#yes my notes are in an inconsistent language and I'm going to have to ask the instructor if I could write in English

[sevenjetc]

Oh yes she’s going in…

[camillathe6th]

OC SPEECH MANNERISMS - Una & Nadeem

THANK YOU for thinking of me @glitchy-npc ♡♡♡ I love these. I think I did it once for Una, but I'll try it again for Una-outside-of-FHR, since obviously she has less training than if she were a regene -- and because it's a good character exercise I'm enclosing Nadeem's too under the cut though nobody asked. I'm sorry. Blorbo-body-language and actual-language consume my brain.

ANYWAY please feel free to ignore and skip my bullshit but if you're into it, I'll tag @punkranger, @the-rebel-archivist, @detectiveneve, @euelios, and @fialine. (Punk I'm begging for Angler I'm not going to lie to you).

Una Moore (not as Sidestep)

NO. OF SPOKEN LANGUAGES: 1 / 2 / 3+ note: 2 and a half: English, Spanish, ASL (the two latters with mid proficiency)

TONE OF VOICE: high / average / deep

ACCENT: Yes / No

DEMEANOUR: confident / shy / approachable / hostile / other note: one rubber-band snap away from going apeshit, and visibly so.

POSTURE: slumped / straight / stiff / relaxed note: bunched, tensed, mobile on her feet--assessing terrain.

HABITS: head tilting / swaying / fidgeting / stuttering / gesturing / arm crossing / strokes chin / er, um, or other interjections / plays with hair or clothing / hands at hips / inconsistent eye contact / maintains eye contact / frequent pausing / stands close / stands at a distance note: stands at a distance UNLESS to threaten -- too close, entering space, finally maintaining that fucking eye contact.

COMPLEXITY

VOCABULARY: ⬤⬤⬤〇〇

EMOTION: ⬤⬤⬤〇〇 note: the emotion is there, but it's painstakingly capped: boiling under the surface.

SENTENCE STRUCTURE: ⬤⬤⬤〇〇 note: when she chooses to. Otherwise, clipped.

PROFANITY

FREQUENCY: ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤

CREATIVITY (in regards to profanity): ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤

BOLD ALL THAT APPLY: arse. ass. asshole. bastard. bitch. bloody. bugger. bollocks. chicken shit. crap. cunt. dick. frick. fuck. horseshit. motherfucker. piss. prick. screw. shit. shitass. son of a bitch. twat. wanker. pussy. note: every and every profanity under the sun, except she's not a brit, basically.

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

DO PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING OR UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHARACTER? - almost always / frequently / rarely / never

DOES YOUR CHARACTER'S INTENDED POINT COME ACROSS EASILY WHEN THEY SPEAK? - almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never.

WOULD YOUR CHARACTER INITIATE CONVERSATIONS? - almost always / frequently / sometimes / never.

WOULD YOUR CHARACTER BE THE ONE TO END CONVERSATIONS? - almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never.

WOULD YOUR CHARACTER USE 'WHOM' IN A SENTENCE? - yes / no / only ironically

YOUR CHARACTER WANTS TO MAKE A COUNTERPOINT. WHAT WORD DO THEY USE? - but / though / although / however / perhaps / mayhaps note: None of these. She uses "fuck you" and "shut up", that's how you start a debate.

HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER END CONVERSATIONS? - walk away / ask if that's everything / say that's everything / give a proper goodbye / tell their company they're done here / remain quiet / they don't.

WHAT SOCIAL CLASS WOULD OTHERS ASSUME YOUR CHARACTER BELONGS TO, HEARING THEM SPEAK? - upper / middle / lower.

IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE WAY YOUR CHARACTER SPEAK STAND OUT TO OTHERS? - accent / vocabulary / tone / level / politeness / brusqueness / it doesn't. note: extreme engagement - banter, interruption, easy dispute, verbal joust, focus on YOUR vocabulary use, either to trap you or to point it out and put you on the spot -- a very frustrating, if challenging, conversation companion. Then again she wouldn't even talk to you if she wasn't invested, so. Yay?

BONUS

Nadeem Mani

NO. OF SPOKEN LANGUAGES: 1 / 2 / 3+ note: English, Urdu, ASL, bit of Spanish.

TONE OF VOICE: high / average / deep note: low in pitch more than deep in tone.

ACCENT: Yes / No

DEMEANOUR: confident / shy / approachable / hostile / other note: so terribly smily. Smiling for free and shit.

POSTURE: slumped / straight / stiff / relaxed note: not actually relaxed, but very good at appearing so. More actually relaxed (and more forbidding / aggressive looking) when his cochlear is turned off.

HABITS: head tilting / swaying / fidgeting / stuttering / gesturing / arm crossing / strokes chin / er, um, or other interjections / plays with hair or clothing / hands at hips / inconsistent eye contact / maintains eye contact / frequent pausing / stands close / stands at a distance note: VERY reliant on hands and what you can evoke with them, even when not using ASL; also touch-heavy by extent.

COMPLEXITY

VOCABULARY: ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤

EMOTION: ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤ note: his face moves a lot and is very moving: whether the expressiveness on there is true or not remains to be seen.

SENTENCE STRUCTURE: ⬤⬤⬤⬤〇 note: loves good syntactical subordination and a complex monologue. Not immune to the panache of Shakespeare, if that says anything. I wonder if someone ever told him about Hamlet's mommy issues... I need Una to point this out.

PROFANITY

FREQUENCY: ⬤〇〇〇〇 note: please. He was raised right.

CREATIVITY (in regards to profanity): ⬤〇〇〇〇 note: if you push him enough that he DOES use profanity, creativity just became the least of your problem.

