#lou lou the parrot

[catiuapavel]

I need you to understand that "Noms d'oiseaux" (bird names) is slang for "insults". Ergo, this is a great pun

#lou plays tactics ogre (in french) #vyce called him an old parrot

[butchwheels]

i desperately implore ppl to actively read actual jewish history, and i'm talking hundreds of years before the holocaust. so many leftists don't know what the hell they're talking about when talking abt jewish history and judaism. please don't get all your info from fucking tumblr & twitter posts bc they can be soooo easily biased. even wikipedia is better

#lou text #i'm not jewish but my best friend is & i'm a regular at their synagogue #the antisemitism i've seen makes me sick to my stomach #and it's not the obvious type antisemitism. it's insidious #be mindful of what you've seen parroted around friends #look up actually researched info

[hlficlibrary]

HL Fic Library 🤣 Fics With Humor

Remember to leave kudos and a comment on the fics you enjoyed to show your appreciation! You can find the library's other recs here.

🤣 Just Me, You, And This Box of Matches by tomlinsunshine @tornlinsunshine​ (M, 87k)

Louis is fairly sure that his new neighbour is going to destroy him. And also their apartment building, and the dumpsters outside, and all the forests within a thirty mile radius. But. Mostly him.

🤣 Harry Styles Cooks… by sunsetmog / @magicalrocketships​ (E, 61k+, wip)

In which Louis Tomlinson can’t cook, there’s a very special shower curtain, and Harry Styles used to be a baker.

Or: Louis owns all of Harry Styles’ cookbooks, and he never intends to cook a single thing out of any of them.

🤣 Frankincense-ational by LadyLondonderry / @londonfoginacup (T, 31k)

Harry Styles works at the Hillsyde Library with his friend Zayn and best mate Niall. It’s December, which means Christmas, which should be the happiest month of the year…

Except Niall just broke up with his boyfriend, Zayn needs to let up on the rules a little, and the library is getting their fire alarm system replaced, which means that for the next few weeks there are going to be firemen patrolling the library ‘looking for fires’ while the system is down.

Harry almost hits one of them with his car right off the bat - and of course he’s the hot one.

🤣 the butthole series by @kingsofeverything (E, 24k)

a series of standalone fics with a central theme

🤣 That's How I Know by @allwaswell16 (E, 19k)

Louis Tomlinson has just landed his dream job, coaching soccer at Augustus University. When he moves into a new house near campus, he meets his very fit new neighbor, English professor Harry Styles. Although their first meeting leads to an instant mutual dislike, the more Harry gets to know Louis, the more he likes what he sees.

Or the one where Harry’s African grey parrot spills his dirty secrets to his very hot neighbor.

🤣 Man, Deconstructed by jacaranda_bloom / @jacaranda-bloom (E, 13k)

Harry doesn’t need help getting laid and he certainly doesn’t need Niall to hire a professional to ‘sort him out’.

But when a gorgeous man turns up on his doorstep on his birthday to ‘lay some pipe’ in the back garden (who just happens to have the best arse Harry’s ever seen), his world is upended.

OR the one where a well-meaning best mate, a sculpture-worthy arse, and a heaping dose of misunderstanding combine to create sheer and utter chaos, and also, maybe, the best thing Harry’s ever found.

🤣 One Vote Can Rock the Boat by @2tiedships2 (M, 12k)

“Niall, I need you to come and vote with me tomorrow.”

“Lou, I know we’ve only been friends for about two years now, but I guess I’ve never explicitly told you I’m Irish?”

“You don’t have to vote, exactly,” Louis explained. “But I don’t want to go to a sex toy shop by myself.”

“Have I just entered an alternate universe? In what world does voting for the government correlate in any way to sex toys?”

Or the one where Omega Louis shows off his “I voted” sticker as one of the first 100 customers to get a free vibrator. The beautiful alpha behind the counter informs him that he’s customer 101.

🤣 autopilot by silkbombs (M, 11k)

Louis accidentally sends an unknown number a video of him giving a cockroach a funeral. The weirdest love story ensues.

🤣 Umbrielievable by nikogda / @cyphermedley (NR, 11k)

Three months ago they began to pick up a weak signal. They couldn’t decipher it and figured it was just a satellite they were picking up. Eventually, they were able to translate "Give us cheese" but the rest was still a mess. That message baffled them, and they immediately thought it may be a joke from another country.

Or, The one where Harry is an Alien from Uranus' moon, Umbriel whose inhabitants require cheese to survive.

🤣 Just Your Jinx by @larryatendoftheday (T, 10k)

Harry Styles may or may not have accidentally jinxed his extremely fit new neighbor, and it's not so easy to make things right.

🤣 For a day by bluegreenish / @greenblueish (T, 9k)

“While I appreciate that compliment - you’re right -, it’s not a prank. I swear. I tried calling Harry and Liam, but they aren’t picking up. And like, I don’t know what to do? I just woke up in Liam’s freaking body, and like, he’s a nice lad and everything, but I don’t want to be him?!”

Once again, tense silence fills the line for a second and Louis almost expects Zayn to hang up on him, but his friend speaks up again, voice urgent this time. 

“You’re serious?”

“One hundred percent. I swear.”

or, the one where Harry wakes up in Louis' body, Louis in Liam's, Liam in Niall's, Niall in Harry's and no one picked Zayn.

🤣 Only Been Here One Time by alienharry (NR, 9k)

“Good morning, Liam. Harry.” Louis nods at them both and then cocks his head. “Are you aware you have four nipples, Harry?”

Harry looks down at his chest, suddenly worried. He doesn’t know how many nipples humans have, but four must not be a usual amount. “Should I have six?”

“Not unless you’ve a litter of kittens to feed.”

The Alien!Harry fic I was destined to write 

🤣 Ain’t My Fault by @afirethatcannotdie (E, 7k)

“Liam, M4M is for sex! You posted in a sex forum about your missing jacket.”

“It is not for sex!”

“It is. Trust me.”

“Well, if it helps me find my jacket then I don’t really see why it matters. Besides, someone already texted me about it. This Styles guy’s coming over in a bit to get it.”

“You invited the avocado man to come get his jacket at our flat after posting on a sex forum. Do you see where this is going?”

“I really don’t.” 

“Someone is going to have to have sex with the avocado man!” Louis screeches, and Liam covers his ears.

AU. Liam posts an ad on the wrong section of Craigslist, Louis is pretty sure they’re gonna get murdered as a result, and Harry’s missing an avocado.

🤣 Porn To Be Wild by @fallinglikethis (E, 5k)

As Louis Tomlinson writes his One Direction fanfiction in a quiet, isolated corner of the local library, the last thing he expects is for the subject of his story to interrupt him in the middle of a sex scene. But that’s exactly what happens.

🤣 Absolute Beginners by @taggiecb (T, 5k)

Louis would like to think that Niall can't surprise him anymore. He never knows what his friend will come up with sometimes. But when he calls Louis in the middle of the night and asks him to come and hit on his friend, Louis can't help but let curiosity get the best of him.

🤣 Only Reason by @letsjustsee (NR, 5k)

“We are so lucky to have with us one of the leading experts on beekeeping in the modern age, Dr. Louis Draper.”No. No, no, no… “I know I speak for many of us when I say that this man’s books have guided our practice, or helped us get started,” Harry continued, and Louis watched as the crowd nodded their heads in agreement. Oh shit. No. What? No. But then Harry was gesturing towards him, saying “Dr. Draper?” into the microphone, the crowd was applauding, and Louis found himself walking up the stairs to the stage.

Or, Louis is most definitely smitten with Harry from the second he sees him, but he is also most definitely not the world's foremost expert on beekeeping. He decides to roll with it anyway.

