#everyone keeps calling him a dinosaur now and its really getting to him

[bonchobrick]

tw: slight suicidal actions (but not really the batfam are wildly clueless to the actual context to danny's bullshit hes not suicidal--in this fic--he's dead get it RIGHT brucie)

Au where Batfam are entirely convinced that the new vigilante in Gotham, danny, has time travel powers because he can vanish away from their senses completely

This becomes a problem however when 

Bruce searches for him because wants to save Jason. Danny can save Jason not in the--im a time traveler and i can bring him or you back from or to the past--but in the, I’m a ghost king and have domain over the dead haha

Batfam become really concerned watching Phantom fight because “if he has time travel powers why doesn’t he avoid getting hit every time he can” and get worried phantom is purposefully letting himself get hurt

Danny in all honesty is just vibin the entire time while the batfam is going crazy at every sliver of info they get about danny because like

okay hes a time traveler thats established they got over that

This guy whos somehow been able to stop and rehabilitate rouges (ghosts) in his town is 15??

he may be the kindest most self destructive kid they've ever met like who immediately agrees to help people who were trying to capture and interogate him because he 'thinks we are better than the last billionaire who did this' what the FUCK

Oh yeah and they find out as a bonus in the end that his normal unpowered form he is a teen with black hair and blue eyes (bruce no no dont do it dont--)

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Bruce is losing his mind

Okay so at the start of this there’s an unknown vigilante (danny) that Batman tends to bump into. Except Batman isn’t sure what he is.

Every time they run into each other Batman can tell there should just be a person beside him but before he gets a glimpse and opens his eyes to empty fresh air.

A vigilante that can vanish before their very eyes?

What do the bats think about this?

They think this vigilante can control time and is doing that to sneak out of their gaze.

Now here’s where the funny part comes in

Bruce goes on a wild hunt to search for the vigilante with a plan. To make them turn back time so that he can save his son.

The problem with this?

Danny is not a time traveler most days–scratch that he's not one at all. He can save his son Jason though, in fact he wants to, it’s just he needs to figure out a way to do this whilst not blowing his cover that he is the goddamn ghost king.

So he pretends that he does have time powers and that he just… uh… needs a minute to figure them out… yeah that!

Cue Batfam getting progressively more worried about Danny because ‘if he could turn back time—why doesn’t he avoid those hits?’

They all kinda think Danny is like purposefully hurting himself so now Danny is forced to eat breakfast with them and sleep at their manor.  I mean he’s confused at why they always look so worried about something but he’ll make sure Batman’s son gets home soon! Plus the rich people temporary-living-situation without all the ‘I want to adopt you’ billionaire bullshit is pretty sweet!!

(somewhere in the ghost zone jason is tearing up laughing at the batfam as they struggle to not burst into flames trying to figure out danny-- like for christs sake they think the ghost king is an american doctor who and are trying to get him to spill where his tardis is)

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - There's so much airing even I'm struggling to keep up

That's why I'm late.

Aug 2023 Wk 3

Ongoing Series - Thai

Laws of Attraction (Sat iQIYI) 6 of 8 - Oh no. I am totally in love with the escaped young master & his smitten bodyguard. How did that happen? (Be careful P’Thee the broken ones are the most tempting. Tin understands.) NO SINGING! Trust Thai BL to destroy any moment of sentiment I might have by picking up a damn guitar. And we finally get Charn’s Batman villain origin story. Good use of back hug! This is a GREAT show. Melodramatic as fuck, but GREAT. Gotta say this pair in NOT Thailand’s best kissers but not everyone can be Zee++. Still I think that + singing + a touch of overacting is likely to keep this out of the 10/10 club.

Dangerous Romance (Fri YT) ep 1 of 12 - Rich /poor dynamic with characters & set up exactly as expected. Chimon is great. Perth is good too. A real rich-kid bully, Heirs level or Japanese F4 evil. All the teachers are also corrupt (that’s kinda a Thai thing, I think because they can't call out the government). I gotta say, Marc is doing a bang-up job as the jock friend, too. And the kiss twist was fun. All in all, this is good. And you know me, I love a high school BL.

I Feel You Linger in the Air (Sat YT) ep 1 of 12 - The time travel historical romance many of us have been waiting for. Adaption of y-novel by Violet Rain, from the producers of Lovely Writer. Heartbroken architect is transported to the 1930s. Nonkul (actor playing Jom) keeps reminding me of Cho Han Gyeol from Love Mate. It’s a bit slow to start but interesting when it hits its stride. The pacing feels like a Chinese historical (makes me wonder if this with be 4 or 6 act structure). Nonkul is a wonderful actor. They weren’t sharing the screen for long, but the leads seem good together. I’m in. 

Only Friends (Sat YT) ep 2 of 10 - Well. It’s entertaining, I'll say that for it. Addiction. Manipulation. Queer as folk & all that jazz. (No jazz for you, Thailand. Oh no! I’m giving them ideas.) I would like it to turn out that Mew is actually manipulating everything. This is his revenge con on Top. Mew is, after all, supposed to be "the smart one." Gotta say, this is darn near perfect casting. But honestly? This show could just be about Ray & Sand. Their story (and them in it) is easily the most riveting. Sand better be careful, the wildly broken ones are always the best in bed, because they don’t care ao they have no shame and that's HOT.

Hidden Agenda (Sun GMMTV YouTube) ep 6 of 10 - I like how soft Joke’s version of seme flirting is. It’s mellow, like his voice gets with Zo. I also liked Zo casually chatting to his friends about how he feels about being flirted with. His friends gave good advice & were supportive. Oh no! A boy in a BL went into the rain ALONE. What ON EARTH will happen next? The argument was interesting, because it gave us insight into Zo’s maturity & ability to handle a relationship. I’ve been wondering why anyone would like him, and now I know. Joke & Nita’s backstory is fun. I like the gay boy protecting the straight girl reverse beard action. On a complete aside, I really like Dunk’s makeup in this series. It’s very Kdrama.

Low Frequency (Sat iQIYI) ep 7 of 8 - The house ghosts trying to help are cute. The plot is at least... a plot? I don’t know. Dias Ex Mafia is a new one on me. (COME ON THAT’S A GREAT PUN, PRAISE ME!) I’m ready for this show to be over. 

Be Mine Super Star (Mon Viki) ep 7 of 12 - Honestly, the whole time I’m watching this I’m just thinking I wish JaFirst got better scripts. Speaking of, I don’t object, but these characters sure moved into sex fast. I really don’t quite understand how Daddy & Hot Doc got together so fast either. It feels like their story was meant to be spread out into the other episodes but didn’t get cut in properly, so it ended up all in this one? Or is it just the pacing is particularly bad in this show?

Dinosaur Love (Sun iQIYI) ep 8 of 10 eps - I have no idea what is going on. What are all of Dino’s friends doing? What do they want? what’s their point in the story? I’m even annoyed by Peak, and love him. Sex scene which they tried to make sexy. Operative word being tried. Although, there was some interesting after sex discussion about mechanics. And there was a cute bathtub chat about pet names. But this show is a lotta work for very little pay out. 

Wedding Plan (Wed YT & iQIYI) ep 5 of 7 - I like the sunshine sides? PUNCH LOM 2023! Trash watch here!

Love in Translation (Sat iQIYI) ep 1 of 10 - Pushy older bro is Earn from Love Sick, yay! And he’s the hyung of a side couple, which is "best friend’s older brother" trope! My favorite!!!! Have we seen this in BL before? I don't think so. Anyway, DOUBLE YAY! The main couple… eh. You know I loathe stalker characters. And I viscerally HATE this one. Almost as bad as SCOY, not sure I can take it, actually. The squealing of "Tammy!" is worse on my ear than any off-key guitar strumming. I may have to DNF or fast forward through all his parts… but he’s the lead. What to do? I do like the “Chinese” businessman actor. He very cute. (On an aside, I was just reading about commercial real estate as the loophole for foreign property investors in Thailand. Cool plot point.) I’m getting a Taming of the Shrew vibes from this. Just me? For now it's living at the bottom of the list for sheer unadulterated loathing of Phumjai. Not the actor, he was my favorite and only good thing about Our Days. But this character? NO.

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Jun & Jun (Korea Thur Viki) ep 5 of 8 - This is basically the gay Boys Over Flowers of my heart. Or as close as I think we’ll get from BL. I like both of the 2nd leads, even though I suspect Simon of actually being into everyone’s fav hyung. Cute to see the Mr Heart boys back on my screen, oh so briefly. Such a Taiwan trick, reusing a beloved couple like that. Nice gimmie to the fans. Meanwhile, Choi Jun - boy sure knows his angles but his motives? Please don’t let this be another arranged marriage beard situation? I can’t take 2 in the same month. 

Stay By My Side (Taiwan Fri Gaga) ep 8 of 10 - The boyfriends ep! JC is biggest simp spoiling his baby EVER. Taiwan = the sappiest of saps. “Owning the same key” is such a cute way of putting it. Also I love the "knew all along" twist, made me happy. The angst is silly but that's normal in Taiwanese BL. 

Love Class Season 2 (Korea Fri Viki) eps 3-4 of 10 - Pair 1: Lee Hyun is such a wide-open, bleeding, no-shame romantic. It’s kinda great. Boy has a poet’s soul & NO artifice. J-Min is startlingly good, very nuanced. I know I keep saying that, but I’m v surprised by his skillz. And… add in creepy stalker, goody. Pair 2: The "other student couple" I’m not into, also NO SINGING. Pair 3: The underwear gift was so fucking funny. “I’m going reap the boxers I sewed” is next level script excellence. These two are brilliant at gayest-of-gay flirt-negging, I'm INTO IT. One of my housemates said, in response to my audible cackling, "You seem to be enjoying your shows extra much tonight."  

