#games with on what day... and my mom and dad are super involved with their temple activities

[internet-kid-kenna]

The Golden Raven Spoilers

This is a list of things I can't believe happened in this book and have questions on still or just feel are important to reiterate. This is super spoiler heavy, DO NOT READ if you haven't read the book yet, I literally talk about pretty much every major plot point and then some.

Jean's mother had his childhood exy team captain and their ENTIRE FAMILY murdered because Jean dared to talk to them

What did Joshua say to Jeremy?????

Jean corrects himself from saying he's spent five years practicing Raven drills to seven? So he was learning them before he went to Castle Evermore?

I can't believe Andrew came back to California, I also can't believe he came back without Neil

I'm ALSO shocked to learn Neil didn't tell Kevin or Andrew that he went to California in June

ALSO shocked to learn Neil didn't tell Andrew about Grayson? this one makes sense to me now that I've thought about it, Neil wouldn't want to trigger Andrew like that

BRISKET LUNGS 💀💀 sassy jean ftw

WAS KAYLEIGH DAY FUCKING MURDERED????

Jeremy's ringtone for Kevin is a fox bark lmaooo

Jean filling Kevin's glass with tap water instead of fridge water is such a funny random comment but so petty

I can't believe we got three descriptions of looks Cody had (neon green hair, fire engine red buzz cut, and they’re a natural blonde) AND a description of what Cat smells like before we got what she looks like

Half-baked baguette is a hilarious and wild insult

Jeremy's mom keeps his passport, social security card and birth certificate somewhere locked and hidden away from him and that's fucking crazy

Jeremy's dad is stationed in Korea, I wonder if there are any Moriyamas in Korea?

Jeremy LOVES to avoid things and change the subject and I hate love hate him for it

Jeremy Alan White Knox LMAO I can't un-think this

I love Cody, Pat and Ananya and I want only good things to happen to them

I was NOT expecting an orgy, I definitely thought sex was involved w the banquet night, but coke-fueled orgy was rough to find out. The guilt Jeremy must feel about that all. Fuck. This was rough.

Cat and Jean's friendship means so much to me and I love love love how physical they are with each other and how he starts kissing her temple and shit, adorable, spectacular gimme 14 of em

STUPID, BEAUTIFUL KEVIN 😭😭😭😭 man finding out Kevin is oblivious to Jean's feelings about him hurt

I want Jean to have a garden so bad

LITERALLY WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOX V RAVEN GAME HOLY SHIT I WAS GASPING OUTLOUD

I will personally track down and murder and kill the fucking Raven fans who burned their house down, it held EVERYTHING jean owned and loved and cared about (other than the people obvi)

Fireworks showing up on jeans list chapters later while and also adding Fathers (deliberately ignoring his own and attributing that title to Wymack and Rhemann)

Aaron driving the Mas because Andrew has a broken collar bone and Neil has broken ribs

RIP Barkbark, you will be forever missed

The way Browing is annoyed as fuck at jean for not wanting to be in witness protection and is like wtf is with this game, Jean and Neil being exy freaks fr

Warren Wilshire is a massive fucking asshole and can suck my dick

JEAN'S FAVORITE COLOR IS BROWN LIKE JEREMY'S EYES

JEAN BRAIDING LAILA'S HAIR 😩

JABBERWOCKY, bro that's Jean in dog form, can't convince me otherwise

[live-laugh-legolas]

Hi! For a request could you do The Fellowship as parents? Like reader has a kid with them what would they be like? Have a great day!

Cute! This has just been sitting in my drafts

The fellowship as parents

Aragorn:

-This might be controversial

-Because ik we know Aragorn is daddy (hehe)

-But

-He’s not the best father of those on this list

-He’s a great dad don’t get me wrong

-He’s very patient and guiding

-But he’s also not the uttermost hands on

-He wasn’t raised like that

-He kind of lets his kids figure stuff out on their own while supporting them and making sure they don’t die

-Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing at all; just compared to the others I’d rank him lower

Legolas:

-I have a hard time picturing him as a dad; more like a cool uncle

-But he would be the dad that’s kinda on the same level as the kids

-I think elves are kind of feral growing up so his parenting reflects that

-Yes they are elegant and poised; he is a prince so his kids need to know manners

-But he will join them in eating things they shouldn’t

-Climbing places probably not good for a child to be

-I don’t get the vibes that he particularly dreams of being a father; but he would take on the job to the best of his ability should it happen

Gimli:

-Father of the year right here

-I just think dwarves are generally good parents and if we consider his father; well let’s just say he’s got a good relationship

-Won’t stop talking about his children

-Will go to all the tea parties and talk to the plushies

-Yes he is wearing a tiara; obviously

-A goofy dad; no problem embarrassing his children for his own entertainment and to keep their egos in check

Boromir:

-A very good father

-He doesn’t take after his father; and instead treats his kids kinda how he treats Faramir

-Literally the most love and pride

-Please give this man a daughter

-He would spoil the shit out of his little princess

-He would also be sooo excited to be an uncle

Frodo:

-Another one I can’t picture as a father; but he would take a kid under his wing

-Let’s kids tag along with him for anything

-Talks to them the same way he would anyone; which makes the kids think he is the coolest

-Like he doesn’t coddle anyone and is very honest (with maybe a bit of cheek)

-He kind of co-parents with all his friends

Sam:

-Another top tier dad right here

-It’s always been his dream to have kids (a lot of kids)

-I’ve been living for the bunny comics made by @rutobuka2 and Sam literally embodies a bunny in the sense of family size

(I’m a definitely more a LOTR person than Hobbit but damn it if this isn’t some of the cutest art I’ve ever seen)

-Anyway; I’ll stop fangirling and get back to the hc’s

-He is super gentle with his kids; but also is very good about discipline

-Definitely teaches his kids to take care of their mom

Merry:

-Super involved with everything

-Gets his kids whatever they want but they do have to work for it; more like rewards and gifts

-Loves to build things for his kids; like a treehouse or wooden boats

-Takes his kids on rides and fishing trips

-Makes sure they know basic life skills

Pippin:

-He’s a fantastic dad

-I feel very repetitive in saying that but it’s true; the fellowship of good dads

-So engaged with his kids

-Will go above and beyond in their games

-Takes dress up very seriously

-I imagine him also being very scheduled with bed time

-He probably riles his kids up before bed with silly bedtime games (which is what my dad did)

-Seems counter productive but it made me excited to go to bed so I never really fought it; genius

Gandalf:

-Grandpa energy

-But chaotic

-We know he is good with kids; or at least that kids love him

-Can keep anyone entertained

-You can trust him to babysit

-This is in moderation though

-He will grow tired and want a break so he will dump them on someone else for a bit

[cityofmeliora]

What do you think about Copia’s childhood? I saw your post about Terzo’s, so I started wondering. Where do you think he was raised, who do you think he was raised by, how did it contribute to who he is today?

YESSSSSS YES YES YES YES THIS IS THE ASK I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR RAAAAHHHH–

ok so first, i just wanna be clear that this post isn't gonna include anything about Cardi's twin because i'm still waiting to see what happens next in the lore before i try to write anything involving him.

with that out of the way,

like all my Ghost headcanons, my headcanons about Cardi are built on the foundation that the band Ghost lore is about 1) an evil satanic cult, and 2) a dysfunctional showbiz family from Los Angeles.

basically, i think Cardi had a very lonely childhood. and he has psychological issues caused by a lifetime of Sister Imperator's insane parenting. his anxiety in Rite Here Rite Now, about how being Papa is all he wants to do and all he thinks he could do, SCREAMS of "unethical Hollywood parent who molded her child to be a star" to me.

i do think Sister 'raised' him, or was at least present in his life since he was a child ("You'll always be my little Cardi.") and she just... didn't him she was his mom / Nihil was his dad. (i guess it's quite similar to children of catholic clergy IRL, who are sometimes raised by family but never told about their true parentage, or know the truth and are told to hide it.)

