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moveslikeanape · 3 months
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i actually don't play disney magic kingdoms myself, it's just not really my type of game, but i've seen some gameplay of it and read a lot of the little dialogue from it online and it's always seemed really charming and cute! so it really is too bad we might never get to see tarzan characters added to it. i do play disney dreamlight valley on the switch, which is sort of a life sim game like animal crossing but with disney/pixar characters all living together, and a lot more of a story to it with quests you get to do for everyone. it's a lot newer and doesn't have nearly as many characters in it, but a recent update added a jungle biome that would've been perfect for tarzan and jane. i know they'll probably never be added, but if they were then they could live together in the treehouse and we could see how tarzan would feel about living in the valley among so many other humans! there would be so many new things that jane could teach him about.
i recently started collecting lorcana cards after seeing one of rapunzel wearing a green dress, which i found really cool because that was what she had in so much of her concept art! i was also pretty excited to be able to get cards from the emperor's new groove, the great mouse detective, treasure planet, and hercules. i bet they could make some beautiful cards for tarzan... but yeah, that copyright issue is incredibly frustrating. some of my favorite movies may be a bit overlooked or underrepresented by disney, but at least they don't have the legal problem that tarzan has. i guess with once upon a studio they must've wanted to really go all out to make sure every single walt disney animation studios feature could be included! i'm grateful they did, because it would've been a huge shame to see tarzan not even allowed into the special 100th anniversary short. the new movie "wish" also has a tribute to past WDAS films during the credits, where gold-colored drawings of characters from each movie appeared across the screen in chronological order. strangely they actually left out a handful of movies including the black cauldron, but they did include tarzan!
also, i'm sure you already knew about this haha, but just the other day i came across an article from a few years ago where several of the people who worked on tarzan were interviewed and talked about the production. and i learned for the first time that it was originally planned as a direct-to-video movie which would stick closer to the source material with tarzan going to england. i'm obviously very glad that that didn't happen and we got the movie we have now instead. -🌟
Sorry, was out of town for the weekend visiting family.
That's fair about Magic Kingdoms not being your type of game. I think the only real reason I play it is because it's something I can play casually and more of less keep up with, with out it taking too much time.
What I've seen of Dreamlight Valley looks like so much fun! And that would be amazing to see Tarzan and Jane in that game. Probably will never happen, but we can dream!
Ooo, I haven't seen that Rapunzel one, will have to look it up. I've always loved the concept art. So insane to think there's actually even Treasure Planet art in them!!!
Sadly we may never get Tarzan in Lorcana, but I found this artist during the Disemeber challenge on instagram, and he's actually done art for Lorcana. Looks like it was just the one card, Chief Bogo (which he's posted if you go though his stuff). May not be official, but at least here's a Christmas themed idea of what could be if they included Tarzan
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OMG, I never expected any reference to Tarzan in Wish!! I haven't seen it yet (live in a small town, starting to think we may not even get it in our theatre), but now I'm even more excited to see it!
Oh wow, I actually didn't know that! That's so interesting (definitely so grateful they didn't go that route though). Would have been interesting to see how close Disney would get to the source material… don't know if you've ever read the books, but there's a lot of not so family friendly stuff. Also would have been such a waste, given the quality of D2V animation, would have been such a shame to only get Tarzan & Jane quality animation.
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extsev · 1 year
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The Silly Story PT 1
(FOR MY FRIEND AND I, READ IF U WANT BUT JUST KNOW IT ISNT AN X READER) THIS IS AN AU OF SOUTH PARK BTW
This high schools a hell hole. Mila and I are considered "the weird kids," as you may call it. For some reason, we're not bullied as much as the others. We're kind of just, ignored?
There's these four kids. Eric (well we call him Cartman because its his last name,) Kyle, Stan, and Kenny.
Eric wears a red sweater with a blue scarf, and dark brown sweatpants. His outfits pretty simple! He doesn't really talk much, he's nice.
Kyle wears a trapper hat, with fluffy flaps to cover his ears. He has a black turtle neck, with an orange button-up jacket on top, black sweatpants, green gloves and a blue necklace that adorns on top of his outfit.
Stan wears a red button-up, with a half zipped brown jacket. He wears blue jeans. He used to wear a blue and red beanie, but eventually ditched in middle school.
Kenny's outfit is my favorite. (Along with Kyles, but shh...) He wears an orange parka, with light brown cargo pants. He used to like matching his pants and parka with the same color, but decided the brown looked better. Good on you for color theory! Instead of hiding his face with the hoodie like he used to do, he just wears a fabric mask to school.
During the years they've gone to this school they've just made it worse. They torture the kids here to the point some even went to the hospital. I don't know why the school doesn't do much about it. The most they get is a suspension, never kicked out of school.
Surprisingly, even though my bestie and I are "weird kids," we're not beaten up. We're just ignored. That's good, but it kinda sucks when no one knows who you are.
"Sev! Wake up girl, it's lunch time. I gotta go get my lunch. And, y'know, you don't have to since you get the free lunch shit.... Sev? Heellllooooo...? Girl, are you narrating your life in your head again?" I wake up from my trance, as Mila snapped in my face.
"Fuck- Sorry! And uhhh... Maybe..." I shooed her away as I got up in embarrassment.
She facepalmed, and dragged me into the hall. "Ughhhh... What have we talked about..? This ain't no Disney movie! Plus, it's really distracting you now. All you do is zone out and imagine scenarios!"
"But it's fun! Plus," I brush my pants off from the dust of my chair, "I don't have to deal with being ignored 25/8 if I imagine that stuff!"
"You'll still be alone eiithherrrr wayyyyyy!! Although, you do have me!" Mila flipped her hair smiling, as I walked away. "Noooo! Don't leave! I need to go to my locker!"
I chuckle and turn to her, "Just meet me in the lunch room, m'kay?" (haha.. mkay..? ... shhh)
IN THE CAFETERIA
I grab my lunch, and walk over to the spot her and I always sit in. Suddenly, I bump into a tall dude. Bruh. Move, the fu-
OH. Okay, never mind. It's Kyle. Oh shit. I knocked his stuff out of his hands too. I'm definitely screwed, this is how I become known. Literal dead meat.
"I'm so sorry! I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Let me get your stuff." I mutter, reaching for his bag.
He slapped my hand off his bag. "Don't even bother," he spoke, picking it up. "Who the hell even are you? I've never seen your stupid face around here."
"Oh! Uh, I'm Sev! I'm still really sorry.." I scratched my neck, I'm so stupid. He stayed silent for a moment, but looked to his friends.
"Sit with us."
HUH? BITCH WHAT? HELLO? "Well uh, I always sit with my friend Mila!-"
"Sit. Now. She can sit with us too." He told Cartman to push a seat out on the opposite end of the table, and he patted it.
"Well, if you insist..?" I sat down near Cartman, who clearly was always terrified. How is he still friends with those 3? Well, I mean he is stuck. I spot Mila, and wave at her to gain her attention. She stands in total shock, sweating at the sight of the boys. She runs over, clinging onto the sleeve of my blue hoodie.
"Why are you sitting with them..? They could completely bite your face off!" She whispers into my ear, as they glare at her.
"C'mon, sit down! It'll be fine!" I whisper back, and drag her onto a chair.
"So.. What do you guys do after school for fun?" Stan questions, poking at his food.
"Well, we like to go to 7-11! Or that good ramen place on park!" I spoke, as Mila looks at me with terror in her eyes.
"Sick. Which 7-11?"
I draw a line of the road with my fingers as I talk, "Y'know the one near the gas station? And the little park right there!"
"What do you get there?" Kenny finally talked, shocking Mila and I. I thought he doesn't talk?
"I love to get orange Monster! Or a coke-" I state, but Mila cuts me off (although I don't care because I was about to stop talking anyways.)
"I like pink lemonade!" Mila slowly lowers down because she talked. "Sorry.."
"Mila it's okay girlll!" I reassure her, patting her shoulder. Kenny leaned over, whispering in Stans ear. Stan nodded and whispered back, as Kyle added on. Cartman, Mila, and I sat there confused.
"Uh, do you wanna like.. Hang out with us after school? Kenny'll pay for you guys."
Mila and I look at each other giggling like idiots, and I exclaim, "Heck yes! We'd love that!"
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pb-jellybeans · 9 months
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15 Questions
Thank you for tagging me @starrylothcat and @isthereanechoinhere96 <3
Were you named after anyone?
My first name is from my great grandmother who raised my mom and my middle name is my paternal grandmother's middle name. Basically my name could be found in the 1940's census lol
2. When was the last time you cried?
This past weekend 😅 I was at a wedding for a long-time friend of mine who I haven't seen in years so there were lots of emotions between seeing her so happy with her husband and seeing loved ones I haven't seen since 2020 💕
3. Do you have kids?
None yet! I'm still in school but my partner and I have talked about it and we would both like to have at least one and see how my body handles it. However we are both interested in adoption and/or fostering as well!
4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
Yessssss haha I've been trying to dial back a touch
5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?
Their smile, especially the way it connects with their eyes
6. What’s your eye color?
Green 💚 with some gold flecks around the edges
7. Scary movies or happy endings?
I’m a sucker for happy endings. If I’m investing the time I expect there to be some sort of emotional payout 😝
8. Any special talents?
Uhhh not sure if this is a talent but I can name all 50 states in alphabetical order in under 1 minute? 😅 that and I have an absurd amount of Disney and Star Wars trivia in my noggin
9. Where were you born?
California ☀️
10. What are your hobbies?
Reading (both fanfics on this lovely website and books my friends recommend to me), hiking, watching baseball (go Dodgers!), and volunteering at the local animal shelter when I have time
11. Do you have any pets?
My family dog is back home in California but she’s technically my puppy since I won her in a bet with my dad lol
12. What sports do/have you played?
I played a bunch of sports growing up including swimming, soccer, basketball, flag football, and volleyball. However softball was my main sport and I ended up earning the opportunity to play in college!
13. How tall are you?
5’5”
14. Favorite subject at school?
While I was a bio/Chem major, I really loved history class. I hated testing for it but I really enjoyed learning about all the things that happened in the past (just please don’t ask me to memorize any dates or analyze the cause and effect of the war of 1812 😅)
15. Dream job?
I’m working towards it right now, but I will soon be a Pathologist’s Assistant! My other dream job is to just say screw it all and work at Disneyland because why tf not lol
NPT: @wanderer-six @rain-on-kamino @staycalmandhugaclone
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airasora · 7 months
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I'm... Let's say extremely close with a white passing Rroma person (if I said exactly how I'd be disclosing who they are and they don't want that). Sometimes genetics are weird; they have green eyes and a similar skin tone to Quasimodo, and reddish blonde hair. Some of their siblings look like Esmeralda or Clopin. They also explained to me that unfortunately, a likely explanation for Quasimodo's og appearance is that the man we see with his mother isn't his biological father, and that he's the product of a gadje (non-Rroma -it is not an offensive word as far as I'm aware, it's like "goy" meaning "non-Jew") sexually assaulting her. Historically it's the most likely explanation. (As evidenced by latter attitudes toward Esmeralda; Frollo may have been the only one to go insane over her but she's definitely regarded as an object of lustful desire by most).
Florida.Florian on YT and TikTok is a Rroma person who makes really informative videos about his people and culture. Several of them are about HOND and one of them touches on the issues (historical and racial) with the "Jehan fix", after precisely mentioning how Quasimodo's appearance unfortunately lends itself to the stereotype you mentioned. I'd highly recommend giving it a watch as I'm really not qualified to speak this far out of my wheelhouse any more. I'm not saying it's a bad thing that you like it, not at all, just that you probably want to be aware of the background that that kind of story has, based on what I know about you as a person (basically, not racist, open minded, and someone who wants to learn). Plus the channel is just plain enjoyable, he's very good.
Personally, I always thought the intention, accidental harmful stereotypes aside, in the design, was so Frollo could further "other" Quasimodo from his people. After all, we see he's trying to raise him to be as racist as he is but while being aware that his mother was Romani. If their typical skin color and features are something else he doesn't share with them, it's another weapon in Frollo's arsenal to explain why he saved him and why he's different from those horrible evil g-psies, the same way his deformity others him from everyone else. I'm thinking especially of the scene where he accuses both Esmeralda and Quasi's mother of being incapable of love, and the Rroma people at large of the same, while at the same time stating that a poor soft-hearted deformed child had no chance to not fall in love with the evil witch. Could also explain why Quasimodo talks about his own people as "them" and parrots Frollo's rhetoric, despite being fully aware that he IS part of "them".
No matter how you put it, this story in its most original form is already VERY problematic to say the least. Yes, this is my favorite Disney movie and Disney stage musical, but that doesn't mean I'm a big fan of its original source. When you create stories like these, there's unfortunately bound to be prejudice, presumptions and historically problematic or incorrect information. I'm not claiming that HOND is good Roma representation, not at all. I like it as a fictional story and that's it.
