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6 June 2019
six-cats-in-a-trenchcoat asked: hey, i was looking through the tag for leapfrog in the new wcu movie and i saw your posts come up! is it really true that ppl are shipping her with platinumlady??? isn't that, like, weird? if anything they’ve got more of a mother/daughter dynamic in the movie, don’t they, and even if they didn’t that age gap’s kind of weird... :/
frogdaughter-appreciation-blog replied: yeah :( people get SUPER fucking weird about them, even though they’re practically family? And like you said, even if they weren’t, Petra’s a kid! and Annie’s a whole ass adult, so.
But you’re welcome to stick around here! I don’t do weird ships like that :) just nice wholesome ones, and family vibes!
15 June 2019
six-cats-in-a-trenchcoat
heyyy does any1 have some recs for platmom and frogdaughter family/found family fics? no shipping between them or anything weird like that tho
petra-driver-is-my-soul
check out silktights on ao3, they do a really good petra & annie without making it petrannie, and @frogdaughter-appreciation-blog has a good rec list here! let me know if you want more recs, I can search through my bookmarks and see what I find.
15 June 2019
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Frogdaughter Appreciation Blog
Laurel | 28 | sapphic | she/her | fandom mom
this is a multifandom and sometimes personal blog! current hyperfixation is anything and everything Wonder, especially my best girl Leapfrog!! <3
prosh/ppers and n/zis will be flamed :)
Eternal Leapfrog Fic Rec List
Here’s some of my favorite Leapfrog fics! I’ve put them into categories so you can find whatever it is you’re looking for. Continually being expanded on. Let me know if you see something you think I’d like, so I can check it out! Maybe it’ll even end up on the list someday :D
Petra & Annie:
one more day to remember by silktights – 7k, sweet fluffy oneshot set before the Galactic War began
Frail Are We, On Gossamer Strings by cyan_rosary – 65k, another way Petra and Annie could have met (and how that changes things)
Leap...spider?? by silktights – 5k drabble, mildly cracky, Petra’s frog powers suddenly get switched out for spider powers and she and Annie have to deal with that
Petra whump:
The Frog That Came In From The Cold by silktights – 638k, absolute chonker, maybe the best Petra whump I’ve ever read (though there are moments of softness, too)! A world where Petra was found by SCYLLA before she was noticed by Annie.
false idols by silktights – 18k, a clever deconstruction of superheroes as a concept
No absolution by mahogany_matchsticks – 92k of straight PAIN. Petra faces the consequences of the War, alone.
Dimension-Hopper by platinumladysheart – 139k, Petra is torn from her home dimension. It’s... a long road back.
AUs (that don’t fit better elsewhere):
But of course you realize (this means war!) by silktights – 84k, no powers high school AU, the war is over the SCIENCE FAIR instead of the galaxy!
Sort It Out by froghopper – 12k, we do not stan JKR in this house but we DO stan the sorting hat having no idea what to do with Petra!
Leaping Over (Time) Streams by flamingo_flamingo – 120k, time traveler!Petra
20 June 2019
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hi laurel!! you probably don’t remember me, sorry—i sent u an ask a couple weeks back—but i was reading thru ur recs page (im only like 30% into The Frog That Came In... ugh im crying over it so muchhhhh... pls tell me it gets better??) and i read Frail Are We, On Gossamer Strings by cyan_rosary and it was good too!!
but i went to check out some of cyan_rosary’s other fic in case it would also hit some of those notes and it turns out they also write petrannie, like, romantically :/ i know the one fic is good but i feel weird abt liking it now idk if u want to be like. directing traffic their way.
i wasn’t sure if i should send this message at all tbh, ive been sitting on it a couple days but... here goes nothing, i guess.
oh no! i’m so sorry, six-cats! i’ve Failed my duties as Fandom Mom here... let me just scrub that from the rec list real quick, you’re right that I don’t want to be supporting shit like that. it’s not weird that finding this out makes you feel differently about the fic you did like... it makes me feel differently too, tbh. let me know if you ever see anything like that again, especially from my own recs! i want this to be a safe space for everyone <3
I see you’re having the true The Frog That Came In experience! and I won’t say any spoilers, but there are definitely lighter moments in there! feel free to liveblog at me if you want or anything like that, i loveeee to see people discovering it for the first time
don’t ever worry about reaching out! i’m here for u fam <3
oh, tysm!! that does make me feel better abt it all, i rly wasnt sure what to do
i’m glad to hear that abt tftci... it was stressing me out ngl
i don’t put this in my profile bc i don’t need everyone knowing it but this is dms, so!! u can call me evvy :D :D
21 June 2019
Anonymous asked: is there a reason Frail Are We, On Gossamer Strings got pulled from your recs page? that’s always been one of my favorite Petra and Annie fics, hits you right in the found family feels.
frogdaughter-appreciation-blog replied: someone checked out cyan_rosary’s other works and there’s a lot of petr/nnie there. I don’t support that shit, so I pulled the link.
