#zach in a suit is perfection

[jokerislandgirl32]

Sorry it took me months to reblog this 😆…But oh my goodness! THIS IS FANTASTIC! Zach listen to me and listen to me now, this does not make you look stupid, it makes you look hot!

I’m sorry but seriously he looks so handsome! The whole outfit is on point, and his hair just ties the whole look all together!

I love that he’s wearing a vest and tie combo! I don’t think I’ve seen him drawn in such a combo many times before, but this just works so well for him. It’s fancy, but not too fancy, and with his frame I think it’s very well suited for him. Because your eyes are drawn toward his arms…and I love his arms!

The red tie and custom Varmitech watch with his red logo are the perfect color pops, Zach needs some color pops to brighten up his wardrobe and this is amazing! And his hair…slicked back, looking so fancy and well styled, it’s so good! I love seeing him with slicked back hair so much.

Ahhh this is, Amazing art!!!!

So I drew Zach Varmitech in a suit 😜

He is going to the silly Villain meeting and is forced to dress formally.

[clownsuu]

WOO YEAH WOO YEAH WOO YEAH COLT AND ZACH SHANANIGINS

YOOOOOOOOO DA BOISSSS (and bbs,,,,,)

[creativegenius22]

On the fourth day of drawings, my true love gave to me…

Love Actually!

Thank you so much for this suggestion @jokerislandgirl32 !!! I loved drawing Zach and Alessandra into this famous Christmas movie scene! Zach sneaking over to the Tortuga to profess his love to Alessandra for Christmas even though he could get caught by Aviva and the Kratt brothers is such a romantic gesture! I think it would definitely let her know that he’s learned the true meaning of Christmas!

I really enjoyed drawing this prompt! It gave me a chance to explore different facial expressions in these characters! And I loved the idea to draw Zach in his trench coat! It’s one of my favourite outfits of his! Make sure to keep commenting your Christmas prompt suggestions on this post!

[just-another-random-cloud]

For your Anti-Hero AU, I have 2 questions.

1. Could i ask who the new villains are?

2. What's going on with Paisley? Cuz we know abt Gourmand, Donita, and Zach- but what abt Paisley? Like is she dead? Is she alive? Is she not even a villain yet? [srry im just curious]

Well, I think there's many, many villains around, but most of them wouldn't last long since the bros are not very interested in keeping them alive.

I've been using a few villains created by @concook20 for some stories (thank you by the way, friend!), buuuuut I have a few villains I created that I also plan to use!

Here's some of them:

(Still doesn't have a fixed name yet, I'm between Tammy Tamer and Paloma Pedigree).

She's a excentric millionaire that is known for capturing, "taming" and selling wild and rare animals.

As soon as she hears about the brothers, it became her number 1 objective to capture them and have them as trophies for herself (using less than ethical methods and maybe a tampered suit or two).

Mortimer Morault (name can change).

Despite his name being a refference to Dr. Moreau, this son of a gun is not even a doctor. He's a bored rich man that likes to make gruesome tests involving animal features, and the brothers are his perfect testing subjects.

His scars and acid green eyes are a result of testing his projects on himself when he doesn't have fitting subjects. He's a lunatic but we have to admit he's a brave one.

Carlos and Marcos Brawler (my friend helped me name them!)

Twin brothers that capture wild, dangerous animals to either made them fight in front of a audience, or to perform stunts with them. And yes, they also would want to have the brothers on their grip to use them as fighters.

And finally...

Arthur Varmitech (Zach Lore Jumpscare!!!)

A washed-up actor down on his luck, he left his family when his son was just a child to pursue his dreams... what didn't work out for him quite well. He suddenly finds the milk as soon as he finds out that his son is now a billionaire, and wants to get some of that money reconnect. Zach obviously tells him to go kick rocks. Not one to give up easily, he tries to get his hands on his son's fortune by any means necessary. And since now Zach is kinda a ally for the Kratts, he's their problem, too.

(I also have Zach's mom in the drafts, but I think she wouldn't fit here since she's not a villain, maybe next time-)

As for Paisley, she's alive and well, and was never really a villain. I'm still figuring out what to do with her, though.

[sweetheartturtle2007]

Hihi!! I'm back again, I was wondering if you could do cg hc for Chris and Martin from Wild kratts? Agere maybe a little petre? (White tiger) Also, a tiny thing I imagine is that we would play in tiger creature power suits! And go on adventure in the tiger creature power suits!!

I've recently restarted watching wild Kratts soon you're in perfect timing! 🐾👬

They're both big brother caregivers, nobody can tell me otherwise.

They love to take you out on adventures with them, although aviva has to keep an eye out for them because of all the trouble they get themselves into.

Of course that doesn't mean that they're not responsible, you're always holding hands with Chris or martin when you're out.

They gave you a little notebook that you always bring on your adventures so that way you can write down everything you learn from animals.

Talking about books, they have gifted you lots of books about different animals from the ocean, forest, dessert, etc.

They both always carry a backpack where they have all the stuff they need for missions and they have another one where they keep all your stuff(bottles,blankies,snacks,books,toys,etc)

Chris loves to play with you, play pretend is one of his favorites but he also loves to play with your animal plushies and toys, he takes you out to play in the sun and go on search of new animals.

Whenever you and Chris come back from playing, you're both covered in dirt or mud, completely desalinated and tired from all the running and jumping you both do whenever you play.

Martin likes playing with you like that as well but he prefers to play and teach you at the same time. He gets you lots of activity books and enciclopedias. You both are always sitting at the table doing activity books, reading stories or coloring, all of that while having some delicious juice 🧃 and snacks (mostly cookies)

In the morning, one of the two Kratts is always holding your sleepy self in his arms while the other is cooking breakfast.

When aviva gave you your first power suit, they were both tearing up cause, THEY'RE SO PROUD OF YOU.

They loved when you turned into a white tiger, they immediately did the same as well and you 3 played for hours that day.

You'll be learning a lot about white tigers 🐯

The Kratts will prepare a little corner for you to play with your power suit. It's filled with toys and plushies.

Chris like to play chase with you while you're on your power suit, you'll chase him around turtle and tackle him to the ground and tickle him.

"HAHAHA m-martin h-help ! A w-white ahahaha t-tigers attacking me hahaha" he couldn't talk because of your tickling, you just kept laughing as you played with him. You do the same with Martin and the rest of the gang.

They're keeping you away from Zach of course, not only is he a bad guy, he has tried kidnapping you once.

I like to headcanon that martin and Chris can sing really well, soooo there are lots of Lullabies when you go to sleep.

Martin is kind of strict when it comes to your sleep schedule. "Look at the time lil fangs, time for bed, no no no don't give me that face, you're going to sleep." He's not mean, he just wants you to have a goodnight sleep :(

Chris sometimes lets you off, "what's so bad about missing some hours of sleep?" Yeah...he had to deal with your grumpy sleepy self the next morning and also get scolded by martin.

I also headcanon that they both like to eat healthy, so they prepare tasty and healthy meals for you.

Nicknames: martin: lil one, tiger, lil fangs Chris: squirt,lil adventurer, tiggy(tiger)

10/10 they're the best brother caregivers you could get.

Hope you liked this, sorry it took so long. Ive been kinda busy.

Here you go 🐯🙏💓

[jokerislandgirl32]

Violet Virginia Varmitech née Tyler Ref Sheets! 2.0 Edition!

Hi everyone! Happy Earth Day!!! Due to the importance of this day, and my love for Wild Kratts, and my s/i/OC Violet, I felt that this was the perfect day to be her birthday!

I knew she was going to be a spring baby when I created her, as a contrast to me being a fall baby. But I felt like this day would suit her so well because she’s supposed to be a contrast to Zach. He hates nature, but she loves it, therefore what better day to be her birthday than Earth Day!

So in honor of her birthday I finally got myself together, and I am posting her updated reference sheets! All of these lovely sheets were made by @quasarzt! From the notes to the fanart, Eli composed them all. I am so grateful to him for all this hard work!

Eli embarked on this project last summer, and between many chats between us, these were created. He did such a beautiful job in showcasing my girl and everything that makes her, well….her! So Eli thank you so, so, so much for these sheets!

Violet’s original reference sheets can be found below! They can still be used as a reference for her, but the sheets above showcase her current look and vibe so well!

[winterrrnight]

hi! i was wondering if you could write relationship headcanons about zach maclaren from the other zoey? 🫶😊

I just have so many zach thoughts all the time because he's literally my dream boyfriend. thank you for this request anon!! I hope you love reading this <3

dating zach maclaren

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Zach is just about the most perfect boyfriend you could ever have.

His love language is quality time. No matter what, he will always find time in his schedule to spend with you.

He comes over to your place often, mostly surprising you because you weren't expecting him, but slowly over the course of time you get used to his random pop ins.

He loves to sit down with you and just, talk. About anything. He will listen to your rants, about what you ate today, a shitty day at your university, basically anything.

