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[junipernight]

Swandive

Fandom: Teen Titans

*** “You were named after the wrong bird,” said Jinx, pressing a languid kiss to the back of Raven’s long, slender neck.

“Mmm?”

“Yeah,” Jinx responded, pressing another feather-light kiss slightly lower down, and then another yet farther still, in the valley between her shoulder blades.

"You should be named Swan."

"Because I'm so pale?"  Raven mumbled sleepily.

Jinx kept pressing kisses in a line, wondering how far down she'd make it. Probably not far.

"Because you used to attack me in the park."

Raven shoved her. Jinx found herself abruptly tumbling over the edge of the bed. She took the sheets with her, and wound up in a heap on the floor, with an angry and disoriented bird on top of her.

Jinx cackled. "Is this your idea of a nest?" she crowed.

"Fuck you," her lover squawked indignantly.

"And deprive you of the opportunity? Never."

Raven glared at Jinx for a few moments, blushing darkly, before she nestled down into the blankets and tucked her head, out of sight, under her wing arm.

"Goodnight, Jinx."

[zevrans-archive]

I do my best thinking plunging off cliffs.

[sweeneyxlaura]

I'd really like to know your take about those madwife shippy moments you spotted in ep 7 bc i love reading your opinions&thoughts! I also noticed a few but I watched it w/o subs so I fear I didn't catch everything right. like when Laura is talking to mama-ji she tells her about the coin the leprechaun gave her and the power it holds and right away she's like "the power of love?" or smth?? but yea I might be wrong bc I had a hard time understanding the accent in that scene lol

Hey guys! Like both of you, I also found this scene fairly shippy and a pretty classic case of a character who goes into denial mode as a way to mostly convince herself that her feelings for a particular someone don’t exist.

Someone: *mentions Sweeney*Laura:

Let’s get the trancript out of the way - @swandive: I, too, had trouble catching everything Mama-Ji said in that scene, so here’s what I could gather without the help of subtitles, and there’s still one line I’m totally still stumped at! Special thanks to @calamity-bean​ for help with transcribing!

Here’s the relevant part:

L: Ok, um…I need blood. Two drops of blood infused with love for a magic potion that’s gonna bring me back to life.MJ: Sounds like voodoo. We call them “voudon”…always so dramatic. The problem is not with the potion; it is WHY you take it.L: Oh really? Is that what your crystal ball says?MJ: This isn’t some very psychic [???]. Why do you think I showed you the face of the Destroyer? [Laura shrugs.] Pay attention. You have the power here [places hand on Laura’s chest] in your heart. The angry leprechaun gave it to you–L: No, he didn’t.MJ: The coin! Can you not see you have the power in your own heart?L: What…like the power of love? [scoffs]MJ: No. The power to destroy.

Technically, I think there are two ways of reading her denial -

Laura is refuting the notion that Sweeney placed the coin there, near her heart, location-wise. That’s something she doesn’t know yet and still believes that Shadow ostensibly gave her the coin when he tossed it into her grave. And IIRC, before the ice cream truck accident, the coin was sitting was in her stomach, not in her chest.

The subtext that Laura interprets from Mama-Ji’s words and how it prompts her to be defensive and uncomfortable with the implication that Sweeney has something to do with anything near her heart or in her heart…or some abstract power that has to do with any and all hearts because, universally, that implies feelings of love, and she’s not entirely sure what she’s feeling yet.

I think it’s a combination of both here. That, yes, Sweeney didn’t put the coin there (as far as she knows), but because of what happened between them in 2.05 is still pretty fresh in her mind, that she’s definitely a little sensitive to any statement that has the words, “Sweeney” and “ your heart” in the same breath.

But the curious thing? I kinda read her expression like…she might not actually hate the idea? Because for one thing, her reaction to MJ mentioning Sweeney isn’t that strong. She doesn’t look at MJ like this woman is nuts or give off the sense that that’s completely and laughably outside the realm of reality. Like you said, anon - it’s an unconvincing performance of denial. It kinda comes off more like it’s a triggered, knee-jerk response than her actually disbelieving it wholeheartedly.

And I agree, swandive, that she does very quickly come to the conclusion that Mama-Ji is talking about love, and honestly, I did too! Until MJ swerves and goes in an off-kilter direction that maybe doesn’t have anything to do with love, but I still liked Laura coming up with “love” being an answer because it shows that, despite her reaction to it being silly, I think it’s very much what she craves and wants. 

And real quick, but we see Laura, after her conversation with Mama-Ji, nodding to herself as she sits there, contemplating, and then again after she sees Shadow’s light in the distance outside. Is this more of her trying to convince and affirm to herself that Shadow should be her focus? That he’s the key to the “love” part of the resurrection potion? Probably. After all, she and Shadow haven’t had much time to themselves since their kiss in that motel room. And since I’m thinking that she doesn’t actually see Sweeney being a viable option, I think it’s fair that she go back and try to find out if Shadow is.

Despite what everyone has told her and what maybe a tiny, nagging part of herself is aware of, I think an important part of her character journey is that she comes to these realizations herself, and not what anyone shows her or tells her. It’s a bit like one of those experiences where everyone I know is like, “stay away from that dude…” but I never listen, and then what happens? *side-eye* But you’re wiser for it, so… :)

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Bassin Bleu, Jacmel, Haiti

It took us 8 hours of labor, trusting the people that walked up to us while we hung our heads low climbing without proper maps. Finally, after crossing field, river and mountain, we made it here to be rewarded with a dive.

June 2016

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OK this was drawn during the charity twitch stream by  @danaterrace @rebeccasugar @ianjq and @gravi-teamfalls

and I got really hooked on SwanDive’s design during the stream and I couldn’t help myself!