🤣 Catastrophe (Or Not) by grapenight (G, 5k)

Based on the prompt: "Harry's a crazy cat person and Louis is the vet he keeps bringing his cats to with minor concerns like "she's been acting weird lately" and "he didn't poop today so I'm worried" but it's really just excuses to keep seeing Louis everyday"

🤣 Anywhere With You by sweetums / @darlou (T, 3k)

“Do you want some gum?” Louis’ lovely voice interrupts his train of thoughts.

“No, thank you.” Harry responds quickly.

What? ‘No, thank you’? What was he thinking? If Louis Tomlinson offers you gum, you take it. If Louis Tomlinson offers you a vial of vomit, you take it.

“On second thought, gum would be perfection.” Harry actually considers just dying right there as he reaches over to pry the piece of gum out of Louis’ perfect little hand, eyes flitting over to the other man’s amused face.

Why did he say that? He could’ve said, ‘I’ll have some gum’ or ‘gum would be great’ or even a simple ‘thanks’ but no, no, for Harry, ‘gum would be perfection’.

He loathes himself.

AU where Harry gets stuck in an ATM vestibule with Louis Tomlinson during a blackout. Inspired by Chandler and Jill Goodacre from Friends.

🤣 Oh Honey, Honey by @lululawrence (NR, 3k)

Louis hated honey. He didn’t like the flavour, he didn’t understand why some liked it in their tea, he hated when it was put on sandwiches or cake or anything really. But, standing stock still in front of a rather large display of honey in that 24-hour Tesco, Louis found himself grabbing the largest jar of “100% pure London-local honey” and adding it to his trolley, simply because he knew it would make Harry smile.

Louis always wanted to make Harry smile.

Or the one where Louis pines after Harry, Harry is passionate about helping save the bees, and a late night shopping trip gone wrong doesn't end quite as horribly as Louis imagines.

🤣 On the Go by @phdmama (T, 2k)

Prompt: ok so i saw a truck today and i thought it said MANSCAPE but it actually said MAINSCAPE and it was a landscaping company. but then i thought LARRY AU. where louis owns a landscaping company called MANSCAPE and harry thinks it’s some sort of in-home pubic hair grooming company, so he calls to make an appointment, there’s some discussion of whether he wants his bushes trimmed as well, and then when it’s time for the appointment, harry’s like half-naked waiting around in a robe or something and louis shows up with lawnmowers. 

🤣 Zoey by wabadabadaba / @bigxrig (G, 2k)

Harry knew his first name, but he liked the way Dr. Tomlinson sounded more. Harry watched as Louis unclasped her harness and set it aside and pet her back and under her chin. Louis kissed the top of her head and murmured sweet nothings to her- mostly about how pretty she is and how well behaved she is. Harry wished it was him.

or Harry has a huge crush on his cat's veterinarian and finally decides to do something about it.

🤣 Stole My Heart by @haztobegood (NR, 2k)

“Oh my god, Niall.” The door slams shut as Harry rushes into the flat. He’s still panting from his rush to get away from the scene of his crime. “You won’t believe what just happened!”

Niall is sitting on the couch in their tiny living room. He looks up from his laptop. “What happened?”

“The worst thing. I’ll never recover. I just reached into a box of free samples outside that new chicken restaurant. Only it wasn’t free samples. It was a man. Holding a box of chicken nuggets. His chicken nuggets. I stole this man’s food, Niall!”

#ficrec #hljournal #hlcreators #1dficvillage #trackinghappily #tracksintheam #trackinghome #hltracks #hlsource #1dsource #larryfanfiction #haztobegood #nikogda #wabadabadaba #phdmama #allwaswell16 #kingsofeverything #lululawrence #ladylondonderry #sweetums #grapenight #letsjustsee #taggiecb #fallinglikethis #afirethatcannotdie #silkbombs #alienharry #bluegreenish #larryatendoftheday #sunsetmog

[rizs-briefcase]

‼️FHJY SPOILERS ‼️

Here’s all my thoughts and whatever from watching episode one.

WE ARE SO BACK BABY

— THEY ALL LOOK SO GOOD (looking mostly at you, murph and Lou)

— no the new layout of their character sheets is so cute

— MOGGY

— BOGGY AND BABY MINI

— WHAT IS GOING ON

— New dome background <3

— MURPH MY BELOVED

— RIZ USING MAGE HAND TO STEER THE CAR

— THE GUKGAK GUN ‘THE SUN GUN’ THATS SO COOL

— riz being really into science now, he’s so adhd coded

— riz is so decked out in jewellery I love him

— just everything about riz driving this massive van

— Lou literally only needing to roll a 2 or higher to pass and rolling a fucking Nat 1 😭

— what a great first round guys 😃😃

— Ally and Lou rolling a nat 20 and a Nat 1 respectively as their first rolls of the season is so on brand

— NEW CASSANDRA ART????

— SQUEEM? WHAT IS GOING ON AM I GOING CRAZY

— ALLY HAVING THEIR SPELLS ORGANISED AND ON CARDS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME GOD BLESS

— the try guys stop

— this entire episode feels like a fever dream

— Fabian basically flirting with his own reflection is the most Fabian thing ever

— BALTHAZAR NOOO WHAT ABOUT HIS SIX MONTH OLD PARROTS

— Fig throwing her phone away AGAIN

— Balthazar’s shadow sprinting into the desert please I’m crying

— WHAT WAS THAT END

Another note; I’ve already got two squares off my bingo card

Nat 1 count; 1 (Lou)

Nat 20 count; 3 (Emily, Ally x2) - honesty I may have missed one?? I got distracted

#fhjy spoilers #dimension 20 #fantasy high #intrepid heroes #fhjy #riz gukgak #brian murphy #brennan lee mulligan #fabian seacaster #gorgug thistlespring #kristen applebees #fig faeth #adaine o'shaughnessey #lou wilson #bugs fhjy spoilers

[strangersmunsons]

lou, 23, she/her 🧸 reader, baker, part-time fanfic maker! cute and spooky. likes animals and breakfast.

Hello! Welcome to my fanfiction sideblog! I mostly use this page to talk about Eddie Munson in the tags, but I write a little bit too! My fics are exclusively Eddie x Reader, and usually fluffy and SFW -- but I often reblog 18+ content, so for that reason, I would prefer that minors do not follow or interact.

Additionally, as Stranger Things is a show featuring known Zionists, I would like to make it clear that anyone parroting those beliefs is not welcome on this blog.

If you'd like to be tagged in new fics (excluding short blurbs), or in updates for a specific series, just let me know! And feel free to drop me a message if you’d ever like to chat! *all dividers I use are made by the lovely @saradika! :^)

works under the cut:

oneshots (> 1,000 words): alien life form you spend the night at Eddie's for the first time. fried egg I'm in love Eddie makes you breakfast. down on skid row you've been seeing Eddie for a while. he likes taking you to the movies. the rocky horror eddie show you help Eddie get ready for a special night. christmas wrapping you're spending xmas eve alone, but so is Eddie. based on the song by the waitresses. bloodletting you're kind of dead. but so is Eddie, just in a different way.

shorter blurbs (<1,000 words): comfort blurb you're not feeling your best. Eddie gives you some much needed comfort. thanksgiving blurb Eddie's making a pie. it's not going well. sick blurb Eddie's sick. you have a little surprise to cheer him up. sleepy blurb you're sleepy. Eddie can't help but love on you. shopping blurb Eddie goes shopping with you.

series: read 'em and weep you and Eddie meet at the library. he's smitten. read 'em and weep #2 you and Eddie have an impromptu lunch. read 'em and weep #3 you and Eddie spend more time together. romance blossoms. read 'em and weep #4 you hear some rumors about Eddie.

bark at the moon there's something super weird in your garage. your best friend Robin calls her old pals, Steve and Eddie, to come and take a look.

events: eddie, my love! a collection of valentine-themed oneshots featuring our favorite guy.

