#Minigolf takes focus. Be a

[fnaffancontentbutmostlyglamrocks]

SteelWoolStudios treatment towards Monty fans is so inconsiderate.

I want to preface this with this note

Monty not being in HW2, nor is him possibly not being in DLC what I have an issue with. The issue I have is how SteelWoolStudio responded to the initial fan response of why Monty was not in the game

During an interview, it was asked why Monty was cut.

It was explained that they didn't want to do Monty Golf again. Honestly, I can see why. Even though I think a VR game would make even a recreation a different experience. I understand that, one. It would be tiring to have to make another set of minigolf courses. Two, that would be its own game. I love Monty, but even I would find it strange if he was given THAT much focus.

Now, granted, I am still a bit side eyeing them. Cause well. Why is Monty the only one with this excuse? They found clever ways to incorporate Chica. Roxy and Freddy got completely unique minigames. Even the endos were utilized. I swear Moon was overused.

With Monty, nothing?

Okay, but being fair. Making games isn't just [Press button] [Make Game]. Maybe Moon was used in Bonnie Bowl instead of Monty like initially planned because they were out of time, and Moons flashlight gimmic was good to go while it take another month to incorporate Montys.

Now I know you're all confused. Cause I'm explaining why I'm fine with Monty not being in the game. Even if the excuse is pretty shallow. Well. As I said before, its not that. Its the response.

The response after that initial answer. WAS that Monty was in the game.

That has to be the biggest "fuck you, we don’t care I've ever seen".

Before you say I'm being overtly dramatic. Imagine if Roxy, Freddy, Daycare, or Chica were given the same treatment Monty got in HW2. Imagine they had no voicelines, no animations, and the only physical presence is a statue you have to pray to the gatcha gods you get relatively early while grinding games.

Then you are told

"That IS the content you were supposed to get"

Would you not feel upset?

They couldn't even be bothered to acknowledge Monty fans were upset.

Honestly, this has made me not ever want to buy another SteelWoolStudio game or care about FNAF.

Cause I know Monty will be gone. That isn't because of some secret vendetta. It's just how FNAF works. While I hope we get a new version of Monty. I'm also open to whatever the new cast brings.

My only issue now is with how I've been treated as a Monty fan. Feeling like I've been "punished" for picking the wrong character to connect with.

I have to wonder. Will I pick the wrong character again?

I don't want to deal with that.

[fazbear-fangirl]

Part 2

~ Eight Years Ago ~

— — —

Sophie likes minigolf. Montgomery Gator is very loud, but he's sticking close to the birthday girl and helping her with her swings, so as long as Sophie stays away from her, then she won't have to deal with him. 

While playing golf she figures out that if she imagines a pizza slice pressed up against the little wall on the side of the green mat, then the ball will roll down that edge and then up the edge of a second imaginary slice of the exact same size - and if she makes it so that the edge of the crust of the second slice is the hole, she can bounce her golf ball off the wall to get it around stuff and into the hole.

She doesn't have anybody in her class who cares enough about being her friend to follow her weird path through Monty Golf, but she'd rather be alone then have to wait in line or have people staring at her as she makes her shots. She wanders off, playing the different holes in her own order, occasionally getting sidetracked to stare at the mechanical gators in the water and listen to the music.

Sophie hears yelling and turns around. The birthday girl's mom is struggling to take a bucket of golf balls out of the troublemaker's hands as he laughs and runs away.

Sophie feels something hot and tight catch fire in her chest; feels her vision sharpen and blur at the same time. She watches him kneel by the side of the water and start to drop the golf balls in, one by one.

She starts to walk towards him. She's closer to him than the birthday girl's mom is, but he's only focused on the latter - looking up, cackling to taunt her, dropping a few more golf balls in. When the host of the party starts to get too close, he picks up the entire bucket and dumps all of the golf balls in. They cascade into the water with a multi-layered splash.

Sophie's hands tighten on her golf club as she starts to pass him, her heart pounding so hard in her throat that she feels a little like she's choking. She isn't quite sure what she's planning, but-

As if divinely ordained, the boy bounces to his feet right as Sophie’s in the right place.

BAM. She does the world's calmest hip check. The most subtle movement in the world, right as he's trying to find his center of gravity. The boy screams and whirls his arms and falls directly into the filthy waters of Monty Golf.

Everything seems to freeze. Everybody in the attraction turns to stare. Sophie, too, stops walking and stares down into the water, expression as always locked somewhere between stunned and impassive.

"OH my god-!" the birthday girl's mom exclaims, starting to run even faster. She nudges Sophie out of the way, kneels, reaches into the water, and hauls him out. He flops onto the path like a wet rat, sopping wet and smelling of chemicals. Confused, he blinks, then crumples up his face and starts to wail loudly.

Completely unaware of herself, Sophie smiles.

"You okay? Jesus,” the birthday girl's mom sighs. "Can- can you-" she asks her friend, who's just now jogging up.

"Yeah, I got it," says the other adult, patting the mother on the shoulder. She turns back to the rest of the party as they stare. "Don't worry about it!" she calls. "Everything's fine! Just focus on the game, focus focus focus! GAAAH so exciting! Who's gonna win?"

(Sophie thinks she likes that woman better when she's talking to other grown-ups, and not to kids.)

