#and monty is there too ^_^ yay

[microwavemoth]

free draw doodles

[bunnuela]

The 🐺🐊 besties! ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵖʳᵒᵇᵃᵇˡʸ ᶠᶦᵍʰᵗ ᵃˡˡ ᵗʰᵉ ᵗᶦᵐᵉ

[gay-for-the-snz]

Day 5: Rogue Organ (tonsils, spleen, appendix, gall bladder, etc…) [M, cold]

The return of Monty! It's nice to get to write him again and return him to the scene. I had fun playing around with the way they interact, and also the way that Joseph is perceived by the people around him! 2.2k

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In all of the time he has known Dr. Valentine, he's never walked into his office and received no acknowledgement at all. He awkwardly drops his bag down beside his desk chair, leans it up against the corner to prop it up.

"Good morning, Dr. Valentine."

The man in question turns in his chair, his cheeks slightly flushed. He's never seen him blush before, but it kind of...looks like he might be? He doesn't reply immediately, just clears his throat in a way that sounds painful.

"Doctor--"

He holds up a hand to silence him, and clears his throat again. He leans close, uncomfortably so, and gestures towards his throat, fingertips gently touching his skin. "Laryngitis." His voice is thin and hoarse, hardly even a whisper.

"Oh. I'm sorry." He doesn't know what else to say, but mirrors the action to touch his own throat. "Viral or overuse?"

The good doctor looks pained by the acknowledgement, and scribbles on the notepad laying on his desk. Clearly he'd prepared for this before he got in. 'VIRAL' says the absolutely perfect penmanship. He's mused before that he could probably use Dr. Valentine's handwriting to teach printing to kids like in those booklets. The man writes like a typewriter, utterly pristine in a way that's difficult to reconcile with the typical handwriting associated with the profession. He realizes, when he slightly jiggles the notepad to display it again to make sure that he's seen it, that he's just neglected to respond.

"Ah." Well, that was a lame response. "That's a shame. Are you feeling alright otherwise?"

He's not a man given to really shrugging much, but he does so now. 'MINOR COLD' is all he writes in response.

It's clearly bothering him, not being able to say anything or do anything with his voice, but he's got that weird, steely resolve to not want to show any sort of...anything. Dr. Valentine's a man who would rather not let a single person know literally anything about him. Not his birthday, not his favorite color, not anything about him whatsoever. He doesn't even like people knowing that he takes his coffee black, so it isn't really surprising to know that he doesn't want to acknowledge much regarding his own condition.

"I was about to go get myself some coffee, do you want tea while I'm up?" He shakes his head, and that's not a surprise either. "Suit yourself."

The break room is kind of a far walk, but that doesn't stop him from actually wanting to walk over there. It's nice to be able to go get himself some coffee when he wants to, and it's also nice to be able to just take himself for a stroll whenever he feels like it. There's a soft hum of people walking around in their routines, and it's beautiful to be able to watch them do their things.

He's actually fucking shaking, though, by the time he's on his way back with the coffee--and a tea, that he didn't ask for but is getting anyway--because the realization dawns on him that if Dr. Valentine isn't able to speak, that means that the duty of lecturing is going to be falling onto him. He hates public speaking. And, equally importantly, Dr. Valentine hates giving up control.

He shoulders open the door to the office, and sets the tea down pointedly on the corner of the desk to preempt the argument he knows is coming. "I know you said you didn't want it, but I decided you did."

The look he receives is absolutely venomous, and he is FURIOUSLY scribbling on that notepad. It must be painful for him to not be able to say anything off the cuff--he's a man who's composed of quips, and stinging responses, and barbed witticisms that rely on timing for their effectiveness. It undercuts him to be reduced to writing on a notepad instead of speaking over him to cut him off.

He hadn't realized, really, how much of this man's authority was centered around that. Not that he doesn't carry an authority now--he looks like someone who was born to stand on a balcony overlooking a party like a Bond villain--but that cold silence doesn't necessarily carry the same sort of weight to it when he can't immediately back it up. He is not a man whose authority can rely on his bulk, he is not someone who is physically daunting in the way he looms above others.

No. It is his voice that he uses with such precision to overrule others. He carries himself in such a way that no one doubts that he is the one in charge. When he walks into a room, others fall into silence as they await him. The fact that he's now victim to that same silence just makes him look...tired. He looks old, and small in a way that's so unnatural and jarring. It stirs pity somewhere inside of him to see, which he knows is the last thing on earth the doctor wants from him.

"Anyway," he says, as a way of attempting to break the tension, "I'm assuming that you're going to need...assistance with today's lectures?"

Dr. Valentine looks like he wants to say something, but he just sits there in stony silence, staring at him. He's about to ask the question again, until he realizes why he's been silent. He twists aside with a gasp and ducks into his elbow with a sneeze that sounds absolutely miserable--and ridiculous. It lacks the sharp, harsh sound it usually has, more leaned hoarse and squeaky in a way that makes them both wince just hearing it.

He looks like it hurt his throat, and that seems right--he always sneezes so harsh and loud and rough, the sound of it alone always makes him think that it must hurt his throat just to have happen, but especially now that he's certainly already sore and miserable. "Bless you--"

He shakes his head, holding up a finger to bid him silence, even as his features contort into a snarl of irritation, before he ducks down into his sleeve a second time with a pair of them. He holds that position for a moment more, before he finally sighs and drops his arm with a liquidy sniffle.

"Bless you!"

Dr. Valentine looks irritated by the blessing, but he doesn't say anything to overrule it. This time. Perhaps he will later, should there be a repeat occurrence, and he wouldn't be shocked if it does. He takes a couple of tissues from the box on the corner of his desk, and blows his nose.

"Anyway," he tries again, "are you...going to be canceling your lectures, or is it going to be me behind the lectern today?"

He sniffs wetly, again, and scribbles on his notepad. YOU HAVE MY NOTES, AND WILL BE LEADING LECTURE TODAY.

"Oh! Right, I can do that. You've left me the notes, then?"

ALWAYS.

"And you're going to be haunting your desk as well, then?"

AS I ALWAYS DO.

