inherently trusting, it’s hard not to be attracted to him. But that’s nothing to Hermione. Sure, he’s easy on the eyes, but it’s his intelligence that turns her on—that and the infuriating way he always rolls his dress shirts up to his elbows, showing off his perfectly sculpted forearms any time he books a criminal.

If he ever is single, she assumes it’s never for long. There’s probably a line of women waiting to date him. Not that she’d know or anything. She refuses to delve that deep into his personal life—if for the sole fact it’ll kill the tiny shred of hope she has for something as minimal as getting a drink with him sometime.

Screw getting a drink with him. You’re about to be left alone in the woods with nothing to do. Take advantage of the situation!

Oh my god, no. Get it together, Hermione.

Right. Even as images of potential scenarios flow through her mind, she shakes them out of her head. The last thing she needs is for Ron Weasley to see her drooling over him. Especially since he and Ernie are fast approaching.

“Well, it certainly wasn’t meant as a compliment,” she retorts, unwilling to let him get under her skin.

Before the detective can speak again, Ernie cuts in. “Yeah, well, try not to insult him too much. Even holding one hostage increases our chances to win.”

“I thought jailbreaks were against the rules?” Hermione asks. Not that she cares. She’ll willingly let him go in five minutes just to have her peace and quiet again—if only to daydream about him behind his back.

Ernie makes a big show of shoving Ron into the makeshift jail cell then looks back at Hermione. “They are. So make sure he stays there.”

“Or what?” Hermione crosses her arms. “You’ll make me buy coffee for the floor Monday? Sorry, I can’t. I have a full day in court.”

“Again?” Ernie groans.

“Yes, which is the reason I’d prefer to be back at the office and not in the woods for a silly picnic to begin with.”

Ernie grimaces and attempts to placate her, even though they both know it means little to nothing in their field of work. “At least there’s overtime?”

“I suppose. Though it’d be nice to have a weekend to myself once in a while.” Then Hermione turns to the captor and grumbles. “All thanks to you.”

“On that note, I’m going to get back to the rest of the team.” Ernie backs away a few steps, then takes off at a jog.

Hermione side-eyes the bane of her existence—pointedly as she leans against a tree. Ron holds up his hands in defense. “Hey, don’t blame me for doing my job. You’d think crime rates would start to go down eventually.”

“Please, Ron,” she chides. “You of all people should know that crime is always going to exist.”

He saunters—fucking saunters—over to her and props himself against another tree, once again showing off his forearms. Of course he’s still managed to highlight them despite dressing casually with jeans, a heather gray t-shirt, and a dark blue flannel unbuttoned over it. It’s in striking contrast to her jade sweater, jeans, beige peacoat, and brown leather boots.

Ron looks at her through his light blonde lashes. “So what do you suggest, Hermione? That I not do my job? Turn a blind eye to evidence in an investigation or stop asking key questions during interrogations?”

His gaze never falters, and she can’t help but feel like it’s piercing through her, like he’s trying to solve the mystery that she is to him. It’s uncomfortable in all the right ways, sending jolts of energy through her and making her forget where she is and what she’s doing. In all honesty, it’s making her want to jump his bones.

Which would be completely unprofessional.

Ugh. This is why she tries to avoid work functions outside the office. It’s much easier to avoid her attraction in that environment. But here, in the woods with the sun shining through the trees and the foliage creating a warm ambience, it’s hard not to let her imagination run wild. It’d be too easy to let herself believe he’s eyeing her with the same want she’s been harboring for over a year.

“Don’t be ridiculous,” she forces herself to say. “Just, I don’t know, try a little harder to suggest other lawyers. I’m only one person, and I can only do so much.”

Ron twists his mouth and cocks his head as he thinks about her suggestion. “I guess I could, but then what excuse would I have to come see you if I’m not delivering cases?”

His playful demeanor hosts an undertone of seriousness that causes Hermione’s breath to hitch. This time, she’s the one to search his eyes for a deeper meaning, but she’s absolutely terrible at reading people. That’s why she took the public defender position—it was meant to be a stepping stone while she strengthened her abilities to read a jury. Then, she’d be able to go after the job she really wanted. One that would help her do some good in the world.

Giving up, she decides to just ask him outright. “Why would you think you need an excuse?”

“Because detectives don’t usually hang around with attorneys.”

“Probably because all they do is pile on more work for us.”

If ‘they’ means Ron and ‘us’ means her, then yes, that would be true.

“So, you’re saying I could drop in to say hi whenever I feel like it?” Ron raises an eyebrow to accompany his question.

“If you want, but then people might think we’re friends…”

He pushes himself off the tree and steps toward the rope separating himself from her. The motion sends an uninvited thrill through her. “Aren’t we?”

“I figured we were closer to work acquaintances.”

She shrugs, attempting to keep things light and breezy while her body is on fire, desperate for her to open herself up to something more. But she won’t. Not yet. Especially when she’s wary of his intentions. After all, the rest of his team is vying for their stupid flag that’s somewhere on the grounds of the park.

His hand claps his chest, and he makes a show of stumbling to his knees. “Oh, you wound me, Hermione.”

“Please, stop being so dramatic.” She lets out an unbecoming snort through her laughter. He grins at her and she rolls her eyes. “This better not be some ploy to distract me in an attempt to get the flag.”

Ron stands back up and places his hands on his hips, once again flexing his forearms. God, she hates it so much. “Come on, Hermione. If I cared about the game, I wouldn’t have let myself get captured.”

She bursts into more laughter. “Yeah, right. There’s no way you got captured on purpose. That’s even more suspicious.”

“Why?”

“Because all I’ve listened to this week is how ‘we have to take down Weasley.’ How you’ve ‘single-handedly won the game for the last three years.’ Who’s to say you’re not distracting me just to get closer to your goal?”

“Maybe my goal isn’t the flag this time.” There’s something about the way he says it that wipes the smile right off her face.

“W-what?” she squeaks.

“Maybe I got captured under the guise of sacrificing myself for a teammate to get closer to the flag when really, I just wanted to spend time with you outside the office.”

Despite the fact that her heart is positively pounding in her chest, she keeps up her front with an eye roll. “Why?”

“Because I like you.”

The words hang between them as she blinks blankly at him. “I—you—” She swallows hard. “You do?”

Tentatively, he lifts the rope and steps underneath it. The tips of his ears are pink, something she’s noticed every once in a while but never thought anything of it.

“Uh, yeah. Thought it was obvious.”

Oh my god, is this actually happening?

For a moment, she’s completely enraptured by the way he inches closer in an almost tentative matter. But then her mind chooses logic and once again blares the warning signs that this is a game.

“Not as obvious as ‘no jailbreaks,’” she reminds him.

He stops and she inwardly kicks herself for ruining the moment—if there’s even a moment to be ruined. But then he grins at her and takes another step forward. “Yeah, well, maybe it’s a risk I’m willing to take.”

She can hardly believe it. Hope rushes over her again, and it’s all she can do to try and keep it contained. The last thing she needs is for him to see how completely enamored she is with him. Even still, a little giggle escapes her throat as she volleys a quip. “That’s rather bold, don’t you think?”

“Maybe. But hopefully it’s worth it.”

“Why?” She quirks an eyebrow at him, the unknown meaning behind his words suddenly sobering her.

A million possibilities flood her mind until he offers a sheepish grin and elaborates. “Because maybe I’ve forfeited the game for personal reasons.

“Personal reasons?” she repeats.

“That center around asking you out.”

Asking me—holy shit.

He waits for a beat as Hermione stares, slack-jawed, at him. Then, he adds, “So, uh, any time you want to put me out of my misery and let me know if it was a wise choice would be great.”

He’s serious. He’s actually serious. Ron Weasley came here with the intention of asking her out. He could have any girl he wanted, yet he’s here, alone with her, detailing his plans of asking her out.

She wants to savor every moment. Taking her time, Hermione steps closer to him, memorizing the hope in his eyes, the worry on his browline, the way his cheeks are completely red like he’s embarrassed. Then, a smirk forms on her lips. “That depends.”

“On what?”

“You technically haven’t asked me anything yet.”

“Oh. Oh. Well, uh, would you want to grab dinner or something?”

“Hmm, I don’t know.” Hermione taps her chin. “I’ve got quite the case load right now. I really shouldn’t. Next week is going to be brutal. There’s no possible way I could give up part of my weekend. Unless…well, I suppose I could be persuaded.”

Even though she’s messing with him, she still finds herself succumbing to his gravitational pull. Because despite it all, the last thing she wants to convey is the possibility that she might say no. Of course, she’d have to question his detective skills if he could ever believe that.

Thankfully, she doesn’t have to. She’s not quite sure where the brazenness comes from, but she doesn’t resist the pull urging her even closer. Her hand reaches up, sliding the soft fabric of his flannel between her fingers, which invites him into her personal space, and he grasps her hips.

For a moment, she forgets that there’s even a game going on, and that they’re at a work function—one she’d very much like to leave right now if at all possible. But first, there’s another thing she’d prefer. And luckily, he doesn’t make her wait.

His voice is suddenly husky, filled with lust as his eyes flit down to her lips. “I think that can be arranged.”

She tilts her head up as he leans down. Their first kiss is gentle, tentative, as if he doesn’t believe she’s given him permission. But from the moment their lips meet, the fire within her reignites, and Hermione wants more. Hungrily, she reaches up, fingers combing through his hair, urging even closer and deepens the kiss.

