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noyoucantpinmedown · 9 months
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Headcanon/theory that not only Kaitlyn knew that Jacob had messed with the van on the spot, but she gave Emma The Dare™ in order to show him what an incredibly stupid decision that was.
Later on Emma can give the excuse that it was to push Abi and Nick together but from her dialogue at the fire pit, Kaitlyn doesn't think they'll actually get together.
It goes like this:
- Kaitlyn tells Jacob how to hypothetically make the van stop working, but pointedly tells him that it would be a major dick move if he did
- Jacob stands by the open trunk for a few minutes and then magically the van is no longer working. Kaitlyn says nothing.
- At the fire pit, Kaitlyn takes Abi's turn when she takes too long to decide, and chooses Emma. Emma chooses dare.
- Kaitlyn has her pick between Jacob, who thinks he can still win over Emma, and Nick.
And it has to be Nick. Ryan's already kissed someone (and Kaitlyn won't volunteer her crush), Dylan is heavily implied to be gay so he's out of the question, and if she were to suggest herself or Abi it's more likely that Jacob would see it as "girls kissing hot, ooga wooga".
Jacob and Nick are the two most traditionally masculine guys in the group and seems to have some sort of rivalry going on fueled by both of their insecurities. Nick falls in line when Jake's around. Jacob acts somewhat condescending when talking to Nick about him and Abi.
Nick is known for going along with dumb shit for the sake of being part of the group. Nick might even like the chance to get back at Jacob, in a way, for implying he's not man enough to get girls (earlier shooting competition). And nothing would hurt Jake more than seeing that his ex fling would rather kiss his shier, nerdier friend than him. And that his friend is almost too willing to comply.
- Of course Abi gets caught in the cross fire. Maybe Kaitlyn didn't think about her (and neither did Nick, or Emma, that's for sure). Maybe she thought that she and Nick might finally get it together if Nick has to apologize for something and that leads to deeper conversation about their feelings. But she doesn't see much hope. And either way, Abi and Nick are not the objective here.
The objective is to show Jake that nothing in the world can make Emma get back with him after she's made her decision, and that him going to such great lengths for it to happen is inappropriate to say the least. That tampering with a van and derailing the return home for the entire group is incredibly inconsiderate and will not get him what he wants.
So later on, before she goes with Dylan to the scrapyard, Kaitlyn doesn't act surprised that the van is not fixable. She doesn't react or even tell Dylan that a piece is missing. The person who broke it has already paid for what he did.
Jacob fucked around and Kaitlyn made sure he found out.
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playedbetter · 3 months
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🗫 [[ Nick Necro
Meme / Accepting!
"Fuck with the month I've had I could tell you so many things that sound like a lie but aren't. Let's see: 1. I spent half my life in hell. 2. I'm actively teaching three youths magic and none of them are my kid. 3. I've been disowned at least once by every family member I have."
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quiisquiliae · 21 hours
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Soft spot headcanon
Favorite possession headcanon
(For however many you want to answer them for)
Headcanon meme
17. Soft spot headcanon:
Nick really has a soft spot for kids. He was a father before he passed away, and that paternal instinct never really went away. He's very gentle and soft with kids, despite generally coming off as a little grumpy to everyone else. He would work in the pediatric unit, and I'm pretty sure he tried at one point, but it was too hard for him constantly seeing children that were hurt and he burned out pretty quick.
18. Favorite possession headcanon:
Ed's pocket watch. I'm not sure if I'd call it his favorite, but it's definitely the thing he'd be most pissed if he lost I think. It's a symbol of a big turning point in his life, and a reminder of where he's come from and how far he still has to go as well as a memento of his own resolve.
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indigovigilance · 7 months
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Why Crowley Rescues Aziraphale
Okay, yes: it's flirtatious, it's cute, it's Anthony J. "Acts of Service" Crowley showing love in the only way he knows how because God forbid he use his words.
But what if there's more to it than that? What if there is a much darker explanation that portends major events in S3?
Allow me to convince you below the cut:
Evidence of Repetition Compulsion
But before we talk about the rescue motif, let's examine a more transparent aspect of Crowley's behavior that will provide a scaffold for the discussion of his Princess Peach obsession.
The Plants
Sure, Crowley is a hobby horticulturalist, but he doesn't do it because he loves plants. He does it because the plants are a representation of himself, and how he treats the plants tells us how he feels about himself. Importantly, how he treats the plants changes over time.
Season 1
He puts the fear of Crowley into them, destroying any specimen with a blemish and making an example out of it to threaten those that remain.
You know, just like God did to him.
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This scene is jam-packed with symbolism, and we can simmer on whether his punishment of the plants is simply externalized self-flagellation, or reflects internalized standards of perfectionism, or if he feels so powerless that he creates a new relationship in which he is the one that has the power... We could simmer, but that's not the point of this meta, so let's keep going.
Season 2
In 2023, Crowley is no longer a domineering monarch, ruling over his houseplants with an iron fist; of all the memorabilia he has in his flat (the statue from the church, the original Mona Lisa), the only things he brings with him are his plants.
And for someone living in his car, he's taking pretty good care of them:
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Someone else even noted that one of the plants appears to have spots, and clearly he hasn't thrown it in the garbage disposal for its transgressions. I wasn't able to see it myself, but I headcanon it because it fits with the observation that:
Crowley's attitude towards himself is changing.
He is evolving from internalized guilt and sense of inferiority to believing that he deserves care, even if he is a little blemished. It is this shift that brings it within the realm of possibility that he can admit his feelings to Aziraphale.
In both seasons, the unifying theme is that Crowley is reliving his trauma over and over, and then reliving his healing over and over. This cyclical behavior is, to my knowledge, incredibly characteristic of PTSD and CPTSD. In a phenomenon clinically referred to as Repetition Compulsion, the subject recreates and relives events of a traumatic past over and over in their present life, seeking resolution for something that has already happened, where the opportunity for true, satisfying closure is forever lost to the past. A huge part of therapeutic treatment is breaking these maladaptive cycles [citations]. But to our knowledge, Crowley doesn't have a therapist.
