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happy birthday faye!!!

MY FAVORITE PERSON IS HAVING THEIR BIRTHDAY! @thatslayer is nice + hot + faith lehane which tbh is the best combo xDDD ILYOK!!

#thatslayer #birthdays

samattheend-1

Why isn’t The Buffynatural Diaries a real show.

IDGAF about copyright, imagine how much money it would make the network!

thatslayer

I’ve been so busy, October 13th just came and went and I didn’t even notice it. So, I’m ten days late throwing a party for the big ‘2 0’. As of this month, Faith and I have been together for twenty years!

I think it speaks to my stubborn nature that I’ve kept the same muse for so long, and I don’t want to let the occasion go without doing something special.

So, for the rest of the month I’ll mark the occasion by breaking one of my own rules, and opening Faith up for series-era rp things instead of keeping her story firmly planted in the present.

I flipping adore you guys! The old friends I’ve written with for ten to twenty years, and all the new faces who continue to hop on my crazy train. The folks who deal with my crappy schedule, the folks who’ve been there for me when things were tough, and everyone who’s offered me a kind word of encouragement or a valid criticism that’s helped my writing. Those muses who’ve challenged my Slayer, who’ve hated her, who’ve loved her more than she can handle, at times. The IC friendships, the fights, the frenemies, the never-ending basket of jokes — the things that make these made-up worlds that Faith lives in seem almost real. That’s all you guys, that’s you.

You guys all rock and I don’t know if I’d have reached a milestone like that without my buddies and a dash full of amazing writers, whether we’ve had a chance to interact or not.

As a writer, I’ve been truly blessed with a close-knit family of ridiculously supportive, loving and kind friends. I’m going to get all weepy if I don’t shut up, lol. <3

*** PS- The texture on that image is from the amazing Shattered Memories!

#thatslayer #follow this precious

Like this for a verse starter :)

#bunkerverse #bunkerversestarter #bunkerverse only!

musingmemes

cuddly / platonic-ish memes

“your feet are cold.”

“movies are made for watching, not for asking questions.”

“you’re hogging the blankets!”

“we should cuddle… for warmth.”

“is that your hand on my leg?”

“scoot over.”

“can we watch something else? this is scary.”

“are you shivering?”

“if you start snoring, i won’t be responsible for what happens to you.”

“did you eat all the popcorn?”

“your hair keeps getting in my face.”

“are you even wearing pants??”

“stop kicking me!”

“you’re a good pillow.”

“do i look like a foot-rest to you?”

“do i look like a pillow to you?”

“i’m cold.”

“why can’t you ever just lay still?”

hershredofhumanity‌:

“Is that why you’re here? To be happy for them?” Nobody’s interested in what Katherine has to say, but they won’t shut their ears off either. She often has a point, but the nose rubbing of it all? Well, that just makes it so much better. “Or is it to stop them from finding out that a life without Elena Gilbert is oddly more satisfying.”

Katherine wanted attention, Elena was sure of it. Her motives for evil were always mired by her need to be in the spotlight and have an audience to hang on her every word. Well, she wouldn't be given the satisfaction. Elena sighed with frustration, "I'm here for Buffy, not Damon. I'm taking her back with me; we need an army. You do know what's going on in Mystic Falls, right? Oh, wow. You don't know, do you?"

#hershredofhumanity‌#bunkerverse #Thread: Doppelganger

damonstevedore‌:

Damon takes a seat beside Elena, casually leans on the table’s edge in the most practiced way, like he’s posing for a department store ad. He crosses his arms and tries not to read the novel of awkward silent between them. It lingers, hangs in the air like cigarette smoke. Makes it hard to ignore the reality that things won’t ever be easy between the two of them.

And, he wants to wrap that wound up, fix it. Ice it. Try and focus on old feelings to numb the pain but the truth is, as much as he’s loved Elena, it’s never been as dizzying a high as he thought. Or, maybe it has? Maybe Damon’s feelings for Elena Gilbert were every bit as intense as he remembers, maybe he’s not buiding it up in his mind — maybe the letdown he feels, the fizzle, isn’t about Elena, at all. It’s Ric. The connection, the bond, the fact that they actually have something in common. It’s not that Elena was anything but perfect, but that she wasn’t his soul mate. Yikes. Depth. Not good.

Damon makes a face and takes in a deep, slow breath, “You have no idea.”

"So," Elena spoke, but it could have been silence for all the feeling in it. Her arms slowly crossed themselves; needed armor for the conversation they were about to have, "What now? I mean, are we friends? Are we... the last thing in the world I want is for things to be awkward between us."

She really didn't want to dwell on the facts, now so obvious to her. Damon threw her over for Ric and he did it when she needed him the most. They had both known they weren't going to work in the long haul, but he just left. Not so much as an explanation. It was over, and he left Elena to navigate her new life as a vampire all by herself.

Elena should have been bitter and she was, at first, but she somehow found it hard to keep it up. Damon had found love and he seemed... happy. Wilson Phillips was right.

She looked over at an old flame, a hint of a smile played on her lips, "I'm so happy for you, Damon. And I wanna be part of your life. I'm not saying it won't be hard, but look at everything we’ve been through? We can handle this, I know it. I feel it."

#thread: i am elena #bunkerverse #damonstevedore

Hi bunkerverse! I’m here to pick Elena up as soon as I get updated on everything that’s happened in the verse. I’m off work Thursdays so let’s rp!

