not one step back

A child of the Empire ⌔ The architect of the First Order.

[littleststarfighter]

For @bona–mana and @longstoryshortikilledhim and inspired by their wonderful Suit Porn AU

[heliopaus]

@adtenebras from here 

“I’m already quite proficient, but your concern is noted.” It’s the first thing he’s said in hours. He’s hardly moved from where he stands, eyes fixated on the horizon of the valley below the dark tower he calls his perch. All appropriately mysterious, it’s a reputation Ren is happy to keep, even as much as it amuses him. How people fear what they don’t understand.

His knight-enchanter is the only one of his small legion allowed to come and go as he pleases. Ren stared at him, too, as he’d entered, eyes red-rimmed from lack of rest.

The corners of his lips quirked, but the expression fell just short of a smile. Instead, it settled back into an impassive state. "You've given very little indication of such proficiency, then." 

The room was uncomfortably cold, enough so that Relius wished he'd still had his armor on; cumbersome as it was, at least something could be said for its warmth. As he moved into the room, he lingered at the ornately carved table, peering at the open tome there. 

 "And when was it that you slept last, Ren?"

[adtenebras]

                                                                 HELIOPAUS ⩾ general hux                                                                    kylo ren ⩽ ADTENEBRAS

                                                           18+, canon divergent & selective.

[therepublicofletters]

Athena Pallas, Rembrandt van Rijn.

What is the holiness of empire?  It is to know collapse. –Anne Carson

[adtenebras]

wow it’s so funny that disney stopped making saga movies after TFA isn’t it

absolutely wild

[heliopaus]

Zodiac Bingo Meme

*Templates are here! Fill out for either muse or mun, then tag who you’re curious to see.

Tagged by: @coronadelsol (spiderman pointing at spiderman . jpg)

Tagging: you

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                      selective & nsfw poe dameron ↬ rules ↬ verses  ↬  art credit

[venividivicii-blog]

House of Cards sentence starters

Change pronouns / descriptors as necessary!

“I have no patience for useless things.”

“We’re in the same boat now. Take care not to tip it over. I can only save one of us from drowning.”

“We’re in a very gray area. Ethically. Legally. Which I’m okay with.”

“What a martyr craves more than anything is a sword to fall on.”

“Nobody can hear you. Nobody cares about you. Nothing will come of this.”

“I know all about hate. It starts in your gut, deep down here, where it stirs and churns. And then it rises.”

“You haven’t earned the right to be treated as an adult.”

“So you think when a woman asks to be treated with respect, that’s arrogance?”

“You don’t want to work anywhere you’re not willing to get fired from.”

“Treading water is the same as drowning, for people like you and me.”

“Love of family: most politicians are permanently chained to that slogan, family values. But when you cozy up to hookers and I find out, I will make that hypocrisy hurt.”

“He believes that if a fridge falls off a minivan, you better swerve out of its way. I believe it’s the fridge’s job to swerve out of mine.”

“Just making an observation.”

“Are you letting pride cloud your judgment?”

“I’m the only person who believes in you, but maybe that’s one too many.”

“Maybe they were right. Maybe you are worthless.”

“I promise you’ll never be bored.”

“He was the only one who understood me. He didn’t put me on some pedestal.”

“The most you’ll ever make of yourself is blowing men like me.”

“I can smell the cock on your breath from here.”

“He’d never go for you. You’re too intimidating.”

“I’ve been doing this a long time. I know when I’ve scraped all the shit off the shoe.”

“Do you get off on this or something?”

“There’s no better way to overpower a trickle of doubt than with a flood of naked truth.”

“I have to put fear in other people.”

“I have to be ruthless, because failure is not an option.”

“I’m not going to lie. I despise children. There. I’ve said it.”

“Everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power.”

“If I didn’t think you were such a liability to yourself, I might even like you.”

“I have zero tolerance for betrayal, which they will soon indelibly learn.”

“When did that happen?”

“You don’t understand. I’m not afraid of you anymore.”

“I’ve known everything from the beginning.”