My Personal Weatherman AKA Taikan Yoho (Japan Sat Gaga) ep 2 of 8 - Oh I love love love them. It’s so old school yaoi and SO JBL. No other country could produce this kind of show. I love this little feminist aspect where the weatherman treats his boy like a 1950s housewife & said boy thinks that makes him an indentured servant. Clocks. But also, the way our weatherman LOOKS at his boy. He is so in love. (It looks like we skip next week for holiday reasons?) 

Sing My Crush (Korea Wed iQIYI) eps 5-6 of 8 - It remains enjoyable. 

Minato's Laundromat Season 2 AKA Minato Shouji Coin Laundry Season 2 (Japan Thu Gaga) ep 6 of 12 - At least we know Minato actually desires Shin, he just won’t do anything about it. Also, Minato chose the perfect person to come out to. That's nice for him. Finally, Shu & Asuka are glorious. Sides are winning these days.

Stay Still (Hong Kong Tues YouTube) ep 3 of 5 - A proper faen fatal has entered one of our couples. She won too, since she ended up marrying the boy. Still not sure about this show (and it should have convinced me by now). I definitely like the tattoo couple better than the reunion couple. Still, not a lot happened in this episode and this is short series, they don’t have time to waste. It remains intriguing but not... erm... good.

In case you missed it

River Knows Fish Heart is leaving Gaga soon. It's a decent little bully romance Chinese BL (pulp) - yes, you read that right. Actual CBL. Not great, but if you're into the CBL stuff, especially the early stuff, this has some of that tenor only made in 2018 (I have a feeling it was shot in 2017 and skated through). Anygay, just staying. Catch it before it disappears because with CBL once they gone, often, they gone forever.

Friend. Boy Friend a new Thai BL pulp was supposed to start airing on Aug 19th. I can't find it. Neither can MDL.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Everything from Thailand seems to be dropping on Sat & Sun this month. It's a good thing I got quiet weekends for a while. Also the BL firehose is upon us, so much content.

Starting this week:

8/20 (tomorrow) My Universe series (Sun iQIYI) 24 eps - This is sampler pack BL, 12 pairs, each pair gets 2 eps, not sure on the order they’ll drop. Known couples include EarthBank from Destiny Seeker and KaownahTurbo from Love Stage!!!, fresh faces otherwise. Jane to direct.

8/22 Kisseki: Dear to Me formerly known as Miracle (Taiwan Tues Viki & iQIYI) 13 eps - From screenwriter Lin Pei Yu (We Best Love, H3: Trapped) features a student doctor forced to take care of a gangster. I love the premise and like the writer.  

8/23 Why R U? (Korean remake iQIYI) 8 eps - I find everything about this hilarious. I mean if Korea remakes it, we lose all the sexy and then... would we have a story at all? No we would not. Not even for 8 short eps. It’d be like one of those mesh shopping bags.

8/24 Man Suang (Thailand movie, domestic cinema release) - historical drama about Thai burlesque with KP’s MileApo. 

2023 forthcoming BL master post (see comments, some are inaccurate, NOT KEPT UPDATED).

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Another show reviewing itself. (Dino Love)

Don't insult bastards, Lom. (Wedding trash)

I would like this adorable romcom GMMTV, please and thank you.

See what I mean? Trixy.

Thanks boys. (All Only Friends)

(Last week) 

[teecupangel]

Related to the Velociraptor!Desmond thing: what would Jurassic Park look like? Like would Desmonds be in it?

The “Desmond becomes a Velociraptor and ‘accidentally’ made the world call velociraptors as ‘Desmonds’” idea.

I’m gonna go for the OG Jurassic Park movie for this one for no reason than I love that movie XD

Yes, ‘Desmonds’ will definitely be in it and they would be promoted to hell and back because Desmonds are the most well known ‘dinosaur’ in AC world thanks to Leonardo da Vinci’s painting titled “Desmond”.

This also sparks a lot of ‘controversy’ because Jurassic Park PR admitted they enlarged Desmonds from its cute turkey-size canon size to… well, their size in the movie. The art world is generally appalled because why would you change the size of one of the most popular and well known old world ‘animal’? For what?

PR team says it’s a way to showcase what the team in the Park can do as well as to give people a better view of the Desmonds since turkey-sized Desmonds could be considered too slow.

Of course, this turns into a huge uproar loud enough that the PR team had to fly two experts into the Park to get some good graces… at the same time Dr. Alan Grant’s grandchildren visits him.

Now, we can have an initial of two ‘guests’ for this one:

1. Keep it purely Modern Day:

The guests are Shaun Hastings, a professor who is one of the leading experts of Da Vinci’s works (not just the artworks but his journals and inventions), and his assistant who introduces himself as “Just call me Des.”

2. Make it a sorta maybe reincarnation AU:

The guests is an artist and the leading expert on Leonardo Da Vinci’s style and life, Leo, who is rumored to be Leonardo Da Vinci’s descendant and his ‘bodyguard’ Ezio Auditore.

(1) has Desmond and Shaun pretending to be art expert (Shaun would say HE IS an art expert) and assistant who are really there to check if the Templars had any hand with this. (Technically, yes? They tried to get a partnership with Grant but Grant rejected their offer but they still want the technology behind the cloning of dinosaurs)

(2) Ezio is an Assassin who has the same mission as Desmond and Shaun in idea (1) but Leo is really just his BFF who may or may not know about his Assassin affiliation.

In (1) they learn that the Desmonds have a ‘you’re one of us, our leader’ vibe when they see Desmond and Desmond has no fucking idea why this is happening to him and he is embarrassed because he’s named Desmond and the Desmonds count him as one of them.

In (2) Desmond the Desmond actually wakes up as one of the cloned Desmonds and recognize Leo and Ezio. He leads the Desmond pack in this one.

(I just realized your ask could have just been how different the movie is but instead I went off-tangent with an AC x Jurassic Park AU. Anyway, Desmonds would definitely be there but they won’t be turkey-sized and that would cause an uproar. Shaun hates the movie just because of that little thing and everyone teases him for it)

[theromaboo]

@just-late-roman-republic-things seems to be plowing through Suetonius Augustus and I am here for it!

Your mention of the dinosaur bones that Augustus used as home decoration reminds me of a story about Tiberius! (I swear, everything recently has been reminding me about Tiberius!)

By the way, finding the ancient source for this story was shit! I remembered reading this like a year ago, and I had forgotten which ancient source this was from. Using my critical thinking skills ("hmmm tiberius hmmmm dinosaur"), I assumed that this story came from Pliny's Natural History.

It did not.

I was searching through the Natural History for so long that I was starting to wonder if I had made the story up!

After searching through the Natural History for ages, I finally used more critical thinking skill and was like "Hmmm. Maybe if I google this, I could find an article about the event and maybe possibly it would cite a specific part of the Natural History!"

I googled it, found an article about the event, and it cited Phlegon's Book of Marvels.

Whoopsie! I was looking through the wrong book this whole time! In my defense, Pliny and Phlegon actually are pretty similar names if you squint sooo...

(it was however worth it to look through the Natural History because I found the funniest story about Tiberius ever but that's a story for another day)

Now that I have the ancient source of this story, I can finally tell it!

Basically, there was an earthquake which opened up all sorts of cracks on the ground. And in those cracks, there were dinosaur bones!

The people were pretty spooked so they took a tooth and sent it to Rome. And this was a massive tooth.

The tooth was showed to Tiberius and he was asked if he wanted the rest of the bones. He was like "Well, I'm really curious about this thing, and I'm aching to get an idea of what size it was, but it feels like graverobbing to take the rest of the bones."

So Tiberius got some dude called Pulcher who was skilled in geometry. Tiberius asked him to make a face in proportion to the tooth. The dude estimated the size of the creature using its tooth as a reference and then showed Tiberius a construction of it he had made. Tiberius said that looking at the construction was good enough and sent the tooth back where it came from.

Tiberius and (especially) Pulcher, the world's first paleontologists!

I love this story. It's wild. Though I do wonder what happened to the construction. Did Tiberius keep it?

If Tiberius randomly showed up at my door one day, I'd bring him to Drumheller to go to the Royal Tyrrell Museum. Alberta is one of the most boring places in the world but we do have a banging dinosaur museum!

On the hours-long drive there, I will most certainly give him like a billion questions, though. "How was Caligula like? How was Augustus like? How were you like? How was Livia like? How was Sejanus like? Actually, scratch this. Name every single person you know and tell me how they were like and how they looked like. What did you do in Capri? Explain your entire life from beginning to end, giving extra attention to the personal parts! I don't want to hear about wars I want to hear about what people were like! Could you read Suetonius to me and point out parts where he's wrong? Could we watch Domina together and you can tell me if you like your characterization or not?"

For everyone's sake, it's good that dead Roman emperors usually don't randomly show up sometimes (not counting whatever the fuck was happening right after Nero died!)

If you want to read the Tiberius Tooth sTory (haha Triple T) for yourself, you can here. Look for §13.

[buttbiscuit]

HoH Steve Harrington headcanons because I love him (ft a lot of Steddie)

He slowly developed hearing issues in his teens and early adolescence but didn't notice at first. He learnt how to lip read by accident because he just realised it was easier to understand people when he was doing it. He didn't know it was an actual thing.

He secretly loves that Dustin calls him a cool cyborg for having hearing aids

Going to Eddie's gigs and not giving a shit about not knowing any of the lyrics to any of the songs because he can't understand them anyway. He loves the way he can feel the loud music through his entire body.

"I can't see what you're saying!" When Eddie gets distracted and covers his mouth or turns away from Steve while they're talking.

Early mornings when he doesn't have his hearing aids in and Eddie tells him to stop stomping around so much but Steve doesn't even realise he's doing it and so Eddie calls him a dinosaur and Steve tackles him whenever he makes little t-rex arms

Absolute fucking bliss of taking his hearing aids out at night and letting the noise of the world disappear.

