#c: spot conlon

[loudnclearspot]

@hauntthumans sent from Spot ❰❰ PIN ❱❱ sender pins receiver during a fight/training

"Jesus!" Spot was breathing heavily in the middle of their tussle. Some other kid was walking around claiming he was King of Brooklyn, leader of the Brooklyn newsies. She didn't know who the hell this guy was, but he certainly wasn't her leader, even if he also called himself Spot Conlon. They'd been circling around each other for days now, a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. A fight had broken out between one of her younger girls and one his younger boys and that was enough for hell to break loose for her. "What the hell do you get off, having your boys picking on my kids?!" She spat in his face trying to get him off of her.

[emmedoesntdomath]

RACETRACK MOTHERFCKING HIGGINS YOU GOSH DARN HISTORY NERD

RACERACERACERACERACERACE

also, i feel so seen rn *wipes away emotional tear*

so, ed ‘racetrack’ higgins was a newsie who helped lead the 1899/1900 newsboys’ strike against william randolph hearst and joseph pulitzer with louis ballat (who was known as kid blink), dave simons (who we don’t know the newsie name of), and (reportedly, because there aren’t that many sources with him) spot conlon (and, honestly? they could have been the same kid. not likely, but possibly). he was a brooklyn newsboy (from brighton beach specifically), and was between the ages of 16-21. he spent a considerable amount of time between the two racetracks he was near (hence the nickname). he had talked about william c. whitney, who owned a private racetrack, trained horses, and spent a lot of time at sheepshead (he said he had run horses for him, but that could be false). in just about every article he was interviewed for, it was noted that he talked A LOT about the races, even when they weren’t mentioned. like, at all (I love that for him, actually). he was charismatic, bold, and a natural-born leader. unfortunately, after the strike, he essentially disappears. there were a lot of ed higgins in the new york/jersey area, and it’s hard to track an idividual person, especially after the war started.

for more historical racetrack stuff, go check out @musicalcuriosity ‘s blog, they’ve got some great stuff over there.

now, because this isn’t actually my historical area of expertise, AND because I have actual hcs, we’re going to move on to the fun stuff.

ANTONIO ‘racetrack’ higgins is a manhattan newsie. he’s the second in command to jack kelly and more or less the ambassador to brooklyn. he’s snarky, loves gambling and spot conlon, and is probably the reason adderall was invented. he’s brilliant with numbers, but couldn’t tell you how to spell algebra to save his life. he’s petty, smokes more than anyone should, and will risk life and limb for those that he loves. he doesn’t plan to make it to 25, but will lie to anyone who asks and says he wants to be doctor for kids.

he becomes a newsie at nine, right after his mom dies, and he looks (maybe) seven, so he’s immediately taken under the wing of an older newsie. he’s dragged to the races after they finish selling, and it’s like something just clicks inside of him. he notices the trends, gets good at counting the cards, finding the tells of a good bet.

when asked, he would just shrug, a jaunty grin on his face. “it’s jus’ numbers,” he would say.

he meets a young francis sullivan (newly jack kelly) and charlie (now crutchie) when he stumbles upon their hiding spot in an alley. he recognized jack, and laughed instead of cowering when he threatened to soak him. he cheerfully informs them of a better place to hide on top of the lodging house, and from then on, they’re brothers friends.

he travels to brooklyn by himself the first time on a dare from albert (who has since become his best friend), and gets caught by hotshot within thirty minutes. he gets told to never come back with a hearty punch to the ribs for good measure.

he returns the next day.

he’s not allowed coffee (per jack), because he’s apparently “too damn jittery” as it is.

he can speak a little bit of italian, and converses with itey when they’re both at the lodging house. if he’s in public, he pretends he doesn’t know any.

when finch and albert start dating, part of him is sad, no matter how happy the rest of him is. it’s not fair, and he doesn’t know why, but it feels like a door’s shutting. he laughs, and holds spot a little tighter afterwards.

skittery taught him how to throw his first real punch, and then immediately started a fight with him “to make sure he understood the lesson”.

he’s scared of loud thunderstorms.

he hates the sound of a creaky wheel on a carriage.

he doesn’t mind girls, but he would prefer short brunettes with a temper (he’s very much got a type, and he’s not ashamed of it).

he would love harry potter, but despise JKR.

he believes in god, but doesn’t go to church.

if he had a kid, he would name them either maria or sebastian, after his mother and uncle respectively.

