Summary: Based on the Bulgarian concept of a Samodiva, this is a little “we are halfway to halloween” fic. JJ and Reader go dancing.
A/N: Hi y’all! If anyone knows me truly, they know one thing about me: I adore Jennifer Jareau with my whole heart and soul. That being said, this is my first JJ/Reader fic and I am unbelievably proud of it. Thank you to @reidgraygubler for being the best beta and hypeman I could ask for, and thank you to @imagining-in-the-margins for spoonfeeding me this prompt until i wrote it. Please enjoy.
Couple: Jennifer Jareau/GN! Reader
Category: SFW Angst
Content Warning: Major Character Death (both characters)
Word Count: 1085
Hawthorn bushes belong to the same scientific family as roses. You can see it in the way they carry their harm on their stems, a plant that never learned the lesson of consecrating your weapons. Bright red blooms and haw berries make mirrors of themselves, killing as much as they heal. The brilliance of falling in love with the blonde-haired woman lies within the hurt of a hawthorn bush, the prick of blood masked by the euphoria in her kiss. She wraps me in sticky sweet petals, encasing me in amber adoration and offers me up to the gods above, burning our ties and letting the smoke carry me into the heavens.
Oh. My. God. You can freely give Colin Morgan a 20 seconds scene with a full zoom on his face and you’ll be guaranteed he’ll tell a whole story with just that.
The “good night, son” - “sleep well, father” scene from the Last Dragonlord. The joy in Merlin’s eyes. The fact that he realizes he can say these words for the first time in his life. The rare moment when he feels whole, loved, like the hole in his heart has finally been filled. The hope that is sparkling in the corners of his eyes - for the future, for a life he could never have. My heart aches for him. I want to give him a blanket and take all his worries away.
pls this is my absolute favorite scene w colin morgan because you can see him MOUTH THE WORDS and then smile n cry a little because HE! HAS! NEVER! SAID! THOSE! WORDS! BEFORE!!! just the way an entire story and thought process plays out on his face without him having to say even a sentence. this man.
Reblogging for this addition bc TOTALLY
I’m rewatching this again, this is peak TV and Colin Morgan is a genius
So I was chatting to @scath001 and together we came up with the incredibly fun idea of whumper gatherings. Just imagine it, all the whumpers getting together at a fancy party, and showing off their whumpees:
The whumpers could bring their whumpees with them, so all the others would see their particular style of whump:
is their whumpee obediently kneeling by their side?
are they collared?
used as a piece of furniture?
Imagine the things the whumpers might say about their pets:
“My darling is so adorable. They listen so well.”
“Well mine stayed still the whole time and begged so nicely to be hurt more.”
“I got myself a new toy for Christmas. Just look at them.”
“This one’s a bit of a handful, but I’m sure they’ll make a lovely pet with a bit of training.”
SEE that auction thing got me thinking. If the whumpees are being bought and sold, what if they are being given as gifts to other whumpers?
So the whumper that bought them gets them all wrapped up in ribbon or something and gives them as a gift to someone.
This leads to some interesting dynamics, like:
Reluctant Whumper Stuff (my fave). The recipient of the gift is horrified at the idea. They don’t know the whumpee, but they feel so badfor them. Maybe they have to mistreat them openly, but privately they are trying to help them, maybe try to get them out, back home, but they are so conditioned that the whumpee feels like they have failed their new master?
Full On Whumper. This is basically one sadistic whumper gifting a “fresh” whumpee to a particularly cruel whumper, who is knownfor their little pets having their spirits broken within days, whilst other whumpers are more… slow burn kind of training.
and more!
Another thing I feel like if they are auctioning off whumpees, what if there are specific like categories for them?
Does the whumper want an already broken, compliant, obedient whumpee that they don’t want to train?
Or do they wantthe challenge of breaking a whumpee? Because there’s fiercely, openly defiant whumpees and quieter, more begging whumpees.
This got so dark I am sorry. But an auction scenario is a pretty sweet idea.
Oh my god I love this. Catch me writing an auction one-shot soon, but until then…more whumper gathering stuff!