He can't hear those annoying cicadas everyone complains about during summer nights.

Eddie buys him an ASL book but he gives up after learning literally 3 words in ASL. He learnt enough just so he can communicate with Eddie across a noisy bar (The words are "drunk," "bathroom," and "let's go") and he never uses it anywhere else.

He loves when people see his hearing aids and assume he obviously knows sign language because he always replies with "of course" and flips them off 🖕

Saying "I can't hear you 🤷‍♂️ sorry" or "hearing aids broke this morning" when he can very clearly hear the kids but he doesn't want to listen to them

Family Video having the biggest stock of subtitled movies because Robin keeps secretly ordering them for Steve

After he gets his hearing aids he realises he really likes movies more now that he can understand the characters and follow dialogue and pick up on the musical cues

Calling out Eddie for gossiping about him across a room because even though they're not within earshot, he can clearly lipread that Eddie said his name.

Having the radio absolutely cranked in his car and it startles Robin every single time which makes Steve laugh. She'll learn to turn the volume down before turning it on eventually.

"Oh my god where are my ears" when he can't find his hearing aids in the morning and Eddie says "on the sides of your head" to which Steve shouts "Shut up!" its such a frequent occurrence that Eddie doesn't even have to say it anymore but Steve still tells him to shut up

Wayne got a bit annoyed at the boys having the TV up so loud but after Eddie explains he has to because Steve can't hear so well, he never complained about it again.

He absolutely loves that Robin and Eddie talk with their entire bodies and are so expressive and have good annunciation (which they probably picked up from doing drama in school) because he can understand them really well.

Dustin constantly trying to sneak up behind Steve to scare him but because he's so used to being extra aware of his visual surroundings it never works.

Robin learning to perfectly imitate the way he says "Huh?" every time he can't hear her from across the store

Eddie knowing immediately when Steve didn't understand what someone said because he always does the same "Yeah, totally!" nod and smile.

Steve constantly bugging Eddie to wear hearing protection at gigs and go for a hearing test.

[princelylove]

hello its everyones favourite slightly unstable 🌸 anon here to comment on everyones least favourite dinosaur-- diego brando!

listen. LISTEN. hes stupid and silly and also has mummy issues. and what do boys who are stupid and silly and have mummy issues look in a partner? SOMEONE THAT RESEMBLES THEIR MOTHER AND ACTS LIKE THEIR MOTHER!

thoughts, your highness?

your favourite peon,

🌸

Peon? That pleases me, anon. I don’t know about my favourite, though. I’m imagining you screaming the last bit and then stepping off of your soap box to gently ask. 

I was just thinking about how I haven’t seen you recently, and now here you are. Do you often come when called? 

I already wrote a little bit about Diego here, but let’s do a little deep dive into his psyche. 

Diego is another yandere I can see picking either a familial or romantic darling. Either way you will not escape the “I’ll never love you more than my mother.” conversation. 

You’re right, anon. He misses his mother. Diego does not really want to be caught up needing someone, it isn’t in his nature to seek someone out and actually keep them. He uses people as tools and then disposes of them as necessary- human life is truly worthless to him. But… his mother is not all of humanity. His mother isn’t one of those vile creatures. Do you know what he is looking for? Mother dearest. Mama. Mommy. He craves someone who is going to coddle him- baby him. Diego loves special treatment, and there’s nothing more special than family. It’s unconditional. (Meaning it won’t abandon him.) He knows that, logically, his mother will never return to him. Is that going to stop him from looking? No. 

You’re what Diego considers to be what mankind should’ve been- and will be, once he’s taken his rightful place on top of it all. He likely found a Mother-esque darling in the race. You don't have to be motherly, you just have to remind him of his mother. It certainly would help him make the connection, though. You might’ve offered him a bit of your food, or water, or suggested he come sit by the fire you made. What a provider. He scoffs, but obeys, and doesn’t exactly resist your advances- he allows you to drape a blanket over him, and only moves your hand away when you’re “being too handsy.” 

His complex isn’t as apparent as someone like Narancia or God-fucking-forbid Jotaro, in a romantic relationship at least. But in a familial relationship? So evident. He doesn’t even hide the constant comparisons. Diego gets it out of his system via constantly comparing the two of you. You made dinner? Mother did it this way, why don’t you do it like that. Why do you keep your hair so short? It’d look better past your shoulders. 

But it’s different if Diego’s love is romantic. He is insatiable. He’s not going to get in your face about taking care of his every need. That’s not what a lover does. He just reacts very, very well to it. He is baffled by the notion that someone’s brain doesn’t rot at the mention of his name, or at the smell of his cologne. In his point of view, the world is his, and humanity consists only of the pigeons that he must guide- it makes sense that he reacts so well to praise and attention and gifts… He just reacts a little too well to it. That’s all. 

If you got out of his lovely estate- say thank you to his ex wife, you know, someone who actually spoiled him- Diego will hunt you down on one of his prized horses. He truly doesn’t mind travelling for as long as he has to, he cannot allow you to ever leave his sight- God (him) forbid anything happens to you and he isn’t there. Diego isn’t the most protective, he’s actually never felt that way towards anyone else before. Who matters more than him? He just doesn’t want someone else to hurt you.  But you’ll have some privacy. Diego is big on dignity- he loves someone who holds themself with pride. Does that mean that he has shame? No. Call him Dio. Brush his hair, treat him like a king. Hold his face in your hands and give him all the attention he’s craving, love him, adore him.

[ladytesla]

The Great Faerun Baking Show (part three)

For those of you who are just stopping by, I had a horrible idea a while ago and this is the result. I have no idea what's going to happen or who's going to win. I’m just going to roll a D20 ‘bake check’ for everyone and write out the results, including what everyone rolled so y’all know I’m not cheating just so my druid boyfriend can win.  The person with the lowest total score (out of a possible score of 60) goes home.

We've got the main 6 companions, Jaheira, Halsin, Minsc (and Boo), Minthara, Dammon, and my tav Medora (who y'all can just pretend is Alfira if you don't want someone else's tav in the story, since they're both female bards)

Week One, Cake Week: Star baker was Karlach, Minthara went home

Week Two, Biscuit Week: Star baker was Halsin, Shadowheart went home

Week Three: Bread Week, or "No you can't use Mage Hand to knead your dough"

Signature: Cottage Loaf

Astarion: Sun dried tomato and paprika. Unfortunately somehow he never turned on his oven, so all he had when time was called was a big ball of dough that wasn't able to be judged.

Dammon: Greek spices and olives. Or whatever the Faerun equivalent of Greece is. Maybe Waterdeep? Anyway, there were a few too many olives and it was a little underbaked, but it wasn't too bad.

Gale: He really wanted to keep with a magical purple theme, but ube and red onion really don't vibe with each other. It was way overworked thanks to the mage hand he totally didn't use to help with the kneading process.

Halsin: Rosemary and wild mushroom. All of which he'd gathered himself, of course. Nearly perfectly done, and beautifully decorated with little sprigs of rosemary.

Jaheira: Cinnamon pumpkin bread. Very autumnal, but the moisture in the pumpkin threw off the consistency of the dough and left it underprooved. The decorative pumpkin seeds on top could only hide so many sins.

Karlach: Jalapeño cheddar. Just the right amount of heat, from someone who's an expert on it. She even decorated it with a few slices of jalapeño for presentation.

Lae'zel: For some reason she decided to put smoked salmon, herring and tuna in the same bread to make a fish loaf? It was also underbaked, and didn't go over well at all.

Medora: Saffron, rose and pistachio bread. The rose was a bit too overpowering, and the loaf was overworked. It looked nice, though.

Minsc: He used Indian spices in his bread like garam masala and curry powder, which gave it a really unique flavor. It was slightly overprooved, but overall a successful loaf.

Wyll: Gluten-free garlic and herb. He wanted to challenge himself to make a classic flavor more available to those with dietary restrictions (because he is a Very Good Boy) and it was a resounding success. He earned a Hollywood Handshake for his efforts.

Technical: Baguettes

I was surprised to find that the lowest roll for this round was an 8! So they all did pretty well. I think that, from now on, if there's a tie I'll roll for them a second time. The second roll won't contribute to the score at all, it'll just determine the order in the technical.

Worst to best:

10. Halsin

9. Dammon

8. Astarion

7. Karlach

6. Minsc

5. Jaheira

4. Lae'zel

3. Wyll

2. Medora

Gale

Showstopper: Bread Sculpture

Astarion: He recovered from his disastrous signature round to make a masterfully-done sculpture... of himself, with a dagger in one hand and a glass of wine in another. He had to reference the face from a sketch someone had made of him, but thankfully it had been a skilled artist. Paul and Prue had to look really hard to find a flaw.

Dammon: He made a bread dinosaur. A stegosaurus, to be exact. And thanks to its sturdy bread-roll legs, it was able to stand upright unaided. The tip of the tail got a bit burnt, and to save it he'd had to take it out of the oven underbaked.

Gale: He made Elminster's hat, and colored the bread with paprika and cayenne to get the red color. It ended up being quite lopsided, unfortunately, and overworked.

Halsin: His owlbear was incredibly detailed, and the garlic chip decorations he used for some of the feathers accented the flavor of the bread wonderfully. Some of the chips had browned a bit too much on the ends however, so it wasn't perfect, but it was close.

Jaheira: She had a rough time this round. Dropped one of her doughs so she only had two to work with and underbaked her sculpture of a tree so badly that it had to be propped up to stand upright.

Karlach: She made a tower of bread skulls, with one of four different flavors. And tiny grassini breadsticks to represent swords and spears. A mammoth undertaking that she pulled off very well.