Cardi is autistic, obviously, but i also think his awkwardness is him being socially underdeveloped because he comes from an isolated cult environment. he was a weird satanic homeschool kid who almost never interacted with anyone outside the Ministry, and he was basically left to watch movies and listen to music and play video games all day. i like the idea that Cardi had dance training when he was young, though. that was probably the only time he really got to interact with others. and because he grew up in the Los Angeles area, on the occasions he did get to go out, he was always surrounded by the entertainment industry and people trying to rise to stardom.

anyway, i think this was all somewhat intentional, or at least worked in Sister Imperator's favor, to mold him into a neurotic showbiz baby in service of her evil satanic death cult. (though i don't think he cares about the cult aspect of Ghost at all. he's been in it his whole life because he didn't have a choice and has never known anything else. he really just wants to be a rock star.) growing up without the love of friends + family, Cardi filled that void with games / music / film. so... of course he wanted to be an entertainer when he grew up– that was his only avenue for human connection.

and i think Cardi kinda knew Sister Imperator was giving him special treatment and pulling strings to put him in position to become Papa, though he never understood why.

a major point in my Terzo character analysis post is that he was very ambitious and he loved being an entertainer and a showman, but he was frustrated because he wasn't allowed to express his full potential. i wrote that his mindset was "i know i'm good enough. and i could prove it if they would just let me."

and ever since i wrote that, i can't stop thinking about how Cardi feels the exact same way.

he's super talented. he's worked very hard. he's proud of his accomplishments. he's proven he's capable! but Sister Imperator doesn't respect him. she infantilizes him. she keeps the training wheels on. she doesn't want him to be capable!

Sister Imperator does not allow Cardi to have independent thoughts or make real decisions for himself. she allows him the illusion of autonomy when she needs to, but every time he shows a little bit of awareness of how fucked up his life actually is, she shuts him down to keep him under control. she purposefully hides information from him so he won't know anything she doesn't want him to know. she intrudes on his privacy because his bedroom doesn't have a door.

i think their relationship has been like this his whole life.

you can see examples of this manipulation / obfuscation throughout the Chapters, and you can see a lot of it in Rite Here Rite Now.

first off, the opening narration gives the context / background information that sometime in late 2021, when Cardi was 51 years old, he found out his two bosses are actually his parents, and his mother kept this a secret from both him and his father his whole life. which is. wild. to say the least.

(i think when he found out, he was disappointed by the realization that he got to where he is because he was secretly a nepo baby and not because he was doing a good job on his own.)

moving on. in Rite Here Rite Now, Cardi's main source of stress was that he fully believed his parents were going to murder him and then put his body on display to sell VIP tickets for his successor's concerts. this was genuine fear, and he had a legitimate reason to believe they would do that to him because they actually did that to his three older brothers! and in the later Chapters, Sister Imperator and Mr. Psaltarian were totally fucking with his head and making him think he was going to die!

he asks Sister why he can't continue being Papa for longer –because he doesn't want his parents to kill him when they're done with him– and she just brushes him off and tells him to keep playing his show. then in the Miasma scene, Cardi has a critical moment of awareness and asks what the hell is actually going on in his life and who's in control.

PAPA EMERITUS IV: One thing I do not understand… All these things… here, all of this stuff, and all of these things we're doing, where we go, and when, and to where… Who decides these things? I mean, who's calling the shots?

this is totally fair! he has a right to know this information!

in response, his parents completely avoid answering the question. they shut him down and basically tell him he sounds ungrateful for the life he has.

SISTER IMPERATOR: You waste so much time and energy worrying about what's been and what's next, who's next and whatnot. As with all things in life, it circulates. Everything that has a beginning has an ending. There just has to be an orderly transition.

she never tells him the truth. she just tells him to stop worrying. stop thinking.

they never tell him they're not going to kill him. They Never Tell Him They're Not Going To Kill Him. THEY NEVER TELL HIM THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KILL HIM.

Cardi spends the last third of the movie making peace with the idea that he is going to die soon and his parents will be the ones to kill him. after Respite On The Spitalfields, he seems resigned to his fate. he tells the Nameless Ghouls they're not doing an encore. he says "Fuck it." but Sister Imperator, still explaining nothing, tells him to do the encore and he unenthusiastically gets back on stage.

SISTER IMPERATOR: Even though you don't understand right now, sooner or later, you will know what I'm talking about. Things –events– are unavoidable. Now you go back out there and give them one hell of an encore. And that's all you have to worry about. PAPA EMERITUS IV: Okay. SISTER IMPERATOR: Off you go.

by the beginning of Square Hammer, he decides he is actually happy with the life he has and he's okay with whatever's coming. and he still expects he's going to die... only for them to totally fake him out.

Sister Imperator dies instead. in the letter she leaves him, she tells him, "My son, I'm sorry I could not find it in my heart to tell you about my condition. I was afraid you might lose your sometimes frail concentration." more obfuscation. more infantilization.

at the end of the letter, she promotes him to head of the Clergy. he takes on his new job assignment as Frater Imperator and he seems to think he'll have more power now that Sister Imperator is "not in charge anymore." i'm not so sure about that.

and this isn't even getting into all the other weird shit going on between them in that movie! why was Cardi literally unable to see her wheelchair and medicine until the Spoksonat scene? why couldn't he remember his twin brother who he spent time with as a child? either Cardi is even more mentally unwell than we know, or Sister is messing with his head in even more ways than we know. maybe both. probably both.

i do believe Sister Imperator loves Cardi. that does not negate the fact that she is also manipulative and dishonest and has no respect for him, and that made her a terrible parent. she caused him a lifetime of unnecessary confusion and suffering in furtherance of her goals. yes, he is often childish and irresponsible. but i think the way she treated him didn't allow him to mature on his own.

the worst part about all this? i think he's convinced himself that he loves her, too. (he doesn't actually know how to feel about her. it would be too painful to think about.)

in summary, to me, Cardi's life is like The Truman Show, except it's the bad ending where the producer (Sister Imperator) successfully convinces him to stay in the bubble.

this was supposed to be a headcanons post and it totally turned into an analysis post, but i cannot help it. i just love Cardi so fucking much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I JUST WANT CARDI TO BE SAFE AND HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

btw i think his actual legal given name is Cardinal Copia Imperator. yeah. i believe Sister Imperator actually named him that.

[shares-a-vest]

🪱 🧠 Wiggly Wed-ursday 🧠 🪱

Let's just pretend timezones aren't real for a second and that it's still Wednesday for me. @kikidoesfanfic tagged me in this wonderful tag game weeks ago and I only remember when I see everyone else's on a Thursday my time. Also thank you to @penny00dreadful for the tag today which made me decide to finally do it!

I spend a stupid amount of time thinking about Steve's parents. So much so, that I have a fic in the pipeline that is from Steve's Mom's POV and lmao, my brain already wants to write a semi-sequel/companion piece (I swear to fucking christ I am determined to publish this fic this weekend – I am so sorry to all the people I have basically strung along with this long-gestating wip). We get like four sentences about Steve's parents the entire show ("she's super well-respected", "my dad's an asshole"). And while I guess you could argue that Steve's background isn't all that crucial in the show, he still grew into this fan-favourite character that ended up gaining more screen time than initially planned but... We still get nothing??? Steve's parents not getting a mention in extended material bugs me too (whyyy aren't they in that play!!!). Anyway, enough screaming and onto some brainworms. I am plagued by thoughts of Steve's Dad's POV – Somewhere between an outsider's POV and a character study. Does he notice when his son disappears for days at a time? Right on Spring Break when this young girl has been 'murdered'? Is he like the Wheeler's, watching the local news? Do he and Steve's Mom go to the town meeting? Maybe they sit at the back. Do they know who Claudia is? Maybe she awkwardly greets them, only to be left cold. She thinks they should be as concerned as she and Karen are. If their kids are involved in all of this somehow, Steve would be with them too. How about when the town splits in two? Steve's car must be gone from the house too, right? (Honestly, I lost track of everyone's vehicles in s4. steve changes into The Yellow Sweater, so he must have gone home). Do his parents know the Buckley's number? Surely they know of Robin. Do they go looking for him? What happens when they find him and his friends? Do they ask what the hell happened? What does he tell them?

