#basically. kevin is fed up with them

[moonsnqil]

i'm imagining andreil during sophomore year with neil peeking over the side of andrew's bunk bed and asking "yes or no?" because he wants permission to sleep there for the night and kevin across the room ten seconds away from losing it bc he's been hearing that damn question almost every night since the semester started and he loves his roommates, he does, but he wants to scream at them to stfu and just go to sleep already

[detectivebambam]

inspired by a recent post i saw about Kevin Day holding a baby, here's Bam Bam's professional ranking of Foxes and Co. by best to worst at dealing with children:

Andrew and I am always going to stand by this. He grew up in foster care so it's entirely possible he's raised a bunch of babies in his lifetime, but I think he'd by driven by breaking the abuse cycle. if he can keep a kid safe, even if it's only one, he's going to. Andrew social worker au when? anyway. Designated Babysitter.

Laila. No clue why tbh she kinda just gives those vibes

Katelyn because she's a sweetheart. whether they're her kids or someone else's, i just feel that she's really great with them

Seth was very good with kids. babysat his younger siblings a lot, didn't really want kids, but if you gave him a baby he might not give it back

Wymack is scared of babies. The younger a child is, the more fear he has. The first time he held a baby he was like... 50-60. (bonus points if it's Kevin's kid). but he's very good with them. very gentle and sweet

Matt. golden retriever yk. idk what else to say. he's also Big and babies tend to like that. lots of sleeping room

Aaron. he thinks he'd be terrible so he stays away from them. when he and Kate start talking about having kids, his biggest fear is turning out like his mother. they do end up having kids and he is the Best Dad to ever dad

Abby is really good with kids in that she knows what to do with them in the most basic sense. when they need to be fed, how to get them to stop crying, etc, but other than that she's pretty indifferent to them

Jeremy. he's kinda lost when it comes to kids. he'll hold them for a little bit but unless they're older than six he gets bored so easily

Bee. she'll hold a baby cuz they're cute, but toddlers exhaust her. she'd rather spend her time with older kids and young adults

Renee thinks kids are cute, but doesn't really want anything to do with them. if someone asked if she wanted to hold the baby, she'd politely decline. very funny for the Foxes watching her try to interact with a child and realize that Andrew is actually better than her at something

Dan. not great with kids because she gets very impatient and doesn't want any due to some lurking childhood trauma (sometimes i give Matt and Dan kids for funsies, but realistically i don't think they'd have any)

Kevin. 😐 he's. not great. he kinda shakes a lil when he holds them, and holds them so gently that you'd think they were made of glass. he will only hold a baby if he's sitting down. with older kids, he tries to hard to be logical with them which ends up not working. to be fair, he's probably never seen a baby face to face before.

Cat. life or death situation, she could take care of a child. does she want to? no. and unfortunately i think she's one of those "kids are gross and annoying" people 😔

Nicky loves kids! he's just Very Bad with babies. if a baby even senses that Nicky is near, it starts crying. heartbreaking. this gives him the opportunity to adopt an older kid, though.

Alison doesn't care until the kid is old enough to go shopping with her. and if they start crying she's taking them home.

Neil. with Andrew's help, he does okay, but when left to his own devices he bluescreens. no, Neil, a 2 year old can not sit on the table while you do dishes.

Jean would be fantastic with kids, but they all remind him of Elodie, so it's more of a mental struggle than an actual inability to care for a child. if Andreil ever adopt, he likes to babysit

[namelessdumbass]

Rite Here Rite Now

It was amazing and funny. Copia girlies and boys fucking won!

I expected different outcome, tbh. Tobias managed to surprise me and also made me a tiny bit sad (reasons will be explained in the spoilers below).

The film consists of like 95% of concert footage and 5% of off stage/plot stuff. The quality of sound and editing is just 🤌 I expected the live of Twenties to be good and gosh Ghost delivered. And Mummy Dust...Tobias let Mary Goore out! But i honestly prefer Terzo's version (CaD) better. Sorry not sorry haha. Ghouls/Ghoulettes footage. Everyone who loves them will be very veeeery well fed!

Dance Macabre live...i was'nt wrong when i called it a satanic gay party 😁

The movie is worth watching and i do hope Ghost releases it as soon as possible for all those who were not able to go.

The spoiler free review ends here. Don't read further if you don't want to spoil it for yourself. And please, don't copy them and paste it everywhere for the sake of ruining other people's fun! Seriously, don't fucking do that!

If you accidently clicked here, don't worry! spoilers will be below and you still have a chance to avoid them :)

Alriiiiight:

Movie starts with Saltarian who tells fans to record for the first 2 minutes, to show how happy they are etc and posted a qr code for fans to upload those recordings. I guess it will be put up on RHRN website. We'll see. There were also photos of fans who attended LA ritual. I fucking loved the person who showed up in a giant Plushia suit. I LOLed! Then fans were asked to put down the phones and enjoy the movie. The beginning was narrated Star Wars kinda style (a little bit) with the small recap of the chapters and about Copia's worries that he might die. And yes, it literally began in space lol. The movie is basically is like what we saw in small snippets Ghost posted earlier. Plot mixed with a really good show.

And the plot: -Short footage of Copia and Ghouls arriving. ALmost the whole set was the same as any other concert from Re-Imperatour + a few awesome exceptions. -Dews does that annoying thing with guitar, Rain stops him, takes his pick and throws it into the crowd and Dew...he freaking showed him YouSuck sticker on the backside of his guitar. Peak Dew moment! -Copia asked the right question about the Clery. He also does not quite understand what it does, why and where it goes. I suppose Tobias decided to thicken the Ghost lore a bit and will have more clarity in the nearest future. -Remember when Copia jumped at the end of the Watcher in the Sky? He ended up in one of those stage boxes (for equipment or something) and is taken to the stage B. While he's carried to it by Kevin he has a chat with Nihil's ghost. Nihil says he recorded not 2, but 3 songs. That probably means that we'll hear a new one. (UPD: the new song we heard during the credits, "The Future is a Foreign Land" is Nihil's 3rd song! Confirmed by Tobias himself in a new interview). He also tells Copia to breath in deep and then farts. -On the Stage B Copia sings "If You Have Ghosts". 3 Ghoulettes played piano and violins and the 4th one did the haunting ghost-like opera vocals. It was beatiful. Copia kissed her hand. -He then wore boxing robe and went next to crowd. Almost the whole scene was shown in the trailer. -Btw, remember that silly moment when Nihil's eyes were crossing? Well, Kevin was also included in that staring contest. -Twenties live. The skeletons, the performance and one of those skeletons who crawled between Dew's legs...that's hot. -Nihil calls Copia "son". Copia calls Nihil "Dad". Cardi will insult him later, don't worry. -Nihil/Seestor cartoon during MOAC. Yes, that's when Sis hit him with the car. Basically it's what happens after "Kiss the Go Goat" mv. Sister leaves and Nihil runs after her. "I'll never let you go". They end up kissing in a coffin on a graveyard , later Nihil wakes up naked in a bed in a motel and we see Sister leave. -There was a moment in a movie when we see Ashley (stage crew) bring Copia a new pair of shoes and put the on on his feet. Tobias, goddammit what the hell was that? :D -Seestor was a in wheelchair all the time -She and Nihil encouraged Copia throughout the whole movie and gave him a piece of advice. -About the baloon from the poster. Copia flies on it after finishing the set...or he imagined that because a few moments later after Nihil/Seestor flashbacks he ends up on the floor and watches Seestor die. All of the Ghouls and Ghoulettes also stood right next to her. -Copia has a twin brother -Copia didn't die and became the head the Clergy (Father Imperator or something like this). He found out about his new position from a letter Seestor left for him. -New song during credits (credits show dictators, assassinations, wars and the use of nuclear war). Years 1984 and 2024 mentioned. The song is not heavy. -Ghouls/Ghoulettes real names mentioned in the credits -Funny post credit scene with Copia. He had no piant on and had a new cool drip (with black jacket and red and black cross). Seestor is also a Ghost now. Tobia's children cameo. They're also Ghosts. -Papa V is teased the same way Copia was teased in a chapter 1. They even used the same music (Pro Memoria). No face reveal. Either he will be revealed in new Chapters or at some point during the new tour???