21 June 2019
frogdaughter-appreciation-blog
oh jeez i didn’t realize there was actual. smut. there... i didn’t even scroll that far down the page... i saw the shipfics and bolted lol
sorry evvy! i guess i maybe shouldve made the warning clearer, but I needed people to know there was actual substance to what i was saying, that I wasn’t just making it up.
oh its fine!! i was mostly just startled tbh
it’s not fine thought :( you shouldn’t have to see stuff like that in your fandom spaces—your blog says you’re a minor?—when you’re just scrolling around looking for fics to read
yea haha im 13
you definitely shouldn’t be seeing it floating around, then. i wish cyan-rosary would at least have the decency to separate their weirdo smut from their normal fics...
it would definitely make avoiding it easier :D
28 June 2019
flagshipfriday asked: Hey, what happened to Frail Are We? I went back to leave more comments (forever in love with how you did the big identity reveal!! I guess I’ll just leave that bit of gushing here instead) but you’ve turned off the comments and archive-locked it? And the rest of your fics too? No more anon asks here either?
cyan-rosary replied: Yeah, unfortunately I’ve been getting a lot of harassment lately about various elements in some of my fics—I tried turning off the comments just on them specifically, but when I did that they started spilling over onto fics like Frail Are We and hey, nobody needs to see that! Me included! So I’ve turned off comments for now, and with anon off I can just block all the fuckers coming to my DMs/askbox to harass me over a ship, of all things.
Hopefully this’ll die down fairly soon and I’ll be able to put them back on.
15 July 2019
six-cats-in-a-trenchcoat
ughhhh i cant believe cy@n-rosary is just out here still posting fic?? like we haven’t all seen the things they ship...
fucking-fax-machine
deep sigh oh great more of you little fuckers
six-cats-in-a-trenchcoat
??? what’d i do? wdym “little f-ckers” :(
fucking-fax-machine
you keep going this way you’ll end up just being another one of laurel’s little attack gremlins
six-cats-in-a-trenchcoat
calling sm1 out on their weirdo ships doesn’t make me an attack gremlin :( :(
fucking-fax-machine
yeah, you keep telling yourself that
19 July 2019
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I don’t have any good pictures right now, but y’all, I’m at SDCC and it is AWESOME. maybe I’ll even meet some of you here!
six-cats-in-a-trenchcoat
aw mannnn, i’d love to go! but it’s pretty far away for me, so.
pls share pics when you can!!
20 July 2019
frogdaughter-appreciation-blog
have you ever been to a convention?
no, not yet! like i said i’d love to go but i haven’t managed to ask my parents if i can go yet :/
besides they’re pretty busy and i don’t think they’d like me flying to california on my own either haha
ah, that’s a shame. do you know if there’s any events closer-by that your parents might be willing to let you go to? there are cons all over the country if you know where to look! it might be easier to get to one of them than a big one like sdcc if you don’t live nearby.
hmmmm... i think emerald city comic con is probably closest? it’d be a bit of a drive but i can probably talk someone into taking me for the day at least!!
good luck with that! i’m planning to go to eccc if i can find the time for it, so let me know how it works out—maybe we could meet irl :D
ooooh i hope we can!!!!
17 September 2019
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have you been keeping up with cyan-rosary?
not rlly, y?
they’ve just been escalating the weirdo fics :/ i don’t know WHAT”S up with them, but it seems like they’re trying to provoke a reaction or something…
oof oh no
18 September 2019
cyan-rosary
Darting Frog – cyan_rosary – Leapfrog – All Media Types, Wonder Cinematic Universe [Archive of Our Own]
Chapters: 1/5
Fandom: Leapfrog – All Media Types, Wonder Cinematic Universe
Rating: E
Warnings: Underage, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Petra Driver/Annie Weaver
Characters: Petra Driver, Annie Weaver
Additional Tags: poison dart frog!Petra, lowkey wildcard!Petra, Superpowers, Cunnilingus, Fingering, Orgasm Delay/Denial, Consensual But Not Safe Or Sane, More Tags To Be Added
Summary:
Petra develops poison skin alongside the rest of her powers. Like Wildcard, she ends up hungering for human contact that she can never have, not without risking the other person’s life. She’s as careful as can be, but the stress of it weighs heavy on her.
Then she meets Annie, who’s willing to risk everything just to touch her skin, and Petra can’t help but reach back.
18 September 2019
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jeepers CREEPERS u weren’t kidding were u
oh no did you go look at cyan-rosary’s fics?
i went 2 look at their tumblr
they posted a link
ohhhhh i see
oh wow
I’m sorry you had to see that, six-cats
if they had ANY sense of responsibility they’d at least put that text under a cut or sth so kids wouldn’t have to see it just scrolling around on tumblr :(
yeah i guess :( i definitely could’ve gone without seeing it...
i kind of. did. search it up tho... or at least the blog...
still they should do better protecting kids from shit like that
1 February 2020
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my parents agreed that i could go to eccc this year!!!!!
my dad’s coming with, we’ll just be there friday night-saturday-sunday
oh that’s awesome, evvy!! are you going to do a costume, do you think?
hmm not this time... i don’t think i have time 2 do it justice haha
fair enough! we should coordinate as it gets closer so we can meet up there irl
definitely :D :D
im so EXCITED you have no idea!!
i remember my first con! it’s quite the experience :D
i am literally VIBRATING here
14 March 2020
Evvy bounced nervously on her toes. Laurel had said she’d be in a lowkey, civilian-dress Lightbringer costume, so she had some idea of what to look for, but a couple photos didn’t go that far and her parents hadn’t let her send Laurel any photos of herself prior to their meeting.
“Relax, Evvy,” said her dad, amusement clear in his voice. “I’m sure she’s around here somewhere; you made your meeting place and time plenty clear.”
“I know,” said Evvy. “But what if—”
“Ah, Evvy?”
