#Allen's Lookout

[rabbitcruiser]

Allen's Lookout, BC (No. 1)

The Liard River of the North American boreal forest flows through Yukon, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Canada. Rising in the Saint Cyr Range of the Pelly Mountains in southeastern Yukon, it flows 1,115 km (693 mi) southeast through British Columbia, marking the northern end of the Rocky Mountains and then curving northeast back into Yukon and Northwest Territories, draining into the Mackenzie River at Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories. The river drains approximately 277,100 km2 (107,000 sq mi) of boreal forest and muskeg.

The river habitats are a subsection of the Lower Mackenzie Freshwater Ecoregion. The area around the river in Yukon is called the Liard River Valley, and the Alaska Highway follows the river for part of its route. This surrounding area is also referred to as the Liard Plain, and is a physiographic section of the larger Yukon–Tanana Uplands province, which in turn is part of the larger Intermontane Plateaus physiographic division.

The Liard River is a crossing area for Nahanni wood bison.

Source: Wikipedia

[rob-colvin-art]

Transitional Basement - Lookout Large transitional look-out basement image with a stone fireplace, a regular fireplace, and brown floors. The walls are gray.

[chimaerakitten]

Demane in Victory of Eagles:

Laurence looked over and saw Demane standing already beside him, having come up the other side. The boy was bristling with arms: two smallswords, two pistols, two knives, all with mismatched hilts, and a sack of small bombs slung over his shoulder, which he strung onto the harness without waiting for permission. “No, you sit there,” he told Allen, pointing farther back along Temeraire’s shoulder to the lookout’s place, and such was the air of decision that Allen meekly obeyed; though he had three years and a foot in height over the younger boy.

Sipho in Victory of Eagles:

Sipho was not suffering, or rather not in the same manner: he was regularly bundled into every spare piece of clothing which Demane could find, and now wearing three shirts, a knitted waist, two coats, a boat-cloak, a hood, and a hat crammed down upon it all, could scarcely move from where he had been put down near the fire.

[vtoriacore]

༺𓆩 valentine’s brutal, darling! 𓆪༻

♡‧₊˚‎ the inner working of the heart:

this event will only contain pieces that will either be yandere or nsfw! bear in mind, nsfw will only be written for afab readers and will use she/her prns but yandere pieces will always be gn! i do write wlw for nsfw.

now that we have gotten that out the way, here is some info regarding this valentine’s event! the entire selection of prompts (or rather lyrics which will be used as inspiration for the writing) is based on chase atlantic songs! there is no requirement for you to know about them or their music however, as the simple rules will explain everything you have to do! <3

these will be posted in instalments that will be sorted by fandom and nsfw/yandere! so it may take me a lil’ while to get everything out and ready. please be patient <3

‎♡‧₊˚‎ follow the heartbeat:

have i captured your interest? great! let’s move onto the rules shall we? don’t worry, they’re quite simple! all you have to do is send me the song title and the character you want it with after reading the lyrics from either the yandere section or the nsfw section! 

however! i will only write for a specific character once. and the same applies for the song title! so if, let’s say, the song ‘moonlight’ was chosen for ‘azul’, neither the song nor the character could be requested again! 

therefore, this event will work on a first come, first served basis. i will regularly update what characters and songs have already been chosen, so stay on the lookout for that dear! if your request doesn’t get written, this will be the reason why.

requesting nsfw for the twst first years is strictly prohibited <3!

‎♡‧₊˚‎ to your heart’s desire:

        ❥ twst [riddle, ace, cater, leona, ruggie. azul, jade, floyd, kalim, jamil, vil, rook, lilia, sebek]

        ❥ genshin impact [albedo, cyno, hu tao, kazuha, kaeya, eula, ayaka, ayato, lisa, mona, nilou, ningguang, ei, kokomi, heizou, childe, tighnari, venti scaramouche/wanderer, xiao, yae miko, yanfei, yelan, zhongli] 

        ❥ hetalia [feliciano, ludwig, kiku, lovino, gilbert, antonio, yao, alfred, ivan, matthew, francis, arthur, vladimir, elizaveta, tolys, lukas, matthias, emil, tino, lux, natalia, feliks, yong soo, allistor // luciano, allen, zao, flavio 

        ❥ ikeprince [yves kloss, clavis lelouch, chevalier michel, silvio ricci, gilbert von obsidian]

❥ 25/25 slots taken <3 thank you to everyone who participated! i will be writing these until april between my studying and by then everything will be out and this post will get a masterlist!

♡‧₊˚‎ vtória’s playlist [yandere]:

❥ now paused [SCARAMOUCHE];

"friends - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

  ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ▶ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ and what the hell were we?

tell me we weren't just friends

this doesn't make much sense, no “

➵

❥ now paused [FELICIANO];

"numb to the feeling - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

  ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ▶ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ heard you got a heart, let me see

heard you got a heart, let me see

i need you to split that thing with me

yeah, i need you to split that thing with me ”

➵

❥ now paused [KAEYA];

"slide - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

  ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ slide, i can see the pain in your eyes

i don't wanna say that I'm good, but

i'll take you to heaven if you die “

➵

❥ now paused [LOVINO];

"right here - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

  ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ it's happening again

well, i don't give a fuck about your friends

i'm right here, here

oh, baby, take a look around

i'm the only one that hasn't walked out “

➵

❥ now paused [FLOYD];

"swim - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

  ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ you picked a dance with the devil and you lucked out

the water's getting colder, let me in your ocean, swim

out in california, i'll be forward stroking, swim

so hard to ignore ya, 'specially when I'm smoking, swim “

➵

❥ now paused [XIAO];

"consume - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

  ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ and I know there's a blade where your heart is

and you know how to use it

and you can take my flesh if you want,

but baby, don't abuse it “

➵

❥ now paused [IVAN] [tw - SH];

"uncomfortable - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

  ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ my head could be a vessel for your own mind

all you gotta do is talk

a flood is slowly building at your wrists now

and death is just a thought “

➵

❥ now paused [LEONA]:

"paradise - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

 ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ▶ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ it feels like heaven on the inside

you’re calling my name and, oh, it sounds nice

the way that you're dancing in the moonlight

i think I'm falling in love with all these big signs “

➵

❥ now paused [ANTONIO];

"falling - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ oh, we've lost it

screeching off with no names

you said, ‘watch this’

with your hands in the rain “

➵

❥ now playing [CHILDE];

"what u call that - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ i'm sorry that i took my time to call back

well, i don't wanna spend time with your family

'cause i'm afraid i'll run my mouth and start rambling

wait, i know that your dad doesn't like me “

➵

❥ now paused [YELAN];

"you too - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ knew you had a heart

didn't know that i would break it, off

don't choose

if you love it, then you cut the thing loose, yeah “

➵

❥ now paused [ALFRED];

"triggered - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ telling you, i won't slow down, won't slow down

you gotta know right now, there's no way out

i’mma pull the trigger off

and i’mma let these bullets talk “

➵

❥ now paused [RUGGIE];

"dancer in the dark - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ oh baby, maybe it's that look in your eyes

they been telling me you wanna leave

you’ve been dancing with the devil all night

it's like hell is where you wanna be ”

➵

❥ now paused [ALBEDO];

"cassie - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ shit i probably tore their heart right out

at least that's how it feels right now (yeah)

but we're holdin' on, we're holdin' on

we say some words, we land them wrong “

➵

❥ now paused [VIL];

"her - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ i'm getting feelings that i didn't before

and all i wanna do is stay with them

but i know all i have is one day with them “

➵

❥ now paused [AZUL];