Some general/possible fic ideas I have with all of this worminess:

Steve's POV, His Mom's POV, His Dad's POV all in the one event. Maybe it's Christmas or just some fancy party they are having. Maybe even the aftermath of some event/family drama.

Mr Harrington's POV of Season 4.

Steve's Parents meeting Robin for the first time. Somewhere between seasons 3 and 4. Robin's POV of this too.

Claudia's POV of Steve's parents.

I think I'll leave it there. Consider the end of this post me walking off into the sunset for the day, ramble-asking endless questions about Steve's parents.

No-pressure tags: @momotonescreaming @puppy-steve @sidekickjoey @tangerinesteve

@hellion-child @devondespresso

[tricoufamily]

can you tell us more about the 80s punk musician turned preacher and his son? 👀👀

sure! i don't have much right now i'm just being silly in my little game but here's what i've got

the dad is ross, the son is skyler. they live in a small dead town in the midwest with a population of about 5k. they moved there about 10 years ago, getting a fresh start and ross's complete reinvention as a pastor following the sudden death of his wife, skyler's mom, cynthia

ross and cynthia were together since their early 20s, and met as extremely broke artists while they were both living in new york city at the time. she was a visual artist and he was a musician but they were both involved in the punk scene. and they were really in love and happy! she got accidentally pregnant and they decided to elope and leave new york city.

they were still pretty broke after skyler was born, but cynthia found work as a secretary and ross was a door-to-door vacuum salesman. they still had a lot of fun regardless, and it was a really loving household.

they were definitely "cool" parents being young punks and all, like it's super funny if toddler skyler said fuck, they let him stay up late and ride in the front seat of cars. that kind of stuff

but after her death, ross had a crisis and completely changed course. i don't know how seriously he takes this whole religious stuff deep down. i still think he's a good dad, but their relationship is really strained. nowadays ross is a really solemn, reserved guy the town doesn't know that well but trust him because he's the pastor at the most popular church in town

even though they all talk about skyler behind his back and are questioning his parenting skills and say things like "and we want you to know, we're all praying for your son" and ross is like "wha...oh"

anyway all of this to say i imagine the main plot would be some kind of weird horror murder thing. like i imagine one of the first scenes would be ross doing a pastor visit to the local hospital where the town crazy old man is dying and weird shit happens. then ross is like huh that was weird and goes about his day

but idk!!!!

oh yeah and skyler i said nothing about skyler. uh he takes his myspace really seriously

[chutefullofholes]

HI so another youngvets ask if you're drowning in these I'm so sorry--

but I'm wondering do the buckies deal with the pta?? are the pta moms gossiping about sweet little josie's incredibly attractive parents? did uncle croz pick her up one random week when he's visiting from england and everyone practically falls in love with him? do they go on those sports day kind of parents race thing like princess diana did for her boys and absolutely decimated the other parents? career day where they come by to talk about gales academia life and former piloting? chaperoning for field trips to the aquarium? josies in some ball club and they come watch her games with the rest of the boys and nearly get kicked out for being too rowdy???

thank you <33 hope everything is well!!

well gale IS my princess diana, so 🙏🏼

but yes i think they’re very involved parents. gale already has friends within the school system from work and even though he teaches high school knows families with littler kids too. so even though they are *very* much the minority as a 2 dads family where they live in wyoming them not being total strangers in the community makes it less awkward if that makes sense? there’s of course some outlier jerks, but the other parents generally have their back when anyone is a dick.

and yes the other moms think they’re hot pleasexbhxh made myself laugh thinking about one of them telling bucky that if he ever changes what team he plays for then she’s around. and he’s like 😀👍🏼 noted LMAO.

when uncle crosby comes to visit he comes to her school to eat lunch with her and she’s sooo excited sweet thing. especially bc he brought her candy and what not from england so she’s automatically Super Cool now to all her little friends. she thinks that big doe eyed man hung the moon. <3

def see gale doing the career day stuff. not that bucky doesn’t *want* to it’s just. a sore topic for him still and especially with kids being a little unfiltered question wise it just makes sense to play it safe and let gale take over that. but josie still tells everyone with great enthusiasm that her other dad also flew planes.

she’s so proud of her daddies. her little face looking for them in the crowd when they come to her school stuff- and her smile when she sees that they’re there- just makes them melt.

very much see curt being the one that borders on getting thrown out of her sports games when him and kenny are in town. in my mind him and kenny are kinda in a fucking on the low situationship deal which is a part of them always showing up together but ah that’s a brain rot for another time. he doesn’t mean it in a Scary Sports Guy That Yells At Kids way, he’s just ✨enthusiastic✨. and he does think josie is better than all the other kids because well, she’s his perfect darling niece and the other kids are not LOL.

[legacyofmanwich]

Legacy of Manwich {2.4} Learning and Growing

Welcome back to Legacy of Manwich, where my kids are super well-adjusted, thanks for asking. Last time, Goneril and Regan were punished by God for existing and Lillie gave birth to King Martin's third and final daughter, Cordelia.

King Martin: "Time to go to bed, little baby!"

Cordelia: "At long last."

Yeah, it took these bozos almost 48 entire hours before they thought to put her in her crib. The back of her head's probably flat.

Regan: "MOM DO YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE THEORY OF BELIEF THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS IN FACT A GREY ALIEN?"

Lillie: "No? What the hell are you talking about?"

Maybe you should get out of the house more, kiddo. Make some friends.

I was kinda hoping you'd make friends with, I dunno, human beings? Preferably normal ones?

Regan: "Hammurabi accepts me and my radical views."

Please, they're not radical. Everyone knows aliens are Biblical demons from another dimension.

Hammurabi: "ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 1988 I WAS TAKEN ABOARD AN OBLONG-SHAPED CRAFT IN GULF BREEZE, FLORIDA AND FIVE HUMANOIDS IMPLANTED A DEVICE IN MY SINUS CAVITY THAT EMITS ITS OWN RADIO FREQUENCY AND NOW THE GOVERNMENT CAN READ MY THOUGHTS."

Regan: "OH SHIT!"

Regan: "Dad, I found a dog, can I keep him? He's blackpilled."

King Martin: *SNORE*

Sorry, kid, but Hammurabi needs to leave. I don't think he took his medication this morning.

Here's toddler Cordelia! She's got a different personality than her sisters, not quite as active as them but just as nice, while also being shy, neat, and serious. I like the diversity!

Lillie: "Who wants to learn a nursery rhyme? :D"

Cordelia: "NO WAY LADY I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE!"

Thanks for inviting another shitty wolf into the house, Goneril.

Goneril: "Mom, I got an A+ at school! Aren't you proud of me?"

Lillie: "HAHAHA! HAHA! HAHAHAHA! Hoo, boy, that's a good one. Run along, now, your father and I were in the middle of fondling each other."

Goneril: :(

Goneril: "Whatever, I checked out emotionally a while ago."

A third grader should not have the bitter heart of a line cook; why don't you go play in the dirt or harass Minecraft YouTubers or whatever it is kids like to do these days? Bring some youthful whimsy into this household for God's sake.

Cordelia's a little prodigy with 7 points of logic skill already. I don't think I've ever had a kid skill this fast without cheating before.

I also didn't peg Goneril as being the artsy type, but she's slinging masterpieces left and right, it's kinda awesome. The girls are all really pretty self-sufficient and are in relatively high spirits most of the time, so long as there's leftovers in the fridge for them to pilfer.

Cordelia: "NOW I AM BECOME DRAGON, DESTROYER OF THATCHED-ROOF COTTAGES!"

I'm sorry, I'm really at my wit's end with costumes, you're gonna have to change.

