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  ╰  never saw a young man so in love with the sky 

[inferno-two]

‘ thank god for the stubbornness of organs ’

His ears were still ringing, he wasn’t even sure he’d heard Del correctly, but Gideon laughed breathlessly all the same. There were no open wounds between either of them, but the concussive force of the blast had been enough to make his bones ache. 

“Got a little close that time-” He hefted himself out from behind the concrete barrier to get a better look at the mess their jerry rigged IED had made. “But I think that’s just the recipe we’ve been looking for.”

[inferno-two]

‘ you do not have to hold it quite so tightly ’

It took him a moment to realize that whatever she meant, it must have been metaphorical, for his hands were empty.

  “Come again, Commander?” 

[phantomemes]

starters  /  prompts taken from f. d. soul’s work ,  between you and these bones .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary .

‘  the problem is you keep trying to use your eyes  ’

‘  how i soften when you pull me against you  ’

‘  you are teaching me to love  ’

‘  i will pretend that i have not already heard the question in your eyes  ’

‘  you perhaps will become my swan song  ’

‘  it is a very human thing to love  ’

‘  you are my good days  ’

‘  i have been loved dearly  ’

‘  i promise you will not always be this war  ’

‘  thank god for the stubbornness of organs  ’

‘  it takes me seven days to stop being in love with you  ’

‘  there will always be another day  ’

‘  there will always be another mercy  ’

‘  perhaps i will take up dancing again  ’

‘  what a pretty little disaster you will be  ’

‘  i am terrified for you  ’

‘  i will fold inside of myself  ’

‘  today i am thankful  ’

‘  i didn’t want to sleep because i didn’t want to wake  ’

‘  come and get me  ’

‘  i tell myself i do not need you  ’

‘  i think i broke again last night  ’

‘  i’m just trying to connect with you  ’

‘  you are an ocean that will perhaps never stop crashing  ’

‘  burn the house down in search of yourself  ’

‘  don’t you dare ever stop looking  ’

‘  i struggle not to feel guilty  ’

‘  you are a wild  ,  unkempt thing  ’

‘  sometimes it is a very sad thing to be human and longing  ’

‘  find that you are made of russian nesting dolls  ’

‘  the trees are always kindest with spring comes  ’

‘  teach yourself the hymns again  ’

‘  he is every amen i have ever laid down on lips  ’

‘  this life is an altar  ’

‘  i am sorry i do not have more time  ’

‘  there is a mountain in me  ’

‘  by the morning i am a triumph  ’

‘  there are words playing hooky in the back of your throat  ’

‘  today is by far the most beautiful creature i have ever come across  ’

‘  there are many things that will fit beneath your skin  ’

‘  forgiveness does not take up much room  ’

‘  some days you will breathe and it will be enough  ’

‘  you do not have to hold it quite so tightly  ’

‘  there is a prayer in me  ,  still  ’

‘  you scare me a little  ’

‘  you can be a good thing and not a whole thing  ’

‘  there are flowers in my chest again  ’

‘  the rain comes and sounds like you  ’

‘  i cannot tell you why i still trust god  ’

‘  find peace and build a home out of it  ’

‘  there is never an end  ’

[imperapristini]

She has eyes of fire, burning hot —— DETERMINATION &&. WILLPOWER —— like flickering embers, rising from the scorching ashes and igniting her fiery might, setting the sky ablaze. SHE WILL BURN THE STARS. 

[inferno-two]

inmachina‌:

“He’s as flesh and blood as us, Gid. No wires, just flesh and blood. You’re telling me you’re so blindly prejudiced you can ignore the fact we’re all still alive because of him.” Dameron’s defense of humanity had been so stalwart and formidably effective that Gideon’s, and everyone else’s, readiness to discard it seemed cruel and stupid. “Whatever he may be, he’s not a traitor.”

“There’s some reason for it,” Gideon shook his head dismissively. “Maybe it’s something more, or maybe it’s just to create complicity. Whatever it is, it looks like it’s working on you.” 

It was here that he seemed to relent, just a little, and he took a step back from the engineer. “We can’t afford to trust like that anymore. This isn’t just some colonial skirmish, this is the extinction of the human race- and whether or not Poe bleeds, it’s one of them, Del.” 

“You’re going to end up arrested, and it’ll still starve anyways. Just stop before you’re court martialed for having a bleeding heart over some old fling.” 