"moonlight- chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ▶ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ we're diving through the bottom of the ocean

swimming through a bottle of emotions,

maybe i was thinking you would notice “

➵

❥ now paused [GILBERT];

"heaven and back- chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ well, you lied

you said you were fine

but now you're terrified

say you don't wanna die

then you start to cry

you wish that you could take it all back “

➵

❥ now paused [HU TAO];

"23 - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ i can't believe this is happening

what did i do?

what did you do to me?

this isn't true to me “

➵

♡‧₊˚‎ vtoria’s playlist [nsfw]:

❥ now paused [LUCIANO];

"slow down - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

   ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ i don't know if you already know how

but, i got the feeling that you know now

you're buried in the pillow, yeah, you're so loud

but i'm about to show you, baby, slow down“

➵

❥ now paused [JADE];

"church - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

  ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ▶ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ and I'll keep leading you on

if you keep leading me into your room

the drinks are all gone

but that's fine, baby, so am i “

➵

❥ now playing [ALLEN];

"devilish - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

  ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ sever off the head and watch the body fall

see you in the depths, that ain't a metaphor

sex, blood, fashion, dripping holy water

holy shit, she worshipping my dick like it's the Holy Father “

➵

❥ now paused [JAMIL];

"okay - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

  ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ i can feel it in my brain

hit the tongue, watch it dissolve, just take a taste, yeah

she gonna make decisions either way

i swear ever since i hit it i ain't ever been the same, yeah “

➵

❥ now paused [ROOK];

"meddle about - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

  ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ no, i wanna to see you undress now

i wanna hear you confess now

we only met each other just the other day

but you already got me feeling some type of way “

➵

❥ now paused [YAE MIKO];

"too late - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ slide in, came with perfect timing

she climbed in, picture-perfect timing

slide and put her right beside me

sing this, i'm gon' bet she’ll date me “

➵

❥ now playing [AYATO];

"oh mami - chase atlantic"

01:23 ━━━━●───── 03:43

ㅤ ㅤ◁ㅤ ❚❚ ㅤ▷ ㅤㅤ

“ mamacita, i can see the devil in your eyes

muy bonita, tú quieres estar by my side

she might make me stay in for the night “

➵

[captainlaurence]

For the visual alone, this passage is my absolute favorite in the entire series.

“…Temeraire gave them only the warning of muscles suddenly gathered; Laurence pulled down Allen and the other lookout, Harley, and stayed low to Temeraire’s neck himself, then Temeraire was driving himself forward with short, rapid fire strokes, building up a great deal of speed; ten dragon-lengths from the border he ceased to beat his wings at all, leaving them wide-extended, and drew in a great heaving breath that distended out his sides; gliding he went straight across at one of the dark places between the outposts, and the torches to either side did not so much as gutter…”

[superhero-smackdown]

Bracket(??) Announcement!

I have FINALLY (which I am very sorry for guys) finished going through my submissions and have created something that looks like a bracket. BUT, in order to include the most characters, I have devised a group round with 128 characters divided into 8 groups and have sorted them in a way that prevents this competition from becoming a batman vs spider-man final.

making the polls shouldn't take nearly as long so be on the lookout for those! this will be pinned and I'll make sure to edit this post with links to the polls, and matchups are not necessarily going to be heroes next to each other! matches can be made up by any two heroes in the same group

polls will last a day for now and one group will be posted per day

as of right now top 4 from each group will make it to the bracket round but that is absolutely subject to change so don't count on that

Without further ado, your Superhero Smackdown competitors!!!

GROUP 1

Peter Parker, Miles Morales, and Gwen Stacy/Spider-Men and Ghost Spider (Marvel)

Garfield Logan/Beast Boy (DC)

Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel)

Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (Marvel)

The Incredibles and Frozone (Pixar)

Kori'ander/Starfire (DC)

Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel)

Stephanie Brown/Spoiler (DC)

Toshinori Yagi/All Might (My Hero Academia)

Charles Xavier/Professor X (Marvel)

Jessica Jones (Marvel)

Jason Todd/Red Hood (DC)

Black Noir (The Boys)

Jim Gordon (DC)

Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier (Marvel)

Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Marvel)

GROUP 2

Kara Zor-El/Supergirl (DC)

T'Challa Udaku/Black Panther (Marvel)

Sam Wilson/Falcon/Captain America (Marvel)

Dick Grayson/Nightwing (DC)

Peter Quill/Starlord (Marvel)

Minhkhoa Khan/The Ghost-Maker (DC)

The Green Lantern Corp (DC)

Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl (DC)

Arthur Curry/Aquaman (DC)

Cassandra Cain/Black Bat (DC)

Queen Maeve (The Boys)

Clark Kent/Superman (DC)

Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat (Marvel)

Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel)

Cissie King-Jones/Arrowette (DC)

Marc Spector, Steve Grant, Jake Lockley/Moon Knight (Marvel)

GROUP 3

Barry Allen/The Flash (DC)

Starlight (The Boys)

Kate Kane/Batwoman (DC)

Darkwing Duck (DuckTales)

Shouta Aizawa/Eraserhead (My Hero Academia)

Roy Harper/Arsenal (DC)

Natasha Romanoff, Yelena Belova/Black Widow (Marvel)

Tim Drake/Red Robin (DC)

The Autobots (Transformers TV Show)

Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC)

Ororo Monroe/Storm (Marvel)

The Midnighter (DC)

Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel)

Logan, James Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel)

Kon Kent/Superboy (DC)

Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (DC)

GROUP 4

Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

The Powerpuff Girls (The Powerpuff Girls)

Izuku Midoriya/Deku (My Hero Academia)

Ben Tennyson/Ben 10 (Ben 10)

Adrien Agreste/Chat Noir (Miraculous Ladybug)

Kate Bishop/Hawkeye (Marvel)

Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug)

America Chavez/Miss America (Marvel)

Kim Possible (Kim Possible)

Link and Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)

Goku (Dragon Ball Z)

The Power Rangers (The Power Rangers Series)

Kamala Khan/Miss Marvel (Marvel)

Virgil Hawkins/Static (DC)

Billy Batson/Captain Marvel/Shazam (DC)

GROUP 5

Damian Wayne/Robin (DC)

Phineas Flynn, Ferb Fletcher/The Beak (Phineas and Ferb)

Alex, Sam, and Clover (Totally Spies)

Jubilation Lee/Jubilee (Marvel)

Alya Cesaire/Rena Rouge (Miraculous Ladybug)

Flash Thompson/Agent Venom (Marvel)

Shoto Todoroki/Shoto (My Hero Academia)

Gwen Poole/Gwenpool (Marvel)

Nino Lahiffe/Carapace (Miraculous Ladybug)

Kaio Kincaid/K.O. (OK K.O.! Let's be Heroes)

Katsuki Bakugo/Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight (My Hero Academia)

Felicia Hardy/Black Cat (Marvel)

Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd/Wiccan and Speed (Marvel)

Viv Vision (Marvel)

Doreen Green/Squirrel Girl (Marvel)

Mia Dearden/Speedy (DC)

GROUP 6

Undine Wells and Kokoro Aichi/Alchemical Water and Heartful Punch (Sleepless Domain)

Olive Silverlock and Maps Mizoguchi/The Detective Club (DC)

Nova Artino and Adrian Everhart/Insomia and Sketch (Renegades Trilogy)

Karen Fields/Voyd (Pixar)

Laura Kinney/X-23/Wolverine (Marvel)

William Wisp/The Wisperer (Just Roll With It)

Kagami Tsurugi/Ryuuko (Miraculous Ladybug)

Gizmoduck (DuckTales)

Dakota Cole/D.C. (Just Roll With It)

Rumi Usagiyama/Miruko (My Hero Academia)

