#<- Lyra talking to Bill

[lyricalchrysanthemum]

Gamers I gotta make Kawamoto family Plum Conversation art if I don’t I think I’ll explode

[we-should-go-crazy-together]

Out of all the people to walk out of that lift, I did not expect Bill hader to start of season 3 of brooklyn 99

[lana-llama-in-pajamas]

I'm obsessed with Toby's mom now fuck you.

here's stuff about her. before her daughter died

pictures she would send to her Facebook but most of it is pics of toby and Lyra.

I feel like Connie (that's her cannon name?) would full subscribe to the "Tuscan" asthetic

all of her fashion choices come from magazines, Connie is probably not the most free thinking. she tried chunky highlights once but her bitch ass husband bullied her to dye it back blonde

having a chronically sick son she has every over the counter thing in her bag, candy wrappers cover her juicy couture wallet filled with coupons overmaxed credit cards and pictures of her kids. loose bills she would pass toby to make him walk around on his own.

absolutely the car this girl drives.

shes a blonde lady in the 2000s so this was her WHOLE color scheme

other info:

toby probably got his cheesy ass moments from her

she has 0 understanding of her kids interests but is supportive

one time toby made a star wars "roger roger" joke.

mistake.

she used it to hell and he regrets his choices.

anytime she saw a pretty girl she would look at her son expectantly

same thing with lyra

her dream is just to have a big family, a lot of grand kids too

if you sub to the house mom stuff she was an obsessive cleaner.

i personally believe she had a customer service job for like insurance?

just as shy as her son. not a Karen, let people walk over her.

if its just her and her son out? they have to hype each other up to talk to people.

toby got his eyes and lips from her so it helped his boyish charm

anytime someone would compliment her kids she BEAMS

YES. MY CHILDREN ARE LITTLE MODELS THANK YOU!

is always making excuses for her bitch ass husband.

canonically I don't think Mr. Rogers has a name?

anytime her friends ask about him she just says "work."

doesn't bring up things about him to anyone.

lowkey I believe he probably baby trapped her with Lyra and she just didn't know abortion was a possibility

comes dfrom a middle class christian home so she always wears a cross

the Rogers used to go to church but stopped when toby was 12

secretly fucking loves Rihanna.

and eminem.

in the car she'll listen to whatever her kids ask for. even rock. she hates it though

[pyrondeeznutz]

Ticci Toby Headcanons

PT.01

Toby Rogers past, upbringing, pre-proxy headcanons. See proxy era headcanons here ⬇️

CW: Slight mentions of animal abuse, domestic violence, psychosis, bullying, car crash, gore

<NOTE> Im a psychology nerd so I tried to make it as realistic as possible. This is my first time doing anything like this but I have a lot of thoughts about Tobys character. Its not proofread so ignore any typos or grammatical errors. Also… its very long… I have… so many thoughts…

BIOGRAPHY .

PATIENT NAME: Tobias (Toby) Erin Rogers

BIRTHDATE: April 28th, 1994

AGE: Currently 19 years old

HC/EC: Brown hair, brown eyes

ETHNICITY: White American

BIRTHPLACE: Denver, Colorado

FAMILY: Connie Rogers (mother), Dan Rogers (Father), Lyra Rogers (sister)

DIAGNOSIS: Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA), Tourettes Syndrome, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Bipolar Disorder (Type 1, psychotic)

THE GURNEY .

Toby was in and out of hospitals from a very young age due to his wide range of physical and mental health concerns

His earliest memory was when, at age 4, he hit his head after falling onto cement and didn’t cry, scream, or even really acknowledge that he was hurt

After seeing the bloody mess her young child was in, Connie ran Toby to the hospital where tests were ran to determine what caused his lack of pain response

Finally at age 8, Toby was diagnosed with CIPA. This condition not only prevented his brain from generating a pain response but also responses to extreme temperatures (frostbite, heat burn, etc)

Due to these dangerous health issues, and his neurotic mother, Toby was put in homeschooling from a very early age. Connie was too protective of her son to allow him to go out on his own at his age

His earliest memories revolved around roaming hospital halls, his parents fighting over medical bills, being talked to by social workers and doctors, having tests done, minor surgeries, etc.

DEAR OLD DAD .

Dan Rogers was a difficult man. He never admitted he was wrong, he spent his evenings drinking on the couch, and always had something to complain about. The best words to describe this man was angry, bitter, and reckless

He wasn’t a father by any means. To Toby, the man was more of a nuisance than anything. An alcoholic manchild who stood in his way

The boy never got along with Dan. His father would see him as a burden, bringer of unnecessary medical costs. He severely emotionally and physically neglected his children from their birth. Dan never wanted to be a father.

Due to the costs of Tobys medical problems, Dan would continuously attempt to “prove he was faking” his CIPA, and yell at the boy for his strange twitches due to Tourettes. On one occasion, Dan put his sons hand in a pot of boiling water to try and elicit a pain response that never came.

As Toby got older and more independent from his mother, he would often mouth off to his father, talk back, or straight up ignore him. There was never a moment of peace between those two

Being the money maker in the house, Dan was usually very overworked and stressed. He turned to alcohol to relieve this, and his bad temper got worse when he drank. Often to the point his outbursts would lead to physical violence against his family

It was like walking in a minefield for Toby and his family. And since the supposed “man of the house” was a drunken mean old man, Toby took it upon himself to protect his family from his fathers wrath.

He would purposely act up to direct Dans fist towards him. The boy couldn’t feel it anyways, and being hit, pushed, grabbed, was better than having his sister or mother be hit or yelled at.

The young boy spent his childhood in a rage, he was powerless against his father.

MOTHER DEAREST .

Unlike her husband, Connie was a quiet woman who cared deeply for her children

She was well-mannered, motherly, and kept to herself. And while she was a good woman, she had her fair share of flaws

You would catch her dead before you ever caught her losing control over her emotions. Connie grew up quick and that stuck with her. From a young age she took care of her manchild of a husband

She couldn’t afford to lose herself to silly things like emotions. She had a family to care for, a house to clean, meals to cook. Her priorities lied on appearance over her health

This was one of the many reasons she couldn’t leave her husband despite the years of abuse

Despite all the violence, berating, assault. This life was her own and it was just another thing she had to live with

Toby loved his mother, he really did. He knew she did the best given the circumstances. Connie kept her children fed, clothed and housed. Thats all he could really ask for

But he despised from the depths of his soul how she could just sit by and let the abuse happen. How she never left Dan. How she never cared enough to leave despite not knowing what lied in store for them beyond that house

To her, Dan was a safety net. He provided money, insurance, he paid the bills, put food on the table. Connie quit her job in order to homeschool her son. There was no choice

To Toby, his mother was a coward who never stuck up for herself. And god forbid he ever turn into that

So Toby fought the battles his mother couldn’t. He said the words his mother didn’t dare to speak. He took the beatings and his mother did nothing but ask her husband to stop

SOUL SISTER .