[lifeinpoetry]

“I can’t seem to fit all of this despair/ back into my own mouth”

— Katie Pukash, from “When They Try to Cut the Manic Out of Me They Realize That I Am an Always Burning Fire,” published in The Rising Phoenix Review

[inferno-two]

Gideon Hask was in high spirits. Hitherto, he’d served the Empire by blowing rebels out of the sky while piloting his TIE fighter, but this was different. Everything about Inferno Squad was different. The missions always held the possibility of exploding into danger and violence without warning, just like the fighting he had been more used to. Unlike going into battle, though, there was also a chance of that not happening at all. It kept you on your toes, and Gideon found he loved it.

Inferno Squad, Christie Golden

[inferno-two]

CHARACTER STUDY. 𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐼𝑇𝑆 & 𝐶𝐻𝐴𝑅𝐴𝐶𝑇𝐸𝑅𝐼𝑆𝑇𝐼𝐶𝑆.

repost and tag away!   bold all that applies to your muse. Italicized: verse dependent.

EYES   :   blue | green | brown | hazel | gray | gray-blue | other HAIR   :  blond | sandy | brown | black | auburn | ginger | grey / white | multi-color | other BODY  TYPE   :   skinny | slender | slim | built | curvy | athletic | average | muscular | pudgy | overweight SKIN   :  pale | light | fair | freckled | tan | olive | medium | dark | discolored GENDER   : male | female | trans | cis | agender | demigender | genderfluid | other | doesn’t like labels | don’t have any definite headcanon either way SEXUALITY   :  heterosexual | homosexual | bisexual | pansexual | asexual | demisexual | other | unsure | doesn’t like labels ROMANTIC  ORIENTATION   :   homoromantic | heteroromantic | biromantic | panromantic | aromantic | demiromantic | unsure | doesn’t like labels SPECIES   :   human | undead | shapeshifter | demon | angel | witch | ghost | incubus / succubus | werewolf | alien | mutant | android | warlock/sorcerer | dragon | other EDUCATION   :   high school | college | university | master’s degree | PhD | other - Imperial Academy I’VE  BEEN   :  in love | hurt | ill | mentally abused | bullied | physically abused | tortured | brainwashed | shot POSITIVE  TRAITS   :  affectionate | adventurous | athletic | brave | careful | charming | confident | creative | cunning | determined | forgiving | generous | honest | humorous | intelligent | loyal | modest | patient | selfless | polite | down-to-earth | diligent | romantic | moral | fun-loving | charismatic | calm NEGATIVE  TRAITS   :   aggressive | bossy | cynical | envious | shy | fearful | greedy | gullible | jealous | impatient | impulsive | cocky | reckless | insecure | irresponsible | mistrustful | paranoid | possessive | sarcastic | self-conscious | selfish | swears | unstable | clumsy | rebellious | emotional | vengeful | anxious | self-sabotaging | moody | peevish | angry | pessimistic | slacker | thin skinned | overly dramatic | argumentative LIVING  SITUATION   :  lives alone | lives with parent(s) / guardian | lives with significant other | lives with a friend | drifter | homeless | lives with children | other - military quarters, usually mobile PARENTS  /  GUARDIANS   :  mother | father | adoptive | foster | grandmother | grandfather | none  SIBLING(S)   :   sister(s) | brother(s) | none | other RELATIONSHIP   :  single | crushing | dating | engaged | married | separated | it’s complicated BETRAYED I  HAVE  A(N)   :  learning disorder | personality disorder | mental / mood disorder | anxiety disorder | sleep disorder | eating disorder | behavioral disorder | substance-related disorder | PTSD | mental disability | physical disability THINGS  I’VE  DONE  BEFORE   :  had alcohol | smoked | stolen | done drugs | self-harmed | starved | had sex | had a threesome | had a one-night stand | gotten into a fist fight | gone to hospital infirmary | gone to jail | used a fake ID | played hooky | gone to a rave | killed someone | had someone try to kill them

STOLEN FROM: took from @kyberborne without asking TAGGING: @inmachina @commanderversio and anyone else who wants in on this 

[inferno-two]

inferno-three‌:

Del Meeko refused to breathe.

Shouts, several explosions, screams, debris, then smoke; even tucked away from the action, shielded by the durasteel table they’d propped him up on and the broad body of his squadmate, it was easy to tell everything had gone exactly to plan. So far. One breath, then two, and then irregular rhythm as he forced acrid air in and out of his lungs, deeming it safe to do so.

