Kaz Brown13

The Weight of a Second Chance

Cosmo, Wanda and Peri learns that Vicky is back + scares her away

Sonamy Week 2025: Day 1 Adventure!

Because there HAS to be an explanation for why he's suffering so much. Mike's gone through so much trauma, there has to be a reason why. If Mike believes that he "deserve it," then at least there's a sense of fairness to it, a reason why it's happening to him, it makes sense, it's a justification. Because if there ISN'T a justification, then it's not karma, or retribution, or justice, he's just being hurt again and again for no reason. It's just meaningless, unfair cruelty. And he's unable to accept that reality.

Mike also has immense survivor's guilt which contributes to this. He's had to live through losing so many people. His sister, Charlie, the MCI victims, all of them were completely innocent and younger than him, and they're all dead. But he, the person who killed his own brother, who ensured his brother will never get the chance to live a life, the one with actual blood on his hands, he is allowed to live and grow up and become an adult and experience life. Why does HE get to live when they didn't? Out of everyone, HE deserves to suffer the most. He's the most guilty out of all of them, and the most worthy of punishment. He feels he should've died instead of them.

So since other innocent people are suffering so much, he deserves to suffer even WORSE than them because he's not innocent. That's only fair. What right does he have to complain?

This is the reason why Michael's so mentally fucked up compared to the rest of the cast. Believing that your trauma and pain is a punishment so you don't have the right to complain and it's not valid doesn't make the trauma go away. It's still there, still affecting you, it still hurts. Believing that you deserve to suffer and that you don't deserve happiness is not a healthy mindset to be in.

Sorry if it's much.

She isnt willing to use to her negative emotions to connect with them. Only her positive emotions.

What I mean is, Charlie is unwilling to share any of her pain, her flaws, or any of the personal suffering she's went through in life and only tries to appeal to people through kindness and happiness. But that makes others unwilling to share their real feelings with her because it comes off as her being shallow and not having any "real" problems.

There are two perfect examples of this in the show itself:

In both these instances, Charlie is SUPPOSED to be letting out a REAL part of herself to the group. And in both instances, she gives a superficial, shallow answer. Not because she doesn't have something more deep to GIVE, we KNOW she does. But because she doesn't want to give the impression she doesn't have a handle on herself, she sticks to an easy non-personal answer. Now, admittedly, with the trust falls, MOST of the answers weren't actually something vulnerable, but since Charlie is the one running the hotel, you think she'd want to lead by example. But she can't here. Because deep down, she's SCARED of actually opening up to her friends. Doesn't want to drop her negative emotions on them. Same with the venting circle. She could CHOOSE to vent about the deaths of Razzle or her mom not calling her. But she ISN'T. Because she doesn't want to expose herself like that.

And I'm sure, to her, that seems smart. Act like everything is okay, and people will think you can help them....but its the opposite. Instead she comes off to people as shallow. As not having "real problems." After all, if the worst she has to vent about is a Koala at the zoo, how can she help someone with REAL issues both in life AND death?

And some might say "But Charlie CAN'T understand things Sinners go through because she isn't one." And...No. She CAN'T. But she can understand the major emotions they all feel. She can understand failure.

Understand feeling helpless and powerless.

Understand having regrets

Understand feeling alone in Hell

And most all, understand the pain the extermiantions cause and how terrible it feels to be unable to do anything about them:

To paraphrase @aspoonofsugar , Yes, Charlie can't understand the Microcosm of a sinners pain (Drug addiction, death, gambling addiction, their soul being owned etc) but she can understand the Macrocosm of emotions all sinners feel (Shame, regret, self loathing, guilt, anger at other) and she COULD connect with them THAT way.

