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logs on after 500 years to block sonny

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tony’s moving. aka i’m revamping. new blog, same url. this blog feels cluttered and i really want to narrow down my mutuals to people who have a genuine interest in writing with me. i’m keeping all of my threads and i’ll post the starters i owe over there. 

catch y’all on the flip side!

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wrongmindwrongplace.

       “Will it vastly improve my life?”

     “It’ll completely reinvent your life.”

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nicethought.

“I think it means, ‘be careful.’” She giggles at his obsessiveness over the topic. She had no idea people still cared about Horoscopes beyond high school. “My birthday’s August 25. I’m a Virgo. Tell me my future?”

     “Sounds more like a thinly veiled threat,” he pouts. Honestly this astrologer could’ve written have a wonderful day! and Tony would’ve found something malicious about it. Wonderful day, his ass. He scans the Virgo blurb, “A little inspiration can go a long way, Virgo. With an optimistic attitude and a dash of enthusiasm, you can form powerful plans for future projects, and this is a day better than any other to put those plans into motion. All signs indicate success on any project begun or completed today.”

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@shorestar / sc.

     “When’s the right time to take down Christmas decorations? Like, at what point is it just ridiculous to still have ‘em up?” He pointedly ignores the tinsel draped across the arcade’s prize counter as he leans on the surface, just as he ignores every other lingering mark of the holidays. There’s some distinct memory of his manager telling him to clear out the decorations months ago floating around in his mind, but he doesn’t dwell on it.

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@wrongmindwrongplace / sc.

He’s been staring at Greg for an almost insultingly long while. No greetings, no kind smiles, just staring with that little frown tugging at the corners of his lips. He even has the audacity to stare a few seconds more before finally:

     “Are you open to constructive criticism?”

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tony’s confidence is exaggerated. while he generally holds a positive opinion of himself (on good days), he has a handful of insecurities he likes to cover with humor. the more flippant tony is about something, the bigger of an insecurity it is.

his biggest insecurity is the fact that most of his former high school classmates already have bachelor’s degrees and established careers while he’s barely in his junior year of college. he constantly feels like he’s falling behind in life despite only being twenty-three years old. he grew up with high expectations from his parents, teachers, and peers, and now he can’t look any of them in the eye when they ask what he’s been up to since his high school graduation.

if you asked him if he genuinely likes himself he’d uh ! hesitate ! which probably speaks volumes compared to any witty line he could come up with.

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@memoryserved / sc.

     “So, like, you know D&D, right?” Some people have a certain vibe about them. Sometimes it’s one of those wow somebody needs to punch this guy vibes, while other times it’s a hey I could be real good friends with this person vibe. Whatever Kennedy’s vibe is makes him want to write character sheets and traverse the Forgotten Realms with them. “Have you ever considered uh, playing it? With me? Or anyone, but especially me?”

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@nicethought / sc.

     “They’ve got a total quack working the horoscope section.” He saw Aquarius and reality check in the same sentence and hasn’t quite recovered. “Like, look at this. Plan your moves carefully, what the fuck does that even mean?” It also says have patience and avoid conflict, but that isn’t important to the anti-astrologer agenda he’s trying to push here.

Then, as if it’ll help his argument, “When’s your birthday?”

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kinemasent.

     hm… escapes her lips, courteously – to serve to his amusement, of course. she nods firmly when she reaches her answer: “thirteen.”

Oh thank sweet merciful God. The last thing he wanted was to stand around like a jackass and count to seventy. He counts with each flick of his fingers before finally reaching, “Thirteen," and presenting the catcher to her again. 

Now the folds read five, ten, twelve, and four-twenty, respectively.

     “Okay. You just gotta pick one last number and all will be revealed.”

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dumbstcr.

   ❝Uh, yeah! He is hideous inside and out. I don’t wanna look like him!❞

     “Okay, fine, let’s forget I ever mentioned him. Let’s go back to Bowie. Bowie’s mullet was iconic. Don’t you wanna be iconic?”

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atyped.

        She’s wincing slightly ––  oh ,  this wasn’t a good sign. While Courtney wasn’t exactly the most in tune with other girls, there was still one thing she knew for sure …    dating culture.  Settling into the couch more,  she holds out her hand and waits for Tony to hand her a glass of wine.  “First of all,  you are SO not ugly.  As for the date ––  ? ”   Courtney trails off ,  brown eyes sad and sympathetic.  “Whatever, it’s totally her loss.”  A soft way of saying ‘ it’s a lost cause. ‘

     “Oh.” There it is! There’s the sting of rejection he’s been trying to stave off. He frowns, for what feels longer than the few seconds it actually is, before wiping the expression away with a shrug. “Well, at least I’m so not ugly, so I’ve got that going for me,” his lips twist into a small smile. He hands her a glass of wine before sitting beside her with his own glass in hand. “I guess it’s for the best. She thought NSYNC was better than the Backstreet Boys, so we would’ve never worked out.”

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dumbstcr.

  ❝Wow! I thought you couldn’t be more wrong, but then you said Hulk Hogan looks stunning. I hope you know that all of your arguments have been invalidated for the rest of your life now.❞

     “Wh— What d’ya have against Hulk Hogan?” He quickly adds, “Looks-wise?” While he can defend the man’s mullet, he’s not about to vouch for anything else about Hulk Hogan.

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flwerpower.

   “ try as in — try to eat or try to make? ”   big difference.  thalia likes to think new york city is rather diverse,  therefore making her taste-buds rather diverse as well.  she’ll eat just about anything — save meat,  of course — and new york city and all of its cultures have plenty of vegetarian friendly dishes.   “ i love creme brulee,  but i’d have to buy that little flamethrower thing,  and i’m not too keen on using that in my apartment … ”   partially because she burns everything,  and the plants most likely wouldn’t like the fire.  “ what about you?  anything y’wanna try? ”

    “Eat.” But the two aren’t mutually exclusive now that he thinks about it. “I’ve never had creme brulee, so now that’s something I wanna try— to eat and make, just so I can use that little flamethrower thing.” However, the chances of him actually getting his hands on a torch are slim, so thank whatever benevolent force for that. On the list of Top Ten Sentences You Never Want to Hear, Anthony Addens owns a flamethrower is easily number two, right after Anthony Addens is operating a flamethrower. “Besides that, I really wanna try crepes. Like, with strawberries and powdered sugar, all the works.”

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dumbstcr.

   ❝Your face looks fine to me. A mullet makes everyone uglier though, so there’s that.❞

     “Not true. Hulk Hogan had a mullet and he looked stunning. Or Bowie! Bowie had a pretty decent mullet. Some people look ugly with mullets,” again, points to himself, “and some don’t,” he finishes with a pointed look in her direction.