-aaaand my biggest disappointment: no footage of Primo, Secondo and Terzo. Literally ZERO.

I mean, Nihil is a Ghost, Seestor also became a Ghost, even Tobias' children made a cameo as Ghosts, but nothing for previous Papas? Really?! The same could have been done for them, but i guess Tobias doesn't care about them anymore :( And it hurts. I know that's my fault that i had so many expectations and hopes, but holy shit :( As a newbie who never saw previous Papas, i'm so sad i'll never get a chance to see them and there won't be any new footage of them. Being Terzo widow is so hard. Guess that's why i'm a bit salty Copia lives (sorry, guys, i like him, but i also hate him haha)

And yes, as it turned out the twins theory from Square Hammer was true...but not for Terzo 😭

I enjoyed the movie nevertheless. It's fun and kinda gives you an opportunity to see the band "live" if you've never been to a ritual before. And yes, the movies was'nt just about Papa IV and his fate, i believe it was also Tobias' message for us to enjoy the life rite here rite now! As i said, Copia's girlies and boys truly fucking won. Congrats, lads, your Papa lives and will live! I bet that feels amazing. Thanks for reading! P.S. since you know the plot, don't spoil it for the others please.

[andrewminyardapologist]

TW: Food Trauma

Thinking about how it's probably really healing for the Foxes to have "family dinners" at Abby's because so of them most likely have some sort of trauma surrounding food.

Dan: Had to support her family, struggling to put food on the table, having to work to keep herself and her family fed. So much food insecurity that she doesn't have to worry about anymore. (I'm sure she still does, it doesn't just go away, but she now doesn't have to worry about making enough to afford her next meal.)

Allison: In recovery from an eating disorder, learning to have genuinely happy experiences revolving around meals, praised for her strength on the court and not just her beauty, learning that food is nourishment.

Neil: I mean... This one is obvious. He's been on the run close to a decade, and now has sit down meals regularly with people he cares about. Food doesn't just mean stuff you can steal from a grocery store or scrounge up at a gas station vending machine. It's part of home. It's Abby's kitchen, warm and bright, surrounded by his chosen family all helping to cook and set the table. It's smiling and laughing over a big plate of lasagna.

Kevin: He's obsessed with health to the point it's disordered. In the Nest, food was not about enjoyment. It was about being perfect. Everything he ate was chosen for him. At Abby's, he gets to pick his portion size, which foods he wants to eat, probably learns what he likes and dislikes genuinely because of taste and not nutritional content. I would bet eventually Abby catches on and makes his favorites pretty often, helps him try new foods and actually enjoy them, regardless of nutritional content.

Andrew: Andrew grew up in foster care, and he says none of his placements were good. He seems to have a lot of sensory issues surrounding food (rips it into tiny pieces, likes really intense flavors like spicy or sweet, etc.) I'm willing to bet he was often underfed and did not often get much say in what he ate. If he wanted to eat, it would have to be whatever he could. I think that while he might never admit it, having Abby's dinners (eventually) start to feel safe for him, the routine of it, the fact that no one would judge his eating there or force him to eat things he didn't like, would be something that helps him feel more comfortable around food. I think being allowed seconds, or thirds, would help him feel some security surrounding food. Similar to Kevin, I think Abby would pick up on the things he likes and make those meals more often. I think Bee helps with this too, what with the hot chocolate and everything.

Aaron: Tilda was abusive and neglectful. I think it is safe to assume Aaron had to worry about keeping himself fed for most of his life, and had to learn to cook for himself. Probably he had to figure out his own way to make sure he stayed fed without much help from Tilda. It's probable she punished him by withholding meals as well. I think similar to Andrew, having some consistency in the routine of dinner at Abby's helps him feel more secure. Additionally, I think he probably likes not having to bear the full weight of cooking for himself, and learns to enjoy it as something he does with his family instead of something done out of necessity. I imagine Abby teaches him some recipes that are fun and not just basic stuff thrown together in an attempt to make something edible.

Nicky: Nicky was 18 when he took in the twins. He had to work HARD to keep the three of them fed. It was probably difficult as well considering Andrew and Aaron already had issues surrounding food. I think he would find comfort in seeing that the twins were not only getting fed, but we're starting to let go of some of that insecurity about food. I think he would also find relief in not having to worry about feeding two kids when he was basically still a kid himself.

[bear-boi-5]

Ask and you shall receive /silly

It's not a full idea but it's a concept :3

I thought why not have Shroomy feel like he's been ignored and kicked to the wayside for far too long?

Smg3 needs some help getting a hold of new stock (not re-stocks, new bombs and weapons), he's tried many other places but to no luck. He remembers Shroomy knows how to make any weapon from basically nothing/just has stuff laying around he's made (example being the nukes for War on Beeg Smg4 he just for some reason had)

Smg3 calls him up to ask if he can help. Smg3 being Smg3 would let it slip that Shroomy was his last pick. By this point Shroomy, and by extension Anti, are fed up with being shoved to the side and used just for a joke, now only being used because he just so happens to have a use to them. He talks with him for a bit but eventually just blows up, he's just pissed off at this point. Even some Anti slips out in his outburst.

He hangs up the phone (breaks it) and Smg3 is just left standing there in shock. He goes to Smg4 to tell him what just happened (I feel like Smg4 would genuinely say "Who-?" and Smg3 is like "Oh my fucking god we're terrible friends-")

They go over to talk to him but it ends in another outburst, he brings up not being updated like the others have and just being forgotten about and he kicks the 2 of them out. Welp, now what?

