#no particular time period

[roosterbox]

July 4 Random Word Almost-Drabble: Defend

Word Count: 404

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“Fuckers,” Steve mumbles, kicking up a loose stone as the group of boys retreated. High school bullshit, he thinks. Can’t escape it. With a sigh, he turns back to Munson. The other boy sat on the curb, nursing his split lip with the hem of his Iron Maiden shirt.

“Here, let me-“ Steve belatedly realized that he hadn’t exactly run out here with healing in mind. Kind of the opposite, actually. “Hang on a sec.”

“You don’t have to-“ Eddie starts to say. But he can’t stop Steve from running back inside. He considers just getting back in his van and heading home, but Steve’s only gone for a moment. He comes back out with a handful of napkins.

“Sorry, couldn’t find the first aid kit. Have to talk to Robin about rearranging stuff back there. Will these-“

“They’ll do.” Eddie tries to smile, but winces at the pull on his injured mouth. He reaches for the napkins, but Steve ignores him.

“Let me.” And then, huh, King Steve Harrington starts gently dabbing at his bloodily lip. And it only stings a little. And for a long stretch of seconds, Eddie Munson doesn’t know what to say. How could he? With the prettiest boy in Hawkins playing nurse for him? In that silly outfit? He glances down at Steve’s Scoops uniform, at those ridiculously short shorts, and just as quickly looks away.

“You didn’t have to go through the trouble,” he says quietly, not meeting Steve’s eyes. “Not for me.”

The other’s hands never faltered. From his vantage point, Eddie could see the reddened knuckles on the right one. That must hurt, he thinks.

“Those guys give you trouble a lot?” Steve asks.

Eddie shrugs. “More or less.”

“Then yes, I did have to.” He swipes a bit too hard, making Eddie wince. “Sorry.”

“‘S okay.”

A few more light dabs, then Steve is stepping back, out of Eddie’s space. He crumples the bloodied tissues in his hand, presumably to toss into the trash can inside. Eddie hopes his disappointment at the loss of proximity isn’t too obvious.

“I think you’re good,” Steve says. His face looks suspiciously pink. Could be from the cold. Could be something else.

“Thanks for the help, sailor.” Eddie’s tone is light, half joking. A bit of a line, perhaps, to see if he gets a bite. And when Steve’s blush deepens, Eddie knows he’s caught a big one.

#Steddie #stranger things #stranger fic #my stuff #writing is hard #minific #almost drabble #still working on keeping stuff short #trying to #also #first bit of Steddie writing I’ve done #no particular time period #other than Scoops era #obviously #couldn’t resist putting Stevie in those shorts #lol #also I’m not worrying too hard about editing #so I hope it flows alright #also the ending feels kind of abrupt #but I couldn’t think of anything else #plus it was already 4x longer than I wanted

[sysig]

Two skeletons in a trench lab coat (Patreon)

Bonus:

He’s very careful! Everything was fine before you interrupted!

#Doodles #Handplates #UT #FJdlsafjdsf Handplates fuzzes my brain #I cannot tell you how weird it feels to draw Gaster with the Lost Soul head after all this time away haha #It drops me back into the person I was when I first read Handplates - for better or for worse. It's a very strange feeling #Even drawing Sans and Papyrus again sends me back! Not as strongly but certain little details stand out #Sans' eyes especially... Very strange feeling #Anyhow! Since Fellplates sent me back down the rabbit hole and I've gotten back into rereading lightly - still not a full commitment! #Maybe soon tho 👀 I feel like I always say that haha #But in the meantime thinking of the pre-Plates Handplates time period <3 Since that's the one I'm still most familiar with haha #I love when they're still growing and learning ♪ Scaffolded baby talk! Twin language! Love 'em ♥ #And fearless* mischievous little troublemakers hehe #They're so cute <3 I love the little ways they interact as young'uns - like when Papyrus will just lift Sans by his arms lol #I'd been thinking about and then had to go read the one of Sans as a the blanket/coat tickle monster and then - this ✨ #''Excuse me sir I'd like One Ticket to the R Rated movie I am an adult Monster'' lol #Probably another one of those moments where Gaster is just *nervously sweats in Dad* lol - stop being so cute! #Also there's no particular meaning to when I use WingDings for his text :P Just convenience and if I remember to lol #Comics where he talks a lot are not convenient XP I have enough trouble editing on this paper ugh I will Not miss it when it's done #Even attempted this comic in as few pencil strokes/erasing as possible and it was still a pain to work with! >:0 Rude #Doubly so that I've had a Handplates comic idea for past like - year lol - and /this/ was the first one I finished pfftbl #To be fair to the other I do want to at least attempt making it a look-alike hehe ♪ You know how it is with Ideas™ #I can't be too mad about it haha ♫ It did turn out quite cute after all :3

