#stephen’s mom kinda sucks too

[disasterbispn]

The Tomorrow People is a one-season CW show with a stupid name that aired ten years ago, but I still have feelings about it, and one of them is that Roger sucks. So, if you’ve seen this mediocre show from 2013, and agree that Roger sucks hit me up.

#the tomorrow people #the tomorrow people 2013 #roger is stephen’s dad #stephen is the main character #he’s boring but he doesn’t suck #stephen’s mom kinda sucks too #it’s not a great family #anyway i’m not watching it for stephen #i’m watching it for the sexy man with a tragic backstory and his name is rather creatively #john young #he’s of an indeterminate age and involved in a love triangle w/ a high schooler so that’s not ideal #but… #yeah #this is a dumb show #have i mentioned that roger’s brother is named jedikiah? #because he is

[celestialnxva]

In Another Life

Stephen Strange x Reader: Chapter 1

( Strange Supreme from What If…? )

series masterlist. | part 2.

Summary: When all is said and done, you couldn’t help but feel pity for the man who lost it all. Despite the risks, what shall you do with the growing desire to stay in a universe you don’t belong in?

Warnings: Spoilers for MoM and What If…? 18+ themes. Angst, hurt/comfort, slight manipulation, general trigger warning for evil strange. General gore and violence. Kinda cheating? Idk if loving another Stephen is considered cheating but it’ll be a warning just in case.

A/n: the setting of this universe is sinister strange’s, but I like writing the complicated character arc of Strange Supreme. Considering that the two are very similar and sinister strange probably being inspired by the what if strange, I decided to just combine the two.

When you were practically sucked into another universe with your Stephen in tow, you were not expecting to be greeted with the sound of complete silence.

“Ugh,” the deep voice behind you groaned out as you helped him up from such a compromising position. With a grunt of gratitude, he walked past you to prepare himself for the uncertainty that lay ahead. It wasn’t until he stepped out of the alleyway you both were in to take in the horrific sight.

“Oh God,” you breathed out. “What the hell happened here?” From where you both were, you saw strings of black goo that used to be abandoned cars and bridges floating up in the air. It was almost as if this universe was slowly decaying, as there was no sign of life in this universe. Your Stephen sucked in a deep breath, doing his best to steady his racing, anxious mind from all the possible dangers this universe could present to you both. Contrary to his confidence before this current predicament, the man had been through too much these past few hours. These events caused him to reconsider his arrogant nature. He pushed away all his intrusive thoughts and took your hand.

“Come, (y/n). We must find another me so we can get out of here right away,” he said sternly. All you could do was nod in your stunned state, walking slightly behind your companion. You continued to look around at the depressing atmosphere when a thought came to your mind slowly; one that filled you with dread and fear for your partner.

“Stephen?” You started and then hesitated to continue. “Hm?” He replied absentmindedly. He was more focused on the task at hand, which you couldn’t blame him for. Summoning up the courage you needed for this conversation, you squeezed his hand. “I have a feeling that this…other you had something to do with the state of this world.”

Eyes widening from your accusation, he stopped and turned to look at you. “How on earth did you come up with that conclusion?” He asked incredulously. You winced at his tone, but you chose to go on. He needed this wake up call, you justified to yourself. You let go of his shaking hand and looked him directly into his eyes. Rarely were you ever this serious, which only brought him more dread at the conversation he was about to have.

“Stephen, if I’ve learned something from this entire experience, it’s that this could be something you have to learn about yourself. From what you told me about the counsel people—“ “The Illuminati,” he corrected quickly. You narrowed your eyes. “The Illuminati… said that you’re a danger to the multiverse.” You paused to look around. “If I’m honest, I don’t really know anyone who could pull off this kind of magic except for you, Stephen.” Finally, you took his hands into your own once more. “I’m not really sure if it’s a good idea to seek out this Stephen. If he’s capable of doing this, then what else is he capable of?”

He had to admit to himself that you had a point. You always did. It’s what he adored about you. You were always so analytical and intuitive. Even at the cost of his typical self-esteem and morality, he nodded hesitantly at your statement and turned back towards the direction of the Sanctum. “As much as I wish to agree with you, we have no way back to our universe. We need to find a way out.” He turned back to look at you, and the softness in his eyes returned as he stared at your lovely face. With one hand reaching out to you, he leaned in to kiss your forehead in his moment of vulnerability.

“I don’t want you to get hurt in this universe for my mistakes, (y/n). I couldn’t forgive myself if I let something happen to you.” He must have noticed your fear of him and the Stephen of his universe. But he was determined to not only fix the damage that he has caused, but protect you from his own self. If that was his intention, you allowed yourself to kiss his gloved hand, returning his rare affection. It was a silent gesture of your solidarity and faith in him. He was your partner, after all. You promised him that only death could part the two of you in this lifetime. A small smile formed on his lips and you looked up with newfound confidence.

“Alright. Let’s go home.”

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You’ve finally found this universe’s Sanctum and you can’t say that you were surprised at the state it was in. Decaying and devoid of life, the scene in front of you was quite intimidating, to say the least. You knew Stephen felt your hesitation as he leaned onto your side to kiss the top of your head once more. You must admit, despite his actions being foreign to his personality, you liked the protectiveness he had over you at this very moment. You could probably deduce that he does it because he is afraid of his own self too.

Still, he walked up to the large doors, pushing them open to reveal a long flight of stairs on top of an endless sea within the Sanctum’s walls. The door shut behind you suddenly, causing you to jump. Chuckling at your antics, Stephen wrapped his arm around your waist and proceeded to lead you up the stairs and towards the top.

Finally, you both stepped into the room. You were a little bit weary from going up the long flight of stairs, but your guard was still up. Stephen went ahead of you to call out to the room. “Hello?” He asked out loud. You looked behind you, making sure nobody snuck up behind you both. He continued. “I’m here because we need your help getting back to our universe.”

There was a brief silence that filled the room until cautious footsteps made their way down the stairs. You couldn’t even see the mysterious man yet, but by making out the scars on his hand, you knew it was the other Stephen. The grip on your sling ring tightened in your hand as he stepped down.

“Who are you?” He asked, exhaustion and sadness seeping into his tone. From his voice, you could already tell that he had been traumatized from the state of his universe, regardless of whether or not he caused it. You tuned out as the two engaged in conversation as your mind wandered to possible reasons as to how this Strange got into this predicament, but your thoughts were abruptly stopped when you heard the sound of your Stephen’s disks appearing in defense. Despite your surprise, you steadied yourself, taking out your sword with the help of your sling ring. When you looked back at the other Stephen, you gasped in horror as you saw a third eye on his forehead. Not only that, but some of his body parts sprouted out wings and tentacles that surrounded his body in defense. A wicked smile you’ve never seen before spread on his face.

What the hell happened to him?

He was the first to act, tentacles reaching out towards your Stephen. He quickly blocked them with his shield before throwing his disks back at the other. His attempts were pathetically cast aside by that creature, opting instead to open his mouth towards his counterpart with powerful beams shooting out. Your Stephen was unable to dodge this attack, his body floating upwards. From where you were, you watched the love of your life have his powers and soul sucked out of him. There was no time to act, vengeance and red hot anger flashing in your eyes. Your attacks were a surprise to the other, knocked back by your sword’s slices across his body. He yelled out in pain, reaching out blindly to wrap his arms around your neck. His efforts were in vain, your own magic protecting your neck from the pressure of his glowing fists with magical symbols. His hand quickly released your neck as the magic proceeded to burn and melt his hand entirely. You didn’t need to read the darkhold for you to practice dark magic. Your Stephen was still trying to recover as you pointed your golden sword at the other Strange’s neck. He was about to attack you once more out of stubbornness when his dark eyes finally looked up at you. Suddenly, all evil intentions seemed to dissipate. Confusion was clear on your face as he stopped paying attention to his melting hand. It looked like he saw you as a ghost. And his next words proved that to be true.

“(Y/n)? Y-You’re… alive…?” He whispered out with vulnerability and tenderness. You recognized that tone, a tone your Stephen reserved only for you. As you came to the conclusion of his confusing action, your eyes widened in shock.

He loved you in this universe. And from what you could tell, he probably destroyed his universe to save you.

You stuttered out a shaky breath at your conclusion. Removing the curse and symbols from your neck and his hand, you stumbled back against the pillar. He gasped in relief as his hand grew back from its previous torment. You couldn’t believe it. This Stephen was evil, but only because he wanted to save you.

Getting up from his weakened state, your Stephen tried to make his way towards you, worry clear all over his face once he saw the state that you were in. Sensing his movement, the other Strange knocked him back against the wall while his eyes fixated on you. You were mesmerized by his gaze, shocked at how intense he looked at you. It was filled with wild love, almost obsession over the fact that you were alive. You didn’t really like this look. This wasn’t the type of love that gave you butterflies when your Stephen looked at you. No… this was terrifying and unsettling. Still, perhaps you could use this opportunity to get what you both wanted. It hurt to think about, but you could use his love for you as a way for you and Stephen to get home.

While your Stephen was once again knocked unconscious, you gulped and stepped forward, cupping his cheek with your soft hand. You weren’t expecting him to let out a choked sob as his scarred hand reached up to shakily press your hand against his bony cheek. Even though it was scary, you needed to be strong. This was Stephen Strange, the love of your life. Even if he was terrifying, you reminded yourself that there was always something to love about each Stephen. For this one, it was the way he treated you with such care and gentleness. The way he looked at you as if you were the only person that ever mattered to him. He only confirmed what you now know. Stephen Strange loves you in every universe.

“Stephen,” you breathed out, slowly kneeling down to his level. He flinched a bit at the movement, but he saw you meant no harm and swiftly pulled you close. Feeling guilty that your heart beat faster while close to his body and his lips, you lowered your gaze. Stephen wouldn’t allow that. “Look at me,” he murmured against your ear, causing your chest to heave faster. Timidly, you looked up at him, feeling the full force of sensual tension that lit your body, mind and soul on fire. He stared at you for a moment before he gently traced your jawline with his thumb. He took a deep breath against your cheek and neck as the other hand on top of your own against his cheek moved down to clasp your wrist. At this moment, you couldn’t concentrate on your Stephen anymore, unable to resist the charm you always fell in love with.

(Y/n)…” he breathed against your neck, causing you to shake against his hold. You couldn’t take it. It was too much for you to handle and you needed to snap out of it. Moving your other hand up to lightly pull his hair to face you again, you leaned in subconsciously, your lips barely touching his. You tried your best to ignore your heart pounding in your ears as you spoke with the same gentleness he gave you.

“Stephen, please. I… If you love me, please help me find a way back home,” you drawled out reluctantly. Was it wrong that doubt crossed your mind on wanting to leave this Stephen behind? It wasn’t long before the man in your arms slightly let go of his embrace. You felt bad for him. You knew he wanted you to stay, but didn’t know what else you could do to convince him to help. Luckily for you, he made that decision for you.

“I will help you, but it comes with a price,” he spoke solemnly before looking into your eyes. You nodded, moving closer to him so you could give him all your attention. He saw this and took your hand to kiss the palm of it for a moment. When he looked at you, you waited nervously for him to finish his words.

“Your Stephen can go home right away, but you have to spend a few days with me here before you can go too. You must also promise me that when you go home, you will visit me often. Understood?”

Even though his voice was gentle, you could practically feel the threatening power he held behind his request. It was a type of wrath you did not want to face. Swallowing a lump forming in your throat, you nodded right as your Stephen woke up.

“Understood.”

