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the-ferocious-kittyrose · 8 months

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On a scale from 1 to 10 how messed up is your version of Michael? (How much stuff he is post scoop or if scoop doesn't happen how messed up he is mental)

Poor thing is a definite 10

TW: brief mention of self harm

He doesn’t get scooped in my AU, but he’s got the trauma to make up for it.

William spoiled him with toys and video games, but he totally missed the memo that parents are supposed to spend time with their kids.

He was also harsh and had stupidly high expectations. Mike could build the parthenon, and William would find something wrong with it.

But he never considered it abuse, and it took him a long time to accept that it was. He had friends who’s fathers would beat them black and blue, William never did that.

His mom left when he was eight. She was young and never really wanted kids, but William insisted that it was just what they were supposed to do. She loved her sons, but she wasn’t happy being a mom. She was addicted to Valium pills and one day just up and left with a man she had an affair with, leaving little Mike sobbing in the drive way.

She tried to write letters to Mike and Evan, but William always intercepted them before the boys could see them, leaving Mike to believe his mom had truly abandoned him.

Mike loved Evan. He teared up when baby Evan first squeezed his finger in his little baby fist. But things soured as they got older. Mike was jealous of Evan, and angry at the world. But he never meant for it to end the way it did.

He fell into a severe depression after Evan’s death. He wasn’t even allowed to go to the funeral. He couldn’t eat or sleep as the guilt ate away at him. He took to cutting himself. Partly as a form of self punishment, and partly just to feel something.

William couldn’t even stand to look at him. His abuse became worse and worse, and Mike couldn’t even be mad because he felt like he deserved it.

He watched from afar as William slowly lost his mind.

He snuck into William’s basement office once and was nauseous at the sight of the broken bloody Fredbear animatronic wrapped in Evan’s blanket and surrounded by toys and rotting cake. William found him, and it was the first time he ever beat him.

When the missing children incident happened, Mike didn’t know what to think. Half of him couldn’t believe it. Sure his dad was creepy, and he’d hurt him, but he had a reason to hurt him, he didn’t have a reason to hurt innocent kids. The other half of him accepted the truth. His father was a monster.

The time William was taken into police custody was the most stressful time of his life.

Eventually William was released due to insufficient evidence, he came home acting chipper like nothing was wrong and even looking at him made Mike sick to his stomach.

One day, Henry was at the house for dinner, and Mike found the courage to call William out on his phony behavior directly. Something in William snapped. He grabbed a knife and started chasing Mike, swinging the knife like a mad man, screaming that he wanted him dead. Mike ran outside while Henry wrestled the knife away from William.

Henry brought Mike back to his house and tried to comfort him as he sobbed, “he tried to kill me. Why’d he try to kill me?”

William showed up a few hours later, demanding to have Mike back. Mike listened to William and Henry screaming at each other as he hid in the bathroom, quietly sobbing and trembling.

They found Charlie’s body the next morning, and William went missing. Mike blamed himself, and he believed Henry must too.

He had gotten back into contact with his mother during the time William was in custody. It was awkward. He was relieved she had actually tried to contact him, but he was still mad at her for leaving, and after years apart, things just weren’t the same.

But she did offer to let him stay with her, and since he felt like a burden to Henry, he accepted.

Henry took his own life shortly after Mike left. Once again,he blamed himself.

For years afterwards, he tried hiding from everything. Desperately avoiding all the news stations and true crime “detectives” that wanted to interview him. He was done with Freddy’s, but Freddy’s wasn’t done with him.

“ITS ME”

“SAVE THEM”

He had consistent nightmares and “hallucinations” of the animatronics. The thought he was going crazy, but it felt way too real to all be in his head.

He moved back to Hurricane, applied for the night guard position under a fake name, and witnessed the haunted Animatronics first hand.

The pizzeria shuts down soon after, due to a lack of business and a strong stench of rot. The building was barricaded and the animatronics were dismantled.

He eventually reached out to the families of the missing children, telling them that the ghost stories were true and explaining what he saw. They deserved to know the truth, right?

Most of them wanted absolutely nothing to do whith him, which he understood. But a few, more open minded people seemed interested. Older siblings of the kids who had died. Some didn’t actually believe him and wanted proof he wasn’t bullshitting, others were just desperate for answers and closure. They agreed to meet at the shut down restaurant.

It was immediately more dangerous than Michael thought it would be, because the animatronics seemed to have reassembled themselves. He wanted everyone to get the hell out, but now that they knew Mike was telling the truth, they needed to investigate and find out what really happened.

While snooping around they found a sealed off room that reeked of death. They opened it and unknowingly freed stringtrap, the killer, William Afton.

But he wasn’t William Afton anymore. Years of tortuous pain, starvation, and isolation, had reduced him to a feral zombi like creature. Michael doesn’t know which is worse.

Springtrap attacked the group and every time Michael would throw himself in front of them and try to sacrifice himself for the others. He wasn’t always successful in helping them, as one of the group got his arm torn of and eaten by springtrap.

Eventually the group decided “fuck this place,” and started a fire to destroy it for good. The escaped just intime to watch the building be engulfed with flame, with springtrap inside.

Killing his father didn’t bring him joy or anguish or anything that he had expected. He didn’t really feel anything.

Mike grew close to the group, especially Danny, the foster sister of Cassidy. She was very iffy about him at first obviously, they all were, but she knew that none of what happened was actually his fault. She admitted to Mike that when she first started to warm up to him, she felt like she was betraying Cassidy, but after seeing how selfless and brave he could be, she thinks that Cassidy would’ve liked him.

Over time, the two of them developed a romantic relationship, and decide to fuck off to the other side of the country. They didn’t want anything to do with Freddie’s ever again.

They had a son named Evan (Gregory), and around the time he was 4-5, Freddy’s started, unfortunately, making a comeback. Evan asked if he could go, but his parents vehemently refused. They were a bit overprotective but they were also right.

One day Evan goes to Freddy’s without his parents’ knowledge and becomes the target for a William Afton copy cat killer. He escapes unharmed but it was still massively traumatizing, for him and his parents.

In the end, Michael is trying to move on and recover, and in some ways he has. He’s much happier as an adult than he ever was as a kid/teen. But the past keeps popping up again and again, threatening to destroy the new life he’s built.

#this is way too long #sorry about that lol #five nights at freddy's #fnaf #michael afton #william afton

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maxmayfieldirl · 2 years

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What deltarune song I think the St characters would be and why but they might only make sense to me

Will: Friendship

The song is just so warm and peaceful and sweet and it reminds me of a boy who fits that same description (Will).

Mike: Bluebird of Misfortune

Do I. Do I need to say it. Sounds like the spiraling decrease of his mental health throughout the seasons.

Lucas: Ferris Wheel

Maybe it's just me but this felt the most like Lucas. It's a cute catchy little tune but it holds a serious undertone to it.

Dustin: Lancer

He's just a silly little guy like Lancer!!! I cannot properly describe how much this song is just him. A funky tune for a funky guy. However I don't think this energy will carry to the next season like it has every other season due to...unforeseen events.

Max: VS Susie

This only makes sense if u take the scene VS Susie took place, during Susie's fight with Lancer. Susie is lashing out and hurts Lancer because she's hurting but she's doesn't want to hurt him so she feels guilty (It's a poor description I know). Which, yeah, sounds a lot like Max in s2 and s4. Actually the fight (Susie and Lancer) reminds me of her and Lucas in this season.

El: Originally I was gonna give her 'The Legend' but i realized that goes against El's character because she's not a legend or all powerful being, she's just a kid so I chose Lost Girl instead.

I mean it's true, she is really lost as she barely knows who she is as a person. Season 4 was her first real season being a normal girl and she had little to no guidance. Plus the song is very sorrowful yet peaceful and it reminds me of her

Erica: Rude Buster

I cannot form a proper why but like. Listen to it and tell me that's not her

Jonathan: Quiet Autumn

Very calming, much like his presence. I feel like this only makes sense to me bejbdjjjdk. Plus the name is fitting

Argyle: sans

He has sans energy in general tbh. Chill and jokes around but not stupid, ya know?

Robin: Girl Next Door

It matches her personality, upbeat with a hint of awkwardness. Funnily enough I believe it's one of Noelle's songs who also likes women-

Nancy: Darkness Falls

I actually don't know why I picked this. Something about how sad yet determined the song felt made me think of Nancy because that's what she is, isn't she?

Steve: April 2012

I don't know a god damned thing about Steve but this feels like him.

Eddie: Powers Combined

Truth be told I don't know much about Eddie other than his music taste and hatred towards popular things so I picked something I thought he'd personally listen to dhhdjdjjdkd

Joyce: You Can Always Come Home

It's a very comforting song, the song itself feels akin to the feeling of home. Joyce Byers has that feeling too.

Hopper: My Castle Town

I used to think of him as a man full of rage but now he's just a dad. Obviously he's more than that but i can't really describe it. None of the songs really fit him but this was the closest.

Murray: HEY EVERY!

I have no idea how to describe it okay. It's just him. Or Weird Birds because he's a weird bird

Vecna: Digital Roots

This is just the general vibes bc he's creepy, the song sounds creepy. It works

Henry: Dialtone

Yes I know he's vecna but they feel like separate entities almost. Dialtone isn't technically scary but it's still off putting, like Henry. Even before I figured out he was vecna he was extremely off putting and I knew something was up with him.

MF: THE HOLY

The name was honestly the main reason I chose it. Almighty otherworldly monster wanting to kill everyone on earth without a clear why can totally be described as 'the holy'

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wheretheresaway-theresawilliam · 5 months

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Chapter 20: A Cry For Help

Word Count: 891

TWs: Mentions of death, allusions to a panic attack

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Michael knew his father was, unfortunately, mostly right. Spilling his guts about William’s private habits wouldn’t benefit him much. The satisfaction of the town of sheep turning on him would only last so long. And what then, when they would? William would simply pack up the kids, and Norman too, probably, and haul ass to the next nowheresville over.

In a new town with new suckers, he could start franchising even faster than he was now. Michael had overheard the phone conversations with other businessmen interested in helping more locations be built. The thought made his stomach curl into a massive fist. When Michael and Elizabeth had joined their father at work one weekend, Michael sought out Henry’s company. He knew he couldn't keep it inside, so if he was going to tell anyone… it was going to be Henry.

“How did you and my dad become friends anyway?” Michael asked as Henry cleaned one of the mascot suits. Things were in a transitional phase, away from hazardous, springlock hybrid suits, but William still hadn’t quite moved on from their cheapness and practicality. Henry chuckled at Michael’s question.

“I’ve told you before. Robotics. And he’s always been so outgoing and charming… I’ve never understood what he saw in a loner like I was.”

“He likes to pick up strays,” Michael bitterly and absently spun a washer around a bolt, hopping up and sitting on one of the work benches. Henry paused, looking away from the suit.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Well, you know. That Norman guy, for instance.”

“Ah. Yes, he does seem particularly fond of that one, doesn’t he? Promoting him to personal assistant after such a short time in employment… I didn’t even know that was a possible position, and I’m supposed to be his business partner.”

“He’s made it one, now.”

The air filled with silence for a moment before Henry set aside the tools he had been using to clean, turning fully to Michael. “Something on your mind, son? I’m just getting a tense vibe from your side of the room.”

Michael set aside the bolt, eager to speak his mind. “Henry, I really need you to listen to me, alright? Complete and total attention,” he pleaded.

“You have it, Mike, what’s going on?”

He launched into the first thing that had been weighing him down; William’s infidelity. Even if Margarete hadn’t been his mother, and even if it wasn’t cheating now that she was gone, it was still just one more thing to hate about him. Then he rambled on about William’s blasé attitude about death, about how he didn’t grieve at all when Margarete died, and grieved very little when it had been Evan. About how he couldn’t seem to understand that Michael was as traumatised by his own actions as anyone else involved. He was only stopped by hyperventilation, his lungs spasming as he felt as if his chest was collapsing in on itself.

“Breathe, breathe…” Henry had his hands on Michael’s shoulders, peering intensely at him from behind his thick, square glasses. He was in shock at what he had heard. William, so well-liked, so respected… so terrible when in the comfort of his own home. It was all very hard to believe, and yet, the panic and anguish on Michael’s face could not be faked.

“Oh my God, he’s going to kill me when he realizes how much shit I just spewed to you…”

“William isn’t going to kill you, and I’ll make sure of that. I’m so, so sorry, Mike. I can’t imagine what you’ve been through… but I believe you. Don’t doubt that for a second.”

“Not that it’s any help…” He inhaled sharply and coughed, shaking in Henry’s grasp. “We can’t win against him, he’s got them eating out of the palm of his hand. I-I just have to live with this bullshit.”

“I wouldn’t say we can’t ‘win,’ Mike… but you’re right. There’s a lot put up against you, and against anyone who supports you. You’re almost eighteen, right? Would you like to come live with me instead?”

“What about Lizzy?”

Henry frowned. “I’m afraid there’s not much we can do for her. We’d need a miracle to catch a man like William on neglect charges…”

“And she’s his favourite. He can’t do any wrong in her eyes and he’d bend over backwards to make her happy, even when I know he’s frustrated with her.”

Henry sighed heavily as Michael allowed himself to be held. Henry’s embrace was more fatherly than anything Michael could’ve experienced from William. He thought talking about it would ease him of the burden, but it was only making it worse, knowing not even Henry could do much to change things. William had made himself untouchable. If Henry spoke out against him, he’d call it false claims and continue the business without him. Henry still had a daughter to care for, he could not afford to part ways with such a steady income. He thought about the missing poster he had seen recently for seven-year-old Lisa Nicole. He had started to develop a project behind William’s back, and with the worry he felt for both Michael and his own child, he knew he needed to devote more time to it. What he couldn’t possibly know was just how important that project would become.