That's mainly what I got. I came up with this from a few things.

1. People have been pretty vocal about wanting Shroomy back

2. It just feels like he's been thrown out by Luke and Kevin despite being the first actual original character

3. There's an episode where towards the end Shroomy legit says "Oh gee, seems like they forgot about me again.. heheh.." I can't remember which episode so someone will have to tell me

And

4. He wasn't invited to the 2022 Christmas party. Ofc you can chalk it up to him spending it with Lady D and his cousins but still

Personally I feel like this could be a mini arc. This could involve the other forgotten characters but would mainly be about Shroomy and Anti seeing as they were the ogs. I wouldn't want this to be solved with just one episode, a series of episodes could work better.

Hell, you could even include Mr Puzzles, he could be like a devil on the shoulder, coaxing and further fueling Shroomy's mental state by fabricating recordings or hell, even recording an actual conversation the others had about him

It could really go anywhere but a mini arc that would result in him and others being updated and used more would be cool

@blu193 :3

Edit: Corrections in the comments, point still stands/silly

[jacenotjason]

YAYYY! Ok so I plan on drawing like- several of my goofs so I’ll like-! List em out and who they’re associated with! I’d love to hear about literally any character you wanna talk about btw

Corduroy - Mostly interacts with Father Gregor

August - Interacts with Jack and John

Sunspot - All over the place, but mostly Bob Velseb, Mayor Evermore and Skids Dad

Lizzy - Interacts with Streber, Kevin, Radford, Rick, Susie and Roy mostly!

If that’s too many characters to explain m’ sorry 😭 you can skip some of them

OKAY RUN DOWN OF ALL OF THE GUYS

Father Gregor - yall know him you love em ITS GOTH PRIEST!! Father Gregor is still a priest, but has other interests that collide with his faith a lot. He was fired from several churches in his lifetime, over and over being told to change if he wanted to stay. Eventually he got fed up and decided to just run his own. now he can read One Piece in the church in PIECE.

Jack and John - i HAVE TOO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THEM. THE IMPORTANT BITS ARE THEY'RE CRIMINALS AND CULTISTS!!! i did technically finish their designs, these ones

i need to make like... a toyhouse for all these guys. can you do that?? use toyhouse for aus??? i have no idea

Bob Velseb - NOTHING YET. wait your turn.

Mayor Evermore - oNE OF THE GUYS I HAD FLESHED OUT BEFORE THE AU WAS OFFICIALLY MADE!!

He goes by "Nar" Instead of Evermore and is uhm. certainly having a time

(outdated ref, he uses mobility crutches now!)

Skiddad - he is dead. like fr fr dead. not cult dead.

LIZZY HAS TOO MNAY HUAHGUHFDIOK the only ones of that list i have fleshed out is Radford and Rick

Radford - yall know him you love him its angry popocrn piece (crowd cheers) i have posted about him before and basically all his lore is the same

Rick - doesnt. know how to feel emotions correctly. instead of being monotone all the time he tries his best to smile all the time ! gets fired A LOT because of this, people think hes creepy.

he doesnt feel happy 24/7 he just. he acts like it and people very off-put by him

gOD THATS SO MUCH INFORMATION this is hell /dramatic

[mysticbeaver]

How do you figure would have been if Rolf had gone with Kevin and Nazz in the movie? Especially cause Raven Molissee did say she originally wanted Rolf to goes with them, cause she thinks this trio do have a much better chemistry than just Rolf with Wilfred.

(being perfectly honest, Rolf's subplot is in fact the most boring and superflous in the movie lol)

Oooh, where did you get that info of Raven saying that? Cause that's interesting 👀 (I'm guessing it was a comment on his old deviantArt posts) Rolf's subplot is certainly an outlier to everyone else, if only for the fact he doesn't have anyone to bounce off of. Jonny and Plank is an established dynamic, whereas Rolf's interactions with his farm animals were mostly funny asides before the real action begins with other characters. But I'm guessing they wanted to explore that side more, and it does seem natural for Rolf to be a lone wolf in his mission.

Anyway, I remember an AU headcanon about this which I always really liked and I'll go off of that. Basically Rolf and Kevin start getting on each other's nerves - maybe something happened pre-BPS and their friendship is on the rocks. I'm thinking it would start off as humorous bickering (think Boom Boom Out Goes The Eds) before escalating into more unpleasant arguments. I have no idea how Nazz would fit into all of this (perhaps the middle ground trying to keep them both in good spirits?) but she gets kidnapped by the Kankers while the other two are distracted by their fighting, and they end up having to stick together begrudgingly.

On the other hand, AU where Nazz doesn't get kidnapped at all? I'm such a sucker for character development with these characters... I imagine Rolf would be the first one to insist he wants to go on his own... and Nazz eventually wants to tag along cause Kevin's being a jerk? Or maybe keep Kevin and Nazz on their own with the bike subplot until they suddenly run into Rolf, and that's when Nazz wants to ditch Kevin cause she's fed up with his behavior. UURRGH multiple ideas and options... anyway what I'm trying to get at is tensions run higher and higher, tempers get nastier until their own equivalent of the swamp fight... I wanna see a more vulnerable side to Kevin especially 👀

[mariatesstruther]

maria miller facts that are 100% true because i said so - for @clickergossip because you’ve been feeding me so well

she was the copy editor of her high school yearbook AND a cheerleader AND captain of the debate team

she still does her stretches every couple of days even post-2003, so even in her 40s she can still do some flips, a backbend, the splits, and a pretty decent toe touch

tommy is a big fan of this 😏

she TOO used to smuggle and do some shady, morally dubious stuff when she was living in a QZ with her father, mostly to keep them both fed and safe and healthy. she never tells him, and he never finds out. the first time she admits this to anyone in jackson is to tommy after he tells her about his past with joel and tess

while the world ended she was at work all day, while kevin was at home with her husband. she never fully found out what happened to them; all she has is that, by the time she got home, the house was trashed and there was blood all over her floor and her walls. she tries her best not to think about this at all

she and dina’s older sister talia are best friends. after talia is killed, maria pledges to herself that she’ll watch out for dina as much as she possibly can, and she basically ends up being dina’s #1 supporter during the pregnancy and first year with JJ. she and dina trade stories about talia and promise to make sure JJ knows how amazing his auntie tal was

sometimes JJ reminds maria so much of kevin that she has to step out of the room

maria has a secret stash of weed that her and talia kept in a jar under a loose floorboard in her house. she rolls joints with rose petals 🌹

maria is lowkey extremely scared of horses, but she doesn’t tell anyone for the sake of keeping up her reputation. one day when she and tommy are cleaning out the stables, a snake startles one of the horses so bad it bucks and kicks over a metal barrel. maria jumps so high and screams so loud it startles tommy, too, and suddenly he and her and this fucking horse are all needing to take a deep goddamn breath together. when she finally admits it, he’s like: ??????? ive seen u ride and get on a horse like you were born on a farm????? what?????