The birthday girl's mother punches buttons on her phone again and starts talking, holding it in one hand while rubbing the boy’s back with the other. "Hi, yes- it's me again, I'm sorry- no, it's not about - yes, that's him in the background- no, nothing like that happened, he- he just ran away from the group and fell into the water at the Gator Golf-"

"I DIDN'T FALL!" the troublemaker hollers. "I DIDN'T FALL IN! SHE PUSHED ME!" He points a grimy wet finger at Sophie, eyes filled with venom. The birthday girl's mom turns around and seems to notice for the first time that Sophie is even there.

Oh no. Oh God. Sophie forgot that he could tell on her. And now she's gonna get in trouble, and she's never gonna get invited to another birthday party, and her eyes well up and her chin starts to wobble-

The birthday girl's mom's face softens. Then she rolls her eyes and scoffs, turning back to the boy. "No she didn't, you were messing around and fell in. I saw the whole thing."

(!!!)

"SHE DID TOO! SHE DID TOO PUSH ME IN! I DIDN'T FALL!" the boy fires back, stamping his foot angrily.

"Sophie?" the birthday girl's mom asks incredulously. "Sweet little Sophie Wallace pushed you into the water? Look at her, she's half your size."

"I FELT IT! I FELT HER PUSH ME!"

The birthday girl's mom sighs and turns to look at Sophie again. "Sophie, did you push him in, honey?" she asks.

Sophie can hardly believe her incredible luck. There's still tears in her eyes from thinking that she's about to get in trouble, but apparently that's not what happens to sweet little Sophie Wallace. Sweet little Sophie Wallace who didn't push the big bully into the water, even if she did.

OBVIOUSLY she shakes her head.

"She didn't push you in," says the birthday girl's mom tiredly, then blinks at something spoken on her phone. "Wh- well, ma'am, I saw the whole thing, and as I said before this facility DOES have cameras- you HAVE to understand, this is the sweetest little girl you've ever seen, there's no way-"

While the birthday girl's mom is distracted, Sophie makes direct eye contact with the boy, smirks, and sticks her tongue out at him.

He makes the best expression that she's ever seen in her life and smacks the birthday girl's mom on the top of her head to get her attention, pointing at Sophie. "SHE'S STICKING HER TONGUE OUT AT ME! LOOK! SHE STUCK HER TONGUE OUT AT ME!"

"Don't hit me!" the birthday girl's mom snaps. "Ma'am- ma'am- no, YOU listen! I paid good money for my daughter to have her dream birthday party at Freddy’s and your son is ruining it for her. I obviously can't 'control him' in a group setting, so if you don't come pick him up right now so help me god- well, if you don’t want me to handle it how I see fit as the one who’s PAYING for all this, I suggest you come and pick him up!”

Sophie doesn’t really like people yelling, no matter how satisfying this particular instance is, so she starts to wander away. She looks across the water to see Monty Gator staring at her as he stands with the birthday girl and her closest friends.

For a single moment, she goes pale. Did he see?

He winks and turns away.

Sophie's jaw drops, flabbergasted.

[eridan-ampra]

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[keefiswhoiam]

August 29 - 2024 Thursday

10:16pm

5/10

Today was more mellow than yesterday. I started getting bored.

I did my workout and cleaned my cleaning clothes. I took my shower and made some awesome spicy ramen, spam, and green beans with my last pack of ramen. I got into VR earlier than I did yesterday. First I finished touring my own worlds since I was almost done yesterday. Then my focus was to just try and have fun doing solo stuff in different worlds. I did minigolf again and found out I am RUSTY. But I still got pro. I went to a couple places I can't remember. For a big chunk of the day I was doing the horseback riding world. I found a fun little spot to chill with a video player and made the world nighttime with nothing but the campfire lighting the area around me while I watched some stuff and jammed out to my playlists. I took a hit of my pen for this and it was pretty chill. I almost napped. I got up for lunch and had a can of beefaroni, the other half of a muffin, and some chips. I watched a few episode of Summer Camp Island I enjoyed. I could barely do the 1 hour of drawing I had to do on this commission, I was dozing off and sooooo bored. I found out I should not have tuned into any Twitch streams these past couple days, or youtube videos either. It kinda beat the point of the alone time since I usually use these things to feel less lonely on the side. It's enforced to me that going forward I should think about how often I have content on my other monitor. I did the work I had to do and got back into VR. I finished up horses and went to a Mars exploration world. Then to spice things up, I went to a public party world but with everyone hidden and muted and was enjoying them putting on different random things in the video player. Some of them clearly took interest in me but I could not see or hear them. I got to listen to some VERY edgy and cringy eboy music and put on my own stuff for awhile. Someone came up and text chatted me for the name of the playlist. I got off to eat dinner and chill for the night.

Today got a little stressful and I was thinking about ending this thing early. I also just got pretty bored but I did want to see it through to the end. I feel weird because I guess I expected more out of this? I feel like I'm coming back with nothing to show after promising greatness, even though I didn't. I did learn a few things that I desperately don't want to lose touch with but I'm sure I will, nothing can get drilled into my head in just a couple days. I did take a lot of good photos which was fun. I hope everything is okay when I wake up tomorrow, I'm almost afraid to open Discord. I'm sure nothing could have happened in just 2 days though, surely. Then it's business as usual. It almost feels scary going back to my schedule, like I don't wanna have to or that I don't have the proper drive to do it well.