#fnaf #fnaf au #fnaf fic #henry emily #michael afton #accursed heritage au

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drspookulicious · 4 years

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FNaF: Elizabeth Afton’s “Character” “Arc”

I was pretty sure for the longest time that she straight-up didn’t have one. In the voice lines in Sister Location that play through Michael’s head between nights, we really only see a bratty, disobedient, whiny, and entitled side of her, and by the end of the series, she wants to kill people with her dad.

Not the most flattering look, I’ll admit.

Some argued “but she’s corrupted by Baby’s programming! That’s what makes her want to kill!” Unfortunately, this would mean Elizabeth’s only appearance in the games that we can definitively say is 100% her and not corrupted in any way is the bratty annoying girl bugging Purple Guy in Sister Location. If this theory’s true, not only does Elizabeth not really grow throughout the series, (contrast with both victim!Mike and bro!Mike having interesting development in their respective theories,) but there’s no change. There’s no time for change if there’s only a solid thirty seconds of pure, raw, uncorrupted Elizabeth action.

(And, no, I’m not including FNaF 4′s Pigtail girl. I’m not sure how much of a difference that would make if I did, though.)

These two seem to coexist, but not in a contradicting way.

When Circus Baby tells the story of how she “was on stage once,” she speaks from the animatronic’s perspective and refers to the little girl, Elizabeth, in the third person, leading many to assume the girl Baby “still hears sometimes” is a separate intelligence.

However, I believe this is a manipulation tactic - first, because that totally lines up with Baby’s motivation and other actions, making Eggs think she’s totally not haunted and definitely trustworthy - but second, because Scrap Baby seems very much like she’s speaking from Elizabeth’s perspective after dropping the facade of Sister Location, saying things like “it feels like home” and “it feels like my birthday.”

Animatronics can indeed speak from the perspective of the robot and the child. Withered Chica, in Ultimate Custom Night, says “I was the first” as Susie, and “Let me show you how to break your face and look like me” as Chica.

Henry addresses Scrap Baby as “Elizabeth” - I’m not claiming he knows exactly how possession of this lot works, but being a character in this universe that was friends with William for a good while, he knows Elizabeth better than we do, and I trust his judgement that this is really her.

SL’s Fake Ending also seamlessly flows from Circus Baby’s lines to Elizabeth Afton’s voice saying a lot of those same lines, but more innocently. And, yes, this could very well be Funtime Freddy’s voice mimic at work, but that’s the exact kind of manipulation I was talking about earlier with Baby referring to Elizabeth in the third person. Y’know, to trick you.

So in other words, it’s not that Baby’s AI talks to us and we only get a small glimpse of Elizabeth; it’s likely all Elizabeth, including Circus Baby.

Elizabeth is aware of Baby’s AI. We definitely see Baby’s programming overtake her in the mini-game when she devours Elizabeth, and it seems Elizabeth acknowledges this programming.

It’s also seems as though Elizabeth hates it.

Something bad happened yesterday. Something bad always happens. I don’t want it to happen again. There is something bad inside of me. I’m broken. I can’t be fixed. I’m going to be taken to the Scooping Room soon, but it’s not going to fix what’s wrong with me. What is bad is always left behind. Will you help me?

There are a few ways to interpret the “bad thing” that happened, and “bad thing” that’s inside of her that can’t be fixed.

This is spoken on Night 5, and only two things really happened on Night 4: she kidnapped Eggs Benedict, and killed the technicians. And if so, this would definitely seem like Baby’s programming forced Elizabeth to do it, meaning Elizabeth is speaking from the heart here. I doubt this is an AI talking about how she has a little girl telling her to do evil shit.

However, I think the bad thing inside her... might be Elizabeth. Hear me out.

Either it’s Baby’s killer-robot programming, or Elizabeth’s spirit. Thing is, it seems like Elizabeth is aware that the Ennard plot won’t get rid of the problem. Her going to the Scooping Room won’t fix what’s wrong with her.

But, I’d argue Baby’s programming is most likely gone by Scrap Baby. I definitely don’t think Baby, the robot, would by physically functional if it weren’t haunted by a child. So narratively, it seems most appropriate that the thing wrong with Baby, the thing that can’t be fixed, is that Elizabeth’s bound to the animatronic.

And if that’s all the case... that’s incredibly tragic, isn’t it? That what Elizabeth wants more than anything else is to finally be at rest?

Hell, she has to scoop out the insides of a loved one and use their body as a hiding place in order to escape an endless cycle of torture and anger. It makes sense she’s hesitant to do this, and feels remorse that there wasn’t a better solution. That she couldn’t just make the souls disappear.

So if Elizabeth’s consciousness isn’t being overwritten, or destroyed, or corrupted, by evil robo-programming, then what’s her story?

Well, I think Elizabeth considers Baby a separate entity. Baby was made just for her, as a friend, a playmate. Someone who was designed for her to play with. And I think Elizabeth’s arc comes down to a conflict between wanting her friend to be happy, and wanting the approval of her father.

It makes perfect sense that Elizabeth would have the interests of Circus Baby in mind, and the acknowledgement of her programming would only reinforce this. Hence the conflict here.

According to Michael, Baby thought Eggs was William. In Elizabeth’s mind, she isn’t scooping out her brother’s organs, but her father’s. The father she loves, and seeks the attention and approval of. That’s why she insists he won’t die; she’s reconciling with herself. It’s not that painful, right?

She’s torn between her father’s love, and the friend she died for.

Which is why the ultimate conclusion to her character is...

You played right into our hands, did you really think that this job just fell out of the sky for you? No. This was a gift, for us. You gathered them all together in one place, just like he asked you to. All of those little souls, in one place, just for us, a gift. Now we can do what we were created to do, and be complete! I will make you proud, Daddy! Watch, listen, and be full.

Elizabeth thinks that Freddy Fauxbear’s was an excuse to get all the souls in one place, (which was dead-on,) but more specifically gathering the souls so she and William could... be complete?

If Elizabeth’s inner conflict is between the interests of her father and the Baby animatronic, this is the perfect end goal for her. She wants to be reunited to William - to earn his forgiveness. In order to be complete, Elizabeth feels she and Dear ol’ Dad need each other.

This conflict began when William took back his promise that Baby would be a gift just for Elizabeth. She loved him, and wanted to be the best daughter she could be, but a single act of disobedience tore William’s heart, and most of Elizabeth’s organs, in two. By the end, she went from a sweet girl putting her desire for William’s attention aside and being bad for one crucial tragic moment, to embracing being bad and pretty much downright evil through her love of her father. From complaining about not having something she wanted and neglecting what she did have, to finally getting... or thinking she got...

Everything.

#fnaf #fnaf theories #five nights at freddy's #five nights at freddy's theories #sister location #sister location theories #elizabeth afton #ice cream girl #william afton #circus baby #scrap baby

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richietoaster · 5 years

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Review/Reaction of IT Chapter Two

Let’s just start right off the bat and let me just say that Bill Hader better get a fucking award for his performance.

Alright. Here we go y’all. im trying to stay in order with what happened but so much happened in the movie that my brain is just all over the place so excuse me while i try to form words

UNDER THE CUT CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS

• first opening scene is a fucking LOT okay like i sobbed my eyes out and it was just not cool. adrian and his boyfriend? CUTE AF. Him getting brutally beat up and then killed by Pennywise while Don just watches? NOT CUTE AF

• Mike is a precious boy and I love him so. He cares about his friends so much holy shit. they all get mad at him for lying to them tho.But he only did it to protect them. Mike knew some SHIT(tm) our boy is so smart?? I’m glad they kept to his original storyline

• Older Bill gave himself so much shit this film and i just felt so bad. like we know it isnt ur fault okay?? We know you loved your brother, stop putting yourself down. also?? him becoming protective over dean? please stop my aching heart.

• Jessica Chastain owns my whole heart and she can kick my ass anyday. She plays Bev so well and captures young bev’s personality so well. her scene with mrs kersh was very weird. i knew the second she ran naked in the hall i’d be seeing some weird fucking shit okay

• Jay Ryan could kick me and I would personally thank him like?? wow what a man. He immediately recognizes bev when he first sees her and im just?? im happy. so many hidden new kids on the block reference and it had me fucking rolling in my grave

• JAMES FUCKING RANSONE MY DUDE OH LORD okay listen. he gives off young eddie’s panic and chaotic energy so perfectly i felt like i was watching him as an adult, who just never grew up. I think thats what he was going for honestly. He played eddie SO FUCKING WELL

• I’m so sad about stan. THats all you need to know okay. I’ll talk about his letter later on in this. Stan deserved better. that’s all.

• if you are not a fan of vomit you’re not gonna enjoy richie tozier. literally any time something bad happens hes just like ah shit here we go again *vomits* and honestly? that made me laugh. like hes just like oh shit something is happening let.. let me just.. no no its fine guys ill catch up.. EHBWFIJHDFSIJ no okay but bill hader stole the fucking show. his acting was phenomenal and,, again,, i’ll add more onto that later.

• richie scares the shit out of dean. because he thinks hes pennywise. but can you blame him? the kid just. stared at him all creepy and shit. but its so funny. the losers make fun of him bc he doesnt know his own lines from his acts and richies just like “I dont write my own material” and eddies just like “I KNEW IT! I FUCKING KNEW IT” dead. goodbye.

• Young losers were still my favorite part honestly. Eddie kept bouncing that stupid ball in stan’s face in the clubhouse and i was waiting for him to get punched in the face tbh. That didn’t even seem like eddie, that was Jack’s energy bursting through the seams lmfao

• young eddie runs into a fucking box and shrieks and if that isn’t me idk ewhdfiajksjdoi

• THE FUCKING. HAMMOCK. SCENE. okay listen to me. thats gay. hammocks are now gay. gays only. gay interacts only. the bickering between reddie had me in TEARS. eddie kept kicking at his face and just?? casually??? lays on him when richie wont move??

• stan’s fucking shower cap ehfdiujasdiosa and then richie being like “nobodys afraid of spiders stanley okay” and eddie slowly removes his because he cares what richie thinks more than spiders ok

• a flashback from after they defeated IT in the first move with reddie “eddie youve been gone for 24 hours your face is most likely on a milk carton by now” “shut up richie”

• yong Richie has me weak af this whole movie, like always. just getting on Eddie’s case. HE PINES SO HARD OH Y GOD Like wow my sweet boy is so fucking in love ouch. which?? BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT??

• THE ARCADE SCENE?? he checks out the kid standing next to him and tries to get him to hang out more and then the other kid tells him to stop being weird because he’s not gay, too, and then uses the F slur. richie was just so hurt. paul bunyun scene happens after that and hes just like “I just shit my pants” and i cried.

• pennywise screaming “lets play truth or dare, you wouldnt pick truth! you dont want them to know your secret” gave off the same energy as eddie’s leper blowjob scene from the book. same energy. do with that as you will.

• they had some flashbacks that included pennywise and im not sure if this was before or after they had defeated IT in the first movie but i interpreted it as after and if thats the case... hes supposed to be dead. but now thinking back on it, it was probably just more scenes before they put pennywise to rest for 27 years.

• young richie went to the kissing bridge after that and we ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE. fucking.. r + e :((( although we don’t see him carving the E. but reddie is canon so suck toes antis

• stephen king pretty much being like “I know u and ur endings really do suck” to bill when he comes to buy his bike was so fucking funny. it almost felt like a self insert lmfao. ALSO HIM MAKING BILL PAY 300 BUCKS FOR THE BIKE BC HE KNEW HE COULD AFFORD IT? iconic.

• richie and eddie opening the door to the dog had me laughing. pennywise was just mocking them at that point. they’d be such good dog dads and now im sad

• i was really confused because they added part of stan’s bar mitzvah?? like it wasn’t even the same from the first movie. like they should’ve just put the deleted scene in from ch. 1 and then added that part. thats one of my very few complaints. im slowly hiding them in here.

• henry bowers was kinda irrelevant in this honestly but thank you eddie for stabbing him and richie for killing him for trying to kill mike yall heroes

• BEVS BLOOD SCENE ?? CORRESPONDING WITH BENS BURIED ALIVE SCENE? poetic cinema. 10/10

• the big fight really disappointed me in all honesty. but i think thats because andy said he cut so much from there. i expect it to be better with the director’s cut

• eddie saving richie and then immediately being stabbed by pennywise’s claw? IM DEPRESSED.

• “Rich! rich, i did it! i think i killed him!” Our boy was so happy with himself :(

• eddie’s last words WERE NOT “i fucked your mom”. he was talking to richie and you can hear them talking while the rest are preparing to end pennywise. so im hoping we get that as a deleted scene.

• richie goes back to help finish pennywise but when he goes to check on eddie.. he’s dead. ://// and bev is like “richie, come on, honey.. im sorry” and richie does not want to believe him. he grabs and hugs eddie so tight i swear i could feel that hug from the audience.

• another thing im disappointed in and am sliding in is some of the animations? Like. fucking weird. but okay. luckily i didn’t care too much.

• THE SOB that richie lets out when he holds eddie really hurt my fucking soul jesus christ just kill me

• the losers try cheering him up after and like. thats their friend too but you can just totally tell he’s crying in a different type of grief. THAT WAS HIS FIRST FUCKING LOVE.