[hotvintagepoll]

was your goal this round to get jimmy and cary out bc as a philadelphia story truther this is my joker origin story

i swear that was not the goal but oh no oops what's this doing here

This is a poll on the characters—not the actors! If you haven't watched The Philadelphia Story, what are you doing here

#tw on the philadelphia story...there's a period racial slur (not directed at anyone in particular but still there) and a shove. #i think that's it? but go forward with caution if you have tws. I love you <3 #minis #silly times #hotvintagepoll #the philadelphia story #asks

[americankimchi]

god i wish they hadn't retconned maul's death. i get wanting to explore more of his character because he was, objectively, one of the coolest star wars characters to ever hit the big screen and didn't get much screentime prior to his death, but also his role was fulfilled perfectly within those constraints so i wasn't too upset by it.

but by retconning it and making it so he never died it's like. okay. what now? the whole point (well, to me, ymmv of course) of the theed generator fight was that it was the first ever fight between the jedi and the sith in thousands of years, and that in the end even though the jedi (obi-wan) won the fight, a jedi (qui-gon) and a sith (maul) still died. a master and an apprentice dying together to herald the start of a new age/the return of the sith. perfectly paralleling the way in rotj a master (palps) and an apprentice (anakin/vader) died together to herald the return of the jedi. in both instances, a father figure (qui-gon/vader) dies in the arms of their son (obi-wan/luke) as a sith (palps/maul) is cast down into the abyss to their deaths. (palps being alive in the ST and retconning his death in rotj is also annoying for this reason)

i mean i like maul. don't get me wrong. he's an incredibly compelling character and i enjoy seeing more of him... but there's always the thought hovering in my mind like "he should be dead though. he should 100% be dead. this wouldn't be happening if he was dead, but i honestly would rather it not if it meant that maul was dead."

like the tpm fight just doesn't hit the same knowing that canonically he's just. going to become a robot octopus at some point. (shoutout to palps becoming sith glados in the ST) it cheapens the moment for me. it was supposed to be a moment of triumph marred by the deep and soul-crushing loss of a loved one and it's just... not, anymore. or at least not to the same extent. AUGH i'm just. frustrated. wish star wars as a whole wasn't constantly reframing/retconning what's been established. just puts a bad taste in my mouth.

#personal #star wars is HUGE #there's a GALAXY'S worth of stories to be told #and we're always for whatever reason focusing on this ONE PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD #it's suffocating #this is partly why i'm so excited to see the acolyte #it's a break from the skywalker saga #i love the skywalkers. i love the skywalker saga. #but that's also why i want them to STOP ADDING TO THEIR STORY #sometimes a story has a beginning middle and an end and that's okay! #that's fantastic! #we don't need to see between the lines! or behind the scenes! what if we just LEFT IT ALONE #AUGH #anyways. i don't know. i'm just frustrated with the state of star wars as a whole #it feels so claustrophobic right now. just because the space is there and undefined doesn't mean it needs to be filled #this constant push to canonize the years leading up to an event with content is so frustrating #negative space in an image isn't a bad thing it just helps guide the eye to what's most important #otherwise it gets too cluttered. too noisy. too DISTRACTING. #this was supposed to be about maul being alive but it's really about my ongoing grievances with how star wars is cannibalizing the movies #i'm tired of it........ tired i tell you #anyways that's all. real old man yells at cloud moment rn lmao

[seefasters]

meet me under the clock at grand central in 10 years, we’ll go dancing

#mash #beejhawk #my art #i am….. in a beejhawk mood #scribbled some abba lyrics on there idgaf abt canon time period they deserve it #although i’m sure hawkeye performed that particular song for bj just. so many times in the 70s

[found--family]

am i the only one who sensed some jilted lover vibes from jensen? 