Luka Couffaine/Viperion (Miraculous Ladybug)

Neena Thurman/Domino (Marvel)

Vyncent Sol/Virion (Just Roll With It)

Elpis (Valor Academy)

Captain Rainbow (Nintendo)

Moza/Emara (Emara)

GROUP 7

Mark Grayson/Invincible (Invincible)

Jimmy Woo (Marvel)

Kirby (Nintendo)

The Doctor (Doctor Who)

Zorro (The Mark of Zorro)

Phil Coulson (Marvel)

Megamind (Megamind)

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)

Donald Duck/The Duck Avenger/Paperinik (Disney)

Saitama/Caped Baldy (One Punch Man)

He-Man and She-Ra (He-Man: Masters of the Universe and She-Ra: Princess of Power)

Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic Games)

The Tick (The Tick)

Robin Hood (English Folklore)

Yamada Hizashi/Present Mic (My Hero Academia)

Klaus Hargreeves/Number 4/The Séance (The Umbrella Academy)

GROUP 8

Super Grover (Seasame Street)

Wario-Man (Nintendo)

Fanboy and Chum Chum (Fanboy and Chum Chum)

Ace and Gary/The Ambiguously Gay Duo (Saturday Night Live)

Hero Cookie (Cookie Run)

Floyd Belkin/Splitter/Arm-Fall-Off-Boy (DC)

Bob Dobalina/Bob, Agent of Hydra (Marvel)

Bibleman (Bibleman TV Show)

Larry-Boy (VeggieTales)

Sharkboy and Lavagirl (The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl)

Mermaid Man and Barnicle Boy (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Daniel MacIntyre/Cactusman/SCP-2800 (SCP Foundation)

Morbius (Morbius)

Jarro (DC)

Jeff the Land Shark (Marvel)

Steel Samurai (Ace Attorney)

[naaaii]

hello, nice to meet you.

i don't have a name, but i'm using the name nai (momentarily).

many years ago, between 2009 and 2011 i was a big fan of dgray man. my life depended on the dynamic between Lavi and Allen, so i'm a big Laven fan. my hobbies in those years was interacting with japanese artists that liked laven and uploaded their art on nico nico and tegaki pipa.

i stopped reading dgm manga when i realized that Lavi was not coming out for quite some time. since then, i never cared about D gray man or Katsura Hoshino updates again. i, as a mentally unstable person, was devastated.... my favorite character (Lavi) and who I identified with a lot had been wiped off the map.

After learning that Lavi was back (in the form of tokens) my heart started beating again. My 9-year-old self was happy to know that the Laven nation, after so many years, had raised its flag again.

so, well, after all that pathetic introduction, i'm on the lookout for people who like Laven exclusively. my 9 year old self still resents yullen (ikr im sorry) so for now i don't think it's an option to interact with people who like or ship that couple, sorry about that.

I draw, too, I have an art account, so if you're interested in being friends, im here.

thank you very much.

[librarycomic]

Asylum by Greg Means and Kazimir Lee. Tugboat Press, 2022. 9798218032357. 126pp. https://tugboatpress.com/

This is my favorite graphic novel that I bought at Seattle's Short Run comics festival last fall. And that shouldn't be a surprise as Greg Means (The Cute Girl Network, Penny Nichols) wrote it. If you've never read any of the Papercutter series, which he edited and published (I think), I highly recommend any issue you come across. I'm not as familiar with Lee's work but after reading this book I'm going to be on the lookout for more of their work, too -- it's fabulous.

This is a platonic love story between Allen Rheem and his friend Zekia Miller. They travel together promoting an overly complicated strategy card game, Asylum, that has a worldwide following. And as they do they try to push each other into romantic pursuits. They're awkward. They're super close friends. They even babysit their friends' kids together, and set up two gamers who of course fall in love. But in the end the question is is platonic love enough for both of them? Just one of them? Neither of them?

[astreiants]

Hey Charlotte, do you have any recs for books like these that make you feel with some sort of HEA? In Memoriam - Alice Winn, Devotion - Hannah Kent, The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

bud, honestly, if i knew any more books like this i would be reading them......i've been on the lookout for something to make me feel the same was as in memoriam/devotion ever since i read them

but anyway, try clear by carys davies, henry henry by allen bratton, a green equinox by elizabeth mavor, these days by lucy caldwell, the skin and its girl by sarah cypher, i will greet the sun again by khashayar j. khabushani, prophet by helen macdonald & sin blache, the foghorn echoes & the clothesline swing by danny ramadan, summer of the cicadas by chelsea catherine, the wrong end of the telescope by rabih alameddine, yes this is a very disparate series of recs but maybe you too can feel something reading them!

[razorsadness]

When I Say I Love You, This Is What I Mean

Perhaps these words, too, will vanish. The electricity will fail, memory cards corrupt; the generators run down and even the pages decompose eventually, or burn. I am no Greek kept alive in libraries or the minds of curious men, these equations I write not vital to our survival or progress. My telomeres will weaken. I’m not immune to age. And if I want it remembered the way you asked my skin to sing for you or how your scalp locks the scent of Oregon, the lookout tower, the flames just past the horizon, I can’t hold it or make it stay no matter how clever my pen, my fingers at keys. Your arms will fade from knowing, the particular blue hunger of you debauched in the confine of colored ink. Somewhere, there’s a museum of best mixes, azure, lapis, mummy and ochre, lined on shelves in glass vestibules, preserved for future study. There are interns dusting each collection, responsible for keeping the markers in good repair. So if I am the servant whittling time, only to have it return out of knowing, if my body stains the air and settles on cruets or seeps into rags to become the perfect brown dunes and their shadows, my innards the crimson cloak on a worshipper, if I am the pigment and the vessel, why not blue? Why not the light through the fogged air of that mountain, why not memory engraved in something stronger, a stone arrow to arms that were and are and are good.

—Kenzie Allen, from The Adroit Journal (Issue 20)

[sofiiel]

I Remember You | Part One

Eddie x Fem!Reader Post S4 - Time Skip | Sort fic (probably) about 3 parts.

WARNINGS: Angst. Reader suffers from alcohol + drug abuse. S4 is only semi cannon in this fic. There will be eventual smut in later parts. Use of Y/n (not too much, I think?).

A/N: Based off of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" | The songs : Far From Home : The Sweetest Chill : Taking Over Me : Walking On Both Sides : Cirice : Corrode : Oceans.

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You haven't been the same since the spring of '86, eight years ago. Somewhat of a late bloomer and a few years behind your peers in heading out into the great big world, you decided to finally let the man you'd been crushing on for well over four years know how you feel.

It was becoming to listen to him talk as you worked together at the old auto shop. You almost felt like blurting it out, but it was a scary thought. In your eyes he was this beautiful creature, and you felt very plain.

But these would be your final months in Hawkins before college. You needed to tell him soon, or you might never get this burden off your chest.

You planned to leaving a note for Eddie in an envelope near his usual work station. However, as fate would have it you happened to run into him at near RadioShack and Melvald's that morning.

Eddie was checking to see if they had Walkman's in stock, as he'd broken his previous one. Popping by before school. While you were heading to Melvald's snagging items for lunch before heading off to your first job down at Enzo's.

Between the small talk, you decided to pull the envelope with a mixed tape and mini confession asking him to meet you at the lookout point over the quarry, if he understood what you wanted to say, if he'd hear you out.

When you exited Melvald's, Eddie hastily exited RadioShack. Leaving his purchase at the cashier for a moment. You could tell by the look on his face that he'd opened that envelope, and that he's read that letter.

