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“Y/N…. Come on.” Harry pleaded. “I think that got a smile out of you, don’t hide it away!”
It did, in fact, get a smile out of her. But the absolute fail of a costume had made her very, very upset at first.
In hindsight, Y/N knew that attempting a full costume as a first sewing project was ambitious to say the least. What was supposed to be a floor length gown ended up looking like a giant tube, the seams wonky and her poor attempt of dying the fabric last minute making the fabric look like it had been a weird bleach accident. It was the night before halloween and they’d had a check in, Harry wanting to see and Y/N bursting into tears when he’d aside to see the finished product.
To make matters worse, she had pretended she had it all under control. To a fashion student Harry. She’d wanted to impress him, but she had made a fool out of herself and told Harry she was a phony, which he quickly reassured she wasn’t and thought it was cute she wanted to impress him. When he’d asked to see it, if maybe he could help fix it, she assured him he couldn’t, but it still didn’t help when his reaction to the dress had been a wide eyed “Oh….”
That had sent another bout of tears, making Harry panic at now being the source of them, so he tried to mend his error.
“I didn’t mean a bad, oh!”
“I mean, I’m shocked but I wasn’t trying to be mean!”
“It isn’t awful, please don’t cry.
“Babe, it’s camp… no. It’s French.”
The reference to Fleabag made her crying stop for a moment, trying not to laugh. She still felt like a failure when he gently dragged her hands off of her face and tried to wipe her tears, frowning as he really didn’t like to see Y/N upset. No one would. She looked so sad and heart wrenching when she cried, her eyes rounding and the little pout- no.
“I-It can’t be saved, Harry. I watched project runway and i thought I could do it cheaper but-but its so hard to sew on the little machine I got and-and fabric is so, so expensive!” That was a fact Harry knew firsthand. No wonder he tries to get thrifted things so often. “I thought helping my grandma when I was younger would have paid off but no. So now I look dumb, I cried in front of you and I’ve got no costume. It’s too late to go gething now, they’re all gonna suck.” She sniffled, making his heart throb when her sad look hit him.
He couldn’t lie- the dress was bad. Awful. He didn’t know how she overestimated or cut the length so long, or why the ruffles were sewn over each other or how the bodice was crooked, but somehow she had created an atrocity. But it was abstract, if you’d want to think of it that way- and god, he needed to to calm her down. Functionally, the dress was useless, but in a matter of art, anything could be good.
There was no way he wouldn’t be flattered that she had done this to impress him. It was beyond cute and sweet and he just wanted to squish her cheeks and kiss her little lips but he held it together. “It’s okay, sweets. You aren’t dumb, we’re all set with the crying now, and we can find you a costume. It’s totally okay. We can match…” He tried to think of what else they could be. Their original was prince and princess, but he had to think on his toes. Looking around, he prayed for inspiration and to actually be quick on his feet sometimes- and thankfully it was answered as he looked at her muted TV.
“Pam and Jim!” he exclaimed. “Yes- you have the things to be the cat, I can do the paper shirt thing. What do you think?”
Y/N seemed to mull it over, sniffling again as her eyes scanned Harry’s face. That had been quick, but… “That’s a good idea.” She smiled slightly, making him sag with relief. He couldn’t handle seeing her sad. “A-are you sure, though? I know it’s a downgrade from the other costume we planned. I’m sorry.” Y/N really did feel stupid about it but it really didn’t seem like Harry minded.
“Not a big deal, baby. Promise.” His hands smoothed her hair back, smiling lightly down at her. Halloween wasn’t his thing and he had agreed to go to the costume party with her so he’d made his costume, but he was sort of relieved considering his prince outfit could get a bit hot. “All that matters is we’re going to be together and ditch Niall’s as soon as we’re ready eat our body weight in sweets. I ordered that variety bag, y’know?”
Her eyes lit up at the mention, making her nod. “Does it have Kit-Kats?” She whispered, her grin widening when he nodded back. “Okay. It sounds good to me then.” Her face plastered to Harry’s chest, body sagging in relief. The secret was out, the embarrassment was over, and now she could finally breathe again. Although.. “When he said he was going all out for the pe party.. I just really hope Niall doesn’t get one of those fog machines inside the house. You can’t breathe with that stuff on”
“About that….” Harry hissed, pretending to wince.
“For fucks sake. Maybe we are ditching super early.”
“I’ve got no problem with that.”
So this is inspired by a reply to one of your asks but what do you think each pairs of BTS will be doing if you lock them up in a room for an hour and left unsupervised.
Hello anon. There is way too many pairs in BTS for me to cover them all. So allow me to only do Jikook duos.
I will start with the duos I as Shaz deem to be the weakest, to strongest.
Okay JK's weakest duo which is also his weakest ship; If you've been around for a while you already know who I'm about to say 😂😂😂
Yoonkook.
(The tiktok on the post Here is how I feel about JK's ships. But I swap tkk for ynkk) So Yoonkook alone. Here i talk more about them after the Suchwita episode. But I will now also bring back the IG photos from the concert
Spot the difference? 🤭🤭🤭🤭 and i will be a nice blogger and not bring up the fact that on day 3 while we were busy watching Suga's concert JK was on tiktok liking videos.
Sorry anon..I crack myself up when I talk about Yoonkook but umm... yeah so. We already know what happens when u put them in a room together. They run out of things to talk about. We saw on Suchwita and we saw on Bon voyage by JK's own admission. When I see Yoonkook fanfic on twitter I get very confused 🤭🤭😂😂 because they don't click. Not really. If asked they will choose other members first. Definitely not eo. Yoonkook content with just them 2, I doubt they'd be very entertaining. Not without buffers may it be human or machine 😂
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Finding Jimin's weakest duo is actually really hard because like RM said; Jimin is the king of chemistry and put him in a room with anyone and it will be funny and quality entertainment. But I will try.
Vmin.
I'm sorry but these 2 alone, together? Nah... Jimin may be the king of chemistry but even he can't fix the Vmin chemistry anymore. There was a time everything used to flow great between them but in recent years Vmin just ain't it. If u think I'm making this up go back to this live before JK comes in
They kept running out of things to talk about too. Jimin even pretended to leave at one point. They were super awkward to say the least and I feel like they were both grateful for JK's presence. @magicshop-pjm1 likes to go "Vmin is dead" every 2 to 4 business days which is absolutely hilarious 😂😂😂 but I think anyone not in denial can admit while yeah, I'm sure they still care about eo, something somewhere went wonky and they're not the same anymore.
This tweet is a joke and its hilarious 🤣😂😂 but unfortunately i find it accurate. Them 2 alone aint it
Taekook.
This was kinda obvious. Some people would rate this duo lower than Yoonkook but I think that's not fair. If you compare them with an unbiased eye Tkk are stronger than ynkk. First they are closer in age which helps. Meaning they're gonna be closer, too. But put them in a room together and it's not even awkward its nothingness. I'm talking silence. By JK's own admission here it just wasn't working. And we all remember the joint IG live where they ran out of things to talk about and JK would play with Bam instead. Another duo where JK needs a buffer for sure. I mean, sure tkk have been out and about but notice how its always with the Wooga squad? Never just them two?