If this is how Crowley's CPTSD manifests in his relationship with inanimate objects semi-sentient dependents, how might it manifest in his relationship with his angel?
The Rescue Motif
The cycle of Aziraphale's self-endangerment and Crowley's nick-of-time rescues might look like just a cute part of their flirtationship, a necessary cover for their continued association, but I argue that it something much darker.
Crowley rescues Aziraphale over and over throughout history to try to absolve himself for the one time he couldn't.
But clearly, Aziraphale doesn't know that.
It only took one rescue for Aziraphale to realize that this kind of behavior brings them closer together - and he desperately wants to get close to Crowley. Please forgive the crudeness of the metaphor, but: when you need to drive a screw into a board and all you have is a hammer, you're gonna smack that thing on the head over and over with the only tool you've got. The problem is, this is really bad for the screw.
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Aziraphale, by leveraging the damsel-in-distress motif, over and over again, is inadvertently triggering a trauma response from Crowley because he likes what he gets out of it, which is spending time with the demon he loves and growing intimacy. If he knew that this is what he was doing, it would be sick and twisted and go against everything he believes about himself as an angel, let alone being mortified that he was hurting Crowley.
So the only possible conclusion (given we take the above conjectures as fact (see @queerfables, I listen to you <3)) is that:
Aziraphale Doesn't Know About His Own Jimmification
What is it that Crowley could have failed to rescue Aziraphale from that Aziraphale himself is unaware of? Well, at the least, it would have to involve a mind-wipe.
We know, canonically, that the Metatron can and will mind-wipe angels without actually casting them out of Heaven. Just because Aziraphale is an angel does not mean we can assume that this ability was never leveraged against him.
If Crowley knew that they were going to do this to his friend, he would have tried to stop it. The repeating damsel-rescue motif (in context of the existing, plant-based evidence of Repetition Compulsion) is a strong indicator that his mission to protect Aziraphale from the memory-wipe failed, and he is living in an endless loop of rescue behavior to try to resolve his guilt about that.
So why wouldn't Crowley tell Aziraphale that his mind was erased?
To properly address that I will need time to write a part 2. But others are welcome to use this as a jumping-off point, please just cite the inspo; it's a little thing that brings me joy ^_^
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In the meantime, if you enjoyed this, you may also like:
Why Crowley is Blind to his Yellow Eyes
A Nightingale Sang in 1941
Baraqiel and Azazel
The Erasure of Human!Metatron
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gunsandspaceships · 12 days
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FAQ
I see this post is needed.
What is the purpose of this blog?
Analysis of the MCU and its characters, with a main focus on Tony Stark. Why? Because he is the most misunderstood character in the MCU. Sometimes I write/reblog about Comics versions too. This is not a "pure fun" blog, it's a meta blog about a fictional universe. I use sources, facts, educated guesses, all that scientific stuff.
Are fandoms just for "pure fun"?
No, they are for people. People like different things, not just "fun" ones.
"Fun" varies from person to person. My fun is science.
Are Comics Universes and characters the same as the MCU and its characters?
No, they are not. See this post and this one. Examples from different comics universes: 1610 Tony had a "tumor" in his brain, which was actually an Infinity Stone. 616 Tony never had tumors or Infinity Stones in his brain. 9810 and TRN591 Tonys are Sorcerers Supreme, while 616 or MCU Tonys are not. 1610 Nick Fury is African American. 616 Fury is white. I can go on forever.
Does Comics Canon apply to the MCU?
No (see previous question), unless the traits shown in the MCU are the same as in the Comics. Example, Tony Stark has 3-7 PhDs in 616 Universe, but in the MCU he has 2 (see this post). Another example: Steve Rogers had a smoking habit in the comics, but in the MCU he doesn't smoke.
MCU canon is canon only for the MCU. 616 canon is canon only for 616 Universe. 1610 canon only canon for 1610 Universe. The canon of your favorite fanfic is the canon of that fanfic, etc.
Am I anti-Steve?
No, I am not. Do I criticize him? Yes, when there is something to criticize for. The same applies to any other character: Rhodey, Pepper, Wanda, etc. It is science. Deal with it.
Do I hate anyone?
No, I don't feel hate. Can get angry and annoyed though. In this case - sorry if I bite you.
Do I ship Tony with anyone?
I ship Tony with Happiness. If he is happy with Pepper - great. If he is happy with Steve - I ship it. If he is happy with Stephen - I ship it too, and so on. But if they hurt him - I don't like it. Do you expect me to like it? What would be weird. The ideal option is when everyone is happy, loves and cares about each other.
How to react if I wrote a comment on your post/reblog of my post?
If you're open to discussion, great, that's what comments are for. If you are overly sensitive, can't stand other people's opinions, or deliberately ignore the facts, then it is your right to ignore my comments. And it is my right to write them. Remember that. It is called "communication", and that's what Tumblr and other social networks are for. If you cannot communicate with other people - talk to yourself.
Will I come to your post to write a comment about how wrong you are?
Am I so terrifying? If I see something is wrong, like 2+2 is stated as 5, and not 4, I will probably tell you about it. But I don't do it for headcanons. Headcanon is your HEADcanon. You can have any headcanon you want. It is your right 100%. But if your statement about CANON is incorrect and I can prove it - I can come to you. Remember, it is my right to do so.
Examples:
You have a headcanon that MCU Tony is of Italian descent. I will not correct you because the MCU never mentions what his origin is.
You stated that MCU Tony has a drinking problem. I will come to correct you, because this is not true and I proved it here.
If you said 616 Tony has a drinking problem, I will not correct you because it's true.