BOLD ALL THAT APPLY: arse. ass. asshole. bastard. bitch. bloody. bugger. bollocks. chicken shit. crap. cunt. dick. frick. fuck. horseshit. motherfucker. piss. prick. screw. shit. shitass. son of a bitch. twat. wanker. pussy.

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

DO PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING OR UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHARACTER? - almost always / frequently / rarely / never note: and when that happens, that's on them one way or another.

DOES YOUR CHARACTER'S INTENDED POINT COME ACROSS EASILY WHEN THEY SPEAK? - almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never.

WOULD YOUR CHARACTER INITIATE CONVERSATIONS? - almost always / frequently / sometimes / never.

WOULD YOUR CHARACTER BE THE ONE TO END CONVERSATIONS? - almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never.

WOULD YOUR CHARACTER USE 'WHOM' IN A SENTENCE? - yes / no / only ironically

YOUR CHARACTER WANTS TO MAKE A COUNTERPOINT. WHAT WORD DO THEY USE? - but / though / although / however / perhaps / mayhaps

HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER END CONVERSATIONS? - walk away / ask if that's everything / say that's everything / give a proper goodbye / tell their company they're done here / remain quiet / they don't. note: oh no, you're breaking before that conversation ends.

WHAT SOCIAL CLASS WOULD OTHERS ASSUME YOUR CHARACTER BELONGS TO, HEARING THEM SPEAK? - upper / middle / lower.

IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE WAY YOUR CHARACTER SPEAK STAND OUT TO OTHERS? - accent / vocabulary / tone / level / politeness / brusqueness / it doesn't. note: again, depends on whether his cochlear's on or off--he stops working on voice control if he's annoyed or comfortable enough to turn his implant off, and his voice and articulation stand out more (higher, looser) as a result. With the implant on, he works on not standing out and speaks lower than most. Bit of an Urdu-lilt to his English, especially in the w/v.

[rebellum]

I dont have like. well formed thoughts on this?? just like, an observation

when trans fems say 'please dont call me dude, it feels like misgendering, even if I know you mean it in a gender neutral way' way more people get mad and insist its actually inherently gender neutral (let's call this scenario A)

than the thing ive experienced where I get called girl and ask people to not do that because it feels like misgendering even though I know they use it in a gender neutral way. (Let's call this scenario B)

Like, I haven't seen discourse about B on tumblr. but irl I've experienced that many times, and like 90% of the time people go 'oh i use it gender neutrally but no prob!' while its like a 5-10% 'well I use it with everyone, I'm not going to stop calling you girl.' and then I just avoid those people that insist on using it.

scenario A I feel, from stuff I've seen irl, and from the overall vibes(I guess?) from tumblr, that it's p much entirely non trans fems calling trans fems dude and then getting mad about it. especially trans or otherwise queer non trans fems.

scenario B in my personal experience has been like 50% [people I interpret as cis-passing queer men], 30% [people who I either know are trans fem or who I interpret as being trans fem], and like idk 20% [people who i interpret as cis-passing women]. and then like once maybe twice someone who is non-binary. Of those I'd say 75-80% of the queer men say 'sure I wont call you girl' and 20% say 'no, thats the way I talk, im not changing it', and 90% of the trans fems say 'sure I wont call you girl of course', and the nonbinary ppl and cis-passing women are always like 'yeah sure no prob' (even if once or twice cis passing women have been really confused even tho they KNOW im trans and not a woman).

I dont have any theories about this rn. Just an observation based on my personal experiences with gendered words used neutrally. idk man.

extra notey tidbit things before anyone deliberately misinterprets this:

Yes, the 'dude' thing ABSOLUTELY is because of transmisogyny. even if the person saying dude thinks theyre an amazing ally. transmisogyny is baked into our society and much of it is perpetrated unknowingly. going 'but i mean it gender neutrally dont be offended!' is transmisogynistic.

this is my personal experience based on personal observation of things I have seen and experienced. I am not saying my experience or what Ive seen is the universal.

im aware ive been inconsistent in how ive been using gendered language to refer to people whose gender i guessed and do not know. i am trying to be as nice and fluid as possible about it. i have the flu pls dont @ me about idk using 'ppl i interpret as cis queer men' vs 'queer men' etc.

important to note that calling everyone 'girl' is a queer subcultures thing, whereas calling people 'dude' neutrally is more of a wider society thing. scenario a is more about wider society, scenario b is moreso about my experiences in the queer community.

[fizzyginfizz]

First off, I love your fic!! but if we’re going book accurately and age accurately, Ginny’s voice seems almost too intelligent…..(Complimenting your writing 100%, it’s almost too good!) But the language and word choices she uses seem to be inconsistent with the way the majority of young kids talk, she’s supposed to be what 12-13? Maybe I just haven’t been around enough 12 year olds, but your writing is so good, I feel like it’s too smart for a young ginny.I love her and she’s obviously smart, but she’s also still very young. Is this something that’s gonna be explained/explored?

I've been writing this story while parenting two high IQed kids about the same age and I've done my best to model some of the patterns and developmental leaps.

In the recent chapters, 12-year-old Ginny's speech and inner voice are much different than the beginning of the story when she's 10. I've specifically tried to work in a couple observable boosts and surges- she definitely got a post-diary vocabulary and maturity boost after writing back-and-forth with the brilliant and erudite Tom Riddle for a year. I imagine he specifically used words she'd have to ask him to explain or go look up, just to make her feel smaller and stupider.

Manipulative asshattery, yes. But it probably leveled her up.