#bunkerverse

damonstevedore:

“Show tunes. I’m gonna read that as enough time’s gone by that we get to be friends. We’re adults, in theory. We can do this.”

"We can," Elena agreed, determination in her voice. She let Damon wind a strong arm around her. Being so close to him again was nice. It was peaceful, comfortable. There were and always would be feelings between them, their shared past. An epic love? It would never truly be over. She would always feel like he belonged to her and she belonged to him, but he didn’t belong to her. He belonged to someone else and Elena couldn’t have chosen a better candidate to hold Damon for the rest of his life. Alaric was an amazing man, everything worked out.

That didn’t make it easy. They were over. It was a hard transition to make, even after all these years. Elena gripped the edge of the table they were leaning on and boosted herself up to sit, "We can do this. We will do this." she sighed, "This sucks."

#thread: i am elena #bunkerverse #damonstevedore #I'm REALLY trying to come back :)

itscalledselfpreservationmoved:

@agilbertslife

“Well, seeing as we’re both here, why don’t you satisfy my curiosity.” Oh, this was going to be fun. “Now how exactly did Elena Gilbert of all people manage to turn the doting Salvatore brothers against her?”

Overstatement, but that’s what made twisting the knife so much better. “Let’s see, first she breaks Stefan’s heart. Then inevitably she climbs onto the lap of his lame jealous older brother who we all know she had feelings for anyway, only to have him stolen that exact same way by her boozy ex history teacher.”

“How am I doing so far? Oh, but just so we’re clear, this whole dating other boys fetish started happening after I gave them to you.”

“Katherine...” No. Elena refused to be intimidated by her doppelganger again. She had been through and lost too much to back down from a potential fight.

She was a vampire now, she had to start acting like it.

“You know what? I’m actually happy for Damon. He found someone to love him, warts and all and I’m just not going to trample on that. Ric’s a really great guy. No, actually Ric’s the best guy and he’s so good for Damon. Was that the best you could do; throw my ex-boyfriends in my face, again? If you wanna fight me, I won’t run but if you’re just going to keep playing games then don’t waste my time.”

#thread: doppelganger #bunkerverse #itscalledselfpreservation

#dusts off my blog

agilbertslife

So, this is Lebanon. \\ Elena + Sam

samattheend-1

“Yeah they did. They were… but. Buffy. There was a Hellmouth and we lost a lot of Slayers.” It was disheartening to never be the bearer of good news and Sam definitely felt it’s weight this time. He sighed, “I’m sorry, I mean about not telling you.”

“You got out, Elena. You were putting your life back on track. I know, big news.. but I didn’t… we didn’t wanna ruin things for you by dragging you back. We should’ve told you.”

agilbertslife

"No. Sam, you don't get to do that. You don't get to decide what's best for me and what I can handle. I'm not made of glass, so why does everyone treat me like I'm one sad episode of Mad Men away from shattering? What I've been through might not be as much or as impressive as what you and Dean have but but that doesn't mean I can't handle bad news. I've had enough of it in my life."

"Buffy was my friend and I have to believe I can trust you to tell me when the big things happen."

#thread: so this is lebanon #samattheend #bunkerverse

agilbertslife

Round two. \\ Elena + Alaric

allroundlostcause

“Oh, sure. I’ll stop blaming myself for things I can’t control as soon as you do,” Alaric said, raising an eyebrow. Mystic Falls. Everyone fell into one of two categories. Either they blamed themselves for everything, or took no blame for anything. He and Elena had this in common. “Let me know when that happens.”

“I don’t know,” he said. “Maybe. I don’t think either of knew, until the night I died in that crypt, and Evilaric – fuck, he’s rubbing off on me, what’s with the stupid nicknames – showed up instead.” He patted her hand, resting there on his arm. Hard to hear this when he knew however torn Damon might have been at times he loved Elena, and still did, always would… they’d talked about it often enough. It didn’t bother Alaric. Too much love was always better than not enough.

“Yeah, we are. Probably not until the whole apocalypse thing is done with. Assuming we make it. Which we will, all of us, alright, non-negotiable. We’re not exactly pickin’ dates here, you know, when everything could crash around us any minute, but… yeah, we’re doin’ it.”

Time for a change of subject, maybe, before Elena started actually crying? Because she looked like she might, and Alaric wasn’t sure what he should say. “You gonna tell me about school? Fuck. Are you okay about this? I think of like a daughter, Elena, I don’t want to hurt you.”

agilbertslife

"The apocalypse is exactly why you should be picking dates." No. Elena refused to let Ric tempt fate because he did not have a good record there. Someone was going to be happy and in love, even if it killed her, "Don't let this go, Ric. If something happens... Just say you'll live in the moment, ok? Be happy. Don't put it off."

"No, Ric..." Alaric wasn't seeing things, there were tears in Elena's eyes but the rush to comfort her was misplaced. She squeezed Ric's hand, smiled big and wide, "You don't understand. I'm happy for you, I'm so happy. I thought Damon would be lost forever. Lost. Alone and immortal, I can't think of anything more tragic than that."

Her smile faded but she tried to fix it back in place, lips pursed, being strong, "Ric, Damon's not stable and you have to be ready for that. Please promise me you'll take care of him? You have to be the strong one. I know, trust me. And... you won't always be there for him so promise me you'll help him learn to move on or at least cope with being alone."