#Dimensional scissor show

[fountainpenguin]

Is it ok if I could make a fanart of Caterpillar?

Sure, that's fine! Thanks for asking.

His full name is Prince Monarchimedes, but most people call him Prince Arch for short.

[neptunelindseycosplay]

Finally made a skeleton arm for my Ianthe cosplay! Video does not do justice to how shiny this is. I debuted worst girl’s skelly arm at FanimeCon 2024 this past weekend and got a lot of questions about how I crafted it.

⬇️ Details are below the cut ⬇️

The TL;DR: Each bone was a piece of craft foam wrapped in gold spandex fabric (via tacky glue) and tacky glued and subsequently whip-stitched on to a matte black glove.

Why I chose the materials I did:

Comfort in cosplay is a very important to me, so I wanted to ensure that everything on my hand would be able move comfortably on my arm. Thin craft foam, spandex, and tacky glue were all materials that I knew could hold up to my hand flexing. Tacky glue has the added benefit of being non-toxic. I selected the “Thunder Hologram Spandex” from Blue Moon Fabric in “Gold Gold” as my fabric choice as I felt it could give some good texture and dimensionality to the individual bones that I knew would be pasted flat on the craft foam. I didn’t want to make the base glove, so I purchased one of the seamless gloves from WeLoveColors in black.

Patterning:

I traced my hand and looked up reference images of skeleton arms and used it to draw a skeleton hand fitting the dimensions of my own hand. For my forearm, I used a classic cosplayer patterning trick: I first wrapped my arm in cling wrap, then covered with duct tape. I then drew on the forearm bones based on my reference material. I used transfer paper to then trace the pattern on to the craft foam, and cut out the pieces with scissors (an x acto knife would’ve worked better but I couldn’t fine mine and I was feeling lazy). I kept my drawn pattern of the skeleton hand to keep my many foam pieces organized.

“Gilding”:

For this section, I will be referring to the foam pieces as having a “right” and “wrong” side. The right side is the side of the foam that will be lying up, and the wrong side is the side glued to the base glove. I rolled out my gold spandex fabric, with wrong side facing up with a layer of parchment paper underneath. I applied a thin layer of tacky glue using a brush on to the right side of the foam, then pasted it down to the wrong side of the gold fabric. I left plenty of room between the foam pieces glued to the fabric as I would need to wrap the edges of the fabric over to the wrong side of the foam.

Once the tacky glue was dry, I cut out the pieces, being sure to leave an allowance of fabric around the foam to be wrapped over to the wrong side of the foam. Each bone contained many convex and concave curves, so I clipped and notched the fabric allowance as necessary. See guide below:

Once the fabric was clipped and notched, I used a brush to apply tacky glue to the allowance on the wrong side of the fabric. Then I folded the allowance over to the wrong side of the foam, held in place, and used a hair dryer with my free hand to help accelerate tacky glue’s slow dry time. Once the glue was tacky enough to hold the wrapped fabric in place, I let completely dry on parchment paper wrong side of the foam down.

Attaching to glove:

Now that my bones are dry, I can attach them to my glove! To initially place down the pieces, I put the glove on to my arm, used a brush to apply tacky glue to the wrong side of the fabric wrapped foam piece and then placed on to the glove, using a hair dryer to help speed up the glue process, then moving to the next piece once every piece was set. For this step it is extremely important you use a non toxic glue, as some glue will seep through the glove and get on your skin. It will take a while for the glue to dry, so be patient and take some time to watch some TV or listen to a podcast/audiobook.

I made sure to show it off to my cat.

Once dry, I carefully removed from my arm. I knew immediately I couldn’t get away with solely glueing the pieces down. I had some gold metallic thread in my stash already, so I used that to whip stitch each piece on to the glove. Metallic thread can be a little annoying to work with, so be sure to look up some tips online before purchase some.

Then I was done! I definitely think this is one of the coolest things I’ve made. I’ve been brainstorming how to make this for quite some time, so I feel very accomplished and so happy other people appreciated my handiwork.

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions, I’ll do my best to answer them!

[mwalani]

Hazbin Hotel X Star Butterfly!Reader (part 1 - Charlie)

︴Notes - Hello everyone! This isn't a request but I got this idea and I needed to write it... Also, I was thinking of maybe a oneshot or series with it but idk because I would be so slow to update it lmao. Anyways yeah I hope you guys enjoy it! <3 if you guys want it to be a one shot, pls tell me!!

︴Content - Headcannons of the hazbin hotel characters with a reader who is like Star Butterfly.

︴Summary - Reader was in Mewni and just got their wand, but they didn't have a lot of control, so their parents decided to send them to the afterlife to be more responsible.

Charlie was really surprised when she saw a human in Hell. That made her get really worried about you, like, what the heck were you doing here??

She obviously went to help and took you the hotel, introducing you to everyone in there.

Charlie and you quickly became close, I mean, just look at you two, you were really similar in so many aspects!

She also noticed you had a wand. And at first she thought it was something only for the looks. You're a human, there's no way you have powers.

But you were really excited to show it off so Charlie happily agreed on seeing you use it.

And she was so shocked when she saw you destroy a random building with one of the spells.

Charlie made a lot of questions to you, and then you remembered that you had forgotten to properly introduce yourself, that's when you told her your name.

"I'm a Magical Princess from another dimension!"

The way Charlie's eyes lightened up when she heard you were a Magical princess. She's a Princess you too!!

I don't why, but that probably made her very happy.

Charlie wanted to know more about where you came from and how was your life there. She was also really curious about the heart on your cheeks.

You then explained that Mewni was a really magical place with real magical powers!!

And for the hearts, it was probably because you touched the wand and also for genetics.

You and Charlie spent all day just talking about Mewni and this stuff.

After some time, you remembered that you didn't have a place to sleep, but Charlie said you could stay at the Hotel!!

And you obviously said yes, being excited to meet the others and also to just have a place to be.

Eventually you met Vaggie that somehow you never saw before??

Vaggie was definetly more reserved and less talkative, but you didn't really care.

You didn't leave her alone until someone else showed up.

One thing that you were a bit scared about was everyone's height. You were around 5-6 foot tall (trying to be less specific with it😭) but everyone else was at least 6 foot.

With the exception of Niffty of course.

But yeah, it was still something to considerate.

Also, lots of people had powers. But not powers like yours, who usually needed spells or wands or whatever.

No, just pure demonic power. Definetly something to be careful with...

Charlie also told you to never, ever, make a deal with any demon. No matter how good it might seem at first.

You still had your dimensional scissors, but you didn't show them to anyone yet.