“I’m not here to punish you or to tell you to stop. I just thought I should open those big bright eyes.”

“I wanted to be significant.”

“I envy your free spirit, and I’m attracted to it, but not all of us have that luxury.”

“You had a choice. You chose not to be free.”

“Success is a mixture of preparation and luck.”

“Decisions based on emotion aren’t decisions, at all. They’re instincts. Which can be of value.”

“He doesn’t measure his wealth in private jets, but purchased souls.”

“Of all the things I hold in high regards, rules are not one of them.”

“You have a reputation for pragmatism.”

“You can’t purchase loyalty. Not the sort I have in mind. If you want to earn my loyalty, then you have to offer yours in return.”

“Now, the humane way to do it is to make it quick.”

“I took a chance, showed up at your house and placed myself at your feet.”

“I have been fearless. But, you know what? I’m really fucking scared this time.”

“Grief demands an answer, but sometimes there isn’t one.”

“If we never did anything we shouldn’t do, we’d never feel good about doing the things we should.”

“It’s personal for me now. I don’t have a choice, but you still do.”

“Stick a knife in its heart and put an apple in its mouth, I won’t shed a tear.”

“There is no sacred ground for the conquered.”

“You may have all the money, but I have all the men with guns.”

“You’re nothing. You’re a parasite.”

“I’m not who you want to be your poster girl.”

“I’ve never thought higher of her than I do at this moment.”

“Do you think I’m a hypocrite? Well, you should. I wouldn’t disagree with you.”

“I ain’t one for lookin’ back. Eyes ahead.”

“From the lion’s den to a pack of wolves. When you’re fresh meat, kill and throw them something fresher.”

“I don’t know whether to be proud or terrified. Perhaps both.”

“Seduce him, give him your heart. Cut it out and put it in his fucking hands.”

“I’ve done what I have to do. Now you do what you have to do.”

“I said I would take the fall for you. And now I give you the means to make that happen.”

“Power is better than money, for as long as it lasts. But it never lasts.”

“What is wrong with you?! Why can’t you just leave me be?!”

“All you have ever done is fuck up my life!”

“Such a waste of talent.”

“Discuss is probably the wrong word. They talk while I sit quietly and imagine their lightly salted faces frying in a skillet.”

“Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after ten years, power is the old stone building that stands for centuries. I cannot respect someone who does not see the difference.”

“Moments like this require someone who will act. To do the unpleasant thing. The necessary thing.”

“There are two kinds of pain. The sort of pain that makes you strong. Or useless pain. The sort of pain that’s only suffering.”

“Let’s make him suffer.”

[apoeticmythos]

for the record, you’re not an animal, you don’t have foaming jaws and sharp canines, you don’t operate on base urges, there is nothing primal about you. you’re a monster, with your cool smirk, chilly hair and chilly eyes,                                          you’re not refined but you’d look good in a suit,                 your representation of power, right? see, now i’m dirty, i choked swallowing glass while it rattled in my lungs,            and oh ugly, vile maker of mine,            destroyer of me, i still haven’t died yet,                              you should have finished me off. we’re horrible oh we’re satanic stretched together like lovers stitched together like dolls and all i want to say is i hate you. there is nothing primal or animalistic about you, you’re cold and aware, as much as i   am    empty    and    dead, maybe you could see that, maybe that’s why we got matched. i’ve found some good people, the best people, you found me, found me full of fight and you just had to have it for yourself?

5. you’re a good, greedy monster; l.m. (via apoeticmythos)

[heliopaus]

knightofduality‌:

“Yeah, do you not have any blue books or something?” Kylo snapped, fingers drumming against the front desk impatiently as the skinny library assistant peered around at him. The hell was he looking at? 

Part of the reason he was so irritated was because of his own negligence–he should’ve written down the name of the stupid textbook, but it seemed so obvious at the time he thought he could just figure it out once he got here. Wasn’t everything supposed to be divided by subject, anyway? He might’ve eventually simmered down enough to say what subject it was, and narrow down his options based on the level of the class, when the assistant’s comment had his lip curling into a snarl. 