still, from then on, tommy is almost always at maria’s side when she has to mount and dismount her horse. because he talked to a few certain people about a few certain things, she pretty much exclusively rides this calm, beautiful blonde thoroughbred named cleo

maria first recognizes joel in ep 1x06 by his accent and the cadence of his voice. it’s so close to tommy that it immediately throws her, and when he says he’s looking for his brother, well—she obviously needs to know his mf name right away

maria needs to move closer to joel on her horse in that scene because she is severely nearsighted. homegirl needs glasses BAD. she can’t see for shit

tommy searches for glasses for her on every patrol. it is his ultimate life’s goal to find his wife some mf corrective lenses

it takes maria three weeks to convince tommy she is okay to go out on patrols while pregnant. it’s not like he’s being controlling or anything, but her pregnancy is very triggering for him anxiety- and nightmare-wise, and she wants to wait until both of them are comfortable with the decision before she takes any risks. they both settle on the compromise that it feels safe enough for her to go out on patrols with larger groups, as long as they stick to areas that have already been cleared of infected and are accompanied by the dogs

maria is a cat person. she would take care of her neighborhood strays as a kid. by year 10 in jackson, there is a thriving colony of strays that basically live out of her and tommy’s tool-turned-cat-shed at the back of their house

along with tommy, the entirety of the jackson community is invested in making sure maria has a safe and peaceful pregnancy. people start going to tommy and joel with problems that used to come to her, and part of it really annoys her because she knows she’s just as capable as she’s always been. still, a larger deeper part of her is deathly terrified to have this baby, so she ultimately appreciates the extra help and rest

she doesn’t ever tell joel or ellie, but she has a Very Emotional Pregnancy-Brain Breakdown because she’s anxious that ellie will never like her and joel will never like her and then tommy will leave and she’ll be alone with a baby she id scared to have and then the baby will never like her, either. it takes tommy an hour to calm her down—by the end of it, he’s crying a little bit too. he hugs her and kisses her and promises that he’ll never, ever leave—that’s it’s in his dna, his blood, to love her, just as much as it’s in his blood to be joel’s brother—and that he’ll spend his life at her and their child’s side. she believes him

when he does leave in tlou 2, she goes into their bedroom and trashes it completely—rips all the clothes out the closet, pulls down the dressers and shelves, throws his stupid fucking knick-knacks at the walls until they break, strips their bed her bed and rips the sheets. she locks herself in her home and doesn’t speak to anyone for two days; it’s the longest in jackson history that maria goes without working, aside from the week baby miller was born. the members of jackson make sure to leave her alone

when tommy gets back, she continues to refuse to speak to him while simultaneously sitting at his beside in the infirmary for a week straight

seth and maria have had beef that literally stems from the very start of establishing jackson. he’s just a fucking ass. FUCK seth like i will make a whole post about her beef with seth

maria and joel have mutual hate for seth. we’ve discussed this already over here lmfao, they get together and drink and talk shit about him at least twice a week while tommy and ellie have mischief time

sometimes maria and ellie will hear joel or tommy say some southernism that’s so unfamiliar and twangy to them it’s ridiculous, and together they instantly break out into hyper-exaggerated accents to mock them. the miller boys rolls their eyes but they obviously find it to be pretty adorable and hilarious

maria and ellie are not allowed to be on the same team for board game night anymore because they win everything and it is no fun for tommy >:(

tommy does metalsmithing and makes trinkets and jewelry with charms for maria whenever she gets the chance. the first time he makes a loc charm for her, she cries

maria knows how to make those cool patterned woven bracelets out of string and yarn. she teaches ellie how to make some so that she can make valentine’s day bracelets for dina

she visits jackson’s preschool sometimes and it’s so fun because all the jackson littles absolutely LOVE her. at first they think she’s kinda scary because she’s the Serious Boss Lady everybody and their families talk to upon first entering jackson, but one day at the beginning of the schoolyear she comes in and shows the preschoolers that she can do a cartwheel—from then on they’re all absolutely obsessed

[graveyardviolence]

Tell me about your aftg ocs!!

THANK YOU‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

okay okay okay so theres like a dozen of them but ill tell you abt my baby mercer (i may or may not be writing a fic for him)

Mercer Kyrie Reyes | #13, offensive dealer, 20, 5’7”, leo

mercer joins the foxes his sophomore year of college (he transfers) after wymack shows up at the bar he works at and basically forces his hand. this follows the events of tsc, so he & neil are the only sophomores on the team. he has a pretty mild relationship with most of the foxes since he’s not really around them that much off court. moving from bum-fuck nowhere connecticut to south carolina is a bit of a mess.

he majors in drawing (idk)

how he plays on court is usually dependent on how his day has gone. if he’s had a bad say, he won’t be of any use on court

he has a little sister, marcella, who he loves and would do anything to protect. he’s her current legal guardian.

he’s the second oldest, his older brother is 5 years older than him and has gone no-contact with the rest of his family, only really checking in every few months to make sure his siblings are alive. he has one younger brother who’s two years younger than him, and then theres marcella who’s four years younger

he has a sweet tooth that rivals andrews, it’s actually ridiculous bc this man always has candy on him no matter what

HATES spiders & flies (they freak him out)

slushy fiend

he’s vv picky eater & will only eat spicy foods

will drink lemonade no matter the season

he can COOK god hes so-

he enjoys sketching random shit he sees. if his sketchbook isnt on he’ll take a picture of whatever it is that caught his interest- but that’s almost never the case so whenever the foxes see him outside of practice he’s usually drawing

he also writes poetry! nothing serious, but he’ll write what he feels in the moment.

his relationship with wymack & abby is a little shifty. he’s got a lot of trust issues (obv) & parental issues, but abby lets his sister stay with her and keeps her fed, and wymack lets him use the foxes credit card (i forgot what its called) to buy things for her when needed, so it’s as bad as it would be if he were there alone

hes a smartass, of course, and usually gets sent off court for talking shit. he has a habit of taunting other teams. kevin usually falls victim to it during practice. he’s also very flirtatious, with just about everyone, though its usually superficial, he just likes seeing people get worked up

his nails are always chipped with black paint

he’s got his signature leather jacket that he wears no matter the season. it’s got a bunch of different pins and patches sewn into it

he drinks enough energy drinks to have a heart attack, and his hands tend to shake a LOT bc of it

he has chronic migraines! they happen at least once a day (if hes lucky)

very bad insomnia, my mans usually gets like 3 hours of sleep a day if he’s lucky. he tends to nap a LOT

he has tattoos! he wants to open up a tattoo/piercing shop, and he usually practices on himself! for marcella’s 16th birthday he gave her a small sun and moon tattoo on each of her inner forearms

[twistedtummies2]

Year of the Bat - Number 5

Welcome to Year of the Bat! In honor of Kevin Conroy, Arleen Sorkin, and Richard Moll, I’ve been counting down my Top 31 Favorite Episodes of “Batman: The Animated Series” throughout this January. We’re now in the Top 5 of the countdown! TODAY’S EPISODE QUOTE: “My fault…I didn’t get the joke…” Number 5 is…Mad Love.