But she doesnt. And thats partially just because she doesn't fully grasp how negative emotions CAN connect people. Just look at Vox. Yes, he used Sinners anger and sadness at the exterminations to nearly cause a war....but he DID manage to make a large number of sinners start working together and connecting over their pain and loss over the extermiantions. And Charlie isn't incapable of that. She clearly feels a ton of pain and anguish over them. But she'd never express that publicly out of fear of seeming....not WEAK, but....incapable. Like, during her interview while she talks about the exterminations being bad and makes a mention of how much it hurts to see it comes off a bit like a celebrity talking about a disaster they were running a charity fore. They "care" but don't really "care." And thats because she's trying to....present herself a certain way to the public. And then her trying to act all excited and bubbly about her hotel just gives the impression she's kinda airheaded or isnt THAT serious. When we KNOW she cares. THIS is how she was in her last scene

Morose. Heartbroken. Looking like she desperately needs a cigarette to take a long hit off after EVERYTHING she just witnessed. That's something im sure EVERY sinner could connect with feeling. Imagine if THAT'S how she came to news station and gave her speech. Just let out all the raw emotion she had inside during her talk about the hotel. Sure, people might still see it as crazy, but its less "Ha-ha, the princess is delusional" to "Ouch, the princess is....really desperate to try, huh?" Maybe it'd even get her SOME support. But she wouldn't do that because Charlie doesn't UNDERSTAND how negative feelings can help connect people.

If someone told her "someone else feels lonely and you should talk to them about how you used to feel lonely", she might question why. She'd think that would only make them feel worse and she should just try to make them feel less lonely. Charlie needs to understand that showing or telling others you experience the same negative emotions as them, even if not in the same way as them, can make them not only feel better but see you as someone they can talk to about things because they KNOW you experienced similar feelings. People don't need to go through the same things to have felt similar emotions. But Charlie ONLY tries reaching out to or connecting with sinners using positive emotions instead of the more negative ones that both sides can more relate to.

This is something made by me and my buddy @ordinaryschmuck

Post the events with Vox, Charlie is walking through the hotel, having a normal day doing her counseling duties. When...

Vaggi: Hey Charlie!

She looks over to see her girlfriend come flying over. She lands and takes out her phone.

Vaggi: I thought we could take some new photos to celebrate our new positions.

Charlie; Ooo, I see the new boss here is so smart~

Vaggi giggles.

Vaggi: You can go

She pointed the phone at her and Charlie was about to smile-

But suddenly Vaggi turned into Velvette pointing her phone at her as she tries to "redeem" Angel. And memories flash through her head of Angel telling her her sorry wasnt enough, being on Killjoy's show and all the comments mocking her, calling her Hitler, calling her weak. Her stomach twists and she gets a cold sweat.

Immediately Charlie moved out of the way.

Charlie: No! Uh....I-I think I'll take a raincheck. My, uh....my hair isnt camera ready right now.

Vaggi: ...Your hair is flawless.

Charlie: Not right now it isn't.

Vaggi: Come on, its just one picture.

She points her phone at her again.

Charlie; I SAID NO!

Vaggi flinched back and looked at Charlie in shock.

Charlie: S-sorry, i just....im not up for a picture right now.

Vaggi: Why not?

Charlie: I'm just...NOT. Maybe we can take one later…

She wrapped an arm around herself and walked off.

Vaggi: ...

She pocketed her phone for now, a worried look never leaving Charlie.

Later, Charlie walked out into the foyer, looking at counseling notes on a clipboard. She lookes up...and froze in place seeing Vaggi giving an interview to a MASSIVE crowd of reporters.

Vaggi:-Still working out the kinks on the process, we're happy to welcome as many souls interested in redeeming themselves as possible

Charlie's breathing starts getting heavy, and her heart rate starts to spike. Something that only gets WORSE when a reporter notices her.

Reporter #1: Charlie Morningstar!

They all move away from Vaggi and start crowding around her.

Charlie's thoughts: FUCK!

She turns to run, only to be swarmed and circled by reporters.

Reporter #1: Princess, is your stepping down from running the hotel a result of your public humiliation at Vox's hands?

Reporter #2: Do you have any response to the allegations you only promoted your girlfriend because she slept her way to the top?

Reporter #3: Princess, will come to my wife's funeral?

Charlie didn’t speak, her throat feeling so tight she couldn't breathe. Memories came flashing through her head of so many painful moments: Angel Almost dying, Her bringing the angels causing Vox to threaten war, her disastrous first interview promoting the hotel.

"You're REALLY bad at this."