In the chaos of that household, Lyra was something of fresh air for Toby

While the two did fight as any siblings do, they had a mutual care and understanding for each other

Lyra would keep a makeshift first aid kit under her bed for whenever Toby got into minor accidents or if their father went too far some nights

Like her little brother, Lyra had a lot of anger in her. She would always try to stop Dan from going too far and she was good at talking Toby and their father down from ripping each others throats out

She would channel this anger and frustration into sports like boxing, soccer, rugby. It was easier to express her feelings through physical means than ever talking about it. The girl was a perfect mix of her parents

When he was younger, Toby had a very bad and hostile relationship with Lyra. He was young and didn’t have any clue how to handle his emotions and would often threaten or physically hurt his sister

But as he grew up, and they bonded over the related abuse, and they would be there for each other, Toby developed tender care for his older sister. If she got a boyfriend, he would be ready to attack at any sign of disrespect. If she brought over friends, he would stay in his room not to embarrass her.

Just as he was with his mother, he was very protective over Lyra. She did so much for him, and he wanted to keep her safe. It was a tangled, messy relationship but they made it work despite her attitude and his anger

CONDUCT .

Toby grew up completely isolated from other kids, families, etc. The most socialization he got was going to family events or being dragged to the grocery store with his mother.

All he knew growing up was violence. And so when he was around other people, he would project everything he learnt from his father onto other kids

From a very early age he was made to feel small and insignificant in his own home by the people that were supposed to take care of him. And so whenever something challenged him out of the house, he would do whatever he needed to do to put them below him

Sometimes Toby would project this violence onto small animals, occasionally moving onto bigger animals such as cats. The feeling of killing something smaller than himself with his own hands gave him a sense of power and control he never had

Due to his untreated ADHD, the boy would often be loud, hyperactive and intrusive. He would have temper tantrums and outbursts as well, and his mother never knew how to handle it

He was a problem child from birth. Not only causing problems for himself, but for everyone around him

Toby would talk back, curse, say strange and vulgar things, refuse to apologize or admit he was wrong, and would run away from home occasionally.

But despite these behavioural issues, Toby always refused to touch alcohol. Despite all the anger, dread and frustration he felt he swore he’d never become the kind of man his father was

BULLY .

Around 12 years old, Toby’s parents decided it would be best for him to get properly socialized and placed him in a public school

He was now old enough to recognize that bleeding is bad and how to check for injuries despite his CIPA, which allowed Connie to calm down tremendously when it came to her anxiety surrounding her boys health and safety

Despite his mothers insistence that he would love public school, he’d make so many friends there, and that everything would be fine, Toby knew damn well he wouldn’t do well there. He was already bullied by his own father, imagine how other kids would react. He’s seen the movies.

And of course Toby was right. Due to his Tourettes, his tics would often confuse, scare and gross other kids out. They would either straight up treat him like a diseases rat or ruthlessly bully him

The boy was called every name in the book, from “twitchy freak” to “ticci Toby”

Alongside the ostracism and harassment from his peers, his tics and behavioural issues would cause him issues with his teachers. They would often scold him for being a disturbance in class

Making and keeping friends was near impossible for the boy. Talking to a “creepy loser” like him was practically social suicide. He was weird, strange, and given his history of fighting the other kids he was probably dangerous too. No kid wanted to be around that.

On occasion, the other boys would get physical with him and he would always hit back, leading him to get in more trouble with the school staff

Toby would be beat down at school and go home to have it done to him all again by his father

Eventually the school year came to an end and Toby was put back in homeschooling

Even though the torment in middle school came to an end, that didn’t mean the bullying stopped. He was now a known freak and the perfect target for kids who were a bit too much like him. They would harass him online until they got bored, and god forbid he saw any of them in public

It made the angry, powerless boy feel even worse in his own world. There wasn’t a night that went by where he didn’t think of going off and getting his revenge. Make them pay for ever fucking with him.

THE CRASH .

When Toby turned 17, he had finally got himself medicated for his recently diagnosed Bipolar Disorder which caused manic / depressive episodes

He was put on antipsychotics and stimulant medication for his ADHD

While he was being treated, his sister got a job and so did his mother. Outside of all the familiar instability and violence his father caused, life was good

Toby was going to be 18 soon and his sister promised that when he became a legal adult, she would take him to move out with her

He didn’t have any friends, he didn’t really have any plans for his life, but he had a life ahead of him regardless and that was enough

The boy was working through pain too great to imagine, he was carrying 17 years of fear and dread, he was so young holding on to so much

But he had a way out. He was going to get a job and move out with his dear older sister and maybe even go to college. He was going to overcome this

That was his views at least up until the crash

Lyra was driving Toby back home from a doctors appointment when it happened

His tics were acting up, it was rather distracting

He was so caught up in his own little world and trying to get through the frustrating twitches that he didn’t even have a second to process what happened

The next thing Toby knew, the car was swerving right into a lamppost and the air bags were deployed

And the next thing Toby saw was his sisters mangled, bloody body. The force of the steering wheel crushing her bones and shards of glass piercing her skin. The physical trauma near shattered her ribs

And the next thing Toby heard was the pained groans and wheezing from his dying sister

Thats the last thing he remembered before he woke up in a hospital bed with his broken arm being patched up. The doctors wouldn’t even let him see his sister who was under surgery in the emergency room

He didn’t get to be there by her side when she died

He didn’t get a goodbye

And while he was surrounded by family, his aunt Lori was even there to support his mother, Tobys father was nowhere to be seen

Dan was too drunk to drive, and too lazy to call a cab. He didn’t care about Toby and he didn’t care that his daughter just died. One less burden.

In one afternoon Tobys entire life slipped through the cracks of his hands

HIM .

The grief was sickening. It was heavier than the weight of the world. The silence that flooded his once loud house from his sister blaring her Beatles albums was deafening

These were the kinds of things that only happened in movies. People didn’t really lose their family members, and these things didn’t happen to people like him

It wasn’t fair

The one good thing in his miserable life, the moment things were finally getting better. There was no hope anymore, Toby was hopeless

He thought of ending his life every night as he stared at the ceiling, not getting a wink of sleep. But he couldn’t do that to his mom. She never showed it, but it showed clearly from the weight in her steps, the tired look in her eyes. He knew she was carrying a burden too great to bear

He couldn’t take away both of her children

So he would lie there night after night hoping to wake up from the gutwrenching dream just to hear her laugh, sing, blast her shitty music. He never really liked The Beatles, but she did. But she did.