I supposed I'm glad I did this little experiment though. I voluntarily took 2 days away from everything in a way that suited me. I stuck through the whole thing. I did learn a little bit. Had some interesting thoughts and realizations I hope stick around.

[ghost-of-the-machine]

honestly dreading my birthday cuz how are they gonna fuck it up for me this year?

i dont think ive had a single birthday i didnt cry on. they use it as like an excuse to go do things which sure! if we wanna go do things thats fine, but.. they dont even let me pick where we go, this year is one of the only times ive been like. i said hey maybe we could go here sometime and we're actually going. i hope its okay, im not excited cuz my moms bringing her husband and they. should be divorced already but whatever i just?

my birthday last year fucking sucked. they took me out to like. minigolf which was alright! i do like minigolf and not to brag but i was pretty good at it... but there were too many people, it made me really anxious and then the one time i tried to like. snap myself out of it and try n enjoy my time, i made a joke to my sibling (like a clear joke too i just said i was gonna kill em, i say shit like that all the time and they do as well) and they decided for the first time ever to take it seriously and get mad at me for it so it ruined my mood and i was just waiting to leave

i think the worst part? we went to panera bread cuz i like the breadbowls, and. look, there have been very few times in my life where i dissociate so hard im seeing myself from above but.. being surrounded by family in that building and having not a single one near me or talking to me? having them all talk to eachother and leaving me alone there in the middle? it hurt, it hurt a lot. it made me realize they dont actually care about me, this is their birthday basically. everyones birthday but mine

i wrote myself a little like. bday fic with kelvin before my bday last year but. after the actual day i abandoned it completely, the whole thing was ruined for me. it sucked

we're going to the aquarium for my birthday, so hopefully ill have a good time. im scared though, itll be ruined for me im sure. my mom will call my dom, but she'll misgender me, my grandma will deadname me blatantly, etc. i. i wish i could take myself out on my birthday instead, maybe.. i wish i could spend it with my friends. anytime ive gone out with my friends, ive had the best day ever. im never deadnamed, never misgendered cuz i act totally different, im 10x more confident and i carry myself with certainty, people recognize me as a man from BEHIND, even if my face is covered they recognize it (which is something thats important to me, ive always been afraid my eyes are like. too feminine or something)

my family wouldnt like that, but. i deserve to be happy on my birthday, right? i dont even CARE about it that much, like genuinely thats how it is i dont give a shit about the day i was born cuz its never been fun for me. i want to experience it just one time, one time with my friends instead? i dont care what we do, we can do whatever THEY want genuinely, just like we always do. id have such a great time no matter what

it just sucks, im bracing for it. i hope they bring my niece and focus on her the whole entire time like i GENUINELY would prefer that so much, like omg yes look at the 5 year old having her first aquarium trip yippiee!!! and ill go fuck off and enjoy the fish somewhere else

[minigolfio]

[sickly-sweet-imagines]

May I request Something?

Can you do SFW and NSFW headcanons for Montgomery Gator from FNaF Security breach? With either Male!reader or GN!reader.

YOU GUYS ARE SO THIRSTY FOR MONTY (But also same so I can’t talk)

I’ll give this one a little extra length because there were so many requests for it- enjoy! Also, because I’m compiling so many requests, feel free to request Monty stuff that isn’t this! So the amount of content can fulfill all of you massive simps

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He is a massive flirt there’s no getting around it

If Fazbear Entertainment wanted to make a “fuckboi animatronic” it would be Monty

Naturally this means he will chat you up if given the opportunity

He’ll slide up beside you if you’re leaning against the wall and start unabashedly flirting with you

Pulls his sunglasses down to wink at you a lot

Also loves wrapping his arm around your waist and having a hand on your hip

He acts like it’s just a “to prove to the others you’re all mine” thing but you can tell he also just likes physical touch and affection

His emotions are all very physical, so be prepared to have a hand on you or an arm slung around you at random when he just happens to pass by

Randomly smacking your ass when he walks past? Absolutely

If you tell him to stop he will, but you may still catch him doing ass-smack motions at you from a distance

Sometimes he’ll jump at you to try and spook you and pull you into his arms

He’ll also try and teach you to play bass, mostly by standing behind you and guiding your hands and pressing against you so much that you can’t even begin to focus on what he’s trying to teach you

Yes he takes you on minigolf dates too

Which he also spends pressing his chest to your back trying to guide you and making it impossible for you to focus

He thinks you’re so much worse at mini golf than you actually are because of it

There is a lot of bragging; about himself, about you, showing off to S.T.A.F.F. bots even though they obviously don’t care

He likes feeling powerful and keeping his ego high, similar to Roxy

Which means he tries to impress you a lot, even if you’re already impressed

As cheesy as it is, you can help calm his rages when he starts getting worked up, too

Being around you helps him feel less high strung and angry

He’ll eye you up from the stage if you’re around when he’s performing

Sometimes he’ll even walk up to you with some food or a soda or slushy as an excuse to flirt after a show

NSFW Under the cut!