Lae'zel: Unhappy about her gingerbread dragon, she was bound and determined to make a dragon right this time. And thankfully, she succeeded. Otherwise she would have continued to make dragons until she got it right. The bread was quite spicy and had chili peppers in it for good measure, but the heat wasn't overpowering at all.

Medora: She attempted to make a lighthouse on an island. It was really precariously tilted to one side, and the bread making the lighthouse was underbaked, but the bread the island was made of tasted fine.

Minsc: He made a giant bread version of Boo the Miniature Giant Space Hamster. Which he presented next to the real thing. It was a huge loaf of bread so it was underbaked in the middle, but it was visually impressive.

Wyll: His bread version of the Ravenguard family crest had a braided border which took a lot of time. However, with the added colors in the dough to bring the crest to life, Wyll was still able to make something delicious and very nicely baked within the time constraints.

The Results:

Our star baker for the week, with a score of 52/60, is Wyll!

Unfortunately, with a score of 23/60, Jaheira has to leave the tent.

Feel free to play along in the comments! How would your tav or favorite npc compare?

Let's fuckin go we're doing pies and tarts next.

[lumine-no-hikari]

Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #105

I did a much better job with my to-do list today.

I went to therapy and drew a picture. We're gonna keep working on my ability to have faith in the integrity of my own senses, perceptions, and experiences. From there, I did laundry, washed a bunch of dishes, and made whipped cream - one was just plain cream and sugar, and the other is cream and hot chocolate mix, beaten until it has a mousse-like consistency. I like to call that one "hot chocolate pudding"!

…You wanna know how to make it, doncha? 😁 Who wouldn't, ahahaha~! So I'll tell you:

You need 1 cup of heavy cream (or coconut cream, if you prefer!) and 8 tablespoons of hot chocolate mix. I use Sillycow Farms; it tastes really good, and it's vegan and gluten-free, just in case that matters.

Then you stick the heavy cream and the hot chocolate mix into a bowl, and beat the shit out of it until it's a consistency that you like. If you have a stand mixer (I have one of these, because trying to mix stuff together while dyspraxic is an exercise in messes and frustration…), it's very, very simple. Then, you have a bowl full of foamy, chocolatey goodness that is suitable for putting on ice cream, spreading around as frosting, sticking into tea, or just eating straight from the bowl with a spoon!

I will show you some pictures now!

This is the finished regular whipped cream. I wonder if you like this stuff:

This is what it looks like when you combine the hot cocoa mix and the heavy cream in the stand mixer:

Here is the resulting hot chocolate pudding!

...And here is the whisk I wish I could give to you to lick. Everyone should get an opportunity to lick a whisk that has tasty things on it:

...And this is Hoshi! Hoshi is sad that he can't have anything on the whisk (chocolate is poisonous to cats; they can't process the theobromine in it), so I gave him some scritches:

I also got around to trying that lychee and rose tea. Apparently there is also vanilla in it; I missed that little detail in my previous letter to you. Sorry about that. It's very good!! But I can't give you a cup of it. So I'll send along some pictures.

This is the tin it comes in:

Here's how it looked like after it was brewed; I used my fancy DINOSAUR MUG!!! OH MAN!!! 🤩🤩🤩

Here's how it looked after I added honey and milk:

I also cooked a steak! Because I need the iron! It's seasoned very simply with some salt, pepper, and garlic powder! It's good stuff!! I also can't give you any, and this is very sad, because this one turned out REALLY good!! So I'll send along a picture:

…I'm definitely in the "leave it mostly raw" camp, when it comes to steak. Naturally, you have to kill the surface bacteria to avoid getting sick (this is why I make the outside all brown and crispy), but that's pretty much it. I wonder how you like yours cooked, if you like beef at all. Some people don't, and that's okay too.

There's so much still that I wanna do today. Last time I was at the grocery, I managed to get the supplies needed to make a recipe that was sent to me in this space, and I'm VERY eager to try it out in the near future. Sadly though, I think I might have to wait until some of the other food I made is eaten so that we have room in the fridge…

…For some reason, I get the feeling that if you were around, we'd have absolutely no problem making room in the fridge, though, hahaha! For sure, I wish you could be here so I could give you all sorts of tasty and wholesome things to eat. There's a lot I wish I could give to you, actually. My world has its problems, for sure, but there's also lots of cool stuff to do - lots of good books to read, pretty places to go walking, awesome music to listen to, fun games to play, and enlightening things to watch. I really, really wish you could visit. You'd be safe here.

I can't really think of anything else to write today, so I guess I'll end things here. Don't lose sight of the fact that you're loved and that there are people who wish well on you.

I'll write again tomorrow.

Your friend, Lumine

[spectacledraws]

i like to think that if the college gang ever went in the dark world near the end before the fountain the chapters secret boss would kidnap Gaster (because ut gaster did something to ruin their life like in deltarune) and then they either save him and fight a secreat boss or just close the fountain and he wakes up with injury's and go "welp bye" and then goes scold ut gaster for a few minutes for messing with people

(also weird route will be ut gaster seeing if its possible to puppeteer Chara like we do to kris and then decides to do some mess up shit but in the end, he just resets ( i think he can do that based on the everyman comic) also it gets progressively worse like chapter 1 pranks taken to far (mortaly inguring people then say its just a prank) probably breaks Asriel's arms then asks him "you need a hand" and does something to Gaster so he falls apart like humpty dumpy then just sings humpty dumpy wearing a knight suit to in chapter 7 undertale genocide with chara and gaster as the final boss also charas remember so things like this happen

asriel: "hey Chara my saber got an upgrade it can shoot out stars now"

chara: (remembering dying to the saber so many times in weird route)

chara: traumatic war flashback

also, for darworld locations

chapter 1: physic class (there tired of people hating the subject and are now fighting back) also probably some dictatorship of the teacher desk being on top with students' belongings being the low class,some gravity mechanics,puzzles being physic equations,secreat boss being some art picture that asriel or frisk drew and forgot about which was hated on by everyone in the physic darkworld who was told that with a soul you can go to a place where you will be appreciated, probably when Gaster actually started to bond with kris/asriel,ends with deltarune gaster telling them about ut gaster

(not going in depth for the rest of these)

chapter 2: art class probably the opposite of the art boss which this one being physic homework who was hated,probally very abstruce,so sorry as another perso who entered it

chapter 3: film class: hollywood,burger pants was video calling someone in there and now the phone became sentient and burgpant can controlly it (with some stuff about becoming an lackey actor)

chapter 4: history class: literly all of history together like cowboys and dinosaurs talking,gerson whos darkworld costumes a corpes for some reason,asriel keep getting headache talking to him

chapter 5: "papryus giant fun house to keep people happy at colloge": proud dadster,snowdin puzzle,papryus there,alot of things in it are alive,the puzzle revolution is coming,they think papryus is a dictator (hes not),ends with him going to hometown to "watch out for things for gaster"

chapter 6: computer lab; its just undertale but with them,toby fox as extre party member,secreat boss is flowey "asriels oc"

chapter 7: gasters secret lab things: extre party member ut gaster?, yeah darkworld can bring people back from the dead,also undertale charas here to,everyones confuse,almagmets because gaster was expirementing with ai art (asriels ashamed of him),scrapped undertale contents here to because gaster not the only thing that came from this,ferdors papryus is there,ends with them learning there an au and then fighting you then ends with them crashing the game and gaining free will,and the credits are asriel and chara going to hometown and meeting kris who did whetvers happening in deltarune and you can't do anything anymore unless you edit the code

and thats it hope you enjoyed it (oh also lots of character devolment happens between chara's hate for humanity,asriel need to be perfect,and gasters lonelyness)

(also can people use the sprites for fanfic like the storyshift fic Storyshift Reboot: The Write Up - Chapter 1 - VoltraTheLively - Undertale (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own])

WOW thank you for writing the whole plot for me!! /j!!! but seriously I really love this omg. VERY COOL how you’ve thought this out and tbh some of it is pretty in line with some of my own ideas hehe!! this is hilarious and rly creative

[leviathanverse]

Chapter 12: Not 5, but 7

You kept cleaning the walls of the enclosure. Or, as everyone called it, paddock 4. Turns out you were inside the enclosure of the most aggressive dinosaurs in the entire park!

And here you thought that it couldn't get any worse. Scratch that, IT GOT WORSE! Three other Allosauruses appeared out of nowhere!

One had green scales on its back and two lines with patches of white; the other one was red on the one half while the other half had green with yellow stripes on its back.

The last one had a brownish back with yellow arms and feet. Not to mention it had some feathers on its arms and patches of those feathers on it head and tail.

" Keep cleaning the walls. We'll make sure these three don't get near you."

" They aren't that bad."

" Thanks for the very reassuring words, Mr. and Mrs. Kanroji!"

You thought sarcastically. These people really needed therapy. Or needed to do some tests to see if they were mentally ill.

You scrubbed the wall, trying not to pay any mind to the three newcomers. You were not going to turn around and say "hello" to them.

You kept scrubbing until Mrs. Kanroji suddenly grabbed you and ran. Mr. Iguro followed behind you two.

HOW STRONG WAS THIS WOMAN?! Not to mention that you were carried on her shoulder like a sack of potatoes!

Did you weigh like nothing to her or what?!You sighed and looked at the reason on why she was running. You almost passed out.

Another Allosaurus, one with patches of all the colours from the other four on its back, ran after you three. Well, two.

You were carried like a sack of potatoes by Mrs. Kanroji while she and Mr. Iguro ran away from the dinosaur.

It was smaller than that of the other four Allosauruses. However, it had only feathers on its tail.

" Is that the other one?!"

" Yup! Also a playful one!"

" IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S PLAYFUL!"

" Well he is playful now!"

" Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh- I don't like this! ... I think I am going to be sick."

" Stop complaining! At least you don't have to run around like headless chickens!"

" Iguro!"

" Sorry, Mitsuri!"