You said that in fanfic N a kitten was saved by Clint, but it was actually Natasha. If I read that fanfic, I will come to correct you.
I think it's fair.
Do you have any questions?
Ask anything - my doors are always open. And I don't block people if I don't like what they say.
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gatorbites-imagines · 2 years
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Hi✨. How are you?. Hope You re feeling great today, love u so much 🙂💐. It's me again jeje. Just LOVE your writing SO MUCH.
Am thinking of a one shot, male reader x Bucky Barnes or Steve Rogers, R is a shape shifter, but something happends fighting with Hydra, they experiment on him a few days and when the Avengers rescue him, change of shape because of a strong sound because he is scare.
He ends up changing to a puppy, being scare of everything and everyone talking to him and trying to touch him.
So Bucky or Steve take care of him for a few days until he changes again to a human.
Love u 💞
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Bucky Barnes x Steve Rogers x Shapeshifter male reader
Headcanons
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What about both? ;)
Im doing great, thanks for asking. Hope you’re doing well too.
I tried to shake the shapeshifting abilities origin up a little, hope that’s alright ^^
Sorry for the super long intro, I just got way too carried away with this haha
-          You were one of the last members to join the avengers, it was first after the attack on New York by the chitauri that you responded to the request SHIELD had sent you.
-          You weren’t fully human, the child of a Skrull and a human. Normally Skrull could only shapeshift into other humanoid like creatures, but because of your mixed blood you could transform into animals and alike. Your normal form also looked mostly human, except for slightly sharper ears, slimmer pupils, and sharper canines along with the teeth around them being sharper. You hid these features using your powers.
  -          You were raised on earth by your parents, your Skrull parent taking the form of a human. You had known Nick Fury your entire life because of his connection to the Skrull, and him wanting to keep in contact incase you or your family ever were put in danger.
-          As time passed you mastered your abilities, you realized that a normal life just wasn’t for you. So, you started to do missions for Nick and taking a vigilante like position before that was a common thing to do. You worked in the shadows most of the time, and after getting hurt a few too many times Nick demanded you be trained, which is how you met Natasha and Clint.
-          The three of you would fight together at times, and they were both shocked when you used your abilities around them for the first time as they assumed you were a normal human like them. You didn’t tell them you were part alien, so they just assumed you were a meta.
  -          You ended up joining the avengers, and in the beginning the others were cautious about you, all except for Natasha, Clint and interestingly enough, Thor. You had an inkling that he somehow knew of you being part Skrull, as he referred to you as his fellow brother from space.
-          But as time passed and you all went on missions together and lived together you became closer. Through this you got to know Steve more, and as time went on the feelings of friendship became something more.
-          You didn’t confess to him because you couldn’t imagine him wanting to be with someone like you, and you didn’t want to ruin your friendship.
-          Though you would turn into a large dog at times so Steve would cuddle you. Natasha and Clint could see right through you and the archer would tease you about it. This resulted in you transforming into a tiger and chasing him around the tower.
  -          When Bucky came along, he came to the tower instead of hiding away, which made it, so the civil war didn’t happen at all.
-          Bucky was very uncomfortable around people and twitchy as he still had the trigger words inside his head. He was only comfortable with Steve.
-          After a mission, Bucky was extremely tense and looked like he was gonna have a panic attack, so you transformed into a cat and curled up beside him. He ended up petting you with his nonmetal hand and it helped him calm down.
-          This became a ritual that after missions and alike, you would go to Steve and Bucky’s shared floor and cuddle with Bucky and sometimes Steve in the form of an animal.
-          When the trigger words were removed, the three of you kept this up even though you didn’t need too.
-          Before you knew it you fell in love with Bucky as well, which made you turn into a snake and curl up in the bottom of your closet. You wouldn’t confess because Bucky was way out of your league you told yourself.
-          Little did you know the two super soldiers felt the same way about you, and when they realized they both liked you they decided to confess to you together, and you could decide if you only liked one of them, both, or neither of the and they would respect that.
  -          The day they were planning on confessing you were kidnapped by Hydra. They too thought you were a meta and wanted to harvest your DNA or turn you into a weapon they could use.
-          This resulted in you being tortured and experimented on for days or weeks as the avengers and SHIELD try to find you with everything they can.
-          When they finally find you, its Steve and Bucky that find you first. You’re strapped to a table in nothing but pants with all kinds of new scars and cuts and bruises.
-          When they come close you whimper like a scared animal but don’t transform as you can’t when your strapped down. They move slowly and quietly reassure you that your safe.
-          When you’re free they sit you up and are about you patch up your worst cuts and bruises when gunshots are heard. You yelp and transform, not even focusing on what form your taking.
-          You end up transforming into a puppy and curl up in a ball with your face under your paws, shaking all over.
  -          The super soldiers bring you back to the helicarrier and you are treated to the best of their ability, as you make loud painful and scared noises when anyone but them try touching you.
-          They try to ask you to transform back, but you just whimper and cover your face with your paws, hiding away into Steve’s chest whose holding you.
-          When they get back to the tower the avengers try and figure out what to do. That’s when Fury arrives and tells them to give you time because its normal for your species to take the form, they’re most comfortable with.
-          That’s when it comes out you’re part alien, but at this point all the avengers don’t care much and don’t see you any differently. It’s agreed that Bucky and Steve will take care of you as you’re only calm with them
  -          And so, the two super soldiers take care of you. It results in a lot of cuddling and kisses on your furry forehead.
-          You take a lot of naps on their chests or laps, just sleeping off the pain medication and stress. They made sure to take care of your cuts and bruises and change the bandages.
-          They also get you your favorite snacks as you can still eat human food in other forms.
-          At some point they have to wash you, so they do it by putting warm water in the sink and carefully cleaning your fur and paws, making sure to not get soap or water in your face or ears.
