#for future reference I hate Jeff

[there-are-many-ways-to-smile]

Im rewatching Yellowjackets season 1 because it’s truly so so good, and Shauna just horrible like when Jackie makes them stand in the line and start saying nice things they think about each other, and then Jackie asked Shauna if they’re cool and then Shauna is just like well you haven’t said anything nice about me yet.

And then the next moment, things aren’t going her way because she’s not standing up for herself.

She goes and fucks Jeff.

I wish Jackie was able to experience what it’s like to truly have a friend. Shauna was never gonna be it. I know I made a post previously on how they could have been friends again but how do you honestly trust a person like Shauna again? You can’t.

[radiobyler]

about me!! 𐙚⊹₊⋆☆

(੭> з < )੭ doing an intro post finally

oh also i am not proofreading this so it may be a mess

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୨୧ basic stuff — get to know me

my name is delaney (obviously)

she/her

16 years old — don’t be weird!!!

lesbian :3

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୨୧ fandoms and interests

byler!! that’s mainly what i talk about lol

stranger things in general

percy jackson

other randoms :: fear street, brooklyn 99, hadestown, hamilton, i am not okay with this, but i’m a cheerleader, harry potter, legendborn, perks of being a wallflower, it, dead poets society, squid game, spiderman (specifically into/across the spiderverse, but any spiderman really), hunger games, coraline, national treasure, studio ghibli, back to the future, a good girl’s guide to murder, death note, scooby doo mystery incorporated, hello kitty, aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe, hell of a summer, etc

i probably missed some but whatever

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୨୧ music i like

no particular order but favs are highlighted

beabadoobee, bob dylan, childish gambino, current joys, david bowie, green day, jesse welles, jeff buckley, queen, joe devito, kendrick lamar, ramones, radiohead, sza, steve lacy, laufey, the doors, the lonely island, the marias, clairo, the strokes, the smiths, tyler the creator, weezer, weyes blood, tv girl, ribbon fix, fake eyes, rainbow kitten surprise, fleetwood mac, my chemical romance, mac demarco, american woman, chappell roan, hurray for the riff raff, dream ivory, maya hawke, mitski, mohave 3, the beatles, beach house, etc

that’s like half the people i follow on spotify but i’m too lazy to type the rest out

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୨୧ random other facts

i looooove em dashes

my username is a queen reference (radio gaga)

byler since 2021 ish (been here for a while and it is NOT easy)

i love dying my hair (it’s currently red)

fahrenheit 451 is my favorite book i’ve read for high school (this feels important idk why)

cringe culture is dead be yourself

ai hater (chat gpt they could never make me like you)

i love thrifting and diying

i love reading

my favorite youtubers are danny gonzalez, andy king, anthpo, benoftheweek, chad chad, jordan adika, jazzy anne, drew gooden, eddy burback, grace garagan, jarvis johnson, kurtis conner (no particular order — probably more i just forgot lmao)

i have seen the babysitters club like 11 times

ive watched queen’s live aid performance like 3 ish times

i hate proofreading so this may be indecipherable

i have a note in my phone with over 100 edit ideas, however i can’t edit

currently writing a byler video essay

i loooove crocheting and making jewelry

my favorite shape is a star

my favorite number is 11

i used to be a bit pinterest famous?? i was delaney1ikescats during pjo pinterest’s prime era

i have 3 jellycats

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୨୧ where 2 find me

letterboxd :: https://boxd.it/cipcr

that’s all actually lmfao

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୨୧ important

pls don’t interact if you’re any sort of racist, sexist, homophobic, antisemitic, zionist, trump supporter, terf, etc

pls tell me if smth i reblogged is from an account who supports these things

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thank you for reading if you read this far!! you are super cool and awesome :3

*this will hopefully be updated regularly*

[these-emo-thoughts]

Pit Babe 2 Novel thoughts and muses - Chapters 3 and 4

This ended up being a long one lol. Again, I write these mostly so I don't forget things later 🤣 (might delete and save to my Discord klafjkasf but I also want to talk to people who've read the novel so 😭)

Spoilers under the cut!

Chapter 3 starts from Charlie's perspective, where we gain insight about his studies. He's changed his field after developing new interest in human stories, which he once found boring. It's also influenced by the way he witnessed the atrocities of Tony's actions regarding special children. He says that Tony's death changed many things, and not just about himself - he states that Babe got a lot of attention from the press after his information was leaked (Pete did too but didn't care) and that X-Hunter was accused of having something to do with Tony's death. The bigger problem though, was that now humans with special powers are becoming a more discussed. Apparently, many people didn't know about it - now, the government is providing funding and training to those with special abilities, before hiring them to serve the country. Charlie sees this as "being used as tools to benefit others", and is against what the government is doing because it's a "new version" of Tony. This is really interesting lore to me, and I like the direction it's going.

Charlie is determined to change the world by working on a project to introduce an "ability-dissolving drug". He says that it will give people with abilities a choice in their lives about whether they wish to continue having them. He references Jeff's situation, where even though seeing the future might be exciting, it's more of a punishment because he's essentially powerless about what he sees and impacts his mental state. GAHHHH YES, I LOVE THIS - you see this plot point in fic too (I've referenced it myself in my on hiatus fic djfllds) and I can see Charlie being the one to pioneer this drug as a way to help others and give them a choice. It won't just help them, but protect them from society trying to take advantage of them. It doesn't mean everyone will take it (that's gonna cause problems for sure, I can feel it ), but at least those who do will find peace from their abilities.

Of course, Charlie is also doing this for Babe. He hates that Babe has been accused of cheating, that the press harass him and still think he has his special senses when he doesn't anymore. He wants Babe to be safe sjflka 😭 He wants to be normal too and wants to create a world "where Babe is happy".

Charlie is overseeing the research and works with the scientists, but he also offers himself up as a lab rat even if it might kill him. He'd rather not risk anyone else be in danger and says that he's the only one who can be experimented on here. The scientist he is talking to (Brother Touch( wishes him well about it.

The scientist also says there will be new researchers to help, which Charlie is surprised by because they don't have funding and what they are doing contradicts government policies.

Touch says one of them is his nephew who graduated in medicine and recently came back from overseas 👀👀👀 Apparently he's about Babe's age, maybe a bit younger. IS THIS CHRIS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT??? CHRIS IS THAT YOU???? I THINK IT MIGHT BE 👀 We don't get a chance to know for sure (yet) as Charlie and Touch are interrupted about results.

We go back to Babe's POV, and he's bored since it's off-season and Alan won't open the garage or the training grounds. He's scrolling through social media and admiring videos of Charlie, laughing to himself about how the other's fanbase has grown from "mothers" to "wives and girlfriends". He sends him a text (doesn't want to call and look like an "idiot boyfriend", since Charlie already told him he'd be home late) and then checks Insta. Charlie has reposted a rare video, and it's of someone hugging him from the back while he's researching. Babe is annoyed by this.

When Charlie gets home, he figures out what's upsetting Babe and apologises. Babe reveals he's mostly upset because he doesn't know that person. It's not like it's one of Charlie's friends - and he's really close to Charlie's face. Charlie comments that he likes that Babe is being honest with him - that he's not as sarcastic and selfish as he used to be, and that he's changed a little over the years. Babe also says that the other person hugging Charlie was cute, but Charlie admits he didn't really notice. He instead says that Babe is his type - smooth, Charlie 😏

They flirt, it's cute 😭 Babe does say he gets tired feeling so grumpy and jealous, Charlie teases him ahaha

Look the author may have removed the omegaverse but Babe is literally scenting Charlie by burying his face in his shirt and sniffing it even though Charlie's been out all day and wants to take a shower 🤣 (They do end up in the shower together kldfjdlskf)

Jeff's POV next - they're visiting Way's grave. It's he and Alan at the moment. Jeff wants Alan to go ahead first and Alan asks why. Trying to be a better communicator, Jeff reveals that he feels uncomfortable about visiting Way's grave, since he hasn't forgiven him and doesn't like how everyone seems to have forgotten all the bad things he's done. He say he doesn't want to force his feelings on Alan, but he just doesn't see Way as his family and says that he hates him. Alan is conflicted because this was his nong. He doesn't want Jeff to forgive Way, and he himself doesn't forget his actions - but he still wants to visit Way's grave and talk about him. Jeff understands that it's because of Alan's close relationship with Way, how he protected him and watched over him long before they knew about his deception. They come to an agreement where Alan says he doesn't want to forget Way or act like he doesn't exist, but he'll think of everything he did wrong to keep a bit of separation between his memories and the person. He's also okay if Jeff doesn't want to be part of that, and Jeff thanks him for understanding.

Babe and Charlie arrive (Babe makes comments about Alan and Jeff hugging and gets a warning by Charlie and Alan, lmao) and then they gather stuff from Alan's car to go to the grave.

Interesting - Jeff doesn't think very highly of Babe. He thinks it's hard for Charlie to be with a person who was "selfish and irritable" but then feels guilty when he sees how Charlie smiles at him. He hoped that Charlie continues to smile this way.

Babe's POV now - They're all at Way's grave, ready to clean it up. Visiting on the death anniversary has becoming a bonding thing for the group. Sonic arrives, much to everyone's delight. North is said to be "the one who missed Sonic the most" but he's like frozen in surprise, lol. They're all going to go to Alan's house after for drinks and dinner, but Babe feels like he needs to stay at the grave a few minutes longer. Charlie is the only other person with him.

"With his palms caressing my back, his nose brushing my ear, Charlie makes everything easy. Even if he can't solve my problems, he can make them stop being a problem." AJFKLDFJKLAJFSLF 😭😭😭🖤

Marriage is mentioned 👀 but as a joke aww ahaha

Babe and Charlie hug, but when Babe opens his eyes he sees someone in the distance walking away... someone who should be "lying in the hole" in front of him - asklfjkladsjfljFKLJSfjl WAY???

Babe thinks it's a ghost but it terrifies him, and when we get to Charlie's POV (set after the grave visit), he says that Babe has been "acting strange" since then.

Charlie and Jeff made chocolate covered strawberries together kasjdflkdsfj

They run out of beer so Charlie goes to get some and when he comes back there's an unfamiliar car parked at the front of the house. North reveals he invited someone, another racer he interviewed... the person is...

WILLY!!!!!!!! LSJFKLDSJFLA

OH MAN THIS IS GONNA GET BAD ISN'T IT?

Willy is pretty charming 👀 Babe likes anyone who speaks highly of Charlie LOL

KIM IS DRUNK AND HUGGING A BOTTLE LOL (he's also obsessed with the ice bucket this chapter ahahha). He boos when Charlie flirts with Babe and complains about being single. North says he's single too and so is Sonic - Charlie comments how he's unsure of North and Sonic's relationship, if they're friends or more than that.

Willy and Babe talk, they're getting on well about F1 and cars and stuff like that (the calm before the storm?) 👀 Charlie isn't into the conversation and feels like an outsider, getting up and leaving the two racers to talk. Babe is enjoying it, but that slowly starts to change when it feels that Willy is too similar to Way. He calls him "interesting and empty" 👀 His views on Willy change, especially when Willy calls Charlie boring after Babe declines going clubbing with him since Charlie likes him to sleep early. He also refuses Willy's request to be his student - Babe "can't stand this spoiled brat anymore."