[deadshadowcreature]

Stack up some lmk headcanon after season 4, let’s see:

- Erlang comes to help after the inter dimensional shock in the finale (first 3 pics)

- Nezha being Red Son babysitter during those 500 years of guarding the map and DBK being trapped under a mountain (4th and 5th pics)

- This one is probably canon because that’s literally his build in the show (6th pic)

- Again, with the golden scissors snakes in the first episode being his pets (7th pic)

- Daddy issues to its core (last 2 pics)

[thefreakandthehair]

@eddiemonth prompt, oct 8th: Rockstar | Times Like These - Foo Fighters | Confident a/n: rockstar!eddie & corroded coffin. steddie. suggestive themes but not explicit. un-betaed because I’m challenging myself to write these in under an hour. read on ao3 | link to masterpost on ao3

When Eddie was a teenager, he pictured himself on stage, surrounded by pyrotechnics and aggressive bass riffs. His hair was long, his skin mottled in tattoos with maybe a love bruise or two, and his favorite ruby red guitar slung low to his hips as he belts his vocals into the microphone. 

All but the last part comes true. 

He does end up sweaty from the heat of the fire cannons on either side of their set. Freak shreds his bass every fucking show, his fingers undoubtedly calloused beyond repair. Eddie’s hair gets in his face as he plays his own guitar, his Sweetheart, but he doesn’t get to sing. 

That’s all Steve. 

Unassuming, surprisingly talented Steve Harrington who Eddie discovers can fucking sing when he’s home from a tour, driving around together through the empty streets of Hawkins, Indiana. The 90s bring a new landscape to heavy metal and rock and roll, and as cocky as Eddie might be, as confident as he is when it comes to his music, he can see when someone has one up on him. Steve’s rendition of The Foo Fighters’ Good Grief as he drums along on the steering wheel sets his heart aflame– and maybe another appendage that he’s tried to ignore for the better part of ten years. 

Steve agrees to join the band with a heavy bit of convincing, agreeing only when Eddie offers to retain his role as frontman.

I don’t wanna be a rockstar, Ed. That’s all you. 

The band truly takes off when Steve joins, his voice adding a different flavor and Eddie’s backing vocals rounding out their sound. Eddie tells Steve night after night, show after show, that he’s happy he’s there, because he is. Maybe being in love with his bandmate hadn’t part of the teenage fantasy, but it’s become his favorite part of the reality, even if it’s one-sided or unrequited. His skin remains unbruised, no groupies or flings to be found, but he’d prefer a blank canvas over meaningless artistry anyways. 

They end up touring again, exploring the country and parts of Canada together but always with different hotel rooms. Eddie never minds sharing with Gareth, or Jeff, or Freak but he also doesn’t make a habit of thinking about their dicks. 

After their show in Toronto, the end of this leg of their tour, Eddie and the rest of the band celebrate in Eddie’s room– it’s the biggest of their block and Eddie won rock-paper-scissors to claim the lone room this time around. 

Drinks flow, smoke from their joints curl out the window screen into the night, and before Eddie realizes it’s happened, he’s left alone with Steve.

Steve, who hasn’t had a thing to drink and only a few puffs of his joint, but is laying across the bed with his feet crossed at the ankles and his head resting in Eddie’s lap anyways. Steve, who Eddie listens to as he hums the melody of their encore and whose hair he can’t help but thread through his fingers. Steve, who Eddie has been watching night after night sing the words Eddie’s written himself, some of which are about Steve. 

It’s a dangerous position to be in. 

“Gettin’ tired yet, Harrington?” Eddie asks, grinning as Steve rolls his eyes. 

“Oh, we’re back to Harrington now, Munson?” 

Eddie just shrugs and continues playing with Steve’s hair. It’s soft, still damp from his shower, and Eddie’s surprised he hasn’t shoved him off yet with some comment about how he’s gonna fuck it up. But he doesn’t, and Eddie doesn’t know what to make of that. 

“You’re awfully quiet,” Steve asks, shifting his gaze from the ceiling to Eddie’s eyes. “It’s weird.” 

“I contain multitudes, don’t try to make me some one-dimensional agent of chaos.” 

Steve laughs and it’s better than any song Eddie’s ever written. And he’s written some damn good songs, if he does say so himself. 

Eddie lets out a little oof as Steve sits up, bracing himself on Eddie’s stomach to turn and face him. There’s something in Steve’s expression that Eddie can’t place– searching eyes, furrowed brows, one corner of his lips quirked up. 

“Can I ask you something?” 

“You just did.” 

“God, you’re so annoying sometimes, you know that?” 

“I do, actually. But yeah, go ahead.” Eddie bites his bottom lip and shrugs.

“How come you never wanna share a room with me?” 

Eddie just about chokes on nothing, inhaling oxygen into the wrong pipe or something. His ears turn red, a tell that no amount of shaking his hair out can hide, at least not from Steve. He feels the soft skin of Steve’s hand graze his cheek as he tucks hair back behind his right ear, exposing the bright red shade of embarrassment. 

“Is it me? I can’t imagine that I, Steve Harrington, make you, big ol’ Rockstar Eddie Munson, uncomfortable after all these years.” 

You motherfucker, Eddie thinks, his mouth a little behind the speed of his thoughts, effectively leaving him speechless. 

“Little bit, actually,” Eddie manages to admit. 

He shouldn’t admit anything, but he’s alone in this quiet room with the boy he’s loved for so many years, who’s touching him like he loves him, too. Who can blame him?

“How come?” Steve whispers, his lips suddenly closer, their noses nearly touching. Eddie may or may not be breathing, but he tries. Fainting would definitely kill whatever this energy is between them. 

“Ed, c’mon. Just, just tell me you want me, too. Please.” 

Too? He thinks.

“Too?” He asks.

Steve smiles and nods, running his thumb across Eddie’s chapped lower lip before resting his palm against his cheek. 

“Too.” 

—

The following morning, Eddie and Steve meet up with the rest of the band in the hotel restaurant for breakfast– or, well, brunch at best given the time they actually make it downstairs. 

“Notice you stayed in Eddie’s room last night,” Jeff asks, one eyebrow raised halfway up his forehead as his eyes flit back and forth from Steve to the very clear, purpling bruise on Eddie’s collarbone. 

“Astute observation,” Eddie grins and answers for him, digging into the stack of pancakes in front of him, ravenous. 

“Sure did,” Steve just grins, shrugging as he shifts in his seat. 

Gareth, Freak, and Jeff all exchange a look, the kind of look that comes with inside jokes and long-suffering waiting. 

“Wait–” Steve starts, pointing an accusing finger at Jeff. “You all left early on purpose, didn’t you?”

Gareth laughs the hardest, rivaled only by Eddie who watches them all with incredulity as Jeff parrots Steve with casual confidence. 