[dcbutinamrev]

~MOMENTUM~

HI Y'ALL IT'S HERE! MY BANG FIC IS UP! I'm super excited for y'all to read this short-story based on Christopher Nolan's film Memento. That film was my first introduction to Chris Nolan, who is my all time favorite director and the reason I started acting. I've always wanted to write something in his style--non linear which is what you're about to read. It's very confusing and it was intentional to be confusing, especially if you have not watched the film, which you do not need to in order to understand this short-story. But it is recommended. My lovely artist is @lithuanianking so go check out their amazing artwork for this story when it gets posted! Y'all are going to be so confused and I am so ready for the comments. Hope y'all enjoy! @newsiesminibang24

READ IT ON AO3!

Based on Christopher Nolan's 2000 film "Memento", Jack Kelly is a private insurance investigator suffering a rare amnesia condition known as anterograde amnesia. In denial about his past, Kelly has also removed files from the police to fool himself and Sammy Jenkins. After the murder of the real Sean C., Kelly shows up to a local cafe restaurant where he meets up with Katherine. Knowing Kelly’s associated with Sean’s disappearance, Katherine uses him to protect her from Sean’s associates like Oscar Delancy or maybe she sics Deleancy on Kelly. Spot tries to help Kelly deal with Oscar after Oscar tries to kill Kelly. Spot’s trying to get away from Katherine because he knows who she is, and she knows his undercover name. But Katherine’s lies convinces Kelly she’ll help him, which she does by running the liscense plate number that Kelly gave her. She also gives Kelly a place to kill him. When Spot meets up with Kelly again, Kelly takes him to the place Katherine gave him, which happens to be an abandoned motel. Kelly kills Spot because he believes Spot is the one who raped and murdered his husband, David Jacobs. He takes a picture of Conlon’s dead body and looks at it.

[yetanotherkris]

guys guys

[daveyfvckingjacobs]

HI TANNER

SORRY THESE ARE ALWAYS TAKING A WHILE NOW

TUMBLR IS BEING A BITCH

(i’m sorry tumblr plz don’t hate me)

Jack n Spot things !!!!!!!!

Canon era

Love their newsies so so much but why so loud

Stealing Race’s cigars because neither of them LOVE smoking but sometimes they need a puff and Racer always has some

Stressed out of their tiny autistic minds

Have both spent many a sleepless night up with a little who can’t sleep

shared trauma from the refuge

wack people with papes

Tall ass boyfriends

Moods can change like *that*

e👏mo👏ti👏on👏al👏ly. c👏on👏sti👏pat👏ed. 

constantly feel alone even though they’re both leading groups of people

random but they both d e s p i s e carrots. idk why but texture is b a d

super intense special interests but (before race or davey) had no one to infodump to

picking fights all the time

Idek what this is lmao. but here you go !! - 🤠

I love love love them being so similar but like. not realising it. because they’re in such similar positions of authority and have a lot of the same mindsets (that manifest very differently so you wouldn’t really notice unless you know them both very well)

jack: I am nothing like conlon

spot: I am nothing like kelly

race, knows them both like the back of his hand and sees the matching selflessness, self sacrificing nature, recklessness etc etc:

race: if you say so

[undescribed1mage]

hey hey the headcanons post you just rbed

that

with spot conlon (specifically uksies spot but that was to be assumed)

Headcanon A (realistic): her real name is Siobhan <3

Headcanon B (while it may not be realistic, it is hilarious): she and davey are best friends. they get along best out of spot & any manhattan newsie (this is lillie-pearl wildman supported btw)

Headcanon C (heart-crushing and awful, but fun to inflict on friends): she & jack both met in the refuge, and she's been in the refuge a lot, she tries her best to keep her girls from avoiding that fate, but it doesn't always work well.

Headcanon D (unrealistic, but I will disregard canon about it because I reject canon reality and substitute my own): transfem & a demigirl & uses she/they (& also bisexual). sorry uksies wasn't trying 2 conceal her identity by using they/them pronouns for spot, the Manhattan newsies were simply just respecting her pronouns.