It was all too much for him. From the moment Toby stepped out of the hospital he hadn’t felt real. The boy was living two steps away from reality like there was a sheet of plastic in between him and the world

Days would go by where he would forget to take his medication, or where he would simply just sleep the entire day away

On the days he was awake, Toby would feel like he was going insane. He wouldn’t feel real, he would see things out of the corner of his eye

Sometimes he’d swear he saw something outside his window at night

A strange creature standing under the streetlights

And it only got worse from here. Toby would almost always refuse to leave the house, he stopped sleeping, he felt like something was watching him

The boy would spend hours staring outside his bedroom window. The forest in his backyard had eyes and they were watching him

A wave of sickness overtook Toby. He would wake up with bloody noses sometime and no medicine would get rid of his strange cough. Sometimes he would sleepwalk and end up waking up on the edge of the forest behind his house, cold and alone in the dark of the night

It all added up. It was too much. The anger, the fear, the paranoia. The little voice in the back of his head telling him to just do it. Get revenge. Make him pay.

ABLAZE .

The years and years of abuse. Everything his father had done. He wasn’t there. He was never there.

Why should a man like that deserve to live? 17 fucking years of making Toby feel small and insignificant

Not today. And not anymore. The world was in the boys hands now, and so was a knife. And that night was the night Toby Rogers killed his own father.

No words could describe the feeling of adrenaline and rage that overtook the boy that night. There was no other option, this was the way it was always going to happen

Everything Toby has ever been through has led up to this. It was his own divine prophecy

And God showed no mercy that night

23 stab wounds drilled into his fathers chest, his face bloody, beaten and unrecognizable. Toby smashed his tiny bruised fists ruthlessly into his fathers now deceased body.

The only thing that stopped him was the scream of his mother. It was something primal, something deep from the pain in her gut.

Toby ran into the garage and grabbed two axes that belonged to his father, one old one new. Alongside that he grabbed gasoline and matches. He was going to do what he knew best. He was going to destroy everything.

And so the boy ran down the street of his neighborhood pouring the gasoline along his way and dousing the rest over the trees as he stood at the edge of the forest

Striking a match, the dry grass and trees caught on fire and immediately exploded into flames. The heat and blaze engulfed the boy and soon it began catching onto the rest of the forest

This was the end, he thought. Strangely enough, even though his heart was beating in his throat and his body was shaking, he felt calm. He had no regrets and he was fine with this being his ending.

His mind went blank, everything felt like a static screen, he could feel himself getting dizzy and there was a loud ringing in his ears

The last thing he saw was a tall, faceless creature in the midst of the smoke and fire as he collapsed to the ground.

And that was the death of Tobias Erin Rogers.

[kaitofuji]

What killers/survivors I think each ghoul would main in DBD!!! Part 1 :)

Frostheim

Jin

[Killer] The Knight! I think he'd like sending out those stupid ass ghosts and also hitting people with a giant sword lol. He also seems like he'd like The Lich hehe

[Survivor] Honestly? Lara Croft lmao. Idk he just strikes me as the kind of guy who'd like playing as her!!

Tohma

[Killer] The Oni! There's just something so unexpectedly brutal about this killer, and I think Tohma would be interested in that!

[Survivor] Tohma seems like he'd be really good with the flashlight, so he'd play someone with great flashlight perks, like Alan Wake!

Luca

[Killer] None, he's a survivor main lmao

[Survivor] Any healing based characters, like Rebecca Chambers and Claudette Morel (those are my mains! :D) I think he'd also like to play as either of the Lyra Twins!

Kaito

[Killer] Idk why but he just feels like someone who'd play as The Wraith hah. That, or The Skull Merchant just because she's sexy LMAO

[Survivor] Dwight Fairfield LMAO i just think he'd feel a sort of kinship with him lol

Vagastrom

Alan

[Killer] Any of the big ones, but especially The Cannibal (Leatherface) I think he'd like how fast and strong he is. But if we're talking about killers that are easier to play, then The Trapper would be his pick!

[Survivor] Definitely characters like Bill Overbeck, Detective Tapp, and probably any of the Resident Evil characters too haha

Leo

[Killer] His annoying ass would play The Trickster and he'd be GOOD AS HIM TOO!!! I think he'd also like The Legion, with a preference for Frank.

[Survivor] Leo really strikes me as a cosmetics guy, so he'd definitely main survivors with the best outfits, like Sable Ward, Feng Min, Cheryl Mason, etc

Sho

[Killer] He'd also play as The Legion (no preference for who), but I think he'd play the nonhuman killers too, like The Xenomorph and The Nemesis

[Survivor] Yui Kimura for SURE!! And yes it's only because she's a biker too lol

Jabberwock

Haru

[Killer] Only ever plays as the nonhuman killers, especially The Xenomorph and The Demogorgon haha

[Survivor] Haru is a looping MASTER!! The characters themselves don't really matter, as long as he has Feng Min or Meg Thomas's perks !! Though I think he'd enjoy playing as Jake Park :)

Towa

[Killer] Towa would be ridiculously good at playing the most difficult killers, but his favorite would be The Executioner! I think he'd like that Pyramid Head canonically goes against The Entity's rules haha

[Survivor] None he's a killer main lmao

Ren

[Killer] Ren would only play as any killer from a movie franchise (The Shape, The Good Guy, The Nightmare, etc) lol

[Survivor] Same as the killers, he'd go for the movie franchise tie-ins !

[gen4grl]

long post of headcanons!

- raihan lowkey is a professional instigator lol leon and sonia finally rekindling their very confusing life long relationship? he’s in sonias ears right after they talk “you know he ALWAYS tells me how impressed he is with your studies…”. him and piers after their first date? “i always knew you couldn’t resist my dragon charm”.

- leaf was born on five island in the sevii islands before moving to pallet around age 6. red, blue and herself started their journeys together at age 11-12. leaf’s starter was squirtle, red receiving bulbasaur and blue with charmander. red and leaf spent a majority of their journey on the road together while blue rushed ahead of them, leaving the two to develop an unbreakable bond that surprises most due to their strikingly opposite demeanours. leaf, much like blue, is extremely extroverted and stubborn. while their similar personalities initially caused a lot of arguing between the two, they found themselves becoming increasingly closer as teenagers when red would spend months travelling solo and at mount silver. as adults, the three own the battle tree in alola and enjoy spending summers there. out of season, red prefers a quiet life of gardening and reading, blue is still gym leader of viridian city and leaf, after growing up in a technology free lifestyle on the sevii islands, developed a love and fascination for computers, now working in the pc system with bill. while leaf believes red and blue to be the most important people in her life, what she misses about her old home the most is the single red headed boy that lived on the island that she frequently spent her days playing with.