Ron moans, squeezing her hips as he backs her into the nearest tree, and if she’s not careful, she might just let him do whatever he wants to her right then and there.

That thought seems to snap her back to her senses, and she breaks away, her eyes taking a moment to catch up to her mind. Though heavy, she forces her eyelids open and meets his gaze. “So, dinner?”

Ron nods. “Don’t think they’ll miss us if we leave early, do you?”

“Not a chance.”

#submission #muggle au #romione #romione muggle au #romionetropefest

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a-local-idiots-shitpost · 2 years

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Mc attacks with a pineapple

yay this post is nearly 1200 words

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Lucifer:

did someone… just throw a pineapple at him?

of course it was Mc (or Satan and Belphegor)

“Mc how do you even come up with such completely ridiculous ideas?” “I was bored”

surprisingly you get away without being punished

but this will only cause you to do this again (and rope the Anti-Lucifer League in your stupid ideas which doesn´t need a lot of convincing the ideas might be stupid but they work)

Mammon:

he´s going to sell it

his first thought while being hit was one of the many debt collecters he owns money to found him

the second thought was who attacks with a pineapple?

After he finds out it was Mc he will feel betrayed

“Mc why?!” “just felt like it” “just felt like it?! Who just feels like hitting people with pineapples! where did you even get that?!”

he feels like he just experienced the worst betrayal ever and will let you know

it will stop as soon as you try to leave

Leviathan:

how did you even get in his room without Levi noticing to begin with?

oh well guess we´ll never know

he hates to admit it but you actually scared Levi with this little stunt of yours

which to be fair was less because of the pineapple and more because he was playing a horror game and you (at least for him) appeared out of nowhere

it was hard to hold your laughter back

“MC?! stop it this wasn´t funny at all!”

it turned out better then you could have ever imagined

to bad no one recorded it (you totally did record it but your smart enough not to tell Levi)

Satan:

he caught it

he literally just extend his arm after you threw it

did he know you were going to throw it? no

is he going to tell you it was a lucky coincidence? also no

the only thing he will be upset about is that you disturbed his reading time

and didn´t use this idea on Lucifer

“Mc the next time you have such stupid ideas at least wait until the next meeting of the Anti-Lucifer-League”

both of you than decided to ditch the library and go to a cat café (you were forced to pay but it´s still better than dealing with an angry Satan)

Asmodeus:

you actually hit him when he was doing his make-up

don´t worry no Asmos were hurt during the making of this fanfic (I mean he did get hurt but nothing really bad happened)

you should be more worried about yourself though

because not only did you make Asmo ruin his make-up

you also indirectly broke his favourite lipstick

I would recommend running as soon as possible because Asmo´s pretty much going to kill you

maybe next wait until he isn´t doing anything

or get really good at running and hiding

Beelzebub:

he ate it in one bite

you just threw it and he immediately knew something edible was getting closer

it was somehow incredibly creepy and weird but also really cool and weirdly impressive

he also asked for more pineapples

and get´s upset when you say you only had one

“Mc why didn´t you get more?” “it wasn´t my plan that you eat it!” “you´re acting as if it´s a surprise that I can tell when food is near”

… it´s kinda a good point

Belphegor:

no matter how hard you throw it he will never wake up

you have a better chance attracting Beel with the pineapple than actually waking up Belphie

the best you can get is Beel not noticing that a pineapple lies beside his twin and Belphie waking up and wondering where the pineapple comes from

if you´re feeling particularly funny and have a lot of free time you can just stay there and throw it at him when he wakes up

he still won´t react though

the best you get is a tired “why?”

Diavolo:

not even the smallest chance of hitting him

Barbatos will immediately know what you´re up to and takes it away

“Mc no” “aww you´re no fun!”

Diavolo actually agrees that Barbatos is no fun

his argument is that pranking someone could be a wonderful bonding experience

and he could use it so you have to stay at the castle with him

and now Barbatos scolds both of you, you for trying to hit Diavolo and Diavolo get´s scolded for being a massive Simp

Barbatos:

he knows what you´re planning before you even had the idea

he just waits until you´re ready to throw it before appearing before you

“what were you planning with this Mc?” “n-nothing Barbatos”

as punishment you have to help him clean the castle

and you´re the one that has to look for mice/rats

but at least you can stay at the Demon Lord´s Castle for the night and you get tea and sweets for helping Barbatos (despite it being a punishment)

he totally didn´t do it so he has an excuse to spend time with you

Solomon:

both of you somehow got the same idea

it ends with both of you awkwardly standing with pineapples and neither of you knowing how to proceed

“so what are we planning now?” “no idea old man Sorcerer” “stop calling me old!”

both of you start fighting if you should be allowed to call Solomon old or not (you definitely should be allowed to)

it ends with you throwing your pineapple and hitting Solomon and then leaving

it´s a good thing he didn´t get the same chance because the pineapple he was holding looked like there was something seriously wrong with it

Simeon:

he doesn´t know why you did it

for some reason he thinks it´s because you don´t like him and not that you just love making life difficult for everyone you meet

but he won´t tell you that all he will do is send a badly written to text to Lucifer saying you don´t like him

Lucifer is going to be so confused

not as confused as you are though when Lucifer asks why Simeon thinks you hate him

this is going to take a while to explain (but not to Lucifer because he will hang you for this little prank of yours)

Luke:

Luke doesn´t get attacked

for the simple reason he´s a child

and life is already hard enough on him (being constantly teased)

you just ask him if he wants to bake something with the pineapple

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docholligay · 10 days

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Do you think having such a personalized and detailed headcanon makes it harder to enjoy fic about the show/game that's written by others?

I mean sure, probably.

But unfortunately things I adore, for people named Doc who are me, fall into one of two buckets:

The character work and plot in this show are incredible, I find myself turning it around in my mind like a rotisserie chicken. I constantly discover new things about the show/book/game or the characters in it. I do not read fic about this, because why would I? Every answer I search for is in the text. I want to talk about this with someone, but about what is THERE, not what could be there. Ex: The Haunting of Hill House, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Piranesi, Bioshock:Infinite, Watership Down, Yellowjackets, among others.

The concepts of this could be amazing but are handled so fucking badly so consistently, in a shocking contrast to how INCONSISTENT the character work is, that all I want to do is steal it and make it better. All i want to do is turn it into something that doesn't suck ass when you look at it too hard. So I am going to take it SO seriously, and I am going to develop the rich inner lives for these characters that they lack, with intense backstories and families and motivation for how they got to be the person we know, or know sometimes, in certain episodes or shorts. Ex: Sailor Moon and Overwatch are the biggies here obviously, this is actually not an emotion I feel very often. I don't have intense backstories and extra-textual feelings and ideas about most of the stuff I read and watch, these two are just my Spiders Georg.

So! The odds on me being into something in the correct way to make me want to Seek Treasure Elsewhere but also I have a chill enough attitude about how the characters are that Any Dream Will Do is almost nil. I do not in ANY way mean this in a shady way, but I mostly read published adult fiction for entertainment and not fanfic. I am very picky about my fanfic. So, "plus these two new red and blue girls into Starbucks" often won't work for me, because the reasons to have Haruka and Michiru meet in a coffee shop are completely different from any of the reasons Fareeha and Angela might meet in a coffee shop, and so many of those types are archtypical plug and play stuff. Honestly, I have skated the idea of making a cheat sheet of fanon archetypes of various characters and buying a typewriter to sell 100-200 word 'quick fic' at cons with my sister. That's how common it is to use these archetypes. This is not a criticism! At all!

But, to take the two couples above, I have read so much BORING SHIT about both HM and FA that I could throw up. Lesbian couples have a lot of very milquetoast writing about them, and a lot of meet-cute which isn't really my bag.

But there are authors I love! @oathkeeper-of-tarth was and is one of the best harumichi writers out there and we don't even have all the same headcanons. The rare occasions @verbforverb decides to grace me with "Jewish Mercy I don't Have To Write" I pop a can of bubbly in the tub. And on both fields of battle @keyofjetwolf has stuff I've had bookmarked for years, and there are some things even within Rei's backstory and history that we disagree on.

Actually, to that point what I like is good writing. You can write me into believing nearly anything. There are things I believe about Amelie when I'm reading @lemon-embalmer's stuff that when I go back to my own world, aren't true, but when I'm in her world who the fuck cares, I'm having a great time. EVEN MORE to the point, I read @moonlight-frittata's stupid sun and moon lesbian League of Legends shit and I would rather shoot myslef than know ANYTHING about the game, but unfortunately she has a beautiful turn of phrase and plot flow to her work that I just....read anyway, because it is good. Fucking @tallangrycockatiel had me like 25 pages or so into a story before I was like, "OH SHIT, IS THIS SLASH??? WAIT I DON'T WANT TO READ ABOUT BOYS' LOVE!! NO!!" *hits next page* And I still could not care less about that podcast and would never listen to it, and if I did I would be massively disappointed because to my mind, her John and Arthur are the actual article, and whatever the fuck is going on in the source material can eat my dick.

So, yes, I DO think that having a very particular point of view is going to mean I back out of a story where like, "Lena stepped out of her Chelsea flat, custom leather high heels clicking against the step" sometimes, or, you know, "Haruka put down her copy of War and Peace, each meticulous note codified by a color-coded tab. Blue was for historical references to research, green for character analysis, yellow for themes, blah blah blah*" But I am actually shockingly open minded in what I will read, often to the point that I'm reading stuff from SHIT I DO NOT LIKE OR CARE ABOUT, because the quality of the writing is excellent. So, also no.