[ship268]

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American Horror Story

Includes: Tate Langdon

Big Hero Six

Includes: Tadashi Hamada

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Includes: Miguel Diaz, Robby Keene, Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz

Dream SMP (C!)

Includes: Technoblade, Wilbur Soot, Dream Team, Karl Jacobs, Karlnapity, Slimecicle

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MASTERLIST // HITLIST

[sparkedblaze]

Hi I'm starting this only 30 minutes into Livesies

This is gonna take a while. It's too good. I have too many favorite things.

Parts 1 and 3

Usual T/W just in case: cursing, violence

Jack's thinking face

"You mean like a strike?"🙄 ... "YOU HEARD DAVEY WE'RE ON STRIKE"

"Half them strikers is laid up with broke bones"

Things you need to be a union: 1. Membership (Albert's lil salute) 2. Officers (IIIIII nominateJackpresident (he's touched)) 3. A statement of purpose (left in other pants)

"Unioned we stand."

Jack once again channeling Draco to say pockets

THE DELANCEYS

"Ig you do Mr. President"

Albert fidgeting without a thought in the world

Albert's empty ass head

One thought: Fight

How much teeth Davey uses when he says "we got a union"

Jack essentially translating for Davey

Mush cracking his knuckles

"JUST LETEM TRY"

I miss the drums ;-;

Davey's hop off the papes

D A N C E

When shortstop doesn't take it down

ANTHONY ZAS SMILE

Nicholas Masson never knowing what to do with his hands

Squat

Tommy v dramatically wrapping his arm around the gate

"YEAH"

Davey hopping from the ladder

DANCEY DANCE

SPIN

Race: :0 :O :|

March march march march march

wiggle wiggle

YEET

"YOU CAN TELL PULITZER-"

The three different reactions to being thrown out: Les, immediately hopping up and yelling at the guy Jack, trying to find his dignity before he stands Davey, and whatever his dramatic ass is doing

"PULITZER MAY CRACK THE WHIP BUT HE WON'T W H I P US"

ANGY HAT TAKING OFF

Albert literally jumping onto the table.

Finch sitting on top of the back of the chair.

"Over here!"

"Just gimme a wat'a"

"How. did i ever. see that coming?"

Albert: :(

c o n f u s i o n

CRUTCHIE PRETENDING TO PASS AWAY

LES LITERALLY FOLDING HIMSELF IN HALF

TOMMY (WHO WAS STILL STANDING) LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN AND SINKING BACK INTO HIS CHAIR

ONE OF MY BIGGEST STICKING POINTS FOR AUTISTIC DAVEY JACOBS. HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO DOESN'T LOOK AWAY WHEN BROOKLYN IS MENTIONED. "Well, he's new." I HEAR YOU SAY SO IS LES. AND HE TOOK THE SOCIAL CUES THAT BROOKLYN ISN'T A PLACE YOU WANT TO BE. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS BOY IS TEN (almost). SO IF ANYTHING HE SHOULD BE HAVING TO BE TOLD THAT BROOKLYN IS DANGEROUS. ESP BC JACK DOESN'T SEEM SCARED OF IT

TY FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK

"Spot Conlon's toif"

"IAIN'TSCAEDONOTOIF"

ELMER AND ROMEO AND RACE TAKING OFF THEIR HATS WHEN KATH GETS THERE

"-hangin' round at the wOild" *hand motions*

Jack hiding behind Davey

Y'all gay asf stop looking at her like that

"You think you have a chance?" Tommy, giving the widdlest nod

"I'll rephrase"

"YOU DON'T GOTTA BE INSULTIN' I got a nickel"

"This is entertaining...so far"

"Methinks the lady needs to be handled by a-" bap bap fix hat vest "-real man."

"How'd she know my name?" "Get outta here" *shove*

Finch hopping onto the table

Them helping Jacobi pick up

Hoppity hoppy hop hop

"cantcha see it in my eyes?"

"Yeah ok"

"W www whasa matta aincha sure?"

"Rather tell ya what I'm hopin' for tonight" bites lip

"TOMORROW-" fuckfuckshitfuckwhatarewedoingtomorrow "-we stop the wagons" thankfuck crisis averted she would've thought I don't know what I'm doing

"Write it good."