It was hard to choose between “Mad Love” and our previous pick, “Heart of Ice.” In some ways, I would honestly argue the latter is technically better than the former…but the reasons I place “Mad Love” over it are twofold. One, I just like Harley more than Mr. Freeze, in general. Plain and simple. Two, while “Heart of Ice” helped to re-invent a backstory for a great villain, and thus revamped them in an inspired way for future generations…this story is a bit different. Originally published as a spin-off graphic novel for the show, “Mad Love” was adapted into an actual episode during the TNBA era. It is the official origin story for Harley Quinn, and – considering everything that goes into Harley BEING Harley, so to speak – I think that’s an even more noteworthy achievement.

Harley’s origins had been hinted at a few times in earlier episodes, most notably “Harlequinade,” which I already covered earlier in the countdown. But “Mad Love” finally gave viewers the full scoop, and adapts its comic source pretty darn faithfully. With one or two possible exceptions (among them being the infamously…questionable redesign for the Joker in “The New Batman Adventures”), it once again improves on its source material, making Harley even more sympathetic than in the comic version, as well as tightening up the pace and using the full breadth of this visual, moving medium to its advantage. “Mad Love” begins with Harley feeling fed up with the Joker paying more attention to Batman than to her. This causes her to reminisce on her past, and the full story of her background is revealed: once upon a time, she was Dr. Harleen Quinzel, a new up-and-coming psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum. It’s implied, however, that Harleen was more interested in using the inmates as research material for her own ambitions, than she really was with curing them. Her ambitions, combined with an inborn naivete, led to her being seduced by the Joker, and she fell in love with her deranged patient. After a particularly grueling battle with Batman left the Clown Prince of Crime badly injured, Harleen finally snapped, and – determined to help her “puddin’” out – she became the wild card that is Harley Quinn.

This, however, is not the end of “Mad Love.” That’s just the beginning. We cut back to the present, where Harley forms a surprisingly clever scheme to kill Batman, hoping that if he’s finally out of the picture, she can finally have the Joker all to herself. I feel hesitant to say much more in great detail, for a lot of reasons, but suffice it to say things don’t go the way Harley expected, and the audience is given an uncomfortably deeper perspective on the dangerous relationship she and the Joker have. All three main characters – Batman, the Joker, and ESPECIALLY Harley Quinn – really make this story great. Harley’s origins themselves are classic, of course, and have really never changed much since this story. Certain details and elements have been expanded on or slightly altered over the years, but the basic concept has remained fixed. However, it’s the look at this trio and their relationships to each other that makes the story so splendid, as well as so disturbing at times. It also allows all three actors to deliver some of the best performances in the entire series; with the exception of “The Laughing Fish,” in fact, I would argue this is Mark Hamill’s single best performance as the Joker in all of the Animated Series (discounting movies and later series spinoffs, like “Justice League”). For Conroy, it’s an episode that allows his Batman to shine, even when he’s not the focus, as he shows his own cunning side in the way he’s able to manipulate both villains to come out on top. And of course, for Arleen Sorkin, this was the saddest, most heartbreaking story she ever got as Quinn, and she brings everything into it, showing that she could manage the tragedy of Harley as well as the humor. Also, the title references a Peter Lorre movie. That’s just cool, A+.

We’re getting close to the end now, friends. Tomorrow we move on to Number 4! Hint: “Gotham can be a Wonderland, Alice! Tonight, let me be your guide.”

[kariachi]

Sorry-not-sorry I'm back on my normal 'Kevin and Argit were so small' bullshittery.

Because they fucking were. Kevin was twelve when Servantis tossed everybody, and Argit couldn't have been far off. They were middle school aged. 'Puberty would be starting about now if we weren't wandering the Null Void and therefor likely not eating near enough' aged.

A pair of children, with minimal education, no paperwork, no homes, no guardians. Wandering the Null Void and then the Milky Way, on their own. One a prime target for the slave trade, both prime targets for adults looking to take advantage of them (*coughcoughOttocoughcough*). With only as much security as they could provide themselves and each other. Only able to rely on themselves for the basic necessities of life.

And then this show has the audacity to try to tell me that they turned to crime due to poor morality. That they're money focused because they're just naturally greedy. That they don't trust people and look out for themselves because they're bad people that either will always be bad people or will only improve because of the power of Tennysons.

What options were there for them? What jobs are there in the Null Void? What jobs are there in the galaxy that'll hire barely-teens, if even that, with no paperwork or educations, that wouldn't ruin them as badly and pay worse than the crime they already had experience with? Will keep them fed and clothed and sheltered? When one of them already has a criminal record, for violent crimes at that? When there's nobody there to stop even the 'good' adults from taking advantage of them?

The show will sit there and tell you that Kevin's violent crimes were the result of a rough childhood, but he and Argit's non-violent ones? Totally on them, no excuse, wholly a matter of greed and not giving a shit about other people. Fucking bullshit. This is a pair of kids who had to grow up way too fast, up against an existence that saw at least one of them as easy profit, with nothing but themselves and each other, and no opportunities. They're a pair of traumatized kids who grabbed the opportunities available to them with both hands and were molded by the problems they faced.

Of course they're money-focused, unlike the Tennysons they don't and haven't had anybody making sure they had enough to get by. They've had to support themselves and live with the constant worry that something is going to go pear-shaped and they'll have nothing.

They spent years with anybody and everybody being a potential threat (even between the two of them, Argit's noting that Kevin's snapping while he worked for the Rooters was the worst he'd seen 'before or since' makes it quite clear he's seen him on and passed the edge at least as much if not more than we have), of course they're going to be slow to trust, quick to toss people aside, and unwilling to help their enemies without some sort of payout, they've been burned before.

Just- Damnit these two come from some shitty fucking situations, the effects they had on them are obvious if you bother to fucking look, and they both deserved better than the series just going "oh yeah they're assholes what do you expect they're criminals" and moving the fuck on. Like, for fuck's sake at least acknowledge that they're like this because life was a fucking lead pipe to the teeth to them! We know Kevin's situation was shit even before they met, we got to see it, but even if Argit had a perfectly good life beforehand (unlikely) the earliest we see him is being held captive for illegal experimentation purposes by law enforcement! These two have been through shit! At least acknowledge it!