- despite knowing ethan and lyra since they were kids, silver never opened up about his life prior to their first interactions until his 18th birthday. the one detail ethan and lyra knew for sure was that he was kantonian due to his very distinct accent that seemingly incorporates a mix of kanto and johto dialects. lyra always playfully teased him about this - saying he sounds similar to champion lance, who sports a extremely similar mixed region accent (a very interesting statement since everyone and their mothers knows about lyras long standing celebrity crush on the dragon champion)

[itslyranow]

Girl back on her bullshit- reports claim she is unstoppable.

The UK is trying to control trans bodies and make us scared- bigots are pressuring them to over step their power and step on our human rights. I'm trying my best to not let them steal our joy- I am me, I am valid, I am loved and I love myself. The opposite of bigotry is love- and eventually love always wins- stay safe and keep fighting my siblings x

A tale of 3 outfits and 3 hair colours, if I'm going to be in wigs I might as well embrace variety 😈 Ups and Downs this week ⬆ As always my friends are amazing 💕 Spent a day in the sun with them on Saturday (outfit in second picture) and went to the cinema (3rd outfit), any time with my friends makes my life so much more enriched. ⬆ Had my gran and Auntie round for dinner, they were cute and affirming 😁 My auntie really wanted to try on my wigs, she has had issues growing hair herself. I got asked the most affirming question yet- "So when are you gonna have kids", I mean no immediate plans but it feels good to get the pressure to have kids like a cis girl 😂 ⬆ I am making amazing progress on myself, I feel more fem, I feel more comfortable being casual, I feel less need for HUGE amounts of makeup and over dressing ♥ progress is happening. ⬇ The political situation remains fucked, there is a chance passports etc might start getting handed out with birth sex listed separately for trans people- a potential amendment to an "information security" bill, they are attacking us in every way they can. In response I'm now rushing to update passport etc, hopefully I'm just over reacting but I'd rather have it than not. ⬇ I need to talk to my brother again about stopping boy mode around the kids, I'm so tired of being "uncle liam". Its been a few months but very little actual progress has been made. There is now a time limit I want to set- a big family party for my mums anniversary and I am refusing to show if I have to boy mode. So I want the kids to know and be comfortable with it before then. Hopefully my brother will understand and not be a dick about it.

Current stats: Week 18 of Lyra Week 13 on hormones. Weight: 20st 9.5lbs (5.5 lbs off/ 2.5kg off)

Total weight loss for April! 26 Lbs or 1 Stone 12lbs or 12KG Grand Total: 98lbs off or 7 stone or 44KG or 25% of my starting weight 😁 BMI from 53 -> 39.5 (I don't personally agree with BMI but its used to gatekeep medical are in the UK so I gotta keep track of it) Thanks for reading 💕 hug your local trans/NBi person- they deserve it.

[alex-wrestling]

I’ll get into the political stuff eventually because that’s also pissing me off but what I want to talk about is the…gentrification(?) of wrestling.

The average wrestler in the 80s (and I’m not talking about the Hogans, Flairs, or even the Dustys, but the people who wrestled in the territories. The Mid-South wrestlers, the AWA wrestlers, the WCCW wrestlers, basically the wrestlers in the territories before VKM not only bought the territories out but bought the company from his father) wasn’t that much, at least for the time, and the ticket prices for events reflected that.

Wrestlemania tickets in the 80s were $50 (about $200 today). The cheapest Wrestlemania tickets I can find for both nights is over $1,000. That is an insane increase, even adjusted for inflation. Hell, even during the attitude era, the biggest boom period ever for the WWF/E, you could get a front row seat for about $300 (or $568 today), which is still half the price of the cheapest tickets I could find for Wrestlemania 42.

This, I believe, ties in with both who is wrestling and how they’re paid.

First, I’ll start with how they’re paid. The average wrestler, a Zoey Stark or Ludwig Kaiser type, someone who only wrestles about once a month on TV and doesn’t win any championships, gets paid about $300,000 a year, which is way better than it used to be. And to be clear, I believe this is a good thing; wrestlers have bills to pay as well, as well as potential health issues, and regardless of what you think about their skills, they do risk their lives each time they step into the ring, plus they do the untelevised house shows. It’s much higher than what the United States (which is where the WWE is located, so I’ll be going off of that) average is ($50-60k/year). However, a champion or top babyface/heel like Cody, Gunther, Rhea, etc gets about $6 million/year, which is a lot of money. Randy Orton gets around $12 million. I’m not sure if that includes merch sales or not, I don’t think it does. Which, again, they’re doing a physically demanding job and more media appearances than the lower card people.

However.

The people I just mentioned (Cody, Gunther, and Rhea) have been fans for years. Hell, Cody’s father is one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. People like AJ Styles, Seth Rollins, CM Punk, Lyra Valkyria, and so many others started on the indies getting paid next to nothing so they could maybe, potentially, get to the WWE. Damian Priest was almost 40 when he was finally signed. These people all have the passion for the business, and they want to see it do well.

And it must be horrible to see someone like Logan Paul or Travis Scott, who don’t have the passion, who’s eyes are completely soulless, who are only there because it brings awareness to their brand and they get a fat paycheck out of it, get so many opportunities that nobody else is.

Celebrities have been part of wrestling since the 80s. Mr. T, Cyndi Lauper, Mike Tyson, even Snooki had a match at Wrestlemania. There are criticisms to be had about all of these, but the intent was to bring eyes to the product, and at least for the first few, it succeeded.

(And yes, I’m well aware that despite being an “alternative” to the WWE, AEW also does this. I’ll make a post when they have some influencer actually winning a title.)

How many viewers are Logan Paul and Travis Scott bringing in? What prestige are they adding to any title they hold? How many people genuinely want either of them here in any aspect? Are they even wrestling regularly?

The best comparison to Logan Paul (not Travis Scott, at least not yet) I could possibly make would be David Arquette.

In 2000 in WCW (of course it was), David Arquette won the WCW world heavyweight championship, something that fans loathed and often cite as the downfall of WCW. In fact, Arquette himself even said that he didn’t want to win it, thinking that fans wouldn’t want a non-wrestler to win, but Vince Russo (ugh) insisted that he win because it would be “good publicity” and good for the company. (My source is Wikipedia)

At least with Arquette, he knew the fans wouldn’t like it and didn’t expect them to. He even donated the money he got from appearing to the families of Owen Hart, Brian Pillman, and Droz, and only held the title for less than two weeks. He even wrestled on the indies for a little bit.

Logan Paul isn’t donating shit. He’s never going to the indies. He’s never acknowledging what the fans want because he’s not a fan and therefore will never know. Plus, it doesn’t help that he’s also just a piece of shit, and Travis Scott isn’t much better.