"Good. I guess we'll have to, uh, sort of look through everything real quick before I go up there, so we can potentially check everything out and get prepped for it." He is distinctly aware, as he looks at the man glowering behind his desk, that he's going to be doing this lecture with a man who's going to be sitting behind the desk like a gargoyle the whole time he's speaking.

The gargoyle in question is currently tending to his nose (again) as he drops a stack of printed lecture slides onto the desk, neatly stacked together and annotated on each page, so it seems. That's nice of him. None of this prep work looks like something he could possibly have done terribly recently, it's too thorough. Clearly he decided sometime this morning--or, potentially, last night even--that he wouldn't be able to do anything today with his voice in the condition that it's in. Perhaps he's been sicker for longer than he's wanted to admit.

He wonders what it's like for him at home. He's unmarried now--he knows that much, as does everybody else in this school. Nor does he see anybody else ever usually really spending any time around the doctor. He's always pretty isolated, cloistered in this office. He goes to this office, or to the classroom, and then to home.

He wonders if when he goes home, he's lonely. If he's doing anything to take care of himself, or if he's merely ignoring it and letting it run its course. Is he taking care of himself? Does he miss having someone else in his home?

He must catch him staring, because he leans forward and strains his voice, against certainly his own advice, to be able to whisper. "Why are you staring at me and not your lecture?"

"I was just thinking about the, uh, lecture later." He takes a sip of his coffee, paled to a soft beige that can really barely even be considered coffee anymore, and watches the doctor finally take a sip of his tea. "Is the tea fine? I figured the peppermint one might be somewhat soothing."

He nods, faintly, and Monty knows he's not going to really be getting anything better than that. That's high praise and acknowledgement to receive from a man who's built a reputation on being cold and impenetrable. And, for the most part, he's lived up to it for that as being truth.

"Good, I'm glad." He idly flips through the lecture pages, trying to make him feel like he's actually doing something important here instead of just staring at his employer and psychoanalyzing him. "I hope that--I know, I can already tell that you're going to dislike hearing this from me--and I want you to know I also know that you're not going to like it--but I hope that you're able to recover soon."

He's right, about the fact that there is nothing Dr. Valentine wants less than to be fussed over or pitied in some degree, but he seems to begrudgingly accept it, if only because he can't really avoid hearing it be said. His hand hovers over the notepad, marker uncapped, for a couple tentative seconds, before he commits pen to paper.

THANK YOU.

It's surprising to receive a concession like this from him, and it actually warms his heart a little. "You're welcome." He returns to the task at hand, a more quiet understanding sitting between them. It's good to feel more appreciated for once, to know that Dr. Valentine is actually seeming to notice his efforts in a way that he's able to really appreciate as well.

The doctor is carefully annotating his own stack of papers over on his side of the office, attempting to balance this with the tissues he's got pressed to his nose for the time being. He looks like he's probably going to want to sneeze again. More than that, he looks like that paper travel cup of tea on the desk is going to need to be joined again by another at some point.

"You're prone to this?"

He looks surprised by the question, his face betraying the feeling.

"I was just wondering, because you didn't seem too surprised by the laryngitis. It doesn't seem like this is the first time you've suffered this particular rogue organ." He taps his pen along the page, coyly refusing eye contact as he speaks. "So that would, reasonably, mean that you're either used to this, or...that you've been sick for longer than you've wanted to let on, and had the advanced notice to plan my taking over today. Not there's any shame in either, of course. Just an observation. You know, like how you always urge us to be keeping our eyes open for patterns to be sharper practitioners."

Oh, he's going to kill him. He's certain that the only thing that's stopping him from snapping at him to get out of this office--and all manner of other nasty things--is the fact that he cannot physically do so right now.

Or, perhaps, it's the fact that he doesn't get any further into it than opening his mouth to attempt to anyway, before he's muffling a racking fit of coughs into his sleeve. It isn't the wet, hacking  sort he'd fear was indicative of something more serious. No, this is the dry, ticklish and irritated sort that sounds pretty normal to be accompanying the laryngitis he's already copped to.

He politely averts his eyes, because as much as he's kind of enjoying being a little shit when the professor can't do anything about it, he does feel sorta bad about taking advantage of it, or for being a voyeur in this way. He doesn't dislike him in any way, nor does he actually derive any pleasure from the ailment itself. This particular symptom makes him feel the need to clear his own throat sympathetically.

The fit tapers off with an uncomfortable sort of gasp--not quite a wheeze, but inching uncomfortably close into that territory. He wordlessly takes the tea, defeated by himself in this moment, and drains it with the air of a man who knows he's getting his ass kicked by something that was definitely supposed to be minor. Something easily dealt with and worked around, which is doing everything in its power to become something much more.

With a resigned weariness, he takes the now empty cup and trudges out of the office to begin what will, by all accounts, become the day's routine in refilling it.

[itsdb97]

movinf into my bf's apartment. it has 2 bathrooms & a balcony. ugly crying

[immortaledd]

TheatreGolf Comic - “Shut Eye”

“Kiss the brick! Kiss the brick!!” THESE ARE MY KISSES. TAKE IT LIKE A MAN! /J

Ughh I just need to sit down and right a 400 page fanfiction about the grotesque events that happen in Ruin’s past. I have SO much fan-lore and theories based off in-show implications, dude.

This being one of them,

Monty along with the rest of Ruin’s friends were often locked up in separate cells. This was to keep them apart in case they’d try to kill each other. If they were getting too violent in their cells, they could be forced offline for a time until they were needed. Say, a city raid or government involved battle.

Ruin has very limited free time when it comes to being a front-line solider, but when he gets a chance - and EVERY chance, he’d visit his friends and try to calm them. If they were ever force offline, he would try to soothe them before they dropped. He’d ramble or vent to the muffled and distorted screams around him - just to drown out his thoughts out loud in a place his Creator wouldn’t hear, and even show off little things he’d find to his friends when they were a bit more sentient.