“Sure did.” 

[airas-story]

Love Notes

Stephen’s gaze darted around the foyer. There had been the brief tug from the sanctum to let him know that someone had arrived, followed almost immediately by the indicator that they had left. Stephen would be more alarmed if this hadn’t been happening every day for the past thirteen days. 

There was a rose lying against the dark wooden bench against the wall. His heart pattered like rain in his chest as he stepped down the stairs and made his way to the bench. The rose petals were a deep, rich burgundy red, beautiful against the mahogany of the bench. 

There was a thick strip of paper rolled around the rose’s stem. He picked up the rose and rubbed his thumb over the paper. The paper was expensive, thick and almost soft to the touch. Each note the past two weeks had been short and sweet with different reasons why his mysterious visitor claimed to love him.

The same beautiful script from the other notes greeted him, spread gracefully across the thick piece of paper.

Stephen,

I’ve told you that you’re brilliant and beautiful and brave. That you’re clever and creative and charismatic. I told you that you make me believe in miracles and magic and mysteries of the universe.

But these are all just attempts to quantify and qualify the feeling in my chest, potent and powerful. But, some things are simply what they are.

So let me keep it simple with this last rose: I love you Stephen Strange.

Stephen ran a trembling finger over the paper, tracing the last sentence over and over again.

I love you Stephen Strange.

His heart thrummed like hummingbird’s wings, fast and light. It gave him a strange sense of buoyancy, like he could fly even without the support of the cloak.

There was no name on the note, nothing to tell him who it was who had left him the roses.

“You’re doing this wrong,” Stephen said, the words echoing in the quiet of the sanctum. “You’re supposed to give me a name at the end of this so I can find you.”

He ran his fingers over the elegant handwriting again.

I love you Stephen Strange

No one had ever given Stephen roses before. 

He tapped into the magic of the sanctum, asking it to transport him to the sanctum’s kitchen. The shift was smooth and seamless and he found himself next to the kitchen table pressed against the wall. There was a vase of flowers already there. Stephen found scissors in a drawer, cutting the bottom of the stem before sliding the rose into the vase with the other roses.

He’d already cast a careful spell on the vase to help prolong the life of the roses. Even the oldest rose, now over two weeks old, still looked as fresh as it had the day he’d gotten it.

For a long moment Stephen just stared at the roses. 

Someone out there loved him. Him.

Stephen felt a mix of cherished and cheated. Someone loved him, which was something Stephen hadn’t even realized how much he wanted until the first rose in the sanctum’s foyer. But Stephen didn’t know who. 

But with the note in his hand he could find out.

He hesitated a single moment, before he tapped into the sanctum’s magic again. He ended up in the library. He skimmed through the books for a tracing spell.

It took him less than five minutes to find what he was looking for. He didn’t let himself pause, setting the note on the table and channeling dimensional energy into his hands. Everyone had their own signature within their native dimension, whether they used the mystic arts or not. The note he had now, one infused with genuine emotion—he hoped—would carry enough of a signature for Stephen to follow.

He took a deep breath as he finished the spell. He could back out, could stop and never know… But he wanted to know.

And, he suspected—hoped—that this person who claimed to love him would know Stephen well enough to know that he’d find a way to find them.

With an exhale he let the spell go, the magic spreading out.

The note lit up in golds and blues. Stephen closed his eyes and focused on the signature, visualizing it.

Show me, Stephen thought. Show me who you are.

He wrapped the magic in towards himself, getting a sense and feel for it. He slid his sling ring on and brought his hands up focusing on the signature of the person he was trying to find.

The hum of the portal opening up in front of him was warm and familiar, the ability one that he’d harnessed and honed.

“You’re here early,” came a voice from the other side of the portal. A familiar voice. 

Oh. 

Tony.

Somehow he was both utterly shocked and completely unsurprised. Of course it was Tony.

Of course Tony loved him.

Tony had been showing him that in so many ways, big and small for months now. Stephen had always just been too afraid to see what could be if he let himself acknowledge that.

In this, Tony had been braver than him.

Stephen opened his eyes to see Tony standing on the other side of the portal, bemused furrow of his brows. “I thought we weren’t meeting until tonight.”

“Tony.” Stephen swallowed. “I got your note.” Tony’s eyes widened, mouth slipping open to an oh. “All fourteen of them,” Stephen added.

Tony leaned against the table next to him, arms crossing over his chest. “I probably should have expected this,” he said finally. “You’re not very good at leaving things be.”

That was very, very true. “Come on, Tony,” he said lightly. “You know me too well to think I wouldn’t try to find you.”

Tony’s lip twitched up into a smile. “I do know that about you.”

“I’m going to go out on a limb and say you love it about me.” He kept the words simple and self-assured, hiding his uncertainty.

That earned him a laugh. “I suppose I do,” Tony agreed. His eyes were warm and soft. “But I told you that.”

Tony had. And it was so much more than Stephen had expected to hear from anyone. He’d told himself that love wasn’t in the cards for him any longer. Stephen stepped through the portal, letting it close behind him. “Tell me now,” he pled. “Let me hear it from you.”

For a moment Tony looked unsure, but then he nodded. He stepped closer, right into Stephen’s space. “I love you Stephen Strange.” Tony’s smile was hesitant, almost afraid. “And I’ll tell you that as many times as you want.”

Stephen swallowed. “Give me a chance,” he said quietly. “Someday I’ll be ready to say it back.”

[cantstoptheimagines]

Accidental Confessions (Tom Lucitor | Star vs the Forces of Evil)

Summary — You’ve been keeping a secret for a rather long time... until Star lets it slip.

Requested by anonymous — Can I request a fluffy imagine with prompts: “I love you.” and [starting with a kiss meant to be gentle, ending up in passion] about how would Tom Lucitor (Star vs Force of Evil) reacts to his shy!gn!human! reader accidentally confessed their romantic feelings to him? Hint: He has his romantic feelings for them too! 💗 I live for flustered Tom Lucitor (Star vs Force of Evil)! 💕 Please?? ~🐇

Warnings & Other Tags ➳ Pure, simple fluff; love confession; kissing; Star can’t keep a secret; Tom being the Prince of the Underworld; I haven’t watched this show in forever.

Notes ➳ Word Count is 427. ➳ Reader is gender neutral (they/them). ➳ This isn’t very long, but I hope you enjoy it! ➳ “I love you.”

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You loved Star Butterfly with all your heart. Truly, you did. She was one of your best friends and confidants... which may have been a mistake because she couldn’t keep a secret if her life depended on it.

When she had introduced you and Tom to one another, she didn’t think much of it. That is, until a few months ago when you confided in her, revealing that you had a major crush on the Prince of the Underworld.