*I met someone who read books like this and I suddenly realized what the literary equivalent of 'knowing someone is a serial killer' was.

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Pedri- Fluff alphabet

A = Attractive (What do they find attractive about their partner?)

Physically Pedri loves your smile. Your smile was the first thing he noticed about you and it's what made him begin to fall for you. He always says that your smile lights up a room which isn't true but he likes to believe it is. Whenever he is having a bad day all he needs is to come home and be greeted by your smile for him to already feel slightly better. He makes it his life mission to keep you smiling as he hates seeing you without the smile that makes his day.

Personality wise Pedri loves how determined you are. Whenever you have a goal you will do whatever it takes to achieve it even if it involves many days of hard work and Pedri admires that about you. He is also a very determined person so when he sees you working so hard it motivates him even more to work towards his own goals. He loves seeing you achieve your goals too as it always makes you extra happy and he gets to see more of the smile he loves.

B = Baby (Do they want a family? Why/Why not?)

Family is everything to Pedri so of course he wants to start his own family with you in the future because he wants to have his own children to bond and create memories with. As much as he wants kids he knows that you are both too young to start a family now as you have many more things to do just the two of you before expanding your family. Despite that he still thinks about having kids quite a lot especially when you go and visit family who have kids all he can do is picture the two of you playing with your child one day. No matter how much he wants kids he will wait for you to be ready as he knows that it's a big decision for you.

C = Cuddle (How do they like to cuddle?)

Pedri isn't the most cuddly person but you have managed to convert him and now he likes to cuddle with you but he will never tell anyone that. Until he met you he thought cuddling was overrated and just kind of boring but once you convinced him to cuddle with you he realised he actually really liked it. His favourite way to cuddle is to have you laying on his chest as he can have his arms wrapped tightly around you so he feels as though he is protecting you. Cuddling with you relaxes him like he never thought it would and many times you have both fallen asleep cuddling on the sofa which has become Pedri's guilty pleasure.

D = Dreams (How do they picture their future with their S/O?)

He always pictures having a surprisingly normal life with you. Of course your life will never be that normal because he still wants to be playing football with Barcelona but every other element of your lives together he wants to be as normal as possible. He often thinks about the simple things such as nights on the sofa going from being just the two of you to your future family all sitting together with a film on. Even things like buying your forever home and decorating it together to make it your own take over his dreams instead of ideas of winning champions league trophies or world cups he always thinks about moments with you being his future.

E = Emotions (How do they express their emotions around you?)

Pedri is usually pretty good about expressing his emotions as he tells you everything which includes anything that is bothering him. He's not one to get overly angry very often he's just a very calm person so you never worry about him shouting at you after he has a bad day as he just doesn't do that. The one thing he can do is bottle up his stress sometimes when there's a lot going on he can just shut down and not tell you about how he's feeling but eventually he will break down and tell you everything. Those times pretty much always end with the both of you crying together but afterwards you both feel so much better and the Pedri you are used to has come back.

F = Feelings (When did they know they're in love?)

It took Pedri a little while to realise he was in love with you. He had completely fallen for you a while before he realised it because he had never felt like that for anyone else before so he tried to push away his feelings as he was scared of getting hurt. When he did realise he was in love with you it wasn't because of some big gesture or anything out of the ordinary. It happened one day when he came over to your place one evening after a late training session and when he arrived you got up from your position on the sofa to greet him with a smile and a hug straight away. Just you greeting him with a hug made him realise how deeply in love with you he was as in that moment he couldn't even imagine having that small interaction with anyone else other than you.

G = Gratitude (How grateful are they in general? Are they aware of what their S/O does for them?)

He couldn't be more grateful for you. He knows that you sacrifice a lot for him as there has been a few occasions where you could've moved away from Barcelona for school or for a better job but you chose to stay to be with him. He also knows that you would do anything for him even if it meant moving cities for him to further his career and he really appreciates that. It's not just the big things he appreciates he is always thanking you for the little things you do for him even if it is just you making dinner for the two of you he will always make sure you know he appreciates it. Pedri is very aware of how much you do for him and he knows that without you he would be a mess so he is very grateful and he makes sure that you know that at all times.

H = Honesty (Do they have secrets they hide from their S/O?)

He would never hide anything big from you as he knows that as soon as either of you start keeping secrets of each other it will be the end of your relationship. Pedri is a big believer in communication being the most important part of a relationship so he doesn't keep things from you and will even tell you if he's had offers from other football clubs even if he doesn't plan to leave Barcelona as he thinks you should know. That being said there are a few things he keeps from you to protect you. There has been a few times that there has been rumours about certain things in the media which he has kept from you to make your life less stressful and he doesn't tell you what other players have said about you on the pitch when angry as he doesn't want you to ever hear things like that. The only other time he keeps a secret from you is when he's going to propose but it was very difficult for him to hide.

I = Injury (How would they react if you got hurt?)

As soon as you even whisper the word ouch he is by your side and checking that you are ok. Even if you have only stubbed your toe he will carry you to either the sofa or your bed and do things for you for the next few hours all while checking on you even though you say you are ok. If you were to cut your finger while chopping vegetables he treats it as if you are going to bleed to death and will bandage you up with the most ridiculous bandage that is way more than necessary. If you ever get any bigger injuries like a sprained ankle he will do everything for you so that you don't make the injury worse and he will make sure you follow all of your doctors instructions to speed up your recovery. He worries about you a lot so any time you are hurt he only worries about you more but that's just because he wants you to be fit and healthy.

J = Jealousy (Do they get jealous? How do they deal with it)

Pedri doesn't get jealous very often as he knows that you would never do anything with anyone else even if they approached you and started to flirt. It also helps that when you go out it's often with him so he knows what's going on and if you aren't with him it's generally to go to dinner with your friends who he trusts to keep you safe. However there has been a few occasions when he has got jealous but it's all because of how other guys act around you. One night you joined him and the team to celebrate a win and there was a guy who just wouldn't leave you alone. He tried to dance with you and buy you drinks which made Pedri jealous as that's what he should be doing. Instead of confronting the guy he just sticks by your side and dances with you a bit more suggestively than he usually would just to get his point across. That's as far as he goes he never takes his jealousy out on you and as soon as the person he's jealous of gets the hint he usually feels a lot better.

K = Kiss (How do they kiss you? How do they like to be kissed?)

Pedri loves giving you kisses. At the end of the day he will often press kisses all over your face until your cheeks are red from blushing and then he will always press two last kisses to your red cheeks. His absolute favourite place to kiss you is your forehead as it lines up perfectly with his lips so whenever you give him a hug he can kiss your forehead. He also likes forehead kisses as he can give you them in public without it looking like too much but the two do you know that it's his way of showing affection. Pedri likes when you kiss his cheek as for some reason it makes him blush every time but he still loves it. He especially loves it when you have lipstick on and leave a mark on his cheek when you kiss him in fact that's how he made your relationship public by posting a picture with your lipstick mark on his cheek. Pedri loves any kiss you give him though as he just loves you.

L = Love (Who says 'I love you' first?)

He says it first but only because it just slipped out on accident. He had known he loved you for a while but he wasn't ready to say it yet because he was worried that you wouldn't be ready to hear it and he'd scare you off. Eventually it got to the point where he was really considering saying those 3 words and just hoping you felt the same but everytime he got close he stopped himself and chickened out. One night he was again thinking about saying it while the two of you were having a chill evening in and like always he expected he would stop himself at the last second but this time those fateful 3 words actually left his mouth. He seemed just as surprised as you to begin with but when a smile started to spread across your face he repeated the words more confidently this time. Of course you said them right back and for the rest of the night he wouldn't stop telling you he loved you as he wanted to make up for all the time he'd put off saying it.

M = Memory (What's their favorite memory together?)

His favourite memory is from the first time you went to Tenerife with him. While there he got to show you where he used to live and more importantly where he used to play football which you loved to see as it just shows how far he has come. That wasn't his favourite memory from the trip though his absolute favourite memory is from when you got to meet his extended family. You had met his parents and brother before and spent a lot of time with them but you had yet to meet his grandparents. Naturally you were incredibly nervous but as soon as you both arrived you settled in straight away and instantly you became one of the family. Pedri loved watching you get on so well with his family and it was made even better when his grandma told him how much she loved you as on many occasions she hasn't like new partners that she has been introduced to. That day will always be special to him as it meant a lot that you were so happy and comfortable around his entire family.

N = Nickel (Do they spoil? Do they buy the person they love everything?)

He would love to spoil you but a lot of the time you don't let him. If it was up to Pedri he would always be buying you things not necessarily expensive things but just little things he thinks you would like but you are always telling him not to spend his hard earned money on you. You can't stop him all the time though as he will still come home with your favourite snacks for you or other things he sees which makes him think of you. On your birthday and Christmas there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop him spoiling you as much as he wants to as even if you tell him not to get you anything he will do the exact opposite. Pretty much all of the expensive things you own were brought by him such as your laptop and even your car which he got to match his as he loved the idea of both of you having little green minis. To him buying you things is just part of the relationship and he loves to do it even if you protest because ultimately he loves to see how happy and grateful you are for everything he gets you.

O = On Cloud Nine (What are they like when they're in love? Is it obvious to others? How do they express their feelings?)

