#brothers 4ever

[kismets-barista]

After a hard day of therapy, Floyd is really feeling it. Based off of some rp a friend and I did.

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Branch helped Floyd shuffle into his room, pangs of pain and worry squeezing his heart at how mentally exhausted and... *grey* his brother looked.

"Here. Let's get you into bed." His voice was soft, patient as he took Floyd by the waist to pull back his covers. They had been smoothly tucked in that same morning, but now with a practiced hand, Branch pulled them down and slowly helped Floyd sit.

"Take it slow. I know you wanna lie down but if you do it too fast it might make you hurt worse. We'll get there together, okay?" Branch practically whispered, pausing to fluff Floyd's pillow up before helping him lean back.

His older, and perhaps closest brother squeezed his hands while letting out a shaky breath, tears welling and pouring down his eyes. "I'm sorry, Branch. I don't know what *happened* today... we were having such a good day and there I went ruining it with my stupid jokes and..."

"No, no Floyd, hey..." Branch raised a hand to gently wipe the tears away, taking extra care not to cause any pain to the troll. "We know it's not gonna be all... cupcakes and rainbows, okay? Not all the time. No matter how much you want it to be or will try to make it seem. But that's what we're here for, okay? We love you and are here with you no matter what."

That just made Floyd cry harder. He leaned into the hand, bringing up one of his own to cover with it. Dissolving into soft 'I love yous' and exhausted 'Thank yous.'

Branch leaned down, gathering up his brother into his arms. "Come on. I'll sleep with you, okay? Just like you used to do for me. I'll even hum your favorite lullabies," he spoke, in a hushed voice. Holding Floyd as close as he could.

His brother didn't even respond; already drifting off and on the way into a much needed healing sleep.

"I love you, Floyd. So much."

[cosmicrhetoric]

the continuous focus on birds and birdsong in monstrous regiment is one of my fave bits just because we know the only reason polly has all that background knowledge is bc of paul. and even when she has that moment of not wanting to admit that she wants to get paul back partially for selfish reasons she was still the person in his life that paid attention enough to remember everything he loved/knew about birds lol. he's not really haunting the narrative he's just kind of chilling back there but ANYWAY lol polly perks could do antigone

[duckzrule4ever]

going against Beanzy's fic, because, why not-?

[karda]

edited the flowers in :--] what do ya think

[ranhaitanisgf]

let’s put our differences aside, and come together in unity for the haitani brothers <3 ( rindou always gonna be the better one in MY heart but that’s bc i’m a bitter little brother )

i’m willing to allow ran into my heart bc you’re both gonna become my in laws once i wife rindou up 😍 ( what of shinichiro you ask? who says i can’t have 2 husbands? )

haitani alliance accepted 🤝🏽🤝🏽🤝🏽 WE R FUTURE IN LAWS NOW so no more ran OR rindou slander around these parts trust ☝🏽

i’ll speak in support of your two husband marriage no questions asked 🗣️🗣️

ALSO that pic is so cute but it literally kills me that rindou is just holding a gun and a cig LMAOAOA but who cares they r living their truth !!

[eyesteeth]

the fact that it's specifically stated that faulkner lied when he said no one else knew about the house is so funny to me because

a) im used to things specifically mentioned in writing coming back and the idea of carpenter being like "well i know a place we can crash at" and her and hayward walking into the cabin and seeing faulkner n rane just standing there is unquestionably hilarious but also

b) it means that faulkner had to have told her about his past at some point and that means that when he asked to be her brother she had fully acknowledged the fact that faulkner killed one of his brothers in a traumatic misunderstanding he's reconstructed in his mind as a good thing As Well As the fact that her last brother died in an act of religious self-sacrifice, and said yes. with her little caveat. just mentally grabbing him by the collar like "listen. i don't want you to kill yourself for your god. and i hope you don't want to kill me for your god. and if either happens i am going to kick your ass in hell when both of us get there"

[uncasuals]

" pris set this double date up , not me . plus i thought you said it was better if this stayed between us anyways ! "

[maddy-ferguson]

controversial opinion but i dont think the duffers set up byler well, lets be real most of the fandom outside of our echo chamber doesn't think byler is going to become canon. and like idk but i agree that they should have at least broken up mlvn and resolved the monologue issue (preferably not include it even) if they were going for the byler route. same for will's importance or even mike's importance for the plot. removing them from the show's main narrative doesn't make a good case for their importance in the story in the penultimate, esp when they received minimum screentime in this season. it's not the audience's fault to think mlvn is endgame or will or mike are unimportant when the way they've been handled were lackluster and when cali plot.... Was Like That. plus they gave it all to el's character lol. ofc ppl gonna think she's the protagonist when she was the one who opened the gate and created vecna and when mike spends the entire season talking about her. redpill but it's not making much sense here when the narrative is criticized in the byler fandom, acting like the writers did a perfect job in terms of setup is just being wilfully blind atp.