Then she spent all summer in Egypt playing Weasley one-upsmanship with her chill, yet extremely high achieving older siblings. The competitive sport that is "getting a word in edgewise" at dinner contributes to Ginny's quick wit - but in my opinion she's always been verbally precocious, given that Ron refers to her as "the girl who never shuts up normally" and she's spent her entire life conversing with people older than her.

This recent chapter has yet another shift at the end, a gravity with her speech as she finally starts putting her innermost feelings into words - what she's dealing with is heavier and verbalizing these more abstract concepts allows her a more mature moment. I hope it's earned. But it's not a straight lift- she goes right back to referring to the setting as "that wankers lamearse starter lair" so she's still irreverent in ways that would make Tom Riddle or Hermione Granger cringe.

I think you're correct inasmuch as I'm not writing this story at the same reading level as the first Harry Potter books. But most fanfic writers don't - I'm writing a story about a tween, but I'm absolutely writing for adults and I don't pattern my writing according to JKR's particular style.

Now, am I probably guilty of sacrificing authentic age-appropriate vocabulary in service of setting up a good joke? Yeah, I'll cop to that one and take the note for future reference.

But, I'd also like to point out that Ginny has a different life experience than most modern kids and as such is probably a better speaker, listener and reader. She's never watched TV. Never binged YouTube videos. She's never scrolled, she's never surfed. She has spent most of her life conversing and like anything, the sheer number of hours' practice makes her pretty good at it.

[toipandan]

Toi's Art F.A.Q.

Q. What art program do you use? A. As mentioned earlier in the pinned bio, I use ibisPaint X to draw with my iPhone X and I am finger user only. Q. How long are you experienced from drawing? A. I'm also self-taught as well and 10+ years of experience, even I started drawing when I was a kid back then. Somewhere I started practicing digital art around 2012-2013(?). I started drawing with digital art more in 2020s. Q. Can I use your artworks? A. I prefer if you don't use my artworks to repost anywhere (I don't want people posting negative feedbacks as I can be rather paranoid) unless I made art trades and art requests for you. If I made artworks for you, you are free to use as long you credit me. I don't mind if you use my artworks for personal art studies, such as redraw or incorporating art style... Just credit me as well! However, do not feed my artworks by A/I and N/F/T or else I will add blacklist... I worked my digital art for more than 2 hours averagely! If anyone suspect for wrong-doings, please report it. However, you are free to use for as icon and banner, as long you credit me. Q. Can I take your inspirations from your humanized/gijinka designs and character redesigns? A. Yes, you are free to take inspirations from my designs, as long you don't heavily reference too much. Plus, this would be really nice if you credit/ping with me that, as I want to see your designs in curiosity. If you do cosplay of my designs with permission asked, please use for personal cosplays ONLY! Q. Can I draw your gijinka designs and non-gijinka redesigns? A. Sure, I don't a bite and asking is not for a mandatory... Unless you have to ask for ship related questions first and I'm selective for this. The rules still apply rules on "Keep Reading" in my pinned post. Q. Do you post artworks outside tumblr? A. For my personal reasons, the only websites that I post in public are Bluesky and Tumblr. However, I don't post artworks on Bluesky so much, so I recommend you to check my art section on Tumblr instead. Q. How do you make designs? A. I mainly take inspirations from pinterest and other medias as well, especially what character's design and personality gives vibes for humanized designs. But keep in mind, I don't owe my headcanons to everyone especially if our interpretations are different. Q. Do you make personal fanworks outside Object Shows and Happy Tree Friends? A. Yes, I do! I don't just draw fanworks of Object Shows and Happy Tree Friends, but also among others such as Trauma Center, Plants vs. Zombies and Elsword. It depends how I hyperfixate much, but I can be rather picky and selective. Q. What art style is influenced by? A. My friends said it's influenced by Y2K and cartoony such as Winx Club, but in my opinion, it's inconsistent but body type leans to Elsword (base and 1st jobs for character designs). Originally wanted to go Anime style, but I have to go cartoony for simplified way. I apologize if my art style looks like "same face syndrome" or repetitive, since my art doesn't have to be perfect and detailed as a someone with 10+ years of experience drawing. Please note that my art style is inconsistent especially for using pose reference. Q. What is the longest time of your art production in IbisPaint X? A. As I clarified for pinned post earlier, the longest time of art production is averagely 8-9 hours. That's right, the art takes a more patience to finish. Q. Not Art related, but why you can't speak Thai even if you are Thai? A. Unfortunately as a someone with communication disorder, I didn't got chance to learn Thai language in childhood nor lessons, as I spent my entire childhood to speak in Finnish. Due to language barrier, Thai writing is limited and it's difficult to memorize in non-Latin alphabet. By the way, my biological family are Isan/Northeast Thai speakers and it can be difficult to understand.

[uefb]

Author’s Note on Autism & Fantastic Beasts for “Head Full of Fairies”

SUMMARY: Newt misses a MACUSA policy meeting on revisions to a creature trafficking bill, and Tina is beyond frustrated until she returns to their brownstone to find it utterly silent, Newt himself nowhere to be found. (A story about autism in the Wizarding World and the intricacies of Newt and Tina's relationship, with gratuitous worldbuilding and a side of Theseus.)