She had immediately squealed and ripped out her dimensional scissors, eager to transport you both to Tom’s doorstep so you could confess your feelings for him. Her smile, however, had quickly disappeared when you swore her to secrecy. There was no way you were telling Tom anything.

But now, Star was in trouble. Her hands were covering her mouth. Her eyes were wide and unblinking as she stared at Tom. His jaw had dropped in surprise, leaving him almost incapable of asking, “They like me?”

“I wasn’t supposed to tell you that,” said Star, though her words were muffled. “Pretend I didn’t say that!”

“Star!” exclaimed Tom, grabbing the magical princess’s shoulders. “Is this for real?!”

“What’s for real?”

The two were startled by the sound of your voice. Star quickly made her escape, avoiding eye contact as much as possible when she breezed past you. Once she had disappeared, you furrowed your eyebrows and gave Tom a confused smile, “What’s up with her?”

“I love you.”

You reeled back in surprise. You looked around the room for any sign that your friends were playing a (cruel) joke on you. Tom took this as his opportunity to approach you.

Coming to the conclusion that there were, in fact, no cameras in the room, you chuckled nervously, “What?”

“I love you,” he repeated, stepping closer. “Did you not hear me the first time?”

“I’m sorry,” you breathed, “but what exactly did Star tell you?”

Tom smiled, “Enough for me to know that you like me back.”

“And you’re okay with that—?”

Tom groaned loudly, deciding that words clearly weren’t getting through to you. He reached out to hold the back of your neck. In the blink of an eye (or three, in his case), he had pulled you in for a gentle kiss. It didn’t take you very long to weave your hands into his hair, tugging him closer to you.

Meanwhile, Star peeked around the corner and sighed in relief when she realized that you (probably) weren’t going to be mad at her for accidentally spilling your secret.

[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

2 Paper Marios Hypothesis

So Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam introduced a Paper Mario from another world that came from a book. This has lead many people to conclude that the Paper Games are not canon to the Canon of Mario Tales. However, I disagree with this and believe there is an alternative answer to this.

So I believe there are 2 Paper Marios, once from the Paper Jam Book, and the other is the Main Mario from all the games taking on a Paper form. So what do I mean by Paper form? Well on the back of the box of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door it says "Time passes, the pages turn...and a new chapter unfolds in an unfamiliar land! Get ready for a two-dimensional role-playing adventure for the ages as Mario returns to paper form to discover a mystery that sleeps behind an ancient, legendary portal called the Thousand-Year Door." This text alongside things like dev interviews has lead me and some others to believe the Main Mario is able to take on a Paper Form. This would be similar to the Pixel Form we know he can take on through various means.

So as for the Paper Jam Paper Mario. Something that goes overlooked or is seen as a continuity error in Paper Jam is the Sticker Crown Pokey showing up, when the Crown should only be around if some messed with the Sticker Comet. However, I think this is telling us that the events of Paper Mario: Sticker Star hasn't fully happened to this Paper Mario. This would also explain why there is no Paper Starlow running around. This Paper Mario has yet to go through the events of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.

Now someone might point to Mario folding himself into an airplane in PMTTYD, the sentient Scissors, or the Paint and other craft themes of the Paper games and say Mario can't do that. But first off as established before, Mario more than likely can take on a Paper Form, but let's say he can't. This is a high fantasy world with man eating plants, alongside sentient talking trees and sunflowers, hexapod dragons, still living non-avian dinosaurs, reanimated skeletons, turtles that can remove their shells, straight up magic, clouds you can physically ride on, the ability to enter dreams, zippers on terrain you can unzip, swim through the air like a cartoon, be roll yourself up into a wall and use your body as an attack, be flattened like a pancake, or have your body turned into a pinball etc. So Mario being able change his body into an airplane is not too farfetched. Also, sentient scissors is not too different from Exor and Kleever. That and if I am correct the scissors were brought too life by the Fold of Life technique aka magic. Meanwhile paint and vim are a thing in the Mario world.

Now while someone might agree with all this, they may still contend that Sticker Star and Beyond is canon, and may insist it's part of the Paper Jam Continuity. Now as established before the Paper Jam Paper Mario is yet to go through the events of PMSS, there is something else here. We all know the original 3 Paper games referenced the events of the previous games several times. Parakarry shows up in PMTTYD, Kolorado is referenced by the presence of his father's skeleton, and there is a picture of the Paper Mario 64 characters. Meanwhile in Super Paper Mario Francis' Room has references to the previous games. Well turns out PMSS and Paper Mario: The Origami King do the same thing.

In PMSS in the Shy Guy Jungle's Trash Are you can find letters from Parakarry and Goombella which says the following. "Thank you for your letter. Sorry I'm not here to receive it, but I will get back to you shortly. Thanks." Parakarry "Observations on the Ancient Civilization of the Chomp Ruins." University of Goom Goombella And in PMTOK we see photos of Peach from every single Paper Mario Games.

So there are 2 Paper Marios, and this also explains all the information in the main games and Paper games that point to them being canon. Star Spirits Whackas Mario Golf Advance Tour Koopatrol Mystery Egg Hammer Bros. Gear Dry Dry Ruins K64 Bowser's Castle King Goomboss Luigi's Diary Luigi's Kart In PMTOK Bowser referencing Mario Kart The Blocks Of Nostalgia

[ewanmitchellcrumbs]

🦋's Post show thoughtsssss

Superb Acting, as usual

Thankful for our Helaena sighting, no matter how short. My heart went out to her when they got mobbed, my poor girl😭

Aemond serving cunt, I kinda giggled when in that first scene at the beginning hehehe

Honestly I really wanted that scene with Aegon to show him saying something along the lines of he loves him in his own twisted way, blah blah, some loyalty or remorse or something. But god forbid we have the greens actually liking each other.

I'm actually looking forward to Otto coming back, tbh, like him or not the man was a powerhouse- Aemond knows what's up (not always)

DAERON MENTIONNNNNN

Gwyane really said yea girl ya'll kinda fucked up in this place ngl, thank god I wasn't raised here lol

I may not have been Viserys's biggest fan, however, to see Paddy again was surprisingly welcome.

Alys slayed, I can't wait for her and Aemond to meet, I'm gnawing at the bars of my enclosure for this to happen.

I really wanted to see a fallout of the mobbing with Alicent and Helaena, particularly with Aemond, to see some kind of regret of something in him, but again, god forbid they give Aemond some level of complexity. Only thanks to Ewan's skill as an actor do we get any depth, but we get not one shit from Ryan Condal.

Poor Aegon, honestly.

