#a silly thing to come back to posting

[steviesbicrisis]

Dustin had been waiting this moment for months.

Mind you, Dustin isn’t one to bring up his personal life to the public at any chance he gets, but a part of him really wants everyone to know his role in one of the most important up-coming weddings of the year.

“So, I’ve heard you had a big role in all of this, what happened?” The host asks, on the edge of his seat.

“Well, I know Eddie cause we’ve done some livestreams together, we’ve met a couple of times and he seemed cool. And I know Steve cause, other than working together, he’s basically a brother to me, you know-” the audience interrupts him with a big ‘aaaaw’ sound and loud clapping.

“I think you misunderstood me, he’s the type of older brother who is no fun and makes you wish either of you was adopted.”

The audience laughs.

“Anyways, we were all at a party and I introduced them and Eddie was, you know, immediately obsessed with Steve. But Steve was engaged at the time,” Dustin decides to not dwell on this part of the story, it was a very tough time for Steve and some of it was public enough to make it worse. Dustin is just happy that he can talk about Steve’s ex-fiancé in the past tense.

“Time goes on, and as soon as the news of Steve being single again hits the public, I get a call from one begging Eddie Munson-” he wasn’t really begging but Dustin wants to sell the story “-asking about Steve once again. Like, how was he? Was he fine? Ready to meet other people? and I was like 'I don't know dude, I don't ask him about his dating prospects daily' and that's when he asked for Steve's number."

Dustin takes a small pause before going into the next part of the story "Obviously I don't go around giving people Steve's number, and I get asked a lot," the audience laughs again, "so I do the decent thing and ask Steve can I give Eddie your number? is it okay?

And Steve goes all into this theatrical performance Oi, no, mamma mia," Dustin goes strong with the Italian accent "All these men, che palle, they never leave me alone. Oddio-”

The host interrupts him “wait, does Steve have this strong Italian accent?”

“Of course not, he was born in Indiana, I’m trying to sell the story man!” Dustin pretends to be annoyed and the host goes along with it, making the audience laugh and cheer.

“Anyways, he was trying to say no but clearly meant yes. So I gave Eddie the number and whatever Eddie did with it, must’ve been the right call.”

A photo of Steve’s engagement announcement appears behind them right after: Steve and Eddie’s hands, finger intertwined and matching rings.

“Clearly he did” the host agrees after the clapping and cheering from the audience dies down.

“And what about wedding gifts? Are you doing something with the whole group? Or is it a solo thing?” The host inquires.

“Uh, I gave Steve a husband?? He should be giving me gifts”.

———

Predictably, the interview goes viral.

A few days later, Dustin comes back home to find a gift waiting for him.

It’s two VIP tickets for one of Eddie’s shows under his and Suzie’s name (a YouTuber friend Dustin didn’t have the courage to ask out, yet).

The note attached to the box is simple and very clear.

“Thank you, little shit. Now that we are even, the wedding gift is expected or you’ll be grounded.

See you at the wedding

S&E”

Despite being a twenty something, successful and independent since he was 17, Dustin takes the threat very seriously.

[14dayswithyou]

a few months ago you talked about playing mouthwashing and I was curious if you had any head-cannons for the characters if they got sent to that universe

pls tell ren he's adorable and he owes me 19 dollars

⌞♥⌝ They would be friends I think :3

[liorlen]

something long dead

[madbard]

I love shipping characters who hate each other in canon.

I love shipping characters who have had exactly one (1) conversation in canon.

I love shipping characters who have never met in canon.

I love shipping characters from different pieces of media.

It starts off silly. The notion of the pairing is so weird, so unexpected and seemingly dumb that it makes me laugh a little, perk up, look into it and see if this is really a thing.

And then it becomes a joke. Haha, look at this ship I’m shipping ironically, isn’t it silly, it would obviously never work out in canon but I’m looking at it and producing content for it anyway because it’s fun.

But as time goes on, it starts filling my feed. I start thinking about it - really thinking about it. Why did someone put these characters together in the first place? How would they really interact? How did they end up together, and why would they stay together?

