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jennazed · 11 months

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So today I was kinda bored and decided to read the "Be More Chill" book to see if there were any differences between the book and the musical.... and OH BOY WERE THERE SOME DIFFERENCES!!! I wrote down some of them, enjoy (beware spoilers obviously)

Jeremy has humiliation sheets to quantiatively determine how much of an incel he is

Madeline is now Elizabeth?

Who tf is Mark, why does he exist, and why is Jeremy friends with him?

Everyone knows Jeremy wrote the letter to Christine, but now he wants to give her a chocolate shakespeare bc he is a total flirt (TM)

Jeremy's mom is around and has a divorce lawyer-ing firm with his dad now

Michael is a white boy with an asian girl fetish

JEREMY IS A THEATER KID! JEREMY IS A THEATER KID! JEREMY IS A THEATER KID! JEREMY IS A THEATER KID! JEREMY IS A THEATER KID!

Mr Reyes doesn't microwave his own hot pockets, he uses child labor to do so instead

Christine is super angsty like she needs an anger management therapist or smth

Michael's brother got a squip apparently and is going to Brown University

Oh btw, Jeremy's dad doesn't even wear underwear around the house he just lets his son see his junk?

Michael also has a knee fetish apparently???

Sadly, the play is the actual Midsummer's Dream and not a Midsummer's Nightmare about Zombies

Ok Christine is no longer angsty?

Nvm she is angsty again that was quick

Jeremy goes "Heh-heh." a lot

According to Michael, all girls are shirt thieves and should never be trusted

Ok Christine is no longer angsty again and apparently she is very specific on how relationships are supposed to be formed bc of course she is

The whole Halloween party is now a school-sanctioned event

Is Jeremy a furry? what does "sometime tonight I’ve got to find pics on the Internet of girls with tails" mean???????

Instead of dressing up as Juliet, Christine dresses up as a prostitute angel for the halloween party

Btw michael knows all about the squip from day 1, his brother has one

Rich does his whole ITS FROM JAPAN moment at the halloween party instead of while pissing

Rich's halloween costume is marijuana

the squip is no longer "top secret can't even look it up on the internet shit" bc there's like 361 results for it on yahoo apparently

Jeremy's dad might have been gay for Ben Franklin

Instead of using his Bar Mitzvah money, Jeremy steals his aunt's beanie babies to finance his squip

LORE!! The guy from the lady's running shoes place who gives Jeremy the squip, his name is RACK LMAO

Jeremy keeps his squip-shenanigans secret from michael so we don't get the awesome sequence "try to say something cool" "i think i just blew my bar mitzvah money on a wintergreen tic-tac" "yeah not cool" :(

RACK instead of the squip says the "You can also set me to Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, Sexy Anime Female hehehehe" line. This change is devestating

"The gayer it feels, the better your posture" YOU HEARD IT HERE FOLKS GAY PEOPLE HAVE BETTER POSTURE

In the book, the squip can see into parallel universes bc quantum physics

Brooke is Anne

Jeremy flirts with Chloe instead of Brooke/Anne man they really changed a lot of stuff around yk

Eminem dies like immediately. That squip DEFINITELY killed him lol

Fun fact: Jeremy is NOT circumcised!

Apparently you just think about the squip turning off to turn it off wow

Jeremy now does pushups whenever he sees an attractive guy on tv instead of whenever he thinks about sex

SQUIPS CAN CONTROL YOUR DREAMS? THATS SO COOL!

lol the squip hates singing

Jeremy instead of the squip says "up up down down left right left right B A start"

wait Brooke is in the book? Then who tf is Anne???

Madeline is now Katrina?

The squip becomes murderous if you drink, i love it!

how does jeremy not know what a pheromone is but is perfectly able to memorize monologues about how humanity has stopped evolving?

Jeremy is a professional boxer and will punch you in the neck and make your gameboy say "dont fuck with me >:(" if you mess with him, remember that folks

Apparently the squip thinks acting like a dog is cute?

NOOO! Some dude named Jason Finderman is the one who has his parents on the run for money laundering and hosts the party instead of Jake

Huh, no optic nerve blocking of Michael? Maybe this version of the squip is actually trying to help Jeremy

Poor Jenna :( she just wanted to talk about how Elizabeth is a slut and Jeremy turned her down

Apparently the squip is also a certified drivers ed instructor! Who knew?

JEREMYS DAD SAYS THE N WORD OK ITS PROBABLY FOR THE BEST THAT ONE GOT CHANGED

Ok smth is up with Jeremy, why is he confessing to Chloe while on ectsasy that he constantly dreams of her with a tail? AND WHY IS SHE KINDA INTO IT??

Fun fact: ectsasy turns the squip spanish

Apparently Chloe's boyfriend in the book is named Brock. Imagine going through 9 months of pregnancy and deciding that your baby should go by fucking Brock lol

Hugging legs is Jeremy's coping mechanism

I love this version of the squip: "TODO LO QUE USTED ES BUENO PARA ES SEXO DEL INTERNET." lmao

btw rich has a belly button kink

Rich named his pp Li'l Cheese Head

No michael in the bathroom moment, instead its more of a michael in a bathtub with an asian girl moment

Michael, who is still buddies with Jeremy :), rushes to tell him of the rich fire

I think rich set the fire bc alcohol + squip = murderous rage in this universe not bc he was trying to get it out

YOOO CHRISTINE IS GONNA BE A PSYCH MAJOR

Jeremy gets a therapist bc his mom freaks out when he tells her about the squip but the therapist is also squipped lol

lol all hollywood actors have squips, awesome

The squip's plan is to have Jeremy confess his love to Christine during the play in front of everybody but she calls him a loser… oof

The squip plans to write Jeremy's life story in a book and then have it kill itself with mtn dew red :O

THE WHOLE STORY WAS A BOOK JEREMY/THE SQUIP WROTE FOR CHRISTINE????? AND THEN IT JUST ENDS??????

That was one way to spend like four hours

#be more chill #bemorechill #bmc #bmc book #be more chill book #michael mell #rich goranski #jeremy heere #christine canigula #bmc squip #squip squad

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chloe-caulfield94 · 5 months

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Thoughts on Grahamfield?

Thank you for an interesting question. I'm going to split my answer into two parts - first my thoughts on Warren himself and then my thoughts on shipping him with Max.

I like Warren, if only for the fact that on two separate occasions he helped Max when she was in a tough spot.

The confrontation between Max and Nathan at the parking lot in Episode 1 could've easily turned out to be deadly. Most likely, Nathan was still armed. We know he didn't throw his gun away after running from the bathroom, because he had the exact same pistol on him in Episode 4. Which also goes to show he would go around campus armed.

So if Warren hadn't tackled Nathan to the ground, allowing Max to hop into Chloe's truck, it's very likely Nathan would've pulled his gun out to threaten Max with and then shot her, just like he had shot Chloe. Only this time there would be no one to rewind the murder.

The confrontation in Episode 4, in the boys' dorms, was even more likely to have a fatal result. We know for a fact that Nathan was armed. This time it was Chloe acting as a distraction, pushing Nathan away long enough for the cavalry, in the form of Warren, to come to the rescue. Had it not been for them, Max would've likely been murdered by Nathan.

I think it's interesting that on both of those occasions Warren acted in tandem with Chloe. I don't think that takes away from Warren's or Chloe's efforts. Helping others is not a zero-sum game, where only one person can get the credit. And I think it's only fitting that a kind person like Max, who cares about others, has other people coming to her aid when she in turn needs it.

I will always appreciate Warren for giving Nathan a well-deserved beating. Remember, the confrontation in the dorms takes place mere minutes after Max finds in Nathan's drawer the horrifying picture of unconscious Chloe, which Nathan kept as a revolting souvenir. At that point, neither Max nor the player (if you play for the first time) knows why Nathan went around drugging and kidnapping girls. So the implications of the picture were obvious and horrifying. When you heard Chloe and Kate tell about their encounters with Nathan for the first time, wasn't your takeaway that he attempted to date rape Chloe and date raped Kate? What other explanation there could be for a boy drugging girls unconscious and bringing them to a secluded location? And the revelation that Nathan "only" wanted to take pictures doesn't make his attempted kidnapping of Chloe any less fucked up. At that point he had already killed Rachel by overdosing her. So despite the crocodile tears he recorded in Max's voice mail, he didn't mind the possibility of overdosing yet another girl for the purposes of his "art". Why would he mind it? This time it wouldn't be his friend, just some "whore".

So I will always think kindly of Warren, if only for the fact that he gave Nathan a little bit of his own medicine. That the made Nathan feel just as powerless as Nathan did to his victims.

I guess you could say that Warren's fights with Nathan were motivated by his desire to impress Max (in the parking lot) and to avenge his wounded male pride (in the dorms). But I think it would be an extremely uncharitable interpretation. Even if the abovementioned emotions factored into his actions, that doesn't change the fact he did help Max on those occasions.