Here's all three girls as kiddos. I gotta say, Goneril is the most beautiful of the three, but Cordelia's really stealing my heart with her disheveled little weirdo look.

Unsurprisingly, Lillie and Martin are fucking dorks and really only spend time with their daughters when the PS1 is involved. Thank you, Crash Bandicoot, for bringing this family together.

Regan: "SMELL YOU LATER, HAN SOLO."

Han Solo: "Hiya, girls! I'm bisexual!"

Huh? What?

Okay? Thanks for stopping by and telling us your sexual identity completely unprompted?

God damn it, Martin.

OH LOOK THE TWINS AGED UP! Goneril rolled Popularity/Family and Regan rolled Romance/Pleasure, which I'm not mad about. They're also both super gorgeous. There's not many pictures of them after this because I had them both hunker down and start working towards some scholarships.

Goneril: "HELLOOOO FAMILY I'M HOOOOME AND I BROUGHT A FRIEEEEND!"

What friend? The pissed-off girl in the background or the influenza that's gonna infect the entire house?

Tiara: "WHAT IS THIS STRANGE NEW TECHNOLOGY?!"

A 30 year old game console, any other questions, grandma?

Goneril: "YOU LITTLE SHIT IF YOU WEREN'T A MINOR I'D KICK YOUR ASS."

Cordelia: "MEET ME OUTSIDE BITCH AND WE'LL SEE WHO'S THE REAL MINOR HERE!"

It's just Crash Team Racing, chill the fuck out

Lillie banged out a bestselling novel this afternoon and Martin and Cordelia are still here playing fucking bing bing wahoo into the evening.

Aww, how darling! How quaint! It would be so much cuter if it weren't 9:30 in the morning and Cordelia's just now getting to bed!

Next time: College, probably!

[somanywords]

Get to know your mutuals: tag game

Thank you so much for the tag @wewringmagicfromtheordinary <3

Whats the origin of your blog title?

...it's just something that came into my head back when i made this blog...an apt descriptor, I think.

OTP(s) + Shipname:

Steve/Bucky, Jack/Davey, and Kaz/Inej are my current top three

Favourite colour:

Yellow 💛

Favourite game:

My sisters and cousins all play the boardgame Clank when we're together, it's a really awesome adventure deck building game where you collect treasure and try not to get eaten by the dragon...it's super fun.

Song stuck in your head:

Listening to a jazz cd right now, which is kindly clearing my head out of previous possible lyrics ;)

Weirdest habit/trait:

My tongue has a lot of rather deep crevices in it. It's pretty weird.

Hobbies:

Reading, writing, drawing, gardening, dancing, musical theater, boardgames, etc.

Something you’re good at:

Cooking! Against my will, but hey. You gotta eat.

Something you’re bad at:

Skateboarding. Woo, am I bad at that.

Something you love:

My friends on this webbed site, and my family, including my three sisters <3

Something you could talk about for hours off the cuff:

Ooh, one of my favorite books or movies. I'd start off with "this reminds me of" and then go "well to make that make sense, it all began one day" and explain the whole plot and all my thoughts about it. It'd be great :)

Something you hate:

People who are both incompetent and won't shut up about how much they know. Also spinach.

Something you collect:

Unused notebooks :D

Something you forget:

The idea of writing down something I've forgotten is a really tantalizing one -- CAN it be something you've forgotten if you're writing it down now??

Favourite movie/show:

I hate narrowing my favorites down to one! SOME of my favorite movies: Ever After, The Martian, Captain America the Winter Soldier, The Incredibles, The Sting, Fiddler on the Roof, Three Little Words, Tangled.

Favourite food:

I think I'd say, wontons, burritos, and anything passionfruit

Favourite animal:

Otters!!

What were you like as a child?

Pretty shy, imaginative, really joyful.

If you could change any detail about your life right now, what would it be?

I'd wish that making friends in real life was easier and involved less...meeting people and talking to them lol

If you could travel in time, who would you like to meet?

This is gonna sound pretty cheesy, but since no historical figures come to mind, I'll say my paternal grandfather. While I was young, he was estranged from my dad, and now he's gone, but I would really have loved to talk to him about his life and my mom's always said that he really would've loved me. I don't know, it'd be nice.

Passing on gentle tags to @tessabennet @allofthebeanz @thankssaragorn @musette22 @aimmyarrowshigh @partofthefandom @blurglesmurfklaine @piedoesnotequalpi @signals-over-the-air and anyone else who'd like to share <3

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🎮GAMES🎮

This topic is just some games these divas would play, what genre, why they would like them, some silly bean behavior when it comes to the games, and they're preferences.(ex: if they prefer/like a game because of its wackiness, cleverness, etc.)

🎶APOLLO 🎶

.....RHYTHM HEAVEN franchise HANDS DOWN.

He loves music/rhythm based games, especially the Rhythm Heaven games. He doesnt dabble a lot in games, but Rhythm games or games that has music involved in the gameplay would have him hooked. He would play any rhythm game and +1 if it has a storyline. I see a vision.... a vision where Apollo plays Rhythm heaven on the Gameboy and DS every single day. He even got Artemis to play it... now they fight over who plays it.

🏹 Artemis🏹

She loves the Horizon games, mostly because of the hunting and collecting materials aspect. She wouldn't be all interested in the story(imo) but she likes the idea of hunting mechanical creatures and using the parts to make useful items. She also loves Pikmin and Bayonetta. The puzzles and the storyline on both games. Both her and Athena would spend hours playing both of the games. From solving the puzzles, finding clues, etc. And Artemis may or may not have developed a small crush on Bayonetta while playing the games(who can blame her🤷🏾‍♀️)

🦚HERA🦚

It's kinda hard to figure out Heras type of game. Honestly she would play the "mom" games like Candy Crush, she also would love Dr. Mario(the old old version) im basing this off of my mom and her interests in games. She doesn't like any games accept Mario kart or Dr. Mario, which i would feel is the same with Hera. She's not all interested in video games but Dr. Mario and Mario Kart would be exceptions.

🪽HERMES🪽

MOBILE GAMES you cannot convince me otherwise. Something about brainrot mobile games interests him. He's always either playing fruit ninja or subway surfers. And when hes not playing those games he would play Brawl Stars or Block blast. The list goes on, if he had the choice he would have every single mobile games on his ipad😭 aside from the mobile games, he loves Friday night funkin and Super Mario 64. He loves watching Zeus play Mario 64 as a kid, and when he grew older, he was basically Zeus but including brainrotand mobile games😭(weird mention of zeus loving Mario but I got the idea from my dad bc he told me how his father(my grandpa) plays Mario non-stop, especially Mario 64 and Super Mario bros on the NES) and I think this Mario obsession is genetic bc my dad also grew obsessed with Mario. He LOVES Mario galaxy😭. But yeah if Zeus was in this list, he would like the mario games, bc he a simp, and he would do anything to get huzz like bro is desperate💀)

💥ARES💥

like Hermes and Fuckass Zeus, he likes Mario, definitely Mario 64 and galaxy. He has a growing obsession with the games growing up. But I feel like hes more into the old games, not the new ones, but he does like the super smash bros franchise, mostly Smash Brawl. He also plays Metroid and Doom, both games he grew up with. He always played the super smash bros. brawl with Hermes and gets pissed when Hermes cheats and makes him loose😭 don't get me started on the story mode. Trolling 101 for Hermes💀 Castle Crashers is also his go-to game for fun, bc who doesn't like Castle crashers(me like green knight🌚) . He plays that game with Athena, Hermes(sometimes when hes not in a playful mood which is rare lmao), Zeus, and Dionysus

🌷DEMETER🌷

Stardew Valley..... it's obvious as to why too😭 when I tell you she is obsessed with Stardew Valley, it feels like she would get married to the game. She spends hours on end farming, foraging, mining, etc. In the game. And yes, she has favorites. She loves Marnie, Leah, and Elliot(My baby daddy😩😩) but what she loves the most aside from the farming and stuff would definitely be the artstyle. She would also love Animal Crossing. She finds both games charming in their own way, mostly the characters and the style of the game. She also dragged Oersephone into it and now they both play multi-player on stardey and online play on Animal crossing(idk how the multi-player feature works but since it's greedy ass Nintendo, I suspect it requires online subscription obvi💀