Fuck, they could've replaced Color of Monkey with that, hitting on the differences between how Kevin and Argit adapted to their circumstances, give us upfront the Tennysons being a safety net that let Kevin heal (rather than just 'oh the Tennysons taught him morals because they're the Good People') while Argit's issues and lack of security kept him stagnant. It would go better with what we see of him over the course of OV leading up to the Rooters arc, and what we're shown in the Rooters arc. Give us him still being far from great or on the up-and-up but improving with the stability that comes with his 'hero' status, a repairing relationship with Kevin after that arc, and a flourishing, above-board business. Rather than backpedaling on any good the writers had thrown at him like they'd realized they were coming up against a cliff.

Shit that makes you want to get the writers by the shoulders and shake them mercilessly.

[edd-xhausted]

*slides in* ooo while I do like the idea of using the mirror, my idea was more "it exists in the same verse the Eddsworld gang are just in the Spooky Month town for some reason"

So the idea was the boys, the neighbors (+ Laurel) and Paul and Pat all move from England to Arizona. Them all ending up in the spooky town is a coincidence in-universe lol

Edd, Matt, Tom, and Tord live in the house across the street from Lila, Eduardo, Mark, Jon and Laurel live in the same apartment complex as Kevin, a few doors down, and Paul and Pat live in the same apartment complex as Streber, a few floors up. Paul and Pat don't meet Streber until later, but the others get acquainted with their respective neighbors VERY quickly

The reason they all came to the states is a sort of background mystery that kinda hangs while the shenanigans are going on -- I have the reason for it, but it's not too important right now so I'll save it ;)

I'm not sure when in the SM timeline they come in exactly (def pre-Tender Treats bc I have an Idea for that), but for the Eddsworld side of things there's no specific "period" this is supposed to be set, I basically just took a bunch of things from the series, mashed them and threw them in the pot

I can dump more about specific things later, but here's some misc. stuff

The boys, the neighbors and Laurel are in their mid twenties, around the ages of Kevin, Radford and Streber. Paul and Pat are 1-2 years older

Matt is still a vampire

Tom is very much Something

The reason Skid and Pump aren't kicked out of Edd's house immediately is because they fed Matt's ego by calling him a "cool vampire", and so Matt let them stay to give him more compliments. The rest of them ended up warming up to the two

They kinda end up becoming unwitting babysitters for Skid and Pump lol

Eduardo and Kevin have some history! The apartment the neighbors are living in now is actually the exact same one Eduardo lived in prior to moving to England, and he convinced the landlord to let them live in it again

Pump gives Tom weird looks sometimes and he has no idea why

If they move in pre-Unwanted Guest, Edd decks Dexter at some point

Eduardo and Laurel are dating (they are the token straight couple lol)

Edd works as a freelance artist/commissioner, and Tom works at a record shop called Scratch That. Haven't decided what Matt and Tord do but I think the former working at a hair salon would be funny (and leave him privy to a whole lotta town gossip)

Laurel is herself, but takes Todd's role as the fourth member of the neighbors. To go with the rest of the neighbors' outfits being similar but different to the boys, her hoodie is tied around her waist

Red Army is not a thing, but Tord, Paul and Pat are still friends

However to give Tord some connection to a red group, he eventually finds out about and begins looking into the cult. Surely that won't go wrong :)

Bing, Larry and the Rejects are also in Arizona, but they live in a nearby city and only occasionally get involved in the plot

Sooo yeah! I had the barebones of this little thing for a while, my brain just decided to randomly churn out s o many ideas last night that I was thinking about it again. I can also elaborate more on anything if you want (or at least try to) :>

I LOVE ALL OF THIS ACTUALLY? THIS IS SO COOL

Tord could maybe work as a mechanic, since he likes robotics n stuff? But also TORD. TORD NO-

and I think ik what you mean with the streber thing >:]

also YES YES YES REJECTS!! rejects my beloved

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Deering :: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