And he'll be listening very carefully, not missing any detail, and if you're ranting about something which is troubling you, he'll try to help you and almost 9 out of 10 times his advice is the best one you can get.

He'll take you to dates often, and he's definitely the kind of person who'll just take you on a long drive so you both can just listen and sing to your favorite album together.

Without a thought, I believe he has a second love language too, and that is acts of service.

You're hungry? He'll whip the best meal for you in under 15 minutes.

Your car has a flat tire? He'll fix that for you right up.

You accidentally cut yourself while making some food? He'll bandage you just the next second.

His family adores you, so you are often invited at family dinners at their place, and you always love to go.

Avery, his little sister, gets attached to you quickly and looks at you like her best friend.

You and Zach are the best team basically, anywhere.

If it's family game night at his place, you know you both will win.

If it's a game night with your friends, you both are going to win, it's decided.

I've said this before, and I'll say it again, Zach loves to kiss your hands; your palms, your knuckles, the back of your hand, he'll press kisses to your skin often.

He's also the most amazing book boyfriend ever. His gifts to you are mostly books, and they are definitely the books from your 'to be read'.

Since he's a part of his university soccer team, you absolutely love to go to his matches.

He will be pretty anxious before them, but a quick pep talk from you will cheer him right up, and he'll play with all his might.

You are always wearing a jersey with his name and number on it, he gives one to you each time his team wins a match (you have so many now it's hard to keep count).

Just as his team wins a match, you cheer out so loud for him, and he's quick to run up to you and hug you so tightly.

"I'm so proud of you," you will whisper to him, and he'll just melt on the spot.

You both don't argue very often, usually settling to talk out the misunderstanding and find a solution that suits you both.

But if the quarrel doesn't seem to find it's end and just goes on, Zach knows he hates being in this position, especially when it leads to him having to sleep in a different room than yours.

But your sheets are cold and empty, and you know you need him.

You would make your way to the room he's in, and he's lying in the bed, all coiled up because he also finds your absence to be cold.

You will snuggle in next to him and press a kiss on his arm, mumbling a 'sorry' as you realise how ridiculous your argument was.

His response would be to wrap his arm around your waist and pull you in impossibly closer.

But there's one thing he can't help you with, and that is studying.

He is the worst study buddy to have. He can't sit silently, he can't focus on his work for more than 15 minutes, so what is the next obvious thing to do?

Annoy you, of course.

He's tapping your arm to tell you the worst dad jokes ever, or to just distract you.

"But, I love you so much baby!"

"Shut up Zach."

You always accompany his family to their yearly winter ski trip. You learnt how to ski with them and now you're a pro.

You always have huge snowball fights with Zach, which always end in him picking you up and dropping you both on the ground as you try to stop laughing.

You would also make a huge snowman with him, and naming him 'Burt' because he said so and you can't convince him.

To sum it up, I think of Zach Maclaren as Phil Dunphy.

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[kaythefloppa]

Wild Kratts: Our Blue and Green World Trailer.

Underneath the cut for those who consider it to be spoilery, but we have a trailer for the one-hour special, Our Blue and Green World, airing April 1st, 2024.

The Kratt brothers disagree on what's better; blue oceans or green forests. Aviva takes on the role of referee to demonstrate how oceans and forests work together to make our living planet, just like Martin and Chris need to keep working together. It's up to the gang to get Martin and Chris back in sync in time to save planet Earth from Zach and Paisley's villainous plans.

This special was first mentioned back in May of 2023 during an interview with Martin Kratt heralding the show's premiere of its 7th season. The original title was Blue and Green: The Living Earth before it was chaned to our Blue and Green World. The episode will feature climates and habitats corresponding with the Kratt's "blue and green." With it, will come the introduction of new Creature Power Suits: The ones we have seen thus far in the trailer are Indri Power, Green Anaconda Power, and Blue Whale Power.

My thoughts:

HOLY SHIT THE BLUE WHALE SUIT

HOLY SHIT THE BLUE WHALE SUIT

HOLY SHIT THE BLUE WHALE SUIT

*calms down.*

Ok but I'm starting to see a weird pattern in the PowerSuits in this season. For some strange reason, they have to retrofit the wearer's mouths to match the ACTUAL anatomy of the animal the suit is based off of. They did it with the Wild Pony and the Mountain Goat Power Suit and both of them were.... ugh. Now they did it with the Blue Whale Suit and to be fair, while I hate that particular feature, it's not enough to make me hate the suit. In fact, I kinda like it more because of how silly it looks (Martin is the perfect person to wear this suit tbh). Still though, I wish they designed it like the Crocodile, Hippo, or Puffin Suit where the giant mouth is simply an attachment that doesn't move while the wearer speaks.

For those who don't know, Indris are the largest species of lemur in the world (alongside Diademed Sifakas). They are the only animals besides humans that can find and use rhythm using "wailing songs" to communicate. They're also critically endangered due to slash and burn of their habitats and poaching for their flesh as delicacies (yeah, very odd that Gourmand isn't here, but I digress). There's an estimate to be less than 10,000 left in the wild and are expected to have a population net decrease by 80% within the next 30 years... yeah, considering that they're endemic to Madagascar, not a very good sign. I didn't even know what an Indri was until reading the article, and if I'm not the only one who had no clue about these guys, it's probably definitely a good sign that they're getting some spotlight in this show.

The Indri Power Suit looks so goofy, but again, something about how silly it looks just makes me appreciate it all the more. I... weirdly expected it to be way bigger like the Puffin Suit, but again that's just me.

I am a huge fan of how they designed the snake-inspired Creature Power Suits in the show. But the Anaconda Creature Power Suit... holy shit.

LOOK AT IT /POS

Look at the markings! Look at the green! Look at the patterns, and the color schemes! Chris FINALLY got a green Creature Power Suit to activate! Our boi won! It's also a pretty clever callback to the Amazon special where Chris met the Anaconda (I really hope the Power Disc for this suit is green because god that would be so aesthetically pleasing).

Ngl, if the old flash games were still on the website, and this was one of the Power Suits I could earn for my character, I'd play it in a heart-beat.

I'm really interested to see the Zach/Paisley team up. This season already started to utilize her better by giving her another solo appearance, and now we're seeing a 1 on 1 team up with her and another villain. I was always gunning for a Paisley/Donita teamup but this works too. They're both very similar characters that can bounce off each other in similar, yet different ways (I actually headcanon that they're related - second cousins to be exact - because of those similarities). The final battle is gonna be kickass.

If you were to tell me without any context at all that this was a screencap from the upcoming WK feature film (that this episode is often mistaken for), I would believe you. Because HOLY SHIT! The linework, the lighting, the hues, AND the shading! I am becoming more and more grateful for the 2-year long hiatus - the animators needed time to cook and they fucking COOKED. For an extended TV episode, this is pretty damn impressive.

People don't talk enough about this, but fun-fact: A lot of the animators of this show had experience working for Disney. Erika Worthylake was one of the artists on this show, doing several beta designs for animals such as wild ponies and salmon sharks. In 2019, she was the lead designer for Anga, one of the new characters in Disney's The Lion Guard (which, much like Wild Kratts, was animated in Toon Boom). Ben Balistreri had collaberated with the Kratt Brothers and Luc Chamberland in 2007 to work on the show's pilot episode, creating several different designs for the animated characters. Ten years later, he became the executive co-producer of Tangled: The Series. Kendal Brouet, who animated A Creature Christmas, worked on The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder in 2022. Just to name a few. It's just a fun little thing that comes up in the back of my mind whenever the topic of WK animation comes up, and this instance of animation is so fucking good that I HAVE to talk about it, because I have MAJOR respect for these guys, and if there were ever moments in the show that remind me "Oh, this slaps," I just remember what these talented artists worked on through the years and it clicks together nicely in my brain.

According to Whrokids, this episode is gonna have a runtime of 58 minutes. I found this screenshot of someone who did far more searching and sleuthing for new episode content (they were the ones who found this trailer actually). I'm not sure how valid this particular screenshot is, but if this is the case, then this will be the longest episode of Wild Kratts in history, and will be the closest thing we get to a Wild Kratts movie (until the actual WK movie is released in theaters).

Fucking. Hyped.

[commsroom]

What job do you think he’s best suited for?

What’s his favorite ice cream flavor?

there are a lot of jobs eiffel could do, but would he... hm. i think he's best suited to be a jack-of-all-trades type, which is just a nicer way of describing his existing work history (working a variety of jobs and not staying at any job for very long before he gets fired.) he fantasizes about being The Guy Who Owns the Local Record Store, and he bemoans the fact his technical skills aren't as appreciated as he feels they should be, as an analog man in an increasingly digital world, but those are just fantasies. there's no perfect job for doug eiffel, because every job is still a job and he doesn't want to go to work.

as for ice cream... i still always think about zach valenti saying eiffel would like cotton candy dippin dots. disgusting sweet tooth on that man. i'm not sure if he has One Favorite Flavor, though; he probably gets a few scoops of different flavors every time, and he'll eat most things, on account of his aforementioned disgusting sweet tooth. i think people most notice when he eats brightly colored flavors generally preferred by children, though. bubblegum ice cream with chunks of frozen gumballs that dyes his tongue blue, that kind of thing. incidentally, i think minkowski's favorite flavor is something like dark chocolate cherry fudge, and she only lets herself eat it once a month, and she marks it down on her calendar to motivate herself, and eiffel finds this horrifying beyond words. hera's preference would be something more light and complex, like, floral or tea flavors, or black sesame, or fruit sorbet, and eiffel would find that horrifying for completely different reasons.

