#background stories

[satureja13]

The Nerd and the Jock ;) Disclaimer: This is the whole (kind of short) story of Jeb and Giga/Saiwa until now. ~ 7 scrolls with 8 pictures. I felt the need to put everything in one place before we continue.

Jeb had been attracted to extraordinary Giga for quite a while. But he was always too shy to make an attempt. It was the time shortly after Vlad drank from Ji Ho when Giga needed a place for Ji Ho to stay (because Ji Ho and Vlad needed to be separated). His first thought was to ask Jeb.

Jeb was so reliable and sound in these hard days for Saiwa. It did something to him. As being the oldest, the weight of all decisions and the care for the others with all their hardships, lie on Saiwa's shoulders. To have someone he could rely on when he was at the end of his strength after Vlad's death was such a relief.

To start a relationship after only a short time flirting and under these circumstances wasn't a good idea. But Jeb was so good looking under his bag. And tall. And the muscles... (Why Jeb calls Saiwa 'Giigs' is explained -> here) Shortly after Vlad's death the unthinkable happened: Jeb fell in love with Jack right before Giigs' eyes right after Vlad's death! What a nightmare!

They broke up. Jeb couldn't forgive himself. And Giigs was broken. This happened just one day after Giigs opened up to Jeb and felt confident and strong enough to return back to his old self which he had buried deep down below after his horrible experiences in the Lab. But they stayed friends and even though it was awkward, Jeb was there for his Giigs when he needed him. Jeb even accompanied Giigs to knock on DEATH'S door. And when they went to San Myshuno to find out what had happened to Vlad's body. They were still crazy for each other but due to their diffycult pasts, they found themselves not worthy to be with the other. Jeb's thoughts -> here. Giigs' thoughts -> here

At the end of the year they met again in the Tavern at Mount Komorebi. Jeb knew what Giigs feels for him and decided to end this by writing down what he did in his past (and why he wore that bag on his head!) and why he is not worthy to be with Giigs and left.

They didn't see each other for weeks and no one knew where Jeb was. They found him in Strangerville at the Diner, but he ran away again. It was almost two months later when they met again at Belgraves Institute. Giigs was finally able to tell Jeb that the two kids he tried to rescue had been Jack and him. And how much he had helped them to stay sane with his attempt to get them out there. But Jeb only could think of that he failed to rescue the love of his life... And Saiwa still thinks he is tainted after the cowplants at the lab had eaten him up alive and spit him out and that Jeb deserved better. He also is insecure if his 'dressing habits' are disturbing for Jeb (they aren't!)

After the 70s Party they talked it out and came to the conclusion, that they first have to accept and love themselves before they can start all over again. They also had the same dream in their first night at Belgraves Institute (which is told to come true). It is -> here

To be continued...

And when it rains you're shining down for me And I just can't get enough And I just can't get enough

Just like a rainbow you know you set me free And I just can't get enough And I just can't get enough

You're like an angel and you give me your love And I just can't seem to get enough

I Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode That's their song ^^'

From the Beginning  ~  Underwater Love ~  Latest

[aki-draws-things]

Writing a little background based on things that came up randomly during ideas rants... @oh-surprise-its-me

That part is actually sweet enough, but there will be some heavier things. Definitely abuse, and physical Tolman doesn't even deserve a name, Ron probably even forgot the name.

When Ron is 7 he barely speaks, let alone in English. Kids laugh at him at school, like he's some sort of broken thing. Which he is, right? Broken and useless. Mama sends him to school with a sandwich and a bottle of water. He's hungry, but if he can manage to keep half a sandwich for later he probably won't go to sleep even hungrier. Not that they didn't have food at home, they did. Not that they starved him, he had dinner every night. It was just that mama didn't have time to make a big dinner.

"Cookie?"

Ron turned so fast he gave himself whiplash, he stared at the blond kid who flopped next to him with the biggest eyes ever.

"What--?" He mumbled, the accent was still top thick, he was born in the States, and yet--

"Want a cookie? Or... apple maybe? Here! I can slice it for you!"

Ron stared at this 7 years old kid from his class grabbing the plastic knife and struggling a bit to cut the apple in half. The slices were wobbly, the kid carefully put them next to Ron's half eaten sandwich. With a chocolate cookie.

It was sweet. And juicy. And the cookie tasted like the ones Nana always made,

It didn't look fair, though. The kid had no cookie now. Ron broke it in half and handed it to the kid who, suddenly, seemed to shine. He smiled so brightly.