I always find it funny that the dynamic between Max, Warren and Brooke is a representation of the "high school boy is trying to win over the affection of a beautiful girl but is completely oblivious that a cute nerdy girl in glasses is totally into him". I love the fact that in this context it makes Max into the "popular girl". Honestly, the best case scenario would be Warren finally seeing the writing on the wall and realizing how lucky he is to have someone as cool as Brooke crushing on him. And for some reason he really has trouble realizing that. Even in the alternate timeline he's dating Stella. I ship Warren with Brooke, mainly for her sake. That girl is a go-getter. She set her mind on something and is reaching for it. That always warrants my respect.

A thing I like about Warren is that he can be a gracious loser and that's an increasingly rare talent. After Chloe texted him about Max kissing her, he texted Max saying: "Your friend Chloe txtd me that I'm out of the loop now. She sounds hot so I get why. Now I get why you didn't want to 'Go Ape' with me. You should go with Chloe". Seriously, he took that like a champ, on the chin.

Some fans consider Warren to be “creepy” or even “stalkerish”. The most convincing piece of evidence supporting this accusation is him waiting outside Max’s dorm at the beginning of Episode 2. If Max walks over to the window quickly enough, she can see Warren peeking from behind corner, looking at the dorm door, almost certainly in anticipation of Max walking out, to chat her up.

Honestly, I don’t think this is such a damning piece of evidence. Yeah, he wanted to invite her to the movies. Would it be any different if he sought her out during the day, at school? I also don't find his behaviour around Max in general to be inappropriate or creepy. Awkward, perhaps. We need to keep in mind that it's not like at that point he had been hounding Max for months, refusing to take no for an answer. At the beginning of Season 1, they had known each other for no longer than a month (Max had just moved back into town at the start of the school year and it was only October). Their interactions so far involved him borrowing Max his movie stash and them exchanging some text messages (well, at one point it devolved into him sending text messages and Max not responding). I really don't think that at that point him trying to ask her out is somehow inappropriate or pushing.

There's also the shrine in Warren's locker Max can find in her nightmare. In my mind the nightmare represents a twisted version of reality, shaped solely by Max's fears and doubts. The opposite of how Max truly feels and thinks. Just like we shouldn't believe the lies told about Chloe by "Other Max", I don't think that we should treat the shrine in Warren's locker as some revelation.

I think it needs to be said - an unrequited crush doesn't make you a creep. It seems that Warren has a genuine crush on Max (I hesitate to call it love, because in Season 1 they had known each other for a month and they hadn't even been on a single date yet). But even if you see Max didn't return his feelings (I sure see it that way, based on the totality of interactions between them), that doesn't make him a stalker or a creep. If you disregard BtS (where Rachel was equally as interested in pursuing Chloe romantically, if not more, as Chloe was interested in her) and only take into account Season 1, then it is clear that while Chloe was deeply in love with Rachel, Rachel only saw her as a friend. But it would be wrong and unfair to say that Chloe was a creep for being head over heels in love with her friend who didn't love her back. It would be wrong and unfair to say that Chloe's monthslong search for Rachel wasn't a proof of her genuine friendship, loyalty and commitment to Rachel, because she had unrequited love for her, which somehow tainted her motives. I think the same reasoning should apply to Warren.

Now let's move on to the ship itself. Having said all that, that I like Warren, that I don't think he's a creep and that I think his crush on Max was genuine, I see no way for Grahamfield to work, if we're sticking to the events of the game.

In the Bae ending, even if the love between Max and Chloe remained purely platonic (the last diary entry before the final choice is always, regardless of player choices, Max saying that Chloe is like family to her and that she's about to find out if what's between them is love or friendship - so let's consider a timeline where Max decides Chloe is like a sister, not like a girlfriend to her), then the Grahamfield ship still would have zero chances of ever floating, for the simple reason that one half of it is dead.

And in the Bay ending, I can't imagine Max ever ending up with Warren. Bay Max has just killed her best friend by pushing her back in front of a barrel of a gun. The friend whose last words were always that she loved Max ("I love you, Max. See you around" if you overdose her in Episode 4, "I'll always love you" if you sacrifice her in Episode 5, she always says that regardless of player choices). Max immediately seeking solace in the arms of a boy she barely knows, that she hasn't even been on a single date with, would be extremely out of character for her. And I don't think she would be interested in pursuing Warren at a later date. She would always have at the back of her mind that he's among the people she killed Chloe for. I think that would poison any chance at a relationship.

A few months ago I exchanged comments with another LiS player regarding the ending. They told me that they sacrificed Chloe, because they preferred Max to end up with Warren. Granted, they were more of a casual player - they admitted to not reading Max's diary, not even a little bit. But even if you disregard the diary and even if you interpret the relationship between Max and Chloe as purely platonic, at least from Max's side, I can't imagine Max ever thinking like that. Wouldn't that be a totally unhinged way of thinking? Sacrificing a life long best friend for a boy that you've met a month ago, that you haven't even been on a single date with? Who is basically a stranger that you know very little about?

In a timeline with no Storm or in which Warren survives the Storm, I can easily see him and Max becoming friends, if only for their shared taste in movies.

In a timeline with no Storm AND in which Max's feelings for Chloe are different from the ones she expresses in game (in her dialogues, internal monologues and diary entries) I can imagine Max and Warren going on dates. Whether that would result in a relationship or not is impossible to say, because we have never even seen them on a single date. Maybe they would immediately hit it off. Or maybe after fifteen minutes they would both be tired of each other. Who knows?

So back to the question of how I feel about Grahamfield - even though I don't ship that particular ship, it doesn't offend my sensibilities. The only ships that offend my sensibilities are those which pair up abusers with their victims, which is clearly not the case here. But I just don't see that ship happening if we stick by canon events. If we imagine some sort of alternate universe, divergent from canon in the ways I described above, then I guess that could work.

#max caulfield #warren graham #grahamfield #brooke scott #grahamscott #chloe price #nathan prescott #life is strange #lis

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theabyssgazesalsointoyou · 18 days

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📖 but with songs :3

📖: If you had to remove one book from the series, which would you choose?

i am so so sorry for this possibly controversial insanely long rant but. dywh. it is so unfair to both chloe and jeremy it drives me insane i wish the scene never existed and maybe the fandom would be a much more peaceful place. rant under the cut

i genuinely hate dywh so much you have no idea. it literally serves no purpose to the story. if it was intended to be a metaphor for how men can be sexually assaulted because they often are not allowed to deny sexual advances, then it should've actually addressed how it affected jeremy instead of just brushing everything off and 'redeeming' chloe in vimh. don't get me wrong, it is very important to raise awareness about that, but it doesn't work in be more chill because the entire message of the musical is that people- especially teenagers- aren't who they seem because external and internal factors influence how they act. that they can make bad choices but they can also learn from their mistakes and change for the better. if chloe didn't end up being redeemed and the musical wanted people to dislike her then fine, whatever. it's still highly debatable considering how jeremy's trauma was never properly addressed but at least it makes sense for the scene to be included in order to really drive it home that she's an awful person. but she did end up being redeemed and they're trying to tell the audience even she's forgivable. and guess what! a lot of people don't agree with this because of course the audience is going to have a hard time buying that when the severity of chloe's 'mistakes' stick out like a sore thumb.

because if you think about it, all that the plot required was that the couples (aka upstage and puppy love) break up. and god there were better ways to do that. even if they had to include a scene like dywh they could've played it off in a tame way like chloe drunkenly attempting to 'seduce' jeremy (aka just a weird vaguely suggestive dance, nothing else involved). just asking him and backing off when he says no, because there is no reason for chloe to actually try to force jeremy to do anything. jeremy was not her concern, she doesn't even like him, it was brooke and jake. she couldn't give less shits about jeremy, all that mattered was that brooke thought he cheated on her and jake thought chloe had sex with someone else in his parents' room. like hell if they'd know what was going on behind closed doors?? all she had to do was just stay in the room with him for like half an hour then later subtly drop something about fucking him. is that not more in character for her? she's manipulative. she lies.

or they could've just stayed true to the book and made it 'consensual' (as 'consensual' as it can be while under the influence, that is) and nothing about the plot would've changed. brooke would still have thought jeremy cheated on her and jake would still have gotten mad at them for invading the sanctity of his parents' room and chloe would absolutely have still twisted the situation to her advantage because that's who she is. it's not out of character for her at all to rub it in jake's face- why turn down such an opportunity to hurt him? or for her to claim jeremy kissed her first? because she always puts the blame on someone else and manipulates brooke.

i would like to make it clear that i do think she should be held accountable for those actions, because 1) whatever her intentions were doesn't matter, the fact that it made jeremy feel uncomfortable & threatened does and 2) her entire reason for doing that was so incredibly selfish and cruel. she wanted to crush her best friend's self-esteem knowing brooke had already been cheated on and she wanted to hurt her ex-boyfriend in the worst way possible by tainting his memory of his parents who abandoned him. all that and jeremy was nothing to her. she didn't care what he thought, he was just a pawn. that is incredibly fucked up.