"A little hyperbole never hurt anyone"

"If I could just write about it" MOOD

"You poor boys"

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS

"It could practically write itself and let's pray it does"

Kath being an entire writing mood

KATH DOING THE SAME MOVEMENT THEY DO IN SEIZE THE DAY

"PictureahandsomeheroicallycharismaticplainspokenknownothingskirtchasingCOCKYLITTLESONOFA-"

"What a face"

"I'll be twice as good as that SIX MONTHS FROM never" :(

"Just look around at the world we're inheriting And think of the one we'll create THEIR MISTAKE IS THEY GOT OLD THAT IS NOT A MISTAKE WE'LL BE MAKING"

Davey making jokes about Brooklyn showing up at the worst time is further proof that Davey is autistic plznfanku

"Queens will be right here backin' us up-" :D "-as soon as we get the nod from Brooklyn" D:

THE FUCKING DELANCEYS

"My SKULLBUSTIN' ARM"

The Camp Rock 2 song playing in my head every time I hear Jack say 'we can't back down'

Iain. Young's. Rat. Face.

Les leaning against the gate. 0 fucks given.

Lettuce

BEN COOK'S GIGGLE WHEN CRUTCHIE COMES UP WITH HIS SIGN

JACK HOLDING CRUTCHIE'S CHEEKS

Jojo's dramatic ass look WHEN DAVEY IS TALKING ABOUT COURAGE PFFFFF

THE ANGRIER DAVEY GETS THE MORE TEETH HE USES

IDK IF THAT MAKES SENSE BUT JUST WATCH

Jack leaning on Finch's head

"Broddas"

"We doin' this?"

"Once we've begun, if we stand as one, someday become somehow"

Ben Fankhauser's voice

"And a prayer becomes a vow"

"AND THE STRIKE STARTS RIGHT DAMN NOW"

"The boids are singin' "

I LIKE THAT THEY HAVE 'BLINK' (I say his name loosely) SCABBING. IT'S KIND OF A NOD TO THE ACTUAL KID BLINK AND I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY NEAT

SMALLS BEING SO ANGRY AT BEING STOPPED

ANDY'S HAT IS ALSO BACKWARDS?????

T O G E D D A

>:(

Tommy. Boy's. Arms.

Jack's entire speech

"Pleeeeaaaaase"

Tommy, marching up to Jack Davey: Les get behind me idk what I can do except be a human shield

"I'm with ya" Everyone: :000000000000

Tommy's pose as he hands his bag back

Nicholas Masson not knowing what to do with his arms pt 2

LES'S LIL HAND MOTION DURING 'UNITED'

"Who are you gonna trust? Them? Or them?"

WHY DOES TOMMY BOY LOOK SNIPER UP AND DOWN LIKE THAT????

"Y E A H"

Now showing: Jeremy Jordan's Jack's inability to dance

"LET'S SHOW 'EM FELLAS"

"HUT"

Right left right "HYA"

Kiss

THEY'RE SO FUCKING TALENTED

JESUS

Spinny spinny spin

"Ya see this Mista Pulitzah?!"

"C'MON FELLAS" -Buttons

T A L E N T

WAISCOAT GUY HAS THE CHILD (I think about this all the time)

THE FIGHTING WITH THE DELANCEYS

LES BONKING THEIR HEADS TOGETHER

DAVEY PICKING HIM UP AND PUTTING HIM ON HIS SHOULDER IN CELEBRATION

"CHARGE"

Do I need to say it?

Do I need to put it here?

Probably not

BenCookkickinghimselfintheface

Jumping over the homies

spin

BIG STEP

Jump

TOMMY BEING IN SPAIN WITHOUT THE A

TRICKS

TRICKY TRICKS

CRUTCHIE TRICK

JOJO TRICKY TRICKY

P R O J E C T I O N S

"NEWSIES FOREVERRRRRR"

RIPPING THE PAPES

FUCK THEM PAPERS

Jack having to stop Mush

Pushing a cart into bad guys with bae

"Stay down!" Les immediately meerkatting back up

MORRIS JUMPING OFF STAIRS AGAIN

ROMEO NOOOOOO

Les s l i d e

DAVEY NOOOOOOOO

"JACK WAIT FOR ME" "Where d'ya think you're goin'?" "JACK HELP-ROMEO-FINCH" HIS VOICE CRACKING MAKES ME FUCKING SOB