#did i do this right? #masterlist

[halevren]

FHJY Spoilers || my live thoughts as I watch the premiere

NIGHT YORBBBBBB!!!!

A NEW BATTLE MAP ALREADY?!??!?!?!!!??

Fig bard / warlock multi class is so real. Also 20 charisma. Same girl who kissed Ayda and skate boarded away

THE HANG VAN MINI IS THE SAME AS THE VAN IN THE TEENAGE REBELLION I'M CRYING

The character card background is so cute I love it. What if I made a meet the Tumblr user using the same background

Gorgug and his little gadgets and things 😭😭😭😭

BOGGY MINIIIIII I'M CRYING SO HARD

I WOULD DIE FOR MOGGY THE DOGGY

SO MANY MINIS!!!!!!!

FABIAN FIGHTER / BARD REAL!!!!!!!!

SEATED MINIS??!?!?

First roll is fucking whether or not Fabian's reflection on the mirror when he's flirting with Ecaf

Kristen not multi classing and still being jacked is so real. I need more buff clerics

THERE'S A QUESTION MARK ON THE BACK OF KRISTEN'S TRACK SUIT?!???!?!??!!??

Ring guy Riz, I love him

SUN GUN 🔥🔥🔥

yorbies 😭

Riz trying to justify his jewelry is so me. When I started wearing jewelry all of the sudden I felt like I had to explain it (now idk)

Inspector Gadget Riz this is going to be a great season

From falling over to tables to standing on a moving vehicle. We have improved

Riz having to sit through Fabian flirting with Ecaf has to be his own personal hell

A NAT ONE ALREADY?!!??!??!???? LOU WILSON....

FABIAN GETTING HIT BY THE HANG VAN 😭😭😭

THIS IS STILL THE FIRST ROLL INITIATIVE 😭😭😭😭

MORE MINIS?!?!????

Teen Wolf mention. Teen Wolf is canon in Fantasy High

ALLY BEARDSLEY NAT 20 BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EMILY AXFORD NAT 20!!!!!

MONSTER VAPE

NEW SEASON NEW MURPH!!! A BEAUTIFUL ROLL!!!!!! 45 DAMAGE OUT OF 50

Lesson of this episode: don't stand in the road when a van is gassing it

Yerba Mate in protein powder....

NEW CASSANDRA ART SHE'S SO PRETTY

Kristen ignoring Cassandra is so heartbreaking that's your god she's so lovely you're her only cleric Kristen pls

Gorgug fishing the Night Yorb

Ally and Lou trying to convince Zac to trade Rick Perry dice as Emily does math all while whispering. I love this season

I genuinely don't remember Squeem this issue so embarrassing.

Your sacrifice will be remembered Squeem I love you

YORBIE ON MY LEFT, YORBIE ON MY RIGHT 🔥🗣️💯

I need a Moggy the Doggy plush to go with my two Boggy plushies

HOW MANY DICE IS HE ROLLING WHAT THE FUCK

At least boggy survived

ADAINE DOWN.....

ALLY BOUGHT THE BOOK!!

I am loving new Kristen

So much feet touching

THE DRY GUYS

Kristen Loves "Speed"

I love the ongoing tea-based cortado bit

Vulture

hya!

FANDRANGOR

There is so much sexual tension between Fabian and Ecaf

Fabian Narcissus arc

Rip Balthazar </3

Pour one out for Balthazar and who ever has to take care of his 6th month parrots

Squeem is so resourceful I love him

yaaath maaaags

Murph and Brennan bonding <3

I feel like Ragh and Kristen would be besties after her more fitness oriented life style

ANOTHER ALLY BEARDSLEY NAT 20!!!!!!!

BOX OF DOOM!!!!!!!! BEANS!!!!

WHAT IS BRENNAN MONOLOGUING......

WHAT IS HAPPENING..... FIG...??

WHO IS FIG'S PATRON???

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO A CLIFF HANGER ALREADY??!?!!???!!???!???!???! BRENNAN LEE MULLIGAN...... 😭

THE PREVIEWS ARE MAKING ME SO EXCITED... I HAVE TO WAIT A WEEK NOW 😭😭😭😭

#live reaction #d20 #dimension 20 #fantasy high #d20 fantasy high #dimension 20 fantasy high #fantasy high junior year

[gender0bender]

Interview with FTM activist Bet Power on his meeting and friendship with Lou Sullivan before his death.

Transcript:

Bet Power: and in the mail was a pamphlet, a booklet from Lou Sullivan in San Fransisco. It was called information for the female to male crossdresser or transsexual. And there was a handwritten note in it saying that he thought that some people who came here might want to read it. And so I certainly wanted to read it because it was the first thing I ever saw that had anything to do with me as an FTM. And so I read it in 2 hours of course and his phone number was in it and I called him up and went and met him. 

Within two weeks I flew up to San Fransisco cause he was the very first FTM besides myself that I knew even existed.

[cuts to archival footage of Lous Sullivan doing an interview with his psychiatrist]

Psychiatrist: what so where are we, what are the things you want to leave us with?

Lou: [sighs and swivels in his chair] Well, as I said in the beginning of the tape last year I was diagnosed with AIDs I feel an urgency to have this story told so that I don’t have to feel that I’m gonna die and there’s gonna be more female to males coming to the gender clinics and being told that there’s not such a thing as a female to male gay man and it can’t be done and you can’t do it like they told me. I want the gender profession to know that it can be done and it has been done and there are others out there that feel the way that I do.

[screen fades to black with the words “what was meeting Lou like?” ]

Bet: What was meeting Lou like? It was funny on my part because I wanted to make sure that I presented totally male and I was wearing facial hair at the time and I put on like, military army khakis.

 [A picture of Ben when he was younger, wearing a black turtle neck, black leather jacket, and white pants.] and this camoflague jacket and this knife in my belt and I had these boots, pair of trooper boots, and I just wanted to like present as male,

[cuts to a painting of younger Ben in his outfit, this time with a black cap]

or even more straight male because I knew he was gay. I don’t know where all of it came from, but that’s how I dressed. And that’s how I knocked on the door and I just didn’t expect that Lou would be like he was because he was really small. He must have weighed like 98 pounds and he was skinny, and frail and short and he just had his little t shirt on and a pair of pants and it was amazing. [laughs] But I was like I hope I didn’t scare him or something. But I wasn’t prepared at all you know, because he was totally gay and I didn’t have a concept that FTMs could be gay because all I had was my own context, and I’m heretrosexual. So I didn’t. So he had these huge cages, and he had these exotic birds, these huge macaws and parrots. And he had all his photography on the wall so he was very gay and his surroundings were very lifestyle gay.  And so I was a bit uncomfortable I think, I don’t know, because I thought “this is like me, but it’s not like me” and so I wanted to make small talk and he within two minutes, he wouldn’t have anything to do with small talk and he said “Tell me who you really are” he said “we don’t have a lot of time,” he says “you got a couple hours here right? So talk to me about who you are inside there.” And it was the deepest - one of the deepest conversations that I’ve ever had in my whole life. And it was just, it really was awesome. And in the middle of our conversation he looks at his watch and he gets up and says “Excuse me I gotta go take my AZT.”