On the plus side, they look really good. So, I'll give them that. 💚
Minimoni
Again this is so hard because Jimin has very strong duos. But yeah, I will put RM second last because RM as a person (bless him and his dimples) he's not the most entertaining and has to bounce off of someone. Them together, alone won't be boring but I'm not sure it would be that memorable or mind blowing. These are just my personal opinions guys so feel free to disagree or chime in. But yeah. I feel Minimoni is 2nd last for me.
I do find it interesting how comfortable RM is with skinship when it comes to Jimin considering he's not big on that in general (unless its Jin) He's even the one who initiates so he is quite comfortable around Jimin.
Anyway, they're a nice duo with a dynamic that gives you UWUs but they're not the most interesting in my eyes. Sorry Minimonis 🤷🏽♀️
Namkook
What's the most recent thing that we know about them? We know they hanged out after JK left Jennie's CK event. And we know before that JK said him and RM hadn't drunk together in years. Years. Not months. Now this dont mean they don't see eo. It just means they don't drink together often. I do find this to be significant however because both men love their liquor. But, they drink with other members just not eo so.... 😬😬 again, not making this up, its as per their own admissions
So Namkook in a room together 🤔 what do we got here guys? Have we ever had this? We had a Namkook live but the only memorable thing for me was them outing the fact that Jikook live together. I am blanking on Namkook which makes me feel confident about the position I've put RM.
Give it up for Jimin's type thou everybody 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Jinmin
I would actually have Jinmin and Jihope as a tie but since I'm choosing I will rate Jinmin lower. But man. These 2 together are the absolute best. They are such a comedic entertaining duo. Them together alone in a room is worth every penny if we were asked to pay for any such footage 😂😂 they are funny and they bounce off of eo so well. Never a dull or awkward moment between Jin and Jimin. Never.
These two are the ones you throw to a team that's drowning. They are the ones u assign to a team for better views. I love them together fr fr. Best duo. Such a good duo. Honestly. Throw JK in there and you are set for life with the best trio ever. Go search for any of their compilations and I dare you to be bored.
And we haven't even began to talk about their visuals
First photo of them that pops up on Google and... as it should. Most beautiful man alive Vs world wide handsome =perfection 💯💯💯
(Off topic BTS main visual was always Jin and then V was added to the visual line then eventually JK. Now dont get me wrong all of them are drop dead gorgeous but is there a reason Jimin isn't part of the visual line?? Anyway...)
Hopekook
Hopekook in a room together alone, I'd say that's solid entertainment right there. They're good together, they're funny. It's Jhope we're talking about. He rivals Jimin on having chemistry with the members so him and JK alone i think that's a solid video right there. No awkwardness or nothing and Bonus skinship for the Hopekookers. Good times, really.
JK is extremely comfortable with Jhope so yeah... they're a good duo. No one is getting bored.
Yoonmin
Okay y'all. We know most Yoonmin supporters are rubbish vermin but don't let that make you forget that Yoonmin are extremely entertaining together. Put these 2 in a room alone together and come on... GOLD!! The Yoonmin Suchwita episode is hands down the funniest for me. I laughed from beginning to the end. Swear to God ✋🏽 that episode and the one with the drunk TXT members are great rewatches for me ngl. Also Jimin is Suga's favourite member so Suga is super comfortable with Jimin in everything. But my favorite part of them is the bickering of course.
They can't ever seem to stop fighting which is just so freaking entertaining. Remember ITS 1 when Jhope told Jimin he was being cocky so Jimin said he was going to look for Suga so that the guy could kill his cockiness? He said going to Suga would bring him back down to earth 😂🤣 Because this is who they are, its what they do. They insult eo and call eo out. So people who get mad at Suga need to watch a good old Yoonmin bickering compilation. They've called each other ugly, fat, stupid, skinny, and a bunch of other stuff some people seem to have forgotten.
Anywaaaaaay. Yoonmin alone together is quality content and that's why Suga is high on this list.
Jinkook
Surely I don't need to explain why this duo is number 2 in terms of JK's most entertaining duos. Right? Like its self explanatory? I've stated many times; imo Jin is JK's favourite/closest after Jimin. Some of u disagree and say Jhope nah, its Jin. Imho.
Tom and Jerry, perfect title for them 2. Love it. Put them in a room together and you're set.
chaotic thread here for those who need a refresher
Jihope aka Hopemin
We don't need to imagine. This duo have been alone together or engaged just them enough to know they are entertaining as shit. Its usually mostly Jhope laughing at Jimin's antics but this usually prompts Jimin into getting funnier with every laugh he gets from Jhope.
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Much like Jinmin they are the duo you shove into a dying group to give it spice. They are absolutely epic and I feel confident putting Hobi on the number 2 spot of Jimin's most entertaining duos.
They do have awkward moments when they're checking eo out to try and out compliment eo but that's just entertaining as well 😂😂
Last but not least Jikook/Kookmin/Minkook/Mingukk
Now hear me out. This isn't just my bias that made me put this duo at the top. Alright? There is this ongoing unfairness taking place in the fandom where people undermine Jimin and JK's funny n chaotic sides.
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Together they are hilarious and entertaining and this duo doesn't get enough credit for being as funny as they are.
The reason they are number one is because Jikook alone together is a complete programme. Humor, Check. Chaos, Check. Romance, Check. Sexual tension, Check.
Hate or love this duo, they're a perfect recipe for entertainment.
Would love to hear your thoughts but this is how I'd rate them. Thanks for the ask anon, twas fun 💜
Oh ho ho boy- where to start? This may get a bit wonky and I might sound a bit crazy.
Okay- so... first off Fanto and Dimitri are a lot alike. They both put on a killer show and crave attention and they both technically can not tell a lie (Dimitri's tail speaks his thoughts, Fantoccio was just said to have it by Katie- I'm not entirely sure why. Could have to do with Pinocchio or how Autistic people or honest or something else). And at a glance, they kind of have some visual similarities. For instance- they both have yellow eyes and a tannish- pallet.
Perhaps it's just an odd coincidence, but it's also been said at some point that Fanto was built to be like his creator. Someone with a flair for the dramatic who can't tell a lie? Seems pretty likely.
Now there are some definite issues revolving around this. We don't know enough about Dimitri to confirm or deny this. He certainly would be old enough to be Fantoccio's dad possibly as he knew Arthur and Aristotle. But this also suggests that at some point Dimitri owned a theater, knows how to carve puppets, can bring them to life, and is possibly Autistic. However, if he was Fanto's dad and owned a theater, why would he bother pretending to be a hero? Why would he use the gem to bring one or possibly more puppets to life? Wouldn't he be exhausted and busy?
I don't think Arthur and/or Aristotle would have created him though nor would I think they'd give up on him if they accidently left him (Ari might- thinking he's dead- but even still). Billie would have been already a couple months old when Fanto got stuck in the theater. Ari and/or Arthur just leaving behind what would essentially be their child, who as far as we know has very little to know knowledge about Billie. The timelines and character on that stuff seems odd. They also don't scream "theater kid" or "parent of a theater kid" as much as Dimitri.