The barriers in cells are closely related to those one cells in Steven Universe (because it’s the BEST CELL DESIGN EVER). It disrupts coding, burns through silicone, metal, and plastic…and is just downright agonizing to touch. It would take a lot of willpower for them to power through it, but most of them prioritize survival first. Except Monty - so he’d be the first to break out. Luckily for the Creator, Ruin’s little visits are keeping Monty at bay. Yay! [Fuck you. - Ruin]

Ruin considers trying to break down that barrier himself…whether by hacking or brute force. He’s never gotten a full conclusion, so he just toys with it like a vaccine. It hurts like hell, but anything to get a few inches closer to his zombie husband.

He has, in fact, caused himself numerous injuries for this. He literally loses a SECOND finger in this comic…great job, Ruin. Can’t wait to tell Creator.

[that-fox-thing]

Hi I'm a new follower but I love your work and what you do for Eaps. So originally I thought you were an adult (young adult at least) but looking at your profile now I see your a minor as well. So I was wondering if you have any tips for drawing, Digital,traditional i'll take what you offer. And how do you draw the animal anamotronics I'm still struggling and I want to draw The gay yaoi T-T

•General tips, I suggest using free online tutorials (either on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, etc), mainly anatomy, color and line confidence. Keep practicing and make mental notes on what you like and what you would want to improve, then look for more on that topic and repeat. That’s what I did at least

•For the animatronics I did this ‘tutorial’. I also struggle drawing the more animal looking ones and this is just from what I’ve learned. Don’t take it too seriously I’m just a teen who likes to draw in the end ^^’

Used Monty as the example cuz yaoi (yay)

[spaghettiwrynn]

willtresor nation how we feeling

I come bringing offerings of edit and lyric analysis cause it just FITS THEM

//there is no official meaning, one of the popular theories is it's about an interracial couple during times of segregation so it works with gay people in the 1900s pretty well too//

"what happened to your good sense? I broke down that man's good"

Will blames himself for Monty's violent behaviour towards him time after time again. Despite realizing he's toxic towards him he stays all the same.

"that mother who broke her daughter's legs in two and said it's too dangerous out there so, I had to save you."

Montresor's mother is trying to help him in the flashback but makes everything worse without even really realizing she's harming him. Also, to point out the obvious, his leg is broken in this scene.

"where did you find his shoes, the lock of my hair?"

This one's just silly, but Will has a habit of losing things, he's also missing a slipper in chapter 120.

"all we did was kiss, on my grave I swear."

I realized while editing that she's swearing on her grave, not that they kissed on her grave, but in a more literal sense, they kissed shortly before Will died in the same spot. Montresor has religious trauma so... you can bet on him feeling like that crossed some kind of religious boundary, even though he's an atheist now he'll still feel conflicted about kissing a man.

Not in the edit but other lyrics from this:

"my mother says that I will surely go to hell, please be a good man, please say you won't tell."

Period-typical homophobia anyone? This applies to both for obvious reasons, but Will actually had the courage to act for once instead of blindly following his orders, kissing Montresor, who, again, has religious trauma (yay, even more homophobia from the church!). Again, taking it really literally, if Montresor's mother knew about this, she'd tell him he'll go to hell, and considering the time period it's safe to assume the same would happen with Will. Less literally, they'd be worried about getting rejected by everyone else if they knew about this.

Uhh... spaghetti out?

[taeaura]

Hey! I really like your posts.(Sorry for my bad English💔💔💔) And I feel so awkward asking you something..😭 Well, in general I was interested. Thomas is a very closed person and I was interested if it is AT ALL possible to get closer to him. Like, is this even possible? What would he value in a person? Or maybe there would be some rules when communicating with him and his family? Sorry if my question sounds stupid💔

Hi! Don't worry, your English is very good! This question isn't stupid at all - I think it's wonderful! Plus, it gives me more to work with which I always appreciate. I took this as an opportunity to introduce what life would be like as a Hewitt "guest" - Which I will expand on in future posts 🫀

Surviving Thomas {Hewitt} + The Family

Yay! You’ve survived the Hewitts - A real accomplishment if you ask me. Sure, you’re scratched up, bleeding, and traumatized but you’re alive, aren’t you? {Would’ve been better to die, but..can’t do much about that now.}

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The Family

Communicating with the family? That's not gonna be as hard. Submission and respect is what they accept - Nothing but. 

First of all, you’re not automatically “family” just because you survived - You’re a “guest” captive. You’ll join them for dinner, you will NOT interrupt prayer; You’ll do chores, specifically the tedious or strenuous ones: Cleaning bathrooms, helping with laundry, dusting {the house definitely needs it}, getting Thomas for dinner, tending to the animals, dishes, ironing clothes - Anything to help the family. You will do as you’re told. If you don’t, they won’t hesitate to penalize you. 

Be prepared to give up all your belongings and morals. Everything they want, they’ll get. Books, clothing, food, MONEY, it’s theirs. If you have weapons, Hoyt is taking those IMMEDIATELY - They’re his now.  

You will eat. Do not waste food, time, money, anything. The Hewitts have little as is, don’t decrease their chances of survival. 

If you’re fem-presenting, watch for Hoyt and Monty. Both are sexual deviants with no respect for women outside the family. From what I’ve seen in the films, Hoyt tends to prefer blondes - I don’t see Monty as caring too much. Just like he did with Erin, Monty will ask for “help” when you two are alone. 

“Can you help me grab that?” - “Could you help me get up?” - “Could you pick this up for me?” 

Anything that gives him room to grope. He’ll try to trip you and lift your clothes with his cane, too. 

Back to Hoyt,

Hoyt’s a piece of shit, but he’s not as bad once you’re “family.” It’ll start off very rocky - Calling you slurs, being physically, verbally, mentally, emotionally abusive, trying to grope and rub-up you {if you’re fem-presenting}, VERY little trust, and lots of belittling remarks. 

“I don’t know what {whoever spared you} saw in you” - “One word, and I’ll get Tommy to chop your pretty ass up n’ serve you on this very dining table” - “What the hell are you doing? You ain’t doing it right..asshole” - Lots of comparisons to livestock and hookers, and lots of “you fucking idiot!”

Once he's gotten used to you, he'll respect you a bit more. {If you've gotten close to Luda Mae or Thomas, he'll calm down}. If you're not a straight white woman, he'll call you a slur and frame it as a joke - It's not. He respects those who're part of the family, but that doesn't mean he wont ridicule you when you {or a victim} pisses him off. The easiest way to gain his respect is work. When he sees you working your ass off for the family, he'll slowly but surely gain respect for you. It may not seem like it, but Hoyt Charlie does care. He'll protect you from whatever once you're part of the family..but he'll still be 'tough love'.