What started out as a joke becomes a diving-off point, an opportunity to really think about both characters. The dynamic isn’t canon, so it’s yours to shape. The dynamic isn’t canon, so now you must delve into each character on your own, figure out how you perceive and understand both of them, learn to see them in a different light. What started out as a joke encourages you to dig deeper, think harder, fall even more in love with those characters as you consider the potentials which lie outside of canon, but which ultimately trace their roots through the core of the characters themselves.

Because by their very nature, crackships and rarepairs are not based on plot, and they are not based on canon. They are so seemingly random and odd that they disrupt your typical view of these characters, making you think more deeply about them. The non-canon ships you embrace or reject can inform your perception of these characters on a deep level. They can make you cry just as easily as they make you laugh. They add so much flavor.

And they can also be really, really funny.

[inktheblot]

the best people in life are free 🌈✨

Been a while since I finished an AMV so I just messed around with one for fun 💖

[cent-scratchnsniff]

doodles and stuff. struggled with painting until i gave up

[owwwmyteeth]

Someone help me make up moi heart

extra under cut

Muppet express…. back on this again…

Piggy as Pearl is just too good. i need a movie and an entire merch line right now. also were gonna ignore that the P on her skirt is backwards..💔

flat colors:

[vaguely-concerned]

seeing people claim that lucanis is 'bad representation' is hilarious to me because in so many ways he's really the closest anything has ever gotten to capturing my own personal experience. sorry for being bad real life queer and mental health/neurodiversity representation folks 😔 I'll take time to reflect and do some work on myself and try to do better in the future

[sainz100]

Max & Daniel throwback to 2018 | Futsal in São Paulo | x

[primarinite]

DUSK NOIR

[lenichque]

so i know it’s a general consensus that erik seems to be more of a sub type of guy but i would like to go on record and say that him being a dom is totally believable and in character too. erik has been deprived of his bodily autonomy for quite a long time. so i imagine he would occasionally enjoy the feeling of being in total control of a situation. while charles that suffered of neglect and was left to his own devices could discover a new pleasure in being told what to do without thinking for himself at last. so yeah, they might be verses in this regard if you ask me.

[daisytrails]

hey aabria. aabria? hey. i've got some questions. yeah, what the fuck? what the fuck was that, aabria? aabria? what the fuck is happening?

[bookwyrminspiration]

have i just been otherwise engaged or does it feel tame around here. lukewarm. in the doldrums, even. wheres our sparkle 💣💣💥💥

[rinsko]

gets jongged

[sanchoyoscribbles]

maybe link should consider that I filled my inventory with salted milky smoothies right before the fight and spent all that time leveling up the sword and energy gauges tho ...🥲

[australianklaviergavin]

MASTERPOST

BACK ON MY NONSENSE AGAIN!! When I realized I could go back to old designs and make them more "interesting", I knew I didn't give the von Karmas enough love. So, returning to them... GRAY PARROTS 🔥 !! When I think of parrots, imagery of intelligence and rarity comes to mind.

FURGONIMICS, MORE THOUGHTS, AND DETAILS ON THEIR WEIRD HANDS ↓↓↓

So, Franziska clearly has clipped wings. I imagine this is something her father had done to her when she was young (not me unanimously calling him ghoulish here, wing clipping is controversial in birds)(I also imagine it's something that's considered an optional body mod in adults / something parents with unruly children may do), and is simply a practice she carried on in adulthood. Shows Refinement and Class and Control. It's not the only "bird-ish" trait she suppresses though!!

ZYGODACTYL HANDS BABYY!! For those that don't know, parrots (as well as a large variety of other birds) have zygodactyl talons, meaning their toes are split 2-2 instead 3-1, which is adapted here as having two thumbs per hand. Franziska is a little special, however. She's also double-thumbed, but she specifically goes out of her way to slide her second thumb up to use as a third finger to appear more "normal". Manfred doesn't bother in the first place, but the only times Fran breaks this habit... Is when she's holding herself for comfort