ok my new fav niche is australian teenage dramas. ive got one episode of year of and this is genuinely one of the best things ive ever watched - i love the representation of grief n allat stuff plz watch it its brilliant (especially if u need to fill the heartbreak high shaped hole in ur heart)
more than this was ALRIGHT,, like it wasnt bad and i enjoyed it ig, it just felt kinda awkward 😭 it was nice seeing batty from little lunch as a drag queen tho LMAO
heartbreak high is definitely NOT niche but im gonna add it anyways. also i suppose the 90s one is kinda niche… whatevs evb already knows how i feel about that show 🤤
anyways trust im finding more as soon as i finish year of
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this prequel to grease tells the story of how the “pink ladies” gang was created. it follows new original characters, although the younger versions of some movie characters are also shown/mentioned. it is a beautiful musical about feminism, love, friendship, racial relationships and queerness in the 50s. the songs stuck in my head & my heart. and it quickly became one of my favorite shows ever. incredibly devastating that it only got one season, because it was very unique and important.
2. FREERIDGE
on my block’s spin-off. it’s just as unhinged, dripped in magic and ridiculousness. less violent than its predecessor, it follows a group of four friends who come into possession of a “cursed” box, and as they try to get rid of it, shenanigans ensue. you’ll see a few familiar faces from omb and fall in love with the new ones. experience this block’s craziness again or for the first time. be gnomes ahead.
3. EVERYTHING NOW
tells the story of mia as she returns from rehab for ed, and tries to catch up on her teenage experiences. secret hookups, betrayals, love triangles, lying and pretty people. similar in tone to heartbreak high & genera+ion.
4. VAMPIRE ACADEMY
it’s about a royal vampire and her half-vampire protector, as they navigate their duties after a tragic event changes their lives.
rose and demitri’s love story certainly carries the show. the cast is great and it’s a fun watch. definitely a step up from the movie.
5. SHRINKING
jason segel plays a therapist who starts telling his patients what he really thinks, while trying to maintain a relationship with his daughter (lukita maxwell) and estranged friends.
it just felt very fun and warm to watch.
6. CITY ON FIRE
a girl is shot in the central park. and it intertwines lives of a boy who’s in love with her, a rock band and a rich powerful family. in trying to figure out what happened to sam, charlie realizes the girl of his dreams had more secrets than he suspected.
the cast is perfect and billy is the best character, that’s all i have to say. this show’s exciting, dramatic, in parts reminded me of gossip girl, succession, 13rw and grand army.
7. HIGH SCHOOL
twin sisters in the 90s grow closer as they learn how to write music. they experience first love, make new friends and deal with family issues.
the true story of how tegan&sara became the musical duo that they are.
8. HARLAN COBEN’S SHELTER
after a traumatic accident mickey moves to his dad’s childhood home, where he uncovers mysteries connected to his parents’ work.
reminded me of teen wolf, because the storyline is dark but the friendship and humor of the main characters shine through.
9. YEAR OF
a group of classmates try to overcome the loss of their friend. heartbreak high made me interested in aussie shows. and this had similar energy.
10. QUEEN CHARLOTTE
a fictional story of a young queen’s marriage to the king of england. bridgerton’s spin off which imo was better made than the original show.
Summary: Joel makes a choice to atone for his sins.
Word Count: 1k
Content/warnings: canon typical violence, mention of the military, blood, angst, NOT ALL WARNINGS LISTED.
A/N: It's February and here is my @yearofcreation2023 entry from this month! This is completely unbetaed. Hope you enjoy. Thank you again to @oonajaeadira and @writeforfandoms for this! It's been great!
Story inspired by Mercy by Nathan Wagner. You can listen here.
[Masterlist] || [Series Masterlist] || Part One || Part Three
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Tell me how’d you up so numb
What kind of trauma would it take
To delight in someone's killing
Let your conscience be erased
The first time he killed a man, he wore the man’s blood on his uniform for over thirty-six hours, in the middle of the desert, the smell of copper and iron permanently etched into his nose.