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You’ll have the best luck with Henrietta - She’s the least likely to get violent or judgy if you aren’t judgemental to her. You won’t see her too often - But when you do, don’t get confrontational {this goes for every family member}. The Tea Lady {Kathryn} Won’t do much harm either. She’s not too confrontational, only minor teasing with other family members. When she comes over for tea with Luda Mae, don’t interrupt unless you’re spoken to.

OFFER AS MUCH AS YOU CAN !! If you see Luda doing housework, offer to help. At the scene around 1:12:00 in TCM: The Beginning, when Hoyt’s in the kitchen with Luda Mae - At around 1:12:20 when she says “I’ll go set the table”, it would be best if YOU offered to set the table. Preferably before she announces that she will. Recognize their routine, incorporate yourself by helping out when you can. 

One of the biggest, most influential things you could do is warn the family when something happens. For example; in TCM:The Beginning, at around 1:16:55 {when Chrissie grabs the knife?} You should immediately either A.) Tell Hoyt; Or B.) Run after/Yell for Thomas. This will prove to them that you care about the family, their safety, and how they operate. That will automatically bring you closer to becoming a “member” of the family. 

It’s easier to become part of the family if you’re: A woman {Luda wants a daughter}, a Christian, submissive, quiet, hardworking, or NICE TO THOMAS !! 

This doesn’t mean you have to compliment Thomas or be attracted to him - Just don’t alienate him, stare excessively, or give him judgmental looks / remarks. 

{if you’ve gotten close to Luda Mae} 

When she starts talking about Tommy, that’s a good sign. ESPECIALLY in relation to you.

“Y'know, Tommy’s really starting to take a liking to you.” = He’s stayed up thinking about you. 

If she ever sends you to get Thomas, she’s trying to set you two up / get you two closer. If she likes you, she’ll connect you with Thomas. 

She’s pretty kind to you - But she’s still strict. No wasting food, no defiance, no secrets, no shaming of the family {especially Thomas}, do as you’re told. If you’re not busy, she’ll invite you to join her and Kathryn for tea sometimes. {Especially if you’re in a relationship with Thomas, they wanna know everything most things}. 

Jedidiah just wants a friend. He's a lonely boy who will happily draw you {please praise it, he needs some.} He gets hurt often {cuts, bruises, scabs}, he's outside a lot. You might be asked to babysit, which if you do, be prepared. He's a bit of a chatterbox if he likes you. Draw together, pose for his portraits, and let him ramble about whatever's on his mind. {You could try to get family information out of him, but butter him up first.} This will also help you get closer to Luda Mae and Thomas - Showing care for Jedidiah is a good sign that you're not a total asshole.

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Thomas

Thomas is closed off for a few reasons: Previous trauma, anxiety, insecurity, and "fear" of outsiders. One of the easiest ways to get closer to him is by showing respect to the family. If you don't cause chaos, he’ll be less antsy around you. Especially if you get close to his mother. Be patient with him, please. He’s trying his best. Leave him alone when he’s stressed or really upset - He’ll usually storm off to his room or the basement. He needs time to himself, be mindful of that. Thomas, in his nature, is introverted. This doesn’t mean he hates people - He’s just very cautious. 

You don’t necessarily have to compliment Thomas, but it’ll definitely help him weaken his guard. I.E; “I like your mask{s}” is a wonderful place to start. Even if you don’t like his masks, complimenting his work is the easiest way for him to reconsider how he views you. 

He LIVES for praise. {This connects to the compliments} - Compliment his strength, his stature, his craft, how he provides for the family. STAND UP FOR HIM !!! Oh my god, and PLEASE thank him for things. For example, if he gets something for you, please say ‘Thank you’, it’ll mean so much to him. He just needs lots of praise and appreciation. 

If you’re ever serving dinner, give him a bigger portion. He’ll appreciate it. 

If you ever find things he might like {CD’s, Jewelry, BONES, Needles, Thread} anything he can craft with, give it. It’ll further weaken his protective walls and show that you’re one of the very few people who’s genuinely interested in Thomas.

When attempting to have a conversation with Thomas, do it when he’s not busy - And when he’s not too tired. At the dinner table? Not the greatest option; Hoyt will be eavesdropping and Thomas is focused on eating. Maybe after dinner - If no “guests” are around. If you’re gonna ask him questions, it’s preferred if they’re ‘yes/no’ questions. Something easy and quick for him to answer. 

As soon as he starts loosening his guard, softening his gaze, staring at you / acknowledging you more, and doing things for you; You’re in. He’s semi-comfortable with you. When he’s really comfortable around you, he’ll treat you as if you’ve always been here. More touchy {depending on what type of relationship you two have}, open to conversation, less likely to guard his things; Just generally calmer around you. Oh, and he’ll be very protective :) {Hoyt and Monty will be deterred}.

Ask him how he's doing - He may not always respond but it's a start. Bring him water, don't get in the way of his work, give him his space, compliment / praise / acknowledge him, and let Thomas grow at his own pace. The best things take time, especially relationships {of any kind}. Mutual respect is key 🫀

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I hope this answers your question! If it doesn't {or you have more questions}, please let me know! Thank you for the ask <3

[naffeclipse]

NAAAAFFFF i just binged thru o’ medusa and im literally crying at how oblivious briar is LMAO. im eating it all up but it amuses me that briar’s whole thought process goes something like:

briar: i wonder what eclipse does in his room all day

eclipse, taking his 5th depression nap of the day: i crave death.

that gorgon has ISSUES 🤩🤩 i know he prolly hates himself and his entire existence due to his change to something so utterly inhuman, but that’s okay bc i’ll do all the loving for him <3 the entire time i was like omg how sebastian-core of him 💕😏 but anyways. this isnt about fish man LMAO

receiving that cloak from briar must have equal parts hurt and heartwarmed him bc like. on one hand yay a gift from someone who doesn’t want to hurt him/is not scared of him for once and in fact Cares enough to get it for him, but on the other hand it’s literally a soldier’s cloak iirc and that probably reminded him about who he once was. self loathing goes crazy ❤️ he’s gotta be tormenting himself constantly with how refined and polished his old armor is. oh to mourn for a life you no longer have…..