• they all remember after and thats really important to me okay

• stan writes letters and its spoken outloud while the other losers get little montages of what theyre doing with their life after the battle. Richie goes back to the kissing bridge and recarves- YES RECARVES AND YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE E BEFORE HE DOES- he recarves the E and while doing it, stan’s voice says “be proud of who you are” and im fucking cry ibg okay

• in the end, i give this movie a 7/10 rating. although some of the animations were weird and some of the flashbacks had pennywise in it (like hes supposed to be currently dead but ok... maybe nightmares??) the actors were PHENOMENAL and the chemistry between older richie and older eddie made me so happy. my ship is canon. but im still sad about stan and eddies death.

• ignoring canon in 3.. 2.. 1.. now

#it chapter 2 #it chapter two spoilers #IT CHAPTER TWO #it chapter 2 spoilers #IT SPOILERS #reddie #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #bill denbrough #mike hanlon #beverly marsh #ben hanscom #stanley uris

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thepalatine · 4 years

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Random thoughts about Stargirl episode 9: Brainwave

Pat is seriously distressed by the whole Dr. Ito thing. I know he WAS listening to Courtney, but dang, he seemed upset.

Pat seemed pretty dubious about the whole “let’s recruit baby brainwave,” thing but still let courtney go ahead with the plan? interesting. he even defended her judgement when Rick called it out? Even more interesting still.

I totally see where Yolanda is coming from and honestly, can’t fault her at all. I wouldn’t want that dude anywhere near me. And when we got a little glimpse of her inner thoughts re: Henry my heart freaking broke. My poor Yolanda, she really cared for that boy and even though it looks like he didn’t actually send out the pic, he still participated in the bullying and s*ut shaming that followed AND yolanda doesn’t know he didn’t release the pics and that shit basically destroyed her school life and her relationship with her family so.....she’s totally justified in being furious with pretty much everyone. I get it.

Pat gives the kids homework---adorable!!

Pat rides to Barbara’s rescue in the kitchen----so incredibly adorable. I love Pat.

Pat tried AGAIN to come clean and Courtney didn’t let him. I get where Courtney is coming from but one thing she needs to think about is this; no matter how mad her mother gets at her she’s still going to love her and forgive her and keep her around because she is her daughter. But Pat’s her husband and the dynamic between husbands and wives is different. And poor Pat knows that and he’s trying.

I know people in this fandom like to tease pat about being a dummy but he’s anything but. He picked up on Jordan’s bullshit (and it is bullshit bc jordan knows very well that Barbara is married) right off the bat.

Even funnier---so did Mike and he wasn’t having any of that shit. He loves his dad.

But Pat still played it cool (he IS her boss after all) and played the genial host to a tee. So, all the jokes about him not being good at the whole secret identity lying stuff are quite off the mark as well. Homeboy’s no dunce and he may not always be mr. suave but he knows how to keep his shit together.

Barbara walking into the basement at the end---uh oh. pat is in trouble. That shot of him and courtney turning around all surprised was great though. Pat’s got legs for days in that shot and I approve.

When are we going to get more about Pat’s emotional history because we’ve spent a LOT of time getting to know more about Jordan, learning about his touching relationship with his wife and learning more and more about his motivations. I like that we are doing this because it helps to make him a compelling villain and character, but now he’s also being positioned as Pat’s romantic rival and when you put the amount of development we’ve gotten about jordan next to the amount of development we’ve gotten about Pat, the scales definitely tip in Jordan’s favor.

And here’s the thing, we KNOW Pat is more than just his superheroic history: he has a son and that son has a mother who is no longer in the picture AND we’ve already heard from Mike that he and Pat have been through a lot together. when are we going to hear more about that? why exactly did maggie leave? when did she leave? why doesn’t she have a relationship with mike? did sylvester’s shady cousin steal all of Pat’s patents?

Also, i have so many thoughts about the Seven Soldiers that I have to put it in a separate post, otherwise this is gonna be too long for anyone to read.

#stargirl #pat dugan #mike dugan #courtney whitmore #barbara whitmore #wildcats

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purplebunniboy · 4 years

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Retrograde AU

Can I summarize this,,,let’s find out. This has been a rough WIP since 2016. Boy has it been a Process.

Before I start let me just state for the record that this is an AU it exists in it’s own universe and ties in aspects of both books and games as well as headcanons that I Know not everybody will agree with! Hope you enjoy it nonetheless!

Warnings before reading: This AU does contain spoilers for the book trilogy, there are some heavy and dark themes mostly involving physical and emotional abuse as well as blood and gore.

This AU is split into 2 parts: pre-scooped and post-scooped. The first is his childhood and early adult life where he is known as Michael Afton leading up to when he got his insides scooped out. The second half is an older adult, when he got a whopping load of amnesia immediately after being scooped and is known as Mike Schmidt.

Pre-scooped:

Michael grew up in the same town Fredbear’s is located in, a few miles out of Hurricane (same place Charlie lived in the books.)

Michael is the older brother from the 4th game’s minigames. The younger brother/ crying child is Cassidy Afton. Cassidy witnessed Charlie’s murder and was absolutely traumatized but no one would believe him. William was really the cause of the bite, needing the kid to keep quiet about the whole thing, but staged it to be an accident to shift the blame on to someone else.

There is 2 seperate bites, Cassidy being the Bite of ‘83 victim. Michael was still the accidental cause of both.

His friend group consisted of the bullies from the 4th game--Bear mask kid is Michelle/Mitchie, bunny mask kid is David/Davie, chicken mask kid is Christopher/Chris. Some basics about them:

Mitchie is a girl, though a total tomboy, and is strong enough that the others know not to mess with her. She has a superiority complex, always feeling like she Has to prove she’s the best. She has a younger brother.

Davie is the bigger kid and designated meat shield of the group. He doesn’t put himself in bad situations but the group tends to throw him into them anyway.

Chris is a bit of a runt but like to run his mouth a lot. He’s the type to always feel the need to put his two cents in even if it adds nothing to the conversation and is mostly just him being a sassy smartass.

Michael is of course the kid always picking fights. He’ll throw the first punch at the drop of a hat and almost always sports a bruise or a cut somewhere on his face. Some have even turned into scars.

When he was especially younger, Michael got along really well with his dad, drawing up doodles of characters that would eventually become the Funtimes, and always claiming he wanted to be just like him. William would often bring him into the workshop and teach him the basics of how animatronics work, carefully avoiding the subject of springlocks altogether. Obviously as he grew older, he realized his dad was a major ass and grew distant and hateful of him, taking his anger out on those around him rather than actually deal with the problems.

Michael built his fox mask himself and included a few added feature such as moving/turning ears and fancy lights. His friends demanded he make them some as well to which he happily obliged.

The Afton and Emily families were good friends! This was before, you know, William decided to remove Charlie’s alive rights. There were nights where all the parents would go out and Michael would get stuck with babysitting all of them at once and chaos ensued. Charlie, Sammy, and Elizabeth were the same age but Elizabeth was a bit of a brat so she didn’t get along very well with them. Charlie and Cassidy, despite age difference were good friends. Charlie and Sammy were a tag team and rarely did you ever see the two of them apart from the other.

After the accident and Cassidy’s death, everyone turned away from Michael except Elizabeth, who Michael swore he would be a better brother for. He continued developing his robotics skills by building her little toys just like Henry did for Charlie. Though unlike Henry’s, the toys were in no way technologically advanced and the most impressive thing he could do was add a wind up music box in them.

William finds old drawing of Michael’s and uses them as inspiration for the Funtime Animatronics which of course eventually lead to the accident with Elizabeth.

After so many years it finally comes together that Michael realizes his dad is actually a psycho murderer. He runs away, trying to figure out ways to set the spirits free. As he travels, continually changing his name, he does eventually find Henry and enlists his help. He is ultimately unsuccessful as he follow the trail into Circus Baby’s and is eventually scooped.

Jeremy Fitzgerald also has a minimal part in this AU. He and Michael met in early adulthood, he eventually tries to help Michael in his task to help set the children free. They go to what is the fnaf 2 location in an attempt to put them all back together but something goes terribly wrong and Jeremy is the unfortunate victim of the bite of ‘87 and loses his frontal lobe in the process. He is the same Jeremy from the VR games.

It is William and his manipulative tactics that convince Michael to go into the underground in the first place, knowing that his sister will be there. With the promise that he can find her and the others and put them all back together.

Post-scooped:

Immediately after the events of the underground, he’s visited by Cassidy’s ghost who warns him he’s going to forget and tells him to “come find him when he remembers.” He wakes up in Hurricane with barely any memories. He’s told his name is Mike Schmidt, as stated by records found mostly in his car. Clay Burke takes him under his wing and helps get him back on his feet, basically becoming like a father figure to him. It’s through this interaction that Mike meets Carlton and becomes part of that whole group.

While the main events of the books did not happen, the friend group is still there and there are certain elements that remain the same. The group is obvi older than they were in the original canon source.

Henry still moved to Hurricane and built the four closets but instead of offing himself, he saw them to completion, dropped them on Aunt Jen, then disappeared without a trace. So it is still the same that Charlie “moved away” and the group stayed connected through letters they sent back and forth (Though mostly it had been Aunt Jen writing them.)

Instead of Charlie coming back for the funeral type celebration like in The Silver Eyes, she went back specifically to reconnect with friends to see them graduate. As they got older, letters turned to email and live chat rooms. Charlie still went with Jessica to college and the two continue to live together. Charlie has a degree in robotics and programming, Jessica has a degree in anthropology. Charlie and John maintain a long distance relationship as he lives and works out of state. Carlton also left town for college, got his degree in performing arts and moved back to Hurricane. Marla is happily married but still keeps up communication with the others and visits occasionally.

There is a separation between alive robot Charlie and dead child Charlotte, since The Puppet is still a present figure. Charlie is content with the fact that she is actually a robot, having discovered that years ago. John is the only other one who knows.

Mike and Carlton have a thing going on.

Mike works at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza as is shown game 1. He works there not only out of desperation but because he feels a connection to the building and wants desperately to know about his past.

He found Springtrap in the back saferoom and since then, the rabbit does not leave him alone. He acts as Mike’s helper buddy, assisting in keep the animatronics away for the most part. He is completely silent though if you were to listen really really close you might hear motors running, a fan or two kicking on, and raspy breathing.

Helpy is another helper to Mike but is more of a portable buddy rather than a work only buddy. He found the little bear as barely more than scraps in a trash heap, took him home and enlisted Charlie’s help in building him into the lovable little pink and white robot.

Most dreams/nightmares Mike has have to do with reliving past memories though generally he doesn’t remember what they were about once he’s awake. When he’s at the pizzeria he sometimes sees the spirits of the children who help lead him to clues about his missing memories. What would seem like hallucinations to most people, are actually clues from the spirits. But Springtrap tends to chase off any that appear when he is also there.

Will hopefully post designs of the characters soon! And I’m in the process of writing an actual coherent story for this.

#woah Another AU centered around Michael Afton #shush hear me out on this #fnafau #au #fnaf #fivenightsatfreddys

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britishchick09 · 3 years

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danger force return of the kid livewatch

HENRY IS BACK AND IT’S TIME FOR ME TO FINALLY GET AROUND TO WATCHING IT! :D

the version i’m watching on dailymotion is slightly chipmunked and it’s adorable ^_^

awww sweetest hug ever! ♥

chapa: “don’t make me get the crowbar!” omg :o

miles: “you hate to see it” and you love to see the meme ;)

henry’s dad is graduating from an online school how 2020

CAPTAIN MAN LOVES THE HUGS!!! :D

mika: “we once caught a guy that was stealing books... FROM THE LIBRARY!” omg shocking! :o

henry just said ‘noice’ wtf mr. hart

henry spent ‘his whole childhood’ defeating people but wasn’t he like a tween when he became kid danger?

ray: “henry’s MINE now” awww :)

idk if henry can still become kid danger (i haven’t seen the henry danger finale) but i really hope he does

henry: “everyone thinks kid danger is-“ chapa: “hot?” miles: “dead?” lol

ray wants henry to pick his nail color awww :)

henry wants them to ‘handle it themselves’ does that mean he can’t transform? :o

henry just deleted ‘where are you?’ messages from charlotte HENRY DID YOU SERIOUSLY ABANDON YOUR FRIENDS FOR RAY YOU’RE NOT JOHN WITH YOKO

the audience just gave a quiet ‘aww’ when henry deleted the messages same :/

ray: “you wanna see my axe storing room?” your WHAT room

henry: “do i even have to axe?” eyyyyyyy ;)

ray and henry are the best of friends! :D

they’re playing a just dance ripoff how sweet :)

henry: “this has been so much fun!” ray: “I LOVE YOU TOO!” henry: “what?” ray: “I SAID GET READY FOR ROUND TWO!”

the game is calling for a tango STOP THE SHIPPING

and the game is called PRANCE PRANCE REVOLUTION lol :D

ray wants the kids to leave to spend more time with henry ♥

DAAAANG HENRY JUST LIFTED RAY YOOO!!!!!

ray: “quit your bellyaching!” henry: “yeah, this is what you get paid for!” the kids: “YOU GOT PAID???” lol :D

ray wants to stay up there ‘as long as he can’ wowza what a shippy shippy

the intro pops up nearly 6 minutes into the ep what a long and exciting cold open! :D

chapa to mika: “we got your heart to start beating again...” wtf happened :o

bose’s mouth was full did he have a towel in his mouth lol

mikes screaming “I HATE YOU!!” is better than anakin lol

CHAPA WANTS TO DESTROY HENRY WTF

mika isn’t up for this bs YOU GO MIKA!!!!!

mika: “AND CHAPA SHOULD BE THE ONE THAT KILLS HIM!!” FRICK YEAH!!!

...but also FRICK NO DON’T KILL CAPTAIN MAN PLZ

omg henry and ray started a totally sick rock band yo!