-          You end up spending nights in bed with them, and if it was any other time you’d be blushing and freaking out by seeing them both shirtless and being in bed with them, but you’re still exhausted and sleep on the pillows between them.
  -          One morning you wake up feeling way too hot and like your being squished between something. That’s when you wake up more and see Bucky’s face Infront of you and feel an arm around waist from behind.
-          That’s when you realize you have transformed back into a human. You try to wiggle out of Steve’s hold, feeling very embarrassed and like you have ruined your relationship.
-          Steve and Bucky wake up, and Steve pulls you in close again, until your snug in his hold and he kisses the neck of your neck softly. You blush and swear you’re dreaming, especially when Bucky leans in to kiss you on the nose.
-          You start stuttering, the control you had to make yourself appear human all the time slipping away, revealing your ears, pupils, and teeth. Bucky just chuckles softly and kisses you on the lips carefully before telling you to go back to sleep and when your all fully rested, you’ll talk.
-          You’re still blushing when Bucky scoots in closer to you and wraps his arm around you as well, but as both soldiers fall asleep, even if you don’t mean too, you fall asleep too, still half convinced it’s a dream.
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primordyalsoul · 27 days
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ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘɪᴄᴋ ᴜᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴍᴜꜱᴇ(ꜱ) ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ?
the moment i started watching/reading eva rei was the character that intrigued me the most. she had such a magnetic, melancholy presence that always touched me, and the initial journey of discovering her origins made me SO sad i had to explore it.
ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ?
hmm not much I don't think? the only thing I can think of is something I don't even write and that's the CSA implications in rei's story. It's not something I think would come up much in threads anyway, but I avoid it because bc I wouldn't feel comfortable dealing with it.
ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ?
oh man, basically everything i do here ! particularly the different relationships Rei gets to develop...i get legit emotional thinking about her slowly realising she matters as a Person and not as an object or an end to a means. I also love writing the dichotomy between her wisdom and her inexperience, because she's very wise and perceptive but at the same time is a child who's very limited in life.
i also LOVE writing hcs and metas!! there's so much to explore i never get sick of it. I haven't posted any of them yet bc i still have to make my thoughts coherent, but i especially love writing about rei's ""childhood"", as in her time as Rei 1. I also wanna write about the difference between Rei 2 and Rei 3 and explore how I can portray that in how I write them.
ʜᴏᴡ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴄᴀɴᴏɴꜱ?
they're not headcanons, rei's my character everything i say about her is law.
ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ɪɴ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏʀ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ?
i gotta have something, usually music, something from rei's playlist.
ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘʟᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴇᴘʟɪᴇꜱ ᴏʀ ᴡɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ?
hmm both, really. when I read a reply from a mutual I find it very easy to pick out lines that stand out to me, which I then try to either incorporate in my response or build on how Rei reacts to it (which is always fun bc she's a very introspective character)
When writing I blurt out whatever comes to mind then spend a while re-wording + rearranging...a lot of the times i get stuck on a particular thing bc i want it to sound a certain way.
But when I can't start working on a reply right away I'll bullet point my ideas or any lines I wanna use then draft it so I don't forget.
ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ꜱʜɪᴘᴘɪɴɢ?
I do ! I think at heart I'm very lovey dovey so I do enjoy shipping a lot. Writing and drawing a ship I have with someone makes me very happy, and it's always so fun developing the relationship and seeing how it blossoms. Despite this, I don't have many romantic ships across any of my blogs, but I don't really mind or care because I have so many lovely platonic + familial dynamics that I find just as if not more investing.
For Rei, in general she's not the most shippable. She struggles enough with making friends as is, and has so many emotional and mental struggles that make it difficult for her to connect with others. BUT she's also a sweetheart and always gives her everything into her relationships, so it's fun and very cute when she gets crushes <3
ᴡʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀʟɪᴀꜱ/ɴᴀᴍᴇ?
Sumin or Su <3
ᴀɢᴇ?
twenty-one
ʙɪʀᴛʜᴅᴀʏ?
january 17th
ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀ(ꜱ)?
yellow, orange, red and pink and blue and-
ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ꜱᴏɴɢ(ꜱ)?
always changing ! But as of late I've had these on repeat ; e.dge of seventeen by s.tevie nicks, n.othing matters by the l.ast dinner party, blast doors by e.verything e.verything, e.njoy the silence by d.epeche mode and ALL of the so much for s.tardust album by F.all Out Boy,
ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜᴇᴅ?
D.une p2
ʟᴀꜱᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜᴇᴅ?
exactly one ep of Dun.geon M.eshi. I stopped bc I KNOW I'll get sucked into but I cannot be distracted rn!! I got a degree to finish!!
ʟᴀꜱᴛ ꜱᴏɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ?
Everyone Adores You (At Least I Do) by M.att M.altese
ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ꜰᴏᴏᴅ?
ogugh so many....chicken curry, pine tart, turon, mochi, etc etc etc
ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ?
I love autumn! But I'm also very fond of early spring
ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴛᴜᴍʙʟʀ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ?
many :) i'm very thankful for the people i've met here
i yoinked this from @cloistress bc it looked fun! I'll tag: @gravltas , @dnangelic , @foolshoujo , @dimitresca , @enshijou , @kudakenai , @allevils @nagarese , @043094 aaand anyone who wants to! steal from me <3
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whinlatter · 1 year
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authors note | fic: beasts | chapters one and two (AO3)
i'm going to be sharing little author's notes with each chapter of my new fic beasts, with short reflections on writing, headcanons, acknowledgements and recs for fics/metas and other media that i love and that helped me think through or shape the chapter in some way (writers are debtors!) very aware these author's notes are extremely indulgent (oops), but i find them helpful to think about projects’ shape and influences and moving parts, and also cannot get enough of reading other people's reflections on their writing, so hope you'll humour me with these (or just keep scrolling if not!)
in this author's note, i talk a bit about the scope of the project as a whole, the kind of story (and love story) this is, as well as talk a little about bringing these first two chapters (I: fledgling and II: gamebird) into being. there’s also a little sneak peek of chapter 3 featuring a certain DADA teacher 👀🌙✨
spoilers for chapters one and two below the cut!