[rainbowyumy]

After reading a few more people talk about the "Blue and Green World" special, it made me realize that the villains have little to no purpose in the plot other than Paisley's rushed redemption arc and to give the Kratt Brothers a reason to use their suits in a heroic way (cause it's a "magical girl but for boys" show for kids.)

I mean, the "brothers fighting" plot would've been the perfect opportunity for the villains, especially Zach, to use it at their advantage. Zach would've made them turn against each other to either divide the team as a distraction or use the suits for his schemes.

If I have the power to change the special, It would go out like this:

The brothers fight due to laundry day, but they cool off after the team calm them down. Zach, spying on them and was looking for a way to distract the Wild Kratts from foiling his schemes, has an idea to make the brothers believe they said horrible things about each other behind the other's back. This would cause the brothers to rival each other, using their suits and their interests to compete who is better due to the rumors. Eventually, after Zach takes the rest of the team out of the picture, the brothers found out about Zach's plan and using teamwork, they reconcile and apologize for their misunderstandings, as well as saving the day. (I bolded that because, may I remind you, they never have apologize in the special, which is wild considering its PBS Kids.)

[crunchyapple33]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤin depth about meㅤ!ㅤ

[note: this is insanely long, i mean it when i say 'in depth' (or: i don't know when to shut the fuck up). all key words are in bold for anyone who doesn't care all that much /silly]

the general segment

hi everypony !! my name is zachary, zach, whatever floats your boat. i am 19 years old, born november 24. i am a sagittarius sun, virgo moon, and a libra rising. whatever that means, if anyone likes that stuff, feel free to tell me what it means 😭

fun fact: i actually use my birthdate here in every single one of my alternate realities. it just feels so perfect to me. aaaaah

i use he / him pronouns, i am a boygirl gaybian (although i prefer if only i call myself a girl), and some labels i find that suit me the best are:

sapphillean,   ambonec,   fleurian,   boygyne

i live in the usa (unfortunately), and have never left my state. i have a map of the united states that i use to chart what state plates i've seen driving around my area. i've found: montana, utah, arizona, nebraska, oklahoma, texas, michigan, indiana, ohio, tennessee, mississippi, georgia, north carolina, virginia, new york, main, new jersey, connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts. i've only started charting what states i've seen this year, but my favorite plate i've seen was a hawaii plate back in 2019. (although i don't agree with the idea of them being a usa state, but i can say that for the entirety of the country so i digress)

my favorite color is a golden yellow (around #ffae00), my favorite number is 33 (shocking right?), my favorite drink is a dr pepper, my favorite food is... idk probably watermelon honestly. so good omfg

my current fixation: rupaul's drag race, reality shifting / law of assumption

the favorites segment

my (current) favorite song: run away with me - carly rae jepsen (i only recently discovered this song and its tearing me apart /pos)

my (current) favorite movie: running strong, my favorite movie for the past 10 years is 'the d.u.f.f'. it came out 2015, and i've been in love with it since. it's a fucking terrible film, cheesy as all hell, but damn it if it doesn't comfort me to no end.

my (current) favorite musicians: halsey (her 2015-2017 discography has a tight grip on me), ninjasexparty (give them a chance.. despite the name of their band, they're really good. i recommend 'danny don't you know', and '6969'), and pigeon pit. my all time favorite band. i'm in genuine love with them. (i haven't listened to their newest album yet which hurts my very soul but . i recommend 'no breaks' and 'milk crates'.. hey it rhymed!)

my favorite book: out of my mind by sharon m draper. please please please read it it's so phenomenal. if you have a hard time reading, the movie for this book came out last year on disney plus and it's absolutely great and so fucking realistic. please read it or watch it im actually begging

favorite youtuber: tbh it's been markiplier since 2014 lmfao. jacksepticeye introduced me to mark so they're forever deeply entwined together in my mind. i know, boring basic answer but whatever

favorite flower: tiger lily!!

favorite scent: uhhmm i like vanilla, my favorite perfumes are all by body fantasies. i like their japanese cherry blossom scent, and their coconut fantasy scent. i reallllly want axe body sprays' 'apollo' scent tho

favorite season: winter !!!

favorite weather: rain!!! especially if it's super sunny / clear skies while it's raining. i call this 'rainbow weather' hehe

my (current) favorite tv show: rupaul's drag race EASILY.!!!! it's been a reoccurring hyperfixation of mine for 5 years now. i'm insane about this show. even if i think i've escaped it's autistic grasp on me, i fall right back into this damn show

my (current) favorite drag queens: lydia b kollins, kori king, raja gemini, manila luzon, adore delano, daya betty

additionally: lydia b kollins and kori king are my s/os in several of my ars (if not all, once i get to making more hehe), and i know there's not that many drag race shifters so i'm not concerned about people who also are with them, but i still feel the need to share this<3

fun fact: my twitter handle is actually a song lyric from one of manila's songs<3

the disorders / etc segment

a great segue into.. what disorders i have ! not much has been properly diagnosed due to a bunch of different reasons, but they've all been things i've heavily looked into, and been confident in for years.

i am autistic, i have ocd, c-ptsd and adhd. i am hard of hearing (medically recognized), major depressive disorder (medically recognized), general anxiety (medically recognized). oh, yea, and i have osdd. i am only dyslexic coded . maybe i'm just super illiterate. we'll never know /silly. alleged synesthesia that i haven't properly looked into yet. i have dermatillomania, thaomniphobia, and teranyctophobia

thaomniphobia: a term coined by me, which is the fear of dying in my sleep teranyctophobia: a term coined by my friend, which is the fear of monsters in the dark

i have 4.. ish.. skin conditions? wait lemme look. okay yea, general acne, sebo-psoriasis, terra firma-forme dermatosis, hidradenitis supprativa. honeslty jsut adding this bit in case anyone else has these conditions; so you feel less alone <3

i am in therapy as of last month :D

next fun fact: i tried watching adventure time and only got through 4 and a half episodes of the first season. i found it extremely boring ...

the likes and dislikes (additional dni) segment

some things i like:

(a lot of this is copy pasted from my intro post, but i deleted info i have already stated in this current post!)

descendants,   life is strange,   yellowjackets,   mythic quest,   mcu,   craig of the creek,   rick and morty,   tarot,  sims 3,   age regression,   self shipping,   penguins,   foxes,   therianthropy,   solarpunk movement,   rpf,   bob's burgers,   american dad,   spongebob squarepants,   boyre aesthetic,   folk punk genre,   fanfiction,   my little pony,   community 2009,   solitaire,   sudoku,   crystals

kin list:

wilford warfstache, morgie le fay, unikitty, pinkie pie, my friend pine (inside joke but still counts to me /silly)

some things i dislike:

tldr, this is basically another dnf in some capacity. i also block freely so listen or don't listen, genuinely don't care. i'm not the biggest fan of 'byf's anyway. u don't rlly need to take this 100% serious

c.ai,   shifttok,   pro-israel,   heavy talk of christianity (mainly in the sense of if you're like.. pushing your religion onto other people. first day i made this acc i saw someone say like "idk if you are christian but just know god loves you!!" like ??!?! thats fucking insane and soooo... are you listening to yourself???? okay rant over),   maga maggots,   terfs,   anti-ageres,   anti-kins,   anti-polyamorys,   if you think pronouns equal gender (ex: he/him lesbians),    cops / authority figures, coca cola,   if you villainize an entire dog breed,   flag discourse,   being late to appointments,   fancy fonts (screen readers deserve love),   harry styles,   taylor swift,   chappell roan,   "kurt cobain wasn't murdered!",   "princess diana's death wasn't planned!",   "marilyn monroe wasn't murdered!",   people who say others with complicated identities aren't human (like lesboys),   people who are "anti good faith identities" (what?)

aesthetics that i connect with:

if it's possible to kin aesthetics, these would be it !

