lightning in a bottle! *

𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐦𝐞 '𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.

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#BEGCCD, a multimuse blog for the rose family, as written by killjoy.

a study in: family ties, personalised tradition, humble living, sticking like glue, allyship, dumb youth and adult vacancy, silent grief and encroaching doom. blood truly being thicker than water for your siblings know you.

      site. / peter blog.

farmhands: @aintashes, @wickedslip, tba.

[dgrayd]

      ❛ and when you die, the only kingdom you'll see       is TWO FOOT WIDE and SIX FOOT DEEP. ❜

[begccd]

     ❛ do you guys ever think about dyin'? ❜

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     ❛ 'n' i never pretended t'be, ❜ jackson retorts with a big, cheesy smile, his hands planted firmly upon the wheel,  ❛ y'want a saint, yer talkin' t'the wrong siblin'. ❜

     ellie-may is the golden girl of the rose family, and while a lot of older siblings may come to resent their juniors for that, that couldn't be further from the truth with the brothers of rose ranch. both he and dodger do all they can to preserve their baby sister's light. hell if this world couldn't use more of what she's got.

     ❛ but hey— he had it comin'. ❜ despite how he's talking, jackson never gets into major trouble. he too is a sweetheart, even if he's a little rough around the edges from time to time; he's more mischievous than his siblings, but he's the source of retaliation that's arguably necessary in a do-good family like theirs. indeed, if jax decides to do something reckless, it's because somebody has done something to invoke his ire.

     eyes flit briefly to his car mirror, eyeing the prick's ruined flowerbed with a glowing sense of triumph before he looks back at @greenehues in his passenger seat.

     ❛ now let's peel, before that asshole comes out with his golf clubs a-blazin'. ❜

[coastercruushed]

oh no. oh nooooo. the pout and the sad eyes were working. he'll pull his hands into the sleeves of his hoodie, clearing his throat. "well, of course i would let mibble go. i don't think the dragon would eat a chicken. they're, like---.....basically the same. 'cause chickens are dinosaurs and dragons are kin with dinosaurs." he says this matter of fact. "and---....the dragon wouldn't eat you, either. i guess."

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     a bright-eyed look replaces her pout almost immediately, hands clapping together with evident joy.  ❛ yay! ❜

     followed by slight mischief.  ❛ though, is now a bad time to mention that there're holes in your logic? birds of prey hunt other birds all the time. and i know dodger's pets in his aviary like to eat the chicken off'a his plate, too. ❜ her smile becomes an impish smirk as she reaches out to lightly push mapplethorpe's shoulder.  ❛ but hey, no takebacks! looks like i'm survivin' the dragon after all. ❜

[neverscored]

@mibbled sent

❝  broken things ain’t always ruined.  ❞

“but what if you’re always outta glue?” which beavis usually is, because he’s too busy sniffing it. “it ain’t like ya can just spit on it, heh.”

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     ❛ well, i wasn't speakin' quite so literally, ❜ ellie-may replies with a sweet giggle. he can be quite the simple fellow, that ol' beavis, but she doesn't mind. if patience is a virtue, she'll most certainly wind up in heaven.  ❛ ever heard'a kintsugi, beav? ❜

[endlss-voiid-deactivated2025062]

@mayspit asked: ❛ dunno if you like honey or jam, but if you do y'can take your pick! ❜ / in which i fling ellie at him bc it must happen, the void interacting with sunshine? i'm insane.

Genuine amusement is a rare sight on usually stoic features that rarely show any signs of emotion but even the void has moments where he shows pure joy. He pulls the headphones from his ears to show her she has his full attention as his lips curl upwards into a slight smile when she places a jar of honey and jam on the table in front of him. His smile doesn't last long before it reverts back to a resting scowl. 

❛I would like to try the jam.❜ He taps a long black fingernail thoughtfully on the lid, then turns it around to see what flavor it is. ❛Do you have any bread to spread it on? I am eager to try it. I'm Lupin, by the way.❜

@mibbled

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     ❛ sure do! ❜ she opens the basket she'd brought with her, untying the cloth that is delicately wrapped around the slices of bread. a small square of butter is placed next to them in offering. it all depends on lupin's preference.  ❛ i'm ellie-may. you can just call me ellie. ❜

     and then she's busying herself with her own slice. though she tries not to display pride too often, she knows that what she makes is good; it's thanks to the natural ingredients harvested on her farm. to mother earth for letting their orchard grow so plentifully. her father would insist it was the work of god, though ellie believes in what she can see. nature is no joke.