She turned to see a woman standing there, nearly a head taller than her, wearing a sleek leather jacket and jeans; shining platinum curls cascaded over her shoulders and down her back, and her eyes were a brilliant purple that could not possibly be natural. The woman’s face didn’t not look like the pictures of Laurel she had seen, and the outfit was clearly that of Lightbringer.
“Laurel?” she said hesitantly.
The woman nodded. “That’s me!” she said. “And this is...”
“Oh, this is my dad,” said Evvy. “Dad, this is Laurel, my friend.”
“My name’s Mark,” said her dad, holding out a hand to Laurel, and Evvy felt herself blush. “I’ve heard quite a bit about you from my daughter.”
“Laurel,” said Laurel, shaking his hand, “but you already knew that. And nothing too terrible, I hope!”
“She says you’re a good friend,” said her dad.
“Da-ad,” Evvy pleaded in an undertone. “Stop embarrassing me!”
Her dad laughed and ruffled her hair. “All right, kiddo. Laurel, Evvy says you’ve been to a few of these events—why don’t you show us around the convention? I’ve never been to one either, I must admit.”
Laurel grinned. “It would be my pleasure,” she said.
2 May 2020
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my parents gave the go-ahead! they said that it would probably be okay for you to be the adult on paper for the hotel room for sdcc, since my cousin will be there too to keep an eye on me
they’re gonna need your contact info to arrange it with u tho and i think they want to talk to u as well
oh that’s awesome! i go to a lot of conventions—you probably noticed—and i’d be happy to get you a room for any of them if your parents are willing to send you to them alone, not just sdcc
i’ll let them know!!!
this opens up the WORLD for me haha
they’re too busy to regularly fly off across the country for conventions, but im not a baby anymore
im glad they decided to trust you
i’m glad they decided to trust *you* to be mature enough to travel alone! i’ll send over my number and email address and we’ll sort out the logistics
but i’ll see you in san diego!! <3
25 July 2020
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hey laurel! do u have the pics of us together? i'm gonna show my parents what ive been getting up to down here!
yeah I can send them to you!
uh, maybe don’t show them some of the later ones tho
it’s just cosplay stuff but they might not understand :/
yea haha i wouldn’t dw
if they freaked out i might not be able to keep going to cons D: that’d suck
okay okay, I know you’re sensible but I figured I’d confirm! I’ll send them over.
tytyty :D :D :D
28 July 2020
floppingfishlegs asked: hey, uh, six-cats, i was looking at the pics that you posted with FAB from comic con, and, uh, you’re looking pretty... intimate... in some of them. are you sure that’s appropriate for you to have been doing?
six-cats-in-a-trenchcoat replied: uhhhhh why would it not be??? i can take whatever kind of cosplay pics i want to and leapfrog/eagle-eye is a super cute ship :(
1 August 2020
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i think i’m gonna take the bit about me being a minor out of my bio
what? why? are people being weird to you?
they will not shut up about the kiss
sry abt that btw
i knew my parents might get weird but i didnt think the internet would
i just thought they were good photos!
ahhh i see
it’s.... not ideal but it’s okay
it’ll blow over soon enough
not telling everyone you’re a minor is probably a good idea tho
don’t want any creeps to get any ideas
nope definitely not, that’d suck lol
15 August 2020
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heyyyy evvy guess what
what?
I had a great idea for dragoncon!!
oh??
so i was thinking, right, your parents are sending you with the money to reimburse me for your hotel room, right?
right.
so here’s the thing
it’s stupid to pay for *two* hotel rooms for us both; hotel space is hella limited and hella expensive and besides all that its more expensive to get a single king-bed hotel room than a single two-queen room
so we could just share a room, and that’d give you a shitton more money to spend on merch and food and everything while you’re there
hmm i mean it does sorta make more sense but like
idk if i want to be lying to my parents like that :/
well it’s not like they’re gonna ASK if you’re in your own room, yeah? just don’t bring it up
won’t they ask where i got all the money for merch tho?
not like they know what merch costs these days! it’ll be fineeee just don’t show off how much you got there all at once
cmon cmon cmon it’s a good idea, you KNOW it is
....fine i guess we can try it :/
definitely one of the two-bed rooms tho! i don’t want to accidentally end up in the middle of a fanfic lmao that’d be weird given... well who we are
haha yeah no definitely not
5 September 2020
When Evvy stepped out of the bathroom, Laurel was sitting on her bed in a t-shirt and only her underwear. Evvy stopped in her tracks, blushing bright red.
“Oh!” said Laurel, looking up from her phone. “Evvy, you’re done—come look at this, I’ve got some ideas for a new cosplay we could do together.”
Evvy hesitated for a moment longer before walking cautiously over to the bed and looking over Laurel’s shoulder. On her phone was a picture of Leapfrog in her Galactic War armor.
“No, come on,” Laurel said. She patted the bedspread next to her. “There’s plenty of space.” She grinned at Evvy, and quirked an eyebrow.
“Okay,” said Evvy, and sat down on the bed.
Laurel scooted over next to her, and scrolled to the next image on her phone—Platinum Lady, in her full Warrior Ascendant regalia. “We could do that together,” she said.
Evvy reached out to delicately touch the screen, and considered it. “It’d be a lot of work,” she said softly.
“Of course,” said Laurel. “I think it would be worth it, though.” She slid an arm around Evvy’s waist, and pulled her close.