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nanalikessurveys · 1 year
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As kids, were there any toys that you & your sibling(s) used to fight over? I did share some toys with my sister at some age and apparently my sister didn’t like that because according to my mom she used to hide our toys from me so she could play with them by herself lol. But we never fought over them. Do you own any colouring books as an adult? What kind(s)? Yes I have one. It’s a pretty basic adult coloring book with different designs and shapes. Have you ever tried Raspberry Pepsi? Did you like it? Yess I love it. It’s honestly my favorite one out of all the flavored pepsi and coca cola drinks. Do you remember how old you were, the first time you used a computer? I think we’ve had a computer always since I’ve been around so I don’t remember the first time. I vaguely remember being maybe like 6 years old when I played some computer games with my sister.
What kinds of ice-cream do you have in your freezer right now, if any? I don’t have ice cream in my freezer.
Do you have any idea when you’ll next attend a wedding? Whose will it be? No, no idea. Name someone you know who has green eyes. My best friend.
As a kid, did you own any items of clothing with a Disney character on them? Yes I had some. I still do actually. ^Do you own any such items as an adult? Oops already said it. Is there any food in your house that has orange packaging? I don’t know, I don’t want to go and check. Do you enjoy any songs by Phil Collins? I don’t think I’ve heard of this person. Have you ever used a walkie-talkie? Not that I remember of. Tell me about the last conversation you had that sparked your interest. What did you discuss, and with whom? I was on the phone with my mom and we were talking about our trip to Estonia we’re taking tomorrow. 
Do you own anything that is crocheted? Yes my mom likes to crochet so she’s made a few socks and scarves for me. Also she’s currently crocheting a bag for me :) Any idea what you were doing at 3PM last Wednesday? No but if I was home I was probably just chilling on my laptop. Do you watch any of the dating shows, or are they not your sort of thing? I don’t watch them. Or any reality tv shows actually. Do you own any bath bombs? What scent(s)? No, I don’t even have a bathtub. Have you ever had an appliance in your home break at a particularly inconvenient time? What happened? I can’t think of any specific time when that’s happened. Are there any movies you enjoy that are in black-and-white? Yeah there are some. As a child, did you ever do any baking, with your mum, grandma, or another relative? What kind of things did you bake together? I’ve baked with my mom and my maternal grandma. My grandma tought me how to make blueberry pie and I’ve baked a lot of different pastries with my mom. In the last week, have you had any dreams that were strange or amusing? All the dreams I have are strange. But I rarely remember the actual content of my dreams. Just the overrall vibe. What will you most likely be doing in 3 hours’ time? I don’t know. I’ll be at home that’s for sure.
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boytouya · 3 years
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I'm dumb as all fuck, but like
I wanna hear you rant abt pointless shit
Idm
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WHY WOULD YOU SAY RHIS TO ME AT FIVE AMMMMM
completely unrelated to everything else i say after this but, cats are so cute. we don’t deserve cats. their lil toe beans and cute meows???? ugh i love cats.
and sometimes i randomly think about how we’re all under the same moon like isnt that so crazy??? everyone complains about being far away from each other but at least we’re on the same planet!! like wow we could all look at the sky at the same time if we really wanted to!!!! ...and we probably use the bathroom at the same time as celebrities which is weird to think about
anyway half asleep rn but all i can think about is the way people treat products of rough upbringings like they’re animals even in fictional works,,,, bucky barnes for example??? in tfatws they talk so much shit about him and it’s like...okay he’s right there...he’s literally a human too??? people loved the idea of incarcerating the winter soldier but now that they have bucky barnes they don’t know what to do with him ☹️ why did everyone leave him behind and expect him to become a fully functioning member of society knowing that he just lost his best friend and all he’s ever known (AND FAUGHT SO HARD TO REMEMBER ))):) (also his therapist was the worst....hate that bitch and her caucasian aging!)
and and AND why did the writers throw away steve’s entire character development in endgame.... like he spent at least three movies fighting for bucky ... just for him to leave??? i may be a below average writer but damn that writing was ass.
same with dabi??? those mfs wanted touya back so bad but now they’re surprised he’s dabi and literally wants them all dead.....lie what’d you expect??
in bl why are the darker skinned characters always loud, abrasive tops.....it’s getting weird.... ALSO VERY WEIRD FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT SOMEONE AND THINK ABOUT THEIR PREFERENCE IN BED WHEN
1) personality is not the same as preference
2) skin color has nothing to do with personality/whether you top/bottom
3) real people are not your next fanfic???
speaking of.... i thought everyone agreed not to ship real people??? i don’t like dream smp or wtv tf those white racist minecraft players are called... but whyre they being shipped
i guess if they don’t care it’s whatever but is that not?? idk weird?
OOO also did you know you apparently blink 10-20 times a minute!!!!
cats can get depression which is so freaking sad like i love my cat so much i want her to live a long happy life i can’t believe i’m crying over my cat at 5 am
so unrelated but i’ve never found someone ugly. like clearly i’m not attracted to everyone but i don’t think anyone is ugly either??? (i mean unless you’re a bad person)
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pascalpanic · 3 years
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so i read this scenario on reddit and i thought it would be a cute and fluffy fic idea if you want to write it :)
one of the Pedro boys (i was thinking frankie or marcus moreno but you can put any one of them that you feel like would fit the story) lands himself in the hospital and the reader visits him often cause they’re friends. they notice that every time they visit, his heart rate monitor speeds up, like not enough to cause alarm but enough to be noticeable, and that’s how she finds out that he likes her and they decide to date (after he gets out of hospital)
Appendicitis (Frankie Morales x f!reader)
Summary: ^^
W/C: 2.4K
Warnings: talk of being ill, vomit, pain, lots of talk of hospitals and that being a major setting, Frankie is a dad, language
A/N: welcome back to Josie’s quest to clean her inbox! This idea was so precious!! I hope you guys like it!!
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Frankie is in fucking agony. Never has he felt something as painful as this, never has such pain radiated through his body so intensely that he has no choice but to vomit out his stomach’s contents.
He spends the day at home, occupying his daughter as best he can while he’s in such suffering. He figures that maybe it’s just really bad gas cramping or constipation. Marisol plays quietly, at her daddy’s request, watching her favorite Disney movies on the couch while nuzzled into his side. Frankie has never been so grateful to get her into bed at the end of the day.
After a full day of the pain, and realizing that it wasn’t going away no matter how many painkillers he took, Frankie gave in around midnight. Lying in his bed, skin turning gray and the pain now decisively in his right side, Frankie called you.
After a few rings, you picked up. “Hey, Fish.”
“Hi.” His voice sounds agonized. “How much do you charge for babysitting again?” He asks, the strain clear.
You’re confused, pushing the phone closer to your ear and thinking it might be the distance that makes him sound so odd. “Uh, you’re my friend, so free. You need me to take Mari?” You ask him.
He nods. “Yeah; how much for like a week though? I don’t want to impose though, and-“
His voice sounds terrible. “Frankie. Shut up. A week? What’s wrong? I can take Marisol for as long as you need, but I gotta know what’s going on.”
Frankie is quiet before he grunts softly in pain. “I think my appendix might be fucked up. It hurts like fucking hell. Mari’s asleep, I don’t wanna wake her or anything, but could you-“
You cut him off once more, sitting bolt upright. “I’m on my way over. Do you think you can hang on until I get there? I can drive you to the hospital, or we’ll get one of the boys.”
“That sounds good,” Frankie agrees. “Fuckin’ ambulances are so expensive.”
You chuckle softly. “Hang in there, Fish, okay? I’m gonna call Will, see if he can drive you and I’ll stay with Mari. How’s that?”
Marisol loves you. There’s no better solution in Frankie’s eyes: she behaves better for you than she does for him. She’ll be in good hands, happy for as long as he needs to be in the hospital healing. “Perfect. God, you’re a fucking angel. Don’t deserve you.”
“You deserve better than me,” you snort as you pull on a hoodie and slip on some shoes. “I’m gonna call Will. You got this, Fish. Distract yourself. I’ll send you updates.”
When you arrive at the Morales household, Will’s truck is already in the driveway. He lives closer, so it makes sense. Be quiet and don’t wake Mari, you remember as you slip off your shoes and head up the stairs of Frankie’s home. It’s quiet, unsurprising for this time of night, and you know Mari is a light sleeper. Frankie would never want to wake her at this hour.
Wandering into his room, you find Will standing next to the bed and an incredibly worn-looking Frankie. His skin holds barely any color, his face almost green in nausea. You rush to his side. “Frankie, holy shit,” you exclaim in a loud whisper, taking his hand. “You’re okay?”
“I will be if Miller mans up and gets me out of this bed,” he says, followed by a chuckle with no humor.
Will sighs. He’s wearing pajamas too, looking as exhausted as you are. Frankie groans as he hears Mari’s tiny voice over the baby monitor. “Fuck. You’re staying with her, Will’s bringing me?” He clarifies, looking up at you with bloodshot eyes.
Nodding, you squeeze his hand. “Give me directions quickly and I’ll go get her. You gotta sit up first, Frankie,” you reassure him.
He squeezes your hand back tight and sits up, his face contorting in pain. There’s a flush of redness to his cheeks, and it makes him look more human for a moment until it fades again. “She won’t fall back asleep unless she’s in this bed with you. She needs the attention. Uh, food is in the fridge, you know emergency shit,” he says, with surprising coherence for the pain he’s in.
You nod and ruffle Frankie’s soft bedhead. “Benny- fuck,” you wince, knowing the Miller brothers hate being mixed up. Somehow, even with their distinct personalities, you do it all the time. “Will. Send me updates,” you remind him as you stand. “And you, Francisco,” you murmur and press a kiss to his sweat-beaded forehead, “get some strong pain meds and get better for me and Mari.” You smile softly and walk out of the room.
The room next to Frankie’s is beautiful, a sage green paint and lots of woodland creatures painted on the walls by Frankie’s surprisingly artistic hands. There’s a crib covered by a creamy white canopy and the little girl pokes her head up, tilting to the side in confusion as she sees you.
It’s not fear, of course. Mari loves you, absolutely adores you in fact. She’s just… confused. Her little brain can tell it’s the middle of the night. “Where’s Daddy?” She asks, making uppy arms at you.
You walk over to her crib, picking her up and kissing her head. “Daddy’s got a tummyache, cutie,” you tell her and tickle her tummy gently, making her giggle and bury her tiny face in your chest. “He’s gonna go see the doctor and get it all fixed up, okay? You and I are gonna have so much fun,” you assure her, and she giggles again.
You can hear two sets of feet, slowly moving. “Let’s go give Daddy a kiss goodbye, okay?” Mari nods and rubs her little eyes.
Frankie’s got an arm around Will’s shoulders in the hall, looking absolutely agonized. He smiles a little as he sees you and his baby. “Hey, patita,” he chuckles. He dubbed her duckling from the soft tufts of fluff on her head as a baby. “Be good while I’m gone.”
Mari nods and puts a hand on either side of Frankie’s sweating face, making a little pout and giving him a kiss. “Love you, Daddy,” she says, a yawn overtaking her tiny face.
“Love you too,” he nods and looks up at you. “I owe you.”
“Friends don’t owe each other,” you shake your head. “Now get your a… butt to the hospital, Morales,” you tell him and pat Will on the shoulder. “Thanks, man.”
He nods at you and the two men shuffle along through the house until they can get Frankie into the car and on his way to (hopefully) sedation and a cure.
Yawning again, Mari’s big brown eyes look up at you from where you hold her on your hip. “Snack?” She asks you, pointing towards the kitchen.
Her little voice and tiny, pudgy fingers are too much. “I suppose. Only because we’re having special girls’ time,” you tease and boop her nose. Setting her on the counter, you grab some cubes of cheese and some berries, which you make sure are in small pieces.
Mari’s content to eat her snacks with you, and you can see her growing sleepier again as the plate empties out. “Sleepy?” You ask her, and she nods. “Alright, cutie pie,” you sigh and lift her, holding her to your chest as she wraps her arms around your neck and her legs around your torso. “Do you want me to cuddle with you?” You ask.
She nods. “Gotta snuggle for late sleepies. Daddy says that.”
The words melt your heart. Frankie’s always been so good with her, so warm and skilled and precious. It only makes your crush on the man grow every time his little girl babbles about how much she loves her daddy. “Does he?”
She nods. “Daddy sings for me.”
Frankie singing Marisol to sleep. The idea melts your heart. You need in on that. “What does he sing to you?” You ask. “What’s your favorite song that daddy sings to you?”
She thinks for a moment as you sit on the edge of the bed, allowing her to clamber off your lap and into the cozy king-sized bed. “Rocket Man.” It’s hard to decipher in her baby-talk, but you get it.
“He sings that for you?” You ask as you get under the covers, into the blankets that are still warm from Frankie’s body heat, that smell like his cologne.
Mari snuggles into your chest, and nods softly. “Can you sing Rocket Man?”
“Of course,” you nod and trace little circles into the toddler’s back, singing the Elton John song to her in a soft voice. It doesn’t take long, now that she’s in her daddy’s bed and got a snack, for her to fall asleep. She snores softly, and you follow suit not too long after.
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It did turn out that Frankie had appendicitis. The doctors weren’t entirely sure what caused it, but you and the Miller brothers rotated your time with Marisol at home and the hospital with Frankie, as his stay was painfully long for such an active man. Santiago video chatted often, but being out of town prevented him from physically seeing Fish.
It took him about a week to recover, and that time was mostly spent napping or watching the television in his room. He’d bullshit with the guys or you when you were around, and he especially loved the time of the afternoon every day where one of you brought Marisol to see him.