Gator growls. Does anything more need to be said

He’s very good at dirty talk (and horny flirting in general)

Sometimes Freddy will come get you to bring you to wherever Monty is telling you “Monty said he’s ready to ‘rock-n-roll’ with you tonight!” with absolutely zero understanding of the implications of that while you turn beet red

He is very rough, really big on bruising and scratching and biting

With your permission, of course

He likes the power he has over you in that kinky way and he loves seeing his marks afterwards showing off how you’re all his

With how good he is at verbally riling you up, he’ll do a lot of taunting

Teasing you about how quiet your noises are until your voice echoes far enough you’re certain the other animatronics can hear

Sometimes he’ll gag you with a golf ball (one of his personal novelty ones, not just any mini golf ball that the public can access) and tease you for sounding muffled

He really likes having you ride him

Having your back pressed to his chest or your head leaned back against his shoulder with your back arched

The sight does something to him

He’d never say it out loud but giving him praise and stroking his ego gets him infinitely hornier

And because he’s the most rough of the group he’s also the best at aftercare

You will never be tended to more sweetly than by Monty pretending he’s too cool to care while he puts bandaids on any scratches

[mcdonaldsnumberone]

KINGDOM COME!

dating kunigami hcs

gender neutral reader

Kunigami is a gentle giant. He loves with his whole heart, refusing to hold himself back because that’s simply not the kind of person he is. He isn’t the kind of guy to compromise himself for convenience’s sake, and when it comes to lavishing you with what you deserve, he goes all out. He’ll always make sure you feel loved and taken care of, and if there’s anything you want, he’ll do everything to make sure you get it. He isn’t sparing with his love at all, and Kunigami makes it clear that he’ll be there for you. He’s not a fussy boyfriend by any means, but he’s the kind of guy who’ll drop whatever he’s doing if you send him a text that you want to see him.

Kunigami is also the kind of boyfriend who keeps an arm slung over your shoulder or firmly around your waist. He likes holding your hand whenever the two of you head out, and he makes sure that you’re on the part of the sidewalk furthest from the road. Whenever it rains, he’ll share his umbrella with you or offer to shield you from the rain with his jacket. He’s chivalrous in a way that means well, and it’s hard not to be swept off your feet whenever Kunigami holds the door open for you or insists on walking you back home after a date.

His favorite date to take you out on are thrifting dates! He knows almost nothing about fashion, and he only likes going because it’s something that everybody finds enjoyment in. If you want to treat him like your personal Barbie doll and dress him up in whatever clothes catch your fancy, he’ll let you eagerly herd him into the fitting room with a mountain of clothes in tow. If he ends up buying whatever outfit you pick out for him, you can guarantee that it’ll be his new favorite outfit, and he’ll wear it as many times as he can out on dates with you. It’s corny to see him in the same clothes on every single date you have with him, but it's heartwarming to know that he cherishes your opinion so much to the point that he’ll wear his clothes down to threads to show it to you. 

But if you’re not big on thrifting, Kunigami likes to try out different sports with you! Nothing can hold a candle to his skill in soccer, but he likes to take you out on dates where the two of you can learn something new together. His personal favorites are basketball, where he has definitely tried to make a point “in your honor” only to miss terribly, and minigolf. Minigolf is a staple for all couples, and he’ll do the thing where he helps you adjust your form by practically hugging you from behind. It’s hard to keep your focus when you can feel his toned chest against your back and his big hands engulfing yours to show you how to properly hold the golf club. He’ll compliment you whenever you make progress on your swings, and no matter what the score is, he’ll reward you afterwards with a sweet treat for all of your hard work!

On the topic of hugs: Kunigami gives the best hugs! He loves hugging you for no reason at all, and there’s nothing more comforting than having him hug you with all his might. Nothing else in the world could emulate the feeling of burying your head in his chest and being engulfed in his warm arms, the smell of his cologne welcoming you into his embrace and him squeezing you like he’s trying to absorb every little part of you into himself. Kunigami loves to be the big spoon whenever the two of you are cuddling, and he likes holding you close to himself if you doze off while you’re with him. If you want to try being the big spoon, he’s more than happy to share the position—he wants to do whatever makes you happy.

Kunigami is a sucker for getting matching items to share with you. They’re never quite stereotypical “couple” items like keychains or rings, but more along the lines of scarves, sweaters, and occasionally shoes. Whenever he goes out to shop for new soccer cleats, he’ll handpick out a similar pair just for you. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have any need for cleats of your own; he adores it whenever you show him your support by wearing your own pair to match with him. Doubly so if you even wear his jersey to cheer him on during any important games, Kunigami loves subtly showing the world how infatuated he is with you. He wants a piece of himself to be with you the same way he wants a piece of you with him at all times. It’s a way of reinforcing your dedication to one another, like a constant reminder of the bond you share.

And Kunigami knows that the road to becoming a professional athlete will be anything but easy. But as he keeps fighting, as he keeps his head high in the face of opposition, he wants to be brave for your sake. He knows that you’ll support him no matter what decision he makes, so he wants to make the right choices for himself. He chooses the path filled with thorns and tears, but he does it in hopes that you see the value in his suffering. And you do, you always do. You’ll continue to let him hold you and whisper his love to you, not caring about how fleeting these happy moments are, how quickly dreams can morph in the face of desperation, how love is tested time and time again when confronted by something beyond human comprehension. 

“You doin’ okay today? Good. Did you eat? Drink water? Hey, I’m just checking in to make sure you’re doing alright! You know that I can’t really relax until I know you’re fine too. Is there anything you want to do together? I didn’t particularly have anything in mind, but I still think we should do something. Why don’t we go look?”

x

[tenta-cute]

Billy Lore From 'Runaway Max': Chapter 1

...But first, an intro.

