#ej is an adult please move on

[ginarickys]

not to b rude or anything but ej literally doesnt have closure of gina breaking up with him which means that portwell isnt bones and they still have feelings for each other

this is.. just very odd. ej is in college and working four jobs, the least of his active concerns are the definitive break up between gina and him. the entire point of him saying that there are things he would have done differently was to emphasize / parallel ricky (the literal main character of hsmtmts,) not missing his chance to do things the right way. his way.

as far as pw not being bones, that’s just wrong? gina porter and ricky bowen are in love. their entire narrative frames so much of this final season because they were destined to come back to each other (i.e the hat, ricky saying “full stop” during love you forever, their animal shelter date where ricky sang the theme song of her favorite childhood show to her, just so she knew he would never make fun of her, etc etc) where does gina having unresolved feelings for elt*n play into any of that?

pw was and always will be a midgame ship! ej is in college and rina basically has their own personal love letter in season 4, so if you want to discourse about that, this isn’t the blog for you.

[the-s1lly-corner]

How they react to you telling them you're pregnant

Obligatory reader is afab but like most of my posts they're gn/gendered pronouns aren't used

Slenderman;

Cue the confusion

Pregnant?

Surprised more than anything, he didnt think that he could get you pregnant considering you're both different species

And also he didnt think he was fertile; at least not in the normal sexual reproduction way

Kinda just

Accepts it

Now do I think he would be a good dad?

Maybe? He wouldn't be horrible or absent, but some human things are still foreign to him, including raising a child.. so hes probably going to need a decent amount of guidance

I feel like he'd also be a helicopter parent? He already watches you like a hawk, he'd probably start doing the same with his kid as they get older

"Hey (kid name) who's that tall white boy following you??" "Oh that's my dad"/j

Becomes more protective of you during the pregnancy and the weeks after

Takes it in stride tbh

Splendorman;

Pause

Before you start to worry he scoops you up

Also thought it wasnt possible, but is hyped when he finds out the news

He WILL pamper you... may also dip into overbearing territory, though

He just doesnt want you or the baby to get hurt

He says goodnight to the bump later on in the pregnancy tbh

Oh you know hes gonna be decorating their room and giving them loads of toys

Would be a good father but may dip into unhealthy habits

This dude struggles with toxic positivity imo, so that's definitely something that's gonna need to be addressed

Laughing Jack;

Okay obviously ALL of them are probably going to be sat down and told the news, but Jack is gonna need the most talking to given that he probably doesn't grasp the gravity of it

He KNOWS what pregnancy is, he KNOWS what a baby is; but he doesn't know the intricacies of pregnancy if that makes sense

Like he doesnt know about the soreness, or cravings, or how fragile those tiny human beings actually are. Dude already struggles with being gentle with adults

So it's going to require a long and in depth talk about everything that's going to happen if you guys decide to keep the kid

Reaction wise, he takes it seriously. Kind of uncanny compared to his usual silly demeanor

Again, due to him being a lil dumb hes almost under reacting

As a parent I think...

Okay he'd probably kinda suck

He would love the kid but he would be so so so irresponsible I'm so sorry

Gives the kid candy for meals (bro cant cook)

Get that man into some parenting classes PLEASE

Eyeless Jack;

Another "I'm surprised because I deadass thought I was infertile" one, given my whole lore/Hc for EJ

The most worried out of them all

"What if they're like me and are cursed? What if they hate me? What if they grow to hate me? What if-"

He baby proofs his cabin... before insisting that the baby stays at your place primarily (if you haven't moved in with him) because he's scared of his whole... eating people thing

Please give him loads and loads of reassurance, hes gonna need it

He'll work hard to be the best father he can be, though!

He takes the kid out for walks in the woods, teaches them different plants and bugs and tells them which are dangerous

"Oh I don't want to hold them, what if I hurt em?" *falls asleep while holding his baby after reading them a story*

Masky;

You gotta baby proof him and the house im sorry, hes feral

Another "you're gonna have to sit him down and lay down the rules" type deal

Hes already mellowed out around you but he needs to mellow out a touch more for an infant

Hard to gauge his reaction but he seems.... excited? Hard to tell when hes sitting still and wearing a mask

When the baby comes he, like slenderman, also watches them like a hawk

You will walk in on him sitting over their crib at 3am/hj

Surprisingly gentle when it comes to handling the kid, just casually walks around with them and shit

Great for looking after the kid during the night while you rest

Hoodie;

V similar to Masky but he's already naturally calm

Putting this here now before I forget but he would take his mask off to make faces at the baby to try to make them laugh

Mf doesn't take his mask off for you though ☝️🙄/hj

Surprisingly good at calming down screaming infants for some reason

Similar reaction as Masky; hard to read but way easy to guess its positive since he lightly boinks where his mouth would be under his mask to your cheek while papping your stomach

Hes a lil silly

But hes got the spirit

Good dad, me thinks

[hammity-hammer]

Happy Holi-gays!

Here’s my spicy six holiday writing! (two months late (((:)

Thank you so much to @thefreakandthehair for the prompt, please go make sure to read everything that everyone else has been posting!

(i also made art that's on ao3 with the story- but im a sleeby boy and that shit's difficult to add in so-- go check it out on there! & my dividers were made by someone...... i cannot recall their user and i feel like a bag of dicks but if any of y'all can figure it out pls tag them for me so i know<3)

(second also-- ty to lou, ej, & cat for beta-ing for me<33 i love you guys so much!)

to read on ao3:

if you wanna read it here then here ya go!

10 days before Christmas - 1987

Eddie slams his fist on the door to apartment 2B, rattling the door on its hinges. He’s got his bottom lip bit between his teeth while he pops his knuckles, waiting anxiously for someone to let him in. After what feels like five minutes (which realistically was about thirty seconds, but when you’re nervous time seems to move exceedingly slowly, give the man a break), a very festive looking Argyle opens the door. Bells ring as he lazily waves a hello to Eddie, nods his head and takes a step back to let him inside.

“To what do I owe the pleasure, my herbaceous buddy?” He asks with a dopey grin on his face. Argyle closes the door while Eddie looks around, taking in the colorful lights and heavily decorated tree by the television.

“Well, okay, so here’s the deal. It’s our first Christmas, like, together, you know? Like, with everybody being in their little couples and no weird upside down related shit, and we’re real adults now, right? And we’re gonna have our little Christmas party together, but I was just thinking, everyone has like little traditions that they do for holidays, right?” Eddie rambles, his hands moving wildly around him while he meanders around his point. Argyle nods at him, hanging off of every word to encourage him to go on.

“What if, we all— you, me, Stevie, Jonny, Nance, and Robbie come up with our own traditions? Like, maybe we all bring one tradition that our family does or something, and we make it like a thing?” He starts again, a hopeful look on his face while he explains, “‘Cause me and Wayne have always gone and visited some of my family and like we spend a day making tamales and flautas together, and I was just thinking that I would really, really enjoy seeing everybody try and cook that shit. I like, barely have gotten the hang of it, and I’ve been helping with them and not hanging at the kiddie table for like, four years or something now.”

Argyle thinks for a second, nodding his head softly, while Eddie wrings his hands together and grins at him. Thinking about the few cousins he has on Wayne’s side always makes him happy, but when he thinks about spending holidays with them, his happiness expands tenfold. They don’t see each other often, but every time they reconnect, it’s like there was never any time in between their meetings.

“Okay brochacho, I totally am picking up what you’re putting down, and I think we totally could convince our funky little friends to do that! Just thinking about Big Byers covered in maza has me fucking excited,” Argyle laughs. He grins so wide his eyes basically close at the thought, but suddenly they shoot open, “Wait bro, where are we gonna do all this at? Jonny boy and I definitely don’t have a big enough kitchen, and I don’t think you and Nance would be able to hold all six of us, would you?”

“Don’t you worry your pretty little head, dearest Argyle, for we’ve got the Harrington Manor at our disposal for the foreseeable future,” Eddie grins wickedly, throwing his arms out in front of him as if he’s displaying something in the air. “Speaking of Harrington, I do need to go see my lovely boy, so I’ll smell ya later, dude. Is it cool if I call you later to confirm the time and everything once Jonny’s home?” He asks as he spins around to leave, opening the door and taking one step outside, so he can still hear Argyle’s response.

“Sure dude, we’re spending a night in for once, so we’ll be here,” He affirms, as if he and Jonathan ever leave their apartment for anything besides work and picking up their “supply” from Eddie.

Eddie basically skips to his van, throwing the door open and hopping in. He puts in his favorite tape that Steve made him, that has a perfect cursive “You suck, Eds” written on the front. He remembers when Steve gave it to him, acting all shy and trying to use his Harrington Charm to make Eddie swoon.

He’d batted his pretty round eyes at Eddie, hiding his arms behind his back while he asked questions about metal that he already knew the answer to. Eddie’d rolled his eyes and thrown a crooked smile his way, saying, “Now, now pretty boy, I’m pretty sure we’ve already gone over this. Do you just like hearing me explain things to you a million times?” He brought his hand up to push hair out of Steve’s face, basking in the deep blush that slowly spread from his cheeks to his neck.

“I- I um… I was just wondering because… Um- I made you this? And you know, I just wanted to make sure I had, like, remembered things correctly and everything,” Steve started rambling, his hands bringing the perfectly wrapped tape in front of him, a shy smile on his face. Eddie stared shell shocked at the gift in front of him, his hand still softly brushed up against Steve’s temple. Steve nudged the tape into Eddie’s chest, blinking his eyes very obviously at him.

Eddie took the present that was given to him, and held it carefully. With the utmost caution, he peeled the black wrapping paper back, his eyes growing even bigger when he realized it was actually a mixtape that Steve made. No one had ever made Eddie a mixtape before, and especially not a mixtape covered in goofy looking hearts and two stick figures holding hands on the bottom.

He glanced up at Steve, who was biting his bottom lip anxiously, as he did a little jazz hand, “Tada! I’ve been working on this for like… A few months, honestly. I just wanted it to be perfect for you? Because you’re perfect to me?” An awkward grin graced his face while he scratched his neck with the non-jazz hand.

“Steve Harrington… I know you didn’t actually make the little ole town freak a mixtape now, did you?” Eddie whispered, a teasing grin beginning to form on his lips.

Steve’s blush deepened even further while he looked to the floor, shrugging his shoulders.“I just wanted you to have a little piece of me with you everywhere you go? You know, like, you get to hear these songs and then think of…Steve,” He mumbled and rocked back and forth on his heels. Steve blew air out of his mouth and gave Eddie a goofy grin.

“Stevie, you… You are so unbelievable,” Eddie breathed and put the tape in his front pocket. He cupped Steve’s face with his hands and gently pressed their lips together. Steve immediately kissed him back, moving his hands to Eddie’s hips and stepping closer to him. They stayed like that, kissing in Steve’s bedroom and losing track of time. Eventually, Eddie pulled back.

“No one’s ever done anything this nice for me before,” He breathed, his face barely inches from Steve’s. “You are the most beautiful man I’ve ever met, inside and out, and I really, really don’t understand why you’d spend any time doing something so sweet for me.”

“Can’t you tell why I’d do this? I feel like I’ve been so obvious!” Steve laughed, moving one hand from Eddie’s hip to cup his cheek, “I like you so much, Eds. I know that it says you suck, but that’s actually a lie. You make me so, so happy, and you’re practically all I talk about. I’m pretty sure Robin was going to murder me if I didn’t figure out some way to tell you that I have feelings for you.” He grinned and poked Eddie’s cheek, “Plus, I was getting real sick and tired of not being able to do this.” Steve kissed him softly and pulled away before Eddie could kiss back.

“Now, if I said I wanted to be your boyfriend… would that be okay?” He asked shyly, moving his hands to hold Eddie’s. Steve chewed his lip while Eddie processed, spinning the rings on Eddie’s fingers.

“I would be over the moon if I got to call you mine, pretty boy.” Eddie nodded, his reserved smile turning into a giant grin.

Eddie uses his key to unlock the front door to the “Harrington Manor”, kicking his shoes off when he gets in and putting his keys in the bowl. He wanders to his boyfriend’s room, humming a little ‘Mr. Crowley’ while he swings open the door, finding a napping Steve on the bed. He’s got his glasses falling off his nose, and Eddie’s very loved copy of The Two Towers resting open on his chest.

“Stevie, baby… Good morning,” he whispers, lightly brushing hair from Steve’s forehead. Steve huffs and shakes his head, rolling over as he presses his face into his pillow.

“C’mon, I’ve gotta talk to you about some holiday plans,” Eddie laughs, plucking the book from his boyfriend and trying to roll him back over. “You aren’t even supposed to be sleeping right now, you’re gonna mess up your sleep schedule!”

“Eds… I gotta sleeeeep, get in the bed with me, please?” Steve mumbles into the pillow, not letting Eddie roll him. He reaches out his hands and grabs at Eddie, trying to pull him on top. “So sleepy… Waited so long.”

“Baby, it’s been barely an hour, I literally haven't been gone long enough for you to be asleep.” Eddie complains as he crawls over Steve, cradling his head, so he doesn’t accidentally hurt him.