SCHWOZ BE LIKE ‘AWWW YEAHHHH!!!!” :D

henry: “don’t need to practice when you’re already perfect, dude!” hannah montana wants to know your location

why is ray obsessed with henry’s mom creepy

henry: “gotta save my messages to the cloud!” F U T U R E!!!!”

char’s messages are like ‘you can’t run from this’ HENRY WHAT’S GOIN’ ON HMMMM?????

ray: “...that didn’t sound like your mom.”

henry asked if he was ‘totally untrackable in the man’s nest’ WHAT DID YOU DO HENRY

ray: “finding you in here would be like trying to find a gray hair on my head!” henry: “there’s one right there.” ray: “whaaat?”

MIKA BE P-I-DOUBLE S-ED YO

henry’s been there for 3-4 days HENRYYYY!!!!

chapa: “we also think we should be able to vaporize someone FOR NO REASON AT ALL!!!!” daang chapa p-i-double wuble s-ed too!

ray: “time is a tall glass of water” henry: “please don’t punch my glass-” ray: *PUNCHES GLASS LIKE A BOSS*

ray: “next crime that calls is goin’ home in a body bag” sweet serenity celestia captain man calm down

henry: “who knows when the next call will come in?” call: *comes in* lol

OMG DID THE KIDS SET UP THE EMERGENCY CALL???? :o

HENRY TRANSFORMED YAAAS!!! and i guess the dark outfit he wore in the insta teaser pic is his new hero form?? :o

henry: “up the tube!” captain man: “...we go down the tube.” lol :D

and awayyyyy they go!

robber: “part of the reason i rob people is for the connection i feel and i feel like you’re (the cashier) not here with me right now!” awww ♥

the cashier walked past captain man’s book first of all awesome call back and secondly why is a book being sold at a convenience store

captain man: “let’s slow fight this crime”

robber: “is this your sidekick?” ray: “naw, we’re just vibing!” henry: “you don’t even know what that means” ray: “it’s means, like, we’re together but not really” johnlock wants to know your location

henry really wants to get back to the man’s nest what’s goin’ on here????

a drone just said ‘henry hart located sending bounty hunter’ first of all wtf and secondly BOBA FETT CROSSOVER WHAT

even captain man’s like ‘wtf dude?’

mika: “i finally got mom and dad to fall asleep! you know what that means...” others: “SCREEN TIME!!! :D” kids these days...

chapa; “i wish i had a phone!” the way she said it is a total ‘god i wish that were me’ meme

the ad on is for ‘imdb tv’ THEY HAVE A STREAMING SERVICE??????

mika has a big phone or a tiny tablet

mika to a caller: “WHAT DO YOU WANT????” miles: “YOU’RE INTERRUPTIN’ SCREEN TIME!!!” sweet serenity you two CALM THE FRICK DOWN

captain man: “the kid and i are in a bit of a jimmy jam...” jimmy john’s wants your location

henry: “you want to fly the mancopter? get a bunch of puppies?” you’d think the kids would want to fly the flipping mancopter but they want puppies instead. kids these days! :D

captain man: “what’s gotten your brisket in a basket?” lol

henry: “dystopia’s really scary-“ well duh you live in a town called DYSTOPIA what did you expect

henry messed with a guy WHO EATS PEOPLE’S SOULS WTF

captain man reaction: “...so you didn’t come to swellview to see me?” i think you should be focused on the, i don’t know... EATING PEOPLE’S SOULS PART RAY

the lights just went out OH MAN

OH CRAP THE BLACKOUT IS HERE WITH A GUN

henry: “we’re gonna die, dude!” captain man: “hold on gotta try and think of an opening quip-“ this is like yakko saying ‘we need a perfect opening’ line in the animaniacs reboot lol :D

also THIS DUDE IS LITERALLY GONNA KILL YOU RAY YOU SHOULD BE SCARED FOR YOUR LIFE

captain man: “knock knock-“ the blackout guy: *shoots captain man into a wall* captain man: “typically you’d say ‘who’s there?’“ lol

YO THE GUY JUST GOT TRAPPED IN A SPIDER WEB

shoutout: “how did you miss the floor awol?” awol: “at least we’re here! we could’ve been in another country!” oh miles! :D

chapa: “why are the lights out?” henry: “it’s blackout! he’s a bounty hunter from dystopia-“ chapa: “aaalllllready stopped listening.” why does nobody care about a soul-sucking bounty hunter tho??

captain man has a wall on his back like peter being stuck to the couch in that one family guy ep lol

the lights go on and everyone cheers! :D

captain man: “i said i wasn’t done with my quip! knock knock-“ *gets thrown to the ground* he’s never gonna get to that quip huh

henry: “looks like captain man is taking care of him.” no i think HE’S BEING ATTACKED HENRY

henry: “tell schwoz he can keep my dirty laundry-” why didn’t he pick it up before he moved tho

awol: “captain man says you’re the best superhero he’s ever seen!” henry: “that doesn’t sound like him.” brainstorm: “he also says you have a surprisingly good singing voice.” henry: “i guess i’m alriiight...;)” lol

volt: “captain man says that we’re garbage and we’ll never measure up to you” geez ray be a bit nicer to them (especially chapa) not everyone’s your bf henry

awol: “let’s take this guy down together! ... that sounded really cheesy” lol i love how they all agree except for shoutout :D

the blackout guy wants to know why captain man’s not dying DOES RAY NOT HAVE A SOUL????

YO VOLT JUST HIT BLACKOUT’S FACE WITH LIGHTNING that’s gotta hurt!

blackout falling down because of a scream is the best :D

yay they did it!!! :D

AND BRAINSTORM HIGH-FIVED HENRY YAS! :D

captain man: “what do you get when you cross a duck with a shutzu?” nice dodging the nickelodeon censors ray ;)

barrow raffle ad: “you could win a million dollars! if you ask us, that’s a win-win” a win-win is letting me finish this ep

captain man kicked blackout and he didn’t respond IS HE DEAD??? :o

schwoz left an alive present in henry’s jeans WTF SCHWOZ

henry: “tough group of kids you got there.” ray: “yep, it always surprises me how much grit and determination each one of them has- oh my god, they’re baby-talking the puppies” lol what a perfectly delivered line :D

henry: “buh-bye dangers!” awww dangers!!! :’)

the higher-pitch of the vid makes mika’s puppy voice SO ADORBS! ♥

♥♥♥♥♥♥

*phone alarm* henry: “that’s my guber!” i know it’s an uber pun but henry’s getting a goofy goober ride awwww yeah! B)

ray doesn’t want to let go awww :)

yo schwoz put a turtle in henry’s pocket lol :D

ooh there’s a post credit scene! :D

and it’s bloopers how sweet :)

that was a great ep as always (probably my fave ep along with the quarantine special)! him and captain man have awesome chemistry and henry with the kids is great too ♥ see ya soon henry! (and danger force)

#livewatch #it's nice to return to this show #and see henry's return of course ;)

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princesstadashi · 4 years

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Big Hero 6/OUAT AU

Okay guys--so I worked this whole big AU up in my head while I was at work today, inspired by @honeyxmonkey ‘s Tangled the series OUAT AU and @greensword101 ‘s accompanying ask to me about Fred finding Hiro and giving him a hug once the curse was broken! Now, sadly I think I accidentally left my page of notes at work, or else they’re just lost somewhere in my bag, but I’m going to type of everything that I remember and hope for the best--here we go!

Backstory of how everyone got dragged into the curse: So I’m not even going to try to go into weird multi-versey type shit and try to be detailed with this but what you need to know is that Fred/Tadashi and Honey Lemon/Gogo are the main ships here, and Fred’s mom/Gogo’s parents are not happy about this, like at all. I have this headcanon that Gogo’s parents, while not as wealthy as Fred’s parents, are pretty well off (business owners? doctors? I’ll leave it up to your imagination) and are not at all happy with Gogo’s lifestyle choices/were probably emotionally and psychologically if not physically abusive to her, which is why as soon as she could she ran away to live with Honey Lemon’s family, and she and Honey Lemon eventually got together. Definitely not the match her parents wanted for her and they’re still mad that she wasn’t this perfect feminine daughter that they wanted. Fred’s mom is kind of the same way but mostly she’s just homophobic as shit and also wanted to marry Fred off to some rich girl like her and Fred’s dad’s parents did to the two of them. When it came down to choosing, Fred’s dad chose his son over her and divorced her, so she’s pissed because of that.

Moving forward before this gets too long: Long story short, Gogo’s parents and Fred’s mom kind of knew each other from moving in the same social circles and when they somehow find out about the curse (which wasn’t going to hit most of San Fransokyo, if at all) they either go to Regina or (more likely) Rumpelstiltskin and make a deal so that they can get not only themselves and their families pulled into this other world where they can have the lives that they wanted, but also pull in the friends and other people who encouraged Gogo and Fred to be themselves and “punish” them for what they did.

Characters Involved and Their Lives After the Curse:

Fred (new name: George): Engaged to Gogo (a match set up by his mom and Gogo’s parents), his dad in the cursed world doesn’t even fight his mom on things so he had no one to teach him to fight for himself and so he’s just sort of letting life get away from him and hiding in his fantasy stories and comics to escape reality.

Gogo (Edith): Engaged to Fred, never actually rebelled and never ran away from home so while she’s still got her fighting spirit on the inside it’s mostly been stamped out and she spends her days going to social events she hates and acting like she’s the perfect daughter she isn’t.

Honey Lemon (Heather): Works in an overly busy dress shop trying to earn money for college but is so underpaid she barely makes rent, let alone being able to save anything. She does all the tailoring on Gogo’s dresses and other clothes, including working on the wedding dress (which Gogo’s mom is never happy with, she’s probably made fifty dresses by now.) She and Gogo are secretly having a bit of a relationship (fitting rooms = closed doors and privacy with limited clothes for at least a short period of time) but no one can know. (More on the relationship below.)

Wasabi (Darnell): Honey Lemon’s roommate. Also trying to earn money for college (also failing at it), he works cleaning Fred’s family’s house--he’s great at the job because he’s so detail and cleanliness oriented, but he hates being around any germs, and the biggest part of the curse for him is having to clean Fred’s room.

Hiro (Nico): Hiro is a foster kid being “raised” by a horrible man named Montel (a.k.a. Yama) who forces Hiro into stealing things for him to “pay his keep” (and Hiro has the scars to show what happens if he disappoints him.)

Aunt Cass (Rachel): Works as the cook of Fred’s family, Fred’s mother delights in ordering her to make ridiculously elaborate and detailed meals, whether they have company or not, and then criticizing every part of them. Rachel would probably leave except she has a young son, Max, to look after and she can’t afford losing a job and having him taken away from her. (Red herring name alert: Max is actually a human version of Mochi, but if I ever turn this into an actual story it will be fun to throw people a bit off the trail! Also the reason Fred’s mom pulled Aunt Cass into this is because she felt Aunt Cass encouraged Tadashi and Fred to get together, being bi herself, and so she has an especial and very misplaced hatred for her.)

Tadashi (Shiro): Tadashi was found on the outskirts of town unconscious and covered in horrific burn scars. No one new his name except a few letters on a very decayed medical alert bracelet that looked a bit like Shiro (Tadashi Hamada--the “H” and “a” were pretty smeared kind of looked like “r” and “o”, the rest were completely illegible, so they guessed a bit on his name.) He was put in the hospital and put into a medically induced coma while he continued healing. When Emma came to town and time started moving again, Tadashi recovered enough for them to wake him up, but he has no memory of who he was or who his family was, and as his burns were still very severe and had gotten infected he’s still in the hospital for a very long time. (Explanation for Tadashi being alive: back in BH 6 world Fred’s dad, being a superhero, rescued Tadashi but since Tadashi was in such bad condition was still trying to get him back to being stable before letting anyone know that he was alive in case he didn’t make it. Fred’s mom did not count on this being a factor when she made the deal!)

Baymax (Mike): Baymax is a nurse in the hospital where Tadashi is being kept--in Once Upon a Time fashion, he did become human once in our world (I imagine his appearance being a lot like Aziraphale’s, only his irises are dark brown/almost black.) Another glitch in the curse (this time a literal one): even though Baymax’s memories were changed/rewritten for the curse, as a robot his system had backup storage for his memories. Robot brain being combined with a human brain was not quite compatible, so Baymax still talks/moves a bit like a robot which means a lot of people make fun of him for that, but more importantly, while he doesn’t remember everything, Baymax does have flashes of memories from the other world, and somewhat remembers being a robot. Of course anyone he tries to explain this to acts like he’s crazy so he’s learned to keep it to himself, but needless to say he feels a very strong connection to his patient, Shiro (who he at least on some level realizes is probably Tadashi), and is very, very protective of him.

(This started getting long so actual story development below the cut!)

Story Ideas:

-Fred and Gogo, while resigned to their eventual marriage,are still both incredibly gay in spite of being forced into the closet, so their general secret arrangement is that they’ll be married for their parents’ sake but both are free to privately have lovers or partners (as long as their parents don’t find out about it.) Gogo’s first choice, of course, is Honey Lemon. Honey Lemon is totally in love with Gogo, but she’s torn as to whether she’d truly be happy spending her life as someone’s mistress and not truly married to someone she loves.

-Fred and Hiro meet for the first time when Fred catches Hiro breaking into his room, having been sent by Yama to loot the house. Fred almost calls security, but he sees how skinny Hiro is and how beat up he is and takes pity on him. He wants to call CPS but Hiro begs him not to, afraid of being sent to an even worse home (he has curse memories of being in even worse homes to keep him from ever leaving Yama.) Fred would gladly try to take Hiro in himself but he’s too afraid of what his mother would say. So instead he and Hiro make a deal--any time that Hiro wants to, he can come by the house, and Fred will provide him with money or whatever else he needs to take back to Yama to avoid getting in trouble, and then Hiro gets to secretly spend a few hours with Fred, playing video games, reading comics, doing all the fun kid stuff he never gets to do at home--and of course Aunt Cass makes it her mission to make sure that Hiro always gets at least one good meal while he’s there, even though she doesn’t understand why it hurts so much to see this teenager she doesn’t even know leave to go back to his foster home.