A shiver went down Evvy’s spine, even as she leaned her head on Laurel’s shoulder. “I’ll think about it,” she said.
Her lips throbbed with a phantom kiss.
4 November 2020
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okay. yeah. okay, screw it, let’s do the Galactic War cosplay.
oooooh you sure?
yeah! it’ll be good to get out of my head about it, i think. and weve got time before we’d need it ready.
sweeeet :D you want it ready for eccc?
sounds good!! i think i’ll be able to manage that
we should probably try to coordinate like, materials and all that, but we can work that out later
19 March 2021
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I’m at ECCC this weekend with the amazing @six-cats-in-a-trenchcoat!!! I’ll make sure to share pictures later, because she agreed to do a War-era cosplay with me and she knocked it out of the fuckin PARK, yall—she’s Leapfrog, I’m Platinum Lady, and if I do say so myself we both look pretty awesome
I could share a selfie now, but I don’t want to give y’all only half the picture so you’ll just be getting proper pics later
19 March 2021
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so uhhh before we get back to our room i might have to. tell you something.
which is...?
i fucked up the room booking :( we’ve got a single king-size bed, not the two queens like last time...
oh my GOD you’ve landed us in a fanfic plot lolol
don’t worry we can just make a towel-barrier down the middle or sth
it’s a king bed there’ll be plenty of space
oh thank fuck i was hoping u woulnd’t freak out abt it
if this turns out okay tho we might want to do it on purpose in the future? if it ends up being the cheaper option
ummm maybe? i’ll think abt it
more spending money haha
like i said. ill think abt it.
no pressure!! just thought i would suggest it :D
19 March 2021
“Help me out of this?” said Evvy to Laurel, standing in their shared bathroom. Her armor was complicated, and difficult to get into and out of by herself.
“Of course,” said Laurel. She took her time undoing the connections, fingers trailing over the armor and Evvy’s fabric-covered skin beneath it.
Evvy resisted the urge to bounce in place. She was still keyed up from the day’s events, but she was also very ready to be out of the somewhat unwieldy armor, and she didn’t want to make Laurel take longer than she had to.
Finally, the last clasps came undone, and Laurel carefully lifted the upper-body armor off her shoulders and over her head before settling it onto a hanger—it wouldn’t do to leave it in a heap, not with all the work that had gone into making it!
With the armor gone, Evvy was able to peel her sweaty bodysuit off too, leaving her standing in the bathroom in her sports bra and shorts.
Afte a moment, she became aware that Laurel’s eyes were fixed on her, a fathomless dark gaze; she turned to look curiously at her friend.
“What’s wrong?” she asked.
“Nothing’s wrong,” said Laurel. “We kicked ass out there today, don’t you think?”
Evvy giggled. “We were awesome,” she said.
Laurel gave her a broad, wolfish grin then. “How about a celebratory kiss, then?” she asked.
Evvy hesitated, but—“If you want,” she said.
Her friend’s smile widened, and then she stepped forwards; Evvy stood on her toes, and Laurel cupped her head and brought their lips together.
The kiss was longer and deeper than the first one they’d shared, in front of the camera in San Diego, but at least this time Laurel was keeping her hands above her waist, Evvy thought. She’d considered refusing, but while she was sure that Laurel wouldn’t be angry with her...
She was fourteen years old and four hours from home, and it was Laurel’s name on the hotel room booking. Evvy didn’t want to cause trouble, she didn’t want to go home early, and the kiss was an interesting experience, if nothing else!
“There,” said Laurel, relinquishing Evvy’s lips and stepping back. She held Evvy’s face between her hands for a moment, gazing at the girl. “You’re adorable,” she added, stepping back to drop a quick, light kiss on Evvy’s forehead. “Shall we go to dinner, then?”
“Yeah,” said Evvy breathlessly after a moment. “Yeah, I guess we should.”
Once she’d put on her clothes again—more comfortable, non-cosplay clothes this time—Laurel took her hand and pulled her gently from the room.
In the whirlwind excitement of the rest of the con, Evvy put the kiss out of her mind.
15 May 2021
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you will not BELIEVE what i saw today, just scrolling through the leapfrog on ao3 like you do...
what’d you see?
i saw the most bizarre fic i’ve seen in my life
actually i think i’m gonna just. see if anyone has any goddamn idea what this might be
oh boy make sure you let me know when you make that i’m curious now!
will do haha
17 May 2021
six-cats-in-a-trenchcoat
okay so, sometimes you’re browsing on ao3, as you do
and you come across the absolute WILDEST shit
I’ll put this under a cut to save everyone’s eyes, but let me just say that i’ve never seen a fic this absolutely goddamn wild before...
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holy SHIT you weren’t kidding about this being wild. oh BOY that’s a trip.
i cannot believe someone actually sat down and wrote that who even DOES that what the fuck
six-cats-in-a-trenchcoat
i know right???? i couldn’t just not say anything
fucking-fax-machine
what did i fucking tell you, kid? attack. gremlin.
you really shouldn’t be directing ppl’s ire like this.
six-cats-in-a-trenchcoat
can’t please everyone i guess :)
18 July 2021
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you looking forward to sdcc this year?
hell YEAH i am!!
it’ll be a good distraction if nothing else :/ i’m not a fan of ppl accusing me of participating in a smear campaign or being an attack gremlin or what have you
oh are they still on abt that?
a couple of them, yeah :(
but that’s enough of that! u excited too?
always!! oh uh btw
we’ve got one bed again, it was SO much less money you woulnd’t believe it
i hope that’s okay
it was fine last time
i’m sure it’ll be okay again
i might need to buy less stuff tho? i think my parents might be getting a bit sus over how I can afford it all...
if you want to spend it anyway, you could try something more ephemeral or less obvious—wig styling, makeup, those sorts of things
or you could save it for a rainy day, i suppose
hmm, good points! i’ll think on it
25 July 2021
Evvy woke early on Sunday morning to find the towel barrier down the middle of the bed in disarray; somehow, Laurel had gotten all tangled up with her in the night. Her legs were entwined with Evvy’s, and her arms wrapped around Evvy’s torso; one of her hands lightly clasped her right breast.
