Anthony "acts Of Service" Crowley Forced To Do Words Of Affirmation And He Looks Like He's About To Have

Old Guard microfic #3

Nile slid up to the table across from Nicky, palms smacking the wood loudly as she leaned forward. “So, Christmas.”

Nicky didn’t even look up from his work. “You’ll have more fun with Andy.”

“Andy?” Nile asked dubiously.

“Mhm.”

“The Andy who scoffs at organized religion because she used to be worshipped as a god, that Andy?”

“The very same.”

“Not that I think you’re lying but you understand why I’m skeptical, right?”

Nicky took a breath and looked up at her, leaning on one elbow. “Andy is a pragmatic hedonist who’s spent lifetimes in the far north—midwinter and solstice celebrations of all sorts are burned into her soul as times for hot food, strong drink, and good company kept around the fire. I, meanwhile, am semi-lapsed medieval clergy with a bone to pick with God.”

Nile blinked a couple times. “…point taken. How’s Booker?”

“Depressed but readily motivated by mulled wine and fonder of festive chintz than he likes to let on.”

“Cool, thanks.”

Yes! ive never though about this much before but you’re absolutely right! theres no whay that someone as stubborn as ginny or hotheaded as ron would ever let that go overnight! please do continue this is so interesting!!!

What should Percy do if his whole family is against him?

Well not everyone but most of them are.

It's like a faceoff, a civil war really.

It all started after Fred's funeral. They were returning to the Burrow when Ginny asked.

"What about Percy?"

"What about him?"

"Are we just going to let him back?"

Percy knew all was not forgiven. He knew it. He expected this and he doesn't blame them.

"What do you mean?", Mum asked confused and shocked.

"It means he practically disowned us and now he's returning back, it doesn't make sense", Ginny argued.

"Now hold on-" Charlie started to say before being interrupted by Bill.

"I agree with her. He didn't even come to my wedding!"

"Your wedding ended with Deatheaters you buffoon", Charlie rebuffed.

Percy just wanted to disappear at this moment, he had nothing to say for his defense. It's a good thing George had gone inside the house already. Percy doesn't think he could handle this chaos.

"Arthur do something", Mum pleaded as Bill and Charlie blabbered on.

"Unfortunately Molly I agree with Bill and Charlie. He didn't even visit me when the snake almost killed me!"

Oh. The snake. But Percy was there. He did come to see his Dad. Dad was sleeping and Percy just stood there and then left because.. because he didn't know what to do or say.

"Arthur I am disappointed with you. Is now the best time?", Molly shrieked back at Arthur.

"Ginny's right. He even sent that horrid letter to me about how Harry is terrible. How could you Percy? And Umbridge, don't get me started on that cow", Ron argued.

Aah the letter. He's not proud of it. Not at all.

Fleur weasled herself in to the argument as well. She was trying to calm Bill down but he and Charlie were arguing and so is everyone else.

Weasley Civil War.

About him. Funny. He doesn't even want to defend himself from the accusations because they're right. And Fred is dead. Because of him.

"Can we fight later? George needs support right now not this argument about me."

And Percy strided as fast as he could to the Burrow without looking back so he doesn't have to face them.

I might do more on this. Got the inspiration from the fanfic Weasley Family Fallout

You know it's the putting the glasses back on that really breaks me...

just had the sudden image of draco malfoy in black lipstick and eyeliner pop into my head while reading a fic with like 7 goth characters, it lives in my brain now and i can get rid of it, its too damn attractive

Ok but like if they all came back to life, I feel like it could go one of two directions with how the choir reacts afterward

They could either never bring up what happened with Karnak because it was like too painful or something

Or it could go in the complete opposite direction with them constantly bringing up what happened, usually to make fun of each other

Like one day this one teacher is being a huge jackass so when the teacher asks if they have any fun facts they’d like to share with the class Noel just stands up and goes “When a lioness has children-“

Ocean and Constance are desperately trying not to laugh

Mischa makes it a personal game to call as many people as possible a spielverderber

Somebody is talking for a really long time during a presentation and when it’s over Ricky just signs “And that is why not everyone should have a library card!” while Mischa just tries to not burst out laughing

Penny will sometimes recite Ricky’s Silver Surfer speech just so she can laugh about it later when people are like “Wow. So deep 🥲”

Sometimes you’ll just hear one of them humming everyone’s songs

The funniest time this has happened is when Noel caught Ocean humming “This Song Is Awesome”

Constance bakes everyone Zolar themed cupcakes and they’re so good

weird unprompted opinion but i think out of all the storytelling mediums.....theatre best portrays loneliness

I’m looking for some more podcasts to listen to.

I’ve recalling liked The Magnus Archives, Welcome to Night Vale, Malevolent, Wolf 359, and a couple others, and I’m looking for more. I like ones with overarching plots, if that makes sense? Any recommendations? Thanks!

Edit: A few more I have enjoyed:

Archive 81

Auricle

The Deep Vault

The Scarab Archives

Vigil

The Technomacy Project

What Will Be Here

And now the ever increasing recommendations, so they are all in one place… please feel free to keep recommending ones too, I love growing recs lists! (Now alphabetized!)