Usually it was just you or one of the Millers who stayed in the room with him. The other two either stayed with Marisol or got to stay at home and rest for themselves. It was a lucky day when you and Benny got to both be with Frankie for a while, telling stories and laughing. It was your turn to be off-duty, but all you wanted from your free time was to be with the man.
Your presence has always made Frankie’s heart rate a little faster. It’s always made his palms a little clammy, and his pants a little tighter sometimes. At least now he can attribute it to the pain.
Every time his eyes catch yours, his heart monitor gets a little louder. It’s odd, but you shrug it off. It can’t mean anything. It’s just your Frankie. After an hour or so of spending time with the guys, you run to get fast food for the three of you. While you’re away, you receive a text from Benny.
Benny Boy: you’re fucking with his head, bro
You: what?
Benny Boy: the heart rate monitor is nearly silent right now. every time frankie looks at you it spikes, don’t tell me you haven’t been noticing that
You: do you want nuggets or a burger?
You: thats ridiculous, Benny.
Benny Boy: always nuggets. but seriously, his heart rate is at like 54 right now, he’s just chilling and kind of dozed off. let’s check it when you come back.
You: be prepared for the most boring science experiment ever. also, what dip do you want?
After you receive your bulging bags of food, stuffed from both Benny’s and Frankie’s massive appetites, you return to the hospital.
You: walking in. pulse status?
Benny: 60. he’s a little more awake now.
As you enter the room, Frankie turns to you and grins. “Hey. What did you get?” He asks.
You plop the bags on the small table overhanging Frankie’s bed and grin. “Just your usual order. I know what you like,” you shrug as you unpack the food.
Beep beep beep beep. HR: 77
Smiling at the rate of Frankie’s heart, more than you should really, you sit down back next to Benny and the three of you eat your food. It’s somewhat quiet, the chatter dying as you devour the fast food, savoring the grease and salt.
After everyone is finished, you stand and clean up the garbage, tossing it all away. You sit back down on Frankie’s bedside. “So, macho man. How’s the pain?” You ask, your fingers tracing his good side.
Beep beep beep beep beep. HR: 86
He shrugs. “It hurts like a bitch, and they said it’s gonna keep hurting like a bitch.”
“Poor baby,” you chuckle, cupping the side of his face and kissing his forehead softly.
Beep beep beep beep beep beep. HR: 96
Benny groans and stands. “I’m gonna hit the bathroom.” He smacks your arm as he walks past, as if rubbing in the evidence he’s found. “And then take a walk, I think.”
You’re still seated at Frankie’s side, on the inflatable hospital mattress. “Oh Benjamin,” Frankie rolls his eyes. “Why’d he leave so quick?”
You shrug, though you know the answer. “Who knows? Benny can’t even predict himself,” you chuckle. Frankie’s hand rests over his chest. You slide your hand over his torso and lace your fingers through his until you’re holding it. You can feel his heart thumping steadily against it. “I’m really glad you’re okay.”
Beep beep beep beep. HR: 104
He smiles. “I’m lucky I have you.”
You sigh softly as you look up at the heart rate monitor again. “I gotta say, you have a really high resting rate,” you say nonchalantly, as if you believe it.
Frankie’s face warms. “I, uh-“
“I’m kidding, Frankie,” you mumble softly to him, smiling a little. “I really like you, and I think that monitor is helping me know you like me too. When you get out of here, can we maybe go on a date some time?”
Beepbeepbeepbeepbeep. HR: 112
Nodding enthusiastically, those floppy curls move with his head. “I would love that,” he tells you with a beaming smile. “God, have you been able to tell all day?” He asks as he looks up at the monitor, his ears burning with heat as he reads the pulse rate. It’s embarrassingly high.
“Yeah,” you finally admit and smile down at him. “But it’s cute. And it makes me feel all warm inside because I finally know you like me too.”
Big brown eyes stare up at you with all of the love in the world. “If I wasn’t wearing a hospital gown, I’d kiss you right now,” he promises. “But that’ll have to wait.”
“Yes it will,” you nod and kiss his forehead again, easing him back against the mattress he’d lifted up from slightly. “Now I’m going to go find Benny, and you slow down that heart rate,” you tease and ruffle his curls.
“I’m not gonna be able to slow it down with you around,” he says with a soft smile, his eyes slipping shut.
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uwuwriting · 4 years
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Midoriya, Todoroki and Shinsou being hit by a de-aging quirk
Request: HEY HEY HEYYY! Since I’ve seen you simping over Shinsou and sometimes if not all the time over Todoroki I would like to request the boys getting hit by a deaging quirk and having to be babied by their girlfriendssss. Oh and if you’d like could you add Midoriya in the mix? My boy needs more simps and you are president of the group. -anonymous
I’m in tears from the ask. I’ve been caught simping one too many times and now yall are calling me out. Snitches. SNITCHES GET STITCHES!!! Jk ... unless. Love yaa. 💖💖💖
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warnings: mild angst and mentions of trauma/bullying, the majority is fluff though.
Midoriya Izuku
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-Baby face™
-You sure you are not looking at his normal face?
-I mean he IS baby and he looks baby.....baby.
-Anyways
-You were on patrol with the hero you were training with when you got called in to deal with an attack. 
-They didn’t give you many details only that the previous heroes that were on the scene were struggling. 
-So once there you started fighting with the villain, dodging his attacks effortlessly until you spotted a puff of green hair. 
-Izuku was here? 
-Why hadn’t you seen him?
-It’s not like him to run from a fight, maybe he’s hurt?
-Calling out to him you dodged the villain again and slid behind the car you saw last saw him and was met with .... a toddler??
-Tears were running down the boys’ face as he was trying to pry a small metal bar from under some debris.
-He looked awfully a lot like you boyfriend and for only a moment you completely forgot about the villain and drowned in the adorableness of the toddler. 
-He was mumbling All Might’s key phrase under his breath adding his own small punchlines. 
-Once the bar was free he raised it in the air with shaky hands and called out, “I’m here! Midoriya Izuku will save you!”
-So that’s what those beams of light do if they hit you. 
-Activating your ear piece you alerted your ‘boss’ that there was a child here and to not get hit by the beams unless you wanted to go back to your toddler days. 
-After assuring you that everything was under control and that you could leave you picked Izuku up and made your way to the school.
-Recovery Girl said that the quirk should ware off in a day or two and until then Aizawa had named you his temporary care taker. 
-In your dorm, Izuku was overly curious. 
-He was opening boxes and drawers, rampaging through your equipment and fawning over your hero costume. 
-He sat down after what felt like an eternity and started bombarding you with questions about your hero studies, your quirk, your technique, your teachers, All Might, your classmates, their quirks, All Might, your favorite hero, the hero you work with, ALL MIGHT.
-It was cute you would give him that but simultaneously he was talking your ear off. 
-And when you told him that All Might was actually one of your teachers?
-You are now taking an impromptu trip to the teachers lounge to visit All Might. 
-Thankfully he’s there and he doesn’t have any classes for the rest of the day so he spends most of his free time with baby Izuku. 
-You are pushed to the side for most of the afternoon until Izuku notices you sitting alone while he plays with All Might and he feels by. 
-Waving goodbye to All Might he waddled over to you and climbed on your lap, giving you a hug and asking what YOU wanted to do. 
-HE IS SO DAMN CUTE EYE-
-You go back to your dorm and spend the rest of your afternoon and night there. 
-You ordered his favorite food and put on a Disney movie. 
-He wouldn’t leave your lap, always staying either between your legs or hugging you. 
-He is such a cuddle bug omg!!!
-You find him adorable and just snuggle him, hugging him harder and kissing his forehead. 
-When it was time for bed he really didn’t want to go to sleep. 
-You may have chased him around your room trying to put on one of his shirts that you had in your room as a pj. 
-You had to tickle him into submission.
-You tucked him in and went to make you own makeshift bed on the floor so you wouldn’t bother him. 
- “Y-Y/N-san c-can you sleep h-here?”
-He was blushing and avoiding your gaze as he waited for you answer. 
-Smiling at him you put on your own pjs *which were a pair of shorts and one of his sweatshirts* and jump under the covers. 
-He snuggled into your chest, giving you a small peck on the cheek and falling asleep in like a second. 
-You were soft to the very soul. 
-You fell asleep rather quickly yourself feeling all warm inside. 
-The next morning you woke up with strong arms wrapped tightly around your waist and steady breathing making a broad chest rise and fall. 
-Izuku squinted at the morning light as you stirred slightly and looked down meeting your hooded eyes. 
- “Thank you princess, for everything.”
Bonus:
“You were an adorable baby you know that?”
“Y/N stop!!!”
“Had me almost yeeting our protection out the window.”
“Y/N!”
Todoroki Shouto
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-His dad called you.
 -You were chilling in his dorm waiting for him to come back from his patrol with his dad. 
-You were sick the past few days and didn’t go to your hero studies.
-Shouto had been taking care of you but he had to leave at some point for his own studies. 
-Now Shouto has placed you as his emergency call on his phone along side Fuyumi and Deku. 
-You were the first name on the list and that’s why you were talking with his dad. 
- “Shouto was hit by a quirk while we were out and he is being ....difficult. I would prefer if you come get him I don’t think he would come near me anyways.”
-You heard a small cry in the back and asked immediately for their location. 
-I swear you haven’t gotten ready faster in your life.
-Arriving at the location you were met with.... a sight.
-Standing trembling across from Endeavor was a baby Shouto.
-He didn’t look a day over four, his scar was gone but his eyes were full of fear. 
-Endeavor was looking at him with a small frown on his face. 
-When he spotted you his eyes stayed on what you were wearing before motioning towards Shouto. 
-Look you were staying in YOUR boyfriend’s room surrounded by HIS clothes it was only logical for you to grab one of his hoodies. 
-Making your way to the terrified toddler you crouched down a few paces away from him.
-Giving him a small smile you whispered a shy ‘Hi Sho’ and waited for him to approach you. 
-His dual colored eyes scanned you before glancing back at his father who had turned his back to you and was talking on the phone. 
- “He won’t hurt you while I’m here. I won’t let him Sho I promise.”
-At that his eyes widened further and without warning he launched himself at you wrapping his small arms around your torso, a hiccup leaving his trembling lips. 
- “N-no he w-will hurt you l-like m-mommy *sob* I-I don’t want h-him to h-hurt you.” 
-You carefully brought him into a hug leaving a kiss on the top of his head as you whispered reassurances in his ear. 
-He stopped crying after a while and agreed on coming with you to the dorms. 
- “I’m taking him to UA he will be safe there.”
-You didn’t really wait for a response before scooping him up in your arms and walking off towards the school. 
-Once there you stopped by Aizawa’s room informing him of the situation. 
-He allowed you to take him to his room and stay with him for as long as he is like this.
-In his room you didn’t put him down opting to get everything ready for your Disney marathons while he was still in your arms. 
-All the while Shouto was playing with strands of your hair and asking you small questions about you, your room, your school. 
-He was still shy though, never talking too much and always speaking in a hushed tone. 
-Poor baby was so afraid of everything. 
-Once all was in place, you settled on his bed covering both of you in a blanket while he rested between your legs. 
-During the first movie he sat there his full attention on the screen. 
-By the time you reached the third movie he was becoming restless, looking around the room and ignoring the movie as a whole. 
-Then you heard his stomach rumbling.
- “Why don’t we go make some cold soba hm?”
-You haven’t seen him smile that bright since the moment he turned and it was the cutest most precious sight in the world. 
-While making soba he was rather talkative even going as far as letting out giggles and small laughs.
-He enjoyed his soba and you were happy since you saw him without that petrified glint in his eyes. 
-When it was time for bed he was very obedient, immediately putting on the clothes you had out for him and laying in bed instantly.
-He had made no requests all this time so it surprised you when he tugged at your hoodie sleeve and motioned to the spot beside him with his eyes. 
-Giggling you settled next to him and gave him a small peck on the nose making him scrunch it up. 
- “Goodnight Sho.”
-He was already half asleep when you whispered goodnight.
- “G’night, love you.”
-EVEN HIS MUMBLING WAS SO CUTE!!!
- “I love you too.”
-The next day you woke up alone and if you were being honest you had a mini heart attack.
-Then the door opened and your fully grown boyfriend walked in, tray in hand as the smell of pancakes filled the room. 
- “I can’t thank you enough for yesterday, love.”
-Sitting down next to you he kissed you on the lips, a love struck look on his face.
- “I love you.”
Bonus:
“Seeing you being so motherly had me imagining our kids.”
“Shouto we are 15....”
“I can always steal my dad’s credit card....”
 “......You’ve got a point.”
Shinsou Hitoshi
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*BABY BOY WON’T YOU COME MY WAY?????*
-He was training with some of Aizawa’s old coworkers. 
-He didn’t dodge an attack and was hit square in the chest. 
-Now he was buried under a pile of clothes, whimpers leaving his lips. 
-Aizawa went into a panic.....how many kids would he have to adopt?? 
-Now you two are not very vocal about your relationship, borderline keeping it under wraps not wanting to draw much attention to you. 
-But Aizawa is dad and he knows... KNOWS when one of his students has a crush. 
-Especially if it’s a girl since all the girls need an extra dad to scare bad boyfriends away. 