“Tell me about it,” Steve huffs, opening one eye to look at Eddie as he cracks a sleepy smile. Eddie grins back, “Stevie, can we talk now? I have a question that’s kind of important.”

Steve yawns, “Go for it.” He rests a hand gently on Eddie’s head and starts playing with his hair.

“So… You know how we don’t really have any plans for Christmas? Because Rob and Nance are doing their Hanukkah thing, and the Hopper-Byers clan has decided to vacation to Cali, excluding Jonny, so we were just going to… do nothing?” Eddie continues, “I talked to Argyle, and we want to try and do like a holiday cooking party type thing. Here. Just the six of us, no kids, and we can make our own holiday traditions.”

Steve’s eyes shoot open, “You mean like… like a family? You wanna do family things with me, Eds? And, when would we do them? Christmas is in like… a week, and I think Robs told me that Hanukkah starts soon, right?” He moves his hand down to hold Eddie’s cheek.

“Stevie, of course I wanna do family things with you, I love you. I love you so, so much. You are my family, you and Wayne, but I want to celebrate with you. I want to celebrate every single holiday we can together. And we can have the party this Saturday? I’m pretty sure everyone’s got it off, and I have Friday off, too, so I can go and get supplies. Does that sound okay?” Eddie leans into Steve’s hand, giving it a soft kiss and smiling.

“That sounds perfect, love. I’ll go call Robs and check if that works for them. Do you wanna come with me, or do you wanna stay here and rest a little?” Steve asks, pulling Eddie close to plant a soft kiss to his lips. Eddie smiles and kisses him back.

“I’ll go wherever you go, pretty boy.”

---

“Buckley residence, this is Nancy speaking,” Nancy answers the phone, sticking her tongue out at Robin who wasn’t able to get there quick enough.

“Oh, Steve! To what do we owe the pleasure of your call?” She leans away from Robin, who grabs for her and the phone, “Nance! That’s my best friend, I wanna talk to him!”

“Oh wow, you guys are inviting us to your house for a… holiday cooking party…? Do you mean like Christmas, because you know Robbie doesn’t celebrate that, and if you’re inviting us to a Christmas party I will be offended on her behalf, considering you’re supposed to be her best friend.” Nancy scolds, squealing when Robin grabs her by the waist. Robin plants a kiss on the side of her head, giggling when Nancy blushes.

“Okay… So you want us to come over Saturday? We’ll just have to be home in time to light the menorah and everything, so you can’t keep us too late,” Nancy questions, looking over to Robin.

She puts her hand over the receiver, “Does Saturday at 3pm sound okay to make food with the boys?” Robin nods, resting her chin on Nancy’s shoulder. Uncovering the receiver, Nancy lets Steve know that they’ll be there before hanging up.

“Not even letting me speak to my best friend in the whole world? The love of my life? Nancy, what are you doing! Are you jealous of little ole Stevie?” Robin jokes, placing dramatic, slobbery kisses to her girlfriend’s shoulder. Nancy giggles and rolls her eyes, “Darling. You see him every single day at work, and I just wanted to get him off the phone so I could spend some time with my favorite woman on the whole planet.”

Nancy turns around, wrapping her arms around Robin’s neck as she plants a soft kiss to her cheek. Robin snorts and her face starts to turn a bright red as she wraps her arms tighter around Nancy’s waist.

“I’m your favorite woman on the whole planet, Nance?” Robin whispers, a cheeky smile on her face. Nancy nods, kissing her other cheek, “Robin Buckley, you may be my most favorite person on the whole planet, not just my favorite woman.” Robin kisses her softly, knowing that Nancy’s telling the truth, if the letter she’d received 6 months ago was anything to go by.

“Robbie,

I don’t think I have ever met someone who makes me feel the way that you do. I thought that maybe I was making things up, or that I was misreading our interactions, but I know that the way I feel about you isn’t anything that could be misread or made up. I think about you more than is probably sane, considering that we barely get to see each other as of late. I love listening to you ramble when you’re nervous, or when you’re really excited about something, or someone brings up a topic that you love. I love when you make snarky comments under your breath that you think no one can hear. I love when you protect your friends without thought, not caring what happens to you as long as they’re safe. I love when you smile, when you laugh, when you accidentally make noises because you’re so excited you have no other way to express it. I love that you love things so passionately, not caring what people have to say. I love you, Robin. I think that this may be the easiest thing I’ve ever done, although I guess I am copping out a bit, sending a letter and all. I hope that you get this soon, and I hope that I’m not wrong about your feelings.

Estaré aquí cuando me quieras, por siempre si es lo que quieres.

Para siempre,

Nancy Wheeler”

As soon as Robin finished reading the letter, she called Steve. She waited for about three rings until he picked up, “Harrington residence, this is Steve speaking.”

“Steve! Get over here, like asap! I really, really need to get to Nancy’s, like now, please,” Robin urged. She kept the phone between her shoulder and ear as she slipped her converse on.

“Nancy’s? Why do you need to go there now? It’s like… 2pm, what are you going to do at 2pm on a weekday?” Steve asked. Robin could hear him picking up his keys, though, which had her grinning.

“I think your ex-girlfriend is also in love with me? She sent me a letter? I really, really hope this isn’t some kind of sick joke, Steve. No one would do that, right? I-I mean… No one even knows, about me, I mean, so they wouldn’t know to confess to me as Nancy… Right?” Robin started rambling, almost dropping the phone while she tied her shoes.

“Robs. Calm down, dude. I don’t think anyone knows, and it’s definitely very like Nance to send you a letter like we don’t have cars and phones,” Steve laughed, “I’m leaving now, love you, see you soon.”

“I love you too, hurry your ass up before I spiral even further, please!” Robin rushed out, putting the phone back into the cradle.

It took him 20 minutes, but Steve finally pulled up to Robin’s house. He honked his horn obnoxiously, and Robin ran outside so fast she almost fell down the steps to her house.

“Dear lord, could you have taken any longer? How am I supposed to go profess my love to your ex if you take 20 minutes to get here?” She started speaking as soon as she opened the car door, throwing her bag in by her feet before throwing herself in.

“I’m sorry that I have to obey traffic laws? Would you rather I died on the way to get you to the love of your life?” He asked rhetorically, easing his foot off of the brake and heading for Nancy’s house.

“I dunno, dude, I think maybe that would not be so great, but I can’t think about anything right now besides the fact that your ex-girlfriend, one of the most literally smartest people in all of Hawkins,” Robin started, pulling down the passenger side visor and checking her hair. “Confessed her love for your current best friend and platonic soulmate, one of the most awkward and anxious people in all of Hawkins.” She continued, rubbing under her eyes and slapping her cheeks.

“You may be awkward and anxious, but you’re still a catch! Do you know how many languages you know? And, you have like the cutest freckles, and you get her weird nerd jokes! You guys are like, perfect for eachother!” Steve exclaimed, taking his eyes off the road to look incredulously at his best friend.

“I guess… you might be right. And, she wrote in Spanish! Do you know how many people have learned phrases in other languages for me? None, Steve, the answer is none. She went out and learned how to say something, just because she knows that I know the language.” Robin rambled, her hands moving wildly as Steve pulled in front of Nancy’s house.

“She totally is in love with you, please, please go get your girl, and keep me posted!” He yelled the last part as Robin got out of the car, waving her hand at him and flipping him off.

Nancy walked to her front door when she heard the bell ring, opening it to a red faced Robin.

“I love you, Nancy,” Robin started, glancing at Nancy’s face and then immediately looking at the ground. “I am so, so in love with you. I don’t think I’ve ever had someone tell me they love me, especially not the way you did, and I especially didn’t expect you to pull out Spanish on me. No one’s ever learned Spanish for me, Nance. I- I don’t think anyone’s ever really even written me a—” Nancy cut her off, kissing her quickly and softly, barely giving Robin time to react.

“You are so incredibly cute when you’re nervous,” She said, her voice barely above a whisper. Robin’s face turned an even darker shade of red and her eyes widened comically.

“I-I’m sorry, I just really, really didn’t know that you felt the same way I did, and I just got the letter and I wanted to see you as soon as I could, so Steve drove me over here and now I’m here and you’re here and I just love you.” Robin laughed nervously.

“Can we- can we do that again? Please?” She whispered, ghosting her fingers along her bottom lip when she realized that Nancy had in fact kissed her. Nancy reached her hand out to Robin’s face, touching her cheek softly.

“You mean kiss?” She asked, taking a small step closer to Robin. Robin nodded, so Nancy leaned in to press their lips together again. Robin let out a small breath, kissing Nancy eagerly.

They stayed like that for what simultaneously felt like five minutes and five hours, before breaking apart to smile at each other.

“It’s just you and me now, okay?” Nancy asked as she broke the kiss, cradling Robin’s head in her hands.

Robin nodded and took one of Nancy’s hands off of her face to hold it, giving it a soft kiss.

“Cara mia, could you please come here?” Robin yells across the house to Nancy. She ties the last bow on the small gift box on the table as she waits. Nancy makes her way to the living room with a little gift bag in her hand.

“Did you finish your wrapping, lovely?” Nancy asks and sets her gift bag next to Robin’s box. She wraps an arm around Robin’s waist and plants a soft kiss on her cheek.

“I did indeed! Do you like the little bow?” She responds, twisting to kiss Nancy as she grabs the present box to hold up.

“Oh! That’s so cute! You just did that?” Nancy exclaims, gently taking the present to examine it. “This has to be the cutest thing I’ve ever gotten and I haven’t even opened it yet.”

“It’s no big deal, really! Just some ribbon and scissors and time and I got it all done!” Robin laughs awkwardly, a light blush on her cheeks. “Do you wanna open it and see if you like the gift…?” She suggests, biting her lip lightly when Nancy nods.

Nancy gently undoes the bow on top and takes her time removing the paper to reveal a small, black, hand-bound leather journal. Her mouth opens in a little ‘o’ as she opens it to find that the first page has already been written in.

“For Nancy, my beautifully brained pearl in a sea of fish-scale imitations. I adore you and you are going so, so many places.

Xx Robbie”

Nancy puffs her bottom lip out and looks up at Robin, “I’m the beautiful brain? Robs, this is so thoughtful. I love this and I’m going to write only the most special things in it. I love you.”

“I love you too! I tried really hard and had to make Steve take me to like four different bookstores to try and find the perfect journal, because they all had like boring journals with flowers and like, girly things, and you’re girly but you’re not girly, and you deserve something that’s professional but sleek, but also sturdy, which is why I went with a hand-bound one instead of just a regular old machine-bound one, and Steve thought it was sweet and so did Eddie, but nothing that they think matters because they’re not you, even though Steve did—” Robin gets interrupted in her rambling by a swift kiss from her girlfriend, pointedly shutting her up.

“It’s perfect. You’re perfect. Open your gift now, please,” She whispers, pulling the bag from the table and lightly shoving it in Robin’s hands.

Robin nods quickly and takes the tissue out of the bag, squealing when she pulls out a rubix cube. “Nancy! Are you for real right now?” She asks as she drops the bag and starts trying to solve the cube.

“One hundred percent, lovely. I know it’s not a lot but I figured it would make you happy and keep you entertained,” Nancy smiles as she watches Robin hop from one foot to the other while she fidgets.

“I absolutely love it, please, please can we light the menorah so we can cuddle on the couch and I can play with this?” Robin whisper yells and looks up at Nancy.

Nancy nods and takes the lighter from the table, “Do you wanna do this or do you want me to so you don’t have to put the cube down?”

“You, please. Thank you,” She responds, smiling softly while Nancy lights the Shamash. After Nancy lights the Shamash, Robin recites the blessings and gives Nancy the go ahead to light the first candle. She lights it and places it on the very far right side of the menorah, smiling proudly at Robin. Nancy places the Shabash back in the middle of the menorah and lets Robin begin singing ‘Maoz Tzur’, closing her eyes to take time to just listen.

When Robin finishes, Nancy holds her hand softly, “Thank you for letting me be a part of this with you, Robbie. I really appreciate it. This was very special and I’m sorry your parents couldn’t be here tonight to help.”

Robin smiles softly at her and plants a kiss to her cheek, “It’s okay, it really is. Their jobs wouldn’t let them off early enough and we’ve got a big next few days, so I’m glad I got to spend tonight with you.” She takes the hand holding Nancy’s and leads her into the living room, dropping her off at the couch.

“So, querida, do you wanna watch Rocky Horror or The Apartment?”

---

Jonathan hums as he licks the rolling paper and seals it closed, twisting the end and grinning to himself.

“Argyle, babe, are you ready to smoke the prettiest doobie ever made?” He asks and turns to his side, holding the joint up proudly. Argyle laughs and kisses his cheek, “I was born ready, Jonny baby. This bad boy’s about to be so good!”

Argyle lights the joint, inhaling smoothly and holding in for a second before lightly grabbing Jonathan’s chin to give him a light kiss and exhale smoke into his mouth. Jonathan inhales the smoke and breaks the kiss to exhale, chuckling at his boyfriend’s antics.

They continue smoking, keeping up the puff-puff-pass routine and occasionally sharing kisses and smoke, smiling at eachother. When they’ve finally cashed it, Argyle puts it out in their Garfield ashtray, a gift they’d received from Eddie and Uncle Wayne.