Babe goes off to find Charlie, asking Jeff about it who is watching a drunk Alan build him a Jenga building. Even though Alan is drunk he's serious about it, and Jeff just encourages him to keep going even if the pieces keep falling over 🤣 Babe thinks it's funny but acknowledges this was the way their relationship worked and thinks that these two have found their people.

Again - Jeff doesn't like Babe. Babe kinda feels it. He goes off to find Charlie, who is by himself.

KimNorthSonic playing guitar and singing on the porch - it just had to be mentioned 🥲🖤

Charlie is drunk asf (not typically for him, Babe says) - but he's still so whipped over Babe ahaha.

Babe takes him home and Charlie wakes up in the car. Babe can tell Charlie is acting strangely and asks what's wrong, but Charlie won't tell him until they get home. They argue for a bit before the rest of the trip goes on in silence. When they get home they argue more. Babe is so angry he wants to leave because Charlie won't explain - he even thinks Charlie wants to break up with him and Charlie panics about that. But the Charlie says he didn't like seeing Babe be so happy with Willy. Babe is surprised that the most reasonable person he knows is acting like this, and kisses Charlie in return. Charlie feels like a terrible boyfriend for being jealous because he feels it implies distrust. Babe understands - "Sure, he was special to me, but I didn't expect him to have to be perfect to be special". A surprisingly adult response from Babe. They actually talk it out, and the fight is resolved.

Communication? In my Thai BL? Unheard of 🤣

Oop and now Babe is goading Charlie on by telling him Willy touched him (he didn't) because he thinks Charlie in a bad mood is sexy 🤣

It's not the healthiest way to initiate sex but - I'm guessing that's where it went 🤣

[seasurfacefullofclouds1]

People keep forgetting that the bears started their overexposure after Briana's pregnancy was announced, the fandom was in tatters and as you rightly say they had a tour that wasn't sold out to sell the best voice had left the band and they had to sell an album the same week as Bieber, but to be completely honest Harry was serenading Louis long before all that happened.Throughout 2013 and 2014 when they didn't need a marketing strategy because they were on top of the world and nothing was bigger than 1D, Harry always found a way, sometimes subtly and sometimes more blatantly, to sing in Louis' face,And I hate the man with the force of a thousand suns.

There is one moment in particular as a Louis stan that still gives me nightmares. On September 28, 2015 London concert,one of the last of the band, they didn't need to pretend because the tour was over and the hiatus had already been announced,everyone knew that the band was over, that Harry was going solo and already the Azoff's pet but nonetheless that day Harry was unstoppable,everyone on stage was uncomfortable Louis was terrified,so much that( and there are a thousand videos to testify it) at the moment when Harry is about to sing "I loved you since we were eighteen" he is so aggressive towards Louis that Louis had to asks Liam for help and Liam poroceeds to block Harry with his body, the face Harry makes when Liam blocks him is one of pure hatred, this is the same day as "somthing somethin ANNIVERSARY" WhyHarry did it? I don't know, what I do know is that in one of the last two concerts in London Briana was in the audience and Harry was mad and petty as usual.

So my point is, there's no doubt that there was a lot of marketing strategy in the last year and the bears are the biggest proof that Sony was using The Larry Ship to sell the tour and the album when everything was falling apart, but it wasn't just that and how things really went I guess we'll never know, but I'm sure that Harry "a movie that feels like a movie", and this gay movie I've made isn't just two guys going at it" Styles is not the same person behind the elaborate choreography dripping queer history and elaborate quotations to almost niche characters of those bears,and frankly,neither does Lous who is very very smart but street smart, historical and cultural references in queer history are not his way of expressing himself. But what do I know?

Hahaha you’re right, you’re right.

That “ANNI-VERSARY!” video had the Larry fandom in tatters, which led to them defending Harry signing the contract on Jeff’s yacht, paps capturing a skinny famous woman in a bikini lying on top of him (not for the first time), and Larries (one of whom is still here, gaslighting young Larries) calling fans of Louis ��rads” for not supporting Harry, “cunts,” “cockroaches,” “Nazis,” “basically Hitler.”

If you read 1D Tumblr blogs from 2016-early 2017, the Larrie blogs that loved Louis were so vocal and popular, so beloved, so strong. Their Louis-positive posts got thousands of notes overnight, not to do with Larry but on his own.

After the witch hunt against Louies started, everyone either deactivated, went solo Harrie (like the Larrie fashion blogs, and even big Louies), or got very, very quiet. For years, Louis’ Larrie defenders had to play this delicate politics of “even though I think Harry is perfect, nevertheless I think Louis’ career is a bit…”

And now the old Larries have buried all of that.

Still, some OG Larries have seen a version of the truth and have come forward, which is interesting anyway.

Louis has learned a lot from 1D marketing. The Just Like You music video was full of the cryptic clues that fans love, just like with the bears and just like the title anagrams for Faith In The Future. I don’t think he’s completely innocent. Louis would have wanted 1D to have a post-hiatus life, as well as a career for himself. Nonetheless, in the years since the bears, Louis has been made to pay and pay and pay.

[joleneghoul]

explaining references in my art pieces for fun part 1 (idk if i will do part 2 since this is just for fun.) under cut.

I want to start with a disclaimer that a lot of my art is based on the crazy shit in my own mind but a lot of that is grounded in stuff that has actually happened in canon because i actually do enjoy older canon at times lol. also this is just relation to canon stuff mostly I wont explain my whole flower language shit here.

I have a personal event document for canon events that only really diverges once it gets to Judgement Day etc etc.

Going to start with my piece that I call "Ripley and The 52" in my folder which is I guess the piece where I finally just said fuck it and went crazy.

There are a couple references to general comics but also booster and rip's arc in 52 ofc because that's what this piece is about. No Ted doesn't die, but their arc still happens (but a bit different).

First I'll address my constant use of nature in these works because the reason I do this (other than my own love for floral and insects) is mentioned within this arc. We have Mr mind who is this bug who is eating the multiverse essentially which is explained like a pest in a garden- only the garden is all of time and space and the flowers are everyone and everything whose ever existed and all their knowledge.

Since Ted is alive for this arc (I have other reasons to explain why Booster is acting the way he is) he plays his own part, this is mostly tech backup for Rip and Booster (as he is RECENTLY retired) and less physical stuff.

Basically threes a lot of Ted vs hating magic stuff as well. Time is a balance of both science and magic, and the magic side pisses him off a lot especially since this is one of his first experiences trying to handle that balance in awhile (especially not when dealing with Waverider). these bits are in reference to Ted. anyways while he's alive I did feel like paying homage to one of my favorite bits of that canon arc. They still use the scarab to fix Skeets and save time as I always loved the explanation that when things go randomly missing without explanation in the DC universe (as the scarab did) it's time travels fault.

I also thought "hey what if this is when we retrofit The Bug to do time travel" bc im silly like that.

Also since this arc has a lot of Mr mind you know I had to include the menace, this piece probably is what made me fall in love with him as a character. It is so funny to have cosmic beef with a worm.

The falling apart clock is actually a reference to Waveriders (diff Waverider- BUT i think it's funny he dies in issue 27 when that's how old my Waverider was when he BECAME Waverider.) death in 52 which while fucked up I always found so fun that it took place in a clock store. also check out that tiny bite taken out of the decoration of the Time Sphere lol.

We also have Hyperfly and the trail of planets he is eating that The Bug is flying through. sorry i made Hyperfly cute. There is also skeets in this piece who isn't actually Skeets but Mr Mind inside of Skeets. This is later the creation of Macromia.

Also What would this arc be without the iconic Booster faking his own public death and making himself pissed off as the Serious Super-Nova. (placed two stars next to them because they're both booster)

I also just threw in some other references to their adventures and antagonists in this piece with Starro, Waverider (though they have a minor part in this story itself), and in the paisley on the time sphere we have references to Chronos.

Which finally brings me to the hints at Rip's connections to Ted which start in this piece where he has a augmented clone of the BB-Gun Ted always uses. This is also shown in the "Jeff/Rip broken time" piece i did where Both the gun AND papers are strewn around labeled KORD industries. Unfortunately the writing on the papers in the final piece are impossible to see. Then the "back to the future" Parody piece with Ted and Rip is a reference to the name of the arc that introduces Rip to bg vol 1 lol.

I also want to note that my Rip wields both this gun and his Sword. I will get more into the sword later probably with future art but the Sword is magic and the gun is science based, another fun reference to the balance of time.

Anyways the whole point of this piece is that time gets broken and its in part Rip and Jeff's fault because you can't make a time machine without breaking a few timelines. Also a broken clock rip was gifted by his grandfather is a reoccurring visual metaphor in the actual Time Masters 1990 comic.

Also I will point out the clock is broken in this piece and rip has a wound on his head in the same spot the clocks broken. something something hinting at something.

Speaking of Jeff and Rip there are also a few comic easter eggs in the "Breakfast at the end of time" piece too. Not too many, just a mug that says 86 (when bg vol 1 and teds solo came out), and a tabloid that talks about Superman being missing and Mr Mind.

In the big Jeff/Rip peice i recently did that shows snapshots of their life together there is a reference to Time-1, which is Rip's Car in Time Masters 1990 as well as them in cowboy gear together because the issue that's Jeff centric in that series is based in the wild west (though that happens a lot different in my shit).

I also threw in a reference to Rip losing his eye when he's older because why not.

Finally my most recent piece "Cosmic Gardens" I'll explain the references because its yet another jumble piece lol. First we have all of the main time masters at least the ones that have roles in cosmic gardens (which is what i call the time masters story I'm working on for fun). Jeff, Jack, Tony, and Bonnie (Corky not included sorry Corky). Skeets is also there just because.

There is also a callback to the 52 piece with the wing of Mr Mind's hyperfly form which calls to the creation of Macromia during that event. 52 takes place in this Rip's future but his fathers pasts.

It's more difficult to explain this piece without mentioning non-canon stuff since most of these characters (including older Ted and Booster) are post divergence of the canon, even if these events actually take PLACE during that canon (time travel is a bitch).

I'm not sure yet how much I'd like to share regarding Macromia and the time gardens (all knowledge of time and space) or how her, waverider, and beetles are all connected in a way but i guess the easiest way to put it is that they're all essential to the ecosystem of this unthinkable place that exists in between the riverbanks of time.

Ted's part in the Vanishing Point VS Macromia's part in the gardens, Waverider's desires VS Macromia's oath, The existence of Rip as a paradox since birth, etc etc.

And while all these characters would think they're completely different they aren't and where does the next generation fall when all of this is happening and affecting them.

Circling back to Ted before I end this post I do want to also bring attention to these tiny details across my pieces like how in the "Back to the future" Ted and Rip piece, the stream of time connects to Vanishing Point which relates directly to Ted (and Rip, but Ted has a large part on how the Vanishing Point functions tech wise after Brainiacs help etc etc). You'll also notice the house on there looks a little familiar if you have a keen eye for unimportant details.

anyways this was fun to do lol!