-Hiro and Baymax meet when Hiro’s class goes to the hospital to help decorate it for the patients (remember when Henry went and met “John Doe”? Same visit, even though Hiro is of course in a different, older class and also probably in a different wing of the hospital.) Baymax sees Hiro and, with his glitchy memories of the other world, remembers Hiro, but unfortunately Hiro is only freaked out by this stranger calling him Hiro (”My name is Niko!”) and acting like he knows him. Finally Baymax has to give up on that. Still, he “conveniently” sends Hiro to decorate the room of a sleeping patient in the burn unit. Hiro is grumbling about how stupid all of this is, how decorating a room won’t really help anyone, when he hears a voice saying, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is a waste.” He turns around to realize that the sleeping patient has woken up.

The patient introduces himself as Shiro, and even though Hiro feels weird talking to this guy who’s mostly covered in bandages, somehow they end up talking all the same, and Hiro finds himself spilling his whole life story to Shiro, who turns out to be a great listener. When Hiro’s teacher tells him it’s time to leave, Hiro finds he actually doesn’t want to go! But Tadashi asks him to wait for a moment, and then pulls a small bag of gummy bears out from a bag by his bed, saying, “Here. My nurse brought these for me and I was saving them for later, but I think you need them more than me.” Which almost makes Hiro cry because he loves gummy bears but he can’t even remember the last time that he had them. (A.K.A. Hasn’t had them since being sent here by the curse.) He promises to come back to visit Tadashi as soon as he can, and he makes good on that promise. He and Tadashi can’t do a lot for each other, but they always find ways to do small things, like how Tadashi will always save the desserts from his meals to share with (or more often give to) Hiro, and Hiro will check out books from the library that he thinks Tadashi would like and reads to him. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is a waste” becomes their motto.

-Hiro, spending time with both Fred and Tadashi, and having started seeing both of them as older brother/almost dad figures, plus eventually finding out that they’re both gay, starts dreaming of a life where Tadashi heals enough to leave the hospital, then meets and gets together with Fred, and the two of them adopt Hiro and they all live their happily ever after together. Hiro never manages to get Fred to physically come to the hospital with him, but somehow convinces him to become pen pals with a “lonely guy with no family or loved ones to look after him (he totally pulls out the puppy dog eyes guilt trip) and somehow despite anyone’s best efforts to keep it from happening, Tadashi and Fred start to fall in love all over again :)

The Curse Breaks (a,k.a. the one part of the story I actually wrote):

Hiro races towards the center of town, running as fast as he possibly could. He’d through that Montel was evil--he’d never imagined that things could possibly get worse, but when Yama’s memories had returned Hiro was pretty sure it was only the delayed shock of getting all his memories back at once that had let Hiro get away with little more than a bloody nose (and his life.) Hiro had no idea what the hell was happening--how he was here, in some town called Storybrooke and not in San Fransokyo, and how he had these two completely different lives and memories living in his head and currently at war with each other--but all he really knew is that he needed to get somewhere safe. Somewhere that Yama couldn’t find him and hurt him.

“Hiro!” Hiro almost kept running when he heard someone shouting his name, too terrified of Yama catching up with him if he stopped, but then he suddenly felt arms wrapping around him and, after a moment of struggling, he realizes that he knew the person holding him.

“F-Fred?” Hiro gasps, looking up at the older man.

“Yeah, Hiro--it’s me,” Fred answers, a look of relief in his eyes as he smiles down at Hiro.

“Y-You remember?” Hiro cries, glad that this was at least some sort of proof that he hadn’t gone completely crazy.

“Of course I do.” Fred hugs him tighter. “I-I’m so glad that you remember too, I was afraid that you might not--”

“No, I remember.” Hiro shakes his head before adding with a shiver, “A-And Yama does too...”

“Yama?” Fred repeats only to gasp after a moment. “Holy shit! I-Is that who you’ve been living with this whole time?”

“I think the answer is obvious,” Hiro answers, pulling away and gesturing to his bloody nose.

“Oh my God.... Oh my God, Hiro I am so, so sorry,” Fred whispers, his voice full of horror. “I can’t believe-- I-I should have gotten you out of there a long, long time ago, but the curse...”

“Curse?” Hiro repeats in confusion. “What curse?”

“Apparently that’s what’s gotten us all here--a curse that took us from home and put us here, and gave us fake memories and made sure that we’d all be as miserable as possible. And it’s not just people from San Fransokyo, you won’t even believe who some of the people living in this town really are...” Fred answers before adding quickly, “But I can explain more on the way--all of our family and friends are back at my house, apparently my mom and Gogo’s parents have something to do with all of us getting wrapped up in this.”

“So everyone’s there?” Hiro asks hopefully. “Aunt Cass, Wasabi, Honey Lemon?” He’d have asked about Gogo too but Fred had already mentioned her so he could only assume that she was.

“Yes, everyone--even Mochi, can you believe that he’s actually Max?” Fred laughs.

“Whoa... That is pretty crazy,” Hiro says, shaking his head, trying to wrap his head around the idea that Aunt Cass’ cat had somehow become a human child.

It was as he was thinking this over that another thought occurred to him.

“Wait, Max...” he says slowly, and then gasps as the realization fully hits him. “Holy fuck, Baymax!”

“Hiro, I-I’m sorry, I don’t know where Baymax is yet, everyone coming out of the curse has everyone pretty scrambled up...” Fred starts to say apologetically, but Hiro cuts him off.

“No! I mean, I think I know where Baymax is!” Hiro cries, tugging on Fred’s hand. “C’mon, we have to go get him!”

“...The others can wait,” Fred after agrees after only a moment’s hesitation. “Let’s go get Baymax!”

A few minutes later, both of them rush into the hospital--things were in such a disarray that they didn’t even bother to stop at the nurse’s desk, Hiro leading the way up the stairs to the burn unit where he hoped that he’d find...

“Baymax!” Hiro lets out a huge sigh of relief when he sees the man in his standard white scrubs--it was still incredibly weird to think of the marshmallow-esque robot that Tadashi had made was somehow human, but all that really mattered that he was here and that he was safe.

“Hiro!” The man turns to Hiro, a bright smile on his face, quickly putting to rest any fears that Hiro might have had that this wasn’t actually Baymax.

“Wait, that’s Baymax?” Fred cries in surprise.

“Fred, hello!” Baymax answers cheerfully, waving to him.

“I... Uh... Hi?” Fred waves a bit awkwardly.

“I’m so glad that you’re okay,” Hiro says gratefully, hurrying into Baymax’s open arms and giving him a tight hug.

“I am very well, thank you,” Baymax answers, hugging him back, before letting him go and continuing, “There is someone else here who would like to see you!”

“Someone else?” Hiro repeats in confusion. Who else could be here that he knew?

“Hiro!”

That’s when Hiro hears a voice--a voice that, even before the curse, he’d given up on ever hearing again. No. No, it couldn’t possibly be--!

That’s when he sees Shiro, sitting in a wheelchair next to his hospital bed--the burn scars had greatly changed his appearance, it was true, and his hair was a bit longer than it had been before. But there was no mistaking those eyes, or that smile.

“T-Tadashi?” Hiro whispers, tears welling up in his eyes before he could even fully process what was happening. “I-Is it really you?”

“It’s me,” Tadashi answers, looking a bit teary eyed himself, and, without even thinking about the consequences, Hiro launches himself at Tadashi, landing in his lap and wrapping his arms tightly around him, never wanting to let him go, only to find his hands wandering over Tadashi’s features--his arms, his hands, his face--trying to prove to himself that this was real, that Tadashi was really here with him. Tadashi was doing much the same, half laughing, half crying, stroking Hiro’s hair and kissing away the tears as they fell down his cheeks.

“H-How?” Hiro whispers. “How are you here? “

“I don’t know,” Tadashi admits, shaking his head.”I-I don’t remember anything that happened to me after the fire... But I’m here, and I’m with you, and that’s all that matters.”

Hiro decides that questions can wait for later--all that mattered was that he had Tadashi back.

“D-Dashi?”

Hiro suddenly remembers that he wasn’t the only one here who had a very good reason to be glad that Tadashi was alive.

“Fred?” Tadashi cries, looking up at Fred with what could only be described as joy in his eyes, and Hiro wisely chooses to move out of the way just in time to avoid being caught in the middle as Fred pulls Tadashi into a deep, passionate kiss. Maybe back in San Fransokyo his old self would have found this gross or made a joke out of it. But not anymore. This was something he’d been trying to get to happen for months, and it felt like his dream was finally coming true. Shiro and George--no, Fred and Tadashi!--were finally a couple, and maybe with this stupid curse gone, they could get married and adopt him so he could finally be away from Yama!

But wait. No, that wasn’t right! Hiro shakes his head. That was Niko’s dream, when he was stuck here, not Hiro’s dream! Hiro never would have dreamed of his older brother and his brother’s best friend getting married and adopting him! ...Would he have? More to the point, though: if a curse had somehow sent them here (and he couldn’t think of a more logical explanation at the moment), and it had indeed been broken--shouldn’t they be back in San Fransokyo? Shouldn’t they have gone back home?

Hiro feels a cold shiver pass through him. What exactly was going on here? And who would have the answers?

“I have heard that there is a relief center being set up for those who are trying to find loved ones or who have questions about the curse,” Baymax pipes up, in the uncanny way that he had of almost reading Hiro’s thoughts.

“Well, that sounds exactly like that place we should go,” Tadashi says, turning towards them, with Fred’s hand firmly wrapped around his own.

“It does--maybe then we can bring some more information back to the others,” Fred agrees.

“Dashi, is it okay for you to leave the hospital, though?” Hiro asks a bit worriedly--he knew that Tadashi had been recovering, but he hadn’t left the hospital since being here!

“I can come with to monitor his condition,” Baymax offers.

“That would be great, thank you, Baymax.” Tadashi grins up at the other man.

“You are welcome!” Baymax replies, looking pleased to be of assistance.

“Well... If Baymax is coming with us, then I guess it should be okay,” Hiro finally relents.

“So, are we ready to go?” Tadashi asks, looking first to Fred and then to Hiro.

“Yeah,” Hiro agrees, taking Tadashi’s free hand as Fred continues to hold the other and Baymax begins pushing the chair forward. “I think we are.”

As long as he had his family and friends by his side, he was ready for whatever the future had in store for them.

((Random future story bit: The group running into Yama and Baymax giving him a good punch in the nose since Tadashi can’t stand to do it himself. “I no longer have programming, so I am no longer prevented from injuring a human being :)” (Protective Baymax is SCARY AF and also totally awesome!)))

#big hero 6 #once upon a time #ouat #big hero 6/ouat crossover #big hero 6/once upon a time crossover #fredashi #honeygogo

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ceftali · 4 years

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burnin’ up a fever

This is my secret santa fic for @stansbooty for the @stoziersecretsanta. I hope you like it!!

But I swear I thought I dreamed her…

The song was playing through a shitty speaker in the 1950s style diner. Richie was tapping his fingers impatiently on the table while playing Angry Birds with one hand. He had been waiting for more than thirty minutes for his friends to show up. It was Christmas Eve and he could feel his stomach grumbling for some nourishment. He hadn’t eaten since breakfast. His mom and Stan had sternly warned him that he would feel this way after not eating for several hours. He didn’t want to listen. Though, he never listened to anyone.

Bev had put a peanut butter and banana sandwich into his backpack (she was as sneaky as hell) and he had eaten it two bites. Ordering a strawberry milkshake, he began tapping his foot on the ground and huffed when he ran out of lives in his game. The doorbell chimed but it was a couple that Richie knew from school. They laughed almost too loudly when they saw him sitting all alone in a huge booth meant for seven. They never do this to me. Is this a trick? He bit his lip hard and felt tears pricking at his eyes. God, what a fucking loser he was. Here he was waiting for his friends like a fucking idiot.

It had been snowing nonstop for the past few days and Derry had become even more unbearable since that fateful summer four years ago. Maybe that’s why none of them wanted to see him. They were all starting to pair off. Bev and Ben. Bill and Mike. Stan and Eddie. He was all fucking alone. He had his parents and they would never let him forget them.

Maggie and Wentworth Tozier were particularly smothering when they could they be. His mom would always smudge his glasses whenever she kissed him on the cheek when he was leaving to meet his friends. His dad always gave him a long hug whenever Richie was feeling upset about something. His parents always knew even if he didn’t. Sometimes, his friends would come over to his house and his mom would bake some of her famous chicken alfredo but left two plates aside for Stan and Eddie because she knew all of their reasons and never questioned them. She treated them like her own kids. All of them. Though, she was a little more fond of Stan because of how long he and Richie had been friends. Twelve years and Richie still hasn’t told him how he feels. His parents know all about his hopeless crush and it always aches worse around the holidays. Especially Christmas.

Stan doesn’t pull away from Richie because he wants to because he has to. Celebrating Hanukkah is endlessly important to Stan and his family. And their religion. He’s seen his best friend picked on because of it. Henry Bowers was just one of the several assholes who thought picking on someone for their religion made them bold and intimidating. It just made them cowards, Richie sourly thought.

Speaking of sour, his strawberry milkshake is starting to taste like sour cherries that have been bad for weeks. He made a face and moved it far away from him on the other side of the booth. He huffed out a frustrated sigh while blinking and gulping down a few years. The doorbell chimed again and he looked up again, hopefully. Golden curls and a stoic face. A fanny pack with a perpetually stuck grimace on the face.