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notes on beasts:
these are chapters one and two of a multichapter post-war story called beasts, which follows ginny’s seventh and final year back at hogwarts after the second wizarding war.
beasts is a coming-of-age story. it's a fic that has ginny looking back on her childhood and adolescence, coming to terms with the war and her place in it, thinking about the prospect of a rebuilt post-war wizarding world. it is also - of course - a love story.
most of all, though, beasts is about a young person’s relationship with the magical world. who is a beast, who is a being: these are questions that define degrees of inclusion in the life of the wizarding world. this is a story about the littlest weasley - child of magic, animal-lover - growing up among wild things, the savages and the monsters, and learning to find her place among them. it's about grieving and growing up in a world that distinguishes beings from beasts. it asks what it means to see those distinctions (and to doubt them).
this fic will contain multiple timelines: the present (ginny back at hogwarts in 1998-99), as well as memories and flashbacks to her childhood and school years (1981-1998, philosopher's stone thru deathly hallows). this is canon-compliant work, with some amount of speculation in imagining the characters in the immediate postwar moment. harry and ron are about to start training to be aurors in london: ginny and hermione have gone back to hogwarts for their seventh year.
the project as a whole is going to be full of wild things and war, but also softness and conversation and care, flashbacks and memories (and, soon, lots and lots of letters). we're going slow & steady, but i'm very excited to be sharing it at last, and really hope you enjoy it.
TW: depictions of torture and violence against minors | canon character death | discussion of PTSD | mention of sexual harassment
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notes on chapters one and two:
acknowledgements: a lil conversation with @btelling helped me better figure out why i want to use non-linear devices to tell this story, and her tips on non-linear storytelling and flagging were a big help, so huge cheers to her for that.
on chapter titles: fledgling, n. a young bird that has just fledged; fledged (of a young bird): having wing feathers that are large enough for flight; able to fly. gamebird, n. a bird shot for sport or food.
on the boating ceremony: chapter one opens at the close, with ginny and hermione's graduation ceremony. i know the boating ceremony, where the graduates sail back across the lake, is not technically canon, but rather comes from an old jkr post-series interview about hogwarts graduation ceremony practices. jkr seemed to think it was poetic. i reckon ginny weasley would think it was absolute bullshit. so, you know, had to nick it
on hannah and luna: hannah abbott, in this story, is now in ginny’s year, as she had to repeat a year after her mother’s death (she’d missed too much of her sixth year). luna is also very much a part of this story, but absent at the graduation ceremony for reasons that will be revealed in later chapters (if you saw a mention of her in an earlier draft of chapter 1... keep that to yourself)
on hermione: hermione is head girl for ~ reasons ~ that will be discussed in a later chapter. any guesses for head boy?
on fantastic beasts: i've used two excerpts from fantastic beasts here - the intro on magizoology, and the entry on the basilisk. the full book can be found online here.
on harry and ginny: this is a love story. but, as (i hope!) you can see from these chapters, this is also a story about ginny herself. what i wanted was to start this fic less with the question of 'how do harry and ginny get back together' than 'how do any of these characters put themselves back together'. it's a question that inevitably asks questions about relationships, but it also allows them be part of a bigger, broader thing, about finding a durable, stable happiness. so we start here, with harry and ginny, together, a summer behind them, but together in a tentative, fragile, new sort-of way. harry and ginny will have lots to figure out over the course of this story. ron and hermione are also together and will, of course, have their own place in all of this. this is canon/epilogue compliant, so we're working with all canon (and canonish hehe) relationships here babyyy
on ginny's first trip to hagrid's hut: i put a little excerpt of the canon scene from chamber of secrets at the top of chapter 2, where hagrid mentions ginny has been poking around hagrid’s hut. i know there's some dispute about whether ginny was already possessed by tom at this point, so trying to get at the roosters, or whether she was genuinely wandering around the grounds, maybe hoping to bump into harry. i tried to go for a half-way point here – i think she's discussed the chicken sheds with tom, but she’s not yet started attacking the roosters. so, for that scene at least, she is very much in control of her own faculties during her first proper conversation with hagrid.
on the troll: there are tiny references to my other fic orchards in chapter 2 (ron’s letter and the drawing of the troll) – if you want to read this piece, an earlier hbp harry/ginny summer fic, you can find it on ao3 here!
on gideon’s prewett’s watch: the mirror to harry’s coming-of-age present from the weasleys, this was ginny’s seventeenth birthday present. we’ll be seeing this watch again…
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reading list for chapters one and two:
on ginny's childhood and adolescence:
stumble on a secret power by pinkdementors (AO3) All stories have a beginning. This is one of them: the diary, the girl, the quill dipped in ink. Don’t trust a magical object if you can’t see where it keeps its brain, Arthur would admonish months later, but Ginny had grown up in a house crammed with unknown magic, had no memory of a life separate from talking mirrors and singing teapots and the tinny complaints of Great-Uncle Alfie’s chess set. She was just turned eleven years old, and she wanted a friend. Was this to be her crime?
lost by dirgewithoutmusic (AO3) Or were they something else entirely, this trio who was not golden? They were the unchosen three: the discarded Horcrux and the last Weasley; the brave, broken backup Boy Who Lived; the loony girl who lost her shoes and had more friends in thestrals than in her common room.
on ginny, tom and the diary:
the train station by dirgewithoutmusic (AO3) At eleven years old, Ginny Weasley almost died on the cold Chamber floor.