You could feel your stomach bubble and your palms sweat. An unfortunate occurrence as he reached out and carefully stole your hand. Eddie looked through you with a sincere gaze and sheepish smile, "I'll be there around, Ten." He said. Explaining that he had a long DnD session, how it was the end of the campaign.

A campaign you'd heard much about during your shared shifts. You eagerly let him know that works out just fine, and wish him luck with his campaign before heading off to work.

And when ten o'clock rolled around, you waited at the quarry.

Eddie never expected he'd have Chrissy Cunningham as a customer that day. He couldn't have dreamed that his co-worker had a crush on him either. This year would be a good one, an old crush remembering who he was? More so, hitting it off well?

And potentially being asked out by the sweet woman he worked with?

Though, Eddie also never expected to be taking Chrissy to his trailer to complete a more risky drug deal. And he certainly didn't expect the horrifying adventure it would lead him down.

Still, you waited hours at the quarry before giving into the idea that you were either stood up, or his game ran well over the estimated time.

You'd see him tomorrow at work, you could talk about it then during your break.

But Eddie never showed up to work.

And then the news stories, followed by the hysteria. Hawkins thrown into madness. You did what little you could to help in Eddie's favor, refusing to believe what the media told. Helping Wayne Munson post his flyers.

Then the earthquake, and still Eddie was missing.

Days turned into months, and eventually the town was evacuated "radioactive activity" causing spores and fallout. You left Hawkins, and with many questions, disappointment and a heavy heart pursued college and a career.

You graduated, and after years of avoiding the little town of Hawkins; Years of relationships failing and struggling to find work in your desired career, you finally return to Hawkins.

Your best friend, Vickie was having an unofficial wedding, and she'd need all the support she could get. Having grown up together and knowing how traditional her parents were, she'd need someone like family there at the small, secret ceremony held at her fiancé's best man of honor's house.

It was a lovely ceremony filled with mostly Vickie's wife's friends. A lot of names you'd heard of before, names that brought up why you'd avoided Hawkins for so long.

Fate has never cared for you much, you've never been the lucky sort. After many failed jobs and even more failed job hunts. You land a well paying job in Hawkins...in your field at that.

Forced to stay, you rent a small cabin out by lover's lake, and try not to think about the cabin that rested nestled away just across the lake.

The winter days pass slowly, until March 20th 1994; the groundhog had spotted it's shadow just the day before. You'd trudged through your front door after a night of drinking with Vickie, Robin, and Steve.

It seemed all three of you aimed to drink away the memory of the day for many different reasons. It was a somber visit to the local bar.

With unsteady feet, you wobbled your way through the living room, dropping your purse on the couch. You stumble through the dark into the kitchen, making a large ball jar of water and guzzling it.

You refill the glass, and head for your bedroom, stopping by the bathroom and gather your morning quick fix supplies; A bottle of aspirin and a packet of alka-seltzer before heading off to bed.

After all, you did have work in the morning.

Though you would find little sleep that night for the gentle rapping against the door.

It was the night of March 20th.

Rat-tat-tat-tat

Something echoed softly into the night, causing you to stir from a dreamless sleep. You turn over in your bed and hug your pillow as your stomach turned.

Rat-tat...rat-tat...tat

"Sssshhit!" You cursed, throwing your blanket high in the air, far from your bed. Your feet hit the carpet hard as you fled, bounding towards the bathroom.

"Not gonna make it to the bowl" You thought. Snatching up the emergency bucket, holding it up to your face, you let your stomach purge itself.

You grimace as the distinctly orange spew within from the nachos at The Hide-Out.

"Ugh...why do you always look?" you asked yourself, sickened. You dumped the contains into the toilet and flushed it away, rinsing the bucket in the bathtub.

Rat-tat-tat rat-tat

You fall silent, you'd thought you'd heard a sound in your sleep. However, you'd ignored it as a hint of dream. The odd realm of being neither asleep nor awake. Yet there it was again.

"Where is it coming from?" You asked yourself. Getting to your feet you wander about your house in search of it.

Nothing, all fell quiet and with a sigh you headed back to bed. At least your stomach felt better.

You retrieve your blanket from the floor and snuggle into bed. You needed to sleep, even at 1 AM the 20th would still be there until you awoke to the morning sun. It would still be the 20th until which time your alarm clock shouted at you, and you'd had your morning coffee.

And you wanted little else than for the 20th to pass.

Dreamless sleep took hold once again. Between the gap of time, a sound broke through.

Rat.....tat.....tat...tat

More muted than before, the weak rapping coaxed your unwilling eyes open. Breaking your much-needed slumber.

You look towards the window, "it's likely a moth against the glass," you told yourself, "or pesky teens with little else to do." you grumbled. Groaning, you heave your body out of bed and to the window to investigate.

No moth in sight, must be kids bored on the first night of spring.

Opening your window, you call out, "ha, ha. Very funny, now kindly stop and let me sleep!"

You linger, listening and scanning the indigo world outside, illuminated by the half moon, you saw and heard nothing.

"You were dreaming." You murmur, heading back to bed. Sitting at the edge of your mattress, you open the drawer to your nightstand and gather two balls of cotton, stuffing them into your ears. Hell-bent on achieving a few more hours sleep.

Though through the white tufts clogging your ears, you could have sworn you'd heard a muffled whisper of your name. As if whispered on the wind, through a creaking branch of the trees, to in the song of a lonely cricket in the corner of your room.

Your dry straining eyes, exhausted, flutter open. A hand searches inside the pillowcase, slipping see a folded piece of paper.

You can't open it, you can't stand to look at it. "Maybe if I tear it..." you pondered. A thumb unwittingly rubs the paper , you are unable to bring yourself to rip it. As it left a sour reminder, knowing his face is there inside the paper's creases, gave you a bittersweet comfort.

You listen to the faint sound of your skin caressing the paper, and with a sigh you shut your eyes. One more try.

But it was not sleep that took you, rather unconsciousness.

Eddie glared at the ceiling above him, standing next to an empty bed covered in a busy blanket with tacky tassels pillows. It was the home he'd been hiding in for the last handful of years.

He'd long given up on the lake house or home. The gates were gone, and no one seemed to hear him in the early years.

The upside down was left empty and slowly dying around him. The monsters were dwindling, all that is, but a single monster who refused to wane. This realm, this pocket of the upside down, would soon become nothing. Eddie dreaded the thought of it.

But it seems luck finally decided to tease him.

For many months, lingering above him was a familiar voice, the veil between up and down was thin in this place. He could almost see her. A faint and blurry shadow above him, like looking through a dirty fun house mirror.

For the longest time he could not remember her name, but he knew her voice. Eddie couldn't remember a good many things lately. Everything was fading slowly.

He could remember faces, voices. He could remember how he got there. However, the names to said faces and voices were fading. For those who wasn't close too, he could scarcely remember the way they sounded.

But with her, he could see her face clearly in his head and remember how her voice sounded in his ears when she spoke to him. He remembered they were friends, co-workers.

Eddie remembered he felt like he could tell her anything. Except, that is, telling her that very thing itself.

"She heard me." Eddie muttered. "And she's drunk again, too drunk." he said. From what he observed recently, it wasn't unusual for her to drink like a fish. He'd yet to see her this bad off.

Eddie climbed onto the bed, a broom stick in hand. He poked its tip towards the ceiling where he looked up, peering down at her face. "You can't sleep like that," He shouted.

Shouting wasn't a problem anymore, for nothing was around to hear it.

Poking lightly at her shoulder, Eddie shouted, "Come on, I know you hear me-"

The broom stick hit the solid ceiling, and Eddie's view of her had vanished.