also, he’s probably so scarily good at concealing his footsteps. i have no doubt that he’s spent numerous times looking at briar from afar when theyre unaware LOLLL. him creeping about, staring at them like this ❤️👄❤️ and they would be none the wiser!!

and i fear i have a bias for his little snakes LOL they r so cute, all the details about them shifting closer to briar & gently giving them little snakes kisses with a flick of their tongues is soooo 😍😍 and the fact that they give away eclipse’s innermost feelings LMAOO does he get irked that they give him away constantly like that or has he resigned himself to it LOL

living by himself in the temple for two whole years must have left him terribly lonely and touch-starved too lol. also probably depleted his social skills if im being honest LMAO. it’s clear how important briar is to him now, especially since he waits for them to return whenever they go to the market. sometimes i gotta shake him for being so angsty and jaded tho LOLL but his emotions are valid i suppose. i too would curse the gods if they changed me into a monstrous being for whichever reason. my current theory is that it was puppet (and for Sure she’s gotta be the goddess of the temple; i had a feeling once the tiles of the courtyard were described as being black and white. and i think homar is probably henry) and eclipse is lying to briar about having “found” the temple in its destroyed state, but i dunno!

i swooned when he showed up to fight monty btw HAHA he was soo good with that sword, even after two years of not having touched it (most likely, i think). muscle memory serves him well. my heart went like this 💔 when he rushed to pick up monty’s glasses at the end and it ended up melting away tho💔💔 he was probably so hopeful at that moment sjjdkdkdd i have no doubt he wouldve given them to briar to use 😔 its okay tho, my heart mended itself with that little kiss he gave briar LOOLL i know what he is 🫵 (in love, terribly attached to briar—to lose them would ruin him beyond repair)

anyways, the extent to which i know about medusa lore just comes from the percy jackson books i read in middle school SOOO here are my current theories for how the ending could possibly go wrt the whole “turning people into stone” thing:

1) eclipse gets stabbed in the eyes or something of the sort in a final battle with this afton iteration 2) briar goes blind (unlikely tbh, given that the whole fic is already with them having the blindfold on) 3) magic glasses (since afton “built” monty and therefore also made those sunglasses that shielded monty against eclipse’s stone-turning powers, he likely has the power to create something of this sort again) 4) briar gets turned to stone BUT somehow they are able to reverse this with the help of klyta OR potentially puppet 5) briar somehow had the hidden ability to Not turn into stone the entire time (also unlikely, but those sheep had me Pondering) or they gain this ability later on 6) eclipse gets turned to stone (devastating, agonizing, my thumbs are pointed down). right now im leaning more towards theory 1, i think. it would be poetic, in a sense

also are the cats sun and moon LMAOOO i saw them added as characters in ao3’s tags and i was like. eyesquint. those r some suspicious cats. but they could also not be 🤷‍♀️ i am eager to see more of them, regardless 🙂‍↕️

anyways, kissing u on the head & rattling u. ily and i am sat waiting patiently for whatever else u have cooked up for hot gorgon guy <3

SHAYYYY I'M RATTLING YOU AHHHH!

Oblivious Y/Ns my beloved!! Briar really does not understand what might be happening with the guy who has snakes on his head, but they just keep wondering! But they can at least give him some of the love that he has gone without for a long, long time.

HE IS SO SEBASTIAN CORE ALDJSAFLSF LISTEN—I LIKE MY ANGSTY BOYS TO BE MONSTEROUS OKAY??

There is so much I want to blab about, especially from Eclipse's POV. There is so much BRAIR DOES NOT GET but that'll unravel soon enough hehe Oh to be gifted a very lovely soldier's cloak <3

I'm so happy you enjoy the snakes! They're actually little darlings, but Eclipse would never call them such lol but that's okay, Briar will! Eclipse has... a lot of feelings about his snakes, and not of them are positive PFFFT

FINALLY THE FIGHT SCENE YES! I've been waiting to write that for so long, and augh! I love showing off Eclipse! He's so skilled and cool, and he's going to have sore muscles having not doing that kind of work for two years but Briar can see now!! And ask some questions about it hehe

I AM STARING AT THE REST OF YOUR THOUGHTS/THEORIES! I'm foaming at the mouth actually but I'm trying to be so so normal, I swear! Those will all come in due time, but ohhh, I love to read theories!

Ahhh, rattling you some more! Thank you so much for reading! I can't wait to read more of your work and I'll hop on my own writing hehe <333

[stardusttheatergators]

Forest Exploration On A Cloudy Day

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Elena and Terry had both agreed to go explore their new environment, having never really been in a forest before now.

Got everything?

Uh huh! I even packed a flashlight just in case!

Great great! Now who to convince to be our guardian....?

I think Monty's the only one available since Nico's asleep, Teekie and Amy are busy, and Daddy's gone off to rescue one of his friends.

Then Monty it is, let's go!!

Elena grabbed Terry's left hand and pulled him behind her towards Monty and Nico's new place. It was pretty close to their new home so they had no issue finding it. Terry went up to the door and did a bunch of knocks in rapid succession of each other.

They'd both then hear a crash from upstairs before hearing footsteps scramble on down towards the door. It was Monty who'd greet them at the door, just barely put together in a more casual outfit.

Uh....hey what's with the adventuring gear you two?

Well we thought it'd be a good idea to explore our new environment and stuff! But since Papa said we need to stick by him or an older sibling for now, Terry suggested we bring you along as our guardian!

Please Monty? Pleeeeeeease?

Terry gave Monty the boo-boo eyes to help convince Monty to do it. Normally Monty could hold out okay but this time around he couldn't.

Alright alright just let me grab some stuff real quick and we can get going.

Yay!

Yippee!!!!

Elena and Terry bounced on the front porch together for a few minutes before Monty came back out with his own gear, which included a pretty big umbrella.

Just incase it rains you two considering how overcast the clouds are.

