#anyway I’m not over them ever

[arospecsyourblockdudes]

Once is chance

It was a mild night, even with the usual Dogwarts wind chill. So, Ren and Martyn had taken advantage of it and invited the Red Knights over for a little campfire.

BigB thought it was a great idea. For one, the sky was clear. It was warmer in Dogwarts by a fire than it was in his own house. And two, it was a nice moment of calm in this game. Even with Ren’s bloodstained crown, and the various pairs of red eyes sat around the campfire, it was easy to ignore.

“You know what, dudes? We should tell ghost stories.” Skizz smiled, glancing around the group.

“What, like teenage sleepovers?” Martyn asked. “Bit juvenile for us, big grown men.”

Etho elbowed Martyn in the side and chuckled. “Oh, someone’s scared!”

“I am not scared!” Martyn replied, suspiciously defensive. “It’s just that-“

BigB grinned and listened to the two bickering. Seemed like just about everyone in Dogwarts was an old married couple. He met Ren’s eyes from across the fire, and the other man smiled and shrugged.

“Actually, guys,” BigB spoke up suddenly, an idea striking. “I have a pretty good ghost story.”

“Ooh, yeah! Go on, B, tell us.” Skizz nodded encouragingly.

“Well…I dunno. It’s pretty scary.” BigB conspicuously glanced at Martyn, who feigned offense.

Etho laughed. “Go on, hit us with it. I’ll go next.”

BigB glanced around the campfire, putting on a mischievous grin and leaning in close, trying to get some spooky shadows on his face. “Once upon a time, a long long time ago, there lived an ugly, grumpy old man named Morty Gage. Morty lived in—“

“Hold on, hold on!” Martyn gestured at BigB. “This is slander! He’s being mean to me and my feelings are hurt!”

Everyone had a good small laugh, except Ren who apparently found the whole thing hilarious.

BigB had only known a few people of this group, and he liked learning new things about the people he didn’t. Scar had a silver tongue and you shouldn’t listen to a word he says, Scott has an eye for aesthetics, Bdubs was very loud, and Ren. Ren always seemed to laugh the loudest.

BigB liked that about him.

Twice is coincidence

Ren only left his post at the top of his tower once the moon was high overhead, and the only sounds to be heard were the usual crickets and phantoms.

He made his way down to the yard, keeping one hand against the wall. After all of….everything, he was a bit dizzy with nerves, and honestly, it’s pretty reasonable.

BigB sat against the wall of his ugly little house, hood and mask down, having a bit of bread. He smiled at Ren when he came out and held out his bread. Ren shook his head and sat next to him.

“Dude, I don’t even know how you’re eating.” Ren grinned nervously. “I’m sweating all over the place.”

“I’m not gonna starve just because of, what, five hundred million boogeymen?” BigB finished eating and brushed some crumbs off his lap. “I think I’m not even processing it enough to be stressed, to be fair.”

“How did we survive all that?” Ren pulled his own mask down and took a few deep breaths. “Not only that, but Lizzie’s red, so we’re down our queen. Which is the most important chess piece!” Under the jokes, something in him finally clicks that oh yeah his first and closest ally, the one who gave him a life in exchange for his eternal devotion is just gone.

“Yeah….I miss having her around.” BigB sighed. “Can’t believe she tried to rob us, too! I mean….she could’ve asked.”

“She could’ve asked!” Ren exclaimed, sitting up suddenly. “It’s not like I gave her my word that I’d be loyal to her literally forever or anything! Past death and red names and all! If she asked me…” He trailed off, losing his train of thought some. Was this how Cleo had felt? Except with more arson and bloodlust, but maybe similar.

“I dunno. I think being red does something to you.” BigB picked at a few blades of grass, tearing them into small pieces. More anxious than he let on, Ren guessed. “I wasn’t red for very long last time, but I saw it in other people. Plus, the boogeyman curse is like temporary red name.” He tilted his head up to the stars and dug out little grooves in the dirt with his fingertips. “I think it really forces you out of your mind.”

