#baker!stone

[the-whispers-of-death]

how would stone and his variants react to reader cheating on them?

Canon!Stone would be extremely hurt, he trusted you. And you cheated on him. He'd break up with you and probably wouldn't date someone else for a long time. Same goes for Girl Dad!Stone.

Grim Reaper!Stone thinks it's the ultimate betrayal. You made him consider himself as an actual person and not the weapon he thought he was and then you went and cheated on him. How could he have meaning and value if you threw his love away like it was a toy? So he closes himself back up, because if all he was to you was a toy, then surely that's all he ever will be.

Criminal!Stone wouldn't know what to do. He's hurt, but you're his mafia boss, his self-proclaimed deity. He can't just abandon you. So he attempts to brush it off, your importance is bigger than his and thus you should be allowed to cheat and hurt him. He's so down bad for you that he'll excuse it all. As long as he has the privilege of being in your presence.

Baker!Stone is hurt and will lick his wounds for months later, but he will hold firm and cut you out of his life. You want to throw away your guys' relationship? Fine with him, he has had therapy and he knows a healthy relationship. And he strives for one, so if you can't give it to him, he'll move onto someone else.

Feral!Stone is absolutely enraged by this because he's an arrogant piece of shit. What do you mean you cheated on him? No, no, that won't do. He's biting you and he might just kill you.

Serial Killer!Stone just becomes cold with you. You better hope you never commit a crime he finds egregious, because his love for you is tainted and if you commit an egregious crime, he'll hunt you down even with all of your romantic history.

Experiment!Stone's reaction is a lot like Grim Reaper!Stone's, in that he just closes himself off again. He thought he wasn't a monster, you taught him that he wasn't a monster. But clearly he was if you felt the need to cheat on him.

Vampire!Stone just scoffs because he'll hopefully be alive for such a long time and time does eventually heal emotional wounds. He tells himself that one day, he won't even remember you, much less the pain you brought him. So it's best he starts thinking of you as his past now.

Werewolf!Stone doesn't understand what he did wrong. Werewolves are meant to be family-oriented. He thought he'd expand his pack with you, grow old with you. And now everything's upside down. He's confused on how to feel.

[edge-of-the-end]

my faves

[emergingghost]

get callous stay tender.

stone butch blues - leslie feinberg // relative fiction - julien baker // favor - julien baker // stay down - boygenius

[little-red-fool]

He’s got that :3 mouth.

[weirdlookindog]

Seizure (1974)

[losinmysoul]

Nirvana and boygenius photoshoots for Rolling Stone Magazine

[aroaessidhe]

Aro-allo books!

ARO WEEK 2023

THE TROUBLE / Adult contemporary “romance” / aro gay protagonist

MOONSHINE / Adult historical fantasy / major side character who has some POV is aro bi

AN ACCIDENT OF STARS / upper YA/adult portal fantasy / secondary MC is a polyam married aro woman

THE LAST 8 / YA alien apocalypse sci-fi / aro bi MC

TWO DARK MOONS / YA high fantasy / one of the two MCs is an arospec girl

TAKE ME TO YOUR NERDY LEADER / YA contemporary / aroallo MC

BAKER THIEF / adult urban/high fantasy / one of the two MCs is aro bi

THE ORACLE STONE / adult high fantasy / one of the three MCs is aro pan

DITHERED HEARTS / adult fantasy romance / one of the major characters who has POV is aro bi

*as a note, some of these only briefly explore aromanticism. If you want more details on how much things are explored, see my database!

[theculturesclever]

[fullcravings]

V/GF Plum Upside Down Cake

[the-whispers-of-death]

"I love you"

I was thinking about Stone and his variants and their responses to if you said you love him (along with my little comments). It's a little angsty for some of them and for Serial Killer!Stone you get a little more insight on why he thinks loving him always ends in tragedy.

Stone/Canon!Stone: "You do? ...No one has ever loved me before."

(Canon!Stone truly has no idea what to do with someone who loves him, huh?)

Girl Dad!Stone: "Ever since my early adult years, I thought only Saira would be the one to say those words to me. I love you too."

(There's enough room in his heart to love you and Saira.)

Grim Reaper!Stone: "You don't have to pretend to love me. I'm already your weapon to wield."

(Every time I think about him, it hurts. And here I thought Canon!Stone hurt me the most.)

Criminal!Stone: "I love you too. You're the air I breathe."

(Please stop him before he tells you about how you're his entire universe. We get it, you're obsessed with the mafia boss, Criminal!Stone.)

Baker!Stone: "You have no idea how much I love you too. I want to marry you. Please do me the honor of calling myself your husband?"

(Baker!Stone is so soft and sweet. He'll buy you the most expensive engagement and wedding ring he can afford.)

Feral!Stone: "As you should."

(I have no words for this response except for that it somehow fits Feral!Stone so much. Why does he think you should worship the very ground he walks on?? Where did this arrogance come from??)

Serial Killer!Stone: "The last man to love me died in a dirty alleyway with no one around to be with him in his last moments."

(Fun fact, Kali and Serial!Stone were dating and Kali was on his way to propose to Stone when he got mugged. Yes, Kali's death was the preverbal straw that broke the camel's back and got Stone into vigilantism.)

Experiment!Stone: "I didn't think anyone would love me after what the military did to me. But I feel so happy that you love me because I love you too."

(He thinks he's a monster due to the fact that he's half-tiger-half-man now. But you remind him that he still has his humanity.)

Vampire!Stone: "Know that I'd burn in the sun for you if it meant you were safe."

(It's an odd way to say he loves you too, but at least the intention is there.)

Werewolf!Stone: "I don't need a huge pack, I just need you."

(That's his way of saying he wants to bear your pups. I mean, it's his way of saying he loves you.)

[thematrix-theuniverseofdoctorwho]

Tom Baker As The Fourth Doctor “Doctor Who- The Stones Of Blood

[no-side-us]

I found this interesting layout of 221B Baker Street by Russell Stutler which not only includes a bunch of neat easter eggs and references to previous stories:

But also attempts to reconcile with the peculiar descriptions found in The Mazarin Stone:

Here's a link to his website with way more in-depth explanations and his thought process on how he configured everything. It includes a better look at the small references, previous versions he's done, as well as a list of various lines describing 221B in case anyone else wants to take a crack at it.

[soundsof71]

boygenius playfully updating Nirvana's July 1994 cover of Rolling Stone, by Ryan Pfluger

[trans-ylvania]

Baker [who has many tattoos]

[gracies-dzienny]

[sersh]

JULIEN BAKER | boygenius Rolling Stone's February 2023 Issue