Oh yeah, didn't notice that-

You never notice anything little man.

HEY!!!

Monty cackled as Terry punched him in the leg, barely even feeling it. Terry huffed and pouted up at Monty before Elena grabbed his hand again and started tugging him towards one of the vague trails in the area.

Let's go let's go!

Hold up a minute, Ellie!

Monty could only go so fast, having to run to keep up with Elena and Terry. Elena giggled a bit before stopping halfway down the trail, having let go of Terry as he had gone a bit off the path to nab up a frog.

Look! Look! It's so squishy!

Oooo, and derpy!

Pffeeheehee yea, look at them beady eyes!

That thing has absolutely no thoughts behind them eyes.

Monty took a knee to get a better look at the frog Terry was now holding. It was a standard forest green color with two big black beady eyes. Monty poked at the frog's back as gently as possible, earning a "ribbit!" from it as it then hopped out of Terry's hand.

Bye bye froggie!

Terry waved as the frog hopped off before his gaze then landed on a little brown rabbit hopping across the trail.

Bunny!

Terry wait-!

Too late, Terry was already running after the little critter, intent on catching it to hold in his arms.

He's like an overly excited puppy.

Minus the biting.

Oh yeah, minus the biting.

Elena bolted after Terry first with Monty trailing behind. He looked up towards the sky as he saw a flash of lightning go off in the distance. Guess this first trip would have to be cut short if they could even catch Terry, who was zipping just far enough ahead of them to not be able to nab him.

Monty felt the aura around them change, as if something....bad just happened. He tried to ignore the feeling, refocusing his attention on catching Terry before the baby gator got himself into trouble trying to catch that rabbit!

[sleepyisnotagamer]

wizard101 worlds in sort of order but I tell it how it really is

Wizard City - you've been isakai-ed off of Earth by this old man and his owl and suddenly you're like the chosen one who has to save the city and fix everybody's problems. you get the feeling that this theme will continue.

Krokotopia - the kroks sure are here but it ain't a utopia, it's a takeover! and also these archeologist dogs are here. you don't know it yet but you hate them.

Grizzleheim - your scandanavian sanctuary against the evils of the world(s). also there's evil in this one but you're having a good time about it. only little bits of saving at a time.

Marleybone - this is where those dogs are from and yeah, they suck. cats are the enemy for no good reason and you'd prefer not to save the smog-ridden sky but you're a good person.

Wysteria - aren't you supposed to be speedrunning through the worlds so you can catch this necromancer dude? why are you suddenly asked to take part in a wizard school competition that feels depressingly like cleaning up yet another set of messes (because you are. cleaning up other peoples' messes. again.)?

Mooshu - this is a breath of fresh air, and you feel cheered by the color in the world. you're really not into how many miles you have to run to save it, though. also is like all of asia here? accidentally?

Dragonspyre - this is where the big baddie you've been trying to apprehend this whole time comes from. it's in ruins now but you can judge the architecture anyway. after tromping through far too many red-bricked streets you stop the man from resurrecting his dead wife and surely you will never see him again.

Celestia - so apparently some aliens (in a universe of separate worlds that are inhabited by mostly anthropomorphic animals and sometimes humans are here too) invented astral magic and you should team up with those blasted archeology dogs to learn it. so you do, because you are but a pawn in this game. it sucks.

Zafaria - you explore africa at large to rescue some students and along the way meet an archnemesis, learn to loathe elephant tombs, and don't catch the new baddie on the horizon: goth lady.

Avalon - you're stuck in an entirely unfunny version of monty python and the holy grail and it's just young wizard and the quests that you didn't sign up for. this sword you get doesn't make up for the dragons you have to slay.

Azteca - this is a beautiful world and you know what? you're rather keen to save it. there's a comet looming and as the chosen one you're destined to save the world from the apocalypse. that doesn't happen. you don't save the world. you don't- you don't save the world. also dead wife guy is a zombie now?!

Khrysalis - welcome to bug world, please don't state your name for the record and: infiltrate the shadow ranks, save a precious deermouse bean, spend way too long finding all kinds of new bugs for your monster collection, meet this totally harmless hermit guy and finally squash that goth lady.

Polaris - so it turns out the harmless hermit guy was actually a super old cosmic entity named grandfather spider, very estranged husband of grandmother raven, who by the way has been in your ear from time to time during your questing. anyway spider is bad so let's go join a couple entirely separate revolutions and don't freeze out there in the snow. also. Ratsputin.

Arcanum - oh by the way, even though you spent all your time doing extracurriculars (saving the spiral), you've still managed to graduate wizard school! so you get to go to wizard university! yay.

Mirage - you get the distinct impression that you're in a very extended reference but, gee, idk, whatever could it be? anyway you cross the deserts and fight the spider guy and he gets away, taking a new friend that you just made with him. dang. you just can't have nice things.

Empyrea - you get to use a space ship! unfortunately it comes with annoying pigs. but you get to experience top pop culture, and there's a bat! man. you labor throughout this endless world until you finally get to...sing songs and get the most ancient couple in the world back together. hooray? the spiral is saved. probably.

Karamelle - what if. what if candyland was not, in fact, a wonderful magical place, but a bureaucratic nightmare? it would not be fun.

Lemuria - it's a good time! there's a neo-noir detective mystery to solve, and also this guy that isn't anything is becoming something! and he is your friend. this is very important.

Novus - so the colonizers are colonizing and you are not a fan of that. and the nothing-something guy that is your friend is having an existential crisis but that makes sense because he kinda just pseudo-exists. sort of. he's like. um. becoming a world!

Wallaru - the dreaming! is bad. and the combat wombats! are uncanny. and. and you have to defeat this frog. and deal with petulant spiky balls that lowkey drive you to drink...dreamwater, maybe. but uh. you do it! wait, did you just save it all? everything? that's kinda chosen one-core, babe.

Selenopolis - what if - and hear me out - you went back to krokotopia. but this time you went to a section where you got to learn new magic skills and learned how to cheat at cards? well. learned how your enemies cheat at cards, anyway. and! it was. nice looking. eh?

presumably you acquired some sort of dwelling place where you have lots of nice couch potatoes growing and your pets scamper about and you can just chill where nobody can bother you. and your achievements only have to happen on a volunteer basis. and you can make stuff. and show off your stuff. and not save the world. again.