The whumper dressing up the whumpee extremely fancy to show off to their sadistic friends
Maybe it’s a real person outfit and the whumpee simply trails behind them silently, looking like a normal person but acting like a pet/loyal object.
Or perhaps the whumpee gets dressed into an elaborate costume that only demeans them further, tugged around on a leash
And the whumpees interacting…whew
maybe the whumpers leave their whumpees locked in a room during dinner instead of kneeling/sitting on the floor
Some get to talking, sharing their stories (hesitantly at first). Most of them are newer, a couple years in captivity. some are afraid and some show off false bravado.
Others don’t speak, won’t even make eye contact with the other whumpees. They stay perfectly still, it’s almost like they aren’t there. Those are the ones thatve been there the longest.
A couple of the whumpees are muzzled. Those are the ones that are very new and belong to the most sadistic whumpers there. The others didn’t get taken out until around a year into their captivity, but these whumpees have already been so conditioned in their short period of time that they show no discomfort with the muzzle. These unfortunate whumpees usually never get the muzzles taken off.
*sighs wistfully* anyways, whumpee auctions!
Two sides of the room: trained and untrained, organized by gender and then grouped by size and appearance.
Most of the whumpees are in individual glass cages barely wide and tall enough for them to stand upright, but some are sold in groups instead.
The untrained whumpees have been in captivity for a couple weeks at most, some are captured the day of their auction.
Their eyes are all red from tears, all visibly shaking. Most of them are muzzled, but some are roughly gagged instead. Some of them are even drugged into a dazed stupor, but those are usually the strong & defiant whumpees.
The popular “dog catchers” dress up their untrained whumpees, but all the others are dirty and bloody and wearing rags
Then there’s the trained whumpees, completely different.
They aren’t muzzled. They stand completely silent, their eyes focused on the floor. They don’t flinch when the gavel hits, they don’t react to the needle puncturing their skin and drugging them for easy transfer. They don’t care anymore, and that’s what scares the untrained whumpees the most.
The whumpers stroll along, examining the whumpees with care. Some only watch and stare, but others get physical. They’ll have a guard come and handle the whumpee for further examination, but sometimes the more “experienced” whumpers will manhandle the whumpees themselves.
Don’t forget that the auctioneer has whumpees too!! One of my whumpees is an auctioneer’s whumpee but I’m not gonna spoil who but feel free to guess
But anyways
The new whumpees are wide eyed as the collar is attached, turning them into a pet into a person
The experienced whumpees honestly couldn’t care less
This was SUPER LONG but damn, I just love this stuff sm
omg I love all of this so much
- With a single glance, anyone can tell how long a particular whumpee has been in captivity.
- The whumper’s refer to their whumpee’s by pet names and tell them to do tricks for their audience
- The defiant whumpees get punished publicly in front of all the other whumpee’s as a warning
- A whumper that has multiple whumpees only brings their favorite to the gathering, or brings all of them and only lets one out to follow them
I don’t know why this came to mind but imagine a single whumpee is in the room with a lot of whumpers and they play sadistic games with the whumpee (maybe just after they’ve been auctioned? Or maybe after they have received the whumpee as a gift?)
Maybe they blindfold them and force them to crawl around, following the voices and getting petted like a dog. If they’re too slow or too hesitant or flinch away when touched, they get zapped with a shock collar.
Maybe they chain the whumpee up and take turns whipping them. The winner is “decided” when the whumpee starts begging for them to stop (a bit like pass the parcel?).
They force the whumpee to sit in a stress position whilst they are all talking and chatting and they punish the whumpee if they move or shift.
The whumpee is rewarded if the whumpers decide they’ve done enough to earn a reward (can lead to arguments between the owner and the others). Rewards could include being fed scraps of food from the party, being promised that they can have a blanket when they’re taken home, or even simply having their wounds treated.
Just… Playing games at the whumpee’s expense for the whumper’s entertainment.