[zorilleerrant]

you know what I'd love to see out of Travelers fics? future fics that assume a relatively status quo continuation (they keep doing missions, but nothing drastic changes)

Carly and Traveler Jeff raise Jeff Jr. together. what are the problems in his childhood they just have no reference point for? what are normal kid things they get excited about because they never had a chance to see those before? what do they get upset at him for that the baby has no reference point for? how do they eventually tell him they're travelers, and would the Director ever allow him to be involved in missions? (also a great opportunity to have Traveler Jeff arrive right up front and they have to google how to care for an infant together)

Grant and Kat go through with their adoption. who do they adopt? why? how does the future impact who Grant wants to adopt and how he relates to them? and then all the pitfalls of having to hide missions from kids who are curious by nature even before they get suspicious. does it make them feel alienated from the family? Grant doesn't really understand adoption. how does that impact what his kids mean to him?

Trevor goes to college. what opinions do his parents have about his choices, both of school and of majors? what would he want to study anyway, and does that help him with missions? how much do his parents help, or do they expect him to be independent? does he date or does that still creep him out too much? in what ways is this like and unlike his own youth?

Phillip goes back to school. does he stick to the same classes, try to be like the host? does he have personal areas of interest he always wished he could study, or is there something that would be helpful to him? if you want him to have visions of other timelines, do they work together to study all sorts of different things, or does he have to argue with them for thinking space? does he ever reconnect with the host's family? does he live on campus and if so what does he do with Poppy?

Grace gets a job she doesn't hate instead. does she bother explaining this to anyone, or does she just up and leave? does she fake credentials or try to get a job with real ones? what job does she get? how often does she slip up and say things about the future and then tell people to fuck off when they call her on it? what does she do on missions also

I love the points where they're just enjoying sunlight, or trying new foods, or watching wildlife from the window. it would be fun to see how that would fit in with various other types of life experiences that would be normal genre elements in other genres, and how that would mesh with this idea

[devotedlystrangewizard]

somewhat major lore moments & vaulted moments that live in my brain rentfree despite my 2 - 3 year ish hiatus

"Get off this line Osiris." "Make me." "You would not survive that."

"im on the moon.... its made of cheeeese...." and the subsequent "is shaxx fucked?" discussions we all had

"So feel free to kill yourself."

osiris writing poetry, sagira sending it to saint, and saint sending a PHYSICAL LETTER WITH CUSTOM WAX SEAL back

"But there is one where Osiris finds happiness. He finds atime away from strife. He finds Saint--a dream of warm serenity. The peace to his purpose. With Saint, there is a future that could have been enough."

AND "So many unlived moments lost between calls to action. He wishes Sagira had not come to watch him die. His faithful companion. His guiding starlight. His hope, his humanity. "Sagira. For as many lives as we had..you were always my better."" BACK TO BACK.

"More than anything, I hate the idea that we will be remembered as a tragedy." - Eriana's letter to Wei Ning

eriana making a new titan mark out of her old robes for wei

"Mother, I asked to be your sister rather than your daughter, and so I denied you the chance to tell me your secret, the mothertruth that is mapped in the negative space defined by the lies mothers tell their daughters. Wel here are my secrets. I love you. I have always loved you. Without you, I could never have been anything at all." from mara

the efrideet launching saladin fun fact

"I loved Sjur, as I love all we have lost, and I grieve her. But if we divert our attention now to vengeance against an unknown enemy..." "Then let it be my diversion."

"Sjur, on the day you worship me, you cannot love me anymore, for to worship is to yield all power, and I cannot love what has no power over me."

"UIdren is my brother too. I love him, and I would follow him anywhere. I would follow him into death, if he asked. Just as he would for you. And if you call that treason, so be it."

"Sjur, can you hear what I'm thinking?" "Everyone's been feeling spooky, but I'm not sure that extends to transmitting-- Mara! Good grief!"

"You're the devil," Sjur says. "You're the lone power who made death. You allowed the possibility of evil. You might be responsible for more preventable suffering than anything that has ever existed."

sjur being canonically at LEAST shaxx's size (and shaxx is repeatedly referred to as Large TM throughout several lore pieces)

"Okay, listen, JEFF. You're not THE Order. I don't give a SH --"

the drifter tapes

"[Shaxx] walked to a Hunter in a few long strides and clapped him on the back. The Hunter tumbled to the ground so hard, his weapons reloaded."

"If you fear the hearts of your brothers and sisters, speak to them. If the heart you fear is your own, speak to me." from shaxx to a recruit regarding stasis

do the new people know about "Cayde unit? Ghost? Kindly delete yourselves."

"Life does not wait for us, no matter how long we live it. Drink your drink," Zavala chuckled, his glass to his face. "Before the Lord of Pigeons summons us to attack the Pyramids."

(back to the devil's ruin quest) saint to shaxx: "brother, i have always hated you."

"What does this rifle do?" "It's a gun, Saint. It shoots bullets."

please if you somehow dont know about the devils ruin quest watch it on youtube i love it deeply and text cannot do the line delivery justice

the CoO quest where you find Saint's signal on Mercury and find a shrine with his dead body at the center. The image was so powerful. oh my god

"You can't blame yourself for every missing Guardian, Osiris." "For him I can."

The fact that they had hope that he would be alive. Only to find his body. This was WAYYYY back when o14 barely existed. this was before i was a delusional little guy saying "hey this is kind of gay". osiris says "my friend" during that quest. its insane to look back on it

that quest leading into season of dawn a WHILE later where osiris tells you he tried to break time and find saint and he failed every time. by the time saint left the infinite forest osiris had already given up on the idea of rescuing him

every day i yearn for season of dawn

season of arrivals was fun as hell too

the entire marasenna actually

shaxx beheading felwinter

felwinter not letting this stop him and sticking arond for WEEKS challenging shaxx daily

""How long will your people survive out there?" "Longer than you." It was true. A flying knee separated the Iron Lord from his head within seconds of a short melee."

"Iron Lord Shaxx?" "No."

weblore in general (because the felwinter/shaxx lore was weblore) just. hurts me

because immolant part 2. the one with what i consider to this day to be the two most painful osiris paragraphs ever written. is fucking weblore

like the early crow & glint lore where crow literally just. cradles glint in his hands

all of osiris's character development is also just lost. btw. im looking at immolant for this post and all i can think is how much of osiris's growth from his exile up until right now isnt there for new lights

obviously he wasnt the same osiris from the pre exile lore back in coo but he was still arrogant. working on being not awful. when he calls sagira his better in immolant part 2 its not empty hes acknowledging the fact that he kinda sucked. and she still gave her life to save his. because she knew what he could be. taking sagira out of the picture forces osiris to both more rely on others (because he can now Die Forever) AND to maintain his own relationships with those he loves rather than just. you know. pretending to be reluctant whenever sagira made him go

anyway everyone say hi to my favorite old man

speaking of osiris his friendship with mara. like before either of them got their recent major character development

mithrax originally being from a mission on titan where he locks you in boxes. repeatedly

zero hour in its original context. mithrax hanging out in the basement. hanging out with mithrax in the basement.

"my fiery bird"

the weblore about the sundial where drifter asks osiris why hes going this far just to save one guy and osiris is like. really vague about it

"i owe him" "i owe a lotta people" "he should get a chance to walk to the end" "he already did"

ana's canonical girlfriend who doesnt show up ingame ever

the quest for the ace of spades catalyst iirc. finding cayde's stashes and having the events of forsaken hit even harder

FORSAKEN.

"they made a recap" at the start of forsaken cayde dies right in front of you. you dont find his dead body you find him dying. you cant do anything about it. you are a guardian. he is a guardian. you dont know how to handle grief.

to be fair, neither did he

another thing about destiny that still bothers me is how often ive had people say like "oh i dont get why you like this character/dynamic so much" and i had to inform them that 90% of my time with destiny was just reading lore. saint & osiris pre season of the lost. marasjur. jolyon till. ana having a girlfriend. ikora's qpr. mara sov around forsaken/shadowkeep. wei ning & eriana. andal brask. the iron lords. i can keep going

[marisoft-paint-adventures]

Pgs. 309 - 384

so there’s this guy.

he has an intro.

and

he’s pretty cool.

he’s so cool he has a shitty galaxy reflection in his shades.

his name is David and his room looks like this.

Dave’s room is the most kind of guy room ever, I can just feel his entire personality here, and I can also feel the “this dude has no parental guidance outside of an equally unorganized brother” energy.

Dave is just a hyperspecific Guy, a real type of Guy, he’s even described as liking obscure bands and shit, Hussie was airing something out when making him.

Anyway, these are your copies of the beta you received in the mail recently. You've labeled them with your name in BOLD RED PRINT to distinguish them from your BRO's copies, who labeled his in kind. Neither of you really gives a shit about this game or has any intention of playing it, but you'll be damned if you'll let that get in the way of your campaign of one-upmanship.

the Lalondes and Striders have a lot of parallels going on between each other with their dynamics and situations. 1 thing that sets them apart is that the perception of an insane mindgame rivalry seems to be more truthful on Dave’s end compared to Rose. Rose thinks that even a fucking fancy pillow is some kind of symbol of scorn and spite in the waterfall of irony and insincerity. while there’s not much seen out of Dave and Bro’s relationship on a normal day, the stupid ass stealth moves that Bro pulls out in order to get Dave’s goat really implies that there is a genuine absurd rivalry going.

also they’re just brothers. when there’s brothers in fiction, they either hate each other or like each other but still fuck with each other just for the sake of Being Brothers.

Dave: Bleat like a goat and piss on your turntable.

You would never consider allowing any fluid even remotely resembling urine to touch your beloved TURNTABLES. That would risk breaking them, and a world without the gift of your godly science just doesn't sound like a place you want any part of. While you're at it, you might as well wipe out human civilization with a meteor or something ridiculous like that which will probably never happen. That sort of thing only happens in stupid idiot movies for stupid idiots.

You will however contemplate bleating like a goat for IRONICALLY HUMOROUS purposes at a later date.

Dave is so lame.

FUCKING APPLE JUICE BABY. YEAH LOVE THAT SHIT. TOP 3 FRUIT JUICES ON THE TIERLIST WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

he’s gonna say it, he’s gonna say the thing.

yeah this is the OS design I’m attached to the most, I grew up with Windows 7 which basically did everything Vista did but a bit more glassy, so this is up my fucking ally. look at those GRADIENTS, look at all that GLOSS, it’s so fucking good.

HE SAID IT.

I love Hussie’s fake UI I love it.

I also love Dave Strider’s blog, he said the n-word on it

not joking you can check for yourself.

FUCKING SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF YEAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

SBAHJ is so damn interesting because it’s the Homestuck thing that has the furthest reach out of the entire comic but at the same time people don’t even know it’s Homestuck.

true story: my 1st ever exposure to Homestuck without even knowing it was when I was like 12 years old and watched a fucking VanossGaming GMod video in which they played that masterpiece SBAHJ map.

seeing a giant shittily compressed texture that just said AIDS which spun around in a circle and fucking instantly killed anything it touched was literally formative for my sense of humor.

the backstory is also absolutely beautiful, imagine dropping your armature Gamer Webcomic™ on the Penny Arcade forums only for Future Homestuck Artist Andrew Hussie to come in and completely shit on your comic by turning it into the worst form of art you have ever seen which would then turn into its own popular comic.