2010s internet,   soft grunge,   twee,   after hours,   bastardcore,   tropical coquette,   coffinwood,   waif,   cottagegore,   cozy childhood hideaway,   folk punk,   kinderwhore,   nostalgiacore,   northernness,   mallgoth,   midwest gothic,   bubble goth,   indie sleaze,   olderbrothercore,   solarpunk,   soft apocalypse,   rainy day,   trailer park princess,   trashy raver,   trinketcore,   whimsigothic,   whimsy twee

honorable mentions:

2014 girly,   babycore,   bloomcore,   this cool image i found,   dethereal,   música metro,   glitter poppare,   starrflesh,   southern gothic,   pale waves' singer heather is on this page :D,   scene tween,   rebel academia

fun fact: i am left handed!

the agere segment

adding this since i've seen other little shifters, but i am also an age regressor :3 my little ages r usually like .. 4-8 . so if anyone wants to talk abt that stuff in my inbox (vents, anything not pertaining to me in specific, are also included) go ahead !!

off topic but you can literally say anything in my inbox, feel free. specify if you want me to not post it if you want, i won't tell a soul<3 (i am also notoriously behind on inbox messages on my other / 'main' acc (like by 100 inboxes) soooo ... Sobs)

fun fact: the 'wedding finger' is typically your left ring finger, and some people think that the reason for that is because that finger is the only one with a vein that goes all the way to the heart. it's called the 'vena amoris' or, the vein of love<3

the alterhuman segment

i am very not human feeling . i'm like if the body of a deer and emotions of a dog had a child. and also had the tail and ears of a fox. but also if that deer-wolf-fox morph was pure consciousness and was nothing and everything at once. but is also inhabiting the body of a teenage polish-american kid on many pain medications. who also feels like the embodiment of thunderous rain and a heavy snow storm.

very that

fun fact: dagames commented on my youtube video in 2016 once. so he definitely just looks up his name on youtube and watches everything. i don't even watch him tho i was forced onto one of his streams and his admin banned me from chatting so i made a video abt it and wlll commented on it

the political segment

i am anti government . anti economy. pro immigration. pro separation of church and state. pro land back. anti taxes (unless they'll start using the money to benefit people). anti military. pro drugs. i took a test online as per my class assignment to gauge my political standing and it said i'm a left libertarian. so take that as you will but i also just consider myself a left libertarian in action, but an anarchist at heart.

i think time, money and gender are social constructs. i am anti cop. only law i believe in is loa. anti authority. anti israel. pro theft from big corporations. anti homelessness (In the way of . give people fucking houses???? government with millions of dollars????) anti rent. anti war. i think we should restructure the school system completely. pro bodily autonomy. anti declawing animals. eat the rich

(i add this all just in case anyone is curiosu ....i also say all of this from an american standpoint)

fun fact: my cat is a lovable asshole who wont stop moving in front of my eyesight as i type all of this out

the crystals segment

i have 40 crystals!!! i got them all from a zen shop in a mall a few cities away from me (which im going again this friday (4/25/25!!!) what ones should i get next...)

4/26/25 update: i got a lemon citrine!!!! it's a calm crystal, so it's a smooth circular crystal and it's so beautiful!! i'm creating a pocket altar for Apollo soon so i'm gonna keep it in there but alternate from keeping it on me to stim with and keeping it in his altar from time to time :)

my favorites are my blue apatite and my opalite!! i carry them with me whenever i go out hehe

i have: 1 rose quartz, 1 clear quartz, 5 howlite, 1 adventurine, 5 agate, 1 bloodstone, 1 dalmation stone, 1 opal, 2 lapis lazuli, 4 milky quartz, 1 prehnite, 1 snowflake obsidian, 1 sodalite, 1 zebra marble, 1 fake turqoise, 1 crackle quartz. 1 carnelian agate, 1 hematite, 1 brecciated jasper, 1 cherry quartz, 2 amethyst, 1 calcite, 1 blue apatite, 1 satin spar gypsum, 1 rutilated quartz, 1 citrine

fun fact: i actually have a good amount of obsidian that isn't listed above, because it's super sharp and easy to break, so my mom put it in her safe to keep it safe lol

extra fun fact: i asked the r/crystals subreddit about what crystals could help me sleep better and the majority of the comments were calling me crazy for believing in crystal magic or whatever </3

the pagan segment

i really want to look into a few pagan religions!! i grew up without any religion because my mom was raised the same way and so she believes that i should be as well so i could explore religion independently without it being forced onto me growing up. (i absolutely love this idea and will be using it in a future parent ar... i mean WHAT i said nothing /silly)

i've talked about a few times now, wanting to look into hellenic polytheism (is that how it's spelt?) or aka the greek gods !! especially apollo hehe.

i also would love to look into heathenry (aka asatru) which is a pagan religion following the norse gods!

another one i wanna look into is rodnovery, which is actually a slavic pagan religion!! like i said a little bit ago, i am polish american. i am 4th generation american, and my mom is 3rd gen, her dad is 2nd, his dad is 1st, and then his dad is the son of the lady who came to america with him and his brother. so my great great great grandmother came to america in 1910! afaik my polish family has always been pretty christian, but i believe it was because.. historically, as we are all aware, christianity has been forced onto many different groups of people, poles included.

i've looked into it, and as late as the end of the 10th century (or the years 901-1000 if anyone has a hard time following that type of terminology), poland had fallen into a period of christianisation and much of the native polish faith of rodnovery was lost to time due to that. and i know that like . that was a LONG time ago and whatnot but . i would like to follow that religion because i can only imagine what ancestors i may have had who were forced to abandon their beliefs for christianity. is that too empathetic? /gen , idk how to word it. especially that my .. great great grandparents (had to think abt it LMFAO) actually founded the local polish christian church, as well as the local polish cemetery (my area is like . 50% italian, 25% poles 25% jewish ppl LMAO it makes sense *nodding emoji cuz idk where to find it*) . and my grandmother on my dads side actually wants me to get baptized because she's a christian and she wants to know i'll be safe when she's gone. but i just like the idea of getting to relight the torch of rodnovery that was forcefully extinguished forever ago idk

the only true downsides, is that both heathenry and rodnovery has gotten a lot of ... Really Bad People using the religion as a security blanket to throw their white supremacy onto :( . i've watched a video on actual heathenry followers who were very upset about the trend of people using their religion as an excuse to be racist and like . /i/ know i'm following the religion sincerely, but would other people just jump to conclusions based on what they've heard ? idk it's probably a stupid thought to have but like . idk whatever rip

4/26/25 update: i am now a proud eclectic pagan :)) i wish to look into worshiping Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Demeter, Hestia, Zeus; Lucifer; and probably many more !!!! i'm preparing to make Apollo's pocket altar this upcoming week :))

fun fact: one of my friends when i was like 6 tried killing me . she convinced me to go onto the roof of the apt building we lived in and like the whole thing was very pebbly. big rocks small rocks every kind of rock. so we walk close to the edge to look around and she tries shoving me, but i tripped onto a few rocks and fell to the ground instead

the etc segment

man this took me like 3 days to write. last updated 4/26/25 <3

last fun fact: i'm recording my cat rn to see if i cant catch her dreaming . but also ummmm my favorite car is a 1957 chevy bel air. i collect tiny toy old car models. the toys themself aren't old but the model is old . so i have a toy model of the 57 chevy bel air for example

[bluestar22x]

Finding Eden: Chapter 2

Summary: You and Zach make your trek towards Canada

Pairing: Zach Wellison x F!Reader

Rating: 18+

Warnings: Fowl language, mention of reader needing period products, mentions of violence/blood

Word Count: 5,700(ish)

Author's Note: I'm annoyed with myself that it took so long to get this chapter out but it's done, yay! This chapter is mostly set up for the future. Going to have a lot more action coming up real soon. I'm excited.

xxx

To say you were curious about Zach would've been an understatement. The truth was you were downright intrigued.

First he'd saved you, then he'd proposed that you travel with him to the safe haven he was searching for. A perfect stranger.

You couldn't quite comprehend it. Yes, you'd had plenty of experiences where people had been kind to you for the sake of it before the war, but that had quickly become a bygone after the riots broke out. Ever since then your survival had pegged on your family ties and what you could do to convince others to spare you.

It was different with Zach.

You were certain he had a motive besides just being nice, but you were also sure it wasn't anything sinister. There was nothing about his behavior and tone during your first conversation that suggested he was being anything but honest with you.

You trailed behind him and Athena through the forest, pondering over the why. What it could be. An extra set of eyes? Companionship? Both?

Both were why you'd personally agreed to the journey you'd embarked on. You fully believed in group survival. The strength in numbers. You'd had a fascination with wolves as a kid. You knew lone wolves had it rough and many didn't survive long enough to form another pack. You did not want to be a lone wolf any longer than you needed to be.

Zach had to have been feeling the pressure to find someone else too. Sure, with his military training he was bound to have far more survival skills than you, but it also meant he had to be almost constantly on alert. Athena was probably the only reason he looked fairly well-rested. Able to get some sleep each night because her large, pointed ears heard everything.

You had an urge to ask him a million questions about himself after that thought but you had no idea how tolerant he'd be of unnecessary chit chat, so you settled on observing him instead.

Of course you couldn't see Zach's face from your position behind him, but you could watch his back.

His very broad back. For a man his height and weight Zach had a wide set of shoulders, so wide they threatened to tear the seams of the brown and tan plaid shirt he was wearing if he flexed too much. It was an impressive sight on a man you'd quickly labeled as slim.