I originally had this as a discouragingly long author's note on the first chapter, but after some consideration I decided to put it on tumblr and link to it on AO3, instead, in the hope that those who are interested will read it, and those with questions might have a place to start:

One of my favorite things about Newt Scamander as a character and FB as a story, is that Newt is an autistic character within a rollicking fantasy plot that has absolutely nothing to do--at least explicitly--with autism. (Here are two links on Eddie Redmayne's choice to play Newt as autistic. Redmayne's language is a bit off, but that's ok. Fans have additionally reported they've brought up Newt's autism to him at signings, and he's repeatedly confirmed.) Anyway, so much popular media featuring autistic characters focuses on the character's autism--explicitly highlighting their struggles or cute quirks--while ignoring the rest of their character, or the story's plot: their autism is the plot. However, FB gives many autistic fans a story they can love because they see themselves in Newt (a hero!) and they see how his autistic traits make him successful. (Just go to the "autistic Newt Scamander" hashtag on tumblr to see what I mean.) But! autistic fans can also appreciate the larger plot of FB without being constantly hit in the face with producers' reductive beliefs about how disabling autism can be. (Even if it is. And those bits that are included in FB--struggles at school & socially, issues with expressive language, special interest-related societal exclusion, etc--are so relatable to most autistics it would be, frankly, offensively bizarre if they weren't included.)

THAT BEING SAID, because of this focus on plot, there are parts of the autistic experience understandably missing from the tale. (And the human experience more generally--these movies are largely an adventure story, a genre in which painstaking character building often gets pushed to the wayside anyway.) IMO, mainstream representations tend to tap into those autistic traits most easily recognised by the general public--e.g.,discomfort with eye contact, difficulty reading social situations, obsessive interests, etc.--skimming over those that might be less relatable (e.g., sensory sensitivity, emotional overwhelm and meltdowns, an inconsistent ability to access skills, language, etc. depending on stress and context). As a late-identified autistic person, these other parts of the varied autistic experience are something I'm quite interested in exploring. I build out autism within the Wizarding World a bit in my ongoing historical-based fic, With Its Head Under One Wing, but exploring what it means for Newt in a wizarding and relational context is better done elsewhere, given the focus of my longer story's plot.

All that to say -- I started writing this as a distraction while experiencing some major overwhelm myself, riding the edge of a shutdown/meltdown for days. (Yes, adults can and do experience shutdowns and meltdowns. Learn more about them at these four links here. Autistic concepts will continue to be footnoted, as appropriate.) I ask that you be patient with the characters in this first chapter--Tina is at the end of her rope due to Grindelwald, work, and pre-WWII-related stress; and Newt (though not actually present) is operating under the haze of a meltdown rumbling. Characters--just like all of us--are complex and imperfect. (And I can say from experience that, when you've been with someone for nearly a decade, accessing unconditional kindness under pressure is not as automatic as it perhaps was in year one. And even the most well-meaning and truly loving partner can snap under an autistic loved one's stress.)

Finally, it is not at all my intent to infantalize Newt, as so often happens when people write autistic characters--I am only using my own experience (and my wife's experience with me) to write about his (and Tina's) experience. Typical caveat: "If you've met one autistic person, you've met one autistic person". Every autistic person is different, every neurodivergent relationship is different, etc etc etc.

Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy.

[lahotelbellamuerte]

𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗟 & 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗘 - episode 04. drunk as skunks

series masterlist! current: drunk as skunks! next: number five & eight

paring: five x eight (oc) warnings; suggestive language, drunk, weird favoritism from diego, fluff, not proofread ! word count: 2.4k  notes; damn my writing is super inconsistent, im realizing with the whole word count.

"JESUS!" Exclaimed Five, as he turned to see his wife standing beside him. He looked her over and furrowed his eyebrows. Her hair was a bit of a mess and had dried blood on her lip.

"Nope just your wife," she began gaining an eye roll from her husband, "How are you?" 

"What happened to you?" Five asked as he lifted his hand to turn her face to his. 

The blonde slapped his hand away, "I'm fine, but seems the Commission really wants to get us, they sent Hazel and Cha-Cha. They attacked the house." She said looking around at the city's busy street, all the pedestrians walking with no knowledge that the world would end in a couple days. 

"Well I'm glad you made it out alive," Five said slightly smiling then stuffed his hands in his pockets.

"What are we doing?" Eighth suddenly asked, realizing she didn't know why they were standing in the middle of the sidewalk.

"Last night, Lance came out of the building suspiciously and well I followed him," He began to explain as his eyes kept on looking for him. "He should be out soon."

Not a second later, Eight noticed a sports gear-clad man. She elbowed Five and nudged him in the man's direction.

"Perfect," Was all the boy said.

The man dressed in all sorts of blue opened his car with the alarm beeping. He opened the back door and put his dog in the back seat. As he closed the door, Eight appeared in the back and gripped the small dog petting it. Lance then got into the car, and as he closed the door, Five appeared in the passenger seat.

"Oh, Jesus!" Lance exclaimed as he saw Five.

"Nope just us," Eight snickered, scaring him once more.

Five didn't wait for much really, "One chance. That's all you've got. One chance to tell me exactly what's going on in that lab." He threatened with a knife pressed against Lance's throat.

"I...I manufacture devices for fake patients. I bill the insurance companies and then sell them for cash on the black market," Lance stammered out.

"What's with people and the black market? Sheesh," Said Eight as she held the small dog close to her. She always wanted a dog, but Five never let her get one. 

The two men looked at her oddly, Five ignored her comment and looked back at the man, "Including eyeballs?"

The man nodded slowly, "Yeah, they're my biggest seller. I mean they sell, like hotcakes. I've got a list, a waiting list, probably twenty buyers," He stammered out very afraid of the child-looking, old man.

"So the serial number, I told you," Five mentioned still gripping the knife at his throat.

"Uh, could've already been bought. Yes, off the books," Lance replied quickly.

"I need that list, Lance. Names and numbers and I need it now!" Five exclaimed at the frightened man.

"I don't have it, I mean not now. The only copy's in my safe at the lab," Lance replied as he felt the blade come closer.