[can-u-not-14]

MY NEW FABULOUS SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS INTRO POST YIPPE KI YAY YEEHAW

Proceed at ur own risk

HI! Here's my totally awesome (not) intro post for this blog specifically bc i want to make one cuz im bored at the dentist nd i think i need more bedazzle.

Simple things first.

Tags:

#daily gerard way - self explanatory

#daily mikey way - self explanatory

#daily frank iero - self explanatory

#daily ray toro - I hope u have gotten it by now

#static talks - me yapping

Name: My irl name is Zara. Like the store so stop bullying me. If we're talking ab names on tumblr im can-u-not-14. And i cant rlly think of a nickname for that so i guess just call me Zara or tag me with that. As stated in my last intro i have come up with a cringy killjoy name and it is Static Angel. So call me any form of that name.

Pronouns: I go by she/her but i don't mind anything else.

Languages: Im Indian so i speak Hindi (cant read it tho), i also speak english, can read and write arabic (i understand the basic stuff like swearing, hello goodbye ), Latin and im learning Italian and French.

I also live in an Arab country - Kuwait! So if anyone else lives here we can bond over sand!

Subjects?: So im rlly into psychology, sociology and history. U get my drift yk. I like weird stuff. (I also like criminology)

Hobbies: I recently got rlly into guitar so it is my beloved i will never let anyone touch my sweet little baby mwah. I will name her soon.

Movies/Series i like: STAR WARS (i run a blog for star wars), Supernatural (im basic), Psych, Henry Danger (OK FIRST OF AL THERES A MOVIE COMING OUT AND THIS WAS MY CHILDHOOD SO DONT JUDGE), The Terrifier, Arcane, American Psycho, the lego movie, any batman movie, Gotham, The Hobbit + Lord of the Rings, Ready Player 1, Watchmen, ANY MONTY PYTHON MOVIE, renfield.

Music:

I have a poser music taste so shut up

mcr, ice nine kills, ghost, sleep token, ptv, bvb, linkin park, get scared, Green Day, fob, ill prob add more later

BONUS:

I HATE COMING OF AGE MOVIES LIKE EW WTF

UHHH IM 14

I PLAY GUITAR

i have a minor crush on David bowie in the man who fell to earth (nit current bowie that would be weird)

I’m currently making a doc with the explanations to that giant MCR iceberg and I might make vids to go w it too (if u have any info ab anything on it just dm me)

In case yall r one of those stalkers

Cuz I’m a Pinterest girlie ❤️

I have an ao3 acc but I forgot it so ya

making a insta acc!!!

My spotify acc ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Roblox acc bc I’m a child: DarthVader253663

my email lol help I need friends: killtheparty14@gmail.com

(dw i only use this email for this I don’t use it for personal use)

I’m coming for ur soul

Dw next time I actually will steal someone else’s intro post (inside joke ‘shoot’s myself’)

[simsterlyrock]

Woke up with the crazy idea to make the Capps vampires and the Monty's werewolves to really add to the feuding families storyline, but I don't know if that's too much. The Summer dreams are already fairies and I might make Titania a witch hybrid.

Yay or nay on werewolves and vampires in Veronaville?

[fuckyeahmcrobot5eva]

Yay I love The Sandfleas (Aquabats blasphemy I know) so here's my little appreciation post for them! (It also doubles as some notes for myself for later)

Though their designs seem pretty loose and change fairly often there are some established characters to The Sandfleas. Not all of them have names to go with their designs but the few that do have been labelled above. Both within their art and vs me going through image file names from their old site from the 2000s on the internet archive and adding the names in myself.

The Sandfleas used to have a preview website on Parker Jacobs's website which is sadly now missing, HOWEVER, from what I've found on the internet archive I managed to grab some screenshots.

Lots of mock-up merch that I don't believe ever got to see the light of day. Though it would be funny to see them trying to pawn off Ironcrosses lmao

Most of the funny buttons at the bottom of the site sadly took me to a login screen and I have no idea if it actually functioned at any point or not. Even trying to cheat my way around it didn't work either. How sad!

Who knows what wonderful things could have been behind "Instant Virus" and "Fang's sister"? Mysteries!!! XD

Now Here's some good snips from their 2000s site what made me laugh. True Aquabat haters through and through.

As seen above mentioned in their "shop", The Sandfleas do have CDs! Well, at least one. Apparently from what I've read around at one of The Aquabat's shows apparently The Sandfleas showed up instead and performed and gave out their CDs? - No real proof of this but it's a silly enough thing I read and I think thats funny enough to mention and half believe at least.

The image they had of their album cover on their site was really saturated and crusty but this scan I found over a reupload seems a lot more pleasant on the eyes. Link here to check it out!

In this album four of our favorite Aquabats return as their own enemies to make music.

Mel Sandflea - Parker Jacobs ((Professor Monty Corndog))

Fang Sandflea - Christian Jacobs ((MC Bat Commander))

Breathe Sandflea - Chad Larson ((Crash Mclarson))

Spodie Sandflea - Corey Pollock ((Chainsaw the Prince of Karate))

additionally

Bubba Sandflea - Tyler Jacobs ((The Pigbat))

He is credited to Backup vocals but does not appear in any of the recorded songs. Weird.

Anyway, enjoy some fun little snippets I took

These audio clips come from their CD album Four Songs Four Jerks, specifically from the song "You're Super Duper Dumb and Your Mom is Ugly Too-" Good sound bites of Christian Jacobs if you ask me lol ((Currently offering my kidney and first born to whoever can help me get my dirty hands on their CD))

There also might be other songs other than from that album but I can't really find much online about it. Though Parker Jacobs did post this "Unearthed Sandfleas rarity" to his youtube channel back in 2016. It's also where I got the image and names for some additional Sandfleas. "Lost Tapes" on the album cover definetly seems fitting.