The kid sat next to him the following day too, during lessons. He answered when the teacher called Kazansky. He sat with him at lunch too, he had an orange that day.

"It's too big just for me." He said. It didn't look big at all, the kid gave him half of it anyway

[kenneth-williams-diaries]

LAURENCE OLIVIER and KENNETH WILLIAMS in THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, a 1953 British historical musical film, a Technicolor adaptation of John Gay's 1728 ballad opera of the same name.

“By September (1952) I was back in London. Peter Eade (KW’s manager) told that Herbert Wilcox had remembered me, that he was producing a film of The Beggar’s Opera with Laurence Olivier as MacHeath, and that he wanted me to meet the director, Peter Brook, for the part of Jack. I went down to Shepperton Studios, full of apprehension, clutching a few sheets of paper comprising the scene between Heath and the pot-boy at the inn where the hero is hiding. I had to wait until the day’s shooting was over and then found myself facing both the director and Sir Laurence. I read the scene rather haltingly and my accent was criticized: ‘He’s supposed to be cockney, you know.’ ‘But I’m a cockney’, I protested. ‘I was born in the Caledonian Road.’ They didn’t seemed convinced. I returned home on the train resigned to defeat, thinking the part would go to someone else. Next day, however, Peter rang to tell me I’d got the role and that I was to have a costume fitting ‘for a period pot-boy’. At the costumiers I was duly attired in waistcoast and breeches and looked rather like a junior footman. But when I arrived on the set there was as much disapproval for the costume as there had been for my accent. ‘No, no, it’s far too smart,’ said Sir Laurence, and Peter Brook agreed. ‘Yes, he’s a pot-boy in a hostelry, not an attendant at Chatsworth. Take the waistcoast away.’  The wardrobe people obliged. ‘And dirty the shirt down.’ The garment was trampled in dirt  and liberally stained, and I was produced again. ‘No, it’s still too smart. Tear the shirt and dirty the breeches and stockings.’ The clothing was torn to tatters, my face daubed with dirt and eventually they seemed reluctantly satisfied. This inauspicious beginning, coupled with my awe for Sir Laurence, created inhibitions which I never managed to overcome, and I was bad in the role. (...) I was relieved when the job was finished.”

Kenneth Williams Just Williams - An Autobiography (1985)

Years later ...

Mags (Maggie Smith) told me over dinner that Larry Olivier said to her, about me ‘I think he’s got sex appeal.’ Of course, I don’t think it’s true, but what a charming thing to have said about one. The Kenneth Williams Diaries - 20 December 1963

Kenneth’s appearance opposite Sir Laurence available on YouTube

Excerpt from "The Screen on Review", New York Times, 25 August 1953:

“Although the ideal marriage between films and opera is not effected in "The Beggar's Opera," on which the curtain was rung up yesterday at the Baronet, it is a generally happy liaison and one that is a credit to both media. For this Technicolor screen version of John Gay's 225-year-old work is a kaleidoscopic view of truly colorful facets of the London dear to Hogarth and is as unrestrained as its author's name. While it deviates from its original intent and now lampoons neither opera nor political personalities, it is still a spirited musical.”

[bunthebread]

Savior - angst

"may Levi Ackerman rest in peace.."

said the priest holding a white flower in his hand, everybody was sobbing and wears black around a fresh tomb today.

everybody sobbing but not the raven girl holding a cravat in her hand while watching the funeral from afar, quietly standing beneath a tree while everybody crying and slowly leaving the funeral after the priest ends the ceremony.

It's been hours, but the raven girl still standing quietly with the cold wind past them. fly away from the autumn orange leaf and piece of her black hair and slowly her tears on her dim eyes, her body trembled after hours standing there with a mountain of cold tears.

fell on her knees for uncounted times she'd fell-- but now there's no savior she known, all savior has time and his time was over.

her heart destroyed like a piece of flying dust, her eyes melt the mountain of cold tears into a deep lake drowns her into darken hole inside.

not accepting his leaving, she never accepts them anyway.

Her brain was a mess, never be able to think clearly as a crystal when it comes to him all alone. Dark features always in but her dark knight always saves her- pulling her out from the black lake of dark thought to the safe ground.

The dark knight always on her side, no matter the monster was he always fought with her- building a safe wall with her.

until the dark knight disappears- dead by the war, not really.

If she was not letting him go that day, he must be with her in his bedroom right now- his warm body all around her.

Now? Because she was too naïve and off-guard, destroying the beautiful land of flowers with her demons. Everybody always wishes they can rewind the time to the good times and make the different ending, same as Mikasa now.