THE ANGLE OF SNYDER BEATING CRUTCHIE

FUCK

CRUTCHIE YOUR HAT

Jack's mini tantrum before Santa Fe

"Newsies CRUSHED AS BULLS ATTACK"

"Thanks to GOOD OL CAP'N JACK"

IK HE PROBABLY KIND OF OVERPLAYS IT AT LEAST A LITTLE BUT I LOVE HOW OUT OF BREATH JACK IS

"Dreams come true Yeah they do"

GRARARARAR CHARACTER LIMIT RARRRAR

[somedayonbroadway]

Spot: I love you so let's hope that me running you off the road doesn't seriously hurt you or something, please marry me. (Also, what the F U C K did he do to the cat?)

That is exactly what happens, lol! Spot is sent by Race to give his cat food and medicine, however, as Spot grew up on a farm he had been taught to put sick animals out of their misery. So instead, he poisons the cat and puts it in the freezer, telling Race the cat was dead all along, but Race doesn’t believe him.

The Office AU

Race was just trying to drive home. He was staring straight ahead, as most drivers did, until he heard a screeching noise in his good ear and a loud voice blaring, “Pull over!”

Glancing at the car beside him, Race rolled down the window. “Spot?!” he yelled.

“Pull over! I need to talk to you!” Not only was Spot inching dangerously close to Race’s car, but he was speaking into a bullhorn that the entire interstate could hear.

“Spot! Knock it off!”

“I said pull over!” Spot insisted, speeding up and swerving in front of Race who had no choice but to immediately turn the wheel and slam on the brakes, nearly smacking his head on the dashboard. He turned the car off faster than he’d ever moved before and rushed out of the driver’s door before slamming it shut.

“Are you fucking crazy?!” he screamed. “Who in the hell does that?! You coulda killed me!”

“Listen to me!” Spot shouted into the bullhorn.

“Put that thing down!” Race screamed.

“I love you!”

Race froze at that. It wasn’t as though he didn’t know that, but it was never something they had said out loud. If they said it out loud, that meant it was real and it couldn’t be real. Spot was gearing up to marry someone else and Race’s life was a complete and utter mess.

Spot didn’t stop either. He kept going. “I will gladly be your secret to keep, for the rest of my life if it means I can be with you!”

Once again, the hearing aid in Race’s ear rung a high pitched, awful noise, making him wince and reach to adjust it. “Can you put that down?” he called, gesturing to the loud thing in Spot’s hand.

“This expresses how loudly I love you!” Spot continued.

Race shook his head, a small smile on his face and soft tears in his eyes. “Too loud,” he whispered.

So Spot dropped the thing and rushed to the other man, taking his face in his beet stained hands. Spot smiled and Race melted, only to be confused when Spot reached and gently removed his hearing aid from his ear. Race reached to put it back, but Spot dropped down to one knee, shoving the hearing aid in his pocket and shakily raising up his hands. “Will you marry me?” Spot signed wordlessly.

Everything blurred with tears that rushed from Race’s crystal blue eyes. He raised his hands up to cover his mouth. And all he could do was nod vigorously, dropping to his knees and desperately kissing the man he had loved so much for so long. He gripped at Spot’s soft brown hair and let himself be held for a moment before Spot pulled away and raised up a ring.

Race sniffled and wiped at his eyes, holding up his ring finger for Spot, ready to let the world know he would now and forever belong to Sean Patrick Conlon. His future husband. His Spot.