I also keep just seeing other random things that make me just think it's a possibility even if it's not there. For example, "Dimitri" means "Follower of Demeter". Demeter is the Greek goddess of spring time who after losing her daughter Persephone to Hades caused the seasons to get cooler and does that every six months when her daughter returns to the underworld. Am I thinking too deeply into Dimitri's name to prove my point? Probably. Does Dimitri's name imply he could be a father in mourning after his child was trapped in the magic city? Does Dimitri care enough to make a child or worry about a child if he can't reach them? I don't know! All I know is he sets buildings on fire then acts like he's a hero to save people. Why does he do that? I don't know! Is it a coincidence that his name has to do with plants and trees and Fanto is technically a tree man? I believe yes, but I could list several characters named Dimitri that have nothing to do with plants or kids.
But in my heart- I feel like it makes the most sense. The devs are telling us barely anything about Dimitri purposely (supposedly the story might unravel, but that could be a joke) and Aristotle said that the gems were being used for evil (although that could be rewritten at this point). Dimitri is said to be an antagonist- so what if he was the last person to be seen with the yellow gem?
This theory feels a bit forced, but I swear, this feeling is hard to shake off. Only true confirmation I think I'll get is if we wait for the game to come out, be shocked and upset that it's Aristotle (that'll just be mega sad no matter how the chapter ends) or some third random person. If it turns out Dimitri's the missing dad who had a kid 7 years before Arthur (possibly more- I don't know if Dossylmeyer who has only been mentioned twice is even in the game), then I will be over the moon. If you read this whole thing, here are some pancakes 🥞Thank you for listening to my theory. I was going to make a more official post, but this can do for now. You also get this random image:
I might make an official venn diagram and stuff later when and if I do get information.
shedding my anon tag bc i cant be bothered w anonymity anymore lmfao
No but... now that you've left him, I wonder how Childe had to explain to his siblings that he's not gonna bring you around to visit his family anymore.
When he first enters his family home, shoulders heavy with the news he has to break to his parents and siblings (who loved you so much. His mom had been halfway ready to adopt you into the family herself) his first few words are drowned out by a cacophony of: "Ajax! You're back!" "Welcome back big brother!" and, inevitably, "Huh? Where's—"
He takes that moment to interject with a laugh that even he can tell is a little strained. When he crouches to their level, he hopes he isn't close enough for them to see how distraught he is internally.
"Listen, guys... uh... we kind of—"
"Why are you alone?" Tonia demands, brows furrowed. Childe gulps. She had always been perceptive. Sometimes terribly so. The ache in his chest only grows further when he sees a small flower crown in her hands. A little wonky, some stems poking out, but clearly handmade. Handmade of your favorite flowers.
He tries to keep the prick of tears in his eyes at bay.
"Oh! Haha, funny story about that," he says, hoping they don't hear his voice crack. Hopes they don't see how his smile doesn't reach his eyes. "We... uh... the— there were some issues back in Liyue. One of us had to stay behind, and... and since I've still got a long way to being the best toy salesman in the whole world, we thought it best that I sit these problems out for now." He swallows. "So I came alone."
And tsaritsa does he feel terrible for lying. He feels the hole in his chest grow tenfold as he watches the smile light up on Tonia's face as she accepts the answer. As she hands him the flower crown to cradle gently, like it's made of gold and gemstones. He feels terrible as she tells him to give it to you as soon as he sees you again— he feels even worse when he nods and promises that he will, knowing that you'd never want to see his face again.
He wants to crawl into a hole and fight something (something, anything) as he continues to keep up the charade that you're still together, that you still love him. It feels terrible. Like grease stuck to his skin that he can't wash off. LIke a little bandaid on a large wound. But, a conspiratorial little voice whispers, is it so bad to live in this fantasy just a little while longer? Is it really so bad to pretend that he's not ripping apart at the seams without you?
Childe doesn't answer. He just smiles and lies to his mother that he'll bring you with him next time.
Wait wtf this implies you've been sending in asks before- WHO ARE YOU, CATTE? ANSWER ME, CATTE, IS THIS WHAT ANONYMITY MEANS TO YOU?
But anyways have I told you about my new boyfriend? We haven't been together very long but things are going pretty well and I think it might last a while
its insane how even with photorealistic ai images that don''t feature human figures, ai art that's just environments or sky/space, my "is this ai art?" alarm still goes off. it's not like i've fine-tuned a skill, beyond my knowledge of how art is made and how art looks - i only learned about ai art in the last 1-2 years.
i don't even know what my eyes + mind are actually picking up on. its different from seeing the errors in say, hyperrealistic cgi environments. its the limitations of the program/medium and human error are peeking out from behind the veil. when i see these errors i see reality. immersion breaks, and im not thinking about the movie or game, but the vfx artist who unfortunately didn't catch some wonky physics before the deadline.
with ai art there is just a very subtle Wrongness. there is no one behind the veil. no person - no medium. (tbf the Wrongness is undoubtedly increased by how many people try to pass ai images off as real photography or human-created art)
i think it's the absence of the golden ratio. sacred geometry? my mind can look and quickly see: "this is not right." these patterns make up the natural world and all the natural world creates, and my eye rarely dwells on them, but when they are absent, i can't look away from the incongruence. "this is not of my world. this does not exist in my world."
(at the same time it's specifically lack of incongruence, imperfection, that can also tip us off to ai. no visible brushstrokes. mistakes look like computer errors and not an unknowledgeable artist making a valiant attempt at drawing hands. etc. but i think this "its not right" thought is specific to images pretending to be photos.)
and this is so interesting, because what it is it about ai art that makes it so unnatural, and what is it about digital art and vfx that circumvents that reaction? is the act of intentional, individual and collective human creation really that powerful? does it show that much in the end product?
or is it that the complete absence of that intentional creation that is so powerful? it makes sense that a homunculus of thousands, millions, billions of creations of thousands, millions, billions of people will create something that looks entirely like and entirely unlike anything we have ever created with our own hands. i wonder where this ingrained sense of uncanny valley comes from and why its there. it's like "big eyes = cute" except the purpose of it isn't immediately obvious.
no idea why this post is so long or why im posting it btw
Have you ever said why you don't like From Blood and Ash? I thought most people liked that book. Was it just the newest book that put you off them?
I don't think I ever have, actually. Maybe once, when I answered a "fandom calm down" thing, but not like, my personal problems with it. I have the first three books but I quit after book two. This was right when I was getting back into reading for fun and not academia. My friend who suggested ACOTAR was like, if you liked those books, try FBAA. I trusted her and bought the first three so I didn't have to wait on them like I did for ACOSF.
The first book is...okay. It's interesting enough but the premise of very sheltered teenager who is a badass assassin is always annoying to me, it's why I think TOG also was hard for me. The problem is that the authors tell you "she is the best" and then when they show you, she's actually REALLY bad. Poppy wasn't AWFUL but her experience makes no sense considering she never had any practice until the book starts, and theoretical killing and real life killing are different? Also if Hawke kept catching her, you're telling me no one else did?