When Pedri is in love it's not noticeable to everyone but those who know him well can tell there is something up with him. He is more quiet than usual as instead of talking he is thinking about you which isn't like Pedri as he's always one to have a conversation with his teammates before and after training. Gavi is the first one to point out how differently Pedri is acting and when Pedri finally gives in and tells him about you Gavi definitely makes fun of him for a while. When people actually know about the two of you he returns to his normal self the only difference is he is always talking about you and what the two of you got up to the day before. Talking about you is how everyone knows that he is truly in love with you as any other past fling barely got a mention but you are always a topic of conversation.

P = Pet names (What pet names do they use?)

Pedri doesn't have too many pet names for you he mostly just uses a shortened version of your name or any nickname that you have. He does use a few basic pet names he uses for you such as babe or baby but his go to is amor as it's easy to say and he likes the meaning.

Q = Questions (What are the questions they're always asking?)

He is always asking if you are ok. When we he sees you it's the first thing he asks and even when he's away and he texts or calls it's the first thing he asks. He just likes to know that you are alright as if there is something wrong he wants to do everything he can to fix it. Another question he asks a lot is if you will be able to make it to his games as he knows you have a busy schedule and he doesn't like to just assume you will be there even though you pretty much always are.

R = Rainy Day (What do they like to do on a rainy day?)

On a rainy day Pedri still likes to make the most of the time he has with you so you will still be doing something for most of the day. Often the two of you will bake together as you love to do it and he likes learning recipes from you so he can make them for you one day. You always end up making a mess of the kitchen but that's part of the fun plus then you get to listen to music together while cleaning up. The two of you also always play games on rainy days and that can be card games like uno or video games like fifa which he has taught you to play. He pretty much always wins but you don't mind as he's incredibly competitive and hates losing anyway. Whenever it's rainy he like to make his favourite food for dinner but he never allows you to help as he takes it as an opportunity to do something for you.

S = Sad (How do they cheer themselves/S/O up?)

To cheer himself up he likes to spend time with you as you always know exactly how to make him feel better no matter what is wrong. Just being in your company makes Pedri feel better but he especially likes when he lays with his head in your lap and you play with his hair he just finds it really relaxing. When you are feeling sad Pedri will do anything to make you feel better because he hates it when you aren't your usual happy self. If you don't want to talk about what's bothering you then he will just cuddle you until you are feeling happier. He will also get your your favourite snacks and put on your favourite film even if you've watched it a million times. Sometimes you just need to be distracted from what's upsetting you so he will get you either go on a walk or a drive with him just to get your mind off stuff which are always fun and definitely work for cheering you up.

T = Talking (What do they like to talk about?)

Pedri will talk about anything and everything. It may not seem like it but he loves to talk so he will always find something to talk about with you. Football is often a topic of conversation but he also likes to talk about your work or school with you as even though he might not understand everything he likes to learn about what you do. Both of your goals are also a topic of conversation as you like to hold each other accountable so often check in on the progress you have made towards the targets you have set for yourself.

U = Understanding (How well do they know their partner?)

Pedri knows you like the back of his hand. There are times that he knows exactly what you are thinking before you say it so he definitely knows you very well. It took him a while to get to know you so well but it was so worth it as it has made your relationship so much stronger as you two know exactly what is going on with each other at all times. It often surprises people how much you guys are on the same wavelength but Pedri loves it as he thinks it shows how much effort you both put in to truly get to know each other. Pedri knowing you so well has been very helpful on some occasions as you can get anxious sometimes and he can always tell when something isn't right and will get you out of the situation and help you calm down without you having to say a word.

V = Value (How important is the relationship to them? What is it worth in comparison to other things in their life?)

Your relationship is very important to Pedri. Of course his career is important to him but the most important thing in Pedri's life is his family and he considers your relationship to be just as important as family. Over time you have become part of the family and are always invited to family events so to Pedri you are just as important as any other family member. Without you Pedri wouldn't know what to do with himself so you definitely play an important part in his life.

W = Wedding (When, where, and how do they propose?)

Pedri would wait quite a while to propose and it's not because he isn't sure if he wants to marry you it's because he wants to make the proposal perfect and he wants to make sure that he can give you the wedding of your dreams. When the time does come it's during the off season not long after your 5th anniversary. He took you away on holiday to somewhere where you had access to a private beach which you definitely made the most of in the time that you spent there. Pedri planned to propose on your first day there but he got so nervous that he didn't do it until a few days into the holiday. Like everyday before that you were sat out in the beach watching the sun set when Pedri has a surge of confidence and got the ring out of his pocket and got on one knee behind you. He gently taps your shoulder to get your attention before starting a small speech about how much he loves you and then he asks the question. Of course you say yes and for the rest of the holiday the both of you are on cloud 9.

X = XOXO (How affectionate are they? In public/in private)

Pedri isn't one for public affection as he knows that there will always be someone to record anything he does especially if you are with him. He will always hold your hand when you are out together but usually that's as far as he will go. If you are just around friends he will happily have an arm around your waist and press the odd kiss to your forehead or cheek but he would never do that if he knew other people could see you. In private he is the exact opposite sometimes you can't escape affection from him but honestly you don't even try as who would say no to Pedri. When it's just the two of you he loves to give you kisses and cuddle with you as there is no one else there to watch and make fun of him for being a so smitten even though he definitely is.

Y = Yearning (How well do they cope when they're separated from their S/O?)

He hates to be away from you as his favourite part of the day is getting to see you but it isn't often that he has to worry about it as he brings you everywhere with him. You always go to away matches with him and when he has training camps over the summer you often join him on those as well. Of course there are times that you just can't go with him but Pedri always hates it and has to call you at the end of the day and text you constantly throughout the day as it helps him feel like you are there with him. Pedri always prefers to have you by his side but when he has to he can cope without you as when you reunite it always feels extra good to have you in his arms.

Z = Zeal (Are they willing to go to great lengths for the relationship?)

Pedri would do anything for your relationship he wouldn't tell you that but he's willing to make big sacrifices if it means keeping you as you mean more to him than anything else in the world. There is a never ending list of things Pedri would do for relationship and that's all because he knows you would do the same.

#pedri gonzalez imagine #pedri imagines #pedri gonzalez imagines #pedri imagine

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elisa20beth · 9 months

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A Night to Remember

pairing: Jess McCready x Reader

warning: refrences to a fem presenting!reader, alcohol, smoking. Also written at 2am so that obviously requires a warning in itself Notes: your honor, I love her. Also I'm majorly late the A League of Their Own party so I highly doubted people will see this. Crossing my fingers for more Jess content S2, esp. Jess and Lu!!!

fluff, fluff, fluff

word count: 1.5k

summary: Reader decides to sneak out to a gay bar for the first time. Unfortunately Jess sees her and follows her there. Words are exchanged and they realize maybe nothing is impossible...

You press your ear against the door as you wait for the creaky floors to quiet down as Beverly brushes past your door. You look down at your watch; 10:00 at the mark. Ever since you almost got caught being out past curfew, you vowed to never do it again, making sure to always wait exactly 30 minutes post-curfew before stepping outside your room, Beverly’s snores posing as a quiet melody of reassurance. Right as you heard her door close, you pushed away from the door, striding over to your armoire, where your (f/c) dress was hanging in front. You start to slip out of your satin pajamas as you nervously glance over to the dress.

What if something goes wrong or what if someone finds out, your mind runs.

You can't risk getting your secret out, not with your baseball future at risk. You finish buttoning up the dress as you turn around to face the mirror. You smooth out non-existent wrinkles as your eyes rake over your image. The small white scalloped collar stood stark from the dark buttons and belt but coordinated perfectly with the pleated skirt, ending just below your knees.

Taking a deep breath, you move to sit on your bed, rolling your stockings up, pausing as you see your roommate move in her sleep. You slowly get up and move over to the small table at the end of the bed. Choosing a lipstick to match a perfect outfit. If you look good, then you’ll feel good, at least that's what your Ma always told you.

You pick up your handbag as you slowly twist open the metal doorknob. Sliding out into the dark hallway, you glide down the stairs, stepping into the non-squeaky areas of each step. You stop in front of the last obstacle; the loud front door. You hesitantly reach out for the ornate door knob and slowly twist it. Opening the door enough, you quietly slip out and speed up to a brisk walk out into the open world. But even through all your planned and careful actions, you fail to notice the figure leaning on the porch fence, smoking a cigarette.

As you walk past the shed, you turn around to glance at the place you've called home for the last month. The home of the Rockford Peaches. Being a part of the team gave you a sense of confidence you didn’t have before, even though it wasn't as high as your teammates like Greta, Jo, or Jess.

Jess. You didn’t know when it started. Was it when you heard her complain about screwing up at the try-outs that first night, or when you bonded over Beverly’s strict rules, or when you saw her ferocious mindset the first time you saw her? All you knew was that when you started to fall, you fell hard and fast. You had never felt like that before. Maybe the occasional pretty girl who caught your breath at school back home, but nothing like this. You couldn't let yourself live like this any longer, keeping it a secret for so long. You didn't know if you were doing this for her or yourself but you couldn't let yourself quit now. So you turned around, with a new sense of confidence as you marched towards the safe haven to figure out who you were.

…

Jess looked up to the sound of the front door softly closing, moving her eyes towards your figure, all dolled up. She’d always find a bit of fun in teasing you, enjoying how meek you would become as a result. Besides Carson’s late-night practices and the games, there wasn't much to do, causing her to get bored, a lot.