Even though I'm tired of Daemon at Harrenhall, I really hope that the direction it's gonna take is him getting to the point where he's back to being the ultra loyal uncle-husband, SEND HIM HOME TO HIS WIFE, DAMMIT

Now, the Mysaria and Rhaenyra kiss. I know this could potentially be divisive amongst fans, however.....it was hot. I'm sorry, but....it was hot. I kinda wanted more, this is way better than seeing Alicent and Crispy. I felt the chemistry between them but I rlly thought they would leave it ambiguous. Again, not a fan of this overarching narrative of Rhaenyra being this holy blessed chosen one, and the greens are all one dimensional assholes who hate each other, but- that was hot. Give us them scissoring next episode k thanks.

Despite the general issues, I am curious for next episode.

Excited to see your thoughts (can't believe there's only two more episodes) I'll miss these post show asks but alas we shall find more things to discourse over <3

One of my highlights of the week is you coming to my asks after the episode has aired. I can't believe that after this one we only get to do our thought dumps twice more! :(

Here are mine!

I have to get this out of the way first, because it was my absolute favourite part and I cannot stop thinking about it; Rhaenyra and Mysaria!

I've had a feeling something like that would happen from their very first encounter, all of their interactions just feel very charged. It was hot AF and I hope we get more of that. Such an interesting dynamic.

Aemond had a little more screen time this episode and, as usual, Ewan slayed. He ran that small council meeting like a fucking drill sergeant and seeing him all hot tempered and mean was...UGH.

I think Aemond's reasoning for dismissing Alicent from the small council was similar to Criston's for not wanting to name her as Regent - he wants to keep her out of harm's way and protect her from the horrible decisions they are going to have to make moving forward.

The way he set Larys up was so fucking good, and I am frothing for the return of Otto. I just know he is going to deliver some absolutely incredible lines next episode.

The exchange between Aegon and Aemond at Aegon's bedside was so well acted by both Tom and Ewan - Aegon's fear and Aemond's unsubtle threat of "this is the version of what happened and you better not tell anyone otherwise" - I do think it's stereotypical sibling rivalry, but the context makes it so much darker.

Aegon and Larys's exchange was amazing too - Larys just laying it out there, basically saying "you are going to look deformed and people will judge you for it" - so powerful, and yet so sad to see Aegon's realisation that he's changed forever.

I have a huge gripe with the writers for what they have done with Sylvi. Yes, her relationship with Aemond was purely transactional, and it has now ended, however, Aemond has been vulnerable with her, spoken to her of things he's not told anyone, so he wouldn't take kindly to the untruths she's spreading around Flea Bottom. I think he would have her killed, not just for treason, but out of fear of what she might tell people about him. However, Michelle Bonnard isn't going to appear again this season, so that is yet another gaping plothole created by the writers.

I'm so bored of Daemon's story arc. Alys is the only part of it holding my interest. It's heavily implied that she had a hand in killing Grover Tully, and I am wondering if she did that to actually help Daemon, or if she has another agenda. Is she going to work with Daemon to help cross Aemond, or does she simply want to take them both down because of their callous attitude towards small folk? I am genuinely excited about her character and storyline.

Cute as it was that Seasmoke claimed Addam, it is yet another glaring oversight from the writers - give us some indication of what's happened to Laenor! Should we just assume he's dead?!

It was cool to see the groundwork being laid for Sheepstealer, though I am still annoyed they gave Nettles' storyline to Rhaena.

Anyway, overall, I really enjoyed this episode. I think this one and episode four have been my favourites so far!

[thisbelongsto-nohbodys]

Do you believe in the Fallverse?? (The shared universe of Gravity Falls, SVTFOE, Amphibia and The Owl House)

Maybe not Star vs since at the end Earth and Mewni was fused and so it makes putting them together a bit harder unless it’s its own ‘Verse (which considering HPoo and Magic is gone in that verse makes crossovers hard without dimensional scissors). Granted anytime I need to use Star vs characters for a joke with those other shows, I use the version from my old Married Starkie AU.

[fountainpenguin]

Excuse me, where could I find the series, Caterpillar Chronicles?

Hello, thank you for the Ask and I apologize for the delay in answering.

I never wrote Caterpillar Chronicles; Star vs. The Forces of Evil kept producing episodes and I lost attachment to the characters as the series went on (Had a hard time stomaching some of the stuff that was happening because I found it uncomfortable so I lost desire to keep up with the series).

I don't currently intend to write Caterpillar Chronicles as I've moved to other fandoms, but thank you for the interest! I love Prince Arch and I'm glad you were interested in learning more about him <3

[bawfulio]

My Thoughts on the Star vs Pitch Bible

So, a few months back, the pitch bible for Star vs the Forces of Evil leaked but nobody (including myself) really noticed. It wasn't until the recent major leak of multiple pitches and pilots for both released and unreleased shows that the svtfoe pitch bible was reposted. It was only then that I found out about it and downloaded a copy for myself. I have to say it's pretty... interesting to see what the show could have been

Below are my thoughts/reactions to the things I read

Echo Creek Academy was originally a boarding school? But Star still lives with a host family??? It does get called a private school later in the bible though…

Moon was originally named Moonbeam. Slightly less on the nose

Wand is stored in case by Queen until the princess turns 14 Star had apparently always wanted to go to an Earth school and longed for a normal life. Wonder why they changed it so that the Queen keeps it until then

The Diaz family was originally The Juans (note: Juan is apparently a Spanish given name but I did find census data indicating that it is used as a surname, commonly among Hispanic families)

…yikes…

So St. Olga's darker nature doesn't seem to have been thought up yet.

Proto-Ludo is even more obsessed with the wand than canon-Ludo

So multiversal travel was through finding and entering cracks between worlds instead of dimensional scissors in the earlier drafts. Interesting

So Proto-Rafael and Proto-Angie were tree doctors/world travelers who were particularly obsessed with Mewni and were chosen as Star's host family because of this

Proto-Ponyhead was not just a ponyhead. She's just like that because she can detach her head from her body and fly around??? And they would cut to what her body's doing in at St. Olga's??? Apparently she also spied on Ludo for Star

Yikes again….

Proto-Marco (aka Sol/Santiago) practiced Tang Soo Do, a Korean martial art that's based on Karate instead of karate itself. He's also pretty into Japanese culture which apparently makes living with Star more manageable

The "How it Works" sections all but confirms that the show was pitched as an episodic comedy about Star and Sol's adventures. This unfortunately means that all the worldbuilding, twists and plot hooks introduced much later in the show's life means that they were likely conceived of right at that late point in production. That does explain a lot sadly…

Also, Ludo uses a secret passage way to get between Mewni and Earth, which is apparently the only other way to travel between worlds No mention of the Monsters being the victims of colonization, oppression and genocide. They're apparently just "hideous and unintelligent" creatures who are "mostly gullible" and Ludo rules them because "he's smarter than them"

Toffee. We've had conflicting statements about his motives. He's apparently both "a Magneto-like villain doing the right thing in the wrong way" and someone who went to all the trouble of corrupting magic to "just get his finger back". With the pitch bible, I was hoping that, even if it's just an early idea that was scrapped, there would be some hint of what he was originally wanting out of his plan. And I got it Toffee, in the earliest form of the show, was just Ludo's advisor who planned to takeover if/when Ludo gets Star's wand. He wasn't a charismatic general nor rebel fighting to end the oppression of his race. He was just a guy that Ludo hired.