It looked aggressive more than anything. Even mad! It looked like it wanted to tear them all to shreds.

Well, it did want to. As Mrs. Kanroji ran out of the gates, you noticed a familiar blonde haired male by the gates.

Mrs. Kanroji put you down and asked you questions. You answered them, while staring at the male that had pushed you in paddock 2.

Memories of the event took place in your mind but you had enough consciousness to focus on what Mrs. Kanroji was saying.

Looks like that training with dad came in real handy for you. He had taught you how to do this ever since you were eight.

" That was close! He is never thos playful."

" PLAYFUL?!"

You shrieked out in absolute fear and horror. You hadn't meant to, but it was instinctual. Mr. Iguro seemed surprised.

" Yeah... he gets playful. However, this is the first time I saw him in eight years."

" EIGHT?!"

" Can you PLEASE stop shrieking in our ears?"

" Iguro!"

" Sorry, Mitsuri."

Yup. He had a crush on her. The way he averted eye contact, how he pulled the bandages over his mouth more, the blush.

It was all there. The signs were all there. Especially the alarms that told you to get away from that blonde haired male.

You didn't want to have horrible memories or flashbacks. Not from the previous day. You couldn't handle another even on the second day.

No. That was too much for your brain and you yourself to process and handle. Nope! Nu-uh! You were good right where you were!

Outside the cage.

Much better than watching, while being carried by Mrs. Kanroji, how a carnivore chased you three- TWO! Two people.

" I don't even want to know how it is playful."

" Oh! He chews on his toys!"

How wonderful! You were delighted to hear such wonderful information and news! Note the sarcasm. She even smiled!

What was wrong with these people?! Where did they get the juice from?! You needed answers to become fearless as well.

" Oh! I forgot to say that we actually have seven Allosauruses."

SEVEN?! THAT WASN'T ALL OF THEM?! Oh boy... you were not ready for the other two Allosauruses.

You hated yourself so much and began dying on the inside again. How lovely to go on ANOTHER adventure to become dino food!

"How fun! "

You were sarcastic on the sentence you had thought of. You prayed to the three sisters to spare your miserable life for once.

Just for a few minutes. Hopefully they were feeling bad for you and decided to give you a break.

Hopefully.

Wow. Maybe it'll actually work this time. Who knows?! Only the future predicted your fate. Not you. Only Fate, Karma and Destiny.

You were going to get PTSD from all these encounters with the carnivores soon. You just knew it.

And so, the new journey for your task began!

Previous <-•-> Next

[boxwinebaddie]

Hi Nina! I know we can't know too much about the side characters, but are there any crumbs you can tell us about?

oooh!!! honestly i love all the rm side characters -- and by that i mean like...75% of the characters in south park because for some reason i decided to put like all of them in rm, which is such a nightmare smh.

but hmmmmm....okay. so there's a kyle-centric side plot i really like in rm that shows up pretty soon ( that's why i'm not that worried about talking about it ) that is basically sort of kyle's legally blonde / righteously readhead moment where kyle's crimina laur professor AKA mr. motherfucking mackey, Babey! puts out this batshit insane, hard ass, ball-busting, literally Impossible To Pass midterm from hell, mmkay? and the 4 students that score the highest on the exam get to work with him on a pro-bono real life case out there in the world.

& the students that score the highest, better known as Jersey's Lawyer Core Four, ( yes, theyre a ragtag group of misfits, no they do not work well together/like each other v much at first ) are as follows:

kyle broflovski, heidi turner, tolkien black...

...and clyde donovan LKSHDSSKDHSD

( more on the sillies below...theyre jst Concepts atm but here! <3 )

now, back to clyde who....Sigh....

...everyone assumes got chosen because clyde's father essentially runs the university and his mother was a Crazy Talented Lawyer Lady who became the world's youngest supreme court justice before she passed -- i want to say clyde either indirectly caused/was present when she died and his father never forgave him/resented him for it...

but uhhhhh actually he just filled in the scantron in the shape of a Dinosaur and scored ONE POINT HIGHER THAN KYLE....do u know how MAD kyle was??? ohhhmg he was like yOU MUSTVE CHEATED YOU DONT DESERVE TO BE HERE U FUCKEN HALFWIT kyle is about to strangle clyde during the entire fanfiction smh i love the lawyer side plot so much hes like constantly running from kyle oof

but yeah thats clyde...he is the Big Man on Campus. hes kind of frat boy obnoxious like id call him a himbo but hes a chad tbh...HES GOT A GOOD HEART THO!!! he Means Well hes just suuuch a fkn disaster.

also i talk about him in a different ask ( someone asked me abt lesbian bebe! <3 ) but clyde has been in 'love' with bebe like his whole life and the running gag is he keeps trying to ask her out and has struck out Every Single Time its so funny help i luv him hes so LAME like clyde pls stop flexing she doesnt Want u!! shdjksd HE CRIES A LOT...clyde & ravenstan collab when oh my god...which tbh i do not think clyde likes cd but he respects their ability to pick up girls smh...

( also note: clydes a bicon but he does Not kno that yet...pray 4 him )

AND i actually think hes a REALLY GOOD lawyer!!! he has his moms passion and innate ability! but hes a disorganized mess and no one thinks that the can do it so he psyches himself out a lot...but hes gonna Shock Us All! HES A SLOW BURN OKAY!!! I BELIEVE IN YOU CLYDESDALE ) hes also craigs super best friend...no1 gets it. theyre brothers/soul bonded. like they are a truly iconique duo, tbh.

so uhhhh heidi works at grounded with kyle!!! i dont have her fleshed out but obvi she is our environmental law erin brockovich crunchy granola queen. her hair goes down to her ass...always smoking that grass...she is pagan, very good friends with tweek ( witchy legends ), she wears a lot of big funky statement jewelry, v sweet, v shy, but is at every single campus protest, lesbian but uh...cant talk to girls...

particularly one girl...with cool dyed red hair and a really cool sternum tattoo...who bartends at the lesbian bar and sometimes plays really kick ass indie rock music/is currently tryin to make it big like crimson dawn...possibly half peruvian and cousins w/craig. anyways! heidi is very lovely and kyle actually likes her very much because she lowkey reminds him of stan and marjorine combined into one person so he is very scary older brother overprotective of her bc shes his baby gay law student little sister and a strong breeze will blow her over....smh.

and finally, tolkien black is in a similar boat as kyle where there was a lot of pressure for him to fall into a certain profession but i think that tolkiens dad in the rm verse was like a very famous director and his mom was also involved in acting/film industry ( i think he may actually know raven/co. bc his dad helped direct their music vids ). tldr; tolkiens family is v affluent, indulgent and Rich Rich. like richer than fkn god like i think he was delivered on a yacht tbh. That RICH.

and tolkien was supposed to just fall into that role of acting...but has no interest in following in his parents footsteps/using them to make a name for himself or pretending to be someone hes not for that matter ( and just to pay homage to the show, i might have it so he changed his name from token to tolkien bc token was vapid ) and wanted to become a lawyer bc hes passionate abt pro-bono cases, specifically public defending/helping people who don't have help.

he has a very generous and gorgeous soul, the inside matches the outside tbh...him and kyle dress the best ( heidi is very light, airy, flowy shirts & long skirts, clyde is sloppy frat boy outfits/backwards hat/reps his fraternity [ hes president ], tolkien is kind of chill, casual, understated ( he also has dreads hes so fine ) not flashy but sort of effortlessly put together and kyle is giving crazy dead 1920s evil dark academia tired classics professor realness...hes so hot pls i luv him DREAM TEAM...NIGHTMARE FROM HELL TEAM IF U WILL!!! )

clyde and tolkien also clash and argue a lot in rm/hate each other p much. which uh, in my fanfiction, is v interesting...thats all imma say.

but yeah!!!!! jersey justice lgbt lawyer law student odd squad rise!!!!!

-uncle nina, who can quote legally blonde from memory

p.s. im gonna say clyde and kyle are sp native and heidi and tolkien are not from sp...to keep things interesting...anyways! i hope you enjoyed my weird info dump. these are...my kids...my babies, omg.

[27emailsicantsend]

bday anon back with more shenanigans headcanons bc sof’s ferris wheel post and delete gave me buzz!! 🧁