[Ben sighs] I had no idea. And so at the same moment that I was making this deep soul connection with this friend [Ben pauses] who I still consider to be the most influential and the deepest and the most important friend that I’ve ever had in my life - and I’m 58- at the same moment that I was making this deep connection, he was basically telling me “But you’re not gonna have me very long.” It was heartbreaking. It really was. It was heartbreaking. Cause I knew the clock was ticking so I just had to really then have as much contact as I could with him while he was still alive, living out here 3000 miles away. So a lot of phone calls, a lot of mail-

[screen fades to black with writing that reads “After Lou died Ben began an FTM community of his own. He continues to run the East Coast FTM group out of the Sexual Minorities archives in Northhamptom, MA.]

#lgbt #transgender #trans men #bet power #transmen #transmasculine #transmasc history #ftm #lgbt history #transgender history #lou sullivan #I also have the full vers of the lou sullivan interview that I'm gonna try and transcribe

[lieutenantbiscute]

Oh my gosh I can’t believe I didn’t remember this till now but children are little parrots! They repeat things you say! And not just an annoying way but it’s canon that the boys say I love you so much to each other!! That means they’ve grown up hearing it!! Raph and Mona and Leo and Donnie and Mikey and April and Casey and even Lou are gonna be saying it all the time!

They’re gonna talk to each other how they grown ups talk to them. Complimenting training forms and assuring each other it’s ok if you can’t do something now because you’ll get it eventually

Praising art and hobbies and how much work went into them and all the progress forward

It’s just so cute!!!

HOLY SHIT YOU’RE RIGHT—

I had a similar idea with Little Mikey and Uncle Leo! More so behavior copying though!

Little Mikey is highly observant as a little toddler so often times he notices Uncle Leo’s coughs and how Uncle Donnie brings him tea every time the coughs kick in big time.

So one evening when he’s drawing while Leo is telling him one of his stories his voice catches and he remembers that whole tea thing and runs for Leo’s thermos across the room. Giving it to him as fast as he can!

I wanna expand more on the little ones relationships with their family members. Like Little Mikey and how he’s more attuned to his spiritual side thanks to Leo’s meditation sessions, Leon and how Uncle Mikey is one of the few people he lets in about his self doubts and worriers.

Danny and how he picks up some of Uncle Donnies and his Dads hip-hop/R&B music tastes, Leon and his love for showboating and rocking out thanks to Dad Raph and Uncle Mikey, Ralphie and how he’s sure to share positive reinforcement for his brothers because of Momma Mona and Uncle Leo—

SO MANY FAMILY THINGS!! Uncle Casey and Little Mikey being menaces to Raph, Auntie April and Leon just deep diving into different conversation topics for HOURS—

#shell shocked au #tmnt 2012 #2012 tmnt #rottmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #I have many ideas— #really need to clean up Casey and Aprils designs so I can make are of them with the tots #THIS FAMILY IS GETTING SO MUCH LOVE #I CANT—

[intothestacks]

Adventures in Librarian-ing

For Halloween 2023 the most popular costume that I saw was Barbie.

There was an 80s dance class Barbie complete with a box, a Barbie wearing the cowboy outfit from the live action movie, and one wearing another outfit from the movie (plus one I didn't see well 'cause they were headed down the hall but there was "Barbie" written on their back).

Other costumes included

a couple fairies

an angel

two devils

a cheerleader

Harry Potter

a banana

some witches

one red Ninjago character

one Miles Morales Spider-Man

a shark

a dragon

a ninja turtle

two pirates (one had a parrot stuffie on her hat!)

three police

an air hostess

Ghost Face

Bonnie from Five Nights at Freddie's

a ghost bride

the twins from the shining

the kid from ET (complete with an ET stuffie)

an Impostor from Among Us

a dinosaur

Cindy Lou Who

a bee

two prisoners

Princess Peach

Mario

a minion

a clown

#school libraries #school librarian #librarylife #libraryland #canada #the real life of me #libraries #elementary school #happy halloween #halloween #canadian holidays

[ninjago-shipping]

Masterlist N-Z

(B! equals Bizarro and M! equals the Ninjago movie, just so y’all know)

N.

Nemesis || Sensei Wu x Aspheera

Neon || Scott x Jay

Nightlight || Shade x Paleman

Nightshade || Tox x Chamille

O.

Oblivion || Staff!Kai x Cole

Obsession || Kai x Master Chen

Obsidian || Cole x B!Cole

Opposite || Zane x Kai

Ore || Karlof x Cole

Outdated || Zane x Cryptor

Outlaw || “Rocky Dangerbuff” x “Snake Jaguar”

P.

PaperStar || Sally x Antonia

Parrot || Fugi-Dove x Captain Soto

Penguin || Zane x Fugi-Dove

Permafrost || Ice Emperor Zane x Pixal

Pixane || Pixal x Zane

Plasma || Jay x Kai

PlayDate || Nya x Dogshank

PolyMaster || All the Elemental Masters including the ninja

PolyNinja || Kai x Jay x Zane x Cole

PolyPonytail || Nya x Pixal x Skylor

PolySerpent || Great Devourer x Fire Fang x Wojira x Anacondrai Serpent(Clouse’s pet snake)

Popsicle or Unique || Zane x Lloyd

Pride || Morro x B!Kai

PunkRock || Ultra Violet x “Rocky Dangerbuff”

Purple || Pixal x Ultra Violet

Pyrotechnic || B!Kai x Zane

Pythales or Skythor || Pythor x Skales

Q.

Quicksilver || Jay x Pixal x Cole

Quiet || Mr. E x Harumi

R.

Raincloud || Vania x Benthomaar

Rainforest || Cole x Nya x Lloyd

Ratmen || Ronin x Dareth x Clutch Powers

Reaper || Cole x Ice Emperor Zane x Morro

Record || Lou x Dareth

Recovery || Lloyd x therapy

Redemption || Morro x Skylor

ResonatedGravity || Jacob x Gravis

Resurrected || Zane x Morro x Pixal

Revenge || Mr. F x Aspheera

Riptide || Nya x Ultra Violet

Risk || Jay x Morro x Kai

Roadrunner || Ultra Violet x Fugi-Dove

Rogue || Ronin x Okino

Ronya || Ronin x Nya

Rose || Gene x Brad

Royalty || Benthomaar x Vania x Harumi

S.

Sacrifice || Nya x Lloyd x Zane

Salamander || Kai x Clancee

SaltwaterTaffy || Glutinous x Gripe

SameVoiceActor || Dr. Julien x Garmadon

Samurai || Nya x Pixal

SamuraiCheerleader || Nya x Unnamed background girl

Sandstorm or Spirit || Cole x Morro

Scruff || Dareth x Ronin

Sea || Nyad x Nya

Seabreeze || Benthomaar x Morro

Seafoam || Benthomaar x Echo Zane

Seaglass || Cole x Jay x Benthomaar

SeaSerpent || Skylor x Benthomaar

Shenanigans || B!Jay x Morro

Shockwave or CyberStorm || Nya x Jay x Pixal

ShortMetal || Mindroid x Cryptor

Skeleton || Morro x Ghoultar

Skelma || Skales x Selma

Sleet || Kai x Zane AND Zane x Nya (Nya and Kai are both dating Zane)

Smelt || Kai x Cryptor

Smithcest or Heatwave || Kai x Nya

SmokeShade || Ash x Shade

S’mores || Dareth x Zane

SnakeBlizzard || “Snake Jaguar” x Morro

Snakecell || Nya x “Snake Jaguar”

SnakeGlacier || “Snake Jaguar” x Cole

Solstice || Staff!Kai x Shade

Spark || Wu x Ray

Spell || Master Chen x Clouse

Spitfire || Zoltar x Kai

Static || Ice Emperor Zane x Jay

Steam or Raya || Ray x Maya

Steampunk || Jay x Echo Zane

StolenData || Skylor x Pixal

StolenDestiny || Ronin x Morro

Stolen Kiss || B!Jay x Nya

StoneCold || Cole x B!Zane

Strike || Libber x Krux

Sugar&Spice || Vania x Tox

Sunflower || Vania x Echo Zane

SunScale || Kai x Great Devourer

Sunshine || Cole x Ultra Violet

Supernatural || Snake!Jay x Ghost!Cole x Zane x Anacondrai!Kai

Surge || M!Jay x Morro

Survival || Vinny x Garmadon

T.