Less impressive was his nearly flat ass that barely held up his jeans, but that had a different kind of appeal. It was cute. It reminded you of a boy you'd dated in high school. The one you went to prom with who had been nothing but a gentleman with you despite his age. No prom night sex with that one. No, that had come months later, and you'd initiated it. You'd probably have married him if only the long distances between your colleges hadn't torn you apart.

Zach's brown eyes reminded you of him too. Though you obviously couldn't see them at the moment, you recalled them in your mind, dark, shiny, and expressive, more so than the rest of his face. What really stuck in your mind though was that his were still gentle looking despite the state of the world, the horrors he'd certainly seen and had probably done. They were in part why you'd trusted him enough to team up with him.

The similarities ended there though. While Zach still had some boyish features, his jawline was nothing but man. The same for his strong, sloped nose. You imagined he must have had an awkward faze in his youth due to their prominence, but at his maturity (late thirties, you'd surmised) they suited him perfectly.

Your cheeks heated up at your wayward thoughts about him, as if you'd spoken them out loud. You knew you hadn't, but it still felt inappropriate enough that you were sheepish about it. You'd just met him, after all. Not having had a boyfriend since a year before the apocalypse started was not an excuse to think about him like a piece of meat, analyzing every part of his body that peaked an interest in you (except for one in particular that you respectfully avoided with all your willpower).

Zach glanced back at you occasionally, on and off, for about an hour before your eyes locked by accident and you nearly stumbled over a rotten tree stump.

He's just checking in on you to make sure you're not lagging behind, nothing more, you reminded yourself. Cool your jets. Don't make a fool out of yourself over nothing.

Anyone who had a privy to your thoughts without having seen you first could have mistaken you for a teenage girl with a crush.

You weren't normally like this. Especially not after the country fell apart. But Zach was the first decent guy you'd run into the last few years who wasn't related to you, and he was definitely your type. At least physically, anyways. You weren't going to pretend you actually knew him enough for it to be anything else but basic attraction.

"You alright?" he inquired, hiking up an eyebrow as he did so.

"Yeah," you squeaked, flustering at your unusually high voice, even more so when you realized he was referring to your trip. "Don't mind me."

He nodded and continued on like you weren't behaving like someone half your age, but you decided then that silence wasn't the best idea for you anymore. It was better to risk annoying him to distract yourself and to actually get to know him than to continue to regress.

"Sooo...where are you from?" you began, walking faster to catch up with him.

"We're doing small talk?" he asked with some disbelief as you matched his pace and kept shoulder to shoulder with him, nothing but Athena between you.

"Sorry, are you busy?" you retorted with a huff, expression serious.

His eyes darted towards you, obviously surprised by your comeback, and he chuckled. "Got me there. Small talk it is. I was in Los Angeles. You?"

"Born and raised in Culver, Oregon," you stated plainly. "It's a small farming community. I went away to college in Seattle for a few years, but I returned afterwards. Found an accounting job with a local restaurant."

"That's funny," Zach mused, pursing his lips.

You frowned. "Why?"

"I worked as a building manager before everything went to shit, but for a brief time I worked for a friend's brother at his restaurant," he explained. "Nothing major, just washing dishes and helping the cooks out a bit, but it got me out of a bind, and I was considering going to college to be a chef before -."

"Everything went to shit," you quoted him flatly.

He sighed and glanced around at the trees surrounding you, looking for a distraction. "Yeah." You could hear the heavy regret that saturated that one word.

For the one millionth time since the bombs fell you thought about how unfair the world was. You'd do anything to be back looking through the books at Angel's Great Delights and you wished Zach had been able to pursue cooking like he'd planned to. It wasn't right you both had to pay for the mistakes of others.

"My cousin called it the preventable apocalypse," you informed him, tilting your head to the right, away from him. "I argued that most apocalypses in fiction were preventable. People just refused to pull their heads out of their asses. It was the most realistic part of those kinds of stories."

Zach laughed again. "Couldn’t have put it better myself.”

"So where were you when it all began?" you pressed on.

You could see it in his eyes, the way he withdrew into the memory. "I was at work, saw the news on the lobby's flatscreen TV. Washington D.C. was gone. It was surreal. And then after the riots began, it wasn't. LA was in the thick of it. I fled the city and lived in a trailer after it became too much. You?"

"I was alone in bed," you recalled, furrowing your eyebrows. "I was recovering from a severe flu. My boss had sent me home. Said he'd rather see me the next day or so when I wasn't half dead and ready to puke on the paperwork."

"Solid boss," Zach remarked.

"The fact that he could be considered solid just because he let me have a sick day when I was hardly in any shape to work, further proves how awful society was before."

"As opposed to now?"

It was your turn to chuckle. "What society?"

He hummed in agreement. "Why don't we talk about anything but the events that led to the current status of the world?"

"Okay, but the ones I have in mind are going to sound super trivial," you warned.

The edges of his mouth twitched up. "Perfect."

So that was how you both spent the rest of the day, talking about your favorite movies, music, animals (his was dogs, big surprise) and anything else that came to your minds intermittently (there was plenty of stretches of peaceful silence in between).

It was nostalgic, and for a time you could both just pretend you were hiking with each other on a day off from work. Like you'd run into each other in less dire circumstances.

Though only time could ever truly allow you to get to know someone, learning the basics was a start, and with every piece of personal information he entrusted you with you felt more and more comfortable in his presence.

It was pleasant, you thought. Zach wasn't super chatty, but he also wasn't aloof either. At least he wasn't with the things that didn't hit any sore spots, but that went for you too. Who would want to talk to a stranger about the painful memories they buried deep inside themselves? Even those who sought therapy didn't blurt out their deepest darkest secrets to their therapists until they had built a trusting relationship with them.

Your old trusty digital wristwatch read six eleven at night (probably inaccurately considering you hadn't touched it since you had to abandon your hometown) when Zach decided to stop for the day and set up a makeshift fire pit with some rocks, dried leaves, and old broken branches. You were so impressed with how neatly he'd stacked the wood and how easily he'd lit a match he had on him and got the fire going that you forgot to try to pretend to be useful. You did look for more branches and some logs to feed the fire for when it slowed down later on while Zach started pitching his forest green and tan tent.

"You should get yours up too," he told you when you came back from your third round of fire fuel hunting. He was busy zipping the entrance up. "Judging from the clouds, it might rain tonight."

You tipped your head back to stare up at the dark, angry clouds covering most of the sky above you and sighed. You hadn't wanted to ask Zach for any favors so soon, but if it was going to rain you had no choice.

"I don't have one," you admitted to him. "My cousin had a tent in his pack. I've been sleeping in whatever shelter I could find ever since his death."

"Well, you can share with me if you want," Zach offered without any hesitance. "It'll be a tight squeeze, but it's supposed to be a two person tent."

You didn't know much about tents, your parents had never camped out with you, but your cousin's had been a three person and it definitely had not felt like it had actually been made for three. You were sure a two person tent for two people wouldn't be any better.

Why did that make your heart jump a little?

"Sure, yeah, thanks," you said in return. "It's better than sleeping without anything over my head but the trees."

They were sparsely leafed due to the season and weren't particularly well bunched together where Zach had decided to set up. You knew if it downpoured you'd get drenched and that wasn't appealing with how cold the nights were starting to get.

You walked over to him and helped him finish setting up the tent, shoving and kicking the spikes that would keep the securing ropes taunt into the firm ground. You at least knew how to do this.

Once you both were finished you sat down cross legged by the fire, pulling out cans of old vegetables you both had in your backpacks. Yours was sliced carrots, his was green beans.

"I wonder how long we can eat these before we're recklessly risking our lives?" You peered at the label curiously, like it would tell you anything beyond the expiration date that you were already well past.

"Guess we'll find out," Zach stated dryly as he tipped his can's contents into his mouth, green bean juice spilling from the corner of his mouth.

You did the same with your can since you didn't have any utensils either. You missed utensils. But even if you found some again, they'd be a waste of space in your backpack. Essentials only.

You grimaced as you chewed and swallowed what you could fit into your mouth. Eating cold canned vegetables was getting real old.

"We really need to find a cooking pan," you decided.

"I have one," Zach said, feeding Athena the contents of the bottom of his can before tossing it into the fire after.

You blinked at him incredulously. "Then why didn't we use it?"

He shrugged and leaned back against the black cottonwood tree behind him. "I was hungry. Forgot to mention you could use it. Sorry."

You sighed and slouched forward like a wilting flower. "It's alright. Next time."

"At the risk of sounding like an old man, I think I'm going to turn in," Zach decided a few seconds later as he peered over at the distant mountains the sun had disappeared behind during your meager meal. "I'd like to head out at first light."

"I might as well too then," you figured. "I don't want to lose any sleep I can get. It's rough enough waking without coffee."

He groaned a little. "Ah, I miss coffee."

"Same."