"Shit" he whispered, falling down onto the bed. Rolling off of it, Eddie rushed to the phone, dialing. It was an old trick he'd tried before in hopes of reaching someone on the other side.

It worked once, for a moment with his uncle. Though on average, all the people heard was static. He'd heard Her share her phone number with.... Vickie, yes that was the name, when she'd first moved in.

Eddie clutched the phone, and while it's ringing was quiet, the ringing from above was loud.

"She's sleeping right through it." Eddie mumbled. Pulling the phone away from his ear, he pressed a finger to the button, hanging it up and dialing again.

He would have to try someone else and hope he could break through somehow. Dustin, Mike, Lucas the phone never made a sound on his end.

Nancy, Robin, and Gareth, it rang but not fore long.

Then, Eddie finally broke through.

"Who is this? Do you even know what time it is, asshole?" Steve's voice growled groggily. Eddie exhaled in relief. "You need to get up and check on Y/n. Like now." Eddie said.

Though above his voice came through distorted, words only sounds vaguely making sense. But the feelings made it through.

Steve slammed the phone down and shuddered. For a time he simply gazed at it, rubbing his eyes. "It must have been a crank call." He said slowly, "Just a crank call."

Looking towards his clock, Steve frowned, "Y/n was wasted, I should call and make sure she gets up for work." He thought, reaching for the phone, Steve dialed.

The phone rang, but no one answered, "Of course." Steve sighed, hitting redial.

Five attempts in and Steve hung up. He groaned and got out of bed, slipping on his shoes and grabbing a jacket. He would need to go over to her house and make sure she hadn't drunkenly fallen asleep in the tub or fell and knocked her head.

Or slept through her alarm.

Upon arriving, all knocks went unanswered. Steve reached above the door frame and knocked down a spare key. He gave his head a shake, mimicking Eddie's reaction from the other side.

"Jesus, anyone ever tell her that's as bad as hiding it under the mat?" Steve murmured as he slipped the key into the door and turn.

"Yeah, used to hide the spare to the shop under the old empty flower pot outside the door. Told her it was bad...it's probably still there." Eddie answered, though he could not be heard.

"But hurry it up big guy, she's out, out." Eddie urged.

Steve opened the door and stepped inside. "Still smells like twenty pounds of carpet freshener." he murmured, closing the door behind him.

"Y/n!" Steve called out, "get up, or you'll be late and very fired." he said, making his way to the back of the house.

Eddie followed him from below, through the hall and into the bedroom. He could hear Steve, the veil had not weakened again and he could not see them.

"Come on, show me something" Eddie thought, biting his lip and wringing his hands. This was the one place he could see the world above, it was the one person who he could hear talk and the fact it was her; he wanted every second he could get.

Eddie's eyes darted across the decaying ceiling above him, at the drying, darkened vines.

"Then you'll rant at Vickie about it, and she'll fret to Robin about it, and I'll hear it for the next month, and they'll send me to help you job hunt." Steve ranted on, leaning over he shook Y/n lightly. "I'm terrible at job-"

Steve's voice caught in his throat as he watched her, that was four good shake, and she flopped about like a fish on a line. "Hello!" he shouted, clapping his hands together near her ear. A glance around the other side revealed the ick on her pillow and around her mouth.

He pulled away the covers, he bounced on the mattress, he tried to tug her arm.

Nothing was working.

Running a hand through his hair, Steve tried to calm himself. "Ok, think." he whispered.

Eddie cupped his hands around his mouth, shouting, "Pinch her, real hard, like it's St. Patrick's Day, and she forgot the green!" He then listened, and heard little movement. Eddie climbed onto the bed, "I said-" he started to shout.

Steve didn't know where the thought came from, but hesitantly he gave Y/n's arm a pinch, a long one. With a gasp and a whisper of a yelp, she stirred.

You awoke with your head feeling like a beaten gong. A bitter taste in your dry mouth, and your forearm felt like a crab claw had a hold of it.

With dizzying vision, you rolled over to glare at the new source of pain.

In a groggy slur, you questioned, "Steve?" your voice was raspy, and he was hardly able to make out that it was his name.

"How much did you drink last night? You shouldn't be shitfaced, it didn't look like that much." Steve fussed.

It was hard to keep your eyes open, you tried your best to answer him, but a dry heave spoke instead. Steve hopped away in panic as you wretched, moving his feet out of the line of fire.

Fortunately for him, nothing came up.

"I'm a lightweight," You mumbled, words falling all over themselves.

Eddie crossed his arms, and frowned. "Four shots of vodka yesterday morning before getting dressed, she's got a flask of whiskey hidden in the nightstand which she sipped on while getting dressed. Had two beers and three of the little airline bottles for lunch. Two more vodka shots before walking to the bar!" Eddie called up.

"Steve, she's swimming in it!" he added.

Steve watched you with wide eyes, "That would have been nice to know beforehand...you were fine at the wedding..." He said.

You side glanced, You'd avoided your usual amount of liquor that day for Vickie's sake.

Your head was hazy, but you knew enough to know that you were a mess at this moment. If only for the look on Steve's face.

Trying to convince him, you attempted to stand, "I'm, I'm good. Really, I'm okay, see," you stated, but within seconds teetered and fell back on the bed.

Eddie listened to the squeaky springs.

"I'll call your job, you can't go in like this." Steve said, reaching for the phone.

"No! Don't do that. I just need some coffee and a cold shower." You reasoned.

Arching a brow, Steve's eyes narrowed, "you can't drive like this."

"Of course not! I'm not crazy! You dumb-dumb. I'd walk," You slurred, "I always walk." came in a whisper.

"What was that?" Steve asked.

"Nothing" you answered.

With a sigh, Steve checked his watch, he would need to be down at the police station soon. "Alright, I'll go make the coffee, I guess. You just, stay here." He said hesitantly leaving the room.

You sighed and hid your face in your hands, "No one's supposed to see you like this." you whispered to yourself.

"Oh!" Steve called, popping his head back in the door.

You nearly jumped out of your skin and looked at him wide-eyed.

"You don't get in the shower until you can stand without falling over." He ordered, pointing at you.

"Yes, officer Harrington," you sang dryly.

Eddie exhaled in relief and plopped down on the mattress, he dragged his hands down his face and tilted his head back. "I know I don't remember much these days, but I don't remember you being this way. Ever." he murmured.

Then again, it'd been so long. If he hadn't taken to keeping a diary, he'd not even remember what year it was or what month.

"I wonder what happened to you." Eddie said, voicing his thoughts into the cold, stale air. At the very least, this would keep you home for a little while longer. Which meant he had company until you could leave the house.

"It'd be better if you hadn't just poisoned yourself." Eddie said, side glancing, "you probably need a hospital."

"Can't do this anymore, they may cart me off to the ER next time and then the world will know." you thought, crawling into bed to lay on your side.

Steve reentered your room, carrying a novelty mug of coffee, black, no cream or sugar. A long scowl was on his face, "Maybe you had more than I thought, this room wreaks of booze, either that or you blew chunks all over." Steve sighed.

He handed you the cup, and you sat up to drink.

"More likely that..." you murmured, taking a sip of the piping hot coffee.

"Nice. Gross." Steve groaned looking about the floor, but it looked clean.

Steve's stare made you squirm, "He suspects something at the very least." you thought while continuing with your coffee.

"Well?" Steve asked.

You glance up confused, "well?" you parrot carefully.

Steve scoffed, "Thank you? Might be nice." He said, "I got up an hour early for this."

"It would have been" Eddie said, jumping into a conversation he couldn't really be a part of. Somehow, it made him feel better.