     ❛ i find this is a great way t'introduce myself to people. who can resist a good snack, huh? ❜

[rylandsgrace]

Barbie (2023) // The Good Place (2016-2020)

[pointnclick]

women love me for my eye bags and dead eyed stare

[tinyhellish]

Rudy Pankow

[begccd]

and if i write stuff here? then what. edit: i also haven't forgotten about the starters i still owe for jackson. i've just been on a low with my writing in general.

[totsuma]

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How good is she at hiding her emotions? Is there any tells that those close to her pick up on?

so i took a little while to answer this just because i'm really still building up the rose siblings and i wanted to have a clear idea of what i wanted to say, because this really is an excellent question.

the truth is that ellie-may lies somewhere between terrible at concealing how she truly feels and an absolute master at preserving a sense of 'positivity' when she isn't feeling particularly joyful, because she feels she must.

on the one hand, ellie is an open book. she doesn't like lying to people, and she doesn't really have a problem with people being able to read her. she doesn't take any pride in being an 'inpenetrable fortress' or anything like that; if anything, she tries to be direct because, as a woman growing up in the 80's, it's hard enough to be taken seriously as is. dancing around the topic of how she feels and shying away from it would only add to the assumption that she's too meek to really know what she wants / expects from people. she also, moving away from the boring political stuff, just likes to connect with people? it's easier to make friends if you convey yourself plainly and let people in, and again, ellie has absolutely no problem with people knowing what she really thinks / feels.

that being said? she does feel some amount of pressure to maintain an air of positivity. i should note that said pressure is entirely within her own head and most of it stems from a desire to help the people she loves. falsely, sometimes she believes that the best way to support somebody who's faltering emotionally is to display unyielding optimism and be a 'source of light' for them; not to try and fix them, but simply to show them that happiness is attainable, i guess? that there's always a bright side to look on? there's also the fact that at this point in her life, ellie is known for her cheery personality. when she goes through her bouts of depression, or when she feels weak and cynical and moody, there's a certain compulsion to hide it because it doesn't suit the ellie that people have come to know, and she ultimately prioritises other people's comfort / happiness over her own emotions.

i suppose the eeriest part of all this is that she doesn't really have any tells. if she really wants to conceal how she feels from you, you will never know she's being dishonest. she can be that good at keeping her true feelings under wraps if she deems it necessary..

tl;dr: she's somewhere between 'that's pointless to do, feel my Wrath' and 'you will never know the Truth'..

[goodnightmemes]

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER SENTENCE STARTERS

❛ I'm sorry for your loss, your...your losses, rather. ❜

❛ Nobody gets away with anything. Not really. ❜

❛ Don't lecture me about family values. You're just as shit in that department as I am. ❜

❛ That day was the last day we were all in the same place. Alive. ❜

❛ They will love you because I love you, and the only thing stronger than love is how scared they are of getting cut out of the will. ❜

❛ And most people go their whole, wasted, stupid lives without one minute of true resolution. Not me though. ❜

❛ You know what a resolution is? It's a deal you make with the future. ❜

❛ The people in charge of making us healthy make us sick. We cheat the dying. We fleece the poor. Promote the racist. Let the demons run amok. This world needs changing. ❜

❛ You're supposed to be shadowing me. Shadows don't fucking talk. ❜

❛ This is beneath you. And you're going to kill it. But you're better than all of this. And the minute you figure that out, you're going to be unstoppable. ❜

❛ There's no such thing as a step back. You go forward. If you hit a brick wall, you don't go back, you go through. ❜

❛ Nearly realized is the sweetest. It's better, I promise, in the moment just before than in the moment after. ❜

❛ You are consequence. And tonight, you are consequential. ❜

❛ You are a pretty, pretty little thing. ❜

❛ You wonder why people hate us. This is why. ❜

❛ Everybody knows that edible arrangements are what you send to people you hate. ❜

❛ If you start thinking this is reality, you'll just slip into the abyss. ❜

❛ We can talk about it after because I've had a shit day and I really just wanna starfish and forget the world. ❜

❛ Don't talk to me until I've come at least twice. ❜

❛ I love how deliciously, pointlessly mean you lot can be. ❜

❛ You still didn't need to come here though. It could have happened quiet. Peaceful. In bed. But I guess it's got to happen like this. ❜

❛ It's amazing how far you can get on denial. You know why so many people use denial to get by? Because it really fucking works. ❜

