Gentle Giants Always Win

Joe Reynolds, 43, Beta. Your friendly local librarian who'll reach up to the top shelf when you can't. I love my garden, crashing waves at the beach, and a good rare steak. Bellerose Pack (vollmondrp).

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Joe? Are you harassing people?

Well, I didn’t think so but that appears to be the prevailing opinion in the world which I find strange. If you’re interested in hearing my point of view, I’d be more than happy to sit down and talk with you.

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Joe was convinced that with all the things going on, maybe having joined a pack at all was a bad idea. And Ben’s discussion point could well be that they’d made a mistake. Well, he’d done without a pack before, he could do without one again. If it came to that.

It seemed silly- to lose Ben while trying to protect him.

Maybe they’d run him out of town. Maybe they’d finish the job the Grants started. He wasn’t sure but he’d prefer that to being abjured. If Ben abjured him- he’d never survive it.

He gave Ben a soft smile, memorizing the lines of his face before his sentence was passed. There was something sad and final inside of Joe, hard and breaking. Was this really it? 

“No, but it’s nice of you to think of it. It’s what makes you a good leader,” he said in a measured and even tone, not trusting his voice so much anymore. Putting his tools down, he looked at Ben for a moment through tired eyes- like there was something he wanted to say but couldn’t. 

Still, he lead Ben into the house. 

“Sorry, the whole house is gonna smell like pumpkin pie for awhile,” he said, taking the roasting squash seeds out of the oven and sitting them on top of the range. “I’m afraid I’m nothing more than a basic white wolf. Can I offer you a drink?”

[robertocustodioart]

Joe Manganiello by Nino Muñoz 2015

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Do you even feel bad for being an asshole to Shuchi? And what gives you the right, because you feel in love with Ben like a love sick dog?

ooc: For future reference, I have now received some variation on this question three times and Joe will not be answering it.

[ginger-teach]

Banned Books Week!

I put together a display for Banned Books Week, which starts today; unfortunately I was told by my administrators that I can’t do a lesson on it, because the English department is teaching a new curriculum this year and they’re worried about fidelity and a BBW lesson “distracting” from the regular unit… So this is the closest I can get. But hopefully it’ll at least inspire some discussion.

[englishmajorhumor]

Banned Books Week 2016

Banned Books Week 2016 starts on Sunday September 25 and lasts through October 1. Learn more here.

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Joe? Are you harassing people?

Well, I didn’t think so but that appears to be the prevailing opinion in the world which I find strange. If you’re interested in hearing my point of view, I’d be more than happy to sit down and talk with you.

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[to Wolf of my Dreams]: Okay, I’ll be here.

Joe sighed to himself, putting the phone down after switching it back to Pandora. If this was a plot by Vincent to turn the pack against the one guy who could probably take him down, it was a good one. Shuichi was getting exactly what Vin wanted without even knowing it. He had to believe that or, well, he was a bad guy.

And if he was, he didn’t even have the luxury of knowing why he was a bad guy.

So he did familiar things. He listened to some classical “studying” music on pandora and canned some things for winter, when his garden would be dormant. There wasn’t a point to leaving the garden at the moment. At least here he couldn’t do as much damage as apparently he did in the civilized world.

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Shuichi walked up to the library desk, seeming absolutely terrified of the prospect of talking to the Beta but unable to turn his feet away. He paused at the desk and cleared his throat lightly. "Why are you making people check up on me?"

Joe quirked his brow. “What on earth makes you think I’m doing that?”

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Joe could deal with hysterical children. And he couldn’t relate to this newcomer obviously. What had twisted this wolf’s head around so much that he got so fired up at the drop of a hat? His newly adopted views were reactionary. Did he think people were just going to go with it because he was new? Joe sighed and slid his kleenex box down the counter so it was in front of the kid.

“When did I say you were a terrible wolf?”

“Uh-huh. I’m sure Vincent feels really bad about it.”

Joe tilted his head and looked at the young wolf. He’d never seen someone this disjointed about a counter argument. “I was trying to be helpful and now you feel like I’m hounding you. I don’t see a way we’re going to agree and obviously my help is not something you want. So that’s fine. Live your life. You won’t get any trouble from me as long as you never challenge Ben’s leadership or harm him in any way,” Joe said flatly, done with the conversation and the water works. 

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Text: Are you busy, my favorite badass? Text: I need a favor for which I will be indebted to you eternally. Text: Or I'll make you some zucchini bread. Whichever you prefer.

[to Joe] I’m not all that busy

[to Joe] I’ll trade you a favor for the pick of your next crop when harvest comes around

[to Joe] What do you need?

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[to Austin] Does it ever seem like the whole world hates you?

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Not even one? Are your feelings for Ben that strong?

Not even one. And I had offers. But I didn’t want to be with anyone else, honestly. And the moment I showed up at his house I knew I’d made the right choice. 

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Joe? Are you harassing people?

Well, I didn’t think so but that appears to be the prevailing opinion in the world which I find strange. If you’re interested in hearing my point of view, I’d be more than happy to sit down and talk with you.

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I’d be more than happy to hear your thoughts about it.

I understand that you were trying to help. I really do.

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I’m in my garden canning up some squash if you’re available. I don’t feel it’s very wise to be out in society right now.

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Well, I feel like gum under the shoe of the world. Now I remember why pack life didn’t appeal to me in the first place. I hope Ben doesn’t hate me for what I did. I really was just trying to be helpful. Ah well. What’s done is done. I’ll just go back to my garden.

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If you trust Ben's leadership so much then why didn't you ask HIM to talk to Shuichi rather than someone from another pack?

I was trying to be helpful. Since Ben is not an Omega, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Apparently it wasn’t. I’d like to be done answering this question now. As a fallible wolf and one trying to enjoy their Sunday, I’d be happy to not answer this question again instead of three times as it has appeared in my inbox.

Real talk: I find it interesting that I’m the one getting completely hammered here as the bad guy.  

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Thoughts on making the new Omega cry?

He does seem to cry around me a lot, doesn’t he? 

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What was it that drew you to Ben?

I can’t say exactly. Sometimes you’re just drawn to certain wolves I guess. I’ve never felt like I feel when I’m around him. I thought I did with Adam but I couldn’t even tie Adam down for a moment to talk with him so- I don’t know.

Real talk: I’d like to be monogamous with Ben but it’s obvious I’m not good at this pack thing (at least, not as I thought I was) and I’m wondering now if I’d be a good mate for him. I certainly didn’t ever want to cause drama, but I have. 

Ah well. Such is life. 

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Favorite food to eat?

Depends on the day. I’m kind of feeling meatballs today so that’s nice.

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Did you have any "fun" with any of the locals while you were in Hawaii?

Nope.

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Joe? Are you harassing people?

Well, I didn’t think so but that appears to be the prevailing opinion in the world which I find strange. If you’re interested in hearing my point of view, I’d be more than happy to sit down and talk with you.

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Word on the street is that you're "into me". Care to comment? ;)

I thought it was obvious. I like you a lot. I guess you could say I’m into you.

[olehowlinjoe-blog]

Oh, it’s obvious. I really just like to hear it from you. It’s good for the ole ego.