Some more additions that I’m going to add, I had way too much fun discussing this with @straight-to-the-pain, bless their soul. I am including some non con in here so viewer discretion is advised. (They will be placed under the keep reading tab)
Tw: noncon
I imagine the party being a private social networking function as well besides being just a party gathering of some sort so a password is required or the whumper has to receive an invite to enter.
Whumpees forced to attend by their whumpers despite being under the weather.
Whumpees fighting through illness, trying not to sway, trying their hardest to be obedient and upright as they should.
Whumpers being well known for their crafts and specialisation! Famous whumpers being patronised by other lesser known/ new whumpers.
Chemist whumper selling or giving out samples of their latest sedative/ drug to other whumpers to try it on their whumpee.
Artist whumpers being given a string of whumpees to mark from various other whumpers.
Doctor whumpers on standby to heal injured whumpees or whumpers should anything go too far. Cost can always be settled later. They could even heal the whumpees just so that they can be tortured again.
Doctor whumpers performing surgery to further “perfect” the whumpee.
Magician whumper performing tricks for their audiences, hurting the whumpee in various stunts.
Magician whumpers forcing their whumpee to perform various stunts.
Displaying the whumpee; for whatever reason.
Winged whumpees beautifully perched in bird cages to show off their wings.
Winged whumpees pinned to a board, encased in a glass case like a butterfly in a butterfly collection.
Monster whumpees gaged or muzzled, their neck collared and chained to a pole.
Using monster whumpees to act as guard dogs.
whumpees forced on pedestals and forced to hold their position like a statue.
Whumpees ganging up on each other either from fear, group mentality or force
Looking for a sympathetic face in a crowd
I might add more later but I’m at work
@bigbangwhump your tags are awesome. Whumpee begging to go home? Whumper enjoying the fear in them? Deciding to stay extra late anyway? Hecking great stuff.
Upgraded to level 26 adult these stats are whack hELp
Babe you don’t wanna hit level 38, that’s all I’m saying
Asfshjkl pLs my joints are already doomed fam we need cheat codes STAT
Pffffftasgsjskkl it’s a sidequest in the new DLC. if you have enough heart points while talking to one of the npcs in the forest region they will tell you about a weird bird they saw. walk your character around in circles in that area of the map and a chicken will eventually spawn out of a bush. Just make sure you have enough of your stamina bar left to catch it
Reblogging this again because every single comment and tag on this post is absolute gold
—Summary: He is your opposite in many ways, but with time, Bucky proves himself to be a complement in your life rather than just a different type of vibration. Bucky is the unexpected, and in many ways, he’s everything you were working towards. He teaches you the most valuable lesson, and it works because it comes to him as easy as breathing.
—Word count: 15.1k
—A/n: Happy holidays celebration season, darlings! This is the 9th commission I got for my beautiful Shannon, whose words always inspire me to strive for better, and I hope from the bottom of my heart she enjoys it. Join thewinter celebrationsand order your own Happy reading.
One of the life lessons you held closest to your heart came from your grandfather and it proved itself to be true over and over again. You were lucky, and very aware of that fact, to have someone teach you something so important so early in your life. Grandpa Hiro opened your eyes early to the fact, and because of that, life could be as hard as it sometimes was, you found comfort in the circle of friends around you.
“People who capture our eyes have in them something to teach us.”
A simple and, at first glance, obvious statement. On a deeper level, something to live by.
It’s what separates for you the experiences meant for your path, and distractions from this crazy, ever-changing world. What pushed you to stay on your journey, true to yourself and what you believed in.
It’s what allows you to let Bucky in when he first appears in your life, even though he is far from what you’re used to in the partners you had so far.
—Summary: Out of all the outcomes for his life, Bucky never expected this. In his mind, being a partner, a friend, and a father was never an option. Too much trauma on the table, not enough mind on his shoulders for such a thing. When you crash into his life after one of his missions, he never expects you to be the person to give it all to him, but he should’ve known something big was coming the second you silenced all the voices in his head just by simply being there. Now, Bucky gets to make you family. Maybe he does get a happy ending, after all.