"Well start the car then, we're going on a field trip," Five said, finally pulling the knife back.

"Oh, good boy!" Eight said giggling, catching the attention of both males who looked at her.

Lifting her head she noticed the stares, "Oh, not any of you, I meant the dog," She corrected lifting the small dog into view.

Five rolled his eyes at the girl, suddenly regretting bringing her. Lance was quick to start the car, put on his seat belt, and drove back to the lab.

The drive was quiet for the most part, giggles and barks were heard throughout the ride and it was making Lance the more concerned as to why she was so calm about the whole situation. Five on the other hand was used to this behavior, so all he was doing was spinning the pocket knife in his hand over and over.

As they finally arrived Eight let go of the dog and put it down and headed towards the building not waiting for Five or Lance. That was until Five and Eight realized the building had caught on fire. The two began running up to the exit, but it blew up before them. The force sends them flying back a couple of feet.

Eight landed with a groan on the concrete, as she looked up to the blue sky now filled with minimal ash, and embers. An all too familiar sight of her dreams. Softly she grunted and got up from the floor and stumbled over to Five who was now sitting up looking at the burning building.

There goes a lead, she was getting tired. She wished she was still an old lady, then she could retire. But she cared too much for the stupid earth population. "I need a drink," Eight mumbled, looking at the burning building. She crouched next to Five and leaned into his ear, "Let's go, love," she whispered then helped him up and away from the scene, as ambulances and fire trucks made their way there. Five nodded quietly and gripped her arm, the only thing keeping him sane at the outcome. 

Not too long after Eight, Five, and Delores made their way to the library. Not without a couple of bottles of booze that is. The two quickly began drinking in a huddled corner of the library. Something familiar to the days of the apocalypse. Slowly with a marker, Eight began mumbling and scribbling an abundance of equations on the wall. All in hopes of finding out a solution. But soon enough the two passed out from exhaustion. 

It wasn't long until Diego and Luther found the two. They followed the gushing and gasps from other citizens, all pointing towards a secluded corner of the library. "Where are their parents?" a woman's laugh was heard that caught the duo's attention.

Quickly the two headed over to the scene to find just exactly who they need. Eight, Five, and....a mannequin? Five was leaning against the scribbled walls, while his wife sat between his legs leaning against him as he had his arms around her. The blonde held a mannequin and a bottle of liquor loosely in her other hand. The two were near unconscious, as they huffed and had their eyes shut softly. Quietly mumbling incoherent words. 

The large monkey man furrowed his eyebrows, "Are they..." Luther began as he stared at the two curiously.

Diego nodded and smirked, "Drunk as skunks," he said stepping forward and scooping up Eight in his arms. Luckily the eighteen-year-old didn't struggle with the action. 

"Argh...don't forget Dolores..." Eight said reaching for the mannequin on the floor. Diego did as she wished and grabbed Delores handing it to her, "Diego?" she whispered as she blinked slowly up the figure.

"That's me, kid," Diego said as he began walking out with Luther and Five following.

"Em, no kid...I am forfty-ferfor- many years older than you!" The blonde slurred in his arms as her head was leaning on his shoulder.

Luther ignored Eight's drunk words and looked at Diego, "Well, we can't go back to the house. It's not secure. Those psychopaths could come back at any moment." Luther stated as he held Five in his arms, the boy looking the most peaceful in days. 

"We'll go to my place. No one will look for them there," Diego replied as he looked down at the blonde who was awake but still incoherent. She lifted her hand to poke his cheek and giggled, pulling the mannequin closer to her body. 

Five on the other hand was not having the time of his life, he was belching and hiccuping. Seems he drank too much for his new body to handle. 

Luther sighed, "If you vomit on me..." he threatened as he swallowed thickly at the mere thought. 

"You know what's funny?" Five sighed ignoring Luther, "I'm going through puberty, huh twice..."

Eight scoffed, "Not a fun time love!" The blonde yelled and then looked at Diego and leaned closer, "Both times he was a horny son of a bitch," she thought she whispered but said it pretty loud. Diego gave her a smile as she giggled.

"Hey!" Five proclaimed as he heard her, "You didn't complain much about it the first time around..."

"Well, I only had you to choose from idiot!" Eight yelled back pulling Delores closer to her, "We drank those bottles didn't we?"

Diego hummed in response as they continued walking, hoping she wouldn't vomit on his shoes. 

"Well, that's what we do when the world you love does bye-bye..." Five finished making hand gestures.

"Well don't let us interrupt, what were you saying?" Eight said her hand now tracing the scar on the side of Diego's face.

Luther sighs, "Two masked intruders attacked the Academy last night," he said.

"And they were looking for the two of you," Diego added looking down at Eight who nodded, "They almost got El."

"Oh yeah! So much fun! Hazel and Cha-cha!" She giggled.

"Who? El, again with the code words?" Diego sighed looking at the blonde who was oblivious to what was happening.

"They're the best of the best," Five explained and paused, "Well except for us."

Eight clapped as best as she could, "Yeah! Assassins for the win," she hollered with a laugh. 

"You know, Delores always hated when we drank..." Five said towards his wife who was in his brother's arms.

The girl shrugged, "Ha, she had good reason..." Eight mumbled with a small burp. 

"Hey, now," Diego said softly to the blonde in his arms, "I need you to focus." He said stopping and turning so that Luther and Diego faced each other, "What do these Hazel and Cha-Cha want?" he asked the two, still convinced it was a code for something. 

Eight and Five turned to look at each other and gave each other a knowing smile, but didn't say anything. They wouldn't be able to do anything against some of the most refined agents. If they died trying to get the eye, how would they survive them? 