BUT. i am also saying that this scene was so not necessary. above all it's offensive that jeremy's trauma is never seriously taken and he's just expected to get over it in literal seconds after the scene takes place. but also- bitchy mean girl characters are already hated enough. a lot of people wouldn't have sympathized with chloe even without dywh in the picture. by literally making up that scene- it wasn't part of the source material, remember- the musical chose to put her on full blast. now we can't discuss her character without feeing like stepping on a landmine because dywh is a serious subject that some people are righteously triggered by. and the slight differences in how the actors of each production deliver that performance and how people interpret that scene is the root of all controversy.

#orca answers #bmc #be more chill #chloe valentine #very tempted to make this one unrebloggable. we'll see

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h0n3yk1tt3n · 2 months

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🐝 i wonder if you ever think of me

P,,puppylove,,, particularly brooke-centric coming to terms with how the best relationship she had was a lie,,,

Now it would start with Brooke noticing Jeremy for the first time pre-canon (freshman year, gonna rb the vid i have of this later) and being like huh. He's kinda cute ngl. She doesn't really do anything about it bc Jeremy is never Not with Michael and Chloe usually takes her attention away anyway, so the most she really does is look on from afar throughout the years.

She doesn't think a whole lot of him. She doesn't even know him beyond fleeting glances from across hallways and classrooms. He's really just That One Kid She Recognizes. She accepts that they'll never really cross paths until she meets him at the mall for BMC Pt. 1 and.. hey, he's actually talking to her and not Chloe.. that's really cool..

We get our getting together via eminems death stuff, a look into what they looked like as a couple pre-halloween, and it seems like everything's going great! Chloe seems kinda pissy, but that's probably because of Jake dating Christine, and Jeremy hasn't really been sparing Chloe any second glances. It looks like Brooke's love life is finally looking up! Someone actually likes her for her and not for her best friend!

...but it couldn't last. Of course it couldn't.

Naturally she figures out later that Jeremy didn't actually sleep with Chloe, but she also remembers enough flashes of The Play (and gathers from the brief moment when all the squips were linked) to know that Jeremy actually had eyes for Christine. Not Chloe, so, small victory there, but not exactly better.

Whether jeremy and christine actually get together isnt the point, but Jeremy and Brooke do eventually talk about their relationship, and if anything about it was actually real. Any little speck. Brooke has done all this thinking about Jeremy, but did Jeremy ever think of her? Even if he had other romantic interests in mind, did he think of her at all?

Jeremy didn't have a bad time dating her. The only thing he really regretted was that it wasn't genuine. It wasn't what Brooke deserved. He apologizes, because of course he does, and wishes that he could give her the relationship she actually deserves. But he can't. It wasn't the real me. There's someone else. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry for giving you the best thing that wasn't real.

And it hurts. It hurts a lot. But in a way, it's a little comforting that Jeremy is thinking about her and her happiness. He can't give her what she wants, but he still wants her to have it. Wishes for her to have the real version of what he was mechanically told to give her. She still has his friendship, and that's almost as good.

#asks #mj says shit #have i mentioned this premise before?? i genuinely dont remember #but OUGH the tragedy of their relationship. it was so beautiful and perfect yet so dreadfully fake #be more chill #jeremy heere #brooke lohst #puppylove #writing

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insertsickusername13 · 1 year

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Rich x Michael is one of my least favorite ships in the fandom, but by god they are the perfect chance for a character study. Post-fire Rich finding his own new ways to demonstrate his sexuality—at first overcompensating. Making himself appear more feminine even when it makes him uncomfortable, showcasing his relationship with Michael almost violently to others (maybe some of the popular kids have something to do with it. Jake’s confusion and disbelief—a result of genuine shock or fear of his own suppressed feelings?—Chloe’s ‘gay best friend!!’ stereotype (as long as she supports him, he’ll play the part). Jenna spreading rumors?) and eventually learning what he actually likes and what he actually doesn’t, and he doesn’t actually like Michael, he just liked the fact he had proof. I am gay, they all know I’m gay, and they can’t doubt that because I’m kissing him and I fucking like it. And eventually he finds his balance, he finds himself, and that person isn’t with Michael. That person loves his friends and treats outsiders with kindness and skateboards and joins robotics club and has a bi pin on his backpack and yeah, he does like to appear a little more feminine at times but not because it proves he’s gay, just because he likes it.

Meanwhile Michael gets his in to the popular crowd. He doesn’t care. He really doesn’t care. But after Jeremy apologizes and the anger wears off, Michael can’t help but question what parts of this were his fault. Jeremy flinches every time he goddamn slouches, this wasn’t just messed up for Michael. Jeremy was ruined. So this is him trying. He’ll give some. He’ll display his interests with pride all the while pretending to be into some of the normal stuff. And Rich is his way to get everyone to notice him. He slinks into the group, Rich on his arm as a sort of fake ID, and finds his place in this new friend group. Except weirdly enough, all of these people are trying to become more like him? You mean more like the boy Jeremy abandoned? The boy who was quite literally invisible? Is it because of Rich? Is it because Rich admires him? Is that why Jake seems to pay him so much attention, or why Brooke is so willing to hangout with him? And now he’s learning a new lesson—not how to give in because you’re insecure, but how to give in a little because it makes the people around you happy. Pretending to like theater because Jeremy and Christine glow the second they’re on stage. Pretending to like painting his nails because he’s the only one who will let Brooke experiment with new colors and designs on him. And learning that this giving in doesn’t apply to boyfriends. He can’t pretend to like Rich because it makes Rich happy (does it?)

#should i tag this with expensive headphones if i’m not actually shipping them #whatever #expensive headphones #implied richjake #rich goranski #bmc #michael mell #im in a mood #as you can tell #an exploring rich’s internalized homophobia mood #i want a 75k word fic just abt that #be more chill musical #this is such a shitty interpretation of their characters but i do not give a fuck it’s MINE

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lunaryuwu · 3 months

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i can't choose between richjake reincarnation and penpal pinkberry (oh hey alliteration)

The alliteration was a fun coincidence lol

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Richjake reincarnation au!

Basically it’s similar to the premise of yours(i am very unoriginal)

It starts with rich being a greek hero and jake is a normal villager. Rich saves jake in a fight/war and jake admires rich for his courage and strength. Jake dies taking a hit for rich and rich dies in a later war

Then it’s medieval times where jake is a prince and rich is a royal knight and somewhat jake’s bodyguard. It’s basically a forbidden relationship kind of deal. Jake dies by assassination and rich kills himself because of the heavy grief and thinking that he failed his job

Big time skip to the romantic period(idk what to add between this and medieval richjake dhbsjjsjakbakl) Jake is a piano prodigy that composes for plays and theatre stuff. His pieces never got really famous but rich, a music undergrad, really appreciates jake’s work and loves his music, so they start talking and become friends! This is also a forbidden romance kind of deal because people back then were really homophobic(this was inspired by Tchaikovsky btw) Still thinking about how they die here so leaving that blank for now

Next time skip to the world wars(still deciding which one but for now probably 1) This one is enemies to lovers richjake!! So war happens and rich lost his army and is hiding his identity in this place where he meets jake, the leader of his rivaling army. They don’t know each other but they had fun talking to each other at the bar where they first met. They exchanged letters while the war went on to keep in touch, until one day jake stopped responding because he died(reason undecided) and rich dies of undecided reasons later on

Then big time skip to musical richjake! I was thinking of friends with benefits to lovers for this one and the squip incident will be the big obstacle they have to face before they finally get their happy ending

I was also thinking of a bonus future richjake if i ever make a fic of this(maybe I won’t because the war thing is repetitive but. history’s like that.) If i do make a future richjake reincarnation thing it’ll be like. Fake dating or something. I’m trying to use a different trope for each time period

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Rich sat beside Jake as he played the piano. He watched Jake’s fingers move gracefully across the keys, hitting every note perfectly. His gaze travelled upwards to Jake’s face, illuminated by the lights on the stage. Rich could see his beautiful eyes, his sharp features, his lips- Rich blushed. That was way too inappropriate. He directed his gaze to the sheet music in his hands, lowering his head slightly so Jake wouldn’t catch the soft pink color on his cheeks.

Penpal pinkberry!