Evvy swallowed and lay very still for a moment. Then she gingerly lifted Laurel’s hand away from her chest, shifted it down to her stomach, before wiggling less delicately the rest of the way away.
It had been a mistake, she was certain. Just a mistake.
She didn’t want to call attention to it.
30 August 2021
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i keep spinning this around in my head and i don’t think i’m going to understand if i don’t ask
ask about what? is everything okay?
you keep interacting with me like you’re *interested* in me but
well
you wouln’dt be, would u?
why wouldn’t I be?
evvy, you’re a lovely girl
you’re bright, you’re supportive, and you’re very mature
aww thanks! but that’s not what i meant
i meant *romantically*, or something more like that
we’ve gotten a lot closer than most friendships are is all
i would’ve thought i was too young for you
oh no never! never think you’re not enough for me, evvy
you’re perfect just the way you are
i’ll see you at dragon con! :D
2 September 2021
Laurel hadn’t bothered to explain to Evvy this time that they’d be sharing a bed, but she wasn’t surprised to see it when they opened the door after dinner—both because of what Laurel had admitted to earlier and because at this point, it had become normal.
The bed was only a queen bed this time. She tried and failed to avoid thinking about the implications of that; a shiver ran through her, dread and anticipation and curiosity rolled into one.
“Come on, let’s get inside,” said Laurel, gently prodding at Evvy’s back; she stepped into the room and put her suitcase down.
She made to open it up, to take out her pajamas and toothbrush, but before she could Laurel put a hand on her shoulder.
“You were curious about my... interest,” said Laurel. Her eyes were dark and hungry.
“I was.”
“Then you won’t be needing anything in there for a while,” said Laurel. “Nor these, for that matter.” She reached out and took the hem of Evvy’s shirt, lifting it up until Evvy had to lift her own arms to keep it from becoming tangled; the shirt was tossed aside, and Laurel unclasped her bra and pulled it off as well.
She brushed a thumb over one of Evvy’s nipples. Evvy shuddered under the touch; an electric thrill ran through her body. Laurel’s hands drifted down, and unbuttoned her pants before pulling them and her underwear carefully down her thighs.
“You’re beautiful, Evelyn,” she said.
Evvy shivered, nerves twisting in her belly, and Laurel smiled, a dark possessive thing that Evvy wasn’t sure she liked.
“You must be cold,” she said. “We can’t have that—don’t worry, I’ll have you warm in no time.” Then with a surprising strength she swept Evvy into her arms and carried her naked to the bed; and there she showed Evvy many of the things that two women could do with each other in their beds.
Evvy went along with a wide-eyed curiosity, head spinning with new information and a never-quite-voiced hesitation hovering at the tip of her tongue.
19 September 2021
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hey, evvy, i thought i should check in now that you’ve had some time
were you okay at dragoncon? were we good, there? there was so much i wanted to show you but i might have gotten a bit carried away...
it was a lot
i’m still processing a bit i think
take as long as you need <3
for what it’s worth i think you handled it *wonderfully* in the moment
you were an absolute delight to work with, with your delightful demure reactions <3 <3 <3
i hope you’ll be willing to indulge me in the future <3
<3
28 October 2021
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you said you lived a little east of the Cascades, right?
yeah i think i mentioned that
well you’ll never guess who’s going to be in town next week!
i’ll be driving up through Washington and i can stay as long as I want in any of the towns—within reason, of course
what d’you say to taking me around town next weekend?
sounds like fun :)
6 November 2021
Evvy met Laurel in the morning at a Starbucks, and, armed with a warm sugary drink, smiled at her friend.
“So!” she said. “You wanted to see the town—what sort of thing were you wanting to see? I’ve got a couple ideas, but it depends on what you want, of course...”
Laurel rolled her eyes. “Oh, come on, Evvy,” she said. “Don’t tell me you really though we were going around town when I suggested that?”
Evvy flushed and looked down at her shoes. “That’s what you said,” she mumbled. “What was I supposed to think?”
Laurel cupped her chin and tilted her face up; when she did so, Evvy saw a small smile, somewhere between fond and patronizing, fixed to her mouth. “Don’t be silly, Evvy,” she said. “I wanted to see you. And I’ve got just the place in mind for us to go, too.”
“And where’s that?”
She smirked. “It’s a surprise,” she said.
They drove to a part of town that Evvy had never been to, a somewhat sketchy district with motels that you could rent rooms in by the hour. They pulled into the parking lot, and Evvy swallowed, suddenly very nervous.
“Laurel,” she said, “I’m not sure... well, maybe we should do something else today?”
Laurel rolled her eyes. “But I came all the way out here to see you, Evvy,” she said. “Don’t tell me you’re getting cold feet now, when I haven’t even kissed you yet!”