-So he hasn’t missed how you look at each other or how you may have come back into class smelling like Shinsou. 
-He has even seen you in one of Shinsou’s hoodies. 
-If he was being honest he caught you off guard.
-It was like  3 am and you had gotten up to grab a glass of water.
-Aizawa was still up grading some papers and he scared the shit out of you; idk how your screech didn’t wake anyone up. 
-The only comment he made was nice hoodie and you KNEW he had caught a whiff of your relationship. 
-So that’s the reason why Aizawa is now knocking on YOUR door ready to leave a very scared Shinsou in your care. 
-Babysitting......great. 
-Once you opened the door your face contorted into three emotions: fear cause once again you were wearing your boyfriend’s clothes, confusion cause why was there a toddler sized Shinsou in his arms and anxiety cause well your homeroom teacher was standing right outside your bombarded room in which you should have been studying but you could faintly hear the animal crossing music coming from your switch. 
- “Hitoshi was hit by a de-aging quirk and since you two are so....close I’ll leave him with you. Plus I trust you.” 
-And with that he placed baby Shin in your arms and left. 
-You two looked at one another before you let out a small laugh trying to lighten up the mood. 
-Tears formed in the corners of his eyes as he stared at you. 
-Bringing him closer to your chest you started rocking him back and forth humming a tune he would sing to you when you were having a bad day. 
-He calmed down immediately. 
-Like stopped sniffling the moment he heard the tune.
-He started humming along with you and as you pulled him from your chest you wiped away the stray tears giving him another smile in the process. 
-He rested his forehead gently on your own as his small hands came to grab your cheeks. 
-The rest of your time with him was very calm and quiet. 
-He was a very reserved and calm child never making a request or whining. 
-You two colored some outlines you printed and then played a few board games. 
-He got out of his shell when you suggested going for a walk to the park to pet the kitties. 
-He wouldn’t let go of your hand even when he saw the cats and you could feel how excited he was. 
-He was overly attached to you calling you Y/N-chan and even going as far as to say ‘love you’ before his afternoon nap. 
-Your heart was MELTING.
-He was adorable. 
-So cute with his lavender hair standing up even at this age and his violet eyes scanning everything and everyone. 
-He was a blessing. 
-Then he started talking in his sleep and that’s when you realized why he was such a low maintenance child. 
-His whimpers echoed through the dorm as he begged someone to leave him alone. 
-That he wouldn’t use his quirk. 
-That  he wasn’t a villain.
-He had talked to you about his past, how people used to bully him for his quirk or how they would call him a villain. 
-It broke your heart seeing that even at the early age of four he had nightmares of what those kids said to him. 
-Climbing in bed beside him you brought him flush to your chest running a hand through his hair as you peppered his forehead with kisses. 
- “Shhh baby shh. I’m here they can’t hurt you.”
-You fell asleep when he finally stopped crying. 
-When you woke up you were laying flat on Shinsou’s chest his hands running mindlessly up and down your back. 
- “I’m sorry for forcing you to take care of me kitten.”
-Kissing up his neck until you reached his lips you added:
- “You were an angel there’s no need to apologize love.”
-He hugged you incredibly tighter, burying his face in your hair. 
-He was so deeply in love with you words cannot express. 
Bonus:
“Next time I’m not pulling out.”
“Hitoshi what the hell??”
“What? You expect me to see you all motherly and NOT want to get you pregnant as soon as possible?”
“I think someone has a breeding kink.”
“Yeah yeah wait till you see me with a toddler....you’ll be begging me to fill-”
“SHUT UP!!!”
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mysewingadventures · 3 years
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Worth Gowns
I feel like every single dress historian has tackled the topic of Worth gowns at some point so let me be no different. I keep seeing so many people wanting to make one themselves and looking to find their Worth gown that I wondered, maybe I can do that too.
Obviously, I’m by far not as skilled as all of these other amazing, talented artists (I mean, just look at Cathy Hay recreating the Peacock Dress) but maybe once I’ve made some Victorian gowns I’ll get the hang of it and maybe, I’ll feel like I can do it.
But today I sat down and thought I could make it a mission to look at photos of as many Worth gowns as I could possibly find and maybe find one for a future project.
But first, if you’ve never heard of Charles Frederick Worth, he’s basically the father of haute couture and the first fashion designer in the modern sense. He founded the House of Worth which existed from 1858 up until 1956. Worth gowns have the name Worth stitched onto the inside of the waistband either like this
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or like this
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For now, I just looked through the collection of the Met Museum but there are still sooo many more gowns to find.
So now I would like to present to you some of my favorites and/or ones that I thought were particularly interesting.
First of all, we have this beautiful early 1860s lavender dress with two bodices, one for day wear and one for evening wear.
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When I hear people talk about Worth gowns it’s mostly about 1880s or 90s dresses so when I found out that the House of Worth was already founded in 1958 I was very surprised because I didn’t actually know that. That’s why I wanted to include this dress, because early Worth gowns are not something that are mentioned a lot.
Next up there’s this seemingly ordinary dress.
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It looks so ordinary I would’ve never guessed it was made by Worth! But then again, it’s a morning dress so it’s sort of understandable why it’s not as extravagant as the rest.
Then I stumbled across this interesting, very experimental-looking dress.
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It’s almost as if an 18th century Polonaise and an 1880s dress had a baby.
Now, let’s get to my favorites! It’s really hard to decide which one’s the most beautiful one so I’m going to mention them in no particular order.
There’s this champagne-colored beauty with actual pearl tassles!
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And once you take a closer look you’ll see that there’s pearl trimming around the neckline and it actually looks like pearl lace. Incredible.
Then there’s this gorgeous 1902 floral gown.
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The way the flowers separate from the rest and are used as appliqué on the lace is just stunning.
Next up, we have this beauty.
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I don’t really know what it is that I love about this gown, it’s everything. The way the colors aren’t the same but match perfectly, the gold patterns, the train...
And finally, we have... I think if I had to choose one this would be it, so maybe I did end up putting them in order of my preference. Oh well.
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This is an 1882 evening dress, but I’m just gonna say... imagine this as your wedding dress. Not that I’d want to get married in it, but just... a hypothetical wedding with this hypothetical wedding dress, it’s giving me just enough fae vibe to feel like you’re in a Disney movie but not too much to make it too tacky.
So this concludes today’s search for The Perfect Worth Gown. If I had to recreate one, I’d probably choose the mermaid one, the green and blue one, just because I feel like that’s the most doable one of them. But ironically enough I picked almost only 1880s dresses, which is my least favorite Victorian fashion decade. Guess I might get myself a bustle after all to recreate a Worth gown.
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whydoyouwantmyname · 3 years
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Imagine being Sirus’s daughter
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-You were born in the year 1978, your mother was a muggle who Sirius met at a punk rock concert, and they had dated for a few months before deciding they were better off parting way as soon as he revealed he was a wizard.
-When she gave birth to you, Sirius hadn’t even known she was pregnant, and she didn’t tell him until you were 6 months old, when she went to his flat and frantically knocked on the door.
“Olivia, it’s six o’clock in the fucking morning, why are you...” and then he noticed the baby carrier
“She is one of you Sirius, she made...” her voice loud with frustration as she hushed it, “she made all of her toy fly at me when I told her it was nap time, she once cried and all the lights blew. Sirius I can not have this thing live in my house.”
“Clearly not if you are calling her a thing.” He snapped before snatching the carrier out of her hand, “I suggest you sell all her baby things, I don’t want her having a single reminder of you in her life.”
-He slammed the door in her face, and quickly placed you on the sofa, and just stared at you, for an hour. Internationally he was freaking out, he was 18, Fresh out of Hogwarts, and had zero idea how to parent a child. So he did the only thing that made rational sense, and picked up the phone.
“Hey mom, I have to tell ya something....yes I know it is early, but I just couldn’t wait to tell you....No, no I am not in jail again, however you might wanna sit down for this one..... you’re a grandma.”
-The phone was silent, and next thing he knew his fireplace lit up green, and out stepped Euphemia Potter, who was still dressed in her night gown, her eyes wide as she looked at her son’s best friend, and then noticed the small child asleep in her carrier. “She’s beautiful.”
“Mom I have zero idea how to even...”
“Trust me Padfoot,” the name slipped so comfortably out of her mouth as he looked at her with panic, “None of us do. We just do it, and pray that we don’t accidentally hex them.”
-That morning Euphemia spent teaching Sirius all about how to care for a baby, but quickly learned his new delima, “Do you have anything for her?”
“No, her mother just dropped her off this morning, I didn’t even know...”
“Did she tell you her name at least?”
“No.”
“Well, how about [Y/N]? That’s what I would have named James if he was a girl.”
“[Y/N] Euphemia Black, I like it.” He smiled, looking over at a surprised Euphemia, “What? I always hear that it was a muggle tradition to give your daughter’s your mother’s middle name.”
-After that she took you and Sirius out to a muggle baby store, and the grocery store, and bought you everything you could ever need. The whole time you were with the two, you never cried, you just stared at them with your [Y/C/E]’s and played with the small rattle Euphemia bought you. Once you returned to the flat, she flicked her wand and you watched in wonder in her arms as all the furniture started to assemble itself, while your father put all the baby food and bottles away. Soon he was putting the clothes she had bought you on the hangers, while Euphemia rocked you to sleep, your eyelids heavy as she looked down at your smooth face. Her trance was broken though by Sirius’s soft voice, “How do I know I wouldn’t turn out like her?”
“Because you would never allow yourself to. I know your mother was a vile woman, who had no regard for her children, but you Sirius Black, are the greatest thing she ever created. Besides you are an amazing friend to James, and I can only imagine you will treat this little girl as well as you do my son.” She stated before slowly raising and removing the maroon and gold sweater from his fingers, and hung it up for him. “Now, I am sure Lily is already at the house frantically worrying about this wedding that’s in a few days, so I will give this precious angel to her daddy, and call you tomorrow?”
“Of course, give them all my love.” Sirius smiled as she gently placed you into his arms, before looking to him, “You will do amazing things [Y/N], I just know it.”
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-For the next week Sirius didn’t allow anyone into his flat, he just wanted to spend that time admiring your features, and learning how to be the fun dad. However after 7 days there was a pounding on his door, and behind it stood a tall, lean man, with shaggy brown hair, and glasses. In his arms were neatly wrapped boxes, and a stag plushie sat on the top.
“Really, you couldn’t have bought her a dog one after her father?” Sirius joked as James smiled, his voice filled with joy as he replied, “Never.”
-The moment you saw James, you immediately smiled, and crawled over to his feet as quickly as you could, your hands grasping at his pants as he sat the boxes down on the kitchen counter. “So you must be [Y/N]?” All he got as a reply was a giggle, and soon you were up in his arms.
-That afternoon you spent attached to James, and while him and Sirius talked, he would slowly dance around the flat with you, or throw you in the air, which also caused you to release a loud giggle. Sirius’s stress would rise quickly when he did, but once you were safely back in his hand, James would look at his friend and smile, “Don’t worry Pads, I won’t hurt our little princess.”
-Soon there was more knocking at the door, and behind it was Remus, and Peter. The man of the house quickly enveloped his friends into a hug, and opened the door wider to reveal James holding you upside down, as giggles filled the air. Quickly he lifted back to the vertical position and spun you around quickly, until you leaned into his shoulder. When he stopped Remus looked to Sirius, “Clearly we know who her favorite uncle is going to be.”
“Bullshit Mooney, she is going to love you all the same.” Sirius reassured as James stroked your back, “[Y/N], ready to meet your other uncles?”
-You immediately leaned out of James arms and right into Remus’s chest, your hands going to his face as you patted it quickly. However soon your fingers were tracing the light scars on the man’s face, your touches were delicate as you lightly brushed his warm skin. Remus tensed slightly under your touch, almost scared that you would cry within seconds, however you quickly placed your head onto his shoulder, and cuddled into him, causing Sirius to smile, “Told ya.”
-Peter was terrified to touch you, he preferred to just watch you interact with the others, and when you tried to climb up onto his lap, he stiffened. You immediately started to tear up, causing James to quickly scoop you up.
-That afternoon you napped on Remus’s shoulder.
-James and Remus both volunteered to change you, Peter was too timid to even try.
-Later that evening there was one last knock, James jumped up immediately and reached out to Sirius for you, a smile on his face as he said to you, “Alright [Y/N], now you are going to meet one of the most important woman in my life, but don’t worry, it doesn’t mean I love you any less.”
-When Lily saw you, her hands went to her face, as she silently freaked out, “Merlin, she is beautiful Padfoot.”
“Not as beautiful as her Auntie Lily.” James replied as you leaned forward and allowed Lily to hold you. She quickly cuddled you into her chest and smiled.
-As soon as Lily arrived you refused to leave her, not even James, who you were previously attached to could take you away from her, if they tried your eyes immediately watered.
-James pouted a bit about that, but Lily just chuckled and stated, “Don’t worry Love, I am sure she still loves you.”
-That night you fell asleep in Lily’s arms, and soon she was softly walking towards your nursery to put you to sleep. She smiled though at the sight of the stag plushie, and made a mental note to pick up one to represent the other boys.
-When she returned to the parlor, she smiled at the sight of the four young men, who were currently gushing over the small infant who was sleeping.
