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Lockwood: That's oomf.
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Flo: Who's this pretty girl you're working with? I see the way you look at her.
Lockwood: That's oomf.
may i request joey's first christmas w/ y/n's family and hes obvs nervous but hes just being perfect like vibes and gifts wise its just perfect n they have a little moment after everyones asleep pls 🥹🥹
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The house looked like Christmas had exploded all over it.
Joe stood on the front porch of your parents' house in Frisco, taking in the scene through the glass storm door while you fumbled with your keys. Every surface visible from outside was draped in garland, twinkling lights, or some combination of both. A massive inflatable snowman swayed gently in the front yard, and the roof was lined with icicle lights that probably required their own electrical panel.
"It's a lot," you said, glancing back at him with a wince. "I tried to warn you."
you are a tv writer in 1998, a spinoff to the hit show Buffy the Vampire Slayer following the second Slayer Kendra “I have no last name sir” Young has just been green lit. You have to pitch three episodes for it, what are they about?
So 1998 we are concurrent with s3, I'm gonna say we live in the world that's going to be most adjacent to reality so Kendra the Vampire Slayer died briefly but is now alive, human and offscreen Buffy s3 is happening pretty much as is. I will however insist as I pitched before we do poach Cordelia from Buffy to be in this spin off, I think they can be fun together.
We're gonna have this all under the cut cause my first pitch alone is way too long.
Bull Hybrid! Shigaraki X reader
Bulldozer
Chapter: 1 Bulldozer
5600+ words
(art by me)
Chapter 2: Bullwhipping
i have got a little something something for @saengjonja here and its USFW, so without further ado... let's goooo (;
how barton got to this point in time with him lying sprawled out on his stomach, his chest, face, and lower body tinged a bright red color, as well as him feeling like he was going out of his mind because of jae-hyo was quite the story — though to begin, let's just say that they started their relationship through word-of-mouth. barton had heard that jae controlled certain networks through his gang that would be immensely helpful for him to move certain types of ''merchandise'' through (which was organs and modified bodies, as it were) and reached out to jae because of that, which resulted in the other saying they could try scratching each other's backs that day as he had been wanting to discuss a 'real estate' opportunity with someone else (that was really a front for something darker, of course). but in any case, their relationship started off with them testing each other's boundaries a bit as the undercurrent while they just got a taste of what it would be like to do business with each other.
and as it turned out, this first meeting would be the foundation through which they soon developed a sort of 'tit-for-tat' relationship, with barton perhaps providing jae with a modified organ for his black market business once and him clearing up a gambling debt for one of his 'associates' in return (for example). either way, it seemed as if with every favor, things were slowly becoming more personal and intense. and barton now looked forward to meeting up with jae, as it were, as there was something morbidly fascinating about the way he discussed ruining people's lives so casually. this fascination transformed into something else all at once, though, whenever he tags along with jae on a run for him to collect a debt... and instead of just intimidating his target, jae-hyo pretty much breaks them down completely, humiliating them in public before making an example out of them.
displays of power, unbeknowst to jae himself, were something that barton found incredibly attractive and because of that — the doctor found himself suddenly riddled with goosebumps on his arms and back at how easily it seemed jae had commanded the situation around him, along with how he 'took care of business' in such a brutal but perfectly calculated way. it was no wonder why, whenever the next time they met, the sense of attraction barton felt to jae-hyo got even stronger the next time they met. though it appeared as if the other had noticed this that time, according to the glint in jae's eye, as the tops of barton's cheeks became blotchy with a pink pigment in a blush whenever he was forcing a business rival to sign over his assets while mocking the man in question.
but its the noticing that led to the events of what was happening now, as jae points out how dependent barton had become on his network, essentially humiliating him now to push him to his limit. this made a spontaneous but not entirely unexpected reaction fire up within the doctor as a visible tent had formed in his trousers, and jae noticed this. what happened from there was a bit of a blur as it all seemed to happen so fast; him being asked to come with jae to someplace, then being commanded to strip like it was the most natural thing in the world, to getting on his stomach with his hands above his head for the other. it was from there that his hands were tied to the headboard, as barton guessed that maybe the other wanted him to simply take whatever he was going to give him and that's all.