February 28, 2023

Heather Cox Richardson

Republican control of the House of Representatives has fed a changing dynamic. After decades of playing defense, the Democrats are going on offense. Today, President Joe Biden visited Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he talked about protecting Medicare and Medicaid. He was careful—as he always is—to differentiate between “an awful lot of really good Republicans” and the “MAGA Republicans.” “There’s kind of like, in my view, sort of two Republican Parties.” The MAGA Republicans, he said, “want to eliminate a lot of healthcare coverage,... increase costs for millions of Americans, and make deep cuts in programs that families and seniors depend on.” He spelled out that these cuts would mean that more than 100 million Americans with pre-existing conditions would lose coverage, and millions could lose basic services like maternity care, which the Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover. Up to 3 million young adults would get kicked off their parents’ insurance, and the cost of premiums in general would go up. Biden was getting ahead of what seems likely to be the Republican proposal to cut the budget dramatically in the new Congress and the more recent promise of House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to put the U.S. “on a path to a balanced budget” within ten years. Biden noted that Republicans have voted more than 50 times to change or repeal the Affordable Care Act since it passed 13 years ago. He also pointed to the fact that the chief budget consultant for the House Republicans is Trump’s former budget director Russell Vought. Now that Republicans have committed to taking cuts to Social Security and Medicare off the table, Vought has a plan to cut $9 trillion from domestic programs over the next ten years by cutting more than $400 billion from food stamps, cutting hundreds of billions from education, cutting in half the State Department and the Labor Department, and cutting $2 trillion from Medicaid and more than $600 billion from the Affordable Care Act. “America cannot be saved unless the current grip of woke and weaponized government is broken,” Vought says in his proposal. “That is the central and immediate threat facing the country—the one that all our statesmen must rise tall to vanquish…. The battle cannot wait.” But, as Jeff Stein, Josh Dawsey and Isaac Arnsdorf of the Washington Post point out, Vought’s stand is a little awkward, since he oversaw the explosion of the national debt as director of the Office of Management and Budget under Trump. In his first year as director, the debt grew by $1 trillion; in his second, by $4 trillion. Now he claims that the Biden administration is abusing its power by arresting people who participated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and so must be reined in. Vought’s proposal promises to balance the budget in ten years, but it also predicts the number of working people in the U.S. will increase by 14.5 million more people than the Congressional Budget Office says will enter the workforce. That surge—if it were to come—would push the economy to grow faster, thus reducing the deficit by an additional $3.8 trillion. But where the people will come from is a mystery. One former Republican official told Stein, Dawsey, and Arnsdorf that Vought was “selling conservatives a fantasy, which is achieving a balanced budget without cutting anything popular. We’re going to balance the budget by ‘ending woke?’ Give me a break.” Biden continues to push House Republicans to come up with a budget that will show the American people what they intend to cut. It’s hard to see how they can do that, with much of their conference refusing cuts in defense and with them now on the record as refusing cuts to Social Security and Medicare. The math of balancing the budget through cuts to other programs without raising taxes simply doesn’t work. As G. William Hoagland, senior vice president of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington and a former GOP congressional staffer, said: “I’d be the last person to say you can’t find savings from improved efficiency or the elimination of some programs…. But there’s no way on God’s green earth you’re going to balance the budget in 10 years unless you’re talking about increasing revenues and slowing the rate of growth in some of our major entitlement programs.” Today, Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) pointed out that the Republicans had added 25% of the U.S. debt under Trump and emphasized the economic successes of the Biden administration. “In 2021, Biden and the Democrats got to work and passed the American Rescue Plan, which fueled a strong, equitable economic recovery with historic reductions in unemployment, poverty, and economic hardship,” Raskin said. “Real GDP increased by 5.7% that year, substantially surpassing pre-ARP forecasts by the Fed. By January 2022, the unemployment rate had decreased to 4%, again surpassing pre-ARP forecasts. Wages increased by 5.7% from the prior year, with the highest increases going to the lowest wage workers. Democratic policies have allowed the U.S. to absorb the shock of rising inflation engulfing the globe since 2020, a phenomenon that economists attribute to coronavirus supply chain disruptions and Russia’s bloody war of aggression in Ukraine.” Democrats are also on offense as the extremists now in the majority are exposing their lack of understanding of how the government works. Both Raskin and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called out Republicans today for basic errors in drafting legislation, and witness Colin Kahl, the under secretary of defense for policy, embarrassed Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) in a hearing about aid to Ukraine after the congressman apparently thought he had found a “gotcha” story in the Global Times. “I’m sorry, is this the Global Times from China?” Kahl asked. Gaetz said no, then checked and said yes, it was, asking if that made it untrustworthy. “As a general matter, I don’t take Beijing's propaganda at face value,” Kahl answered. Gaetz answered: “Fair enough.” Raskin also called out Republicans for a “grammatical error”: their long-standing habit of using “Democrat” as an adjective as if it is an insult. Noting Colorado Republican representative Lauren Boebert’s reference to a “Democrat solution,” Raskin pointed out that “Democrat” is a noun, and Republicans should, in such cases, be using the adjective: “Democratic.” He said he was beginning to suspect that this word usage was intended to be “an act of incivility”—as of course it is—and he turned the tables. Their grammatical error was “as if every time we mentioned the other party, it just came out…like: ‘Oh, the Banana Republican Party,’ as if we were to say that every time we mentioned ‘the Banana Republican member’ or ‘the Banana Republican plan,’ or the ‘Banana Republican conference.’” (The term “banana republic” refers to a country that is corrupt and badly governed.) “But we wouldn’t do that,” he said. “So, out of pure political courtesy, when it’s an adjective, refer to the ‘Democratic’ congresswoman or the ‘Democratic’ member.” The pressure on the Republicans is not going to let up. Biden has promised to release his budget on March 9, putting down “in detail every single thing—every tax that’s out there that I’m proposing…and what we’re going to cut, what we’re going to spend…. Just lay it on the table.” “Republicans,” he said, “should do the same thing: lay their proposal on the table. And we can sit down, and we can agree, disagree. We can fight it out.” But, divided as they are, can Republicans craft a budget they can agree on? And if so, will Americans like what they see? Biden seems to doubt it, and to have confidence that his plans more closely reflect what people want. Today, he promised: “When I introduce my budget, you’ll see that it’s going to invest in America, lower health costs, and protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare while cutting the deficit more than $2 trillion over the next 10 years.”

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

[percontaion-points]

The Chemist chapter 25

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Chapter 25

“Because there’s no reason for you to go,” Kevin objected. 

Kevin stood in front of the elevator doors, blocking the call button, arms crossed over his chest. 

“Why not?” Daniel demanded. 

JFC dude. Do we seriously have to spell this out for you?

Alex turned to give Val her full attention. “What do you mean?”

Chapter 25 summary: The chapter starts off with Daniel complaining that he doesn’t want to be left behind while Julie and Kevin do prep work. Kevin eventually agrees, but stipulates that he doesn’t want any sort of reminder of what happened that morning. 

He takes them to a mobile storage unit that’s full of guns, costumes, and basic first aid stuff. As Julie is poking around, she finds a stash of fake passports, which she squirrels away for Daniel’s potential use later. She complains that Kevin doesn’t have enough trauma first-aid stuff, so Kevin says that they’ll go “collect some items that fell off a hospital supply truck”. 

On the way over there, Julie gives Kevin both a weaponized perfume bottle as well as one of her knock-out rings. Kevin then goes and takes care of a driver for a supply truck, and drives it some distance away. They help themselves to the supplies there. 

Back at Val’s place, Kevin starts to talk to Julie about how all of this got started. But he mentions something called the “Tacoma Virus”, which triggers some memory in Julie. She tells Kevin that there was a scientist in Tacoma, Washington who was working on a theoretical virus, but then notes got stolen from the lab and the scientist was burned by the government for it. She then starts to wonder if this was when Dr. B started acting paranoid, if that other scientist was the first to die because of this. She also realises that it probably wasn’t half as theoretical as she’d previously thought. After that, she had to interrogate the second in command for a Pakistani terrorist cell about this virus, but Carston fed her the questions she had to ask the guy. And in light of this new info, this is kind of suspicious. 

 Kevin tells her that his Mexican drug lord got the virus from Egypt, but then goes on to say that the outer packaging was in Arabic, but that the inner stuff was all in English, so that’s weird. He thinks that they both got burnt on the same case, but Julie isn’t quite convinced of this. Even when the facts are pretty obvious. 

They then start to look through their notes, and to watch previously-recorded security tapes of Carston’s house, and to listen to the tap Kevin put on Carston’s office phone. Julie watches as the housekeeper comes in with Carston’s groceries, and thinks that “if I had a new face, I could follow the housekeeper.” Val pops up and is kind of like “Did somebody say MAKEOVER?!” 

[tbmunson]

If your requests are open can you do gareth emerson x reader where she is short but she has a bad temper and she finds out what jason did to gareth and his friends and she loses her shit if not I understand

Short Fuse - Gareth Emerson x Reader

Thank you so much for the request 🤍🤍🤍

Summary: Basically what the request says

Warnings: Anger, Swearing, mentions of death (Jason and Eddie), Violence, name calling, mention of sex, fem pronouns ("She" used like twice).

WC: 600ish

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You pulled up to Gareth's house and saw the boys setting the drum kit back up. "What the fuck happened?" You asked, walking into the garage.

"Jason-"

"Don't worry about it." Gareth cut Jeff off, giving him a pointed look. "It's fine." He added.

Your lips pulled into a line and you raised your eyebrows at the back of Gareth's head since he had yet to face you. "Gareth." Your voice had a slight warning tone in it as you crossed your arms over your chest.

"Y/N." He answered, eyes scanning over the symbol.

You chuckled, a bitter sound before rounding to look at Kevin, a bystander until now. "What. The fuck. Happened?"

"Kev, don't." Gareth sent him the same look he'd given to Jeff.