I decided to take one for the team and started reading Runaway Max for that sweet sweet Billy lore so that I could compile a little resource for writers and give back to my beloved Harringrove community which sustains me (I'll be tagging other pairings which feature Billy in this post so fellow Billy aficionados can use it too). Maybe someone wrote something like this already (in which case I love you), but I'm doing it anyway because idk and also if I don't do something good for my best pairing I will explode.

Notes:

This post will obviously contain spoilers for the Max book.

I'll be posting chapter-by-chapter as I read. There will be a masterpost in the future, but I will also use a separate tag for this.

I'm not reading the book in English so there might be disrepancies in language used etc. because I'm translating this from my native language.

I will focus on Billy as much as possible, but also include things that apply to his closest family that writers might find useful. If I include my own personal impressions they will be on the very bottom.

Spoilers and lore from CHAPTER 1 under the cut!

The book intoduces Billy when they are already in Hawkins and literally the first thing he does is run a red light lmao.

He's listening to a Quiet Riot song.

His Resting Billy Face is: impassive, blank, languid. Half-lidded eyes, seemingly bored out of his mind, but when he looks at Max there is a sharpness to it. He appears permanently half-sleepy (except when its go time when he gets lively and alert).

That's where the Hawkins part ends, the rest of the chapter is a flashback from Cali.

Billy, Neil, Max, and Susan all lived in San Diego, California.

Neil worked as a security guard at a bank (Susan worked there as a bank teller, that's where they met)

Billy doesn't meet Max or Susan until after Neil had already proposed. He gets introduced to them in April.

He is late to their meeting. Neil is pretending he's not angry but he's clearly furious, to the point that Max instantly sees through him.

Billy comes to the first meeting with his future step-mother and step-sister with his tits out. They meet at a minigolf/skee-ball/go-cart place (Neil picks it to pretend he's a fun guy.)

He already had his blue Camaro when they first met.

Billy's initial impression of Susan is that she's fucking depressing lol.

His dad introduces Max as "Maxine" and that's how Billy addresses her, even when she tells him not to do it.

Billy's eyelashes are "long like a girl's" which Max notices the moment she gets a good look at his face.

He is the one who calls her Mad Max.

Near the go-carts Billy is asked by Max if he wants to race and he scoffs at her and ask her why would he want to make a fool outta himself by driving something small and shitty when he can drive a proper car instead.

Billy doesn't hate Max on sight; he seems largely neutral about her. He mentions like twice in a very short conversation that he thinks she's a little girl. He is obviously not taking her seriously when she tries to impress him and humours her in a very half-assed way.

This changes when, in her attempt to impress him, Max tells him that she knows how to drive too (she doesn't, her dad showed her some basics like once), and that she could drive the Camaro too. This seems to Wake Him Up (TM) a little and he leans down until he and Max are on the same eye level. In his mildly unhinged singsong voice he tells Max that she is not getting anywhere near his car. Then he laughs and sorta gets her to compliment his car lmao.

That's the end of Billy-related stuff in chapter 1!

[purpleyin]

Stranger Things moodboards: Ronance (Nancy/Robin) - minigolf date

Made for @femslash-friday-prompts July 15th prompts, which were ‘It’s a date’ + a picture for minigolfing. ~490 word ficlet behind the read more.

“You need to relax,” Robin said for what felt like the eighth time. She'd attempted to word it differently every time of course, hoping Nancy would get her meaning from at least one version of her well-meaning advice, but it wasn't really helping unfortunately. Nancy had been getting increasingly frustrated at her bad score.

Nancy glared back at her as she held the putt in an iron grip. “I'm trying to.”

“Yeah, and you're over-thinking it. You need to loosen up. Like me,” Robin replied, stepping closer and shaking her arms out to demonstrate. Nancy only glared more, but Robin could see the hint of a smile tugging at the corners of Nancy's mouth at her antics. Robin stepped closer still, placing her hands on Nancy's shoulders supportively. Nancy relaxed a bit immediately and Robin couldn't help but be a little smug at having that affect on her. It was nice knowing Nancy trusted her like that.  

“Hey, don't begrudge me this one, singular – I repeat, singular - sport I'm actually freakishly good at. You've got a lot of things you're good at. I won't think any less of you for losing at minigolf. I might even like you more for it, Wheeler.”

“Oh really?” Nancy said curiously as she stared up at Robin.

“Yeah,” Robin said, faintly this time, too caught up in Nancy's eyes. It was remarkably hard to think when Nancy looked at her like that, like she had her full and rapt attention. For a moment she thought Nancy might be leaning forward, maybe even leaning up, and she desperately wanted that to be true, for Nancy to kiss her right then and there on the green of the 13th hole. They shouldn't, but Robin wished for it anyway. Instead, she dropped her hands to her sides and stepped back, the one concession to what she wanted was that she didn't break that shared gaze.

“I've heard that the 18th hole has a big windmill that a lot of people get their balls stuck inside,” Nancy started.

“Okay...” Robin said, confused at the abrupt change of topic.

“It's not unusual for people to disappear in there for a few minutes searching for it,” Nancy finished with a devious smirk.

“You do realize that would mean you need to hit the ball and get it into the windmill first,” Robin teased, earning her a light punch on the arm from Nancy. “But I like the way you think, Wheeler.”