As she watched you walk towards the shed, away from her eyesight, she put out her cigarette and started to follow you, curious about where you were going, past curfew may she add. Ten minutes in, she realized you were heading in the direction of the gay bar Lu and she frequented often. It didn't come as a shock to her; on multiple occasions, catching you staring at her, quickly turning away when you realized she’d seen. But a smile rose to her face as she realized it confirmed her suspicions. Maybe she'd actually have a chance.

Watching you stop, she quickly hid behind the car parked near the curb as she saw you close your eyes, breathing in deeply before you opened the door and escaped from her view. Walking back around the car, Jess made sure to take her time before making her presence known, allowing you to get comfortable before scaring you off.

…

As you stepped inside the building, you felt a sense of safety and love rush over you as you started walking through the hallway, pieces of art adorning the walls. Approaching the main area, you felt your heartbeat quicken, worried if you would feel welcome. Yet that worry faded away as you took in the scene. Couples mingling at the bar and dancing the night away. Sounds of joy and love filled the room, joining the lively voice and signing into the mic. You make a beeline towards the bar and slide into an empty seat.

“Welcome to the Moxie Salon, what can I get for you sweets?” The bartender asks as you look up.

“Umm,” you start, “Could I just get a beer?”

“Sure can! Say, I don’t think I’ve seen you around here before” He adds.

“This is my first time but I don't think it’ll be my last” You finish with a smile.

The bartender mirrors your expression as he turns back around. You look around at your surroundings, feeling a sense of serenity.

“Hey, could you make that two beers?” a familiar voice adds.

You freeze up as you feel someone slide into the empty seat next to you. You refused to look up as you felt their burning gaze.

“What brings you here (n/n)?”

You felt your cheeks burn as you slowly met Jess’s eyes, “I-” you started to sputter.

“Hey,” She reassures you, “Your secret is safe with me”, mockingly zipping her lips and throwing away the key.

“Besides,” she adds, “You’re not alone. You’re just like me- just like all of them”.

You give her a grateful smile as the two beers slid towards you. Both of you take a sip as you enjoyed each other's space quietly, Jess breaks the silence a few minutes later: “Am I the first one to figure it out?”

“I hope s-” you stop, “Wait, what do you mean figure it out? Was it obvious?”

Seeing your nervous expression, she lightly chuckles before adding: “Not really, just the many times I’ve caught you staring or how you react when I’m near you” she finishes, bumping your shoulder jokingly.

“I’m so sorry, it’s just that being away from home, it felt like a lot of things suddenly clicked”

“Don’t be sorry. Besides, I enjoyed it”, Jess teased you as she hopped off the seat and nodded towards an empty table.

You follow her lead, pulling out the wooden chair and sitting down. Jess lit a cigarette as you guys would spend the next hour talking, laughing, and enjoying each other's presence; a haven away from the strict rules that run society outside. As The night begins to slow down, people filtering out of the warmly-lit room, Jess stands from her chair, putting out the cigarette before holding her hand out to you, helping you stand up.

“You ready to head out?”

“Yeah,” you mutter as you stare at each other, soft smiles gracing each face.

And yet as you weaved through the smaller crowd, never once did she let go, only moving to rest her arm around your shoulders once you stepped outside into the cool Chicagoan night breeze. Your feet fell into a similar pattern as you felt her warmth encase you like a warm blanket. Butterflies filled your stomach as you felt her grip tightening and loosen up on you periodically.

As the house came into sight, you feel yourself deflate, not wanting to end the night. And as she led you up the stairs, she stopped in front of the door, turning to face you. She looks down as she grabs your other hand and looks back up to meet your eyes.

“I had a lot of fun tonight and I’m glad I got to finally meet the real you”

“Maybe we could do it again sometime?” you hopefully add.

Jess replies with a sweet kiss to your cheek, smirking as she sees your expression, “I’d love to”, turning back around to walk through the door;

You smile to yourself before following her, watching as she walks up the steps before disappearing into her and Greta’s shared room. You slowly make your way back to your room before slipping out of your dress and back into your pajamas and falling into your bed, passing out with dreams replaying the night over and over again; Jess’s plaited hair and the cigarette behind her ear seared in your brain till the morning and for many nights to come.

Maybe your dreams weren't impossible after all.

#jess mccready #jess mccready x reader #aloto #aloto 2022 #lupe garcia #gay love #this seriously needs to be properly edited #fluff #a league of their own #a league of the own series

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polysyndetonaddictsupportgroup · 5 months

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your perception of itafushi. my beloved. my favorite little barbie dolls that gege loves to wind up. i miss them.

like the idea of yuuji being so jealous over megumi? the sunshine himbo…losing it at the sight of megumi smiling at this perfect little asshole who is totally hiding under an anxious mess facade. there’s no way someone could have it all and their this good guy. yuuji is waiting for the day yuuta messes up i just know it.

even with yuuji finally understands their dynamic i just know that those two have subtle competitions over megumi attention. like…it gets to the point where throwing cars at each other is the norm. (cue nanami being horrified at his legal and emotional children throwing cars at each other over a child of gojo. like yes he adores megumi. but somehow this is all gojo fault. don’t ask nanami how.)

BUT THE IDEA OF THE ZENINS BEING SO YUUJIPHOBIC? like the idea of them shuddering at the idea of megumi fucking around with the vessel of sukuna? that they had to set a bounty on him just to keep him away from their precious runaway heir? i just know mai pops out to the school just to bitch about megumi and his boyfriend being like modern day romeo and juliet.

i also love to imagine sukuna being a firm zenin hater. like he’s not even willing to eat them. he firmly believes that all of them taste like shit. especially naoya.

See I just love the idea of Yuuji being jealous over Megumi but exclusively when it comes to Okkotsu Yuuta. He’s legitimately not a jealous person. He’s never been jealous of anyone before in his life. He’s deeply secure in what he has with Megumi and knows that Megumi likes him back and that there’s no need to be worried or upset about Megumi having close relationships with other people. He wants Megumi to have close relationships outside of him.

But the universe fucking bends to give that perfect beautiful bastard everything Yuuji has ever dreamed of.

It’s a new experience for yuuji. He’s not used to experiencing jealousy. He’s literally never done it before. But there’s this impossibly gorgeous and perfect man swanning around out there getting his death sentence overturned and having his curse royalty unattach from his body in sparkling globes of light and having Nanamin legally adopt him as his actual child and having Megumi be His Boy and apparently it’s universally acknowledged* that Megumi is still Yuuta’s Boy despite Yuuji going to Herculean efforts to lock that shit down. He has assassins trying to kill him because it’s universally agreed** that his boyfriend is out of his league, apparently, and his boyfriend is still someone else’s Boy.

It does not help that when the Assassin Problem first appears yuuji wants to go to Gojo and Megumi decides he cannot take that level of humiliation and suggests going to Yuuta first. Which makes Yuuji insist that no no, he can handle a few assassins. No need to bother any impossibly beautiful upperclassman about it who are apparently better than Yuuji in every way. He’s got this on his own. Nooo problem.

Megumi stares at him for three unbroken seconds and goes to ask Yuuta for advice about it, which results in the second years going off to unilaterally threaten the Zenin clan, which none of the first years ever find out about.

Sukuna absolutely does hate the Zenin clan and it’s specifically because they did not consider him when putting a bounty on yuujis head. He’s a firm believer in knowing your worth and he knows his fucking worth. Sorcerers used to have style. They used to have respect. What the fuck is this. The Zenin are not worth dog shit on his heel. He’ll kill them all.

*universally acknowledged by everyone except Megumi, who still does not know that people call him that

** universally agreed by everyone except Todo, who thinks his brother is a beautiful beautiful man that anyone would be lucky to court and that Fushiguro is a boring child with a nonexistent ass who has inexplicably bewitched a gorgeous specimen of manhood.

#sea glass gardens #Nanami is so confused and tired #he doesn’t know how Yuuta inspired so much animosity in yuuji before they ever met #for the record Yuuta doesn’t know either #he’s constantly going through it how could anyone be jealous of his life #cannot emphasize enough Yuuta loves Megumi but does not want to kiss him #he’s not looking to take megumi from yuuji #he can be Their Boy just in different ways #the Zenin are specifically yuujiphobic #look clan heads have had plenty of dalliances on the side over the years #if megumi has certain needs to be fulfilled he can find someone in the clan as long as he marries a woman within the Zenin and produces #heirs and also as long as that person is not itadori yuuji #the ten shadows CANNOT be with the fucking vessel of sukuna #pick anyone else than the idiot pink haired possessed freak pick ANYONE ELSE #megumi is. so tired.#this is his first boyfriend okay and most of their relationship consists of going to terrible movies and blushing fire engine red while #holding hands. they are very much NOT thinking about marriage or kids or whatever and megumi cannot emphasize enough that he does NOT want #to marry and have kids with his cousin or aunt or whatever. he does not want to do that. megumi in my mind treads the line between asexual #and pansexual where he just doesn’t like people as a rule except when he does. yuuji sort of is the first person he’s really genuinely into #this is new and exciting for him and he would not admit that on pain of death but he sort of just wants to have his first boyfriend without #his fucking abusive bio family freaking the fuck out about how he needs to have incest children with his blood family like god this is the #nightmare scenario. meanwhile I think Megumi’s the first boy yuujis ever really liked. like he’s had guy celebrities he’s thought were #attractive before but megumi was his first crush on a boy and his first real relationship and he’s sort of not got a lot of time left in #life and would LOVE it if he could spend that time holding his boyfriends hand. what do you mean he has insane bio family who wants him to #marry his mean lesbian aunt. that’s fucking insane.