Mercifully, Gideon found the charge Del never needed to mention. He flinched at the click, feeling his heart drop despite himself, but relief flooded him shortly thereafter. A pathetic, startled half-laugh was muffled by Gideon’s shoulder. “I owe you one. Or perhaps we’re even? I wasn’t keeping score.” With his wrists freed Del could at least attempt to stand, though pushing on the table for leverage proved absolutely fruitless, and he returned to the ground with a pained grunt that sounded much too weak. Useless. Gone were the days he could rely on youth and adrenaline to get him by.

He wished Hask would show his face — show the same vulnerability. Some measure of it. Instead, he got impassive black plastoid. “Can you, ah…” Help me up? Del threw an arm around Gideon’s neck, wrapping the other around his own ribs.

Gideon had already crouched down to scoop Del’s arm back into his hands, choking back a grunt with the exertion of lifting another man to his feet. At least his friend was short his armor; although was in and of itself a concern. Where had that armor, and all of its tech, ended up? 

His own helmet worked to protect his lungs from the smoke and collapsed rubble, but he knew he had to expedite getting Meeko somewhere safe. Safer, at least. Distant groans only compounded the implied danger; people were still alive somewhere in that back hallway. 

Del’s legs were simply refusing to support his weight, and Gideon was left with a quick decision. “Hold on,” Was the only warning Meeko got before he was ungracefully hefted over shoulder. 

Oof. He’d be regretting this tomorrow, but there was an objective that needed to be accomplished, and he was going to see it through. Gideon was able to ignore the pulled muscle as he focused on carefully navigating the debris; and then once outside, not tripping down the steep terrain. 

It wasn’t until they were out of sight of the small enclave and tucked into a culvert along the canyon walls that he stopped, sliding Del off of his shoulder with considerable care. Between the planet’s climate and the stress of the situation, Hask felt like he was going to melt in his suit. One hand moved to the chin of the helmet, flipping the small catch that released the seal before pulling it off to reveal his flushed face. 

“You still with me?” 

[inferno-two]

PSA ↴

Gideon Hask is six foot nearly five so. 

[inferno-two]

bold what applies to your muse!

Just a few of tropes from tvtropes. They are (hopefully) linked correctly if you want to read up on them. Feel free to add more!

Tagged by: No one, I’ve had this kicking around in my drafts forever.

Tagging: Who ever wants to do it. This is kind of a tricky one, but it was fun. 

Asskicking Equals Authority / Mama Bear / Respected by the Respected / Cut a Slice, Take the Rest / Half-Human Hybrid / Achilles’ Heel / Nigh-Invulnerability / Soul Jar / Kryptonite Factor / Involuntary Shapeshifter / Voluntary Shapeshifting / Kaleidoscope Eyes / Asshole Victim /  Anti-Hero / Ideal Hero / Kill All Humans / Organic Technology / Ridiculously Human Robots / Become a Real Boy / Ambiguous Robots / Magical Eye(s) / Magic Music / Lady of War / Expressive Hair / Spoiled Sweet / Battle Ballgown / Cute Bruiser / Cheerful Child /Rapunzel Hair / Dark Action Girl / Mind Virus / Theme Music Power-Up / Epiphany Therapy / Rich Bitch / Aloof Big Brother / Stalker with a Crush / Driven by Envy / Always Second Best / I Lied / Big Brother Instinct / Fake Memories / Shell-Shocked Veteran /  Jerk with a Heart of Gold / Noble Demon / The Power of Love / The Love Slap of Epiphany / The Power of Friendship / Good Thing You Can Heal / The Power of Hate / Remember That You Trust Me / Dark Is Not Evil / Lovable Alpha Bitch / Split Personality Takeover / Dying Alone / Heroic Sacrifice / Loners Are Freaks / Go Mad from the Isolation / NEET / Do Not Taunt Cthulhu / Curb-Stomp Battle / Cry for the Devil / Cradle of Loneliness / Desperately Craves Affection / Hates Being Touched / Because You Were Nice to Me / No Sense of Personal Space / Et Tu, Brute? / Go Out with a Smile / Artificial Limbs / Apocalypse Maiden / Enemy Within / Badass / Freakiness Shame / Abusive Parents / Defied Trope / Fluffy Tamer / Nightmare Fetishist / Bad Dreams / Talking in Your Sleep / Death Seeker / The Dreaded / All of the Other Reindeer / Heroes Prefer Swords / One-Man Army / Lightning Bruiser / Sanity Slippage / Roaring Rampage of Revenge / White Hair, Black Heart / Light Is Not Good / Unstoppable Rage / Too Clever by Half / Younger Than They Look / Older Than They Look / Well-Intentioned Extremist / Smug Super /  When She Smiles / Bad Powers, Good People / Big Brother (Sister) Worship /  Emotionless Girl / 100% Adoration Rating / 0% Approval Rating / Magical Girl / Laughing Mad / My God, What Have I Done? / Sickeningly Sweethearts / Ill Girl / Bandage Babe / Too Good for This Sinful Earth / Brilliant, but Lazy / Motor Mouth / Beauty Mark / Psychopathic Manchild / Voice of the Legion / Mad Scientist / Our Zombies Are Different / A-Cup Angst / The Hedonist / Big Breast Pride /Absolute Cleavage / Blue Blood / Cold-Blooded Torture