This is a short one because it’s a very undeveloped idea. Basically there’s this pen pal thing for one of their language subjects and they have to write in that language to the pen pal. Pen pals are picked randomly and people use nicknames so people don’t get embarrassed writing the letters. Chloe and brooke were paired together(but they don’t know yet) and at first they treat it as a “ugh homework” kind of thing but once they got close they started enjoying writing letters to each other. Just imagine them sharing their biggest secrets to each other in their letters but in real life they have this tense friendship and it seems like chloe hates brooke when she actually has a crush on her and is bad at expressing her feelings vocally.

Before that semester ended, they exchanged emails(anonymous emails) to continue the pen pal thing even after their language class thing ended(idk how subjects work in the us). So they talk and stuff and chloe vents about her crush on brooke(without actually saying her name of course) and brooke gives her advice. Chloe starts treating brooke differently and that’s when brooke is like huh. How strange. And she eventually realizes that chloe is her pen pal. And she now understands why chloe acts the way she acts(because chloe would tell brooke her issues in the letters and brooke would comfort her) and it all makes sense now.

And that’s all i got for this one. It’s really cheesy but i need some simple pinkberry fluff in my life.

(No snippet for this one because I never got to writing it djbsisbwiwbwlnlaowh)

Other wips over here!

#be more chill #pinkberry #richjake #ask box #luna spills words

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rebuke-me · 8 months

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WOOOOOOOOOWOWOWOOWOWOWOWOWOOO MY TIME HAS COME

I WANT INCREDIBLY INCREDIBLY GAY JAKE (FOR JEREMY) WITH THE WHOLE SQUIPSQUAD AWARE AND TRYING TO CONVINCE JEREMY HE ISNT INSANE

i don't know if i entirely got your prompt but getting to write my kids being silly is my fave thing ever so!! hope u enjoy anyways

“He definitely has a crush on Jeremy.” Jenna said, as soon as Jake left their table at Pinkberry, despite the fact that Jeremy was sitting right there.

Jeremy choked on his fro-yo. “What- no. I really don’t think so.” He said, after coughing up a lung. “You’re absolutely just seeing things-”

Then he looked around the table, where everyone was exchanging glances.

“No. No, no, you’re all- you all think that Jake Dillinger, the hottest guy in our entire school-” “Ow.” Rich muttered, in fake offense.

Jeremy continued as if he hadn’t heard Rich. “- would have a crush on me? Of all people? You’re all crazy.” “He carries your books to class.” Christine pointed out.

“Because he said he needs to carry more to work out for football.”

“He sits next to you at lunch every single day.”

“Because we’re friends, Brooke!”

“He literally paid for your fro-yo, Tallass.”

“I forgot my wallet!”

“He actually keeps up a Snapchat streak with you.” Chloe said, glancing up from her phone for the first time in the entire conversation. “He never does that with literally anyone.”

“What- not you too!”

“Believe me, if I could believe my ex-boyfriend didn’t have a massive crush on you, I would, Heere.” She muttered. “Massive downgrade, if you ask me.”

“Gee fucking thanks.”

Jenna pulled out her phone, scrolling through photos. “I have an entire album on my phone dedicated to candid photos of Jake looking at you like you’re the sun.”

“... squinting and scrunched up face?”

“I have another album of him looking at your ass.”

“Jenna! He totally doesn’t like me. And even if he did, it’d never work, because I’m a terrible boyfriend.”

Christine raised her hand. “As someone that dated you, you’re not that bad. Like, most of your issues are internal. You were always nice on dates.” Jeremy’s entire face was red. “I-” “Seconded.” Brooke raised her hand as well. “I mean, there was that whole computer pill thing, but other than that, you were sweet.”

“This isn’t helping!” Jeremy protested, burying his face in his hands.

“He sat through all of Star Wars for you.” RIch pointed out.

“He said he liked them!” Jeremy looked up, before looking around the table. “What?” “I was trying to get him to watch them with me for years!” Rich groaned. “He would never do it. But the second you offered to watch them with him, he jumped on the offer. C’mon, Jere. He’s head over heels.” “It’s kind of pathetic, honestly.” Jenna muttered.

Jeremy turned to Michael, who had been pretty quiet. “You don’t believe them, do you?” Michael hesitated. “Well-” Jeremy let his head hit the table, groaning. “You’re all liars. Horrible, horrible liars, getting a boy’s hopes up.”

“He did watch you play through all forty-three levels of Apocalypse.” “Michael!”

#be more chill #bmc #jeremy heere #jake dillinger #deere #dillinjer #jenna rolan #michael mell #christine canigula #brooke lohst #rich goranski #chloe valentine #squip squad

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Autistic Jeremy Headcanons!

🎮He canonically has trouble being social with others and understanding social cues. For example, he doesn’t initiate his conversations with the popular people (Chloe and Brooke) and didn’t really understand the whole “tall ass” thing. (“I’m not even that tall..”)

🎮Has trouble making friends/close relationships with others. Micheal was the only friend he had before he got the Squip, so…

🎮He stutters around people he doesn’t know very well and in unfamiliar situations. He’s fine around the people he knows, but when he’s around Christine and in the mall, that’s pretty much out the window.

🎮Scripting! If we’re going by the original Two-River production and the Book. He writes the letter to Christine to help him explain how he feels (but flushes it) and he uses the Humiliation Sheets when navigating school.

🎮Very socially awkward. Do I need to explain this one? Lol

🎮Gets confused easily and asks a lot of questions.

🎮Doesn’t always catch or read sarcasm. (“Is this where you meet for the play?” “No, this is where you meet for the swim team.”)

🎮Desperately wants to fit in and be seen as “normal.” The main reason he even got the Squip was so he could talk to Christine and be seen as “normal”.

🎮Gets overwhelmed/overstimulated easily. (I personally saw the whole scene in the mall & Upgrade as him having sensory overload.)

🎮Occasionally has a “one track” mind. Like when he was becoming more popular and he didn’t notice how it affected the people around him.

🎮Has a strong sense of justice, when it’s needed. Like when he was trying to stop the Squip from basically taking over the school/world and getting away from Chloe. (Technically, he was forced to stay by the Squip, but he tried to do the right thing at first.) It is still a bit skewed however, considering he okay with doing the more problematic things the Squip told him to.

🎮Feels isolated from his peers and his best friend. Where Micheal’s content with being a “loser”, Jeremy isn’t and doesn’t know how to explain it to him. He’s tired of being someone’s “player two”, y’know?

🎮Basically the entirety of “Loser, Geek, or Whatever. (Seriously. Go listen to that song and then tell me that boy is not autistic.) It helps get my point across much better than I can xD.

🎮Canonically has and hears voices in his head and has trouble managing them.

🎮Has a fixation on old Nintendo games and other “retro” stuff. Like Pac-Man and AOTD.

And yeah! This is all that I have so far where. when comes to canon evidence, but I have a lot more stuff that’s just headcanons. I just wanted to actually use proof before someone comes and says “OmG nOt eVeRyThInG is AuTiStIc wHy dO yOu hAvE tO RuIn tHe CoNtEnT aNd ChArAcTeRs bY MaKiNg tHeM tHaT wAy? NoT eVerYtHiNg hAs tO HaVe aN AgEnDa So LeAvE tHe ChArAcTeRs aLoNe. TheY wErE wRiTTen tO Be tHaT waY, nOt aUtIsTic.” And look, I know it’s a mixed bag when it comes to having headcanons about being disabled. I know it looks kinda sus and pandering when like a nuerotypcal person is doing that, but please know, I’m autistic too. And I highly doubt it that my tiny corner of the internet and my personal interpretation of a fictional character is going to ruin it for the rest of the fandom. I’m not trying to force anyone to agree! This is just me! Anyway, just wanted to preface that before people got upset or sm :3.

#be more chill #BMC #bmc headcanon #jeremy heere #Jeremy Heere headcanons #Autistic headcanons #actually autistic #micheal mell #the squip #Headcanon

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bemoreincorrect · 1 year

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chloe, at play rehearsal, to the squip squad who are gathered around a coffee maker: so... who broke it? i'm not mad. i just want to know.

christine: i did. i broke -

chloe: no, no you didn't. jake?

jake: don't look at me. look at michael.

michael: what? i didn't break it.

jake: huh. that's weird. how'd you even know it was broken?

michael: because it's sitting right in front of us and it's broken.

jake, leaning in on michael: suspicious.

jeremy: if it matters - probably not - but jenna was the last one to use it.

jenna: liar! i don't even drink that crap!

jeremy: oh, really? then what were you doing by the coffee cart earlier?

jenna: i use the wooden stirrers to push back my cuticles; everyone knows that.

christine: okay, okay! let’s not fight! i broke it, let me pay for it, chloe!

chloe: no! who broke it??!

michael, looking at brooke: chloe...brooke's been awfully quiet.

brooke: REALLY??

michael: yeah! really.

brooke: oh my god!

*everyone starts arguing at one another except chloe*

chloe, to my reyes: i broke it. it burned my hand, so i punched it. i predict ten minutes from now they'll be at each other's throats with war paint on their faces and a pig head on a stick.

chloe, turning to look at her friends as they continue to argue, then looks back at mr reyes: good. it was getting a little chummy around here.