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I enjoy The Rings of Power.

I am impressed with how well the showrunners are navigating the convoluted, disjointed nature of the Silmarillion, which is what RoP is based on. Between Tolkien’s love for giving characters multiple names (Melkor = Morgoth for example). Tolkien loved to increase his lore by adding bits of previously-written poems/themes/names, reusing character names from his then-unpublished Silmarillion while creating LOTR, and then sometimes added an explanation to show why it would be the same character (Glorfindel) or another one (Legolas). It is all very detailed but also very convoluted. To take all of that lore and put it into a series is quite the feat. So far I am enjoying Rings of Power. They are doing an excellent job navigating through a plot which inevitably leads up to Celebrimbor forging the rings, meanwhile his untrustworthy assistant (Sauron, typically disguised as Annatar, the Lord of Gifts) forged the One Ring behind Celebrimbor’s back.

Right now in the show, we are seeing the story work its way up to creating this special forge, one with flames so hot that it could be the only thing to forge such rings. Beyond that, the story takes a dark turn in the realm of the dwarves as we watch Durin IV defy his father (Durin III) and attempt to mine the mithril veins deep in Moria. We all know what that leads to (Balrogs). Durin IV’s children’s children will suffer the wrath of the balrog that lies in wait beneath Moria (Durin’s Bane) and that whole plotline is setting us up to witness such.

As for Galadriel’s plotline in Númenor - we’ve just been introduced to Ar-Pharazôn. He is single handedly responsible for the destruction of Númenor after he forces Miriel to wed him against her will and becomes king. Then he marched upon Mordor with an army so powerful that Sauron's forces simply deserted him. But Sauron feigned to be overawed at Ar-Pharazôn's prowess while the king brought him back to Númenor as a hostage. Sauron quickly took advantage of his situation to gain Ar-Pharazôn's trust, and by way of careful flattery, lies and half-truths, he soon became the king's closest and most trusted advisor. He was able to corrupt Ar-Pharazôn, convincing him to worship Morgoth in the hope that he would be able to cheat mortality. Some of the results of Sauron's cunning were the erecting of a Great Temple to Morgoth, intense persecution of the Faithful, and the chopping down of the White Tree of Númenor. Soon the king and his followers were worshiping Morgoth openly and burning innocents at the altar of the temple as sacrificial offerings to appease the false god.

Rings of Power is building up to all of this.

Anyone who knows the lore can see that. I am excited to watch it come to life in the series, myself. Beyond all of that, the acting, sets, costumes, special effects, and makeup are incredible. The whole show is nonstop eye candy, especially on the high def TV I currently own. Plus the showrunners have woven in their own little mysteries, like the Stranger discovered by the harfoots. Is he a Maiar that fell from the sky? Is he Ainur? Is he evil? Good? Neutral? Regardless, we will find out. This is an example of an original storyline being woven into canon lore, something to keep fans like me stumped and wondering what comes next (because I already know what comes next for the dwarves and for Númenor).

And the other original storyline featuring the soldier elf Arondir – I really enjoy that one too. Arondir’s experiences are meant to navigate us through the canon lore of the Men of Darkness. These were the evil men to pledge allegiance to Morgoth, as we saw in the most recent episode when one of the characters revealed himself to be in league with the dark lord. Arondir is going to find himself coming to blows with an army of these men, the Easterlings, leading to the birth of one of the first Ring Wraiths, formerly a king of the Easterlings. I am not sure what isn’t to love about Rings of Power or why anyone is saying it is boring. Writers are setting the stage for Balrogs, the corruption and fall of Númenor, divine intervention from a nameless Maiar, the forging of the One Ring, and the birth of the Ring Wraiths. It’s not going to all happen in four episodes during the first season.

And through all of this, Galadriel will bear witness. She sees everything from the attack on Valinor up until she escorts Bilbo and Frodo back to Land Across the Sea. She is the perfect protagonist, still youthful and defiant at the start of this story, likely to grow as seasons press on and become the reserved “Lady of the Woods” we see at the end of her life in Middle Earth. If people don’t like Rings of Power, that’s fine. But their reasons are not very detailed or eloquent. Too many people say the show is “trash” but have no idea what is bound to happen according to source material. If you don’t like it, then watch something else. But I’ll be happily enjoying it until the story comes to a close.

#the lord of the rings #the rings of power #lotr #lotr fandom #rop #rings of power #arondir #Galadriel #isildur #elrond #durin iv #tolkien

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Back in Garlemald, we have quite the story to tell.

While we've been away, many of the tempered have been moved, with the assistance of our fellow Scions, to various allied nations for treatment, as we have neither the resources no ability to treat them all here.

Excitingly, our defeat of Anima seems to have caused the other towers to disappear. The rescued captives are now in the care of their own peoples, who have been taught the magics necessary to cure the tempered! I am very pleased with this development, as it empowers the people of the tribes to act on their own, and not need to be trapped in a perpetual relationship of needing to turn to us for charity.

Some of the Ilsabard contingent have been given leave to return home, though Lucia and Maxima will remain along with a smaller force to continue offering aid to those who still call Garlemald home.

Oh boy, Lucia, you are not ready for what we have to tell you. I apologize in advance. This is about to get both very weird and very bad.

Lucia is taking this much better than I did. Props to her. She is willing to pass on the information to the Alliance leaders (that's a yikes task if ever there was one, "Just wanted to let you know, the apocalypse has begun") and even has the presence of mind to release the rest of the Scions from their duties so that we can all confer in Sharlayan and get to work saving everyone's bacon.

Before we leave, Maxima wants to talk to me about my bestie, Zenos. He has an idea to send scouts out looking for him, seeing that it's likely Zenos returned to Garlemald after leaving the moon. I think that's a terrible idea, because while Zenos doesn't delight in bloodshed, he'd have no qualms with killing anyone who stood in his way.

That second option would also have been a good one, because, yeah, I don't expect Zenos to be randomly wrecking havoc throughout the countryside. He's too... introspective. Too bored. None of that wanton destruction stuff would hold his interest. Honestly, I don't think Zenos is a realistic danger to the common citizen of Garlemald at this point; so long as anyone who sees him stays away from him, he's more likely to leave them alone.

Ahhh... Finally. I wondered when that name would pop up. Been waiting for that since Stormblood when I first saw it as a tag suggestion.

Back in Sharlayan, we fill in the rest of our friends on all that has transpired. Estinien says what we're all thinking.

Once we rule out pursuing the ancients' solution - sacrificing half the star's population to re-summon Zodiark - we're left with trying to find the root cause of the Final Days. A daunting task.

...Y'shtola gives quite a bit of shade to the ancients for having made the choice they did, but I've always gotten the impression that it was a last resort type of deal. That by the time they got to the place where they had to realistically consider it, the catastrophe had reached the point where it was either lose half their number or lose everyone. We have the benefit of knowing it's coming and taking action before our entire star is engulfed in a world-ending cataclysm. By comparison, we're in a rather lofty position. And, thanks to the Convocation, we both know a major symptom (stagnation of aether currents) and a method that solved it (having a primal regulate the star's currents) and continued to solve it for thousands of years. We just have to figure out what was causing those currents to stagnate in the first place. We are leagues ahead of where the ancients were at this point, and thanks to their knowledge can potentially find a better solution. It's not right to judge the ancients for the choices they made, in a situation we will never be in, when we are the beneficiaries of those choices.

Too bad we murdered everybody with firsthand knowledge of it, eh? Ironically, the Ascians would probably have made good allies in solving this problem. Though, their being tempered might have forced them down the path of re-summoning Zodiark... Maybe it's for the best they're not here.

That is a good point. I haven't the slightest clue. But, I am sure it will be horrifying!

Y'shtola suggests asking the Forum, now that we know what they're up to. But, before we can do more than contemplate this course of action Tataru interrupts with news: the Forum is holding a public assembly!

I wonder... Have they suddenly gotten a message that the time is nigh to evacuate?

That appears to be exactly what has happened. Prompted by a message from the moon, the Forum has unanimously voted to release the enchantment upon themselves and inform the public of their great duty and the imminent exodus.

I can't fail to notice that this entire scene is backed by the peppy "bad guys doing stuff" music (I really must learn the proper name of that track, lol.) makes me highly suspicious of the Forum, it does.

Fourchenault, of course, has been chosen to supervise this great endeavor. Yay...

I am uneasy that, at no point in these grand speeches does anyone broach the topic of, say, informing any of the other nations what is about to happen. Or of evacuating their people. It's Sharlayan, Sharlayan, Sharlayan. Much as I suspected, Sharlayan is only concerned with saving and preserving their own. All else will be left to burn in the Final Days.

It's difficult not to contrst what Sharlayan has chosen to do with what the ancients did. I remember Emet-Selch claiming that half our number would never voluntarily give up their lives to save the rest... At the time, I agreed with him, and I am unsurprised... And yet, still gravely disappointed, to find that he was right.

The twins have words for their father before we retire to the Baldesion Annex. They are good words, well worth saying. But I find I am distracted by Fourchenault's complete non-reaction to finding out we have no only been to the moon, but that Urianger is still up there and working with their collaborators. The man doesn't even blink. I can't say whether he already knew via the message they received, or whether he thinks we're full of shit! Ah... if only we'd been able to confront them before they'd opted to tell everyone. I'd have loved to see the looks on their faces.