“What say you to a holiday dinner with the mystery gang? Eds and I talked about it earlier because he just, like, showed up here, and we thought it might be cool to have everyone together,” He asks, taking Jonathan’s hand to place light kisses on his knuckles.

“Oh yeah, when are we gonna do that? Also, where? I don’t think our apartment is big enough for all of us…” Jonathan looks around with glassy eyes, his lips slightly parted. He squints and turns his head back to Argyle, shrugging lightly when Argyle grins.

Argyle laughs, “We’re gonna do it on uh… Saturday? I think? And Eds volunteered Stevie’s house! But… I think he’s supposed to call soon… I can’t really remember…” He shrugs, leaning his head onto his boyfriend’s shoulder and yawning. Jonathan wraps an arm around him, pulling him in close and closes his eyes.

Suddenly, the phone rings, pulling them out of their little bubble. Argyle hops up, almost hitting their heads together before running to the phone attached to the wall. He picks it up excitedly, cheesing at his boyfriend on the couch,“Thank you for calling the Byers-Alvarez residence, to what do I owe the pleasure of your call, my righteous friend?”

Argyle nods, seemingly very into what the other person was saying. Having piqued Jonathan’s interest, he gets off the couch to see who’s called them. He walks up behind Argyle, snaking his arms around his waist before gently placing kisses onto his shoulder. Jonathan does his best to eavesdrop, and Eddie makes it especially easy as he talks loudly and excitedly on the other end.

“Stevie said we can use the Harrington Manor, so you guys can get here at like, 2:30 so we have time to get things finished before the ladies have to go back to Rob’s?”

“You got it, bud! Jonny and I will be there, should we bring anything?” Argyle responds, and finishes their conversation before hanging up the phone. He turns in Jonathan’s embrace and wraps his arms around his neck, planting a big, slobbery kiss on his lips. Jonathan returns the kiss, smiling widely at his dorky partner.

Argyle hums softly, moving one hand to hold Jonathan’s cheek, caressing it softly. He breaks the kiss after a moment, touching their foreheads together.

“I love you, sweet thing.” He whispers, rubbing his thumb up and down Jonathan’s cheek.

“I love you more, Arg.” His boyfriend responds, lightly rubbing their noses together and letting out a little laugh. He gives him one more peck before reaching up to take the hand that’s on his face into his own, swaying to an imaginary beat. Argyle joins him, lacing their fingers together. He hums softly, resting his cheek against Jonathan’s as they continue their dance together.

Argyle rang the doorbell to Jonathan’s house, taking a step back so he wasn’t right in front of the door when it opened. He looked down at the pizza box in his hands, grinning as he thought about its contents.

Jonathan opened the door, with bloodshot eyes and a goofy smile on his face. He pushed the door open a bit wider and gestured for Argyle to come in.

“Hey man, I wasn’t expecting you! Come on in, it’s just me tonight cause Will and El went out with my mom earlier,” He supplied as Argyle followed him inside and stepped out of his shoes.

“Oh, righteous! I was at work and they let me leave early, so I thought I’d come see my favorite Jonny Boy and bring him some ‘zza,” Argyle held out the box to his friend after Jonathan closed the door. He took the pizza box and walked it into the kitchen to place it on the table.

“Thanks, Arg, what kind is it?” Jonathan walked to a cabinet and pulled out two plates, setting them on the table where they’d be sitting. Argyle thanked him and opened the box with a shy smile on his face.

“It’s uh… Veggie and pineapple, just like you like it!” He turned the now opened box to Jonathan, watching him for his reaction. Argyle had placed the spinach on his pizza to look like a little marijuana leaf in the corner, and tomatoes in the center in the shape of a heart. Next to the heart was a pineapple question mark, and a little note was tucked underneath. Jonathan’s mouth opened in surprise, and he removed the note from underneath.

“Jonny,

You’re my best friend in the whole world, my sweet cheese, my ride or die. I love you with my whole heart, and I put it on a pizza just for you! (Don’t panic, no hearts were harmed in the making of this pizza) I don’t think I’d rather spend my time with anyone but you. Please look up at me now!”

Jonathan chuckled lightly and held onto the note, his eyes moving up to look at Argyle who had a soft blush on his cheeks.

“Do you wanna maybe… be mine, Jonny?” He asked softly, chewing on his bottom lip while he waited on a response.

“Like… Your boyfriend?”Jonathan clarified. Argyle nodded, his eyes wider than they had been before.

Jonathan stepped closer to him, reaching the hand without the note up to cup Argyle’s cheek. He nodded quickly before moving in to press their lips together. Argyle immediately kissed him back, wrapping his arms around Jonathan’s waist.

Breaking away, Jonathan smiled at his now-boyfriend, “Do you wanna eat this masterpiece and roll up with me, boyfriend?”

Argyle laughed and squeezed Jonathan where he held him, “That sounds rad, boyfriend.”

Jonathan presses a tender kiss to his boyfriend’s lips, taking one step back so he can extend one of the arms connected to Argyle and spin him in a circle. Argyle laughs while he spins, his long hair gliding in the air like an aerialist’s silks.

“Aren’t you glad you stayed here now?” He asks, landing gently back in Jonathan’s arms. Jonathan smiles sweetly up at him, “I’m always glad I get to see you, babe. I wouldn’t miss this for the world.”

As they continue their dance, Argyle hums a soft string of notes, not seeming to match any songs that Jonathan’s familiar with. He moves their noncommittal steps into a consistent 4/4 beat, starting a shuffle as he begins to sing in a soft voice,

“Amor, adiós

No se puede continuar

Ya la magia terminó

Ahora tengo que marchar

Será mejor

Seguir nuestra soledad

Si hoy el cielo se cubrió

Quizás mañana brille el sol,”

Jonathan closes his eyes and loses himself in Argyle’s voice, letting himself be dragged wherever his partner sees fit. When Argyle begins the chorus with a dip and a dramatic,

“No sufras (más)

(Quizás mañana nuestro llanto quede atrás)

Y si me dices que tu amor me esperará

Tendré la luz que mi sendero alumbrará

Y volveré

Como un ave que retorna a su nidal

Verás que pronto volveré y me quedaré

Con esa paz que siempre, siempre tú me das

Que tú me das,”

Jonathan chuckles and kisses his boyfriend, making sure not to get him in the middle of the lyrics. Argyle smiles brightly at him, pecking his lips back. He finishes their dance, not by completing his song, but by spinning Jonathan one last time and planting an overly dramatic kiss on his hand.

“I bet you didn’t know I had that up my sleeve, Sweet Thing,” He laughs while Jonathan gives him an exasperated smile.

“I figured you could sing but… I can say I’ve never had anyone make me dance with them while serenading me.”

“Well, since you had to stay back here for me, I figured I’d let you know that even if you think we might be better apart, I’ll always come back for you,” Argyle says earnestly, making sure to keep a firm grip on Jonathan’s hands while he maintained eye contact.

“I didn’t have to stay back for you, I chose to and you know it! You totally could’ve had a fun holiday here with everyone, it’s not your fault your family decided that they suck and would rather abandon their only son than accept him,” Jonathan replies sternly, frowning and tugging his boyfriend closer.

---

It’s a quarter past three when Argyle and Jonathan knock on Harrington's door, eyes as red-rimmed and glossy as ever. They hold each other's hands while they wait, barely registering that the door had even opened before Eddie pokes his head out.

“What’s the password?” He croaks out in an overly dramatic voice.

Argyle jumps back a bit, and Jonathan’s eyebrows raise slightly in surprise, “Is it… Mary?” he asks tentatively.

Eddie holds a hand over his mouth, trying to suppress his laughter while he opens the door for them. “You’re fucking blitzed, dude. Is that what took you guys so long?” They both nod and giggle, sharing a look with each other before entering the household.

Argyle and Jonathan make their way through the hall before realizing that one of the doorways has mistletoe hanging from the top. Jonathan turns to his partner with a grin, “Aww shucks, Arg. Looks like someone owes me a kiss.” He winks and pulls him slightly closer by the hand.

Raising an eyebrow, Argyle takes another step toward him, “Oh, do I now?”

Jonathan bites his lip and nods slowly, completely enamored by the man in front of him. Argyle rests his free hand softly on Jonathan’s cheek, just above his jaw, and closes the space between them with a gentle kiss. Jon smiles against his lips, sighing contentedly through his nose.

After a few moments pressed together, they separate and Argyle drags Jonathan to the kitchen.

The other three are busy at their own stations, Steve sitting on a stool at the island with a big bowl of some tan mush that makes Jonathan feel a bit queasy. Robin and Nancy are working on grating potatoes and onions by the sink, getting them ready to go into latkes.

“Woah Eddie, we’ve got the white boy working on tamales? You didn’t wait to put Jonny to work?” Argyle asks with a laugh while Jonathan looks between them confused.

“Tamales? That’s what he’s doing? Why’s he got a spoon?” He stares at Steve’s hands, covered in masa with some weird looking yellow thing that he’s spreading masa on.

Eddie laughs and nods, walking behind Steve to watch his technique. “He’s making tamales, yes, I just taught him while we were waiting for you two slow-pokes. Get over here and we’ll get you making them great in no time.”

Argyle shrugs when Jonathan looks at him, “Go on, baby, Eddie won’t hurt you.” Jonathan sits by Steve and takes a spoon, watching Eddie with wide eyes while he explains tamal basics.

Watching as the women grate their vegetables, Argyle decides to walk over and help. Robin hands over some potatoes and a cheese grater with a grin on her face, “Welcome to holidays at the Harrington’s! Glad you two finally showed up, my hands are tired from doing this shit.”

With a roll of her eyes Nancy hip checks Robin and laughs, “You’ve barely been doing any of the work, babe. Just standing there staring at me the whole time.”

Robin scoffs, a bright red flush beginning to rise from her neck, “That is- that’s so not true! I promise, I totally have been… working on the latkes!”

“Ladies, ladies, it’s okay. I am here in all of my gorgeous glory to learn and to teach, I don’t care who’s doing what so long as my hands keep moving on this sacred food,” Argyle soothes, starting to grate his potatoes onto a plate in front of him.

“Eddie, I genuinely don’t think this is supposed to look like this…” Steve murmurs while staring wide eyed at the corn husk covered fully in goopy maza. Eddie walks back over to him and has to turn his head to laugh into his elbow at the sight in front of him.

“Babe- how did you manage to get maza so far up your own arm? It just- goes on the husk?” He half-scolds, amazed at his ridiculous boyfriend.

Steve shrugs and doesn’t move his arms for fear of making even more of a mess. Jonathan giggles from his seat, quiet and high pitched when he realizes just what exactly his faux-competitor has done.

“Man… I don’t know if there’s any saving that one,” He snorts as he lays his newly finished husk in the pile. Steve sighs dejectedly and groans, a dramatic pout on his face when he sees Jonathan finish.

Eddie takes a spoon and starts to clean off the husk so it’s salvageable, trying not to laugh more at his poor boyfriend. He gently kisses his cheek and moves the husk to the pile before finishing his cleaning with Steve’s arm.

“Thank you, Eds,” Steve whispers, his cheeks a bright red. He gets up from his seat and runs to the bathroom to clean his arms off and try to stave off his embarrassment, worried it may turn bad quickly.

Eddie just watches as he leaves, chuckling to himself before sitting in his chair and watching Jonathan continue with his tamales.

“You caught on really quick, Jon, I’m surprised. Argyle over there was saying he was all excited to laugh at you,” He mentions, keeping a close eye on how thick Jonathan keeps the spread while he works.

“Argyle doesn’t know anything- I help my mom cook all the time and this is just like a weird swiss roll!” Jonathan huffs out before placing more husks into the bowl. This earns another laugh from Eddie who decides to get up and take the bowl of husks so he can start filling them with meat.

“Hey man, I know some things,” Argyle shouts indignantly from across the room- taken out of his zone with the latkes.

Jonathan rolls his eyes with a smile, continuing on his work while Argyle keeps his snarky jokes audible to Robin and Nancy only.

---

Steve finally comes back to see that everyone’s already started actually cooking- the latkes being fried on the stove while Eddie places the wrapped up tamales in a giant pot to boil on a different burner.

“I really missed the tamales getting finished?” He pouts and stands behind Eddie, resting his chin on his shoulder.

“Yeah baby, that’s what happens when you run away for a while,” Eddie chides and puts the lid on the pot, turning around to press a soft kiss to his boyfriend’s forehead.

Robin pretends to gag, “Could you guys go be gay somewhere else, please?” Nancy giggles from next to Robin, knowing that they were absolutely standing almost exactly like that right before Steve came back.

“Hey Robs, can you do something for me?” Steve blinks his big eyes at her.

“Yeah, what’s up?” She sets the spatula she was using down and turns to him with furrowed brows.

“Fuck off!”

Eddie chokes on a laugh, completely caught off guard by his boyfriend’s hostility, “Babe- babe please, oh my god!”

Robin rolls her eyes and flips him off, grabbing her spatula again to keep cooking, “Literally suck my whole dick, Harrington.” Her girlfriend snorts at that and bites her lip to keep from laughing too hard.