🍷DIONYSUS🍷

Given how hes associated with chaotic behavior.... i chose Untitled goosegame and DEEEER simulator... this man plays both games and can't get enough of the outright ridiculousness. He also plays Pikmin... bc my OC(his adoptive daughter) got him into the game. He watches her play the game all the time(even tho my OCs story sets in the 1940s but we won't talk about that and use the power of AUs🧚🏾‍♀️) and laughs when she gets distracted irl and looses(its the father daughter bond that makes him like the game🥹. The Sims 4, Bitlife, and GTA 5(including chaos mod ofc) would also be a favorite of his. purposefully starting shit and adding a drizzle of CHAOS makes the game more fun and immersive considering how unpredictable all three of them can be. Just like Ares, he loves castle crashers. It's his vibe... bc.... yk... chaos and the ridiculousness of it all. What he likes in games is creativity, chaos, and anything that can make him do silly tings🧚🏾‍♀️

🕊Aphrodite🕊

*Side-eyes Episodes* Yeah, Episodes is her go-to game, and probably some fashion games because I feel like she would be a fashion girl (I don't know why it's never specified in any mythologies, as far as I know) and play fashion games. Another game she plays is Stardew Valley. She appreciates a cute art style and aesthetic. In Stardew, I know full well she would cheat on all the bachelors and bachelorettes (because it's Aphrodite... she can't stay loyal like her dad💀, but we still love her, I guess).

[kitkatt0430]

A question! What would Tommy Merlyn be like as a dad? This isn't a prelude to a fic, it's just something I've been wondering for a while without finding an answer (and I like reading your character analyses anyway :D)

I think before becoming a dad, Tommy would be worried about being a bad dad. Even with setting aside Malcolm's more genocidal tendencies, he wasn't exactly a great dad. He wasn't ever there when Tommy needed him and didn't present as a particularly great role modal. And Tommy's other role modal as a kid was Robert Queen who was also not the greatest - how many affairs did that man have that we have confirmed? - and Moira was better than them but still... questionable in her parenting choices. His mom died when he was pretty young, so... I think he'd be very nervous about becoming a parent himself.

What if he screws it up?

And the second his first baby is put in his arms, he'd fall in love.

He'd be wanting to do all the thing for his kid(s) that his dad never did for him. Taking pictures all over the place of everything his kid did and probably posting them for his friends and family to see on an app like Tinybeans (a great way to share photos without making them public, especially a bonus when he's a rich, minor local celebrity in Star City). He'd be trying to keep his kids out of the papers and away from publicity as best he can.

The first time his has to ground his kid over something, he probably cries. "I'm being too harsh, I'm a mean, terrible parent." Oliver probably listening over the phone and trying not to laugh at him.

He probably gets super invested in the plots of children's programming - he watches Paw Patrol and loves it. (My nephew loves that show and it really is cute.)

I think he'd want to be the stay at home parent, though he'd pick up something to work on after all the kids are in school all day. Probably involved in volunteer work for the re-opened clinic his mom started. Something where it would be easy for him to take off from if his kids were sick or had school events that needed a parental volunteers.

I think he'd be better at setting boundaries with his kids than Robert and Moira, but he'd also make sure his kids knew that if they call him after curfew drunk or whatever and ask him to come get them. He'd rather they come home safe than yell at them for screwing up. And I can see him also making that offer to some of his kids friends who perhaps don't have attentive parents and the like.

He probably does get called up too, though by his kids or their friends? Doesn't really matter, Tommy's there when those kids need him to be. And really, that's the kind of dad Tommy'd be in the end; the kind of dad he wished he had as a kid.

(I think he'd be silly too, teasing his kids about shouting out 'that's my baby' at their recitals and sports games. And he wouldn't really embarrass them or actually do anything like that, but he wants them to know how proud of them he is and how much he pays attention to their achievements. And he'd be as enthusiastically proud about them passing a hard class with a C as he is of them passing an 'easy' class with an A.)

[tswiftcore]

Taylor & Travis: Simplified (1/2)

July 8, 2023:

Travis attends the Eras Tour in Kansas from a private box and trades friendship bracelets with fans (where he tries to meet Taylor after the show to give her a personalised friendship bracelet with his number on it, but fails).

July 26, 2023:

Travis reveals his failed friendship bracelet plan on his podcast New Heights, explaining, "I was disappointed that she doesn't talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs that she sings... " And, "If you're up on Taylor Swift concerts, there are friendship bracelet, and I received a bunch of them being there, but I wanted to give Taylor Swift one with my number on it.

September 16 - 17, 2023:

ESPN teasingly saturates Travis' report with Taylor Swift references, including, "Travis Kelce, at this point in time, is trying to Shake It Off and get back out there. He knows how much he's needed and that he's The Man. It was a little bit of a Cruel Summer for Travis Kelce with that knee injury but he can see the Daylight. He looks like he's Ready For It."

A day later, the jokes continue flooding in in the form of NFL commentary.

September 19 - 21, 2023:

Travis mentions some of his dating dealbreakers on an episode of Kristin Cavallari's podcast (high maintenance, must be humble and grounded, ideally kind-hearted and sweet like his mother, Donna), explaining, "You gotta have some sort of sweetness to you."

Then, Travis' brother, Jason, jokes about dating rumours on DeCamara & Ritchie, commenting, "I think they're doing great and I think it's all 100% true, and I hope this thing goes a mile - no, I'm joking, I don't know what's happening."

Finally, on an interview on the Pat McAfee Show, Travis explains that he threw the ball in Taylor's court by inviting her to see him play at Arrowhead Stadium. He told her, "Ive seen you rock the stage at Arrowhead. You might have to come see me rock the stage at Arrowhead and see which one's a little more lit."

September 24, 2023:

Taylor attends the Kansas City Chiefs game, observing from Travis' suite beside his mother Donna Kelce and wearing Kansas City Chiefs merch. After the game, Taylor and Travis were photographed leaving together in Travis' convertible, literally driving off into the sunset.

September 25, 2023:

A source explains, "They're having fun. This was Taylor's first time meeting his mom and dad, and everyone was enjoying themselves. She was super chill and low-key hanging out with his friends and family." The source also added that after the game, Travis rented out a restaurant for an intimate gathering with those same friends and family, with Taylor in attendance. "They were cute and normal, just hanging out and chatting. There's no pressure."

Taylor is pictured with her arm around Travis, reportedly wearing a denim dress.

September 27, 2023:

Travis addresses Taylor in his New Heights episode, commenting, "I'm enjoying life and I sure as hell enjoyed this weekend. Shout out to Taylor for pulling up. That was pretty ballsy. I just thought it was awesome how everybody in the suite had nothing but great things to say about her - the friends and family. She looked amazing and everybody was talking about her in great light."

October 1, 2023:

Taylor brings her friends along to MetLife Stadium for another of Travis' games - in attendance were Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Sabrina Carptenter, Sophie Turner and Antoni Porowski.

October 2, 2023:

A source reveals that Travis and Taylor are "still just getting to know each other. It's nothing too serious - he is a charming guy. It's more of a hanging out situation than dating."

October 6, 2023:

Donna, Travis' mum, explains on the Got It From My Momma podcast that, "I feel like I'm in an alternate universe, because it's something i've never been involved with before. Every week just seems to trump the week before. So it's really kind of wild, a wild ride."

Further, Travis addresses his romance with Taylor during a team media availability, explaining, "It feels like I was on top of the world after the Super Bowl and right now I'm even more on top of the world." And in terms of paparazzi buzz, "You've got a lot of people that care about Taylor, and for good reason."

October 12, 2023:

Taylor attends a Kansas City Chiefs game alongside Brittany Mahomes and Travis' parents.