“I know you do,” Nancy replied confidently before taking up a position for her shot again. This time her stance was less tense and her playing definitely improved after that. Having a plan to focus on helped, instead of her stewing over how she was failing that her competitive streak didn't deal well with. Robin won at minigolf, but, as she liked to joke with Nancy, they both won at the date.

[adhdeancas]

Claire telling Dean about the first time they saw him killing the demon that had her at knifepoint she was like "maybe I really am not like other girls" and then they have that talk when minigolfing and then Claire's like "oh I'm NOT a girl" but they've kinda just spent 5 years not wanting to explain being a nonbinary lesbian.

Claire’s childhood was like a fucking russian nesting doll. Take apart the first one and there’s another, completely different one hiding inside. That kinda makes Claire the biggest one, all the fucked up pieces rattling around inside her.  She started to figure out she was… different, when she was still in that smallest nesting doll. The one with all the illustrated Bible stories and the Sunday School playdates and the holding hands to pray over the dinner table. But those days… well, when God was the man with the answers, all you had to do was close your eyes and shut your mouth. 

She didn’t know then that God was gonna turn out to be the cause of all her problems.

After her dad left, it was hell. Her mom was on edge constantly and left her alone all the time. With only the memory of her dad “not her father” to keep her company. Not her father. Not her father. If she didn’t have a father, what the fuck was she? Who the fuck was she? An orphan, like Harry Potter? Hm, more like Percy Jackson, fatherless. Except without the cool powers. Or the friends. 

Was it weird she related to guys so much?

She wanted to be a badass. She wanted to be like Angelina freaking Jolie in Tomb Raider. Or maybe she wanted to… okay, so she was different. Somehow. But all she could focus on that first year was trying not to let it show, and trying to keep her grades about failing so her mom wouldn’t cry so much.

And then her dad came home.

The first time Claire saw Dean Winchester, he was slitting a demon’s throat. The demon which, consequently, had just had her unnaturally strong arm wrapped around her neck. Claire fell to the ground and stumbled back, far enough to see the grim line of Dean’s mouth surrounded by stubble, watch the square of his shoulders march away from the demon like killing a monster was no big deal. 

She wanted that.

She thought about it the whole car ride; it replayed in her head, mixed in with spurts of adrenaline that shot back through her veins like a finnicky garden hose. Her mom slumped next to her, and there was no doubt in Claire’s mind that she and her mom were very different people. And then there was Cas.

He asked her permission of course, a whisper in the back of her head like a friend checking on you at a sleepover. Quiet, comforting, familiar, startling. All at once. I can save your family. Let me help. Please, Claire, don’t be afraid. You’re not like other girls. You’re devout, you’re special. It’s in your blood. You and I, we could be the same. 

And then she and Cas were the same, for a few moments. The pain was excruciating, the light was too much, but the cool certainty that flooded through her felt correct. Something about the angel’s… presence felt like her more than she felt like her. Not that she would ever tell Castiel that.

You’re not like other girls. 

Fuck, there are some sentences you just don’t forget. 

It’s nothing against them; it’s just a sin.

Hey new girl, where’d you get your outfit? The dumpster out back of Hot Topic?

You’re not like other girls.

Claire, I’ll be back for you; I promise.

A couple doll lives later, she was on her own. She’d finally left her last foster home, was no longer legally obligated to show up to the sweat-smelling hellish halls of high school, and she was going to find her mom. 

The first thought she’d had when she saw Castiel was Dad, immediately followed by pain, and not from the freaking stitches in the back of her head. And then she saw Dean, which brought more anger, and a weird amount of insecurity she didn’t know what to do with.

Every time Dean trusts her with something, gives her a little bit of agency, it feels like victory. She finds herself mimicking his movements, his mannerisms, trying to tie her own curves and long hair into whatever the hell kind of swagger Dean Winchester has. She kinda likes the guy when he wasn’t being an axe-murdering dickwad. He’s kind of a dork.

“It's in the hole! It's in the hole! Bill Murray? ‘Caddyshack.’ It's a classic.”

Claire looks at him blankly. Wasn’t that from like… the 80s? Do things get more boring than golf in the 80s? “Never seen it. Not a fan.”

He takes it as a personal insult. “How dare you.”

“You done?”

“Yeah, I'm done. I'm done with your whole generation.”

Claire grins a little, happy that she got a rise out of the guy. She feels comfortable with Dean in a way she hasn’t felt with anybody in a long time, and she’s pretty sure that’s for a reason. She sinks her next putt and turns to Dean. “Did you ... did you see that? Did that go in the hole? I wasn't watching. Did the ball go in the hole?”

He bitches and pouts. “‘Happy Gilmore.’ Well played.”

Claire preens. “Thank you. Mm.” She’s so pleased with herself she doesn’t even go after Dean for mimicking her after she walks away, even though she can hear him. Let the wounded pride simmer.

“You’ve got to watch ‘Caddyshack,’ kid, seriously. It’s a fucking fantastic movie.” She gives him a look. He tries again, holding his putter as he gesticulates. “And don’t ask me why, but Bill Murray in that movie? I was jealous as hell of him.”

They snort. “Of Bill Murray?”

He nods, lines up another shot through a tiny windmill. It bounces straight back to him and he swears. “Fuck. Yeah, of Bill Murray. Boots, rolled up cargo pants, t-shirt, even the dumbass bucket hat. I wanted his gender shit so bad.”