ok so i could totally imagine that the whole gang are released for thanksgiving break and this time miss jenn decides not to give them an assignment like last year but instead encourages them to get out and have some fun (because best believe she will be working them hard when they return from break lol) and there’s this local Autumn Fest so the gang decide to meet up on its opening night to hang. and like imagine they’re still kinda secret dating so they end up wearing coordinating outfits but play it off to the gang as a wacky coincidence. by this point they seem super sus but everyone keeps quiet when they act up, instead sharing comical looks (ahem WDYKAL callback) and there’s montages of them all playing fair games together like cornucopia hole (hehe see what I did there) and that stupid strength game trying to get the turkey to hit the top bell and whack a pilgrim 😭 . and imagine there’s a bobbing for apples game in which the gang loudly cheers on our favorite himbo Ricky and he frickin wins and he’s excited so we get a callback to the 306 celebratory hug ahhh!!! and ofc Ricky and Gina hug a little too long for “friends” and another hilarious 👀 ensues. the evening continues with them all doing various rounds of photobooth photos and Gina sneakily presses her cheek to Ricky’s for the last group pic and does a peace sign while he cheeses because they could play it off as this silly goofy pose. and we get to see the gang walking together (the girls ahead of the boys) laughing and enjoying fall themed fair food which includes Seb holding up a humongous turkey leg that Ricky hilariously jokes about being dinosaur meat and bless his heart seb would believe him 🥺 and Carlos is like ‘oh honey no its not actu—nevermind eat up’ /fond sigh/) and they all laugh and they’re all munching on different stuff like kettle corn and candy apples and Gina is like ‘I’m gonna get a cotton candy, anyone want anything?’ like the generous queen she is and Ricky offers to come with and they share this look and head off while the gang hangs off to the side by some fame booths having fun and while no one is paying attention, they lock pinkies as they head up to the candy counter. ‘1 cotton candy pls’ Ricky will say and pay for it because he’s a gentleman and loves how Gina’s face lights up when the carney hands it to her. And she holds the fluffy orange confection next to Ricky’s face and laughs ‘it looks like your hair’ and rips a piece off and Ricky makes sure the gang is still preoccupied before stealing a soft kiss from her, making them both blush and is like ‘We should prob head back now huh?’ and they have to act they weren’t just being the cutest couple for 5 mins. more fun group stuff happens like bumper cars and the water-balloon shooter thing’ which Kourt is surprisingly amazing at and collects like four giant plushies and Gina wins her own little bear, thinking to herself that now Franklin has a little girlfriend too 😭. The night sky settles in and the wind picks up so they agree to call it a night and give each other hugs and wishes to have a nice Thanksgiving and ‘text me! see you next Monday!’ all around. Ricky and Gina and Seb and Carlos hang back and they wait until the rest of the group is out of earshot and off to their separate ways before Carlos is like ‘okay you two, spill it. You’re totally dating aren’t you? My straight-dar is never wrong. Besides you know what” as a S3 callback to them mistakenly thinking Jet and Maddox liked each other lmaoo. And so Ricky and Gina sheepishly nod and then Seblos start squealing in joy for their friends like ‘oh Thank God! I had a reputation to uphold whew!’ And so Gina tells Seb a rundown off what happened over the summer while Carlos pulls his bestie Ricky to the side and is like ‘Bro I’m really happy for you two. I knew you would end up together eventually’ and it’s just really sweet to imagine all the support they would get from their friends :) . They all agree to have one final ride and then head home and ofc their eyes light up at the sight over the towering Ferris wheel(1/?)

BDAY ANON YOURE SO?????

THIS WAS SICK????? WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS ?????????????

Literally WHO, and I mean WHO gave you permission to write this. It is 10 at night. I am going to have to go to bed and all I keep thinking about is stolen kisses with shared cotton candy, bobbing for apples, and a Ferris wheel where gina is talking about a beautiful night and he’s just staring at her saying “yeah it is” with the biggest heart eyes… EVERRRRR???

And of COURSE seblos would be the first to know. And omg can you imagine if CARLOS helped RICKY write a song since ricky did that for him and seb?? 😭 naurrr it’s chew much for me mate. Chew much!!!!

And then the scene of them going home in the car together to parallel 1x5?? And thanksgiving together?? Omg what if ricky wore the hat to the park 😭😭 no I’m ill I hate it here

Literally this was 10 out 10 for headcanons and I loved every second of reading it. I totally get coming up with stuff out of nowhere because I found one picture of Sofia and I am pretty sure I wrote an entire rina fic off of it to so I. Get. It.

Yeah if tim wants to hire us that would be great??? Much appreciated ❤️ this was so beautiful and it makes me want rina secret dating 10x more now 🥺

[noxiatoxia]

i love love love the idea that because hikaru and kaoru grew up so close, they kinda invented their own little specific rituals to show affection. if that makes sense

like hikaru telling kaoru stories, he'd never really do that with anyone else, just his brother because he's the only person who really enjoyed them + kaoru finds his voice comforting,, also its not like anyone else actually paid attention to his stories (pain)

and i cant think of one for kaoru but he def has something like that too. something that always comforts hikaru that he wouldn't do for anyone else. maybe making him something

wait what if kaoru knits,, makes hikaru little knitted stuffed animals,, idk where i got this idea but i think its so cute. hed be so embarrassed about it because its a grandma hobby, and hikaru teases him for it but keeps every single thing kaoru makes him. im imagining these little stuffed animals as being mini, like they could fit in your hand, but when they start sleeping separately for whatever reason, kaoru makes him a bigger one, one that hikaru can hold at night. what if its a dinosaur !!! omg

AHHH ANON THIS!!! THIS IS SO CUTE

I can see Hikaru having stage fright when it comes to his stories. Not because he's a shy person or anything, but because, as a kid, the few times he DID try to tell his stories and act them out to other people (at the behest of Kaoru who suggested it, bc he loved them so much! "Other people will love it too!" he said) they'd be clearly disinterested. He always did it for the maids bc no one else was around, and while maybe they found it cute for 3 minutes, it was really obvious to Hikaru they didn't really care despite the fact they gave vapid smiles and just put up with it bc. You know. Theyre their maids. They kind of have to be nice to them. But Hikaru can tell they don't REALLY care and it makes him feel stupid and embarrassed.

So now, he has this very specific form of stage fright. When it comes to him acting out a one-man show, telling his own story he came up with, he gets super anxious. He feels embrassed and unnaturally shy bc he thinks that nobody is going to care and that is the WORST feeling. Outright being made fun of is bad but people pretending to care is worse. So he only does it with Kaoru, bc 1. he only BEGAN doing this as a form to cheer Kaoru up and entertain him, and 2. Kaoru genuinely enjoys it. He laughs and smiles and it makes Hikaru really happy.

But imagine: Hikaru DOES really enjoy these improve, basically Rakugo stories he does. He doesn't do them much anymore, usually reserved for when Kaoru asks him to typically because he's sad and wants smth to cheer him up or he's sick and Hikaru wants to make him feel better. But Kaoru does know how much they mean to Hikaru, too, even if he's come to be kind of embrassed about it.

One day, Kaoru convinces Hikaru to try and tell the club a story. "The last dinosaur", perhaps? It's both their favorite. Hikaru is adamantly against it at first, because there is NO WAY he's embarrassing himself in front of his friends like that. But Kaoru promises him that he KNOWS that everyone would really love it, because KAORU loves it. While Hikaru is perfectly content and maybe even prefers only preforming for his brother, Kaoru thinks, just this once, it would be nice to share a part of them that no one has ever really seen before. As a sign of friendship.

I think it was only on one special occasion; maybe Mori and Hani's graduation? The day after they saved Tamaki from Eclair? One of those times, Hikaru announces to his friends he has a present of sort for them ("no, it's not cake, Hani-senpai"). Hikaru is visibly very, very nervous but Kaoru is smiling so brightly at him, and Hikaru makes a split second desicion—

"Kaoru, can you come here?"

Kaoru is slightly confused, but joins his brother. He whispers what Hikaru called him up for, and Hikaru tells him he's going to be a part of the play. Hikaru is still going to do all the narration and speaking lines, but Kaoru is going to help act out some of the movements of the characters with him, since most of his stories involve multiple people.

Kaoru asks if that's okay— he's not nearly as good as a storyteller as Hikaru. And Hikaru says, don't worry, you're doing the physical parts. I'll do all the talking.

And the reason he wants Kaoru there, is not only because it makes him feel more confident, but he tells Kaoru, it's because these stories, while maybe Hikaru's creations, were only brought about for Kaoru. Down to his first story, he only started doing this to make Kaoru smile. Kaoru is just as important in the creation of these as Hikaru is, and it would feel wrong to share it with his close friends without acknowledging that.

(Tbh, I think that makes Kaoru kind of emotional to hear)

And so, feeling a bit more confident, the host club sits down on a couch or smth and watch as Hikaru animatedly tells their favorite story, with Kaoru helping out in some of the acting.

And the host club LOVE it.

Especially Tamaki and Hani. Hani is giggling, Tamaki is visibly on the edge of his seat, somehow very invested in this story about the last dinosaur on earth who joins the circus. Haruhi is smiling, chuckling a bit too. If anything, she finds it really cute. Mori and Kyoya are a bit harder to read, but it's clear they're paying attention.

When the story ends, they give applause, and Hani is already begging Hikaru to tell another story.

It's really heartwarming to Hikaru. He's just genuinely happy, and he's glad Kaoru not only convinced him to do this, but joined him in it.

Oh, and to your second idea... I can totally see that! Kaoru has a kind of patience Hikaru doesn't. And knitting/sewing....takes patience. A lot of it. Periodically, Kaoru will make something for Hikaru. And Hikaru, while teasing Kaoru for making cute, tiny crochet pink bunnies and puppies, cherishes them. They mean more than any present, not just because they're from Kaoru, but they're handmade. Something that no amount of money can buy.

When they get older and have to travel more often for the Business, not always being together as much as they would like, Kaoru sews him a plush dinosaur. It's big enough to hug to his chest, but small enough that Hikaru can hide it in a bag and carry it with him on those long trips in other countries. So no matter where he is or what he's doing, he knows he has something of Kaoru with him.

I think the only time the host club knew Kaoru had a talent for sewing was when he fixed Usachan for Hani. Usachan got a rip and Hani began bawling. Kyoya was the first to offer to fix it ("I have basic sewing knowledge. I can patch it up.") But then Kaoru stepped in ("No, the tear is at the seam where the leg connects to the body. If you do it wrong, it'll be asymetical. Let me handle it.") Kyoya and Hani are both confused by Kaoru's insistence, but Kaoru SEEMS to know what he's talking about, so... Hani reluctantly lets Kaoru do it.

And he perfectly fixes up Usachan.

[coutelier]

Irongate - Prelude to Battle

~1500 Word excerpt of WIP~

Sun rays tickled Tenley’s nose. She couldn’t believe what a mess she’d allowed her room to become, Dinosaurs scattered everywhere like a meteorite had hit. “Timothy,” she cooed apologetically to a T-Rex with a pencil shoved in it. She hadn’t been around to help keep him on his feet. Lopsided on the bed lay a one-eyed doll with stringy red hair. “Isea, I-I,” Tenley sat with her, Isea’s head flopping back to stare hard up at her. She had never been ‘just a doll’. She was her first and best friend. Tenley realized there no way to fix all this. At least no way of putting it all back exactly like it was, but, “I won’t forget you again.”