You both straightened your legs out then pushed yourselves into a stand and went through your bedtime rituals, yours a lot shorter lately, now that you didn't have any luxuries like face washes and lotion. You simply brushed your teeth with only water from your drinking bottle and removed your belt. Zach also did the former, but not the latter, slipping into the tent as is. He didn't even take off his boots until he was inside, to your dismay.

You took your sleeping bag off your pack and unrolled it before also crawling in barefooted, doing what you could to flatten it out beside his.

You brushed shoulders with him when you crawled into it. "Yep. This is definitely tight. Are you sure this is okay?"

You weren't sure what compelled you to give him a way out of your new sleeping situation. You really didn't want to sleep out in the rain.

He nodded, eyelids already at half-mast. "I promise it's fine. Sharing a tent with you is much better than some of the guys I had to share tight spaces with in the military. You smell a whole lot better, for one."

Your stomach fluttered. You knew he was just stating facts, but Zach thought you smelled good. Or at least better. You'd gladly take the compliment.

You were still absorbing it when Zach whistled and Athena came charging into the tent. "Hope you don't mind sharing with her too."

"Of course not," you said, giggling when the dog nosed her way between you and wedged herself into the small gap between your sleeping bags.

He grinned at your laughter and how you fondly scratched at the base of Athena's ear after she settled down. "Make yourself at home as always, girl."

"Typical dog," you added, shaking your head before rolling onto your side to face them both and closing your eyes. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight," Zach returned, slinging his left arm over his stomach, getting comfortable too.

It wasn't long before you both drifted off to sleep.

x

The next morning you heard and felt Zach moving around beside you before you were even conscious of the nippy air seeping into the tent.

You wrinkled your nose, trying to get back feeling in the numbed tip of it as you blinked up at the inside of the tent top.

It was barely dawn, but it was light enough to see everything around you, which meant that it was time to go.

You crawled out of the tent as Zach began to pack up his belongings and you searched for a private spot to pee. You only had to wander a few yards away to find a big enough spruce tree to squat behind.

When you returned Zach was sitting by a newly lit fire, Athena lying by his feet, her head resting on her front paws, ears twitching with the sound of him opening another can of vegetables, this time peas, with the multi-tool that he kept in one of his back pockets.

You quietly sat down a few feet from them and opened your second can of carrots, using the tab already provided on the top.

"I'm not eating cold again," you said, glancing at Zach's backpack, which was right behind him. "Can I use that pan now?"

"Sure." Zach reached for and rummaged through his pack, pulling the pan out from the bottom it. "Do you want to throw our food together; peas and carrots?"

"Sounds good," you replied. "Just don't expect to get a bigger portion out of it."

He raised a hand palm up in a pledging gesture at you. "I solemnly swear it'll be split right down the middle."

Satisfied with his promise you dumped the contents of your can in the pan and he did the same with his before placing the pan over the fire. After several minutes he removed it to check how cooked the food was, sampling a few peas.

He smiled. "Perfect."

He quickly split the pile of vegetables in the pan in two and dumped your share onto the plastic plate you always carried around.

It was the best meal you'd had since your cousin had gotten himself killed and left you with only the supplies you'd been carrying on your back.

After you and Zach had scarfed down your portions and both shared a palm full with Athena, you packed up and resumed your trek north.

It was still cloudy out, but the clouds were a light enough gray that you did not think it would rain again anytime soon, thankfully.

Unfortunately it meant you'd need to use landmarks instead of the sun's position to guide you, or so you thought until Zach pulled a compass out of his coat pocket.

"Of course you know how to read a compass."

He twisted his body to look at you as he continued to walk. "You don't? What have you been using to find your way on days like this?"

"The mountains, mostly," you answered.

He huffed. "Good way to get lost."

"Well, it's not like it mattered before," you told him. "I didn't have a destination in mind then."

"Want me to show you how it works?" he offered.

You shrugged. "You can try."

"It's easy," Zach promised, invading your personal space so he could show you the face of the compass. "See the white end of the needle?" He pointed it out. "That always points south. And the red end always points north. If you make sure the needle stays steady, adjusting the path you take when you need to, you won't wander aimlessly."

"And this is always accurate?" you questioned doubtingly.

He hesitated. "Usually. Sometimes they can be thrown out of wack, but I check this one regularly and it hasn't failed me yet. In any case, it's better than going off scenery alone."

You nodded. You weren't much of an outdoorsy person before, but you had heard plenty of stories of hikers getting lost because they only used their sight to guide them. It was easy to get turned around in a forest. Your rational side knew that a compass was a lot more reliable, and fixable if something ever screwed it up. You hoped Zach knew how to calibrate one.

Zach pocketed the compass and continued forward, Athena ever glued to his side, rarely wandering more than a few feet away from him to sniff at something or do her business.

Occasionally you observed him scratching her head or stroking her back in passing and it made you smile.

You liked people who liked dogs. You'd been raised around them, and while they weren't perfect at letting you know who you could trust (sometimes they did trust the wrong people), you firmly believed dogs were at least a pretty good first indicator. The fact that Athena was so relaxed around Zach, and that he made an effort to give her affection, reassured you that you'd chosen your partner well.

"There's a highway ahead," Zach announced as afternoon neared, surpassing the twenty-four hour mark since you'd teamed up with him. "We should follow it a bit. Check to see if the closest town is safe to scavenge. I'm running low on supplies."

"Me too," you admitted. "But I'm not going to go into town if it's going to be a fight."

"I won't force you to put yourself in danger," he vowed. "If there's still people there and I believe I can slip past them but you're nervous, you can stay hidden. I'll share whatever I find."

You blinked at him in surprise. "Really?"

"Of course," he replied.

"You're not going to label me a burden?"

He pursed his lips. "I've been labeled that before. I would never do it to someone else. We all have different strengths and weaknesses, a team works with them."

That made you curious. You couldn't figure out why someone would call Zach a burden when he'd been anything but since you'd met. You supposed it was different times before, but still. He seemed so goal motivated and had so many skills, what would drive someone to suggest otherwise?

You approached the road slowly and Zach tentatively stepped out of the cover of the trees to study the sign alongside it. "There is a town nearby," he informed you as he ducked back into the trees to stand beside you. "It's a mile out from here. It's out of our way, but it might be worth it."

You sighed. "Well, that's not too bad. With it being so close we've got to at least see it for ourselves."

He nodded in agreement and started to walk parallel with the road, keeping just out of view of anyone who might be dumb enough (or had enough ammo) to be strolling down the highway without a care in the world.

To your relief, when you finally passed the town line nothing changed. There were no working cars in the road, no voices, no signs of life. You could feel the emptiness of it, even though the road was littered with abandoned vehicles and other items, none that would be useful to you, unfortunately.

You and Zach left the safety of the forest and carefully made your way into town, his hands cradling his shotgun, ready if he needed to shoot to protect you both if the situation changed.

"We should head to the supermarket," he suggested.

"That's always the first place picked clean," you argued before gesturing towards the town library that stood next to the town hall, both buildings once painted white, faded yellow and chipped since. "The library would be the best place to try. The one in my hometown had food and a bathroom, drinks too. It's worth a shot."

He scoffed. "Nobody raids libraries."

"Precisely," you said, smirking. You were pretty confident you'd find at least a few useful items.

He chewed his lip, silently debating, weighing the risks and potential benefits. "Fine, we'll check out both. Then we head back out. Don't want to overstay our welcome."

"Fine with me."

A part of you was tempted to make an attempt to convince him that checking out every business and house possible would be worth it, but you understood why he was clearly set on only a couple places. A town like this was valuable. Anyone traveling nearby would likely want to pass through just as they were, and running into a large group would be disastrous.

One man with one gun could only do so much. Same went for a dog with no protective gear and a woman with a limited set of survival skills.

Zach lead you over to the local supermarket first, using a crowbar that a previous raider had left behind to pry the sliding doors open enough so you both could squeeze through.

Once inside you both scanned the shelves up and down for anything useful.

As you'd predicted, the store was pretty barren. There were some non-survival items scattered about - a variety of novels, toy animal figurines, and different brands of pet stain remover - but none of those items would be beneficial to your survival.

You passed the pet food aisle and even those shelves were wiped out. You knew it wasn't because so many people were worried about what their pets ate. No, they were definitely eating the food themselves. Just thinking about people doing it made you gag. You understood the concept of desperate times, desperate measures, but oh did you pray to high heaven you'd never be forced to eat any kind of dog food.

The next aisle was themed health and beauty and you wandered down it with Zach in hopes of finding a toothbrush to keep as back up for your current one, but had no such luck.

You were about to enter another row when you noticed Zach had lingered behind and looked over your shoulder to see him on his knees, stretched fully out, reaching for something in the very back of one of the bottom shelves.

When he pulled back and sat on the heels of his hiking boots he had a five pack of men's disposable razors in his right hand.

"Yeesss!" he exclaimed triumphantly, expression gleeful, before he studied the package. You grinned, infected by his enthusiasm.

It was the first time you'd gotten a glimpse of the boy he once must have been.

"I take you don't like letting your beard grow out."