Claire blinks. Dean’s made his shot and he’s looking at her expectantly. They reluctantly step up to the plate. “That’s a thing?” That’s what it is. That’s what it is; that’s what it is. Several pieces she’d been figuring out all slot into place. 

Dean laughs when the windmill flings Claire’s ball into the decorative rocks. She flips him off, and he laughs harder. “Mulligan. That didn’t count.”

“Oh, nuh-uh, you can’t do that.”

“Everybody gets a mulligan! Sacred rule of minigolf, old man, and you know it. Fuck off and give me my ball.” He hands it over and she putts again. Hole in one, motherfucker. Ha. 

They have a rousing game of mini-golf, and then Claire really becomes an orphan. They’re on their own again. But this time, with a dorky little stuffed animal in her duffle, a knife in her boot, and a little more figured out, she feels a little less alone.

[charaznablescanontoyota]

crime quill and moody + [free space]?

The Polyhedron is - loud, in a word. Overstimulating, if Quill had to pick two. The gaudy colors and fluorescent lights remind them of the Complex, maybe too much for comfort, and they instinctively shrink behind Moody on their way through the doors, like using hir as a human shield will do anything to block out the noises of arcade games and slot machines. This isn't the Red Lily. There's barely anything here that's obscured from the light, and that makes Quill trust it all much, much less.

"You know," Moody says, eyeing up a dealer in a hot pink vest as she passes by, "I do respect the fuckin' commitment to tackiness in this place. It's like a supervillain's lair that ate a Spencer's Gifts. Or a bowling alley someone tried to crossbreed with one of those blacklight minigolf places. I feel like someone's gonna round a corner and start explaining the rules of laser tag to me."

Quill squints at the mezzanine and the staircases that lead up to it, but chiefly at the tinted-glass tanks that flank the staircases, dark shapes cutting through the water within. "Are those -"

"They sure fuckin' are," Moody says gleefully. "I didn't say supervillain for nothing."

"If you leave me alone here," Quill mutters, linking their arm through Moody's, "I'll kill you."

It's a joke but it's not a joke. Moody doesn't laugh it off immediately, which means ze probably gets it on some level. Or ze's trying to get it, at least, and Quill will take that.

"You know, you can wait outside if it gets to you that bad," Moody says. "Or head over to the Lily. Or hitch a ride back home."

"I'm supposed to be getting out more," Quill sighs. "That was the whole point."

"Well, Quilliam, you shoulda asked where we were off to before you tagged along and set foot into boardwalk arcade purgatory."

"I did ask!" Quill leans into Moody's side on the way up the stairs, passing so many other people and snippets of conversations that it all starts to blend together in one formless mass. Quill tries not to focus too hard on much besides Moody. "All you said was, 'I got a business thing at the Polyhedron, wanna tag along?'"

"Shoulda been more specific," Moody says, sagely. "I'll try and conduct all my business in dimly lit coffee shops that don't play any music from now on, how's that?"

"Much better, thank you," Quill fires back at hir. It makes hir laugh, at least, and there's some satisfaction in that.

"You gonna sit in on my meeting, or am I gonna leave you out here with the sharks?" Moody asks, digging an elbow into their side. Quill looks up at hir, eyebrows arched high and quizzical.

"I'm allowed in the meeting?"

"We-e-ell, we won't tell Hiroto." Moody grins. It's a grin that says Hiroto is absolutely going to find out about this at some point, and probably be annoyed, but that point is so far off that it doesn't warrant caring about at the moment. "And it beats staring at sharks for an hour, probably. And you did say you'd kill me for leaving you alone so - you know, I'm getting some mixed messages here."

Quill chances a smile. "I think you might be underselling the sharks, is all."

"Trust me, the sharks get boring after, like, five minutes." Moody shifts, wraps an arm around their shoulders to steer them across the mezzanine and towards parts unknown. "Meeting with actual criminals? Way cooler. We have gotta get you better priorities, Quilliam."

"Hm," Quill says. "Maybe so."

[chilly-me-softly]

Going to the crazy golf bar in Leicester with james, ben , harvey and some england nt lads ( your james’ girlfriend) and you’re really bad at golf so james is helping yiu and while you go to the toilet he tells the lads to lwt you win and at the end of the night your really happy

When the meeting spot is Leicester, the minigolf is a must. Have a good beer and have fun, a nice way to spend an afternoon with friends.

And the invitation is extended to you too this time, James begs you as even some guys from the national team will join you and would like to see you again. 

But you are reticent because, even though you have a lot of fun, you are a loser at golf and lose miserably with James is one thing. But doing it in front of all his friends is another.

But James really wants you there and so with the promise to cover your possible discomfort, you put on something comfortable and on time you are in front of the building.

The others don't take long to arrive and after the usual greetings you go to take your place and after the first beer start to play. You're ready to do your usual stuff when you feel someone standing behind you, and shrugging, James helps you get through the first shot. And you kiss his cheek despite the guys complaining jokingly that you're cheating. And after a few holes you're not that badly ranked, always with James' help.

"Well guys, since I'll have to wait an eternity for my turn I'm heading to the bathroom" and James looks at you until you turn the corner before returning to focus on the guys. "I have something to ask you"

"Shoot"

"Could you let her win? She's a little down because she thinks she's a loser-"

"She's" Ben chuckles and James shakes his head. "So?"