Where are the rest of his friends? Stan and Eddie were walking through the door and Richie’s pulse was picking up tenfold. No, a hundredfold. He was going batshit crazy. His hands were shaking and tears were starting to come down his face. Oh, shit, Rich, stop being a fucking baby, he told himself. A small but determined voice squawked, “Why the fuck is only Rich here? Bill told us that the rest of them would be here.” Scratch that, he needed to fucking throw up. Especially when he saw the worried frown on Stan’s face. Their eyes met and his insides twisted. Eddie took one glance at Stan and within a millisecond looked at Richie too. He asked, “Did our friends set the three of us up on a fucking date?” Other patrons were starting to look at them and the snooty couple from minutes before were laughing hysterically at the situation. Fucking assholes. Now, Richie was biting the inside of his mouth, working himself into a nervous wreck. This was a fucking date, wasn’t it?

I’ll crawl home to her…

This song was mocking him like a mistletoe hanging in the doorway of his house. He wants to kiss him them both so much that he’s on fire. They still hadn’t made it to their way to the booth. Richie could feel a string attached to his two loves but he could feel them pushing against it. Eddie was still scowling in his direction, his nose red and cheeks burnt, most likely due to the rage seething underneath and the cold Maine weather. Stan’s face was unreadable as ever but his lips were pursed slightly into consideration. He whispered something in Eddie’s ear and Richie’s insides were twisting all over again. Richie began fiddling with the rings on his fingers and noticed that he had bitten his nails down to the nubs. Anxiety is a bitch. He looked over to see that Stan and Eddie had their pinkies intertwined and the hot chocolate Richie had drunken earlier was starting to come up as his throat. He loved seeing them happy but without him in the middle, to touch Stan’s cheek and mess with Eddie’s hair, it made him hopeless all over again.

Why then did the rest of his friends decide to trick him into having a date with his two crushes? Oh, yeah, because the universe was fucking cruel. Stan and Eddie had finally made their way over to him but they hadn’t taken a seat yet. Typical. Their pinkies were still locked together. Richie’s eyes probably looked like saucers behind his thick-ass glasses.�� Stan softly spoke up, “Rich, your glasses are always smudged. Do you even see anything out of these?”

Richie smartly replied, “Of course, I can see, Stanley. It’s impossible not to see that handsome face.” Technically, without his glasses, he could only see blobs in front of his face but the blush on Stan’s face was worth it. Of course, Eddie scoffed before Stan could speak again, “Richie, stop flirting with Stan, you know you fucking suck at it.” Richie put a hand on his heart in mock offense, “Eds, you’ve wounded my pride.” He flopped over dramatically on the cushioned booth. He could feel Eddie’s eye roll and then they both plopped themselves right across from him and Richie was burning again. Burnin’ up like a fever, burnin’ up like a fever...damn, hot chocolate coming up his throat again. Insides twisting up like a million knots.

Before he could raise his hand up to call the waitress, Stan reached for his hand that was still on the table and Richie froze in his tracks. He saw for the first time that Stan’s nose was tinged rose-red on the top and he had his favorite blue scarf on because his body temperature always ran a little lower than everybody else’s. His matching knit cap was hiding his gold curls but there were very much visible still. But his hands were free from his mittens and he was holding on to Richie’s hand like a lifeline. Eddie was eyeing them with an expression that Richie couldn’t quite read. He could always see what Eddie was feeling. He made it clear on every occasion. Richie dumbly said, “I just wanted a hot chocolate, Stan. What’s wrong?” He and Eddie were giving each other looks again. They were speaking a language entirely unknown to Richie.

The snow outside was glistening underneath the sky. He forgot he had been here for a few hours. It was now dark and inching closer to Christmas. He remembered Mike had made him chocolate chip cookies to give to Richie’s parents and his heart was all warm again because he could be at least looking forward to something tonight. Wallowing in his self-pity, watching shitty Christmas movies, and eating a dozen cookies, while complaining about it in the morning. After a while felt like months, Stan asked him, “Do you want to have dinner with me and Eddie?”

Richie breathed out, “Tonight? I thought this was already a date.”

Eddie quipped, “It’s not a fucking date, Tozier.” Richie’s heart dropped again and he plastered on a fake smile and replied, “Of course, it is, Eds. Why else would you have to come here? You wanted to see me.” Eddie wrapped his arms around himself and his pink sweatshirt rid up a little bit and Richie gulped while he could still feel Stan’s eyes on him when his voice clearly hummed out, “Rich, it’s just one dinner. It’s not going to hurt anybody.” Of course, it’s going to hurt somebody, Stanley. He’s been alone in this diner for two hours before anybody showed up to see him. Eddie told him, “Stan brought dinner. He knows how much you love that pizza place a few blocks over. And those goddamn cheese fries.” Richie’s eyes were starting to water again and he mumbled, “What about their peppermint hot chocolate?” Stan’s stupid little nose was still a rose red and he handed over the food and hot chocolate to Richie and Richie said, “So, it is a date.” Eddie grumbled again but he softly smiled when Stan wrapped their pinkies together while Richie shoved cheese fries into his mouth before speaking with his mouth, half-full, “I’m such a sad bitch.”

Eddie snorted in disgust and Stan raised an eyebrow before telling them, “This whole thing was actually my idea.” Richie froze all over again but for a totally different reason this time while Eddie spluttered in frustration though the blush on his face was evident when he quietly let out, “Stan, I told you to keep that a secret.” “Well, we both like him, Eddie, so what’s the point of hiding it from him anymore?”

“Because it’s Richie! I shouldn’t like Richie!” Richie cut in, “Wow, thank you, Eddie Spaghetti. I feel really fucking great about myself right now.”

Stan was grabbing onto his hand again and then a second later, interlocked their fingers together and Richie could have melted right then and there. Wow, this day was a rollercoaster.

He was shoving cheese fries into his mouth again and Stan was staring at him with the fondest expression on his face even Eddie had a slight smile on his face while watching Richie. This date was the weirdest and the best fucking thing that’s ever happened to him. He put his feet up on the table to display his mismatching socks and sipped his peppermint hot chocolate and it burned but Stan’s smile burned brighter. Wow, all of them together was going to be something spectacularly brilliant, right? Eddie was listing off reasons that what Richie was doing was unsanitary but Richie could feel the affection creeping into his voice even though he was talking a million miles a minute.

Richie asked them, “So when’s the next date, boys?”

#streddie #stoziersecretsanta #it #is it good??#this was written in two days btw #i think it turned out fine #it fic #ceftali #stansbooty #sorry it's late!!

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truthisgoldenau · 4 years

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IT'S PRIDE MONTH

for a moment there I accidentally had Pierce's photo under Marian's name oop

Time to officially confirm some AU canon LGBT stuff! Each character is their own pride flag but I'll add in other stuff that's canon in universe plus some bonus stuff at the bottom.

First up is Freddy Fazbear Jr! Gay all the way.

He's definitely the "move I'm gay" type

Was honestly super freaked out to tell his dad but went with the bold approach of bringing home his first boyfriend and blatantly announcing their relationship as such as a challenge and was honestly surprised his dad wasn't bothered by it

He was around 13 at the time and so the twins and Fred were still in touch with Maddie's parents and brother. All three were incredibly supportive (and still would be)

He absolutely had a crush on Bonnie Burnette even though he had never talked to him. Since the twins and Bonnie went to the same high school he knew of Bonnie, thought he was a dreamboat, but because Bonnie was somehow in with the popular kids (it was the money 100%) Freddy didn't even bother

Frankie Fazbear! My ace son! (The ears are wrong blame the app lol)

Honestly doesn't even know he's ace until much later

He's had crushes before but he's never been in a relationship (part of it is the attempt to communicate since he's mute sort of stops him)

He wasn't even sure it was worth mentioning to his dad so Fred never knew

This boy can hold so much love in his heart but he's not a very physical person that's all

Fred Fazbear Sr! YES. HE'S BI.

Only Maddie even knew he was bi. That he knew of. Some people probably figured it out with his over the top always on personality.

Fred was constantly sure that Pierce picked up on it particularly after the Christmas mistletoe fiasco but if Pierce gave a shit he never said anything.

Frankly it was amazing that more people didn't pick up on it. He was over the top about everything until a point.

While he didn't overreact to his son very blatantly announcing he had a boyfriend, he was very proud of him. It was a very Fazbear family way to come out. Even though he got so distant, he was always proud of his boys.

Bonnie Burnette! Also bi!

Being constantly surrounded by the popular crowd and always being the sort of stand out with purple hair and stupid purple bunny ears didn't do much to make Bonnie feel like he could even tell anyone he was bi.

Really the only reason he was even in the popular crowd was he was rich.

It made him less of a target for bullies at least cause the jocks wouldn't stand for anyone messing with him.

Knew Frankie from math class and honestly wished he could have talked to the quiet kid with bear ears as an alternative to the entirety of the popular group

Sort of in the background of the AU story very quietly develops a crush on Freddy and then thinks "oh God I like the troublemaker NO"

Chandler Cicily! Lesbian!

Would absolutely describe her sexuality as "girls"

She's starting to discover it during the AU (even if it's not a topic that comes up but that's why there's this post about stuff lmao).

She's the baby of the group since she's 16 when the story starts and relationships aren't important to her yet

But the crew still support her when later she's like "maybe I just wanna bake things for a cute girl and let her put flowers in my hair is that too much to ask" (Marian always chimes in with "mood")

Marian Mengele! An absolute bi icon!

Listen, her one goal in life may be to find her lost childhood friend, but that doesn't mean she's solely interested in this one Irish redhead

That said she's definitely only dated redheads

She's not afraid to be open about her orientation. It doesn't bother her. She's seen as weird already what can it hurt.

That said she falls for Finn so goddamn fast when she finds him that she questions herself and then is like "no wait I'm definitely not straight"

She's very upfront with Finn about it. There's no reason to hide this from him (or anyone) and if they're a thing she wants him to know.

Finn being the wonderful human being still loves her and it doesn't bother him. Why should it? He's just happy to be with someone who loves him.

Chetana might be Chandler's fake big sister but Marian is like fake mama when it comes to Chandler finally coming out.

God bless Finn for being the kind of person to sit and let Marian braid his hair with flowers because that's one of Marian's favorite things to do when her partner has longer hair and Finn's never really bothered with keeping his hair short THESE TWO ARE ICONIC I love them

Pierce Graves! A shitty pansexual icon

First off he absolutely knew that Fred wasn't 100% straight he had no idea how it wasn't immediately obvious to everyone

That said Pierce literally did not give a shit who knew about his sexuality

As shitty as his whole personality was he could turn on the charm easily

His parents definitely knew but he was already a punk ass rebellious teen at the time so they have him the "be careful, don't get anyone pregnant" talk and worried from afar. If it bothered them, Pierce never knew because they made sure that he could still count on them (even though at the time Pierce didn't really talk to them much about anything)

Fred absolutely knew though I mean they were good friends

He's not a romantic. He's never really had a meaningful relationship because he's not that type of person. To be honest, there's a piece of him that saw relationships that worked and wondered how that would feel but he knew that wasn't for him. He figured that out way early on when he asked his granddad why he didn't have a grandma and Mortimer Graves didn't sugarcoat the answer. "She wasn't happy with me. I gave her the choice. She could stay and be miserable with my lack of a decent personality even though I was already struggling to not be such an ass or she could go and find someone who actually made her happy. She chose happiness, and while it sucks that she drifted out of my life and your dad's, she's better off."

Pierce could frankly always tell that he was more like his granddad and as much as he sometimes wanted to know if he could even out up with a meaningful relationship, he avoided it. Better to not hurt anyone and wonder than to become the catalyst for someone else to overcome, right?

Fritz Smith! Gay!

The shy bumbling mechanic of the early 90s Freddy's ? Gay? It's more likely than you think

He was still far in the closet in the 90s He was young, living at home still because he had just gotten out of school, and while his parents weren't super conservative, he also didn't know how they'd take it

Found a friend in the day guard Mike Schmidt early on. Mike was looking for a roommate since his last one had moved out and Fritz jumped at the chance

They are like totally boyfriends by the time they cameo in the story though

Mike Schmidt! Another gay icon!

Mostly invited Fritz to live at his apartment because he felt bad that this poor shy mechanic was getting constantly harangued about the animatronics having problems

Was glad to let Fritz complain about it and even cry it was very stressful but Fritz needed the money

Mike liked him. It would be hard not to really. Fritz was a sweetheart.

Mike didn't ask him out till much later though he wasn't quite sure that Fritz was gay and didn't want to ruin their friendship.

Luckily it didn't and as it turns out they worked well in a relationship.

Fritz's parents had to take some time to get used to it when finally Fritz got the nerve to tell them but as soon as they did there was no end of support from them

Mike's parents were the opposite which was mainly why he already lived by himself but oh well he got a cute boyfriend and cool parents-in-law later it was kind of a win

Daniel Hartford-Dunn! Gay!

Presenting Maddie's older brother!

outside universe fact, he's loosely based in my actual cousin who lives in California with his husband.

He's 7 years older than Maddie was. Despite that, they were still close. Maddie's parents wanted more kids but struggled to get the two they had.

He's an accountant for a corporation and his boyfriend (and later his husband) is a pilot.

Last time he saw his nephews in person was at Maddie's funeral. He misses them terribly but over the years less and less contact came from his brother in law

Sometime in 2006 though he ends up getting a call from his nephews and there's this great reunion.

He's just. This chill older guy. Who loves his family. And doesn't care what people think.