October 14, 2023:

Taylor and Travis hold hands on the way to making a surprise SNL appearance in NYC, including an SNL afterparty at Catch Steak. A source explained that they were super affectionate the whole night, giving each other kisses.

October 15, 2023:

Taylor and Travis hold hands around NYC after dinner at the Waverly Inn

October 22, 2023:

Taylor attends a Kansas City Chiefs game, following the pregame party, wearing a bracelet with Kelce's number (87). A photo is taken where Taylor openly kisses Travis on the cheek. Swift does a secret handshake with Brittany Mahomes. Taylor and Travis hold hands as they leave the game together. Later in the night, the two are photographed having dinner at an Argentine steakhouse called 'Piropos' in Missouri.

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5, 16, 20?

Linking the original ask post cause it took some digging to find it again lol

Something you see in fics a lot and love:

B-boysss... kissing :3

lol okay uh the overwhelming majority of what I read is jaytim that's rated Explicit, so there's, ya'know, a lot of patterns in there that I've self selected for, but attempting to get into a more meaningful answer, I really like the way that fanfic repeatedly digs up old shit and uses it as a catalyst for characters to gain greater intimacy with each other. The constant reinvention and re-contextualization of Jason and Tim's various fights is neat to me

A tiny detail in canon that you want more people to appreciate:

Oooh I'm gonna throw up the post I already made about the guy Jason manipulated into playing puppet for him

But that feels like cheating so I also want people to appreciate the asymmetrical aspects of the OG spoiler outfit, because I adore it so. I am a SUCKER for shoulder pads/spikes and 80s asymmetrical outfits.

Your very first fandom:

That's... actually pretty hard to answer.

The first online community I truly got involved with is City of Heroes. Loved playing the game when it was live, and I role played in the Homecoming servers for fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, for about five years. I still play every once in a while too! If you see Dread Captain Bones, David Drakal, or Cowboy Cline around, those are me :3 The only issue I have with saying it's this one is that I'm not entirely sure this counts as a fandom?? It really is more a role playing community than anything like a fandom for the game itself, most people only very lightly engage with the setting and it's considered a tad crass to get any of the named canonical characters involved with your character's story lines.

We could very technically count Naruto simply because that was the first one I ever tried to find fanfic for but uhhhhh... I started with ff.net with a super dark E rated fic because I thought E meant for Everyone and bounced off it so hard. I'm very sorry geisha AU naru-sasu fic I read when I was like thirteen, I tried so hard to like you, but my PTSD was not having it lmao

There's also half decent arguments to be made for Marvel comics, Doctor Who, or Vampire the Masquerade simply because my parents are/were such massive nerds lmao

Both of them did a lot of LARP and one of my favorite pictures of my mom is her as either the Sheriff or the Prince of our city ripping someone's heart out via a sponge soaked with fake blood :3 so yeah I def grew up learning about the clans and the lore and such

And this is very much a Marvel household lol My parents used to do story time with me about the X-men, and like they are completely accepting of my metal head and queer stuff, but I feel like it hurts my dad's soul just a little bit that I ended up being so into DC and so uninterested in Marvel. Whenever we talk about some of my (not romance related) plotlines for my DC fics he'll substitute in vaguely equivalent Marvel characters because he simply cannot be asked to dedicate braincells to DC characters lmao

Me: "I'm really looking forwards to writing out how the super geniuses and stuff push the limits of what Jason and Tim did to the diseases."

My Dad, knowing FULL WELL that I am not including any Marvel characters in this fic: "Oh yeah, Reed Richards would go nuts trying to figure that shit out."

My dad also collected Doctor Who episodes, like the ones from 1963 all the way to modernity, I grew up watching the black and white stuff, and for sure tumblr did expose me to Superwholock, through I never felt like I was a part of that.

It might actually be DC comics itself that's my first fandom! I just never really interacted with any sort of online or fandom space directly until Boostle dragged me into DC fandom's sphere of influence.

Anyhow I hope my ramblings were interesting/entertaining and thank you muchly for the ask! :3

[myloveforhergoeson]

Uhh... I'd apologize for the wall of text I just left on your new chapter on AO3, but my mother always told me to never tell a lie. ;)

AHHHHH thank you SO MUCH i know it was so long and so much information to take in but im so so so overjoyed that you enjoyed! thank you for taking some time out of your day to write such a thought out and sweet comment 😭 literally my #1 motivator. us james girlies gotta stick together!!!!!!

i know you left the comment on ao3 but i've got a lot to say back so imma take some bits and pieces and write them out here ehehe

"I'd noticed that James seemed a bit hesitant to talk about his parents. Especially his mother. And I saw Roxy wonder if she was the type of girl you bring home to your parents. But I think for her, everything's going to become clearer at Mother's Day. It's not that James is ashamed or anything. I think it's because he loves her so much and he doesn't want his mother ruining what they have. She is a bit... domineering."

YES UGH roxy just doesn't get it bc she has such a good relationship w her dad and mentioned way way back after she broke up with dak that she thought he was hiding their relationship (which he was... but she's just speculating) so she's just a teensy bit freaked out about james potentially doing the same thing. and it's totally like you said, she just doesn't understand quite yet. from what she knows about the diamond family, she sees james' dad as the problem, not his mom. she's in for a ride lol

"But, seriously, side note for these two: OPEN UP TO EACH OTHER!"

mannn they struggle with that don't they 😭 it's so hard to write! not that i'm a perfect communicator in my own relationships but... yeah i remember being 17 and wanting to share ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about myself so...

"Kendall sure knows how to bribe her, doesn't he? And the cheeky payback with Kendall on the ice is so Kendall. I really love how you touched on Kendall being a prodigy on the ice. And of course he was the Captain. I can see it. And the nicknames too. Sir Rounded. Pretty Boy. Tensie. Sensacional. Please, please, PLEASE have the boys refer to each other by those nicknames at some point. Or even Roxy."

roxy and kendall are like brother and sister to me; of course he knows how to get what he wants from her!! especially when joe jonas is involved... but yes!! they talk big hockey game in the show but we never really get to see it; so i wanted to highlight that just a little bit. go captain go! i really don't know anything about hockey irl but i do know that nicknames are a big thing at least in the american league! did my best. if you ask my friends im equally as terrible at nicknames in real life. and don't you worry roxy is definitely calling james pretty boy at some point in the future (she already did in the rockstar au!) but i'll have to find a way to work in the others. did anyone almost catch that kendall nearly told her logan's real name? hortense... 'tensie... oh god she's going to freak lmao...

"Side note: I love how all the hockey guys are super chill. I actually like that image of them being so aggressive on the ice, but actually be teddy bears in real life. (Something that especially fits Carlos.)"

:)))))))) even though they appear for so little in this chapter the hockey boys mean so much to me. if anyone reads my monthly book reviews... well... you know i love a good hockey romance! they're all themed quite similar - the giant, violent sports machine actually has a soft side... god i'm such a sucker for it! james really isn't like that, at least not in the way his friends are, but i gotta squeeze in some self-indulgence in here and there. i named most of the guys after characters from those books! hawkins comes from nate hawkins (icebreaker by hannah grace) ((i know! you can all boo me later)) callaghan comes from russ callaghan (wildfire by hannah grace) graham comes from garett graham (the deal by elle kennedy) miller comes from rory miller (the fake out by stephanie archer) logan (not that one) comes from john logan (the mistake by elle kennedy) and streicher comes from jamie streicher (behind the net by stephanie archer) PHEW!!!! we love a cameo

"And the way Roxy got tricked by Katie was so... that was just glorious. And the way Roxy freaked out when she realized what was happening was great too. This is making me excited for Big Time Crush. Their conversation at the end was such a great touch. I'm glad Katie has that older sister figure in her life."

katie MASTERMIND strikes again... though if she just asked rox would've taken her anway!!! she was just embarrassed... it's hard for her to talk about her feelings when she's growing up with not one, but FOUR, overprotective older brothers! someone left a comment on my wattpad and said they really loved the roxy/katie interactions and i realized they had like. such little time together so i needed to fix that asap! i don't have an older sister, but i am one, so i tried to channel that energy into that scene hehe

"AH! JO SAID THE L-WORD ABOUT KENDALL! Damn. That episode is gonna be even more heartbreaking now."