Regret always at the end, now she standing beside his tomb with a white tulip-like he always gives her every time they met before. Give no more besides tears, unspoken words, and dark feelings.

.

"Why are you here?" "that’s none of your business, why are you even here?" "I don’t like crowds"

The silence between them, slowly a teardrop slide on her porcelain cheek drop by drop as she replaying the faces of the happy couple behind them.

Her heart drops like the skies above them, her thoughts destroyed in a sec after they standing and hold each other like pair of candles, melting.

"i- please don’t cry" he murmured, but Mikasa heard clearly how he say it. Not wanting into the memory again, she smiles sweetly.

"it's okay, I'm fine- I used to cry without notice.." she says wiping her tears out but, Levi pull her in a hug. "it's not, don’t cry alone- there always me here" he whispers through her ear gentle, Mikasa crack a smile but-

Her tears roll down more, drain the lake in his shirt and warm body she'd fallen.

.

Her headache like her heart, the last memory they made- that wasn’t that beautiful as their first encounter in the dark. Thought of him was not cold Levi who's didn’t care about anybody beside himself, but else...

A savior

[bridgehouse-clan]

Empire Newspaper (1)

ZOMBIES RETURNED IN THE GRAVEYARD OF THE SCREAM THAT LAST FOREVER

Two zombies found on the graveyard, where the mysterious screaming grave lies.

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May 11th early afternoon 20 men were saying their last goodbye to their loved one. The emotions were high. One person decided to take a little walk on the graveyard to settle down his feelings. Till he discovered something...

The men looked down into an open grave, where he saw two zombies. Fresh in the man's memory from the zombie apocalypse in November 2012. He felt Necessary to have them eliminated. He called the others, warning them for the zombies. Herotic, the others were they came over. They started to drown the zombies with sand. soon discovered this wasn't quite effective...

A lady looked around and saw a nearby building place, she ran over and asked the working men for help, they offered a metal plate which was moved by one of their machines to the grave, locking the two zombies into the grave.

victory!

It wasn't over yet. The zombies didn't appreciate being captured and tried to escape by banging against the plate.

Someone at the building pit told us later, he came up with the idea of a glass cast. Because, zombies hate sunlight and heat, capturing underneath and trapped in glass would serve for a certain death. that is why he brought in the heavy glass construction. Putting on top of the grave, while the metal plate got removed.

It seemed like it was a victory for the people once again. until...

A pre-teen girl ran over and started to scream and tried to push the glass cast aside. Of course, the girl had no chance against this heavy construction, till all of a sudden people appeared from nowhere and assisted the girl. This adds more evidence to the portal of the underground which is somewhere on the graveyard.

The mythical creatures appearing to existence were able to move the cast away and free the zombies. After the event they vanished with the preteen girl.

A few otherworldly beings remained, the man started to fight one of them while the other one, a potential wizard summoned it's scythe and fought the man. The man lost it's life and vanished, most likely captured and transported to live the rest of his existence in the underworld.

The zombies are missing but surely will return, They. Are. Real. One person recognized The Butt Slicer, one of the epic battlers who gave up it's life against The Royal Prince. In a duel 8 months ago.

It is unknown when they would reappear and take their chance to eliminate our humans and take back what ever belonged to them.

[cyborgpunkmonk]

These short animated backstories are amazing!And all of them are connected.

I'm really excited to see more from other characters. And would be extremely excited if they turned it into a full show with this universe.

Here's Crypto's story

Amd here's Wraith's.

My personal favourite that made me feel tears and goosebumps.

I'm gonna cosplay as Crypto someday too.

[l3ucozi]

My favorite occ of all time is Reaves 😭 and she’ only a side character. All I wanna do is gush about my ocs but my brain is a pile of mush. So I draw them instead UwU💫💕

[onlyonewoman]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

“Yer father printed bloody pamphlets, mine was a thief. The only thing I’ve ever needed to read, are people’s faces an’ movements.” “Your mother though?” “My dear mother, blessed be her soul, wouldna have dared to come close to a book. Women don’ need books, especially not if their husbands don’.” “Well… father always said everyone needs to know how to read and write. That words are what makes us… human.” “I’m an animal, sweet lad. Admittedly, my claws are a bit blunt at the moment, but…” Sweet lad. Billy smiles at the endearment disguised as a scorn. Blunt is a word that suits Ned with or without claws, but just because he’s a savage and can’t read, doesn’t mean he’s truly barbarous. @e-a-phoenix with all the love the ocean can carry <3