To be very honest, I was willing to overlook some of my main criticisms of the book (the cringy dialogue, repetition, and bad editing) because the story IS interesting. It moves, for the most part. Only a few middle places were really stagnant and I chalked that up to first book world-building syndrome.
But BOOK TWO was a SLOG it was so awful. The world building was out of control at that point, the constant "Why?" "Poppy with a question" jokes got old like, the third time it happened. There is just NOTHING happening for like, 300-400 pages that at some parts I was just skimming to get through it. Everything interesting happens in the last 50 pages and the build up is wonky or non-existent. JLA isn't interested in creating ACTUAL tension so she resolves it with a snap of her fingers and then creates more instead of teasing out her more interesting plot narratives. The pretend "will they/wont they" with Casteel and Poppy was the worst, though. I hated that so much. It made no sense and wasn't believable and instead of them working on their relationship its just snap "we're together now after I said we wouldn't be".
And all the old problems, of course (bad editing, cringy dialogue, repetition). I'm a big believer that reading should be fun and if books are boring/bad, stop reading them. You'll never catch me doing a hate read. I have the third book on my shelf but I've never read it and I never will. And seeing the blow up on book 4 was kind of validating because FINALLY people were admitting that these books are way overhyped for what they are, they're badly written, the world building is so big and complex the author cannot keep track of it and instead of fleshing any of it out she just adds more and more as it suits her. I don't think they ever should have been more than three books. Whatever is happening now could probably all exist in three tightly written books.
And obviously if you like them, you're allowed to. I'm not saying anything about the people reading them. I like plenty of trash nonsense (ask me about the reverse harem monster books I can't put down, like I am no stranger to badly written smut books). I think my issue is that they get treated as if they ARE really well done and the people who don't like them are just haters of popular fiction.
As you may know or I may have mentioned in previous asks or posts or something, I have been experiencing some pretty intense domestic violence and sexual abuse over the last almost two years.
The sa, luckily, only lasted from March to July of 2021 but the domestic violence (physical, emotional, and mental) has really just stopped maybe 3 weeks ago (?) Sorry my memory is a little wonky with short term things.
Because of who my abuser is to me, my fiancee, everything has been kept like a secret I guess? Like we room with his aunt and uncle and have the whole time the abuse has gone on and they don't know, or they act like they don't know. I am sure that his uncle saw him hit me in the face in June but he didn't say anything if he did.
I guess the point of me saying this is that since everything is a secret it sometimes feels like I'm two different people living two different lives. Like when I wake up and go in the living room and talk to everyone I'm one me, the me who is a happy pregnant woman who's life is just starting. Who has a wonderful relationship, who is finally having a good life after growing up hard. I wake up and do laundry and clean and walk the dog and make food for my fiancee and we kiss and talk to each other and trade I love yous.
Then there's the me when I'm alone. The abused broken woman. Uncontrollable thoughts and feelings, flashbacks, fear and rage and disgust. Blaming myself. Waiting in fear to be abused again. Wondering how long the good will last until it happens again. Just sadness and anger and greif and mourning for myself.
I can't tell anyone in my real life what happened to me, it's just so embarrassing. Like when I was young I watched my mom get beat. I watched my dad abuse us and my step mom. I read about girls who are prostituted against their will, who are forced by the ones they love. I read about all these things and I didn't know that it would be my life. I mean who can you tell? Who would believe me against him?
I guess I just feel so disconnected from myself sometimes because I have to spend most of my time pretending that it didn't happen, I can't mourn the feelings yet I just feel too hurt about it. Sometimes it doesn't even feel real, just like a bad dream or a scary movie. The flashbacks are bad sometimes and I can't stop them either. I just have to straighten up when he gets home and give him a kiss and tell him I missed him even though I'm seeing what happened in my mind as we're speaking to each other. I have to look at him and just remember and not react.
Sorry this is so long, I guess I was just trying to vent because my life just feels so unreal, I'm literally just a mask that I put on every day for everyone to see. Nobody knows what I actually feel and what I actually went through.
Thank you so much for reading and listening.
DW 🍂
Hi DW 🍂,
I'm really sorry to hear about not only what you've been through in the past but what you're going through right now. That is terrifying and you don't deserve to be in an environment like this, especially during pregnancy.
It sounds like your fiancee has created an unwelcome space for essential elements to a relationship. It's imperative that any partner, but especially someone you're marrying and having a child with, fully respects, loves you, and is open to discussion, including criticism.
If I may ask, how long have you been with your fiancee? I think this could help me get a better frame of reference for when the abuse began. (also may I ask how far along you are?) Neither of these are mandatory questions at all, so feel free to not answer them.
You may have seen the post already, but I wanted to share with you the post I made to traumasurvivorshelpingsurvivors about what a healthy relationship looks like.
I just want to clarify that none of this is your fault. It's not always easy to tell from the start if someone is going to behave this way. I just worry about your health and safety now that you have several commitments with this person, such as marriage and children. I hope that your fiancee takes accountability and allows for open discussion about how it's affecting you and how to ensure that your relationship stays as healthy as possible. Or, if worst comes to worst, that you're able to take refuge in a DV shelter.
You are seen and heard. Please let me know if there's anything I can do.
context: dream from last night. and it's extremely long AND I MANAGED TO FUCKING CTRL + Z SO NOW ALL OF IT IS GONE AND I HAVE TO REWRITE IT AGAIN. FUCK M FY FUCK FCUK GAINSF LIFE
kratos god of war is in it and that's not even the funniest thing about it. buckle your pants and whatever girls
FUCK YOU TUMBLR DRAFTS
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THE NEW TUMBLR POST EDITOR FUCKING SUCKS ASS WHY CAN'T I CTRL + A AND SELECT THE ENTIRE TEXT ETC ETC.
IT'S GOING TO BE ALL IN ANGRY CAPS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE FINAL SPAM FOR TODAY. FUCK YOU
IT STARTS OUT WITH A FUCKING HOLIDAY TO HOLLAND. UPON MY RETURN, THE 1ST THING I DO IS VISIT MY CATS AT MY OLD HOUSE. FOR SOME REASON, THERE'S MULTIPLE OTHER CATS HANGING ABOUT IN THE YARD. BUT WHATEVER.
I YELL OUT FOR MY CAT. MY BABY BOY COMES RUNNING BACK TO ME AND I COULD HUG HIM AND HOLD HIM AND PET HIM AND KISS HIM ON HIS SILLY LITTLE FOREHEAD. THE BABYSITTERS ARE TELLING ME ABOUT WHAT'D HAPPENED IN THE 5 YEARS I WAS GONE, BUT I DON'T GIVE A FUCK AND I'M STILL PETTING MY CAT AND I'M CRYING A WATERFALL RIGHT NOW
I THEN CALL OUT FOR MY 2ND CAT, SHE GETS A WAY SHORTER PETTING SESSION AS SHE ISN'T ATTACHED TO ME ANYMORE AND I'VE ALREADY PRACTICALLY ''LET HER GO'' IN MY MIND. SHE SAYS HI, I PET HER AND SNUGGLE HER, SHE THEN GOES BACK TO PLAYING OUTSIDE.
