#spoiler-ish

Rick Sanchez x Reader

Word Count: 500+

Warnings: MINORS DNI, mentions of sex, slight angst, fluff

A/N: Hello! I am getting back on the horse, and here’s a new drabble to start! This drabble is reflective of season 6 Rick, but no spoilers for the finale. Reminder that my inbox is open for the rest of December, and I look forward to hearing from you <3

“Here sweetie, let me grab that.” It's unnerving. Typically Rick slinks out of sight when you bring in the groceries, or do any chores really. Yet, here he is. Large, warm hands briefly caress yours as he lifts the paper bags you were currently struggling with into his own arms. It makes your chest bloom, but you tamper down the feeling. This road always leads to disappointment.

Rowan: Your self-sacrificial tendencies are infuriating!

Aelin: My tendencies? You're the one ready to jump in front of an arrow or a gods wrath at any moment!

Rowan: You SOLD yourself into slavery TO MAEVE!

Aelin: Well, NOW YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS!

Rowan: Oh, ha ha ha! Hilarious comeback Princess!

Aelin: Oh, yes, you’ve called me that before: Please elaborate PRINCE?! WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

Rowan: IT MEANS YOUR A ROYAL PAIN IN MY ASS!

Aelin: ONLY WHEN I’M SAVING YOUR ASS!

Rowan: If you really wanted to protect me THEN PROTECT YOUR-MY OWN HEART!

Aelin: THEN LISTEN AND TAKE YOUR OWN DAMN ADVICE!

Rowan: I WILL NOT LISTEN WHEN YOU ASK ME TO ABANDON YOU! Aelin, YOU LEFT ME, after OUR WEDDING, AND THEN EXPECTED ME NOT TO TRY AND COME FOR YOU! — You didn’t even TRY to protect yourself, just happily plotted your death! — And left to your own devices, created a plan to die, lie, & then have me MARRY YOUR COUSINS GIRLFRIEND!

Aelin: I WAS TOLD BY THE BLOODY GODS THEMSELVES THAT I WAS DESTINED TO DIE! I DIDN’T HAVE CHOICES! And was just trying to ensure that SOMEONE, ANYONE, would survive long enough to keep AN ENTIRE KINGDOM ALIVE! — THAT YOU would SURVIVE — SOMETHING YOU MAKE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT AND I WOULDN’T have to plot for IF YOU STOPPED TRYING TO SAVE ME!

Rowan: I MAKE IT DIFFICULT? — You were literally dying AFTER LETTING DORIAN STAB YOU! — If anything it’s always YOU trying to save ME! YOU WERE WILLING TO BURN AN ENTIRE CITY ALIVE FOR ME! YOU SET AN ENTIRE CITY ON FIRE-TWICE-FOR GODS SAKE! You saved me from the truth of my past when YOU DIDN’T EVEN TELL ME IT WAS YOU; MY SOULMATE because you saved me from the truth EVEN when that was YOU! AND THEN WHEN YOU KNEW, YOU LIED TO TRY AND SAVE ME FROM THE FUTURE, YOU DIDN’T SAY A DAMNED WORD! Just because we said “till death do us part” DOESN’T MAKE THAT THE GOAL!

Aelin: I’M ALLOWED TO WANT TO SAVE YOU! AND GUESS WHAT? I’D DO IT AGAIN, WORLD BE DAMNED! I WILL DO IT EVERY. DAMN. TIME. BECAUSE I WOULD RATHER DIE THEN SPEND A DAY ON THIS EARTH WITHOUT YOU!

Rowan: WELL, SO WOULD I! YOUR MY WORLD FIRST & FOREMOST FOREVER! I'LL KEEP YOU ALIVE OR I'LL DIE TRYING! BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!

Aelin: I LOVE YOU TOO!

Rowan: THEN WHY ARE WE YELLING?!

Loves:

-Loved the tweaks to Chani's character in allowing her agency and a voice for her people.

-Loved the exploration of Paul's pre-awakened character not wanting to be a cog in the future-seeing machinations.

-Also loved that it made it more apparent how the Bene Geserit played everyone like puppets to gain their wanted future, even though that backfired in their faces.

-Loved how certain things with the awakening, spice visions, and so-forth were explained.

-Loved seeing the relationship between Chani and Shishakli. Would have liked to see Shihsakli do what she actually did in the books, but i liked that they expanded her character, even if it broke my heart.

-Loved the music. I still stand by Children of Dune's soundtrack by Brian Tyler forever being superior (Dune Messiah, Inama Nushif, Summon the Worms, and Reunited are all on my top played playlist and have been for decades in my music library), but Hans Zimmer's stuff for ths movie is spectacular.

-Loved that it really didn't leave much room in seeing Paul as what he truly is, which is the atomic bomb he was always meant to be.

Not-Loves:

-As a Paul x Chani lover from the get-go, my little heart was broken by that ending and how it was handled, but this one kinda moved back to Loves once I wrapped my head around how the changes to Chani would make this ending the only believable path for her, and it also makes me excited for Dune Messiah and how this changes her path there as well.

-Time-frames and Alia. By Jessica still being pregnant, we lose her being the one to kill her grandfather and also, it makes me frown at the fact that all of Paul's development and regression, as well as the war only took place in a 9-ish month span, which was definitely not the case.

-Leto I wasn't a thing, which was kinda puzzling.

-No representation with the spacing guild, which play a huge part in why spice is even so important.

Most reviews have mentioned that this season's writing feels more confident. According to the spoiler-free reviews Sonqua Martin Green is again a standout but also a lot of the main cast get their due too! It seems like they finally can write to an ensemble. (Don't quote me on that though, this I need to see in action).

Apparently, Callum Keith Rennie's new character on Disco brought a lot of new energy to the show the way Lorca and Shaw (Picard), or as I call it, the Seven of Nine energy where someone is unimpressed with the main crew. And is not an enemy but the characters are forced to stand up to the scrutiny.