“Wuh-oh! Lovers’ quarrel?” Argyle asks before he realizes that they were just kidding around with each other. Jonathan brings his hand to his lips and presses a kiss there, “You know they’re just being them, babe. It’s fine.” He soothes and Argyle laughs and nods.

---

By some holiday miracle, the food comes out unscathed and they’re finally able to sit down and just enjoy each other’s company. Steve and Eddie set the table, while Jonathan and Argyle start plating everything to be served. Robin and Nancy take a much deserved break before grabbing sodas and lemonade from Steve’s garage.

“All right, gays and gaydies, I present to you: our Wexi-ewish buffest,” Argyle finishes displaying the food on the table with a flourish.

“Did you really just…”

“Yeah, I think he did, Rob.”

Steve and Eddie giggle at their end of the table, having partaken in some purple palm tree delight before the food was set down. Jonathan beams at his ridiculous lover, excited to spend the holiday with his found family.

Argyle takes it upon himself to give everybody their tamales, latkes, and the various sides that they bought pre-made, before sitting himself between Robin and Jonathan. Everyone thanks him and digs in, exhausted after their long day of cooking.

“Okay, Eddie, where the fuck did you learn this recipe for the chicken? This shit’s schmackin’, I’m gonna need to kiss whichever abuela gave you this,” Argyle moans after his first bite of tamal. Eddie laughs so hard a bit of latke flies back onto his plate and he has to cover his mouth with a hand.

“I mean- if you really wanna call Wayne abuela, be my guest. I cannot control how that man reacts to you,” He responds before taking a drink of lemonade.

Jonathan giggles at his boyfriend before taking a bite. His eyes widen, “No man, I think Argyle might be onto something… this is really fucking good, man.”

Steve nods in agreement as he stuffs more tamal into his mouth, completely forgoing speaking for the time being. Robin and Nancy eat their food a bit more calmly, but still share the sentiment.

“This may just be the best tamal I’ve ever had. Not that I’ve had that many,” Robin smiles and takes another bite. Nancy wipes her mouth with a napkin, “It is really good, Eddie! Thank you for teaching the boys how to make them.”

Eddie blushes and ducks his head while he eats, “It’s just normal holiday shit- no need to thank me, guys…” Steve nudges his shoulder and shakes his head, “No sir, we are not doing that shit right now. You made our holiday special, with Argyle of course, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to properly thank you.” He maintains eye contact with his boyfriend and nods his head seriously.

“You’re right… I’m sorry- I just am not used to all this,” Eddie laughs, “You guys make the holidays really great, too, you know.”

They spend the rest of the evening eating their food, cleaning up, and generally just basking in their togetherness.

---

“Promise me we’ll be together every Christmas?” Steve whispers to Eddie while they’re tangled together on the couch— everyone left hours ago, leaving them to cuddle and rest peacefully.

“Whatever you want, love, I’m yours.” Eddie seals his promise with a kiss.

[rosesradio]

Poly Portbowell Roommates Prompt Post

In cleaning out my inbox, i saw that my oldests anons (from late 2022, yikes) were all around the same theme, so i thought i would compile them here.

although portbowell was never a popular ship, i feel like now it has pretty much zero attention--it's sad, but i don't see myself writing a longfic for them anytime soon. looking through my drafts i did find a 3k word first chapter to this AU, though it's not finished and i doubt i'll post it

that being said, these prompts/this AU is up for grabs--thank you to anon, and i'm sorry i wasn't able to write the longfic these prompts deserve. if anyone ever does go for this, please tag me so i can see it? thank you <3

1.)

I have an idea for a Portbowell fanfic. Both EJ and Ricky (its up to you if want them to be dating at this point or not) are young adults in their 20s that lived together in a 3-bedroom apartment with Big Red. Then one day Big Red moves out of the apartment for some reason maybe he moves in with his girlfriend Ashlyn. Gina has recently had a bad breakup with Jack and is looking for a new roommate. Gina ends up being EJ and Ricky's new roommate and they make Gina be in charge with cooking.

2.)

Portbowell as a Poly relationship I feel like Gina would be the one that is in charge of doing the cooking because we know that Gina knows how to bake, she most likely knows how to cook too. I feel like EJ and Ricky don't how to cook because they were never taught how to cook growing up so they would force Gina to all the cooking for them. Then one day Gina gets mad at her boys for always making her do the cooking, so she teaches them how to cook one day.

3.)

Roommates AU idea my toxic ex somehow found out I moved in with someone the opposite sex after our breakup. My ex is convinced that I am sleeping with my roommate who is the opposite sex who is just my friend. My toxic finds out my new address and comes over one day my roommate who has never met my ex before but has heard about them gets overprotective over me and pretends that we are dating to get my ex to leave alone who wants me back after they cheated on me by sleeping with other people.

4.)

Roommates AU Person A has a hard time falling asleep because they woke up screaming from a bad dream they had which woke their roommate Person B up. Then Person B comes in Person A's bedroom and tries to calm Person A down by cuddling with them in Person A's bed. They fall asleep in each other's arms by cuddling in bed in a non-sexual way.

5.)

Imagine Portbowell in a poly relationship and their best friends just happen to be in a poly relationship too. Both Big Red and Maddox (I know it was never mentioned that she is EJ’s best friend but we do know that she is EJ’s childhood friend) are dating Ashlyn. Portbowell would go on group dates with their best friends that are in a poly relationship but instead of them all dating each other Big Red and Maddox are dating Ashlyn but they aren’t dating each other they are just good friends.

6.)

About what I was saying about Portbowell being in a poly relationship and their best friends happen to be in a poly relationship that was something I just randomly came up with because I ship both Madlyn and Redlyn. I know it would never happen in the show but it can totally work in fanfics. I can picture Ashlyn having feelings for both Big Red and Maddox and she doesn’t know who to date so she dates both of them but they aren’t dating each other.

[meiishu]

thoughts on hsmtmts episode 6 under the cut

- first off the first scene im sorry mr bleu but you cannot just burst into a bunch of teenage boys bunk cabin at 6 AM in the morning what the hell they are children 

- i really love the friendship with maddox and gina forming here, i liked the idea of their friendship from the beginning when gina defended maddox to the other girls and i just gotta say them bonding about rough relationships with their bros is top tier

- poor ricky. he asked mr. bleu to take out his Dramatic Feelings Reveal from the documentary and mr blew simply said “no, i dont think i will”, and that was that

- speaking of ricky i liked him and jet this episode, i like that they are comforting each other and opening up to each other. also, jet calling ricky out on his bullshit denying his feelings for gina. i like that jet simply does not put up with ricky’s shit. and vice versa. even if no romance forms there im really loving their dynamic 

 - MISS JENN!!!! MISS JENN!!! MISS JENN!!!! PLEASE STAY

- wait no where are you going miss jenn COME BACK

- ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS MISS JENN!!!!!! 

- seriously though. with the appearance of miss jenn for like 3 scenes, she was able to comfort all the characters and allow them to be listened to. this really juxtaposes mr. bleu and his team -- i feel like miss jenn actually respects and listens to all the kids, is an adult who respects them, you know? 

- i’m genuinely annoyed that she didn’t stay to take over EJ’s job. 

- also EJ THIS EPISODE. this whole season is horrible for ej. they’re destroying all of ej’s positive character growth and development, his feelings and relationship with gina, and making him... literally almost how he was in season 1. like where is the guy who SHOWS UP for gina??? where he at?? because that scene where gina asked EJ to the prom (which was SO PRECIOUS btw) and ej literally snubbed it by saying no dates for this prom like... i get it’s policy but you can literally still go together. 

- seriously ej is getting BUTCHERED this season. my poor elton john. why cant miss jenn direct them and ej actually be able to have FUN with his FRIENDS? the way this poor boy had to skip the color games and missed gina’s basketball move (which was great, good for her)??? ej used to be the guy who always showed up for gina. that was like their thing. and now they’re just flipping that, making ej not there, but ricky is there. so now ricky is the guy who’s showing up for her. 

- also. ricky this episode though??? the way he helped gina with her promposal despite his feelings?? the way he is actually there for gina this season?? i like it. but it also makes me mad because of the way he’s only allowed to have a true romantic arc with gina now that nini’s character is ~conveniently~ gone. like the way that he was obsessed with nini until literally dating uh whats her face then this season be in this big pining arc... but i’ll allow it because gina and ricky have really good romantic chemistry (something i think gina and ej don’t have the same level of, which, paired with ej’s attitude this season is making me ship ricky and gina a bit more). It’s a shame because i love season 2  portwell SO MUCH.

- JET AND MADDOX GETTING ALONG DURING THE GAMES??? JET HAVING FUN??? JET WINNING FOR TEAM YELLOW TO MAKE MADDOX HAPPY??? maddox is still upset though, i like ricky trying to mediate between them. he senses they miss each other and wants to help them. i hope that maddox and jet can grow even closer after this episode. and since jet and ricky seem to be giving each other a lot of advice, they can help each other out

- also back to miss jenn, really loved her moment with kourtney. kourtney didn’t want to climb the wall and miss jenn encouraged her but also made her feel that saying no was a safe option. i think val meant well with her encouragement, but it wasn’t the time or the place. the way val’s face shifted after kourtney stepped down and miss jenn comforted her made me think this might be addressed again at some point. 

- WHY CANT MISS JENN STAY???? i miss the kids having an adult who encouraged and supported them. this is an anti mr bleu blog. i wish miss jenn got to smack him for exploiting the kids ngl

- (i’m calling him mr bleu to separate him from the actor) 

- ALSO RICKYS BIRTHDAY IS GOING TO BE RELEVENT THIS SEASON. the gift?? the mentions of his 18th??? its going somewhere.

- ASHLYN CANON SAPPHIC!!! ASHLYN CANON SAPPHIC!!!! ngl i was hoping for ashlyn/maddox over val/ashlyn (not that i dislike val, or want either couple to happen immediately, i just feel like ashlyn and maddox have better chemistry) but i love the realization!!! 

- also, the metaphor of the fireworks. when ej and gina were talking about how there were always fireworks, nothing came. miss jenn told ashlyn that she knew she liked ricky’s dad when she “saw fireworks”. when val hugged ashlyn, fireworks lit up the sky. that’s gotta be intentional. which makes me really sad as a portwell lover, but i love the scene of ashlyn realizing her feelings. also, it’s not as though ashlyn/val is a canon couple or anything, it’s just canon ashlyn is attracted to her.

- still convinced maybe maddox kind of likes ashlyn and is projecting. either that or maybe somehow this madison character will come back/they’ll get together/have some kind of resolution jet helps orchestrate as an apology for ruining their fledgling relationship 

- ricky. ricky bowen. what the hell are you planning in that curly head of yours

- also this is a shameless plug for joshua bassett’s new song, smoke slow, but it really reminds me of rina this season and ricky’s feelings towards rina so go listen to it. 

- also also, i was kind of upset we didn’t get a kourtney andgina covnersation...? after the last episode, there was that moment of betrayal from kourtney when she thought maybe gina told Carlos about her anxiety. i wonder if this will maybe be addressed in another episode? they are shorter episodes, so it would make sense if maybe it comes up again later in the season. still, i’m gonna be watching for it! 

[zaine-m]

July 17th - I'm gonna ignore that it's technically the 18th. In this episode we start the love triangle between Rina and Rini which will be interesting. It's a couple episodes of Gina being really sad before she finds EJ

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Season 2 Episode 3: "Valentine's Day" thoughts:

Why would Ashlyn not be allowed to say devil?

Did Ricky not tell her he moved?

Also image some teenage girl coming and singing a love song on at your window when you're just like some adult

oof that YAC girl bringing Ricky back to reality

Kourtney maybe you should see if Big Red find it weird that you're his boss at his parent's restaurant. I feel like if he is that probably has a lot of underlying feelings of his parents not trusting him and choosing someone else over their own son which you might want to care about if you like care about your friends

I hate the whole "don't care about others" type movement

I hate the whole antagonistic meet cute thing where they fight as soon as they meet

It's just over-used

If the managers keep changing maybe it would be a good idea for their son to do it

Wait Ricky sounds like he's about to try to talk to her about the move, how it affected him and she's just like "don't worry I'm not mad at you"

Aww, Ricky not getting any sleep because he was trying too meet up with Nini. He puts so much work into their relationship

OK, why do they all have such valentines day centered outfits, like unless there's a spirit day no teenager is gonna dress up for valentines day

EJ calling Ricky "Bowen"

"You're dressed in all back" "Oh. Yeah, just happened, I guess"

EJ suppressing his emotions

"It's not just because of Stockholm syndrome" remember when there was that whole beauty and the beast is Stockholm syndrome but then people actually looked into it more and in most modern versions she doesn't have Stockholm syndrome

Why does Seb still have to do the piano. I guess now he's playing a smaller part so it's not as big of an issue

The little look Kourtney gives herself after she makes a mistake

EJ's look of concern when Ashlyn leaves. Give us more Caswell cousins

"that feels complicated"

Ashlyn finding the word Red is looking for is so sweet

I love how Carlos' gift to Seb isn't just expensive, it's also thoughtful

"something happened inside of me. Then I had to use the restroom" "You don't have to say every part out loud" Autistic mood pt 2

Why did Ricky leave his there. Red could've given him the pass code

Red's gotten himself stuck in lockers before?