MY 1ST CAT IS WAITING PEACEFULLY AND THEN WANTS MORE SNUGGLES. I RETURN SNUGGLES. I CRY THE ENTIRETY OF NIAGARA FALLS NOW.
SCENE SWITCH. I'M AT A STAR WARS THEME PARK WITH MY SIBLING AND I'M RANTING TO HER ABOUT THIS ENCOUNTER WITH MY CAT. THAT I FELT LIKE SHIT BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY TEMPORARY. AND SHE TELLS ME I NEED A DISTRACTION.
YOU SEE, WE WERE INSIDE A MAIN BUILDING OF THE THEME PARK. OUTSIDE WERE YOUR REGULAR SHIT THINGS LIKE ROLLERCOASTERS. THIS BUILDING HAD LONG, SLEEK CURVING HALLWAYS AND WINDOWS THAT COVERED THE ENTIRE WALL. A STAR WARS PARADE WAS BEING HELD HERE, WITH FLOATS FROM FANS AND THEME PARK WORKERS ALIKE.
MY SIBLING SENDS A SIGNAL WHEN THE NEXT FLOATIE ARRIVES. IT'S A UFO SHAPED LIKE A BOWL SO I COULD SIT IN IT. THE STEERING WAS DONE WITH TWO FAT GINORMOUS JOYSTICK-ESQUE THINGS. AND IT ALSO HAD A MICROPHONE, THAT FUNCTIONED AS ONE, BUT ALSO DOUBLED AS AN ANTENNAE.
SO I TRY TO FLY THIS THING. IT GOES FUCKING AWFUL. I NEARLY CRASH INTO THE GLASS WINDOWS. I GO UP, DOWN, WONKY TO THE RIGHT, WONKY TO THE LEFT, WITHOUT MUCH CONTROL. I NEARLY SLAM INTO AND KILL A CONSTRUCTION WORKER. I WOBBILY LAND THE THING AND I'M FUCKING BEWILDERED
I GRAB THE MIC AND GREET THE AUDIENCE LIKE "hello :)" WITH A GIRL-HAPPY-TO-SEE-YOU TONE. THE AUDIENCE SAYS HI BACK. I ASK IF THEY'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME. THE AUDIENCE GOES "YEAH!!!!!!!!!" BUT I CAN'T HEAR IT THAT WELL, BECAUSE THE YELLS ECHO THROUGH THE HALLWAYS AND CANCELS ITSELF OUT
SO I TRY TO BE FUNNY ABOUT IT LIKE A CLOWN. I GO "well i can't hear you because of how soundwaves work but i'm gonna pretend i did anyway. okay have a nice day everyone :)" AND GO BACK TO MY SEAT.
AT SOME POINT SOME THEME PARK WORKER SITS DOWN NEXT TO US, AND I REALISE THIS IS THE SECRET SPY CONTACT WE'VE BEEN MEANING TO MEET. HE WARNS US THAT THE DIRECTOR OF ALL STAR WARS IS COMING, AND THAT WE SHOULD QUICKLY PRETEND TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING BUT THE DIRECTOR'S TRIGGERS.
WE AND THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE PROCEED TO DO THIS, WHEN THE DIRECTOR APPEARS AT THE END OF THE HALLWAY. HE'S GUARDED BY A GROUP OF CLONE TROOPERS. THE DIRECTOR HAS A GINORMOUS FUCKING HEAD LIKE HE WORKS OUT AT THE LIBRARY.
AMONGST WHISPERS I HEAR THAT HIS NAME IS DIRECTOR WALNUT. WHEN WALNUT SEES HIS EMPLOYEE/OUR CONTACT, HE WALKS UP TO HIM. HE PROCEES TO ASK OUT OF THE BLUE "if you were in my shoes, would you start the vietnam wars?"
YOU SEE, THE VIETNAM WARS WAS A NEW ARC IN THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE, SIMILAR TO THE CLONE WARS OR WHATEVER OTHER WARS THEY DO. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A GENERAL NEGATIVE REACTION TO THE VIETNAM WARS, BECAUSE IT WAS EXTREMELY OBVIOUSLY DERIVED FROM THE REAL VIETNAM WARS. AND THE DIRECTOR KEPT ABOUT HIS BUSINESS LIKE IT WAS ORIGINAL AND FULLY FANTASY.
SO, PEOPLE DERIVED, HE'S A CUNT AND AN ASS AND EVIL, HE WAS THE EPITOME OF SITH IN REAL LIFE. HENCE MY SIBLING AND I WERE HERE TO MEET WITH OUR SECRET CONTACT, SO WE COULD RID OF DIRECTOR WALNUT IN A WAY THAT DIDN'T INVOLVE STABBING OR KILLING
BUT THAT WASN'T GOING SO WELL, BECAUSE WALNUT WAS EXPECTING AN ANSWER FROM OUR CONTACT TO HIS QUESTION. OUR CONTACT, AS DOWN-EARTHED AS POSSIBLE, RESPONDS CALMLY "i would rather opt for peace myself". WALNUT SAYS THAT'S THE WRONG ANSWER. PULLS OUT A GUN AND SHOOTS OUR CONTACT IN THE HEAD RIGHT THEN RIGHT THERE
THE AUDIENCE IN THE MEANTIME IS SILENT. THE PARADE HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY STOPPED. I STARE IN HORROR AS BLOOD AND BRAIN MATTER SEEPS ON THE WALL AND THE BENCH AND PROBABLY ME AS WELL.
WALNUT THEN EYES ME WITH THE MEGAMIND ''NO BITCHES?'' LOOK, AND ASKS ME THE SAME QUESTION AS WELL, EXPECTING A BETTER ANSWER THIS TIME. I RESPOND "well i see where your now-dead employee is coming from, but so do i see your point as well. i would do extensive research in order to scour out my options, to weigh the pros and cons, and find the best solution possible from there."
FOR SOME REASON THAT WORKS. WALNUT NODS AT ME AND MY SIBLING AND CONTINUES TO WALK THE HALLWAY, RESUMING THE PARADE AND THE AUDIENCE CHATTER. OUR CONTACT'S REMAINS ARE STILL THERE ON THE FUCKING WALL, WHICH BLASTS OUR PLAN SOMEWHAT AS HE WAS THERE TO HELP US.
WE GO TO THE COURTYARD. OUR ORIGINAL MISSION WAS TO FIND A PARTICULAR GREEK MINOTAUR, TAKE SOME OF ITS HAIR AND USE THAT INGREDIENT TO TAKE OUT THE DIRECTOR. WHETHER BY POISON DEATH OR BY TURNING HIM GOOD WITH THE POWER OF MAGIC AND KIDDY FANTASY TROPES.
HOWEVER. THAT PARTICULAR MINOTAUR WAS DEAD. SO WE HAD TO FIND A DIFFERENT MINOTAUR. ONE THAT COULD BE SUMMONED IN THIS PARTICULAR COURTYARD BY RITUAL, AS HE WAS MADE HERE MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO OR WHATEVER.