#chloe valentine #christine canigula #jake dillinger #michael mell #jeremy heere #jenna rolan #brooke lohst #mr reyes #be more chill #incorrect quotes #source: parks and rec #i did this at the start of the blog and deleted it bc i hated it so here's a new version!!!

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❓ and 😔 for wip ask game!

oops these are some long snippets. oh well

❓ any WIP snippet I want

"I'm not a goddamn mind reader, Chloe!" Brooke snapped.

This was new. Very new. Brooke never dared to raise her voice, at anyone. Especially not to her. Chloe just stared at Brooke for a moment, taken aback by the sudden outburst. Of course, this anger had been lying dormant for years. It was probably long overdue. Chloe pushed away the feeling as her face hardened once again. However, Brooke spoke again before she could.

"I don't know what you're feeling every second of every day because you never tell me! I take guesses at what you want me to say or want me to do. When I'm wrong, you yell at me. You boss me around, you tell me what to do, you treat me like- like- like some dumb lost puppy!"

Brooke took a breath, taking a moment to gather herself. Chloe opened her mouth to respond, but Brooke shot her a glare to say she wasn't done talking.

"Look, until you apologise, I have nothing more to say to you- nothing good to say to you. If you want to burn our bridges, then go for it. Fucking- yell at me again, ruin my life like you're just so determined to do to anyone who gets under your skin. Because I don't care anymore."

"Brooke-"

"If you want to mend things, then you have a lot of apologising to do. To me. To Jake. To Rich and Jenna, Michael and Jeremy. Everyone."

from a future chapter of my poets fic

😔 published lines or a section of a fic that was super sad, angsty, or difficult to write

the entirety of porcelain puppet

“You made me feel this way, okay? It was you and your stupid laugh and your stupid hair and the way you made me laugh and how you still fucking care! And I didn’t say a word. To you or anyone because you were happy. And goddammit, Jeremiah, your happiness meant more than my own. Your happiness meant the world to me. You were dating Christine, you were happy, you had everything you ever wanted, and I couldn’t tell you that I was coughing up flowers because I knew you would throw everything away. I loved you too much, and now I won’t be able to love you again. So, yeah, that stupid flower isn’t a problem.”

Jeremy stared at Michael, shocked. Michael had never gone off at him like this. He felt his eyes water. His best friend was hurting and he didn’t even notice.

Michael looked back at Jeremy and frowned. “I-… I’m sorry…” He said quietly. “I shouldn’t have yelled at you…” He watched as Jeremy looked down. “Can you… Can you leave me alone? Please?”

from your happiness means the world to me

#lohst.txt #ask tag #wip asks #theabyssgazesalsointoyou #bmc #be more chill #chloe valentine #brooke lohst #jeremy heere #michael mell #boyf riends #instead of the brooke and chloe thing i almost went with jake and brooke joking about poetry while he asks her on a friend date

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rad-rat-with-a-tophat · 1 year

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@thetheatergremlin, so uhh, that fae brooke au???? um well, here, take this. I may clean it up later, I'm really bad at that so there is a slim chance but mayhaps!

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If you asked Chloe Valentine why she was in the middle of the woods with mascara streaming down her face at 2 pm on a Saturday she would shoot you a look filled with the loathing and hatred that only a teen girl is capable of possessing and not say anything, choosing to walk away from you and your stupid question. The truth was, Chloe Valentine was in the middle of the woods with makeup ruined from crying because her now ex-boyfriend had cheated on her. Huge surprise.

Stumbling over roots and fallen tree trunks through the tiny local woods Chloe had time to think about her and Dustin's on and off relationship for the past two months. For the past three weeks, her and Dustin had been managing a shaky healthy relationship. And then, it turned out he was cheating on her, with Madeleine!!

"It's not like I can talk," Chloe thought to herself, stumbling over an ancient oak tree's roots. "I mean, I cheated on Jake but like, he was having a thing with Rich! I was actually trying with Dustin!"

Despite having just broken up with Dustin (that cheating dick!), it was a beautiful day, the type that fairy-tale weddings take place on, not the type of day for hiding in your bedroom and pretending you're okay.

"Are you lost?" Asked a soft, feminine voice. Chloe whipped her head around, thoughts interrupted by the voice. Looking around the woods, Chloe didn't see anyone, she seemed to be completely alone. "Who are you?" Chloe almost snarled, wiping the last remnants of her tears off her face.

From behind the oak tree she had stumbled over, a girl the same age as Chloe stepped out. She was shorter than Chloe, barefoot and wearing something that looked like it came out of a Greek myth. Her long blonde hair had flowers braided into it and her face was wearing a soft expression. Like she was concerned for Chloe, someone she'd never met before. Chloe felt her heart flutter the way it never did for any boy she'd ever dated, ever.

The girl took a step farther from the oak tree, her soft blonde hair covering some of her face. "Oh hello, I'm Brooke! Are you okay? You look kinda lost," Chloe looked at the girl closer and noticed her ears were pointed, like she was dressed for the Renaissance Festival. Chloe looked around the woods, realizing that as a matter of fact, she was lost.

Chloe sighed, maybe this mysterious (and very pretty) girl could help. "Yeah, I'm lost," Chloe admitted, shuffling her feat. "Wait, am I nervous? I'm not supposed to get nervous! Ever! Especially not because of girls!"

"I don't usually go into the woods or whatever," Chloe continued, flinching at her new-found awkwardness. Brooke snorted, covering it with a hand. "If you don't usually go into the woods, why are you here?" She asked, wearing an amused smile.

Chloe felt her fists clench as a tight smile appeared on her face, "Well," She began, sounding ready to kill a man, "My now ex-boyfriend, Dustin, decided to cheat on me with that faux-French slut, Madeleine!"

Brooke's eyes widened at Chloe's outburst, "That sounds horrible!" Chloe inhaled sharply at the thought of those conniving little - "Deep breaths Chloe,"

Chloe tossed her messed-up hair over her shoulder "It's not like I even wanted to date him. I just needed him to stay popular," She said, ignoring the fact she spent an hour crying while having Jenna spread the worst rumor she could think of about both Dustin and Madeleine. "It's fine, I'm fine!"

Brooke cocked her head at Chloe, a bit like a dog trying to figure something out, "It's alright not to be fine you know?" She said softly, reaching a hand towards Chloe and stepping towards her.

Chloe scoffed, "That's what one of my ex-boyfriends says. Jake's my friend now so he means the best, but like, he of all people should know that if you want to be popular you can't be not-fine!"

Brooke didn't understand shit about the high-school hierarchy judging from Brooke's sympathetic frown and that Chloe had never seen her at Middleborough. She was probably a home-school kid or something, she didn't seem like a private school girl. The whole walking barefoot dressed like an elf seemed more of a home-school kid thing honestly.

Before Chloe could ask where Brooke went to school, Brooke said, ''If you don't mind me asking, what's your name?"

"Chloe, Chloe Valentine,"

Brooke beamed, "You have such a pretty name! Make sure not to give it to anyone," She warned, giving Chloe a stern look.

"Definitely home-schooled," Chloe remarked. "Not that makes her less adorable. Wait, what? Adorable!? Getting a fucking grip!"

Brooke had walked close enough to Chloe to place a hand on her wrist. The contact was a point of calm on Chloe's burning body. What was wrong with her?!

"You said you were lost?" Asked Brooke. Chloe nodded, too busy struggling with her feelings for this girl to look up from Brooke's hand on her wrist. Chloe felt a slight breeze go through her hair and looked up at Brooke who was looking in the middle distance, head cocked to the left.

Not looking at Chloe, Brooke pointed diagonally to her left, "You should find your way if you head that direction!" She said, eyes bright as she looked up at Chloe.

Chloe jerked her head towards the direction Brooke was pointing, afraid to lose the battle she was fighting (and losing) to not let her gaze stray to Brooke's rosy lips. "Thanks Brooke," She said, voice softer than she expected. Brooke's feather light touch traveled down until her hand was clasped in Chloe's. Their hands were hanging at their sides and Chloe risked a glance at Brooke. She was met with Brooke gazing up at her. Not only was her expression soft but so was everything else about her; her hand that was holding Chloe's; her flower-filled hair that was slightly messed from the earlier breeze. All of her was soft and pretty, and Chloe did not know what to do with that simple truth.

Chloe cleared her throat, pulling her hand from Brooke's. "I should probably get home now," Brooke nodded, "I hope you feel better Chloe," Her voice was sincere and like so many other things, soft. "Come and visit again!" She said walking back towards the oak tree. "Wait!" Chloe called out, not really wanting Brooke to leave. "I will, and, uh, I like your costume, it's very original,"

Brooke looked back at Chloe, she was smiling but her eyebrows were creased in confusion. "Thank you! But, it's not a costume, silly."