"Hey we just want to protect you," Diego said to the two of them, hoping to get anything out of them. 

Five scoffed, "Protect me? No, you care about dear old Eleanor," he spat saying the other name she was given.

"Moi?" Eight asked now clueless about what was happening, "What's wrong with me?"

"Nothing El, you're fine," Diego replied, ignoring Five. He swallowed knowing the younger Five knew about his admiration for Eight. 

"Well I don't need your protection, Diego," Five said then his eyes flickered to the blonde, "and neither does she. Do you know how many people we've killed? No..." he said.

Diego looked at him and then at the blonde in his arms, "Is he right?" he asked her.

The girl softly nodded, "I've killed more people than you can imagine, I'm good at what I do Diego," she replied poking his cheek again. 

"We're the four horsemen of the apocalypse!" He yelled before turning to vomit on Luther's side without warning. The large monkey man groaned as the boy continued to wretch on his shoes. 

"And the apocalypse is coming..." Eight said looking straight into Diego's eyes, she giggled, soon falling into a deep sleep. 

Diego and Luther continued to walk over to Diego's place and quickly arrived. The knife boy removed Delores from Eight's sleeping body, while Luther put Five on the small bed. He then carried Eight over and carefully placed her on the mattress next to him.

The two brothers, watching as subconsciously the couple leaned into each other's embrace. Five's face smashed into the back of the blonde's head and his arm around her waist.

"I'd say it looks cute, but it looks weird," Luther said.

"Weird doesn't cover it," Diego grimaced, reaching to brush a hair away from her face, but Eight's hand caught his wrist.

"Patch..." she mumbled incoherently and then fell limp into sleep again.

"What?" Luther asked confused as to what she had been talking about.

Diego's eyes went wide, he knew that Eight didn't know anything about Eudora Patch. But he knew enough about Eight—when something unknown comes to her, it means something was definitely not okay.

"I need to get going, El's not the type to predict the future wrong," Diego said just before he heard footsteps coming near. Alerted he took out a knife from his pocket and footsteps light as he went to grip the door handle.

Quietly he opened it ready with a knife, "—You throw another one of those goddamn knives at me, I'm pressin' charges," Al's voice came through.

Diego lowered his knife and sighed in relief, "What do you want Al?"

"I ain't your secretary," Al grumbled towards Diego.

"Some lady called for you, she said he needs your help," Al explained to him.

Going back down the steps he looked back up, "What lady?"

The man scratched his beard in thought, "I dunno. Some, uh, detective. I think her name was Blotch or something," Al said looking at him. 

That's when Diego looked back at the sleeping blonde and then back to Al, "Patch?"

"She needs you to meet her at that hotel, a dump on Calhoun," Al said, giving him a piece of paper with the details.

"When?" Diego asked quickly.

"About half an hour ago," Al said, beginning to walk away, "Uh, she said she found your brother."

Diego raised an eyebrow looking back at Five who snuggled up to Eight, "Well that doesn't make sense."

Luther made eye contact with Diego, and they both knew who, "Klaus," They both said. With that Diego was out the door, not waiting for another second.

Eight was never really gifted with her ability to see the future, but the time it came to her was in dreams. Glimpses that were sometimes enough, but other times not. This time in her sleep she had mumbled a name and nothing else. Eudora Patch was the name, and Diego understood why she had said it near him now. The woman was found dead in the motel and Eight Hargreeves had seen it.

[brandybradyrandyandyndy]

Got tagged by @official-lauchzwiebel

Thanks for thinking of me!!! :-)

So...

1. What are you currently reading

Rico, Oskar und der Diebstahlstein by Andreas Steinhöfel; Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg; and still Twilight bc I couldn't get myself to pick it up again since the last time I was asked this question 🥸

2. Best movie I've seen in the cinema last year?

Honestly? Actually Puss in Boots - The Last Wish. I immediately fell in love with the animation when I first watched the trailer and when I went to see the whole movie I was completely carried away by the story too! I love this movie so much. Kitties and puppies 😭😭💞

3. What do you usually wear?

In the summer? Button-up/t-shirt + shorts + funny socks + crocs

In the winter? Sweater (with something collared underneath) + high-rise jeans (in any color with any leg width except skinny jeans) + funny socks + docs or crocs boots + the purple winter jacket I got from the h&m men's section only a few weeks ago but I've been wearing it non-stop bc it's exactly the kind of jacket I've been looking for for years and I finally have a cool functional winter jacket in my favorite color!!! 😩🤌💜💜💜

4. Star sign? Celebrity etc. you share your birthday with?

Leo, and I share a birthday with the episodes Eclipse Lake from The Owl House and Wishmaker from Miraculous Ladybug 😌

If we're going with real celebrities like singers or actors.. I was born exactly one day before Tristan Göbel :-)

5. Do you go by your name or nickname?

Depends. My close friends and family mostly call me Lenny, but I always introduce myself to new people with my birth name.

6. Did you grow up to what you wanted to be as a child?

Even as a child I never knew what I wanted to be and I always wrote "weiß ich noch nicht" in that empty space in the Freundebuch, so basically yes bc I still have no plans but now I'm studying languages 👍

7. What's something you're good/bad at?

I'm pretty good at crafty and creative stuff like crocheting, sewing, drawing and all that. Also learning new languages comes pretty easy to me, but I'll probably withdraw this statement after I've gotten back the results from my uni exams that I have yet to write...

Something I'm really, really bad at is being consistent with something. There's always something I'm forgetting and when it comes to important stuff like uni I often can't get myself to even open the uni website on my laptop as if I was paralyzed. Ahaha, anyway on to the next question...