Where am I going with this? WWE is no longer for the normal, working-class fan. Meet and greet prices are $600 for two people, rich men with fuck-off amounts of money are wrestling to scratch it off their bucket list of things that will make them filthy rich without making it through the indies and clawing their way up like everyone else, the company is moving to the right and leaving most of their fans behind in the process (or just flat out ignoring them), and they probably won’t stop.

[dragonmarquise]

BRC MerMay Ideas

And now for my BRC MerMay headcanons!! Like I mentioned in the poll, every year I try to do a drawing for MerMay, which is usually just a mermaid version of a favorite character. I’m hoping to do something for BRC next year, so I’ve got a bunch of ideas for mermaid versions for almost every character!

Benni, the Oldheads, and Berlage are not here, but maybe they can stay as humans in this… I guess it’s basically a MerMay/mermaid AU by this point, lol

Starting with the main cast:

Tryce = red snapper

Bel = floating bell jellyfish (Get it, bell, Bel, lol)

Vinyl = sailfish, probably the Atlantic sailfish in particular

Felix = coelacanth (for headcanons-derived-from-implied-lore reasons, hee hee...)

DJ Cyber = manta ray, specifically the giant manta ray because they're cool as hell

Solace = garden eel! He pops in and out of the sand.

Solace: *popping out of the sand* Hello friends! How are y-- Tryce: You get back in that sand hole, or so help me-- Solace: *going back into the sand* Oh, okay, sorry!!

I’m sorry, I just find the idea funny, lol

Some bonus BRC members plus Escher:

Rave = wahoo

Mesh = threadfin butterflyfish

Shine = sunshinefish (was originally going to make her a sunfish, but I decided to be nice to her :P )

Rise = leopard seal

Coil = rainbow wrasse

Rietveld = orca

Escher = whale shark with prosthetic tail (I headcanon that the original Escher has non-cybernetic prosthetic legs, below the knees, so that’s getting carried over to his MerMay design)

Okay so also! With Rietveld and Escher in this weird AU, they used to be humans (Cops? Part of a navy who tried to hunt mermaids maybe?) who said “Screw this, we won’t be the bad guys anymore!!” and found a way to turn into mermaids. I guess. :P

So moving on, for the rival characters from here, besides DOT EXE, the seasons in parentheses indicate which in-game palette corresponds to that character. Just so you know!

The Franks = stitched together of different sharks and dolphins!

Bill (spring) = common dolphin + lemon shark

Charles (summer) = dusky dolphin + blue shark

Michael (autumn) = Commerson’s dolphin + thresher shark

Larry (winter) = bottlenose dolphin + leopard shark

Flesh Prince = Atlantic spotted dolphin (Spots and freckles!!)

Eclipse = all octopi

Vela (spring) = common octopus

Aquila (summer) = blue ringed octopus

Lyra (autumn) = mimic octopus

Cassiopeia (winter) = giant pacific octopus

DOT EXE = Robo fish mermaids!! So not specific fish species here, just general shapes/appearances basically.

Twoson (two ball) and Fourside (four ball) = robo guppies

Cinco (five ball) = robo sailfish

Neun (nine ball) = robo stingray

Eight Ball = robo shark

Jūrō (ten ball) = robo eel

Quatorze (fourteen ball) = robo octopus

Cueball = robo dolphin

Devil Theory = all sharks (more specifically picked species that have been most commonly reported in shark attacks)

Sai (spring) = great white shark (the guy with the anger problems of course gets the shark with the most reported bites :P )

Nunchaku (summer) = tiger shark

Daishō (autumn) = blacktip shark (Not blacktip reef shark! That is actually a separate species)

Bō (winter) = bull shark

Fun fact! Leopard seals are apex predators, and are even known to eat sharks on occasion. This is why Rise is allowed in Devil Theory’s turf (waters?) in this MerMay AU, lol

FUTURISM = stingrays, like with DJ Cyber

Nyx (spring) = eagle ray

Jazz (summer) = bat ray

Veronica (autumn) = whiptail stringray

Quantum (winter) = electric ray (maybe the marbled one in particular?)

Bonus round of “Red is somehow a separate person from Felix and Faux” stuff because I like the idea of that (but not as a replacement for Felix, the hate I have seen against Felix just to prop up Red that I have seen in this fandom is ridiculous...)

Red = A red guppy! So then Faux was this before being defeated too of course. Red in this AU is like… a talking hermit crab taking shelter in the old Red helmet. Felix was putting the helmet back together to use as his new mask, and found Red.

He decided to let the crab have the helmet (especially since it needed it more than him, having a hard time finding an actual shell after being bullied by other hermit crabs) plus Faux's old body. Using the helmet and some advanced set up inside of it (probably with further modifications by the Flesh Prince and DJ Cyber), Red can use it to control the body just like any other mermaid! Huzzah!

Faux's head is found at some point later, miraculously still alive and well! He gets attached to a non-mermaid sea dragon at some point. Not an actual sea dragon, but a leafy seadragon. Basically the Flesh Prince and DJ Cyber tricked him into agreeing to the new body, omitting the “leafy” part, lmao

They promise to get him a proper mermaid body if he behaves and properly repents for what he did (he still killed Felix here and tried to kill the others before being stopped), but uh, suffice to say at the moment he's got a long way to go.

It doesn’t help that he keeps trying to outright steal his old body from Red. “Dude, you literally threw it away to try and steal Solace’s body!!” “Don’t care, give it back!!” lol

So yeah! That's all of what I have for MerMay ideas! Feel free to let me know what you think of these :D

[lostdrarryfics]

THE BIG FIND 2023: Day 9

The Big Find is a 10-day long Drarry fic-finding marathon to celebrate the blog’s anniversary. Below is the Day 9 compilation of lost fics, both old and new, that we’ve been unable to find. Our aim is to get as much attention to these lost fics as possible, to help people finally find their missing fics! Anyone can participate by reblogging, reading through each list, providing additional fic details, and informing us the title, author, or link of a fic, and their respective number in the comment section. Happy finding!

9.1 i’ve read this explicit fic once on ao3. honestly I barely remember anything except for draco saying “ah there’s my pretty cock” or something when he saw harry’s dick (im sorry for the words), they were about to have sex, and I think they’ve got an established relationship already.

9.2 Draco is sort of an assistant around Hogwarts, post-war, and Harry recently started teaching there. And Hagrid tells Harry about how Draco was really subdued because he was tortured and found in the forest or something, and Harry decides to try talk to him more. I think there’s a part where Harry goes to Draco’s class and he startles him and he dropped some potions, and panicked. It’s on ao3 I think, no more than 50k.

9.3 i was looking for a fic where they’re both Aurors and friends, working on a case. i read it 2-3 years ago and all i remember is one specific scene where they were at draco’s apartment on a couch and he was pining and thinks it would be easier to deal with his feelings if they were entirely physical, but they’re not because harry is in his pyjamas. harry also makes him tea in his house a lot. i think it was on the shorter side? probably not over 90k.