"The fuck?" Chloe asked herself, but before she could say anything, Brooke had vanished, leaving Chloe to find her way home alone.

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this au has so much potential i did not do it justice but here you go! hope you enjoyed!

#bmc #my writing #be more chill #be more chill musical #i wrote thew second half of this listening to the pinkberry playlist i made #pinkberry #pinkberry fae au #chloe valentine #brooke lohst

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Happy Haunts (Rich Goranski x reader)

Warnings: just Rich being a kinky boy so.. be prepared for that... a lot of cursing... probably cringe but whatever it's fine just high schoolers being high schoolers. I'd prefer if minors didn't interact with this post however since there is no explicitly sexual content it should be fine

Requested: no I just wanted Horny boy Rich content so yeah

Sentence starter that inspired this: "oh please you love hearing me scream" "only when you're screaming my name"

Word count: 4102

I had been head over heels in love with my best friend for 3 years now. Rich Goranski. Rich and I grew up together since we've lived next door to each other for practically our entire lives. Our families became so close the two of us practically lived at each other's houses. In fact, I had spare clothes kept in Rich's closet. Daily movie nights were a frequent occurrence and a tradition we carried on to this day. We were always joined at the hip in elementary school, one of us almost never being seen without the other. But as we grew up, I became friends with the popular kids in middle school and Rich didn't. We were still best friends, of course, I just branched out and became friends with basically everyone and Rich didn't. He told me he didn't like branching out because he didn't want people to make fun of his lisp. Personally, I had always loved his lisp and thought it was adorable, but he hated it. I tried to get him to come sit with me when we got to freshman year but he pushed me away. I was a little hurt but couldn't dwell on it when Chloe and Brooke were constantly bugging me to hang out with them. So that's where I went for lunch, and with their help boys were soon practically crawling over each other trying to ask me out. I of course had no interest in any of them because my eyes were solely fixed on my lifelong best friend. But I pretended to flirt with every guy because it was nice feeling like I was wanted, and yet unattainable. It always made Chloe and Brooke so mad whenever I rejected a guy because they never knew who I actually liked since I flirted with everyone. At this point, Rich and I still hung out every day at home but he never wanted to talk to me at school. Something I never understood since he always wanted to be popular, and I essentially was popular. Our Sophomore year, however, Rich changed, over the course of the summer he became popular, I was happy for him of course but I was confused. He came over every day during summer as usual and one day his lisp just disappeared. I didn't mention it though in case it upset him in some way. It was that same day when I first noticed him hanging out with Jake Dillinger (who tried to ask me out 3 times). I had gone to the mall with Brooke and Chloe. Brooke had spotted Jake from a mile away and quickly pointed him out to Chloe (who had the biggest crush on him). I looked as Chloe asked me who Jake was hanging out with since I knew everyone. I turned my attention to where Brooke had pointed and saw Rich walking with Jake joking and Laughing like they'd known each other their entire lives.

"Rich, Gorinski" I replied to Chloe's question, "he's my neighbor, and my best friend" I replied with a slight smile. Brooke turned to me incredulously

"I thought we were your best friends" She said putting her hand on her jutted hip.

"I can have more than two Best friends Brooke'' I replied and she laughed, Chloe shushed us and pushed me forward motioning for me to walk towards Jake and Rich. I walked up to the boys waving.

"Hey boys!" I said switching on the instinctual charm and throwing them both a flirtatious smile. I watch Rich pause for a second before smiling and flirting back.

"Looking good today (y/n)" He threw back with a wink, I smiled.

"Thanks Rich" I giggled, Brooke stood by awkwardly as Chloe so obviously flirted with Jake and he even more obviously flirted back. I looked at Brooke giving her a side eye before commenting. "Hey Jake why don't you just fuck her already" I laughed innocently.

"Yeah you're already doing it with your eyes" Brooke added, to which the whole group laughed and Jake replied.

"I'd like to take her on a date first" He winked grabbing Chloe's hand. Chloe giggled, and I jumped in again.

"She's free anytime, I just cleared her schedule" I gave Chloe a Smile, and she threw me a thank you over her shoulder. I nodded and pulled Brooke away with Rich following behind us.

"I'll bet you 20 they do it the minute their first date ends." Brooke giggled.

"And I'll bet you 20 she goes home with him today" I replied with a grin.

"Oh you're on (l/n)" Brooke shook my hand with a determined expression on her face.

"No backing out" I insisted, still shaking her hand.

"Wasn't planning on it" She giggled as my phone dinged signaling I got a text. I held my hand out to Brooke showing her the text.

MyMainHoe😘😘: you and Brooke go on ahead I'm gonna go home with Jake 😉 Me: Yesss get it queen!!! 😍😍😍 USE PROTECTION HOE!!!!!! 🤪🤪

"DAMNIT" Brooke yelled as she begrudgingly handed me a 20, and I laughed.

"Well my mom's gonna pick me up soon then" She said with a sigh.

"Awe two bad I was gonna treat you to lunch" I added holding up my brand new 20.

"Oh whatever" Brooke replied.

"You can treat me for lunch," Rich added with a sly smile.

"I'll take you out for some (f/restaurant) after Brooke leaves, K?" I gave him a smile and he nodded. For the next hour Brooke, Rich and I wandered around the mall laughing at all the jokes Rich told us. A second thing I noticed was new with Rich, he never used to be this funny. I mean sure he was funny to me but no one else ever really got his humor. After like another hour of the three of us walking through the mall, Brooke's mom picked her up.

"So (y/n)" he said wrapping an arm around my shoulder because somehow he was taller than me (if you're taller than him just pretend you're shorter) He pulled me into his side and I giggled.

"Yes gorinski? You ready to go to (f/restaurant)?" I replied looking up at him.

"Well that's not exactly what I had in mind for lunch" He mumbled into my ear with a sly grin. I looked at him and smacked his arm.

"Richard Gorinski! You kinky bastard" I whisper yelled at him to which he just pulled me closer and laughed.

"You want a ride home?" He asked looking down at me with a wide smile.

"That would be wonderful, Rich," I replied as he led me out to the mall parking lot.

-Time skip A month or so-

As time went on, Rich came to join our group, and very quickly got bolder in the way he outwardly flirted with me. He used to get so flustered whenever I tried flirting with him it made this new bold Rich kinda refreshing. But the bolder he got with his flirting the more flustered I ended up. And also with this new bold Rich came a new bully Rich that I didn't like as much. Whenever I saw Rich bullying someone, it was usually Jeremy Heere, who was actually very nice so I tried to stick up for him as much as possible. Rich also became very touchy and flirty during our movie nights, something deep down I didn't mind as much. It was one of our friday movie nights, my parents were both at work as usual and Rich and I were watching my favorite movie (f/m). I had changed out of the uncomfortable stylish clothes I had worn to school and changed into one of Rich's old shirts I had stolen a year ago, and some short pajama shorts, (and a bra obvi). I was... comfy which was the only thing that mattered. I smiled and was laying down on the one end of the couch with my blanket tucked under my arms and one of my legs thrown over it while Rich got the popcorn ready in my kitchen. I heard him mumbling to himself in the kitchen, I listened to his mumblings for another minute or so before I untangled myself from my blanket and walked into the kitchen.

"Rich you good?" I asked peeking around the corner into my kitchen.

"Oh uh yeah yeah I'm fine" He mumbled nervously twitching quickly then stopping.

"You sure" I asked, walking fully into the kitchen.

"Yeah" He said, looking at me and smiling confidently.

"Really?" I hopped up onto the kitchen counter "because the popcorn is burning" I pointed to the microwave and Rich's eyes widened.

He laughed "sorry I'll make some more" he replied rubbing the back of his neck. I covered my giggle with my hand. "Don't cover your laugh" he crossed the kitchen as he said this to lower my hand "it's cute" He winked, and turned around to make the popcorn. I waited till the popcorn was popped and then Rich handed me the bag. I shivered and he looked concerned. "You cold?" he asked, to which I nodded.

"Yeah but pass me a bowl" He got me a bowl from the cupboard, and I hopped off the counter turning to fill it with the popcorn when I felt Rich snake his hands around my waist. I stiffened up as they rested on my waist under his old shirt. "Rich..." I said hesitantly, slowly relaxing in his hold.

"Hmm?" He smiled, humming in response and resting head on my shoulder.

"Your hands are cold" I mumbled feeling the tips of my ears heating up.

"That's why I'm using you as a human heater," He laughed, fully wrapping his arms around my waist and lifting me up in the air. He carried me to the living room and flopped onto the couch still holding me. He nuzzled his head in the crook of my neck and mumbled "you look really pretty in my shirt" while tightening his hold around me.

"Rich, the popcorn" I whined turning around in his arms to face the tv trying to get up. He sighed and let me go.