-That night when it was just James, Lily, and Sirius, he asked them if they would be your godparents. They agreed.
-The next day Lily arrived to the flat and handed Sirius a wolf, a rat, and a black dog plushie for you, and then she sat on his couch with a cup of tea, as they discussed life, your small body seated upon Sirius’s lap as you chug to your black dog plush.
-Whenever Lily saw a cute child’s outfit she would pick it up for you.
-Remus was famous for buying you books
-Peter often bought you random trinkets
-James always bought you toys.
-On full moons, Lily would babysit you, which you enjoyed, especially once you were older. She normally would play disney movies, and read to you 100 stories. She was always ready to play dress up, or paint with you.
-On nights where the order would met Euphemia and Fleamont would watch you, at their own estate. You enjoyed going to the Potter’s, and would crawl or toddle to each different room on the bottom floor. You also had a habit of falling asleep in the parlor with the pair, Fleamont normally was reading to you out of one of his many book, while Euphemia held you, her fingers tracing through your hair.
-Once they were done either meeting or fighting, Sirius, James, and Lily would drag themselves into the manor, and head to the parlor, where they would smile almost immediately at the sight of the small girl asleep on the couch.
-Sometimes when you would cry, Sirius would transform into the dog form, to which you would stop crying immediately and cuddle into the raven color, soft, fur.
-Your first word was Dadda, quickly followed by “Pong” which you would yell often at James.
-You knew all of your uncles by their Nick names, and sometimes they would find themselves calling each other the names you had assigned. James was Pong, Remus was Ooney, and Peter was Ermtail. You called Lily, Elily
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-You were the flower girl in James and Lily’s wedding, they had you sit in a wagon, which was bewitched to move down the aisle, and once it stopped at the end, Sirius went to scoop you up, and held you beside James and Remus.
-When James turned to Sirius to get Lily’s wedding band, you were the one holding it out to him, with a smile he plucked the small golden band from your little hand and whispered, “Thank you darling.”
-At the reception each of the marauders danced with you, even Peter, however he only danced half the song with you, before passing you off to Lily. Remus walked up beside the timid man and clapped his shoulder, “Don’t worry Wormtail, you won’t break her.”
-Albus and Minerva were obsessed with you, each one taking time to hold you and shower you in attention. Minerva looked at Sirius at one point and whispered, “I can already tell this girl is going to be a handful, just like her father.”
“I hope so Professor.” He joked as she carefully handed you back.
-Lily and James both danced with you together, and some of your favorite pictures were taken that night, as James and Lily spun you around, or swayed together with you on your uncle’s hip.
-Your father and you were the last ones on the dance floor, his breath smelled slightly of fire whiskey, and your eyes were heavy, but that didn’t stop your father from holding you close to his chest, your head resting on his shoulder, as he softly swayed you.
-That night when you arrived back to the flat, he carefully placed you down onto the changing table and quietly changed you out of the dress you had surprisingly worn the whole day, and into a pair of Jammies that Euphemia had gotten you. As he placed you into the crib, he couldn’t help but notice how much you had changed in such a short time. He spent the rest of the night sitting in your room, watching you sleep as he pondered the thoughts of his current life.
-For your first birthday, they had a small gathering at Jame’s and Lily’s flat, Lily had spent the whole day before decorating and cooking, while James attempted to help. However as your Uncle Remus would later tell you once you were older, all your Uncle James did was eat the cupcakes Lily had been making, which resulted in her sending James to Sirius’s flat, where he sat with the Marauders, joking and drinking while you were left in Lily’s care. (Who had picked you up when she dropped of James)
-When you arrived your attention was stolen by all the decorations, which were all natural colored, but had a bit of sparkle to them. Your father however was taken by the food spread that Lily had made, “Goodness Lily, are you feeding an army?”
“Have you seen the way you four eat Pads? You basically are an army.” She sassed as she extended her arms towards you, “Besides, I will spare no expense for this little bundle of joy.”
-When Remus arrived you were on the floor with your father and James. However at the sight of Remus, you pushed yourself up from the floor, and wandered towards your uncle, however after three steps your balance caused you to fall, and look up towards Remus with tears in your eyes at the fact that you had failed. Sirius staring at you in wonder as Remus scooped you up.
-Those were your first steps.
-Lily had made you your own little, jam filled, smash cake, it was completely covered in green frosting and on the top of it sat a tree, which she had purchased completely made of chocolate. In different tones blue frosting she had made a small pond, and within the smears of blue she wrote upon it Happy Birthday Darling in red frosting. Meanwhile all the adults got to eat the cupcakes, which she had filled with raspberry jam. Sirius couldn’t help but chuckle as he looked towards James, “Your future children are going to be so spoiled.”
-Later that night when it was just James, Sirius and Lily, they told him Lily was pregnant, and that they were going to tell his parents the next day. They also revealed that they wanted to name Sirius The Godfather. “We figured we would return the favor.” James joked as he looked down towards your small frame, the brand new teddy bear tucked your your face as you sucked your thumb in your sleep.
-That night you and Sirius had a sleepover with the Potters, and when you awoke that morning James and Lily were already gone. This left Sirius to gather all of your presents and hurry home with them, after feeding you some eggs, and apple juice.
-That night while you sat on your father’s lap, there was a knock upon the door. Cautiously Sirius put you down in your crib and advanced towards the door, wand drawn. When he looked into the peephole he saw the back of his best friend, upon opening the door, he saw the red rimming of his eyes, clear evidence of his sorrow. Without saying a word to Sirius he just walked past him, and straight into the nursery, where you giggled with excitement to see your Uncle. His lips forced themselves into a smile as he leaned in and picked you up, his feet dragging as he flopped into the rocking chair and held you. Normally you would have been squirming, wanting nothing more than to play with him, but you knew he just needed your stillness.
-It took Lily an hour to call Sirius’s, “Is he there?”
“Yes, he has just been sitting with [Y/N], not saying a word...”
“He hasn’t told you?” Lily cut him off
“Told me what? Did something happen to the...”
“No, no baby Potter is fine. But Sirius... I am so sorry. Euphemia and Fleamont caught Dragon Pox’s. When we went to the house they weren’t there, the neighbors had said they saw an ambulance, so we rushed to Saint Mungo’s. By the time we arrived....” her voice slightly broke but that was all Sirius needed, “Mum’s dead, isn’t she?”
“Sirius, I am so sorry. Dad’s not doing well either, they estimate he has maybe a week.”
-With that the phone dropped, and his feet took him to his friend, fresh tears covered both their faces as he gently wrapped James in a hug. None of you moved for what felt like forever.
“Can I stay here tonight?” James finally whispered, his voice hoarse, as Sirius muttered, “Of course, as long as you like.”
-Fleamont passed away two days later.
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-When James and Lily introduced you to Harry, you were obsessed. You wanted nothing more than to always be near the small bundle.
-The Marauders loved having two babies to spoil now. However Peter was still extremely timid around you both.
- There was only once where you were jealous of Harry, but that was just because James was holding him, and not paying attention to you lightly tapping his leg. You just sat down at his feet, and silently started tearing up, which Lily immediately noticed. This caused her to quickly advance towards James and removed Harry from his arms, James had a look of confusion, until he heard your small sniffle. Quickly he scooped you up, and apologized.
-You loved trying to help Lily with Harry. However sometimes you were too helpful, but Lily never scolded you, just corrected the behavior.
-There was one night where she was left to watch you and Harry while the order handled some affairs. You hadnt spent a night there since they had moved to Godric Hollow. She awoke to hear muffled whimpers from her son’s room, and quickly rose to collect her house coat and check on him. Upon passing your room she hadn’t noticed that your door was open, so when she opened Harry’s she was surprised to see that you had climbed into Harry’s crib, and were softly singing a nursery rhyme Euphemia had taught you to him. His eyes growing heavy as you looked towards Lily, “He was sad, now he’s better.”
“I’m sorry Love, did his crying wake you?” She whispered as she carefully lifted you out of the crib with the sleeping boy, as you gently nodded your head, “I’m sorry.”
“Oh there is nothing to be sorry about, I just wish I had the camera out to record that precious moment. How about next time though, you come get me?”
“Deal.” You smiled as she placed you back into the bed, and tucked you in.
-The next morning she told the others what you had done, and joked with Sirius, “You know she’s going to make a fine older sister someday.”
“My darling Lily, that would require me setting down, and that is not happening any time soon.” He teased back as you lifted your arms with pride, a clear plate infront of you as you giggled, “Done!”
“Splendid, now thank Auntie Lily for the pancakes, and say goodbye to everyone.” Sirius smiled as you did as instructed, and gave everyone, except Peter, a syrupy kiss on the cheek.
- the day after Sirius did missions for the order he normally wanted nothing more then to spend the day with you, in the flat. Normally you would both do arts and crafts, or he would watch what muggles called VHS tapes. You guys also spent the day eating snack foods, your favorite being Orange Maids, your father’s was chocolate.
-When Harry turned 1, you were excitingly running around the house, Harry crawling after you as the three adults sat on the couch, whispering amongst themselves. You had no idea how the conversation they were having would change your life forever.
-You once asked why Uncle Ooney never came to the flat anymore, to which your dad just told you Moony was sick. You had no idea that they ever suspected him of being a spy.
-The first time you saw Peter in the house at Godric Hollow you felt like something was off, and avoided him more than normal.
-It was two months later, you hadn’t known yet that this would be the last day you saw Auntie Lily, and Uncle Prong. Your father was extremely cautious to make sure you weren’t followed, and carefully snuck into the house. When you were placed onto the ground you took off running through the house, wanting so badly to show off your costume. The whole house was decorated, candles were lit everywhere, and streamers dangled from the living room ceiling. When you entered the kitchen however the counter was lined with food, and Harry sat in a high chair at the table, a tired James sitting beside him, as Lily stood at the stove.
“Uncle Prong, look at my costume!” You instructed, as he looked away from the Cheerios that littered the tray, and smiled at your outfit.
“Wow, we’re identical.” He gasped as you raced over and gave him a hug, Sirius stood in the doorway as Lily looked at the two of you, turning her head slightly she whispered, “Was this her idea, or yours?”
“She told me she wanted to go as Uncle Prong, figured it won’t be too hard to pull off.”
-That night you all stayed in, Lily was playing a muggle show on the tele, while you all sat on the couch eating candy. As your eyes grew heavy, Sirius looked down toward you, and whispered to his friends, “We best be on our way.”
“Oh come now, you only just arrived 5 hours ago, why don’t you two spend the night and in the morning...”
“I would love too, but I unfortunately have to get this little one home, would hate to have her dressed like your ugly mug two days in a row.” Sirius joked as James pretended to be offended.
-You sleepily gave both James and Lily a hug, unfortunately Harry was already asleep in his room so you were unable to say goodbye to the small baby that had been dressed up as a Lion that year.
“I love you.” You softly whispered to them during both of their hugs, they tightened their grip in response and replied back.
James: I love you to the moon and back my dear.
Lily: I love you too my little Prong.
-As soon as you got home, you fell asleep in your costume, Sirius didn’t have the heart to wake you up to change so he just closed your door and let you be
-when you awoke, it was to your father’s screams, and the slamming of the door. When you crawled out of bed, you saw the man your father called Albus, standing in your living room. He lowered his head, and sank to the floor, his eyes watery with tears as his soft weeps overtook him. They only paused however when he felt your soft touch. It was then Dumbledore looked to you, and whispered, “Do you want to go see your Uncle Remus?”
-When Dumbledore arrived to the cottage in the woods Remus had, he softly knocked. Your small frame in his arms, as Remus opened the door. “Remus.” His voice was soft, “The worst has happened.”
-When Dumbledore left, Remus was sitting on the couch, his eyes glassy as he looked towards you, the child of a man he had been convinced to be a traitor. But he knew Sirius, he knew Sirius would never betray his friends, yet.... here you were, no one had any idea where your father was, or how Voldemort died. But he did know one thing, he needed to take care of you while Sirius was away.
-Two days later you saw your father again.... on the front of the Daily Prophet, you would learn later in life he had went away for murdering Peter Pettigrew, the man who really betrayed his friends. But no one would ever know.
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this is a genuine, curious question! what's appealing 2 u about jackunzel :^] ??
Sure, I can talk about why I ship Jackunzel!!!
@gryffindorkxdraws has some posts about why she likes Jackunzel here, here, and here, so those are a pretty good rundown of reasons to supplement mine. But I’ll make a list of my own!