Admittedly, Toffee treating the whole deal like a 9-5 office job is kind of funny. No matter what; he clocks in and out on schedule regardless of any chaos or impending disaster, he sticks to his legally mandated breaks and puts in his 40 hours of week because he refuses to be paid a flat fee and Ludo won't pay him in overtime. Not to mention how he apparently he has a family he comes home to complete with a kid to take to soccer practice Still though, the fact that there is no hint of any greater mystery or conflict in his sections pretty heavily implies if not confirms that every mystery, plot hook, even the few answers we got via the finale AMA about Toffee and his motives were thought of the moment their respective episodes were written/the moment the question was asked on reddit

So the Proto-Diazes live in Echo Creek because of the mystery surrounding it and that it's a "weakening dimension"… It was mentioned earlier in the pdf that it's the place where the dimensional rift is particularly thin and accessible

Star…. Star, just… Just don't

YIKES. NEFCY WTF?!?! This does explain how the fantasy racism metaphor was written in the final show but still... Why would you have two of your very few poc characters in your pitch say this to the BLONDE WHITE GIRL MAIN CHARACTER???

Oh, hey it's the bully character from one of the og Star comics. Neat! Followed by Proto-Starfan who's not as concerningly obsessed

Apparently August (Proto-Alfonzo) and Proto-Ferguson had crushes on Star. Considering the shipping mess in the later half of the final show, it's probably for the best that it was dropped

Oh, hey it's another og comic character! Who is apparently Sol's cousin and was sent to Mewni in the foreign exchange program! Poor kid

Apparently there was another antagonist early on that would be after Star. That wanted to steal her hair for her collection. Eh….

So Cashew from the og comics would have been Sol's cat instead of Star's. Then was written out completely

And we end this pitch with some members of Echo Creek Academy's faculty, one of which is a prototype Skeeves. Kind of interesting that there could have been more presence from the school staff instead of just Skullnick.

If anyone wants to read for themselves, just let me know and I'll drop a link to the pitch in the replies

[hekates-corner]

Apothecary Diaries | WN Translation | Arc 9 - Chapter 17

Hi and welcome!

For a number of reasons I ended up here - I relay all that happens in the chapters, playing wine-aunt, as I translate to the best of my abilities.

So, be warned, this involves all the spoilers. Want some but not all? My dm's/asks are open.

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Chapter 17 | Hitoban Pt. 2

“Now, what are we going to do?” - Tianyu asks like it’s someone elses problem.

“Whatever I say, won’t you just show me how to do it right?” - Maomao looked at the courtyard.

She/they had decided to let Lihaku sleep since he’s on night patrol. In return, Maomao got a map of the villa.

Narrator-Mao also lets us know that she’s persuaded the quack to go out, so they have to wrap it up early.

“I’m scissors. I’m not going to cut, unless you tell me what paper I’m supposed to cut. If you want to stab anything in the back, that’s fine.”

Maomao: … …

Narrator-Mao notes that Tianyu seems to have a deep-rooted feeling that she doesn’t trust him.

Maomao thinks something along the lines of “But that guy’s someone like that.”

And goes on as narrator that he seems to be lacking ethics.

“For now, let’s go to the place where the yokai appeared.”

Tianyu then uses a word that’s common for interjections but can mean a couple different things - natives don’t rec using that phrase unless it’s orally ‘cause it’s that hard to pinpoint.

The first location is a courtyard where the floating head is seen often.

“Sightings are concentrated on that tree or building/toward the tree and on top of the building.”

Maomao glances at the floorplan of the villa - noting as narrator that, although a villa, it’s quite spacious.

“Ho/Huh” - Tianyu looks alternately at the tree and building.

“Is there anything you’re curious about?”

“Not particularly. What about you, young miss Maomao?”

That’s how Tianyu calls her.

“For me, there’s two things.” - She turns her initial attention to the tree.

“It’s a little different from the trees that grow elsewhere in Saito. It’s larger and taller than the others”

“So what/What’s that about?”

“Don’t you care? Different types of plants produce different kinds of medicines. I’ll have to get a little closer to see/find out.”

Tianyu’s like “Yeah, what’s that got to do with anything right now?”

If he’s got an uninteresting personality, Maomao will get/look bored.

“And the other one?”

“The other thing is that the trees and buildings look like “masks”.”

“That’s because he said it would show its face.”

“Yes. When a/the “mask (men)” or “face (kao)” appears/comes out. But they didn’t say “head (atama)” (alt version could be: they say when a mask or face appears - but they don’t say head, it’s complicated, stick with me pls)

One thing that bothered Maomao is that there are two different testimonies: “mask (men)” and “head (atama)”.

“Are you sure they mean “mask (men)” and “head (atama)”, so flat and three-dimensional?”

Narrator-Mao notes that “Tianyu is kinda/somehow very smart. He got close.”

Maomao argues that she doesn’t know about that, but she’s wondering and says that she’ll check out the tree.

Tianyu’s like “Please do. Is there anything to do?” and Narrator-Mao notes that “It looks like the scissors are ready to work.”

“Yes, then/well…” - Maomao pulls out a Tenugui from her pocket and wraps it around a stone that had fallen on the ground.

“Please hook this well to that tree.”

Tianyu’s response can be translated a couple of ways “Don’t talk nonsense/That’s unreasonable/Don’t be absurd/…” in short, he’s not pleased…

But as he says that, he already swung the Tenugui neatly and hooked it on the tree. Now she can climb confidently.

Maomao goes under the tree. The tree is broad leaved and around 2 jo tall.

“Is this an osmanthus?” (fragrant olive - osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus)

Maomao looks around. It’s a tree that produces small flowers with a strong fragrance - it’s used to make keika chinshu wine and flower tea.

Maomao puts her hand on the tree and lets out a “Wow!” sound.

Tianyu: Ugh that’s disgusting/dirty.

Maomao, in her head: Shut up/Be quiet.

She had dried bird poop on her hands - going to try and rub it off on the trunk of the tree.

Tianyu’s like “Huh?” and asks her something, I’m not 100% of. It’s related to smell/a stench. I mostly get what she’s sniffing at/smelling but I don’t know if that quite makes sense, in or out of context.