I really like the utility of SBAHJ as an in-universe source of memes and in-jokes for all the kids to reference rather than forcing relevance by shoving in memes that were popular at the time. it really helps make Homestuck feel... not exactly timeless per say, but more relatable in way that supersedes generations.

I say this because I fucking know for a fact real ass memes come in later on in the comic and they get really fuckin annoying.

I would kill someone for a Midnight Crew adventure, you would not believe how far I would go for this to be real.

TT: In some cultures the persistent refusal of a lady's invitation to play a game with her would be a sign wanton disrespect. TT: Either that, or flagrant homosexuality.

STOP JOKING ABOUT DAVE LIKING MEN YOU DO NOT KNOW OF THE FUTURE CONSEQUENCES IT HAS.

it is here where Dave and Rose immediately become the best fucking character dynamic ever.

TT: Sometimes I wonder how you are ever allowed to pay for meals in restaurants. TT: It must be hard to keep a low profile when you're always overhearing awed voices whisper, "It's that guy who has a blog." TG: seriously TG: dudes be worshipping me left and right TG: i cant hardly walk down the street without stepping over torsos of the prostrate TT: Navigating the urban landscape I'm sure is difficult enough without an obstacle course of deferential flesh and skyward asses. TT: Perhaps adapting the art of parkour to your unique environment would help? TG: yeah! TG: i mean damn TG: like theres this scruffy little shit at my feet TG: an orphan or something i dont know TG: face flush on the pavement TG: im like dude you listening for a stampede of buffalo or something? TG: he braves a look at me then gives my shoe a little kiss and scurries the fuck off TT: Heavy is the crown. TG: yeah TG: not kicking oliver twist in the fucking face every day is my gift to the world i guess

also the little "yeah!" he does in excitement of parkour before he corrects himself back to serious coolguy mode is fucking perfect.

aw what the fuck put that shit away.

Dave’s Phat Beat Machine may be a silly joke about shitty fucking DJ machines that have weird pre-made beats and sound effects but some of this shit slaps when you play them at the same time ngl. 11 and 12 together is really fuckin good.

also Captain Planet is in this flash.

maybe Dave is cool, no one else could catch and open that apple juice with such finesse.

this is a really great series of expressions, he is so mad. he can’t stop thinking about PISS.

HE’S SO MAD.

oh god.

oh god they’re here.

You glance at one of the many RADICAL PUPPETS in your BRO'S collection and nod in approval. Is there anything not awesome about your BRO? No, you think not.

this is not cool this is very not cool.

why is the little man in the SHOWER, bro does not BATHE, he is made of WOOD.

he is simply having a terrible, terrible day.

why did he do this.

HOLY SHIT IT’S DAVE’S IRONIC SELF PORTRAIT.

this is why Dave’s sylladex shit is the best sylladex shit, sheer frustrating mathematics leading to renaming items into weird synonyms and yelling out shit to fucking send out swords.

LOOK AT HIM.

he changed his tune so fast, he went from imposing and about throw down to just...

:o

now how will he play the funny Sburb??? what will he do to get out of this situation- WIZARD.

GIANT, STONE, WIZARD.

girl is not having it.

it is here we get the entire downlow of this maddening mother-daughter relationship through the totally not biased eyes of Rose. I mean look at this shit:

Your mother clearly has no real affinity for these damnable things. She only collects them to spite you. If anything, she finds them even more repellent than you do. She's just a committed woman.

A while ago you gave this as an ironic gift to your MOM for mother's day. You even customized it with a drink holder to support one of her ubiquitous ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. She "liked" the gift so much, she had it bronzed and put on this pedestal. She even left it plugged in so it can still be turned on now and then. But never to do any cleaning. It never leaves this display.

The PRETTY PRINCESS DOLL has been sitting there for months, ever since your mother got this abomination for your birthday as a totally PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE gesture. You decided to make it much less abominable by knitting Her Majesty a new head and new arms. Now it brings a mischievous smile to your face whenever you walk by. Your mother hasn't removed the doll yet, and probably never will. She would never be the one to blink first.

This was a drawing you did of your cat JASPERS when you were younger, along with a poem about him. Your mother bought this ostentatious $15,000 frame for it, and had it welded to the door.

Using the colorful MAGNET LETTERS, you recently left a succinct message, which may or may not have been directed toward anyone in particular. But you couldn't find the letter W, so you just stuck two V's together.

Your mother then purchased a fresh pack of W's and left them there for your convenience. Appreciative of the thoughtful gesture, you left her a sincere THANK YOU NOTE, which you had legally notarized, and then marked with a drop of blood.

But part of it was touching the floor, so your mother was kind enough to lift the lower portion of the document with a VELVET PILLOW.

this entire cavalcade of fucking overly professional stupidity really just symbolizes the daily Lalonde struggle. again, way more of an actual thing compared to the baking menace in Washington, Rose does not feel loved enough, she projects contempt onto every action of her mother, even if they’re completely genuine, who’s also literally an alcoholic. but at the same time, this is ridiculous. I can bet that the mere thought of any of this coming off as mean-spirited to Rose is just flying over Mom’s head because she’s too busy cleaning shit or getting drunk. she’s so sincerely nice but also too damn ignorant, while at the same time going completely overboard in every sense just because she can. “oh look at this!! my daughter’s very own drawing!!! it’s so nice!!! let me put it in an expensive frame and then weld it straight onto the fridge!!! :)))))” and then Rose sees this and just goes “SHREW!!! DAMNED SHREW!!!” meanwhile Mom’s just taking this as “oh she’s spelling words on the fridge!!! :))))) but she has no Ws..... :((((( I’ll buy some for her!!! that will satisfy her needs!!! :)))))” and I guess Rose takes a break from the absolute scorn she’s building up in her system to make the most polite ass note all like “Dearest Mother Lalonde, I thank thee for this humble present.” and notarizing it with BLOOD. of course this has to end with Mom walking in, seeing this note and going “how thoughtful!!!” and then sliding a god damn pillow just for the presentation.

it is my firm belief that the Lalondes are just kind of off the fucking wall inherently, literally all of them just do wacky shit like this without question.

fandom mischaracterizations are so frequent that they’re not even a surprise, but this concept of Rose being this completely serious and levelheaded girl who’s always moody and brooding and never puts up with stupid shit is something I cannot understand how anyone picked up from her. she has a sense of humor, a really damn good one, a lot of the comedy can be attributed to her dialogue. she’s not dead serious, she literally knits Lovecraft monsters in purple for goofs and does something like the above while no one is around. and in no possible way is she running on full logic and reasoning because she plays weird mind games with her mom and later on just goes insane and destroys shit for the hell of it. there really is more to Rose than just “goth = serious smart.”

a lot of this extends to Kanaya as well because I guess people just write the 2 of them as the same person, as we all know, couples can’t be together unless they completely overlap on the Venn diagram of their personalities, hobbies, and interests, but that’s for later.

AND THEN SHE PAYS FOR THE FUCKIN MAGNET. WHO DOES THIS.

MOTHER JUMPSCARE.

And of all things to be doing during a power outage. She's up to her IRONIC HOUSEWIFE routine again. That mop bucket doesn't even have any water in it! What an absolute madwoman.

I like how Rose calls this some kind of weird irony chore that no sane individual would do without a hint of joking, she really expects too much out of Mom. a real core part of this relationship is how Rose assumes that her mother is operating on the same high level thinking as her, when in reality she’s just doing actual housewife stuff genuinely. the bucket being empty is even part of Rose overthinking all of this, Mom’s using a Swiffer, she doesn’t need water, she just brought the bucket because it completes the housewife look.

I don’t know if that latter part was intentional or if Hussie just didn’t know how Swiffers worked.

NYOOM.

SICK TRICKS.

ah fuck.

the Strider household is such a very specific home aesthetic of “complete fucking disaster, the likes of which you have never seen, owned by 2 dudebros who like Eminem.” this visual style is so poignant that the best way Dave fixes a window is with straight black tape, how classy.

big fan of how everyone talking to Jade starts to smile, she just has that energy. I mean look at Dave, you see that single raised pixel? that’s him smiling! he’s got joy! and he’s so much more genuine when he’s talking to her too, she’s literally the one person in the friend group where he can drop the whole image of “I am so fucking Cool and Real and Awesome and Swag.” they play off of each other really damn well, no wonder DaveJade is a really big ship.

TG: say hi to your grand dad for me too ok GG: ._. GG: yes i guess an encounter with him is almost certain GG: it is usually........ GG: intense!!! TG: well yeah isnt it always with family

this is the non-embarrassing parallel to John talking about Dad with Rose. Dave’s probably thinking to himself, “ah yes, she too knows of the struggle of high octane anime fights in the middle of the house.” meanwhile Jade’s talking about yelling at a corpse.

also JADE KNOWS THE FUTURE??? HUHHHH???? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE???????????

[shurisneakers]

harmless (vi)

Summary: Bucky volunteers to go stop a small time villain, but nothing can prepare him for what exactly he has to deal with. (Bucky x villain!reader, drabble series)

Warnings: cursing, existential crisis, frustrated bucky, dramatic reader, lil bit of angst, clint barton being a lil shit

Word count: 1.9k

A/N: BUCKY BARNES IS BACK AND HAS A CONFIRMED PERSONALITY 

also omg everyone who’s been sending me ideas- ur the lomls. 

if you have any ideas for future inventions/evil plans, lemme know! i might actually end up using them

here’s my ko-fi if you’d like to support my writing <333

Previous Part || Series Masterlist

Your place or mine? ;)

He stares at the text.

The right answer is mine. See you at the lair.

“Y’all are dating now?” Clint peeks over his shoulder. 

“Fuck no,” Bucky says indignantly. “God forbid.”

“Okay, man,” he retracts, giving Bucky space to turn around and face him. “What do you want to call your mini dates then?”

“Missions,” Bucky corrects him.

“No one wants to go on a mission. You volunteered to go back there.” 

“It’s for the good of the tristate area.” 

“I bet.” The snort he lets out contradicts his words. “Whole world is depending on you, Barnes. Go save them from the treachery of your crush.”

“Enemy.”

“Girlfriend.”

“Mortal nemesis.” Bucky narrows his eyes at him. “Go further, I dare you.”

“What are you gonna do? Choke me? Punch me with your metal arm?” Clint cranes his neck. “Bring it, big boy. I’m not scared of some kinky shit.”

He hates living here. 

The door is left open for him. 

This time, even though the lair is still illuminated by the green light out in the front, there’s a minor change. Sunlight streams in through a skylight in the roof. 

There’s a ladder there, leaning against the rim. It gives him an entrance to the roof, which, judging by the lack of any other presence in the lab, is where he’s supposed to go.

As he gets closer he notices there’s a note on one of the rungs.

‘Evil’ with an arrow pointing upwards.

He rolls his eyes, discarding it on the floor before swiftly scaling the steps.

“Ah, Mr. Barnes,” he hears your voice call out even before his head pops up above the surface. “We’ve been expecting you.” 

He pauses, looking around. “Who’s with you?”

Because other than the gigantic machine pointed up towards the sky, there’s only you with a visor and sunglasses. The  best way he can describe its design was that it was shaped like a pine cone, had a large antenna pointed towards the sky, two handlebars near its base to manoeuvre it with a large button in between them. 