There were muffled voices downstairs. None of the idiots had left, which unfortunately meant she was going to leave her old friends again to see what they were up to. For now - if it were at all possible she’d be back.

She first came across the woman wearing the pink dress and ripped tights - Sayuri - pacing about the hall now back in her leather jacket and with her phone pressed to her ear. “I know I didn’t come home,” she was saying, a couple of balls grinding in her other hand. “Just, a lot of stuff happened - I’ll tell you about it later… No! I’m not in trouble. Not with the police right now, anyway… look, just make sure dad doesn’t buy any more VHS tapes - I swear if I have to sit through another white person’s vacation I will stab somebody. I love you. Bye.” She grumbled as she ended the call, then her heart jumped when she noticed the girl with her arms folded in the hall, tilting her head at her. “Oh, er… hi. We… we’re cool now, right?”

She seemed soft. Tenley didn’t really think that was a bad thing, but she knew that in a fight bravery alone wasn’t really a match for meanness. “You can still go home,” she said.

“That would be the smart thing to do, wouldn’t it? But everyone else has decided to stay, so,” she sighed, “wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if I was the only one who ran. If I left Kaya without tell-” she paused, biting her lip. “But, hey, we have you on our side. And Jennifer is, well, blonde, but I think she’s smart. She’ll figure something out. There’s definitely a chance we’ll make it, right?”

The one with the red pony tails dressed in dark denim walked out of the living room toward the front door, asking as she passed, “what does your horoscope say?”

“’After a rest, you’ll awake feeling refreshed and powerful’,” Sayuri told Kaya, but none of them had gotten much sleep. “Fat chance of that I suppose.”

Seeing that they wouldn’t budge, Tenley told her, “when the fighting starts just lock yourself in the basement. I’ll get you out after I’m done killing them all so much they hope there’s a hell to escape to.”

“I can’t-” Sayuri bit her lip, remembering that from Tenley wasn’t an idle threat. “Sorry. Just still weird that an eleven-year-old girl is such a powerful weapon.”

Bridling, Tenley informed her, “I’ll be twelve in five weeks.”

“Oh. Well, that’ll make you a Libra. Same as me.”

Tenley wasn’t interested in star signs and astrology so proceeded to the front door, where Kaya was now waiting outside swinging a baseball bat at the air. She could tell the bat had been modified; there were iron braces around it and it was buzzing with energy.

“Listen, kid,” she said when she saw the girl, “I’m kind of the last person who should be giving any life advice, but it’s okay to be angry. It’s okay to think life is just unfair, because it is. The trick is being angry at the right people, at the right time. I’ve made a mess of so many things because I took it out on the wrong ones.”  She sighed, “you know Jennifer - she’s really determined to help you. Been at her van for hours tinkering away. It’s impressive really; she’s never been very athletic, but when she sets her mind on something she won’t stop for anything. You should go over and say hello.”

Tenley supposed that was a hint. She followed the banging to the van, its side door open and Jennifer crouched inside amid bundles of electronics the near twelve-year-old obviously couldn’t identify. She beamed as the girl’s shadow over her, removing a screwdriver from her mouth. “Good morning!”

Tenley tilted her head and reminded her, “you’re probably going to die.”

“Well, yes, but in case I don’t I thought I might practice using phatic expressions.”

“What are those?”

“Oh, those little things people say that don’t really mean anything. Like ‘good morning’ and ‘how are you’. It’s not really a statement or a question - they’re just trying to be a friendly.” Tenley scrunched her face in confusion while Jennifer sighed, untangling herself. “Don’t worry,” she said as she slid out of the van, “Gandalf lived three thousand years and never figured it out. For now,” she held up a black sphere with a lens on it, like the eye of a large animal, “just look at this.”

She tapped the back of the and it was like a portal to the past opened. Clacking and squawking and hopping about inside the van there appeared a Velociraptor, shaking its dark feathers like a very mean turkey. Tentatively, Tenley reached out to see if she could ruffle them, but to her disappointed her hand passed straight through.

“Holographic projector,” Jenn explained, “Meridiem use them for Pythia, their AI, but they’re still rare in other places.”

“Also very expensive,” one of the detectives, Chance, was still hanging around as well. “I believe a truckload were stolen recently on their way to some theme park. I’m curious how you came by yours, Miss Jennifer Willow Airhart.”

The moment Chance started speaking Jenn had immediately averted her gaze, drawing circles in the ground with her toes as she mumbled, “I-I, uh…” she might as well have had guilty stamped on her forehead.

“Under the circumstances,” Chance mercifully said, “I’ll let you go with a warning.”

He started walking away toward the forest, Tenley amusedly raising an eyebrow. “That’s your middle name? Willow?”

“I,” Jennifer sighed, “I never use it. My father used to tell me it was cool because Taoist Witches use willow carvings to talk to the dead. But I don’t know how much of what my father told me was true anymore.”

Tenley recognized the sadness in Jennifer when she spoke about her father. “Well,” she said, “at least he tried to make you feel better, even if it was a lie.”

“Right,” Jennifer forced a smile, “Oh! The crystals for the dampening field.” Tenley had given up her bracelet a couple of hours ago, having been told it wouldn’t be of much use if Stag’s people suspected what she was, which by now they likely did. “It’s likely they’ll have weapons that are shielded, like my van, but I think I can focus and amplify the pulse.” From the van she pulled out a box with a bunch of wound wires and what looked like small satellite dishes inside, and a tablet showing a map of the grounds. “If we can get a couple of these on the roof, and maybe a few in those trees over there.”

“I’ll do it,” Tenley sighed, “you’ll only hurt yourselves trying to climb to those places. It’ll take me just a minute.”

She took the box and a bag and took off. Kaya approached the van then, chewing a long piece of grass. “I’m surprised,” she said to Jennifer.

“About what?”

“You. Turns out you’re actually pretty good with kids. I think you’d have loved being a teacher.”

Jennifer shook her head while removing the back of one of the holo-orbs, “that’s the first child I’ve spoke to since I was one. I guess I don’t feel like there are as many arcane rules with her as with most adults - she’s actually pretty straightforward when you get to know her - but I’m not applying to be a nanny any time soon.”

“Yeah,” Kaya pursed, “you might have to be more than that.”

With her screwdriver twisting inside the device, Jenn’s shoulders sagged. “Is that why you made me talk to her?”

“It’s just - maybe you were right. We grew up and we became very different people. But you still need a friend up in that lighthouse of yours, and she’ll need a place to stay and someone to teach her, so…”

Jennifer frowned; she had gotten used to being alone. She was a creature of routines and much as she wanted to help wasn’t sure she could handle such a big change in the long run, although she was also aware there may not be any better option. “We’ll talk about it when this is over. If we survive.”

A minute later there was a metallic thud on the van roof. Tenley, after zipping between the house roof and branches stood up, tilting her head like a bird trying to focus on a sound. The other’s hadn’t heard it yet. “Two vehicles,” she said, “both heavy. They’re coming.”

[sarah-dipitous]

Hellsite Nostalgia Tour 2023 Day 131

Frontierland/Flesh and Stone

“Frontierland”

Plot Description: Sam and Dean are sent back in time to the Wild West so they can meet Samuel Colt and asking for his help in defeating Eve

Would I Survive the First Five Minutes??: I don’t think I’d find myself in 1860s Wyoming…much less in a shootout there

I literally cannot with this show sometimes. WE UNSANK AND RESANK THE TITANIC YESTERDAY. CAN WE LEAVE THE TIME TRAVEL TO THE LAST OF THE TIME LORDS PLEASE. Like…remember when, aside from the existence of monsters, this show had any roots in reality? It’s still fun as…well, hell is demonstrably NOT fun. But it is solidifying itself as the “put that guy in situations” show

Y’all are both some NERDS (affectionate). Geeking out about having access to Samuel Colt’s journal. Also the fact that Dean knows as much as he does about Star Trek????? Hello??

Is she (the angel Cas sent) wrong though?? Do they not only call Cas when they need something??? While he’s fighting a war in heaven??? I get they can’t exactly reciprocate helping him out but damn

Dean 🤝 Sokka: older brothers who enjoy three things: meat, sarcasm, and shopping. Dean just went on a whole spree for their 24 hour trip to 1860s Wyoming

Oh…this isn’t going at all how you planned. You were so excited to be in the old west, and then you get immediately made fun of

You could have been anyone. You could have been just yourself, but you had to go and be Clint Eastwood, didn’t you? And then made Sam Walker Texas Ranger, which is…wild to hear in 2023 from whenever this episode aired

Can’t tell if the guy the town hanged was the phoenix because he told the people physically close to him they’d all burn for this or if that was a blatant red herring

I was right. It was just foreshadowing. At the same time, the commitment this show has to making monsters look like just some guy…

Sam, Dean’s having a hard time with not fitting in here, let him have his “posse magnet” and “I love posse” jokes just got now

Aw not Rachel. I liked her…oh god, Cas. Noooo.

Dean’s the sheriff now??

Somehow, Sam was the right person to send to go get Samuel Colt, but in the weirdest way possible. Like, told him he was from 2011 and then handed over his iPhone or whatever as proof

Good thing Castiel came to with an hour left in the boys’ excursion

Excuse me?? What have you two been doing for almost a full hour?? There’s two minutes left, your conversation about how the only way to heal Castiel enough so he can go retrieve the boys was to touch Bobby’s soul only took a couple minutes.

There really are too many people ACTUALLY burning to death in the shows I watch. It’s not fair to me personally.

Love it when they do something for a whole episode and it’s seemingly for absolutely nothing

Ah yes. The classic surprise delivery from the past trope. The “this has been sitting around the post office for so long we thought it was a joke. It’s real??”

“Been On My Mind…”: No. 3?