"Alright go get it" He replied tiredly sitting up to grab the tv remote while I grabbed the popcorn. I scurried to the kitchen to grab the popcorn taking a few deep breaths before going back to the living room. I put the popcorn on the coffee table. I pulled my blanket out from under Rich's body and sat on the other side of the couch. He sat up flabbergasted.

"Why are you sitting so far away" He whined.

"What do ya mean? This is where I always sit" I looked at Rich confused.

"Yeah but it's too far" He whined again making grabby motions towards me with his hands.

"Oh fine you big baby" I laughed crawling towards him settling down in between his legs with my back against his chest, with my blanket covering both of. He smiled.

"Much better" He rested his hand under my shirt on my stomach, and the other on my thigh gently squeezing it. I smiled and relaxed against him.

--The next morning--

I don't even remember when I fell asleep but I woke up to mine and Rich's mom standing over me taking pictures of me and smiling.

"Good morning sunshine" My mom giggled.

"DID YOU SLEEP WELL" My dad said from the corner of the room angrily while my mom turned to glare at him.

"Wha?" I answered groggily, utterly confused as to why they were standing over me. I tried to get up but couldn't as I felt someone's arm tighten around my waist. I turned my head around to see who was holding me and saw Rich with his eyes scrunched up tight behind me. I smiled softly at him before turning back to our moms. Rich's mom smiled at me and touched my cheek gently rubbing it with her thumb. Before her and my mom wandered to the kitchen where my mom pulled my dad along behind them. I twisted around and straddled Rich's lap.

"Wakey wakey" I poked his face with a giggle.

"Stop" he mumbled groggily, god damn his morning voice was hot.

"C'mon my mom is making breakfast" I mumbled climbing off the couch with my face pink. Rich got up slowly and followed me to the kitchen. My mom put two plates of pancakes on the table before her and Rich's mom went to clean up our mess in the living room. My dad stayed in the kitchen with his arms crossed glaring at Rich. Rich just looked at my dad warily while he ate his pancakes while I gave my dad a pointed and threatening look.

--Time skip another month--

From that movie night on, Rich only got more touchy and flirty until the day our group went to a haunted house. Now at this point Chloe and Jake were dating, thanks to Brooke and I. But unfortunately for me Rich and I were not. I was being stubborn and waiting for him to stop flirting and gain the balls to ask me out, not even knowing if he ever planned on doing that. Brooke, Chloe and I had dressed up in one of those cute cliche group costumes except we were the Sanderson sisters from Hocus pocus... But 'sexy' as Chloe had put it. I was Sarah, and we wore the girls' dresses but we had bought altered versions that were shorter and more revealing. We looked pretty hot not gonna lie. Brooke and I carpooled to the haunted house. I don't know why I had agreed to go to the haunted house since I am a very skittish person and get scared very easily. But that's a problem for future me. Brooke and I arrived at the haunted house and Chloe and Jake were already making out. Rich stood off to the side looking down at his phone. I texted him I was here and his head shot up eyes zoning in on the car immediately. A wide smile stretched across his face and Brooke elbowed me suggestively. I laughed and got out of Brooke's mom's car. He ran up to me but stopped for a minute to admire my costume.

"Looking good" He complimented with a smile, "not leaving much to the imagination are you though" He continued with a laugh. I smacked his arm and started adjusting the corset I had worn as part of Sarah's costume trying to make my boobs look less defined. Rich swatted my hands away from my corset in protest to my adjustments. "No leave it the way it is its hot" He said his eyes lowering from my face ever so slightly.

"Oh shut up, and keep your eyes up here" I replied motioning to my face with a light laugh. Brooke hooked her arm through mine and we walked over to Chloe and Jake.

"Hey you two" Brooke said slyly and they looked at the rest of us sheepishly. Chloe smiled at our costumes.

"Ahh we look so hot!!" She laughed, moving away from Jake to stand next to us. Jake looked at us confused.

"Who are you supposed to be?" He asked

"The Sanderson Sisters" Chloe explained, giving a little twirl.

"Who?" He asked.

"Y'know I'd break up with him for that question, Clo" I said sideying Jake, who started apologizing to Chloe. We all laughed and Brooke slowly ushered us into the line for the haunted house. As we closed the door behind us we were enveloped in a thick darkness that was almost suffocating. I blindly reached out for the hand of the closest person, who happened to be Brooke. She gave me a wide smile and pulled me forward further into the haunted house with a loud laugh. A bloody butcher holding a giant rotting boar head jumped out from the darkness shoving the boar head in our faces as we turned the corner to walk into the next area of the haunted house... A giant meat locker.. I screamed and Brooke laughed at me. I pulled my hand away and ran back towards Jake, Chloe and Rich. Running into Rich's arms with a scream. He wrapped his arms around me and held me close until I stopped breathing heavily.

"You want to wait outside for the others" He asked, jerking his head to the doors. "We can leave if you want to" He smiled down at me softly, and I was really tempted to take him up on that offer. But if I did, Brooke would never let me hear the end of it.

"No I'm fine" I smiled nervously as Rich let me out of his hold, but I heard something move behind us. I squeaked and reached out to cling to his arm.

"I forgot how easily frightened you are," Rich laughed, putting the arm I was holding around my waist gently and pulling me to his side. I put my hand on his to keep it around me as we moved forward. I heard Brooke scream from up ahead the four of us so we all hurried through the meat locker scene to get to her. Tons of fake dead animals hung from the ceiling, more than one of them twitching waiting till we walked past to move. I shut my eyes tightly trusting Rich to lead me through without bumping into anything. I heard Chloe and Jake scream from a few feet ahead of me and I risked a peek from my closed eyes. Re-shutting them when I saw a costumed person looming over the couple. I burrowed further into Rich's side as we left the meat locker scene, I opened my eyes to see where we were going next and it looked like a high school hallway with lockers lining the walls. A bathroom scene was off to the left and a bloodied crazed looking football jock stood over the corpse of a cheerleader, who had a puddle of fake blood leaking from her side. The jock ran towards us with a snarl, growling.

"Nothing to see here" He twirled his knife in his hand with a murderous smile and ushered us along.

"You'd never murder me would you Jakey" Chloe asked pulling Jake past the Bathroom quickly.

"Of course not" He smiled, giving a curt nod to the bloodied jock. We turned another corner and were met with a pitch black hallway, where Brooke was waiting for us. She trailed along, Chloe and her linking arms happily, while Chloe reached for Jake's hand. We continued walking and at the end of the hallway a single red balloon stood illuminated.

"Awe Fuck no" I mumbled seeing the balloon. "Wherever there's a balloon a clown isn't too far behind" I squeezed my eyes shut but had to open them when I stumbled over my own feet. I looked at the ground when the loud pop of the balloon sounded throughout the hallway. I screamed loudly.

--time skip because I actually am a scaredy cat--

After a whole hour of my heart racing and beating wildly we finally came to the last 10 minutes of the haunted house. I had finally started calming down but Rich never let go of me. Which I was thankful for, we walked down another dark hallway, before Rich spoke to me.

"Y'know if I had remembered you were so skittish I wouldn't have suggested the haunted house" He mumbled with a chuckle glancing around to see if anything was going to pop out and scare me.

"Oh please you love hearing me scream" I joked back laughing lightly, trying to look ahead and find Chloe, Jake and Brooke, but to no avail. I couldn't even hear Brooke's loud giggle screams anymore. So I froze when I felt Rich's breath on the back of my neck and both his arms wrap around my waist.

"Only when it's my name you're screaming" He whispered in my ear and I shivered turning around in his arms to face him.

"I-" I started to speak but soon stopped.

"Speechless for once are you" He laughed walking me backwards till my back was pressed against the hallway wall. I tensed up. I tried thinking of ways to tease him back, or force him to make a move, but Rich was really distracting right now.

"How would you even know what me screaming your name sounds like" I mumbled without really thinking, I was too caught up in the intense whatever it was we had going on.

"I hear it every night in my dreams. But I'd really like to hear it in real life." He murmured slowly inching his face closer to mine, his eyes darting to my lips and back to my eyes silently asking if he could kiss me. I smiled reaching up to pull his face closer and he pressed his lips against mine. We stayed like that for about a minute before separating. "God you're hot" He growled leaning down to kiss my jaw gently, his voice was music to my ears. I pulled his head away from my jaw and back to my lips by tugging on his hair gently. I kissed him softly before responding.

"I know" I smiled offhandedly, "you are too I guess" I smiled running my hands through his hair and he sighed.

"As much as I love how fuckin hot you look in that costume" He paused and I felt his fingers ghost over my curves (If you look like a cereal box like me, we're gonna pretend you're CuRvY) before he continued. "I think you'd look way better with it on my bedroom floor" He smiled, kissing me again.

"You do know how cliche that sounds right" I laughed after he had pulled away again.