WE PERFORM THE RITUAL. THE GROUND CRACKS OPEN WITH A LOUD BOOMING ROAR, AND A GODZILLA-SIZED MINOTAUR WITH AN OBSIDIAN BLACK COAT RISES FROM THE EARTH'S CORE, RED EYES GLOWING AND PIERCING THROUGH US. I CAN HEAR HOLY MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND THAT QUICKLY TURNS INTO DARK SOULS BOSS MUSIC.
THE MINOTAUR'S BOSS TAG APPEARS. HE IS KNOWN AS THE DARK BOVINE...... JEREMIAH.................. (or other ordinary human name)
I TRY NOT TO BURST OUT LAUGHING, BUT DESPITE THAT THE DARK BOVINE JEREMIAH IS STILL VERY MUCH DANGEROUS. HE ROARS AND STARTS TEARING UP THE PLACE. PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING PROBABLY.
THEN, SUDDENLY, KRATOS GOD OF WAR APPEARS OUT OF A PORTAL, AS IF I'M IN SOME STUPID MARVEL ENDGAME CROSSOVER. KRATOS IS ABOUT TO LAND THE FIRST HIT, AND THEN IT BOOMS LOUDLY "AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME!"
SCENE SWITCH. I'M IN A REGULAR LIVING ROOM. TURNS OUT MY SO AND I ARE WATCHING A NEW TV SHOW ABOUT GOD OF WAR KRATOS. SPLIT INTO 3 ARCS/SEASONS, KRATOS HAD TO GO THROUGH 3 PANTHEONS TO DEFEAT THEM ALL.
YOU'D THINK EACH PANTHEON WAS DONE IN ONE SEASON.
WRONG.
BECAUSE THIS SHOW WAS ✨ EXPERIMENTAL ✨, THEY WOULD GO FROM 1 IMPORTANT PANTHEON MOMENT TO ANOTHER ONE. IT'S AS IF KRATOS WAS SPLIT IN 3 TO DEAL WITH THE PANTHEONS, AND THE SCENES WOULD SWITCH LIKE IT WAS GAME OF THRONES. THIS RESULTS IN THE WORST CLIFFHANGERS KNOWN TO MAN.
THE TV ANNOUNCES THAT KRATOS' FINAL FIGHT AGAINST THE EGYPTIAN GODS WILL NOW BE BROADCASTED- KRATOS VS. SEKHMET
Frozen Within the Night Wind: Jasper Hale x Fleur Swan, Chapter 6
None of the characters in Twilight belong to me. All rights go to Stephenie Meyer.
"Baby, you don't wanna leave
You'd be sorry, 'cause honestly
I can make you feel better, any day
Look at what you've done for me, I called it how I see
You belong with me."
Stick by: BANKS
For the next few weeks Me, the Cullens, and the wolves have been keeping watch on Bella and Charlie. It wasn't an easy alliance and anytime Sam or Leah went onto patrol they wouldn't even acknowledge me. So I often patrolled with Emmett and Jasper to make things less tense. Tonight however I had no choice but to patrol with one of the wolves... a plus side about tonight though, Bella wouldn't be here... she was out with Jacob right now. I had made an excuse that I was staying with the Cullens for the night so dad wouldn't be too suspicious.
"Are you sure Darlin, I can stay behind on this hunt to be with you."
"I'll be fine...I'm sure Sam won't do anything to me. Besides, I've already hunted for the week...you haven't hunted these past two trips because of me...Go I promise I'll be fine."
He sighed before wrapping his arms around me and laying his head on my shoulder. It didn't last long however since we heard rustling behind us. We both turned to see Sam in his wolf form standing there.
"I'll see you later love."
"Bye love."
When Jasper left Sam stood next to me, he didn't look at me at all. We sat in silence for an hour when I finally decided to say something.
"Look...I know I'm probably just going to end up talking to the air tonight but...I need to get some facts straight."
Sam just huffed in his place.
"None of the Cullens turned me...if they would've gotten to me quick enough I wouldn't even be patrolling my dad and Bella right now."
Sam seemed to be staring at me out of the corner of his eye.
"I don't know who he is...but someone working with Victoria turned me...If I am being completely honest I think it's the intruder we're looking for right now."
Sam huffed again.
"And I know you are absolutely disgusted with what I am now but... I really miss you, and Emily... Seth and Leah too. But I know I can't go down there anymore and Leah completely hates my guts but I just had to get off my chest." I looked away from Sam, feeling completely embarrassed that I spouted all of that out. Then suddenly, I felt some fuzzy nuzzle into my hand. I smiled and pet him, it seems he's warming up to me again.
"Thanks, Sam..."
Our heads both shot up as we heard movement and for a split second I saw firey red curls go across the way.
"Let's go Sam!" I said and started running toward her, he followed me a second afterward. She noticed us running toward her and took off back into the woods.
"Sam go back onto your territory so she can't jump back without being caught."
He followed my command surprisingly.
"I thought you were great at self-preservation Curly, but to come right to her house, right near the Cullens isn't very smart now is it?"
She didn't acknowledge me. Suddenly... something popped up in my head... I looked at Sam and winked, I mouthed to him that I had an idea.
Victoria stopped in her tracks and stuttered.
"James?"
I stopped running and crept up behind her, not wanting to let the hallucination go to waste. Carlisle was right... this second power would be useful to me. The image of James just looked at her with deadly eyes.
"James... how are you... here?"
"What are you doing with him?" "James," asked.
"It's not like that...It just so I could avenge you." Victoria stated.
"You disgust me..."
I was just about to get behind her and grab her neck when she snapped out of it and flipped me over and sent me into a tree. She took off again, leaving us in the dust. Sam jumped back over to me and nudged me with his head.
"I'm okay Sam... we need to go back to the house in case someone else shows up again. When we made it back to the house I saw Jasper and Rosalie standing in our spot looking confused.
"What happened? Why did you leave?" Jasper asked.
"We saw Victoria and chased after her...we couldn't catch her."
"Damn it," Jasper grumbled.
"Were you close to getting her?" Rosalie asked.
"I was inches away from grabbing her by the neck... I guess the hallucination I made wore off..."
"Can you tell where she's going now?" Rosalie questioned.
"I can try... the tracking is still a little wonky sometimes." I got into that trance again attempting to track her,
"It looks like she's going to Oregon..."
"Oregon what is she going to do in Oregon?" Jasper inquired.
"I can't tell..."
Before anyone could say anything else Jacob's car pulled up, Edwards was not too far behind.
"Uh oh... this can't be good," I said, I then began to jog toward the situation, it soon turned into an argument.
"IF YOU EVER TOUCH HER AGAINST HER WILL AGAIN!" Edward roared.
"Guys don't do this here!" Bella pleaded.
"She doesn't know what she wants."
"Hey what the hell happened?" I asked.
"Jacob kissed me..." Is all she said.
"Wait for her to say the words," Edward said.