—Word count: 10.8k
—A/n: Happy holidays celebration season, darlings! This is the 10th commission I got for my beautiful Jordan, whose words always inspire me to strive for better, and I hope from the bottom of my heart she enjoys it. Happy reading.
As all things are with Bucky, this one that at start seems to come out of nowhere, with a blink, it’s all you can see.
Bucky is the type of change in life that feels like a sharp u-turn; a movie scene where the gentleman snatches the lady out of the street into a dark alley with him to hide from the oncoming dangers, their bodies pressed together while the rain falls.
Sometimes in sharper bursts—there are more dramatic outtakes of this euphoria at the pit of your stomach, ones where there’s blood, disappearances, worry.
Other times, times like this, it’s just a nice surprise around the corner.
And this surprise comes in your own personal sea of cyan.
—Summary: Out of all the outcomes for his life, Bucky never expected this. In his mind, being a partner, a friend, and a father was never an option. Too much trauma on the table, not enough mind on his shoulders for such a thing. When you crash into his life after one of his missions, he never expects you to be the person to give it all to him, but he should’ve known something big was coming the second you silenced all the voices in his head just by simply being there.
Now, Bucky gets to make you family. Maybe he does get a happy ending, after all.
—Word count: 10.8k
—A/n: Happy holidays celebration season, darlings! This is the 10th commission I got for my beautiful Jordan, whose words always inspire me to strive for better, and I hope from the bottom of my heart she enjoys it. Join the winter celebrations and order your own Happy reading.
The imposing sight of the Avengers Towers felt as sharp and acidic as when you first saw it.
It brought forth memories attached to it, branded underneath your skin. The infamous year of 2012 and the rupture with what everyone knew as reality—the strange and deadly events every year that followed.
Aliens, chaos, alarms. So much death, all over and around you. The smell of it.
Hadn’t it been for therapy and years now of perfecting breathing techniques, you’d still feel it. You’d close your eyes and slip right back to the day, just by standing in front of the building—you’d get a whiff of all the blood, the pieces, the parts, the gore that your eyes saw and never forgot.
The A had been renovated after the last battle with Thanos. Tony Stark did it himself before announcing his retirement, and it gave the building the same energy as it had ten years ago—powerful, wide, magnetic.
One could delude themselves into thinking you can see the shields around the perimeter now.
That’s not true, of course—if there’s one thing Stark is excellent at now is protecting his life and those surrounding him, but the illusion is still there. The Tower looks no less intimidating now versus then, but this time, you have a good reason to walk inside.
I mean, Joss literally restructured an entire season of the show to accommodate Charisma’s pregnancy, and she wasn’t written off until after she gave birth. Joss is no saint, but I’m tired of hearing this particular argument. Lots of characters we love get written off shows. It doesn’t have to be about a pregnancy.
oh dude dude dude, how I wish you hadn’t made this comment because now I HAVE to reply, and I’ll be annoying as fuck and I will lose a ton of followers but I MUST. REPLY. TO. THIS.
I’m not at all surprised that a white male is the one coming to Joss’s rescue, but I won’t get into that. I’m more interested in explaining why you’re so. fundamentally. wrong. about. everything.
Let’s start with this:
Lots of characters we love get written off shows. It doesn’t have to be about a pregnancy.
This is all fine and dandy, and I agree. It doesn’t have to be about a pregnancy. And I raise your bet. It shouldn’tbe about a pregnancy. It mustn’tbe about a pregnancy.
Except Joss Whedon actually wrote Cordelia off precisely because Charisma dared get pregnant and mess with his vision of the show. It’s not about the fact that Cordelia was written off, it’s about how her character was completely eviscerated and destroyed because Joss suddenly had a personal vendetta against the actress playing the character solely based on the fact that whatever she wanted to do with her body and personal life happened to ruin his plans for the character.
This wasn’t a writing choice. This wasn’t part of Cordelia’s arc before Charisma got pregnant. I could totally get it if that was the case. Cordelia was put in a coma (and later killed off) becauseCharisma got pregnant. I repeat: this wasn’t Cordelia’s original arc. She wasn’t supposed to die. Her pregnancy was the reason she was killed off.