❛ You can't enhance this image? You see it all the time on TV. They hit a button, it enhances it. ❜

❛ I don't even own anything funeral black. ❜

❛ Satin is silk for poor people, no one should wear it to a funeral, unless they died in it. ❜

❛ Nobody knows they're the fall guy until they're falling.❜

❛ Women are the natural leaders of the species. Ancient Egypt had it right. ❜

❛ Okay, just because the door's open doesn't necessarily guarantee you a seat at the table. ❜

❛ You're not who I thought you were. ❜

❛ I really didn't want to think it, but...you're all fucking monsters. ❜

❛ Watching you shit on your principles would have been worth every fucking penny. ❜

❛ The mind of guilt is full of scorpions. And I wouldn't wish their sting on anyone. ❜

❛ Don't have to be smart to be dangerous. I'm not scared of rattlesnakes 'cause they're so smart. ❜

❛ You're so out of touch with your human side...you can't even listen to anything outside your own head. ❜

❛ I haven't seen you sleep in like...I mean, it's been a fucking long time. Like, horror movie long. ❜

❛ Life is insane. It is madness. The sooner you understand that, the better off you'll be. ❜

❛ The world might not be safe but listen to me, and listen carefully. I won't let anything happen to you. ❜

❛ All these terrible things and I thought, that's when people come together. But we've never been further apart. ❜

❛ Tell me it's worth it. Tell me you know the risk and I'll be there with you. I'll back you up. Just tell me. ❜

❛ Shut your mouth, get your shit together. The fuck is wrong with you? ❜

❛ Men, when they think they're immortal, all they want to do is fuck. When they figure out they're going to die, all they want to do is fuck. ❜

❛ It just makes you think, you know, life is so fucking short. ❜

❛ You don't have to be a tyrant, but if you don't want to be consistently cruel, then you have to be sufficiently brutal at least once to establish authority. ❜

❛ I thought it was an act. I figured you just played the housewife so you could keep a roof over your head. Spread your legs or suck his dick twice a week and you're set. You never have to work a day in your life. And I thought, "Good for her, she found her angle," but...this is really you. Isn't it? ❜

❛ Words got us into this, words can get us out. ❜

❛ You're a collection of impeccable, elaborate masks in orbit of a stunted heart. ❜

❛ There are certain things one shouldn't have to face in life. Time enough for self-reflection after. ❜

❛ I don't normally like to get my hands this dirty, but honey, you earned it. ❜

❛ I see you now. I look at you and I see... You. The poverty of you. ❜

❛ The real world is Darwinian. Survival, chaos, power. Leverage. ❜

❛ You feel it. In the air. We're sitting outside of time and space. ❜

❛ This is the moment luck meets opportunity. ❜

❛ In the ancient world, we'd seal this with blood, or spit. And then later, papyrus. But, a deal's a deal all over the world. ❜

❛ We're a... virus, I think. People, I mean. ❜

❛ But everyone loves something. And in that love there's collateral. ❜

❛ I say this with love. Let it go. Let it all go. ❜

❛ So I say, we stand tall and proud. Bill's come due. Let's not hide here in the basement like we've got something to be ashamed of. No. Not us. You and me against the world. ❜

❛ It may not have been perfect, but you can't say we didn't change the world. How many people can say that at the end? ❜

❛ I knew I would climb to the top of the tower on a pile of corpses. ❜

❛ It don't matter in the end why you did any of it. I don't fucking care why you did it. We don't want your confession, or your rationale, or your explanation. ❜

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     ❛ y'know what i've always wanted to do, in a really insincere, i-think-this-is-super stupid kinda way? ❜ jackson pauses, quite clearly building suspense with the way he holds his silence, before he adds a drumroll for effect.  ❛ i wanna ride one of those... don't even know what they're called. those bikes that take two people t'pedal 'em? the ones y'always see in oldie beach montages? but i wanna do it drunk. ❜ / @amused-bouche

[dreamexiled]

In truth, this is very much not Lucifer's idea of fun.

There's a reason hardly anyone in Hell ever sees him — a reason he's stayed comfortably within the confines of his palace, his solitary refuge only recently exchanged for the apple tower at Charlie's hotel —

— and the reason?

He loathes being surrounded by the depravity his mistakes have caused. 

Yet here he stands in the doorway of a shop filled with horny, crass little demons, some of whom seem to be fighting over the last jar of cherry jelly on a shelf. It takes every ounce of restraint to keep from commenting, as the only reason Lucifer is here and biting his tongue has to do with his daughter.