"Why don't you go ask Voxtek the next time you want to pry more shit about my life?!"

"Charlie, YOU are hurting the hotel!"

The reporters words all become faded into loud buzzing, and all she could see was the flash of cameras on her. Charlie tried backing away and ended up falling on her ass.

Through the buzzing in her ears, she managed to make out the sound of mocking laughter. She clutched her chest and her pupils shrank to pinpricks at the realization she was making the hotel look bad AGAIN.

She managed to clamber to her knees and crawled to a nearby corner, curling up into the fetal position and bowed her head as she trembled and shook from panic and sadness.

She stayed like that for a few seconds....until a shadow suddenly came over her and a hand was gently placed on her shoulder.

She looked up and her vision cleared enough to see Vaggi standing over her, her back to the reporters and her wings obscuring her from their camera's views.

She looked at Charlie with a reassuring smile.

Vaggi: Deep breaths, Honey. Deep, slow breath…

Charlie tried her best to breath, but the most she could manage was some panicked chokes.

Vaggi looked at her with concern, before rounding on the reporters, keeping her wings flared to keep Charlie out of their view.

Vaggi: Get out. All of you.

Reporter #4: But--

Vaggi: I said OUT!

Vaggi; You've all upset my mployee and my GIRLFRIEND! So, get the FUCK out!

The reporters groaned and filed out the door

Vaggie: Damn right you're leaving...

She turned back to Charlie.

Vaggie: Baby, what's wrong…?

Charlie started to cry

Charlie;....I hurt the hotel again....

Vaggie: What? No. Dont worry about what those dicks will say. It doesnt matter, remember?

Charlie: BUT THATS ALL I KEEP DOING!

She starts crying much more more harshly and heavily, her body shaking with each painful sob.

Charlie: I keep HURTING the hotel! I keep making things worse! For you, for Angel, for EVERYBODY! Wether it's with h Vox or with Heaven, I keep FUCKING UP and making everything WORSE! Its because of me we don’t even have our old BUILDING anymore….

Vaggi: ...You're right. We have a NEW building. A BETTER building with far more rooms than before. And its because of YOU that Pentious got to Heaven.

Charlie: But that was by ACCIDENT! I don't know what I did to even make that happen! He...he could've died for nothing because of me....Fuck, I don’t even know if it was something I did that got him up there.....

Vaggi: You HEARD what Emily said. He got up there because he learned to be better. To find bravery to fight for OTHERS and save lives instead of watching more die.

Charlie: But he wouldn’t have had to fight if I hadn't made things so much worse....It’s like Husk said, I keep getting us into deeper shit...

Vaggi: Because you're always trying to do the right thing. You can try to do the right thing and still fail. It happens. It doesn't mean you stop.

Charlie: But it feels like I KEEP failing no matter how much I try......

Vaggie:...That's OKAY too. As long as you pick yourself up again and work to not fail again.

Charlie doesn't look convinced.

Vaggi: And you want to know something you DID do? You helped me. More then you even know. Do you...remember the first few months we were friends?

Charlie nodded.

Vaggi: I HATED myself. Despised everything about me. All the bloodshed, all the death I caused. If I knew back then that angelic weapons could kill angels, I’d....I'd have....have used my spear…..

Charlie's eyes fill with horror

Charlie: Vaggi....

Vaggi: But you know what fixed that? YOU. The kindness and caring and LOVE you showed me gave me a REASON to live. Gave me purpose. You became my WORLD. My reason to live. The love you gave me SAVED my life. And no matter how pissed or frustrated or hurt I became with you, I always saw you as my light that pulled me out of the darkness. And you're ALWAYS going to be that to me. ALWAYS.

Charlie: ......

She begins to tear up again, not from the anxiety or panic, but for the overwhelming love and happiness she feels towards Vaggi.

Charlie: Vaggi……thank you……And…im sorry to know you used to feel that way…

Vaggi: Its fine. Like I said. You got me through it. And I'll help you get through this.

Vaggi then smirks.

Vaggi: You know What I think might help?

Charlie: What?