“Oh, that’s real fucking funny. Listen, if everyone who came here knew exactly what they were looking for and where to find it, your job wouldn’t even exist. So help me, or find me someone else who will, before I lose my patience.” 

As the words spilled from the boy’s lips, Hux’s expression shifted from mildly inconvenienced to irate. Those sharp features pinched, and his lips drew into a thin line, waiting for Ben to finish. Once that was done, Hux chose to wait just a little longer, letting the silence draw out between them before giving Ben the satisfaction of a reply. 

“Alright then, this way.” The library assistant was on his feet now, waving for the seething student to follow. One aisle was passed, and another, all while he seemed to be singularly focused on his path through the dim room. 

[heliopaus]

@knightofduality ⊁ from here

“Blue.” He repeated incredulously from behind a computer monitor. Brendon now leaned to one side, wanting to get a look at the person who’d approached his desk. A little tall to be a freshman, but Brendon wouldn’t have discounted the notion. 

This was his least favorite time of the year, when all the undergrads flocked to campus, their heads swimming with a thousand stupid questions that he really didn’t have time for. It’s one of the very reasons why he volunteered for the most out of the way information desk, where he could ideally work in peace on the brunt of the work he’d been given. 

And yet someone always managed to run into his little corner of the building. 

“Blue, of course. Do you think it might have pages, or maybe some letters on the inside?” 

[elviscl]

I finished it in one go…

[cantabilechaos]

Someone: i like this character

Fucking boring person: you can’t because they’re the villain and if you like them ur the villain

[heliopaus]

“Don’t you dare look at me like that! Don’t you dare give me that stare.”

It was as if he didn’t hear a single word that’d slipped past Ben’s lips; instead, Hux continued to stare at the man across the table, pointedly ignoring his dinner now.

“You thought this was a date.” This was said matter of factly, the realization having already settled in - and Brendon didn’t seem very enthused about it.

[lionsarchive]

book starters [8] ;

                              [ EQUUS S E N T E N C E  M E M E ]                                          ( PETER SHAFFER. )

“Worse than useless; they are, in fact, subversive.”

“It is good of you to see me right away.”

“Well, what am I?”

“I feel the job is unworthy to fill me.”

“What’s the matter? Don’t you like it?”

“Everything will change if you let them change.”

“Call it what you like. All that stuff to me is just bad sex.”

“Do you dream often?”

“Did I scare you?”

“Put a finger on me and I will bash you!” 

“Please don’t be hysterical.”

“You are a public menace, do you know that?”

“Upper class riff-raff! That’s all they are.”

“I told you a secret now you tell me one.”

“In all fairness, I must admit it was a bit extreme.”

“This must have been a terrible experience for you.”

“Isn’t it peculiar?”

“Does it hurt?”

“I hate this! I’ve had it!”

“I was just passing. I hope it’s not too late.”

“Everything that happens in this room is confidential.”

“Do you have something to tell me?”

“Religion. Religion is at the bottom of all this.”

“I thought you ought to know. So I came.”

“I have seen you too, haven’t I?”

“When was this? About a year ago?”

“No….No……I do not want to.”

“I don’t mind.”

“You’ll soon get the hang of it.”

“You’ve got a feel for it, I can tell.”

“Keep it nice & easy. Never rush.”

“It must have been marvelous. Tell me.”

“Answer me!”

“That’s not very funny.”

“Then what? Do you fuck her?”

“We are not playing that game right now.”

“Will you embarrass me? I suspect you are about to.”

“You have no children, have you?”

“It actually worked for a bit. I mean for both of us.”

“It’s you who are wicked, you know!”

“She turned into a monster. The familiar domestic monster.”

“That is cruel.”

“It still means something.”

“You are really quite splendid.”

“It was stupid. What I said, I mean.”

“Try & keep your mind as blank as possible.”

“You don’t have to do it, if you don’t want to.”

“It never comes out. They have me in chains.”

“Ride — or fall. As simple as that.”

“Go, then. Leave me behind.”

“Take my sins. Eat them for my sake.”