#burcon #cockles #thoughts #at the start of the panel and through a few particular interactions he seemed very standoffish #he was giving a little bitter and hurt and perhaps even resentful - maybe he only learned of misha's gf #at this con too! maybe it was news to him. on top of not seeing misha for months i can understand #if he was feeling a bit neglected and out of the loop. there's also the matter of misha's gf not being #in a poly thing with jensen and dee like vicki was ie. what she has with misha is seperate so i'm sure #that's another difficult thing to deal with knowing their time together is strictly separate #i've no doubt he wants misha to have a partner and be happy but there's an adjustment period #letting new people into your life and whoever misha's partner is now or in the future is going to #affect jensen on a personal level and moreover his relationship with misha. it's all very intriguing #and while i like what little i've seen and heard about this woman for misha i just think no matter who #she is it's going to take a toll on jensen's relationship w misha. i thought it was plain to see on jensen's face #during their panel: numerous moments where he was giving a poker face that wasn't covering a laugh #but instead like he was trying to smooth out his bitterness. or so my eyes and brain and heart tell me. #just various moments where things looked uncomfortable and jensen making off-colour jokes that didn't land #and which furthermore were barbed and snarky - not in their usual banter way but like he was lashing out #and using the excuse of chaotic panel convo to explain away his comedic pitfalls. but again maybe i'm #looking to much into it? idk. there are some lovely moments! fun and caring moments - but they #mainly came from misha's direction ngl. it seemed like misha was trying hard to keep the peace #while jensen was just running his mouth on comments and jokes that kept not landing - for me #everyone on my dash is loving their dynamic this panel - and i want to feel that love! it is possible that #learning misha has a gf has skewed my perception a little like i'm putting context onto moments #i otherwise wouldn't. but i also think i would've laughed and generally felt better watching their panel #if that was the case. idk. whatever the reason i do think something was OFF between them on stage #and it was coming from jensen from the start. misha picked up on it partway though but things felt #a little strained throughout. like jensen wasn't looking at misha as much as usual or reaching out for him #misha tried to salvage and not react to things. but both their answers to the last Q were passive aggressive af #and when they left the stage together they weren't close or touching or chatting like they usually are...

[saintprivateer]

posty by himself for now but hello again im drawing sky ship things!!

#vash the stampede #Perfect Blue by Softcult is just cementing it really!!! #that song is in my lungs #Softcult girl vash real to ME #trimax spoilers beyond these tags!! #emilio is really devastating me in a particular way.. #his design and pitch being so sillyvillain. but then it’s like a goob situation where the bowler hat man is the little guy who was your #little buddy!! he was a buddy!!!! #and you used to know him as a little buddy. and you haven’t seen him in years and years. and now he’s wrinkled and making his pain violent #and nothing can prepare you for the day you have to incapacitate him and beg him to endure his pain #last time you saw him he was ​trying to make something beautiful. and NOW #he’s unrecognizable to everyone but you and he’s made something terrible and wants to die. and he’s very scared of you. and of everything #and there is nothing you can say or do. I FELT vash thinking about that all recovery period. MAN. #ANYWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #trigun #trimax #trigun maximum #sketchies #saintprivateerart #saintprivateer #alt text

[savcir-faire]

going home, or somewhere like it

cradle & all - ani difranco / disco elysium - ZA/UM studio / on believing - hanif abdurraqib / q train - nigel van wieck / the children’s adventure ep. 4 - worlds beyond number (aabria iyengar; erika ishii) / anonymous, translated by @aurorraz_ on twitter

#tiny #webweave #inspo #ani difranco #nigel van wieck #worlds beyond number #aabria iyengar #erika ishii #disco elysium #hanif abdurraqib #happy holidays to survivors; i see you n i love you #on home #or the lack thereof #on the courage it takes to remove oneself from a home that does not serve you #on losing a cherished home and mourning that loss either sudden or over a long period of time #on believing in the essence of what a home should be and striving ever toward that #on eschewing the concept of home in general and existing surviving thriving anyway #not in any particular order :) just som thots #txtit

[hephaestuscrew]

Thinking 'If I had a nickel for every time a podcast production company was named after the fictional sinister corporation that plays a major role in their first audio drama, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice' thoughts about Third Sight Media (Greater Boston) and Hartlife NFP (Our Fair City).

#It just amuses me #A solid company-naming strategy I guess #Feel like a bit of a fraud to post this #because I know in my heart of hearts that I'll never listen to all of Our Fair City #Not as a comment on the quality of the show #just that I binge-listened to a decent chunk of it during a period in which I was having a particular kind of Bad Time #and so I can't ever go back #Sorry mole-people #I'll never know what happened to you... #Now I've said that I feel like I can't put this in the tags for these shows #Ah well... it was a niche thought anyway #the empty man rambleth

[xaeyrnofnbe]

i neeed a bonkers xenofiction series about dinosaurs in the same vein as warrior cats or wings of fire. god. it'd either fix me, or make me WAY worse

#things i said #xenofiction #dinosaurs #it would need to at least pick a particular time period. i expect SOME realism #not a lot though

[ask-sasha-nein]

Greetings, Mr. Nein.