Aftershocks

Alice isn’t Dead

Archive 81

Ars Paradoxica

A Voice From Darkness

Camp Here and There

Captain Skyjacks

Case 66

Critical Role

Cryptids

Dames & Dragons/LegendLark

Darkest Night

Death by Dying

Derelict

Desert Skies

Desperado!

Deviser

Dimension 20

Don’t Mind Cruxmont

Dungeons & Daddies

Either

Ethics Town

From Caulk and Candles

Ghost Wax

Girl in Space

Greater Boston-the vignettes

Hello from the Hallowoods

I am in Askew

Interstitial AP

Just Roll With It

Kakos Industries

Keep it Steady

Last Call at the Bluebell Cafe

Life With Althaar

Limetown

Mabel

Midnight Burger

Midst

Mirrors

Mission to Zyxx

Mockery Manor

Monstrous Agonies

Murray Mysteries

Neighborly

Newts!

Not Quite Dead

Old Gods of Appalachia

Oz 9

Paralyzed

Potterless

Re:Dracula

Red Valley

Revolution

Riley Hopkins and their Amazing Friends

Rusty Quill Gaming

Sayer

Second Star to the Left

Somewhere, Ohio

Spines

Spirit Box Radio

Spirits Podcast

Steal the Stars

Stellar Firma

S-town

Strange Case of Starship Iris

The Adventure Zone

The Amelia Project

The Black Tapes

The Bright Sessions

The Cellar Letters

The Deca Tapes

The Invictus Stream

The Left Right Game

The Liberty Podcast

The Milkman of St Gaff’s

The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality

The Newest Olympian

The Night Post

The Pasitheaa Powder

The Penumbra Podcast

The Sheridan Tapes

The Silt Verses

The SPC Foundation Database

The Storage Papers

The White Vault

Time:Bomb

Unwell Podcast

Vast Horizon

We’re Alive

Within the Wires

Woe.begone

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

Percy likes celebrating the twins birthday.

That was a lie.

Percy hates celebrating the twins birthday.

Look he loves the twins to death and all but the day always starts with pranks.

Every. Goddamn. Time.

And guess who the pranks are aimed at.

Yep that's right it's Percy.

Percy laughs it off usually because it's their birthday. Not to mention April Fool's day on top of that.

And birthdays are sacred in the Weasley family except his apparently.

(They keep forgetting his birthday even though his and Ginny's are in the same month.)

Even the cake isn't saved fron the twins. The cake always blasts.

It's the one thing that remains same whether in Hogwarts or the Burrow.

The cake blasts. And mostly lands on Percy's face.

Percy doesn't mind. He loves sweets.

And after the war it's hard to be happy or funny or even attempt a smile. Everyone is moping.

Its April 1 today and noone is bothered to do anything except cry and be sad.

And Percy has enough of it. Today is one day he will not dwell in self hatred and guilt.

It's Fred's birthday.

It's George's birthday and he deserves a better one.

Percy bakes the cake in the kitchen. It's difficult to get it exactly to his Mum's style but he manages it.

He puts up the decorations and sets up the pranks.

Feeling content with his work, he goes to sleep.

"Aaaaaahhhhh"

Percy wakes up to screams and smiles.

So when he comes into the living room, he can't help it he starts laughing.

Ginny's hair is stuck up, her face black and Ron's hair is green. Charlie's covered in hair and Bill oh god Bill is stuck back to back to Dad.

He can already hear Mum screaming.

"GEORGE"

"What is it woman?", George mutters sleepily.

When he sees the spectacle in the hall he starts to laugh uncontrollably.

All his siblings are glaring at George.

"George you make my hair come down right now or I will..", Ginny makes empty threats but she's smiling.

"Sorry Ginny, I think it suits you. And Ron green is definitely your colour", George is still laughing as Ron throws a pillow at him which he dodges.

"Before we end up in utter chaos, we should cut the cake", Percy says before they realise it's him who did the pranks and start tearing him a new one.

George looks at him and smiles.

"CAKE CAKE CAKE",George is screaming, his eyes twinkling.

"But I didn't make any cake", his mum mutters before gasping.

The cake Percy baked is tall. And he decorated it too.

"Ummm I'm not as tall as Ron so I don't see how I'm gonna reach there", George asked scratching.

Percy caught an unsuspecting George and threw him on his shoulders.

(He'd cast a lightweight charm on George so he was as light as a pillow)

"WOAHHHH PERCE", George screamed

"Now cut the cake before I throw you down."

"Okay okay. Geez."

And George cut the cake. Alone this time.

Percy had no time to think about Fred before the cake smashed into his face and George.

Mostly on George.

"My revenge for all those years of cake exploding ", Percy said with a cake soaked face.

"BLOODY HELL", George screamt.

And when Percy turned around his whole family was laughing wildly. Even Mum.

"Thanks Perce", George whispered to him.

"Of course. No need to thank me George. This is what Fred would have wanted", Percy replied and then cursed himself for saying Fred's name to George.

"This is the first time I'm agreeing with someone when they say Fred would have wanted this because this is absolutely what Fred would have wanted", George said to him.

And Percy smiled.

"Now get me down or else I'll do something to you or on you."

"Don't you dare."

Sherlock: Zugzwang.

Me: *criminal minds flashbacks* HUH