Ricky hating some random child who was almost steamrolled

Aughh, Nini constantly changing plans with Ricky when he has issues with change

but he's trying to cope, but he can't

"You're her everything" The way Gina is constantly uplifting Ashlyn, like kiss already

"It's from my mom but you know 'love is love'" This is personally my favourite type of use of the phrase "love is love". I really love the idea that all kinds of love like platonic and familial love should be values just as much as romantic

Gina just standing there shocked at what happened with Big Red

not the throb again. Ashlyn should tell him to stop wearing it

Kourtney being a church singer is... something. It definitely fits into some kind of black stereotype about church

"I like to do my brain storming through improvisational music

Ricky getting super excited for Nini to come then finding out it's Gina and just being like "hey"

Her little smile when he opens the door

He so clearly does not want to talk about their conversation after the opening night

The look on his face os just "whoo boy I don't want to do this"

Wtf are "cherry Os"

After she makes the "nothing" joke he gives this "let's please continue to ignore the opening night incident"

I might be reading into his facial expressions too much

"You did?"

Gina going to Ricky for help then basically comforting herself through it

HIM SHUSHING HER WHEN NINI COMES ON THE PHONE

I love how she goes to him for help but then she just ends uo helping him/j

"You are quite as a mouse" "only when I have to be" I fucking love how evil and ominous she is

Miss Jenn seems to scared for the entirety of the conversation

Why did Miss Jenn tell her the whole story about her blankets in her car

Okay I love Lily but rhe "when they write a story about my life" part was cringe. Keep that shit in your head

Her just disappearing mid conversation

Wait grading midterms in February. For me valentines is like the start of the new semester

Ashlyn's "Hi...." when Red points her out in the crowd

"Could we actually just talk for a second" is quite possibly the worst response to a big public gesture

Big Red having no idea why Ashlyn is insecure 😭

Big Red adding "No offense" incase he made a social mistak

The end of the conversation is sweet and all but I feel like it doesn't have the Redlyn charm

"Oh. Dirt"

The gift is organic

"I thought we could have something that grows with us"

I love how organic the transitions are

This is the first time we see Mr. Mazzara laugh

But also you can do better than that Mr.M

"Your biggest crush" oh no, his dreams are bring crushed

But also "biggest" implies there are others

"I've heard good things about conversation

Okay the bug chocolates moment

The person who dropped then off was wearing dark blue and that's all we know

Why did he only send her the mildly happy emoji like this 🙂 instead of a happier one like 😀 or 😊 or 😃

The Kowie scene was fun but the shipping just feels like it was put on there so everyone would have a partner

Okay yeah idk how I feel about this whole mother son Kourtney and Seb relationship cause it feels so based on harmful stereotypes about black women being motherly and with gay guys are often infantilezed

Aww, they're dancing

"I hope nothing changes between us, ever" my boy, please get some therapy

I'm sorry but I just can't take someone who's playing a ukulele seriously

Aughh the whole love triangle, honestly they're kinda boring now

"We'll paint the town red, with our name in lights" No paint it red with blood

[twistedoverbloat]

Ok, so! I'm not sure if I can ask again, but! Yuu except they are an ice/professional figure skater, but like.... They've been to multiple competitions and have won multiple times, earning a bunch of tropheys and other stuff like that. Also, maybe once their friends figure out, maybe Yuu teaches them?

OOOOOOOO

❤The First Years❤

I think Ace would make fun of you for doing a silly sport but when he sees how you do the different moves he thinks it's awesome he sucks at Ice skating. But he's trying.

Deuce was looking at you with childlike wonder because he seen some people do it before since his mom liked figure skating. I think he would have a bad time with balance since he's trying not to fall but he's better than Ace sooo-

Epel is pretty good at it since when it was winter in his village there was a frozen lake all t ej kids and adults would use to skate on. He's with Yuu helping instruct the First years.

Jack is lile those dogs that don't know what too do but he's pretty good on balance. Ace and duece have a death grip on him since he's like a support beam to them.

Sebek is OK with it since in winter his Dad and Mom took him and his siblings to a full on iced lake and skated there. He is screaming to his Waka-sama to look at him!

Ortho is amazing at it since he looked up how to Ice skate and now he's showing off to everyone. Even Bil was impressed with how much grace he has.

💜The Second Years💜

Kalim is having the time of his life but is also slipping so much- Someone help him- *cough* Jamil *cough* he never seen an full on iced lake so yuu took him to one for a break. He's trying his best.

Jamil is good at it since he needed to be able to balance so much plates at the Palace. But he's having an okay time bit he's the one helping teach Kalim and some of the others how to do Ice skating.

Silver has a Death Grip on Sebek so he dosent fall. He fell asleep like 5 times during Sebek and Yuu's instructions.

Riddle has a Death grip on Trey and Carter. His mother never let him skate incase he would hurt himself or something but he's injoying it alot. He's also laughing because of Floyd falling on his ass all the time.

Azul is only falling and slipping so he has a Death grip on Yuu. But once he got the hang of ot he goes really slow kinda like in Broom riding only going a little bit off the ground. He's very cautious about everything.

Jade is actually the best one out of the Octavinelle trio. He's gliding around the lake and laughing at his brother and friend. He helps them mostly Flod so he dosent break anything.

Floyd isn't having a good time he's really grumpy because his ass hurts 10× because he fell 10 times in 5 minutes. He has a death grip on Jade and when he does he the hang of it he dosen't fall anymore. He laughs at Riddle for needing to hold someone.

Ruggie is doing amazing he says it's like sliding around on a bone back home. But he's mostly the one laughing at everyone's misfortune.

❤The Third years❤

Carter is taking pics of everyone and is doing fairly well his sisters took him skating a lot for winter break since they liked it. He's just having a good time also is recording everyone's fails-

Trey is having a good time but is almost slipping like every 5 minutes so Carter helps him alot. But after he starts being okay on his own he's a pretty good skater. But he's mostly helping helping hot coco for everyone.

Leona refused to do any of this but got dragged anyway and has a death grip on Yuu. He gets the hang of it but goes to take a nap bc he didn't want to continue.

Vil is every thing and is gliding around the Lake doing full on routine that would score a 100. He is happy to be doing this and showing off he's better than the rest bit is happy overall.

Rook was trained to hunt in and on anything. So he's amazing with ice skating as well and he's throwing complement after complement to Vil.

Idia has a death grip on Yuu and Ortho please he's like a baby deer trying to walk. He dosent really get the hang of it but his little brother is willing to help him the whole time.

Lilia knows every move in skating legal and illegal ones! He's been alive for a long time and traveled a lot so he learned a lot over the years he's been alive.

Malleus has a death grip on Yuu as well since he's never done anything like this and is trying desperately bot to fall. Leona makes fun of him but Yuu yells at him that he gripped them so hard that they thought their arm was going to fall off. That shit him up. Malleus is having an amazing time and is talking to Kalim about everything and anything.

So mostly the boys are having a good time while trying not to bust their ass on ice.

Thank you for submitting an idea! This was fun to write also sorry this took long to make!

[whaleofatjme1920]

please scenario where him and his s/o have been besties with toby since they met as proxies when they were young and when they meet up later in life they confess 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Parking Lots, and Surrounded By Your Group and His

[Ticci Toby X GN!Reader]

[Warnings: mentions of death? Nothing major though.]

[AN: I changed the prompt,,,, ever so slightly,,,????]

When the crickets sing in the grass and the breeze is warm and gentle, Toby can’t help but be reminded of a simpler time when he would spend his afternoons catching bugs and eating ice cream on the front lawn with you. He can still hear your laughter as the sun begins to slowly sink below the horizon before the fireflies begin to make their appearance.

He used to spend hours on said front lawn catching them with you, listening to you speak and interjecting with his own jokes. The two of you always had such a grand time together, even when his father would angrily call him back into the house.

Toby didn’t know what love was when he was young, but only that he had it. Every little touch you gave him, the smiles and giggles, they were all small micro expressions of some kind of love - as much love as a child could give. Toby didn’t know how much he adored you. Growing up, the two of you had grown closer and closer. He saw you blossom into a young adult alongside him. Well, he didn’t really blossom, but more so choked his way into being a young adult. And you were by his side for it all, even the hardest, darkest days.

When he lost his mother and sister, he called you in a panic, his voice rough like sandpaper and creaking like wood. He was frantic, unable to form proper sentences. You threw out your evening plans and hopped in your car, driving like a mad man over to his house, ready to console him. The air felt still, cold and slightly clammy as you drove nearer and nearer to his house.

There, on the front porch waiting for you, head in his hands and tears drenching his form was Toby, unable to process the world and everything and everyone in it. He looked so broken and downtrodden as he clutched at his clothes tighter, rocking himself and hugging what physical part of him he could.

Your heart tore into pieces as you parked, then rushed out of the vehicle to hold him. “Toby, Toby!” You called out, tears welling in your eyes as you bounded up to the distraught boy.

He furrowed his eyebrows and blinked away more tears, letting out a strained sob as he picked himself up off the rickety wooden porch, meeting you part of the way. He felt the breath leave his lungs as you crashed into his arms, burying your face into his chest.

“I’m so sorry,” you mumbled like a mantra into his chest, letting him hold you tighter and tighter to the point you couldn’t breathe.

Toby didn’t let you go that night.

The last time he saw you was in the parking lot of your high school. Toby had been grieving the loss of his mother and sister, becoming more and more withdrawn into himself. He’d honestly been withdrawing from you as well, and that concerned you more than anything. So, to remedy this, you took matters into your own hands and forced him to meet you in the parking lot after school.

The two of you sat down on the hood of your car, talking about the world and its wonders and the things that are better left unsaid until late, late in the night.

Toby felt so at home in your presence that he was able to block out the voices for just a little longer. He reveled in the sound of your laughter and the presence of your being. He was just… Lighter than air to be with you.

But all good things must come to an end, and unfortunately, your parents desiring you home had brought the time the two of you shared together to an end.

“I love you, Tobes, you know that right?” You murmured as you hugged him for what you didn’t know was your final time.

“O-Of course I d-d-do,” he whispered back, nose burying into your hair. “I l-love you,” he said, tears threatening to spill once more.

The two of you remained in each other’s embrace before you parted from him, and he let you go for the final time.

And Toby felt alone, oh so alone.

So alone that he burnt down the village to feel its warmth.

There’s only been like, three moments in Toby’s life when he’s been surprised. The first being meeting you as a child, the second being the loss of the two most important women of his life, and the third? Being taken into the arms of the Operator.

He’s a proxy now, does his job well, and is with a group that sometimes tolerates him. He’s in a better place than when he was a child under his father’s roof.

“We’re going to work with another group tonight,” Masky says, a slight sigh lingering on his lips.

“W-Who are they?”

“You know Wallace, don’t you?” Hoodie suddenly cuts in.

Toby nods. He likes Ruth and Nyein, the other two he can live without.

“They got a new proxy,” Masky continues. “And they want us to take them for the evening. So, I guess we’re only working with their runt,” Masky finishes more to himself than anyone else. He brushes his fingers through his hair and pats his pocket for the car keys. “C’mon, might as well head over. Gonna be a bit of a drive.”

Toby glances over his shoulder at Kate, who is watching reruns of Judge Judy and slowly nodding off. “And s-s-she gets o-off scott f-free?” He teases lightly as he stands up, pushing his chair in across the checkered floor. He cracks his neck loudly before walking over to the sofa, his gloved hand rustling Kate’s hair.

She sleepily laughs. “Have fun and be safe, boys.”

“Get some sleep,” Masky chuckles, watching as Hoodie rustles her hair just as Toby did before heading out.

Toby zoned out a bit on the car ride to wherever the meeting place was. He always tended to zone out, but he couldn’t shake some weird buzzing in the back of his head. Something about the way Masky and Hoodie are talking about Wallace’s newest runt…

He doesn’t often remember things from his life before he became a proxy. The Operator made sure of that so he wouldn’t be too heartbroken to continue his job. But he’s always been able to remember you - more or less. Little glimpses, the feelings associated, you were never easy to get rid of.

Instead of mentally traumatizing him further, the Operator allowed him to keep his thoughts and feelings associated with you. Most days, Toby’s dim love for you spurred him forward.

“Time to go meet a runt,” Hoodie says, voice only slightly amused by the way the word ‘runt’ rolls off his tongue.

Masky parks the car and then shoves the keys into his pocket, nodding that it’s okay for everyone to get out of the car.

Toby stretches briefly in his seat before sliding out of the car, taking in the crisp night air. He takes a gander at his surroundings for a moment before locking eyes on a group of people. Wallace and his group - Toby narrows his eyes at the two men before catching Ruth and Nyein. His favorite proxy that’s not part of his group and his favorite independent other than Jeff and EJ. How nice.

Masky begins to walk over to meet the other group leader with Toby and Hoodie close behind. He looks tired, which is usual for him, but happy to see that Nyein is excitedly waving. “Heard you had a runt for us?”

“Sure do,” Theo says, looking over his shoulder. “C’mon out, they’re not going to bite you.”

“What, are they scared of us?” Hoodie chuckles as he puts his hands into his pockets. He glances past Theo to see a dark shape moving in the backseat of the car.