“Just imagine I have my henchmen with me,” you urge. “I’m on a budget, man, I can’t afford them yet. Maybe when my cloning machine finally works-”

He doesn’t answer.

“It’s a James Bond reference,” you add when he doesn’t show any signs of answering. 

“Haven’t watched it yet.” Bucky shrugs. “We’re doing Star Trek right now.”

“You’re done with Star Wars?” you, receiving a nod in confirmation. “Nice. You’d find the spy shit ridiculous anyway, it’s way below your level.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.” He makes a mental note to add the Bond movies to the list. 

“Speaking of stars,” you begin, gesturing to the machine. “I’m going to harness the power of the sun.”

“For what?” He doesn’t bother asking how, he already knows you’ve figured out something. 

“There’s a science exhibition and my team’s stupid solar car experiment isn’t working and I need it for them to win.” 

“So build a better one.” 

“No, ours is the best and if Jeff and his stupid baking soda volcano beat us then we’re going to have a murder on our hands.”

“Your hands,” he emphasises. He has nothing to do with this.

“I said what I said, boy.” You glare at him. “This is our problem now.”

“How much power are you taking?” If it’s insignificant enough, it wouldn’t matter much. He thinks. 

“The whole thing.”

He laughs. He stops when you don’t.

“You’re taking all the energy of the sun to power your shitty science model.”

“Your face is a shitty science model,” you mimic him in a higher pitched voice. “I will do anything to win.”

He wonders which grade kid you stole that insult from was in. There’s no way they were anything older than 13. He could use it on Steve, maybe.

“Everyone on Earth will die.” He feels the need to remind you, even though there was no way it was actually going to take place. Eat shit, Clint. This superseded the tristate area.

“Not for eight minutes.” You look at your watch. “And, if Jeff dies then I win by default.”

“You’ll die too,” he points out. 

“I’ll die a winner.” You nod seriously as if that makes it better. 

He’s not that worried. Experience tells him that you’re not a mass murderer willingly. 

“You’ll die an idiot.” 

“Only if you don’t stop me.” Your lips curve into a smile. “And how will you when I do this?”

You yank the machine to point towards him and slam the button. His hand reflectively pulls in front of him to defend himself. Something hits him with enough force to send him skidding backwards slightly. 

He removes his hand carefully from in front of him, looking at you. 

Something feels off.

“You just-”

The knives strapped to his thighs suddenly feel heavier.

“Took your powers?” you finish his thought. “Yeah.”

He feels his body tip towards his left. He’s suddenly very aware of the weight of the arm. Had it been this heavy all this while? 

“You’ve barely changed,” you noted, “You’re just regular Bucky but like, 20% less beef.”

After all, he was a boxer when he was a teen. One of the best men the Howling Commandos had even before the serum.

His shoulder feels heavier though. And somehow he thinks he’s sensing things a little less. He can’t really hear the faint buzzing of the generator downstairs anymore.

“Yep, that’s real muscle.” He turns when you poke at his shoulder. He doesn’t know when you got there. “You’re like a modern day Schwarzenegger. Grade A beefcake.”

He can’t see the construction site near the horizon as clearly as he used to. 

Something about this situation makes him feel like he’s going to have a midlife crisis, even though he’s overshot the age by a huge number. No one has a midlife crisis at 106. 

“Now that we’ve established that this works,” you say, back near the machine again. When did you walk there? “Let’s show this bitch that I’m the brightest star allowed in this solar system.” 

He shakes his head to jolt himself awake, shoves aside his mental dysfunction and breaks out into a sprint when you pull the device down to aim it at the sky. 

He latches onto the side, using his left hand to pull himself up, straddling the machine.

“Excuse me,” you exclaim like it’s a minor inconvenience and he feels the machine sway wildly under him. “You’re weighing it down, get off my inator.”  

You’re shooting recklessly, trying to shake him off. It’s not dissimilar to the mechanical bull Natasha made him ride during a mission down south so she could win money off placing bets on him. They had lobster that night.

He reaches down to its side, hoping to feel maybe a panel he can rip off. He finds nothing.  

He hopes none of the rays are actually hitting anything. It’s a little harder to stay on than he’d imagined it would be, and he thinks that maybe this wasn’t the best plan. 

He changes his mind in a split second, swinging himself over so that he can climb the underside of the machine like a monkey bar. He feels like a fucking insect. How was Peter not mortally embarrassed? 

He factors in the fact that his hands are getting clammier and his grip is slipping faster than usual. Also, he can taste his lunch at the back of his throat.

“Motherfucker,” Bucky curses when his hand slips, leaving him to hold on only by his metal arm. 

“You okay?” you call out, not giving him a second to recover unless he really needed it.

He lets out a grunt, swinging his arm up and catching hold of the antenna, yanking it down and towards the machine itself. He pulls himself up so that he’s straddling the machine again. 

One more shot and-

“Very smart, Barnes,” you say dryly, letting go of the handles. 

He sends you a sly grin before sliding down the barrel, kicking the large button with his heel right before he jumps off. 

The beam shoots out, instantly meeting with metal. The device automatically gives a mechanical groan before powering down, turning off altogether. 

“I hate you,” you huff, before noting his paleness. “D’you want some water? An IV maybe?”

He dismisses it with a wave of his hand, inhaling heavily to catch his breath.

He’s tired, more so than he would have been under any normal circumstance. He feels a little dizzy, a little disoriented. 

“Don’t worry, your magic powers will be back in a few minutes or so.” You examine the bent antenna, pressing the button and sighing when it stands there lifelessly. “Once Jeff wins, I’ll send the dry cleaning receipt to you. You can pay to get the tear stains out of the kids’ outfits.”

“Your tears or theirs?” He’s relieved about the powers returning, he thinks.

“Both, bitch.” Your eyebrow quirks at his retort. Clearly, he had more energy in him than people realised; his brain seemed to be working fine. He was stronger than you thought. Good for him. 

“You’re smart. You’ll figure something out.” He lets out a final exhale before standing up a little straighter. 

“Thanks. It’d be better if you asked your billionaire tech genius to send us something, but okay.”

“It’s a middle school science exhibition. Make a potato battery or something.”

You tsk-tsk. “No points for creativity, Mr. Barnes.”

It creeps into his mind without warning. He wonders if he actually wanted the powers back. Wonders what his life could be if he maybe retired, settled down. For the brief time he feels like his pre-war self, he starts to think like his pre-war self.

“I’m not the one who’s about to lose to a baking soda volcano,” he finds time to respond, however. 

“Your face is a baking soda volcano.” You narrow your eyes at him. “I will not lose.”

“You’re running out of time. Chop chop.”

But the thought hits him. Who is Bucky without his super soldier serum? If he doesn’t have his powers then he can’t think of what use he is to the Avengers.

Who the hell is Bucky if he can’t provide a service to others? How else does he make up for being himself?

His, what he’s now deemed, afterlife crisis is starting to look more apparent.

He compartmentalises and stores it away in a box. He’ll bring it up with his therapist later. 

“I’m going to win and then you’ll be sorry you weren’t a part of it because you didn’t let me steal the sun.” 

“If you win, I’ll still be glad I didn’t let you.” He climbs back down the ladder, feeling the ache in his muscles reduce with every passing minute. 

True to your word, his powers do return a while later. 

And while he’s watching Avatar: The Last Airbender with Peter in the living room two days later, his phone beeps with a text. 

It’s a picture of a blue first place ribbon next to a toy car that looks like it’s powered by a potato battery. Beside it is an out of focus middle finger that is aimed at him. 

Congratulations, he texts back. Told you potato batteries always win.

Your face always wins, he receives in return. He can’t tell if you’re insulting or flirting with him. 

He just shuts his phone off and goes back to watching the show. 

Next part

[seemslegitflapjacks]

Cold Blooded Murder.

This is just a short story. I’m currently deciding wether or not I actually like this concept enough to give it a follow up. Hope you guys enjoy it regardless!

Also for reference I changed the setting to Northern California where in borders Oregon.

Also this is not proofread I’ll probably get around to doing that in the future but right now I’m just getting over the flu lmao.

WARNING! This work contains depictions of murder, descriptions of death, and other disturbing things. This may not be the work for you. Watch yourself, I’m not your babysitter.

Jeff coughed, wailing as he laid one the cold ground. His face felt numb and swollen, he couldn’t breathe through his nose. The snow rapidly fell on his dying body as the night stretched on. He wasn’t sure how far off from the house he was. He rolled, listening closely to make sure they’d gone. He was terrified, maybe they’d come back to try and bury him. He regretted trying to play hero and stomping outside to try and protect his home. Thanks to his idiotic bravery he was dying.

Earlier that night he’d been tucked in the safety of his family’s home. It was December and Christmas had passed by then. His parents and brother were out until the following morning due to some party at an aunt’s home that Jeff had no interest in attending. He wasn’t a Christmas person, and had quite enough of turkey thanks to the surplus left after both Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner.

It was nice having the house to himself for once. Especially on a peaceful winter night. The ambient noise of the fireplace and the gentle snowfall outside set that comfy cozy winter atmosphere. Jeff was by no means a winter person, he actually hated the cold. But if it meant he could have the whole house to himself for the night he was perfectly fine with it.

The blonde lounged on the couch accompanied by the family cat, who nested himself into a little sour-dough looking ball on his stomach. He had the TV playing, but wasn’t necessarily watching it since the snow caused the signal to wig out. Jeff was more so thinking on the events that had occurred the month prior on thanksgiving break with someone who he used to consider a buddy of his, a best friend even.

Randy Warren. That douche left a bad taste in his mouth after a little stunt he pulled at a tailgate party Jeff had hosted. The ginger had walked up all confident looking for a fight with Jeff for no reason. Jeff had remembered Randy having the balls to shove him into the side of his brand new Silverado to provoke him. The blonde’s instinct led him to breaking a beer bottle and threatening the crooked faced frat boy to get the fuck out of his tailgate before he turned his eyes into a bloody kaleidoscope. Thankfully that gad been enough to send Randy back to wherever he came from.

Now thinking about it, Jeff had no clue how he didn’t just resort to violence first thing. He figured it was the amount of beers he’d had beforehand, he was always said to be a very calm drunk. That also surprised him, Jeff had managed to chase Randy off with a broken beer bottle of all things, not even a good weapon. Part of him wanted to take pride in it, but the other was also disappointed in that stunt. On the bright side, police never came to question, so at least nobody snitched or was too drunk to remember.

Everything seemed fine, until he heard a loud thunk from the front door.

Jeff sat up, whipping his head around to the noise he heard. Then it happened again. It sounded like some dick was throwing rocks at his front door.

Well that jerk had another thing coming to him, and that was a metal bat.

The blonde stood up, marching to his room where he snatched the weapon, storming outside. All he could see was pitch black, the porch lights only allowing him to see maybe fifteen or so feet from where he was at the door.

“Who the fuck is that?!” He hollered loudly, but the only thing that came back was the echo of his voice bouncing off the trees.

Jeff glanced at the ground, catching footprints in the snow. Like a hound he followed them, confident with a bat alone he could stick it to whoever thought it was a funny idea to mess with him.

After a few minutes of following the footprints he came to the tree line, squinting to see. Nothing.