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A/n: I will be posting the next chapter by tomorrow. It’ll be a short series but I might extend it to have more chapters in the future, depending on whether or not people will see this and like it. :)

#stephen strange x reader #marvel #what if #dr strange #dr strange x reader #sinister strange x reader #sinister strange #multiverse of madness #fanfic #strange supreme #strange supreme x reader #stephen strange

[valkyrieandstrangeridingaragorn]

Hello there - I need to get something off my chest. Now I know you love Wanda, but I also know that you feel Stephen was robbed of his sequel by how Waldron put so much focus on anything but him. I try my best not to resent Wanda as it's not her fault, but since Lizzie won the People's Choice Award for best action hero FOR A FILM THAT WAS MEANT TO SHOWCASE THE TITULAR HERO (yes, that is me shouting) I'm incredibly pissed. I'm willing to bet that I'm not alone in this.😬 Any ideas as to how we can get past this injustice?

Hey there honey! 😊 I completely understand what you mean and no, you're not alone, I'm right there with you. It's so unfair.

Lizzie was outstanding in her portrayal of Wanda but damn, MoM was Stephen's movie! I watched a video a few days ago from a reviewer who said that he had enjoyed the film because he wanted some crazy visuals and a good villain and he didn't care for anything else, and I was like... but... what about Stephen?! It almost feels like they don't care about him which is kinda weird considering Feige said he's the face of the MCU post-EG 🤷‍♀️

And if the current saga we're in now is the Multiverse Saga... doesn't that make Stephen the most important character in the next 3 phases? Not enough to have his movie be about him, it seems!

It sucks. I think the best course of action is to watch the first DS movie again + a bunch of videos of him kicking Thanos' ass in Titan like the goddamn genius he is (blue butterflies, baby!) + follow as many Stephen fans on here as you can so we can read (and share!) fanfics that re-write canon and give us the much-needed Stephen fill. We can also hope Marvel will pay more attention to him but I'm not too confident for the future when Waldron is writing the next Avengers movie... 🤦‍♀️

Anyway, here's some Stephen for you 😉

Damn, he looks glorious doesn't he... 😍😍

#doctor strange #stephen strange #multiverse of madness #Feige pay more attention to the main guy in your universe-2023 challenge

[jasmarie2600]

FINALLY saw DS:MoM and I have some thoughts

Spoilers below ⬇️

I wish we got more Shirtless Stephen cause it was truly….an amazing sight to behold

Stephen at Christine’s wedding was sad and so tension filled, I thought he was gonna like fight Charlie for a second 😆 I wouldn’t have minded, fight to the death!! Also thought it was weird that Charlie was a fan of Stephen…. (Potential Future Villain Energy)

I’m really hoping Christine truly isn’t happy either, And just faking that she is, like how Stephen was

Christine getting mad that Stephen was fighting on her wedding day 😆 (kinda didn’t understand why she was getting mad, but it’s maybe the whole “holding the knife” thing) She probably didn’t wanna see Stephen possibly die on her wedding day, pretending like you don’t care so much, Christine 😏

(When can Nick finally become the revengeful villain he’s supposed to be??)

Women fangirling for Stephen (same Marvel, same, accurate)

Stephen hiding Defender Strange’s body and implying that he’s done this before….wha….what do you mean Stephen??!! 🤔😳

Wanda officially losing her mind but the WandaVision theme though! 👀😱

(Why does everyone seem to have weird sexual tension with Stephen? I get it but… 😆)

Wong keeps reminding Stephen that he’s the Sorcerer Supreme 😆

I literally thought Wanda was a Sorceress, just more advanced and self-taught, it was cool to learn that sorcery & witchcraft are 2 different things

I honestly liked seeing more of Kamar-Taj and all the people and their different jobs, also seeing people from different Sanctums too was pretty cool

Wanda was genuinely kind of scary and cool, but also I was thinking “did you not learn anything from your WandaVision experience??”

America & Stephen going through the different Multiverses was awesome, also the animated one!! (The music in the scene oddly reminded me of Peter Porker’s world in Spider-Verse)

Stephen freakin throwing up! 😆😆

America thinking all food is free 😆

Stephen’s significant memory of Christine 😩🥲

America literally shipping Christine & Stephen 🤗🤗💖

Mordo still being a jerk and drugging America and Stephen 😞

Stephen seeing Variant Christine and also being in love with her

Stephen being sassy towards the Illuminati, the Illuminati literally sucking and being horrible and pretty much covering up Variant Stephen’s death, they literally all got killed by Wanda, so they ain’t so great

Someone in my theatre audible said “oh my god!” at one of the death scenes 😆😂

I really feel bad for Variant Christine cause she lost her Stephen, and was probably super devastated when he didn’t come back

Stephen egging on Variant Mordo so if could escape 😆😉

Their fight was very good though

The minimal jump scares in this film, kinda really did scare me

The key to the door to get to the Book of Vishanti being Stephen’s watch was 😩🥲

The Book of Vishanti world was super beautiful, amazing VFX

It was dumb that the Book was destroyed though, cause isn’t it like, important to the future of Doctor Strange?????….

Sinister Strange was kinda very creepy and weird and I didn’t like him, also I don’t like the 3rd eye effect, it’s just weird and kinda gross

The Donna mention!! 😱🥲

The Music fight was cool though

Christine watching over Stephen when he dreamwalks was sweet and I’m glad her Stephen taught her how to use everything, she’s badass!

The Souls of the Damned or whatever they were called, I honestly thought they were cool and also creepy

Glad Wong wasn’t killed by Wanda, also was that Sara lady supposed to be Wong’s like love interest??? That’s what it felt like, but then she died so…..

Wanda taking over her Variant’s body was honestly a creepy scene but I loved it, also is Wanda just a single mom in her alternate universe???

Stephen talking to America in his dead form shouldn’t have been as funny as I thought it was, we have this serious scene and you have this one character who’s basically a zombie, and they’re having this deep meaningful conversation 😆😆

Stephen’s freakin horrible comeback to Wanda in Zombie form, I forgot what it was but like “you’ll have to do more to kill me, to kill me this time” or something and then it shows Christine hearing him say that and she’s like 😳 made me laugh 😆

America’s powers are honestly very cool

I don’t think Wanda died, cause she’s gonna have her own solo movie

Stephen and Variant Christine’s conversation, (I’ll go more in depth into that, it could be explaining what will happen in their future)

Him saying he loves her, he loves her in every universe 😩😩🥲 and Christine crying (I cried too!!!)

Stephen bowing to Wong and accepting him as Sorcerer Supreme 🤗🥲

America better become Stephen’s successor in the future, since Wong says she’s so much like Stephen when he first arrived at Kamar-Taj, I hope if she does, she also uses/gains Stephen’s wink technique 😆 her looking up to Stephen now and Stephen being like how the Ancient One was for him when he first started 😩😩🥲🥲

Stephen fixing his watch, but looking genuinely happy about fixing it!! 🤗🤗

The whole ending with Stephen getting the 3rd eye was so painful to watch! (I also have a theory about this scene and the mid-credits scene, that I will post)

The Clea scene…yeah I already know

I didn’t even watch the end credits scene, heard it was dumb, I just left 😆

I can’t wait for the 3rd movie tbh! 🎉🎉 hope we don’t have to wait 6 years for it too…. 🥲

General just like, filmmaking stuff I liked or found funny

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People saying that Sam Raimi making this film was a bad idea, like I get where they’re coming from cause his filmmaking can be kind of cringey, cheesy and over the top, but watching the film I kinda liked it, it made me feel like I was watching an old movie or something from the 60’s/70’s and that honestly fits very well since the Doctor Strange comics came out in the late 60’s early 70’s

The random guitar riff that would pop up in the music at random times, was making me laugh 😆

The horror aspects were actually pretty good and actually kinda terrified me

Ben is a damn good actor, he can pretty much do anything

#ds mom spoilers #doctor strange multiverse of madness spoilers #doctor strange spoilers #doctor strange 3 #save rachel #christine palmer #stephen strange #wanda maximoff #bring rachel back

[shiranaito]

Incoming hot takes for Dr Strange 2

Spoiler alert if you havent seen it!!

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Ok here we go

It was not good. It opened well enough, it was interesting to see how people are still reeling from the consequences of Strange’s choice in Infinity War and how his incessant need to control everything is obvious to everyone (control being a big theme of the movie)

I loved how wanda was written but everything else just… fell flat.

The horror aspects of the movie was good, there were alot of interesting imagery and I loved the weird magic stuff that Dr Strange and Wanda does. There was a scene were Stephen was fighting himself using magic music which was really cool!!!!… until it kept going for too long. It felt like that one bit your friend overuses till it becomes not funny anymore. It would’ve been more interesting if they had WAYY more contrast on the music but whatever.

Oh my good lord the music. Maybe it’s just me but the song choices were really strange at points. I don’t remember exactly which scene but Stephen was just walking out his house and they played like a hard electric guitar. ??? Why???

I loved the directing on the horror parts but my god, the emotional beats just DO NOT LAND. When they have the big climax of Strange letting America Chavez take control of the situation and like the emotional ‘you can do it’ speech, the camera decided to tilt up while they were talking??? And that shit just took me out instantly because it was like ‘oh right, this is just a movie.’ It broke my immersion so bad(not that I was that immersed but STILL)

Also Elizabeth Olsen was great, but jesus christ the child actors for billy and tommy. I’m so used to korean child actors being amazing that I forgot how bad child actors can be. These kids were just… I don’t know if it’s a script issue?? Because I watched iron man 3 and I’ve seen a precocious child, Harley, being a bit mischievous and i liked him a lot so I honestly think it was a misstep to cast them.

I’m not a cameo hunter and I’m glad the illuminati members weren’t used too much so the amount of screen time they were allotted was ok to me but geez the plot made them look so fucking stupid. I get reed richards (John Krasinski btw yasss) being arrogant, but ALL OF THEM were so ignorant?? I’m just saying if Iron Man was part of the illuminati (WHICH HE IS IN THE COMICS) he would have proofed the shit out of the place. Scarlet Witch-proof, Dr Strange-proof, Mutant-proof, hell he’d Iron Man-proof the place for good measure.

Also why was Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart yass) dressed like that embarrassing photo of the Rock? My guy was in a black turtleneck and mom jeans. Which are interesting choices?

But yeah, this is it for now, Dr Strange 1 was better, WandaVision was better (although the ending kinda sucked), I can’t believe the guy that wrote this wrote Loki… This could’ve been great! But yeah. Sam Raimi is really good at the horror but everything else wasn’t great. America was really likeable though, even though 75% of her lines were just her screaming lol.

Overall : 6.5/10

#dr strange #multiverse of madness #spoiler #review #hot takes #wanda maximoff #stephen strange #america chavez

[cosettepontmercys]

Hi! It was my mom's bday yesterday so that's why I didn't reply. That's so cool that you're going with someone who didn't get to go and experiencing it for the first time and to bring your mom to the other show. I didn't think to bring my mom but that's way too long for her in a theater but might eventually watch it if it comes to streaming...and I hope it does! I think it will sometimes eventually. Also..I ordered the pink vinyl! I think it was a good cover and I didn't want to miss out this time. I hope you knew about it cuz I know Taylor didn't post it on her account. I love the color too! What do you think of the new beach aesthetic for the album? I know some people said it's so different than big city album..but I always kinda thought it was both too in a way. Or like..the city was just because that's where she was living at the time in her life more than the actual songs on the album. But I still love all the covers!

Did you get a chance to listen to Guts yet? I did and I liked it! I also think bad idea right is just okay and sounds a lot like brutal to me but vampire did grow on me a lot! I think there's a mix of pop punk and ballads in this album though and you might still enjoy it. I feel like half of my favorites were the pop punk ones and some were also the ballads. I noticed she has more relatable or different topics in this album compared to sour which made me think I liked it more. Like I was explaining, I think I just prefer that in songs and liked it more than Maisie's album on the first listen but it could be a little similar..maybe? Some people also compare Olivia to Billie Eillish and also Taylor. But I'm not trying to compare too much and they do have different styles..in lyrics and music, and I like both! I also prefer lyrics to music in songs since I like every genre..so usually the sound will eventually grow on me so maybe it will for you too. Also with lyrics, I listen to a lot of alternative music and there usually aren't very specific detailed lyrics most of the time so it's probably just a genre thing and sometimes more about the feeling. But my sister also said some of the songs were lacking emotion compared to sour and I kinda agree with that too. I'd be curious to know what you think but overall I liked it! Totally agree about Vertigo and it's cool that Taylor posted about it!