9.4 I’m looking for a fic where hp is finally gaining confidence in 4th yr and accidentally meets dm through the qddwrldcup as well as his younger sister he then meets him again in hogwarts as he is a very intelligent student who is recommended by the pres/headmistress. i dont recall anything else except Sirius and Remus were in hp’s life, hp and dm spent some time 2gther in the forest to heal his sis and himself. they liked eachother from that first meeting but more of a crush. I think dm’s younger sister was called Lyra, hp spoke to bill weasley and got a snake earring from him, I remember moonlight or something moon in the title. Fic is not double trouble by babythelady

9.5 im looking for a creature fic where draco is taken into a elf/veela village with severus as his mother and he has half-brother drake malfoy. harry is VERY interested in draco and he is a creature too but icr what. ik draco was very controlled of his emotions but harry always teased him to make him blush. there was also non-con with his step-bro drake and karkaroff i think and cissy was a bitch in this story.

9.6 Searching for a fic I read on ao3. I don’t recall if there was specific year they were in or if it was a multi year fic, but they were still in their Hogwarts years. Draco was fully helping them. I think Sirius and Remus were there and together, but I could be remembering wrong. A huge battle, I think the final one, went down on the ground of Malfoy Manor. Snape revealed himself as a spy to Voldemort in the battle, facing him himself.

9.7 So the fic I’m looking for is a multi chapter fic where Draco is pregnant and he stays with the golden trio and I think that they (H and D) redecorated the place. Harry and Draco have a fight Draco tries to put a newborn scorpius to bed but he keeps crying for harry so harry comforts Draco and Scorpius, and Draco says he’s a bad dad and harry reassures him. Harry wakes up to Scorpius calling him dada (I think) and finds out that Draco, Ron and Hermione have been teaching scorpius to say that.

9.8 pretty sure it was on fanfiction.net but it’s possible that it was transferred to wattpad. It is complete and I’m pretty sure it had chapters. It’s an au set at Hogwarts in fifth year (no umbridge) where Harry and Draco are mind linked because of a bad mix of spells on the train home at the end of fourth year. Draco’s been having dreams that he consistently dies in while Harry is there. They learn that they’re connected and start talking to each other in their dreams and in their minds during school. snape is his godfather and tries to find potions to help him but doesn’t not know that Harry is apart of it. I remember it being very specific about one potion tasting like raspberries. Draco gets into a few fights with an older bigoted Slytherin and it is a known fact in this fic that he does not respond well to magical healing. He also claims that Harry is stalking him and then is made fun of for being paranoid. It also gets found out that Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred and George cursed Draco and his friends on the train the pervious year and are brought to Dumbledores office with Snape and McGonagall. Draco’s parents are super protective and they as well as snape set up something called SASHA which is to help slytherins who don’t want to participate in the second wizard if war to safe harbors. They drug the food in the middle of the night and remove the students who signed up. Blaise stays behind to be with Draco but most other named Slytherins from the books leave. Draco and Harry have a falling out over this. Sirius and Remus are boyfriends in this but are very minor characters and I don’t think are listed as a pairing although it’s implied in the fic. Dumbledore is blatantly evil as is mad eye moody and is trying to find out where the missing kids are. Draco is kidnapped and is severely injured. Harry wants to help find him but is told that he’s done enough and is put back to sleep. Remus tries to advocate for dumbledore to help find him by saying that when Remus taught him he was a really bright kid and Dumbledore brushes him off and says something along the lines of ‘we can’t save every kid, if he comes back alive we welcome him with open arms, if not…’ and Remus and Sirius are dumbfounded. Remus and Sirius break in to the hospital wing after the malfoys show up and have Harry talk to Draco through their connection to find out where he is. Narcisa is wildly powerful and finds him somewhere out of the country (I think New York, it was something on a license plate). He gets brought back and everything’s alright. Then it’s revealed that Dumbledore planned the kidnapping.

9.9 Drarry adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” or “What You Will”. I’m not sure if the author actually mentions it but I remember thinking that when reading it. The Twins are Draco and Luna, but they aren’t actually twins in this fic, they are strangers that just met that looks alike. Even down to their butt because I remember a funny conversation about one being the model for a butt pad and the other wearing it. The plane or some kind of transportation they met on crashes. Harry is like Duke Orsini in which he is trying to woo someone (I can’t remember who) with the help of Draco who I think is amnesiac. It gets fuzzy from there, but cue lots of mistaken identity hijinks. I think Blaise is that old friend that keeps harassing Draco to get something back.

9.10 Harry is DADA Professor at Hogwarts. He goes by Evans instead of Potter. He also doesn’t look like Harry Potter. Most of the school doesn’t know he is really Harry Potter. McGonagall knows his true identity as well as Teddy. I don’t remember who else knows. Teddy is a first year and he becomes friends with Draco Malfoy’s son. I don’t remember if his name is Scorpius or if it was something else. I also don’t remember which house they were sorted into. I think it was Gryffindor. I do know they are in the same house. Harry is Scorpius father but he doesn’t know it at first. Scorpius doesn’t know who is other father is but he knows what he looks like because he has a picture of him that he got from Draco. I have been looking for this story for a couple of years. I worry it has been deleted. I read it on fanfiction.net or a03

9.11 Sirius rescues Harry from Dursleys as a toddler and raises him? Harry and Draco become best friends (so adorable) and James and Lily are ghosts in the fic (ig?) . Also there’s a scene where they play pretend house where Harry is dad Draco is mom and Ron their dog? I think Pansy is the daughter.

9.12 looking for a fic that had a young harry and a death draco. it had gentleman in the title (i think it was the death gentlemen something). gloves and hand holding play an important role in the story. i think death draco leaves harry for a bit and they meet up again later

9.13 just remembered this fic i read a long time ago. i can’t remember if it was in ao3 or wattpad. it was set post hogwarts. harry is at least partly raising teddy and is lonely. he ends up finding draco and draco runs a center for lgbtq+ witches and wizards. a few former teachers are in it. teddy is struggling and thinks he is trans but isn’t sure but one day at the park wants to wear i think a dress, if it wasn’t a dress it was feminine presenting and other parents and kids make fun of him so harry immediately brings him to the center and everybody makes him feel better. obviously drarry gets together. there is also a pride-esqe thing that happens.

9.14 It’s about after the war, Harry and Ginny split up so he lives in a house which is attached to one side of the forbidden forest. One day, he meets Draco in the forest, keeps going back to talk with him, and falls in love. Draco later takes Harry to a lake and reveals that he’s committed suicide and was not real (a ghost maybe). It then ended with Harry committing suicide to be with him by also drowning in the lake.

