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doomed yaoi this doomed yuri that what about the ones left behind. what about the two vertices of a triangle whose apex was ripped off. what about the bitter, resentful, codependent bitches with a shared crater in their soul the size of a missing third, clinging to eachother in the aftermath of their loss desperately trying (or refusing) to move on. people who press together like the lips of a wound stitched shut

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I finished reading the Ruby Redfort books, this is how I imagined Clancy , I love that boy and his frantically flapping panic arms and his sixth sense for trouble 🪰

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Ruby Redfort, every smart kid’s smart kid 🪰

I loved reading the Clarice bean books (I’m a huge Lauren child fan) and when I found out Lauren Child was writing the Ruby Redfort series I was unbelievably hyped (I saw the first book in Waterstones and would not shut up about it, everyone had to know cos like she was writing the books from within the books! Tiny brain could not handle 🤯) Now I’ve finally got round to actually reading them (you know when you start a series and stuff just happens and you get lost somewhere half way, yeah that happened) I am hooked, I’m about to start book 5, I love Ruby, I love Clancy, I love Hitch, I would like my own Hitch to come solve all my problems.

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You could be my silver spring Blue green colors flashin’ I would be your only dream Your shining autumn, ocean crashing And did you say she was pretty And did you say that she loves you Baby, I don’t wanna know…

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his swagless mental breakdowns this, his homoerotic patterns of grief that. what about HER grief-stricken moments of extremely poor decisionmaking? what about HER incredibly alarming isolation and trauma-driven life choices?!?!?!

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Consider the last post you made about an individual character from any fandom.

That character is now your roommate.

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man, I love this character so much! [fills them with a deep and inescapable yearning which they don’t know how to fill or even name]

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no! healthy relationship will kill the character! he needs an unhealthy codependent romance with a side of power imbalance to live

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one of these days i will also tidy up my blog theme and maybe even replace my profile picture with an actual decent photo of the same badge. sure i have been saying this since maybe 2017 but i'll do it one day i swear

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nonbinaryfroghorn -> arthitchenzachary

oh baby now we're cooking with fire

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the dynamic between two people who love a third person so much and come to understand each other because of that is so important to me. you would put them first, and so would i. you understand why we have to save them from themself. i trust you with their life, and so, that means more than if i trusted you with mine. the love doesn't have to be the same, but it's powerful enough that you understand why you're not the only satellite drawn into their orbit.

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go read sapph's new fic. ruby gets stuck in a tomb and it's very fun

[image description: ruby sitting on the ground in a shadowy catacomb. she's listening to music on her headphones and staring at a pad of paper, concentrating. a flashlight is gently illuminating the scene. her shirt says DIGGING MYSELF INTO A HOLE on it.]

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"I have depression." - character who has been through extensive therapy.

"I feel dead inside all the time and nothing helps!" - character who does like, regular introspective thinking and is aware of the concept of mental health.

"Leave me the fuck alone I'll be fine once I get over my stupid shit." - repressed character.

"It's fine I'm just having an Empty Time. What? Yeah, empty times, you know, when everything is like bzzzzzz in your brain and you don't shower for two weeks. Why, what do you call it?" - ooooughhh now we're talkin

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there are some things a character should not be able to tell us about themselves EVEN with a gun to their head. depending on the character that could even expand to include "most" things

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It was late afternoon, but the sun was still warm and Clancy was sporting a pair of heart-shaped sunglasses; they were his sister Lulu's. No one could accuse Clancy Crew of vanity - he always wore exactly what he felt like wearing. Didn't matter how ridiculous he looked - it was one of the things that Ruby liked most about him.

messy light/shade noodling and a favourite quote !!!!!!!!! this scene has always been so distinctive in my mind.. oh to sit on the roof of my californian super-home in 1973 with bestie ..

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ruby redfort discord link where???

Right here! come on in and say hi.

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every time someone leaves kudos on my old ruby redfort fic (like 2017-2018 era) i'm obviously so so pleased that people are still enjoying things i wrote so long ago, but also a part of me always goes oh god please tell me you've read my new stuff too. please i was 14 when i wrote that this can't be your only image of me