Ya I love dance heavy shows too..especially the ones you mentioned..and how well those revivals were, compared to the movie too. I'm so sorry you didn't get to see it..I had actually only seen the movie so I loved seeing it on stage and how different and exciting it was since the movie cut stuff out, and the acting was good. That video looks very cheap with no effort in set, acting or costumes so that really sucks! Ooh I have not looked at it yet but I totally will and I have only briefly heard of Marie Dancing still but that's good to know. I just realized most Sondheim shows have barely any dancing..lol. Also I am excited to listen to the Sweeney cast recording that just came out too!

Thanks for the recs! I will try to read as much as I can. I was really stuck on murder mystery and was originally just gonna do vague mystery but realized I own Arsenic and Adobo so that helps. I'm also not really into horror but do have something by Stephen King..I will try to find something else since it can be long.Also the witches one..but I liked your recs. I just realized I'll give you the Sun has a yellow cover..and you'll miss me when I'm gone does remind me of fall for some reason but I'm going to read it anyway. I did not know much about These Violent Delights and not really into fantasy but I heard good things and I do have both books. With autumn romance, I was wondering if Business or Pleasure counts..kinda? That's another book I still haven't finished. But if the Night Circus counts that's fine too! And ya..wuthering heights has been on my list for a while and now it sort of gives me a reason to read it..which is what's cool about the reading challenge..and also reading different books and genres. It keeps it interesting. Do you still read books at the same time for this or is it more one at a time for you? I'm trying to decide what strategy is best. I think reading one book has been working for me with Mistakes Were Made and I'll probably be finished soon, but with so many books..it also makes sense to start as many as you can..and I'm already in the middle of some of them so that's a good thing haha. I hope you are having a lovely weekend too and enjoy going to Vancouver!!!🩷🩷🩷

helloooo! i hope your mom had a lovely birthday and that you had a good weekend! i did get the pink vinyl! i was waiting for it!! i've ordered the pink one, and a friend was really kind and ordered me the yellow one. i also ordered the blue one, but i think i'll end up cancelling that one! i just don't have room for all of these vinyls haha. i really like the beach aesthetic for 1989, honestly! i think a good half of the songs do remind me of the city, and the other half remind me of the beach, so i think it's a fun! i can't wait to see what polaroids we get too!! which cover is your favorite so far? on another note, can i just say how lovely the vinyl colors are? i don't have a soft yellow or a pink vinyl in that shade yet so i'm super super excited to see how they look in person! some of my favorite vinyls are pink, so i'm just very excited!

i listened to guts a bit! i think it'll take some time to grow on me, but i was expecting that! i think a lot of olivia's stuff is very catchy, but i need some time to get into it! my top three currently are making the bed, teenage dream, and logical, but i also do like pretty isn't pretty a lot, and lacy is growing on me. i'm also very curious to see how olivia grows as a performer (i think she's really lovely, but i think she — like most artists that got big in the last three years — doesn't have a very strong stage presence, which makes sense given [gestures vaguely] everything). i don't listen to a lot of billie eilish but i really loved the song she did for the barbie movie, and i wish i got to see her at lollapalooza because i've heard she's a phenomenal live performer! speaking of vertigo, did you see the tiktok griff posted about vertigo/clean? it's so cute 🥺

i loved marie dancing still! it's one of my little musicals that i love very, very dearly (i saw it seven times in the span of three weeks — will never do that again for any musical + had a lot of lovely little circumstances/things fall into place that made it work out) but also a musical that i think should never go anywhere or at least needs very very heavy work before it should have another run! i haven't gotten a chance to listen to the new sweeney yet but hopefully soon!! i was at the bookstore today and didn't realize they released parade on vinyl, and then realized i also haven't listened to the new parade revival album yet either so i have to do that too! i just haven't been very good at listening to new cast recordings lately. i think the last thing i listened to was west end bonnie and clyde, and that was just because caitlyn kept posting about it! i will try to listen to the new sweeney todd soon and then we can discuss!!

arsenic and adobo is a very cozy murder mystery! i don't really read a lot of murder mysteries, unless they're cozy but i really liked it! i don't remember when business or pleasure is set, but if it takes place during the autumn months i'd count it as an autumnal romance! the witches one ... the very secret society of irregular witches (adult) is one of my FAVORITE books; it's so cozy and so lovely, but i also really liked the witch haven (ya) — some of my friends were let down by the sequel but i really liked how it ended! and the night circus is the loveliest autumn romantasy in my opinion!!! my friends and i are doing a traveling annotation book cub and one of them picked the night circus and i'm so excited because it'll give me a chance to reread (and to also count it for the readathon)!

i've been having the most chaotic reading schedule! i've mostly been jumping from book to book based on vibes, but sometimes i'll also just sit down and read a book in an entire sitting! so it really is just based on how much time i have/how i'm feeling that day. i also keep one book in my car, and one book in my mom's, and so if i have any time just waiting around i'll read a few pages of it (the book eaters is in my car, for the throne is in my mom's car) but that doesn't always work very well (and sometimes i'm in the mood to read it so i have to go to the garage to get it haha). i've got serpent & dove on audiobook, and then just started annotating seven year slip for traveling book club! i've been reading a chunk of les mis each month, but haven't felt in the mood for it this month yet, so i'm holding off! technically i started annotating the starless sea for a friend in january but then kept pushing it off, and i still have to get back into a fragile enchantment (arc) but it's not out for a few more months so i have time/have arcs coming out before that that i should get to! andddd i started harlem after midnight the other day but only got a chapter in and then wasn't feeling too well so i put it down and now i just want to get back to seven year slip haha!

vancouver was fun! and i've had a good weekend, health issues aside 🤍 hope you're having a good day and you have a great week!!!

#post: answered #🩷 anon #i think i answered everything but if i did not please feel free to ask again!!! #i have been having the worst migraine all week </3

[akane171]

Nooooo😰😰🙈 I didn't and wouldn't 😰🙈 Honestly, kinda thought I might have finally annoyed you enough or you're just busy🤷🏻‍♀️🙈 Sorry🙈 I really didn't think the Tumblr Secretary would start erasing messages to you, too🙈🙈

Haha, yes, very smart of you😊🙈

Only one sushi restaurant?😯 Huh, amazing... Tho admittedly, I haven't eaten it either (yet?)😅😂

😂😂😂 Understandably😂😂

...Possessed? I just wanted to become FRIENDS with demons...😶🙈 But ohh, the more I think about it, the cooler getting possessed and being able to just take a backseat from life is starting to sound 😉😉😂😂

😂😂 "dumb fucks" 😂😂😂

...I doubt it, but okay... Tho I can't shut my cake if I don't have any cake?🤔😉😂😂😂

😂😂 Ohh, this reminds me of a clip from a concert where Brendon Urie "introduced" a song by explaining how his Mom likes it when he curses and proceeds to swear "like fuck and shit and ass and bitch and dick and balls and goddammit" perfectly in rhythm😂😂😂

Awww,  they go to a restaurant?😍😍☺ Okay, Yeah, I'm definitely reading those when I have some real time to read again😍🙈😂

Well, I guess he really WAS A replacement for Winn and Mon... And they did kinda jam Winn's brilliance with Mon's space-puppy alien-ness into one in Brainy's character from the little bit I've seen of Post S3😅🙈 And yup, last scene sucked...🙄

Maybe they really just didn't like Kara as a character...😖😫

Haha, yess, and just imagine all the other lines they could use!😍 Oh, btw, I remembered the original bad chemistry pick-up line I came up with, it went like this: "Are you a catalyst? Cause you certainly always get me started" 😂😂🤣🤣 Oh, or imagine this: "Are you an exothermic reaction? Cause you are hot"🤣🤣🤣 Oh, oh, or back to an English Literature pick-up line: "Are you my zero focalizer? Cause I feel like you know me inside out, more so than even I myself do"😅🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ And ohhh, their students shipping and trying to set them up would be GOLDEN!😍😍😍😍

yup, they could definitely learn a Lot from each other🤔 And HAHAHAHA, sounds accurate, esp. since Max is probably absolutely doing it on purpose cause he doesn't like Kara and no way in hell does he want his baby brother fraternizing with her😉😉🤣🤣 But hey, Karamel can hope Sam ships them and keeps Max away so they can spend time together🤔🤔 Oh god, Max and Cat? That's quite terrifying and amusing, not sure if that pair would be a good idea tho if they don't want the Multiverse to end😅 Ohhhh, Max and Cat fighting over Mon and Kara would be GOLDEN😂😂😂 Just imagine the arguments about 😂😂😂 Poor Sam&Eve who will have to deal with THAT chaos tho😅🙈

Samesies☺🙈 Sorr, again about the confusion😰🙈🙈🙈

PS: 🤣🤣🤣 Why do I feel like she might murder me for telling you about this?🤣🤣😅🙈🙈

PS2: Oh, you mean the ones from the Musical? If you mean those, then yess, I did😍😍😍😁😁🤗 (Thanks to you actually🤣🤣😉) At first I thought that style looked kinda weird, but the more I see it, the better it looks on him🤔😂 (Tho short haired him with a little bit longer stubble still is his best look IMO🤔🙈🤷🏻‍♀️)

XXX

Oh cool, so we are both in the "I'm afraid I annoyed that person too much and she/he has enough of me" xD

Also, you suck Tumblr Secretary!!!

Girl, I live in a 12k people town, the fact have one good sushi restaurant is like a miracle. No Chinese restaruants, btw.

But I kind of miss my friends, some classes and almost no responsibilities xD

...now you sound like Stephen King and I'm starting to get really worried about your storylines =='

What? Sad facts. And the fact they rule so many societies from the backseat is even sadder

Cake HOLE, HOLE, ok?! I forgot to add it. But you can always BUY some cake and problem solved! Even better, you can shut your mouth on the cake and be forever happy!!!!

lol, I guess his mom was very proud? x'D

DO IT!!!!!

And i guess that annoyed me so much, becasue here we were, once again with the same charatcer just in a different body. The scene when he prepared bed breakfast for Nia and tried to be a perfect boyfriend and i was just rolling my eyes so hard I saw the insides of my skull. And the fact is they totally ignored his comic book canon. I get why they didn't make him LI for Kara and make him and Nia a thing, but the rest? He's an idiot? 12th level genius? Where?

That or they had no idea what to do with her character. Aside of the fact they made her just Kal's clone with longer hair, ignored her whole comic book canon that makes her different and special, they had no plan for her character development. I feel they later just fell in love with their human charatcers they made (aka Alex and Walmart Witch) and deeloped them, while ignoring Kara. The titular hero. UGH

One of the reasons why the humanphilia pissed me soo much in this show :/

I see you liked the idea xD Add Eve as sex ed teacher, Winn as IT, Alex PE and biology?, Nia something with English, Brainiac math, Lobotomizer physics, John history, Lex the principal, Kelly as the school psychologist. Plus, dunno, M'gann, Cat, William, Imra, Sam, Siobbhan, and other bad guys as bad teachers xD Could be a fun fic xD

Or even better, imagine Cat promoting Kara as CatCo's superhero, while Max promotting Mon-El as Valor as his company and both them fighting which is better, while Kara and Mon-Elbeing done with them, and one day just openly, in fromt of cameras making out to make them shut up. LOL

No prob, not your fault!

PS She probably will, sorry! xD

PS2: yes, same. He really digs that look. I think I liked most his Kai-back-from-the-dead look and s3 Mon-El, when he was wearing black Legion uniform. This or that, I'm aroace but I seriously think he is aesthetically very hot and handsome. Lucky Melissa xD

Stay safe!