Ever since I heard about the Psychonauts as a child, I've always been excited to see you and Ms. Vodello on the screen of my TV. You are one of my biggest, if not even number 1, idol. And even writing to you feels like an exciting moment for me! You always meant so much for me, and even made me begin training my psychic powers. I wish that someday, I'll grow up to be a succesful Psychonaut, just like you are.

But to make this an ask and not a ramble, I have only two question.

Which place is the best to start if you have it, let's say, far from Whispering Rock Summer Camp. Are any other psychic camps you know about?

Thanks in advance for your reply and I hope you're having a good day and if you aren't, than all I can say is that I hope my message made your day atleast a bit better! :)

Sincerely

Kay O.

#psychonauts #sasha nein #this is hopefully making it a little obvious that we're only focusing on the first game here #given the time period it makes much more sense for the psychonauts to have formed as essentially a comically successful version of mkultra #saying nothing in particular about our upload time shhh. ask blog efficiency is a young man's game #a young unemployed man #what i'm saying is we're working on it just like we are everything else in the world #and we're thanking you for the patience

[bookishjules]

if you even care

#the amount of times this particular string of xo's runs through my brain in any given period of time.. #borderline unhealthy #sizzy #isabelle lightwood #tmi #tsc

[sylvies-kablooie]

y’all i’m listening to sophia’s sylvie playlist and there is SO much to analyze here i’m bouncing off the walls

#she very clearly was NOT fine with her McDonald���s life #and the barely suppressed angst we saw in the subtext is in every song on here #love songs. songs of dread. songs of being utterly dissatisfied. #sophia ur mind…. #Also love that it isn’t confined to one particular time period #like Stevie Nicks and HER? sylvie time traveled to listen to new music confimed #googling if a 2010’s CD is compatible with whatever the hell that green pickup truck was to try and confirm #NO WAIT WHAT IF SHE HAD AN IPOD #y’all….. so much to unpack #loki series #sylvie #sylvie laufeydottir #sophia di martino

[evie-writes-sometimes]

1800s AU with Attic Wife Will who became more mentally unstable over the years due to trauma and mental health issues til the point he could no longer interact with others and live life normally, becoming shunned by others due to the stigma surrounding mental health, and Mike who married him because he has always been, is and will always be in love with Will no matter what, and couldn't bear the possibility that he could be sent to an asylum. Mike has kept him isolated ever since because 'he loves him' and 'is doing what's best for him'. Sometimes Will screams at him and digs in his nails into Mike's skin and pulls, leaving long red scratches decorating his skin, only to break down and profusely apologize to Mike for hurting him to completely becoming like a hollow she'll of himself, unresponsive. And yet Mike's adoration and reverence never falters

#bylerween #tw abuse #tw mental health #tw mental instability #tw unhealthy relationship #tw toxic relationship #tw toxic behavior #going full freak mode for bylerween will probably go back to normal once it's finished #tw ableism #due to the stigma surrounding mental during that particular time period #just to be safe #dark byler #they're both toxic for each other in here but it's also not really either of theirs faults and they're happier together than apart #stranger things #will byers #mike wheeler #byler

[please-dont-pet-the-okapi]

"The Only Thing" by Sufjan Stevens // The X-Files, "All Souls // "Hear Me Lord" by George Harrison // Katharina & Martin Luther by Michelle DeRusha // Hebrew 11:1, Douay-Rheims Version // "Heat Lightning" by Mitski

#i thought i was going to go to bed but instead i made this #anyway i am going ahead and claiming 'heat lightning' for the christians. #additionally there is. a very particular irony in using a detail from the life of the og protestant #(in the eyes of many anyway; luther was hardly original or unique in his quarrels with catholicism) #when dana scully is a catholic #but there's something about the bitter grief of the luther family that reminded me of this episode #grief is an awful thing to live with #and i can't imagine how agonizing it would be to lose a child in any time period #@jae enjoy this the fruit of my labor #the x files #rachel yells about religious themes in fiction #red string and thumbtacks

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

I have a feeling that THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT will sonically be a patchwork quilt album like Speak Now, Red and Lover.

#taylor swift #ttpd #the tortured poets department #she’s just been talking about how she’s been trying new things and stuff during her betty speeches #I also think it shares the theme of Red and Lover of focusing on a particular idea/period of time