#barely know your name

[leatherbookmark]

I really admire people who seek out fansigns/fancalls/want to talk to their bias as a celebrity and a fan because this COULDN'T be me.

First of all I'd have no idea what to say whatosever.

Second of all I'd finally come up with something, but the guy wouldn't hear/understand me, he'd go "um sorry could you repeat that?" and I'd repeat that but he still wouldn't understand and I'd die on the spot out of sheer mortification.

Third of all we'd be talking but he'd make a face for a split second that I'd somehow interpret as disgust/displeasure/discomfort and I'd die on the spot.

Fourth of all he'd do the "gasp gasp, who's that on your phone wallpaper/why are you looking/taking pictures of other guys? Only Look At Me! ￣へ￣" bit, and my ick would be so strong that I wouldn't be able to stop it from flashing through my face. And I wouldn't know what to say. Or I'd go "haha sorryyyy" very unconvincingly. Or I'd say "haha um that's not cute to me sorry" with my own mouth. Either way I'd do something horrible and he'd feel uncomfortable and I would, you guessed it, die on the spot. It's just not worth it .

[elodieunderglass]

Felt i needed to explain some characteristics of a very common character found in an admittedly narrow (ha) corridor of the known world

[thewanderingmask]

...so grian isn't not some sort of fey creature right

[faireyhouses]

— princess and the frog (reg!mel + reg!mari)

Summary: While hunting frogs, Mel stumbles upon a surprising sight: Mari alone, crying (like a baby, which she is not.)

Contents: frogs if that bothers anyone 𓈒 shauna being mean 𓈒 past teasing 𓈒 crying 𓈒 it's not serious & just a silly fic, kids being kids, etc!!

WC: 1600+

A/N: Okay, full disclosure, I have only fully seen s1 of YJ and have only seen clips of these two, but they both fascinate me and through reading others works I have decided I love them and want them to have a weird little friendship so here you go!! Please enjoy :3 — also apart of my au ig

Mel crouches in the grass, intently staring at the small frog just a few feet away in the dirt.

She'd been following him for a bit, shuffling after his small hops from the patio all the way to the bushes at the edge of the yard.

And although she knows the rules about not going into the woods alone (and personally the idea of going in them alone seemed very bad to her), the frog hadn't yet made it far enough for her to pause her hunt.

And so she inches forward, trying her very best to be quiet as she nears the amphibian resting between the leaves.

Once she's close enough she lunges, her hands gently wrapping around its body as she beams, lifting him from the ground.

She isn't sure what kind of frog he is, but that doesn't matter as she stumbles up, ready to present him to Nat and Van.

They were gonna think she was so cool for catching him on her own, however, she pauses her trek towards the house when she hears a soft noise, lightly tilting her head towards the sound.

At first she gets hopeful it's another frog, but as she turns and takes a few steps towards the bushes she realizes it's in fact not a frog, but a person.

And not just a person. It's Mari.

She's hunched over, precariously balancing on the balls of her feet as she slowly drags a stick through the soft dirt in front of her.

Mel stares at her, even though she knows staring is bad, because why of all people would Mari be out at the back of the yard, especially with a very serious sounding game of princesses and castles unfolding up by the patio?

But before she can voice her confusion, Mari glances up, her shoulders jumping slightly in shock when her eyes graze the muddy kneed blond staring at her.

“Go away.” She dully commands, and Mel almost immediately listens, but she pauses and before she can stop herself she blurts out, “Are you crying?”

Because Mari doesn't cry. She has made this fact clear on many, many occasions. How crying is for babies and how she is not a baby, in fact she has made a point multiple times to say this to Mel's face as tears had fallen down her own cheeks.

So it's no surprise when she quickly snaps back, “What? No, leave me alone.” as her hand comes up to quickly brush at her face.

Now, in any other situation Mel would have happily turned her heel and left Mari alone when asked, but there's something that makes her feet stay planted in the dirt.