#ReFail #my fam

[singull]

so i saw multiverse of madness with my parents today.

it was…eh.

spoilers below~

wanda’s whole storyline would have been fine if there was any build up to it within the movie. but no…it just happens and there ya go deal with it (very game of thrones final season of them…). like i do love a good hero to villain plot, but like…it just felt like a complete chunk of story was just missing between wandavision’s ending and the beginning of multiverse. sucks so much because dark!wanda is a trip, but i was so distracted by how sudden shit was happening that i didn’t even get to truly enjoy it. RIP to anyone that didn’t watch wandavision before seeing the movie lmao.

then stephen’s story wasn’t much better. just him being kinda sad about christine and then off to save the universe and this kid he just met. whatever. go through the motions. and now he has a third eye. cool.

did america even have a storyline? xD;

idk i wasn’t really expecting much out of the movie and nothing was about all i got from it. honestly, i think MoM is definitely helping to cement my opinion that the tv shows are far superior to the movies at this point. i’ve had a taste of long-form marvel story telling and i can’t deal with movies that are half-assing covering too much shit in 2 hours. tbf…we also all just came off of moon knight and can anything compare? D;

but anyway…i did at least enjoy going to the theater for the first time since 2019 and chowing down on popcorn. our theater also apparently finally replaced more of the old janky seats they’ve had since the theater was first built so my ass and back aren’t in excruciating pain. hooray! just wish i’d broken the theater-going dryspell with a better movie. XD

anyway RIP to uhhh…supersonic voice dude. that death was brutal lmao

#personal bloggity

[sh1tbird-shantytown]

all the concussions gave steve memory problems and migraines bad enough to hospitalize and it gets really rough on him sometimes

Just his fucking luck.

He couldn’t remember if his mother wanted chicken noodle or cream of mushroom soup and he lost the whole slip of paper with the list. Must have thrown it out with the Snickers bar he’d nicked.

He tossed both in the wire shopping cart. Heard a familiar voice from behind and turned to see Billy Hargrove looking at him. A perplexed expression, the barest hint of uncertainty behind the eyes.

Steve asked like he’d missed something, “What?”

Billy’s eyes rolled up, “I said, where’ve you been, Harrington? You’ve missed the last four days of school.” He took in the mass already forming in the cart, “Some people are getting worried— What the hell are you doing?”

Steve glanced from Hargrove, to the basket, and back to Billy again, “Uhm….” Billy raised both his eyebrows, Steve thought they looked kind of like those fuzzy caterpillars his mother always yelled at him for trying to touch.

“It’s just,” Hargrove gestured to Steve, “You don’t look like the typical skipping school guy. You’re buying—” he squinted and Steve stepped out of the way for him, “—Relish, whole grain bread, and pre-made cookie dough? Shouldn’t you be sneaking some beer, or frozen pizzas?”

Steve pursed his lips and turned back to assess his lot, “That’s a lot of questions for someone holding bubblegum toothpaste.”

He heard Billy snort, kinda bemused, “It’s for Max.”

Steve’s ears started pinging when a wheel began squeaking, “Whatever floats your boat, Buddy.” His skull felt like he’d gone through a car wash. Not as bad as the rest of the week, but it was getting there. He vaguely remembered hearing something about a purple nail polish, although he hoped his mother would understand. “Sorry to cut this short,” he wasn’t even sure if Billy was still there, “I have to get home.”

He felt a hand on his shoulder, gentle but heavy, “You’re lookin’ a little red, Harrington.” Something smooth pressed against this forehead, his vision a little too blurry and unfocused to really see what Billy was doing exactly. “You’re warm.” The silence wasn’t heavy, and when Billy let him ease a bit of his own weight against him, Steve didn’t feel as much in a rush as before anyway. Billy’s finger brushed his jaw, tried not to think to much about it. “If you pay for the toothpaste, I’ll drive you home.”

“Deal.” Steve let Billy take the cart, “The doctors said I shouldn’t drive when it gets like this anyway.” Billy’s arm wrapped around his waist and then moved up to his upper back.

“Oh yeah?”

Steve glared at the soup cans, “The cafeteria lights trigger them the most.” He turned his head towards Billy once they reached the end of a line. “I have a study hall fifth period, the sunlight when they open the windows reflects off of the tables and walls. I have light sensitive eyes now. I had to get more pain relief.”

Billy looked over hastily, eyes slightly bigger, “Now?”

Steve looked away from the magazine display, “Now, what?”

Billy had a reflection of fear along his brow, “When did they start, Steve?”

Oh.

“It’s been a while,” he answered. The hand on his shoulder moved around, spread its warmth and made it so they were closer together. The pain subsided, if only a smidge.

“I’m sorry.”

He stepped on Billy’s foot purposefully, “We’ve done this already, Hargrove.”

“But—”

“You are not the sole reason—”

“You were at the hospital, weren’t you? Wheeler and Byers ment—”

Steve stepped on his foot again, harsh enough that Billy sucked in a breath, “Don’t interrupt me.”

Billy gaped, Steve become sidetracked with his freckles. “You started it!”

Before he could lift his foot again for another attack, the line moved forward.

—

Billy had one hand on the wheel and the other around Steve’s wrist, feeling out the pulse.

“I’m fine, William.”

“Stephen.”

He closed his eyes, discontent, “You did my yard work for a week.”

Billy leaned more towards the steering wheel, “So?”

“You gave the kids free swim passes. And. You’re still helping me with, like, more than half of my classes. For free.”

Billy nodded, “Monday’s and Thursday’s.” He nodded, “Which you missed this week, because of me.”

“No—”

“You were never hospitalized for you headaches before that night, Harrington.”

Steve slid his arm and gripped Billy’s hand in order to do the same with his attention, “My head started getting fucked up the day a got a beating from Jonathan Byers.” Billy scowled. “And you know what?” just a hint of a smile peaked through Steve’s lips. Billy glanced over with distaste. “I deserved it and I don’t blame him for it.” Billy’s hand went limp in his own. Heavier. “And I don’t blame you anymore. You help me remember my schedule and locker combination. You let me have your orange slices at lunch because you know they’re the only fruit I’ll eat besides strawberries.” Billy’s eyes were glassy as he pulled into the driveway. “And guess what?”

Billy wouldn’t look at him, “What?”

“It’s panini night, Mom got the prosciutto and salami.”

Billy considered it and then started hurriedly out of the car “You can carry one bag, Harrington, any more and I’ll kiss you.”

“What kind of threat is that?”

—

It had been tomato soup, by the way.

#forget angst. i bless you with this…thing #not angst. entirely. #steve harrington #billy hargrove #pre slash #(maybe?) #harringrove #billy/steve #stranger things

[grantyort]

Prelude IV: Relight

Post-Surgery: DAY ONE

[Sean sits in the hospital bed, legs crossed, staring into space when he hears a familiar voice.]

Joey: Sean, Sean Diaz? Well damn. I never thought I’d see your sorry ass again!

Sean: Geez Joey. Is that how you talk to all your patients?

Joey: Just the ones I like.

[Sean chuckles]

Joey: C’mere big man.

[Joey gives Sean a big bear hug]

Sean: How’ve you been Joey?

Joey: Can’t complain. These days, they got me up in hospice care. You’re probably the first person I’ve seen today that didn’t need their bedpans changed.

Sean: Sounds terrible.

Joey: It’s all not all bad. Lot of these folks have stories that you wouldn’t believe. One of my patients has lived through five wars and two depressions, tells me I’m a credit to my race.

Sean: Yeesh.

Joey: (shrugs) She means well. It’s almost flattering compared to some of the stuff I’ve heard. Been on this job almost ten years now, some people still treat me like I have no idea what I’m doing.  

Sean: That sucks Joey.

Joey: Yeah... Anyway, you seem to be doing pretty well for yourself. From what I heard, this procedure cost a small fortune. You must have friends in high places.

Sean: Yeah, something like that.

Joey: And no guard at the door this time. I assume everything got cleared up with the police? Not planning to make a break for it again are ya?

Sean: Nah, no daring escapes this time.

Joey: Good. I don’t think I’d survive another blow to the head.

Sean: Listen Joey I’m really sorry-

Joey: (laughs) Relax Sean! I’m just messing with you! It’s ancient history as far as I’m concerned. Say, did you ever end up finding that brother of yours?

Sean: Yeah. He’s actually coming to visit me tomorrow.

Joey: Can’t wait to meet him!

Sean: Famous last words.

Joey: So… what you been up to these days?

Sean: Mostly just cramming for the SATs, drawing, listening to music. Normal teenage shit.

Joey: That’s good to hear. I was worried about you man. You went AWOL after the hospital. I got police and Feds breathing down my neck for weeks. Then a month later, I hear about a couple of kids trying the border to Mexico on the news.

Sean: Sorry I never reached out. I just didn’t want to get you more involved than you already were-

Joey: You made the right call. They questioned me for hours. My apartment was filled with G-men, my girlfriend was freaked. I honestly thought she was going to dump my ass.

Sean: I’m really sorry Joey.

Joey: Don’t sweat it Sean, it was for a good cause. Besides, everything worked out in the end.

Sean: Yeah I noticed, how long have you been-

Joey: Almost a year now. We’re expecting our first baby in the summer.

Sean: Congratulations dude!

Joey: Thanks, but honestly, I’m kinda nervous, don’t think I’m ready to be a father.

Sean: You’ll be a great dad, Joey. You’re awesome at taking care of people.

Joey: You’re damn right. Speaking of which, we should probably take a look at that eye of yours.

[Joey takes off the bandage and gives Sean’s eye a thorough examination]

Joey: Well it looks a helluva lot better than the last time I saw it.

Sean: That’s good to hear. I wasn’t sure it would work.

Joey: Well it’s too early to say if your vision will fully recover. But at the very least you won’t have to walk around with a patch anymore.

Sean: Good. It’s hard enough finding a prom date let alone one that’s willing to go with a pirate.

Joey: Still with the pirate jokes huh? Hopefully, you’ll have to write some new material after this.

[Joey applies a new bandage on Sean’s eye]

Joey: And you’re all set. Now as much as I love our talks, I gotta make my rounds. Buzz me if you need me.

Sean: Later Joey.

Joey: See ya tomorrow Sean.

 [Joey leaves the room. Sean turns to look out the window. The door shoots open, and a small figure comes bursting in.]

Daniel: Sean! 

[He jumps onto the bed and into Sean’s arms]

Stephen: (out-of-breath) Sorry, I tried to stop him, but he outran me.

Sean: You okay Stephen?

Stephen: I am… just need a minute to catch my breath. The old ticker ain’t what it used to be- I need to sit down.

Daniel: Take it easy grandpa.

Sean: What are you doing here, enano? I wasn’t expecting you guys until tomorrow.

Daniel: I made grandpa book an earlier flight. I just couldn’t wait! 

[he hugs Sean again]

Sean: Haha easy. I just had surgery, remember?

Daniel: Oh right, s-sorry.

[There’s a brief flash, followed by a shutter click]

Sean: What’re you doing, gramps?

Stephen: Oh nothing, just commemorating the moment. Thanks to your brother, I finally got the hang of this newfangled smartphone camera.

Daniel (whispering): He had it stuck on selfie mode for days. Anyway, did it go? Is your eye…

Sean: I mean… it’s not 100% yet but I can sort of see again.

Daniel: T-that’s awesome! Can I see it?

Sean: Dude last time I showed you my eye, you almost cried. Besides, the doctors say I still need to keep the bandage on for a bit, while it heals.

Daniel: Right. That makes sense. Oooh this room looks cool. Do they have Netflix or a Playbox?

Sean: It’s a hospital, dude.

Daniel: Lame.

Sean: So catch me up. Did I miss anything interesting at home?

Daniel: Nah… Chris is still on that fishing trip with his dad so there’s no one to hang out with. Oh I almost forgot. He made you this card. Isn’t it awesome?