Tar || Shade x Tox

Taser || Cryptor x Jay

Tea || Sensei Wu x Mystake

TeaPost || Mystake x Mailman

Techno || Zane x Jay

TickTock || Zane x Acronix

TheyDeservedBetter || Show!Garmadon x Koko

Thief || Ronin x Clutch Powers x Plundar

ThinkFast || Neuro x Griffin

Thundersnow || Morro x Jay x Zane

ThunderWave || Jay x Benthomaar

Timecest || Krux x Acronix

Tragedy || Maya x Lilly

TraitorousTrio || Sensei Wu x Aspheera x Pythor

Transformer || Ash x Chamille

Travel || Libber x Misako

Trident || Nya x Benthomaar

Trojan || Zane x B!Jay

TropicalStorm || Benthomaar x Nya x Jay

Turquoise or Waterlily || Harumi x Nya

U.

UltraE || Ultra Violet x Mr. E

Upgrade || Unagami x Mechanic

User-Friendly || Zane x Overlord

V.

VanillaCake || Vania x Cole

Venom || Ultra Violet x Tox

Vintage || Lou x Sensei Wu

Vinyl || Lou x Garmadon

Violent || Harumi x Ultra Violet

VioletSnake || Ultra Violet x “Snake Jaguar”

Virus || B!Zane x Jay

Void || Cryptor x Cole

Vortex || Morro x Ice Emperor Zane

W.

Wanderlust || Akita x Vania

Wannabe || Dareth x Fugi-Dove

Warrior || Nya x Murtessa

WetDog || Nya x Akita

Whiplash || Aspheera x Acronix

Wildfire || Tox x Skylor x Kai

Wildflowers || Vania x Harumi

Windpower || Morro x Pixal

Wrath || Staff!Kai x Morro x Ice Emperor Zane

Wusako || Sensei Wu x Misako

X.

.

Y.

YingYang or Balance || Overlord x First Spinjitzu Master

Z.

Zanecule || Kai x Cole x Zane x Jay AND Pixal x Zane

#ninjago #mod blizz #lego ninjago #save tag #important #n-z #masterlist #ninjago ships #ninjago shipping

[minusboy]

1, 3, 8, 19 :3

! hi lou :)

that makes me smile

tross in french exit

”You don’t know what I was going to say,” Chuuya says with a sigh and takes off his jacket, haphazardly tossing it over the back of a chair, and runs a hand through his hair, fingers snagging on a few tangled ends. ”I don’t care,” Tross says ”There’s nothing you could do that would make me change my mind.” ”Nothing,” Chuuya parrots, incredulous. Tross considers this for a moment, then just shrugs. ”I’d probably frown a little bit if you like, killed someone.” ”Frown. A little bit.” ”Yeah, man, I’d be like ’Chuuya, you can’t do that, that’s illegal’,” Tross says, with the most stern voice he can muster. He grabs a pack of cigarettes from the side table and fishes one out, then frowns. ”Last one. Oops,” he says before tossing the carton into the nearest trash bin. 

19. from that project that was SUPPOSED to be short but then i kept writing and now it is very long i don't actually have a good answer for this one because i'm mostly resigned to the fact that almost everything i start will be too long and then some

that said, this one:

Many philosophers have theorized about the nature of afterlife, or the lack of it. Some will adamantly claim that there is no such thing as an afterlife, that death is followed by a nothingness, a lack of consciousness. Simply ceasing to exist. And although they’re not exactly right, they’re not completely wrong either. There is human life, the mortal life, and then there is life that transcends it. After death, there is everything, and then there is nothing.  The universe is a complicated place.  He wonders if Chuuya ever feels as consumed by the roaring emptiness inside, if the gaps in his consciousness are shaped like black holes. Does he feel like this, as well, his consciousness trapped in an undefined space, not space, or is he gone entirely, in those moments. Would it be easier, to be unaware of it all. Or is it even more terrifying. For one terrifying moment, Dazai feels the weight of his own nonexistence. He thinks about Chuuya, refilling his glass, an easy smile on his face. He wants it desperately, now. He gets it now.  Maybe.

send me numbers i might be out of numbers

#french exit mention count infinite #i had some technical difficulties but we're back now #ask games #numbers game

[nakuuro1994]

So, here’s two new collage pieces of my own personal AU version of both DC Comics “League of Super-Pets” & “The DOOMinals” that I made just recently! So, I hope that you all like this and enjoy.

~ (List of Main Heroes/Protagonists):

* Krypto The Super-Dog (Superman)

* Ace The Bat-Hound (Batman)

* Streaky The Super-Cat (Supergirl)

* Jumpa The Kanga (Wonder Woman)

* Topo The Octopus (Aquaman)

* Ch’p The Squirrel (Green Lantern)

* Flexi The Parrot (Plastic Man)

* Hoppy The Bunny (SHAZAM!)

~ (List of Main Villains/Antagonists):

* Dex-Starr (Red Lanterns)

* Isis The Cat (Catwoman)

* Bud & Lou (Harley Quinn)

* Dawg The Mutt (Lobo)

* Frank The Plant (Poison Ivy)

* Koko The Monkey (Brainiac)

* Eagly The Eagle (Peacemaker)

#au fanart #au fanfiction #dc comics #league of super pets

[batmanrogues-scenarios]

Question more about boys. I was sitting and thinking, harley has lou and bud, freeze has teo polar bears in canon, penguin had both penguins and vultures in canon and in games sharks in a tankz selena has cats and ivy is...ivy. she has plant pets

Now I'm courious about what pets do you think would match other rouges but to accept your limit, let's say riddler, scarecrow, mad hatter and music meister to keep the theme of dork pets

Freeze having polar bear got me good. Put it in shows people!

Also it was one of greatest asks, I had so much fun.

Riddler

I like idea of him having parrot

Would have to take care of one for a favor and she would annoy him by repeating what he says

Would just scream at her and she would scream back

Somehow she learns his riddles, he would say that it at least makes her smarter

By the end he gets too attached and adopts her, names her Riddlrina (listen I have no clue what to choose)

Would take her to his plans and make her her own tiny mask

Would give her honor of asking riddles first

First time it happens Batman thought he got stroke

So proud of his birdie, would hug her and make her toys

Gets depressed in Arkham without her so Batman ask for permission to let her in; for the first time Ed doesn't hate him

Scarecrow

I am between crows liking him and crows hating him (cause you know, Scarecrow) so I decided for enemies to friends crow

Basically crows never liked him but he saw injured crow lying by the window of his house and just decided to let him stay

Crow absolutely would peck him and it would drove Jonathan crazy but he took him in so he takes care

Slowly when Crow's wings starts healing he starts realizing that Jon is helping him

Becomes more friendly and even let him pet him, It's pretty nice

When he starts flying around the house Jon decides it time to let him go, kinda misses him

Then one day while walking home some crow starts attacking him and while trying to get them to leave some other crow shows up and attacks the first one

After agresor flies away other Crow just sits in front of Jonathan turning his head, when he lets him pet himself Jon realizes it's his crow

Just takes him home and names him Poe

Would take him on his heists and Scarecrow has Crow sitting on his arm now; Poe would get him some information if needed by stealing it which,by the way, Poe would sometimes bring random shiny things

Jon would teach him to talk some E.A. Poe quotes to scare the shit out of people

Mad Hatter

You would probably think white rabbit or cat but MH in Alice books had a friend in March Hare so when he saw hare hanging around his lair he was so excited

It seemed he was used to human interaction cause he didn't run when Jervis approached

Gets very friendly when he is given salad and hops into Hatters lap

He could cry

Thinks of name and just decides to name him March

He doesn't really accompany him since he is scared of loud noises plus he might be too friendly with foes

After taking him in he realized that, like original March Hare, he's kinda crazy; would jump from wall to wall; Cannot find him? Probably on top of a dresser

Would just sleep tight as ball to wake up, starts running around the room just to jump onto Hatters lap and fall asleep again

Loves him so much

If March doesn't like someone they cannot be Alice

Makes little hats for him to wear and tells him what a beautiful gentleman he is

Music Meister

I didn't want to also give him a parrot so I thought of animal who uses singing but I'm not giving him a fucking whale

...