“Eh? What are you stirring with the stick?” - Tianyu looks at her with blank eyes.

Maomao’s like “Huh? Picking it up/apart? I’m picking the contents of the feces up/apart like with chopsticks.”

Tianyu takes half a step back.

Narrator-Mao notes that even she doesn’t like to do it - animal feces contain a lot of information.

“This bird seems to mainly eat insects.” - Tianyu seems to mockingly repeat “It seems to only eat insects”, given the ending & context.

“But there are also some hairs mixed in, probably from a rat or some other small animal.”

“Eats rats? It it a falcon/hawk or black kite (milvus migrans)?”

Narrator-Mao notes that if the bird doesn’t just eat insects but also small animals it would’ve to be of a certain size.

“Yes. But… …” Maomao looks around - letting us know in narration that while the villa has a lot of greenery and plenty of water, meaning there are a few birds here and there, none of them were big enough to eat mice/rats. Also, if there was such a bird, the smaller ones would run away.

Or, at least they don’t appear to be there at this time - Narrator-Mao thinks, turning her attention next to the building.

“You can’t get up on the roof of that building, can you?”

“The roof, huh. Do you want to throw another tenugui?”

“Can you reach it?”

“Looks like it’s impossible/I don’t think so.”

Since there didn’t seem to be a solution, Maomao thought about heading back.. but then Maomao felt/saw something move at the edge of her vision.

She wondered what it was, but since she couldn’t find anything in particular, all she took note of was the openwork decoration under the roof.

“... I really want to climb the roof.”

“Eh, that’s impossible.”

“Let’s do something. We need a ladder.”

“Even if you say that, you’ll have to ask the gardener.”

Narrator-Mao concludes that “perhaps his interest has waned considerably, and he’s not motivated.”

But in her head she’s like: speaking of gardener, if I remeber correctly…

He should be/is the old man who said he’d seen the head yesterday.

She goes about heading to the hut where the gardener’s supposed to be.

“Even if you suddenly ask me to lend you a ladder…” - The old man responds with a troubled/annoyed look and Narrator-Mao wonders that it might be because of the strange thing he saw yesterday that he’s feeling a little lackluster/lifeless.

“I’m told to be kind to guests, but I’m not told to help them rummage around the mansion.”

Tianyu’s like “That’s a fair point.” and in her head Maomao’s like “Which side are you on?”, concluding as narrator that Tianyu’s completely unreliable.

“It looks like a bird is nesting in the cracks in the roof of this mansion.”

“A nest? Well, there’s been a lot of poop lately.”

“Yes. It would be a hassle if the birds were to nest, so I thought I’d clean it up. I would be happy if I could get the eggs. We use them as an ingredient in our medicine.”

“Medicine? Even though we don’t know what kind of bird it it?”

“Yes, eggs are generally good for nourishment.” - Maomao says the appropriate things.

But there’s one more thing to add/that she’d like to add.

“The monster commotion that has become a hot topic lately - I think I know the cause.”

“R-Really?!”

“Yes.”

Narrator-Mao notes that she thinks at least half of the problem can be solved.

The elderly gardener immediately prepared a ladder, but it turned out to be more unstable than expected.

“Maybe I should be (the one) climbing?” Tianyu asks Maomao.

“The way you put it, you have no intention of climbing (it).”

“Yeah.”

Maomao doesn’t feel like asking that much of the old gardener, so she decides to climb up herself. However, as she put up the big ladder, a bunch of government officials and servants gathered around.

“.......”

Unfortunately, no one stepped up to take her place, it was really just a sight-seeing trip.

“Incidentally, the original man of leisure/busybody was also there” - Narrator-Mao notes.

It’s Jinshi. The people around him took three steps back at the appearance of “the great man”.

Jinshi had an indescribable look on his face and went about telling Basen something - Basen nods and comes over to Maomao.

“It looks like you’re going to climb the ladder, but I’ll take your place. What do you want me to do?”

“Are you, Basen-sama?”

Narrator-Mao’s like: To be honest, if Basen were to go, it would be faster if she just did it herself. Although Basen has better athletic abilities, she felt like he would be slow to make quick decisions. In addition—

She goes on thinking that he’ll do something with his enormous strength.

“No, it’s okay. I’ll go.” - While she flatly/firmly refuses, there’s no way he’ll back down.

Basen goes on to argue that either he or Jinshi said he’ll replace her, asking again what he should do. Maomao realizes she has no choice but to give up because it’s assumed/expected that they switch.

“Perhaps, just perhaps, there’s a bird nesting in the gap in the roof. If there is a bird would you be able to/could you please catch it?”

“A bird?”

“Yes, I think it’s probably a nocturnal bird. If it’s asleep, please take your time. If you can reach it.”

“Understood.”

Basen lets out a heavy breath - Maomao on the other hand becomes anxious.

“Basen-sama. Please don’t kill it, because it won’t be able to get into paradise if it’s killed in vain.” (alt is that he won’t if he kills in vain.)

“Please don’t kill it… …” - Basen’s voice immediately becomes quiet.

Maomao thinks “I’m anxious/nervous.”

As narrator she tells us that she was thinking about going to wake up Lihaku, ask him to switch places but then she saw the gap in the roof. It seems like Lihaku would never be able to get into it.

“I think it would be better if I go because of the size of the gap.”

“No, no, I’ll go. Leave it to me!”

Maomao is filled with anxiety as she watches Basen climb the ladder. One lucky thing is that his body is strong, so even if he would fall of the ladder they wouldn’t have to worry about him getting injured.

Basen climbs the ladder and looks through the opening beneath the roof. He makes a circle with his thumb and forefinger.

Maomao thinks something along the lines of “So there’s a birds nest *right?*”

The openwork is removable and Basen goes about removing it slowly. He threaded a string through it and lowered it to the ground. He then twists his body through the gap and enters.

Not only Maomao but everyone around them swallowed hard.

She thought everyone was quiet but before she knew it Chue came over and showed everyone a board with the word “Quiet” written on it.

There was nothing for a while, but then suddenly there was a loud rattling/clattering sound.

“I missed it/It got away-” Basen’s voice echoes.

Maomao thinks something like “Oh/Hey”

As she’s panicking, Chue climbed up the ladder with a note. Maomao was wondering what she was going to do, but Chue waited in front of the gap Basen had gone into. Chue catches what jumps out of the gap with a net.

“....”

Even Maomao was stunned at how skilled she is.

“I caught it!”

Chue was holding up a large net, she looked very triumphant, proud and a little irritated.

She was a showoff and didn’t miss the delicious moment.