You are so close, Thancred. Say it. Say that Zodiark wasn't evil. All along he'd been our protection against the Final Days. Hydaelyn lied to us. Lied to Minfilia, who gave her life to serve a God that wasn't one. Under false pretenses. Aren't you angry? Aren't you tired of being manipulated?

...Maybe you're right, maybe I do need some sleep.

Back at the Annex, in my room, I am hallucinating the Final Days again.

Suddenly there comes a knock on my door!

Not gonna lie, when this happened I tried to stop and post a little poll for you all to choose who should be at my door. I thought it would be fun XD. But the minimum time to hold a poll for is one day, and I didn't want to wait that long... sooo...

I mean, I couldn't not choose G'raha.

Oh G'raha, you remind me why I love you! You make my heart happy. Darling, stay the night, won't you?

Meanwhile, in the Ala Mhigan quarter, there is something bad happening...

There's also a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo by my DNC and RDM mentors! Omg omg! What are you two doing? Together??

Also meanwhile, in Ishgard, Erenville spots something ominous.

Don't say that, omg. Nothing good comes after people say that!

Oh no, oh no, Thavnair.

#ffxiv liveblog #rhesh'a tag #lucia junius #maxima quo priscus #alphinaud leveilleur #zenos viator galvus #zenos my friend my enemy #estinien varlineau #tataru taru #g'raha tia #fourchenault leveilleur #thancred waters #y'shtola rhul #erenville #I forgot to remove my stupid unicorn horn hat for every single cutscene here

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Your hot take on the boys and invincible kinda piss3d me off, not cause I totally disagree, but only because superhero media as a whole is lazy. Specifically for these two, though? The boys isn't just evil superman, it's corporate owned supervillainy, vigilantes who don't have powers, and yeah the shock value gets too much sometimes but like clearly you haven't seen it. And invincible is about a kid (son of superman) who is betrayed by his idol and forced to fight him and lose. Maybe don't judge so quickly!!

What, I have to watch the entire show to judge it?

That would necessitate that I take time out of my day to watch something that I don't like.

And if I watched the entirety of both, and still hated it, you'd tell me I shouldn't watch things I "hate" and I should just leave you and your dumb opinions alone.

So we're discarding that part of your argument because it's pointless.

oh wait.

but that's your entire argument.

hm.

well.

ok. let's talk anyway.

so first off. you just said that superhero media as a whole is lazy.

that's quite a generalization to make about a genre.

I don't disagree but you're giving me shit for saying deconstructions of super hero movies are worse, to me personally, than super hero movies themselves, when you just made a blanket opinion statement disguised as a fact.

Think about that for a second.

Then I wanna talk about the whole "it's about politics" and "subversion of superman" schtick.

you're telling me that the boys is about politics, and invincible is an alien invasion story.

yet neither of those things need to be told through a superhero angle. they just are because of the superhero hype justifying their existence in the market.

and that's fine and all... but to me that's what they are.

gimmicks based on what was hot at the time, which was super heroes.

so they don't exist without the superhero genre to make fun of. they don't have relevance except by being reactionary.

and that's a lame selling point for me.

super hero movies have been dying lately, and frankly, I didn't even know invincible had a season 2 until I saw invincible had popped up on fortnite.

and even then I didn't see anyone talking about it, aside from the shock value of the rape scene.

but don't worry. we'll get to that.

as for the boys, well, I don't know, it could last for some time... but do deconstructions that wallow in misery and mega angst and are highly topical based on the year they were released really stand the test of time?

I don't know. we'll see.

all I know is that no one anticipated the fall of marvel after the success of Endgame...

but look at it now.

The Marvels, Antman 3, Madame Web... the lackluster performance of DC...

if you look back at the boys 50 years from now, what will you see?

a satire of the Justice League.

but it's not something on its own.

at least watchmen, as garbage as it is, has unique characters and a weird, but mildly interesting take on history.

the boys is like oh what if there was a world where superheroes existed and they killed people?

yeah that'll stand the test of time I'm sure.

Spiderman has lasted this long because he's relatable. He was the prime example of a changing genre, that allowed its heroes to be more down to earth.

Batman has his gothic detective thing, and you can tell so many stories with him, as he's just an ordinary man, who's also coincidentally a huge freak at the same time. what's not relatable about that?

And even Superman... oh, so he's boring because he's a good person?

yeah. sure. I don't particularly like him. I don't think he's that deep.

but his popularity did come from the basic idea that people should be good to each other.

what is the average jackass going to learn or remember from the boys?

oh that homelander likes drinking breast milk.

gee, that's relatable.

also that the deep fucked an octopus.

because haha... Aquaman, am I right?

so.

now let's move on to shock value.

It sucks.

the boys is made for people who hate super heroes.

it's fine to hate super heroes, but Jesus Christ.

you hate them so much that you make them edgy. you make them rapists and mass murderers. you make them do nasty shit just because you wanna make someone vomit.

like. ok.

I don't like shock value in anything, not even horror movies.

if there's no plot reason for it, then I don't want to see it.

but the boys is all about throwing in sex scenes wherever they can, and making them as fucking weird as they can just because "oh we're not marvel."

yeah. I know that. even marvel pretends to have a story from time to time.

the boys literally starts off with a fucking 90s ass rape revenge story. like seriously?

so revolutionary ahahaha.

with a guy who fucks animals.

and is meant to be sympathetic later on because he's pathetic.

soo soooo deep.

good rape revenge plot.

reminds me of the misogyny of blade runner, and the director saying well I'm objectifying women because sexism exists in real life.

gee thanks, guy.

forgive me if I was turned off by a show that immediately sexually assaulted its main female character.

I'm a triggered snowflake, hahah, you got me.

but when I look at all this, it's like...

I never got into game of thrones because I never liked the mega edge lord plot of that either.

but at least game of thrones was doing something different with a genre, rather than just making a satire or parody of the genre.

it stands on its own.

the boys relies entirely on shock value and superheroes having sex in depraved ways.

it might have some valid political commentary somewhere in its messy gory insides, but nothing I couldn't get, and much better, from the Wire.

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periwinckles · 10 months

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He's a Keeper - Chapter 1

(I wasn't planning on posting this so soon, but in honor of @little-lynxpopping up again in my feed, and because this was inspired by this marvelous post , here is the first part of a new fic I'm working on. It might not look like it, based on the first chapter, but this is mainly Everlark.)

He’s a Keeper

An Everlark in Hogwarts story, or the one where Annie Cresta risks her dignity for a Quidditch Cup, Peeta Mellark drinks a full bottle of Veritaserum, and Rye Mellark declares war on all Hufflepuffs. What could possibly go wrong?

Chapter 1

Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

It’s always a thrill to be back for another school year.

I watch the boats crossing the big lake in front of the castle. Headmistress Mags Flanagan is always stressing the importance of us giving a big welcome to the first years. All the other students are already waiting inside the Grand Hall. The four Head of Houses, stand with the Headmistress, in front of the stone steps, to wait for the group of eleven year olds.

Well, three of us, for now.

Professor Brutus, Head of Slytherin, stands tall and menacing to her left, the big scar across his face an unwelcome souvenir from one of his creatures, for sure.

Professor Beetee, Ancient Runes Professor, and Head of Ravenclaw, looks remarkably bored and unimpressed with all the efforts to make this a memorable Start-of-term Feast.

Hufflepuff is my House, and I’m technically not a teacher, just the Quidditch Coach. It’s fairly uncommon for someone so young to be Head of House. I was what they call a Career: a quidditch player who graduates from school tournaments to join a big league team and play professionally, but Mags offered me the spot, three years ago, and I was tempted enough to take it. Since there were no other former Hufflepuffs among the faculty members, she didn't have much choice but to make me Head of House as well.

“Anyone know where Abernathy is?” Mags asks with a smile, maintaining her impeccable posture.

Probably drunk, by now. I saw him retreating to his office, a couple of hours ago, with a bottle of Firewhiskey.

Haymitch Abernathy is one hell of a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, but also the most lazy and slack Head of House the Gryffindors could possibly have. I was his student myself, and we all stood in awe of his stories. As a Veteran of the Great War against the Dark Wizard Coriolanus Snow, and a war hero, he was our idol. Yes, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class couldn’t be in better hands. The House of Gryffindor? Not so much.

“Headmistress Mags!” The young wizard runs down the stone steps, his robes fluttering behind him from the haste, and his hair remaining perfectly in place. Probably some charm, no one has that perfect of a hair, all the time. Many call him handsome, even when he was just a scrawny pimply student. Now in his late twenties, he’s well aware of his good looks and how to take advantage of them.

“Headmistress, Professor Abernathy sends his apologies. He’s indisposed and asked me to take his place to welcome the first years!”

Indisposed. That was his excuse last year, as well.

“Good! Good!” Mags exclaims with a grin, and an affectionate pat to the young wizard's face.

He gives me a playful wink.

Finnick Odair. Charms Professor. The bane of my existence. We all know he’s the one who picks up the slack and makes sure the House of Gryffindor doesn’t collapse under Abernathy’s chaotic ruling. Don’t get me started on the Quidditch team. Abernathy hasn’t been to his own team practices in years. Yet, here they stand, as winners of the House Cup and Quidditch inter-house tournament for seven years in a row. All Odair’s doing, of course. I don’t get why Mags doesn’t make him Head of House already, Abernathy would surely be grateful.

In true honesty, I don’t care that much about the House Cup.

Yes, it would be nice if we won, every once in a while, but I’m lucky enough to lead the loyal and hardworking students. Hufflepuffs don't rely on external validation to always do their best, even when they lose year after year.