It's the very real and present tears slowly making their way down her cheeks and dripping from her chin, and to Mel the sight feels wrong, uncanny even.

And despite the lie and repeated command, she stays.

Because Mel has always been someone who likes to observe the weird and unbelievable, and if anything is unbelievable it's Mari Ibarra crouched in the back of the yard sniffling all alone.

So she doesn't leave, instead she shuffles her faded converse through the dirt and plops herself down in front of the other girl, forgoing any attempt to keep herself clean due to her already dirt stained knees and hands.

Mari briefly glares at her, but after a moment she gives up, looking away as she continues her pointless scribbles with her stick.

But she does speak after a moment, her eyes casually bouncing between the stick and Mel. “Is that a frog?” she asks with little genuine curiosity in her voice.

“Yeah!” Mel responds with a little too much excitement, extending her hands slightly as the amphibian lightly wiggles its legs hanging from her clasped palms.

“Ew.” She frowns as Mari makes a face, shifting back slightly. “And you're just holding it? With your hands?”

Mel thinks that's a stupid question (what else would she be holding him with?) but the tone Mari uses tells her that it's one of those questions you're not actually supposed to answer that Shauna loves to use.

So instead she shrugs. “I'm gonna go show Van and Nat. I caught him all by myself.”

She tacks on the last comment with a little pride in her voice, shifting her grip on the surprisingly calm frog.

Catching frogs is hard, but she had done it all by herself, and maybe deep down Mari is impressed because she doesn't make another mean comment, instead she continues to drag her stick around in the dirt in large circles.

“Why were you crying?” Mel finally asks after a good few moments of watching her in silence, and Mari's eyes flick back up to her.

The glare present in them makes Mel fear she'll be shooed away again and this weird moment between the two of them will be ruined, but after a second they soften and Mari's shoulders sag slightly.

“Shauna was being mean to me.” She murmurs.

Ah.

Shauna had a habit of saying or doing things without really thinking, especially when she got caught up in a game or activity.

For the most part she didn't mean to come off as hurtful, and Tai had mentioned that she needed to work on her tone once, but it made sense that in a game taken so seriously amongst most of the girls, she would make a remark that stung a little more than needed.

Especially with Mari, the two of them were similar in that way, not nice tones and full of snarky remarks. And they often butted heads, but enough to bring Mari to tears? It had to be bad, and now Mel was really curious.

“What'd she say?” Mel prompts as casually as she can, her fingers gently brushing over the frog's green back, and after a moment Mari mumbles a response.

“I wanted to be the princess. But stupid Shauna insisted she had to be it even though I was already holding the crown.”

This didn't seem like much of a problem to Mel, who had run off as soon as the others had decided to play princesses, much less something to cry over, but she also knows that sometimes when people are having bad days, small things can feel really big.

Like last week when she had gone to bed late, so the next day she had been extra pouty, to the point of crying when her usual cereal bowl was in use.

Which Mari had promptly told her was baby behavior, but that doesn't matter as she studies the girl in front of her, the dried tears on her cheeks and the slight pout of her lips.

She's surprised to realize that she wants to make it better. She wants to be nice to Mari even though she can't recall her doing the same to her.

It's weird, but Melissa has always identified closely with that word anyways.

“Well,” she eventually says, drawing Mari's eyes upwards in curiosity, “don't princesses have to kiss frogs or something?”

Mel had never been a fan of princesses like some of the other girls, tuning out the movies and story books over the far superior (in her opinion at least) dinosaur and superhero related things.

But she could've sworn kissing frogs was a weird detail she recalled from something, most definitely followed by squeals of disgust.

Mari studies her for a moment before she gets a look on her face, almost like a smile but not quite there. “Yeah, sometimes they do.”

“Maybe,” Mel offers, “Shauna needs to kiss them to turn them back into a person.”