Just as he turned around to go back inside, he felt something sharp sink into his back.

Jeff screamed and attempted to swing his bat, successful in hitting one of the perps. However he failed to notice the accomplice on his blindside who snatched him by his hair and threw him down into the snow.

Jeff could feel weight on top of him, and looked to see the faces of people he would only expect in a sick dream.

Randy and Troy.

“Bitch.” Was the only thing Randy said before he began to stab him.

Screams erupted from him as the pair stabbed him, Troy even going as far as to hit Jeff a couple times with the bat.

Jeff tried to fight back, he really did. It was like his hands just couldn’t coordinate properly with what his brain was desperately telling them to do.

After a heated two minutes of half a struggle and a ton of screaming, Randy and Troy deemed it done. Jeff wasn’t going to live long enough for an ambulance to come. The two jogged off, leaving their former friend turned victim to bleed out in the snow.

All of that led to Jeff where he laid now. Cold, dying, and laying in snow colored by his own blood. He waited until he couldn’t hear them, desperately praying they wouldn’t come back to bury him or hack him up or to do whatever sick things killers did to the bodies. Once he was sure that they’d gone, Jeff adjusted himself to be able to crawl.

He first tried his best to wash off his bloody hands in the snow, he didn’t want to make his mom upset that he got blood on eveything. After that he began his crawl away from the tree line. His head felt so fuzzy, his body was numb and throbbing at the same time.

Jeff had only managed to crawl about twenty feet from the driveway before succumbing to blood loss and dying in the snow.

On the morning of his family’s return, Liu had found him.

[alice-morgue]

Fanfic Rules & Regulations

could also be seen as terms & conditions ig.

anyway, for starters, don't worry. i'll use proper punctuation and capitalization for fics 'n stuff. i just type like this for aesthetic purposes.

Requests: OPEN!

Types of Fanfics

~ Headcanons

~ Oneshots

~ Reactions

~ Imagines

~ Requests

~ Short Fics (about 1k-2k words)

~ Match-Ups

What I'll Write

~ Just about anything, really. I have a really weird and broad-spectrum. I won't do incest or p*dophilia. Will do r*pe/dubcon and angst (though it won't be very good)

~ I'll pretty much do most any kink

What I Won't Write

~ Incest

~ P*dophilia

Characters

It is recommended you take a gander at the Notes section after this to see misc. things about how I write. Also, you may ask for anyone off of either roster or ask for everyone from one roster or anyone from the other. OR! You may ask for everyone from both in one ask. I want you to know that it may take me a while but I am happy to do so.

My Standard Slasher Roster:

~ Michael Myers (RZ Version For The Time Being)

~ Jason Voorhees

~ Freddy Krueger

~ Ghostface (Billy + Stu)

~ Pinhead

~ Other Cenobites (Chatterer, Butterball, Deepthroat, etc)

~ Thomas Hewitt

~ Bubba Sawyer

~ Chop Top Sawyer

~ Nubbins Sawyer

~ Drayton Sawyer (Both Original + 2017!Drayton)

~ Tex Sawyer

~ Tinker Sawyer

~ Alfredo Sawyer

~ Hannibal Lector

~ Jesse Cromeans/Chromeskull

~ Asa Emory/The Collector

~ The Sinclair Brothers

~ Otis Driftwood

~ Brahms Heelshire

~ Chucky

~ Tiffany Valentine

~ Billy Lenz

My Standard Creepypasta Roster:

~ Slenderman

~ Trenderman

~ Splendorman

~ Offenderman (Will Be Referred to As Smexy)

~ Jeff The Killer

~ Masky

~ Hoodie

~ Ticci Toby

~ Eyeless Jack

~ Laughing Jack

~ BEN Drowned

~ Herobrine

~ The Puppeteer

~ Happy Appy

~ Mr. Widemouth

***NOTES:

- I write RZ!Michael Myers because it's been too long since I've seen the original. Plus RZ!Myers has more of a background.

- Ghostface is only Billy & Stu because I've only ever seen the first Scream movie. I prefer writing them poly because...c'mon. We all know.

- As much as I love our adorable newer Lector I feel more comfortable writing for the older Hannibal.

- As much as I hate Asa Emory I will write for him but it may seem odd how I write him. I just really wanna push him down a flight of stairs, okay?

- Offenderman/Smexy will be written as a hopeless romantic who fully believes in consent (technically, he's considered a succubus/incubus and those types of demons get energy from pleasure and there is nothing at all pleasurable from noncon/dubcon).

- I will be writing all Pastas as I have grown up reading. Meaning Masky, Hoodie, and Toby are all Slenderman proxies within my writing (despite them actually being proxies of The Operator), Eyeless Jack is still a kidney eating cannibal that most definitely listens to Korn and Lana Del Rey on repeat, Jeff The Killer is a loveable asshole, etc.

- Don't ask why some of these characters are on the list (*cough* Happy Appy *cough*). I cater to many walks of life at I remember at some point I had tried to find Happy Appy fanfiction just because. Happy Appy is another character I wish to shove down a flight of stairs.

This list may updated in the future but for the time being: Here ya go!

[headcanon-cafe]

Hanging Out With S/O’s Baby Brother

Jeff The Killer

They are honestly vibing

I can imagine Jeff like babies AS LONG as they are not his and he's not in charge of changing them.

He doesn't feel judged for once when its just him and baby. Hell, he's not even sure if they can have a clear thought. So the fact that its a baby, a person he doesn't hates baby brother none the less, he's pretty content.

So basically he actually relaxes for once.

I think he'd try and just make him into an Anarchy baby.

Constantly playing Dead Kennedys, Green Day, The Offspring and Black Flag whenever the kids around.

Always talking to him like “Rules are made to be broken, those who follow them are just pussies and they need someone to break them first. Thats where you come in.”

“Rules are made for power, what are you?? 1, 2?? (The baby is in fact 8 months old) Thats why your folks have time out. To take away your power and MAKE you kneel. Nah kid, your parent are your future government.”

Isn't sure if he wants or will has kids so whenever there is a child around he does what he can to make sure it is a prodigy of chaotic evil/neutral

They way he talks to the baby makes it seem like he understands?? Like he won't talk to your brother if your around but like when your gone has full fucking conversations with them.

Ticci Toby

Honestly their energies match

Like, as long as he doesn't feel like his tics are bad and he's not easily aggravated he will actually play with the child.

Toby means well, he really does but he has bad mood swings

Honestly likes being around children but can not for the life of him take care of one.

Dont let him feed the baby. He will try to feed the baby waffles, and when you tell him he cant chew yet will actually throw waffles butter and syrup in a blender so “The baby can finally enjoy the earth very few things that cause happiness”

Throws a fit if you baby talk the baby and not him.

Either talk to both of them like they're adults or both of them like they are babies

Still doesn't understand the concept of feeding a baby so when you told him the baby drank breast milk he was fully prepared for you to pull out your tit for some reason. Sorely disappointed when met with a packet of breast milk.

Masky

If there is one thing he won't ever admit, it would be wanting a family

He does with all his heart but its not anything he would ever tell anyone, He won't even accept it himself

No one knows why tho, the only person who knows is Slender and that is obviously because he can read mind but like cnjdncedjvcnenc

The first time you ever see that... Domestic side of him is when you introduce your 3 week old brother to him

The only thing Tim said was that he found it funny that if you had kids recently that they would be older than their uncle

Low-key refuses to give the baby back. Like, obviously he will but only if you out right ask. If you were to reach for the baby he would smoothly move away to make it seem like a coincidence

Will change, rock and even feed the baby and will love every second of it but if you were to ask him he would shrug his shoulders and just say he would refer not to have children around him.

Will really low key have baby fever weeks following

[jeffchats]

I think that’s why a lot of people feel that Jeff should just move on find forgiveness. It’s not for David. I’m not saying this do defend David’s actions. But it’s been almost 2 years and Jeff is sitting in his apartment stewing and steaming about David and his life and all it’s doing is dragging his own well being into the gutter. Why is he so worried about David if he hates him? Just let him go. And the fans making memes and this whole bald eagle thing…. It just makes everything worse. I feel the influence Jeff allows the fanbase to have over himself has stopped his ability to move on from a lot of the trauma. Revenge doesn’t help anyone. It just doesn’t.

Yup. Jeff needs to focus on himself and heal himself. I think once he does that he will be able to let David go and realize David was never meant to be in his life and his purpose in Jeff’s life is gone. What happened happened so will Jeff be miserable his whole life and let it ruin his future? He has so much potential and so much to live for, he shouldn’t let David or his anger towards David take that away from him. It bothers me when Jeff refers to the lives as therapy…dude it’s not therapy. Everyone on there has a bias towards you and say what you want to hear, they aren’t really solving any real problems you have. The lives allow him to ignore the real problems, there’s no real work towards solving them.

[whaleofatjme1920]

Hello El!!

I bring my exchange info for an matchup. If say creepypasta/marblehornets matchup for this.

So my name is Shay, I go by Whiskey because it's a preference in liquor on my end. I go by they/them pronouns, AFAB and I'm bi and omniromantic, I do have an mild preference for men or masc aligned people. I'm a Libra sun, Virgo moon and Aquarius rising. I'm also introvert (INFJ-A) and I'm constantly sleeply. I do have C-PSTD, Bipolar II and GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder).

I'm Caucasian/White and I stand at 5'9. I have celtic and Danish heritage, My family where vikings. I'm really tall and legs double the size of my torso, as in my thighs are as big as my torso in length, same with my calves. I call myself spider legs because of that. I have this natural like wolf cut going on that is this dark green with my roots be my natural dark chocolate brown hair. My eyes are hazel with gold flecks that shift in color which I found out is normal for people with hazel eyes. I paint my nails black a lot because I find the color pleasing. My build wise is like a rectangle like shape with broad shoulders. I'm pretty strong and I'm proud of my strength. I'm currently starting to get into shape and lose weight so I have fit shape but not like over for. Just the right amount of fat over my muscles. I have a lot of stretch marks,, mostly around my waist and my biceps. I call them my stripes or lighting marks. I have plans to get snake bite piercings and wear like the ring ones in them. I'm getting an tattoo soon that is like this and then I want a burning match tattoo on my color bone. My ears are piercing and I like wearing fake gauges, spirals and then the ratings that have the dangly stuff and cuffs with them. I also wear like those stereotypical hot topic chokers. I wear a lot of long sleeves and skinny jeans, I do like ripped skinny jeans. I also love flannels and black boots like doc martins or converse.

I think you can assume by the statement of me liking whiskey I am the rebellious sort which is true. I have drank a bit and tried weed, I don't do it anymore tho.I have been told if people don't know me and see me from afar I'm intimidating to approach. Even being spooky and intimidating, I promise I'm just a big softie. I usually assume the mom friend of the group with my friends. I always worry about them and make sure they take care of themselves. Sometimes I do it so much I forget to take care of myself. I'm really gentle and compassionate, along with being extremely empathetic. I can be stubborn and bit judgemental at times, mostly working off first impressions myself when getting to know each other. I have an hard time being insertive and putting my foot down with my boundaries, scared to lose people even if the hurt me. I'm an introvert through and through, liking to watch from the back and observe the way things go on around me. I do my best to be an optimist because I can't see the point in see everything wrong in this world, it helps me to see the good. I love going on adventures with my close friends and love being a chaotic bastard with them. My dnd alignment is chaotic neutral and I'm Hufflepuff. I do live by the saying do no harm but take no shit. But I won't hesitate to fight someone for the right causes.