Evvy said nothing, and Laurel smiled again.
“That’s what I thought,” she said, and opened her car door. “Now come on, we’ve got all day but that’s no reason to waste what time we have.”
Evvy followed her in, hood flipped up to shadow her face; she didn’t think that the receptionist was likely to look too closely, but still. She knew she looked young. Laurel spoke to someone at the desk, but if Evvy heard the words she didn’t parse them.
Then they were in a motel room with a single bed, the smell of cigarettes lingering in the air, and Laurel coaxed her out of her clothes and pulled a soft silk rope from a bag—funny, Evvy hadn’t noticed the bag until then—and bound her wrists gently in front of her. She pushed Evvy back onto the bed, tied the rope around a post in the bedframe, and suddenly Evvy stopped feeling like everything was slow-motion and underwater.
She came back to herself with Laurel rubbing light circles between her legs, shivering under the touch as her hips twitched.
“Laurel, what—why am I—”
Laurel gave her a disappointed look. “Don’t you remember, Evvy? We agreed that since you were so hesitant earlier, you deserved a bit of punishment, but I’m not going to be too harsh with you; I’ll just be introducing you to the toys a little more quickly than I might have otherwise.”
Evvy realized then that Laurel was almost as naked as she was, but she wore a harness for underwear, and a long, thick purple strap-on stuck out from it; before she could even gather her thoughts to respond, Laurel was between her spread legs, and then she was inside of her. Evvy gave a small sharp cry of pain; Laurel hushed her, and ran a gentle hand down her cheek even as she began to move within her.
“You’ll understand when you’re older,” she murmured, and reached down to stroke between Evvy’s legs again.
---
Evvy lay curled on the bed, a deep ache inside of her, body still trembling with half-livened pleasure receptors. Eventually she became aware that someone was shaking her shoulder; she blinked out of her daze, and saw Laurel looking worriedly down at her.
“Come on, Evvy,” she said. “You need to shower before we leave.”
Evvy nodded, and tried to push herself up, but her legs could hardly hold her weight; Laurel caught her and helped her into the shower, then helped her wash the myriad fluids from her hair and skin. The soap was scented strongly enough to cover whatever scents of smoke and sex still clung to her, and she could only be grateful for that.
By the time they reached her house, her exhausted and overwhelmed state had receded to the point that it could be passed off as mere fatigue, and Laurel handed her off to her parents without incident.
7 November 2021
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we can’t hang out today
i’m sick
oh no! should i come by? do you need anything?
not right now, no
i’m just going to rest until i feel better
my parents can take care of me
okay then, take care of yourself <3
i love you, evvy <3 <3 <3
4 March 2022
On Evvy’s first night at Emerald City, when Laurel closed the hotel room door behind her and brought out her bag of toys, Evvy smiled tremulously and removed her own shirt.
She didn’t hesitate to follow Laurel’s lead.
18 April 2022
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oh, I thought of another idea for cosplay this summer!
oh? what’s that?
well, I’m sure you remember The Frog That Came In, yeah?
uhhh of course i do! how the hell could i forget that?
you could be SCYLLA!Petra! and I could be the winter knight, maybe, or a SCYLLA handler, or even Platinum Lady... I’m not sure on my part yet, but you’d do a kickass scylla!petra, i’m sure
oooh that *is* quite the idea! i’ll have to think about it—i’m not sure i could have it ready in time for sdcc—but dragon con i could probably manage!
oh that should be great then! i’ll keep you updated on what i decide on :D
sounds great! i can’t wait to see it!
i can’t wait to see *you* again, evvy <3 i’ll see you in july
love you!
c u then
21 July 2022
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make sure you aren’t too late getting to our room tonight!!
oh? what for?
i’ve got a new toy for us to play with :) I think you’ll really like it, i don’t want you to miss out
i won’t tell you any more tho! that’d spoil the surprise lol
interesting interesting
i’ll be there when i can be
1 August 2022
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i think i’ll go with the scylla!handler costume idea
i’d go for something more complex but the time got away from me a bit there :( i was juggling a few too many things i think
oh that’s okay! i’m sure it’ll look great
we’ll be the kickass duo again :D
thanks, love
see you again at dragon con <3
4 September 2022
Back in their room after showing off their costumes, Evvy made to take hers off, but Laurel slid her arms around her waist before she could start.
“Now Evvy,” she practically purred in her ear, “since we don’t have another costume event after this, what do you say to us getting a little... creative with them?”
Evvy shivered at her touch and her words. “What do you mean?” she asked.
“Well,” Laurel said, “you’re dressed like Petra as she was under SCYLLA’s control, no? And I’m your handler.” She gave a dangerous smirk, and Evvy couldn’t help the sinking sensation in her chest. “Surely this wouldn’t be an inappropriate thing to have happen, there.”
“I put months of work into this costume,” said Evvy when she finally found her voice. “If it gets damaged...”
“Don’t worry,” said Laurel. “I understand how much effort something like this takes. You’ll be able to wear it again—though you might want to wash it, after this.”
Evvy nodded, and Laurel smirked.
“All right then, Hibernator,” she said, and her expression changed from halfway gentle to cruel and vindictive. “You acted out of parameters on your last mission.”