“It’s like, their first day working with people that aren’t us,” Wallace attempts to explain. “And from what we can gather, they only entered this life because of-”

“Toby.”

The name that pours from your lips sends Toby’s head and heart spinning. “E-Excuse me?” He barely manages to choke out as you step forward, pushing aside Wallace and Theo, looking at the much taller man with stars in your eyes.

“Oh my gods, Toby, is that you?” You whisper, still walking forward to meet him like a dream.

Toby’s eyes widen as he looks at you, no, stares you down. You look so much different than when he let you go as a teen - you’re all grown up now! Some things have changed about you, but other things have stayed the same.

Both your group and Toby’s give each other confused looks as if to ask the other if they knew about this before you rush forward, face planting into Toby’s chest.

He takes in a sharp breath and embraces you, laughter bubbling up from his throat. He takes in your sweet scent and picks you up, moving you from the group as he begins to twirl you and babble on about how much he missed you.

You giggle, tears falling like drops of rain from your eyes before you feel yourself planting back down into the parking lot, your attention focused on him and no one else. Your stomach is fluttering with butterflies as you look up at the teary eyed man. “How have you been?” You ask quietly, closing your eyes as Toby leans down slightly to rest his forehead against yours.

“Never better.”

[turtlegirlave]

So this has a ton of opinions which I usually stray away from but i really let all my opinions out here. Also there is definitely fact mistakes, probably name mistakes and some incorrect singing terms in here, I wrote this at 2 A.M. with a limited knowledge of theater I’m just trying to get a point across.

Why s2 of hsm the series should have been newsies instead of beauty and the beast:

They say straight up in the show “we need a real Alan Menkhen musical” and they pick beauty and the beast instead of newsies, a literal Broadway stage production???

At first I assumed it was because the cast was primarily male, but that isn’t even a reasonable argument. 1)as shown by s1 when a boy played sharpay, gender doesn’t matter when being considered for a role. 2), a cast with multiple male leads would give the gay men in the show a chance to shine, instead of shoving them to background roles like Chip. Not to mention Carlos is a dancer, and newsies is a musical driven by choreography. 3), since nini moved there are only like 2 lead females anyway, which works for the 2 female roles in newsies.

Casting Wise, the play works SO MUCH better!

Ricky: jack kelley is a much better role for him than the beast for many reasons. First, their personalities are very similar with the mischievous main teen vibe, so the role would be like Troy where Ricky can slip into it easier. Second, it fits him better vocally. It is very clear from listening to Joshua basset sing that he has a relatively high vocal range, and singing low notes or in a deep voice doesn’t come as naturally to him. Jeremy Jordan has a similar vocal range, where he stays in higher octaves and more rarely uses a deep, monotone voice (at least never to the beast’s extent). Ricky would sound perfect singing in Jack’s vocal range. The beast, however, sings almost exclusively in an extremely deep, monotone voice that Joshua cannot easily perform.

Ashlyn: not only does she look quite similar to Katherine, but they have similar personalities as well. Also, katherine’s high and bubbly singing voice would sound lovely with Ash’s, which is also high and bubbly but often softer. This would allow her to push herself to sing louder and more confidently. And she still gets to play a smart bookworm lead female role.

Kourtney: she was born to play miss medda larken. Mrs. Potts’ debut song “beauty and the beast” is a soft romance ballad, which does not match kourt’s stadium reach, strong, powerful voice. “That’s rich” not only shows off her vocals better, but matches her personality and voice much better with the grit and power behind it. Also, Mrs Potts as a character is the soft, motherly type. Miss medda is a rambunctious, empowered, “I got men if I want em but I don’t need em” kinda woman. Which role better fits the girl power, loud, activist, personal cheer squad type person that Kourtney is?

Carlos and Sebastian: not only would this stop shoving the gays and only interesting men other than Ricky to background roles (sorry big red), but it would show off their talents. Seb would make a wonderful crutchy, with his innocent nature and likeness to the character. It would also give him a chance to flex his vocals and sing a duet with Ricky in Santa Fe, further developing the friendships in the show. Carlos could play really any of the main boys, I mostly think he would kill in this due to his dance and choreography skills, which newsies really emphasizes.

Big red: PLEASE this boy would be perfect as Ben Cook’s role (can’t remember the newsie’s name). They’re both the kinda dumb but endearing friend type, and he leads “king of New York”, a song with a killer tap dancing break, which is the whole reason big red wanted to try out! His chemistry with Ricky as crutchy would make that a fine role for him too, but since Sebastian has stronger vocals I think it’s better for him to take a more prominent role while big red relies on his dancing skills over singing.

Gina: though there’s no more lead girl roles, I think she would kill it as mr. Pulitzer. They could add some spice to the character through her insane dance skills, and she would play a great “cunning yet intelligent buisinesswoman” type. This dude also gets 2 or 3 songs, and honestly I don’t remember who she plays in Beauty and the beast so idk.

EJ: I admit Gaston is a perfect role for him and I can’t fit him into newsies well. He would play a good spot conlin, though it is a significantly smaller role. No one really cares about ej though so small loss.

Plot valuability:

doing newsies makes literally way more sense. Firstly, they are kinda planning entering this show last-minute compared to the competition, so to pick a show already written and choreographed for stage production would really save time. (Even though it would still need work to be condensed for a high school production). Second, miss Jen is so determined to stand out from the crowd and win the contest so she picks... beauty and the beast? One of the most popular Disney movies (and honestly with one of Alan’s weaker soundtracks compared to tangled, Aladdin, and the little mermaid imo). Having them do newsies, especially when switching up gender roles like casting Gina as Pulitzer, would actually make them stand apart from the dozens of schools performing Disney movies. It would also give a significantly more impressive vocal and dance performance, since the songs were written for Broadway singers rather than actors. The set is also more cheap and condensed, while still looking professional, which would help with their “we’re too poor and late to afford a straight-up aquarium so let’s do the most with what we’ve got.” Putting the characters in these roles would also not alter their development or main story plots much, besides strengthening certain friendships and pushing aside less popular characters (ej). It would also give more rep for the gays as well as switching up gender roles. Imagine, the gay guys get actual things to do in the show and aren’t defined by the sole plot of “my boyfriend rich” relationship drama! (I love these two but I am a tired ace). Also jerjor performs in both this and tangled the series, so it’s a double whammy for Alan menkhen representation.

Marketability: I know the musical has to be widely known and appealing to viewers. People watched s1 because they love hsm. People also love beauty and the beast, so viewership may raise with fans of the movie. Newsies doesn’t die here, though. It is a very widely popular play among theatre people, and existed first as a movie musical so it isn’t exclusive to theater kids. Also, fans of Newsies are generally between their tweens and early twenties, the exact age demographic for the show. Beauty and the beast is a classic and more widely known, but also doesn’t draw in large numbers of the exact age group you want. Also, the fact that newsies is a little less mainstream only helps the plot point of them choosing it to still have something well known while also standing out from the competition. Doing beauty and the beast is not only an awful choice for casting that limits the actors vocals or is completely out of their range, but it also makes them blend in with the crowd.

Final notes: beauty and the beast was IMO the worst choice for the play this season. Movies like Aladdin and tangled both have very energetic and loud soundtracks that allow these characters to belt their hearts out. Beauty and the beast has a very folksy, quiet, ballad type of track that limits the actors. The only actor that I think sings ballads better than big booming tracks is Nini, who isn’t even in the play this year. Ricky also sings great ballads, which is why ballads that are still slow but also emotional and powerful like “Santa fe” or “something to believe in” (which would sound AMAZING in his and Ashlyn’s voices) fit much better than the deep voice of the beast that he can not comfortably sing in. Also, the beast has very few songs whereas newsies would allow him to belt his heart out in nearly every song with that lovely voice he has. The age range of the newsies cast (that characters are supposed to be 17) fits better with these very teen actors than a movie about old fashioned French young adults. Really newsies was the best musical choice for this season, but I also believe beauty and the beast was the last one they should have chosen.

(After reading comments I rescind my statement that beauty and the beast was the worst choice, but it’s still second to newsies imo)

Feel free to debate me in the comments or point out my mistakes, I’m very open to other points of view

[sapphosclown]

ok i need to talk ab gina and ej bc i have issues w the writers

first of all, i am begging with every possible entity out there that they do not get together or have any sort of romantic relationship at all. absolutely pleading.

1. gina is a minor, she’s a sophomore in high school so probably 15/16 while ej is a senior in high school, probably 18 maybe going on 19

2. sofia wylie is 17 (at the time of filming 16 i think) and matt cornett is 22

second of all, i’m afraid that second fact doesn’t matter to the writers because there were many ej/nini kisses in s1 when there truly didn’t need to be any

third of all, there are many ways the writers could go ab it if they were to make them love interests and one is significantly worse than the other and i’m afraid that’s the direction it will go

the first way it could go is gina (thinks) she likes ej bc she’s younger and feelings get confused easier and it may not seem like a big deal (but i also don’t think she’s that stupid to ignore that kinda age gap but still) and maybe she’d try to make a move on him or something but he’s like hey, man, that’s not ok this would be weird bc i’m a senior and legal adult and you’re a sophomore and a minor

but the way i’m afraid it might go based on ej’s look at gina at the end of ep5 is ej has a crush on gina. she’s a senior, we know he’s kinda dumb but he should know damn well not to be pining over sophomores and i think that would be some very murky water to be trudging in and i simply do not want to see it

tldr: ej and gina shouldn’t be love interests bc icky age gaps and i’m afraid they will be anyways please i don’t want that at all

[frozensriracha]

💙🖤Fluffy Eyeless Jack Headcanons🖤💙

AW YEAH SEXY DEMON MAN TIME YOU GUYS

he’s 6’8, built like a greek god, and could bench press you

also the most well-kept of the male pastas

showers every day, brushes and flosses his teeth 2-3 times a day (likely due to the others’ complaints about kidney breath,) wears deodorant, and does his laundry on the regular

one of slender’s secret favorites without trying

he can play the acoustic guitar! he first learned late in high school to impress a girl, and later joined a band with a couple of his buddies. he’s memorized where the strings and tuning pegs are and still knows a couple of songs, and sometimes he’ll play a song for the pastas

ej, jane, hoodie, and masky are workout buddies! sometimes they go for a run or hike in slender forest together and they occasionally pack a lunch and eat together

in school, he was that one kid everyone asked to copy the homework of

because he’s a good influence, he just helped them with it, maybe let his buds copy a problem or two they were really stuck on

however, if he really hated a person and they asked him to copy his homework, he’d get an extra copy of the work from the teacher, fill it out all wrong, and let them copy that one while his real homework was safely tucked away in his backpack

he’s not very proud of it but at the same time he has no regrets

you guys,,, ej is a big softie for dogs

not only has he joined masky in convincing slender to get some proxy attack dogs to baby and call good boys/girls, but he discovered a female hellhound and started feeding her. he named her artemis, and she’s good friends with seedeater

she recently had a litter of 4 or so puppies, and he helped deliver them, and sally got to name them

on that note, he is very sweet to sally, will 100% scare the pastas into coming to her tea party and wear a tutu for her (and maybe brimg cookies)

he’s not one for pranks and stupidity, but he is passive-aggressive as fuck

once, one of ej’s victims had prepared a lovely rare steak with roasted veggies and buttery dinner rolls, and having not had a home cooked meal in a long time (and living off kidneys, ramen, and black coffee,) ej helped himself and brought the rest home hoping to have it for lunch the next day. well, he’d made the mistake of putting it in the communal fridge and jeff ate it all. come christmastime, ej got jeff for secret santa, and so he made a rare steak, roasted veggies, and buttery dinner rolls and put it in jeff’s stocking since he clearly loves it so much.

moral of the story: don’t touch a broke young adult’s leftovers. we will fuck. you. up.

yes yes ik i’m technically 2 1/2 months away from adulthood but still don’t mess with my leftovers >:((

likes horror, sci-fi, and sometimes mystery novels along with nonfiction books (usually about biology but sometimes cody recommends a good chemistry journal) and has a large collection of them in braille and a lot of audiobooks downloaded onto his phone

he also listens to podcasts, his favorites are ologies and welcome to night vale (both fantastic, check them out!)

he and cody are science buddies, sometimes they conduct experiments together

loves heat, HATES the cold, if slender has a fire in the fireplace he spreads out in front of the fire and will not move until some of the pastas pluck up the courage to move him.

he has three tongues, one main one and two longer, thinner side ones, both of which are bifurcated like a snake’s. the main one is pierced, and he once tried to pierce the others so they matched. it didn’t end great, but it could have ended much worse.

the mom friend and voice of reason among the pastas, usually the designated driver if they go out together

that being said, he does have a rather,,,, feral side

once, toby came down for a glass of water in the middle of the night and he found ej devouring poptarts, wrapper and all. when he saw toby shining his flashlight on him, he hissed and flew up to the top of the fridge

they agreed never to talk about it

uses echolocation to hunt

ok, hot take: ej has a tail. it’s kind of like a cow’s tail, but it’s gray with a tuft of brown-auburn hair at the end and six and a half feet long

he also has pawlike hands and feet with claws, which he sometimes paints black

he can be summoned with “pspspspspspsps”

despite all the paranormal goings-on around him and being host to a demon, he remains stubbornly logical

he has tattoos on his chest and arms that look kind of like this:

he makes nests! he has an ass-ton of blankets and pillows and a few stuffed animals that

if he’s comfy enough with someone, he’ll invite them into his nest and snuggle them ^_^

but only if they’re okay with it because CONSENT IS FUCKING IMPORTANT

he has a few demon host friends in hell that he visits via the hell portal near slender mansion (see slenderman general headcanons +mansion au headcanons to see what i’m talking about), they’ve all bonded over their demons’ mutual bullshit

and speaking of his demon’s bullshit, there’s a rather,,,,,,,,,, interesting crackship i have involving chernabog

you see, the nightwraith is also possessed by a demon: the heart of darkness. after a weird ass roleplay with someone some years ago, i started shipping the two demons. ej and nighty, however, are not together in my canon, and they don’t really appreciate it when their demons make out with each other and they’re both standing there awkwardly like 5 feet away

they’ve tried to break up their demons before, but they’ve not been successful so they’ve stopped trying and just kinda sit there and play go fish or smth while cherna and the heart smooch

god i could go on about that ship but that’s a post for another day

i could also go on about ej but i probably shouldn’t please stop me i’m procrastinating again

or don’t. ej’s amazing

@hell-isnt-that-hot @blue-mask-boii COME GET YALL JUICE >:))

[rtcosley]

ep12

disappointment

honestly all I’m feeling after this episode is disappointment and I can see that other people feel it too - even Portwell shippers?