ginny weasley and the chamber of secrets by @its-nanse (AO3) Chamber of Secrets from Ginny's perspective, as a graphic novel.
slipped (and said something like your name) by @pebblysand (AO3) Through all of it, Harry stands at the back of the room. He stares straight ahead, quiet, hands shoved deep inside the pockets of the Gryffindor jumper that someone’s lent him. Very few of his things are truly his, these days. The morning after they got back, Ginny watched him from her bedroom window, up at four o’clock in the morning. He walked out of the house like he didn’t want to be in it and burnt all the clothes that Hermione had packed months ago in her tiny, beaded bag. ‘It all smells like damp,’ he said. Like blood, like fear and like the war. this meta by @stuckwith-harry on gender, tropes of victorian horror, and harry and ginny's contrasting relationship with riddle (tumblr) this re-read meta for chamber of secrets by @ashesandhackles (tumblr)
on charlie weasley:
Career Advice by edenfalling (AO3) Bill Weasley didn't pay much attention to goblins until his fifth year at Hogwarts.
unreachable by malapropism (AO3) "Eventually, Charlie found the words for what he’d always known, and learned that there were others with stories like his. It was easier, in a sense, once he had a word to explain something that seemed inexplicable to so many... But he’d never really gone searching for language, or for community, and he always just thought of himself as simply not interested. Not interested in relationships, or sex, or the kind of love that people fall into."
on time gaps & non-linear storytelling:
Maps to the Stars’ Homes by lizbee (AO3) Following the war, Harry buys a plane ticket and leaves, but the memories keep following him.
for the hope of it all by @missgryffin (AO3) James Potter’s given up on ever having a chance with Lily Evans. Lily Evans is trying not to be in love with James Potter, whom she’s fallen for too late. And Sirius Black’s not scheming at all when he enlists his friends’ help to spend a week fixing up a remote beach cottage that he bought with his inheritance money—and fails to mention the shortage of beds.
actually have been revisiting lots of films for this project to try and think about how to play with timelines (my taste is reallll basic ok), including:
little women (2019), dir. greta gerwig | moonlight (2016), dir. barry jenkins | dunkirk (2018), dir. christopher nolan | la vie en rose (2007), dir. olivier darhan | the social network (2010), dir. david fincher | 500 days of summer (2009), dir. marc webb | the irishman (2019), dir. martin scorcese
songs from the playlist particularly for this chapter:
smoke signals (reprise) – phoebe bridgers | an arc of doves (remastered 2004) – brian eno, harold budd | wallowa lake monster – sufjan stevens | a window to the past – john williams
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...and a sneak peek of chapter 3 👀🐺🛖
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She’s getting cold feet with every step she and Lupin take towards the gamekeeper's hut. ‘He won’t bite, you know.’ ‘No, I know, but –’ ‘And, as I recall, what Hagrid’s baking lacks in quality, it more than makes up for in quantity.’ ‘No, you don’t understand –’ ‘What don’t I understand?’ ‘I’m the one,’ she whispers, a little frantic, ‘who got him sent to Azkaban!’ Lupin halts on the path. He turns to look at her sharply. ‘I’m afraid I don’t agree with you there,' he says. 'It seems to me the only person who got Hagrid sent to Azkaban is Lord Voldemort.’ Lupin frowns. ‘And perhaps Cornelius Fudge, who has an unfortunate tendency to cast aside anyone he deems lesser than him in the service of his own ambition.’ He’s a madman, she thinks. Professor Lupin looks like a gust of wind might finish him off — and yet here he is, slagging off the Minister for Magic, and throwing Tom’s darkest name around on a Tuesday morning, like it’s nothing.
🦉 thoughts & questions? ask me anything!
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mellohirust · 20 days
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Ask game! 12, 17, 18, 23!
HELLOOOO :)
12. Has your interaction with the Good Omens fandom been overall good or bad?
Overall good I'd say! Every fandom's got its bad apples especially the bigger it is, but this place is relatively chill from the parts I've been in. That being said I mainly just interact with fanworks and meta every here and there ^^
17. What is your favorite husband-y moment between Aziracrow?
VERY HARD TO CHOOSE JUST ONE but probably the moment in Season Two where Aziraphale is inviting the shopkeepers to the meeting and Crowley is just GLUED to him aka "CAN I WATCH". The fact he teases him the entire time for the book and the French. Crowley messing around in people's shops the entire time. Aziraphale knowing good and damn well somewhere in his brain what he's doing this all for. The Whicker Street group chat has gotta be CRAZY about whatever these two got going on I'm telling you. S2 in general just has that married people vibe it's insane to me. (Honorable mention though to "Oh lord heal this bike" in s1)
18. What is your favorite moment through history, and why?
REALLY TOUGH QUESTION but probably Land of Uz. It's got it all. Moral dilemmas. Animal transformations. "You can stop grinning" "I'm not grinning :]" "DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE ON THE SAME SIDE... temporarily not on different sides". Ox ribs. Their goofy ass plans in the nick of time. Bildad the Shuhite. (Also the loneliness conversation really did alter my brain chemistry). Genuinely such a good minisode that I feel really captures the essence of the show and was just generally fun to watch while still feeling really earnest, but S2 really outdid itself with its minisodes in general.
23. What's a Good Omens headcanon that you consider canon?
ANOTHER ONE OF THESE I HAVE UMMM when Crowley yawns it's in that weird ass way that snakes do and it freaks most people out. He's a bit strange <3
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kutputli · 1 year
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My Ted Lasso posts
Because none of my posts are showing up in the tags, I am going nuts trying to find the stuff I've written. So just until this season gets over, I'm going to try to update this list of my Ted Lasso posts - episode reactions and meta - so that I can find it.
