If I Have To Think About One More Thing Today, My Head Will Explode. @tanthalos

❛ if i have to think about one more thing today, my head will explode. ❜ – @tanthalos

“Oh, my darling,” Jade mumbles tenderly. Fingers softly slide and tangle into her lover’s hair as foreheads gently meet. The knight closes her eyes, letting out a relaxing breath. “No more thinking. Council’s over. No more responsibilities.” They’ve been apart all day, which happens on occasion, much to their dismay. Most of the time, Jade sits in on the war council with Kit, Elora, and Sorsha as they prepare for the Wyrm. She is a knight now after all and she lived through the quest to save Airk and the battle against the Crone. Her opinion is valued. But she also has to take time to be a rather low ranking knight, to train with the other members of the Pacalcade, to teach some of the young students. She needs the camaraderie and to rebuild her reputation. She has to admit, though, she missed watching Kit be the authoritative leader she was always meant to be. But it was probably best Jade wasn’t there to give her lustful glances for hours. “Just be with me.”

❛ maybe we don't have a choice. ❜ – @vanuexpartre (Elora Danan)

“There is always a choice, Elora!” It does feel like everything is falling apart. Even more so than when they reached the edge of the Shattered Sea. War is hard, even harder than any of them imagined when they walked into this. Hazel eyes move to look at the yellow glow, blinding them to what lays beyond that door. But Jade knows what’s there. She watched her go in. “Kit wouldn’t give up on us,” the knight declares, meeting the chosen one’s eyes again. “We don’t give up on her. We can save her. And her dad. We just have to make the choice.”

[ stormy ] sender arrives at receiver's doorstep soaking wet - @tanthalos

She's so tired. She feels tired all the time and has since she got the phone call over the weekend. She can smell the food Scorpia and Boorman are cooking, but she can't bring herself to get up. The entire house is filled with Ballantine. The kitchen. The hallways. The bedrooms. Even just her sitting in the living room, wrapped in one of the blankets they kept on the couch, reminds her of him. This was the house he'd raised her in since she was a small child and now?

The door someone is banging on belongs to her now. She sighs, forcing herself off the couch, and goes to the door. Normally, she'd just let Scorpia handle it, but Jade would feel guilty if she made Scorpia do more when she's already busy. She opens the door and is surprised to see Kit, as if she hasn't been by the house everyday since they returned. And she's absolutely soaked from the rain. Has it been raining? Jade can't remember noticing. "I thought you were doing label stuff today," she says, her voice small, as if she's afraid to use it or it's too weak to be anything more.

kit “how fucking fast can i get myself physically on top of jade” tanthalos

❛ i know you go through life with your fists held tight. you see yourself as a fighter. well, i see myself as one too. this is how i fight. ❜ – @vanuexpartre (Quintan)

“But you don’t have to fight us,” Jade insists. She takes a deep breath, looking away from the man that she’s come to accept is her brother. Her teeth press into her bottom lip as she considers her next words. This is a practice she’s used to. So many years of trying not to say the wrong thing to Kit in fear that might cause her to get upset or get angry or disappear. Quin is the same in that way. “I do fight, but I fight for what I love. It’s not enough to fight out of anger or fear. Because when you stop fighting, what does it mean in the end? And you do have to stop fighting eventually. Somehow.”

&. 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

dialogue  prompts  taken  from the script of  everything  everywhere  all  at  once  (2022),  directed  by  daniel  kwan  and  daniel  scheinert.  feel  free  to  edit  and  change  as  you  seem  fit.

❛ you look really pretty right now. ❜

❛ stop changing the subject. ❜

❛ every day i fight, i fight for all of us. ❜

❛ what are you doing? what is wrong? ❜

❛ if i have to think about one more thing today, my head will explode. ❜

❛ you may be in grave danger. there is no time to explain.❜

❛ we can make our own way. please, come with me. ❜

❛ don't even talk to me about this because i won't remember.❜

❛ i am not your husband. at least not the one you know. i am another version of him from another life path, another universe. ❜

❛ i’m here because we need your help.❜

❛ sorry, very busy today. no time to help you– ❜

❛ all those years of searching have brought me here. to this universe. to you. ❜

❛ i’m here to tell you every rejection, every disappointment has led you here. to this moment. ❜