You laughed a bit, feeling lighter. You looked at Steve with a grateful smile, "Thank you." you said.

Steve cast you a bewildered look, "You're weird sometimes, you know?" He asked, though he tried his best to offer a smile as well. He was more than sure, whatever excuses you had, last night you got wasted on purpose.

And for a reason he could understand well.

"I'll stay until you can prove you can walk, just lay down for a bit." Steve sighed, heading out of the room.

"Where are you going?" You asked.

"You think you're the only one who needs Coffee? Besides, someone's got to tell Vickie you're flat on your ass." He called back.

Finishing your coffee, you flopped back on the bed, gazing at the ceiling.

Eddie exhaled again and closed his eyes, "don't make this a habit, I can't always get through like that." he said. As he opened his eyes, the veil had weakened again, and he could see through that dirty mirror above.

Eye to eye with you, he smiled to himself. "You don't know I'm here, but...hi." He spoke with a little wave of his hand. Eddie busied himself by laying there, watching and listening to your back and forth banter with Steve and all of his lecturing.

Remembering the good old days of working at the auto shop, stealing half of your pudding pie or a stick of gum. Drawing on your face with oil that'd gotten on his clothing.

The fact that the memory was vivid, bright and loud brought a grin into his eyes.

Time spent sitting atop the junk cars on breaks and talking about the type of day the two of you had survived. He didn't envy your job at Enzo's, and you never failed to let him know you did not envy him being stuck at Hawkins High still.

Eddie's feet wiggled as he chuckled, remembering how he'd like to bug you at the cashier, or you coming to him unsure of what car bit a customer was trying to buy.

His smile faded, and his hand slipped into the pocket of his jean pocket, he pulled out a ruined mixtape. One that he'd only had the chance to listen to once before.

The faded water damaged, blood splattered tape still faintly reading "Psst, Hey Munson." in tiny caps.

Eddie held the tap above him, his heart hammering a little harder. With a frown fixed in place, he sat up, tucked the tap into his vest pocket and walked to the wall. He balled his hand into a fist.

Rat-tat-tat

You heard softly from your room. "Again?" you whispered.

"Hey Steve! Was that you?" you called out, as Steve went to refill his cup.

"Nope, cup already poured. You're drunk Y/n! Rest it off!" Steve called back.

Below, Eddie sighed, "Gotta think of a better way to let her know." He then murmured quietly, "If you even can." Eddie was unsure of how much longer he had. His wounds were long healed, but he'd scavenged everything he could from alternate Hawkins.

The upside down offered spotty electricity which allowed some food products to survive over the years, then there was the long shelf life items. Bottled waters. But after eight years, those were all dwindling.

Eddie gingerly touched his rib cage, he could feel the bones closer through his skin. Dropping weight now. Scarcely using the few shavers he could find just to keep his beard from reaching his knees. Keeping several scissors for the day when the shavers ran out.

He also had a plan B, Eddie had no desire to waste away in a slow, agonized death. "I'd rather not," He thought, looking towards the night stand. Her flask and his pills, same drawer, a dimension apart.

Eddie wondered if her flask shared the same purpose, just much slower.

"I hope not." He said, knocking on the wall once more.

Rat-tat-tat-tat

There it went again, you glared up at the ceiling. "Maybe it is the alcohol." you murmured, closing your eyes. Resting them for just a moment.

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[rabbitcruiser]

Allen's Lookout, BC (No. 2)

The Indigenous name for the river is Nêtʼił Tué', which means Hanging Down River in the Kaska language. The name comes from a particularly narrow spot near the river's headwaters, where Kaska people used to set goat snares. The "hanging down" - "Nêtʼił" part of the name refers to the snares. The origin of the river's name in mainstream use today is obscure, but is derived from the French word for "Eastern Cottonwood" (a kind of poplar) which grow in abundance along sections of the river. Among the early fur traders, who traveled the river corridor the Liard above the Fort Nelson River was referred to as the "West Branch," while the Fort Nelson River was the "East Branch."

The first European to traverse most of the river was John McLeod of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). Leaving Fort Simpson on June 28, 1831, McLeod and eight others ascended the river, reaching and naming the Dease River in just over six weeks. Four days later, they reached the Frances River, and mistakenly ascended it, thinking it was the Liard's main branch. Nine years later, another HBC employee, Robert Campbell, journeyed to the source of the Liard in the St. Cyr Range, renaming the river McLeod had ascended for Frances Ramsay Simpson, the wife of the Sir George Simpson, the HBC's governor who had authorised both expeditions.

The entire Yukon and British Columbia's portion of the river corridor is said to be the traditional unceded territory of the Kaska Dena, who have lived in the area for thousands of years and claim it as their rightful home. This claim is contested by both the Acho Dene Koe First Nation and Fort Nelson First Nation who count among their memberships the former residents of communities along the Liard, east of the Grand Canyon of the Liard, like Nelson Forks, La Jolie Butte, and Francois, where the Acho Dene Koe signed Treaty 11. Their descendants still live and hunt in the area to this day. Despite Kaska Dene claims, much of the area has been recognized as Fort Nelson and Acho Dene Koe First Nation territory under Treaty 8 and 11 since 1910 and 1922 respectively.

Source: Wikipedia

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PAW Patrol Episode Thoughts - Season 2

Another cross-post from my DA, although this is the last one since it's been like a year and I still can't bring myself to finish season 3.

Anyways, as a reminder, here's my scoring system that goes from 1-10 based on my initial reaction:

1/10 - The episode you'd force your worst enemy to watch on repeat

2/10 - Just awful

3/10 - Pretty terrible

4/10 - Didn't hate, but wouldn't wanna watch again

5/10 - Just okay

6/10 - Decent, wouldn't mind watching it again

7/10 - The average good

8/10 - Really liked it!

9/10 - This is a must-watch

10/10 - Probably my favorite episode ever like maybe two are going to get this rating

To keep things simple, I'm not getting into point values, so just because two episodes have the same rating doesn't mean they're equal to me. And yes I love my OCs and will be bringing them up whenever I want because this is my post.

Without further adieu, here's how my rewatch of season 2 went.

Episode 1: Pups Save the Penguins/Pups Save a Dolphin Pup

A: Already the animation is a downgrade. Something about Marshall sitting on a swing like a human is very disturbing, although with the debut episode of a new season comes the first showing of Super Spy Chase. But seriously, Adventure Bay gets SNOW, are you now trying to tell me it's a tropical area and an iceberg would last going to and fro southern South America? Weak for a new season's first episode. 5/10

B: Marshall being knocked out of the elevator and his uniform put on a toy dolphin, leaving him to scramble up the pole has to be one of the funniest jokes they've done. Still, it feels lacking. 6/10

Episode 2: Pups Save a Space Alien/Pups Save a Flying Frog

A: Rocky learned how to fly alien tech in a matter of minutes, amazing. Still, this one wasn't as bad as I was thinking it would be. 6/10

B: Didn't notice it before, but the top floor of the lookout got a redesign for this season. It went from beige to blue. More of Chase's crush on Skye is shown, Chase is actually overall very cute and clingy in this episode and Marshall is also great. 7/10

Episode 3: Pups Save Jake/Pups Save the Parade

A: A cave episode, immediately Tara would be perfect here. Here's the debut of Marshall's EMT gear, I actually like Marshall doubling as an EMT since real fire fighters often times do both jobs. 7/10

B: At first I thought this was cute and then we got inflated Marshall. Please no I've unwillingly seen too much inflation fetish-- Overall okay though, Chase was once again very cute. 6/10

Episode 4: Pups Save the Diving Bell/Pups Save the Beavers

A: Francois stop being mean, as long as something old still works, it's better to use it rather than have it in a landfill. But Turbot...you knew you lost the steering fin so why did you think you could just drive? Although, first episode with Zuma's sub and it was pretty good! Rocky diving and Marshall traumatizing that poor woman on the beach was great. 8/10

B: Yumi, you don't put hay in the coop, you put straw. Hay is for eating, straw is for bedding. This is an episode where Nami's animal skills would really come in handy, though I am just so happy to see them communicating with animals in a way that isn't words for once. 8/10

Episode 5: Pups Save a Ghost/Pups Save a Show

A: They're baiting a trap for a dog...with a chocolate chip cookie. I get they don't know it's Marshall, but...dude. Oh wait, Rubble eats it at the end and calls it a liver chip cookie. Um...ew. 7/10

B: Oh look, Rescue Knights 6 seasons early. But did they just have Marshall try to do a Tim Allen "Uwha" grunt reference?