"Sorry dude. She might be five foot nothing, but she's scary as hell." He turned to face you, ignoring Gareth from then on. "Jason and his boys came by looking for Eddie. They weren't happy we didn't know where he was. Andy and the other one held me and Jeff back. Jason punched Gareth in the face, pushed him into the drums, and may have possibly broken his hand." He sped up towards the end, cowering in the way your stair became angrier with every word.

Your tongue skimmed over your teeth as your rounded to Gareth. "And you just weren't going to fucking tell me?" Your head bobbed from side to side as you spoke with attitude dripping from every word. You didn't mean to take the anger out on him, but you were fed up, and him trying to hide it from you wasn't helping.

He sighed and finally turned to face you, showing the bruise that was forming on his cheekbone. "I just didn't want you getting mad. It's okay, really."

"No, it's not fucking okay! It's not okay for them to be on a fucking manhunt for our friend. And it's not okay that they're rolling up on people and questioning them like the fucking cops!" Your fists shook by your sides and your face grew redder by the second.

Gareth stepped up to you, putting his hands on your shoulders. "Sugar, I'm alright."

You looked into his eyes, your anger softening a bit, but not by much. "I swear, the next time I see any of them, it's on."

And it was. A couple days after the earthquake you saw Andy walking up the the school, hands in his pockets.

"Dick!" You yelled across the parking lot, flipping the bird to him as he glanced over at you.

"Bitch!" He shouted back, making you smirk.

That sense of community was gone.

"Why don't you come say it to my face, pussy?"

He turned, walking your direction.

"Half pint bitch." He bent down to get in your face, which is exactly what you wanted him to do.

You drew back and in one swift motion your fist connected with his face. "That was meant for Jason, but you know, he's dead." The lack of remorse for him was evident. It wasn't that you were glad he was dead, but you had a peace of mind that he wouldn't bother you or the boys again.

Andy was holding the side of his face as he looked at you. "Psycho!"

"Don't mess with my boys again. Ever." You stepped away, heading towards your car when he started hurling names your way.

"Whatever you freak fucker bitch!" He was standing tall now and you couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh, if you don't know how to make someone cum, just say that." You taunted, opening the door before giving him one last bird. No matter how much you wanted to stay and fight you'd promised Gareth you wouldn't do too much. That didn't stop you from nearly running Andy over as you left the parking lot though.

Gareth grinned for the first time since he learned of Eddie's fate as you recounted the story to him, pulling you to sit in his lap. "I love you, Sugar." He placed a kiss on your cheek.

"I love you too, Gare."

[xmcu-fietro]

Just got tagged in this by @fouralignments —perfect timing, because I just finished finals and have been writing a ton!

Game: Post the titles of your current works in progress. If someone sends one of those titles to you, explain the concept or post a snippet!

I went ahead and explained the concept for each, but if you send in an ask I can share snippets! I’m sorry in advance for how long these summaries are..... brevity has never been a strong suit of mine and I got a little excited.

1. Nobody - Dadneto fic - genre: angst, hurt/comfort

This fic deals with what happens after Peter is kidnapped and tortured just after X-Men: Apocalypse. With no memory of how he was harmed or even taken to begin with, he’s left to pick up the pieces using only the aftermath to draw on. His relationship with his father is quickly put under stress, as Erik found out about their relationship during the time Peter was away, and now Peter has to be okay with being taken care of as he struggles with many frustrating and exhausting effects of the torture. With no memory of what happened, it’s easy for him to think that he should be unaffected—but Erik is there to remind him that even hidden pain is still pain, and that family is a kind of bond that will never be broken.

2. Amnesiac - Agatha Harkness and Peter Maximoff fic - genre: light fluff/angst/comedy

After the Hex disintegrates, Peter remains trapped in his Hex persona thanks to Agatha’s magic. Problem is, Agatha can’t undo his mind control immediately because she’s stuck in her Hex persona, thanks to Wanda. They basically live as roommates for a while as Agatha tries to break free and Peter, who doesn’t even totally realize he’s trapped, tries to figure out why some things about himself post-Hex aren’t quite adding up. Eventually he is able to break free of the Ralph-mind-control, but, surprise—he’s got amnesia, and the only way to get his memories back and return to his universe is to help Agatha become un-hexed so she can (literally) work her magic.

3. Directed by Agatha Harkness - Agatha Harkness and Peter Maximoff fic - genre: angst/semi-horror(?) - inspired by the tv show Kevin Can F*** Himself in which a fed-up housewife snaps and decides she’s going to kill her oblivious, idiotic husband.

Agatha and Peter are both stuck in their Hex personas, although only Agatha is aware that she’s trapped. As time passes living with Peter Ralph, Agatha becomes bitter and exasperated; if he hadn’t failed in his mission to find out how Wanda’s magic worked, if he had just listened to her, maybe she wouldn’t have lost and become stuck as Agnes. It’s all his fault, and if divorce isn’t possible for the roles they have to play, the only way to get rid of him is a more permanent solution.

Agatha has had enough: she’s going to kill her husband.

4. For Nothing At All - Charles Xavier - genre: dark/angst (with Dark!Charles)

After the events of Days of Future Past go awry with Erik killing Raven and the government ultimately succeeding in using her DNA, Charles is left alone and distraught. So, he goes to Cerebro. He begins reading the minds of government officials, influencing them to subtly help the mutant cause without drawing suspicion. He gets their passwords too, using them to always keep him five steps ahead of the CIA. He starts to get unhinged as he spends all day hooked up to Cerebro, and eventually he’s at the top, in control of everything and everyone—alone. 

He can’t get back what he’s lost, but at least now he has no one to lose.  

5. Pietro Maximoff Goes by Peter - Clint Barton and Peter Maximoff - genre: angst, found-family

In the middle of a mission gone wrong, Clint prepares himself to say goodbye; there’s nowhere left to run, and he can’t fight back any more.

When he sees Peter Maximoff in the aftermath of moving bullets—a fast Maximoff saving his life, once again—his only thought is “Pietro?!”

Or: in which Clint recognizes that Peter is really Pietro, albeit from a different universe, and, overcome with a mix of shock, grief, and thankfulness, drags him back home to meet his wife and kids. Angsty conversations about family and loss ensue.

6. Untitled WIP focusing on Peter Maximoff, David Haller, Kurt Wagner, and their respective parent issues. I thought it was crazy that somehow Erik, Raven, and Charles all had secret kids they didn’t know about (or who didn’t know about them), and I thought that might be interesting to explore.

7. various WIPS that are partially posted---the next chapter of The City Rain, the second part to the Nina fic (not the actual title, but the real title is so long...oops), and a potential epilogue to Vilomah (still debating on whether I want to continue the story or leave it as-is, because the original plan was for it to end with Peter dying, but I’ve gotten requests for the aftermath). There’s also a “Peter Maximoff and Peter Parker become best friends after the Hex and the events of NWH” fic that @jadoue1999 and I are slowly working on :)

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