Zach rocked himself back onto his feet and shook his head at you. "It's not my preferred look. Honestly, it grows in kind of patchy. But the real issue is it gets itchy after more than a week of growth. Drives me crazy some days, and anti-itch cream is hard to come by nowadays."

You hummed in understanding, cutting off when you noticed a small bottle on a nearby middle shelf.

You had to reach all the way back for it, like Zach had with the razors, but you managed, and for your grunts of effort and overstretched muscles you were rewarded a bottle of Tylenol.

"Now, this made the trip worth it," you declared.

Zach chuckled. "See? Not completely wasted."

You sighed dramatically, for show. "Yeah, yeah, you were right. Now, can we hurry up so we can hit the riches at the library?"

"Sure."

Six more aisles later you left the store with only the razors and the pills, but at least you and Zach had both gotten something out of it.

You exited cautiously, Zach leading with Athena as per usual, but for once they could not ease the anxiety you felt being in a place that used to be populated with people again.

All you could think about was the sharp crack of a bullet, the last split second you saw your cousin and his wife alive before they'd slumped to the ground so suddenly lifeless that you'd frozen like a deer in headlights while their bodies leaked blood into the cracks of the worn asphalt. Helpless to do anything but stare in horror as their killer dragged their bodies into a pile on the side of the road like they were just another dead animal to clear out, until you finally felt your legs again and bolted.

Civilization was no longer a place that comforted you.

Zach broke into the little library by shattering the glass of the front door with a sharp, heavy stone and turning the lock blindly. As soon as it clicked open he stepped aside so you could enter first.

You choked on the dust and had to cover your mouth with your jacket sleeve, but you pushed forward, determined.

Luckily the building had a lot of frosted windows so you were able to maneuver around easily without the lights.

You started at the main desk, searching every drawer. All you found were a few pens, which Zach pocketed.

Next you tried the janitor's closet. "Oh, well, now this will certainly be a luxury."

You pulled two rolls of individually wrapped toilet tissue off one of the shelves and threw one to Zach, purposely trying to catch him off guard. Impressively, he still caught it. He laughed. "Okay, so we're already even scored. Think you can find more stuff?"

"For sure."

You headed into a corner that had once acted as a little self serve café, littered with rotten food and a reeking coffee machine. You found four unopened water bottles still in the cooler by the back of the space and nearly jumped with joy.

"Never doubt me again," you said as you handed Zach two of them.

He made the motion of crossing his heart at you and you smiled.

"One last place to check."

As Zach shoved his bottles into his pack you slipped into the unisex bathroom adjacent to the coffee corner alone and glanced around. There wasn't much in the room besides the sink and toilet, not even a window, so it was hard to see, but you found one more roll of toilet tissue and a half used bag of pantie liners you could use for when your period rolled around. You hid them both in your pack and rejoined Zach.

"Any luck?" he inquired.

"Just another roll of toilet tissue," you lied, not feeling comfortable talking to him about period products even in passing. It wasn't just because you grew up around men who didn't want to hear a thing about it, who preferred to live in ignorance over the female cycle. It was also because Zach was still just an acquaintance, and that just wasn't something you typically talked about loosely in front of people you hardly knew, no matter their gender.

"I'll share if you admit the library was the more productive stop," you added with a smirk.

"I can't deny it," he said.

"I actually want to look at the books for a second if that's okay?"

Zach nodded. "Hurry up though."

You raced over to the how-to section, scanning them almost desperately for a book you had in mind. You found it on a top shelf, a book on North American plants for survivalists.

You were plucking it from the shelf when Athena barked suddenly and you flinched.

"What's up, girl?" Zach asked her, warily turning in a circle in hopes of seeing what set her off.

She was staring at the back window, suggesting she'd alerted to a shadow or sound from that direction.

Athena wasn't a barker. You'd only known her for a day but it was long enough to know if she was barking there was a reason. That knowledge made the hair on the back of your neck stand up.

"Follow me," Zach whispered.

You nodded quickly and slowly made your way to the front with him, creeping out of the door as soon as he gave the hand signal to do so.

You didn't breath properly until you were a good quarter of a mile back into the forest, back on track north.

You kept up with Zach. "Do you think she heard people?"

"Her warning bark is the same for people and animals so I have no idea," he said. "It doesn't matter. In either case, we got away safe. And if it was a false alarm, somehow, well, it's not like we weren't already leaving."

"True."

You turned the book you'd carried out in your arms over and skimmed the information on the faded back cover. The book had been published in 1985, but that was alright. Plant survival books didn't tend to get outdated too often.

"What's the book about?" Zach asked you when he noticed you studying it.

You told him and he looked pleased. "Great idea bringing it. I know about a few edible plants, but probably not as many as there actually are."

"All I know is berries are usually okay, and never eat the mushrooms," you said. "Even experts used to poison themselves eating wild mushrooms sometimes. Mushrooms look too alike and the risk is too great to be worth it."

"Noted."

You took a moment to stop and slide the book into your pack before running to catch back up with Zach again. "Are you nervous about the crossing?"

"We're still probably a few days out from that," he told you, "But yeah, I've been nervous from the start. Day one. I've heard as many rumors about the Canadian border patrol as you have. Micah said they have a zero tolerance for Americans crossing over. They will try to shoot us if they see us."

He halted to face you. "Are you still okay with this plan?"

"No," you said firmly. "Of course I'm not, I never was, but if I don't go with you to Alaska, I have no future."

He nodded, understanding what you meant. Entering Canada would be dangerous, but not necessarily more dangerous than staying behind, and if you wanted any sort of peaceful living you had to risk it.

Alaska here I come.

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[h31p-im-10st]

It had been a tiring few days for the group. Two of the three had had malfunctions of their suits and with no way to fix it, were stuck.

There was Jimmy the ten? Yeh ten, ten legged lizard, and Koki the scaly chicken with bat wings. That left Aviva to be the one in charge, and the only one with pose able thumbs. They were trying to find a creature pod, maybe one they could borrow from one of the Kratt children. If only they could find some human life, it felt like they were wandering in circles.

Their first sign of humanity had been a lone cabin in the middle of a maple forest. Koki pointed out how it reminded her of Nolan’s grandpa’s cabin, they had apparently called him once while he was there. Maybe if they were lucky…

No dice, no one was home, but the creature pod was, perfect! Jimmy could grab it and they could use it to find the bros and then the Tortuga. Aviva dreaded to imagine what Zach had done to it.

When Aviva did get her hands on it, she was filled with dread. Martin’s marker was working normally, he seemed to be in Asia, while they were in America. No that’s not what concerned her.

It was the lack of a marker for Chris, no marker, no idea where that Kratt brother is. Maybe they were lucky and the bros were together. They hadn’t had any luck like that in a while.

“Come on guys, let’s find a way to Asia…” Aviva commented, her two companions following her wordlessly.

No one dared utter out their fear, that the green Kratt was not with the blue. And if he wasn’t.

Then where was he?

The journey to the shore again had been tiring. About half way though was when the third Kratt team member had her malfunction.

They had been walking like normal, as they had been for several days, following the borrowed creature pod. They would need to apologise to Nolan when they were done with it. A growl had blocked their path, the growl of a mountain lion. And the lion was hungry.

It didn’t aim for Aviva, but did swat her away, nocking her face first into a tree. She became disoriented, but heard an all too familiar voice.

“No data found, no disk found, activating previous transformations”

Her body began to glow and shift, but she wasn’t focused on that, not how her two legs became four, not the tail, not the antlers. No she was focused on scaring off the lion, the one who posed to eat her friend.

She charged at it head first, just as it leaped for Koki. It was sent back, confused before snarling at its assailant. Aviva posed for another charge, but it was not needed, as the cougar bounced away, deciding the fight not worth the meal.

It was then when Aviva took a breath, and noticed her new, no longer human appearance.

“Tienes que estar bromeando” she mumbled to herself, frustration emanating from her speech.

“Least you are not small.” Jimmy whined, climbing onto her armoured back. “And you got some awesome defence with those antlers!”

“Gotta admit, you do look cool like this!” Koki tried to cheer her up.

“Heh, thanks guys, not really my worry thought.” She replied, walking over towards the somehow undamaged creature pod. “Jimmy, you mind?”

“Yeh sure.” He climbed down her leg, grabbed it and reclimbed her, as though she were just a tree.

“Onwards we go gang!” Koki smiled, her wings flapping ever so. “To find the, hopefully, de-transformed Kratt brother!”

[cat-angel-936]

Español

*Razo y Hasper en forma husky enjaulados en el avión de Zach*

Zach: bien, al que tienen que morder es a este *con mun muñeco de Martin* si lo hacen resiviran un premio

Razo: (premio) *mueve la cola y ladra*

Hasper: *ladra y mueve la cola*

Zach: jaja perfecto

Chris: Zach! *aparece con traje de lobo* livera a las mascotas de María ahora

Zach: *ve que Martin se acerca* claro chico verde ^^ *livera a los "perros"*

Martin: Zach no puedes secuestrar mascotas que no son Aahhhhhh! *lo están mordiendo* Ayuda!