Since I can't put anymore photos, here's the bonus content!

-as mentioned last night Dr. Phillip Guy is on the ace spectrum. I don't have anymore details about that at the moment unfortunately.

-Charlie Emily is a lesbian. The Emily twins were born in 1980. They haven't appeared in the AU yet even as cameos but they exist. Considering in AU canon the Emily family is alive and well in Hurricane, Utah without an Afton to be found, Charlie's dating her childhood friend Jessica at around the time the AU events are happening.

-Sammy Emily is trans and bi. Both Henry and his wife (who I know I at one point named but don't remember what it is anymore) love their two daughters to pieces.

That said I'll make a post at a later point introducing the Emily family because so far I've only officially given the design for Henry and not the rest.

In line with canon, Spring Bonnie/Springtrap can be counted as gay.

While Fred kept the shows at the diner pretty simple and straightforward, there was definitely this subtle underlying idea that Spring Bonnie and Fredbear were a content gay couple although if asked it was easy to present them as friends. At least, that was during '81-'82

However!

Fred also had Henry help him program in a special one time only song called Springtime for his and Maddie's anniversary in 1983, which was of course a love song. Fred always thought of that as being mostly for his wife, and partially as a turning point thematically for the two characters.

Henry was on board with this. They still kept it subtle, but there were clear moments where it was pretty much certain that the only way to interpret Spring Bonnie and Fredbear was as a couple. It was either so subtle that no one was bothered or Spring Bonnie's chosen voice was so ambiguously non-binary that no one thought it was odd.

Fred had plans for it to become more "canon" but never got to implement them since Spring Bonnie got damaged before he could.

Springtrap, being sentient and able to later interpret his emotions, is very confused about how he as a machine was meant to feel about this character he knew but the more sentient he becomes the more aware he is that he misses Fredbear and that he loved him. It's the cause of a lot of internal conflict for him. But he can be counted in the category of LGBT characters in the AU.

Happy pride month ya'll! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

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lucarioisinthevoid · 4 years

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I was joking about the centipede thing, cant take a joke mr. Purple man? Well. Anyway.

Also the only skeleton anyone has is inside of them! In any case, my ride to get back should be here shor-

Suddenly, the wall breaks, glass shatters, and dave had been run over...

Bear-trap? When did you learn how to drive..? I..... welp. I guess your my ride home.

See ya all later! Heres my dads number mr. Phone, hope we can come to an agreement soon!

Bear-Trap leans closely to Marionette, to simply state:

You mean my skeletons...

And with that, both Nathaniel and the Bear left, running over dave again in the process - (Submission by @ask-nathaniel-undecided) Dave made a very pained noise, his fingers wiggling still, despite probably all of his nervous system being shattered. Phoney looked at Dave, then at the dead-looking bear behind the wheel, then at the young man still standing around. Quietly he noted down 'Lacks concern for human life' onto his mental sheet for Nathan and vowed to remember that in the worst case. It wasn't like MANY of them did, but especially someone this young- "OH GOD WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?" Jeremy cried out in distress, pale as a ghost as he ran up trying to get Dave out from under the car, but not daring to pull in case that it would make everything much worse. The guy was shaken by the way that car bumped, as though it was lighter than it actually was, as if this all was just a giant joke, except the purple dripping down the bumper of the car being very real. Poor boy was at the verge of breaking out into tears. Old Sport quickly picked him up and hugged him. "Shhhhh, shhhhh. Jerry. He's fine. He'll be up in a minute. But you know, your NICE and KIND and GENTLE Puppet friend TOTALLY SHOULD HELP GET THE CAR OFF HIM." The young guard couldn't see it, but Old Sport gave Marion a smug smile. "Y-yes... M-Marion, please- PLEASE get that- that off him-" Mike was having a field day screaming at the bear. "REALLY? In front of JEREMY?! What kind of shithead are you? That's MY fucking role, PISS OFF." The Phone-headed "leader" of the group sighed in utter defeat. "Don't uh- worry about Dave, people in here don't have insurance. Uh... you KNOW we will bill that wall though, right?" The Marionette meanwhile had focused enough psychic power to slightly raise the car and pull it aside. He couldn't keep shit like that up for long, but long enough to make Jeremy feel better at least. Poor, mangled Dave slowly rose from the ground, but he didn't make a sound. His eyes were small glowing dots as he pointed at Nathan. "... ya think you can fuck with me, huh?" His tone was much different than before too. "Listen here, kiddo." With that he swiftly stepped closer, ignoring everyone else's unease. "You have no idea who you're messin' with. Neither you, nor your fuckin' dirtbag of a dad. I want you to know somethin’ about ME as a person." He smiled eerily, it didn't fit with the rest of his expression. "I like to have fun! I'm a big fan of good ole pranks! They're a barrel of laughs! But ya know. Comin' into MY place and drivin' ME over with a car, that shit ain't cute." At this moment, if the bear were to try and intervene, he signed at him roughly. "The same goes for you. I don't care who ya used to be. Now you're a fuckin' attraction for Freddy's. Know your place." Turning back to Nathan from this hypothetical interaction, he loomed over him, tall and thin, a being from a sleep paralysis. "You might not care about what I have to say. And that's your loss, really. But I want ya to know that you should watch your back. And I want ya to know that you might bought the name of Freddy's, but ya sure as shit didn't buy its soul. That one belongs to ME. I AM THE FUCKIN' SOUL OF THIS PLACE! And if ya don't watch it, respect it and remember that you're a fuckin' cog at most currently, then the place itself will turn on you, in MY name." The lights flickered. It was silent for a moment. Then Dave burst out laughing. "Awwwww look at ya FACE! All SQUISHY and SPOOKED!" Roughly he grabbed Nathan's cheeks and while his expression was a smile, the gesture hurt. "Don't cha worry! With eyes like that I'm sure everyone will forgive and forget ya with ease! Just play nice and respect your elders, will ya?" Old Sport was looking fascinated onto it, joining Dave's side like a shadow. Instantly Dave put an arm around him, and visibly relaxed. "Sportsy here and me, we might pay ya place a visit some time!" A grin. "Give it some... pep. Just a bit of... uniqueness. Remember to be nice to Sportsy too! He's basically the fuckin' body of Freddy's. If he decides somethin' should happen, he makes it happen! You're gonna see his magic in action when we're all workin' together on a fun project in the future, you'll see. Now, begone! Would be a shame if someone hid somethin' extremely likely to go up in flames in your car while ya wait around!" The Puppet meanwhile, torn by two different things demanding his attention hissed at the bear. Something about him gave him awful vibes. Not Dave or Henry awful, but certainly disgusting in some way, to some degree like Mike. Though this time it was even worse, as the being wore his best friend's skin. 'You are wearing the skin of a hero. If you bring shame to him, I will not forgive it. I will not let anyone rest until every bit of evil attached to this place is cleaned.' My, what a promise. You will never rest Marion, will you? Then his attention was back on Dave and his escalation, watching defensively, ready to attack if he had to. Thankfully, it didn't turn out to be necessary, he would have hated to do it in front of Jeremy. When the bear hit Dave a second time, he absolutely lost it. "Okay, that's fuckin' it. I've had ENOUGH. We'll make his life hell. Looks like good ole Vincent has to come back out and get a new job, eh? They will regret the second they crossed me." Standing up, dripping purple and red, he turned to Old Sport. "Ya need a new name too for this." "... does Sport Old work?" Interested he asked, not particularly personally offended at Bear's actions, but CERTAINLY down to helping his friend destroy another place. That was what he was truly good at after all. "Yeah, it's fantastic! You're a genius, Sportsy!" Motivated Dave took his hand, his eyes still less brightly lit than usual and ran off. Phone Guy looked after them. For the poor kid's sake he hoped that whatever hellish portal they have come from would close up right behind them. He hated to think what havoc they would wreck at a location they DIDN'T care about.

#Nathaniel Undecided #the Group #submission #It was a ton of fun I'm always down for a repeat ;)

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aoibhs · 6 years

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Taking A Rock To The Face

Chapter One

Chapter Six

They all ran out to the bank of the river, not far from the barrens. They could see Mike Hanlon being brutally forced to eat raw meat by Henry Bowers. He was being egged on by Belch and Vic though. That all stopped when Beverly flung a stone at them. It hit Henry right in the face.

"Nice throw," Stan remarked.

"Thanks," She looked back to the river as Mike scrambled his way through the water to join them on the bank. Each of them armed themselves with a rock, ready for any further brutality that may come with provoking Henry Bowers.

"You losers are trying too hard," Henry dusted himself off and swaggered across the stony ground, "They'll do you," He looked at Beverly and then at Nora, "You just gotta ask nicely, like I did," He grabbed his own crotch with a self-amused grin. Belch laughed to himself at the comment but Vic frowned at his friend and then sent Nora what looked like an apologetic expression.

Ben let out a cry of anger and hurtled a rock at Henry, it only just skimming over his head. The three boys backed off, surprised that he had the nerve to do anything against them.

"The fuck...?" The mullet-boy looked at them dumbfoundedly, then his attention fell on Nora, "Listen, doll-face, you remember how fond I am of you, right? Don't be a nasty little slut and hang around these losers, it's be such a shame with that body of yours," Vic's frown deepened as Nora looked down at the rock in her hand. She knew her friends were looking at her reactions. She knew Henry wanted a reaction, "You can join little miss Marsh on my trophy shelf," She'd give him a damn reaction. She and an anger infused Beverly Marsh looked at one another and threw their rocks at the boy in sync. And thus creating the chain of rocks flying through the air from both sides of the river.

"Rock war!" Richie screamed before immediately getting whacked in the head with a rock. He fell down into the grass but everyone else in the group was too busy restocking themselves with more rocks. Stan dodged one from Henry that would've hit his ribcage. Then Beverly and Eddie jumped forward, to shorten their throwing range. Only Eddie went even further by jumping into the water and throwing the rocks with all the strength he could muster. Some of his throws were direct hits when it came to Belch Huggins. Mike threw one that hit Henry, making him fall right to the ground. Now, he was vulnerable.

"Fuck you, bitch!" Belch roared but only found himself taking a hit from Beverly.

Vic was distracted. Both his friends were getting thrashed by a group of kids that they had all bullied and he couldn't stop looking at Nora. He knew Henry wouldn't like it, but part of him wanted to make sure that she wasn't hurt. None of them should've been getting hurt. They were just kids. He was staggeringly aware of that, yet there he was flinging rock at kids two grades younger than him. And Nora. He was looking at her in such a haze, it would seem, that he failed to notice the rock in her hand flying over the river to hit his face.

"Shit," She gasped, not totally aware of what she was doing till he staggered back, clutching his face.

"What?" Bill looked at her, afraid that she had been hurt.

"Nothing," She quickly replied, already feeling herself blush.

As more and more rock hit Henry, who was still lying on the ground, Belch and Vic decided to bail, leaving their ringleader a mangled mess on the stones. The group helped each other to get away from the bank and back to the road again, where they had abandoned their bikes. Nora found it difficult to move from her stance, so soon it was just her and Richie standing there.

"Go blow your dad, you mullet-wearing asshole!" The boy flipped him off with both and and left, grabbing Nora by the arm. She felt bad. She wanted to leave the group, just for a moment, to see if Vic was okay. They were barely even friends either. The others, they were her friends. Stanley, Richie and Beverly were definitely her friends, if anything. So, why would she want to run away from them to make sure if some bully didn't have a concussion?

"Thanks guys, but you shouldn't have done that, he'll be after you guys too now," Mike said as they made their way back. He was obviously feeling guilty.

"Aw no, no, no. Bowers? He's always after us," Eddie shook his head.

"I guess that's one th-thi-thing we all have in common," Bill glanced around at everyone as he walked.

"Yeah, Homeschool, welcome to The Losers Club," Richie jested.

"I should go," Nora said awkwardly once they got back to the main road. She noticed that Belch's car was gone. The boys had left Henry, "Go get changed, I mean. My clothes are wet and there's blood and dirt on this," She tugged at her loose orange vest, nearly showing it off, "My mom will think I've been mugged or something,"

"See you later?" Beverly looked at her hopefully.

"I'm not sure, I'll see you all at the parade tomorrow for sure," She remembered that it was the 4th of July the next day coming. The summer had barely even gotten past a few days and July had already come around.

"For sure," Richie smiled at her, picking his bike back up.

"You want a ride home?" Stan asked her.

"No no, I'm fine walking," She waved and began to leave, only to be ran down by the curly-haired boy on his bike, "Jesus, don't do that! You gave me a heart attack," She laughed clutching her chest.

"I live three blocks from you, get on the bike," He rolled his eyes, before adding, "I'll drive this time,"

"Fine, do you know where to meet the others after though?" She sighed, perching on the back of the bike.

"Oh no, I'm going home," He said as he began to pedal, which Nora was not prepared for at all so she grabbed onto him quite suddenly which made him burst out laughing, knowing that she had nearly fallen off, "My dad wants me to get some extra studying done for my Torah reading,"

"Ah, is this for your Bar Mitzvah?" Nobody had mentioned it to her, she just took a wild guess given his age and religion.

"Yeah, it's in a few weeks and I'm not prepared at all," He chuckled awkwardly.

"You'll be fine if you don't let us keep distracting you," She joked.

"You can come if you want," He said after a moment of silence. He knew her avenue was coming up soon and he didn't want to forget to extend an invitation to her.

"If you want me to be there, then yeah, of course, Stan," She nodded, "What date is it?"

"July 26th," He told just as he pulled up outside her house.

"Well, cool. Thanks for the invite. I'll see you tomorrow," She smiled, hopping off and heading towards her porch, "Do you want anything to drink before you go?"