Ok so maybe I am giving him a whale just because this is too funny of concept not to use

Would go to Sea World and saw him there, his voice was so southing that he just stayed in his area listening until closing time

Goes there more often and sings to whale which turns out he likes and starts to recognize him

The thing is SW has problem with abuse so after realizing his new friend is victim he makes new place to put him and uses his power to transport him there

He wanted to name him after some artist but he really liked name Bubbles so whale name is Bubbles Patrick Larson (shout-out if you know these 2 references)

Just plays with him and pets him, gets diving equipment for it

Batman again couldn't believe what he was seeing, after defeating him he lets Bubbles into ocean

Problem is Bubbles actually liked MM so he is close to shore and just cries for him, not only is it heartbreaking but also annoying

It got so bad that even Aquaman gets involved and say Bubbles should see MM

Batman is just defeated and let them meet

No one tries to release Bubbles again, if he wants to swim in ocean MM just makes henchmen do it

Weirdest pet Gotham ever seen but city loves Bubbles, the amount of time he was on news ho

#riddler #scarecrow #mad hatter #music meister #lightningstrikeleader #pati writes

[rockstarlwt28]

Harry and Louis taking a moonlit walk?

Camping isn't Harry's favourite idea but as it is Louis' weekend to choose what they do for date night, he doesn't feel objecting is fair. So, he lugs the rucksack over his back of the belongings they will require for the mystery walk Louis has apparently planned out to the final details.

'Where are we going?' He asks, catching up to Louis who has magically gotten a spring in his step. 'You know I'm not a fan of surprises.'

'No, but I am and seeing your face when the surprise is revealed will be worth every complain and plead on the way,' Louis quips, reaching for his boyfriend's hand. Their fingers intertwine.

'Please Lou,' Harry whines, batting his eyelashes.

Louis shakes his head, a smug smile tugging at his lips. 'Absolutely not. Did you brink a flask of tea, blanket and some snacks for the journey? - should we become peckish - that or get lost.' He shrugs nonchalantly.

'Lost?' Harry parrots. 'Do you - not like - know the way?'

'Of course I do, babe. But it's the night and we will only have one thing guiding us.'

Harry arches a brow. 'One thing - and what's that?'

'Patience, H. It's a virtue,' Louis insists with a wink. Harry rolls his eyes. 'It'll be worth the wait, I promise. Just a few more yards - a sharp left and Bob's your uncle!'

'I've never had an uncle called Bob - and what's that got to do with anything?'

Louis blinks, seemingly unsure if Harry's toying with him or whether he's completely and utterly clueless. He fish mouths, finding words difficult to process and air.

Harry bursts into a fit of laughter, slapping his knees in delight. 'Your face - such a picture!'

'You!' Louis blurts, giving him a playful shove. Harry stumbles, but regains his balance when Louis clutches his arm. The pair stagger around the corner, doubled over in laughter. Though it swiftly halters when Harry's eyes trail upwards, above the treeline and halting on the full moon. It's in all its glory, cators crisp and cloud free. The light illuminates the path ahead, as if a guiding light. He turns to face Louis, furrowing his brows when he's smiling proudly in response.

'Ta-da!' Louis exclaims with jazz hands.

'A walk in the moonlight?' Harry asks and Louis firmly nods. 'But this is your choice for date night, Lou-'

Louis intertwines their fingers, pulling Harry a little closer. Their lips an inch apart. 'Yes and I'm choosing to please the love of my life. Seeing your face light up, is the highlight of my days.'

'But...'

'Just like seeing you absolutely speechless warms my heart in ways I cannot describe,' Louis confesses, voice barely a whisper.

Harry smiles fondly. 'I love you.'

'I love you too. More than you could ever know,' Louis admits. He's about to step closer when Harry kisses him. It's firm, yet filled with lust and desire.

Together they kiss beneath the moonlight, it basking over their beings as their hands become entangled in one another's hair. A wonder of time is irrelevant, just like the stillness that surrounds them, unfazed by its eeriness. Nothing matters except the two of them, in that moment, as a unit. The world has stopped turning in their eyes.

#Drabble #Prompt #Ask #Thanks Ash I loved writing this cute piece. #Love you. #Fluff #Larry #Cute #Boyfriend's #Date weekend #Kisses #Romance #tooth rotting fluff

[two-bit-socrates]

Meanwhile, at the [REDACTEDS] household...

Partner: Are you going to play Baldur's Gate 3 now? Me, who is high and is drasically altering how I normally talk so people don't come after me with their limited understandings of abuse as if that's ever stopped people before: O GREAT HERALD OF WIZARD'S PROPERTIES I DO INTEND TO EMBARK ON THIS UPCOMING JOURNEY WITH CURIOSITY AND THOUGHT. YET MY SUFFERINGS ARE MANY AND BULBOUS AND I MUST THIS NIGHT ENGAGE IN LIGHTER, SHORTER FAIR TO EASE THE SPIRITS THAT HAUNT MY MIND AND MILK THE STRESS FROM MY HUMOURS.

Partner: Oh okay, I'm just really excited for you to play. :) It is a D&D game so it's not exactly Pathologic 2.

Me, thinking about chicken and rice and when I can eat it: INDEED WONDEROUS SOUL BUT NAY I FIRST MUST RELAX MY WRINKLE JELLY OF THAT WHICH IS PILLARS OF ETERNITY 2 SO THAT I MAY BE PROPERLY READY FOR THAT WHICH IS TO COME OF TADPOLES IN MINDS FOR I AM NOTHING IF NOT EXTRAVAGANT AND OVER ZEALOUS IN MY NAVAL GAZING

I just started a new game of Oblivion and I'm going to play a Khajit named after one of my cats. I need a guide on how to build a characyer right because of how goofy the leveling system is.

Also I need to consider what kind of doomed adventurer would my little Lou Beans be if he were a antrophomorphized cat with sapience with the parting words of a dying emperor in his mind who had the audacity to tell him that it was possibly the will of the gods that he was put in prison. My Lou Beans is a cautious boy and is afraid of birds and he can hold his own in a fight but would rather sit on [PARTNER'S NAME] shoulder like a parrot and pur.

Chicken and Rice time

#its that time to close shut the jaws of oblivion #because mehrunes his pants just needs all the worlds apparently #oblivion #the elder scrolls #elder scrolls #hero of kvatch

[latibvles]

SAD, BEAUTIFUL, TRAGIC.

beautiful, tragic. // the black tags.

people die, people are wounded — war is hell.

masterlist | gallery | taglist

WARNINGS: descriptions of bullet wounds, death, & blood

SUMMARY: Market Garden is an operational failure, and maintaining a constantly shifting line proves difficult. Some take the losses harder than others.