Look, I really hate putting other ships down, because they usually deserve a chance, but I can’t do it with Portwell (nor EJ x Mazzara O-o)

Adding the whole family thing as Portwell drama isn’t doing it for me; Ashlyn sees Gina as her sister and EJ is her cousin, Jamie got big brother vibes from him. Yet, they get over this problem because they are so in love. Was that seriously the best option? Making the ship super weird?

Also, why are they making Gina and EJ so cringe this season? Especially EJ, but let’s start with Gina.

Gina - a lot of people were hating on her “pining over Ricky” arc in 2a. I understood that, she was hurting and she needed to move on first. What I don’t get is why 1) the chocolates were a big thing - they got mentioned like 4-5 times this season? 2) the flashback got brought up yet they have never gotten the chance to talk about it? (Ricky and Gina) 3) why would they focus on her broken heart for six whole episode if they aren’t going to pursue Rina? Was that supposed to show us how wrong those two for each other? Or is this another weird way of making the ship more likeable? (Because it is not working)

Also, why is Gina talking about her first kiss with a complete stranger? And why would she say it like that in the finale? “Can I kiss you? Will you be my first kiss?” proceeds to run/walk a marathon - Is someone going to interrupt them? Why else would you make a 10 second walking scene? Wouldn’t it be easier to just make her run up to him and kiss him like every other show does? O.o

EJ - such a good arc took such a bad turn - a relatable senior who was figuring out what to do next in life is suddenly focused on a girl, forgetting scholarships, universities, his future because of a girl that’s 2-3 years younger than him? He called her classmates kids - specifically Carlos, who I think is older than her?

And when did he get so weird and coy? In s1 he had his cool senior buddies, which are nowhere to be found (yes of course, covid is a thing, but they don’t even get mentioned and he spends all of his time with the Wildcats), then he proceeds to flex about how he’s not used to spending V-day alone, he’s a jock and he is shy when talking to Gina? Besides, as many have mentioned: Portwell was excellent at communicating, where has that gone to? Why have Ashlyn intervene?

Now, onto the Ricky x Lily ship. Is that really happening? Lily got no redemption arc, are you going to drag Ricky through the mud by putting him into a toxic, fake relationship or is this just to throw us off? And if it’s supposed to be serious, why have you created another Gina except this one is staying true to her evil roots? Why not just aim for Rina?

I won’t comment on the lack of Seblos and Redlyn because they had their moments, which is nice considering they aren’t the core four and the fact that this episode had 27 minutes out of which only about 20 were the actual episode? Why did we get a kind of pointless Rini scene? Was that supposed to bring Rini closer again? Why.

And please, do not focus on Mazzara if we get a third season. I love everyone in the cast, but it’s crowded enough as it is, don’t give him a brand new shiny plot if you can’t even handle the plots of the main four characters. An adult love triangle (or square??) is also pointless. It was cute in s1, quite annoying in s2.

If season 3 is happening, please be so kind and finish what you’ve started. There are so many open ends, so many questions unanswered - and I don’t mean cliffhangers, I mean plots and drama that you’ve started and never finished. Things that should not be dragged into the next season.

[yanderemommabean]

Hey momma bean! Mind if I get a sweet reunion between Ticci Toby and his crush? You mentioned him to me and now I need him haha - Robot Bean.

I got wwaaayyyy too into this im so sorry 

You were always such a kind person. Toby remembers playing with you when he was younger, when you two were neighbors. Before his dad started drinking, and gambling, and abusing everyone in his path. He remembers being home-schooled from the bullying, and you getting off the bus, asking if you both could play or hang out. You would always give him valentines and birthday gifts, happily telling him they were from you. Up until high school when you were told by his father that he’d kill you if you came in the yard.

Toby was livid after that day. Before the car wreck, before Slender took over his mind and made him into a killing machine to purge the world of the unworthy. You were his only escape from the abuse and the monotony. Sure, Lyra helped, but you and him were a bit closer than siblings. You two shared so many secrets and experiences, that to some mean nothing, but to him meant everything.

Coming back to the town he was raised in was definitely going to be hard for this contract. Especially when Ej was sniffing around for a meal he wasn’t able to get until after the job was done. Poor dude. “Can I help you?” a voice asks softly, bringing him back to reality. Toby looks up from the window that showed his old neighborhood in the distance, making eye contact with the person who asked. Beautiful bright eyes meet his dark chocolate ones, and he knows almost immediately who it is. “Y/N? Y/N L/N? “ Toby asked excitedly, standing from his seat to shake your hand and hug you, catching you off guard

You squeak, pulling back from the hug at first, not sure who the man was until you saw a few familiar scars that lined his neck and face. “Toby?!” you almost scream, hugging him tighter, squealing excitedly. “They said you were dead! Oh god I thought I lost my only friend! I can’t believe you’re alive!” you spew, blushing a tinge of red when you finally calm down. Toby smiled at that, seeing that you grew into quite the adult, yet still had that kind attitude. “Sorry, I just…Well when we heard what happened, and after your mom moved…I just…It’s hard to explain during my shift” you stutter.

Toby flinches at the mention of his mother. She moved? Good. She didn’t need to see Toby like this. With a demonic cannibal friend no less. He tics and twitches here and there while you tell him about what happened, about why you work at a diner, and why you never wanted to leave. “I just missed my best friend…I didn’t want to leave the memories. I felt that I would be leaving you….” You admitted with teary eyes. “Why didn’t you tell me you were alive?”.

Toby clenched his jaw, and his fists at that question. The one he knew was coming, yet it still felt like a punch to the gut. “Y/N, I w-wish I could T-tell you but I-I-I can’t. Not in here a-anyway”. He grabs your hand gently, almost desperately, tugging you closer. “Please, please don’t let anyone else know. It’s dangerous. I-I only let you know because I-I lost my focus and made a mistake-”. You scowl, pulling away, cocking an eyebrow “Mistake? So you mean you were never going to tell me? What’s going on? I finally get you back and now suddenly I can’t say anything?”. You look over your shoulder, making sure your boss wasn’t around before poking his chest hard “You know me, I know you, something’s going on and I deserve to know what. I mourned you, Toby. I fucking cried for months over you and your sister. I deserve an explanation”.

Toby smiles at how demanding you got. You weren’t demanding because you felt owed, you were demanding because you were worried about Toby. Always have been. It’s another reason he’s fallen for you, you’re always so sweet and kind, putting others before yourself. Toby peers over your shoulder, and speaks a bit too loud for emphasis when he sees the manager “A-ah, yes! Thank you i’ll gladly take that special o-over my friends terrible offering of the clams”. He winks at you to go along, making your cheeks puff because you knew he wouldn’t tell you anything until you were off your shift. “Absolutely sir, I’ll bring you your plate of fried green tomatoes shortly”.Toby scowled a bit, seeing that you got back at him with something he hated to eat as a kid.

Yet another reason to love you, quick as a whip and underhanded revenge. Jokes on you, Ej made fried green tomatoes back at the base, and they’re to DIE for. “Please, Y/N, meet me when your shift is over, I’ll explain everything ok? But not here, not where people can hear”. You huff, worrying your bottom lip before nodding, turning to go take some other orders. Ej perks up over his shoulder, turning the moppy haired man to face him. “What was that all about?Who are they?” he asked while upturning his mask. “They’re the love of my life. Sadly, they have no idea”.

(This will get like, five notes, because when I like my writing, no one else does lol ) 

[godandanime1104]

The Analyzing of Ticci Toby by Timothy Wright Entry #4

My name is Timothy Wright, otherwise known as Masky. This is the fourth entry in my analysis of the individual known as Tobias Erin Rogers, aka Ticci Toby.

Toby and Eyeless Jack are speaking again and the glares have officially ceased, something I feel somewhat pleased about. They're back to the beyond awkward friendship they have, not that I could judge them, given that my odd understanding with the duel hatchet wielder isn't any better.

Now, with that out of the way, I have something I need to discuss rather than want to. Toby and I talked late last night about what he and EJ had fought about. He claimed that I was uncomfortable around him. Of course, I denied Toby's surprising accusations, telling him I only wanted to see if everyone felt the way I did around him.

Uncomfortable was never a word I saw myself using about anything to do with Toby anymore, so it's easy to imagine why I was taken aback. Something like this could have damaged everything we'd worked for, I was just lucky I cornered him and talked it out. Still, I'm not sure he understood me completely. I'm not sure Toby ever understands anything to do with feelings, or that any of us do. Myself included.

Of course, that brings us to our next topic. The way I feel towards him was called into question by my own consciousness and I feel it necessary to disclose it here should I become biased in my break down of Toby. It's a professional courtesy, as well as a possible aid to my judgement from here on out. Also, it just helps to write it down, no matter how pathetic or soft it makes me sound.

I feel close to Toby. Wow. That is a statement I never thought I would be able admit to anyone, let alone myself, but it remains true.

He's different than Brian is, but not in a bad way. He's not just a fellow killer anymore. Well, at least in terms of how I feel toward him. I am...somewhat soothed with him, untroubled. The very thought makes my eyes roll. It's a cliche, a rather obvious one at that, and I'm not the first to take notice of our recent closeness either.

As to those noticing our relationships changes, that will be discussed at a later date. For now, I wish to get this out before I go mad with over thinking this and rip the page from the binding.

Toby has become someone I feel reassured by, I'm at ease around him. I can speak seriously with him, but also be found spouting childish insults at him on occasion. Of course, it's always intended to be friendly banter, but it's something I don't have with others. My relationship with them is usually tense, or strictly professional. Or, in Brian's case, at ease in a different way. Less amiable. Toby's still annoying and can be an asshole when he feels like it, but he's not just that anymore. He has become more than a simple thorn in my side.

Tobias Erin Rogers is my friend, and more. I'm not a child and I won't spout off immature words like suggesting I have something as asinine as a crush on him, but I won't lie to myself either. That won't help anybody in this situation.

I know I have some sort of feelings for him, lukewarm ones, I just don't know what this implies I should do. I'm not a teenager in high school and Toby isn't my childhood best friend that I just somehow realized I'm in love with. I am a killer, a proxy. We both are. To me, that means we don't have the time for figuring out our emotions, let alone progressing ourselves to anything else. But, I know it could happen should I let it and should Toby return my feelings.

I feel like a kid again, pulling on pigtails for attention. The adult thing to do is to attempt to work it out and speak to Toby about it, it's the right thing to do as well. I know Toby wouldn't stop being my friend because of it, so I'm not hesitating because of that. I'm more worried he will return my feelings. It's not like we can exactly act as a normal couple. That's an idiotic delusion. We murder people for fucks sake. And we like it. We don't go on dates and hold hands and smile at each other like we have no brains in our bodies.

I'm getting ahead of myself. Until I conclude my next few entries, I should put this aside and figure it out on my own time. This is unprofessional and is wasting space in my analysis.

Toby is a killer. I know I've previously stated it, but I was reminded of it today.

Slenderman sent us, meaning Toby and me, on a mission two towns west of us. We appear to be back to normal, as in before he started avoiding his gaze, and we traveled in a rather pleasant time period. We joked around some of the time and discussed things that happened around the house, we walked in silence for part of it and it was farther from awkward than I expected. I think this was when I first noticed the comfort he provides me with.

He is still the natural born trouble maker he always was, laughing up a storm when we weren't near anywhere people could hear us. I don't think he'd care if there were, it's just more victims to us anyway. He wasn't bubbly per say, that was more up Sally's avenue, but he wasn't stoic like Brian was most of the time. I found that endearing. I say so here only because he called me out on being calm and asked why I was being so weird. At first, I didn't quite get what he meant. I had been acting this way for months, but I guess he still wasn't used to our playful conversations in place of our old fights.

I simply stated I found him endearing now that we were friends and he'd promptly shut up after that.