[teamhumveev2]

[inferno-two]

inmachina‌:

“She’s the most incredible woman.” Del had been babbling on about one thing or another to the sky and anyone who would listen in the interest of staying awake (and not succumbing to cold or shock, ideally), so the fact that Gideon had only just now heard about it was a small miracle. “I really think you’ll like her. She’s something.”

Gideon had gone rather quiet in the wake of the news. Sure, he’d heard it mentioned in passing, but the person who’d let it slip quickly clammed up. In any case, he hadn’t taken the notion seriously until this very moment.

“You think so?” He echoed, a little more gruffly than the situation called for. “Why didn’t you just stay with your missus, then? ‘Stead of coming back to us sorry sons of bitches like the prodigal son himself?” 

[inferno-two]

- SELF-KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE.

While we all have some ideas about who we are, the knowledge we have is often patchy, and we have few opportunities to be guided in reflecting on our personality traits.

This questionnaire does not aim to summarize the whole self, but to suggest a few themes which might be prominent in our characters, with the hope of helping us to live more wisely with the different parts of ourselves.

AMBITION

You have a strong sense of potential and an intense drive to accomplish difficult things. The core of this is your ability to hold together the big goals and the daily efforts. Where other people’s hopes collapse when they encounter the tedium of the journey, you keep coming back. Oddly, it is actually your ability to endure feeling unheroic that counts. You know the power of working away solidly on what’s in front of you.

AGGRESSION

One part of your character is anger in all its forms: frustration, outrage – and when anger is suppressed – bitterness, grumpiness, and bodily aches. Fundamentally, frustration comes from hope: you get upset because you expect your life will be more than a valley of tears. One way to deny aggression is to direct it inwards, as self-criticism. But you’re at your best when you acknowledge anger, and act it out clearly and in a focused way, with honour.

ORDERLINESS

You love it when everything is neat and tidy: when there is a proper way of doing things, and you can tick things off the to-do list and know where everything is. So others, at times, are to you unbearably sloppy and messy. And you run into things that can’t be ordered (a child, a partner, a colleague at work) which drives you slightly nuts. But your desire for order is a good one when it is focused where it is needed and when you’re okay with a bit of mess.

[inferno-two]

@ichorcrowncd from here

He looks up, a frown tugging at his features. Hask is usually right – Hux doesn’t want to say always, doesn’t want to make it seem like he admires Hask, even in his own mind, but – “That’s hardly encouraging, sir.” He glances back down at his datapad, sees the denied requisition order from High Command before shutting the screen off with more force than necessary. “Surely they realize that we cannot hope to maintain the success of Project Resurrection without more resources?”

“Oh, I’m relatively certain they don’t,” 

Gideon had never been one for logistics; even as the Empire weakened, it’d always managed to find a place on its supply roster for Inferno Squad.  Already, the First Order had proven unfortunately different.

Hask’s young associated looked entirely downtrodden, and he had little to offer in the way of comfort. “Likely think you’ll just scramble and make do, all while they vest it all in some Admiral’s favorite cruiser.” 

“We’ll try again,” He reached a hand out, gesturing for the data pad. “Tenacity pays off - and I’d love to find out where they think our resources are better suited.” 

[lifeinpoetry]

“Directly, I have forgotten your name. No, / I have eaten it.”

— Melissa Lee-Houghton, from “The Bray,” Bite Your Tongue When you Give me My Name

[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.”