well, barton thought as of now, he knew what jae had in mind for him thus far as he'd been thrusting within him using his strap so deliciously... but it wasn't enough for the doctor to cum as the other seemed to be doling out the most pleasurable kind of torture and that was avoiding his prostate intentionally. jae had been doing it for long enough for barton to have tears in his eyes, too, as he wanted so badly to cum but every single time he tried to angle his hips the right way to get stimulation to that spot that'd make him release? jae would stop him with the grip on his hips, and barton was just about ready to start drooling because of his treatment to him. he'd just buried himself in barton once more as he pulled at the restraints around his wrists for the millionth time even though it was a hopeless cause to try to do anything with his hands, a long whine leaving the blonde as a strand of saliva did trail out from his mouth involuntarily.
barton was shaking faintly, his body feeling like it was completely overstimulated but in a good way as his cock twitched in place, his head bending back as he knew better now than to try to angle his body differently. he didn't know whether all those times he had had prolonged his 'torture' but he didn't want to risk possibly testing jae-hyo again and being spanked on the ass as he might've done a few times before. honestly, barton was drifting, so he wasn't entirely sure. ❝ jae... god, every part of me is on fire. please... please stop teasing me. ❞
Did book!Viserys force Rhaenyra to marry Laenor or did Viserys allow Rhaenyra to choose a husband of her liking like he did it on the show?
*EDITED POST* (4/13/24)
In the book/canon lore, Viserys *forces* her to marry Laenor even though she is reported to have said she loved her uncle/his brother Daemon.
In the following, I will show how he does and why some might think he doesn't.
1.
He does not allow her to pick a husband at all, never once, in the entire account ("A Question of Succession"):
*[there was an edit here with an idea I do not agree with anymore]*
These lines seal it:
Long before any man had reason to doubt her innocence, the question of selecting a suitable consort for Rhaenyra had been of concern to King Viserys and his council. Viserys even talked of wedding Rhaenyra to the Prince of Dorne, as a way of bringing the Dornish into the realm. The best choice, king and small council finally agreed, would be Rhaenyra’s cousin Laenor Velaryon. King and council had neglected to consult the princess
Both Rhaenyra's tour & Viserys choosing Laenor happened after whatever happened b/t Rhaenyra & Daemon happened AND before the final interaction b/t her & Criston Cole. All those lines emphasize that Viserys is the final authority on who Rhaenyra will marry, not her AND he was actively considering people without her input. Even if she went around looking for a candidate, again, he was considering options himself while/before she was AND he threatened her ascension when she argued against Laenor, which directly contradicts her choice. Even if she picked a man, he'd also be the one to say "yes" or "no."
And in the book, do we ever hear of anything like the show marriage tour, where the lords--old and young--all line up, present their entire portfolio of assets-lineage-family history, & Rhaenyra rejects them? No. People were throwing themselves at her, but they weren't presenting straight-up suits for marriage.
2. Court Politics, Chilvaric Romances & Courtly Love
You may ask about this section in particular:
Great lords and dashing knights fluttered around her like moths around a flame, vying for her favor. When Rhaenyra visited the Trident in 112, the sons of Lord Bracken and Lord Blackwood fought a duel over her, and a younger son of House Frey made so bold as to ask openly for her hand (Fool Frey, he was called thereafter). In the west, Ser Jason Lannister and his twin, Ser Tyland, vied for her during a feast at Casterly Rock. The sons of Lord Tully of Riverrun, Lord Tyrell of Highgarden, Lord Oakheart of Old Oak, and Lord Tarly of Horn Hill paid court to the princess, as did the Hand’s eldest son, Ser Harwin Strong. Breakbones, as he was called, was heir to Harrenhal, and said to be the strongest man in the Seven Kingdoms.
and think that this is book!Rhaenyra going through candidates for marriage the same as show!Rhaenyra because so many men run towards her and some make their sexual interest in her obvious. All these men are trying to get the attention of the highest ranked and acclaimed prettiest girl/woman of the realm (ego) and/or impress themselves onto her memory to gain later political benefits. But, they are not formally presenting themselves as actual suitors. this isn't like the Maiden's Ball that Unwin Peake arranged for Aegon III.