"What... Edward do you want her to be in a relationship with him? You're losing the argument here bud. bring it back!" I thought to myself.
"Fine, and she will."
"Jacob just go okay?"
"Hey, hey hey... break it up you two," Dad said, he must've heard the commotion.
"Okay... what's going on?"
"I kissed Bella... and she broke her hand, punching my face... total misunderstanding."
I couldn't help but bust out in laughter... this whole situation was something you would find in a crappy soap opera they play at 4 in the morning when no one is awake to see them.
"What are you doing back here Fleur?" Dad asked.
I came up with a lie quickly.
"Oh I forgot some toiletries... and I came back down to get them." luckily my car was still here.
When I pretended to grab my items I came back outside, Bella and Edward were gone. I kissed my dad on the cheek and wished him a goodnight and drove back down to the Cullen's house. When I came in Carlisle was wrapping up Bella's hand, everyone else was sitting in the room with them. I sat by Rosalie and Jasper, just observing the situation, Emmett walked in with a smirk on his face.
"Geez did you try and walk and chew gum at the same time Bella?"
"No, I punched a werewolf in the face."
"Badass...you're going to be a tough little newborn."
Rosalie and I looked up, now focused on the conversation.
"Tough enough to take you on." She said with a smirk.
Rosalie slammed down the paper she was reading and left the room. Bella just rolled her eyes and sighed. I looked at Jasper and he nodded, I slinked out of the room without anyone noticing or so I thought.
"Hey, Rose."
"I can't stand your sister."
"I know the feeling."
"But at the same time... I envy her too."
I pulled her in for a hug, trying to comfort her.
I heard the slight sound of a door opening and closing again.
"What do you want Bella?" I asked.
"You can go and blather about the joys of being a newborn with someone else." Rosalie added.
"Okay... Rosalie, I don't know what I did... to make you hate me so much."
"How many times do I have to say it... If you treat someone I am really close to like dirt... then I'm going to hate your guts."
Bella scoffed.
"I envy you also Bella."
"What? That's ridiculous!"
"It's not...Bella." I jumped in
"How is it not?"
"You had a choice... we didn't... none of us do and you're choosing wrong, I don't care how miserable your human life is," Rosalie explained.
"My life is not miserable. It’s not perfect, nobody’s life is perfect." Bella stated.
"Mine was. Absolutely perfect. There were things I still wanted. To be married with a nice house and a husband who kissed me when he came home. A family of my own... Royce King was the most eligible bachelor in town, I barely knew him. But I was young, I was in love with the idea of love. On the last night of my life, I left a friend’s house late visiting her newborn son, I wasn’t far from home… They left me in the street thinking I was dead, believe me I wanted to be. Carlisle then found me, he smelled all the blood, but he thought he was helping me."
"I'm... so sorry." I said... I had never heard how she got changed until now.
"That's terrible," Bella added.
"I got my revenge on them, one at a time. I saved Royce for last so he would know I was coming. I was a little theatrical back then."
"That's not theatrical... that's bad ass," I said, Rosalie cracked a smile.
"Things got better after I met Emmett, but we’ll always be this, frozen, never moving forward. That’s what I miss the most, possibilities, sitting on a front porch somewhere, Emmett grey-haired by my side surrounded by our grandchildren, their laughter."
"I understand that’s what you want. There’s nothing I’m ever gonna want more than Edward." Bella argued.
"You’re wrong again, after you’ve been changed there’s one thing you’ll want more. One thing you’ll kill for…blood." Rosalie finished, she then walked out of the room without saying another word.
Alright! Here goes my Bugsnax Grumpus last name headcanon!
(This ended up being way longer than I thought it would've been, oh god-)
I think we all can agree that the headcanon where a Grumpus child has their parent's combined last names as their own last name is a very common headcanon people share. It's a good one! Even I like it a lot. And when applied to OCs or fankids it makes for some hilarious names.
It'd make sense in-canon and I feel like it gives the Grumpus world more depth as their own little tradition. (Honestly give me ANY culture/tradition headcanon for Grumpuses PLEASE THOSE ARE MY FAVORITEEEE I even had one for teeth a while ago that I may share publicly one day!!)
But I've been thinking about this, especially because of Cromdo and my own OCs - Neddy and Rason Honeyfidget. With Rason being Neddy's dad, if we only used this headcanon then Neddy shouldn't have this last name... Well, there's a lore reason why he doesnt and that is that his mother has died while he was still an egg, a while before hatching. Rason made him take on "Honeyfidget" only.
But that's just the backstory that got me thinking at the name traditions as a whole, so I'll try to avoid OC talk any further to make this friendlier for others who do not know about my OCs and are just interested in reading this headcanon.
Another headcanon I want to mention as I apply it to my own is the headcanon that Triffany changed her last name to Bronica's last name as a way to honor her. You can definitely change your name to anything you want in the Grumpus world, but changing your last name to a relative's like your grandparent's last name is possibly quite common!
And now I want to bring up Cromdo and the fact he is divorced. It has been confirmed that Cromdo is divorced and that his name may reflect that. (Though originally it was answered in the AMA that "Cromdo Face" just sounded funny at first and that it is possible that he did loose a half of his last name this way!)
Also I want to say that he wasn't abusive to the child mentioned! I remember there was a small confusion and drama about that. And I believe one of the devs on the YH discord mentioned that the 1# tie was a reference to Octodad. I do not remember if that confirmed that he is a father or if this answer by Sage was possibly wrong. He cannot see the child because he lost custody of them and lost in court. I do not have screenshot evidence of this. On a side-note I believe this could be one of the reasons he grew to be so money hungry. He didn't have enough money back then to keep his child. Again I want to say it could be ONE of the reasons and not the exact reason why he is this way.
This is more so of an ramble about my headcanon and what I want to say rather than some comprehensive thing, I am so sorry dfwergeg it's just how I write and explain things and I gotta mention it ALL (Great addition to "Guzma, your ADHD is showing")
Anyways, back on track with my HC.
But in this/my headcanon - Cromdo is divorced, he has had a child, and lost a part of his last name because of the divorce. I do not know how human marriage last name and stuff works properly so uh, see this as just speculation about a fictional species' culture rather than a carbon copy of our own. Which it clearly isn't LOL
I personally think that you can do multiple things with your last name when you get married! (And how it can affect the child's last name!)
Let's use Chandlo and Snorpy as examples, because I think they make great last name combinations. (And Snorplo is HELLA !!/pos)
- You can change your last name to your partner's last name, like we do commonly. (At least, with all the cultures I'm aware of and how marriage works for us.) Examples: Snorpy Funkbun, Chandlo Fizzlebean
(This one isn't very common to do!)
- You can change one half of your last name to a half from your partner's last name. Examples: Snorpy/Chandlo Funkbun/Fizzlebun
(Not as common either, but it still happens. It is actually more common than the first example. This was the case for Cromdo. I'll get back to this later. Grumps usually reserve this for their childen, which is the most common way of naming your children!)
- You keep your last name after marriage! Example: Snorpy Fizzlebean. Chandlo Funkbun. Canon examples would be Wambus and Triffany as well!