❛ i'm not ready to fight yet. ❜

❛ maybe we don't have a choice. ❜

❛ now, you can either come with me and live up to your ultimate potential, or lie here and live with the consequences. ❜

❛ i... want to lie here. ❜

❛ how often do people literally die laughing? ❜

❛ my husband won't even kill a spider. how are you the same person? ❜

❛ we are talking about infinity. if you can imagine it, somewhere out there, it exists. ❜

❛ how did i die? ❜

❛ i've seen you die a thousand ways. in a thousand worlds. in every single one, you were murdered. ❜

❛ what!? who wants me dead? ❜

❛ you’ve been feeling it too, haven’t you? something is off. your clothes never wear as well the next day, your hair never falls in quite the same way, even your coffee tastes... wrong. ❜

❛ maybe we would have been better off if we had never gotten married. ❜

❛ i never said that. ❜

❛ you didn’t have to. it’s the way you look at me. ❜

❛ can’t you see it? how wonderful it would be if you came with me? ❜

❛ i saw my life without you. i wish you could have seen it. it was beautiful. ❜

❛ shhh, you're not thinking straight. ❜

❛ what is worse than death? ❜

❛ i saw your face on a billboard and — this is silly — i wondered if you remembered me... ❜

❛ is it that i can’t be here, or that i’m not allowed to be here? ❜

❛ there is no good, there is no evil. there is only “goovil”. ❜

❛ if you can imagine it, you have fucked it. ❜

❛ do not be so closed minded that you blind yourself from the truth! ❜

❛ don’t make me fight you. i am really really good. ❜

❛ you're capable of anything because you're so bad at everything. ❜

❛ you can't remember anything because your bodies were under the control of other universes. ❜

❛ you were like puppets. and you could do things you normally can't do. you were like, what's that movie... raccaccoonie? ❜

❛ how can you defeat her in every universe, if you can't even kill her in one? ❜

❛ the sacrifices necessary to win this war... i know all too well. ❜

❛ i cannot lose another loved one to the darkness. ❜

❛ i know you have feelings. feelings that make you so sad. that make you just want to give up. that is not your fault. ❜

❛ i'll see you again soon, somewhere out there in all that noise. ❜

❛ just think happy thoughts. ❜

❛ you okay? caught you staring off into space again. ❜

❛ i'm the one you've been looking for. ❜

❛ i’m the one who will defeat you. ❜

❛ you’re finally free, like me. ❜

❛ you don't have to choose anymore. between loving me or hating me. you can do both at the same time. ❜

❛ before, you were asking about "our daughter". it's crazy, but it really got me thinking. what if you had come with me all of those years ago? ❜

❛ all of this time, i wasn't looking for someone who could defeat me. i was looking for someone who could see what i see, feel what i feel... ❜

❛ oh, good, you're here too. ❜

❛ i'm sorry about ruining everything, i– ❜

❛ we're all stupid. small stupid little humans. it's like our whole deal. ❜

❛ everything is going to be okay. ❜

❛ you think i’m weak don’t you? ❜

❛ when we first fell in love all of those years ago, your father would say i was too sweet for my own good. maybe he was right. ❜

❛ please! can we just stop fighting! ❜

❛ you tell me that it's a cruel world and we're all just running around in circles. i know that. i've been on this earth just as many days as you. ❜

❛ the only thing i do know is we have to be kind. be kind. especially, when we don't know what's going on. ❜

❛ i know you go through life with your fists held tight. you see yourself as a fighter. well, i see myself as one too. this is how i fight. ❜

❛ in another life, i would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you. ❜

❛ you know what i say? cold, hysterical, unlovable bitches like us make the world go round. ❜

❛ you aren’t unlovable. there is always something to love. ❜

❛ even in a stupid, stupid universe where we have hot dogs for fingers, we’d all be very good with our feet! ❜

❛ in a universe where we both agree that no one could love you, if we look hard enough, something will prove us wrong. ❜

❛ we are all useless alone. so its good you're not alone. ❜

❛ maybe you win in this universe. but in another, i beat you. or we tie. or we eat crepes. ❜

❛ i don't want to hurt anymore. and for some reason when i'm with you, it hurts both of us. ❜

❛ out of all of the places i could be, why would i want to be here with you? ❜

❛ i still want to be here with you. i will always want to be here with you. ❜

❛ i will cherish these few specks of time. ❜