Episode 6: The New Pup

IT'S EVEREST TIME, BABY!!!! Aight but the first 5 minutes is just an ad for the PAW Patroller, like Ryder I don't think self-driving vehicles are legal and pretty sure having a robot that sits in the seat to do the driving doesn't change this rule, he's clearly not even very good at it yet. But we meet Everest and poor baby is so lonely. BUT JAKE GIVES HER A GRANOLA BAR THAT HAS RAISINS IN IT LIKE BRO YOU WANNA GIVE HER KIDNEY FAILURE? Anyways, Everest steals the show here, but aside from her there's not a whole lot going for this? Kinda sad considering I used to love this episode and I'm probably rating it higher than I should because I just love Everest so much. 6/10

Episode 7: Pups Jungle Trouble/Pups Save a Herd

A: First time in the jungle, huh, and Marshall really just jumped on a snake and then nearly got eaten by a carnivorous flower. I must admit, the dialogue with Mandy just stealing Ryder's Pup Pad is pretty funny, although they really just wanted an Indiana Jones moment, huh. 7/10

B: Ah, the episode that features 3 seconds of a Chase recolor which the whole fandom wanted to return as an actual character. Do love how Chase's bully here is a sheep. 7/10

Episode 8: Pups and the Big Freeze/Pups Save a Basket Ball Game

A: Does the town not have snowplow/salt trucks? At all? Goodway, you should know better than to drive faster than you can control your car, and really they called Rubble to clear the roads and not Everest? She was an afterthought? In a snow episode? Okay but Zuma and Skye skating at the end was cute. 7/10

B: They really are facing off against Boomers, huh. I know this isn't the first time the rivalry between Goodway and Humdinger has been shown, but this is the first full on "yeah Foggy Bottom cheats" moment. Still, Marshall having no confidence in himself and everyone helping to build him up is cute. 7/10

Episode 9: Pups Save an Ace/Pups Save a Wedding

A: This is the opposite of Sonic Lost World where the motor somehow causes damage to the wing, also Marshall just randomly exposing people to radiation with his x-ray screen for no reason. 8/10

B: Do they only invite the PAW Patrol so they get free decorating? Of course though, they censor the kissing because that's...a no, I guess? But Skye was really desperate to catch the bouquet. 7/10

Episode 10: Pups Save a Talent Show/Pups Save the Corn Roast

A: I know they're dogs and them playing music is great, but...ROCKY THAT'S NOT HOW YOU PLAY CHORDS. Why is Al acting as if he's never met the PAW Patrol before like...heck they helped him IN THE LAST EPISODE. I don't normally care for the singing, but here it was okay, just 2 Marshall-has-no-confidence episodes so close together. 8/10

B: Popcorn and roasting corn are two different types of corn, they aren't interchangeable. Regular old yellow corn will not pop. Also they're serving and eating food THAT'S BEEN ON THE DIRT. Pretty sure that's a health code violation. 6/10

Episode 11: Pups Leave Marshall Home Alone/Pups Save the Deer

A: Rubble was the writer's pet of season 1, but honestly I'm enjoying Marshall getting a big spotlight here, I can't believe I didn't like him for a long time. Katie this is why you don't have automatic doors to your grooming parlor, but it means we see Marshall and Katie with a bunch of adorable kittens so I'm actually okay with this. Marshall was funny and cute. I'm glad to say this was even better than I remembered it being. 10/10

B: EVEREST, MY BELOVED! I guess when Ryder made Everest part of the PAW Patrol, that included Jake, too. I don't wanna think how cold it has to be for the bay, which is most likely salt water, to freeze that solid. Also if Nami was a member at this point in time, her animal skills would once again come in very handy. 7/10

Episode 12: Pups Save the Parrot/Pups Save the Queen Bee

A: Are Ryder's dogs not color blind? Cause they can see red and green pretty well. Something that is accurate though is birds being incredibly hard to tell their gender. 6/10

B: This exists. Lots of the stuff in it is accurate to bees though, which is nice. Dogs do love honey, too. 6/10

Episode 13: Pups Save a Mer-Pup

Ah, the fantasy in the show starts. Gotta love Chase being the biggest skeptic around, like don't you know when you're fed this exposition, the myth is gonna come true? Still his reaction was so priceless. You know Zuma and Skye also get along really well in this episode, it's cute. 8/10

Episode 14: Pups Save an Elephant Family/Pups and the Mischievous Kittens

A: Turbot really sleeping in the jungle without a mosquito net, huh. I mean...that was an episode, I guess. 5/10

B: Ah, the debut of the Catastrophe Crew. Did they always have names though? The Rocky kitten was called Tabby. Don't know why Ryder didn't call all the pups to help clean up, but Nami's gear was made for picking up after storms, so she would've been great here. 6/10

Episode 15: Pups Save a Friend/Pups Save a Stowaway

A: Another Marshall episode, but this one is sad. One of those cliché "I heard someone saying bad things and assumed it was about me." That said, it was still an alright episode. 6/10

B: Cats are curious but I can tell you they hate car rides. Surprised she didn't scream the whole way there. 7/10

Episode 16: Pups Adventures in Babysitting/Pups Save the Fireworks

A: Did Ryder get a VA change mid-season? He sounds so different here. Although the theme song playing 3 times was a bit much... 6/10

B: Surprise, show, but mailing most animals isn't allowed and I can assure you, piglets aren't. They do not go through the same mail as apples and shampoo. Also no fireworks either since those are a big safety risk. Chase really just stole a buggy though, huh. 7/10

Episode 17: Pups Save a Sniffle/Pups and the Ghost Cabin

A: I'd question how the virus spread so quickly to all the pups but after the past few years I don't think I need to. I will question why each of them has their very own branded box of tissues, though. 6/10

B: Yes, Chase, the mice will be sad, but that covering Rocky did will not keep them out. You need to stuff the hole with steel wool and CERTAINLY DON'T FEED THE MICE. THOSE ARE NOT PETS. 6/10

Episode 18: Pups Save an Adventure/Pups Save a Surprise

A: Poor Mr. Porter, he just wants a break but he's with a toddler. Also...don't give dogs chili. It's too spicy for them. This episode was more of a fire safety information dump than anything, although learning these types of things as a kid didn't stop me playing with matches. 6/10

B: Contrary to popular belief, tomato juice does in fact, not remove skunk spray. How did this myth even get started. Also he was wearing white clothes and they were still white, like...tomato stains, man. 6/10

Episode 19: Pup-Fu!