[Daniel gives Sean a hand-drawn “get-well-soon” card from Chris]

Sean: Yeah. It’s pretty cool. We can have Claire put it up when we get back.

Daniel: Grandma’s still in that feud with the lady from church.

Sean: Which one was that again?

Daniel: Agnes, the one who gives off major Lisbeth-vibes. She says grandma stole her casserole recipe for the church bake-sale. Lying bitch.

Stephen: Language!

Sean: Maybe one of us should try to smooth things over before it gets nasty.

Stephen: Hell hath no fury… lemme tell ya. I’ve been married to your grandmother long enough to know once that woman sets her mind on something… there’s no stopping her. Best to just let things run their course.

Sean: Claire can get a little… passionate sometimes. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen her lose her temper for real.

Stephen: There’s a fire in that woman. It’s part of the reason I married her. Just pray she never turns it on you. I hope I’ll never live to see that day, god willing.

[Sean notices Daniel circling the hospital bed, pressing his hand on various parts of the mattress]

Sean: (laughs) What are you doing, enano?

Daniel: Just trying to figure which side of the bed I want to sleep on tonight.

Sean: Dude. There’s no way this bed’s gonna fit both of us.

Daniel: The one in Mom’s trailer was way smaller!

Sean: Yeah well… you were a lot smaller back then.

Stephen: They have a nice area for visitors down the hall.

Daniel: But I want to stay with Sean!

Sean: I guess I could ask Joey to bring in a couch or something.

Daniel: Who’s Joey?

Sean: The nurse who took care of me after the accident. I told you about him, remember?

Daniel: Oh right! I can’t wait to meet him!

 DAY TWO

Joey: How are we doing today? Any headaches, dizziness, socket pain?

Sean: Nah it’s all good. Still getting used to having depth perception again. It’s kinda weird.

Joey: You’ll get used to it. Anything else to report?

Sean: Nothing major. I’ve just been having some really weird dreams.

Joey: We have a psychiatrist on-site if you need a professional to talk to.

Sean: Nah it’s alright, probably just the drugs messing with my brain.

Joey: Well your vitals look good. We’ll go over some basic tests. You know the drill.

(Sean covers his right eye and tries to read the chart. Joey then shines a light and asks him to follow along. Finally, he asks Sean to put the cap back on the pen.)

Joey: You passed with flying colors. The doctor will be in for a final exam tomorrow and then we can discharge you.

Sean: (sarcastically) Too bad, I was ready to become the first Mexican pirate to attend college. So much for being a trailblazer.

Joey: Good to see you haven’t lost that snarky-ass sense of humor.

Joey: Anyway, I’m taking my lunch now. Want me to get you anything from the cafeteria? Wait… don’t tell me. Chocolate pecan?

Sean: You know it.

Joey: I met your brother in the hall. Cute kid.

Sean: (deadpans) Give it a few days. Then see if you get a “second opinion.”

Joey: He does seem a little… “energetic”. But that’s normal for kids his age.

Sean: Yeah one minute I’m his favorite person in the world. The next, he’s off doing God knows what, and doesn’t want me “bossing him around”. You know how it is.

Joey: Can’t say I do. Grew up in a house with three older sisters. Guess I must have been the annoying one. Daniel’s lucky to have you looking out for him. Must be tough sometimes.

Sean: Oh you have no idea.

[Joey claps Sean’s shoulder, he feels a jolt shooting up his spine, everything goes white] 

(Sean sees a door marked: “Miranda A. Connolly, Hospital Director”)

Connolly: You’ve been a valuable asset to this hospital. Stellar feedback from all of your patients and attendings.

Joey: I sense a “but” coming.

Connolly: But, given the dubious circumstances surrounding your transfer and your past involvement with the law. The Board thinks it might be better for one of the other nurses to take this spot.

Joey: Please. I’ve got a kid on the way. We just bought our first house. Can you at least consider bumping up my pay? I haven’t gotten a real raise since I started here. There are kids coming out of nursing school that make what I make!

Connolly: The hospital has limited resources as it is, and the State just slashed our funding again. I just can’t justify raising anyone’s salary right now.

Joey: I break my back for this hospital, work extra shifts, get to know the patients. You promised me at the annual review that I’d-

Connolly: That was before this new information came to light. I’m sorry Joseph, maybe next year.

[Sean snaps out of his trance]

Joey: Sean? Sean are you okay?

Sean: Sorry, Guess I spaced out. Must just be the medication.

Joey: I can have the doctor come by and adjust your dosage.

Sean: I’m fine Joey. I swear. Weren’t you about to take lunch?

Joey: Oh right. We’ll pick this up later.

[Joey leaves the room, looking slightly puzzled.]

Sean: (thinking) W-what what was that? A dream? But It felt so… real.

[Sean takes out his phone and enters the name of the hospital, He finds their website. Under the ‘About’ section he scrolls to the Executive team bio. There is a photo of the woman he saw in the vision followed by a small blurb]

“Miranda A. Connolly is the President and Chief Director of Mt. Cedar General Hospital. She was appointed back in 2016 as Associate Director and has since made ground-breaking changes to the field of medicine and medical care. Under her leadership, this hospital was able to expand greatly, hiring new diverse staff members and vastly improving quality of care for all its patients.”

Sean: (thinking) Holy shit… it’s real. Does that mean I…?

Daniel: Hey Sean! What you looking at?

Sean: Dude! Don’t sneak up on me like that!

Daniel: I wasn’t sneaking. I was practicing my stealth!

Sean: Yeah sure.

Daniel: Are you looking at the new Playbox Pro? My birthday is right around the corner you know.

Sean: Birthday? It’s still January!

Daniel: Never too early to start preparing.

Sean: (rolling eyes) Yeah cuz everything’s always about you.

Daniel: Oooh I bet you were watching those dirty videos again. I’m tellin’ grandpa!

Sean: Hey hands off my phone you little-

[Daniel tries to grab Sean’s phone. Sean wrests his hand away. There is another a jolt]

[Daniel stands in front of the vending machine, staring at the jumbo chock-o-crisp. He looks around to check that the coast is clear. Then he waves his hand causing the chock-o-crisp to fall off the rack and into the dispenser slot.He gleefully retrieves it and devours the candy bar in a matter of seconds]

Sean: Dude, I told you not to eat any more chock-o-crisps! Do you want another trip to the dentist?

Daniel: What are you talking about? I haven’t had one in weeks!

Sean: Yeah sure. So you didn’t pig out at the vending machine before coming in here?

Daniel: How did you-

Sean: Maybe I have magic powers or maybe… you’ve still got crumbs on your collar.

Daniel: Aw, damn it. Promise you won’t tell grandpa.

Sean: Oh so you can tell on me but I can’t tell on you?

Daniel: (smugly) Exactly.

Sean: C’mere ya little shit!

Daniel: Sean stop! Ha that tickles. Quit it!

(After their little bout, Daniel curls up next to Sean, resting his head on Sean’s lap. Sean ruffles Daniel’s hair absentmindedly)

Sean: You ever wish you were… you know “normal” again?

Daniel: You mean not have my powers? Nah. They’re a part of me now. Besides, being normal is overrated.

Sean: (chuckles) I guess it is. But do you ever get that feeling like you thought you wanted something for a really long time but when you finally get it, it nothing like you thought it’d be?

Daniel: Uhhh… you mean like how I begged grandma to get me a PlayBox Live Subscription, but then the exclusives turned out to be shit? And now I have to act like I love it?

Sean: Yeah something like that.

Daniel: (yawns) Meh I’ll just ask for a gaming PC for my birthday.

Sean: Dude you’re like the greediest ten year-old I know.

Daniel: How many ten year-olds do you know?

Sean: Uh… just you and Chris.

Daniel: So, you want me to be more like Chris?

Sean: Wouldn’t hurt.

Daniel: (imitating Chris) “Only the purest of hearts may wield the power of Captain Spirit!”

Sean: Guess that rules you out.

Daniel: (playfully) Shut up.

DAY THREE

Doctor: Okay Mr.Diaz. I want you to follow the light. Look to your right, up and to the right. Good, good, excellent pupil response.  Now look at the chart, cover your right eye and read this line.

Sean: Uh… A, O, E, P… T? Sorry I can’t really make out the last one.

Doctor: That’s okay, it takes time.

Doctor: Now this is probably the last thing you want to hear, but I recommend that you wear a patch over your right eye. It’ll be temporary of course, just until you learn to see with your left eye again.

Sean: (laughs dryly) And here I thought my seafaring days were behind me.

Doctor: You know… pirate actually wore patches so their eyes could easily adjust to the darkness and see below deck- Sorry my son’s going through a pirate phase.

Sean: I know the feeling. My little brother’s been through every phase imaginable.

Doctor: Kids, you gotta treasure every moment. Because before you know it, they’ll be all grown up, ready to go off on their own. Look at me, rambling on. Anyway, I signed your discharged papers. They’ll schedule you for some outpatient care in the coming months.You’re almost ready to go. 

Sean: Sounds good.

Doctor: And you’re sure you don’t want to get do something about that nasty scar? A good-looking kid like you, it would be a shame to-

Sean: That’s okay, I think I’ll keep it… as a reminder.

Doctor: Alright but if you ever change your mind, I could refer you to a great plastic surgeon.

Sean: Thanks Doc, for everything.

Doctor: The pleasure’s all mine, Mr.Diaz. The groundwork we laid here could help hundreds of other patients in the future. We are making history. Your nurse should be along in a moment to help you get discharged.

[Sean sits in quiet contemplation. Reflecting on his dreams and new “vision”]

Sean (thinking): Be careful what you wish for... 

Joey: Looks like everything’s good to go. Remember to use your eye-drops-

Sean: Twice a day. Yeah Joey, I know.

Joey: Guess it’s goodbye again. Don’t be a stranger this time okay?

Sean: I won’t.

Joey: Here’s my number. Call me if ever need professional advice or just want to shoot the shit.

Sean: Thanks Joey. Let me know how everything goes with the baby.

Joey: Oh don’t you worry about that. Soon I’ll be blowing up your phone with pictures.

Sean: Haha can’t wait.

Joey: Now hospital policy says I gotta wheel your ass outta here. For liability reasons.

Sean: At least it’ll be a smoother exit than last time.

Joey: (laughs) Get in the chair smart-ass.

Beaver Creek, One Week Later

Sean: Okay, you ready?

Daniel: (takes deep breath) Alright. Show it to me.

Sean: So… how does it look?

Daniel: Looks… normal.

Sean: You almost sound disappointed. Were you expecting a bionic eye or something?

Daniel: No. I just… it looks good. I like the scar; makes you look extra tough.

Sean: You think so?

Daniel: Yeah… totally badass!

Sean: Thanks, enano.

Daniel: You need a new codename, like Scarred Wolf or Deadshot Diaz!

Sean: Let’s leave the nicknames up to Chris.

Daniel: Hey! I make up awesome names too!

Sean: Whatever you say,“Superwolf”

#life is strange 2 #life is strange #sean diaz #daniel diaz #captain spirit #chris eriksen #stephen reynolds #lis2 #captain spirit ww #joey peterson

[geeky-writes]

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“Pictures of what?” Ned asked as he suddenly appeared behind Peter’s left shoulder. Peter jumped, almost knocking into Gwen as he grabbed her hand, tugging her around.

“Jesus, Ned!” Peter exclaimed. “Dude, you can’t sneak up on me like that!”

Ned’s eyebrows knitted together. “Um… I didn't, but okay. But what’re you taking pictures of?”

“Peter’s gonna get a telescope this coming weekend,” said Gwen.

“Really?” Ned said. “Dude, that’s so cool! Are you gonna let us come over and see it once you get it set up?”

“Ah, it’s gonna be up at the Compound,” said Peter. “Sorry.”

“Oh,” Ned said. “Well, I guess that makes more sense, since upstate’s probably better for stargazing. It just kinda sucks that you’ve gotta go up there every single weekend.”