The king's, princess's, and a lady's "favor" are not just proposals or suits of marriage, they are requests for attention, approval, allowance, or recognition of acts/rank/resources/etc., i.e, non-marriage ties. A way to show others they were recognized by their supreme authority as being worthy of their knightliness or warrior-dom or military skill, or those related to/associated with them. OR EVEN publicly show that you either want to or already have a political alliance with the woman's family. The former coming with its own enhancement of reputation.
Knights and lords ask ladies for their "favor" before they go into the lists to joust as a sort of "blessing" from a high-ranked lady. Doesn't mean they are married or even in love. Though it is also a way that a lord/knight might express their chivalric-courtly devotion to their lady love in the "courtly" manner/exercise (people didn't actually do these things as a practice, this was a literary collective invention).
In medieval Europe, the courts became a place where women held power and men treated them with respect, in terms of regarding as someone with power, even if it was something like that of the pure Virgin Mary. The woman in this relationship held the power as the man doted on her. For the most part, these relationships were not sexual, as people of nobility were also extremely religious and would not commit the sin of adultery (the Church's tenets had far more influence over European people's public habits than later during the Renaissance and Tudors). The Westerosi Red Keep court, like in medieval Europe around the 1100s-1300s, was a social hub of gossip and entertainment. We know that Viserys's reign was the most prosperous one aside from Jaehaerys, and Viserys had many feasts and balls and stuff. Lords traveled to KL and the Keep to be a part of the court and accrue influence, attending the royal family.
In chivalric tales with courtly love storylines, the knight and his lady love are always NOT married--in fact, in chivalric romances and romance tales, the idea is that the two lovers shouldn't be married to each other: usually, the knight is not married, and his lady love/beloved is the one married since marriage was not for love but politics and the idea was to have a knight devoted to country, king, and the high lady who at first rebuffs him and then acquiesces. The performance itself is supposed to express the participants' noble/aristocratic capability of love and intelligence. and since Andals passed down the chivalry and court culture to imbed itself into Westerosi (not North) culture, Frey's response to Rhaenyra has that layer that would enhance & inspire his feelings of admiration, but which GRRM is subverting since Frey absolutely had no chance and showing the real politics behind why he had no chance, thus the reaction to the Frey's actions and subsequent "the Fool" moniker.
That Viserys was not allowing Rhaenyra to look for or choose AND that Rhaenyra was not visiting several places for the singular purpose of finding a husband in formal arrangements is even more obvious with that Frey kid who asked for her hand so "openly" was called "Fool Frey". That is not what she went to the Riverlands to do NOR how that would go if she/Viserys were looking for a King/Prince Consort candidate.
Viserys likely sent her on this tour because he wanted to gather more good PR for her and strengthen the "Realm's Delight" reputation. Show off her beauty and expected grace, remind people to whom they pledged their loyalties. Get them familiar with her noble subjects. And it was pretty effective...since many esp in the riverlands (almost all the houses) where she visited rose up to fight for her.
3.
I mean, a woman/princess get to choose her husband? SHE sits as men FORMALLY PRESENT themselves to her like that Maiden's Ball in the last chapter of F&B?
That event, the various and most entertaining moments would have been recorded and recorded well (or better). Only Rhaena Targaryen--the Queen Dowager & Black Bride--had a similar opportunity. (A royal progress with an impromptu proposal is NOT the same thing as an organized suitor-presentation event). Similar and not the same, bc Rhaena nor Rhaenyra never had a formal lineup of men physically presenting themselves like in the show while having had no authority actually using something against her to make her choose a specific somebody(ies).
And even at the Maiden's Ball, Aegon was being pushed towards Myrielle Peake through the long, hot, insufferable hours enclosed in the hall PLUS the "mysterious" attacks or other stuff whittling down his options. At the time, Unwin Peake had a lot of power over the preteen king and had for a long time. It's only through Baela, Rhaena and Alyn Velaryon's intervention and plot with Daenaera that Aegon's saved form more of Unwin. Can we say that even though Aegon was given options of who to marry, that he had free will to choose who to marry? Once again, Viserys wanted Laenor and had him in mind for ever and refused Rhaenrya Daemon.