Nathan Shelley's Final Moments
On Fandom recognising sexual abuse but not racial abuse
On white fans being happy about Nathan's ending
On Ted Lasso being voted as best dad
On the disability model of morality
Ted Lasso 3x11 Episode Reaction
Comparing the reception of Jade to Shandy and Simi
Forgiveness means abject humility
Moe is undemocratic, the show is racist
Poor Jamie Tartt
The racialised reactions to Nathan's arc
I predicted Lloyd and Ms Kake
Is Roy Kent Biracial or is the show following Eyebrowcasting?
Ted Lasso 3x10 Episode Reaction
Nicole Shelley Headcanons
On Isaac McAdoo and Colin's Gay Arc
Bumbercatch, Wealth and the show's failure at Class
The Nepotism of Keeley Hazell Being a Writer
Tag your Anti PoC posts
On Ted's Confidence and Selective Suppression of Feelings
The 3D Chess of Predicting how villianous all the non-white character are
PSA: CBT at the Workplace is Sexual Harassment
The Kind White Moderate Racism of Ted Lasso
Maria Shelley's origins and Lloyd Shelley's cartography (or lack thereof)
The Saviour and the Warrior - on Ted Lasso and Roy Kent
On the tone policing bias in tumblr engagement with Nathan posts
Ted Lasso S03E04 'Big Week' - Episode Reaction post
Shandy Fine and the treachery of White Acceptance
On fandom forgiving Nathan by villianising his father
Keeley Jones PR spin-off?
Let Nick Mohammed sing!
How racism informs white queer female critical takes on the show
On the absence of spectator racism within the show
On Dani Rojas (in relation to Jamie, Zava and Ekalavya)
Ted Lasso S03E03 - Episode Reaction post
Ted Lasso S03E02 - Episode Reaction post
On Trent Crimm owing an apology to Nathan
On Nathan being called a junkyard dog
On 'wonderkid' and 'nate the great'
Ted Lasso S03E01 - Episode Reaction post
Lloyd Shelley as an immigrant parent
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playedbetter · 11 days
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Send 🚩 to hear one of my muse's red flags / Alternatively, send ✳️ to hear one of their green flags / for nick!
Meme / Accepting!
Red: He can be intensely unstable and go into fits of rage or depression where it can be incredibly difficult to reason with him, and up until a certain point in his development he has no real coping strategy for this other than destruction of both himself and others.
Green: He is incredibly attentive, keeping note of everything he can about the people he cares about. He remembers birthdays, obscure trivia, and preferences very easily and makes a point of using that to the benefit of the people he cares about.
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eleccy · 5 months
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video game headcanons
apollo: streams games like fnaf on the regular, streams meme games, is absolutely nerdy about them, camera on most of the time. klavier sometimes appears as a cameo causing the entire chat to spam the klavier emote. viewership goes way up whenever klavier appears even if its only for a second, to apollo's endless annoyance
klavier: pretends not to know about video games. secretly knows more retro game lore than apollo does because he spent his childhood playing games like legend of zelda, final fantasy, xenogears etc
phoenix: according to suekane he plays dragon's quest and final fantasy, presumably on the nes. knows nothing of modern consoles but plays the nes classics when he has time (played them a lot while disbarred). favorite game is probably super mario bros on the nes.
edgeworth: absolutely hopeless case with one notable exception. he has obtained original consoles with all the hardware and software needed to play every steel samurai licensed game ever made to make sure he doesn't miss anything canon.
kristoph: doesn't understand video games very well. apollo tried to explain it to him once. he didn't really get it but just smiled and nodded along anyway so apollo would think he understood what the hell a "pikmin" is. (if you wanna get meta, he is somehow able to give the ds tutorial flawlessly. this is because he knows he's in a video game, so he knows what the buttons do and what the touch screen is at least.)
trucy: loves pokemon and animal crossing and katamari and the sims
athena: loves to play those driving simulators in arcades
simon: could not play video games while in prison but greatly enjoyed playing both older and modern games of all kinds before prison. he had a huge backlog to catch up on after his release from prison, so everyone pitched in to get him some new consoles, a pc, and plenty of games. (he thanked them, but he does know what piracy is, after all)
maya: loves video games, mostly nintendo, and meme games. papa's burgeria. used to play flash games on nick's pc. currently more into mobile games when training in kh'urain as internet is spotty at times and she doesn't always have time to sit down and play a game.
gumshoe: pretty much only knows of games like donkey kong that he has played at the arcade. could never afford home consoles/pc so he doesn't know them.
ema: loves meme games and streams on twitch regularly. serious speedrunner of mario games.
wocky: smash bros melee kid
pearls: knows all of the undertale and deltarune lore
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quiisquiliae · 3 months
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🌟 x 2 for each of the Trevelyan siblings, Matty, and Nick
#1 Kinda for both Alaric and Azriel, but they butt heads a LOT growing up and frequently argued. I don't think it ever really came to fist fights and scuffles or anything physical (Azriel isn't really that kinda guy) but it largely stemmed from Azriel being not a particularly serious personality and liking to goof off and have fun, while Alaric is a lot more quiet, reserved, and serious. That said, the one person they trust most to have their back in a fight would be each other.
#2 for Alaric, and #1 for Ashe- they're the closest pairing of the siblings, and were honestly each other's best friend growing up until Alaric joined the Templars, and at that point they started to grow apart (but only a little).
#2 for Ashe- she has a couch that is unofficially her second bed in the Trevelyan library. She's got a nest there of pillows and blankets and a stack of books and scraps of paper.
#2 for Azriel- He would 100% love being a girl dad, lbr >.>
#1 for Matty- He's a walking tumblr shitpost generator. He will 100% drop things like "It would be really awkward eating someone who gets off on that. It would be like if my lasagna was into vore" at the breakfast table like he's talking about the day's weather.
#2 for Matty- He is always carrying a thermos around and you never know what's in it. It could be anything from a protein shake, to water, to coffee brewed with redbull, or straight vodka.