8. Dogs or cats?

See, I'm the person who claims that they like both. And y'know I do like both. When I see someone walking outside with their dog I'm the one excitedly squeaking: "SCHAU MAL EIN HUNDI!!! :-)", but when I see a cat I get even more excited and in my head I'm like: "!!!!!!!!!!!!" bc I don't want to make too many loud noises and scare it off (you know I wanna pet that kitty!!!)

9. If you draw/write, or create in any way, what's your fav picture/line/something you created this past year?

The tiny Sendung Mit Der Maus-Maus I crocheted :-)

10. What's something you'd like to create content for?

Tough one. First of all gzsz bc I'm basically the only funny fanartist they have. I mean I've seen some artists drawing realistic portraits from screenshots but that's why I say I'm the only funny one out there. Anyone can redraw a screenshot but I'm the only person willing to draw Maren and Katrin or Michi and Tobias kissing, so even if my sketches look messy and I post so inconsistently that I'll never get more than 3 notes on something I still think I'm doing a more valuable job than people who redraw something that's already happened only for the sake of flexing how realistic their artstyle is. (It's a different story tho if the redraw is stylized!!! There's so much personality to stylized art!!)

So... To come back to the original question. Gzsz definitely, maybe some crossovers like my ml au as well shhshshss, Miraculous Ladybug in general, also Osomatsu-san or Owl House and all that stuff I'm currently watching. Tschick. Yeah.

11. What's something you're currently obsessed with?

Just scroll through my blog for a while.

Besides that? Crocheting. I love that you can do it while watching something, so I feel like I'm doing something useful even while watching AWZ 😩

12. What's a hidden talent of yours?

Nobody peels mandarin oranges and clementines like me! I always peel them in a spiral pattern and almost never fail!! 😤💪

13. Are you religious?

Nice try Gretchen. I'm not gonna answer that.

14. What's something you wish to have at this moment?

Right now at this exact moment? Nothing really. Bin grad wunschlos glücklich, als hätte ich ein halbes Erdbeermarmeladebrot mit Honig verzehrt und würde mit leerer Gedankenblase irgendwo rumliegen und den Rest meines Tages genießen 🍯🍓🍞

Tagging @tofufei @midnightxxcrisis @9puppiesdrowninginapool @jofngve and of course everyone else who wants!!! 😸💕

[migleefulmoments]

Abby is the 1 who needs a reading comprehension lesson. An anonymous person said 'You're a narrow-minded fool if you actually put any stock in whether or not a married man is wearing his ring.' Abby's reply was 'Never once did I or anyone I know say that a married person has to wear a ring.' Am I crazy or is that totally 2 different things? Sometimes Abby is so blind it makes me crazy. Also, if u could do a follow up to her blatherings re her post it would be great. I'm just gobsmacked over it.

I see you wrote another post clarifying it was Cassie who made the comments you quoted but the entire coven’s comments after Cassie just get more ridiculous- “fact” after “fact” of lies and nonsense comparisons.  It’s batty that they believe any of the lies- but they believe them all! 

Anonymous asked: My grandpa doesn't wear his wedding ring because he used to work as an AC/heating repair man (he even taught college courses on fixing heaters at one point) and then was just not in the habit when he retired. That doesn't make his and grandma's marriage less valid. Rings are a symbolic thing that most cultures don't even do. You're a narrow-minded fool if you actually put any stock in whether or not a married man is wearing his ring.

cassie1022 answered: Oh yay, fun. (Cassie -always so charming)  My dear Nonnie, once again, reading comprehension eludes someone that believes in the Miarren myth. Never once did I or anyone I know say that a married person has to wear a ring (and yet Abby pops in below to claim the same but then argue that it IS the ring coming and going that looks suspicious. Let’s pretend that cc rings were real- he didn’t wear them every day regardless of what Abby claims.). Some people don’t wear them because they work with their hands, like your grandpa, and some just don’t feel comfortable wearing them. Let’s be real though. D has never shown an aversion to wearing rings. He’s worn them quite often, even while playing a show (yes, but he also took them off.  It’s his prerogative.  Until he says he’s getting divorced, it’s none of our business). There was a time when the only time he DIDN’T have a ring on was while he was in character (so what? He has had his wedding ring on most times we’ve seen him. You are counting individual photos as entire days and that isn’t accurate)

That being said, let’s examine. When was the last time you think D fixed a car, operated heavy machinery, or, like your grandpa, fixed an AC unit or heater?  (You have no idea what he does in his spare time.  This is a gross comment-some people do things with their hands -build things- because they enjoy it)  (Maybe if he could do that, people wouldn’t be making their own sweat gravy when they go to TSG.)(So now we start with the lies and mischaracterizations. FUN. There are two comments from TSG claiming A/C was broken. Since likely Mia doesn’t own the building, she has no control over the A/C being broken). 

As I’ve already said, rings aren’t for everyone, but I’ve also pointed out that D has been an avid ring wearer most of his life, and there is more than enough photographic evidence to support this. Also, most couples that exchange rings don’t usually stop wearing them in the first year of marriage.(And he hasn’t stopped wearing his now has he?) That’s when it’s usually a point of pride and you want the world to know you are someone’s spouse. (Does Darren seem like the kind of person who is worried about “the world knowing he’s someone’s spouse”? He’s pretty open about his relationship and taking his ring off for an hour or two isn’t indicative of anything).

You know what DOES make a marriage less valid? No legitimate officiant.(LIE)  There are only a handful of states where you can officiate your own marriage, and guess what? Louisiana isn’t one of them.(He didn’t, Joe did)  You need an ordained minister and in addition to that, the minister must register in the parish where the marriage is taking place.

