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what do I have to do for a four kings explainer post 🤲

omg great question. you simply have to ask!

in 3x05, the girls draw cards to determine who will be coach scott's executioner after they find him guilty during a makeshift trial session to determine if he burned down the cabin. taissa draws the king of heart which van calls "the suicide king". this is a name given to the king of heart because in the modern standard card deck the king looks like he's sticking his sword in his head.

here's what all the kings look like and all of them are holding weapons. i was curious if any of the other kings had other names or if the cards generally had meanings to them.

immediately i did think of the four most vocal characters we have -- or at least the ones constantly in the middle of the power and leading disputes which are taissa, shauna, natalie, and lottie.

taissa has drawn the king of hearts. the king of hearts is all about love and deep emotions, and you could argue that this is a big motivator for everything taissa does through van. in the adult timeline, there's nothing that taissa won't stop at, and during teen years it's routinely van who can help taissa do what she needs to die like being ready to execute coach scott. she's protective, she went into politics, she's meant to be this symbol of power for people.

shauna is the king of spades, holding the knife. the king of spades is associated with authority and power which more and more this season we're seeing teen shauna really put her foot down and fight for control and leadership. the word spade itself is believed to be derived from the old spanish word for sword and anyways with shauna as the butcher and routinely being shown to us as wielding or gravitating towards knives, i think this one really fits her.

natalie is the king of clubs, holding the other knife. she's not the butcher, she doesn't want to be, but she is the hunter. she mercy kills coach scott, and she's handed the knife as punishment for the ceremony. the king of clubs is another authority figure but from what i could find it's much more associated with leadership and guidance, which is what we've seen of teen nat this season -- she's attempted to be a guide for the team and show them how to live and go on despite their circumstances.

lottie has incredible influence in the group and that's really important too. she has sway. she stops the group from entirely tearing apart natalie following her mercy killing of coach scott by saying shauna will now lead the girls. also, the king of diamonds is wielding an axe. in 3x07 lottie kills edwin the frog scientist with the axe, complicating the girls possibility of rescue. she's also the first to refuse to go with the group during rescue and starts this split between them of staying vs going in 3x08. the king of diamonds generally represents wealth and success, which also ties into lottie's family and her influence.

original four kings post here

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SURPRISE STARTER : an unplotted starter / for @shieldborn's hank

"pleasedon'tlaugh," the words are all jumbled together rapid-fire as andie tries to get them out before hank does laugh at her. "i'll carry you." andie as dove has kept her webshooters, too convenient to give them up just because they no longer fit the theme. and she's stronger than don is—was—so she can lift hank no problem. so long as he doesn't laugh at her.

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"i'm actually starting to tolerate you, believe it or not." ‧₊˚ @shieldborn / hank . . . prompts for the forced proximity trope

"i don't." her reply comes curt, barely glancing up from her phone. when her head does come up, it's to squint her eyes at him and then make a clarifying point, "believe you, or really tolerate you." there's a small grimace, and buttercup can hear bubbles' voice bouncing off the walls inside her mind. she's being mean, too mean, and it's not like buttercup actually entirely means what she's saying.

"i don't know. you're fine." she looks pained to admit it, "you're like... you might be-" like she might throw up if she goes on, "like a friend to me... maybe. don't be flattered by that. don't make this weird."

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐗

@shieldborn​ asked : “Life is hard. Those of us who can help, should.”

❝There’s that GOODY TWO SHOES side of you again.❞ With a light chuckle, Harley realized that was the ONLY side of him that he seemed to have. At least in comparison to her. She was a mess of CONTRADICTIONS. The two sides of her warring with each other over which will win. There was the side caused by the JOKER and the one she had created herself. Her true self? It seemed more and more likely as of late, after leaving her city behind and finding her way here to sit on the couch beside him. The night was DARK outside, with the cities lights twinkling below, and for a moment all she could do was watch them dance. Memorized by the show before her, the blonde took a moment to continue her statement. And when she DID it was barely a whisper.  ❝Yer not WRONG though. Feels GOOD to help. Even if it is kinda lame sometimes.❞

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➲ 𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗗  𝗔𝗡𝗗  𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗙𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚  𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘  !  〢  @shieldborn​​ . ❛   abrupt .   kiss  my  muse  out  of  the  blue .

THEY’RE  NOT  DEAD.     as  far  as  clint’s  concerned,    that  counts  as  a  win  for  the  good  guys.    everyone  made  it  on  and  off  of  the  quinjet  under  their  own  power,    and  they’ve  all  dispersed  to  their  respective  quarters  to  decompress  after  the  mission.    okay,    yeah,    so  clint  might’ve  been  moving  a  little  slower  than  the  others        (        getting  too  old  for  superhero  landings,    barton,        ).        it  just  means  he’s  only  managed  to  run  a  rag  over  his  face  before  JARVIS’S  VOICE  fills  the  room  announcing  a  visitor.

❛        steve  rogers  is  at  your  door        ❜        not  so  long  ago,    those  words  might  have  earned  an  eye  roll  or  a  groan.    not  so  long  ago,    it  would’ve  meant  steve  was  waiting  at  his  door  with  some  kind  of  post  -  game  report.    now,    though  ?

lecture’s  still  on  the  table,    but  there’s  enough  promise  of  something  else  that  there’s  a  bit  more  pep  in  clint’s  step  as  he  pads  to  the  door.    it  opens  with  a  mechanical    WHOOSH    that  the  archer  is  still  getting  used  to.         ❝        oh  captain,    my  captain  ?        ❞        there’s  the  tail  end  of  a  cheeky  comment  on  his  tongue  that  never  quite  makes  it  to  open  air,    because  in  the  span  of  a  breath,    a  smiling        ―        and  no  -  longer  uniformed        ―        steve  has  closed  the  distance  between  them  and  silenced  the  archer  with  a  kiss.    something  else,    it  is,    then.

it  takes  about  a  second  for  clint’s  brain  to  CATCH  UP,    then  his  hands  are  up,    fingers  curling  in  the  soft  fabric  of  a  tee  -  shirt,    and  he  hums  his  approval  against  the  warmth  of  steve’s  mouth.    yeah,    he  could  definitely  get  used  to  this  kind  of  debrief.

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that’s definitely america’s ass ladies and gentlemen. @shieldborn​

[unexceptional-broken]

( @shieldborn​ ) « con’t

               HE WAS TOO fucking tall now. That was the first thought. The second? It’d been too long. 

“Just missed ya,” she replied, giving a playful, too-gentle tap with the tips of her fingers in the same place on Steve’s cheek she’d just kissed. “Sides, I wanted to.”