"Oh no, no. I should really get home," He shook his head, smiling too, "But thanks,"

"Bye," She waved and pushed her front door open, "See you tomorrow,"

"Yeah..," He pushed the bike and started pedaling down the road again, "See you tomorrow,"

The next day wasn't the first thing on Nora's mind admittedly as she busied herself in her room, looking for her Black Sabbath t-shirt and a different pair of shorts. But seeing Victor Criss' bleeding face by her own hand was.

Chapter Eight

#it #it 2017 #it movie 2017 #the bowers gang #the losers club #fanfiction #henry bowers #victorcriss #belch huggins #patrick hockstetter #bill denbrough #richie tozier #stanley uris #eddiekaspbrak #beverly marsh #mikehanlon #benhanscom #pennywise #character x oc

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chuckaliciousbby-blog · 6 years

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disconnected || chapter four

chapter one | chapter two | chapter three | chapter four

9:57

Richie was busy in the basement of his house, cleaning a clump of dried jam off one of the walls, trying not to scrape any paint off. Because if you’ve ever left a clump of jam to dry in the sun, like Richie has, you’d know one very important fact: you regret it when the time comes to clean it off. Because not only is it rock hard, it’s also food. So it carries the implication that it’s rotten. That there’s some kind of mold on it. That its bad somehow. And though this didn’t particularly get him all grossed out and reluctant to touch it (like it would have Eddie), the idea still made him uncomfortable. Any sane person would have been uncomfortable with year old jam, wouldn’t they?

But he just kept thinking that he was doing this for Eddie. For the smile he would have when he saw what Richie did for him. Because Eddie was so cute when he smiled.

Cute, cute, cute.

Rich didn’t know that he was being cursed by the same asthmatic Kaspbrak that he was thinking about, at that moment. That Eddie was riding down the street on his bike, Bill in the lead with Silver. He was swearing that he loathed Richie, because he wasn’t there when he needed him. Last week when he couldn’t get a milk carton open for his cereal, and Richie offered to help - Eddie didn’t really need him. And when he stepped on someone's discarded gum walking to the barrens, and Richie scrapped it off with a stick - Eddie didn’t really need him. But now? When he was actually needed - on the rare occasion Richie's trashmouth was an asset he was sure would have saved him, instead of making things worse - he was absent. And for no good reason at all - none that Eddie knew.

Although he knew he didn’t really hate Richie, a part of him - an irrational one - really was angry. He felt betrayed. There were two schools of thought going on in his mind. One, that was telling him Richie couldn’t possibly have known. How could he have heard him? - did he expect him to be telepathic? It was unreasonable to be mad. But another nagging voice in his head - one that sounded like Richie - was attempting to convince him that he should have been there anyway.

10:20

Bill had that stubborn, determined look on his face. Stan had been concerned when he saw it. He had only seen it once before, and that was back in 1958 - but then it was deserved. Back then, Stan was in it with the rest of them, and they all followed Bill because he was right to be mad. Because this creature was evil.

Henry wasn’t evil, though.

Henry was insane.

So he pedaled Silver like a professional, graceful with his broad shoulders, and knuckles white and iridescent as white swan ballet shoes, as they gripped the handlebars. And Silver wound through the streets.

Picture: slow shutter speed, Bill stood on the pedals, leaned forward - timid focus - blur - he ducks under a tree branch that hangs low over the darkened street - everything a royal blue - deep gem tones - just Bill and his bike and the two friends that swore to follow him off whatever bridge he jumped off of.

He skid to a stop, Silver making an ugly sharp sound on the gravel - but it wasn’t ugly to Bill - Bill thought it was exhilarating. Ben almost crashed right into him, he wasn’t a huge fan of bikes. He had borrowed the one Bill used before he found Silver. He looked just as clumsy when he got off, as he did when he was riding it. Eddie got off a little more gracefully. He slowed to a stop, a safe distance away from the other two, a disdainful hesitance in each of his actions. And he walked it over to the two of the paused friends, laid it down to rest on its side.

“How d’you know where he is, Bill?” Eddie said, and he really wanted it to sound challenging, but it just came off curious.

“My dad hear-heard his d-dad,” Bill had started, hiding his bike as best as he could, begining to walk, Ben and Eddie trailing behind him - both a wreck with nerves, in totally different ways. “At the gr-gr-grocery store,” he stepped over a fallen log, “and th-then, i heard my d-dad tell-tell-telling my mom about how they ou-ought to st-st-” his eyes squeezed shut, he reassessed his vocabulary, “quit going to the d-dump. He said he’d be here to-ton-tonight.”

The walk onto the premises of the dump, and into its mess, might really have been the most nerve wracking part of the night. Because around every corner, they expected to see Henry and wicked smile of his. Not to mention how many opportunities there were to trip over a piece of trash. And Eddie was clutching his aspirator so desperately that he was afraid it could slip from his hands from how sweaty they had gotten. No one had thought to bring a flashlight because they were so preoccupied with the gun. Ben almost fell into a pile of mud, just a few moments into the walk, and if he hadn’t grabbed onto a pipe jutting out of a pile of garbage in time - and even then if he hadn’t regained his footing - he would have been covered in dirt in a matter of seconds.

Eddie pulled the trigger of his aspirator, restraining himself saw no benefit. Ben jumped a little, Bill just kept walking. Bill was too determined and focused to jump at a sound so familiar. He was more alert than he normally was - the two boys following him could sense it, although they weren't acutely aware of it.

Bill stopped and Ben stopped and Eddie walked right into Ben. There was a noise. Sounded, to only one of them at first, like a lighter clicking on and off, the click and the humid, sharp sounding whoosh.

The other two members of the party recognized it, lagging only a second behind Bill. If he looked harder, around an old, rusted garage door opener, and an oily bike chain draped over it, he could see the dull light of the flame, flickering on and off. Bill stood with a very still ear to the air, listening. Hand out beside him, as if telling them not to take another step. Ben imitated curiously, listening closely with a similar stance. Eddie, with his arms crossed, stood behind both of them, listening silently despite himself. And then they all heard a chuckle, and some left over dry leaves crunch under someone's boot - they all froze. It was somehow unbelievable that they should get any more still, but they managed to turn into absolute statues. The sound quelled. Bill remembered, suddenly, that they were not here to hide. They hadn’t been found by Henry this time, they had been looking for him. The roles seemed reversed, and that concept, for a reason he didn’t care to contemplate, shook him a little. And there was a feeling he failed to describe, but could be accurately categorized as repulsion.

So he took a step, and didn’t bother to hide the noise it made. Little stones made soft but obvious noises as they dug into the sole of his shoe, a tin can scraped against the tough fabric on its side, he was almost sure he stepped on a bug, or something, because he felt a squish. Ben sucked in his breath, and Eddie had the quick thought that Bill was going to get them killed. Bill had a death wish and had looped them into some round about suicide pact that Eddie hadn’t been aware of until now.

“Bill.” Eddie whispered with enough intensity that he wished he could take it back. Because the step - a kind of obvious movement, was, at the very least anonymous. But the whisper - letting his voice he heard. That opened up the possibility of being identified.

The lighter stopped making its click, and the humid, sharp sounding whoosh. There was just the sound of moving. Just on the other side of a mock-wall of decaying materials. They were so close. And Eddie was sure he couldn’t do any more damage, and he could feel his lungs giving him the warning that they would stop cooperating if he didn’t bring that aspirator to his lips again. So he cussed, and he pulled the trigger, and Ben tensed a little. But what other choice did he have, but to be patient, and wait for the inevitable tragedy.

“Kaspbrak?” Eddie wished that was Bill’s voice. But there was no doubt in his mind that was Henry. It was Henry’s amused ‘oh this is not your lucky day’ voice - he knew it well.

Richie, this is all your fault.

Bill took a step back, as Henry advanced, slipping around the pile into the makeshift ‘hall’. He was beginning to regret this whole thing, but he wouldn't let himself feel the full effects of that reluctance to continue. He reminded himself of how Stan looked, cowering on the deck, in that impromptu stage lighting, his dad on the phone. He thought of the pained look on his face when the doctors in the ambulance turned him over. He remembered how just over a month ago, Mike had tried to convince all the losers he was fine, to avoid going to the hospital for that injured hand. He remembered last summer when they threw Richie into traffic. That was all he needed to regain the conviction he started with.

“So, mushmouth here to join us?” Henry asked, and one, rather small looking ‘friend’ (for lack of a better word) walked out from behind him. Although, they quickly realized he was only small when compared to the over-sized villain that was Henry Bowers. “Oh shit, you’ve brought, Tits along with you to…” Henry gestured, as if waiting for someone to fill in the blank. Like, ‘what is it that you’re here for? Or did you just come for another beating?’

Eddie was more and more convinced that Bill was out to get killed tonight.

“Oh sih-sit on it, H-Henry.” he spit at him, stared, he was more threatening than he normally was. Ben thought, that if Bill told him to give him all his lunch money right then, he’d do it out of intimidation. But then, that wasn’t saying much, because he was happy to share, more often than not. Point is though, Bill looked strong and untouchable at that moment, and maybe a little mean. Not to say Ben was scared of him, but that, if it came down to it, he wouldn’t cross him in a mood like this.

Henry raised an eyebrow, “Remember when i broke your nose? Well you ain't gonna get away this time. Kay, Denbrough? I’m gonna break more than your nose.” he turned to his friend, back to Bill, “but it sure seems like you’re fucking asking for it - you’n your friends.” And Henry advanced, cracked his knuckles - something he started when he turned 13. He would sit in the very back of the class, and crack his knuckles real loud, to let whoever was his victim of the day know that he was in for it the second the school bell rang. Remind him that he could run, and he could hide, but Henry would always get him.

Ben noticed, briefly, without really thinking it over, more just sensing the presence of a fact, that no matter how mean Bill looked. He would never have the same look as Henry does.

“N-not anymore, Heh-Henry.” Bill’s voice was lower, it seemed to roll out in a pure, careful anger, “You b-buh-buh-better fucking think about what you do neh-neh-next” his face tensed up, eyebrows knitted on his forehead, “bec-because you’re not guh-going to have us to buh-b-beat up anymore. I’ve h-h-had enough. I’m tired.”

Henry recognized the click that came next. Like punctuation.

It wasn’t the click of his lighter. Or of the Uris backdoor unlocking. Or even the sharp clicking-snapping sound of his knuckles in a silent classroom.

It was a gun’s safety being removed.

Eddie took a second longer to place it. He hadn’t even realized that Bill had taken it out of the bag, he wasn't sure when he had a chance to do so, but what he did know was that sound could be nothing else. And then he watched Bill raise it, aim it at Henry. He looked fearless, invincible.

Henry stopped, but fear failed to reach his expression, and even less his eyes. So, Eddie’s fear came true, the worst possible outcome came into reality and it felt like a slap in the face. No, incorrect. False. It felt like a punch in the gut.

I told you so, Bill. I knew it.

Henry’s eye’s lit up with anger. Henry looked like he was about to pull out his own arsenal, and Eddie looked at Ben to blame him, but the only thing he could force himself to emote was a were-in-the-same-boat, fearful kind of camaraderie.

Richie, we could have avoided this if you were there. Why couldn’t you have just been there? Now I’m going to die and you’ll just have to live with the fact that it’s your fault because you couldn’t show up to tell one stupid joke and make all of this go away I hate you Richie I hate you and your stupid voices and that stupid nickname. I’m going to die and i hope you find that just chuckalicious.

Eddie could barely see Bill in the dull light of the dump, shrouded in shadow, but he could see in just enough detail, that he watched Bills finger move onto the trigger. Pointed right at Henry.

“You’re going to regret that, you little shit.” Henry spat, and it seemed to come out of him like a deep animal growl. Eddie moved towards Bill, which seemed to catch his attention.

“Hey, Eds. You’re friends gonna be a fucking murderer, huh?”

Eddie’s expression got even more grim and uneasy. But then a flicker of anger and agitation bloomed in his eyes like a flower bed of red lycoris flowers. He hated it when Richie called him Eds, but Richie was the only one who was allowed to. There was something audacious about Henry saying it, that seemed to eliminate that fear that he felt.

“Don’t you DARE call me Eds, you Certified Asshole” Eddie yelled, and he almost dropped his aspirator in his outburst. Ben grabbed his arm, because Henry looked angry. Henry looked like a wasp that was ready to send you to the hospital with stings and wounds that you’ll remember for the rest of your life. You could see him dreaming about it. But Eddie’s expression did not mollify, although he said nothing more.

Did you fucking hear that Richie? He called me Eds.

Henry took a step forward, the trio didn’t move - not a single flinch. And Eddies aspirator stayed in his hand, but he didn’t even contemplate using it. But the thought of the trigger reminded him that this whole situation and his sanity relied on the fact that he trusted Big Bill to know if the gun is loaded or not.

“Duh-duh-don’t move, He-Hen-Henry.” Bill commanded, and he sounded more adult than any 16 year old had any right to.

Henry took another angry step, real quick, with purpose, and with that devastating anger that was always so intimidating. There were moments when Henry Bowers could look almost normal. But there were more frequent times where you could see the insanity though his skin like he was transparent. It oozed out of him. He was a terrifying mass of a creature. And maybe it was that exact, nightmarish insanity that made Bill pull the trigger. But it could also have been the adrenaline and panic that goes through you when something inhuman and uncooperative is coming towards you steadily. Showing no signs of stopping - unless, of course, if you stop it yourself.

Richie? Where are you?

a/n: shortening the time between updates. also, someone asked me to do a tag list so: @darklovies

#reddie #richie and eddie #it #IT2017 #disconnected #richie tozier #eddie kasprak #bill denbrough #it fanfic #it fanfiction

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