When we arrived at the house, Toby was somewhat fatigued. It'd been a while since he'd gone this far out in such a short period of time, and he'd exerted his usual amount of energy on the way over. However, the minute we stepped inside, I saw the shift.

It wasn't the first time he's killed around me and it most certainly won't be the last, but I think I'd been softening him in my mind. It wasn't hard to do, Toby could be kind when he chose to do so. He could be comforting and almost gentle, but he wasn't just that. He was angry and downright scary at times, not that I'd ever tell Toby he unnerved me just as much as the others. It wasn't in a bad way since I too was that way, but it wasn't what I first thought of when Toby came to mind.

It made me think harder about the way I've become biased in my opinion of Toby. Seeing him, hatchets slashing through the tied down victims, the crazy look in his eyes, clothes splattered with the reddish brownish color of his disgustingly dirty jacket mixing with the man's fluids. He was restless and venting everything out by doing this. I remember the times he wished he could do this to me, and how I wished the same about him most of the time before now.

I had barely even helped tie the guy down before Toby took over completely. He'd all but shoved me away from the newest target and soon to be victim of his hatchets. I wonder if he named them like people do in books. Not important.

The rope would have bruised the man's wrists, legs, and abdomen, had he lived long enough to give it time to form them. I think I've always been pleased by the way ropes looked when holding someone in place. They always struggle against it, a feeling I know hurt like a bitch before, during, and after. I guess, when your life is ending, you don't care about the pain. Escape plans block it out.

Toby hadn't given me enough time to fully enjoy the sight of the man panicking to escape from his binds when he began hacking off fingers. The guy was already bloody before, we'd stabbed him in the scuffle before we got him tied down, but now we were gaining some of the red color on ourselves. I got less, thanks to Toby pushing me back. My jacket had a few specks and my mask as well, I noticed later, but Toby ruined his jacket and pants with his slaughter.

Some time later, hours maybe, when we had cut off his limbs and removed any trace of ourselves, we left the house. I wasn't even irritated at the loss of my own chance at a kill. Watching Toby work was a lot like what most people think about music. It's calming, freeing. Afterwards, Toby is always relaxed in a way you never see him in otherwise. He's tired, using up all that energy does that to him, and he twitches less. He doesn't talk as much, but when he does he has a ghost of a smile in his goggle covered eyes.

Toby isn't normal and I can't think of him as just a normal high school kid you meet on the street. That's the difference between us and our victims. We aren't normal, we aren't innocent, we aren't clean handed, and we aren't victims to murder. Well, not Toby and I at least. Can't completely say that for all the others.

Still, Toby is fucked up in ways I can't say I'll ever completely understand and wouldn't even attempt to describe, but that isn't always a bad thing. I won't stop trying to learn about him, just like I won't stop learning about the others. It doesn't matter that I'm motivated to do so specifically for Toby at this moment, I just have to keep moving. Keep learning. I have to. It's the only way I can understand.

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A/N - I don’t own the characters, just my story plot. Find them at HeyItsHoot on AO3 or owlgirl121 on Wattpad

[student-film-lying-piece-of-shit]

Splentoby plas

fine. ok. ill do this. PLEASE keep in mind in these headcanons toby isn't a minor and that we can assume he's 19+ (he doesn't have a set set canon age? he supposingly dies before age 20 idk man it's vague please don't drag me into discourse i headcanon him as an adult in non au settings)

splendor hcs / splendortoby. yall asked for it. if i get hung im blaming u guys

also these r months old they're from amino. let's go

he can move his face and mouth! it's not forever stuck like (:

- he listens to nightcore unironically look me in the eyes and tell me he doesn't

- he is pansexual!! n cis

- he lowkey feels isolated and lonely from the others, trying his best to be a help but nobody rlly appericates it so he's :(

- he has magical capabilities! he can summon little things around him (think maybe the wadern from superjail?) like ie he will move his hands and a rainbow comes out of his hand

- he fucking LOVES minecraft and for the first 4 times he played he tried to like tame a creeper and BEN was just "you can Not Do That Splendor"

"he's my friend!!!!!!"

"you can tame how many animals and you try to tame an enemey splendor he will blow you up"

"): my friend..."

- he tends to get a lot of romantic crushes on humans but is terrorfied of pursuing them because he's!!! an ugly monster n their :3 to him

- he has an ability to make himself invisible to adults and only visible to kids/those who can 'believe' that he uses in public because slenders always like. "DON'T SHOW UR IDENTITY TO THE H U M A N S!!!!!!!"

- he likes 80's music a fucking lot. like. a LOT.

- he's friends w/ sally (duh), BEN (the one who got him into Minecraft), Jane, EJ and Toby!!!!

- he had feelings for jane until she was just "sorry, i like girls" and he was

"!!!! I do too!!!!! You funky lil lesbian keep it up!!!!!!!!"

- HE DOES HAVE A HUMAN FORM !!! he's the only slender who has a soild human form! However it drains him a lot to use it so he doesn't use it a lot,,,,

- he cries gold!!!! Liquid, his blood is like? pastel blue? his body liquids r pastel gore basically

- he, yes, is a brony. his favorite is pinkie pie

- he doesn't have a secret evil form shut the fuck up and let me have my son!!!!! i refuse!!!! no!!!!!!!!!!! he does NOT!!!!!!!!

- he has had a weird crush on toby for a while and he's never mentioned anything because "that is,, someone who works for my brother,,,,,,,that is,,,,, his proxy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"

- his human name is Romeo!!!!!!!!

- he's a huge mommas boy :3 he calls her everynight to tell her he loves her and she's just "okay cool" and he's "!!!!!!!SLEEP WELL"

- he's fucking shitfaced scared of zalgo lmao

okay im gonna indulge in this weird crack ship for three seconds here wait

- toby always rides on his back!!!!!!

- splendor always leaves him candy and stuff in his room anonymously or notes and toby's just "huh who did this" but than one time he saw splendor sign something and he was

"it's YOU??????????"

- toby: this is my giant monster boyf-

splendor, crying: am i a monster

toby: GOD NO I LOVE YOU

- slender finding out is just "literally what the fuck idc anymore do what by any means you guys want ive seen it all now"

- toby always also rides on his tendrils!!! he uses them as swings fuck you this is my headcanon list I'll do what i want

- they go to the fair n stuff when it's town n splendor goes into his human form and they have a good Time!!!!!!

- splendor gets toby really cute binders w/ designs n stuff!!!!! To make him feel a lot better abt himself and toby loves it half to death

- toby, crying: i don't know im sorry i never told you i was trans. please don't think of me different.

splendor, a creature that's been living for centuries, 11 feet tall w/ vague human traits: i would NEVER

- tobys the first human splendor has ever been w/!!! and he rlly rlly cares abt toby and feels super comfy w/ him

- splendor is v insecure abt being u know an eldrich creature so toby always compliments his 'monster' traits and splendor goes "!!!! O W O!!!!"

- toby uses splendor's tendril bells to stim sometimes and splendor happily let's him

- romeos human form has a ton of fucking freckles and when he goes into his human form toby goes fucking BONKERS he LOVES IT

- splendor in his human form: a-aha toby are you ready to go out,,,,,

toby, paniking: WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO SPLENDOR

splendor: AAAAAAAAAA

- toby slips up and calls splendor Romeo in front of slender and slenders like

"who...who are you referring to?"

"SPLENDOR I MEAN YOUR BROTHER SIR"

"how the fuck do you know his human name"

"uhm"

- jeff: how do you feel about your emplyoee fucking your brother lmao

slender: please

slender: leave my office. please. im begging you jeffery just fucking go

(THEY DON'T ACTUALLY FUCK PLEASE)

- this situation makes slender say fuck a lot lmao

- toby likes sitting on splendor a lot n its just he's on his ds yelling at his NintendoDog to sit down as splendor reads nariana and toby's just background noise screeching "MR. SNIFFLES SIT!!!!"

[askthiscpblog]

The Cultist

Slender could feel someone calling for him, and this person he figured was either brilliant or an idiot. But this is one of the few ways to contact him without him stalking a person. So this will be entertaining to him no matter what. The young adult male had eagerly awaited, he had done this countless times, putting much hard work into it each time. He was hoping to finally get a response from the figure who seemed to be from the rather fucked religion he had been introduced to when younger. Slender doesn't walk, rather, everything warps around him until he appeared in a room with a young adult male before him. He was too tall for this room, but thanks to the power of reality warping, his head never touched the ceiling as he loomed over the child.

'You called child?'

When slender had come, Alex seemed amazed, excitement welling up as a wide, crooked smile appeared, the male had spoken happily, seeming almost too excited about this 

"Ah, finally I have done it right! Gather would be so pleased. Sir I have given everything I can to follow you, I wish to serve you, I know you are the true one!" Yep, this human was crazy. Anyone was crazy if they worshiped him at anything more than what he is. But it could be used to his advantage. Slender stands there watching the child well up with excitement, it did nothing in his mind.

'The True One? Please tell me, child, how have you come to know of me?' The voice seems to echo in his mind, like the first time he "spoke".

He gave a quick nod, he already seemed to be rather obedient. "Yes, sir-! My father had always worshiped you, he would non stop speak of you from as far back as I can remember! I would always assist him in helping others reach ascension. He died though- but I have stayed true to what I've been taught- and it has paid off cause you are here now!"

'And how did your father come to find the knowledge of me, or is it some human tradition? Father to son passing.' Slender asked, shifting his body to move over to a corner. It looked wrong, and it hurt the eyes watching it as it happened.

He had taken a moment to adjust himself before answering, "Father had always told me he was taught by someone else at a young age about you. He wanted me to believe in the one true God as well. He even made some sort of fluid for having others ascend that he had me use all the time- we both grew so used to it that we can drink it without harm-!" That last part could be though as somewhat disturbing, though it would explain why there seems to be somewhat of a purple tint under his eyes and on his cheeks.

Slender took a glance around the room, seeing how much everything reflected his state of mind. Messy, chaotic, and an obsession over something his mind may not even comprehend. But he was still human anyways. Someone who could fit into the world easier than his proxies can. 'So, why do you summon me? To commune, to make a deal, why?'

"I want to serve you! Ever since my father died... I've wanted to serve you- to make him proud, to please you! My life's built around the religion sir, and I am only here to serve you. My father would have never had a kid, especially one who would not follow our powerful god!"

'So you do not fair well in normal human society then?' Slender retorted, seeing that his original idea might not work out as he pleases. A blind follower is not something he needs, they could be stupid in trying to impress him and get his favor. No, this will not do well at all.

"Oh of course I do! I've tried to contact you many times, some ingredients are less than pleasing to the normal eye, how else would I get what needed is if I could not blend in? It would be near impossible." He had a point, but he still wasn't convinced that the new follower would be useful to him more than what the others can.

'What may you provide that I can not do on my own, or have others do? I have humans of superior strength, agility, and various other talents. You appear to have some minor abilities with magic, however.'

He gave a soft hum. "Well, I do have an easier sway with people- especially as I have to give a false attitude when helping my father, convincing people of many ages. As well as I usually use the money to get things to help with getting the gruesome items for you, so minor things such as food I always sneak into others houses for, and if I do need shelter I always find a way to sway the taste of someone! It's rather nice to seem like a teenager for those situations." He does seem rather proud of what he can do. "Plus I have taken time when I was in school to pay close attention to any anatomy, as well as some nursing skills, sir."

'So a sneaky sort and a smooth talker. Along with someone who could help out an ally of myself. Injuries are common...' Slender seemed to trail off in thought, tilting his head to look down at the human. Bland, he was rather bland. But devoted, oh how devoted he was. Would do anything he says, anything at all. It wouldn't be a bad thing to have another proxy under his belt, a medical one vs the brute, sniper, and wild card. Works with EJ, or even go out and recruit others or gather information on other mobs.

'You comprehend there is no going back if you accept an offer I give.'

"Well, why would I ever want to go back? There is nothing I value more than devoting my life to you, it is the only reason I am here. What else would I have to live for after all?" He had looked up at slender, his smile and excited attitude had dropped, he was rather serious of this. The only thing he grew up knowing of was to please his father and to follow the twisted religion, he was only born to take his father's place if he were to not follow this, what was the point of him being born? He saw no other option to take, nothing else he deemed worthy to do.

'Is there anything in exchange you wish for this, what I plan to do?'

"Nothing sir, I don't need anything unless you think I need it"

Slender watched again, then takes a step forward and grasps the child with one large palm over his head. There was a burning sensation, something entering the body. A warm, no, a hot black liquid pouring through his eyes and mouth into his body. There was no sympathy here. He tensed up in his hand, no other movements made as he had allowed this to happen, mentally he was in agony, but had not let any fear or pain show, painfully still. Alex seemed to be taking it well, no screaming and no cursing. Not even moving unless Slender moved him by himself. This took a minute before the white figure drew his hand away, watching him as he drifted back to the ground.

'With this, you will be able to serve me much more simply. We will see what you can do for now, and if you need help I will award you gifts. Your first task, gather as much information as you can on the human called Illura Monoxine. Be careful, she is a crafty one.'

He had given a quiet nod, looking up at slender, his voice low "Yes sir..I will not let you down." Then after speaking, he had gone off to start the task he was given.