The Quidditch Cup? That’s a totally different game. I’m this school’s flying instructor and Quidditch Coach, I'm their Head of House, and still it’s been thirty nine years since Hufflepuff won a Quidditch tournament.

Well, this year, that is about to change.

“Miss Cresta, lovely to see you, again!”

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auxiliarydetective · 3 months

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now for the otp asks !! from part five of the ask extravaganza, could i please ask about questions one, four, eight, twelve, and thirteen for my beloveds henry and varsha ? <3

terribly excited to see the answers, and i hope you're doing well !! <3

Remember this ask? Well, I have reasons to assume that my askbox might be fixed, so I'm gonna answer it now!

1. What are your OTP's love languages?

This is actually tough because these two are a little hard to put into the "traditional" love languages. But if I had to pick, Henry likes to give quality time because it's the least awkward one and the one you can do the least wrong with. He's content just spending time with Varsha, but he definitely doesn't say know to cuddles either. When it comes to receiving, he absolutely melts at words of affirmation. He's constantly doubting himself and feeling guilty, so hearing someone say the opposite really helps. Also he most definitely has at least a bit of a praise kink, but let's not get into that for his own good.

All of this is good though, because Varsha's love language is words of affirmation. She will constantly be praising and complimenting Henry at every opportunity she gets, partially because this is pretty much the only acceptable form of pda in their society. But she also loves physical touch. She adores getting to cuddle because humans are warm and the Nautilus is almost always a little chilly, but also because she's just a bit of a cuddlebug. She sleeps on Henry's chest a lot, either in human form or curled up as a snake. Henry's body heat keeps her warm and her weight on top of his chest calms Henry down like a weighted blanket. Also, Hyde miraculously keeps quiet if Varsha gives them attention, so that's nice.

4. What happens if the other gets sick?

This is actually a very interesting question because 1) Henry is a doctor and 2) Varsha can't get sick. The only kind of sick she can get is homesick, and if that happens, Henry either asks her to play him something on her sitar or they turn off the big lights in her room and dim the smaller ones, making the room look like the crystal caves in the underworld, which is where she's originally from.

If Henry gets sick - which he rarely does, he's pretty careful - Varsha is low-key worried. She knows it's probably nothing bad, but she's still worried and it has to still be unpleasant for him, right? So, she stays with Henry as much as she can. After all, whatever kind of infection he has, she can't catch it, and she can't transmit it because her body - which is used to neutralizing even the worst poisons fairly quickly - gets rid of the virus or bacteria in a flash. So, she nurses him back to health and keeps him company so that he doesn't get bored.

Fun fact: Hyde is a whiny baby when he gets sick. You most likely will never see him sick because Henry pretty much never takes the formula when he's sick - why would he? - but if you do, he's constantly complaining and essentially just waiting for the formula to run out. He's so dramatic. Let him sleep, for goodness' sake.

8. How do they treat the other's insecurities?

Varsha doesn't get insecure very often. Being a semi-divine being does a lot for her confidence. The only thing she gets embarrassed about is when her accent slips through or when she just can't pronounce a word correctly and it's getting on her nerves. Henry will gently teach her the word she's struggling with, and will take every opportunity he gets to tell her that he finds her accent endearing and that he loves hearing it.

Henry, on the other hand, gets insecure about literally everything. But, once again, Varsha "Words of Affirmation" Devi is there to compliment his insecurities away and remind him of everything great he has achieved and how much of a valuable member of the League he is.

12. Do they ever dance together?

Yes! Absolutely! I haven't figured out how they get to that point yet, but they definitely enjoy dancing together. I imagine Varsha either runs to Mina to ask her for dancing lessons or she asks Henry himself directly. Henry, I imagine, knows how to dance. He's probably from the upper middle class to upper class, he pretty much has to know how to dance. It's the sweetest thing to see them just gently swaying to the music of a gramophone.

13. What do they love the most about the other?

You mean everything??? These two are so in love it's almost sickening. But, here's what they like even more than everything else about their partner:

Henry is absolutely bewitched by Varsha's near-unconditional kindness. She's always there when someone needs help, always has something nice to say... Often, he finds himself wondering what he did to deserve someone like her.

Varsha loves how intelligent Henry is. She also finds him very attractive, but that's besides the point. What I'm trying to say is, she could listen to him talk about books he has read, research he has done or lectures he has attended for hours, even if she maybe doesn't understand everything.

So yeah, that's it! I love my babies <3 Thanks for the ask!

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#ask #evie's ask extravaganza #oc: varsha devi #otp: when is a monster not a monster?

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essentialthyme · 2 years

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i need people to understand that i started watching A League of Their Own without any prior knowledge about it other than seeing a gifset where Janet from The Good Place was kissing another lady (who I did not recognize until I actually started the first episode) so when i was killing time at work and i had already watched She-Hulk so i was like "well, what do i gotta lose?"

i was full on expecting an alright show with some lukewarm kinda romance between two secondary characters that i was gonna have to chew throw the main storyline waiting for their scenes and maybe it wasn't even gonna be worth it like so many wlw romances lately are just so boring and i don't deserve that anymore, but! i was killing time at work waiting to go home, whatever

i was NOT expecting what this show gave me, i cannot put into words how much of a good surprise it was, i felt like a kid on a christmas morning, my jaw dropped when i realized the lady kissing Janet from The Good Place was one of the main characters, and that the other main character was Max Chapman, and then when she ALSO kissed a lady on the second episode my head started to spin

the two main characters??? both of them??

and the women on this show! fucking incredible like i clocked the wlw ladies right away, but then they really got it out in the open instead of leaving it up to interpretation (which straight people would argue to the moon and back that we have No Evidence that they are gay, and we're being homophobic, actually, for falling for the stereotypes, as i've seen people argue so many times) and they didn't shy away from Max journey with her sexuality

and it's also just so good, it's just so good

it's so good

#watch this show!!!!!!#a league of their own #aloto spoilers #aloto

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I'm beginning to think that Jungkook isn't running that In the Seom account anymore. At first I was like aw he's having fun, and woah he accepted a jikook shipper- that's sus, etc. I was just happy that he tried out the gamr. But now I'm wondering if maybe he was asked to post that account on his story by the company as a marketing strategy? Because it's definitely working like one. More people tried out the game, more people are sticking with the game because they feel like they're interacting and competing with JK. Idk but as more time goes on I can't help but feel that maybe this whole account is just run by some Hybe employee? I just severely doubt he's that bored + has that much time on his hands to keep leveling up every few hours. I know they're technically on break but he's still not jobless lol. Maybe I'm overthinking it? I've only seen one other person bring this up so I'm curious to see what other people think.

🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨 I - why would he lie?! That's his Instagram! Lol and all these ways he wants to 1) play games and 2) interact in a special way with ARMY is soooo on brand for him. Those are 2 of his favorite ways to spend his free time. Lol and let's remember that they have more control over what their schedule is looking like these days and how much free time they might have. On top of that, JK has always had a weird and not so great sleep schedule. Meaning he doesn't get enough of it. Lol

He LOVES gaming and has shared on multiple occasions how he spends his free time gaming and how he can do it for hours and how he can get really competitive about it and not want to stop until he beats it or is insanely good at it. He used to post clips of him playing overwatch. They've shared that he used to game often at the dorms with Tae or with Jin. Tae shared a story once from an old clip where you could hear him playing League with JK, Yoongi, Jin and Hobi (those being the members who spoke into the mic at least). Staying up all night to play a game, not off brand for him. Especially also considering all the armys who are busy IRL and have full time jobs who are over level 100 in the game too. PLUS considering that JK has lots of disposable income to spare to get extra hearts, blue diamonds things and anything extra he can buy to help him level up faster and spend less time waiting for things to load etc. That's gonna speed up his game time too. Examples of JK talking about gaming:

AND I don't think having army visit his island or join a club is just a marketing strategy. It's just legit JK loving spending time with ARMY. It's super on brand for him to carve out time to spend with fans. He spent hours doing Instagram Q&As in the middle of the night, not just during quarantine, but also after a performance when they still had schedules the next day too. He spent HOURS in the middle of the night on vlives with army and singing to us, on days he has to wake up for work the next day too. He spent HOURS talking until the middle of the night, just to then go and hop on a bus to go film ITS. He used to join fancafe group chats with ARMYS. In 2018 he held weekly fancafe dates with army every single Friday for a long time. Where he would create a group chat and the first X amount of people who could guess what the password was could join his GC and he would sit in there and chat with the armys for 15 to 30 minutes every single week. And in 2018 they were so booked snd busy it was insane. But he still made time to hang out with army AND still made time to work on GCFs and his own music AND go work out AND some off time gaming. And whatever else he wanted. And he did this fancafe date thing without telling the company his plans to do it at all. Lmao it was all him. Some Fancafe posts about his Friday ARMY dates:

You don't have to be jobless to spend a few hours playing a mobile game before you go to bed, or while you are eating your meals, or while being driven somewhere. He really honestly isn't leveling up that fast compared to a lot of other people I've seen to make it seem like he isn't doing ANYTHING but gaming. Lol

So I guess, I DO think it's JK. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be. And I don't think it's out of character at all for him to be doing this either. And I don't think Hybe has to worry too much about marketing it. The game was doing just fine before JK shared anything on his story about his island and his club. But you are all free to think whatever you want 😅 this is my opinion though 🤷🏻‍♀️💜

#JK in the seom #jikook #kookmin #jikook in the seom #JK gaming #and loving army fans

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