“Eh, it’s not so bad,” Peter said. “It’s actually kinda nice to get out of the city every now and then. It’s a lot quieter up there.”

“Yeah, I guess. But since when did you like it quiet?” Ned asked. “You know what, nevermind. Wait till you hear what my mom heard yesterday at her book club.”

“You mean her gossip club, right?” Gwen asked as they made their way towards their homeroom classroom. “‘Cause I swear all your mom seems to do there is talk about people.”

“Well… yeah, that is part of it,” Ned admitted. “You know my mom just likes to know what’s going on, so…” He gave his head a quick shake. “Anyway, she told me that one of her friends was walking in the city on Saturday afternoon and saw Dr Stephen Strange go into a comic book store.”

“Who?” asked Gwen, shooting Peter a questioning look. “Am I supposed to know who that is or something?”

“He’s that rich doctor that drove his car off a mountain a few months ago,” said Peter. “The neurosurgeon?” He didn't add that Dad had disliked Dr Strange ever since he and Papa had tried to get him to consult on Peter during his weeks-long coma after the battle in the Miami bunker, and that the surgeon had flat-out refused because he’d said that he didn't work on children.

And no amount of begging, pleading, or bribing could get him to change his mind.

Oh well, it’d probably been for the best anyway. From what Peter had heard about Dr Strange, he was a massive jerk, and Dad did not have a good track record dealing with medical professionals who were jerks. Dad was amazingly generous with most of the doctors and nurses who had treated Peter back when he was little, and sick most of the time, but Peter had witnessed him dressing down plenty of arrogant or jerky ones too. Since Dad had enough intelligence and knowledge to pretty much get his own medical degree in any number of fields, he tended to figure out who he could trust and who he could not very quickly.

As it turned out, Dr Strange wouldn’t have been able to do anything for Peter anyway, and not getting him involved ended up saving his dads from having to explain Peter’s genetic mutation and enhancements to yet another person outside their family.

Now that Ned had brought him up, though, Peter had to admit he was pretty curious as to what the former surgeon had been up to in the last several months.

“Oh, yeah, I remember my dad saying something about that,” Gwen said with a nod. “Okay… so…?”

“Well, I guess after his accident, he kinda went nuts trying to find a cure for the nerve damage in his hands. Ended up selling just about everything he owned to try some really weird treatments,” said Ned. “And then one day he just up and disappeared. My mom’s friend thought he was dead until she saw him again.”

The full chapter will post on Monday, September 28th 😊

#stony #stevetony #superhusbands #iron dad and spider son #superfamily #stony fanfiction #superfamily fanfiction #iron dad fanfiction #tony stark #steve rogers #peter parker #infinity war/ endgame au #continuum #chapter 5 preview #pieces of echoes series #geeky writes

[richietoaster]

Review/Reaction of IT Chapter Two

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

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

UNDER THE CUT CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• ignoring canon in 3.. 2.. 1.. now 

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

[betterdaysareatoenailaway]

Random Review #3: Sleepwalkers (1992) and “Sleep Walk” (1959)

I. Sleepwalkers (1992) I couldn’t sleep last night so I started watching a trashy B-movie penned by Stephen King specifically for the screen called Sleepwalkers (1992). Simply put, the film is an unmitigated disaster. A piece of shit. But it didn’t need to be. That’s what’s so annoying about it. By 1992 King was a grizzled veteran of the silver screen, with more adaptations under his belt than any other author of his cohort. Puzo had the Godfather films (1972 and 1974, respectively), sure, but nothing else. Leonard Gardner had Fat City (1972), a movie I love, but Gardner got sucked into the Hollywood scene of cocaine and hot tub parties and never published another novel, focusing instead on screenplays for shitty TV shows like NYPD Blue. After Demon Seed (1977), a movie I have seen and disliked, nobody would touch Dean Koontz’s stuff with a ten foot pole, which is too bad because The Voice of the Night, a 1980 novel about two young pals, one of whom is a psychopath trying to convince the other to help him commit murder, would make a terrific movie. But Koontz’s adaptations have been uniformly awful. The made-for-TV film starring John C McGinley, 1997′s Intensity, is especially bad. There are exceptions, but Stephen King has been lucky enough to avoid the fate of his peers. Big name directors have tackled his work, from Stanley Kubrick to Brian De Palma. King even does a decent job of acting in Pet Semetary (1989), in his own Maximum Overdrive (1986) and in George Romero’s Creepshow (1982), where he plays a yokel named Jordy Verril who gets infected by a meteorite that causes green weeds to grow all over his body. Many have criticized King’s over-the-top performance in that flick, but for me King perfectly nails the campy and comical tone that Romero was going for. The dissolves in Creepshow literally come right off the pages of comics, so people expecting a subtle Ordinary People-style turn from King had clearly walked into the wrong theatre. Undoubtedly Creepshow succeeds at what it set out to do. I’m not sure Sleepwalkers succeeds though, unless the film’s goal was to get me to like cats even more than I already do. But I already love cats a great deal. Here’s my cat Cookie watching me edit this very blog post. 

And here’s one of my other cats, Church, named after the cat that reanimates and creeps out Louis and Ellie in Pet Sematary. Photo by @ScareAlex.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not keep reading if you plan on watching Sleepwalkers and want to find out for yourself what happens.

Stephen King saw many of his novels get adapted in the late 1970s and 80s: Carrie, The Shining, Firestarter, Christine, Cujo, and the movie that spawned the 1950s nostalgia industrial complex, Stand By Me, but Sleepwalkers was the first time he wrote a script specifically for the screen rather than adapting a novel that already existed. Maybe that’s why it’s so fucking bad. Stephen King is a novelist, gifted with a novelist’s rich imagination. He’s prone to giving backstories to even the most peripheral characters - think of Joe Chamber’s alcoholic neighbour Gary Pervier in the novel Cujo, who King follows for an unbelievable number of pages as the man stumbles drunkenly around his house spouting his catch phrase “I don’t give a shit,” drills a hole through his phone book so he can hang it from a string beside his phone, complains about his hemorrhoids getting “as big as golfballs” (I’m not joking), and just generally acts like an asshole until a rabid Cujo bounds over, rips his throat out, and he bleeds to death. In the novel Pervier’s death takes more than a few pages, but it makes for fun reading. You hate the man so fucking much that watching him die feels oddly satisfying. In the movie, though, his death occurs pretty quickly, and in a darkened hallway, so it’s hard to see what’s going on aside from Gary’s foot trembling. And Pervier’s “I don’t give a shit” makes sense when he’s drilling a hole in the phone book, not when he’s about to be savagely attacked by a rabid St Bernard. There’s just less room for back story in movies. In a medium that demands pruning and chiseling and the “less is more” dictum, King’s writing takes a marked turn for the worse. King is a prose maximalist, who freely admits to “writing to outrageous lengths” in his novels, listing It, The Stand, and The Tommyknockers as particularly egregious examples of literary logorrhea. He is not especially equipped to write concisely. This weakness is most apparent in Sleepwalkers’ dialogue, which sounds like it was supposed to be snappy and smart, like something Aaron Sorkin would write, but instead comes off like an even worse Tango & Cash, all bad jokes and shitty puns. More on those bad jokes later. First, the plot.

Sleepwalkers is about a boy named Charles and his mother Mary who travel around the United States killing and feeding off the lifeforce of various unfortunate people (if this sounds a little like The True Knot in Doctor Sleep, you’re not wrong. But self-plagiarism is not a crime). Charles and Mary are shapeshifting werewolf-type creatures called werecats, a species with its very own Wikipedia page. Wikipedia confers legitimacy dont’cha know, so lets assume werecats are real beings. According to said page, a werecat, “also written in a hyphenated form as were-cat) is an analogy to ‘werewolf’ for a feline therianthropic creature.” I’m gonna spell it with the hyphen from now on because “werecats” just looks like a typo. Okay? Okay.

Oddly enough, the were-cats in Sleepwalkers are terrified of cats. Actual cats. For the were-cats, cute kittens = kryptonite. When they see a cat or cats plural, this happens to them:

^ That is literally a scene from the movie. Charles is speeding when a cop pulls alongside him and bellows at him to pull over. Ever the rebel, Charles flips the cop the finger. But the cop has a cat named Clovis in his car, and when the cat pops up to have a look at the kid (see below), Charles shapeshifts first into a younger boy, then into whatever the fuck that is in the above screenshot.

Now, the were-cats aversion to normal cats is confusing because one would assume a were-cat to be a more evolved (or perhaps devolved?) version of the typical house kitty. The fact that these were-cats are bipedal alone suggests an advantage over our furry four-legged friends, no? Kinda like if humans were afraid of fucking gorillas. Wait...we are scared of gorillas. And chimpanzees. And all apes really. Okay, maybe the conceit of the film isn’t so silly after all. The film itself, however, is about as silly as a bad horror movie can get. When the policeman gets back to precinct and describes the incident above (”his face turned into a blur”) he is roundly ridiculed because in movies involving the supernatural nobody believes in the supernatural until it confronts them. It’s the law, sorry. Things don’t end well for the cop. Or for the guy who gets murdered when the mom stabs him with...an ear of corn. Yes, an ear of corn. Somehow, the mother is able to jam corn on the cob through a man’s body, without crushing the vegetable or turning it into yellow mash. It’s pretty amazing. Here is a sample of dialog from that scene: Cop About To Die On The Phone to Precinct: There’s blood everywhere! *STAB* Murderous Mother: No vegetables, no dessert. That is actually a line in the movie. “No vegetables, no dessert.” It’s no “let off some steam, Bennett” but it’s close. Told ya I’d get back to the bad jokes. See, Mary and Charles are new in town and therefore seeking to ingratiate themselves by killing everyone who suspects them of being weird, all while avoiding cats as best they can. At one point Charles yanks a man’s hand off and tells him to "keep [his] hands to [him]self," giving the man back his severed bloody hand. Later on Charles starts dating a girl who will gradually - and I do mean gradually - come to realize her boyfriend is not a real person but in fact a were-cat. Eventually our spunky young protagonist - Madchen Amick, who fans of Twin Peaks will recognize as Shelly - and a team of cats led by the adorable Clovis- kill the were-cat shapeshifting things and the sleepy small town (which is named Travis for some reason) goes back to normal, albeit with a slightly diminished population. For those keeping score, that’s Human/Cat Alliance 1, Shapeshifting Were-cats 0. It is clear triumph for the felis catus/people team! Unless we’re going by kill count, in which case it is closer to Human/Cat Alliance 2, Were-cats 26. I arrived at this figure through my own notes but also through a helpful video that takes a comprehensive and complete “carnage count” of all kills in Sleepwalkers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmt-DroK6uA

II. Santo & Johnny “Sleep Walk” (1959) Because Sleepwalkers is decidedly not known for its good acting or its well-written screenplay, it is perhaps best known for its liberal and sometimes contrapuntal use of Santo & Johnny’s classic steel guitar song “Sleep Walk,” possibly the most famous (and therefore best) instrumental of the 20th century. Some might say “Sleep Walk” is tied for the #1 spot with “Green Onions” by Booker T & the M.G.’s and/or “Wipe Out” by The Surfaris, but I disagree. The Santo & Johnny song is #1 because of its incalculable influence on all subsequent popular music. 