That was a key line in The Frog The Came In From The Cold; Evvy knew this scene. “No, sir,” she said. “I just—”
Laurel backhanded her very lightly—not enough to do damage, just enough to sting—and snapped, “Silence, Hibernator.” She prowled around Evvy, dragging her hands over her body, before stepping forwards into her face to shove a hand between her legs and hold her there for a moment. “You’re a disgrace to your training, Hibernator,” said Laurel. “And I will teach you better, but we can’t have you biting your tongue off... why, that’s one of your most important weapons.”
Evvy knew what was coming next, but she still flinched as Laurel forced a gag into her mouth, tying it roughly over her wig.
“There,” said Laurel. “That’s better. Now, Hibernator—kneel.”
Evvy knelt, a hot thrill of desire flicking through her, and surrendered to Laurel’s whims with a reluctance that bordered on hatred.
---
They went for what felt to Evvy like hours; Laurel smacked her lightly around, talked to her like she really was Hibernator being disciplined for lack of proper procedure-following on her missions, laid her down and went over what seemed like every inch of her body with her hands and tongue and toys.
Eventually, she found herself tied spread-eagled on the bed, Laurel kneeling between her legs wearing a strap-on.
Evvy stared up at the ceiling, Laurel’s fingers ghosting across her skin, silicone moving slowly inside of her.
The woman knew her inside and out, in a way no one else did; knew her for what she was, had shown her a world of possibilities she never could have imagined, where pleasure and pain and betrayal and affection all intertwined. But there—on that bed, in that moment, with her limbs lightly bound and no words she could speak—
She wished she really were Leapfrog, and not just a girl who dressed up like her.
Maybe then she would have picked up the traits of a poison dart frog.
Maybe, then, Laurel would never have dared to touch her.
6 September 2022
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hey evvy, just checking in
I know the scene we did was kind of a lot, and you still seemed pretty out of it when you got on the plane—are you good?
im fine.
oh that’s good to know! i know it was a bit difficult for you to talk to me, but i do think it went well! it was super hot, you done up in the costume like that... i’d kill to do that again, especially if you could rustle up a leapfrog costume you woulnd’t care abt seeing ruined!
anyway we should think abt more cosplay plans for next time <3 <3 <3 <3
28 January 2023
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hey, evvy. it’s been a while—did something happen? how are you doing?
i thought it might be fun to meet up at ECCC again—we can share a hotel room if you want, i know this is pretty short notice to be asking on.
28 January 2023
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hey. um. can we talk?
what, looking for more dirt for one of your smear campaigns? no thanks.
no! it’s not that at all pls don’t block me i’m sorry i’m sorry i’m sorry just
please
i
i don’t
relax, kid, i’m not gonna block you. not right now, at least. calm down.
i’m so sorry you probably don’t want to talk to me. *i* woulnd’t want to talk to me. you can tell me to fuck all the way off if you want to. i shouldn’t be here but
i didn’t know where else to go.
why me?
you aren’t involved at all. you’re not biased. and i
you...?
i’ve been reading ur blog u give good advice i think
i need some advice
what about?
fuck. why is this. i can’t even fucking type the words this was a mistake, i should ask someone else but i’d have to explain the whole stupid situation and—
....fuck. this is about laurel, isn’t it.
howcanyoutellifsomeoneshurtingyou
...yeah. it’s about laurel.
r u still htere?
im sorry this was a mistake, i can just go
wait, no, you don’t need to.
i mean you can if you want, but you don’t need to go. i’m just trying to formulate my thoughts properly.
okay.
okay. why do you want to know how to tell if someone’s hurting you? what are you willing to tell me about that? you don’t have to tell me anything you don’t want to but that’s a really broad question.
i haven’t talked to her in a while, bc i keep just... running things around in my head. something feels off and i don’t know exactly what. i don’t like being around her anymore.
in retrospect i don’t think i’ve liked being around her for a long time. but. i don’t know when exactly that happened.
she messaged me today to ask where i’d been and i felt like i was going to throw up.
the first time we met irl was at eccc a couple years ago. that was completely fine. nothing happened.
the second time we met irl was at sdcc that summer. i was doing a leapfrog cosplay, and she said i was adorable. on day 2 i was still in the leapfrog cosplay, and she dressed up as Eagle-eye—teen girl eagle-eye, not old man eagle-eye.
i’m sorry, this is stupid. it seems so stupid putting it like this.
it’s not stupid. you can stop talking whenever you want to, but it’s not stupid.
it seems like this is something you’ve wanted to talk about for a long time.
right. okay.
someone saw us together—i don’t think they knew how young i was or how old she was, you know how cosplay can be—and asked us to pose for photos. which i was happy to do! i was with my friend, i was in a good cosplay, someone else even wanted pictures! of course i didn’t mind.
but the photographer encouraged us to get closer to each other, less fighty poses more physical contact poses. more romantic poses.
and
fuck
there’s no way to say this that doesn’t sound worse than it actually was. i promise it wasn’t
she grabbed my ass and kissed me on the lips for a photograph.
...i’m assuming from the way you phrased that that she didn’t ask first.
i didn’t push her away. i didn’t tell her to stop.
that doesn’t matter. if she didn’t ask, it wasn’t negotiated ahead of time, and especially if you didn’t want her to do those things, *especially* especially with how young you were? yes. that can constitute hurting you.
........