Ren nodded slowly. He sure remembers being red. He was himself mostly, unless he got angry or paranoid or prideful. Then he was a bit somewhere else, hidden in that angry fog. “It’s not very nice, being red.” He chuckled weakly. “Probably just that then. I just feel like I should’ve done more. She died twice and I was nowhere near to protect or help like I said I would. Like…maybe I just broke my promise to her.”

BigB stayed quiet, but he wrapped an arm around Ren and pulled him into a loose hug. And that was enough.

Trice is fate

It’s hot outside, especially so close to the savannah, but Box is always cool inside. BigB, perched on one of their chests, watches Ren planting some of their wheat seeds and humming some song BigB doesn’t know.

“Dude, I can’t believe we’re soulmates.” BigB says, marking the sixth time that either of them has brought it up. He can’t help himself though! It just feels right that it’s them.

“I know! Me neither!” Ren props his hoe against the wall and does a small spin, tail wagging like mad. “We’re gonna take this server by storm, us and Box. They won’t know what hit ‘em!”

BigB chuckled and got up to lean over the fence they’d put around their makeshift farm. It was sort of janky, but it worked. “It’s kinda funny it’s us again. I thought….well. I don’t know what I thought. I don’t think I expected it. But I’m happy about it.”

“Well….if you’d wanted somebody else, then…well.” Ren trailed off, tripping over his words.

“No no, it’s not bad!” BigB rushed to say. “I am happy. It was frog-prophesied. I just thought it was funny, us again. Not in a bad way.”

“Ok, alright.” Ren grinned and moved to stand by BigB. “What’s this about frogs, then?”

“Oh! I’d meant to tell you. I asked a frog to lead me to my soulmate, and I followed where it was going. And I found you in your cave.”

BigB could see Ren’s eyes light up even behind the sunglasses. “That’s so cool! And very cute! The frog knew what was up, dude.”

“He really did.” BigB nodded. “Hey, what if-“ He cut himself off.

“What if what?” Ren leaned forward, ears pricked up.

BigB shook his head “Nah, it was stupid. Random thought, you know.”

“I wanna hear the stupid thought. I mean, you hear all mine.”

“That is very true. Well, I was just thinking…” He pauses, feeling his face heating up. This is very stupid, but Ren is his soulmate so why not? “I was thinking, what if we were soulmates in the other games, before this? Obviously not with the linked lives thing, but….just us. We always find each other.”

“Oh! That’s not stupid, man, that’s pretty awesome!” Ren smiles brightly. BigB always kinda thought he looked like the sun when he was happy. “I don’t know if that’s true but I have decided that it is! B, we are now soulmates all the time.”

“It was more convenient the last couple times.” BigB grinned. “When we didn’t share a life.”

“Yeah, well. I’ll just try not to die to stupid things if you promise too.” Ren held out his right hand.

BigB laughed and shook it. “Sounds like a deal to me.”

[seryotonin]

Bracelet date ♡

Bonus

[mkzmerryfriend]

*cracks knuckles* we know Tyler isn’t the original Clancy right? Y’all caught that? Clancy’s bishop was Keons, Tyler’s is Nico, and now “Clancy” is Tyler. Because “scaled and icy” is an anagram for “Clancy is dead” and that album was the one where dema was using Tyler’s popularity for their own purposes. Clancy failed to stop the cycle on his own, and despite already being used as a figurehead for dema, Tyler decided to take up the role of “Clancy” in the wake of what seemed like a total collapse of the Banditos. Their leader had been taken out, and now they had no one to organize them.

But Tyler taking on the name Clancy isn’t him taking on the role of leader or even organizer. He is showing us (the Banditos) that we all can be our own inspiration, we don’t need a figure to follow, we don’t need a leader to lead us. We can do this, fight dema, ourselves.

Y’all got that, right?

[puppyeared]

Once upon a time

[emichevy]

Look at these two freaks

[the-one-with-spider-brainrot]

Cult of the lamb updated so yknow what that means? thats right more doodles of this fam and this fam alone yippee!!