4.
This is what marriage and consent looks like in Westeros:
It's very clear that the reality is that the betrothed persons' consent wasn't all that important to their parents/hosts/guardians when said authority figures had a pressing desire for the marriage to exist.
5.
Just to clarify for the show:
In HotD, he still forces Rhaenyra to marry Laenor. She never wanted it, Laenor never wanted it. We understand that from episode 4, that she doesn't want Laenor, which makes Viserys tell her to marry him forcing her.
Just because he allowed her to pick at first, doesn't mean his actions later are not forcing her. If it was against her will, then he was forcing her.
Viserys at first allows Rhaenyra to choose her own husband/decide on who the King Consort would be because of that argument they had back in episode 3 about Viserys "wanting her to be happy", that she was "very angry and alone", and the already-present desire to solidify her ascension/claim. Thus him pressing for marriage after she said she didn't want to be married. In that argument, she also pointed out how he didn't go with the candidate that his council or Corlys wanted (Laena Velaryon), that he got to choose and had much more room to choose. And because he didn't choose Laena, his relations with Corlys and the Targ House's relation with house Velaryon also took a dip: personal and political problems he created.
So Viserys' intentions and motives for getting Rhaenyra married AT ALL (like most political marriages the authorities over the marrying persons have) aren't pure or totally considerate of what their kids/wards want. There is the inescapable element of Rhaenyra being a fix-it piece for the Targ-Velaryon relations Viserys caused himself OTHER THAN:
shoring up her claims through the shared Valyrian heritages the 2 houses have
Laenor being her 1st cousin once removed (close ties)
Laenor being a dragon rider
the Velaryons having their fleet
their reputation and ranks
"make up" after Rhaenys being passed over for him in the GC by "combining" families and ensuring Velaryon blood would become royal through Rhaenyra and Laenor's kids
So in both the canon and in the show, he always preferred her to marry Laenor, especially with how quickly he chose him for her after the Flea bottom incident. His need to retie w/Corlys, placate, and make up for his choosing Alicent is the same for F&B, as he also presented Laena as an option and refused her for Alicent there. In the book, he had no intention at all of letting her choose in any capacity. But even in the show, he's obviously using the fear of Rhaenyra's reputation against her choosing, as once again he doesn't even contemplate Daemon as a choice.
Day Something: The
Hey friends. I've been struggling with writers block a little bit lately, the muse is flighty and I'm out of the routine of writing because I've been so busy. So I'm just filling a prompt that kindled a little fire. Sorry that it's out of order! I don't think this one is even on the list yet (sorry for that too, nonnie!)
"You've got the Banquet for the War Orphans coming up on Sunday, the meeting with the board of trustees for the Lycanthropy Research Foundation tomorrow, the Minister booked an appointment with you today at 4:00, we-"
"Matilda," Harry interrupted, "Could you put them into the Google calendar?"
"They're already on it, Sir," she said.
He rubbed his forehead, "Harry," he corrected.
"Yes, sir."
Harry blew out a sigh, “just tell me what’s coming up in the next two hours.”
She rattled off a few things; a meeting with shareholders, meet and greet for funding a new wing of the hospital, lunch with the board.
"Right," he said, "Cancel my next two hours of things."
"But, sir-"
"Harry," he all but growled. "Reschedule the lunch meeting with the board; send Amanda with a report for the shareholders, they like her anyway; and send Anthony with a personal check for 10,000 galleons to the hospital opening."
"But Sir-"
"Harry," he corrected again before shaking his head. "I'm going. I'll be back in two hours." Without waiting for a reply, he apparated straight out of his office and into a very different office within the Ministry.
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Can we get a drabble from the Vincturi hunter AU? <3
Okey-dokey!
This takes place after they get together, and alludes to previous one-shots I've written about this au.
On with the fic!
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"I think it would be wise if the rest of the leaders met you."
Peter luckily turned his head away to do his spit take, because he knew if he dared to get any of his coffee on Aro's expensive clothing, he'd be in serious trouble.
"Aro, and I'm saying this as nicely as someone who just woke up five minutes ago will say, what the ever lovin' fuck." Peter said after he coughed, not even voicing it at a question.