The Princess and The Frog, she remembered now. In that story it was about a prince, but Mel wasn't too interested in all that romance-y stuff so she settles for the frog being a generic person in need of aid.

But this change doesn't deter Mari, and her face brightens into a rarely seen, genuine smile, and Mel feels a little proud of herself for being the cause.

And so after some brief plans sketched into the dirt, the two stand from their spots and start back towards the front of the house.

Mari insists Mel continues to hold the frog as they walk, which she isn't bothered by at all, following the other girls lead as she stalks with confidence towards the giggles of the others.

Once in view Mari beelines for Shauna, and in a swift movement she pulls her shoulder to get her attention, pointing to the still unnoticed frog in Mel's hands.

“You gotta kiss it.” She blunty, yet slyly, states. “They need to be a person and only princess kisses can do it.”

There's a beat, and then Jackie who is sitting closest to Mel looks up, seemingly just noticing the slimy frog cupped in her hands.

She squeals loudly, hopping up in a movement that makes everyone else turn to look in confusion.

“Shauna’s gotta kiss the frog!” Mel isn't sure who says it as multiple others jump up, squealing and running around as if she's offering Shauna a poisoned apple or something, but Shauna reacts immediately, pulling away from Mari with a disgusted face.

“Nuh uh!” And look, Mel wasn't actually gonna make her kiss the frog, even she knows that's gross.

But the moment of joy she gets from the brief look of horror on the usually smug, jerky Shauna's face is worth whatever comes next, and the look she shares with Mari confirms it, even as Misty runs inside screaming for Tai.

And so even though Tai makes them take the frog back to the woods and monitors them as they scrub their hands before sending them to time-out, Mel is happy to catch Mari's eyes again and share a small smile from their chairs placed in a corner, hopeful in the back of her mind that there will be more to come from their new, kinda friendship.

[hyohaehyuk]

our_shadow_flag: THE WAY I SCREAMED OH SAM 🥹

Video: TV Guide - Interview with the Vampire Cast Breaks Down Claudia and Lestat's Love-Hate Dynamic

[adeleine-everyday]

day 102

no sabo kid

[glfry]

Giggles hi my beautiful royal with identity issues

[Image ID in alt text]

[sol-consort]

I'm sorry but how does the model of propriety sobriety and piety ever so merciful Sir cop River Ward's crush on the mercenary V actually allign with his moral compass

like that's the stealing thieving murdering V, what gold-worthy mental gymnastics is that boy doing to justify his feelings? What is he gonna tell the rest of his badges friends when "bounty on head NY most wanted criminal scum" V shows up to the police department Christmas office party as his plus one?

Or is it another case of a man bagging a clubbing diva after meeting her wilding at the said club, then getting surprised and offended when she still wants to grove at the disco after they tie the knot. Is this a case of "I can fix her!" to River?

[random-cockroach]

@keferon OKAY BUT LISTEN YEAH I would loved if it was just fun ehehehe and sassy flirting with the demon no one sees pfffht, literally summoned a demon just to flirt with, and I guess it could have been going for a long time, just little strips with their funny adventures and then plot can go to the fact that he wants to give him a body and Shockwave would agree or that they just stay the way they are and just hang out like this together (Alo I remember that you wanted to put Ratchet (I keep writing Ratched instead of Ratchet buuuh) and Drift in it as another demon and their summoner thing whghweghgwe but I like how you made two separate stories for them that happen at the same time, okay I am actually PRETTY MUCH invested in this story, I like a lot how it goes and gets tangled and how mixes up with idw ideas and other stuff a lot)