I do always constantly look like I am going to funeral of some sort because I own nothing but black. The color makes me feel really comfortable but it's not my favorite color. My favorite color is green but I like sage green, forest green, mossy green, etc. The earthy greens are my favorites. I have a love for the forest and woodlands, finding a sense of home in the woods. I do love archery and something I'm definitely going to be picking up along with playing the drums. I also smoke herbal cigarettes as well as alternative to smoking.

You know that I often get called a cryptid and at this point, I am just one. Cryptidcore, Midwest Gothic, and Pacific Northwest Gothic are my favorite aesthetics. I have a huge love for cryptozoology (the study of cryptids), parapsychology (the psychic phenomena and other paranormal claims), original creepypasta stories and to be honest anything like spooky and creepy. I want to be a mortician and I'm attending school for that. I also really love the dark, especially if I have some good music blasting through my earbuds. I am a sucker for long road trips and seeing things, filling the adventure heart I have. My favorite animals are coyotes and I also like horses. I like to write a lot as well. My favorite cryptids are The Beast of Bray Road, Not Deer, Jersey Devil and Jacklopes.

Thank you so much and I'm so glad I got a chance to reach out to you. It all started with me wanting to send memes to you and being a little 🌲 anon.

Also here is what the tattoo I'm am getting done looks like ↓↓↓

Your matchup is... Jeff!

Sorry this took me a hot minute, I've been out all day! But here's my part of the exchange :}

In general:

Alright, I read this over and just immediately thought about Jeff, mostly because of your personality!! I have so many things I want to get into and want to say though. SO, let's get right into that.

Things he likes about you:

Physically speaking, as that is how I always start, Jeff really, really loves your height and your legs make him fuzzy on the inside. He just loves it SO MUCH. Your hair is gorgeous, and he's never going to stop wanting to run his fingers through it. Whatever color it's dyed as becomes his new favorite, and he loves seeing your natural hair poke through as well. Your eyes are so gorgeous in his opinion and he finds himself getting lost in them. He thinks your nails being painted black is nice because honestly, he's prone to painting his nails black as well. He finds your body so great!! Wants to hold you and loves feeling new muscles when they get built up. Regardless, he just physically adores you. Your stretch marks are also something he adores as well, and he will fondly call them your tiger stripes and admire them in their entirety. He would love your piercings and the tattoo you want to get. Also really, really loves your choice in jewelry. Chokers are hot in his opinion lmfao. Ripped skinny jeans, flannels, black boots, converse!! just everything about your style works so well with him. And your personality!! That slight rebellious edge am slightly intimidating nature??? PLEASE

General cute stuff:

I feel like the two of you are going to spend some evenings in painting nails. Jeff is slightly touch starved and will absolutely run his hands over your body and just adore everything about you. I can also see Jeff working out with you as well!! He will be your number one supporter regardless of what you're going to be doing. He finds it so sweet that you take care of other people. Jeff also understands you being an introvert, because he's kind of the same way. He would absolutely would hang back with you and just exist. He likes observing as well. However, he also can be a bit of a chaotic guy and will go on adventures with you! Scary places, nature, wherever you want, Jeff will go with you. He'll also read up on fun little places and then go with you. He will absolutely get you green things just because he knows that you like that color. Jeff will also take you on walks in the woods, and he'll also let you wear his clothing!! Jeff actually smokes weed semi-regularly, so while you smoke herbal cigarettes, he's going to be lighting up alongside you as long as you're comfortable. He'd probably like the herbal cigarettes as well. Jeff would love to hear about your love of cryptozoology! He's met so many beings in his life that fit that that he'd just go buck wild being able to tell you about his stories and experiences as well. Parapsychology is also something he'd love to listen from you. He finds you going into the mortician business so incredible, and that you like the dark. Your music?? Please share that with him!!

You two as a couple:

Jeff knows that you are intimidating but so, so sweet. He finds you so admirable and honestly, he needs that kind of caring, loving influence in his life. He finds you being the mom friend of your group super fun and while he's not a dad friend, definitely loves saying things to remind all of your shared 'kids' to listen to you. He wants you to take care of yourself!! He wants you to be kind to yourself!! You being stubborn is something he understands because honestly he can be stubborn. Judgmental? He gets it but honestly might challenge the notion from time to time. He will remind you about boundaries and how important it is to set them. Time to time, he may step in just to help you out. He will also remind you to be assertive, mostly because he would hate to see anyone take advantage of you. Jeff will read up on C-PTSD, Bipolar II, and your anxiety simply so he can be more prepared to help you in any way he can. He deals with some things himself, but he doesn't always know how to handle others. So, he would definitely read up for you and end up becoming your rock when you need it. Honestly, just let him take care of you in his own way. Rough around the edges?? Absolutely. But he's so soft for you. He will help you in any way he can, whether it be weathering the bad days and loving the good ones. Let him adore you.

Closing Thoughts/Other Things:

Hi love bug, or as I will often fondly refer to you as, Dr. Cryptid! I was so happy to read all of this about you. Thank you so so much for sending this in and once again doing mine! I loved reading all about it, and I love talking with you. Thank you so much for that lil pine tree emoji and memes. Also, please take care of yourself!! There's only one of you in the universe and it's so important to love and cherish yourself. It's always okay to say no or know when to bail. Never take care of so many people that you leave all your energy with them and none for yourself. I look forward to our future convos and just friendship in general. As always, let me know what you think and I hope you enjoyed!

[girlactionfigure]

For Black History Month

When she was laid to rest on February 7, 2006, four U.S. Presidents (George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter), would attend her funeral, as well as a future president (then-senator Barack Obama). More than 14,000 people would be there to remember her that day.

She would be referred to as the "First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement."

Her name was Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006), and she would be remembered for her courage, for her strength, and for her grace.

Author Maya Angelou would say that the day of her death was a "bleak morning for me and for many people and yet it's a great morning because we have a chance to look at her and see what she did and who she was. It's bleak because I can't — many of us can't hear her sweet voice — but it's great because she did live, and she was ours. I mean African-Americans and white Americans and Asians, Spanish-speaking — she belonged to us and that's a great thing."

What Coretta Scott King was was not only the wife and partner of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but also a leader in her own right, leading the struggles after her husband's death for equal right, not only for African-Americans, but also for women's and LGBT rights.

She said after her husband's death that "I'm more determined than ever that my husband's dream will become a reality."

What she did was that she founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, focusing on the issues that she said breed violence such as hunger, unemployment, voting rights and racism.

A former member of the National Board of Directors of NOW, she campaigned for the Equal Rights Amendment and called for women to "unite and form a solid block of women power to fight the three great evils of racism, poverty and war," encouraging women to increase their voting turnout by ten percent to see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.

She would became an advocate for world peace and she would speak up for economic justice.

She fought for the poor, saying, "I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence. Discrimination against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing is violence. Ignoring medical need is violence. Contempt for poverty is violence.”

When a group of black pastors tried to block gay and lesbian couples from marrying, Coretta Scott King would stand up and say, "I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people. ... But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream, to make room at the table of brotherhood and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people."

When Congress refused to consider a national holiday for her husband, she would never give up, calling it a "peoples’ holiday," celebrating the spirit of brother and sisterhood, whether you are African-American, Hispanic or Native American, whether you are Caucasian or Asian-American, expressing Dr. King's great dream for America.

And, when the Senate considered the nomination of Jeff Sessions, she would write a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, asking her voice to be heard and questioning Session's ability to be fair when he had a record of intimidating elderly, black voters.

She would also say, "Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.”

She would say, "Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”

Despite the assassination of her husband, despite all her battles and struggles, like her husband, Coretta Scott King saw hope, telling her listeners to never give up, saying, "Many despair at all the evil and unrest and disorder in the world today, but I see a new social order and I see the dawn of a new day."

The Jon S. Randal Peace Page

[siriusbunbryist]

In defence of Abed x Annie.

Thanks to the magic of Netflix, I’ve rewatched Community at age 24, and still found Abed and Annie to have hit the heartstrings as much as I did when I was in high school watching the show for the first time.

But watching the series in its entirety just reinforces my thought that Abed and Annie had so much potential that was wasted, and it’s a shame that the writers planted all these seeds to only decide that perhaps this direction was not worth it / too risky / unfavoured by the audience. But I mean, Alison Brie herself (and I’m assuming Danny Pudi as well) endorsed them! Find here and here.

This was a pairing that with all the crumbs scattered throughout the show (I think we are all aware of these crumbs I speak of), could’ve easily played the “oh we’ve been secretly dating this whole time” trope during the last episode and it would’ve still made sense.

Naturally I did some scoping, and of course unsurprisingly the J.eff x Annie pairing takes the cake, while not a lot of love for Abed x Annie. So here are common points of contentions I see surrounding Abed and Annie, and my rationale on them.

Before I start, a note - I fully respect the J.eff x Annie ship and I don’t intend on starting a ship w.ar/debate. I understand where their support comes from! I just needed to vent because no one else in my social circle watches this show. No hate please.

1. Abed doesn’t see Annie romantically

I think on the contrary it’s been set up rather long ago that Abed at the very least is attracted to Annie.

Exhibit A: “What are you making” in Beginner Pottery

Exhibit B: “Flat B.utt and the one Abed wants to nail” in The Art of Discourse

This video basically explains it! The summary: Annie is Pierce’s favourite, Pierce constantly insults Britta, therefore Britta is flat b.utt.

Exhibit C: Not even trying to hide it in Accounting for Lawyers

But, a romantic interest has to be further built upon finding someone attractive right? There has to be intrigue to their character, such as

Exhibit D: “I can only connect to people through... movies” in English as a Second Language

It is pretty obvious here that Annie is a rare someone who has successfully broken the impartial screen that Abed filters everything through. Jeff saw it too which is why he said Annie was the ark of the covenant before Abed fell for her disney face. I can only imagine Abed to be quite struck with Annie’s infiltration.

A romantic interest should also share common interests, such as

Exhibit E: “Which makes Annie is my third favourite show” in Paranormal Parentage

I’ve said before that for Abed, a guy who lives life and communicates through comparing it with television and movies, it’s not unthinkable for him to be attracted to someone who genuinely watches his favourite shows and commits to roles during cosplay. And who, besides Troy, would fit this profile? Annie. 

And finally, the biggest indicator of it all, we also see how Abed views the Jeff and Annie pairing in everyone’s favourite episode Remedial Chaos Theory. Keeping in mind that the timelines are rendered by Abed, out of all the timelines, J.eff and Annie only kis.sed when Abed left the room for pizza. As well, as conjured in Abed’s head, Evil Jeff and Evil Annie only existed as a couple in the Darkest Timeline. To me at least, it’s arguable that this alludes to Abed’s omniscient “director” standpoint that he may be the obstacle in the Jeff and Annie relationship - pointing towards him perhaps harbouring feelings for Annie.