“Oh, but… I mean, Joss literally restructured an entire season of the show to accommodate Charisma’s pregnancy “
So what? Should we give him an award because he was writing his show a.k.a. doing his job? A job he was getting paid for? Should we praise him because he didn’t fire Charisma on the spot? Should we congratulate him because he accommodated Charisma’s pregnancy, something that every boss in every workplace is legally bound to do?
Women get pregnant. Actresses get pregnant. That literally happens all the time. Writers have to either write the pregnancy into the show or hide it. It happens all the time. Everyone does it. It’s not something unheard of! Writers deal because that’s their freaking job. That’s what they do!
Now, Joss could’ve chosen to hide Charisma’s pregnancy. There literally was no reason for him to write the pregnancy into the show. And there certainly was no reason for him to write the pregnancy into the show the way he did. That was a deliberate choice on his part because he was trying to get back at Charisma.
“Oh but… she wasn’t written off until after she gave birth. “
How does this make what he did any better? Of course he wasn’t about to fire a pregnant actress because then his intentions would’ve been blatantly obvious and she could’ve sued him and the network. Oh, I’m sure he tried, though. I’m sure someone stopped him. So for you, it’s okay if a woman is fired from her job after she gives birth… that makes it all okay, somehow?
I’ll humor you for a bit. Let’s say that this was all part of Cordelia’s arc and it all just happened to coincide with her pregnancy/giving birth to her baby. Then how do you explain her finding out about getting written off the show through the media? Yes, you read that right. She found out she was unemployed because journalists asked her about her leaving the show she still thought she was a part of. Please, defend this. I’m begging you. Try and defend it.
Joss is no saint, but I’m tired of hearing this particular argument.
Listen up, I’m mostly on the fence about Joss Whedon, on a general basis. I do feel that sometimes the amount of hate he gets is a bit over the top, albeit not completely unjustified. BUT I WILL FOREVER FIGHT ANYONE ABOUT HOW HE TREATED CHARISMA BECAUSESHE GOT PREGNANT.
Because, you know, (and I know, I’m getting repetitive) it wasn’t just about the fact that she was written off the show. Charisma has spoken multiple times about how she was badly treated on set during season 4. From little things like the AWFUL AWFUL wardrobe they gave her during that season, to bigger things like how they made it their goal to destroy seven seasons of character development by turning her into a demon’s vessel and have us witness our beloved character doing despicable things ranging from murder to sleeping with Angel’s son, all because… yes, you guessed it, SHE GOT PREGNANT.
It’s also about the fact that after she was treated like shit, and he wanted her to come back to the show for one episode during season 5, he convinced her under false pretenses. She accepted to be in You’re Welcome ONLY if Cordelia wasn’t killed off. Well, you know the rest, don’t you?
So, I’m 100% not sorry if you’re tired of hearing about this. I don't’ give a rat’s ass if you or anyone else is tired of hearing this. I will continue to shout it every I chance I get. because the bottom line is, everything that was done to Charisma andCordelia was
I’ve been thinking about monster versions of the Pedro boys ever since I wrote this horny fever dream - and thanks to this ask from @sweetangel0069 I am back on my bullshit. I imagine this as sort of a Mr. Darcy, regency period type of thing only Demon Din is a feminist icon because that’s what we do here.
Enjoy some Demon!Din.
Pairing:Demon!Din x F!Reader
Word Count: 3.5k
Warnings: (18+ NO MINORS) **pussy-eating** language, age-gap (legal, reader is of age) dirty talk, supernatural elements, sexist society, sexist comments from readers father
The moon was full and bright, it drew your eye as you finished the small glass of water in the silent kitchen.
The manor was blessedly quiet at this hour and you took advantage of it. Everyone was asleep and it felt as though you could steal a few blessed moments of peace. No mother hovering and nagging about your lack of a suitor. No sisters gossiping or bickering - no overbearing father to deal with and just like you’d been doing since adolescence, you dallied.