Why Jackunzel Owns My Entire Soul: An Essay in Disorganized Bullet Points ~I dig the sun/moon symbolism! Like Jack was chosen by the moon and Rapunzel has the powers of the sun. It’s such a nice contrast, and it also lends itself really well to star-crossed lover-type fantasy/fairy tale AUs (which I am ALWAYS a sucker for!) ~From what little we know about Jack’s preference in girls (i.e. the slight crush he seemed to have on Tooth), Rapunzel seems like EXACTLY his type--bubbly, energetic, optimistic girls with a bit of a maternal streak. I think even the RotG director confirmed Punz is the kind of girl Jack would like! ~Jack also absolutely seems like Punzel’s type--if Flynn/Eugene is anything to go by, she’s kind of into sarcastic troublemakers with a hidden soft side XD And she also seems to like guys who are good with kids, if Eugene reading “The Adventures of Flynnigan Rider” to the younger kids at the orphanage is anything to go by! ~They both seem to be naturally pretty social people who suffered a lot from being isolated for a really long time--Jack had it worse, obviously (300 years--OUCH), but it was rough on Punz as well, growing up for 18 years with no one for company but Mother Gothel and Pascal. Jack, spending all that time with no one able to see him and only the guardians (who weren’t even really his friends from much of that time) for company, would understand that pain a lot. I feel like they’d be able to connect on a really deep and intimate level about the pain they felt at being isolated for so long, and this would give them a really strong bond that I can easily see turning into something romantic. ~They’re both just such genuinely lively and fun-loving people, and I can imagine them having a ton of fun together and just genuinely really enjoying spending time together. Like imagine the snowball fights!!! The ice-skating!!! The sledding!!! Chasing each other through the forest!!! Jack grabbing onto Punz and her wrapping her hair around a tree and swinging them around Tarzan-style!!! Like literally the entire scene where Punzel leaves her tower for the first time and is goofing off and doing Silly Shit for like an hour straight??? Like man...if Jack was there, they’d have the TIME OF THEIR LIVES together. Idk I just really love couples who I think would have a lot of fun together, it’s so pure <3 ~They’re both so loving!!! Like Rapunzel goes out of her way to be supportive to an entire tavernful of terrifying “ruffians and thugs” because they have dreams, and she’s so sweet to Flynn/Eugene no matter how many times he snarks at her and tries to alienate her!!! And Jack loves loves LOVES entertaining kids, and it genuinely makes him so happy to give them snow days :3 I just feel like they’d shower each other with love, and it’s honestly no less than they both deserve!!! ~Rapunzel especially is such an affectionate person, and I can see her doing just absolutely everything in her power to make Jack feel as seen and as loved as possible after 300 years of being alone. And god, does he NEED it, too. Like no way is this boy NOT touch-starved, and with some MAJOR self-esteem issues (although he’s good at hiding them). Rapunzel would do absolutely everything in her power to build him up and make him feel wanted and validated--and since it’s in her nature to do so, it would never feel like a burden or an effort for her. And she’d love him so much that hyping him up just comes naturally! She’s just got the kind of nurturing personality that someone as affection-starved as Jack really needs, and I think she could help him feel safe, comfortable, and loved in a way a lot of people couldn’t. ~For all the fun they’d have together, I also feel like Jack needs someone to ground him a bit and provide the Brain Cell to perhaps reign in that Unchecked Chaotic Energy of his sometimes XD Rapunzel certainly has a smart and rational side--I mean, she charted STARS as a teenager!!! She figured out how to get this stranger she captured to take her into the kingdom to see the lanterns!!! Girl can be spontaneous and goofy, sure, but she’s got smarts and kind of a mature streak that I think mesh with Jack really well. He’d never feel like she was a wet blanket stifling his fun, but she’d also have a sense of when to transition away from goofing off and focus on responsibilities (princess and guardian responsibilities in this case, I suppose?) ~On the flipside, I don’t see Rapunzel as being someone annoyed or irritated by Jack’s antics. She might like...gently scold him if he takes a prank too far, but she never finds his shenanigans to be grating and tiresome the way other people might. Rather, I think she’d be endlessly entertained by him. Like in his memory reel when he’s dicking around pretending to be a deer, she’d get a kick out of that! Jack would always be trying to make her laugh and make her smile, and Punz would love that so much about him! ~They’re both searching for a deeper meaning and a deeper sense of purpose in their lives. Rapunzel entertains herself with hobbies, but doesn’t feel like her life has really “begun” and is desperate to find out if her hunch is right and the floating lights really ARE meant for her. Jack has no idea why he was chosen by the moon or what he’s meant to do, and he’s determined to find out so he can finally have a sense of purpose. Rapunzel clearly wants a sense of purpose too, since she wants to do more with her life than pass the time with hobbies. I can definitely see them bonding over this! ~They’re both just so adventurous, and love to explore! Rapunzel is curious, and loves to read and learn, and she wants more than anything else to see the world and all it has to offer. Jack loves adventuring and flying around the globe spreading winter and fun, and he could show Punz everything she ever wanted to see. A perfect match, honestly! ~Aesthetically I LOVE the similarities!!! Like they both like to go barefoot, kinda showing their free-spirited natures. And I love how they’re both naturally brunette, but had their hair turned a different color by magic. It’s a little thing, but I think it’s a really neat parallel and it helps cement me thinking they really ARE perfect for each other in every little way! Haha XD AND they both have small green companions, and as of Ralph Breaks The Internet, they’re hoodie buddies as well!!! Not that surface-level parallels like that are actually that significant BUT I just think they’re neat XD ~While I am fond of Flynnzel/Eugenzel (still my favorite canon Disney couple!), finding out their age gap is around 8 years admittedly made me a bit uncomfy and just pushed me further into loving Jackunzel as an alternative option. I still really love Eugene as a character and adore his and Punzel’s dynamic, but these days I prefer their relationship as more of a big bro/little sis type thing. Jack I think is the best match for Rapunzel romantically, and Eugene I prefer with Elsa--or poooossibly Tooth, Astrid, or Zarina, if I read a fic that sells the pairing well enough! ~On a related note, I was into Jack x Tooth the first time I watched RotG, but after discovering Jackunzel, there was no going back--I was hooked! Rewatching the movie, Tooth strikes me more as a mom figure/”fun aunt” for Jack, and I actually prefer her with Bunnymund (I am WEAK for “the grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one” lmao)
Well, I think that just about covers it!!! I’ll add more reasons if I think of them! Thank you for the ask, and I’m always happy to answer more ship asks about CGI crossover pairings :3
Also @ the anon who asked for Jackunzel headcanons--fear not, I shall provide them!!! I just wanna make a complete list and accumulate all the ones from my various fics so it’s gonna take a while XD
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PJO, Disney+, and Annabeth’s Appearance
Coming on here to say, now that the PJO TV series has been greenlit at Disney+, that ABSOLUTELY NOBODY should be harassing the children who are cast in the series, regardless of whether their physical appearance is how you envisioned the character. I am going to focus this post primarily on Annabeth, mainly because from what I’ve seen, people are slightly more insistent on the physical appearance of the actor they eventually cast in her role.  
For context, I read The Lightning Thief for the first time in 2010, the year *the movie that must not be named* came out (as stated in my bio, I’m 22). 
Annabeth was one of my favorite characters growing up, and when I went to see the aforementioned film in theaters, I was disappointed by how they had created this film as a supposed “adaptation” of some of my favorite books. 
Did I, at ~11 years old, find it frustrating at how the film portrayed one of my favorite series (and one of my favorite characters) at the time? Yes, I did. I remember having to write an essay about the differences between the book and the film (oh boy!), and one of my points was that Annabeth didn’t have blond hair/didn’t match the details about her appearance given in the text. My thinking has, fortunately, evolved since then, and now we get a second chance at an adaptation of these books (I do also love TLT musical, but that’s a story for another day :) )! I am not talking solely about physical appearance, however.
I do think it was a slightly different issue when the movies cast a white actress and didn’t give her blond hair in the first film (offering it instead in the second film as what felt like a meager peace offering/response to the backlash the first film received) than it would be if we as a fandom try to tell a young actor of color that they need “lighter” features (e.g., blond hair and gray eyes) to accurately portray the character. I remember when the film sequel came out, that I really just wanted to see how they did the guinea pig scene in The Sea of Monsters (a movie in which Annabeth DID have blond hair), and was not only disappointed that they didn’t include that scene, but (no surprise there) having a blond Annabeth didn’t magically save the so-called adaptation.
Similarly, I don’t think having a blond Annabeth will be what makes this adaptation of her character (or the series overall) good or accurate. I do think the conflicts that make Annabeth who she is, mainly, her determination to prove herself that shines through in TLT, are still very much relevant (and perhaps would be even more so) if they cast an actor of color in her role. I would argue that any part of her character development for which one might think her blond hair is so important could also be explained by Annabeth being forced to combat being underestimated, and she does not need to be blond to experience that.
One of the most common arguments I’ve seen for a blond Annabeth is that her character, as a daughter of the goddess of wisdom, defies the “dumb blond” stereotype, most of which is ultimately rooted in misogyny. Please correct me if I’m forgetting a detail, but in terms of the context of this within the books, the only mention I can remember is a comment of how Annabeth wishes she had dark hair when she, Piper, and Hazel meet Aphrodite/Venus, as that is how she appears to Annabeth (my personal head canon in the years since is that she also had green eyes, like Percy in the books, but I can’t remember if that was mentioned in the text). I don’t think Malcolm Pace or Jason Grace (who were both also originally described as blonde in the books), faced the same feelings of not being taken seriously because of their hair color (Jason had his own issues with how others perceived him, but none of them were the idea that “nobody takes me seriously because of the color of my hair”).  
If “smart blond” representation is a necessary characteristic for media you consume, watch Legally Blonde (2001)! It’s a great movie, and ultimately has a great message about overcoming people who underestimate you! We don’t need Annabeth to be blond to tell her story.
Do I think it would be cool for the Athena kids to have some identifying feature marking them as children of Athena? Sure. But that feature does not need to be blond hair, or even light-colored eyes. It can even be the way they carry themselves, some mannerisms that the audience can come to associate as being so inherently Annabeth that if we do get a third season modeled after The Titan’s Curse, we know EXACTLY who Percy is dealing with when he officially meets Athena.  
It is especially not necessarily in this world, where the gods don’t have DNA and Annabeth was canonically created from the goddess’s thoughts (rendering classical genetics effectively irrelevant to the situation). 
Anyway, many creators have said this earlier and better than I have (and I will try to find some posts and share their voices on my blog as well), but I wanted to share my own thoughts on this situation and also reiterate that it is not okay to harass the actors based on their physical appearances. I did not really mean for this to turn into an essay, and again, please feel free to correct me if I am forgetting any details; I am happy for this post to start a conversation.
I have a lot of hope for this new adaptation, and am excited for it, but also hold my concerns for the young actors that will be cast as the characters we know and love. There will already be pressure on these actors’ shoulders to do the characters justice, but we don’t need to add to that for the sole reason that “they weren’t exactly how we may have envisioned these characters”. Let’s give these actors, and this adaptation, a chance 💙
P.S. I’m pretty sure this post is longer than the “book vs. movie” essay I had to write in 2010, so apologies for that; thank you for reading!
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First Impressions and predictions based on the coven Leaders
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After a full first season their fame adorning the banners and walls, who they are being hailed, yet they themselves being kept in the shadows we now get first looks (and throughout 2a will meet) the emperors top dogs: The coven leaders. I will not lie as a group... these guys dissappoint me. Making the majority of them very human in appearance for me is a big no. Compare this group to the many colorful and fantastical creatures that are shown teaching at hexside and the hexside teachers are far more creative, unique, and fun. Maybe the artists decided to make the coven leaders look more like normal people so the audience would have an easier time understanding their expressions and body language. Maybe the more humanoid whitches are a higher class and have a easier time climbing higher than the more beast and demon like residence.? We will have to wait and see. 
Seperate this group into individuals (like how we will hopefully meet them) and most of them become far more interesting, So below lets take a look at each coven leader individually, where the artists may have taken inspriation, and what  What kind of characters they could maybe turn out to be.
The Beast keeping coven Leader: One of the only two that are not humanoids. What type of animal is he? At first I was sure he was a hedgehog, but maybe he could also be like a chipmunk or a squirrel. I get the feeling he might be partially inspired by Sonic from Sega. I was really into Sonic back in middle school. I liked the cartoons and read through the archie’s old comic series. But I kinda out grew him since then. I know from helping to take care of kids though that he is still popular with the younger generation. That’s kinda how I thin the Beast Keeping Coven leader will be: less interesting for older viewers, but a real fun charcter for kids.
The Healing coven leader: Now this guy looks like fun villain all around. Is some kind of witch docotor? a Dark Priest? The size the purple Grin, he looks like the phantom boss from those horror films where you get trapped in nightmares. Tell me he has scary theme song music and talks in a very high pitched voice. I’ve heard some people wonder if he could be Selena (oracle girl from hexside)’s dad. I don’t thinks so, the macaroni crescent shape n his head looks more like a fancy cowl than part of his actual head. Also him having a daughter in Luz’s class could be used as a reason for him to change sides, I want this guy to stay as a villian/antagonist. We all know that with this size group some will stay with the emperor and some will defect to Luz’s side (possibility a couple will die, we haven’t seen yet just how dark Dana is willing to go). Personally my view with redemption arcs and if a character “deserves them” is it depends on what it will do for the story/character afterwards? IF redeeming them opens more doors for the characters and directions the story can take, do it. IF it closes doors leave them as they are. I absolutely hate when clever and well written bad guys get “redeemed” in to boring, plot useless, weebs. The only reason I could see having this guy change sides is for him to “cure” Eda and Lilith’s curse, and I would much rather see the two of them gain control over their forms than be “cured” of them.