Sometimes, when he stopped and tried to take a deep breath of fresh air, that smell almost knocked him off his feet. The decay of the world didn’t help now, either. That earthy mix of death and wet earth–petrichor, Sarah said once–sometimes made him gag. But he wasn’t sure if that knee jerk reaction came from the smell or from the memories of Sarah. Whatever it was, he tried not to breathe too deeply. Deep breaths only brought misery and an ache in his chest that he couldn’t shake.
The death didn’t stop. The desert painted with the limbs of his brothers, torn apart by the roadside bombs that sought to inflict the most damage, emotional and physical. The bodies no longer looked like bodies. They were simply puzzle pieces that no one could ever stitch back together. Closed coffins awaited them on their return home. Now it was no different. The floral nightmare bloomed from the broken and decaying bodies, tethering them to the rest of the infected. The broken bodies were traps for the living. The dead weren’t buried anymore. They far outnumbered the living.
At the beginning of the outbreak, he clubbed an old lady over the head with a wrench, the sickening crack of her skull reverberating in his mind. Moments later, he coldly instructed Tommy to run over another, two-thirds of longtime neighbors dead at his hands. He could still see the viscera dripping from the wrench, Sarah’s tears shining in the amber light as they slunk down her cheeks. He’d been in hell before, but a part of him began to die that night, made worse by the shot that took everything from him.
Everything after that point had been in the service of keeping him and Tommy alive. Tommy had been almost worthless that first night, showing restraint when he shouldn’t, wanting to help other people, showing up late and standing there in the dewy grass with the rifle in his hand while his baby girl bled out into the dirt. Dust to dust. Ashes to ashes. From the ground they came and to the ground they’d return.
He just wished it took him instead of her. Only he knew better. In the quiet nights in the forest, while he was on watch for the first shift while Tommy slept, he tried to imagine Sarah in this world. He tried to imagine her shooting creatures that still eerily looked like people. He tried to imagine her hands covered in blood like his and Tommy’s were, but he couldn’t. Sarah was just too innocent, too kind. If the infected hadn't gotten her, her open and trusting nature would have. He would’ve lost her no matter what.
The thought didn’t make it any easier.
Nothing was “easy” in the former sense of the word. But inhabiting that space where the monstrous became the norm was almost too easy. It felt too familiar, like it was a skin he slipped into when he no longer wanted to remember.
The first time he doused himself with someone else’s blood and came staggering out onto the leaf covered, cracked pavement he almost forgot who he was. He didn’t recognize who he had become, like he was outside his body and looking in. He didn’t even flinch when he stuck the muzzle of his gun into the soft skin of the person’s chin, the gun sinking easily between the space of the jaw. He pulled the trigger without blinking. When he returned to the camp he and Tommy set up, he didn’t say a word. He just unloaded the supplies he’d collected and said he’d go again in the morning.
He ignored the fear in Tommy’s wide brown eyes.
The next morning, he returned to that road and repeated the process, coming back with more food, more water, and more bullets to refresh their depleted stash.
“What are you doing?” Tommy asked quietly as Joel ate some of the food he’d recovered.
“Protectin’ you,” he replied shortly, glancing at him cooly.
“You think I need protectin’?” Joel didn’t answer. “I asked you a question, Joel. Do you think I need protectin’?”
“I think you need somethin’. I don’t see you goin’ out there. If you’re not gonna step up, then I will.”
“I don’t need your help.”
“Then why are you here, Tommy?”
He watched his brother struggle for words.
“To save you from yourself.”
Joel chuckled dryly. “I don’t need savin’.”
And he didn’t. Definitely not from Tommy, and he wasn’t planning on saving himself. The violence made it easy to ignore himself and the pain he carried on his tired shoulders. He could compartmentalize the need to survive. He could push it away and keep it far away from the part of him that wanted to–no needed to–die. He could inhabit this person who was no longer himself.
The next morning, the blood drying on his clothes and his skin, he met the group that would become his family. They didn’t question his motives. They didn’t question why he chose violence, why he inhabited it so nicely. They just needed another person to be their muscle and they found it perfectly in Joel. He threw himself head first into the group, ignoring the way Tommy judged him with every single kill. He didn’t need him hovering around and questioning every choice he made. He made his bed and now he was going to lie in it. There was nothing Tommy could do to stop him. Every kill felt like atonement for Sarah’s death, and he was going to keep doing it until he felt he could atone no more.
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