#nevermesswithteddybears

by doing that, you're actually dismissing alina's ENTIRE story and character arc throughout the series???? and i personally find it incredibly sexist. so i just wanna break it down real quick.

alina loses her powers because it's the price she has to pay for using three amplifiers. very early on in the books, it's determined that grishas only have one amplifier for a reason, and leigh bardugo places a lot of burden in the story about power, how power corrupts, and how balance is necessary in the universe. ultimately, when the darkling chooses to manipulate and abuse alina into getting the amplifiers (and in a way in he could be the one keeping her in control, and tying her power to himself) and expanding the power for his own cause (she never needed all that power, and had she not been the hero of this story, had she not ended up being sankta alina, she never would've needed that to be powerful and happy!!), he sets her up for a price to be paid. once alina realises what is now necessary to defeat him and bring back peace and balance and stop the genocide and the terror, she signs up to pay the price of using three amplifiers. and that's losing her powers. (and mal losing his as well!)

so no. alina wouldn't have had her powers if she ended up alone. and she wouldn't have had them if she ended up being the queen of ravka with nikolai. nor would she ever be with the darkling - who she calls out as an abuser who wanted to turn her into a murderer and a slave in book one - and she wouldn't have her power then, because that's distinctly not who alina is or ever could be, and if you think otherwise you're deeply misunderstanding her character and obviously read a different book than i did.

EVERY TIME LORD HAS INFINITE REGENERATIONS. EVERY SINGLE ONE. EXCEPT THEY WERE LIMITED AND REGULATED BY THE TIME LORD COUNCIL TO BE TWELVE.

what happened with the doctor - and what's been explained through what we've seen of brendan, once the master explains that that part of the story is a perception filter that actually uncovers the doctor's past - is that after they'd reach the 12th regeneration of a cycle (old!brendan), the time lords would wipe their mind and have them start all over, from a child's age.

from what i gather, maybe because one stole the tardis and ran away, or maybe because of the eight/hurt/nine time war situation, the doctor escaped the tight clutches of the time lords, where they were unable to wipe eleven's memories and start another cycle, instead granting him a "new set" of regenerations. this really fits well as an explanation to chibnall's story.

*shows up two (?) years later with starbucks* MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE YOU GET A PRESENT LATE EARLY !!

“is it just me or did stark hang mistletoe on any surface he could?” natasha whispers into bruce’s ear and he smiles to himself, bringing his drink to his mouth to take a sip.

“tony likes to go a bit overboard, especially at christmas.” bruce says, putting his drink down.

“‘a bit’?” natasha smirks. “also, i don’t know if you’ve noticed but everyone’s been trying to catch us under one since we got here.”

bruce feigns surprise. subtlety is something his team needs to desperately work on. “really?” he shakes his head. "never would’ve realized.”

natasha chuckles. “though, they might be on to something.” she starts and bruce lifts a questioning eyebrow. “i do like the thought of kissing you right now.”

bruce looks up briefly and, surely enough, there’s a mistletoe hanging above their heads. he looks back at natasha, a smile on his face, and leans in. “well then, who are we to go against tradition?”

before their lips touch, natasha chuckles. “usually the first in line.”

she deepens the kiss by putting her arms around his neck and bruce puts his around her waist, bringing her closer. they forget about their surroundings, lost in the kiss, until they hear the sound of glass breaking.

dceu | oliver queen - the green arrow | fancasts | pt. i

dceu | oliver queen - the green arrow | fancasts | pt. iii

35. “You heard me. Take. It. Off.” + 68. “PILLOW FIGHT!”

“You heard me.” Natasha says in between kisses, her hands trying to unbutton his shirt as quickly as she can without ripping it - it’s the one she got him for his birthday, and they both actually quite like it. “Take. It. Off.”

Bruce laugh at her eagerness and complies, parting slightly so he can take off his shirt in one swift moment. As soon as the fabric is over his head, though, he gets hit by something soft. A pillow.

He chuckles, looking at Natasha who’s trying not to laugh. “Was that a challenge?”

Natasha just tosses another pillow.

61. “I love you. I’m completely and utterly in love with you. Please don’t get married.” + 67. “Of all the people I could’ve gotten stuck in an elevator with and it just had to be you.”

They’ve been sitting on the floor or the past hour in silence, waiting to get out of this situation. The silence is awkward, bordering on uncomfortable, but Natasha would be damned to be the first to speak. She’s nothing if not resiliant.

“Of all the people I could’ve gotten stuck in an elevator with,” Bruce is the one to speak first, and Natasha looks to him. He, in turn, is looking down at his hands, playing with them as he always does when nervous. “and it had to be you.” he finishes, dry laughing.

She can hear pain in his voice and it makes her wince. “Well, I’m not too happy about it, either.”

Finally, Bruce looks up at her, and for a moment she stops breathing. Natasha’s missed those eyes more than she’d like to admit. “Are you..” he pauses and Natasha thinks he might not finish his sentence. She’s not sure whether or not she’d even want him to, to be honest, but there’s a tightening in her chest that feels so much like expectation - and she doesn’t even know what exactly it is she’s expecting.

(Except, she does. She’d just rather die than admit it to herself.)

Bruce sighs, leaning back on the wall of the elevator. “You’re really going through with it?”

She knows he means the wedding. “Yes, Bruce.” she answers, and she can see the light in his eyes dim. “I am.” a pause. “Don’t have a reason not to.”

She doesn’t know why she said it, why she couldn’t have let it be a simple answer, but in the back of her mind she understands why.

Natasha wants Bruce to give her a reason.

The light in his eyes is back and Natasha feels like she can’t breathe all over again, the expectation in her chest rising again with every step he takes closer to her. When he’s close enough, he gently takes her hand, and his touch alone makes her want to cry.

She’s missed him so much.

“Natasha-” he pauses, his voice breaking with emotions. “Nat. I love you.” Natasha lets out a small gasp at his words, her heart beating a thousand miles per minute. He lifts a hand to her cheek carefully, and she closes her eyes to the contact. “I’m completely and utterly in love with you.”

She opens her eyes and is met with immense love in his eyes. She looks down at his lips, wanting nothing more than to kiss him. He beats her to it.

The kiss seems to last forever, but still not as long as she would’ve liked. When their lips part, his forehead is touching hers, their noses brushing, breathing each other’s air.

His eyes are closed, he’s putting everything he has into his next words.

“Please don’t get married.”