Notes | Chapter 18

The scissor part is a refence to chapter 1(?), aka the rock paper scissor fight. This part held me up so hard, 'cause I was like "is this guy high? scissor? why scissor?". I opened a solid 20 tabs and translator for this just to go "you can't be serious" xD

A tenugui is a japense towel/the cousin of a cloth handkerchief. It's usually made from thin, colorfully printed cottonwool. Around 30cm by 90cm big, on average.

The part where Maomao and Basen go back and forth based on his wording Basen really wants her to trust him/put faith into him. I'm not sure if she says if killed in vain he or the owl won't get into heaven, I'd assume it's about Basen though.

Like I said in last chapters notes, everything will make sense in the next one. It's not the conclusion of this mini-arc per se, but it's a good enough point to post.

Start of some JinMao crumbs xD

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[nevermore-grimes]

𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡!!!

It's time for a brief break from the people to talk about The Elemental Four's home planet. Pictured above is my best recreation of the kingdom's flag (which is probably way too detailed to be a flag design, but like... whatevs!).

Macbeth was originally supposed to be called "Arcadia", but I didn't like that there was already a fictional place called Arcadia (Trollhunters moment! I used to love that show... which is how I found out about their Arcadia, lmaooo!), so I ended up changing it. Of course, I did end up eventually finding a planet named Macbeth while playing Starfox, but this time it made me happy instead of making me want to change it, I guess???

Macbeth was discovered and colonized by the wife of one of the first Elementals after they all got executed on accusations of witchcraft. The eldest of her children grew old enough to wield the Galaxy Scissors (which are just like the dimensional scissors from Star vs. The Forces of Evil, but they only let the user travel within their own dimension), and took their family, along with a group of humans who remained loyal to the Elementals, to a secluded planet across the galaxy. Yes, they named it after the Shakespearean play. No, I've never actually read it.

The kingdom of Macbeth is split into Old Macbeth and New Macbeth. Implied by the names, Old Macbeth is very old-fashioned and New Macbeth is very futuristic and technological.

Due to its roots in such an old age, and to avoid potential problems with Old Macbeth, the royal family of Macbeth is obligated to uphold the typical gender roles associated with princesses and queens. (This was one of the many reasons why Nevermore hated being a princess so much!)

While we're talking about the royal family, there's also a tradition for its members to be raised on Earth, only returning to Macbeth once the youngest Elemental being in that generation reaches 18 years of age.

The Macbethians worship their own Goddess, La Tierra Madre (“The Earth Mother”). She’s believed to have created the first generation of Elementals. Their names were Andrix, Nash, Alek, and Archer. Not that that was relevant. I just liked their names, lmaooo!

They also have a prophecy, called The Prophecy of Hell’s Elemental, that pretty much ended up making everyone hate Nevermore, but I’ll detail that in a later post…

The current queen of Macbeth is Amarilis, while Anya serves as the kingdom's sole princess. Aerith and Nevermore have no intentions of returning.

[natalynsie]

Hi can you do a part two on Turqouise Hearts (Tomco Oneshot). I hope it's not too much to ask

Since @artqueens-stuff asked, here's chapter two. Glad you liked the first chapter babe. I hope this isn't too short, I've had a lot of homework recently. But anyways, enjoy.

Chapter Two

Marco looked up a bit more, just to blush harder and bury his face in his knees again.

“Oh my gosh, really?” He asked.

“Yeah,” Tom admitted, sitting by a wall next to Marco. “I think it started while we were fighting Meteora. I didn’t really notice for a while though. I didn’t tell her, but it’s part of the reason I broke up with Star.”

“Wow…” Marco voiced, looking back up again.

“Don’t leave me hanging like that. You need to tell me when you started liking me.”

“Well, uh, I think it was a little bit before you did. I didn’t want to get in the way of you and Star, and I hadn’t come out either way.”

“Why didn’t you come out?” Tom asked.

“I don’t know, it just never felt like the time was right. Now, why didn’t you come out?”

“Honestly, I thought you knew,” Tom laughed. “I’m pan. I guess I just never felt like I had to tell. We don’t really do the whole sexuality thing in the underworld… so…”

“Oh.”

“Yeah.” Tom sighed. “But, uh, if you like me and I like you, do you think we could… date?” He reached a hand out to Marco and loosely grabbed onto his wrist.

Marco blushed and slipped his hand into Tom’s. “Yeah, I’d like that. Do you think we should tell Star and everyone?”

“If you want to. I kinda want to show you off.” He gave Marco a playful shove.

“Stop, you’re killing me. But yeah. I’d like to tell everyone. Should we text them to tell them it’s over?”

“Star told me to call her, so I’ll do that,” He pulled out his mirror, clicking on Star’s contact. It rang for a few moments before Star picked up.

“Heyyy, are we in the clear? Or are you calling us because Marco escaped? Please let it be the first.”

“We’re in the clear. Now hurry home, we gotta have a talk.”

“Oh no. On our way.”

She hung up, and it wasn’t long until a pair of dimensional scissors opened a portal into the living room.

“Star! Did you take my dimensional scissors?” Marco asked, angry.

“Maybe. It was just in case!”

Marco grumbled and stood up.

“What happened, anyways?”

“I wanna know all the juicy details,” Janna declared.

“Shut up Janna, this is serious.”

“Nothing bad happened,” Tom said. “Actually, something pretty good happened.

Marco folded his arms in front of his chest in embarrassment, and Tom nudged him. A silent way of telling him to come out already.

“Um… I’m bi. And we’re dating now.”

“I knew it! Now give me the juicy details!” Janna demanded.

“You knew?” Marco asked.

“I know everything about you, I thought you knew this.”

“Ughhh, I forgot how annoying you are.”

“I’ll always be here to remind you, Diaz.”

“Really?” Star finally spoke. “Wait. What did Marco do to get this to happen?”

“He was acting pretty gay when he got out of his room,” Tom stated. “But I didn’t know he liked me until he accidentally admitted it afterwards.”

“Aww, that’s so cute,” Star smiled.

“Kill me now,” Marco mumbled.

“About time,” Janna deadpanned. “But anyways, I gotta go. It’s taco night.”

Janna waved and walked out the door.

“I’ll just leave you two aloneeeee,” Star smiled, running up the stairs.

Marco grabbed the back of his neck, and Tom turned towards him.

“Well, I have to get going too,” Tom stated, and Marco frowned a bit. “But– can I have a goodnight kiss first?”

Marco blushed for the third time that day, and turned to Tom. “Yeah.”

Tom gently held his face and bent down slightly to place a small kiss on Marco’s lips.

“See you, Diaz,” He said, stepping into a portal of fire.

“Bye Lucitor,” Marco waved, walking up to his bedroom.