>:) sorry. had to! bothered the fuck out of me they never said it in the original show soooo

"And the cat's named Hippocrates?! That is such a Logan thing, though. And I love how Logan and Roxy were able to talk to each other about their respective heartbreaks."

eheheh it took me sooo long to come up with a name for the cat, it was originally einstein but we talked about hippocrates in one of my classes the day i edited the chapter and it just felt more fitting... here is the mister in the garden himself. thanks google!

and yess lord i love writing logan and roxy so so so much. out of all of them (even james!) she's most comfortable talking with him; i accidentally made them really similar personality wise and they just get along so well

"Aw, Carlos got Roxy on an early morning run. AND HE BROUGHT A PUPPY! (Her age doesn't matter - all dogs are puppies to me.) Missy sounds so cute! And the way she led the run is so cool. And I'm with Carlos. Keep Missy away from Lightning. He's such a protective dog dad."

MISSY!!!!! you are so right all dogs are puppies and missy is no exception!!!! i read somewhere a long time ago that dalmatians are natural leaders, so i just let our girl have her moment! my dog can be like that too though; she has her favorite walking paths! as for keeping her away from lighting... i think missy can hold her own :) but yes carlos is such a protective dog dad. that's his baby!!!! and here is missy, thank you once again google

"And seriously? James needed to ask if he could kiss Roxy at midnight? Also... can I live in Roxy's dream house?"

yes!! he's a gentleman!!! they were drinking!!!!!! but rox was def thinking the same thing as you hehe. and she's sooooo funny! miss ma'am gets a few drinks in her and she just starts blabbing and blabbing (just like me fr) for anyone wondering what her biggest fantasy is... she's literally living it idk what to tell you. dream job, living in her dream city, dating the hottest guy ever who is so sweet and attentive to her, and he's FAMOUS? not that james needs to know that she thinks that :) lord knows she's going to love the introduction of one direction in the third season...

lmaooo there you go - an equally as long wall of text i am also not going to apologize for... i was bursting with all this information and just waiting for someone to ask loll. you know me. i can talk about my own silly story for hours and hours and hours-

thank you so much again for reading! i'm so excited for the next chapter of take a shot in the dark!!! and i noticed you put in a new section of your ao3 for kaelyn knight stories? are we getting short stories in the future!? ahhhh!!!!!!

[ladyinazure]

How was the latest chapter in ymu?

OH BYO OH BOY OH BOY absolutely destroyed me!!!! made me lose my shit for about two whole days!!!! it was BAAAD. and its also THE most game changing thing to happen so far. gonna put what happens under the cut bc spoilers 😁😁

i just finished typing this oopsies i rambled about the entire comic

cw for a lot of things.

SO. lemme set the scene for you. you have 3 main characters: KK, BK and RK.

kk is the main protagonist. he is the 8th generation in a long line of heroes; the KK clan. he is utterly shit at being a hero and hes still so bubbly and silly and honestly kinda childish but i dig it hes aweaome. he also has some traumaaaa!!! bros dad kinda sucked (he was like. WAY too immature to be a father; worth noting that he's the 7th generation kk) and when his father didnt come back home from war his mom went out to figure out what happened to him and kickass. which left kk all alone for like around 10 years maybe more if im being honest. hes not okay <3333

bk, we know JACK SHIT about. hes the demon king/devil, whatever you prefer. he likes animals. he likes carrots. hes straightforward, blunt, and way too trusting and forgiving. but like people are scared of him cuz hes the fucking devil he just hasnt used his magic yet. it will be plot relevant im 99% sure. we know Nothing about his past. we know he was involved in the war against humans and demons when kk was a kid (which kk's dad fought in). and bk was essentially a refugee. he ran to the desert and some shit happens but its quite literally blurry we dont know whay happened. hes VERY overprotective of kk too!! like VERY over protective ykyk. so somethings going on with him.

RK. OH BOY, RK. rk is like severely fucking insane like genuinely he has so many fucking problems. he is surprisingly the one we know the most about considering how much of a mystery he was in the older chapters. he calls himself the alien and doesnt reveal his name. he flies. he has a box on his head all the time. he has a dead ghost girl hallucination thingy that he talks to ghat nobody else sees. he has a gun. hes amazing. dude has canonically committed quite a few attrocities like man. his first on screen murder was fucking BRUUUTAL. "see you in hell." GOD he makes me insane. anyways his past is SUPER fucked up; born with magic unlike anything his family has ever seen before, the king (his adoptive father) exploits it and uses it to kill captured demons. he also had this whole thing where he found kk's mom in jail, kept a photo of her and kk, and helped her escape which did end up killing her. and he forgot that. anyways dude has some fucked up shit happening and is severely gone in the head

worth mentioning that in season 2 the three find the one eyed village which is keeping a princess there. princess violet. ill talk about her a bit more later in the post. the one eyeds get fucking evaporated by a group of demons that are specifically out to get bk, and only a golden tree remains of the village. rk knows about this. kk doesnt know ANYTHING

so. this expansive lore stuff is revealed like throughout the comic in pieces. and it starts out funny and sillt and like slice of life comedy but it gets fucked up around season 3 where kk gets his sword fixed and it becomes alive. he then basically dies and goes to this world where he is fucking god. and his sword is there. and its imbued with the soul of this random ass guy qho we call the musician. and its fucky wucky. the guy who fixed the sword also had a buncha kids hidden behidn a wall and rk takes them each to their hometowns via magic portals whatever. this is also where we see rk fucking shoot said guy and go actually insane for like 15 minutes. ill show screenshots cuz what the fuck man. then season 4 where princess violet, a character from another kingdom whos sister (named princess L) killed herself during a fire in the kingdom (said sister is also rk's brother's fiancé no this is not confusing), goes through what is essentially a demon realm where she has to adhere to the rules of a demon her sister kept and find out which of her 6 sisters killed princess L. in the end its revealed that it was a suicide which is lovely :)

season 4.5 goes more into rk's past and rk's brother, rj. like. rj is the king of the kingdom, since rk's adoptive father passed away. hes a really cool guy but is DEFINITELY either marked by or an avatar of the lonely iykwim. he has like no loved ones around him he is alone man. he was also princess L's fiancé! i love him. anyways rk and rj reunite but then rk kinda hates the r kingdom so he leaves and also finally reveals to kk hes actually insane so :)

season 5 has like this tower which will be relevant i think cuz there was a teaser of kk's teacher entering it the end of season 6 season 1 and being shrowded by darkness. its not sinister at all trust me :). i dont remember this one well but it had to do with the best side character ever angel do i love you do

season 6 season 1. huge lore dump on rk's part. kk bk and rk find this tower that is stopped in time. two wizards live inside: oz, the moon wizard, and of, the sun wizard. they control the moon and the sun. they also are prophets, disciples of the first kk, and know a lot about what they shouldnt! including rk's forgotten past :) they task the gang to go to this portal and defeat the demon paimon lest it unleash chaos into this world. and they do!

along the way kk finds out about the one eyeds. he loses trust in bk, and rk has to give him a pep talk and it genuine is kinda sound actually the only w rk ever had

and they find the portal. they enter the realm. the demon there is named paimon, and is a fucjing bitch and was foreshadowed ALL THE COMIC. and are tasked with going through each a designated room. each room has a shit ton of clones of the characters. only the real one can go through the door at the end. kk goes through just fine, although he had a bit of conflict. bk made it through bc ofc its bk. and rk. oh. rk. his room is empty with scortch marks on the ground. and theres fog. its implied that he killed all of the rk's before proceeding. he goes through the door. as it turns out, the real rk already made it past the door, scratched up, from whay it seems. and what does the fake rk do??? he shoots the real one. in the heart. the real rk dies. just like fucjing that.

did i mention that rk cannot die?? hes tried killing himself. a lot. but each time he regens. the only places he hasnt tried are the heart and the head. so the fact that he was killed via the heart. ugh its so good its amazing from an analytical perspective i ranted about this before but its genuirnly amazing. the character thay is established as being hard to kill. killed at his own hands. it was his own hubris that failed him. raintime you bastard you are a fucjing genius how did you write such an amazing comic

oopsies that was not meant to be the entire comic :) also i need to mention that these guys look like this

blue haired ones kk, black haired ones bk, blonde bitch is rk

[charlies-letters]

November 15, 1991

Dear friend, It’s starting to get cold and frosty here. The pretty fall weather is pretty much gone. The good news is that we have holidays coming up, which I love especially now because my brother will be coming home soon. Maybe even for Thanksgiving! At least I hope he does for my mom. My brother hasn’t called home in a few weeks now, and Mom just keeps talking about his grades and sleeping habits and the foods he eats, and my dad keeps saying the same thing.