So yeah that's it. There is no real point to this post besides me just wanting to write about these niche little characters that are a part of the big picture of The Aquabats. Feel free to correct me if I got anything wrong, this is just some info I've gathered over a few days and who knows how wrong I can really be. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[virgilphobic]

why does edwin gasp after he looks at charles for a long time?

my thoughts;

(this is simply me running my mouth and yes i’m reading into this too much i’m just bored.)

edwin and niko had a conversation earlier on in the series, in which niko ultimately told edwin that two boy’s can indeed like each other. No one had probably ever said that to edwin before, because when he was alive there was no one on his side, like niko, to do that. he also didn’t quite know when he was alive, but after he spent so much time with charles (roughly 3 decades because on the dbd door it says ‘est. 1990.’ yay.) he had probably felt some feelings that he had pushed down due to edwin not understanding them. he clearly has emotional response issues, and we can tell through his coarse, but direct and statistical way of talking. his interactions with the cat king also stir up more conflict within him, and by the third episode of the series there are more signs that edwin does indeed love charles. even if he himself isn’t 100% sure.

edwin’s interaction with the cat king in episode three is a rather rousing one. edwin falls into his presence and finds himself getting closer and closer towards the cat king. the cat king first transforms to monty, but he doesn’t get the response from edwin that he would like. who does give him the reaction he would like? charles. from the few interactions that charles and edwin have had with the cat king, he can tell that charles seems to pull at edwin’s heart strings more than anyone. edwin leans into the embrace of the faux-charles, before he rips himself back and comes back to his senses. he felt safe with the image of charles, even if he knew it wasn’t him. even if it was just for a moment, he let his guard down. it just felt better to be treated that way by some version of charles than by no version of him at all.

the interaction leaves edwin frazzled, to say the least, and when he re-groups with the rest of the team, he is ever-so-slightly shaken up. he looks at charles as he speaks with crystal, and there is a sense of longing and yearning to his gaze. the world around him shifts to a tunnel vision of just charles. i can only assume that the images of the cat king came across his mind as he looked upon him, and he tuned out momentarily. he clearly doesn’t mean to do so, as seen in the gasp he lets out after charles calls for him, and edwin awkwardly responds / changes the subject before going to sit by the star fish with niko. i think he liked the interaction with the cat king more than he would like to admit deep down.

[ikamigami]

I'm so happy that Moon opened up so much about his trauma and his feelings bsbzbzbzbbznx QwQ 💞

I'm proud of him 🥹💗

Earth really did awesome job with helping Moon with this stuff 👏

I'm glad that Earth is more understanding to why others don't tell her everything right away.. she starts to understand that she knows she can trust them and they'll definitely let her know in their own time..

She still feels hurt but it's a start and I'm proud of her as well 💞

It's good to see that Monty is honest with Earth about Taurus <3

And I'm happy to see Monty hanging out with Lunar like they used to ^^

And at last.. Sun.. spill your guts finally pls QwQ

Why he has to wait to open up till trauma just corners him and basically forces him to face his issues and feelings? - July 16th and Dazzle..

The silence when Sun heard that Moon nearly died again.. was painful QwQ

And yet the only thing he told is like always "Nexus wants to use to find shards and he doesn't seem to listen"..

Like pls Sun what about "Nexus told me how I and everyone else were unable to see him as his own person and I'm just still scared of him being hurt or dead"..

I think I know why Sun doesn't want to talk about this or about the specifics of what Creator told him in that dream or how Dark Sun told him about Moons killing their Suns in most dimensions.. or about what Goliath told him.. or about anything else like that really..

Cause Sun holds all the blame for all these things to himself.. he blames himself for everything..

"Sometimes I don't know how to help.."

"The fact that you support him is really helpful.."

Earth is right obviously.. but I'm sure that this line won't help Sun too much..

Cause look what happened when he was supportive to Nexus.. look how it ended..

I swear when Sun will finally admit to how much he feels guilty and blames himself for everything I'll be old bdndndnx/jjjj naaah but I'm sure that Sun won't admit to it too soon QwQ

Also ha! to all the peeps that were angry at me for saying that Sun is self-harming - look what Moon admitted that he's doing to himself hmmm ʘ⁠‿⁠ʘ

So I guess that talking about self-harm is okay.. and hints towards them having suicidal thoughts.. but at least no one will commit suicide.. cause we have that confirmed..

I just wish that people weren't so hacking rude and condescending towards me for saying that Sun is suicidal or that he's self-harming..

Like I said the only thing that I exaggerated about was that Sun will kill himself.. but other than that just leave me tf alone if you disagree with me on Sun's mental state.. ofc I'm always open to normal discussion ^^

So yeah anyway.. I think that Sun may do something reckless.. because he won't be able to kill Nexus.. that's my theory 👏

Xbjsndbdbndnd I just wish that at least someone would know.. at least one person.. how much Sun struggles with guilt delusion and all.. pls QwQ sbsnnsnxndnxn

But I'll wait patiently and suffer with Sun crying and enjoying the angst (⁠人⁠*⁠´⁠∀⁠｀⁠)⁠｡⁠*ﾟ⁠+

Also I saw someone's comment that maybe it could help Moon if he saw how much Eclipse's changed and grew (⁠ㆁ⁠ω⁠ㆁ⁠) and honestly I agree ^^

I also wish that Eclipse would be first to find out that Sun holds so much guilt QwQ pls 🙏

Also I'm so happy that Sun and Jack talked in today's sams episode zbnxnxnxnx but I'm sorry Jack but it's hard to make Sun to spill his guts QwQ you tried though *gives headpats to Jack* ^⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠_⁠^

And Sun and Jack watching a movie together vzbxbxbbxbzbxb

Sun sleeping on James Bond "how dare you, sir?!" Hdjjdjdjdjd /jjjj I know that Sun just didn't have much time when he was only one working in the Daycare to watch stuff and now he mostly play games when he isn't overthinking stuff or cleaning vxbxbsnsnnsns

Also hell yeah I love Kingsmen xbxnnxnxnxn yay yay yay (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠) Sun you'll love it x3 💞

And I'm so glad that Solar and Sun seem so comfortable with each other compared to how it was before vxbxjnxnxnxnxn ✧⁠◝⁠(⁠⁰⁠▿⁠⁰⁠)⁠◜⁠✧

Sams episode was funny and wholesome bxbxbbxbxbxnx