"Eh, I've been waiting years to at least kiss you. I don't care how cliche I sound at this point" He smiled and was about to pull me in for another kiss when Brooke yelled.

"Found them!!!" She shrieked throwing me a devilish grin "You were totally right Jake they were making out!" She teased, I groaned trying to hide my face in Rich's chest. Brooke led us out the Haunted house, thankfully there were no more jump scares for the last 5 minutes to the exit. Chloe looked at me, saw my slightly disheveled appearance, and gave me a knowing look. Jake looked at Rich, saw his mussed up hair and raised his eyebrows with a smile. Brooke was giggling into her hand. "They were 100% making out," Brooke informed the others, who laughed.

"Well in that case, Jake can you give me and Brooke a ride to Pinkberry please? We want some ice cream" Chloe said, turning to Jake, faking a pout.

"How can I ever say no to you" Jake smiled, taking Chloe by the hand and leading her and Brooke to his car.

"Bye you two!" Brooke waved at us excitedly.

"Soo..." Rich said slyly, turning to face me and plant a quick kiss on my lips. "Wanna come over?" He asked with a wide grin.

"Uh huh" I murmured, before shaking my head. "Sorry what did you say? You kissing me is super distracting." I replied with a smile wrapping my arms around his neck and playing with the hair at the nape of his neck.

"Guess I'll have to do it more often then" He replied happily kissing me again. I laughed and moved out of his hold to walk to his car. "You were just agreeing to come home with me" He teased lightly, wrapping his arm around my waist again.

"Oh a little bit eager are you" I smiled.

"Between how hot you look in that costume right now, and how long I've been wanting to fuck you of course I'm fucking eager" He replied opening the passenger door for me.

"Oh wow, horny AND a gentleman" I laughed, trying to brush off his previous comment, as we both climbed into his car and got settled.

"Of course, I have to treat you like a lady now, cause I sure as hell won't be treating you like one later" He kissed me briefly, and laughed as his comment turned me into a blushing mess.

"God you're hot" I said quietly, looking down at my lap and playing with my fingers.

"I try to be, darling," He replied, starting the car and driving us home.

-Fin-

QOTD: What is your favourite musical

A/N: can you tell how much I love Hocus pocus from this one shot... or do I need to spell it out for you because I L O V E that movie man. It's great, I was told by a friend I'd totally be Sarah and I was like that's fair I do dance and sing a lot at random times and am DEFINITElY boy obsessed. On another note I really wanted to put the "are we about to kiss right now" meme in there because that's what I thought initially thought but I didn't because I didn't want to ruin the tone of this. Anyway hope you enjoyed!

#rich goranski #Rich goranski x reader #Musicals #Be more chill #BMC #jake dillinger #Brooke Lohst #Chloe Valentine #Fanfic #fanfiction #wattpad #Rich fanfic #Rich fanfiction #x reader #x reader fanfiction

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theabyssgazesalsointoyou · 1 month

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15 + 60 pinkberry

criminal au + poorly timed confession

augh... mafia au. or something. i'm still thinking about the goldfinch sooooo i'm imagining a scenario where the two of them were friends as kids- little miss sunshine brooke lohst and angsty teenage delinquent chloe valentine. the two of them parted ways at some point and brooke went on to live a successful, well-respected life but she never could stop thinking about chloe. people had always said that chloe would end up in a dark place if she ever even reached adulthood.

and they were right. brooke runs into chloe while on a business trip in europe- a shady bar in a dark alleyway. brooke is overjoyed to see her long-lost friend, her first love, but chloe doesn't seem so thrilled. "Yes, Brooke, so great to see you again, darling. But this really isn't the best time- maybe later? I'll find you. I promise."

because it turns out chloe has gotten into some trouble with a gang and is on the run. she's not about to reveal any of this to brooke because she needs to protect her but brooke is persistent. they get into a bit of a fight in the car while chloe is trying to evade people following her and get brooke to safety:

"For god's sake, Brooke! Do we have to do this now? I told you, I'm a bit occupied at the moment, and aren't you here for work too?"

"I tried to contact you for years and you never answered! I'm sorry, but I don't believe a word you say, I don't think there'll be a next time, and I- I can't-"

"You can't what?"

"I love you, okay? I've loved you ever since I met you and I can't risk losing you again."

the car chloe is driving screeches to a halt. her eyes are wide with shock, and then fear as she realizes what she's done-

the rear window cracks as a bullet comes flying toward the front seat.

#orca answers #they are sooooo. i <3 angsty edgy aus #bmc #be more chill #pinkberry #brooke lohst #chloe valentine

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h0n3yk1tt3n · 2 months

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🐝 spare me a dance(in this never ending misery)

Ok before I get into the fic idea I want to highlight a fic my friend did for L2C way back in 2021 bc this title reminded me of it. It was so funny to see my insta followers run around screaming bc I refused to confirm if it was canon or not lmao, but now that the fic is out I can confirm that it's a what-if scenario

NOW FOR MY IDEA(s) FOR THE TITLE

The first one is also L2C related, and could probably be a chapter in Tales From The Lagniappe wherein everyone is on the boat and trying to find ways to keep themselves sane, considering they've been on the water for a few days and they can only play so much Uno before they have to do set the game down.

They can't exactly pull up spotify seeing as they have no service, but there is a record player with a couple of vinyls. They use it pretty sparingly to avoid getting sick of the same twenty-something songs too quickly, but they have a fun time dragging each other around the room to Sinatra in a pitiful display of "dancing." It doesn't change how horribly things have gone throughout the Green Flu, but it does bring some reprieve and comfort that they couldn't get nearly as much of when they were jumping from safe room to safe room.

My other idea... got really long lol

In this one Michael and Jeremy don't reconnect right away and it's full of all this "I wanna see him but idk if he wants to see me, idk if I'm ready to talk abt everything, blah blah blah" all that fun stuff.

Eventually we get to the sweethearts dance (valentines themed), so it's not a Huge Deal like prom but hey it's still a school dance. It's girls choice (classic high school heteronormativity) so Jeremy basically shunts away any idea that Michael will be there. He debates on even going at all but Christine frames it as an excuse to hang out with everyone, and if he hates it they can all just bail and do something else.

Everyone's "dates" are exactly who you'd expect them to be: Chloe took Jake, Brooke took Rich, Chrissy took Jeremy. So they're at the dance. There's music. There's friends. It's a pretty ok time. But this is technically a couples dance and Jenna hasn't shown up yet. How is she getting in? She texted saying she's on her way so she must've gotten someone to come with her. But who did she get on such short notice?

Jeremy gets his answer when he sees her come in with Michael.

Oh shit.

Did everyone else know this was her plan?? Was it part of the plan the entire time??? He's so unprepared oh my god she's bringing him over Michael can also tell whats going on theres no hiding from this fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck the music is so loud the gym is so crowded Michael's right here in front of him and all his friends are retreating and its-

Michael follows him pretty quickly after. They get to talking on opposite sides of the bathroom stall. They never meant to avoid the other for so long, they were just scared, they want to see each other again.

It's a slow song. A slow dance. People are pairing up. It's just the two of them in front of each other. Michael is actually dressed up in front of him in a pink-lit gym with a slow song playing and Jeremy can't tell if the pounding in his chest is anxiety or something else.

But Michael reaches a hand out to him and he can't find it in himself to stop him from swaying him around the room. Jeremy's head is screaming at him to say or do something but nothing comes of it every time he tries. Michael's mouth keeps opening and closing but he's not saying anything either until he finally just whispers "I've missed you."

And Jeremy runs out of the gym into the bathroom. It's too much to see Michael look at him with such a heartbroken expression. Jeremy did that. He caused it. How could he. What kind of a friend was he that he would leave Michael alone to wallow in misery for so many months.

The two of them bail. Jeremy texts Christine to let her know and naturally she's understanding. They continue to talk as they walk back to Michael's place ("Jenna was my ride." "We carpooled."), mostly about how neither of them were too keen on going to the dance but were talked into it. Jenna had openly framed it as a way for the two to reconcile while Jeremy had been left in the dark.

They talk more when they get into the basement. They go more in depth on all the squip stuff and it's the catharsis they need to hug and cry it out. It's at this point that they realize they've yet to change out of their dressy clothes and put on a record to have their own dance. Michael offers Jeremy a hand and, despite the lack of floorspace, share a slow dance that they can actually enjoy.

#ding dong i got carried away again #asks #mj says shit #sighs... i should write both of these #the sweethearts one is low key (high key) inspired by the story of us #ID TELL YOU I MISS YOU BUT I DONT KNOW HOWW #IVE NEVER HEARD SILENCE QUITE THIS LOUUD #be more chill #jeremy heere #michael mell #boyf riends #left 2 chill #tales from the lagniappe #writing #fanfic #squip squad

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