Nick 1 and 2- He does not like driving cars (too big for his liking) and rides a motorcycle instead. He also at one point in his (very long) life was a male prostitute and no, he will not elaborate.
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insidi0summoved · 6 months
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⸻ 𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇. an independent, selective & mutual only NICK GOODE from nexflix's fear street. heavily headcanon influenced. adapted to various different verses. leaning into horror themes. haunted by the local void cryptid winter. ( 30+. they / them ). minors dni. beta editor user.
previously @nickgoodc
A STUDY IN: losing yourself. monsters are created not born or so the stories say. violence is your birthright. the golden boy. mouth full of lies. magic always comes with a price. the weight of your family's sins. the art of deceiving. broken faith. giving in to the darkness & becoming one with it. blood stained hands. the curse of immortality. even lucifer was an angel once.
heavily affiliated with: @camptw1nk. @pumpkinstabs. @fiercehearts. @walkeddeath. @chimugukuru. @trvshwh0re
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✓ carrd. ✓ meta. ✓ prompts. ✓ promo.
✓ blogroll: @exiitiosus ( multi muse )
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threadsun · 1 year
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Okay I've got two more for the ask game to do tomorrow and then hopefully back to drafts!! I'm glad y'all seemed to enjoy it, I'm gonna try to do ask games more often. And also just generally use this blog more for things that aren't solely my writing. So expect more reblogging and also random lil posts from me :3c I still have my main for most of my silly little posts but if they're relevant to this blog they'll go here!
Pre-bed Question:
Draft Update:
Purge oneshot
Accidental aphrodisiac
Nick x reader noncon somnophilia
Royal AU reader is married off to them
Bo x f!reader 69
Jack babytrapping reader
Joseph x teacher!reader x Jean smut
Spicy werewolf mating headcanons
Werewolf AU pregnancy/fatherhood headcanons
Breeding kinks~ (Bo, Jean, Joseph, and Jack)
Jean! Shower! Sex!
How they dirty talk
Jean catching Joseph x reader
Reader telling the boys they wanna get bred
Joseph x reader x Jean dirty talk and edging
Jack x reader period sex
Jean finding out Ian cheated on reader
Thigh riding
Jack splitting from Joseph and claiming reader
Them with a top male reader
Royal AU queen!reader x servant!Joseph
Shy partner who’s curious about Nick’s job
Bo with a cute little sub reader
Ian babytrapping reader
Vampire AU Ian and Joseph over-feed on reader
Sex worker headcanons
Jean cheering reader on!
How they react to being called “my [name]” by you
The first time you called them daddy scenarios
You say Ian’s name during sex with them (Jack, Nick, Joseph, and Shaun)
Vampire AU accidentally turning you
How they care for f!reader on her period
They find out you secretly have bird wings
They walk in on you masturbating
Jack and Rory watching reader’s wet dream (somno + noncon)
Reader has hEDS
Jean x Joseph, reader is in love with both and is Jean’s assistant
Cumdrunk reader
Soft/curvy reader smut headcanons
Werewolf AU reader soothes them through transformation
Role reversal naive/innocent Jean being taken advantage of by sadistic reader
How everyone reacts to a clingy reader
Jack, Rory, Joseph, and Jean with a vampire reader
Reader has a close best friend
Rory and Jean come home to reader baking their favourite dessert
How they react to an autistic reader
Jean blackmailing reader
Jean x reader noncon after you try to leave him
Reader is giggly during sex
Director!Reader part 2
Reader is a science nerd
Jean stalking reader
Jean caring for his crying baby
Rory fucking reader on the kitchen counter
Reader finds out they’re pregnant
Reader is secretly into collars and leashes
Bo x bunny!reader
Doe cooking for you
Ian comforting you after someone cheats on you
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rollswraith · 3 months
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answered / ic. starters / ic. open  / ic. headcanons / ooc. meta / ooc.
musings / that is the way to survive! you have to learn to laugh. You have to keep finding ways to have fun!
ch. study / his license plate was a joke or boast nosferatu german word for vampire—an acknowledgment at some level of what he was.
face / ceo of christmasland enterprises director of christmasland entertainment president of fun! likes / as fine as christmas morning. aesthetic / the sky was plentifully sugared with stars and the moon hung among them that moon with the hooked nose and broad smiling mouth. ship inspo / someone found something to like. wardrobe / the suit makes the man.
his license plate was a joke or boast nosferatu german word for vampire—an acknowledgment at some level of what he was.
i have been married twice and have rarely been without female companionship. someone found something to like.
The road to Christmasland is paved in dreams!
NOS4A2 : a novel
CEO of Christmasland Enterprises, director of Christmasland Entertainment, president of fun!
NOS4A2 : a novel
“The road to Christmasland is paved in dreams. This old car can slip right out of the everyday world and onto the secret roads of thought. Sleep is just the exit ramp. When a passenger dozes off, my Wraith leaves whatever road it was on and slides onto the St. Nick Parkway. We are sharing this dream together. It is your dream, Bing. But it is still my ride. Come. I want to show you something.”
NOS4A2 : a novel
“I think I know about this bridge. Most people would be upset to find a covered bridge sitting in their front yard, but not Mr. Charles Talent Manx the Third. Mr. Charlie Manx is a man who knows a thing or two about bridges and roads turning up where they do not belong. I myself have driven some highways that don’t belong. I have been driving for a long time. You would be surprised if you knew how long, I bet! I know about one road I can only get to in my Wraith. It isn’t on any map, but it is there when I need it. It is there when [have a passenger who is ready to go to Christmasland. Where does your bridge go ? You should come out!We sure do have a lot in common! I bet we will be fast friends!”
half the sky was smothered over in clouds. but the other half was plentifully sugared with stars and the moon hung among them that moon with the hooked nose and broad smiling mouth.
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