I feel like this came out just because it was the height of popularity for Kung-fu Panda, but after playing Xenoblade X and having to listen to Bozé, I can't hear "Sensei" without cringing. This was...something. 4/10

Episode 20: Pups Save the Mayor's Race/Pups Save an Outlaw's Loot

A: I am very quickly getting tired of the amount of problems being caused by the Catastrophe Crew. Do cats always have to be the enemy to dogs? 5/10

B: Annnd another Humdinger episode, you know I don't blame the pups for basically spying on him every time he steps foot in the city. Geez though is he RIPPED he just pulled a huge log! That has to be at the bare minimum 300 pounds! Not as strong as Ryder though, freaking 10-year-old just lifted an entire chest full of gold out of the ground. 6/10

Episode 21: Pups Save Walinda/Pups Save a Big Bone

A: Wally gets ass, confirmed. 6/10

B: Ah, excavation, something Tara would be great for, but that's it. 6/10

Episode 22: Pups Save a Floundering Francois/Pups Save the Pop-Up Penguins

A: Chase, were the cones really necessary when Rubble was just planting a bonsai tree...? But man does Francois cause so many problems, seeing this as a double-rescue though is cool. 7/10

B: Someone tell me how penguins get in a train freezer car in the first place, please. 6/10

Episode 23: Pups Save a Snowboard Competition/Pups Save a Chicken of the Sea

A: If Everest could clear the driveway with her snowcat the entire time, why did she sit there letting Jake shovel tons of it by hand? Also Humdinger is back but he's so minor in this episode that it's tolerable. 7/10

B: Okay, Cali underwater was pretty funny. 7/10

Episode 24: Pups Save a Pizza/Pups Save Skye

A: Marshall, sitting in a bunch of food people are going to eat is just gross. Also are they really using dough that fell rather than just making a new batch? Like pizza dough is 5 ingredients, it's not hard to make. Good they differentiated actual pepperoni from the dog kind, though. 8/10

B: Gotta love Skye, something bad happens and she takes it in strides. Everyone being so concerned about her is also very cute. Although don't give dogs ENTIRE BOWLS OF MILK, JAKE. 8/10

Episode 25: Pups Save the Woof and Roll Show/Pups Save an Eagle

A: Cleaning up after a storm? NAMI? But a celebrity is driving themself and that is because this is a work of fiction. Chase's smug grin after being able to tell off his mayor is great and surprisingly, the singing isn't annoying for once. 7/10

B: Ryder you need Byte to help you tinker with the Lookout electronics. ALSO WHY ARE YOU WORKING ON A CIRCUIT WITH ACTIVE POWER TO IT DO YOU WANT TO DIE??? I must say, it is sweet how Ryder's not making Skye deal with an eagle, well, at least right away... 7/10

Episode 26: Pups Bark with Dinosaurs

Remember when episodes like these were just dreams? But these dinos should have feathers and I have to admit, the sound effects they have for them are hilarious. Also dino on dino VIOLENCE. For a dream episode, it was pretty solid. 7/10

Season 2 overall:

While this season was still pretty good and I have a lot of nostalgia for it, I can see the heart starting to go. Some of the characters are losing personality and more than a few episodes feel so lifeless. Humdinger shifted from a rival to an actual villain and Marshall was the big writer's pet this time around, so it evened out somewhat. Just the sheer repetitiveness is really sinking in and I'm afraid even someone as amazing as Everest can't save that.

Will say this half makes me ship ZumaXSkye because they have so many good moments in this season.

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people you'd like to know better

Tagged by @kirayaykimura who is a cheater because she knows me better than anyone else on this planet

1. Three ships

a. Captain Swan/Hook and Emma (Once Upon a Time) b. Hak and Yona (Yona of the Dawn) c. James and Teresa (Queen of the South)

2. First ship

Mamoru & Usagi from Sailor Moon. And I grew up on the defunct DiC dub so they were "Darien and Serena." TO THIS DAY: obsessed!

3. Last song

Adventures in Solitude by The New Pornographers

4. Last movie

The Little Mermaid (live-action). I enjoyed it. Pretty much a straight adaption but with more fleshed-out characters (except for Eric's mom...her arc was weird imho).

5. Currently reading

Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison because it's close to Halloween and let's do werewolf romance!

Also:

American Brujeria: Modern Mexican-American Folk Magic by J. Allen Cross. I'm trying to learn the curanderismo practices my Wilita was a practitioner of.

6. Currently watching

I just finished Queen of the South (finally!) last night and that will occupy my brain space for a little bit longer.

Also watching My Happy Marriage with Alex. Need to continue with The Bear. And I'm also on the lookout for something Halloween-y so if anybody has any suggestions...

7. Last thing I wrote

I wrote and FINISHED (but didn't publish outside of showing my closest friends) a little flash story that's basically a fucked up lil fairy tale. Last thing I wrote in general was a bit more dialogue for what might become my novel.

tagging: @knightinironarmor because I have strayed so far from my tony stark moots and i miss them, my captain swan og @a-heart-of-kyber, and @osanzo

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I have this vivid image of being best friends with Allen and always being close with him, but never thinking of him in any other way except platonically.., Then one night after getting tipsy or some sort of intoxicated, something happens and start seeing him in a completely different light, after that getting flustered every time he’s around because since when did his hands become so pretty and his mouth so tempting? He notices and becomes the biggest menace ever… I know sub!Allen is a popular discussion but him being playful and teasing like that makes me feel dizzy I’m feeling the fwb vibes for him

In the non-Power play dynamic Allen can become very good at taking the initiative, he as a person who is always on the lookout it's no wonder he notices how distracted you seem to be about certain things. We're talking about sexual tension so he can clearly feel it, because he has a certain fixation with looking sexy, with being attractive in that way, so it wouldn't take too long for you to fall for his litany. It might start simple, before long you'll find yourself in a pretty mess when he ends up using all the study time you two have together, to fuck, to tease each other and make no mistake, friends with benefits? OK? But you can be sure to become possessive, if Allen was ever jealous of you as just a friend , going further is like making a contract to tie yourself to him. On the other hand, which isn't too bad either, he fucks pretty damn well.

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Desolation Journal By Jack Kerouac

“Read any biography of Jack Kerouac and here’s essentially what you’ll learn: that in the summer of 1956 he spent two months in a mountaintop shack as a fire lookout for the US Forest Service in the North Cascades in Washington State, and nothing much happened. Mostly he was bored. Jack’s experience on Desolation Peak marked the climax of his involvement with Buddhism and of a decade of restless travel; it’s the high point of his journeying and spiritual seeking. A voracious reader, he nevertheless chose to go up the mountain without any books, only his personally typed copy of the Diamond Sutra, which he planned to read every day and transcribe yet again, this time in language more accessible to American readers, in order to achieve the enlightenment that he was certain would result. ... —Charles Shutterworth”

The Paris Review

2009 November: Another Side of Kerouac: The Dharma Bum as Sports Nut, 2010 July: Kerouac's Copies of Floating Bear, 2011 March: Jack Kerouac on The Steve Allen Show, 2013 September: On the Road - Jack Kerouac, 2015 March: Pull My Daisy (1959), 2015 December: Hear All Three of Jack Kerouac’s Spoken, 2016 July: Mexico City Blues (1959), 2017 February: The Jack Kerouac Collection (1990), 2017 May: The Subterraneans (1958), 2017 June: The Town and the City (1950), 2018 January: Big Sur (1962), 2018 March: A Slightly Embarrassing Love for Jack Kerouac, 2019 March: Jack Kerouac’s “Beat Paintings:”..., 2020 April: Book of Dreams (1960), 2020 August: Camp Like Kerouac in a Fire Lookout Station, 2022 March: The road well travelled: 100 years of Jack Kerouac, 2022 July: Literary Tourism: Jack Kerouac’s New York