(Most common one to do as many wear their last names with pride or for other reasons - such as Trifanny when she changed her last name to Bronica's last name in this headcanon.)
Before we get to the kids again, I'm gonna go back to Cromdo and what can happen during divorce.
During divorce you can simply change your name back if you changed it, or keep the last name you took from your partner. Many simply change their last names back to what they were originally. Some, if they went by the half/half method, take away the half from their ex-partner only. This leaves some Grumpuses with one worded last names, such as Cromdo.
I think he changed a half of his last name during marriage. After the divorce, he didn't want to "wear" his partner's name anymore and changed his name to Cromdo Face only as Face was a part of his last name he was given at birth. This is most often the default for Grumpuses who have been divorced and took only half of their partner's last name.
If Cromdo - (or any Grumpus with a one-word last name! There's certainly rare cases of Grumpuses who have one word that didn't go through divorce. Possibly Grumpuses with bad attachment to one of their parents - so they change or remove that half of the last name they got from said parent. If their last name was a combination.) - were to re-marry he could take one half of his new partner's last name, or not change his name at all.
I want to get onto how naming a child would work with this situation, so I will talk about ways of naming children before I get back to this! And by naming I of course mean the last names only, lol.
(One rule is that, unless you change your name later in real life for any reason, it's gonna have to be one of these otherwise! Your Grump parent cannot make you up a new last name. It is just a part of the tradition they have. Though re-naming isn't looked upon in any way by the majority of Grumpuses as there are many reasons to do so!! Unless you're a jerk or you value your last name TOO much.) (Also when I say "you" I don't mean YOU as the reader literally. I mean a hypothetical Grumpus child!! It's just how I like wording things.
(...I've been writing for almost an hour, brain scrampled eg)
- Your last name is the combined name of your parent's last names. Examples: Fizzlebun, Funkbean
(VERY COMMON! Most Grumpuses will do this when first naming their child!)
- Your keep one of your parent's last name! Fizzlebean or Funkbun.
(This all works if you have multiple parents btw! Can make for SUPER crazy long and funny last names. This *all* applies to marriage, too! I hope it is easily applicable. I do not want to go in depth on that. Feel free to hit me an ask about this if you want me to explain it more in depth!! I wouldn't want to exclude polyamorous relationships ^^ )
(Also yes, last names that are just the same word repeated twice/multiple times are possible too. Fizzlefizzle, Funkfunk... How fun are these to say? Gives me Grumpus OC name ideas already.)
But yes! Back to Cromdo! Or any Grumpus in the same situation, but as I've stater earlier, Cromdo is just an example here. If he were to re-marry and NOT change his name, there's two posibilities:
His new partner has a full last name.
In this situation, if they have a child they can keep the full last name from Cromdo's partner. Or they can have one word from his partner + Face. For reasons stated below the child cannot have "Face" as their only last name.
His new partner has a one-worded, short last name like he does.
In this situation, if they have a child they have to name it a combination of their last name's. No exception. Having a short last name is a sign of something happening in your life, and it is traditionally not put onto a child, unless they are adopted with no last name. That still counts as something that happened in their life, as their birth parents possibly just gave them away with no care in the world.
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At this point I am almost completely off track, so please do ask me questions as I am not sure where I completely left off - Or rather if there is something I forgot that I wanted to mention.
By the way, for combining last names and such, you can also mis-match! Doesn't even have to be combinations. This applies to everything, even for (Full last name + one-word last names) where it makes sense the most. Examples: Beanfizzle, Bunfunk, Bunbean, Bunfizzle, Beanbun, Beanfunk. I'm personally a big fan of Bunfunk and Beanbun :P)
And this applies to siblings, too! It isn't uncommon for parents naming their children mis-matched last name combinations if they have multiple ones. (This ties into my headcanon for Filbo's many siblings and that he isn't a single child. He's in a big household and has at least 2 siblings. ONE OF WHICH I want to make into an OC! This requires me to make the parents, too, but I am not so bothered about that :P)
I'm out for now, all my brain power has left me a few paragraphs ago and I've got to go eat lunch
But again I encourage people to ask me questions (If anyone was brave enough to read through this!!)
And if I got anything wrong, do let me know! I am not all-knowing and I could've missed some VERY OBVIOUS mistakes.
And sorry if the writing is wonky at times! Sometimes it is done on purpose but sometimes the fact I only pretend I know how to write + the fact English is my second language IS SHOWING
(Also I sometimes just write how I think, without much thought put into the sentence if I don't proof read, so HSDFWERGRGT)
I have a question about OOT, I don't remember if you have talked about this before but I have wondered how Madara and Hashirama would react to Naruto's sexy justu? Will we see any of that in the future?
I dont think Ive mentioned it before, but the sexy jutsu is actually coming up very soon! Its in one of the last interlude chapters. Due to a bit of timeline sheningans the chunin exams got pushed back and bc Obito directly encountered the terrors the Akatsuki plans will be delayed a bit too. However Jiraiya was completely independent of these so hes about to show up in the village and will run into Naruto and have a slightly different interaction in canon, but basically the sexy jutsu and summoning gets brought up so of course he decides to 1. show Madara his 100% effective super cool ultimate distraction technique to get his praise and 2. ask him about the weird dude pulling toads out of nowhere.
(Also as a side note, due to the direction I have for the fic I cant really scrap jiraiya, but uh lets just say others react to his...proclivities in more appropriate ways imo. Its not treated as ~quirky~ but harmless by the narrative. Hes a creep in canon and a lot more characters recognize this in-fic.)
Anyway Naruto shows Madara the sexy technique expecting great results but he gets nothing. Madara is very gay. The Uchiha also had communal baths and children were taken by whichever parent was available. Hes seen a lot of naked women. The most he'll admit is it could be a good distraction technique but only for a split second against a competent opponent. Naruto, miffed, tries the reverse technique. He hasnt practised it as much tho so it comes out a bit wonky and Madara is equally as unimpressed. A sexy adult man version of Naruto is still a version of *Naruto* his student/little brother. Naruto, properly irritated now bc he was sure the techniques would go over well, tries one last thing. He transforms into a flirty (but age appropriate) version of Hashirama.
That gets a reaction, but not the one he was expecting, namely Madara's instinctive reaction to punch anything that pretends to be Hashirama but is clearly not. He sends Naruto flying, before immediately rushing to his side, scolding him and apologizing in the same breath. (Madara has already perfected the technique of determining the real Hashirama apart from his clones and logically I extend this to anyone else transforming into Hashirama.) Meanwhile the real Hashirama, whos been sitting to the side with Tatsuki watching this all go down, is bent over laughing.
As for Hashiramas reaction the sexy technique or its reverse counterpart, I typically put him in the same category as Madara as far as reactions go. I switch back and forth between headcanons of him as bi or gay. Either way though its very obviously Naruto transforming into sexy adult versions of himself and Hashirama and Madara are so wrapped up in each other even if he could be attracted to the sexy woman/man, hed probably be shocked at the shift the very first time and then not much more.