"Won't she know we're cheating?" asks Harvey for everyone.

"Nah, let me do it" and during the game, when you're busy doing something else, the guy more or less sabotages everyone -slight hits on the arms to lose momentum or something- so at the end of the game you are given the small cup of the winner.

And the smile on your lips on the way home is something he will hardly take off his head, while you jump from side to side because you can add the little cup to the cup shelf, contributing to your collection.

I owe you guys a beer. In your instagram story you publish some photos of the evening, a special message in the last one tagging everyone and making it clear that after all you appreciated the gesture.

[firesign23]

19!

Any new fics to start next year

My planned focus, subject to change:

When yonder is done, I’ll work on the Persuasion AU. That’s my “heavier” fic path, the ones I focus on but intersperse with easier to write things.

Lighter fics, in approximate order: Minigolf winter fic, some prompts, expanding the Brienne/Addam universe via ficlets, Minigolf bachelor auction, Cocks and Robbers, then... some more mingolf fics, possibly a Cocks and Robbers prequel if I’m feeling ridiculous, the 1920s GoT/Miss Fisher crossover action-adventure mystery fics that should be SUPER fun and also SUPER HARD.

And all of this depends on how long it takes me to see the Miss Fisher movie, and how the movie plays out. If there is a plot point I think there might be... it’s hard to say. It might give me the angle I need for an abandoned casefic and everything will get upended. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

fanfic end of the year asks  

[shrapnelstars]

Switch eshop needs either user reviews or forced demos for all titles. This is the third time I’ve been tricked into buying an overpriced mobile port with lootboxes hastily coded to be free, or a Unity asset flip with only like 3 levels and shitty, untested physics and mechanics.

I’m really fucking mad about this. One game was a $50 shitty mobile port that touted itself as a regular console game that hadn’t been released before, another was a $10 golf game claiming to have 135 stages, but it was counting the difficulty levels of each stage as separate, so there were maybe 10 or so levels overall. I beat all the stages in 40 fucking minutes. Then there was the $20 golf game with shit physics that would respawn your ball outside the map so there was no way to finish the course, and it did that to me several times.

The last minigolf game I bought was actually somewhat good, but it’s so damned obvious that they meant to have microtransactions in it and then had to take them out at the last second. You can get these lootboxes that have “points” towards a random customization aspect for your character, but the premium currency is earned in-game by doing little cheevo missions. Not only is it a golf game where your stupid character doesn’t matter because you need to focus on the ball the whole time, but why can’t I just buy the items I want directly with the game currency, since no real world money is involved? Why do I have to go through lootboxes and pray to RNGsus that I get hair points to change my hair, or ball points to change my ball, the ONLY CUSTOMIZATION ITEM THAT TRULY MATTERS IN A GOLF GAME!

All I want is a single player game with cute, fair puzzles, enough stages to justify the price, proper physics so the ball actually stops at some point after you hit it, and for the graphics to look better than an N64 proof-of-concept at a trade show.

And then Nintendo has the nerve to say “Haha, no refunds”. No wonder these shit peddlers are flocking to flood the eShop with absolute sludge.

[astroshad]

1, 6, 7, 18, and 28, please!

1. A lyric that makes you smile It’s getting kinda heavy…I don’t care, here’s a Chevy!And the Wacky World of MinigolfStarring Eugene Levy!-A Boy and His Boat (Starbomb)Every time I try to sing this song, I always can’t help but laugh during this part and it fucks up the whole thing. >  : T

6. A lyric that motivates youSo tonight, I’m riding a black unicornDown the side of an erupting volcanoAnd I drink, drink, drinkFrom a chalice filledWith the laughter of small children- Riding a Black Unicorn (Aurelio Voltaire)I used to listen to this song ALL THE TIME back in like 2015 and it kind of became one of the songs I listened to to feel better and be like “yea! im gonna be confident one day and be amazing!” I can’t post the lyrics to the whole song, but its basically (to me at least) a song about rising up against all obstacles and just being awesome!

7. A lyric that calms youfeet firm on the ground we stood hand in hand and i told the world i have a plan together we sangi’m ready now- I’m Ready Now (Dodie)I’m Ready Now is such a calm, chill song to begin with and I’ve been listening to it a lot lately cause it was in Moominvalley. For me, its kind of a “take a moment to breathe” song. Just focus on the song and let everything else just melt away.

18. A lyric that gives you hope I will find my wayI can go the distanceI’ll be there somedayIf I can be strong-Go the Distance (Hercules)Kind of similar to the Riding on a Black Unicorn entry. One day I’ll be the person i want to be.

28. A lyric that triggers a good memory Stamp on the groundJump, jump, jump, jumpMoving all aroundTep tep da dow- Stamp on the Ground (Italo Brothers)This song brings me back to 2011/2012 when i was REALLY into Metal Gear and Homestuck and getting into Bioshock. Those were really good times. The reason this song reminds me of that is cause of Zarla’s Stamp on the Ground animation, which has Metal Gear characters in it (and I used to watch it all the time back then). I don’t really know how to explain it, but hopefully someone understands what i mean when i say it was basically really good special interest memories? Like when you think back on a special interest and you get all : O  then : D because you remember exactly how you felt back then and just the magic of getting into a really good special interest. I feel like im rambling, but whatever!