....that wasn’t even the part i was going to ask about.
but i suppose if i told you that it. escalated. from there. you’d say that that was hurting me too, huh.
jesus fuck, it gets worse?
dammit i knew that laurel was a bitch on the internet but i didn’t think she went around attacking kids
she didn’t
that’s not
i know what being... attacked... looks like, and that’s not what...
that didn’t
fuck, sorry, six-cats. I shouldn’t have said that to you, I didn’t mean to try to frame your experiences for you. but i will say: someone attacking or assaulting you can look like a lot of things. it’s not all like it’s portrayed in media, stranger-danger in dark alleyways and white vans.
most of the time, it’s someone that you know.
six-cats? are you still there?
please at least say something, even if it’s just that you want the conversation to be over.
i don't know what to do now.
i mean, you can keep talking to me if you want to, but i’m really not qualified to deal with this, you should know. i’m just a person on the internet; i can’t help you irl with anything, and i don’t have any sort of training here, only some experience. that being said: do you have a trusted figure in your life, preferably an adult, who you can talk to about this? parent, teacher, school counselor, older sibling? they’re in a much better position than me to get you actual help.
...i can try to talk to my parents, i guess. i just.
i felt so STUPID about all of it. i still do.
you’re not stupid. and it’s not your fault that laurel chose to hurt you.
if u say so.
thank you for talking to me. really. thank you.
i don’t know what i would’ve done.
i’m glad i could help.
thank you.
29 January 2023
Evvy stood in front of her dad’s office door for an inordinately long amount of time before finally raising her hand to knock.
“Come in!” her dad called through the door.
She stepped inside on trembling legs, then swallowed. Swallowed again. Clasped her hands tightly behind her back, let the pressure ground her in the present.
“Dad,” she said, “we need to talk.” Evvy took a deep breath and shut her eyes. “Or I guess I should say—there’s something I need to tell you.”
30 January 2023
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not sure if I should say this :/ it concerns a long-time friend... but @six-cats-in-a-trenchcoat blocked me out of nowhere today :( i guess i’m just a little bit worried that the prosh/ppers may have gotten to her...
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oh no! do you want someone else to go and ask her?
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not today, I don’t want to be hasty about it. Maybe it was a misclick.
six-cats, if you’re reading this, my inbox is open at any time! <3
24 March 2023
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poison darts & poisoned hearts – six_of_cats – Wonder Cinematic Universe [Archive of Our Own]
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Wonder Cinematic Universe
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Petra Driver, Annie Weaver
Additional Tags: Relationship Study, Power Imbalance, Annie Weaver’s A+ Mentoring, Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence, exploring some of canon’s darker aspects this time, like when you really look at some of this stuff… the implications are Not Great, i didn’t tag for / or & because their relationship is... weird, it’s not romantic, its just whatever it is, DONT come after me for this!! ik its dark but its coping okay
Summary:
Platinum Lady is brilliant, a shining star radiating light across the world. Against that light, what is Leapfrog—what, indeed, is Petra? She reaches out for Platinum’s favor, but… well.
Stars are plasma, after all. Is it any wonder if she gets burned?
(aka the one where I took how standoffish Annie is towards Petra at first, how little she seems to actually, fully care about her as a person, and just… took that to its logical conclusion, if nothing ever came along to change it)
31 March 2023
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ughh i really hate to point this out ;-; but i really do think something’s up with six-cats... she still hasn’t unblocked me and she’s been writing weirdo darkfic lately...
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oh no D: that super sucks, she was so much fun to have around
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i suppose it’s just the end of an era :/
6 June 2025
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Boiling the Frog-fan: or, how to break a young fan’s trust
This is not my usual style of post, and I’m sorry for that. But I have been silent about this for too fucking long, and I’m not going to stand by and watch as my abuser recruits more kids into her cute little cult. I’m not going to lie: I’ve been scared to say anything for a long, long time. Afraid that people wouldn’t believe me, afraid my abuser would retaliate somehow, afraid that people would hold my past behavior against me—which I wouldn’t blame anyone for! I did shitty things when I was fourteen-ish, and nobody is obligated to forgive me for that!—but you know what? fuck it. I’m not fourteen anymore. I have a support network that doesn’t care about any of this stupid bullshit fandom drama. All the support I’d thought I had here was taken from me long ago, and I can’t lose something I no longer have.
Oh, that reminds me, with all that out of the way...
Hey there, Laurel. I know you’re reading this in some incognito tab or sockpuppet account. That’s the sort of thing you'd do, isn’t it? Stalk the blog of a kid who you hurt, who grew up and realized that everything you did to them was wrong? I wonder what you’ll do in response. Maybe you’ll try to dox me, since I’m obviously spreading horrible malicious lies about you, and that’s a proportionate response. Maybe you’ll sic your followers on me to harass me off the internet.
I don’t care. I’m not scared of you. Treasure this message from me, if you want—this is the last thing I ever plan to say to you, though I’m definitely not done talking about you, much as you might like it.
Maybe you’ll post a ten-minute non-apology song with a fucking ukulele, even. I wouldn’t put it past you.
All right, then. Now that she’s off seething, I suppose I should get on with the actual story I came here to tell, shouldn’t I? I’ve put it under a cut to save your dash.
This is the story of my relationship with fellow tumblr user frogdaughter-appreciation-blog, aka Laurel. I first interacted with her six years ago (to the day, i’ve realized as i post this, bleh) when I was thirteen.
TW/CW for discussion of abuse, SA, grooming, and depiction of some of the grooming (in the form of DM receipts). If you’re not prepared to read about that, don’t read the rest of this post.
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