I was not expecting the crown to jumpscare talk to me so now it gets a personality that’s fun

[coconut530]

BITTERSWEET REUNIONS

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

oughhhhhhhhh i’m reading the knight!sugu fic again……………………………. maybe . i’ve already hit my peak

[lesbiandarvey]

it’s just like. fundamentally harvey wants to be picked first. he wants to be top priority or the most important person in someone’s life. and his mother was the first to chose someone else (in that case her boyfriends) over him, when he was eight! and she asked him to lie to his dad for her! and he wants to be most important person in someone’s life he wants to be The Someone and i don’t think that’s an unreasonable ask for the people who love him! (or at least try to.) and it’s just, mike never puts harvey first. harvey is never mikes priority, mike has been choosing himself or rachel over harvey every single time. the only major sacrifice mike ever did for harvey in 7 years of television was when he took the deal to go to prison for the both of them to save harvey which yes was a huge deal BUT!! i always chafe when people bring that up because it’s like yes mike took the deal to go prison for harvey but it also guaranteed he’d be incarcerated for 2 years instead of 7 which would have been his sentence if he was convicted. so it’s like yes he went to prison for harvey but he also did it to shave 5 years off his sentence that was a significant thing that happened! but even if none of that was true one Big Gesture doesn’t make up for the fact mike never prioritizes harvey! which maybe it’s wrong to ask of him to do maybe it’s too much to ask! but it’s what harvey craves more than anything! he wants someone to pick him to want to be with him and the person who proves they’re able to do that is donna and only donna all the time! it is ALWAYS donna who’s checking on harvey or coming in to talk to him or helping him deal with shit. and not in a patriarchal way where the woman serves the man but in the SHES HIS FRIEND way!!! SHE LOVES HIM!!! and proves that time and time again… and i think it all comes down to that one scene in s3

literally the question was. do you care more about staying with harvey WHEN HE NEEDS YOU. or do you care more about your life with rachel. AND MIKE CHOSE RACHEL. (WHICH WAS 100% THE RIGHT CALL from an objective perspective [heh objective perspective] if i was mikes girlfriend i would hope he would chose me over his friend, but it still means mike chose someone else over harvey) AND!! DONNA is the one to protect harvey she is the one telling mike that harvey needs him (to stay) DONNAS PRIORITY IS ALWAYS HARVEY.

[rainbow-beanie]

Even a month after reading it, I’m still taken aback by how dark the metal virus arc was, cause not only did all the main characters go through tons of grief, but we also see a glimpse into how other characters feel that aren’t apart of the main cast.

The poor girl, who knew she was infected, and despite that she tried and pleaded not to be left alone, cause the world was falling apart, she was losing everyone she loved, and she was scared. So the last thing she wanted was to be alone. Seeing this kind of feeling displayed in a sonic comic of all things filled me with dread, cause it felt oh so realistic, cause I know people in rl would react the same way.

What makes it worse is that she was screaming and crying up until vector, who definitely didn’t want to do this, but knew that if he didn’t, more people would be hurt, picked up a car and slammed it onto her, crushing her. And if she hadn’t turned into a sombot after this point, that impact would have killed her.

[flowercrowngods]

always so funky to be reminded that your parents might love you but they don’t actually like you very much

[goldkirk]

I opened Pinterest for the first time in months.

That made me realize a lot about how bad I was actually doing and how much of a Waffle House Index use of Pinterest is for adult me, apparently.

I hadn’t realized it had grown that foundational to me in a healthy-brain-exercise-and-hobby-joy way. Nice to know moving forward! It’s another sign I can keep track of and use to spot correlation/indicator patterns earlier my behavior.

I love this kind of thing, it makes me so excited!

[skyland2703]

…ok so I got inspired <3

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Thesis in the tags

[nanowatzophina]

*shakes vigorously*

I just think they’re neat~~~

[miscelliteeous]

How does Wes Anderson always put together such a hot cast?

Like, take me down to the Asteroid City where the grass is sand and the men are pretty.

[sistersavelorn]

Thinking about Bernard telling Fran that the dress she was wearing for her date was nice in S1E3