I’m not saying “Wipe Out” didn't inspire a million imitators, both contemporaneously and even decades later…for example here’s a surf rock instrumental from 1999 called “Giant Cow" by a Toronto band called The Urban Surf Kings. The video was one of the first to be animated using Flash (and it shows):

So there are no shortage of surf rock bands, even now, decades after its emergence from the shores of California to the jukeboxes of Middle America. My old band Sleep for the Nightlife used to regularly play Rancho Relaxo with a surf rock band called the Dildonics, who I liked a great deal. There's even a Danish surf rock band called Baby Woodrose, whose debut album is a favourite of mine. They apparently compete for the title of Denmark’s biggest surf pop band with a group called The Setting Son. When a country that has no surfing culture and no beaches has multiple surf rock bands, it is safe to say the genre has attained international reach. As far as I can tell, there aren’t many bands out there playing Booker T & the M.G.’s inspired instrumental rock. Link Wray’s “Rumble” was released four years before “Green Onions.” But the influence of Santo and Johnny’s “Sleep Walk” is so ubiquitous as to be almost immeasurable. The reason for this is the sheer popularity of the song’s chord progression. If Santo and Johnny hadn’t written it first, somebody else would have, simply because the progression is so beautiful and easy on the ears and resolvable in a satisfying way. Have a listen to “Sleep Walk” first and then let’s check out some songs it directly inspired. 

The chords are C, A minor, F and G. Minor variations sometimes reverse the last two chords, but if it begins with C to A minor, you can bet it’s following the “Sleep Walk” formula, almost as if musicians influenced by the song are in the titular trance. When it comes to playing guitar, Tom Waits once said “your hands are like dogs, going to the same places they’ve been. You have to be careful when playing is no longer in the mind but in the fingers, going to happy places. You have to break them of their habits or you don’t explore; you only play what is confident and pleasing.” Not only is it comforting to play and/or hear what we already know, studies have shown that our brains actively resist new music, because it takes work to understand the new information and assimilate it into a pattern we are cogent of. It isn’t until the brain recognizes the pattern that it gives us a dopamine rush. I’m not much for Pitchfork anymore, but a recent article they posted does a fine job of discussing this phenomenon in greater detail.

Led Zeppelin’s “D’Yer Maker” uses the “Sleep Walk” riff prominently, anchored by John Bonham and John Paul Jones’ white-boy reggae beat: 

Here it is again with Del Shannon’s classic “Little Town Flirt.” I love Shannon’s falsetto at the end when he goes “you better run and hide now bo-o-oy.”

The Beatles “Happiness is a Warm Gun” uses the Sleep Walk progression, though not for the whole song. It goes into the progression at the bridge at 1:34: 

Tumblr won’t let me embed any more videos, so you’ll to travel to another tab to hear these songs, but Neil Young gets in on the act with his overlooked classic “Winterlong:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV6r66n3TFI On their 1996 EP Interstate 8 Modest Mouse pay direct homage by singing over their own rendition of the original Santo & Johnny version, right down to the weeping steel guitar part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT_PwXjCqqs The vocals are typical wispy whispered indie rock vocals, but I think they work, particularly the two different voices. They titled their version “Sleepwalking (Couples Only Dance Prom Night).”

Dwight Yoakam’s “Thousand Miles From Nowhere” makes cinematic use of it. This song plays over the credits of one of my all-time favourite movies, 1993′s Red Rock West feat. Nicolas Cage, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dennis Hopper, and J.T. Walsh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu3ypuKq8WE

“39″ is my favourite Queen song. I guess now I know why. It uses my fav chord progression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE8kGMfXaFU 

Blink 182 scored their first hit “Dammit” with a minor variation on the Sleep Walk chord progression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0g16_LQaQ

Midwest beer drinkin bar rockers Connections scored a shoulda-been-a-hit with the fist-pumping “Beat the Sky:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSNRq0n_WYA You’d be hard pressed to find a weaker lead singer than this guy (save for me, natch), but they make it work. This one’s an anthem.

Spoon, who have made a career out of deconstructing rock n’ roll, so that their songs sometimes sound needlessly sparse (especially “The Ghost of You Lingers,” which takes minimalism to its most extreme...just a piano being bashed on staccato-style for four minutes), so it should surprise nobody that they re-arrange the Sleep Walk chords on their classic from Gimme Fiction, “I Summon You:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teXA8N3aF9M I love that opening line: remember the weight of the world was a sound that we used to buy? I think songwriter Britt Daniel is talking about buying albums from the likes of Pearl Jam or Smashing Pumpkins, any of those grunge bands with pessimistic worldviews. There are a million more examples. I remember seeing some YouTube video where a trio of gross douchebros keep playing the same progression while singing a bunch of hits over it. I don’t like the smarmy way they do it, making it seem like artists are lazy and deliberately stealing. I don’t think it’s plagiarism to use this progression. And furthermore, tempo and production make all the difference. Take “This Magic Moment” for example. There's a version by Jay & the Americans and one by Ben E King & the Drifters. I’ve never been a fan of those shrieking violins or fiddles that open the latter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bacBKKgc4Uo The Jay & the Americans version puts the guitar riff way in the forefront, which I like a lot more. The guitar plays the entire progression once before the singing starts and the band joins in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKfASw6qoag

Each version has its own distinctive feel. They are pretty much two different songs. Perhaps the most famous use of the Sleep Walk progression is “Unchained Melody” by the Righteous Brothers, which is one of my favourite songs ever. The guy who chose to let Bobby Hatfield sing this one by himself must have kicked himself afterwards when it became a hit, much bigger than "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiiyq2xrSI0

What can you say about “Unchained Melody” that hasn’t already been said? God, that miraculously strong vocal, the way the strings (and later on, brass horns) are panned way over to the furthest reaches the left speaker while the drums and guitar are way over in the right, with the singing smack dab in the middle creates a kind of distance and sharp clarity that has never been reproduced in popular music, like seeing the skyscrapers of some distant city after an endless stretch of highway. After listening to “Unchained Melody,” one has to wonder: can that progression ever be improved upon? Can any artist write something more haunting, more beautiful, more uplifting than that? The “need your love” crescendo hits so fucking hard, as both the emotional and the sonic climax of the song, which of course is no accident...the strings descending and crashing like a waterfall of sound, it gets me every fucking time. Legend has it that King George II was so moved by the “Hallelujah” section of Handel’s “Messiah” that he stood up, he couldn't help himself, couldn't believe what he was hearing. I get that feeling with all my favourite songs. "1979." "Unchained Melody." "In The Still of the Night." "Digital Bath." "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" "Interstate." "Liar's Tale." “Gimme Shelter.” The list goes on and on. Music is supposed to move us.

King George II stood because he was moved to do so. Music may be our creation, but it isn't our subordinate. All those sci-fi stories warning about technology growing beyond our control aren’t that far-fetched. Music is our creation but its power lies beyond our control. We are subordinate to music, helpless against its power and might, its urgency and vitality and beauty. There have been many times in my life when I have been so obsessed with a particular song that I pretty much want to live inside of it forever. A house of sound. I remember detoxing from heroin and listening to Grimes “Realiti” on repeat for twelve hours. Detoxing from OxyContin and listening to The Beach Boys “Dont Worry Baby” over and over. Or just being young and listening to “Tonight Tonight” over and over and over, tears streaming from my eyes in that way you cry when you’re a kid because you just feel so much and you don’t know what to do with the intensity of those feelings. It is precisely because we are so moved by music that we keep creating it. And in the act of that creation we are free. There are no limits to that freedom, which is why bands time and time again return to the well-worn Sleep Walk chord progression and try to make something new from it. Back in 2006, soon after buying what was then the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, I found myself playing the album’s closing track over and over. I loved the chorus and I loved the way it collapses into a lo-fi demo at the very end, stripping away the studio sheen and...not to be too punny, showing its bones (the album title is Show Your Bones). Later on I would realize that the song, called “Turn Into,” uses the Sleep Walk chord progression. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exqCFoPiwpk

It’s just like, what Waits said, our hands goes to where we are familiar. And so do our ears, which is why jazz often sounds so unpleasant to us upon first listen. Or Captain Beefheart. But it’s worth the effort to discover new stuff, just as it’s worth the effort to try and write it. I recently lamented on this blog that music to me now is more about remembrance than discovery, but I’m still only 35 years old. I’m middle-aged right now (I don’t expect to live past 70, not with the lifestyle I’ve been living). There’s still a whole other half life to find new music and love and leave it for still newer stuff. It’s worth the challenge, that moment of inner resistance we feel when confronted with something new and challenging and strange sounding. The austere demands of adult life, rent and routine, take so much of our time. I still make time for creative pursuits, but I don’t really have much time for discovery, for seeking out new music. But I’ve resolved to start making more time. A few years ago I tried to listen to and like Trout Mask Replica but I couldn’t. I just didn’t get what was going on. It sounded like a bunch of mistakes piled on top of each other. But then a few days ago I was writing while listening to music, as I always do, and YouTube somehow landed on Lick My Decals Off, Baby. I didn’t love what I was hearing but I was intrigued enough to keep going. And now I really like this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMnd9dvb3sA&pbjreload=101 Another example I’ll give is the rare Robert Pollard gem “Prom Is Coming.” The first time I heard this song, it sounded like someone who can’t play guitar messing around, but the more I heard it the more I realized there’s a song there. It’s weird and strange, but it’s there. The lyrics are classic Pollard: Disregard injury and race madly out of the universe by sundown. Pollard obviously has a special place in his heart for this track. He named one of his many record labels Prom Is Coming Records and he titled the Boston Spaceships best-of collection Out of the Universe By Sundown. I don’t know if I’ll ever become a Captain Beefheart megafan but I can hear that the man was doing something very strange and, at times, beautiful. And anyway, why should everything be easy? Aren’t some challenges worth meeting for the experience waiting on the other side of comprehension or acceptance? I try to remember this now whenever I’m first confronted with new music, instead of vetoing it right away. Most of my favourite bands I was initially resistant to when I first heard them. Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Guided by Voices, Spoon, Heavy Times. All bands I didn’t like at first.  I don’t wanna sleepwalk through life, surrounding myself only with things I have already experienced. I need to stay awake. Because soon enough I’ll be asleep forever. We need to try everything we can before the Big Sleep comes to take us back to the great blankness, the terrible question mark that bookends our lives.

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Like Father Like Daughter (1/?)

Paring: Tony x Daughter!Reader

Summary: Your nice day off ends up getting flipped and fucked quickly when a new foe declares they want to take earth

Warning: Swearing, Infinity War feel (kinda sorta)

Word Count: 1.1K

A/N: Again, this is my first multi-chapter fic. Again sorry if my summary sucks. I really hope you all like it. I got good reviews and stuff on the teaser so I’m hoping you’ll like this too. I’m not too fond of this title so if you have any suggestions for a new title please don’t be afraid to tell me.

Please let me know if you want to get tagged in anything. Enjoy! LFLD Masterlist ⌐ Masterlist

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It was a pretty uneventful day thus far. Nothing out of the ordinary. Your dad and Pepper went for a small run, Happy hot on their tale saying something about safety and security. It was your day off so currently, you sat undisturbed watching reruns of Friends on the sofa of the common room wearing very a comfortable set clothes consisting of joggers and a long sleeve shirt with a bowl of popcorn and m&m’s. Well, that is until an orange portal appeared out of nowhere and a tall man with a red cape steps out calling you by name. 

“(Y/N) Stark. I’m Doctor Stephen Strange, and I need you to come with me please.” He gives a soft yet pointed look.

“Well this can’t be any good now can it?” You sarcastically ask. “Lemme go change and grab something real quick.” You left without giving the doctor a chance to speak. You always did carry your father’s charming traits. 

Walking back, you were wearing black jeans, the black sabbath shirt you stole from your dad, a black sweater, which you also stole from your dad, and all black converse. The blue light from the nano-tech arc reactor you both made, shining bright on your chest. 

“Alrighty, I’m ready” You threw your hands up in a ta-da like motion. The Doctor sighed and stepped through the portal, beckoning you to follow him. Stepping through, you found yourself in some sort of sanctuary. You looked around in awe. Eyes darting everywhere, trying to take in all the details at once. You turned your attention to the large rails and stairs, until you spotted a giant hole in the center of it. You opened your mouth to question it but another voice behind you beat you to talking.