You need to get out more, dad. Please, I just want to see you enjoy yourself! And you know, I'm sure your people would like to see you, too. Just...don't insult them, okay?

Fucking hell.

A woman's voice is what pulls him from his own thoughts, crimson eyes settling on the hellborn in front of him.

Now or never, Luce.

❝ Uh...yeah, I — well — I'll take a jar, they do look pretty charming, but what — what do you mean by souped up? ❞

sugar, baby! seemed innocuous enough, Lucifer's penchant for sweets having driven him to choose this shop out of all the others, but of course he has to confirm the sweets' contents with the shopkeeper.

                   Just go shopping, dad! Start small.

The jar in his hands feels heavier than it is, anxiety already manifesting as nervous, breathy laughter; nothing about any of this feels small, but hey, who is he to deny Charlie anything?

❝ Wait, it's...oh. ❞ Though his expression crinkles with surprise as his fingers find aphrodisiacs on the label, the King keeps himself from commenting further, hastily offering the jelly back.   ❝ Do you...maybe have a normal jar of apple stuff? Apple something? Hah, I — it's totally fine if you don't, I just mean — well, and I also didn't mean to imply your stuff isn't normal, I just — well, you know, I'm not exactly trying to start an orgy when I make pancakes for my daughter and the hotel guests, so...❞

Stop talking, idiot.

❝ Anyway, ❞ he forces out with a grin, ❝ — how about some non-soupy apple? ❞

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     no way did the king of hell just walk into her shop.

     the rose family is no stranger to high-ranking customers. in spite of the higher-ups' maltreatment of imps, they've served a lot of the sins— particularly asmodeuous, the governor of their ring— and goetian figures personally. still, to see lucifer in her store... well, she's both honoured and terrified.

     as he finally approaches the counter, ellie-may takes a subtle breath in to prepare herself. this is a sale that she does not want to fuck up.

     ❛ oh, well— ❜ but he beats her to the punch, taking note of the contents on his own accord. his reaction is taken note of though primarily ignored; she'd offered typical jam for a reason after all.  ❛ sure. there's a time 'n' place for an orgy, i imagine. can't help but be a little desensitised to 'em when you're from lust, though! ❜

     sometimes ellie-may feels different from other succubi; not worse than, not better than, but different for sure. while a lot of her kind obsess over sex and lure in dozens if not hundreds of partners every month, the only thing she truly desires is success for her family. that isn't to say that she never meets men ( after all, she has to feed to survive ), but her priorities seem to vary from others of her ilk. she can't determine whether it's innate or a product of her upbringing— of the empire that she belongs to. she doesn't resent any of her roots, but it is some food for thought...

     ❛ non-soupy apple comin' right up, your highness! ❜ small wings flap, pointed feet leaving the ground as she ascends to be level with some of the uppermost shelves. from them does she pluck a handful of jars before whizzing back to the counter.  ❛ for future reference, sire, the regular stuff is predominantly to your left. anyhow! here's some apple jam. i also sell apple jelly, apple sauce 'n', if you ever want candy, apple bonbons! ❜

     while she hadn't anticipated lucifer himself entering her humble shop, it had only felt fitting to increase the number of apple products she offered upon entering the pride ring. lust is all about tropical flavours; passionfruit, banana and watermelon just to name a few.

     ❛ so, do any'a these strike your fancy? ❜

[hangtenn]

"mystical mumbo-jumbo?" she'll raise an eyebrow, she can't help but chuckle. she's used to hearing stuff like that. though, lennon has learned not to take offense to it. it's not ellie's fault that she's not educated in mystical mumbo-jumbo. though, she'll bring her beer up to her lips. she loved having deep talks like this. especially whenever it's girl's night!

"well, i know that ghosts are real. i've been dealin' with them since i was a wee lass. you ever had a ghostly experience, ellie?"

[begccd]

     that much has her raising her eyebrows. while she isn't particularly resistant to the idea of the paranormal, she employs a healthy level of scepticism while ever she considers it.

     ❛ really now? ❜ in spite of the vague sense of challenge in her tone, there's honest investment in it too; she's not going to pass up the opportunity to hear lennon speak of her own experiences. it may not convince her but it'll certainly prove interesting.  ❛ i don't think so, no. i mean, i've had weird feelin's 'n' i've definitely been creeped out in certain places for no reason. don't like temptin' fate either. but an actual ghost? i don't think so. ❜