[ao3feed-newsies]

Momentum

by, DCbutinamrev by DCbutinamrev Based on Christopher Nolan's 2000 film "Memento", Jack Kelly is a private insurance investigator suffering a rare amnesia condition known as anterograde amnesia. In denial about his past, Kelly has also removed files from the police to fool himself and Sammy Jenkins. After the murder of the real Sean C., Kelly shows up to a local cafe restaurant where he meets up with Katherine. Knowing Kelly’s associated with Sean’s disappearance, Katherine uses him to protect her from Sean’s associates like Oscar Delancy or maybe she sics Deleancy on Kelly. Spot tries to help Kelly deal with Oscar after Oscar tries to kill Kelly. Spot’s trying to get away from Katherine because he knows who she is, and she knows his undercover name. But Katherine’s lies convinces Kelly she’ll help him, which she does by running the liscense plate number that Kelly gave her. She also gives Kelly a place to kill him. When Spot meets up with Kelly again, Kelly takes him to the place Katherine gave him, which happens to be an abandoned motel. Kelly kills Spot because he believes Spot is the one who raped and murdered his husband, David Jacobs. He takes a picture of Conlon’s dead body and looks at it. Words: 2794, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Newsies - All Media Types, Newsies (1992), Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: M/M Characters: David Jacobs, Jack Kelly, Katherine Plumber, Spot Conlon, Oscar Delancey Relationships: David Jacobs/Jack Kelly, Spot Conlon & Jack Kelly, Jack Kelly & Katherine Plumber Pulitzer Additional Tags: based on memento (2000), Hurt Jack Kelly (Newsies), Thriller, Psychological Warfare, i really don't know what kind of tags to put this as, Non-Linear Narrative, Newsies Mini Bang 2024 read : https://ift.tt/tPG1p0z - May 02, 2024 at 03:15PM

[voiceofmany-a]

@angerbuilt

“Already, huh?” Liam breathes, narrowing his eyes. Feels like he’s barely been in the club for one damn hour and there’s already some asshole pulling shit on a girl? Even from this distance, he can tell she’s not into it - can read her body language, how she turns her head to say something dismissive to the guy before she’s going back to her drink. But the asshole puts a hand on her shoulder and leans in, and Liam’s already in action, stepping forward to put a stop to it--

Then freezing when the man is already on his back in the sea of club goers.

Liam blinks and cocks his head to the side. “Huh.” Then glances up at the woman as he kneels down to grab him by the collar of his shirt. “Nice one.”

[finchlenn]

i love how sprite cranberry has become the benadryl cucumberpatch of the newsies fandom. we all know when we’re talking about spock constant, but we never actually say slide cupcake’s real name

[bri-doodles-art]

Newsies The Broadway Musical (2017): *shows Racetrack Higgins*

Me: oMG ITs MY BoI OmG BLESsEd DaY THis CiGaR BoI RIGHt HeRe YOu SeE HiM? YeAh I lOVe HIm-

Also Me: I don’t have a favorite Newsie

(Spot is pretty nice too-)

[teenagecrusadecollective]

A Photoset of me as Heather C. (Ghost), Spot Conlon, and Veronica Sawyer. Soon enough, I can be Heather C., normally.

[sun-kissed-star]

How about some Spelmer fluff?? Spelmer at Pride! All the newsies at pride! 🌈❤️

I am a firm believer in the Spot Wears Rainbow Suspenders movement, and also that he switches from a red tank top to a rainbow one every June

Elmer dyes his hair, so they both look like a rainbow threw up all over them but they make it look good somehow

There’s a short period of time where Elmer has to walk around with bleached hair before he dyes it and Spot loves him with blonde hair so much

Sometimes the two of them and Race and Albert compete to see who has the most pride

Race showed up at school once sitting on Albert’s shoulders with a gay flag draped over his shoulders

Even Spot and Elmer had to admit they won that round

Spelmer is so loud at pride oh my god it’s chaos (then again if any of the newsies are going to any social event it’s probably chaos)

They usually lose their voices for a week afterward

Elmer is so awkward and quiet on any given day (with the usual thrown-in quip or snark) but at pride it’s like he’s releasing his inner extrovert

Spot flips the finger at homophobes a lot and Elmer will either yank his hand down, grin, or flip a finger himself

It depends on how much shit he’s willing to put up with that day

Elmer paints Spot’s nails for pride sometimes

It’s messy and awful and Jack always offers to redo it, but Spot lowkey loves it so much and he refuses to take it off for weeks

[auspicioustarantula]

tabby, explaining to her dads why she wants her first tattoo: i think i want the delta symbol but not closed all the way, showing that 1. i really, really love math and 2. more importantly that i am open to change. i always want to be a better version of myself and this perfectly encapsula

tabby, on her 17th tattoo: spot guess what. i fucking love dragons