Chris: que les hiciste!?

Zach: lo mejor que se hacer, soborno!

Inglés

*Razo and Hasper in husky form caged in Zach's plane*

Zach: well, the one they have to bite is this one *with a Martin doll* if they do it they will receive a prize

Razo: (treat) *wags tail and barks*

Hasper: *barks and wags tail*

Zach: haha ​​perfect

Chris: Zach! *appears in a wolf suit* livera Maria's pets now

Zach: *sees Martin approaching* of course green boy ^^ *hands at the "dogs"*

Martin: Zach you can't kidnap pets that aren't Aahhhhhh! *they are biting him* Help!

Chris: what did you do to them!?

Zach: Best thing to do, bribery!

[sem-nocao-tx]

Some spoilers ;3

Zach- shit! I knew there was someone there! And it had to be that incher Kratt!

Chris- do you know him?

Zach- of course I know, he and his team are always sabotaging my projects!

Chris- and why the fuck didn't you tell us he was here?!

The boy approached the inventor with an angry, with arrogant look on his face, as if he were threatening him. He tried to get his own back by raising his arms and returning his gaze angrily.

Zach- and I was going to find out?! Donita insisted it was just squirrels!

Donita- blaming others for the mess you make or don't make, I didn't expect anything else from you.

The stylist arrived at the scene with a serious look on her face and no patience, it wasn't the first time the three of them had argued and it was far from the last.

Chris- it doesn't matter whose fault it was, what matters is that he invaded our base, and he may well do it again!

?- finally someone with a bit of sense...

A female voice was heard by everyone, everyone recognized that voice and knew that she was in charge of everything there.

Madona- that's why I'm proud of you Chris, you're the only one who seems to use your head in the right way.

The boy looked at the elegant woman with straight gray hair, combed into a braid that fell over part of her right breast. She was wearing a black overcoat with rolled-up sleeves and a red collared, long-sleeved blouse, tight black pants and black leather boots, along with some large dangling gold earrings. But what was most striking were his red eyes due to the contact lenses and his proud, firm smile.

The boy bowed his head in respect, as if the woman had great authority over everyone there. Donita and Zach also remained silent, listening to what she had to say, she was the boss, she was in charge, as much as they hated the idea, Chris being the only one who agreed with it and respected her above all.

Madona- So we have an intruder, have you been able to identify him?

Zach- yes, it was Martin Kratt, I think you know him already

Madona- Aviva's guinea pig? I thought she was off our radar.

Chris- he seemed to be wearing something like my animal costume, I saw him turn into a jaguar in front of me!

Madona- *slight chuckle* I shouldn't be surprised...

Chris- What do you mean?

Zach looked at the woman and sighed deeply, seeing that this mess was far from being resolved.

Zach - Madona, Aviva and I were college classmates, it was during this period that she started making the animal costumes.

Madona- as much as she made the costumes, I perfected them, your costume is much more advanced than hers.

Chris- so you're saying that he has the same advantage that I do?

The suit was Chris's greatest security in combat, he was never very good at hand-to-hand combat and hated using firearms. When he learned that someone had the same power as him, his world shattered in his hands.

Madona- no, only you have the advantage, because you're better.

She approached him with a firm gaze and a broad smile on her face, with certainty in her words. She put her hands on his cheeks, making him look her in the eye. She had a hypnotic effect on him, even with his anxiety, she knew how to put his head back on straight.

Madona- it doesn't matter if he has the same power as you, I want you to show him who's better, because you're stronger. Even if you have to kill him to prove it.

Chris hated the idea of killing people. As much as he wanted to defend Madona's base and projects, he still didn't accept the idea of killing people, but he did agree with the idea of annihilating his enemies.

Chris- Yes, ma'am.

[palfriendpatine66]

Hello friend! I was thinking about PiP (always) and I remembered Obi-Wan telling Anakin that he's had some... regretful hair cuts in the past. Then I remembered that Suit Life of Zach and Cody episode where Cody dyes his hair and I ended up coming up with this little scene for my It Takes a Village WIP. Since PiP inspired it I wanted to share it with you! 💖

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Obi-Wan stepped lightly away from Korkie’s room, avoiding the creaky spot just outside the door, and made his way into the living room. It had been a hectic few days getting all of Anakin's belongings moved over and (mostly) unpacked. Padme hadn't been kidding when she said he didn't have many household belongings - he had a grand total of two bowls, three plates, miscellaneous silverware that were all mismatched and Obi-Wan suspected came from various restaurants, and a handful of other appliances. The only furniture he opted to keep was his bed, deciding that the sad excuse for a drooping couch wasn't worth putting in storage for when he eventually moved out.

What she hadn't told him about, though, was the sheer amount of things Anakin had. Apparently Anakin partook in many different hobbies, depending on his mood. He had random computer and robotics circuitry and parts, surprisingly soft yarn and a pair of knitting needles that appeared to have seen better days, an empty fish bowl that now housed an assortment of rocks, and various tools that Obi-Wan was secretly glad Anakin was bringing into the house (his dinky little toolbox was paltry in comparison and he was positive that taking care of Korkie - and Anakin - would require something to be repaired in the future).

But they had finally finished finding homes for everything. And in the process, Anakin had found a few of Obi-Wan's belongings that he decided needed to also be re-housed. Namely, an old scrapbook Qui-Gon had given him as a housewarming present years ago. Qui-Gon and Padme had meticulously included copies of everything from their lives together from copies of Obi-Wan's adoption papers, pictures of Obi-Wan cuddling with his newborn sister, notes that Padme had found between herself and Obi-Wan, to pictures of Obi-Wan in front of the house holding the first box he brought in. While he cherished the book - and the memories it invoked - he had had it in a drawer of a side table in the living room. Now Anakin insisted it needed a more prominent position. He also briefly mentioned starting one for Korkie, but when Obi-Wan asked him about it he quickly changed the subject.

When Obi-Wan sat down on the couch next to Anakin he was hardly surprised to see his new roommate looking through the pictures. He hadn't had the chance to get through all of it, but once he got permission to look he had become determined to look at everything it contained.

“Aw, you dressed up with Padme for Halloween!”

“Oh yes, I remember that year. She was obsessed with Peter Pan.” Obi-Wan chuckled. “She loved that he and I had matching hair, so she decided it would be perfect for us to go as Peter and Tinkerbell.”

“That's adorable.” The smile on Anakin's face made Obi-Wan's night in uncomfortable green tights worth it. Mostly. “Not many teenagers would have agreed to go out with their little sister, let alone dress up.”

“Well, you know she and I have always been close. Besides, when she wants her way she knows exactly what to say to get it. There's a reason she’s going to school for politics.”

Anakin turned the page and froze, Obi-Wan letting out a groan that was much too loud for naptime when he saw what caught his eye.

“What. Is this?”

In the picture, seventeen year old Obi-Wan had a scowl on his face while his mom fretted behind him trying in equal parts to help and not to laugh. Instead of his usual auburn hair that Anakin had always seen, his locks were a bright, Christmas red.

“What you have to understand is-”

“How have I never seen this before?! Surely I would have remembered this hairstyle!”

Obi-Wan's forehead dropped into his hand. “I was mad at Qui-Gon for not letting me do something - I don't even remember what. So when I was at a friend’s house we had decided a great way at getting back at him would be to dye my hair.”

“You picked this color?!”

“No! We dyed it black. Needless to say, mom and dad were not pleased when I came home. I think that was the closest I've ever seen Qui-Gon to being angry with me. He immediately drove me to the store and we got bleach and a box of hair dye that looked like it would be close to my natural color. When we got back, mom tried her best but this was the result. It was supposed to be ‘Honey Mist Auburn’ if I remember correctly.”

Anakin bit his lip, trying desperately to hold back a laugh. “Honey, you missed auburn big time.”

Obi-Wan rolled his eyes and Anakin let out a guffaw.

“Yes, well. We ended up having to go to a salon. That was when I had that horrible, short haircut, remember? Most of my hair ended up so damaged that they had to chop it off. But at least they were able to salvage the color and I didn't have to shave it.”

Anakin hid his face in Obi-Wan's shoulder to try and quiet his laughs. He knew what Korkie would be like if you woke him up too soon from his nap and he didn't want to start their co-habitation on the wrong foot. Obi-Wan found he didn't mind. He actually quite enjoyed feeling Anakin's body vibrate with his mirth and the hot puffs of breath against his neck. He smiled to himself, despite looking directly at picture evidence of his youthful mistakes.

Ok first I’m going to make this about me for a hot second. That’s twice tonight someone’s told me they’re still thinking about PiP. And my heart. Seriously. I cannot tell you just how happy this makes me. And that any part of it INSPIRED something more? Crying.

Ok. Now that I’ve gotten me out of the way:

I need to know more about this au!!!!

Yes to weird junk drawer pack rat Anakin.

Yes to stolen silverware.

Yes to honey auburn mist!!!!!