TAGLIST: @liebgotts-lovergirl , @softguarnere , @monalisastwin , @brassknucklespeirs

Private James Miller was a fresh replacement, a member of Sergeant Randleman’s squad. He had eight brothers, a half brother, three sisters, and grew up in Wabash, Indiana. He was especially close to Clarence and Betty Lou, who he was closest to in age. At one point, he lived on Bunker Hill Naval Air Base before being deployed to Europe.

All these things, Daisy only knows, because Patty knew him — she sat down and she talked to him and got to know him.

A grenade hit the ditch he’d been hiding in. He died on impact. They’d been in Eindhoven when it happened, and that night, the city was bombed. That’s just the way it was.

It seemed that the entire 101st was in constant struggle on what had aptly been named Hell’s Highway. As they pushed further and further up towards Arnhem, they were in constant battle with the German defense. The Nursing Company had been further divided, twenty-three women going with D Company and F Company, while twenty-four remained with E.

If you see Lieutenant Speirs, Daisy pulled Ward aside, just before the woman left. “Just… make sure he’s okay?” Ward didn’t question it, didn’t tease her, and for that, she was grateful. In the wake of Miller’s death, and then the several deaths after that, Daisy’s becoming more acutely aware of just how fast everything can change. She pretends not to notice every time Ginny makes her way to Captain Winters with the casualty count, and they share a similar, forlorn look.

“Fucking Christ,” Joe Toye bites out as she tries to pull bits of artillery from his arm.

“I’m sorry.” He looks up at her, his brows furrow — on his consistently hard face, that’s about as soft as it’s gonna get. That’s fine by her.

“S’not your fault.”

Tucked away behind the cover of a tree, she tries to focus on taking out the shards rather than the pepper of gunfire. She takes a shaky breath. She doesn’t even know what they’re shouting. By the time Toye’s arm is free of shrapnel, her hands are covered in his blood. She proceeds with wrapping it hastily with a bandage, ensuring it's tight enough before patting his arm twice. He doesn’t smile, but he nods, getting back on his feet to rejoin the fight immediately.

These firefights never last longer than twenty minutes and yet it feels endless every single time.

“I can’t find the artery, Gene.”

“Don’t stop lookin’. Eyes on me, Private. There we go.”

“I can’t—”

By the time she gets to the two, Eugene has the soldier’s head in his lap, and Rogers’ hands are covered in blood. The body is unsettlingly still. She grimaces, looking up at Daisy as the sound gunfire seems to die down. The seconds before the officers parrot the all clear, feel like minutes.

Operation Market Garden had been classified as a failure three days ago, and yet they’re still here, mopping up the leftovers and doing what they can to keep up with the constantly shifting German lines.

She wipes Toye’s blood off on her trousers haphazardly, and Rogers mimics it as they fall back in with the rest of the company. Instinctively, Daisy scans over the faces of the men, watching out for any sign of injury. Several of them like to hide their wounds, not wanting to be sent away to a hospital. It’s frustrating, to say the least.

Exhaustion is apparent on the face of nearly every man and woman among them as, once again, sergeants keep track of casualties and dead. She looks over for anyone in need of dire help, listening out for a cry of “medic!” that doesn’t come. She takes a quick glance over Randleman, whose shoulder is still healing, and he acknowledges her with a nod. I’m okay. Immediately after, Daisy searches for Ginny and finds her talking to Winters and Nixon. She approaches slowly, they don’t seem to notice her. She really tries not to eavesdrop, but…

“And you two are alright?” Ginny’s voice is uncharacteristically soft. Nixon’s arms are folded across his chest, amusement evident on his face.

“Yes madam president. Think Dick here might need you to look at a papercut of his, though.” Captain Winters scoffs and rolls his eyes, electing to ignore his remark, as Nixon pulls out a map to discuss something or other — most likely where they’re headed next. She shifts her attention, accounting for every nurse she sees. Gray, Kegley, Rogers, Palmer… ticking them all off her mental checklist.

It’s only when she doesn’t see Rita nor Liebgott, does her blood begin to run cold.

“Talbert. Tab!” Daisy rushes towards the man, who turns to look at her. “Have you seen McCarney or Liebgott?” There’s an immediate, deep frown on his face as he shakes his head.

“No ma’am, I— hey, has anyone seen Liebgott? Or Lieutenant McCarney?!” He immediately begins to crane his head around for any sign of the two, murmurings of the Company reverberating through the space. Mutters of Lieb, or Joe, McCarney, or Rita leave the lips of most people close enough to hear Talbert’s question. Daisy begins to move past, and she hears the shuffling of feet as who she assumes to be Talbert is following right behind her, looking through the enlisted men. Her hands begin to tremble, her throat tightening — silently praying they’ll turn up.

And maybe God’s listening, because a lanky figure pulls himself from a ditch on the side of the road, carrying Rita-McCarney-sized cargo in his arms. Daisy gasps, then scurries towards them. She immediately notices the blood soaking through Rita’s pant leg.

“Stupid fuckin’ kraut,” she mutters bitterly, then looks up at Liebgott. “I can— I can stand. You don’t need to carry me around.” Stubbornly, Liebgott shakes his head.

“You could barely get outta that ditch,” his gaze then falls on Daisy, and there’s a flash of guilt on his face. “Tried to stop the bleeding myself. Don’t think I did it right.” Daisy immediately squats, gesturing for Liebgott to set her on the ground. A few men and women have begun to look on as Daisy gently goes to roll up Rita’s pant leg. Her calf is a bloody mess, haphazardly wrapped. Daisy takes a glance up at Rita’s face as she begins to rummage through her bag for bandages. Rita’s looking around, her face flushed in embarrassment.

“Y’know my big brother did the same thing for me once,” Daisy starts out, as she wipes some of the blood away with a cloth in her bag to get a better look at the wound. “Remember when I told you I did ballet?” Rita shifts her gaze back to Daisy, and gives her little more than a stiff nod. “When I was ten I sprained my ankle real bad during a recital — God was I embarrassed. Had me on crutches with a cast for two whole months.”

She turns Rita’s calf to wipe down the exit wound — for better or worse, the bullet went clean through. Better because it means she doesn’t have to pull a bullet out of Rita’s leg. Worse because it implies that the shot had been deliberate, and not just some kind of ricochet. She glances up at Liebgott, whose eyes are trained on Rita, looming over the two women as though if someone gets too close, he’ll attack. She doesn’t put it past him.

“Anyways, my big brother James carried me into the house once we got back to the hospital — piggyback. I was still figuring out crutches and couldn’t get up the steps for nothing.” She takes one of her bandages, clean ones, wrapping it around her calf tightly. The flush on Rita’s face died down during her story, and for that, she’s grateful. Getting shot isn’t anything to be embarrassed of, but Rita is Rita, full of that sort of pride that’s just, as Ginny would put it, ‘quintessentially New York’. Daisy loops her arm under her friend, lifting the girl to her feet just as Ginny approaches, the concern on her face evident.

“Ri— Lieutenant McCarney, you had me worried there,” her eyes then fall to Rita’s injured calf. “...with good reason, I see. I guess Clarke helped you out then?” Rita nods, her smile bashful.

“Yes ma’am. Can’t keep me down for longer than a minute. Liebgott was the one to get me over here,” she gives a side glance to the man, who stands a few feet from them. “I’ll be fine I can— I can walk it off. Promise.” Ginny shakes her head, frown etching into her features.

“No need. Captain Winters says we’re all moving towards a caravan in Uden, heading up towards the Island. You can rest up at an Aid station and Clarke can take over your duties till you’re healed up.”