“(N/N) is that you?” It couldn’t be. After two years of searching and not finding anything, it just  seems impossible. But then again, that hole is big enough to fit the Hulk. You took a deep breath and turned around. There in the flesh was Dr. Bruce Banner, and you couldn’t believe your eyes.

“Uncle Bruce?” You choked out, getting overwhelmed by emotions. Tears pricking your eyes, you gave him a once over. He was wearing black pants, a black shirt, and a torn up blazer/coat. You walked up to him and looked into his eyes. The warm soft brown eyes you once knew, were now dimmed and haunted.  Without warning you threw your arms around his neck. Instantly he reacted and wrapped his arms around you, returning the hug.

“I missed you,” you managed to let out, “So much has happened in the two years you’ve been gone.” Slowly you retracted your arms, still in some shock that he was actually here. Doctor Strange walked up to the both of you.

“I apologize for interrupting but we are on a very strict schedule.” He takes a few steps back and starts making orange things with his hands. Another man in a red robe walks up to you and extends his hand.

“Wong,” you shook his hand, “(Y/N).” You gave a small smile. “Now what exactly am I doing here?” He didn’t answer your question, but pointed to Strange who made another portal. “Holy shit,” you breathed out.

“We just need one more person before we can explain,” Strange pointed to the portal. He stepped through, you cast a glance to Bruce and Wong before curiously stepping just a little closer to the portal. 

“…..Doctor Stephen Strange. I need you to come with me. Oh, uh, congratulations on the wedding, by the way.” Is what you heard Strange say from your position. 

“I’m sorry, you giving out tickets or something?” You heard your dad respond.

“Is that Tony?” Bruce asked walking up to you. 

“Yeah, think so.” 

“We need your help. Look, it’s not overselling to say that the fate of the universe is at stake.” Strange may have sounded serious, but you heard the desperateness in tone.

“Are we walking in? Or do we stay here?” Bruce asked you. You just shrugged.

“And who’s ‘we’?“ You heard you dad ask. You looked to Bruce and gestured to the portal. Both of you stepped through the portal simultaneously. Tony sees you and Bruce step through the portal, giving you a look of shock disbelief. 

“Hey, Tony.” Bruce gave an awkward small wave.

“Bruce,” Your father looked at Bruce incredulously. You turned to Strange, giving them a moment to reconcile. With a heavy sigh you turned and looked up at the doctor.

“How bad is it?” You bit your bottom lip. A bad habit you picked up after Sokovia. Strange looks at the ground a moment before looking back at you.

“Extremely bad and very worrisome.” He turned around and walked back inside the portal. Well that certainly helps. You roll your eyes, spotting Bruce and your dad following after him. You go to step through but someone grabs your arm before you even bring your foot over the orange circle.

“I need you to promise me you’ll try and stay safe,” your eyes lock on with Pepper’s. Worry built in them. 

“I’ll try my best mom. And yes, I’ll keep an eye on dad too,” smiling and giving her a kiss on the cheek you step through the portal. You turn around and wave goodbye right as it was closing. Sighing, you walk and stand right next to your dad.

“Watching TV wasn’t enough for you?” He smirked at you.

“Nah. Avenging sounded way better than just sitting on a comfy sofa with comfy clothes and nice bag of treats,” you chuckled eyeing Stephen. He just shook his head at the two of you. 

“Let’s get started,” Wong started moving his hands, orange sparks and stuff form, using his magic to show the universe and the infinity stones. “From the dawn of the universe, there was nothing. Then, boom! The Big Bang sent six elemental crystals, hurtling across the virgin universe. These Infinity Stones each control an essential aspect of existence.” You stared in awe at the presentation in front of you.

“Space. Reality. Power. Soul. Mind.” Strange started naming them. He made a gesture with his hands opening the necklace he had. “And time.” The green stone shown before he put his hands down, the necklace closing in the process. You look at Bruce and then to Tony. Clenching your jaw in thought.

“Tell me his name again,” your dad said, walking towards some sculpture thing. You may be a genius but art was never really in your area of expertise.

“Thanos. He’s a plague, Tony. He invades planets. He takes what he wants. He wipes out half the population. He sent Loki. The attack on New York. That’s him.” Your head whipped to look at Bruce. Your mouth opening slightly, eyes blinking rapidly, and your breath hitching. It’d made sense. You ran a hand through your hair and sighed. Well this is going to be one very interesting mission.

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Rufina “Ru” Backstory/HC Part 1

Finally doing this because a few people inspired me to (and screamed in all caps to ‘DO IT’, you know who you are XD). And I’ve been meaning to for a while, more than what I’ve already tried sharing before. This is about my first oc, Rufina/Ru, who is basically the mother of a few of my most favorite OC’s of mine (Leon’s children). She’s not a trainersona by any means but I’ve poured a few of my own interests into her for the sake of giving her a bit of depth.

And because this may get long, I’ll be putting it under a cut! 

Part 1: You are here!

Part 2: Coming soon!

Before Galar:

 Ru is the eldest (technically only) child of Johto’s Professor Stephen Elm. It was at first believed she’d have a full younger brother down the road, until it was discovered that her mother was having an affair. Her mother was never a super kind/loyal woman to begin with. So, naturally, Ru remained with her father after a an agonizingly long divorce.

She admired her father’s research on the reproduction of Pokemon and wanted to become a Pokemon Breeder despite the expectations many had for her to follow in her father’s footsteps as a professor. Especially because she was a very smart and clever girl since birth.

She was given an egg from Elm on her 10th birthday for her to hatch herself, and it turned out to be a shiny Houndour! Even Professor Elm was impressed and wanted to study the pup. Around the same time, he had a small greenhouse-like structure built for Ru to start her own little breeding program and help him with his studies, followed by a little Shinx to go with it.

Yeah...Ru jumped right on to that plan and instantly started learning about breeding Pokemon on her own. Hanging out in that small glass building also helped her avoid having to speak to her bad mom via video call or even in person. 

Skip a few years (14) and now she’s well-known throughout Johto as ‘The Houndoom Girl’, though still holding the “hey that’s the professor’s daughter” fame. She isn’t all about it but is used to the pointing fingers when going into the local Wal-Mart grocery store.

At 16 she was given the chance to try becoming a Pokemon Trainer and take on the gyms. Ru loved the thought of traveling all around the region and meeting new people but battling was never really her thing. She liked Pokemon battles but she had other things on her mind at the time. Scientific and genetic things that is.

While she did start going to school to be a professor, she never really found it as interesting as her dad made it seem. Even getting to meet his mentor, Professor Oak didn’t seem to bring that huge spark she expected. But she was afraid of disappointing her dad and continued with it. She did like it but not as much as she loved the excitement and anticipation breeding her Pokemon brought her.

Years later at 22, Ru was given the best surprise ever. Her beloved Houndoom, Sapphire, had two eggs at her side that soon hatched into a pair of twin Houndour’s. And one was shiny! This wasn’t just a lucky break either as she studied the genetics of her Houndour’s/Houndoom’s carefully to test her theories on chances for another alt. color pup. Ru named the normal pup, who seemed automatically drawn to her, Laika. And the shiny pup, Rocco. 

Ru found herself picking up a huge project for her father by traveling abroad to study various other species of Pokemon and their behaviors. Specifically if there are seasonal “egg-laying seasons” for other species. Not exactly logging a Pokedex but picked one up to save herself the headache. Preparations for her first destination started immediately. 

Things took a turn at the worst moment possible. The door was left open in the back building and some of Ru’s Pokemon got out, including the twin Houndour’s Laika and Rocco. Their momma and Ru’s signature Houndoom, Sapphire, sensed this and chased after the pups and found them being attacked by an Onix, where she had to defend them.

By the time Ru and her dad got to the scene, Sapphire was nowhere to be found and the pups were left alone and in shock from what happened. Ru was very distraught when nobody could find her Houndoom anywhere and presumed her to be deceased. She didn’t have much time to sit around grieving from losing her beloved Houndoom as she had to set off for her first project in her long-term research job. Destination - Kanto

She didn’t spend too much time there since Professor Elm already had plenty of info on Kantonian Pokemon but used Kanto as a learning curve. And even found herself owning a young Arcanine she found in the wild while studying Metapods.

Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos were all great for her research but quick half-year visits. Alola was where she really learned a lot. She bunked with an old colleague of her father’s, a younger professor named Kukui and his wife Burnet. Since the three were around the same age (Kukui being 2 years older than the two ladies), they became fast friends and studied a lot together. Burnet and Ru gushing over the Masked Royal all the time while obliviously never knowing they were almost always in the same room as him on a nearly daily basis.

Ultra wormholes popped up all around Alola and Ru ended up being sucked into one. She got stuck in it for 3 days, watching more chances for her to escape being swiped away when the Ultra Beasts came to further traumatize her. Up until she was rescued just in time.

After that whole incident, PTSD kinda stuck with her and she trained her best Pokemon, the Houndour now evolved Houndoom, Laika, to practically be her support Pokemon to get her through those random episodes.

Despite the incident, she was debating just moving to Alola entirely. But Kukui and Burnet convinced her to at least finish up her research for her father before deciding. Since she only had one other region to travel to after Alola.

Enter Galar.

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Bridge to Better Days

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by rauqthetommo

Following the events of Crossing Over:

Richie and Eddie prepare for their new lives together while still trying to navigate their old ones. Mainly; Eddie's coming out to his mother and the Losers before he leaves for New York in three days.

An excerpt from this work:

“I take it you haven’t talked to your mother yet?” Richie asked.

“I just don’t know how to bring it up, Rich.” Eddie sighed. “‘Hey, Mom! You know how you’re always going on and on about AIDS? Well, good news! I’m never going to catch it because, even though I’m gay, I’m marrying the one person on earth that makes your face that special shade of red!’”

“Richie red,” Richie replied.

“Exactly.” Eddie agreed. “Richie red.” Sonia always got red in the face, incredibly so, whenever the Losers were around, Richie in particular. Richie was pretty sure she’d rather lock Eddie up in his bedroom than let him hang out with other kids.

“I love you,” Richie said. “If that helps,”

“I love you too,” Eddie sighed again.

“I’m here for you,”

“I know you are,” Eddie chuckled softly.

Words: 20922, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of We'll Cross That Bridge

Fandoms: IT - Stephen King, IT (Movies - Muschietti)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Eddie Kaspbrak, Richie Tozier, Wentworth Tozier, Maggie Tozier, Sonia Kaspbrak, Stanley Uris, Donald Uris, Andrea Uris, Ben Hanscom, Beverly Marsh, Bill Denbrough, Sharon Denbrough, Mike Hanlon

Relationships: Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier, Eddie Kaspbrak & Richie Tozier

Additional Tags: Explicit Sexual Content, Fluff, Fluff and Smut, Gooey Fluffy Nonsense, derry fucking sucks, Homophobia, Period-Typical Homophobia, Homophobic Language, maternal abuse, Paternal Abuse, Abusive Relationships, Abusive Parents, Sonia Kaspbrak's A+ Parenting, Gay Eddie Kaspbrak, Gay Richie Tozier, Bisexual Stanley Uris, Stanley Uris is a Good Friend, Stanley Uris is very briefly a Bad Friend, Only for like a second - Freeform, Beverly Marsh is a Good Friend, Bill Denbrough is a Good Friend, Mike Hanlon is a Good Friend, Ben Hanscom is a Good Friend, Good Parents Maggie & Wentworth Tozier, I think we All want that twink obliterated, Top Richie Tozier, Big Dick Richie Tozier, Bottom Eddie Kaspbrak, Richie Tozier Loves Eddie Kaspbrak, Stanley Uris Loves Richie Tozier, Making Out, Blow Jobs, First Time Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Praise Kink, Car Sex, Kinda, Road Head, also kinda - Freeform, Coming Out, Some Side Pairings, Benverly and what have you, I'm not gonna tag all of them bc they're kinda spoilers?, Just read the fic ok?, Post-IT Chapter One (2017)

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