"Flesh and Stone"

Plot Description: The Doctor and his friends are forced to escape through the forest vault after they are surrounded by the Weeping Angels.

The Doctor keeps telling them to not take their eyes of the Angels, and what do they keep on doing?? NOT LOOKING AT THE ANGELS

(I really need to stop waiting so long to watch this...because...it's just not good for my ability to pay attention, not that there's a lot to comment on yet. They're just running from the Angels)

...I don't remember why Amy keeps counting down...

Oh, Amy, if you think a forest on a spaceship is cool, wait til you see DINOSAURS on a spaceship

Fuck...the Angels are making Amy do the count down because its FUN for them. Goddamn.

I'd be acting so much more scared than Amy is in her position. She has to rely on everyone else to not blink while she's not allowed to open her eyes. She's been left by the Doctor again, and not even River can stay with her.

It's a beautiful shot, but it's also so sad...Amy, completely abandoned in the forest, not able to open her eyes, and the Angels trying to close in. Every time she tries to get someone to stay, they leave.

How did Eleven get the reputation of being the silly goofy Doctor?? The way he has scarily yelled in just about every episode so far…

The angels were scarier when we never saw them move.

Well that’s taken care of the angels and the wall crack……..for now

I do love the pandorica stuff…those are some really good episodes

“If you like” is probably the best response to “can I trust you?” I just really love River

I just…really don’t love that last scene between Amy and the Doctor 😐

[remuswriting]

hello! are matchups still open? if so, i'd like to request one (if not, feel free to ignore!). i would prefer a romantic matchup pls!

i'm a female/woman-aligned but i go by any pronouns (she/they prefered). i'm bisexual without preference. i am 18, an esfj. i'm quite outgoing, open minded, caring. i enjoy being with people, especially friends, and going out places and doing as much as i can during the day. i enjoy listening to music, i almost always have my earbuds in. i love history and art and learning in general. i also love going outside to hike, swim, etc. in the summer. i enjoy cooking/baking as well! my love language(s) is/are quality time and physical touch.

as for my type, i would like them to be taller than me (169 cm/~5'7") if they are male. for women it doesnt matter. i don't have a lot for a prefered physical appearance. personality wise, i like more outgoing people (although its not a requirement) and people who would enjoy going out and doing things with me. someone respectful and open minded, who loves to learn and has strong intrests they can talk about. i am open to everyone from the show!

thank you so much! <3

I believe you and Tsukishima would be a good match!

HOW YOU MET

(Disclaimer: I wrote that you have a sibling you gave you a college major for this to work. Sorry.)

Your 10-year-old brother decided he wanted his birthday to be at the Sendai City Museum, which would be weird to most people if they didn’t know him.  Your parents were a little strict with television, so he had been forcing you to watch The History Channel with him since he was five because of that.  So, this was a pretty good party for him to have. 

While it would be his first time at the museum, you had been there before on field trips.  It had been years since you’d gone, so it would be like a reintroduction to the museum.  Even if it wasn’t, you were just excited for your brother.

Your brother had begged to get a tour guide because he thought it would make it feel like they were extremely important.  You didn’t see it like that, but you weren’t going to spoil his fun, so you helped get one by calling and arranging something.  To say your brother was excited would be an understatement, seeing that he was vibrating and talking so fast it was hard to keep up with him.

“Don’t talk when the tour guide is talking,” you said, and he looked at you. “When you have a question, raise your hand.”

“What if I want to say something?” your brother asked, and you softly smiled at him.

“You can raise your hand but try to only ask questions, okay?”

He nodded with a huge grin. “Okay!”

In your group were 12 kids (including your brother) and eight adults (including yourself), which you weren’t sure if it was a big or small group, probably on the bigger side.  No one besides your brother looked excited, which you hoped wouldn’t be an issue.  You wanted him to have a good time.

“Hello,” your mom said to the woman at the front desk.

The woman looked up at her. “Hello, how can I help you today?”

“We called a couple of weeks ago and reserved a tour guide for today,” your mom said.

“What’s the name?”

“L/N,” your mom said, and the woman nodded.

“Ah, yes,” the woman said, and she pointed over to the wall opposite from the giftshop. “If you could have your party wait over there while you pay, I’ll have the guide join you then.”

You went over to everyone and told them what was going on.  It was easy enough to get them to listen, which helped soothe your nerves a little.  You knew you were starting to overthink, so you read what exhibits they had now.  They had dinosaurs, which would most likely make your brother lose his fucking mind because he was obsessed with them.

Your mom joined you soon after everyone made their place by the wall.  She looked like she was getting impatient, and you wanted to reassure her, but someone came over to you guys before you could say anything.  He was tall, really tall actually, and had short blonde hair that looked a little messy, almost as if he hadn’t brushed his hair yet.  His black polo was tucked into khaki slacks, and he looked good.  Probably a little good for someone wearing a polo and khakis.

“Hello, I’m Tsukishima Kei.  I’ll be your guide today,” he said, and the name was familiar.  You just couldn’t tell why it was familiar. “If you follow me, we’ll start the tour.”

As the tour went on, you couldn’t help but appreciate his knowledge and patience.  Your brother had asked a million questions, and, yet, Tsukishima didn’t look bothered.  He actually looked a little appreciative.  Maybe people didn’t always ask questions, so hopefully, your brother was nice to have in a group.

“Are raptors really the worst dinosaur?” your brother asked, this time without raising his hand.  Your parents looked ready to scold him, but Tsukishima smiled.

“Jurassic Park likes to tell us that raptors are the worst, but actually, the Tyrannosaurus rex is the worst,” Tsukishima said, and he pointed to the Fukuiraptor fossil reconstruction. “Many believe raptors, which are actually called Dromaeosauridae, were the fastest, but T. Rexes were built to be the worst dinosaur.  They were on top of the food chain for a reason.  Although, there have been recent studies where they believe that there were three species of Tyrannosaurus, but nothing has been confirmed.”

Your brother’s eyes lit up, and you knew he was going to ask to look this up when you got home. “What do you think, Tsukishima-san?”

“It’s possible, since we have so many kinds of other dinosaur species.  Take the Dromaeosauridae, for example.” He looked at the raptor. “There are so many subfamilies and species within them that it would take a while to list all of them off.” He stopped as he looked back at your brother. “But there’s a lot we still don’t know about back then.  I’ll wait and see what they find before I decide.”

Your brother nodded as a smile spread across his face. “Me too!”

The tour continued, and the way Tsukishima spoke reminded you of someone.  You couldn’t figure out why you couldn’t place it.  It was getting annoying if you were being honest.  A couple of your brother’s friends started getting excited the longer the tour went on.  Almost all of them were asking questions, which Tsukishima chuckled while answering some of them.  He seemed to really enjoy giving the tour.

You were near the entrance, and the tour was over.  Your mom had gotten Tsukishima to take a photo of you, her, your dad, and your brother.  Your brother’s friends had been given the okay to go check out anything they wanted to spend more time at, which left you with just your family and Tsukishima.

“How did you learn all the stuff about dinosaurs?” your brother asked Tsukishima, who had a faint smile.

“I went to university and studied really hard,” Tsukishima said, and, for some reason, that was when it all clicked.

University.

You had a class with Tsukishima last semester, but neither of you had ever spoken to each other.  He didn’t seem to recognize you, which made sense, seeing that it took you over an hour to really recognize him.

“My sister is going to university to learn about history,” your brother said, and he wasn’t completely off.  Art history was history, but wasn’t the kind of history your brother found interesting.

“Yes, we shared a class,” Tsukishima said, and you stopped breathing.  Okay, he had recognized you and just hadn’t said anything.  Maybe you could still play it off like you had done the same. “I think it was art history, correct?”

You nodded, even though you weren’t sure what class it was.  It wasn’t like you had ever spoken to him.  It would make sense for it to be art history, though, since the most interaction you had heard him telling his blonde friend that doing graphic design must be boring if art history was required.  She always made the comment that he was an anthropology major, which was way more boring.

“Yes.  I haven’t introduced myself,” you said with a nervous laugh. “L/N Y/N.”

Tsukishima nodded. “Well, you already know my name.” He looked down at his watch. “I have another group in 15 minutes, so if you could excuse me.” He looked at your brother. “It’s been nice talking to you and happy birthday.”

“Thank you!” your brother said, but a frown made its way to his face once Tsukishima turned to walk away. “Will I get to see you again, Tsukishima-san?”

Tsukishima looked at your brother again. “Yes, but you’ll have to come back to the museum.”

Your brother smiled again, and he looked at you. “We can come back, right?”

Of course, you’d be the one assigned to do this.  It didn’t bother you since the museum was nice, and they were supposed to be changing the traveling exhibit soon.  You looked from your brother to Tsukishima, who was staring at you, and then back at your brother. “Sure, why not?”

HEADCANONS

Tsukishima loves listening to you talk about your interests.  He actively listens whenever you talk about your interests and has even written things down to remember (will never admit to it, though).

He likes to do different types of dates.  Most would think he wants to do simple dates like dinner and a movie, which isn’t entirely wrong, but he wants to make date night feel special.  Has definitely taken you out dancing but made you promise to not share the photos and videos with anyone.

Whenever you bake or cook, Tsukishima sits in the kitchen with you.  He’ll help if you let him, but if you don’t, then he’ll sit there and either talk or just enjoy your company.

Tsukishima likes holding your hand.  It helps him whenever he starts to get overwhelmed because he knows you’ll always bring him back to the moment.

For your six-month anniversary, he made you a playlist on Spotify but also burned it onto a CD for you.  He says it’s a playlist that represents your relationship and how he feels about you.

He gets fake annoyed when you hang out with Yachi and Yamaguchi without him.  He actually loves that you’re friends with his friends because he doesn’t want you to ever feel excluded.

RUNNERUP: Yachi!

I hope you like this and sorry for the wait!