“Why?…Why me?…..”

“I must ask you never to come here again.”

“Don’t you dare look at me like that! Don’t you dare give me that stare.”

“What on earth has gotten into you?”

“You ought to be locked up. With your lies & bloody tricks.”

“Poor bloody fool.”

“I am in pain. I have been in pain for the most of my life.”

“Better than going to sleep, isn’t it?”

“I bet this room has heard some funny things.”

[heliopaus]

@blightinnocence:

kylo had fucked up. really, truly, and ROYALLY fucked up this time. how this girl had managed to destroy the starkiller base with just a defected soldier and a large wookie, he had ZERO CLUE. well, han was there too, but he often had underestimated his father’s intelligence. maybe it WAS his doing. his silenced thoughts of the deceased man with a HISS of his helmet coming off, setting the metal beside himself just in time to see a familiar pair of boots move slowly towards him. hux. he knew it would only get worse from here– he’d have to deal with the general AND snoke. surprisingly enough, kylo had never been okay with FAILING. his head hung low, nearly between his knees before  firm gloved fingers had his jaw in hand, forcing his head up.

                                [ look me in the eye. now. ]

the general’s voice sounded deathly close to a hiss, and if kylo wasn’t so good at steeling his emotions, he would have started CRYING before the other. he was sure of it. exhausted brown eyes flicked upwards to meet hux’s gaze, and for the first time in a long time, fear laced within them. armitage was PISSED, clearly. the younger’s face ached with the wound slashed across it as he could feel it pulsing- trying to heal itself from under the surface. if only he had his mother– she could use the force to heal him and maybe he wouldn’t feel so shitty.

                                                   “i’m sorry.”

that would never be good enough for the other but he had nothing else to say. the strong hand on his jaw and the angry eyes— NO, it was the dull throbbing of pain earthing under his skin that was making it difficult to think. the general would never make him feel at a loss for words. he felt close to INSANITY that he would even think something like that. his eyes dropped down to those BOOTS again to focus himself on his words. he knew the general was not in any way, shape or form a remorseful or pitying man, but maybe the sight of his sawed open flesh would let him off the hook at least for NOW.

                           “if you were to be so kind and let go of me                              so i can go to the MEDBAY. please, general.”

  “You’re sorry.”

The echo swam in venom, only working to affirm Kylo Ren’s assumptions about how seriously Hux had taken the apology. He could see that the Knight was tired, but he had no pity for him. Exhaustion had already eaten away at his own, slackening those proud shoulders- and perhaps dampening his better judgement.

“Can you even begin to understand what your personal agenda has cost us?” He now spat that venom as a burst of words, and for once it was his anger that spilled over into rage. Blood, dried, flecked off against his glove as he tightened his grip on Ren’s jaw, pulling his face closer. “The time, the resources- we had them cornered and your thoughtless decisions robbed us of the chance to wipe out the Resistance for good!”

There would be a reckoning for this, and Armitage refused to find himself in the crosshairs when the time came. This boy needed to realize his own responsibility in the wake of Starkiller’s destruction.

[heliopaus]

@blightinnocence | from here

“i suppose i could say thank you, but i’d rather stay indifferent too.” pause. “are you secretly a droid? you are FAR too stiff all the time to be a real person, general.” he’s sleep deprived and not thinking about his words. (he’s got diarrhea of the mouth when exhausted.) tired eyes LIFT to meet the brighter hues, genuine curiosity filling them. now that he’s thinking about it, it definitely seems like a REAL possibility.

In Hux’s opinion, that boy should have kept his face behind a mask. Kylo Ren didn’t know how to control the twist of his lips or the twitch of his eye, and it was these things that inevitably betrayed him. There had been a large amount of intimidation in a faceless presence that could sense your intentions, not that Hux would have ever admitted to the notion.

What a waste.

All of this rose to the surface of his thoughts as Ren looked at him like that. The General finished pouring himself a glass of amber liquor, not bothering to offer any to the newly anointed Supreme Leader. 

“I think it does more to show how little you actually care for the military, and its behavior.”