Vaggi: You having a little GUARANTEE of your own. Now repeat after me! *She makes a flirty face and flutters her eyelashes exaggeratedly* Vaggi LOOOOVES me.

Charlie blushes a little.

Charlie: Vaggi LOOOOOVES me…

Vaggi: Vaggi will ALWAYS love me…

Charlie: Vaggi will ALWAYS love me.

Vaggi, in a southern accenti: Vaggi will NEVAH stop caring about me. Even when MAD, or SAD, or we're FIGHITNG.

She made exaggerated expressions at each word and Charlie giggles.

Charlie: Vaggi...will never stop caring about me.

She smiled sincerely at Vaggi.

Charlie: Even when mad, or sad, or we're fighting…

Vaggi: Good. Anytime you feel nervous or scared or things seem not...okay with us, just repeat that to yourself.

Vaggi: Because NOTHING will ever stop it from being true. I promise.

Charlie:....Thank you.

Vaggi: Of course.

They kiss.

Vaggi: I've got more things to run. You gonna be okay for a minute?

Charlie: Yeah, I'll be fine.

Vaggi arched a brow.

Charlie: For real this time. I mean it

And Charlie takes a deep breath and gets back to her feet.

Charlie: Everything is fine...You're fine.

@godofdystopia hey you. Get them out of myhead please i ne,ed too ,,sleep

Good fic : https://archiveofourown.org/works/53670892?view_full_work=true

Bangimg my hrwd against th3 wall,,, iam ful of thoughts

Edit it is finished

Aglaia.

“Aphrodite is the goddess of love! She wouldn’t judge Hephaestus by his appearance!”

She would, also Aglaia is a goddess of love who loved him.

“Hephaestus and Aphrodite are like Jessica and Roger Rabbit”

No. Hephaestus and Aglaia are like Jessica and Roger Rabbit, especially if you take Aglaia being described as “buxom” seriously

“Aphrodite and Hephaestus should have an open relationship!”

No, he should have Aglaia, she should have Ares.

“Hephaestus doesn’t care about Aphrodite having affairs”

He did, that’s why he divorced her. Then married Aglaia.

“Hephaestus is asexual and aromantic”

No he isn’t, he’s very specifically shown to be attracted to women, one of them being Aglaia

“But he never had any children Aphrodite so-”

He had 4 daughters with Aglaia.

“What if Hephaestus-“

I've been in the mood for some Timmy x Tootie lately.

Tootie let her obsession behind so she and Timmy could become friends. And so they did, but still has a crush on him. Meanwhile, Timmy starts realizing how kind she is and slowly starts falling for her.

This is an excerpt from the Giggle novelization. Proving to me that the Doctor truly never got over or Rose or moved on. I think regeneration combined with Rose having tentoo provided them with a better way to cope. I think they learned how to gain less pain and more power from her memory. I think some days they miss her and feel a little bit of sadness, but most days they miss her but use her name to keep fighting. But a love like what The Doctor felt for Rose never diminishes and never goes away. I believe it was one of the constants of his life that wouldn’t change with regeneration. Neither on screen or in the novelizations did the Doctor mention loving anyone else who they had any kind of romantic interaction with. They expressed love for their platonic best friends Sarah Jane and Donna. And the man they saw as a father figure, Wilf. Rose was the only person he had a romantic dynamic with that he loved at this point. She will always be the love of his life. Maybe Rogue will come to be a close second but Rose is the Doctor’s true love. Yes she has a version of him in tentoo. Yes tentoo is as much the Doctor as any other version of him and is exactly the same as ten (besides lifespan), but knowing she’s happy doesn’t mean the prime universe Doctor would move on or stop feeling the deep romantic love for her he always has.

Another part of why I believe this so strongly is that if the Doctor could just get rid of or diminish their romantic love for her with regeneration, the knowledge they would outlive Rose wouldn’t be such a burden. The curse of the time lords wouldn’t be such a curse. The “I have to live on alone” thing wouldn’t be so painful if the Doctor would only miss her until they regenerated. If the Doctor could just move on upon regeneration, then they would’ve embraced their love for Rose in the first place and there wouldn’t be so much angst over not being able to tell Rose how they feel.