i think people not expecting it is the point though. like yeah it's obvious because when they did the same thing on a smaller scale with nancy's love triangle at the end of season 1 (her spending most of the season with jonathan them bonding and her and steve fighting but then still being together in the epilogue) most people could see that jonathan and nancy were gonna be together and not one person was called delusional for thinking that. but i really think the juxtaposition is the point, it's a queer couple so even with a similar storyline people don't expect it because of heteronormativity etc which is kind of depressing but it's also what's gonna make it happening even better...#imho

for the monologue, obviously i don't ENJOY IT but i don't hate it because i think it's interesting for el? whether you think she believed him or not, whether or not you think she was gonna break up with him at sbp, i think having him tell her he loves her makes it so no one can be like "but if mike had said he loved her everything would've been fine!" i like them going all the way in that sense. i think it's good for us as an audience to have that, this way there's no what ifs. it makes it apparent that their relationship couldn't be fixed by mike saying i love you and also that their fight in lenora wasn't only about mike and about their relationship, like mike never thought she was a monster that was all el, and him telling her that she's not a monster won't fix that internal struggle for her. and it also won't help her grow beyond the monster/superhero dichotomy.

i don't like will and mike being away from the supernatural plot either but yk i do think it's because they're important for the resolution of that storyline and that that's also supposed to come as a surprise. for mike well i don't actually know that he is, but i certainly know will is and i think they did set that up pretty well. he's not in episode 7 but they reveal that the upside down is frozen on the day he disappeared, he's in hawkins for five minutes but the season ends with him talking about his connection to vecna and everyone and their mother is reminded of the fact that will is a vital part of the supernatural plot. people don't necessarily think he's gonna be the key to resolving the upside down and vecna thing for good (no matter what that looks like, i'm expecting it to be both el and will because it kind of is the el show + we'll fix it together + lucas and erica (siblings) being the mvps of the basketball game and the dnd game that has a lot of foreshadowing in episode 1 etc) because el's the one who's always done it pretty much by herself...but it's also never worked. not for long anyway. i would say that like byler (but not as shocking because it's not someone assumed to be straight turning out to be gay) it's supposed to make people go oh why have i never thought of that of course will would be an integral part of the ud resolution this makes so much sense!!! when it happens. and characters also always expect el to be the one to fix it just like they don't expect byler to happen. meta.

and again i don't LOVE mike and will's thing being the conversational roadtrip only in season 4, but i get why they did it like i see the vision. i see where you're coming from and i agree that most people not seeing byler coming isn't necessarily their fault (even though i said it's similar to nancy's s1 triangle and everyone expected it then. nancy never gave steve an i love you i've loved you forever i'll love you forever speech, major difference), i really think it's NOT supposed to be that obvious. even though it is kind of. i get wishing they had broken up mlvn in volume 2 and i certainly would've liked not having to see bylers be called delusional 24/7 but i think mlvn breaking up would've made byler endgame wayy too obvious and if they wanted it to be obvious to the girls that get it only i think they've accomplished that. same with will and the supernatural plot. and everyone is free to not like it still, i just don't think that means the set up isn't good.

very last paragraph. i don't think everything they've ever written is perfect. i don't even think every decision that's been made by the st team regarding WILL's queerness is perfect like (this is another conversation) having noah deny the gay allegations on will's behalf a month before having him say oh yeah he is gay it's obvious is crazy to me it's no surprise that people feel like it's an afterthought and like byler is never gonna happen. even though i obviously disagree with them. fin.

[indarlingarmor]

Disneybound day 21: a movie you haven’t seen

Amaya channeling Brother Bear

[fortheturnstiles]

was tagged by @theclowncowboy (hi james) to share six albums i've been listening to a lot lately :D yayy

i will tag @chicken-delight @whatohgirlieplease @timrothencrantz and @analogodyssey1994 to share urs 😁🫶🏻 no pressure ofc

[six-demon-bag]

what about your rarepair? 👀 (this is babycupart btw this is my main blog i can’t send asks on my art sideblog 😭)

ahh so first then: i would encourage more rarepair batshittery for you but alas....i dont know anything about star trek so it would be wasted on me 😔

my mcu rarepair is Bucky/John Walker, but there's dozen of us! i think. probably a dozen. god i don't even know. tiny but strong for our poor maligned baby john 🥲

my other self-created monstrosity rarepairs are all my Daniel Brühl Cinematic Universe crossovers that usually have Zemo as my ship hub....so it's kind of cheating to say they're a rarepair when i made them up and also it's a crossover. and the same actor. like yeah, of course its rare smh. why am i like this.

watching db movies is hazardous lest i collect yet another babygirl for my stables

[archersgoon]

BUT GARGARIN DIDN'T LET GO. INSTEAD HE HELD A HAND TO ARJURO'S FACE. I WANT MY BROTHER BACK. SO I SAY WE ARE EVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[5711311]

uhhh something about the dread of potential loneliness, the urgency of constant companionship, and of course, identity and individuality.

[seisho99]

blow by kesha my best friend forever and ever

[bunicate]

babes, i’m doing the al haithy story quest and i always squeal when i see him >.< ur fics always itch that craving for him agh i luv u so much !!

ur works are so adorbs ! genshin brothers and daddies 4ever <3

YAYYYY ! ! ! I luv u TOO ! ! enjoy playing his story quest, i know for sure i did . da character quests are usually wht inspires me to write for them. I knew haithy wus gnna be the loml even b4 tho. i saw his fighting animations and his model’s muscle compared to itto’s nd I’ve been hooked on him since. thts daddie for reals

[cijheil]

la casa de sacapuntas... gone too soon 😔😔😔