[justmeinabigolworld]

I had a weird dream about the Johto remakes. There was a special Team Rocket gym in Kanto, and it involved zap traps or whatever, and I couldn’t beat it for the life of me. There was also a way, if you had done enough stuff (beat the gym leaders, Red, etc), to talk to Bill and let him make it so that you could reprogram the game, as in see its code and alter it straight from your DS.

But the more interesting part I dreamed about was a sequel to HGSS. It took place several years after the events of the game, and Lyra was now a teenager. There was some sort of cherry blossom festival going on, and then Silver came to talk to Professor Elm, who gave him some disturbing news…

Lyra didn’t actually defeat Team Rocket. She had some kind of power that allowed her to unknowingly brainwash people into agreeing with her. Silver asked for proof, and so Elm asked Silver what Archer’s team was like. Silver said his ace was an Aegislash, and Elm told Silver that Archer had only used a few of his weaker Pokémon (his actual in-game team) against Lyra, losing on purpose. Then they went through the Radio Tower to find a bunch of experimented-on Pokémon.

Weirdly enough, Elm had something called a “Paldean Steelix” that was part fairy-type and looked partially made out of rock candy.

(That would be awesome actually)

[lyricalchrysanthemum]

OOOOO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE TRAGEDY OF KRIS OOOOOO

KRIS LORE LETS GOOOOOOOO

This is going to be a bit about Bill too because they are very connected but I promise the main point here is Kris’s tragedy.

OK so. I’ve mentioned before that there’s a timeline 0 and that consists of RGBY and GSC. And the world was so unstable and on the verge of collapsing in on itself by the end of that timeline that Arceus had to essentially reset the timeline and basically create patches so that it couldn’t happen again.

But the problem is that the work was very shoddy, and various fragments of the old world continue to haunt the new one, with only two people even remembering that there was an old timeline. One of these ghosts was Kris Kawamoto, and the only two people who remember the old timeline is her, and her uncle Bill Sonezaki, the man who destabilized an already unstable world.

But what HAPPENED? You may ask.

See, Kris was a regular bright eyed trainer who was exploring Johto, trying to complete her pokedex. She had her childhood friend Ethan and a strange boy named Silver traveling with her off and on. She was a little feisty and hot tempered but she still had a good heart, love of adventure, and reckless courage.

But that reckless courage ultimately would get her killed in a freak accident involving her trying to register Lugia on a stormy night.

And her uncle, who loved her like a daughter, was DEVASTATED. So much so to the point where he he took to using his box system to try and preserve her soul and have some way to keep her around. Again, he loved her like a daughter he never had, and she meant a lot to him.

It’s a bit difficult to explain how the box system works in the first place but essentially, pokemon can be compressed into data and stored in computers. Only certain Pokémon can go through this method and still roam not just an individual’s PC box, but the entire web, one of these being porygon. And with porygon as the base of his design, he went to work trying to save his niece’s life in any way possible.

But, even with Celebi giving him its blessings, because Bill was using science to play god with his already very iffy design, the existing cracks in the universe began to show themselves more, and it started to collapse. Arceus steps in. The world gets reset.

All’s good right? The world gets reset, meaning nothing happened, even if Bill gets punished with the memories of the existing timeline, and all’s good right?

Well.

A little anomaly, a bug if you will, slipped by Arceus’s notice. It was just one soul after all, even a god would miss that among a sea of god knows who many.

And that anomaly was the soul of Kris, who managed to attach itself to the PC box system after all.

And so when the world gets reset, the box system is created, Kris wakes up with every memory of the existing timeline, including her final moments where she was killed by Lugia. But she isn’t able to roam the world with her own two feet, in fact she’s stuck in a network, stuck behind computer screen after computer screen. Viewing the outside world from other people’s desks.

She doesn’t even realize the world’s restarted, until she comes across a comes across a PC under the name that’s just like her last name, with an IP address that looks awfully familiar, and a desk that looks just like hers. In fact it is her desk. She would recognize her childhood cyndaquil plush anywhere, that picture of her parents on her wall anywhere.

But that’s not her on the other side of the computer screen, it’s a different girl. A girl she doesn’t recognize, but wears pigtails just like she does, and has parents who look just like and have the same exact names off. A girl by the name of Lyra.

She’s been replaced with a girl who’s nothing like her, while Kris is stuck watching her live a world behind a window.

And eventually she would meet Lyra for real and they would talk, getting to the point where Kris starts going along with her in Lyra’s pokewalker. But whenever Kris calls for her parents while Lyra steps away, they can’t understand her. They just hear beeping. Lyra has no clue who she is, or what she even is in this world. (It’s only until later that Kris breaks the news about it to her.)

And then Lyra starts going on a journey like she does, she goes with Ethan Hidaka who’s supposed to be HER friend, she meets Silver Watanabe who’s supposed to be HER rival with Ethan, she goes on a journey with a Cyndaquil just like hers and gets to go and complete the pokedex like Kris could never finish.

A porygon for a friend isn’t a replacement for an entire team of six that the girl in front of her has taken from her.

Sure Lyra takes her along, and for some odd reason Silver and Ethan can understand her through the weird tamagotchi thing and the PC whenever they’re in a pokemon center. So she acts like she’s friends with the other three. But she’s boiling with hatred for both Lyra and her uncle.

She’s stuck in a little computer watching a world where she should have had a place in while she watches a completely different girl in every way but place in the world, have the adventure she wasn’t able to finish.

She was supposed to be dead.

Instead she’s living through something that feels worse.

But she’s not even sure if she could consider it living.

[we-should-go-crazy-together]

somebody said I looked like if Michael Cera and (jaeden martell as) Bill Denbrough fused into one... and I'm not so sure how I feel about that

[bleaksqueak]

What would Maia and the Thorncrofts be like in a no magic au? Would Elias still have a scar and his glasses?

Ohh, I pondered over this question a bit when I got it a few days ago... It got a little long, so I'll put it below this cut~

If treated like a true blue AU, so, say, the characters are all coincidentally in the same general area of the world, and simply exist in a parallel reality? I think Lyra would have continued on with the same general career that she ended up in. Being a ward in the first place, she wasn't born into the veil and did enter already with a rapt fascination in wildlife, biology, their habitats and tinkering with devices invented to aid her. She would have gone on to become an environmental researcher, and may or may not have accidentally diverged her career into a sort of Bill Nye/Beakman trajectory after the ratio of "Get the Kids Excited About SCIENCE!!" talks and TV guest spots overtook professional allotment. It could absolutely go either way. She'd make a name for herself again though, that much is solid.

Without there being any need for the duty reapers perform in the veil, Audun would have a much more quiet, simple life. Maybe he'd have some normal office job, signing papers and having An Office, or maybe he would get roped into being a part-time producer in the event Lyra Nyes herself.