2. Annie doesn’t see Abed romantically The general consensus on this point is that Annie is only attracted to Abed when he’s playing a character. I rather think that being attracted to someone, and being attracted to someone during role play, aren’t mutually exclusive. Let’s take a look at the different characters that Abed played.

Don Draper: serious, sophisticated, and smooth.

Han Solo: immature, flirty and a smarta.ss.

Batman: mysterious, complex, and brave.

Three different personas, yet Annie responded to all of them. Since the common denominator to all three is that they are played by Abed, I would like to offer a counterpoint that perhaps the attraction to Abed has always been there, it’s just emphasized when Abed plays a character. Who knows, role playing might even be Annie’s ki.nk. After all, during For a Few Paintballs More, it is shown that Annie is disappointed when Abed dropped the Han Solo persona after the battle ended.

Annie also loves big romantic gestures. Who’s better than doing that than Abed? Since the beginning, Abed has already been doing big romantic gestures of varying degrees for Annie. With this, it’s not ridiculous for Annie to see Abed as a romantic potential.

Exhibit F: Staying in a room for 26 hours in Social Psychology

Annie: You sat in a room for twenty-six straight hours. Didn’t that bother you?  Abed: Yeah I was livid.  Annie: Then why didn’t you leave?  Abed: Because you asked me to stay and you said we were friends.

Exhibit G: Rescuing her from “captivity” and inviting her to move in in Remedial Chaos Theory and Studies in Modern Movement (even Troy was surprised at Abed’s invitation)

Exhibit H: Tearing down the Dreamatorium in Studies in Modern Movement

Annie: What about the Dreamatorium? Abed: Oh it's staying. The Dreamatorium is more important than any of us. But you're more important than our bedroom so we put the bunk bed in the blanket fort.

Bonus: Confirmed by Alison Brie

3. The show was about Jeff and Annie

Dan Harmon said that Community’s approach is that anything and any pairing is possible. We see this is as the series started with the classic “player vs smart snarky girl” trope with setting up Jeff and Britta as the main pairing. We also see Troy and Annie as the potential B couple in the show. The writers also threw Pierce and Shirley, Annie and Britta, Dean and Jeff, and even Chang and Britta in for a laugh.

And then the show subverted this all by introducing Jeff and Annie, and made Troy and Britta a couple, showing us that Community is a show that intends on breaking these classic sitcom stereotypes by experimenting with different pairings. Abed and Annie was no exception to this, as the writers often pair them up in different shenanigans and hint at possible grounds to explore*.

A few examples: Han and Leia in For a Few Paintballs More, Hector the Well Endowed and the Elf Maiden in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, spy partners in Modern Espionage.

No doubt that the show dabbled in and out of Jeff and Annie throughout the series. However, to say that Jeff and Annie was the primary pairing in the series would mean overlooking Jeff and Britta. Especially when Jeff and Britta have the whole love-hate dynamic, three(?) marriage close-calls, and emotional snippets such as helping Jeff reunite with his father in Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations.

Anyway, not to discredit Jeff and Annie, but knowing that the show explores the possibility of different pairings**, why write off Abed and Annie?

* Not to mention that the cop pairing in The Science of Illusion was originally written with Abed and Annie in mind! ** We also see a stray Abed and Britta during Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps.

4. Annie is in love with Jeff To keep this short and shipper-goggle free, Annie has said on numerous occasions that she’s in love with the idea of Jeff, not Jeff himself. Specifically this scene in Virtual Systems Analysis:

Abed as Annie: "…We love Jeff…" Annie: "No we don’t, we’re just in love with the idea of being loved. And if we can teach a guy like Jeff to do it, we’ll never be unloved, so we keep running the same scenario over and over hoping for a different result."

And this scene in Conventions of Space and Time:

Annie: All right, I may have been play-acting that we were married, and then the staff thought you were cheating, and I had to save face. Jeff: Do I have to worry about this? Annie: No, I was just daydreaming. I mean, I've married you at least a half a dozen times. And Troy. And Zac Efron.

Not to mention that their conversation in the finale says it all.

Jeff: I don't wanna be fine. I wanna be 25 and heading out into the world. I wanna fall asleep on a beach and be able to walk the next day, or stay up all night on accident. I wanna wear a white t-shirt without looking like I forgot to get dressed.* I want to be terrified of AIDS, I want to have an opinion about those, boring a.ss Marvel movies. And I want those opinions to be of any concern to the people making them. Annie: Well I want to live in the same home for more than a year, order wine without feeling nervous, have a resume full of crazy mistakes instead of crazy lies. I want stories and wisdom, perspective. I wanna have so much behind me I'm not a sl.ave to what's in front of me, especially those flavourless unremarkable Marvel movies.

*Shipper-goggle on: Part of me thinks this is a reference to Abed, whose iconic style almost exclusively comprises T-shirts. What Jeff is saying is that he wishes he is 25 again with his future open before him, someone who compatible with Annie, but here he acknowledges that he isn’t, and lets her go in the end.

5. Abed and Annie wouldn’t work as a couple Another point I see is that Abed and Annie are strictly platonic and are more like brother and sister. On the basis that they have made out a couple times and are attracted to each other, I would disagree with the sibling statement.  

Troy, in contrast to Abed, I think actually resembles a more sibling-like relationship with Annie. Although Troy and Annie have the strong friendship of Abed and Annie, when disregarding the high school crush stage of season 1, their storylines never dwelled further down an attraction path, nor was there any specific episode that was dedicated to a deep dive of vulnerabilities and confrontation between them. As a comparison, Troy and Britta had opportunities to explore these setups (Troy admitted to lying about his b.utt stuff story and Troy helped Britta face Blade) - an indication that Troy and Britta were heading into non-platonic territory. Jeff and Britta too, had several opportunities to confront their feelings (up till the very last season), a clear indication of a non-platonic relationship.

For Abed and Annie, what I think pulls their friendship towards actual love interest potential is best pinpointed to Virtual Systems Analysis. Annie’s participation in the Dreamatorium prompted her to not only fully submerge into the way Abed thinks and comprehends his surroundings, but she also got to understand and address Abed’s stubbornness and flaws in a vulnerable way, confronting some of her own flaws as well.

Abed as Shirley: Your hospital school, young lady, is a simulation being run through a filter of other people's needs. Abed's been filtered out because nobody needs him. Annie: I need him!

And to point out this little tidbit in VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing,

Annie: That's why Abed is like a brother to me. You guys are so alike. Abed: I can't accept that based on one time machine story.

This whole episode, instead of establishing Abed is like Annie’s brother, I would argue is rather doing the opposite. Abed and Annie’s hyper antics in the episode were basically matched by Anthony and Rachel’s blatant indifference and confusion. For lots of Abed and Annie supporters, this episode was a major setback. But I think it instead highlights how in-sync they are with each other, which is a good thing.

Another point, despite Annie trying to prove otherwise, Abed and Anthony had different vibes, and each shared different dynamics with Annie. And as Anthony pointed out in the end, who were Abed and Annie trying to replace in the apartment? Troy. The person who they are trying to fill is Troy - their roommate, their brother, their best friend. Troy was the brother role that neither Abed and Annie can fill for each other.

In Basic Sandwich, we get this exchange:

Abed: The point is, this show, Annie, it isn't just their show. This is our show, and it's not over. And the sooner we find that treasure, the faster the Jeff-Britta pilot falls apart. Annie: Got it. Thank you, Abed. Abed: You're welcome. I have a girlfriend. Annie: What? Abed: You were about to start a kiss lean. Annie: I was not.

Not only did Abed saw right through Annie’s anxiety and comforted her in his own uniquely Abed way, but he also felt the need to remind her of his girlfriend. The fact that he broke the fourth wall here is likely the writers’ way to be meta, but simply acknowledging the tension and bond there says a lot in between the lines. If tension does not exist, there would be no need for this line.

Besides, instead of thinking that they’re strictly platonic (which of course is also okay), they would rather work great as a couple. In terms of opposites attract, Annie grounds Abed with just the right amount, while Abed clearly encourages Annie to be her true self and be immature. Such as this scene in Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism,

Annie: I’m following him.  Troy: You moving in here was supposed to tone us down!

Annie also doesn’t just tolerate Abed’s idiosyncrasies, she actually likes them and fully participates as multiple paintball games and cosplays would tell us. Special shoutout to the missing lovers footage in Wedding Videography, which through Britta, actually shows us that Annie is the only one who would go along with Abed’s projects - while Britta found the project extremely weird and unhealthy, Annie thought it was fun and commits well to her role.

And while others may tiptoe around Abed, Annie isn’t afraid to call Abed out when he’s out of line and makes a point to teach him about empathy in Virtual Systems Analysis. Remember that Britta tried teaching him this but it didn’t work as well.

I am Abed Nadir... And I don't know a lot of things everyone else knows. I wander the universe with my friend, Troy, doing whatever I want. Sometimes accidentally hurting innocent unremarkables. This week, however, Troy went to lunch and I adapted. I now have the ability to enter the minds of others using an elusive new technique known as "empathy".

As well as in the entire episode of Cooperative Polygraphy.

They also know each other best. Abed knew her cushion preferences, was the one who spelled out her true pas.sion for forensics, and after living together, Annie knew how to navigate Abed’s peculiarities and to soothe him whenever he had a nervous breakdown. 

Annie also knows him so well that she can predict his reaction.

They are also each other’s exception. Annie was always the one who manages to pull Abed out of a trance and back to reality, usually with touch.

Abed is also very forgiving with her. An example is when Annie seemingly lost all common sense because she broke Abed’s special edition dvd in Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism.

Annie: Well, Batman, on behalf of all of us that aren't perfect, can I just say I'm sorry I broke your DVD? Abed: Apology accepted. But I wouldn't mention it to Abed. That guy's pretty ruthless. And that's coming from Batman.

And in Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas, Annie was the only claymation doll that didn’t have a weird form (except Troy as toy soldier of course). Annie was a ballerina because Abed sees her as a creature of grace. Abed was also the first one who got her “brighter tomorrow” diorama and responded with enthusiasm.

They are also in the same stage in life. As Dan Harmon explains the choice of Abed and Annie being the ones who leave the group, with Troy gone, Abed and Annie symbolize the many possibilities of the future - a possibility that makes them viable. I like to think Annie transfers to the LA FBI office after her internship and they reunite.

And as the Spice Girls said, “if you wanna be my love.r, you gotta get with my friends”. In Paleyfest, Dan Harmon says this about whoever Troy and Abed ends up dating, “I mean a woman that comes into either of their lives is either going to drive them apart or she's going to have to be really accepting of a very special relationship”.

Britta tolerated their friendship but to a point of asking Annie to distract Abed for alone time with Troy, Troy dumped the librarian as she called Abed weird, Robin disappeared, Rachel we never got to see much of, but was pretty quiet and separated from the group. From this, logically speaking, Annie would actually be the perfect match for Abed, as we all know they’re the ultimate trio within the study group and a transition from friends to more will be natural. 

Oh, and, Abed is wrong. They’re not Chandler and Phoebe with little storylines together, they’re Chandler and Monica. 

Anyway, that’s it for my super long rant/analysis. Community the series is done and over, so there isn’t a need for any ship war. All I want to say is, if #andamovie happens, hopefully, the writers will actually take a leap.