BUT NOW that you changed it that way, you made a few more things that reader might be interested a lot in, like that promise he made and you mentioning that he will regret it, how their relationship progressively develops, plus the fact that Blurr was a frivolous slob gifted with dark magic AND how the tables turn upside dow and he get consequences for what he did in the most unpredictable way for him and how he surely changes in his behaviour, getting more and more concerned about his promise and maybe truly loving someone for the first time in his life and wanting to change something. And then figuring out that that same demon actually was a person before, someone he knew, someone respectable, kind, shiny, absolut sun of a person, who died (I am still on my knees waiting to know how exactly he died...) miserably to the point that he absolutely can't stand his life as a demon and NOT EVEN being able to kill himself!!! And Blurr was a pupil in his school, he saw him, he gifted him an ability to make his magic work for him, gave the freedom to live among everyone to all who was poisoned with this dark magic. OH WAITA HGSDHAG the thing that beastformers can't walk among transformers and the fact that dark spellers also could not, and how these events happen at a close times, OKAY so dark spellers got their kind of freedom thanks to Senator Shockwave (OH MY GOD what if Orion can see Shockwave and will recognise him right away COUGH) BUT I am wondering if beastformers will get some kind of an official declaration or some kind of school to be educated in and I wonder if Deadlock/Drift (I think after leaving he will change his name from the last episode...) will volunteer to be a teacher t be something more, or he will just end up with Ratchet wandering around the world, or maybe there will be a whole damn revolution where all monoformers and beastformers leaded by Drift go against the system, and maybe these events happen at the same time as a Senator Shockwave fighting for the rights of gifted... Okay I'm getting carried a little bit ahsghag excuse me... OH I GOT carried away A LOT I wanted to get back to the point that Blurr, now figuring out the past of Shocwave, dealing with all the events, dealing with what he has done and find a way to free them, at the same time STILL having adventures and fun since I'm sure he can be a good mood lifter to moody Shockwave and even see him in a really good mood since he is... well, not just a demon made of hatred but the wonderful kind of person in his previous life... (okay being carried away but what if Orion might declare the freedom to beastformers (AJHGAJHSDJAH OH MY GOD I IMAGINED JAZZ AS A PANDA HAVING A ROMAN WITH PROWL AND PROWL NOT KNOWING ABOUT IT OKAY SORRY) after seeing what it lead to after Senator Shockwave. And maybe Ratchet will be able to get his sign back freely after revolution will be successful or he will be forever blind just to be free and safe with his husband OKAY LISTEN I think it is obvious that I really like the thing you do....

[cuntyfieddemon]

not me not having subtitles for last night's episode and being very confused as to why armand was talking about holes with daniel and then proceeded to not fuck him ??

[funkle420]

dude i was feeling so great before a pathetic cis man once again questioned my intelligence

[quirinah]

oogh. imminent film deadline art imposter syndrome crashout. ogh

[towersofviolet]

violet's pride month oc round-up :)

Name: Kal

Link to OC tag: 🚀

Queer identity: Queer

Short description: Fearsome fighter pilot and sharpshooter

Fun fact: Totally not a witch who can manipulate the strings of fate~

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[random-lil-illing]

i haven't seen anyone else ship these losers but i think they're cute :3

speed paint below the cut <3

[noisytenant]

new collection i want to start but can't think of a name for: things that expand your vision of what is possible in the world. "oh, you can do that?" things that blew your mind a little bit

does not need to be impressive. in fact many are relatively mundane.

examples:

death's dynamic shroud live cover of BAE (digital live 2020) made me realize that if you sample the vocals from someone else's song you can also sing those vocals yourself whenever you want

sakina agoshi (nullmeta)'s fish shaped hair... so cartoonish yet so plausible

[lunar-solarsystem]

so uh ima try a thing

give me a design component or something of the sort you think of for a character when you hear the word “virus”, the word “parasite”, or the words “abnormality or insanity”

or other similar words idk

trust the process, its for my tsams au (i may or may not use some ideas if i like em, im just curious what you guys might say)

moots i need help, join if you wanna :3 @ryomaandgundhamkin @theinfamousmaybelle @bumble-the-sun-bee @justdrawlynn11 @achickennamedcheese and other stalke- i mean followers if you wanna join

im curious