Or maybe he'd just own a little ferry service completely opposite of all of that, blissfully unaware of the grueling job his Other Self maintains as some little ducks toot on by. The boys would probably live much different lives. Elias would probably still easily find himself in a myriad of situations to end up with a Scar or Two, but nothing would be like what marred him in the veil. Much less reserved, more open in general, with at the very least a close-knit group of friends that are left wondering Where the Hell He Is when he seems to vanish for hours (or days. or more) at a time without word, absorbed in his interests and goals. Following after his mother's footsteps.... more or less. He'd still have a pet stoat. Though she might just be a ferret in this Normal Slice of Life Au.

Audric maintains his position as The Most Normal One and strives to live that ideal to its fullest degree (Strives, tries. Same thing.) No need for reapers, after all! He'd actually have a quiet life here, if not for his gremlin brother. His renowned mother... and the family name attached to her. And one of his closest friends, who may or may not have used their One Phone call on him asking to bail them out after getting into yet another heated brawl at an anime convention. With the anime convention? The answer is "Goku Would Win", at any rate. Life remains ever vigilant for Audric. He can always go join his father and enjoy the ducks on the river. Just sitting. Looking. At the ducks. Bonding. As for Maia... Mm. She'd be unhappy. Desperately so. I have trouble shaking the feeling that in a no-magic AU, she wouldn't still be that tiny kid that had shoved everything they owned into a backpack and taken her chances in the downpour. I could go into what I think she'd be doing, job, her goals, but all I can really focus on is where things would have gone if nothing had taken her that night.

These are just my general sleepy thoughts for a Slice of Life AU where the veil doesn't exist. Wonder how they'll change over time or with a different genre? I think the lesson learned here is "So much of their story/lives depends entirely on the veil that I had to really think about that question."

[eddysocs]

Preference: What do your True Blood OCs do to celebrate Halloween with their love interest(s)?

Amaya Martindale: Amaya and Ginger spend Halloween decking out Fangtasia in over the top kitsch —glittery cobwebs, fog machines, and bloody cocktails. They dress up as vampy twins (lots of eyeliner and PVC), cackling and scaring customers together like giddy schoolgirls.

Angelique Blanchard: Angelique and Bill treat Halloween as a romantic sort of night. They lay out and look at the moon if it’s out, and just have a very relaxed night, really, with a slight possibility of making love under the moon, especially if it happened to be full.

Autumn Wade: Autumn and Jessica two go full out trick or treat chaos mode with costumes, candy raids, and harmless (usually) mischief. They tend to dress as ‘sexy’ horror icons and crash a local party, feeding on willing donors and playing Halloween pranks until sunrise.

Brooklyn Hammond: Brooklyn and Rosalyn attend an exclusive vampire masquerade ball. Brooklyn wears blood red satin, and Rosalyn has her in her lap most of the evening, Rosalyn fending off anyone who might want to use Brooklyn for a self serve blood bag by boldly declaring her to be hers.

Cinda Stackhouse: Eric talks Cinda into dressing like a “naughty angel,” while he dons a devil costume for irony’s sake. They host a lavish, debaucherous party at Fangtasia, but sneak away early to the VIP lounge for some very non PG fun.

Gideon Thibodeaux: Russell hosts a lavish party, filled with vampire elite. Mayhem is likely to break out, and a bloodbath is almost guaranteed to ensue by the end of the night. Gideon enjoys certain aspects of the night, but mostly he just goes along with Russell’s plans, and makes the best of what goes down.

Jade Moreau: Pam and Jade spend Halloween mocking everyone else’s costumes while looking dangerously divine themselves in matching couture looks with gothic detailing. They might hit up a high end party, but the real treat is left for when they return to Fangtasia for some after party privacy.

London Greer: Sarah drags London to a Christian “Harvest Festival” where Sarah pretends to be pious, and London plays along with razor sharp sarcasm. Later, they sneak off to the fields, desecrate a scarecrow and have angry, passionate sex until Sarah disappears the moment the sun comes up.

Lyra LaSalle: Halloween is a sacred night for Lyra and Maryann. They lure followers into the woods for a bacchanalian ritual. Ecstasy, firelight, and frenzy abound. Lyra dances barefoot in a trance while Maryann guides the chaos, culminating in a rather public display between Lyra and Maryann.

Tovah Olander: They keep it sweet and wholesome, pumpkin carving with the kids right when it gets dark, followed by cider and a classic horror movie marathon. Tovah surprises Arlene by dressing as a sexy witch, and after the kids go to bed, the two enjoy some private magic of their own.

Preference requests are open!

[myblogsofseo]

How to Choose the Right Salon (And Why I Recommend Lyra Salon)

When it comes to finding the right salon, the experience goes far beyond just a good haircut. It’s about trust, consistency, and that feeling of knowing you’re in expert hands. Whether you’re looking for a total transformation or just regular upkeep, choosing the right place matters.

What to Look For in a Salon

After doing quite a bit of Salon & Beauty Services, I created a mental checklist to help evaluate which ones truly stood out:

Hygiene and cleanliness: This is non-negotiable. A clean space signals professionalism and respect for clients.

Professional, trained staff: It’s important to know that the people working on your hair and skin actually understand what they’re doing.

Genuine reviews: Look for consistent, honest feedback from other customers — not just the glowing testimonials on their website.

Range of services: A great salon should cater to your specific needs, especially when it comes to hair and skincare.

Why I Chose Lyra Salon

If you’re anywhere near Lyra Salon, I can’t recommend it enough. They hit every item on my checklist and then some. Here’s what really stood out:

Advanced Hair Care Solutions: These are an absolute game-changer if you’ve been battling damage, frizz, or just want expert-level nourishment for your hair. The treatments are customized, effective, and results-driven.

No pushy upselling: One of my biggest pet peeves is feeling pressured to add on services I didn’t ask for. At Lyra, the vibe is refreshingly honest. They focus on what you need — not what boosts their bill.

Welcoming atmosphere: From the moment you walk in, the warmth is palpable. It’s not just a beauty service — it’s a comfort zone.

Transparent consultations: You can talk with a stylist beforehand, get their take on what works for your hair or skin, and ask all the questions you need — including what products they use.

Pro Tips When Searching for Your Salon

Before/after photos: Ask for these, especially for hair treatments or skin services. They give you a real idea of results.

Consult first: Don’t be afraid to book a quick chat before committing to a service.

Ask about products: Great salons are happy to share what goes into their treatments and why they choose them.

Final Thoughts

The right salon is one that offers consistency, professionalism, and makes you feel like you’re investing in yourself — not just spending on beauty. For me, Lyra Salon delivered all of that and more.

If you’re in the area and need a reliable partner in your hair and beauty journey, definitely give them a try.