The Illusion coven leader: Another fun looking antagonist. My third favorite of these nine. If the healer guy is horror movie based. This guy is Disney based all around. Looks like one of those Vegas suave showmen styled character. Love it. I guarantee you he does not actually look that young or slicked back, but is using illusion magic to make himself more pretty. Not sure if he will stay with the emperor or not. Illusion is Gus’s track and I could see Dana having the leaders of Luz’s friends tracks be the ones to stand by them. If so I am fine with that (in the case of the abomination leader I will beg for it). Gaining the respect of someone as high up as a coven leader could be really great for Gus’s character. Just as long as I get plenty of laughs from Gus and this guy both along the way.
The Potion coven leader: My second favorite and in my opinion the most creative idea of the whole bunch. A mosquito that works in potions! Does he suck them up with his nose and carry them in.. whatever it is mosquitos store blood in. Also he looks angry. Like everyone else is either amused or board. This guy is fed up and ready to do something about it. Not sure if it is the Emperor, the other leaders, or the owl gang he is mad at, but it should be a worthwhile show down.
The Abomination coven leader: Yes this is my favorite design. Yes it is because he is such a beautiful man. Would never have expected someone who creates mucks (the pokemon) with legs would be so fine. Its more than that though. He looks the most kind. Their is no malice or guise in his smile and his green eyes are bright and relaxed. I wondered what the purpose of the Abomination track was and why it had “more opportunity” all last season. Well slight spoilers if you haven’t seen episode 2x02 it is the industrialist field. When you learn about Industrialization usually the idea is that it is done to help the human race reach its full potential, and it is up to each individual to decide what to do with that potential. Whether you call that the passion of a creative mind or the carelessness of a fool would also be up to you. But I really don’t want this guy to be all bad. If for no other reason that more spoilers for episode 2 * with the interest/caution the emperor is showing the blights I expect this guy to show up to their house, probably meet Amity, and we really do not need another not so nice adult in her life. She has had enough.
The Oracle coven leader: What is this? He’s got nails/caws at the ends of dread thingys like Kikimore, so is this her father? Does he have anything to do with her being in the Emporor’s coven? But this is my least favorite. Like what was the inspiration behind this guy? With so many legendary oracles in mythology and we get this guy who mostly looks saggy, washed out, tierd, and just Blah. Hope thier is more to him, but here is one who I am not holding my breath for an episode on.
The Plant coven leader: based on her banner I was expecting something like the Swamp Giant from ALTA. Instead they went in the direction of a very traditional witch desgine: An old women with a wrinkled face and really messy hair, who probably lives alone in the woods, with maybe the exception of a cat, and dances around a fire at night. Okay. She is definitely going to become an ally of the owl gang. This is the only female of the group,and it is neither in Dana’s message nor would it be popular with her target audience to make a villain or even an antagonist out of a women who managed to climb the later into a male dominated success level. I am actually looking forward to seeing her, because it will probably be in a Willow based episode, and after 2x02 (which I personally feel should not have been a luminaty episode but rather a Willow and Amity one finishing up their reconciliation arc), Willow deserves an episode with potential centered around her. An episode where she goes against the Plant track Leader would be that. This witches Grin isn’t exactly friendly, but its more mischievous than wicked. She gives off vibes as one of those people who like to test the mains, and if you pass her tests than you earn her respect. I have no doubt Willow could win at her little games, and doing so would be a huge boost the confidence she has spent the show building.
The Construction coven leader: Oh joy here’s the other one I am unimpressed with. Unlike with the Oracle guy I know where they got his design. To everyone saying that we first saw him at the convention, your not backing far enough up. If you have ever seen any cartoon ever where the main character wanders past or onto a construction sight you have seen this man. Every trio of workers sitting on a iron frame eating from a lunchbox. Every pig that makes a catcall at a disgusted women. Every exhausted worker who watches as your slapstick mains chase each other past at quitting time... they all looked EXACTLY like this guy. This is really the character leading the track Dana herself has said she would pick to join? They could have done a Golem made of brick an stone that resembles a palace. They could have done some kind of humanoid ant with super strength. They could have done a wizard with shapes and mathematics on his robe who carried a scroll everywhere that he compulsively scribbled blueprints onto. But instead we get Mr. Generic here.
The Bard coven Leader: This is R, Eda’s old friend from her hexside days. Did I save R for last because of this connection? Partially. I am also unsure what R’s pronouns are. To me R looks physically male. I have seen other posters use “she” when posting about R. One person posted that Dana had confirmed R uses “they” and if so awesome, I would really like to see that tweet. What ever R’s pronouns though their appearance in the show will be tied with Eda, er past, and what she had to give up in order to live free. I look forward to this new insight onto her character
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Keepers Of The Chaos (3)
Summary: Tam, Linh, Dex, Keefe, Biana, and Fitz are part of the tiny fandom for Keeper of the Chaos, and Tam and Linh’s podcast convinces some of their other friends to watch it as well. The group finds themselves strangely invested in this show, where students at Tumblr High School who work together to write about an elf named Sophia, cause incomprehensible chaos, and fight their rival Pinterest High School.
Content warnings: Cursing, religion (Jewish Vackers), and Amsterdam (just in case, I know that was stressful for some people).
Word count: 1621
Notes: Most of the episodes are just events stolen from Lynn's roundup, Dex's memes are here
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The life of an amateur meme maker on dumbles dot com was a strange one, that was for sure. After finishing xyr favorite show- Ze-Ra: Monaerchs of Powhir- for the third time, Dex had searched for another show to fill the void in xyr soul. Biana recommended this show called "Keepers of the Chaos" and described it to xem. Xe was doubtful at first, but after watching the first episode, xe was hooked.
Xe used to not have many friends at xyr school, so xe did what every neurodivergent queer teen would do- made an account on dumbles dot com. People seemed to like xem- or at least, they liked dizznee-plus's memes and edits of Ze-Ra characters. Even after Dex befriended xyr squish, Fitz, thons sister, Biana, and aer girlfriend, Sophie, xe continued making content on dumbles. Around that time, the Ze-Ra fandom started dying off, and xyr memes started getting fewer note
In a sudden, two am burst of inspiration, Dex made edits of some of xyr favorite characters, like Ref, Akki, and Rose, with their respective pride flags (all of them bi) over them, and captioned it "we must be gay." The post blew up, or at least, what could be considered blowing up in Keeper of the Chaos's tiny fandom, and that was how Dex found xyr calling as an amateur meme/edit maker for KOTC.
History had been repeating itself, with the KOTC fandom starting to die off, until it was revived by an announcement from creator Saturn Nolastname- a season two would be released soon. Frantically, Dex made a meme about season one episode two, with the car salesman meme. Xe edited "chaos keepers" onto the car salesman, "the rarelynoticed" on the car, and "this bad boy can fit so many stripper outfits into it."
That had been... an interesting episode, to say the least. The chaos keepers had been talking about the antagonists of "Sophie and the Dark Duck"- a rebel group called the Rarelynoticed. In the information packet they'd been given, it was confirmed that the Rarelynoticed wore black cloaks and armbands, but no other clothes had been mentioned. Somehow, the chaos keepers came to the conclusion that the Rarelynoticed really wore neon pink leotards and green stripper heels, then drew this idea.
Needless to say, the Tumblr staff did not let them write that into the book. Nor did Lynn, the unofficially chosen leader of the group. Unfortunately for her, this didn't stop the chaos keepers from drawing more of these- or the fandom from making a ton of memes. In addition to the car salesman meme, a post with Drake saying no to "wearing normal fucking villain outfits" and yes to "leotards and stripper heels" gained popularity within the small fandom.
Though nothing could match the absolute shock of seeing the Rarelynoticed stripper outfit for the first time, Dex decided to rewatch the episode anyway- it was funny to see the chaos keepers freak out, and maybe xe could get some good screen captures. The good Saturn Nolastname indulged xem, and xe captured an excellent scene of most of the chaos keepers either laughing or screaming at the Rarelynoticed stripper outfits, with Kimber- one of xyr favorites- sitting on the side, explaining to Juno and Kaitee why Bianca Cracker was bisexual.
Xe went over to dumbles, posted the picture, added an image description, and captioned it "Live photo of me not caring when my friends talk about sex/romance." Xe chuckled to xemself- this really was how it felt to be aroace. Xe tagged it as aromantic and asexual as well, since dumbles added flag colors. Smiling, xe went to go check xyr notifications.
Xyr jaw dropped when xe saw that @lordofthesnuggles- Fitzroy (Dex didn't know thons middle name) Vacker thonself had liked and reblogged all three of xyr memes, even adding compliments in the tags! Xe'd had a bit of a platonic crush on Fitz for... a really long time, but xe always felt too awkward to talk to thon, so it was nice to see that thon appreciated xyr humor.
Feeling energized- and excited to procrastinate on xyr math homework- Dex went to watch the next episode: Dark Duck Is Jewish Now. Being Jewish xemself, this was a really funny episode to xem.
Lynn had been writing a sort of spinoff- it would be called fanfiction, but it was for her own story- about some of the Dark Duck characters celebrating Christmas, and added a throwaway line about Bianca and Finn Cracker celebrating Hanukkah. Then, her fiance, Shai, had taken that idea and run with it, writing a list of ideas about what would happen if the Cracker family was Jewish. Hir friend Sam had jumped on the idea, and soon they had abandoned writing the actual Dark Duck in favor of writing a story about Jewish Dark Duck characters. Some of the other Jewish chaos keepers, like Ref and Cat, helped out.
To be honest, it kind of surprised Dex that no one had made a joke about the Jewish Crackers just being matzah, so xe supposed xe would have to be the first.
Xe posted that observation, quickly getting a like from Fitz- which made xem smile. After a few minutes, Dex posted another meme: Shai and Sam standing in front of a door with a sign that read "elves don't have religion," and them saying "This sign won't stop me, because I can't read!"
It was accurate.
While that episode was great for Jewish representation, and funny, the Banana Noir episode was just plain weird.
It focused less on the Dark Duck than most of the other episodes, and was more about the crazy interactions of the chaos keepers. The episode was named for Banana Noir, who was really Cat Noir, but in a banana suit. Banana Noir was the son of Mellie, who looked like a shark, and Nora, who had platonically married faer. The mothers tried to arrange a marriage between him and Akki, who loved the side characters of the Dark Duck series. However, Akki wanted to marry Amelia. After a lot of shit that basically no one understood, Banana Noir's attempts were thwarted, and Lynn officiated the wedding between Akki and Amelia.
Yeah, Dex had no idea what the fuck was going on either. Xe'd watched an episode of Twins of the Chaos and a youtube video by arsonpog analyzing the Banana Noir chronicles, as it had been dubbed by the chaos keepers, and both expert opinions seemed to agree that Saturn Nolastname and the rest of the writers had probably been on crack when they made that episode.
The next episode made slightly more sense, though it was a low bar. After taking a break from the "official" Dark Duck story, the chaos keepers began collectively writing a Cinderella story about the characters Sophia and Bianca. People weren't allowed to be queer in the official story, but the chaos keepers still wanted to have fun with their obviously gay characters.
Even to the viewers of the show, who only received secondhand information about the Dark Duck characters, knew there was no way any of them, let alone all of them, were allocishet. The exact identities weren't entirely clear- when Dex had made edits of the characters' official art and xyr headcanons for their pride flags, a few people had disagreed- but both the chaos keepers and the fandom knew that despite what Shannon said, Sophia and Bianca were in love, and their Cinderella story should have made it in to the official Dark Duck story.
While excerpts of the Cinderella story were quoted in the show, most of it was left unclear, so Biana had taken it upon aerself to write aer own version of it. Dex was expecting an update later  that day, actually, or maybe the next. Ae wasn't always 100% reliable with aer update schedule. Still, Dex looked forward to when it eventually did come.
After the brief calmness from the Sophianca Cinderella episode, season one episode six, Amsterdam, exploded back into chaos. A few of the chaos keepers decided to discuss a fake scene in the book in which crazy shit went down, with the scene supposedly being located in Amsterdam. It had never been written and was never going to be, but everyone discussed it like it was real. Some of the highlights involved all the Dark Duck girls having swords (and the chaos keepers being gay for them), and a speedboat chase scene through the canals. Fitz had a popular theory that the chaos keepers would actually travel to Amsterdam in order to commemorate this crazy part of their lives. Almost as popular as that was a meme Dex made, with a man labeled "chaos keepers discussing amsterdam" and gesturing feverishly to a wall covered in papers and red string.
Of course, episode seven (Dark Duck Disney) was chaotic too. Everything was chaotic with this group, it was in the title. Shannon announced that the winning Dark Duck story would be adapted into a Disney movie. After past experience with terrible book to movie adaptations, the chaos keepers panicked. They panicked so much that it became major news within their school, which until then, had been largely ignoring the chaos keepers. Once the discussion about the movie settled down, they talked a lot about how in awe they were that their Dark Duck shenanigans were trending within the school.
But of course, none of that compared to the last episode of the season...
Dex changed xyr profile picture to include an ominous pair of teal eyes and sighed.
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favorite romcom (or any romantic movie)??
Hm. This will be difficult due to my expansive definition of “romantic”.
The first romantic comedy —and first conventionally romantic movie of any kind— on my ranked list of movies is Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing. I saw it in an almost-empty theater with three or other people in 1993, and loved every second. (Sadly, it was the last Branagh film to deliver that level of delight.) Emma Thompson’s performance was genius and surprisingly, convincingly sexy, while Kate Beckinsale’s original face was cute as a button. Keanu was —to say the least— in over his head, but Denzel was fantastic, and Michael Keaton did as well as anyone could with one of Bill S.’s weaker comic fools. Robert Sean Leonard was... well, I really liked Dead Poet’s Society when I was eighteen.