So, if this makes me a “narrow-minded fool,” so be it. I’ve been called worse. (It definitely does).  

ajw720 I needed to laugh this morning, thank you nonnie.(I would imagine you need to laugh a hell of a lot more than you do Abby)  You people really don’t get it (Oh lord).  Also, it isn’t JUST the ring (which is very suspicious especially as he deliberately takes it off at random times, there one minute gone the next) (Here abby argues it isn’t the ring.... except it is the ring) , it is as @cassie1022 pointed out, no officiant (LIE) , weird wedding algorithm (the fact that Abby truly believes there was a guest algorithm says everything there is to say about Abby’s judgment and the cc nonsense)  is FAMILY HONEYMOON (a joke)  constant babysitters (LIE) d’s complete lack of enthusiasm (he practically said he was bored and realized at the last moment that that was bad) (Desperate Abby, you're so desperate) , talked about pooping exes as opposed to how life changed with his bride (and you don’t get that this is was keep from speaking about his personal life? How long have you been a fan? Joking about something to distract from having to answer something private is spot-on Darren), speaks more passionately about his jacket then his wedding (we done got hitched) (This means nothing Abby...NOTHING. He wrote a boring post about his jacket and you’ve been losing your shit over it ever since. IT meant nothing...it was a coat he wore to an event. You only like it because he was boring and serious. It was the farthest thing from Darren I’ve ever read.), announced the engagement using a reference to the wrong freaking franchise (I can’t...this is one of your dumbest arguments out of a lot of arguments. It was a JOKE Abby, a joke.  He used the franchise that made the joke funny. Darren doesnt’ own a franchise)   , FIVE FUCKING encagement rings (LIE), the last of which is an advertisement that she is paid to wear and they haven’t even tried to hide this fact (LIE), utter lack of chemistry (again desperate Abby) , the weirdness with his non-relationship but clear friendship of sorts with his ex co-star (It’s not “weirdness” it’s a nonrelationship-you said it yourself). , the way she is promoted that is beyond excessive for someone who isn’t famous (This entire rant is unhinged. Nobody is promoting her, he’s living his life with her.  Like we expect he would with his wife. There is nothing untoward with their behavior together.  The fact that you have to label it “promotion” says that it worries you a lot). the fact that the sold their entire wedding to about 100 sponsors )(LIE) (I am sure there are more than we even realize), the clear references to fandom at the sham mockery (OMG Abby, give it up. Nobody cares about you), and that this allegedly private couple also released 85% of their wedding for public consumption (They released 27 photos. That is HARDLY 85% of their wedding. You saw a lot of the same photos posted by their friends and it upset you but they didn’t release 85% of their wedding. It was a 4-day event and the wedding events started at around 3 pm and lasted until after midnight -27 is not 85% of 10-ish hours of celebration).  

If it was ONLY that he randomly took his ring off depending on how the wind is blowing, fine, that is evidence alone of nothing.  All of these things, and hundred and hundreds of other facts (which are ALL LIES). (inconsistent timelines (Darren doesn’t owe you a “consistent timeline” that’s asinine)   they don’t know where they met each other RC handshakes (You know that isn’t a handshake- they were photographed together right before the “handshake’ you won’t let go of and he’s heard introducing her as his girlfriend ), D running from her every moment he can, etc, etc)(Whatever you tell yourself to sleep at night), are clear evidence it is fake that is beyond a reasonable doubt (Bwahahahahaha you are conning yourself Abby) .  Him kissing her in her bar is his job.  I suggest nonnie you pay attention to the details (Which ones- your lies or the real details?) And please pay attention to the captain, he hasn’t even been subtle lately, he has been fairly blatant (Le sigh, he isn’t the captain.  He’s a dude who loves his boyfriend Will and writes children’s books that are not cc Bibles) .

Happy Thanksgiving Nonnie!  I hope you can tear yourself away from reading blogs you disagree with long enough to enjoy your friends and family! Cheers!

notes-from-nowhere What love are you talking about, anon? M doesn’t love D and she makes this clear every chance she get (LIE- there is nothing that suggests MIa isn’t in love with Darren). Do I have to remind you how she denied to D’s mom one red carpet to celebrate her son? (LIE Abby fabricated)  Or to D’s dad to be honored for his military past?(another LIE Abby fabricated)  But why listing all of her actions when you know very well this is only the surface.

Btw, I still have to know a singer/actor lost a finger because of a wedding band. Anon, try again, this attempt failed. (SMH)

leka-1998 You know what I like about this instance in particular? Apart from the fact that the ring isn’t off the whole time, he’s still wearing the other one here.

After 284719 years, she should also know what the language D’s mom speaks is called. Seems she doesn’t care enough. (Another LIE that Abby fabricated) 

Also, former platonic roomie says hello. (LIE) 

ajw720

They still can’t explain away B/enny, the man D just praised for his new album yet D hasn’t even mentioned his brother’s (I can’t explain it but it has nothing to do with Darren and Mia.  You’re the one making it a problem) .  The man that mocked fandom on his IG by referring to M/oulin R/ouge when posting about the fraud in NOLA (Nobody-especially Ben Hudson- gives a shit about fandom Abby. You’re a nobody)  The man who seemingly officiated the wedding (Again a LIE)  And the one who appears to have a dog (yes he does, he lives with his girlfriend, Joanna, and their two dogs) . Hey remember just a few weeks ago when PBB dropped her teeth in the dog’s bowl? Funny as we know she and D don’t have a dog (Nope, they clearly don’t- stop trying so hard).…