#S tier

[applepixls]

scar said in double life that every other season him and grian are s tier. well in secret life they weren't together but scar managed to kill a load of people and win and grian was one of the last yellows and did really well in the 1v3 against gem and the scotts

so yeah. grian and scar are s tier every other season

[sodajerking]

Dr Pepper Creamy coconut

Okay so the lady at the food truck by my apartment has started to recognize me. I was there to get chai with my friend hours before I bought this drink and she said "what no sandwich?" And I had to sheepishly confess that I was coming back later that evening for a sandwich and butter chicken fries. I'm not sure if I want to be recognized for my food truck addiction but I can't help that I am drawn to 10$ street food like a moth to a spitting flame.

And on the subject of allure that seems to surpass free will, I am also drawn to dr Pepper limited edition flavours.

Regarding dr Pepper, I've expressed this in the past but I do not consider it an alternative to coke or Pepsi and resent it's inclusion in such arguments. Dr Pepper has loftier ambitions than being a mere cola, it has a fruity cherry sweetness hidden amongst those 23 flavours, and teases with a subtle creaminess of a root beer without daring to be so boldly medicinal. Of the more readily available soft drinks, it's easily one of the best, and was my cherished source of many calories in college. I refuse to try diet dr pepper because I sincerely worry that it's lustrous flavour is delicate stack of gold foils that would collapse by the wind of aspartame.

But I digress; needless to say, I will try any new iteration of the good doctor, simply because I strongly believe that on the rare occasion the cocacola corporation dares to play with such a perfect recipe, it is never a mere novelty but a careful consideration of precisely what concoction of syrups will be most harmonious with those 23 flavours.

This can was no exception. The slight creaminess of original doctor pepper plays so perfectly off the coconut that you'd think there was some kind of fat in this drink, as other coconut sodas I've mentioned in the past have done for their creaminess, but no oils are found swimming in it's depths. I would only critique the fact that the coconut taste here is muted by the dr pepper taste. I happen to love coconut so I wish it was stronger, but i do worry that making it stronger would make this an altogether different drink so perhaps it's already perfect.

S tier though not as good as the 3$ food truck chai

[escaped-cryptid]

Rare Pair?

No rare fandom *epic guitar solo*

[bos0rka]

[pinelessmelody]

Alex: "I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy" I would. Pussy

Ohio: "I'm not gonna sink to their level" I will. Coward.

Morgan: "I'm the bigger person" I'm 150 cm tall. Give me the gun bitch.

[sirartwork]

Trick-or-treat!!!a

I appreciate the last-minute hustle! Happy Halloween!

[angeart]

fic recs

speaking of fanfic tropes, i was meaning to make a post about my absolutely favoritestest fics that live in my heart rent free.

in no particular order:

• you came at the brink of the end of the world

[AO3 link] - by anonymous

currently unfinished at 84k words and 21/? chapters

insane about this one. insane. it's beautifully written and scar calls grian trouble (best thing ever and nobody can convince me otherwise) and grian is a bundle of unknown magic and memory loss and trauma and it's just overall great. trust me.

this is from the official fic description:

[grian is falling from the sky, scar has more magic in his blood than he realized, and everyone else is so much better at seeing than they are]

tags include strangers to lovers, slow burn, hurt/comfort, memory alteration, pining, found family...

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• and like an arrow, you broke me down.

[AO3 link] - by mochiwrites

currently unfinished at 81k words and 14/? chapters

traumatised sad birb grian gets thrown straight from the grief of 3rd life into the middle of last life. of course the first thing he does is get away from southlands (martyn???) and beelines for scar. there's confusion and emotional damage and man. it hits hard and it's wonderful and i absolutely love this one. also a beautifully written fic (yes i'll say this for all of these bECAUSE THEY ARE!)

tags include angst, hurt/comfort, PTSD, survivor guilt, protective scar/grian, touch-starved scar, and canon typical things like violence and referenced suicide

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• closer to another shore

[AO3 link] - by remrose

currently finished at 56k words and 15/15 chapters

this one is sooo heartfelt and heartwrenching and sad and good and. it just makes you feel things. the way they delicately navigate around each other. the way it all goes up in flames anyway because they can't have it any other way. the way their steps keep bringing them inevitably back together.

scar and grian start as exes, with the circumstances of their break up murky and mysterious. and scar needs help, and grian offers himself.

there's a lot of pain and guilt and weakness (because how can they help but be weak towards each other?) it's wistful and tragic and hopeful. it's. it's something. (and did i mention it's beautifully written?) (it is) (just go read it really.)

(i'll also throw this bait at you. this bit. this: Grian was the absolute most infuriating man Scar knew. It was a shame he loved him to death.)

tags include soul bound, mating rituals, panic attacks and anxiety, hurt/comfort, chronic illness, insomnia, guilt, slow burn

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• lost in the dark (he's got a heavy heart)

[AO3 link] - by definitelynotshouting

currently unfinished at 51k words and 9/? chapters

this one. THIS ONE. gosh where do i even begin. there are some deep, raw, self destructive feelings here. grian is a watcher in the sense that he is a creature that feeds on emotions, and he's dangerous and starving, and things have gone so very wrong. he just doesn't want to hurt anyone ever again. he's going to do everything he can to take himself out of the picture just to prevent that. (yeah this one is HEAVY.)

the writing. the writing. it's so so so beautiful. i know i keep gushing about the same thing for all of these fics, but. there's something so intricate and pretty in the way the words are woven in this one. i'm absolutelly entraced by the language. it's so pretty.

this is the hunger au if any of you are familiar with that name.

like i said, this one is a whole different kind of heavy. tags include angst, hurt/comfort, suicide attempt, starvation, eating disorders, body horror, trauma, self-harm, injury... (the light at the end of the tunnel is the recovery tag mkay)

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if you go read any of them, make sure to look over AO3 ratings and warnings and tags for cw/tw stuff!

[ddenryu]

GUYS. WAKE THE FUCK UPPP HES SO BEAUTFIUL I NEED HIM PLEASEEE HES THE MOST GORGEUS THING I HAVE EVER SEEN

[painted-bees]

"hey bees, how good are you at Splatoon3?" I main sploosh-o-matic and I hope they bring back Moray Towers :)

[angeldrawsabit]

I have a feeling that every year on Alex and Morgan’s anniversary, Alex doesn’t do anything villainous, so the heroes are like “wtf is with this one day that they don’t do anything on”

And they end up coming up with the stupidest shit like:

1. Alex is a werewolf, but only annually

2. Alex has a 1-year lifespan but has hundreds of frozen clones and that’s thawing day

3. Alex is an alien that goes back to their home planet every year

4. Alex turns into a worm to fuck with the heroes because they find those worms on a string scattered around their office (Morgan’s idea)

[goldenpinof]

via amazingphil's stories, 29/03/2024

[its-bread-bitch]

Alex and Morgan really said “yeah but what if WE had the power of friendship?”

[youllnevertakemealivefuckers]

My friend dragged me into a new obsession with lighthouseraiders’ s and d tier content @smolsquishbean this is because of you

[if-anything-im-their-sidekick]

Honestly, I sometimes forget Alex is 2 for 2 on killing their wives

[pinelessmelody]

Alex (S tier) one day:

[swingsetindecember]

kdramas really get the horror of embarrassment. being embarrassed in front of not only your crush, team members, boss and barista? maybe even the mayor? chef's kiss. had to watch the scene through my fingers. hard to watch but unable to look away