Across the Universe: Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess are extremely talented people who look pretty together, so what’s not to love? My generation’s Boomer parents pounded their music into our heads with such determined force that it really stuck, so even though the Beatles broke up before I could say “McCartney”, I know that shit even better than I know Nirvana.
Love & Basketball: It’s just awfully goddamned sweet. And Gabrielle Union was so fucking pretty.
Lost In Translation: A sad old man and a sad young girl make each other feel alive for a while. So... duh. 
I have Blue Valentine ranked pretty high, but to be honest, it didn’t stick with me. I remember being impressed with Gosling and Michelle Williams, but that’s about it... so consider this a recommendation with an asterisk.
Does Heavenly Creatures count? It’s primarily notable for being the only Peter Jackson movie that doesn’t frustrate or bore the hell out of me.
sex, lies & videotape: about which I’ve already said too much, I think.
A Walk To Remember: This is as far as I go with Nicholas Sparks shit... this far, no further. Mandy Moore was as angelic here as she was demonic in Saved!
Moulin Rouge: I want to like Baz’s stuff more than I actually do... but MR features perhaps my favorite Ewan McGregor performance, and definitely my favorite lead work from Nicole Kidman.
It’s my second-favorite Bertolucci film, and it delivers a lot of naked Eva Green, so I have to mention The Dreamers.
“Titanic,” he said reluctantly.
I’m tempted to insert Another Earth, Upstream Color, and Wild At Heart here, none of which would seem romantic to normal people, but work as such for me.
Punch-Drunk Love: Paul Thomas Anderson is probably my favorite filmmaker of the last twenty years, so this is a no-brainer. And it’s memorable as the only occasion when I have loved Adam Sandler. It’s a performance that makes up for a whole lotta Opera Man, and some small bit of The Waterboy.
Grease: Olivia Newton John. Pre-teen me had a huuuuuge crush on her. So much so that I’ve watched Xanadu. More than once. I need say no more.
Beauty and the Beast (1991): I didn’t love Belle the way I loved Ariel because I didn’t love her songs as much, but still... it was shocking, how good B&TB turned out to be. For the entirety of my life to that point, “Disney” had meant either “classic” or “contemporary mediocrity”... The Little Mermaid and B&TB set the tone for everything that’s come since.
Dead Again: Another one of those movies I’ve talked about too much around here.
Roman Holiday: Audrey Hepburn is precious, and you don’t have to overlook Mickey Rooney in this one.
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist: It’s not immortal filmmaking, but it’s sweet, funny, and Michael Cera + Kat Dennings was a killer casting combo.
Secretary: Obviously.
The Phantom of the Opera: Gerard Butler was... not Michael Crawford. But Emmy Rossum was wonderful, and I had fun.
The Station Agent: Okay, this is maybe questionable, but fuck you, it’s lovely. Peter Dinklage’s best work, since I no longer acknowledge that other thing with the fancy chair.
Lars and the Real Girl: It’s my list, man. And my favorite Ryan Gosling.
Moonstruck: He didn’t really get respect until Leaving Las Vegas, but this was Gonzo Nicholas Cage near the height of his powers. (The real summit was in Vampire’s Kiss.) 
Her: Scarlett Johannson had never been my favorite part of anything, until 2013 arrived and she was the best thing in both Her and Under The Skin. Which should have been expected with the latter... but in the former, she was a disembodied voice, playing opposite the most accomplished actor of his generation, and still stole the show.
The Fault In Our Stars: Shut up.
Only Lovers Left Alive: My favorite Tom Hiddleston movie, by a mile.
When Harry Met Sally: I’m a little young for its demographic, but I enjoyed the hell out of it thirty years ago.
Four Weddings And A Funeral: The last time I was happy watching Hugh Grant.
I’m stopping there, because I’m realizing I have way more romantic movies on the list than I thought... this could go on for a while.
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Quarantine and Chill
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Tom Hiddleston x reader
Warning: Just more fluff
Summary: This is part 2 to Quarantin online when the reader finally meets Tom after months of talking online.
               Tom: Biscuiteers, 194 Kensington Park Road, London, W11. Let's say 9 am, this Thursday? Will that work for you?
              When you woke, you'd thought it was all a dream that you didn't just Skype with Tom Hiddleston. That was until you looked at your phone. Finding that Tom had texted you after the both of you said goodnight. Even sent you a photo of himself this time of his far to a handsome face.
         Y/n: Sorry again for crashing on you last night. I've never been there, so sounds great. See you then.
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You stood outside the shop of Biscuiteers hoping you had the right place the quaint little cafe was a bit busier than usual as people line out the door distancing themselves from others. You looked at your watch once again. You got to the cafe thirty minutes early. You were not able to stay home. Time seems to go far to slow for your liking.
"Y/n?" A deep velvet-smooth voice purred from behind you, making you squeak out in surprise, turning on your heels to come face to chest with Tom Hiddleston. Not realizing how much taller he was then you.
"Yeah." You said shyly, your eyes fluttered upward to look into those baby blues of his. ”Hi."
"It's nice to meet you, Darling, finally." Tom took your hand being ever, so the gentleman placed a light kiss onto your knuckles. Lingering a minute longer. Tom's eyes never once left yours he smiled as he watched you turn a light shade of pink.
"It's nice to meet you as well, finally." You managed to breathe out.
"These are for you." Tom offered you a lovely bouquet. You could feel your cheek heat up when you took the arrangement. It was a perfect size, and Tom had remembered your favorite flowers.
"Oh, Tom. You didn't have to." You hummed.
"Anything for a beautiful woman." Tom winked. "Shall we grab our coffee and maybe wander around London?" You smiled up at him with a nod.
Tom grabbed coffee for the both of you, even after you laughed at Tom for how silly he looked in his mask when he came out of the shop. He showed you around London. Taking the whole day to play tour guide, Ken.
After a late lunch, Tom took you down to Tavistock street for candy floss and ice cream, a little place called Milk Train. Though you may have told him he was crazy that ice cream and Cotton candy don't go together. Which ensued a small discussion on the right term to call the sugary cloud.
Tom ended up getting cookies and cream on roasted green tea ice cream with colorful sprinkles. You got the unicorn on Matcha ice cream both as a Choo-choo, which was when they added the cloud of candy floss or as you corrected Tom as it's real name Cotton candy.
Tom being the proper gentleman that he was even took you home—not wanting you to walk back alone—even walking you to your door.
"Thank you, Tom. I had a wonderful time." You said shyly. Not wanting the night to end. Tom had been great, and you hoped that he wanted the same.
"I did to Darling." Tom smiled down at you. Both of you stood there for a moment longer, unsure of what to say or do next. "Eheh." Tom was rubbing the back of his neck. "Would you like to come over for dinner sometime? ..... To my home, that is. ... Only dinner and maybe a film."
       You giggled softly at how reassuring that it was nothing more than that. He was definitely nervous. It was nice to see this man be so normal in away. You would have always thought he would be confident in every aspect of his life.
"I would like that, Tom." You nodded with a smile.
              "Really?" Tom's voice cracked a bit overjoyed. Making you giggle. "I mean, you don't think I'm overstepping ." Clearing his throat. "I don't want to pressure you on the second date by having you come over to some stranger home. Who may or may not have his way with you. Not that I'm going to I'll be the perfect gentleman. I mean if you wan-."
            You cut Tom off, pressing a soft kiss to his cheek.  "You're overthinking."
            "Eheh." Tom nervously chuckled his hand, running along with the spot that your lips were.
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     Tom wanted everything to be perfect. He wanted you to have the perfect night with him. He may have even gone a little overboard to make it so. Purchasing outdoor movie projector and screen. Stringed lights littered his backyard. He searched ideas for the best setting for the movies and dinner. Finally, settling on to large style inflatable mattresses. Every pillow and blanket he owned laid thoughtfully.
         The menu he had made simple something he knew you would like, and he was known for his spaghetti bolognese. You may have mentioned that you wouldn't mind seeing if he did it the right way. It didn't help with his nervousness that you cooked professionally. While he waited on the sauce.
        He almost jumped out of his skin when the doorbell rang. Looking at his watch, you were early. Well, at least he hoped it was you and not his sisters spying on him. He had let it slip to his mom about you. Therefore his sisters knew and had given him a hard time. However, they did help with ideas on his little backyard project.
         Tom grinned when he spied you throw the peephole of his door. Tom noted that you wore comfortable clothes. He wanted you to be comfortable. You didn't have to get all dressed up for him.
         "Hello, darling." Tom greeted you when he opened the door.
           "Hi, Tom. I brought wine. I wasn't sure what to bring." You rambled Tom pulled you into a hug to make you stop. Relaxing you as you hugged him back.
"You didn't need to bring anything, Darling, just yourself." Tom smiled as he took your bag and wine for you as he escorted you outside. "Dinner is just about ready. Why don’t you make yourself comfortable, and I'll be right back."
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       Tonight's movies: The Jungle Book (Disney version.) starts after dinner, followed by Jurassic Park.  The sign said on a table as you both moved over to the area Tom had set up the movie.
      Tom set up the projector while you got yourself comfortable on one of the mattresses. Few minutes of trying to figure out the machine a few cuss words under his breath. In hopes you didn't hear him.
        Tom finally got the projector working and settled on the other mattress, not wanting to make you feel uncomfortable if he were to get in with you. You looked over at Tom when you movie came up on the screen.
          "Tom, did you mean to have the movie play upside down?" You smile, trying not to laugh.
             "Eheh, No." Tom groaned as he stood back up. To fix the problem. "Before I forgot there is popcorn, sweets, and drinks on the table if you would like at any point."
              "I'm so full from that amazing dinner maybe later. Thank you." You hummed.
             Tom finally settled, and the movie started. You giggled when Tom began to sing out loud. 'Look for those bear necessities.'
           "You, sir, are a dork." You throw a small pillow at the man.
           "Hey, now I saw your feet swaying to the music. You know you were just about to bellow it out." Tom tossed the pillow back at you.
         "You saw nothing, mister. I was rudely interrupted from the movie by off-key singing." You teased sticking your tongue out. Placing the pillow back under your head. "Now, shh it."
         Tom settled down, and you both went back to the movie. Soon the second movie started. Twenty minutes into the film, you decided on some popcorn.
         "Do you want any popcorn?" You asked, looking over at Tom, who was watching you as you got up.
         "Popcorn does sound good. But I can get it, love." Tom hummed, pulling himself up.
         "I got it, Tom. I mean, I'm already up." You smiled, walking over to the cute little setup Tom had put a lot of thought into.
         "Where's mine?" Tom poured as you came back with some candy and one bag of popcorn.
         Carefully you kneeled on to the mattress with Tom. Making sure not to spill any of the contents from your arms, laying everything down on the blanket. Tom corked an eyebrow at you. Humming to the music. While you moved under the blanket.
          "I figured we could share." You shrugged a shy smile played along your lips. Brushing a loose strand of hair back behind your ear.
          "Of course, darling sounds like a lovely idea." Tom moved over just a bit, giving you more room.
         You scooted closer to the man popcorn in hand as you rested yourself against him. Your head was resting lightly on his chest. Tom didn't hesitate to put his arm around you. You both went back to the movie.   
         "Thank you, Tom, this has been the best and one of the most thoughtful dates I have ever been on." You spoke up kissing Tom cheek, almost startling him.
           "You are more than welcome." Tom smiled.
Tom leaned forward, capturing your soft lips with his own, testing the waters almost to see if you would pull away. He paused for a moment only for Your lips pressing back along with his. Your hand that was already resting on his chest, gripped into the smooth fabric of his sweater.
          He kissed you softly, yet there was so much passion behind each movement. His arms wrapped around your waist. Your other hand found it's way to tangled into his soft locks. Forgotten popcorn spilled over the blanket. 
            Only breaking apart when a roar that made you two jump apart. Both of you looked to the screen, chest heaving and out of breath as you saw the T-Rex come back on-screen attempt to kill a car. And two kids screaming for their life.
           "Eheh." Tom laughed as he turned back to look at you. Gently Tom moved so that he wasn't crushing you too much. Some point he had slowly started leaning into you. You bit your lip when you looked up at Tom; his hair was a bit of a mess. You could feel your cheeks heat up.
          "You know for being dead, dinosaurs do have the worst timing." You said breathlessly.
          "That they do." Tom smile kissing your lips once more.
         "Popcorn?" You offered Tom as you took a piece from the pile that was currently on top of Tom's lap.
        Soon the movie came to an end, and Tom was the one that didn't want the night to end. However, he hadn't realized yet that you had fallen asleep. Not until he went to get up to turn the projector off that he noticed. You looked so cute draped over him, with your face practically buried into his chest.
"Darling, the movies over." Tom gently stroked your cheek even though he didn't want you to wake you.
"Mmhmm." You nodded sleepily but didn't show any other signs of moving.
"Y/n?" Tom kissed your forehead this time.
"Five more minutes." You yawned your arm wrapped around Tom's waist tighter.
"All right." Tom smiles as he covered both of you up. Though he didn't intend on falling asleep himself, he did.
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