“But Gin—”

“I need you worried about yourself, Lieutenant,” she approaches, a hand going to lightly graze Rita’s cheek reassuringly. “Let yourself heal up and you’ll be back with us soon enough. Besides, I think Daisy can handle being the boss for a couple days, right?” Ginny looks at Daisy now. Whatever doubts are creeping into the edges of her mind, she doesn’t show them as she nods and smiles.

“I promise we’ll all be in one piece, if that means anything.” Rita snorts.

“More than you think.”

“Right, let's get you onto a truck now and off that leg now, okay?” Ginny immediately goes to Rita’s opposite side, and she throws an arm around her shoulders, the three women moving to assist their friend as quickly as possible.

The Island is a long, narrow area sandwiched between two rivers — the Lower Rhine, and the Waal. It’s a mishmash of villages, towns, vegetation and intersecting dikes and roadways. Easy Company covered the right side of the line, and Dog Company covered the left, a string of outposts connected through little more than radio and runners. Rita’s on bed rest at the Regimental Aid Station.

The rest of them are scattered to Battalion Aid stations across the lines, depending on the company they’re assigned to — some of them filling the gaps in the Company Aid Squads. Patty is still quiet, uncharacteristically so. When she saw Rita’s leg all bandaged up, her melancholic expression broke as she exhibited concern for their friend. Now, it seems that they’re back at square one. Usually when they’re on-duty together, she’ll gladly talk to Daisy about something or other; her parents back home, or something funny one of the women said.

Now she’s quiet. And maybe Daisy’s just paranoid, but it’s worrying. She sighs, quietly.

“How’re you holding up?” she asks, turning to look at the woman, who’s moving an ill-placed medical chest labeled MD #1 to the dressing table. She says nothing, straightening out one of the cots lined up on the wall. “…Patty?” Patty looks up, a deep frown etched into her features.

“We don’t— We don’t have to… do this, Dais.” She forces out, waving her hand dismissively. Daisy furrows her brows.

“Do what?”

“This. The whole…” she pauses, gesturing to the space between them. “Are you okay, no I’m not. I start crying and then you wipe my tears like you’re my mother or something. It’s… we don’t have to do that.” The way she speaks so flippantly makes Daisy’s stomach churn, as Patty examines things that had already been looked at, readjusts things that don’t need to be adjusted, pointedly avoiding looking at Daisy’s face.

“I’m not trying to be your mother, I’m trying to be a good friend,” Daisy sighs, crossing over. “Could you at least look at me when we—”

Patty turns her head to look at Daisy, and she sees it. The shiny wetness to her green eyes, the clench of her jaw. She looks down at Patty’s hands. They’re trembling bad. The woman goes to wipe her nose, then breaks eye contact.

“It’s— It’s stupid. I only knew him for a little while so… It’s not like it’s Rita and Liebgott or… or Ward and her pilot but…” a hand reaches up to pinch the bridge of her nose. She lets out a shaky breath. “Fuck, he had so many siblings. Little ones. And— and he was twenty and I know that this isn’t the first time someone’s died and it’s part of the job but it’s just…”

Patty blinks the tears away. Daisy fights the urge to just take the girl in her arms right then and there. Even when she doesn’t want to, Patty’s always worn her heart on her sleeve. Every emotion apparent on her face: joy, surprise, sadness, anger. Whenever she smiled, it always felt like the world was smiling with her. When she laughed, you wanted to laugh with her. And likewise, whenever she cried — Daisy could feel her own heart splintering into tiny little pieces.

She felt deeply — maybe even too deep at times.

“I get it,” is all Daisy says, putting a hand on her shoulder and squeezing it. “You don’t have to explain yourself. But do you maybe need to take a break? Maybe move up towards Regimental Aid or—”

“No, no. I don’t wanna do that, I think I’m just…” a heavy sigh escapes. “Tired. M’just tired, Dais. Really.”

Tired. It’s become such a loaded word. Physically tired, mentally tired, tired of Holland, and its marshes and gravel roads. Tired of playing clean-up crew. She’s tired of uneasy silence on the road, and tired of serving under British command especially. She’s tired of the sore achiness in her arm — maybe Daisy underestimated the severity of her burns, but it didn’t hinder her performance and Eugene checks on its healing progress whenever they have a moment to spare.

But most importantly, she’s tired of her thoughts wandering to him every time a man is shot down — sometimes even keeping her up, when she should be cherishing the times where she can actually sleep.

“Okay well… take it easy. It’s been quiet anyway. Sit down, relax.” Daisy reassures. Patty nods in surrender, finding an empty seat to slump into. In the meantime, she handles the other responsibilities that would’ve otherwise belonged to Rita — ensuring the Battalion surgeon had everything he needed, acquainting herself with the staff sergeant and other men from the medical corps stationed there with her.

It’s a calm night — albeit particularly slow. By the time that the nurses are meant to switch shifts, Daisy is admittedly dozing off herself. The women are staying in a barn adjacent to the men in 2nd Platoon. It’s another night of sleeping in haystacks, uneasily waiting for someone to burst through the doors demanding for a medic. No such cry comes.

But what does come, are letters, on an early October morning, as Daisy and Patty share a cup of too-bitter-coffee and cereal bars. She passes her cigarettes off to Luz as mail is distributed, much to his joy.

“Thank you sweetheart!” he drawls out, with a much more lighthearted salute. She laughs, and rolls her eyes, and while Patty doesn’t necessarily laugh at the theatrics, she cracks a smile, which is more than enough for her dark-haired counterpart.

Daisy gets two letters, able to automatically recognize her brother’s handwriting on one, and her mother’s handwriting on the other. Smiling to herself, she opens up James’ letter with no hesitation. It’s full of his usual antics — bravado and tales of his achievements mixed with his desires for home. There are more bits and pieces about Carolyn, that she makes a mental note to tell the girl about when they’ve reunited. She was down with Dog Company, alongside with the rest of Ward’s women. ‘I just sent Sparky a letter, the bastard. It would be my luck to get stuck with the mosquitoes and crabs while he gets to live it up with London girls.’ She tilts the letter for Patty to read, and she giggles herself.

Then, she opens her mother’s.

My dear Daisy,

Knowing that you and Ronnie are together again fills me with more joy than you could imagine. They’ve put him in the paper, you know. South Weymouth’s Hero is what they’re calling him. Talking all about D-Day and the like. It all sounds very exciting, but I hope he’s being safe — and that goes for you as well. I don’t know much about this Combat Nursing business but all I care about is my little girl coming home in one piece, and your father shares similar sentiments.

This Combat Nursing business sounds riveting and frightening. Needless to say the whole country was in an uproar when they passed it, protestors and supporters in the streets, outside the recruitment depot and the like. You know the talks, about “decency” and your purity and the like. Now if you ask me, God put certain women in this world to do the jobs he knew a man couldn’t do. That’s what I think of it, anyway. Your father hasn’t spoken much on the matter.

He’s getting tired of reading your accounts to me about things going on in your life, you know. You really ought to write to him. With how things left off I think it would do you both some much needed good. There’s no harm in trying, and sometimes we have to be the bigger person, dear. Remember that.

We’re so proud of you, and we love you so much.

Love, Mom

Her lips purse as she reads the second letter, folding it neatly and putting it in her pants pocket. She’d have to write back at a later time. Right now, the women are making their way towards her, waiting for orders. Daisy sighs, shaking out her shoulders and with it trying to stave off any lingering thoughts of her mother’s response.

The consequences of refusing to play the fool are abhorrently apparent, but her frustration doesn’t lead to shiny eyes or trembling breaths. It just made her angry.

Daisy wonders if it’s better to be angry or sad, if that makes her cruel. She isn’t quite sure anymore.

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