“He’s not going to get injured.”

Personally, I like to think my brother is having a college experience like they do in the movies. I don’t mean the big fraternity party kind of movie. More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. They talk about books and issues and kiss in the rain. I think something like that would be very good for him, especially if the girl were unconventionally beautiful. They are the best kind of girls, I think. I personally find “super models” strange. I don’t know why this is.

My brother, on the other hand, has posters of “super models” and cars and beer and things like that on the walls in his room. I suppose if you add a dirty floor, it’s probably what his dorm room looks like. My brother always hated making his bed, but he kept his clothes closet very organized. Go figure.

The thing is, when my brother does call home, he doesn’t say a lot. He talks about his classes a little bit, but mostly he talks about the football team. There is a lot of attention on the team because they are very good, and they have some really big players. My brother said that one of the guys will probably be a millionaire someday, but that he is “dumb as a post.” I guess that’s pretty dumb.

My brother told this one story where the whole team was sitting around the locker room, talking about all the stuff they had to do to get into college football. They finally got around to talking about SAT scores, which I have never taken.

And this guy said, “I got a 710.” And my brother said, “Math or verbal?” And the guy said, “Huh?” And the whole team laughed. I always wanted to be on a sports team like that. I’m not exactly sure why, but I always thought it

would be fun to have “glory days.” Then, I would have stories to tell my children and golf buddies. I guess I could tell people about Punk Rocky and walking home from school and things like that. Maybe these are my glory days, and I’m not even realizing it because they don’t involve a ball. I used to play sports when I was little, and I was actually very good, but the problem was that it used to make me too aggressive, so the doctors told my mom I would have to stop.

My dad had glory days once. I’ve seen pictures of him when he was young. He was a very handsome man. I don’t know any other way to put it. He looked like all old pictures look. Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.

My mother looks beautiful in old pictures. She actually looks more beautiful than anyone except maybe Sam. Sometimes, I look at my parents now and wonder what happened to make them the way they are. And then I wonder what will happen to my sister when her boyfriend graduates from law school. And what my brother’s face will look like on a football card, or what it will look like if it is never on a football card. My dad played college baseball for two years, but he had to stop when Mom got pregnant with my brother. That’s when he started working at the office. I honestly don’t know what my dad does.

He tells a story sometimes. It is a great story. It has to do with the state championship for baseball when he was in high school. It was the bottom of the ninth inning, and there was a runner on first. There were two outs, and my dad’s team was behind by one run. My dad was younger than most of the varsity team because he was only a sophomore, and I think the team thought he was going to blow the game. He had all this pressure on him. He was really nervous. And really scared. But after a few pitches, he said he started feeling “in the zone.” When the pitcher wound up and threw the next ball, he knew exactly where that ball was going to be. He hit it harder than any other ball he ever hit in his whole life. And he made a home run, and his team won the state championship. The greatest thing about this story is that every time my dad tells it, it never changes. He’s not one to exaggerate.

I think about all this sometimes when I’m watching a football game with Patrick and Sam. I look at the field, and I think about the boy who just made the touchdown. I think that these are the glory days for that boy, and this moment will just be another story someday because all the people who make touchdowns and home runs will become somebody’s dad. And when his children look at his yearbook photograph, they will think that their dad was rugged and handsome and looked a lot happier than they are.

I just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And I hope that they believe me.

Love always, Charlie

[benefits1986]

arbi_eff homebuddy 4.0

This is but another thought fart and thought shit post.

Starting to miss my tiny MNL home because this szn is a szn outside MNL really, really soon. Gah. Still have a lot of decluttering to do, but very excited to buy beef that's so fresh on weekends among other things like biking with the new breed in the hood.

Food is the love language that calms me and keeps me going. Really, really good and authentic Asian food and well-made drinks. I'm indeed a Tamagotchi housed in a kid's body who is kinda growing up to the tune of Caterpie. Plus, common and uncommon sense paired with me laughing even when my default RBF usually doesn't give a fuck at all to all. GAH. No more TMI because we're a gentlewoman, after all. Stay tuned, I guess? Side Note: See? I'm but a super basic bitch. Nothing fancy, contrary to popular belief and well-dressed myths. LOL. Lagot na talaga YATA meee, mhieeemahhhh!

The saddle dad and I fought so passionately about is ripping it well. Boogsh. Period. Time to bike more and more, but first, let's do the things all for the greater good. Enough said.

Prompts are popping and I'm loving it, honestly. The bots are really very interesting. Training the bots make me feel like I'm part of the whole Deus ex Machina era, officially. However, a lot to learn... a lot to earn... and a lot to unlearn. Just keep trusting the process, always.

I really need to go back to mya SRA days wherein I try my best to unfuck my dyslexia. UGH. I don't know if I still have that side of me as it has been part of my un-core memories. However, we're here and now, baby. There's no turning back. I'll try to start practicing my core muscles in this department via this thought shit and fart space. UGH.

I guess, it's also time for me to go back to my training days that involve answering quiz books that focus on the basics of grammar and style. Here's a funny story. I'm checking some documents that I need to file for something important. I then chanced upon my papers in grad school. Of course, I chuckled and shook my head. Damn, girl! Those days inspire the delulu solulu me to give things another try. On top of that, I'll just have to tweak my perspective and see everything as a series of games to be won.

This time around though, these series of games are more than just winning, always. Let this be a reminder that not winning is not losing. Instead, not winning is a learning experience a la Mamba, baby! There goes a tiny shift in my fucked up worldview. Let's see how this social experiment pans out. Hmm...

My dad has been very specific in reminding me to eat and rest. LOL. This is so out of his usual, his character, honestly. But, yeah. Since he sees me on the prowl in the name of taxes and the life after taxes more and more, he's kind of concerned and proud. By proud, I mean, now he gets what my grind is all about after more than a decade of knitting his brows whenever he comes across stuff about what I do and what I try to do.

In fairness, in spite his attacks, now he's more subdued, caring even. And this is game-changing right before my very beady eyes. LOL. Kidding aside, I guess we're actually on track to heal together. Perhaps, here's how the universe is showing me and my dad that we can nurse each other's loss of our moms. LUH. Let's see! Or is it but another mood swing from both sides of the boxing ring?

Small Win: In the name of learning and unlearning life lessons, for the past weeks, I always say I NEED YOU, DAD. Of course, I feel like I'm choking and faking it. But, we don't spit. We swallow, so there you go. Got this from DOAC's podcast that talks about the loneliness that men have in this era. DUH. I talked about this in-depth previously, but, yeah. Let's rock and roll! Really digging people who are not searchable online. Oh, those rare and non-existent digital footprints are really making me curious. The fact that I can't "see" stories and frames is a breath of fresh air. I have to validate the root cause of the absence of such digital stats, though. Just so we're super sure, but, so far, all good. Approved. LUH.

September is almost here, so I'd really have to step on the gas and slay, even when I'm on a foldie. WHEW! Let's go, weekend! Shall we?